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Post by Pinwig on Aug 11, 2024 9:47:41 GMT
Well that's alright then. As long as I've got a reason to buy it I'm happy.
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Post by Toph on Aug 11, 2024 10:43:49 GMT
I sense that this is going to get a Premium Edition repaint, possibly with the ER trailer included. Like ML, he has all of the original sticker details sculpted in. But unlike his counterpart, almost none of it is painted. Also, I feel they missed an opportunity to give him an advantage over ML (apart from the dramatically cheaper price), by not giving him the standard "COMBAT system" ports. It would have been a blast to equip him with Megatron's fusion cannon. While it would have also made it easier to make Ultra Magnus weaponizer trailer armor for him at a later date.
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Post by Llama God on Aug 12, 2024 7:08:58 GMT
Hmm, yes. I was distracted by the C.O.M.B.A.T. C.O.L.I.N. ports on the back of the truck there, and missed that he didn't have any on his arms, or his cab roof - which does limit play again. And I'd not considered that he will inevitably get a nicer repaint. Ah well, I'll pick this one up anyway. And who knows, maybe they will remold this slightly to do Ultra Magnus - I'd be surprised if they didn't.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 12, 2024 7:13:12 GMT
Hmm, yes. I was distracted by the C.O.M.B.A.T. C.O.L.I.N. ports on the back of the truck there, and missed that he didn't have any on his arms He does: his exhaust pipes are mounted on them and are removable
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Post by Llama God on Aug 12, 2024 7:15:37 GMT
Hurrah!
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Post by Toph on Aug 12, 2024 7:32:21 GMT
Hmm, yes. I was distracted by the C.O.M.B.A.T. C.O.L.I.N. ports on the back of the truck there, and missed that he didn't have any on his arms He does: his exhaust pipes are mounted on them and are removable Yeah, but that's just his shoulders. Most modern figured have them on their forearms and legs, too.
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 12, 2024 7:45:23 GMT
Having ports all over them would distract from the 'retro' look.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 12, 2024 7:45:44 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 12, 2024 8:33:19 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Aug 12, 2024 9:50:40 GMT
Has that Netflix one on the right in those pictures really yellowed in places? I really need to find mine to inspect him.
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 12, 2024 10:43:38 GMT
Many of them do.
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Aug 12, 2024 21:39:50 GMT
I really should get this 'cos then I'd have all the Siegey Cassettes! And a cassette-deck Soundwave! But I don't need them, I use Masterpiece Cassettes with Siege Soundwave (even though they don't fit in his chest). What to do!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 19, 2024 22:21:27 GMT
Pleased to report that Vector Prime works better in hand than the photos make him look.
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Post by Llama God on Aug 20, 2024 7:21:08 GMT
Dangerous information, that...
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 20, 2024 7:36:44 GMT
Apologies. She was going to make you buy it anyway.
It is nowhere as good as the original but it works as a new version.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 29, 2024 8:57:29 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 29, 2024 11:59:44 GMT
I WANT THAT CHAIR.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 31, 2024 16:59:41 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 31, 2024 18:38:10 GMT
WHERE CAN I GET THAT CHAIR?
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 31, 2024 19:02:41 GMT
Haven't found it yet
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 3, 2024 23:03:08 GMT
Hot Shot. Here's the Cybertron version with it's United counterpart: United's shoulders are not attached to his body. They are attached to panels that project up from the body either side of the head. I did not notice this till the toy was in hand. It looks most odd
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Post by Toph on Sept 4, 2024 4:49:15 GMT
His doors also come off his arms. They're attached by 5mm ports.
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Post by Jim on Sept 4, 2024 6:49:17 GMT
Haven't opened mine yet, but looking at comparison photos like that it does stand out how much nicer the finish on the original is - the wheels, headlights, visor, even the blue plastic.
But then I remember how annoyingly loose some of the joints were on mine from the off (a problem not shared by Excellion and Getaway) and how the gimmick is on a hair trigger, which is why I didn't get it out very much and ultimately sold it on.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 6, 2024 6:55:01 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 10, 2024 16:49:21 GMT
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Post by Toph on Sept 10, 2024 17:34:29 GMT
That's gonna be a cheap wave for me! Just four: Overcharge, Cosmos, Wheeljack, and Breakdown.
And only Cosmos because the OG release I only found one time, and my copy has a gimp arm with zero friction in its shoulder.
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Post by Toph on Sept 10, 2024 17:38:12 GMT
I also got Road Pig the other day and forgot that Crashbar is hands down the best junkinizer. Also, with a new head and new front wheel and front wheel assembly, this is now my choice for a Cy-Kill update.
I mean you can even dismember him so all the gobot haters can reinact his various TF appearances
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Post by legios on Sept 10, 2024 18:04:37 GMT
For some reason I had thought that this wave was the one with Slipstream in. Clearly not. That's fine, I shall roll over and go back to sleep until the next wave and check again then.
Karl
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 10, 2024 19:18:59 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 13, 2024 7:50:45 GMT
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