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Post by The Doctor on Oct 25, 2013 16:08:33 GMT
Oh, easy one!
Hardhead was the only one I had as a child and I played that thing to death. Great toy.
Brave Maximus. Brilliant toy.
Scorponok. Got one from Nick and it has survived the Big Purge. I coveted my cousin's as a kid. Such fun.
Apeface. It's an ape that's a Headmaster! What is not to love?
Mindwipe. HUMNEE HUMNEE HUMNEE! NOW I SHALL USE MY MAGIC SPELL! HUMNEE HUMNEE HUMNEE!
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Oct 25, 2013 16:19:16 GMT
I didn't have many Headmasters but the ones I had I did enjoy. Apart from the Terrorcons, I think I enjoyed these toys less than earlier years Transformers.
1. Snapdragon. Triple changing fun, and the head having two modes is a great touch. Snapdragon's big, strong, and lazy! Fun character and great to play with.
2. Scorponok. Never owned or played with one, but just looks fantastic. Great character. Never saw his base mode much in the comics that I recall, but I love base modes. May have to finally get my hands on one one day.
3. Fortress maximus. Again, never owned or played with one, but he's so enormous and impressive how can one not marvel at him?!
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Post by kayevcee on Oct 25, 2013 18:09:51 GMT
Weirdwolf. HUMNEE HUMNEE HUMNEE! NOW I SHALL USE MY MAGIC SPELL! HUMNEE HUMNEE HUMNEE! Mindwipe, surely? Now then. My top five... 5) Snapdragon. Good spaceship, good robot, satisfactory dragon, loads of accessories, excellent headmaster companion. 4) Highbrow. The last large Headmaster I acquired and a winner. I love the look of the helicopter mode and the guns- the Autobot HMs all had distinctive guns but Highbrow's are particularly nifty. Brainstorm would have this spot but for his awkward hip ratchets. 3) Chromedome. The first large Headmaster I had as a kid and probably the one I spent most time fiddling with. Really cool vehicle mode, big imposing robot with good proportions (sorry Hardhead) and semi-transformed he had a MASK-style raised APC-type-thing mode 2) Grand Maximus. Probably my favourite colour scheme and he comes with all the trimmings. The Master Sword is great, the robot form has endless features, fold-out weapons and hidey holes and the base mode is just superb. Improved further by Brave Max's instruction sheet/playmat. 1) Scorponok. I thought for a while about what way round to put these guys, and decided to go by how much time I spent playing with them. Scorponok was a Christmas present from my uncle Brian- the same uncle who got me my first TFs back in 1984. He was far and away the biggest TF I owned (until Overlord came along some 5 years later, but they're pretty much equal) and spent long stretches of time making life unpleasant for my Autobot forces in all three modes. And that's the final straw- Fort Max has two great modes. Scorponok has three. Decision made. Also if you're visiting relatives he can fit in a backpack. -Nick
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Post by legios on Oct 25, 2013 19:48:26 GMT
Headmasters
Hmmm. Not owned many Headmasters, yet this isn't as difficult as I thought it would be.
5) Hardhead - His tank-mode is simultaneously silly and fun - it would fit in well with the absurdities that the followers of Nicholas Kerensky in Battletech use for combat vehicles. His humanoid mode is great - feels suitably squared off and boxy to make him feel like an old-time warrior, and he believes in bringing a backup gun to the fight.
4) Snapdragon - A big stompy dragon, which turns into an SR-71, and into a slightly gormless looking Decepticon warrior. Great stuff.
3) Brainstorm - Love the aesthetics of the fighter mode - one-part Strafe, one-part Crusher Joe's Harpy - it is just a really lovely Space Opera-y space fighter. I like the transformation schema as well - simple but effective, and the integration of the handguns into the alt-mode is quite clever.
2)Brave Maximus - The best colour scheme ever deployed on the * Maximus design in my opinion. He may not have all the weapons of previous Maximi, but what his existing artillery doesn't deal with he looks like his massive fists will soon lay low. Great fun, a lot of play value in every mode. And mini-Scourge can ride in his shoulder compartment to steal his mighty power and use it for evil - bonus!
