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Post by The Doctor on Nov 16, 2017 23:13:10 GMT
Top 5 Shieks.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 16, 2017 23:15:06 GMT
In fact what does the word Clash bring to mind outside the world of Transformers? Clash of the Titans. -Ralph now we,re getting somewhere! Well done! But not Titanmasters, though we will see lots of Titanmasters this week and one of my top 5s will exclusively be Titanmasters....
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 16, 2017 23:16:40 GMT
Top 5 TR characters who are also getting a Power of the Primes toy ie Metalhawk, Hot Rod, Optimus Prime etc.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 16, 2017 23:23:05 GMT
Top 5 TR characters who are also getting a Power of the Primes toy ie Metalhawk, Hot Rod, Optimus Prime etc. -Ralph Your last sentence contains the answer!
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Post by Shockprowl on Nov 16, 2017 23:26:49 GMT
What the hell is THAT supposed to mean?!?!!!
Cryptic Bastard!!!!!!
GALVAJIM! WE NEED YOU!!!
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Nov 16, 2017 23:27:18 GMT
And not Thunderclash, there's only two of him and it isn't a character! Don't make me strip you of your power! Andy
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Post by Pinwig on Nov 16, 2017 23:28:03 GMT
Top five titans return toys.
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Post by Pinwig on Nov 16, 2017 23:30:06 GMT
Because we've got as far as clash being a clash of the titans reference, and the second leg of a two leg cup clash in football is also called the return leg.
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Post by Shockprowl on Nov 16, 2017 23:33:45 GMT
*JUMPS OUT WINDOW*
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 17, 2017 0:07:28 GMT
And not Thunderclash, there's only two of him and it isn't a character! Don't make me strip you of your power! Andy As in "it ism't a character we're voting on this week" not "Thunderclash isn't a character"!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 17, 2017 6:46:42 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 17, 2017 8:18:01 GMT
What.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 17, 2017 9:05:38 GMT
So, as promised, SIX lists from me this week, one for each of the size classes and then one tidying up givingan overall top 5. But you can do a straight top 5 by itself if you want. TitanmastersFirst assortment is odd, still don't understand it. As I said earlier in the week the two that are reused make much more sense as their reuses. I genuinely love Crashbash but he's got two better reuses in TR and two more repaints in Legends. So 5) RepugnusOdd vehicle and weapon, but the creature and head capture him perfectly. 4) FangryBetter weapon, odd 2nd creature, but again perfect main creature mode and head. 3) Shuffler Tank is good, head and creature are fab, weapon is nice solid piece of hardware. Retool Ramhorn isn't bad either, but Shuffler is better. 2) ApefaceFab stuff. Perfect beast, vehicle & head AND they get a reasonable gun out of him too. 1) BrawnGreat jeep, decent weapon, decent head. Not sure about the bike thing. My first was missing the gun handle so I have two: I should have bought more! Bonus points for toy head on the small Titanmaster robot and more bonus points for the interaction with the Brawn legend
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 17, 2017 10:12:24 GMT
LegendsLegends got off to a bad start with Wheelie, who won't tab together in vehicle mode, and the tapes, which don't quite work, have a name & colour substitution depriving us of one classic character (Steeljaw/Stripes) and are missing a few easy repaints to complete obvious pairings (Frenzy & Eject, ironically repaints of the best tape toy Ejext/Rumble). That no tape has turned up past wave two, thankfully under distributed in the UK, says something about Hasbro going off them in a big way. Thankfully things picked up big time from Wave 3. Honourable mention for the Cosmos re-release which subtly tweaks the deco and makes small vital improvements on the original. 5) KickbackI struggled with Kickback for AGES because I couldn't see where the tail went, I felt certain it needed to point up between the legs and the instructions were no use convincing me otherwise. Now I have the Legends version, which came in creature mode, he's gone up in my estimation. 4) SeasprayFun, slightly spoilt but the awkward TF on the KO I bought initially. Real one if better. 3) BumblebeeKnocks the previous Legends BB for six and can seat a Titanmaster inside, albeit with somewhat awkward access. Forearms could be longer. 2) GnawFabulous army building fun. That hit this one dead one. I've got five, I think, plus the differently coloured Legend as a commander. 1) BrawnBrawn is an absolutely knock out. Long anticipated, first listed in 2013/4 as a probable Swerve repaint, he captures the character perfectly and does everything right. Massive bonus points for being able to store his own Titanmaster inside him in both modes, the only Legend that can do this, inadvertently hitting the Pretender button dead on. Colours are an exact match for the Titanmaster too making the gun accessory from that set an ideal weapon for him.
