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Post by Bogatan on Oct 1, 2022 5:33:12 GMT
To make sure no one has swapped out the toy.
But yes it looks ridiculous. Im not gonna complain though, I like being able to flat pack the packaging.
I am surprised that there isnt some kind of eco friendly biodegradable plastic alternative that could be used just to cover the window.
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Post by tomwe on Oct 1, 2022 6:05:03 GMT
Tarn sold out at Pulse already. Ordered from Star.
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Post by Toph on Oct 1, 2022 8:21:51 GMT
To make sure no one has swapped out the toy. Is that really a big problem, though? I mean, Hasbro has killed the window altogether in Marvel Legends, some Power Rangers, and has had windowless packaging on leaders for a minute now. |
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Post by Llama God on Oct 1, 2022 8:37:56 GMT
Well, we did know about most of those, and do indeed know about more. But it's nothing unusual to only get a handful of interesting reveals, and these were pretty nice ones, so I'll take 'em.
Tarn looks great. Just what I was hoping for. So I'll be picking one of him up when I see him on shelves. I could pre-order, but I really want to go into a store and find a Tarn. I just do.
Lio Convoy (not Leo Prime, or whatever) also looks good. A slight upgrade to the Robot Masters version, which is the only version of the character I own, so I'll be grabbing him.
The Junkions look fun. I like the part-Weaponizer idea, with them being properly transf- convertable characters on their own, and the Weaponizer parts beign customisable add-ons - there's a lot of mileage in that. But I'll see how they look in someone else's hands before decididing whether or not to take a punt on these.
Needlenose is disappointing, which is fitting for our fandoms permanent loser. Not Needlenose himself, of course, but the Targetmasters, which once again are crap. I know the originals were exactly the same, but... that's the point. It's thirty years later - they should be better.
So a slightly mixed bag here.
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Post by Llama God on Oct 1, 2022 8:42:01 GMT
Also on the image: Armada Optimus Prime - possibly tmukhub.proboards.com/thread/10564/takara-select-armada-optimus-prime
Crosscut (Skids repaint)
Grimlock (core)
Swoop (core)
Bombshell & Shrapnel
Barage, Chopshop and Venom (?)
Car Junkion (left) looking rather like Lockdown
Bike Junkion (right)
2 cut n shut Junkions formed from Scraphook, with two Bike fronts
Bike Junkion with Scraphead front sidecar and some missiles I can't see elsewhere And don't forget that big Decepticon mask in the middle there. Initial thought was that that was Tarn, but that doesn't really match his toy. There's been some speculation that this could be the face for the robot mode for the Titan class Nemesis, which is kind of promised by this poster. But Gears and Polar Claw would advise caution... |
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Post by Toph on Oct 1, 2022 9:27:10 GMT
Leo Prime/Lio Convoy:
Acceptable. It's much better than a lot of other figures out there.
I wish they'd leaned more into realism in the beast mode, making it fit better with the other modern BWs, but at least it isn't that god awful weeabu lion that the MP does.
Tarn:
Looks good. I have zero attachment to the character, and have zero attachment to the comic he comes from.
So no negative opinions based on how it looks, but neither does it excite me like Jhiaxus.
Hotshot:
I feel like he should have been a voyager, so he could have a better car, come with Jolt, and the Star Saber.
I kinda feel like this is a sidestep from the Universe one. It's better in some ways, but worse in others.
Breakdown:
It's Breakdown. We largely knew what we were getting, even before it was leaked. Nothing to say.
Needlenose:
It's nice, but very whelming.
Scraphook:
I'm tired of weaponizers. They're QC nightmares. After the second or third time "transforming" one (you don't really transform a weaponizer, so much as reconfigure it), it can't hold itself together anymore. And by the third time a mold is used, it's absolutely worthless and falls apart in your hands. (I'd enjoy the fossilizers much more without the weaponizer gimmick)
It saddens me he's a weaponizer, because otherwise this is the coolest looking new TF design we've gotten in ages.
Black Soundwave:
Meh.
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Post by Benn on Oct 1, 2022 10:37:42 GMT
With the possible exception of Tarn, there's just something off about all of these, isn't there?
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 1, 2022 16:44:05 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 2, 2022 17:34:14 GMT
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Post by Llama God on Oct 3, 2022 7:13:15 GMT
Hooray! No, wait, the other thing. Oh well...
And I'd totally forgotten about that iteration of the Bludgeon design, which is clearly what they'll be going with, and not the freakier, jaw-less IDW 1.0 version. Which is a shame.
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Post by Shockprowl on Oct 5, 2022 17:37:53 GMT
Tarn has a Decepticon insignia as a face.
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 5, 2022 17:42:52 GMT
Coo, nothing gets past you, does it.
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Post by Shockprowl on Oct 5, 2022 17:44:06 GMT
Someone needs to tell Megatron.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 5, 2022 17:45:13 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 5, 2022 17:53:57 GMT
...I think we've been here before...
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Post by jonathan85 on Oct 5, 2022 19:38:43 GMT
...I think we've been here before... Truly... it never ends! |
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 5, 2022 21:04:25 GMT
I only read some of it so I don't know who Tarn was revealed to be either, Shockprowl.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 5, 2022 21:24:16 GMT
I haven't read any of it. The plan was to do it via the complete hardbacks after I stopped buying floppies at the end of AHM, but fate meant switching that to the Hachette books and I haven't got to those yet.
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Post by Shockprowl on Oct 6, 2022 22:09:12 GMT
AHM was shameful criminal shit and killed all interested for me in... other people's ideas about Transformers.
Transformers are mine. *I* decide what happens.
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Post by Shockprowl on Oct 6, 2022 22:10:04 GMT
HHHHAAAAHHAAHHAAHAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 13, 2022 22:53:22 GMT
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Post by Shockprowl on Oct 14, 2022 6:25:56 GMT
One of us is going to say this, or something similar, so it might as well be me: He looks like he's birthed his little fellows in this picture. |
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Post by Llama God on Oct 14, 2022 7:23:32 GMT
Fantastic if you consider 0 points of articulation on the Targetmaster companions to be a good thing... |
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 14, 2022 7:42:54 GMT
I don't understand the connection to Tracks.
-Ralph
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Post by Benn on Oct 14, 2022 7:46:24 GMT
IDW made them brothers because they have similar heads.
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 14, 2022 9:40:27 GMT
They...they did?? When did that happen?
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 14, 2022 10:28:11 GMT
Some years ago. These are from 2018 and they were brothers then. Benson Yee @bwtf_Ben Twitter: https://twitter.com/BWTF_Ben/status/9649465973386649634m4 minutes ago New fan vote will let fans vote for 1. Needlenose vs Tracks. (brother vs brother) 2. Spinister vs Wheeljack (Saboteur vs Scientist) 3. Impactor vs Mirage (Greater Good vs Greater $$$) #HasbroToyFair #NYTF #Transformers I *THINK* IDW did it in the RiD/Optimus Prime Comics |
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Post by The Huff on Oct 14, 2022 10:45:19 GMT
Fizzle also had a similar head with that sort of knight helmet type grill thing. Was he their long lost brother too?
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Post by Shockprowl on Oct 14, 2022 21:58:28 GMT
IDW made them brothers because they have similar heads. NO WAY! |
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Post by Shockprowl on Oct 14, 2022 22:03:33 GMT
They...they did?? When did that happen? -Ralph It's so stupid. I've a head. Can I be your brother...? |
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