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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on May 21, 2024 2:17:28 GMT
Sunstreaker had nowhere to hide his stuff away in vehicle mode, but at least in robot mode you could store whatever fists or missiles he wasn't using in his backpack (in the space where his arms fold up in car mode).
And similarly, in robot mode you could store the Strike Planes' landing gear in their cockpits.
Martin
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Post by Rich on May 21, 2024 5:53:43 GMT
Sunstreaker was my first Transformer (4th / 5th birthday- not sure which). I wanted a red, I think, Gobot from Woolworths in Kilburn but he was sold out (at least this is the story in my head) so my parents got me this Sunny delight instead. I was disappointed but then quickly loved him no end. I lost his parts in no time as he was played with everywhere. I don't remember his end but I'm pretty sure he disappeared or fell apart before we moved when I was 7.
Always had a real attachment to him because of this but the truth is that I don't love the toy (I got a loose one 10 or 15 years ago but, after the nostalgia wore thin, I was underwhelmed) and I don't love the character. I actually find yellow cars kind of hideous.
ML Sunstreaker and variants would be a hell of a thing.
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 21, 2024 21:28:59 GMT
Did you ever do any programming with variables? Or Algebra in Maths? Nope. -Ralph I suspected that might be the case.... Explain the A/B solution and how it applies to your mad 1984 polls!!! -Ralph There we have a 1 2 3 4 pattern, but there's also a variation on week 3 depending on if it's an off or even round Round 1 1 2 3a 4 Round 2 1 2 3b 4 Round 3 1 2 3a 4 Round 4 1 2 3b 4 Round 5 1 2 3a 4 Round 6 1 2 3b 4 |
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Post by Shockprowl on May 21, 2024 21:32:51 GMT
I think this is what being insane feels like.
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Post by Benn on May 21, 2024 21:35:43 GMT
So the week 3 toy depends on if it's on shelf A or B?
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 21, 2024 21:42:20 GMT
The A and B there are not the same A & B as used here
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Post by Shockprowl on May 21, 2024 21:54:27 GMT
*jumps out window*
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Post by The Doctor on May 22, 2024 7:19:56 GMT
I still don't understand.
-Ralph
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Post by Cullen on May 22, 2024 14:01:14 GMT
I don't think I've ever held a Sunstreaker in the flesh (so to speak). I'd love to own one but never prioritised it - kinda assumed they'd have done a reissue by now.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on May 22, 2024 14:03:20 GMT
Snagged a vintage one from Nick a few years ago now.
Very satifsying to make it fly in robot mode and go "whoooosh!" at the same time.
10/10 would recommend.
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Post by Bogatan on May 22, 2024 15:46:47 GMT
Starscream is cool but Skywarp's the best of this mold yes? Away last week so catching up. Always loved Thundercrackers blue. Got a loose Thundercracker body from a neighbour in the late 80s or early 90s. Until I got G2 Starscream in 1993 he was my only strike plane, I spent many hours building cardboard wings for him and even more hours trying to replicate his particular shade of blue. I spent so long I think it ingrained intself on my brain. It was quite a while after G2 Starscream that I finally got a G1 version and I was slightly disappointed by how dull it looked. G2 Starscream is an interesting one, its not a craxy new look, its more or less the original turned up to 11.The minibots are the only other example of that approach that I can think of. Which is a shame as I think it works really well. |
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Post by Bogatan on May 22, 2024 16:02:28 GMT
I have a Red Diaclone, well almost certainly Diakron DK-1 signed by Kojin Ono. It does make perfect sense that it was the first transforming robot. Theres an awkwardness to it that I suspect is why so many have said its not their favourite design. It not mine either, though I do think at least in part its not helped by the colour scheme on sunstreaker. DK1 works much better. I can see an improved version of the design in Wheeljack and a few other places, but its not a type thats been reused and evolved like the other Autobot car types. |
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Post by Pinwig on May 22, 2024 18:40:25 GMT
I got a Sunstreaker about ten years back. I haven't had him out for a while but I do remember him being a bit of a faff compared to the simple solidity of moulds like Prowl and Jazz.
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Post by Pinwig on May 22, 2024 20:20:38 GMT
I think it's like this. Every Wednesday I cook Quorn mushroom pie, mash and vegetables.
1 is the pie
2 is the mash
3 is the veg
4 is cabbage
One week, the veg would be cauliflower, but the following week broccoli. I alternate them, so 3a is cauliflower and 3b broccoli. The pattern goes a one week, b the next, then back to a.
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Post by Shockprowl on May 22, 2024 20:26:48 GMT
So the next character will be Prowl?
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Post by Pinwig on May 22, 2024 20:27:59 GMT
No, it'll be cauliflower. Broccoli today.
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Post by Shockprowl on May 22, 2024 20:37:08 GMT
Ah ok.
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Post by Shockprowl on May 23, 2024 17:56:43 GMT
Guys, pretend for a moment that I don't know anything about metallurgy, engineering, or physics — and just tell me what the hell is going on.
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Post by The Doctor on May 23, 2024 18:35:25 GMT
Phil is organising the 'Transformers is 40' feature via an A/B system according to some obscure maths system known only to him. None of us can understand it.
Phil is also running a seperate A/B system in his loft. Or maybe they are connected. Who knows!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on May 23, 2024 18:54:47 GMT
Right. Let's sort this.
We've established the cycle for the 40th thread:
1. Minibot
2. UK released Car
3. Decepticon
4. Non-UK released Car
Phil is saying week 3 in the cycle flip flops on an A week/B week pattern. It's the Decepticons. There are three tape sets and three jets. Week A - Soundwave/Buzzsaw, then Ravage/Rumble, then Frenzy/Laserbeak. Week B would be Starscream, Thundercracker then Skywarp.
So we get a tape set on an A week and a jet on a B week.
That's all it is!
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 23, 2024 19:33:46 GMT
Well apart from the week 5's but we've not had one of those yet
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Post by Pinwig on May 23, 2024 19:47:47 GMT
FIVE IS RIGHT OUT!
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Post by Pinwig on May 23, 2024 19:49:03 GMT
Although if we're keeping to 84, that'll be Optimus and Megatron at the half way and last week.
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Post by The Doctor on May 23, 2024 20:19:47 GMT
But tapes aren't minibots!!! How can they be A's? Who is B?
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 23, 2024 20:25:57 GMT
Tapes are Decepticons Week 3 A
Strike Planes are Decepticons Week 3 B
Neither are Minibots, which are in Week 1
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Post by The Doctor on May 23, 2024 21:28:38 GMT
Tapes are Decepticons Week 3 A Strike Planes are Decepticons Week 3 B Neither are Minibots, which are in Week 1 But Pinwig shows each cycle as beginning with Minibots!!! Why is this so complicated??!!! How can there be a B just for one week? Why week 3? -Ralph |
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Post by Shockprowl on May 23, 2024 21:52:19 GMT
Ohhhh... Oh fuck a duck...
There is only ONE solution.
Just one.
BIG PHIL MUST BE DESTROYED.
Harsh, perhaps. But only then will the confusion stop in my mind.
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 23, 2024 22:08:46 GMT
Harsh.
I'm not the problem here.
The problem I suspect lies with the little wooden blocks.
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Post by Shockprowl on May 23, 2024 22:17:44 GMT
No. You are the problem. And I also just beat you at chess. Looser.
Good news is you're white in the next game!
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Post by The Doctor on May 23, 2024 22:50:14 GMT
Harsh. I'm not the problem here. The problem I suspect lies with the little wooden blocks. The what?? -Ralph |
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