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Post by Benn on Nov 17, 2017 11:01:00 GMT
Smokescreen?
Second leg in football... A derby?
Smokescreen was in Demolition Derby. Who else? Devastator.
Combiner limbs?
Ignore me, another page I didn't notice.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 17, 2017 11:10:06 GMT
DeluxeA game of two halves: We have the original Headmasters, who this line was created to do, and everything else. Of the Headmasters only Hardhead & Highbrow really stand out: 3 of the Autobot suffer from not having paired weapons, Brainstorm is a not 100% successful exclusive retool, presumably due to his Voyager 2 years previous, and Chromedome is too much like the over used Dead-End. Skullcruncher lacks the sit in the mouth feature I loved on the original, Wierdwolf's hatch is dodgy and the rubber on Mindwipe scares me. Also in this earlier set is Blurr who is a decent mould but completely the wrong colour. However Scourge is great, wish I'd bought a couple more, Kup is good but the Legend is better and the colours on Krok are glorious. Triggerhappy and his repaint Metalhawk are fab and Twintwist is good but somehow not quite as good as his brother. Top 5: 5) WindbladeIt surprised me how much I like this. Far, far better than the original in everyway except lacking her signature sword. The new ones were good, with some great storage points, but Windblade's sword does have a certain look. 4) GrotusqueTwinferno looked fab but was hampered by QC issues and the lack of a wrist/dragon neck swivel. The Grotusque retool solves most of Twinferno's problems. Love it, such a shame it's so hard to get and so expensive. 3) ArceeLike Windblade, I'm surprised how much I like this. We knew Blurr worked as a female TF from the Nautica toy, which was let down by her colours. Here they get the colours dead on and coupled with some remoulded parts, exactly the same Blurr parts are changed here as on Brainstorm just to different pieces, make for the best Arcee Hasbro have done. The sloped head on the small Titanmaster makes for a slightly dodgy deluxe head connection though. 2) MisfireReally hit the spot for me, the mad colours and one of the best combined guns in Titans Return. 1) Topspin1985 Topspin's vehicle never felt like much. The TR version stretches it a little and adds a cockpit and that's enough to turn it into a plausible starfighter. Love it. All it needed was a better gun, closer the original and differen from his brother.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 17, 2017 12:37:40 GMT
VoyagerField is a bit more limited here. 5) Titan Force Sentinel PrimeSucker for clear decos. The squashed wide spaceshuttle and mad train don't really suit Astrotrain - the deluxe is still probably a better Astrotrain - but for a mad Cybertronian in a mad clear colour scheme it works just fine. 4) BlitzwingFar better than the T30 disaster! 3) G2 Laser PrimeHated Voyager Prime. But it wasn't until I saw this deco with my lowered expectations that I started to like it. 2) Tidal WaveMy Broadside was a stickering disaster which slightly biased me against it, but I still thought the toy was mostly good. However it works even better as Tidal Wave and the colours chosen, Micron Legend Shockwave, fit right in besides the other three Decepticon triple changers. 1) MegatronLove it: Tank is great, nice to see Megatron as a jet, great Megatron robot. Cannon seat could do with being black, fixed on the Legends version. Love the mounting options for traditional G1 arm cannon or G2 shoulder cannon. DESPERATELY needs a G2 Green repaint. Legends Leoconvoy, Black Convoy & G2 Megatron beat all of these though!
