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Post by bertie on Aug 22, 2011 19:00:34 GMT
I recommend Eriks O-Rings. Use them loads for work.
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Stomski
Fusilateral Quintro Combiner
YOU INTERRUPTED MY SPEECH!! But don't worry. It won't happen again.
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Post by Stomski on Aug 24, 2011 8:40:17 GMT
Isn't an O in the shape of ring by definition?
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Post by mabus1984 on Aug 30, 2011 22:58:56 GMT
It's the name for them. The Action Masters are the same size of figurines as G.I. Joe.
Well i fixed it amazingly with superglue. So far the thing is able to stretch to allow me to move the legs from stand up position to sit down position and they are nice and tight and snug.
Wonder how long the superglue will last....
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 26, 2013 13:32:44 GMT
Bounce.
Which Action Masters did you and do you currently own? There's a few answers upthread but....
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 26, 2013 13:34:04 GMT
Currently own: None
Once Owned:
Grimlock
Shockwave
Devastator
Blaster
Prowl
Starscream
Wheeljack
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jan 26, 2013 13:44:52 GMT
Shame on you.
Currently owned:
Optimus Prime
Prowl
Thundercracker
Devastator
Grimlock
Snarl
Rumbler
Double Punch
Slicer
Andy
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Jim
Thunderjet
Micromaster Backside Monitor
Now in glorious Ultra HD 4K
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Post by Jim on Jan 26, 2013 18:26:15 GMT
Childhood collection (still in pretty great condition):
Krok
Kick-Off
Shockwave
Grimlock
Bought as an adult:
Jackpot
Roll-Out
Rad
Banzaitron
Blaster
Soundwave (still MOSC, haven't found the right moment to open him yet)
I'm pretty sure I inherited my brother's Wheeljack too, but haven't the faintest where it is right now.
-Jim
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Post by Bogatan on Jan 26, 2013 18:40:42 GMT
I've always had a pretty complete set. Got all the boxed ones aside from Wheeljack and about half the carded toys as a kid. Got Wheeljack, Grimlock, Blaster and the four Elites (incomplete) and probably some junker figures in the last 5 or 6 years.
Would still like to get Shockwave and Tracks at some point.
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Post by Shockprowl on Jan 26, 2013 20:37:41 GMT
I still don't own Prime and Megatron.
My collection is:
Prowl (have an old one from my child hood, and a newer one in MUCH better condition)
Jazz
Wheeljack
Blaster
Inferno (aquired by Piglet! She wont give him back!)
Shockwave
Soundwave
Starscream
I had, but for some reason parted with:
Banzai-Tron
Grimlock
AMs are great.
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 27, 2013 0:57:40 GMT
I need to double-check mine as my AM's survived my massive cut-down of my collection of toys. If ever space gets even more tight they will be the last to go as Action Masters are my favourite Transformers toy line.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 18, 2015 23:02:20 GMT
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Post by Llama God on Feb 19, 2015 8:50:02 GMT
They are... fantastic. Absolutely fantastic. Predaking on a bike! What couldn't be better than a tiny gestalt on a bike? And that Ultra Magnus looks brilliant. Now *this* is the kind of situation where I think it would be okay for a 3P company to put out versions of these things - they looked good, but Hasbro opted not to. So they're kind of fair game. But I'm just saying that 'cos I want them...
Also, to keep the previous spirit of this thread going, my Action Master collection covers:
Optimus Prime (figure only)
Grimlock
Bumbleebee
Soundwave
Shockwave
Action Masters were an odd thing to me. Not having t'Interwebs back in t'early 90s I didn't know this line even existed until I discovered them whilst on holiday in France. The non-English packaging only confused me even further (until I found a dictionary and translated it), but at the same time it also massively increased the mystery and thus the appeal. And having never owned a Grimlock, Soundwave or Shockwave before it was a great - and cheap - way to get those important characters.
As for Optimus Prime, I didn't have an income when he came out so couldn't afford the whole playset. So I wrote to Hasbro UK, sent them a cheque for a fiver, and they obligingly sent me the figure on its own. Which was really nice of them, I thought. So much as I may criticise Hasbro UK (and I do), I can also never forget that they treated me quite well on that occasion.
So yeah... Action Masters. They're a bit shit, to be honest. But there's so much around them that makes them amazing for me. I wish they'd produced these few extra figures.
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 19, 2015 18:41:22 GMT
Still my favourite TF line.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 31, 2015 21:33:09 GMT
Might have bought two Action Masters tonight, one by accident.
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 1, 2015 1:10:54 GMT
If you don't need one, I can help you.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 1, 2015 7:59:13 GMT
Which ones have you got, you never replies upthread!
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Post by Benn on Sept 1, 2015 12:30:17 GMT
Ralph needs all the Action Masters, he can never have too many.
Indeed, no-one can have too many.
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 1, 2015 17:24:26 GMT
Exactly!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 3, 2015 15:29:06 GMT
The photos of the auction I bought my Action Masters from reminded me of something   I used to like the 3mm peg hole in Shockwave's back for mounting his gun in. Do any other Action Masters have them? Then I got thinking.... Shockwave has the peg hole on the top of his back. He has another on the side of his gun arm, which I've always thought was in lieu of a hand hole on that arm. What if it isn't? Has anybody ever thought that AM Shockwave might be missing one of those flexible rubber PIPES that the GI Joe figures came with and these holes are meant to hold it as the power lead for his gun on the original figure? |
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Post by Llama God on Sept 3, 2015 15:58:46 GMT
I always assumed that that's what it was for, but that they just couldn't be bothered to include them in the packaging. I'm sure I read something somewhere once that confirmed that. Or maybe some guy in the pub told me. Sold me this magic bean, too...
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 3, 2015 16:31:31 GMT
It has long been fan lore that a pipe was meant to go there.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 11, 2016 19:13:14 GMT
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Post by Shockprowl on Sept 11, 2016 19:31:22 GMT
I always thought Devastator was a very odd choice for an Action Master. Unless they did him enormous like, or at least larger than the others. And I always though Bumblebee was way too large for that matter.
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Post by Jaymz on Sept 11, 2016 19:50:03 GMT
Yeah, was strange they did Devastator, but there are design drawings of Predaking and Superion too.
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Post by Llama God on Sept 11, 2016 20:13:58 GMT
Guess it was a way to get the otherwise prohibitively-expensive/otherwise-unavailable characters..?
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Post by Bogatan on Sept 11, 2016 20:18:56 GMT
Probably the lack of major pre movie Decepticons. Without doing all 6 strike jets theres only Meg, Shockwave and Soundwave. I suppose maybe Frenzy or Rumble and the other two insecticons might have been options.
Thinking about it now I would have loved a Reflector.
I wonder if there was ever thoughts of doing the combiners at a larger size.
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Post by Shockprowl on Sept 11, 2016 20:50:48 GMT
Oh yes a Reflector would have been brilliant!
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 11, 2016 21:00:39 GMT
The amazing Action Master process is suitable for all characters.
-Ralph
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Post by Benn on Sept 11, 2016 21:13:09 GMT
There should be reverse Action Masters, for characters whom were only seen in alt mode, like Fusion.
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Post by Bogatan on Sept 11, 2016 21:25:51 GMT
That sort of thinking is how we ended up with assorted speedstar toylines.
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