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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 13, 2015 7:25:10 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 13, 2015 12:01:15 GMT
Honourable mentions: G2 Cyberjet The name is right, and so is the design but the mould is screaming for the correct colours. Amazed these colours haven't come back a Convention repaint of one of the newer Jetfires. RID Storm Jet for being the first to bring back the traditional Jetfire colours. Cybertron for being a fun toy, surprised this has never been repainted in the proper Jetfire colours. I think the white and red colours and being a swing wing jet are a big part of what makes Jetfire Jetfire for me. Having said that.... 5) ArmadaArmada Jetfire is a good fun toy. Decent shuttle mode with opening cargo bay, nice electronics, decent robot and purpose filled Powerlinx mode. The colours are mostly right and the flip out fins on the gun are reminiscent of the original swing wing mode though maybe they should have been hinged at the front and come out at the back. 4) Classics4-2 was a tight scrap. Classics Jetfire is a fine fine toy in many ways. But he's a bit too small and I prefer the pointed nose of the original toy. 3) LegendsThe Japanese version of the Generations Jetfire knocks the original for six by removing all the chrome. Much better with the flat red plastic allowing you to see the details. You want to pick up and transform this toy. 2) Robotmasters R-BladeThe correct colours on the Cyberjet. Job done. OK, yes the wings and launcher could have been moulded in white insteasd of black but this is a top top toy for the size and it had demanded these colours from the word go. 1) G1I almost feel wrong putting this at the top as it's not a Takara/Hasbro mould. But like most of the 84/5 toys it has seriously stood the test of time and even then was a far superior to most of the toys round it. Barring a miracle it'll never get reissued and my chances of owning an original are slim :-(
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 13, 2015 12:25:42 GMT
The only true Jetfire is Hero Mashers Jetfire.
-Ralph
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Post by legios on Feb 13, 2015 12:44:21 GMT
4) Classics4-2 was a tight scrap. Classics Jetfire is a fine fine toy in many ways. But he's a bit too small and I prefer the pointed nose of the original toy. Which ironically is not as pointed as it is supposed to be. Jetfire had the nose "bobbed" and "snubbed" compared to the original Matsushire/Takatoku Valkyrie toy. It isn't so obvious in pictures on their own, but it really leaps out at you when you see them side-by-side. I like the Jetfire nose, but the original feels better proportioned to my ' plane afficianado brain. Also, are you not '"changing the conditions of the test"? There Phil Your previous post says "toys that are called Jetfire", yet several of those you mention are not called Jetfire... Admiral Kirk would be most proud. :-) I'm not going to pretend there is any suspense about what is going to get the top slot from me. The interesting furball is for positions two and three. Karl (Me, slightly OCD about language use...surely not...after all, it is not as if I go into growly mode when I see 'Box Sets" advertised which are not sets of boxes... :-) )
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 13, 2015 12:53:06 GMT
Also, are you not '"changing the conditions of the test"? There Phil Your previous post says "toys that are called Jetfire", yet several of those you mention are not called Jetfire... Admiral Kirk would be most proud. :-) At all times the name round is played under "because it bloody is" rules due to trademark problems or shear stupidity. I don't think you can argue that either Storm Jet or R-Blade aren't meant to be Jetfire, just like you can't really argue that Energon Downshift isn't Wheeljack.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 13, 2015 12:54:38 GMT
The only true Jetfire is Hero Mashers Jetfire. -Ralph I need to play with one.
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Post by legios on Feb 13, 2015 13:02:18 GMT
Note the smiley in my previous post, I was "rules-lawyering" for comic effect.
But on that note, I don't actually think of R-Blade as Jetfire, I tend to think of him as a separate character to be honest. I'm more inclined to think of G2 Jetfire as Jetfire before I would R-Blade. Just the way my brain works.
