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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 19, 2018 11:46:16 GMT
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Post by Jim on Jan 19, 2018 11:59:43 GMT
5. Tracks - weirdly maligned at the time, he looks absolutely great 4. MP-10 Optimus Prime - about as good as we'll ever get, I think; looks the part and has a great, intuitive transformation 3. Hot Rod - yes, it has one big flaw in way it can't roll on all four wheels, but otherwise this is beautiful and has a brilliant transformation. Not yet returned to packaging since 2016. 2. Grimlock - about as good an update as you could ask for. Again, has never been in storage since he hit TRU in the UK - 2011? 1. Bluestreak - the Datsun mould is pretty great, but these long-awaited colours are glorious. Bubbling under: the much-maligned Shockwave (apparently, the fandom has a chunky-leg fetish...?), Hasbro Soundwave (for yellow eyes and including all the classic tapes), Sideswipe for starting it all (my god, the "but he's a _nobody_" whining when he was announced didn't half grate on me).
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 19, 2018 12:36:39 GMT
PHIL!!! They are not Hardheads. -Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Jan 19, 2018 20:24:27 GMT
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Post by Shockprowl on Jan 19, 2018 20:25:38 GMT
Wait wait wait WAIT! I can do better than that- GALVAJIM
RULES!!!!
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Post by Shockprowl on Jan 19, 2018 20:26:37 GMT
Great one, Big Phil! I'm gonna give this one a lot of thought.
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Post by Shockprowl on Jan 19, 2018 20:56:23 GMT
(This thread has made me roar with laughter)
MASTERPIECE!
-I've kept the main list official MPs, as I'm guessing Big Phil would want (but there is a shadow list beneath...).
7. The MP3 Strike Planes. Starscream, Thundercracker and Skywarp. More of a visual aesthetic thing... the three of them together look so amazing nostalgic to me.
6. Wheeljack. The piont where 'Cartoony' starts to take over too much. But he's still a great looking fun toy.
5. Soundwave. A great great looking toy. Very well done. With Spycassettes!
4. Laserbeak/Buzzsaw. Surprise entry! Where Ravage is poor, Frenzy and Rumble are excellent. But to the top of the pile are the birdiecons. This update is just superb. AND THEY EVEN HAVE A LITTLE CAMERA IN THEIR HEADS!!!
3. MP1. You know what, Mother Hubbers? Way back when, this guy blew my bollocks off. A truely MASSIVE Super-G1 Optimus Prime. With a ton of metal. People forget this was the FIRST Masterpiece. People forget how amazing he was back then. Kinda wish I hadn't moved mine on.
2. MP10. A simply amazing Optimus Prime who tickles every inch of one's fanbean. With a trailer, with a Roller. Pure class.
1. Prowl. What can I say. He's the perfect G1y Prowl. Beautifully updated. Before MPs got too 'Cartoony'. He's my pride and joy.
AND NOW THE SHADOW LIST, with Third Party added:
5. Apollyon. We waited so long for a Masterpiece style Megatron. This guy delivers. He looks amazing. And shinny. I don't think he'd take too much playing with accross the years, but if he can survive Transformer/Pony cross-overs... well, he's my Masterpiece Megatron (cheaper than the official and doesn't look like a Kettle Witch!).
4. Fanstoys Sludge (Stomp). My first Dinobot, in unbelievalble updated Masterpiece-style glory. He's huge and incredible and well made. Perfect.
3. Fanstoys Grimlock (Grimbles/Grinder?). I never owned the official MP Grimlock. But I've seen plenty of pictures. Take that toy, make it the correct size, and stick a ton more Kick-Ass in it (whatever that means, well it is Grimlock we're talking about here). He is MAGNIFICENT.
2. Quakewave. What a Magnificent Masterpiece Shockwave. Truely stunning, and one of my most prized possessions.
1. Prowl. Still number one.
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Post by Kingoji on Jan 20, 2018 8:17:38 GMT
5. MP10 Optimus Prime
4. Bumblebee
3. Ratchet
2. Smokescreen
1. Optimus Primal
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Post by Benn on Jan 20, 2018 18:39:45 GMT
Masterpiece. Given I don't own nu-Prime or Megatron...
5. Hot Rod - Screen accurate car and robot, optional visor, everything I wanted in him. 4. Shockwave - Hell with the haters, he's spot on. 3. Inferno - He's got an amazing transform, but very much in the "too complex to do without instructions" catagory. 2. Bumblebee - Simple, cute, and G2 golden. So nice. 1. Grimlock - Like everyone else says, take G1 and make better. Top notch.
Ratchet bubbles under due to not having a proper repair bay. The toy is top notch, amazing engineering, but there's always going to be that niggle for me. I wanted to put the Strike Planes in there (both versions!) and Soundwave, and Laserbeak/Buzzsaw... Even with not getting the Beast Wars toys, Masterpiece is just the best, you guys.
Fully expect Sunstreaker to slide into the top five when I get him.
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Post by Jim on Jan 20, 2018 19:45:59 GMT
Yay for someone else recognizing the greatness of Hot Rod and Shockwave!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 25, 2018 7:47:28 GMT
Thursday Tease:
This week we're not ranking individual toys, like we usually do. Or Years or Subgroups.
