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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 2, 2018 7:29:24 GMT
Week 248: Generation 1 toys
Your top 5 G1 toys please.
We'll define G1 as anything before G2, IE any Transformer released in the USA 1984-1990 or in UK/Europe/Japan 1984-1993.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 2, 2018 9:25:24 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 2, 2018 12:58:23 GMT
But Generation 1 doesn't exist!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Feb 2, 2018 15:22:30 GMT
5 Paradon Medic 4 Windblade 3 Chromia 2 Arcee 1 Nautica can't wait for Shockprowl's entry... My heart belongs to Mrs Shockprowl!
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Post by Shockprowl on Feb 2, 2018 15:23:44 GMT
But Generation 1 doesn't exist!!! -Ralph WE are Generation 1, Doc'! Us! The first fans! The fans that were there from the very start!!!
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Post by Shockprowl on Feb 2, 2018 15:33:25 GMT
GENERATION 1'S TOYS!
5) MEGATRON- They turned a handgun into a robot! Marvelous engineering.
4) RATHCHET/IRONHIDE- Great alieny design.
3) OPTIMUS PRIME- A great leader toy, with a great base.
2) SOUNDWAVE & CASSETTES- Brilliant, uber-nostalgic and iconic.
1) PROWL- Who else?! The iconic robots in disguise car-former. Just so nostalgic.
Could have easily put Jazz, Wheeljack, any Autobot car really, the Strike Planes, Astrotrain, Blitzwing, Shockwave, Dinobots, Constructicons, Special Teams... So so many wonderful nostalgasm toys in those first few years.
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Post by Kingoji on Feb 4, 2018 8:17:59 GMT
This one is so hard.
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 4, 2018 11:14:07 GMT
Matron!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 4, 2018 15:05:22 GMT
Wait until two weeks time! Think of this week as a warm up!
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Post by Kingoji on Feb 4, 2018 19:24:47 GMT
After a hardcore thought struggle, here is a list that I'm not entirely convinced by:
5.SCORPONOK. Admittedly, I only ever had access to this guy via my brother, but what's not to love? The best of the citybots by a mile; a giant-sized arachnid that becomes a robot that still looks monstrous, kitted out with ALL THE GUNS, and a delightfully 'past-caring-about-realism' colour scheme.
4.GRIMLOCK. Honestly, you could replace this with any of the Dinobots and I probably wouldn't argue, they're all so solid and iconic. But while my heart belongs to Sludge, my rational minfd just has to accept that the best is Grimlock. It was always going to be.
3.BRAINSTORM. In the era of 'future aesthetic' for the alt-modes, there are a lot of great options. Design-wise, the post animated movie types are probably my jam. And Brainstorm, his jet mode particularly, is one of the finest examples of this aesthetic you can find.
2.POWERMASTER OPTIMUS PRIME. There is no greater brick.
1.SMOKESCREEN. For me, when you talk about the Autobot cars, it will always come back to Smokescreen. He may not have the recognition of Prowl, the cool of Jazz, or the attitude of Sideswipe, but what he does have is the best tooling of the best mold in the most striking colours. He always felt the most 'right' looking of the three Datsuns when totally tooled up with his weapons as well, and the general articulation of the arms on these figures is outstanding for the time, too. But ultimately, he takes my top spot because when i was thinking about the list he was the only one that I knew HAD to be in here somewhere.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 8, 2018 5:48:35 GMT
Thursday Tease:
As the end approaches, your arch enemy looks at you thought the dark mirror of the beginning
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Post by Jim on Feb 8, 2018 6:26:34 GMT
Still think this is nemesis prime (arch enemy, week 2 was OP)
But am I right in remembering that not all black repaints of OP are NP? So it could be black repaints more generallly
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 8, 2018 7:03:19 GMT
And not all evil Ops are Nemesis Prime either! Some are Scourges, but not all Scourges are evil Ops ......
There are a few good black Ops, Nucleon Quest Super Convoy and last year's SDCC TR PM OP spring to mind
I hear frothing from our Burger correspondent already....
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 8, 2018 8:13:55 GMT
Phil!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Jim on Feb 8, 2018 9:44:30 GMT
Week 248: Generation 1 toysYour top 5 G1 toys please. We'll define G1 as anything before G2, IE any Transformer released in the USA 1984-1990 or in UK/Europe/Japan 1984-1993. It's very hard to disentangle best toy from sentimental attachment! But I will see what I can do, and will only include toys I had during my childhood. 5. Krok - Action Masters were wonderful, but it's the original characters where they really shined. And Krok was the best of all. 4. Quickmix - double target master, different transformation, nice design. Shame they didn't finish the homages after Generations Scoop, as all three Autobots have nice designs. 3. Catilla - Pretender beasts were the best Pretenders of all, and Catilla is top of that group. Lovely design. 2. Gears - where it all began 1. Doubledealer - manages to be a _great_ triple changer, a _double_ power master, have no single faction _and_ look beautiful! An amazing toy with a ton of play value. Bubbling under: AM Shockwave, Ironworks.
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Post by Benn on Feb 8, 2018 12:55:12 GMT
Top 5 The Transformers toys
5. Stakeout - I think he's my favourite Micromaster, and serves as a kind of fidget spinner (ie, something to keep my hands occupied when I'm nervous) to this day. 4. Sureshot - Big colourful chunky fun, with a satisfying transform that -clunks- nicely into place. 3. Inferno - This is a classic of a design, so simple and yet looks so damn good in both modes. 2. Sunstreaker - My first, and still such a fun design. Would not have worked anywhere near as well in red. 1. Mirage - A spot on Ligier, to a pretty well articulated (for the time) robot, and blew my mind. Shame about the tiny waist swivel, though...