1) Skorpornok - the Headmaster I got for Christmas one year - I wanted a base-bot to go toe to toe with Metroplex, the Autobots big gun. Scorpion mode is great fun. His base mode has lots of bits to fiddle about with, and his humanoid mode just looks the part of alien Engine of Destruction. Rallied my Decepticons from the brink of defeat and led them on a year-long rampage, which could only be stopped in the end by one Autobot Hero (but that is another story)
Karl
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 26, 2013 17:36:42 GMT
Yes, I meant Mindwipe. I've never owned a Weirdwolf! That was a strange brain fart.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Oct 27, 2013 10:06:31 GMT
So tardy with this so here we go.
WEEK 3 BEAST WARS
1 - Optimus Primal (super ape) the first Transformer I'd bought in years 2 - Razorbeast - great fun wee smaller toy. 3 - TM2 Dinobot - evil looking and grand fun. 4 - Megatron (fun toy, the two leaders of the factions were great toys) 5 - Tigerhawk - just a great, big fun toy.
Never owned a Micromaster base so I shall bow out of that round.
WEEK 5 1985 1 - Grimlock - my first transformer toy, 2 - Grapple, great colour scheme, and a fun toy 3 - Jetfire - I was so envious of my cousin who owned him. 4 - Topspin - great cheap and fun, loved playing with them. 5 - Twin Twist - same as his brother.
WEEK 6 - MEGATRON
1 - G2 Megatron (MEGATRON ATTACK!) 2 - G2 Legends Megatron 3 - Beast Wars Megatron (Barneytron is a great laugh) 4 - RID Megatron - cracking fun. 5 - Armada Megatron.
Week 7 Car Robots/RID
1 - Spychange Scourge 2 - Brave Maximus 3 - Optimus Prime 4 - Jhiaxus - it's a Jhiaxus toy. 5 - Storm Jet - love that colour scheme.
Andy
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Oct 27, 2013 10:14:28 GMT
WEEK 8 - PRETENDERS
1 - Pretender Grimlock - Richard Nixon pretender shell, what's not to love. 2 - Cloudburst - the first Pretender I ever played with. 3 - Longtooth for the joy he has brought this forum and Ralph. 4 - Splashdown, loved the toy when I grabbed it. 5 - Sky High - I am with Phil a nice colour scheme and a better vehicle mode.
WEEK 9 - 1986 TOYS
1 - Ultra Magnus (a timely replacment for my damaged Optimus Prime) 2 - Galvatron - noisy tormentor of the family. 3 - Springer - great character and my most favourite non Galvatron triple-changer 4 - Rodimus Prime - more for the character than the quality of the toy which I loved. 5 - Hot Rod - great fun Autobot car.
WEEK 10 - Bumblebee Toys
1 - Bumblebee (original) 2 - Bumblebee Action master 3 - Bumblebee Pretender Classic 4 - Animated Bumblebee 5 - Goldbug (I know, but it's on the TFU table)
Andy
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Oct 27, 2013 10:27:51 GMT
WEEK 11 - ARMADA TOYS
1 - Supercon Prime 2 - Armada Megatron 3 - Jolt (with free Hotshot) 4 - Tidal Wave 5 - Starscream
Week 12: Tapes
1 - Frenzy (better colour scheme than Rumble) 2 - Ratbat 3 - Buzzsaw 4 - Laserbeak 5 - Ravage
Week 13 - 1987 Toys
1 -Goldbug 2 - Scorponok - the first of the city bots I really liked 3 - Flywheels - a not bad toy, that because of his comic appearances was lifted to a must have toy 4 - Chromedome - great car, and my favourite of the Autobot headmasters 5 - Rollbar - my cousin had him and he was my introduction to Throttlebot toys. Pull back and go. Great gimmick.
