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Post by Bogatan on Sept 18, 2018 11:58:57 GMT
Yes, I'm saying "should they have been that way round all along?" No they should be the way they come out of the package, its just a much worse toy that way. |
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Post by Stomski on Sept 18, 2018 12:30:55 GMT
Armada did have some ideas badly implemented though.
The combiner aspect of Megatron and Tidal Wave was poor as was Prime with JetFire. Overload fared a little better, but he basically just became big shoulder cannons.
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Post by Benn on Sept 18, 2018 13:00:49 GMT
Never did like Mini-cons, myself. They've always seemed inferior to Micromasters, but I couldn't say why.
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 18, 2018 15:43:01 GMT
I never understood why lack of moving knees on Megatron was such a big deal when the toy was *loaded* with play features. Did tons of stuff!
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Sept 18, 2018 16:12:00 GMT
He sure did. Armada Megatron was superb. I loved mine, back when I could see beyond '84/'85. I regret moving mine on, a while back now mind. I think if he'd had knees and fully articulated hips it just would have turned a great figure into a perfect one.
The corresponding Optimus wasn't as good. Megatron would often stab him with his secret dagger.
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Post by Bogatan on Sept 18, 2018 16:24:54 GMT
If you come to expect something as standard and then dont get it, it is disappointing, even if it comes with a load of cool extras.*
If I bought a car with all the extras I could imagine only to discover it didn't have speakers I'd be unhappy, very very unhappy. Its like that but with knees and Megatron.
*Except for Actionmasters, Actionmasters are never disappointing.
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Post by legios on Sept 18, 2018 20:27:46 GMT
I've never understood why articulation = better toys. I don't think it necessarily follows. I can think of several things where I have versions of exactly the same thing with differing levels of articulation, and it isn't the most articulated I consider the best toy. I'd give any 1/35th Gakken Legioss the nod over my Toynami versions in terms of which is the better toy. Sure, the Toynami ones have wrists where the Gakken lack them, and more flexible hip joints. They are incredibly frustrating things to play with though - much harder to shift from mode to mode, somewhat floppy and far less robust. The old Gakken is much more suited to being wooshed about the room to kick an Inbit Gurab in the lack of face than the Toynami will ever be. Similarly I never felt that Armada Megatron was really lacking in the articulation department - hips, shoulders, elbows... That pretty much covers what you need out of a toy. With that he can kick Hot Shot, punch Optimus Prime and still have a hand free to use his flick-out knife to shank a random Autobot. As a toy I think he's got all the articulation he needs. As a display piece for a shelf, that is a different matter. As a Grown-Ups Toy he probably does need more joints so that he can be placed in poses and left there on the shelf. But Grown-Ups Toy is a different matter entirely to Child's Toy, which invokes an entirely different set of criteria. Karl |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 26, 2018 19:37:25 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 22, 2018 7:17:47 GMT
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Post by Llama God on Dec 22, 2018 12:22:47 GMT
You mean... not even in your house?
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 22, 2018 12:35:37 GMT
No.
I had the first set, which was a 3 pack of Street Speed repaints, but (iirc) £30 for a micron and a DVD of something I couldn't understand didn't seem good value.
I've also never owned any of the campaign Microns, despite wanting the Steel Reiforcement Team, Caliber Micron Team & Hellflame Micron team!
Phil is still missing the two Universe Minicons from the Magna Stampede/Stockade set
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 30, 2019 6:38:23 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 30, 2019 7:12:48 GMT
And green Unicron!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 4, 2019 14:46:51 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 22, 2020 20:42:01 GMT
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Post by Stomski on Jul 22, 2020 22:03:00 GMT
Kinda take some things for granted in terms of the effort required to make our toys... But then you see all the mold layout pics (and the assembly that is implied off these), colour sheets, concept drawings and more detailed final product diagrams/sketches and oof... A lot of work.
Aaron Archers SuperX treatment though... Interesting concepts, but it reads like it's written by a 14 year old. And what is with that font?
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Post by Toph on Jul 22, 2020 22:28:32 GMT
Boy those make me really miss when TF was about giving us new stories and new ideas and new designs
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Post by Toph on Jul 22, 2020 23:01:53 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 16, 2020 15:43:12 GMT
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Post by Toph on Sept 16, 2020 16:02:31 GMT
I wish I'd picked up Rapid Run back in the day. It was such a clever homage.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 16, 2020 16:12:27 GMT
Too clever for me! What's it a homage to?
Wasn't Rapid Run one of the early Energon repaints of Armada toys which were only available in limited quantities in the US and much wider here (Treadbolt, Ultra Magnus)
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Post by Toph on Sept 16, 2020 16:43:28 GMT
It's an homage to Buzzsaw, who was Waspinator's repaint.
Sideways was in identical colors to BM Thrust, who was of course Waspinator.
Rapid Run was originally intended to be Powerlinx Sideways, until it got changed to being an early Energon release.
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Sept 16, 2020 21:18:11 GMT
What was faulty about the first one?
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Post by blueshift on Sept 16, 2020 21:21:09 GMT
Heads were the wrong factions weren't they?
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Post by Toph on Sept 16, 2020 21:38:24 GMT
Thats what Wiki says.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 16, 2020 21:42:21 GMT
Heads were the wrong factions weren't they? Con head brings up Autobot symbol and vice versa |
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Post by Toph on Sept 16, 2020 21:46:46 GMT
Looking at the three deluxe TR stand alones that either weren't reused at all, or were such a minor reuse they may as well not exist, Perceptor, Hotrod, and Kup... I'd have much rather had an update of Sideways here, than Kup or Hotrod.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 17, 2020 1:42:26 GMT
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Post by Llama God on Nov 17, 2020 22:41:40 GMT
You need to recreate this photo with all your modulisers soon. You'll play the part of Unicron, obviously.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 17, 2020 23:08:07 GMT
I've got some Minicons he hasn't! Spotted some more that are missing too
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