Karl
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Post by Bogatan on Feb 13, 2015 13:56:29 GMT
Week 91: TF Swords & Hand WeaponsIt's an accesories week and this week we're mainly looking at any weapon that a Transformer can use to hit another Transformer with. Given the toys it'll mainly be Swords but there's a few axes, morning stars and other assorted melee weapons out there too. So your top 5 TF swords and hand weapons please Optimus Primes Energon Axe - Any version TM Megatron - The tail is great Electro - Laser Rod swords are great. Animated Slag/Snarl - A big lump of molten rock, perfect. Optimus Primal - Movie Prime gets a lot of stick for his give me your face attitude, but Primal keeps the skull of a vanquished enemy on a chain in his arm. So whose the real freak. My only question is did his enemy already have the spikes or did Primal add them for offensive qualities. Week 92: 2005 ToysNo, we're not talking toys that were in the movie ;-) Your top 5 toys that came out in 2005 please. See www.tfu.info/year/05index.htm for help but we're talking the latter half of Energon, the first part of Cybertron and all of Galaxy Force here plus some other releases like the Alternators. Bit of a non stand out year for me. these are the top 5 but no real order. Longrack - Missed this one till recently. Very odd homage. At least at the time. Virulent Clones - A favourite Beast Wars toy in great new colours. Downshift - GREEN!!! but I continue to be annoyed that we never got Wheeljack or Slicer from it. Big Daddy made up for it a bit. Star Convoy I like the silver legs and the awesome G1 stlye box. And Mini Hotrod with tampos instead of stickers. Yay! Botcon Ratchet and Ironhide - Amazing to think that this was the first Ratchet since 84 and only second Ironhide (not icluding AEC name napping). No doubt eventually Hasbro or TT will get around to them again, but I doubt they'll homage the original toy as well. Bubbling under Botcon Deathsaurus is kind of cool. Gorrilabot too. 5. I'm stumped. Lets say Classics, I've never been quite sold on the design as Jetfire. Makes an amazing Dreadwind though 4. Cybertron - Really should have been Powerflash at some point. 3. G2 - It's G2 so of course it doesnt have the right colour scheme. 2. Generations - I like the chrome. Not all the chrome, but most of it. The toy does really feel like Jetfire. 1. G1 - original and best.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 19, 2015 8:30:20 GMT
Thursday Tease:
This week we will not be seeking Autobots
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Post by legios on Feb 19, 2015 9:22:02 GMT
Bubbling under: Quite a few things which are colour scheme homages to Jetfire but don't have the name or the characterisation. Standing out from that crowd are R-Blade: Lovely redeco of the Hooligan/Jetfire mould in a colour scheme strongly reminiscent of the '85 Jetfire. Skyblast: The fighter mode seems cheekily reminiscent of a couple of designs from "Macross II", making this feel like a rather clever little homage. Lovely little design with a decent amount of play value. Generations Jetfire - It feels like it is at the same time a retread and a step backwards technologically. The alt-mode is one that G2 had already done in a smaller and more elegant package, and this toy almost feels like it has more "cheats". The fake cockpit being the most obvious, but the "can't figure out what to do with the cockpit, just randomly throw the nose onto the back feels like a "must-try harder", even the Legioss managed to furl it's delta wings around the nose to break up it's lines a bit. The lack of an aesthetically pleasing place to store the gunpod in fighter mode is also rather disappointing. 5. Galaxy Force Jetfire: Reinventing Jetfire as a jet-powered tanker/transport? It is different, and makes sense coming off his shuttlecraft form in Superlink. I like the aircraft mode, and it has surprising amounts of wooshability for a cargo hauler. Humanoid mode is good and the transformation is fun. 4. Superlink Jetfire: From fighters to a space shuttle. The feel of this thing as "next week's space technology today" does justice to the idea of the original Jetfire. The shuttle mode is fantastic, looking almost like a spaceplane which has "grown into" it's booster stage. The transformation is fun, and the humanoid looks really good, trading the sleekness of previous Jetfire's for a reliable solidity which actually works quite well. I've no opinion of the Powerlinx gimmick because by the time I got a Jetfire I was pretty much ignoring that. 3.Classics Jetfire: Now, between the original toy and the bio on the box, I tend to see Jetfire as a "more than SOTA" innovator and I normally expect his toys to aspire to the same status. This one doesn't necessarily do so, being a much less elegant Transformation (the arms hanging under the wings just feels like they had run out of good ideas) and whilst the rear two thirds has more visual similarities to the F-14 than the original did (whilst the F-14 was much closer to the end of its service life by contrast to when the original Jetfire toy was designed). But the decision to give him a blunt, brutal, nose section which harks back to the Phantom II and Thunderchief aesthetically really works. As observed in Johnny Mnemonic - "If they think you are crude go technical, if they think you are technical go crude". I love the fold-out beam-cannons stored in the boosters - just different enough to the Strike Valkyrie configuration that it feels like a homage rather than an outright steel. They also add some nice extra play value as well. On the one hand the gunpod annoys me for it's daft looking side-by-by side barrels, but on the other I love the way it splits to be stowed under each arm pod in fighter mode. 2. Cyberjet Jetfire: Sticking with the idea of Jetfire as (just beyond) cutting edge, and choosing a design for his alt-mode which was nothing more than a drawing board proposal at the time feels like it was a good solid choice for this one. The navalised F-22 proposal keeps a very strong visual similarity to the original design, and the transformation makes us of some very similar logic making it feel like an upgrade rather than a "new Jetfire". The humanoid mode is quite good too, plenty of good use of ball-joints to give it surprising amounts of articulation, a good head design and a fun missile launcher. 