Andy
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Oct 27, 2013 10:32:27 GMT
Week 14 -Jazz
1 - Jazz - 1984 version 2 - Action Master Jazz 3 - Generations Ultimate Gift Set Jazz 4 - Pretender Classics Jazz 5 - Universe Legends Jazz
Week 15 - Classics
1 - Bumblebee 2 - Rodimus 3 - Mirage 4 - Megatron 5 - Optimus Prime
Week 16: Autobot Diaclone Cars 1984 -1985
1 -Ratchet unusual robot mode and a great toy. Like Nick I pretended that his MARB was what he was scudding about in in Warrior School. 2 - Sideswipe - sleek vehicle, great looking robot. 3 - Grapple - construction crane just looked big and great fun. 4 - Ironhide - like Ratchet but red, I can deal. 5 - Jazz - slick sports car, and a fun toy. Probably the most popular of the Autobot cars when he came out in my neck of the woods.
Andy
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Oct 27, 2013 10:42:57 GMT
Week 17: Repaints of Autobot Diaclone Cars that weren't sold 1984-1985
1 - G2 Sideswipe 2 - Black Ironhide 3 - Blue Bluestreak (WANT!!!) 4 - Sunstreaker Police car - damn right I want that. Sooo nice. 5 - Road Rage ( a much better colour scheme for Tracks)
Week 18 1988 Toys
1 - Powermaster Optimus Prime 2 - Fizzle 3 - Quickswitch - rubbish but I owned him. 4 - Micromaster Race Car Patrol - loved them when I got them. 5 - Guzzle - nice wee tank.
Week 19 Starscream
1 - Action Master Starscream 2 - Machine Wars Starscream 3 - Animated Legends Starscream 4 - G2 Starscream 5 - Energon Starscream
Andy
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Oct 27, 2013 10:57:20 GMT
Week 20 Robot masters
1 - Star Saber 2 - Victory Leo 3 - Beast Megatron 4 - R- Blade 5 - Ligier
Week 21: Diaclone Body Decepticon Jets
1 - G2 Ramjet 2 - Thundercracker 3 - Thrust 4 - Starscream 5 - Skywarp
Week 22 - 1989 Toys
1 - Longtooth 2 - Bludgeon 3 - Grimlock 4 - Fixit (or Micromaster Ratchet in my house) 5 - Stakeout
Week 23: Grimlock
1 - G1 Grimlock 2 - Masterpiece Grimlock 3 - Action Master Grimlock 4 - G2 Grimlock 5 - Pretender Grimlock
Week 24: Energon/Superlink
1 - Optimus Prime ( great toy, sadly not a photogenic one, great in the plastic though) 2 - Downshift 3 - Rodimus 4 - Towline (almost a Thunder Clash) 5 - Scorponok.
Week 25: Headmasters
1 - Brave Maximus 2 - Scorponok 3 - Chromedome 4 - Snapdragon 5 - Mindwipe.
Andy
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 28, 2013 19:55:19 GMT
5) Snapdragon Decent triple changer and triple changing Headmaster. When he gets reissued he so needs a black e-Hobby repaint. 4) Hardhead Big guns: love that you can sit the figure in him and all the other Headmasters 3) Highbrow Fabulous Helicopter, again good for having the figure in the cockpit. 2) Skullcruncher A crocodile..... with the driver riding in his mouth? ? Think about that for a minute.... 1) Fortress Maximus The biggest and one of the best TFs EVER. 3 superb modes. Best base and city mode. It's such a fabulous toy. (Brave version for preference)
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Post by Bogatan on Oct 28, 2013 22:29:35 GMT
Week 25: Headmasters Wow this is harder than I initially thought.
5. Scorponok/Black Zarek - A really solid toy and in black and gold looks fantastic as well as being on the verge of exploding.
4. Snapdragon - This list is basically the headmasters I had growing up it seems. Manages the triple changer concept better than Apeface and seems ripe for a new generations version. Certainly it would be a more interesting toy than another go at Astrotrain or Octane.