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 17, 2017 13:26:46 GMT
PHIL!!!! You can't have SIX lists in a TOP FIVE! That is 6 week's worth of Top 5's and I got it right by saying Titanmasters.
You have gone too far this time!!! Too far!!! True Friend!!! True Friend!!!
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 17, 2017 13:28:47 GMT
Phil must die for not having Gnaw as the number one TR Legend.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 17, 2017 14:18:14 GMT
It's good, but Brawn is better.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 17, 2017 14:41:42 GMT
Leader5) BlasterI can remember getting very excited about this in the run up to TR. It's a nice toy and lots of fun but somehow not quite as good as we thought it would be. And our first sign that they couldn't do bases in TR to save their lives. 4) SkyshadowDecent pretool of Overlord. Fun. 3) SixshotI especially love the submarine mode. The identity of his Headmaster is radio rental though! 2) Magnus PrimeIgnore the name, it's Powermaster Prime. Except they'd used that already on the western version which is inferior in every department bar the feet. A release of the Japanese version is welcome, even if Godbomber didn't happen in the west. About the only thing separating this from the Japanese Legends version is the Legends version has it's Titanmaster painted exactly like Hi-Q/Mr Optimus Prime. 1) OverlordAt last, a modern Overlord at retail, even if it hasn't reached UK retail. Tank is the same as Skyshadow, Jt is new and it looks fab in vehicle and robot modes. Base could be a bit better and the "put the Titanmasters in the chest" gimmick is scarily tight!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 17, 2017 15:20:40 GMT
And finally my top 5 TR toys: 5) Misfire4) Topspin3) TrypticonThe only toy not mentioned above. Taking the original Trypticon and gutting his defining gimmick, the motorisation, is a brave move. But this is a really really good toy, QC issues aside. Big solid and a lot of fun. 3 decent modes, so beats Max, and also doesn't need ton of add ons to make it decent. Must finish the review at some point! 2) Gnaw1) Brawn
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 17, 2017 15:29:57 GMT
PHIL!!!! You can't have SIX lists in a TOP FIVE! That is 6 week's worth of Top 5's and I got it right by saying Titanmasters. You have gone too far this time!!! Too far!!! True Friend!!! True Friend!!! -Ralph I will not be dictated to by the likes of you!
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 17, 2017 19:40:55 GMT
It's good, but Brawn is better. YOU DAMN YOURSELF WITH YOUR OWN WORDS. -Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 17, 2017 19:42:17 GMT
PHIL!!!! You can't have SIX lists in a TOP FIVE! That is 6 week's worth of Top 5's and I got it right by saying Titanmasters. You have gone too far this time!!! Too far!!! True Friend!!! True Friend!!! -Ralph I will not be dictated to by the likes of you! I keep you in line with your own rules! -Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Nov 17, 2017 21:48:56 GMT
Ahem.
Titans Return!
Slightly difficult, as I didn't get much of the line, and I really don't like Headmasters. (And the fact there's no Scorponok is a joke).
5) Soundwave. The only big figure I have from TR. And he's quite fun! Fun base. Small child loves 'baby Soundwave'. No Laserbeak (or Buzzsaw!) with him is a shame.
4) Seaspray. Grew on me. Nice update.
3) Brawn. Another brilliant update.
2) Kickback. At last!
1) Gnaw. Sharkticons Rule! I tried to resist... for the longest time... but I was fighting a futile battle, thanks to the kindness (or mischievousness) of my Cyber-pals.
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Post by Pinwig on Nov 17, 2017 22:02:23 GMT
I win! (With quite a lot of hints)
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 23, 2017 7:46:49 GMT
Thursday Tease:
Who are the reincarnations of StJohn Hawke?
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 23, 2017 8:06:33 GMT
Who is St John Hawke???
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 23, 2017 8:11:32 GMT
Work that out and you're halfway to the answer!
Actually rather surprised Burns doesn't know this!
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