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Post by The Doctor on Jan 5, 2017 22:39:22 GMT
Sunstreaker.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 6, 2017 7:12:38 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 6, 2017 8:17:00 GMT
Oh come on.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 6, 2017 8:18:44 GMT
Reasoning explained above by two people!
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Post by Pinwig on Jan 6, 2017 19:48:38 GMT
I think Ralph is playing with us. I reckon he knew that was Rumble off the bat and the Sideswipe post was a clever, yet subtle way of showing it. I think he's playing with us!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 6, 2017 19:51:28 GMT
Sideswipe is of course red & black, like Rumble, and has similar transforming arms in the cartoon, which the toy does not have but Sunstreaker does!
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Post by Bogatan on Jan 6, 2017 20:32:06 GMT
Week 160: Military VehiclesYour top 5 toys that turn into a vehicle used by the armed forces please. 5. Fly Wheels 4. Micromaster Military patrol 3. Actionmaster Megatron 2. Hardhead 1. Tako Tank Week 161: Deluxe toysYour top 5 toys made in in the deluxe size please For all there faults I will never suggest they couldn't put nice colours on a mould. 5. TR Weirdwolf 4. Botcon Tarantulas 3. TM Tarantulas 2. Botcon Shockwavey Jazz 1. Botcon not-quite-Actionmaster Thundercracker Ive probably missed dozens of great moulds. Im not trying to be controversial 5. Generations 4. G1 3. DOTM Skids 2. HA Skids 1. Icecream Skids Week 163: CyberverseYour top 5 Transformers Cyberverse toys please. I cant think whats in cyberverse er 2. Prime Wheeljack 1. Blackout skip Week 164: MotorbikesYour top 5 Transformers who turn into motorbikes please. 5. Animated Samurai Prowl 4. G1 Wreck Gar 3. G1 groove - one of my first transformers 2. CW Afterburner - just more interesting than Groove. 1. Pink 2007 Arcee Week 165: MegaYour top 5 Mega Sized toys please. The Mega size class was the earliest to be introduced making it's first appearance in 1992 with Stalker & Rotorstorm. The box size was used from then until the end of RiD ten years later when retail lost confidence in it due a number of shelf warmind incidents. For our purpose a Mega sized toy will be a single robot that appeared in that size, or one of it's repaints, or a multipack that appeared in that size (There's a few during RiD) Im not really a fan of this size class 5. er.... Skybyte 4. TM Megatron 3. Universe Whirl 2. MW Sanstorm 1. Rotorstorm 5. Actionmaster - even the AM sculpt isnt as good as others. 4. MP 3. Generations 2. Cybertron Downshift - if Phil can cheat so can I. 1. G1 Week 167: Store ExclusivesYour top 5 Transformers toys that have been sold as store exclusives please 5. KB clear spychangers 4. Big Daddy 3. Tripredacus Agent 2. Pretender classics Legends K-Mart exclusives - I remembe seeing these guys in 1990, relly wish I'd picked at least one of them up 1. RID Scourge
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 6, 2017 22:33:36 GMT
Week 41: SideswipeYour top 5 Sideswipe toys please! TOP 5 SIDESWIPE TOYS: 1: G2 Sideswipe. 2: Actionmaster Sideswipe. 3: 1984 Sideswipe. 4: Decoy Sideswipe. 5: Go-bot Sideswipe. -Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 6, 2017 22:52:51 GMT
Whereas last time you said: I think that original Sideswipe, G2 flavour and the Action Master are tops. I have a huge spot for Armada Sideswipe. Yes, I know the robot mode is a bit pants but I love the car mode, the way the minicon bike stores, the chivs of doom and the head sculpt. Really fun toy. I think I've had it pass through my hands three times now! One of those slightly naff but fun toys that I am destined to buy-move on-rebuy in an endless loop! I feel that Armada in general was a great kids toy line which is under-rated and tarnished in the collective memory by the poor media tie-ins. -Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 6, 2017 22:58:48 GMT
Indeed. The problem is that Armada Sideswipe is so immense that if I were to put it in a top 5 the universe would explode. I have saved you all.
-Ralph
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Post by blueshift on Jan 6, 2017 23:02:30 GMT
I genuinely love Armada Sideswipe. What a great toy.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 6, 2017 23:09:26 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 6, 2017 23:16:44 GMT
It is a shame I no longer own any version of Armada Sideswipe. It's a great toy! Better than MP G2 Sideswipe.
-Ralph
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Post by blueshift on Jan 6, 2017 23:17:16 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 7, 2017 0:50:14 GMT
No, it counts but he should be Nightbeat and Wheeljack should be Sideswipe and Downshift Wheeljack.