3. Siren - Not seemingly a lot of love for the new headmasters or whatever they were referred to as, but as with the double Targetmasters and the smaller Pretenders I find on the whole I like them more than their larger counterparts. Siren was bought by my Aunt on a holiday in London I think from Hamleys (we also got some Get-Along-Gang stuff) Nightbeat gets all the love but I do think Siren is the better mould.
2. Hard Head - my first headmaster. great fun. Also green. Green will take a transformer far in my eyes.
1. Grand Maximus - Although I saw a Fortress Maximus as a kid in the window of my local toy shop and again at my first two Botcons I never got near enough to play with one so getting Grand Max from Yahoo Japan (thanks to Nicks suggestion)was my first experience of the big guy. Brave MAx runs close but I do prefer the Grand Max scheme overall.
Bubbling under: Skullcruncher my third favourite con headmaster. Armada Sideways - always felt like an unused 1980s design to me. It's far less articulated than most of the armada line but it bothers me me less because its such a g1 brick. The double head master gimmick is bizarre but great fun.
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Post by Jim on Oct 29, 2013 10:42:20 GMT
Week 25: Headmasters
I hadn't even seen one in the plastic until I was almost 30, the other kids had all moved on from Transformers and the family finances while they were out were not the best, so I was purely a Targetmaster child. I've only actually owned two, so 3 - 5 are just based on second hand knowledge
1. Weirdwolf - love the colours, the wolf mode is great. I always loved that these toys had cockpits for the Nebulans. So badly wanted one as a child, knew his A-Z profile from the annual by heart.
2. Brainstorm - excellent fighter mode, as has been mentioned elsewhere here, and I like the head design. Now another great character in MTMTE too.
3. Scorponok - surely the reissue rumours must come true one day, especially now we've had Fort Max? He looks like he's fun in all modes.
4. Chromedome - a case of leaver's remorse I've nursed since I was 12, as they had stacks of them in Nottingham Makro along with Slugslinger for a fiver each and I chose to buy a Master System game instead which I already regretted on the drive home. Waugh!
5. Mindwipe - the one I most wanted after Weirdwolf. Looks great.
-Jim
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 31, 2013 13:28:48 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 1, 2013 7:32:18 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 1, 2013 10:03:01 GMT
5 Constructionish Micromaster for you: 5) Hydraulic4) Takedown3) Crumble2) Groundpounder1) NeutroI can't bring myself to vote for the big Japanese base robos because I don't have enough experience of them. While I support the idea of bringing back older characters, especially the likes of Devastator, Blaster and Shockwave that had never been available in the UK before I feel the basic idea of the Action Masters - Transformers that don't Transform - isn't a good one. Your mileage may vary. I think the real mistake was made the year before: not making the Micromasters new versions of the G1 toys and not, like the Japanese, including bigger robots which were compatable with them.
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Post by Bogatan on Nov 1, 2013 17:19:19 GMT
And I thought 89 was hard. Theres almost nothing from this year I don't like. But I find that I preferred the first year of Micromasters to 1990s batch. Which is odd because theres a lot to like, but I think I was much more distracted by the actionmasters than I had been by Pretenders. I think due to the sheer number of Actionmasters I skipped most of the 90 micromasters until they appeared in a small clothes shop around the corner for a pound or two and Mum started bringing a new set in every few days. Even with the focus on actionmasters I missed out on quite a few including all the previously unreleased characters which to this day I'm still not sure how that happened.
Anyway 5. Mainframe. I just thought he and pushbutton were awesome.
4. Optimus Prime by far my second favourite base mode (behind countdown) but Primes felt like a proper functional battle field base.
3. Battlefield HQ - Has to be on the list as its the reason I wound up not owning a Shockwave of any variety till only a few years ago. Went into Woolworths as I did every weekend to look at all the Transformers and this one particular weekend for whatever reason I had money and was planning to buy Shockwave (or failing that one of the characters I didn't have, so Blaster or Devastator) but instead I found a Battlefield HQ reduced to abuot £8 I think, down from around £20. After much umming and arrring I went for it over the actionmasters as a toy that size was only usually an option for Christmas and birthdays and there was always going to be a new big must have Transformer to take those slots.
