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Post by The Huff on Mar 3, 2017 23:01:55 GMT
Right, Transformers with base modes! This is a difficult one to do as there are lots of toys that are favourites of mine that just happen to have a base mode (Motormaster) but it's not necessarily because of their base/city modes that I like them - so do I go with these or go for different toys that I think have great actual base modes? I think I'll go with the latter:
5) Metroplex - the first city bot. Not that clever but here for nostalgic reasons.
4) Scorponok (one of my favourite toys anyway but his city mode is one of the ones that doesn't look like a robot just sitting down- although they missed a trick by not making it a base for Nebulon figures)
3) Skyhoppers Helicopter: Always been a favourite of mine - a great base mode and turns into a very nicely coloured helicopter piloted by a jet! Great toy and I'm so pleased so many other think so too!
2)Anti Aircraft Tank (belonging to Spaceshot & Blackout) - just like Skyhoppers helicopter, this toy had lots of play value and also had the bonus of a little jeep they could ride around in. Cheaper plastic but just as well designed. So good, I had to use it in Transtrip all those years ago (and made the two Micromasters who came with it little a**holes!)
1) Another Micromaster - Greasepit and his Gas Station. I think this cost about £8 when I got it from John Menzies back in '89 and it was so much value. An actual Transformers petrol station was novelty enough, but the way it opened up into a little battle station was amazing back then. Guns and missile launcher as well as a radar. Even love the naff sticker that shows the detail of inside the garage.
From the looks of it, the Titan Trypticon might be a contender if I ever own it though.
Also, can I give a pants prize to Star Convoys base mode?
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Post by Shockprowl on Mar 4, 2017 8:41:27 GMT
Week 200: BasesYour top 5 Transformer toys with a base mode please! Great one, Big Phil! Gonna need some thought....
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Post by Kingoji on Mar 4, 2017 9:04:40 GMT
Boulder Hill. what? It's a shared universe, didn't you hear?
Okay okay... I don't think I actually owned many back in the day. Ben had all the citybots in our home.
5. Countdown's Rocket Base. Because it was the only Micromaster base I ever owned. 4. Trypticon. The only citybot I currently own. 3. Scorponok. The only one on the list I didn't own. 2. Powermaster Optimus Prime. G1. 1. Overlord.
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 4, 2017 10:04:42 GMT
Does 1984 Optimus Prime's trailer count as a base? It opens up and characters can interact in it.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 4, 2017 10:05:21 GMT
AND THE BEST BASE WILL ALWAYS BE LASER ROD'S PRIME'S!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Benn on Mar 4, 2017 10:05:31 GMT
I don't see why not.
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 4, 2017 10:08:50 GMT
Then I also nominate Action Master Optimus and Megatron!!!
THE ACTION IS ALIVE! ALIVE!
-Ralph
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Post by blueshift on Mar 4, 2017 10:15:54 GMT
Does 1984 Optimus Prime's trailer count as a base? It opens up and characters can interact in it. -Ralph It is a base, I approve
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 4, 2017 10:19:55 GMT
Oh quite definitely a base!
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Post by blueshift on Mar 4, 2017 10:23:14 GMT
Also G1 Silverbolt is a base don't forget!
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Post by The Huff on Mar 4, 2017 11:06:04 GMT
Does 1984 Optimus Prime's trailer count as a base? It opens up and characters can interact in it. -Ralph I'd say so - in fact it was one I was considering as it's one of the few that actually has space for lots of figures to stand and mill about.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 4, 2017 12:04:05 GMT
The only slight downside is it's features are designed for the absent Diaclone men rather than TFs.
Designing features in the base that work with robot toys that are out at the time is a bit of a down side to Hasbrom bases, Laser Op being a particular bad offender cos he's contemporary to the Cyberjets and Gobots. Really it's just the Action Master and TR that have got that right and their base modes have problems in other ways.
More by luck that judgement Car Robots had a success having Brave Max out at the same time as the Spychangers who are almost ideally suited for him.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 4, 2017 12:06:47 GMT
4) Scorponok (one of my favourite toys anyway but his city mode is one of the ones that doesn't look like a robot just sitting down- although they missed a trick by not making it a base for Nebulon figures) Frightening moment when considering Scorponok when I relised the TR Fort Max base mode is VERY similar to Scorponok's! I like the Scorponok base but it's opened out repair bays and missile launchers, while nice, do break up the road from the central structure to the ramps at the side.
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Post by The Huff on Mar 4, 2017 13:00:30 GMT
The only slight downside is it's features are designed for the absent Diaclone men rather than TFs. Designing features in the base that work with robot toys that are out at the time is a bit of a down side to Hasbrom bases, Laser Op being a particular bad offender cos he's contemporary to the Cyberjets and Gobots. Really it's just the Action Master and TR that have got that right and their base modes have problems in other ways. More by luck that judgement Car Robots had a success having Brave Max out at the same time as the Spychangers who are almost ideally suited for him. I agree there - Metroplex worked with mini Autobots but it was Special Teams that were the big thing when he was out and they were a bit too big to fit in him. It didn't help that the battle scene showed Hot Rod driving down his ramp either. Scorponok was designed for vehicles in mind - and that year there were very few actual vehicle Decepticons. In fact I can only think of Battletrap as the only one that rolled and don't think he fit the ramp. Like I sais, he should have been designed with the Nebulans in mind. Action Masters and Micromasters were fine of course. Overlord worked well with Nebulans which was good for Japan in 1988 but he had no friends here in the UK in 1991!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 5, 2017 17:44:08 GMT
Top 5: 5) SkystalkerLove this toy. 4) CountdownI think I have acquired Countdown since Week 4: Top 5 Micromaster Base Toys. So many connectors for other bases, so many ramps. 3) OverlordLots of ramps, repair bays. 2) TrypticonRamps, launcher, moving bits off the motor, you can attach Onslaught and Motormaster to him. 1) Fortress MaximusTHE base. A lift. a Luncher in the lift. A jail cell. Repair bays. Lots of ramps. A tower for it's Headmaster to sit in. Superb.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 9, 2017 14:19:48 GMT
Bases was rather popular wasn't it?