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 7, 2017 9:34:50 GMT
No, Phil, no. More mad conspiracy nonsense! This is up their with your insane claim that Sideswipe is Sunstreaker.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 9, 2017 8:13:08 GMT
5) Arms MicronThey got the colour right, which is important to me. 4) 1984Looks nice but the arm articulation is annoyingly limited, especially a the shoulders. 3) United/AdventureAfter the RTS Cancellation, which was the wrong colour anyway, this two pack was wildly popular and sold out v quick. Nice to see it back in circulation for Adventures. Nice looking toys, decent gimmick. 3) Titans ReturnBut the latest Rumble is better. Very good robot, decent tank and a tape mode that works with Soundwave 1) MP-15I looked at this recently and realised how good it was. Super articulated version of the original. Superb, must get one
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Post by Jim on Jan 9, 2017 11:38:13 GMT
Hmmm, thought I remembered doing this but I don't see the post anywhere! I really enjoyed this line, there are some nice PRID moulds, the sticker and build-a-micron aspect appealed to me, and the packaging was nice too. There was also some complicated game aspect to the weapons as I recall, though I never really looked into it. Toyline: 5. Ratchet - those stickers are an epic feat, but worth it. Another good Prime mould 4. Bumblebee - an underrated mould with a decent micron 3. Soundwave - good mould with terrible stickers and a great micron 2. Vehicon - great transformation and design, even if the figure is slightly flawed articulation-wise. Top micron again (I'm not going to count Air Vehicon separately) 1. Wildrider - best use of this mould. Beautiful, with an excellent micron. Microns: 5. Dai - decent little alligator which eventually gave us TCC Krok's partner 4. Zori - nice scorpion mode 3. Sais - appealingly chunky robot 2. Gori - wonderfully imposing Gorilla 1. Ozu - WIldrider's cycloptic elephant partner. Amazing. Lots of nice variants and individual releases too, and many bubbling under. -Jim
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Post by Jim on Jan 9, 2017 12:02:25 GMT
Two people got it this week and I rather think Jim's guess was taking the p!$$ cos it was so obvious! Clubs, Penguins, whatever... My relationship with the club has been rocky... I was caught out in the Great Sideburn Fiasco, and never received the one I had allegedly been sent. I managed to get one out of the club, after they said they had none left, with a polite but firm complaint - end even then they made me pay a postage "contribution". I publicly vowed never to join again, then that same year I won the photo comp and got sent a box of various leftover BotCon toys - Cheetor, Leozack and Chromia *shrug*. 5. Skyquake - toss-up between this and Leozack; Energon Ghost Starscream is a favourite of mine and they put some lovely colours on it. 4. Sideburn - the mould works so well with this colour scheme. 3. Kick Off (or whatever they called him) - one of my favourite uses of the RTS Jazz mould, they did a great job on the head sculpt and colours. 2. G2 Ramjet - beautiful! What can I say that hasn't been said? 1. Circuit - I love the ROTF Lockdown mould, I love Action Master homages, and I love gloriously lurid colour schemes. This is just about perfect. So much bubbling under - some top Action Master homages, Runabout and Runamuck were OK (though I did sell mine on), and for all that it was not very G2 at all I have almost everything from the G2 Redux year (they're mostly good toys whether they fit the theme or not). In spite of Hasbro's uptick in unexpected homages, I will miss the club's better efforts in this regard. Still hate SG though. -Jim
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Post by Jim on Jan 9, 2017 12:06:44 GMT
3. United Rumble - pretty decent 2. G1 Rumble - pips United because it turns into a tape 1. MP Rumble - like G1 done right; the MP cassettes are great, and I'm surprised we haven't had some repaint cassette packs out of them -Jim
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 12, 2017 7:49:07 GMT
Thursday Tease:
You'll be in pieces sometime during this week's subject!
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Post by Jim on Jan 12, 2017 8:05:48 GMT
Hmmm, seems like lots of possibilities here. Immediately thought of GPS sufferers, but I think we've covered all the lines with the biggest culprits? Maybe a subline with a notable sufferer, like Transmetals or Micromaster Combiners? Or a specific character?
Partsformers seem like another possibillity, or toys which notoriously and unintentionally come apart during transformation.
-Jim
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 12, 2017 8:13:25 GMT
Godbomber.
-Ralph
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Post by blueshift on Jan 12, 2017 8:26:36 GMT
Thursday Tease: You'll be in pieces sometime during this week's subject! Power Core Combiners
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 12, 2017 9:00:50 GMT
Ralph, how many Godbomber toys are there? Original, Kabaya, Legends THREE Three is not enough to do a top five as we established with Hardhead. Well done for not guessing Hardhead btw!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 12, 2017 9:18:04 GMT
Anyway nobody is right so far.
And someone may have been looking on my spreadsheet for NEXT week
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Post by Baron B of Triple B on Jan 12, 2017 11:33:02 GMT
Kre-o?
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 12, 2017 11:59:51 GMT
NO!
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Post by Jim on Jan 12, 2017 12:01:21 GMT
surely not built to rule
-Jim
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 12, 2017 12:15:43 GMT
Quite DEFINITELY not.
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