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 8, 2018 13:01:45 GMT
TOP 5 'G1':
5: Blaster. 4: Soundwave. 3: Optimus Prime. 2: Action Master Grimlock's lawnmower companion. 1: Bulletbike.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Feb 8, 2018 13:06:52 GMT
Top 5 G1
5 - Soundwave - easy to see why he was picked for the cover of UK Issue 1. An imposing toy and a lot of fun. 4 - Action Master Optimus Prime - not one I owned until adulthood - but a lovely design and all Action Masters bring joy 3 - Grimlock - he was my gateway toy and great fun. 2 - Ratchet- a proper alien looking robot, nice to see in the line. 1 - Optimus Prime - it's an easy answer, but damn if it's not the right one.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 9, 2018 6:57:59 GMT
Week 249: Top 5 Evil Black Optimus Prime ToysYour Top 5 Evil Black Optimus Prime Toys please! He goes by many names: Nemesis Prime, Black Convoy and Scourge are the main ones, though of course not akl Scourges are Evil Black Optimus Primes! The 3 main criteria here is it A) Must be mainly black
B) must physically look like Optimus Prime
C) must be evil
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 9, 2018 6:58:39 GMT
Still think this is nemesis prime (arch enemy, week 2 was OP) But am I right in remembering that not all black repaints of OP are NP? So it could be black repaints more generallly As ever Jim was most of the way there.
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Post by Shockprowl on Feb 9, 2018 7:51:22 GMT
GALVAJIM RULES!
I own no Evil Black Optimi. Which is a major oversight on my part I'm sure.
Motor Master is the closest I get.
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 9, 2018 7:52:26 GMT
5: Spychanger Scourge. 4: Spychanger Scourge. 3: Spychanger Scourge. 2: Spychanger Scourge. 1: Spychanger Scourge.
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Feb 9, 2018 8:06:08 GMT
Is he the one that drives Fortress Maximus?
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 9, 2018 8:11:17 GMT
He's the one that steals Brave Maximus in the original Robots in Disguise cartoon.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 9, 2018 8:13:55 GMT
5: Spychanger Scourge. 4: Spychanger Scourge. 3: Spychanger Scourge. 2: Spychanger Scourge. 1: Spychanger Scourge. -Ralph Other Evil Black Optimus toys are available...... But this one is very VERY good.
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Post by Jim on Feb 9, 2018 9:25:42 GMT
Week 249: Top 5 Evil Black Optimus Prime ToysYour Top 5 Evil Black Optimus Prime Toys please! He goes by any names: Nemesis Prime, Black Convoy and Scourge are the main ones, though of course not akl Scourges are Evil Black Optimus Primes! The 3 main criteria here is it A) Must be mainly black
B) must physically look like Optimus Prime
C) must be evil I think I've only ever owned one, so he automatically gets the top spot, but he's pretty great and may have made it there, or close, anyway... 5. MP-10B - MP-10 is pretty great, so no reason to think this isn't... 4. Alternity Convoy Super-Black - despite their flaws I still like how these toys look 3. United Dark Side Optimus Prime - I always liked the visual design of the WFC toy, though I hear it is a pain 2. Car Robots Black Convoy - looks mildly more appealing to me than the Hasbro version (the pink clear plastic works better than the red, mainly) 1. Armada Nemesis Prime - the Super-Con OP was already pretty great, but he wears black well. Nice inversion on the mini-con name, too.
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Post by Shockprowl on Feb 9, 2018 11:50:03 GMT
He's the one that steals Brave Maximus in the original Robots in Disguise cartoon. How can you steal something that big?!?! Also, why didn't Brave Fortress Maximus just say "Oi, get out!", and, I dunno, eject him or something?
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Post by Benn on Feb 9, 2018 11:52:25 GMT
Never owned one, so I must respectfully bow out.
CW Motormaster might be the closest I've gotten to experiencing one, but I've got the G2 version and the different head discounts him, I guess.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 9, 2018 12:46:31 GMT
Week 249: Top 5 Evil Black Optimus Prime Toys Bubbling Under: RiD Scourge 16 years later I'm still angry this was A) a store exclusive and B) not released in the UK. Best version of the mould. Why it wasn't reissued for E-Hobby or similar when they did reissue Laser Prime I don't know. UW Grand Scourge I like it, especially his massive sword, but I'd like it better in the RiD Scourge Black, silver and pale blue as opposed to the Superlink Gold & Purple. GDO Generations Motorbreath Lovely black version of the RTS Legend. They're aiming for Motormaster but it looks more Scourge/Nemesis Prime. Top 5: 5) Armada Nemesis PrimeOh this was a f***er to get. His wave was skipped in the UK. The Supercon looks fab in any of it's colour schemes. 4) 2015 Tokyo Toy Show Black ConvoyRTS Optimus Prime redone in black. Looks fab. Would have sold shedloads at retail. 3) 2017 Tokyo Toy Show Black ConvoyTitans Return Voyager Optimus Prime in black. I warmed to the mould through each subsequent version: this was the best. 2) Spychanger ScourgeFab, FAB little toy. The first "smaller version" they got really right. All it really needed to make it perfect is a small clear pink sword. I own the Optimus repaint too. 1) Destructicon ScourgeIf G2 Hero Optimus Prime has one problem, it's the colours: His cab isn't red and his legs aren't blue due to the conflict this would cause when transforming. Scourge has no such problems being all black and as such this just looks superb.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 9, 2018 12:50:24 GMT
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