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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Aug 6, 2010 17:20:25 GMT
I once owned original Hot Rod and then acquired a Firebolt and was dismayed to find that Firebolt's handle was too big for original Hot Rod's fists and engine.
Martin
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Post by blueshift on Aug 6, 2010 17:25:37 GMT
I once owned original Hot Rod and then acquired a Firebolt and was dismayed to find that Firebolt's handle was too big for original Hot Rod's fists and engine. Martin The reissue has a two-tiered handle so it can be used for both! |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 6, 2010 17:29:54 GMT
Isn't that the original guns have a 2 tiered handle ? Been a while since since I owned a TFC TM Hotrod.
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Post by jasonw on Aug 6, 2010 21:00:14 GMT
Isn't that the original guns have a 2 tiered handle ? Been a while since since I owned a TFC TM Hotrod. Alverez's Guide to International and Japanese Transformers says that Inferno's fist were remoulded to fit a targetmaster on Artfire. I want Artfire so bad. Why won't they reissue him. :-( |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 6, 2010 21:22:39 GMT
That's what I thought. And indeed wrote:-) Ta
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Post by sf1378 on Mar 16, 2011 17:13:31 GMT
So, recently I bought a G1 loose Scorponok with Zarak and his big orange gun, and a few parts missing for £30. The same retro shop has a boxed one originally priced at £100 just missing one repair claw, the mini robot drones arms and orange guns and 3 ariels...He said he'd do it for me for £75. The outer card box is knackered but I reckon thats a good price eh?
Question is, the other one I now probably will sell off. How much should I ask for the incomplete loose one with Zarak, helmet and visor, orange gun, silver bits, 1 dual cannon, orange ramps and in very good condition and what sort of postage price is best for both UK and Worldwide via tracked insured as it is heavy?
Taa.
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Post by jameso on Mar 16, 2011 22:15:46 GMT
Not too sure if that's a good price for a poor condition boxed one with parts missing, but if you do get the boxed one I'd consider selling your spares off individually. Zarak alone can sometimes go for around £30 (or he did a few years ago, not too sure what the market is like at the moment). The big, bulky Scorponok base is pretty widespread, the only money in Scorponok is in the parts or immaculate condition boxed ones.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 16, 2011 22:51:37 GMT
Had a look earlier. Market appears to have bombed following the Headmasters ko boxset last year. If you've not got one then you need to own one. Is there a guide to telling if your Zarak is Kosher or not? I recall James Wilson telling me there's a way of spotting the difference if you know what's what. |
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Post by sf1378 on Mar 17, 2011 2:39:51 GMT
My Zaraks are defo kosher.  The guy that runs the retro shop I've known since I was about 16, and the Scorponok along with all his other Transformers are all G1 originals, I recall him having it for years hence him offering me £75 for the boxed one missing a few accessories. I've seen it on his shelves for yonks. The guys a bit of an expert on Transformers and is savvy not to buy up repros. I've seen the repro Headmaster boxed set loads of time but of late what with folk mentioning KO's I'm wondering if the boxed set is a KO itself. While I think the boxed sets nice I am a bit peeved at seeing ebay scalpers buying up sets and selling the heads off at higher prices individually as it increases the price of a whole set and then theres the fact I only currently own one Headmaster so having just heads is pointless to me. So, is the reissue set of Jap Headmasters a KO and what are the tell tale signs as to whether your buying a genuine or repro? I'm only interested in the main G1 Headmasters and not really after the Juniors as they have less articulation compared to the earlier Headmaster Nebulans so I doubt I'd ever get a KO thinking it was genuine. |
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Post by blueshift on Mar 17, 2011 6:57:46 GMT
My Zaraks are defo kosher. The guy that runs the retro shop I've known since I was about 16, and the Scorponok along with all his other Transformers are all G1 originals, I recall him having it for years hence him offering me �75 for the boxed one missing a few accessories. I've seen it on his shelves for yonks. The guys a bit of an expert on Transformers and is savvy not to buy up repros. I've seen the repro Headmaster boxed set loads of time but of late what with folk mentioning KO's I'm wondering if the boxed set is a KO itself. While I think the boxed sets nice I am a bit peeved at seeing ebay scalpers buying up sets and selling the heads off at higher prices individually as it increases the price of a whole set and then theres the fact I only currently own one Headmaster so having just heads is pointless to me. So, is the reissue set of Jap Headmasters a KO and what are the tell tale signs as to whether your buying a genuine or repro? I'm only interested in the main G1 Headmasters and not really after the Juniors as they have less articulation compared to the earlier Headmaster Nebulans so I doubt I'd ever get a KO thinking it was genuine. The boxset of Japanese Headmasters is a KO, but it is such a lovely, well put together repro set rather than the nasty things you usually see. Sadly I don't have any of the originals to compare, but I would really recommend getting hold of a set. |
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Post by Jaymz on Mar 17, 2011 9:32:23 GMT
Is there a guide to telling if your Zarak is Kosher or not? I recall James Wilson telling me there's a way of spotting the difference if you know what's what. The Zaraks and the Max heads are pretty hard to tell apart, I don't know of any definite spots aside from the eyes on Cerebros head mode being painted slightly differently. The Japanese heads are easy as none of the KOs have the copyright stamp, just a blank rectangle where it should say TAKARA. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 17, 2011 9:57:54 GMT
Isn't there something about the rivets in the hips that's a clue too?