2. Skyfall - A lot of credit must go to Top Heavy which is is just so full of character, but even alone Skyfall is is a fantastic design.
1 . Jazz - Jazz and Bumblebee were my favourites growing up. I was (a little) unimpressed by Pretender Jazz and I don't think I would have had classic Jazz yet so even with the weakest partner of the carded figures Jazz is still top.
bubbling under: Rad. Cool toy with animal weapon partner which was even cooler. was on the list initially but I couldnt leave Prime off. Megatron - first steps down the route of tank-iness. One day Hasbro will give us a Megatron based on that tank mode.
All the mm that came with the base bots in Japan this year I like especially Drill buster which I think is the only one I don't have.
Big Daddy exemplifies all that is good about that years micromasters.
Banzaitron - best decepticon of the year and came with a crab.
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 1, 2013 18:28:49 GMT
ALL ACTION MASTERS.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 1, 2013 19:12:58 GMT
ALL ACTION MASTERS. -Ralph Pick 5
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 1, 2013 20:01:16 GMT
I can't! They are all amazing!
-Ralph
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Post by Jim on Nov 2, 2013 0:10:09 GMT
Week 26: 1990 Toys
People who don't like Action Masters: You are wrong.
1. Krok - lovely design, lovely colours, all enduring. Great partner as well.
2. Kick-Off - Again, a really nice design. Back-pack a bit odd, but the spring loaded cannon flipping over the shoulder never got old.
3. Shockwave - finally, a Shockwave toy, and an Action Master to boot!
4. Micromaster Astro Squad - Space-themed, combining, micromasters! Transformers which don't transform; Transformers which transform into half a thing; truly 1990 was a great year for innovation!
5. Micromaster Military Patrol - great, diverse bunch of moulds with lots of character and playability.
Bubbling just under is the Air Patrol, of which I particularly love Blazemaster and Treadbolt, followed very, very closely by the Construction Patrol. AM Wheeljack next - didn't own him myself, my brother did, but a fine vehicle there.
Great year! Wish I'd been able to own many more from it. It was also the year I made a new friend at senior school who also still into Transformers, many good memories talking of the comics and producing our own.
-Jim
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Post by Shockprowl on Nov 3, 2013 2:59:24 GMT
All Action Masters for me. I had no Micro Masters. I love Action Masters. Transformers with vehicles to ride!!!!! Brilliant. I was very 'classic' character base, and feel in recent years I missed out on the other great non-classic characters in the line. So bubbling under are Gutcruncher (great name) and his awesome vehicle, and Banzai-Tron (great name), the first TF martial artist (I think).
5 Megatron. Never owned one, but I love big tank massive destruction vehicles, and one Megatron could actually ride on?! Awesome. May have to hunt one down one day.
4 Jazz. Great figure... on a skateboard! A skate-board!!!! Brilliant.
3 Prowl. Shock-horror Prowl not number one?!?! But yes it is true. I loved the bike, but never felt it suited Prowl. Would have been better with Jazz or Blaster. Prowl should have had a kind of mobile command recon vehicle, like he flew in Dinobot hunt mayhaps. Still, a great figure, and a thrill when I found one. The house was filled with my Prowl enduced "Aaaarrgghhs" even way back then.
2 Blaster. My first Action Master. Awesome figure and weapon. I fell in love with Action Masters because of him. I thought the concept was interesting and LOVED the fact there were classic characters in the line.
1 Shockwave. Like several others have said- At last! A Shockwave!!! And what a Shockwave! Just just just just BRILLIANT! And a weapon/partner with real personality.
Ahhhh
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Nov 3, 2013 8:45:03 GMT
Looking at that list, it seems 1990 was the first year I didn't buy any Transformers... but that can't be right. Actually, it's not right. I bought loads of Transformers around this time - all Classic re-releases.