1."The Transformers" Jetfire: There was no way this wasn't making the top of the list. Sure, it is a repackaged, retooled, design from another franchise. But not only was its designer one of those who worked on the Diaclone toys which formed part of The Transformers, but the toy itself is very specifically designed around lessons learned from Diaclone. As a result of the frustration of parts swapping experience there the Valkyrie was specifically designed so that it worked in the real-world and the toy could be manufactured to transform from mode-to-mode without removing one single part. Hell, the engineering on the design is so good that when, in the early twenty-first century when Toynami and Harmony Gold decided to do a high-end collectible Veritech Fighter they copied the engineering of it directly, lock-stock-barrel, from the original Valkyrie/Jetfire design. Amongst the Transformers toys it stood out as something special not just because of it's size, but in the clever way it was engineered. Blessed with articulation above and beyond his peers Jetfire cut quite a dash on the shelves in the early years. He is also quite sturdy for his era and could take more punishment than his looks might suggest in many areas. The character outlined in his bio also appealed to me - an innovator, always seeking new solutions and with the faith that technology could even the odds. I always liked to imagine that Jetfire could take on all three of the original jets at once with a fair chance of at least a draw. He sure looked the part. Karl
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 20, 2015 6:57:00 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 20, 2015 8:16:04 GMT
Week 94: Hunt For The Decepticons For what's effectively a Movie continuation line, there's some real gold in here. Just missing out is Breacher. Great little scout, lots of fun, and works well with another toy further up the list.... 5) HailstormLOTS of missiles anf an innovative transformation. Fun toy. 4) JetbladeROTF Dirge was good, Jetblade is also fab sporting an original set of jet colours that hasn't turnmed up elsewhere yet. 3) TerradiveAnother decent jet with an interesting TF 2) SeaspraySuperb toy: not an exact G1 Seaspray update but they've kept similar colours, albeit not alwayd in the same place. His rear deck gives him interaction with smaller toys, especially Breacher, while his c-clip bars allow you to tool him up. The scuba mask face and fold out flippers are the icing on the cake. A very good toy. 1) TomahawkApparently Tomahawk only made it to #5 in my list of top 5 TF Helicopters! Really really good toy that's been repurposed three times as different charcters. C-clip weapons, some of the best in fact, that can also be peg held. Fab looking helicopter, decent robot. Love.
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Post by legios on Feb 25, 2015 21:10:31 GMT
So, just Phil and I on this hunting trip them? (Mind you, I haven't really bought enough .50AE rounds for everyone - and like Elephants, if you are Hunting Decepticons...)
Week 94: Hunt For The Decepticons
Hmmm.Like yourself Phil, Breacher just misses out on this list - he's a great little toy, with an interesting alt-mode and a great humanoid mode.
5. Seaspray: Updating the look of Seaspray to take in design elements from modern hovercraft is great (his old design reminds me of the old Isle of Wight hovercraft, and that was old when I were a lad!). The new alt-mode looks great, and the new humanoid mode's "S.C.U.B.A aesthetic" is brilliant - even carrying through to him toting speargun armament. The colour palette is really nice as well.
4. Hailstorm: Always fun to see missile artillery as an alt-mode, even more so if it involves working missiles. The transformation is quite clever, and the humanoid mode carries through the rugged, no-nonsense look of the vehicle mode really well. What really clinches a place on this list though is his profile - the whole "point launcher in right general direction, fire all the missiles, run away" approach he has to life is kind of amusing, and gives him some distinct character.
3. Jetblade: Lovely aircraft mode - probably the closest Transformers have come to doing the Harrier family justice - and an interesting and different transformation scheme. Really striking colour scheme into the bargain. The little homage in the missile launchers is a nice understated touch that just completes a really nice package
2. Terradive: A really nice fighter mode, taking a few cues from Sukhoi's Berkut but going in slightly different directions with them for a very unique look. The transformation is clever and well enqineered, and his humanoid mode has a really nice compact, "clean" look to it. Add to that a weapon-type - spear or trident - that we see quite rarely in Transformers (and a fantastic "steel hat" kind of head design) and it all adds up to a winning package.
1. Tomahawk: A cracking little helicopter mode drawing welcome inspiration from Eurocopter's Tiger. A decent humanoid mode - I really like the "bone-dome" head design on this version of the mould - and a nice set of accessories add up to a really amazing package.
Karl
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 25, 2015 21:20:34 GMT
They'll be a few more voters in 6 weeks time. Got something special lined up for week 100!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 26, 2015 8:13:18 GMT
Thursday Tease (an easy one)
Will electricity or oil dominate the deities?
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Post by legios on Feb 26, 2015 8:35:27 GMT
Dominate... Hmmm. Yep, I can think of another word that brings to mind... And a Deity is another term for a... Ah, yeah. I think we've got this one up our sleeves... *taps cuff just behind wrist* :-)
Karl
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 26, 2015 8:50:57 GMT
You are lording it over us this morning Kaptain!
