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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 30, 2024 22:08:58 GMT
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Post by legios on Oct 6, 2024 18:39:54 GMT
The Super Mode Starscream definitely looks better than the Normal Mode one. Not really a surprise - both previous Super Mode versions of that Starscream look better than the Base Form, so their is no surprise there. Having seen one in the plastic though, the rather peely-waaly swords do remain a bit of a disappointment. I'd rather they'd thrown money at giving him two detachable outerwings that could become swords - correct the sad lapse in judgement when it came to the original toy and let him dual-wield decent-sized swords. As it is he looks like an adult who is determined he looks impressive waving his Sentai role-play weapons around despite having bought DX versions instead of Memorial Edition ones...
Karl
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 6, 2024 18:44:09 GMT
It is a con exclusive in Japan so may have had a limited production budget?
(I have no idea, just wondered).
Phil has made me get one. Lovely colours.
-Ralph
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Post by legios on Oct 6, 2024 18:56:22 GMT
Ah, sorry - I meant on the original Normal Mode Starscream release they should have given him two wing-swords to correct for the fact that the original Armada version only had one - then the Expo Exclusive would have had them as well because it was redecoing that mold. Sorry, that wasn't very clear in my previous post.
It is a lovely redeco isn't it. I was struck on Friday afternoon by how well the colours worked. They do a lot more for the detailing of it than the grey and red of the retail release.
Karl
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 6, 2024 20:16:10 GMT
It is a con exclusive in Japan so may have had a limited production budget? (I have no idea, just wondered). Phil has made me get one. Lovely colours. -Ralph And I bet he's still smiling... |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 6, 2024 21:01:24 GMT
Any buying decisions that Burns made this weekend were all his own. He wasn't here long and he didn't spend much time with my toys
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 6, 2024 21:13:37 GMT
I've been in that chair! I do not believe that for one minute!
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 7, 2024 8:51:36 GMT
I had barely sat down when a box of toys was handed to me!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 7, 2024 9:58:40 GMT
I knew you weren't going to be there that long and the box was already out
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 7, 2024 20:23:09 GMT
Already out... Yes, yes. The trap was ready to spring! Set to ensnare it's poor victim!
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 7, 2024 21:08:12 GMT
He is the man who laughs.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 7, 2024 21:38:30 GMT
However, I have discovered reading the forum tonight that the devious Burns has persuaded two others to purchase toys with his cunning ways. Therefore I declare he is just as bad as Phil and deserves what he gets!
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 7, 2024 21:50:45 GMT
I am the man who giggles.
-Ralph
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Post by Toph on Nov 3, 2024 20:06:16 GMT
So I got Toy Optimus the other day, and I absolutely adore this little guy.
He's smaller than I though, but great. He's one of the best deluxes, and has a different vibe to Missing Link. They feel different from one another. This one is much more fiddly, and great to just sit there and mess with over and over.
Missing Link is a replica of the original, while generations replicates the original, if that makes sense.
Though he can do one thing ML can't... He can replicate the sensation of losing the original's fists!
I await the premium deco release that includes the ER trailer with retooled matching wheels and Roller.
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Post by Llama God on Nov 4, 2024 9:12:26 GMT
Ah biscuits - I’d not considered that they’d do that. I mean I fully expect a Universe-era “Ultra Magnus” which will just be a white version of the figure (but with no armour), and presumably a Nemesis version, and maybe a “sleep mode” version too. But I’d not considered them doing a full toy colours reissue like that. And you’re right, they absolutely will.
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 4, 2024 13:20:00 GMT
Hasbro's current phase of continual incremental versions of toys means I am much less inclined to get something as soon as it comes out. I find myself now waiting to see what the inevitable 'improved' deco or slightly changed mould that appears not long after will be like!
This doom loop of small iterations Hasbro is currently trapped in has sucked a lot of joy out of the hobby, for me. It's hard to get excited about the new thing when you know a tweaked version will probably follow. I no longer have the time/energy/space in my house for that kind of tomfoolery.
This is saving me cash though. Sorry, Hasblowwww Executives!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 4, 2024 14:38:48 GMT
So I got Toy Optimus the other day, and I absolutely adore this little guy. He's smaller than I though, but great. He's one of the best deluxes, and has a different vibe to Missing Link. They feel different from one another. This one is much more fiddly, and great to just sit there and mess with over and over. Missing Link is a replica of the original, while generations replicates the original, if that makes sense. Though he can do one thing ML can't... He can replicate the sensation of losing the original's fists! I await the premium deco release that includes the ER trailer with retooled matching wheels and Roller. Can't wait for mine. Need to find some suitably sized double barrelled shoulder cannons on a 5mm peg so he can do a Powermaster Optimus impersonation. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 20, 2024 21:14:00 GMT
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