I'm afraid I didn't get the appeal of Transformers who can't transform and still don't. It didn't do them any favours that they were sitting on the shop shelf alongside re-releases of the best TF toys ever made, often of the same characters... generally packaged so as to show their die-cast realistic disguise vehicle modes off to best advantage.
From 1989 I owned the Micromaster Transport Roughstuff. I thought he was cool. He could ride round in a transforming vehicle _and_ he could transform...
Martin
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 7, 2013 9:04:33 GMT
A tease for tomorrow: I'm willing to bet that Ralph can't deal with one of the choices that people might make.
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Post by Stomski on Nov 7, 2013 9:37:54 GMT
A tease for tomorrow: I'm willing to bet that Ralph can't deal with one of the choices that people might make. Sounds ultra good... I wonder if anyone on mastermind has been asked questions about this subject by Magnus Magnusson.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 7, 2013 12:27:55 GMT
Was a Tad of an easy clue perhaps. Oh ah well an extra 24 hours for you to RID yourself of any doubts as to which toys should City Command your top 5s tomorrow.
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Post by legios on Nov 7, 2013 20:40:20 GMT
Week 26: 1990 Toys
Hmm. This is actually quite difficult because this was the period that I wasn't buying Transformer toys at all, having rediscovered American comics and trying to complete my run of Excaliber and X-Factor... I'd be inclibned to vote for the classic rereleases myself, but as they are molds that have already been released in years we've covered then consider them all honorable mentions/ However, although I have no childhood favourites I will see what I can do regards a list of things my adult self rather likes for one reason or another.
5)He comes with an Anti-tank weapon that looks like a ride-on lawnmower. Once a certain person pointed that out to me I could never stop seeing it. For amusement value alone he had to make the list.
4) Dai Atlas - Great Atlas, Big Atlas, both are apposite - a big toy, with a fantastic spacecrafty mode which manages to cram in a half-decent base mode as well ( and one that can link up with stuff, that is always good). The humanoid mode is huge and impressive and looks like he deserves to be Cyberton Leader. And to cap off the fun not only does he have a battery motor so that he can drive across the living room and drill into the sofa, but he comes with a rather neat Micromaster as well.
3) Sonic Bomber - Nice aircraft mode, with lots of wooshability and the small size that you can zoom it around one handed and still feel secure putting in through decent manuevers - a transformation that is a little different to those we've seen before, and a really nice colour scheme.
2) Actionmaster Shockwave - the only version of "The Transformers" Shockwave I would ever be able to afford to own in all probability. Does a marvelous job of catching the aesthetic of the comic and cartoon portrayals.
1) Actionmaster Megatron - or more correctly - Actionmaster Megatron's Neutro-fusion tank. Such a lovely tank/tankhunter (the lack of a traversable turret technically disqualifies it as a tank but I'm giving it the benefit of the doubt and assuming that the toys lack of traverse is a limitation of the toy rather than Megatron's vehicle). The actual Megatron Actionmaster is rather good - although he could have done with a sword and rifle seeing as he lacks the fusion cannon. But then, considering the firepower and armour of what he is driving into battle it isn't like he will feel the loss. The tank has great play value - with the seats and pegs for Actionmasters to pile on like Red Army Tankriders. And to top it all it transforms into a reasonable gun emplacement and a flying throne of doom. Great stuff. (I second the motion - Hasbro/Tomy, stop messing around with Megatron's that turn into B-2's or random assortments of folded robot parts. "Megatron a-tank", this tank, forthwith please)
Karl
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 7, 2013 21:05:32 GMT
Have you ever noticed how the AM Vehicles for Prime and Megatron - a long nosed truck and a tank - are both precursors of their G2 forms? That's pretty neat.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 8, 2013 7:01:32 GMT
Week 27: Ultra Magnus
Your top 5 Ultra Magnus toys please
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