Thursday Tease:
Are the sirens going off for this week's subject?
(It's not Siren!)
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Post by blueshift on Mar 9, 2017 14:26:39 GMT
Ambulances, in dedication to Shockprowl
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Post by Benn on Mar 9, 2017 15:18:55 GMT
Sound the Sirens is a song by Skindred, off the album Volume. Also on the album are the songs 'Under Attack', 'Shut Ya Mouth', and 'No Justice'.
Justice is meted out by Quintessons. Justice is served by Sharkticons. Sharkticons attack, have big mouths which the victims would prefer are shut and consider this to me no justice at all. Sirens also sound when you are under attack, and the Hub should have a siren that sounds when a fresh batch of the main Sharkticon guy turns up.
The answer is GNAW.
I am on fire.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 9, 2017 16:43:40 GMT
Bases was rather popular wasn't it? Thursday Tease: Are the sirens going off for this week's subject? (It's not Siren!) Ambulances, in dedication to Shockprowl No because it's not Ian's birthday till December!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 9, 2017 16:51:21 GMT
Sound the Sirens is a song by Skindred, off the album Volume. Also on the album are the songs 'Under Attack', 'Shut Ya Mouth', and 'No Justice'. Justice is meted out by Quintessons. Justice is served by Sharkticons. Sharkticons attack, have big mouths which the victims would prefer are shut and consider this to me no justice at all. Sirens also sound when you are under attack, and the Hub should have a siren that sounds when a fresh batch of the main Sharkticon guy turns up. The answer is GNAW. I am on fire. It would be wrong to show favouritism between different Titans Returns Gnaws in your army. Besides I know you don't have one yet!
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Post by Kingoji on Mar 9, 2017 18:05:26 GMT
Black-Out or Airraid?
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Post by Benn on Mar 9, 2017 18:11:25 GMT
The answer is GNAW. I am on fire. It would be wrong to show favouritism between different Titans Returns Gnaws in your army. Besides I know you don't have one yet! Rumbled.
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Post by Baron B of Triple B on Mar 9, 2017 18:36:34 GMT
Female transformers?
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Post by Bogatan on Mar 9, 2017 19:33:23 GMT
Week 200: BasesYour top 5 Transformer toys with a base mode please! I think as a kid I had a bit of an attitude towards bases. The ones I liked were among my favourite Transformers but a lot of base modes annoyed me for a couple of the reasons already mentioned. I wanted them to make sense in both/all modes and a lot of the time I couldnt really make sense of what the base was for. Or they weren't really bases so much as weapons platforms. As everyones already said the early bases dont particularly work with most of the toys of the era. 5. Nostalgia says Metroplex, but Fort Maxs size means it interacts better with more toys. I guess Generations Metroplex is the resulting compromise candidate. 4. Hothouse - I like all the small microbases, but the rest of them aren't mobile in either mode which makes little sense except as permenant outposts around permenant bases. Hothouse is mobile and a firefighter both useful features. 3. Groundshaker - I like Groundshaker despite it not making that much sense. I mean I suppose the base mode has a landing platform and can squeeze on a few extra micromasters, but it isnt mobile, isnt as well defended and is no better armed than it is in tank mode. Still it did serve as a decent forward defense for Countdown. 2. Action Master Optimus Prime - The best example of a mobile defensive base. The lorry barrels in to the battle the cab turns in to a fighter jet while the trailer becomes the battles front lines. The trailers sides can be angled as required to provide the maximum defense and it has loads of weapons options. 1. Countdown - a mobile rocket launch centre so it can get around, very slowly, and it turns into a local command centre. On its own it was terribly well defended. All its weapons pointed forwards but its only defensive position was at the rear meaning it could either defend the micromasters working on it or face the enemy and attack, but not both. But as it never seemed a purely combat base and that it could serve as a hub to more combative bases it was fantastic.
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Post by Bogatan on Mar 9, 2017 19:37:58 GMT
I also just realised the in the toy catalogue Airwaves base does have wheels (or at least looks as though it does) so was originally inteded to be mobile like Hothouse.
Which would have made sense, but also would have been weird as Ive always thought of it as a bunker in battle mode. A mobile bunker sounds wrong even if it actually is pretty sensible.
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Post by blueshift on Mar 9, 2017 19:44:08 GMT
I also just realised the in the toy catalogue Airwaves base does have wheels (or at least looks as though it does) so was originally inteded to be mobile like Hothouse. Which would have made sense, but also would have been weird as Ive always thought of it as a bunker in battle mode. A mobile bunker sounds wrong even if it actually is pretty sensible. Isnt' a mobile bunker a tank?
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Post by Bogatan on Mar 9, 2017 19:46:16 GMT
Well yes, but Airwave turns into a solid block with what looks to me like large foundations.
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 9, 2017 22:15:09 GMT
Bases was rather popular wasn't it? Thursday Tease: Are the sirens going off for this week's subject? (It's not Siren!) Windcharger. -Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 10, 2017 5:23:19 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 10, 2017 5:24:16 GMT
Bases was rather popular wasn't it? Thursday Tease: Are the sirens going off for this week's subject? (It's not Siren!) Black-Out or Airraid? Well done Ed!
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