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Post by Shockprowl on Aug 6, 2022 23:28:53 GMT
Why haven't I received Cosmos from Pulse yet?!?! Why is Cosmos available in shops, but not Hasbro's own online shop?!?! Aaaaaarrrrgggghhhh!!!! It's where Fans Come First. -Ralph CLIMAXES BE DAMMED!!!! |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 7, 2022 14:18:08 GMT
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Post by Shockprowl on Aug 7, 2022 14:55:54 GMT
That's a big robo-wang.
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 7, 2022 17:19:35 GMT
I can't really see much of a difference between the Overrides.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Aug 7, 2022 17:25:41 GMT
No, I can't either. It's much tighter on the difference than with the Generations beast wars updates because it looks like the original Override isn't much less articulated than the new one.
I suspect if I had the original I wouldn't have bought the new one, and even then you have to think, the original would be a better toy.
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Post by Toph on Aug 7, 2022 17:36:19 GMT
I remember that due to her spring loaded transformation gimmick, the original wasn't very popular at the time.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 7, 2022 17:36:20 GMT
I've owned both and the new one feels better. The old one was hampered by an auto TF Gimmick
Original Override wasn't available in the UK, just her GTS repaint
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Post by Benn on Aug 7, 2022 18:05:46 GMT
I definitely prefer the old ones car mode, the cockpit on the new one is too much of a box.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 9, 2022 13:15:56 GMT
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Post by Benn on Aug 9, 2022 15:12:01 GMT
I might actually skip Crasher.
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Post by Pinwig on Aug 9, 2022 17:24:40 GMT
They needed to remould the head. The Mirage one doesn't work.
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Post by Toph on Aug 9, 2022 17:29:43 GMT
Classics Mirage worked for her where siege fails, because this doesn't have her big stompy feet.
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Post by Benn on Aug 9, 2022 18:20:14 GMT
Yeah, there is nothing about this that says 'Crasher'. That face just looks like a grumpy old man with the pink.
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 9, 2022 18:21:27 GMT
Yup.
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Aug 9, 2022 21:44:42 GMT
A grumpy old man with the pink...
Sounds very weird.
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Post by Benn on Aug 10, 2022 7:01:40 GMT
You stick to your speciality, Crotchmaster, and I'll stick to mine.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 10, 2022 9:15:17 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Aug 10, 2022 9:23:36 GMT
Wowsers. I was just looking at stock levels for this line in my local Smyths and they have rather a lot of everything (except Scourge obviously). I reckon these will drop in price soon.
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Post by Benn on Aug 10, 2022 15:33:37 GMT
Oh, I am not looking forward to turning Road Rocket back into a bike.
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 10, 2022 15:53:32 GMT
Wowsers. I was just looking at stock levels for this line in my local Smyths and they have rather a lot of everything (except Scourge obviously). I reckon these will drop in price soon. Almost certainly, in this economy. I only paid full whack for Cosmos due to FOMO. -Ralph |
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Post by Pinwig on Aug 10, 2022 17:16:38 GMT
Same here. Now there's eight of them sat in my local, which means they must have had two solid cases of them as there are almost as many of all the others!
Mad! Where was this common sense when Bumblebee came out.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 14, 2022 19:06:35 GMT
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Post by Jim on Aug 15, 2022 9:50:33 GMT
Got my first Velocitron toy in Clamp Down. Very nice, but there's not a lot to say about the now well-known (but still very good) Siege Sideswipe mould / retool. Will say that I love the packaging though!
Eye-catching, feels a little bit retro, vehicle mode, 99% paper with even the weapons being in a little paper bag. I would think packaging in vehicle mode allows them to make it even smaller and use less card, so I hope it becomes the default.
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Post by Toph on Aug 15, 2022 17:08:52 GMT
I predict that there will be quite a few empty packages on shelves, with the extreme ease it is in popping the toy out of that gaping open window.
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Post by Jim on Aug 16, 2022 6:26:25 GMT
I can’t yet speak for any of the other releases, but I found it hard enough getting Clamp Down out of the ties having opened the box and using a knife!
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Post by Pinwig on Aug 16, 2022 8:24:41 GMT
Yes, I thought about that too. Having taken a few toys out of these open window boxes I think it would be quite hard to do it without actually opening the box and cutting the ties.
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Post by Toph on Aug 16, 2022 8:40:09 GMT
I use nail clippers to cut through ties. I had all of them out of the boxes through the windows in seconds.
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Post by Shockprowl on Aug 16, 2022 17:34:47 GMT
BREAKING NEWS IN TEXAS: Hundreds of heart-broken kids and perplexed toy store owners caught in unprecedented crime wave as hundreds of Transformers toys stollen from their boxes! FBI investigating...
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Post by Toph on Aug 19, 2022 23:10:51 GMT
Found all but Road Hauler and Cosmos (and now pretty sure the shelfwarmers will be clampdown, black skids, blurr, and Scourge)
Grabbed Scourge and Override.
Override is fantastic. Absolutely an improvement over her original clunky and awkward Cybertron toy!
Great robot, and interesting transformation. The car mode could stand a bit of improvement (bigger wheels would have helped a lot).
Scourge is a mixed bag, and full disclosure, my opinion may be colored by the fact I have a copy that's bum enough I'd strongly consider returning it were that feasible for me. (The walmarts I found him in were not my local one, and my next day off is a week from now)
Mine, the right elbow is so loose, it cannot hold it's own weight, let alone when equipped with a weapon.
That aside, the supremely bizarre deco choices look better in hand, than in photos.
It's a really nice deco for a generic Nemesis Prime. A step above the typical generic decos nemesis gets.
...unfortunately this isn't Nemesis Prime. This is Black Convoy/Scourge, who has a unique deco that is not Nemesis Prime's generic black optimus deco, nor is it what this toy is.
I doubt it'll happen, but I kinda hope Takara finds this unacceptable, and do their own.
If you have an affection for generic black optimi redecos, you'll like him. If you want an update of Scourge/Black Convoy, you're going to be disappointed.
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Post by Benn on Aug 20, 2022 8:11:38 GMT
I think the pink adds to the Scourge design. Makes it pop more than the, frankly, boring original.
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