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Post by Jaymz on Mar 18, 2011 20:49:11 GMT
Isn't there something about the rivets in the hips that's a clue too? Oh yeah, the rivets are different on the Japanese HMs. Not sure about the Zarak and Spike, my real ones are in a different house from the KOs. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2015 9:19:12 GMT
I was looking at my (The Transformers) Nightbeat and, again, shrugging and sighing that he has two ears the same (which I presume is a factory/production/packing error) and how it triggers my tk tk tk tk OCD.
But then I was flicking through some old Tomart magazine pages (or maybe Action Figure News and Toy Review) and, lo!, the Nightbeat that the Hartman brothers have/had suffers from the same problem!
So I was wondering, do a lot of Nightbeats have this problem?
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 31, 2015 6:52:01 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 31, 2015 7:15:32 GMT
I will!
-Ralph
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Post by Llama God on Jul 31, 2015 8:20:54 GMT
You didn't say "please"...
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Post by Benn on Jul 31, 2015 8:47:41 GMT
Anyone got a Fracas to hand? He's the Targetmaster supplied with Cyclonus Scourge. I think the peg that forms his handle is a 5mm peg but could someone check for me. (indeed I think all te TMs have 5mm pegs but I'm unable to check myself not owning any Tragetmasters before the 1988 ones) Ta ! The 5mm controversy has been raging for five years?! |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 31, 2015 8:50:08 GMT
Longer than that. I think weapon swapping came up on previous versions of the forum, possibly in relation to Armada Minicons and Burns got VERY irate.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 31, 2015 8:56:20 GMT
Must...have...more...Headmasters... -Ralph Me too. Encore them ! This comment still stands 6 years later! I see you picked up a Kirk too, Jim. I hope you got it from Japan before the prices there went mental a year or so ago. Yep. Got it from YJ for about £50 in a job lot which included Snapdragon [with head, but no weapons], Hardhead's head, Grotusque [no gun or wings, but still sparks!], a couple of Strafes, a broken Rodimus Prime, and some other bits I can't remember right now. Most of which I will eventually get around to selling and hopefully make my money back. I really want the other Heads, but like you say, prices are too mental at the moment. An Encore giftset would be the only affordable way. We probably ought to have a link to the best KO set ever here: tmukhub.proboards.com/thread/4331/phils-headmaster-super-warriors-review |
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Post by kayevcee on Jul 31, 2015 10:29:14 GMT
Unless my eyes deceive me, there's actually no way through to the hot air balloon without being blocked by a Decepticon pretender. There's no way through from the left side of the puzzle to the right.
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Post by Benn on Jul 31, 2015 11:24:15 GMT
I think you teleport across the Autobot symbols. It's the only way I can work it.
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Post by primenova on Jul 31, 2015 11:28:53 GMT
I hope we see more new Headmaster toys & some Target master to go with them - not just Titan wars banner but ongoing Generations. It's so easy to make extra heads & guns for release for the bigger toys. Maybe do a Sideways Headmaster.
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 31, 2015 16:25:27 GMT
Unless my eyes deceive me, there's actually no way through to the hot air balloon without being blocked by a Decepticon pretender. There's no way through from the left side of the puzzle to the right. -Nick I can't see a way to get past them either! -Ralph |
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Post by legios on Jul 31, 2015 19:16:14 GMT
I think you teleport across the Autobot symbols. It's the only way I can work it. Agreed. Having looked at it there is a clear path to one Autobot symbol from the start point, and a clear path from the other to the hot-air balloon. Some form of quantum tunnelling effect has to be used between those two points, it is the only possibility. I'm not saying it is aliens, but... Karl |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 5, 2015 19:37:16 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Aug 5, 2015 21:03:46 GMT
The encore Fort Max should only have been the start of it. The big four need a reissue at minimum.
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Post by Jim on Aug 6, 2015 20:47:16 GMT
I'm guessing by "big four" you mean the Autobots, but I reckon the Decepticon Headmasters are the more interesting toys!
If I were to pick 4 to reissue it'd be Chromedome, Mindwipe, Weirdwolf and Skullcruncher. If we could choose Horrorcons I think Apeface would edge out Skullcruncher. And if we go to '88, I'd have to see Nightbeat (but mostly because of the fiction).
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 6, 2015 20:51:32 GMT
Anyone who becomes a friend of Chromedome dies though.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Aug 6, 2015 21:06:21 GMT
The article Phil linked is really interesting, but what's this about Hardhead's eyes? Surely that's wrong. His eyes are his eyes. Not those triangles on his forehead.
I'd also never twigged that all four Autobot headmaster names have references to heads in them
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The guy that runs the retro shop I've known since I was about 16, and the Scorponok along with all his other Transformers are all G1 originals, I recall him having it for years hence him offering me £75 for the boxed one missing a few accessories. I've seen it on his shelves for yonks. The guys a bit of an expert on Transformers and is savvy not to buy up repros. I've seen the repro Headmaster boxed set loads of time but of late what with folk mentioning KO's I'm wondering if the boxed set is a KO itself. While I think the boxed sets nice I am a bit peeved at seeing ebay scalpers buying up sets and selling the heads off at higher prices individually as it increases the price of a whole set and then theres the fact I only currently own one Headmaster so having just heads is pointless to me. 