So what subject are we voting for and do the Primes have the power to win this war against the beasts, the machines and the combiners?
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 25, 2018 7:59:32 GMT
Mythical Transformers.
-Ralph
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Post by Jim on Jan 25, 2018 8:13:24 GMT
top 5 toylines?
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Post by Shockprowl on Jan 25, 2018 16:58:24 GMT
Best transforming head person?
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 26, 2018 7:36:17 GMT
Week 247: Toylines
Your top 5 Transformers toylines please.
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Post by Shockprowl on Jan 26, 2018 7:53:15 GMT
Galvajim's done it AGAIN!!! How's he do it?!?! And another great one, Big Phil! Thinking cap on!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 26, 2018 8:08:57 GMT
Galvajim's done it AGAIN!!! How's he do it?!?! I think he's hacked my dropbox account and is looking at a copy of the spreadsheet. And another great one, Big Phil! Thinking cap on! Now we're near the end there's a few big questions that I'd been saving till the end when we get to THE Big Question.
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 26, 2018 8:19:44 GMT
Oh come on.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 26, 2018 9:27:16 GMT
And your objection is ..... ? Thursday Tease: This week we're not ranking individual toys, like we usually do. Or Years or Subgroups. So what subject are we voting for and do the Primes have the power to win this war against the beasts, the machines and the combiners? The clue clearly refers to several Transformers toylines and a battle between them!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 26, 2018 9:55:29 GMT
5) BW II Mad repaint line with a few new moulds. Love it. 4) BW Neo MORE new moulds, loads of Dinosaurs. Fab. 3) Car Robots/Robots in Disguise I bought the majority of this line as Car Robots when it first came out. AMAZING realistic vehicle toys, after 5 years of beasts paired with fantastic repaints 2) Beast Wars Phil loves his Beast Wars 1) Generation 1 - 1984-1993 The problem with this question is that the original line is hard not to put first. It paves the way for everything that follows!
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Post by Kingoji on Jan 26, 2018 10:38:28 GMT
5. Beast Wars, for reigniting the passion that has remained fairly consistent ever since, and being the first where articulation came as a standard. 4. Animated, for the sheer ingenuity of making such stylized designs functional, and for being a fairly small line and thus an attainable complete collection. 3. Generation 1, for being everything to everything. 2. CHUG, I know it actually pulls from multiple lines, but they have a unifying theme and ongoing spirit that is constant throughout that makes them feel like one line that has kept on going. Ever since thrilling 30 they have shifted slightly more into updates on old toys than character reinterpretations, and that's really all I want from the franchise anymore. Which brings me to... 1. Masterpiece, classic characters updated to the highest standard possible. Just a shame about the price tag.
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Post by Jim on Jan 26, 2018 11:32:16 GMT
Week 247: ToylinesYour top 5 Transformers toylines please. This is tough! There are lines with lots of toys I like but then I have to compare them to ones which I have a stronger emotional attachment to. 5. BotCon / Club exclusives - a mixed bag to be sure, but at its best it's really great and has given us some variety over the years 4. Masterpiece - from Grimlock on this has been pretty special (with a few missteps) 3. Titans Return - it's hard to know if this is just short-memory-syndrome, but my goodness there have been some great toys in this line and it manages the complexity / fun / design / nostalgia thing really well. 2. Armada - bringing back the fun! And Mini-cons! I got back into collecting while RID and Beast Machines were on the shelves, but Armada was the first new line for me and in my mind is also connected with some big things in my personal life at the time. 1. The Transformers / G1 - impossible for me to say otherwise, really I tried to do a "bubbling under" but it was turning into a long list...
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 26, 2018 11:35:42 GMT
And your objection is ..... ? Thursday Tease: This week we're not ranking individual toys, like we usually do. Or Years or Subgroups. So what subject are we voting for and do the Primes have the power to win this war against the beasts, the machines and the combiners? The clue clearly refers to several Transformers toylines and a battle between them! But The Primes are not in every toyline!!! -Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 26, 2018 11:36:45 GMT
Bad Phil! Generation One does not exist. Car Robots and RID are TWO different lines!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Jim on Jan 26, 2018 11:40:49 GMT
Galvajim's done it AGAIN!!! How's he do it?!?! I think he's hacked my dropbox account and is looking at a copy of the spreadsheet. why cheat in such a gauche way when you have a mass-displacement time-jump device at your disposal?
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 26, 2018 12:12:37 GMT
And your objection is ..... ? The clue clearly refers to several Transformers toylines and a battle between them! But The Primes are not in every toyline!!! -Ralph The Primes refrerred to there are the Toylines Transformers: Prime and Power of the Primes
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 26, 2018 12:13:18 GMT
I think he's hacked my dropbox account and is looking at a copy of the spreadsheet. why cheat in such a gauche way when you have a mass-displacement time-jump device at your disposal? Do you want a go at predicting the last three questions then?
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Post by Jim on Jan 26, 2018 12:23:32 GMT
3. - 2. - 1. Top 5 Transformers
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Post by Benn on Jan 26, 2018 15:42:36 GMT
Top 5 Autobots
Top 5 Decepticons
has to be, really.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 26, 2018 16:40:28 GMT
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