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 26, 2015 22:12:49 GMT
Hmmm. Weather dominator?
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 27, 2015 7:23:14 GMT
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Post by legios on Mar 1, 2015 13:54:16 GMT
Week 95: Powermasters
5.Dreadwing/Buster: A really nice chunky humanoid mode - it has a kind of sense of squatness and heavy build which really works well for it. The aircraft mode is good as well - sure it has a lot of dorsal kibble, but that became par for the course very quickly for Transformers, and the rest of it is a really good sculpt. The ability to combine with Hydra/Darkwing into an enhanced aircraft mode instead of a humanoid mode is a fun extra too.
4.Doubleclouder: A great idea - a triplechanger who is generally on both sides and neither. A nice range of alt-modes - mechabeast and missile artillery vehicle, and a fun pair of transformations. Doubleclouder gets the nod because I think he has the better colour scheme.
3. Hydra/Darkwing: Yes, there was never any doubt I'd like this one, but it is such a great toy. In an age of increasing simplification of transformation this remains a fun one. The humanoid mode is well realised within the limitations. The aircraft mode is a superb realisation of a design which, despite how widespread it became in Europe, Transformers hadn't really touched on before. It does a great deal of justice to the lines of the early Tornados. Great face-sculpt as well.
2. Overlord: Such shelf-presence in humanoid mode, a towering and wonderfully grim-looking toy. The alt-modes are superb as well - always love an SR-71 inspired aircraft, and the tank is one of the really good-looking TF tanks. But that is only part of it - both his characters were superb which adds a lot to the toy. The UK bio was part of what made me want Overlord when I first encountered him - the idea of a Decepticon who just turns up from parts unknown and levels cities and planets then moves on was quite striking. My interest just grew when I saw Masterforce, and got to know his personality in that continuity - the man of twisted honour, stern father figure, yet so angry he is prepared to burn the world... Everyone needs a good villain to stand against, and Overlord is one of the best.
1. God Ginrai: I had Powermaster Prime as a kid and loved it - chunky, powerful looking and had lots of good modes. Great toy. Ginrai took that fantastic toy and made a few little tweaks which made it even better, then God Ginrai adds a whole additional character becomes a set of upgrade components and an extra trailer...Marvellous.
Karl
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 1, 2015 18:18:41 GMT
Powermaster Optimus Prime is the greatest hero of our time.
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Mar 1, 2015 20:35:12 GMT
Powermaster Optimus Prime was one of the last Transformers I got, first time around collecting. He blew my mind. Brilliant idea for him to combine with his trailer. Just magnificent. He's the only Powermaster I've ever had anything to do with so-
1. Optimus Prime!
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Post by kayevcee on Mar 1, 2015 22:20:11 GMT
I was an extremely lucky child. I had a big family who got on fairly well, and I was the youngest (therefore the most lavished at Christmas) until I was 7 and my cousin Andrew came along. There were a few sub-lines I managed to complete back in the day. The Insecticons. The Protectobots. The Stunticons. The 1985 minibots. Somehow, with the help of generous parents and through strategic application of Christmas & birthday money I also managed to gather all the Powermasters. Optimus Prime was a Christmas present. 3 years later, so was Overlord. Doubledealer and Slapdash I got for my birthday. It was a challenge- I expected Darkwing and Dreadwind to be the same price as the old Strike Planes- £9.99 each. You can imagine my 7 year old horror when my dad took me to the Jolly Giant with £20 and my eyes on the prize, only to find they were £16.99 a pop. I had to choose carefully and come back a few months later. Those were a nerve-wracking few months. Scalping and price gouging are unpleasant, but I think we forget how lucky we are to have the secondary market today. Nothing really goes off sale any more, if you're willing to look.
Anyway, having had all these guys since I was a kid helps me to view them with both a child's priorities and an adult's. I'm going to break tradition and actually make a top 5.
5. Slapdash. He had a cool vehicle mode, marginally more articulation than the other Autobot cars, and the added play value of detachable accessories that he could mount in robot mode. I liked having the conventional engine as well as the Powermaster dude, and I liked his crazy spoiler-belt.
4. Doubledealer. The only double-spy that came out in the UK, and the only non-human companion. Versatile accesories, a friendly looking Autobot mode and a creepy Decepticon vulture-thingie. The gigantic missile separating into two weapons was a nifty idea too.
3. Dreadwind. I bought Darkwing first back in the day, but his Powermaster feature never worked very well and transforming him was a chore. Also his hands were visible in jet mode with his wings spread, which bugged me. Dreadwind's Powermaster feature never worked that well either but I liked his jet mode and his transformation more. Plus he had cooler guns and his partner was more interesting looking with more vibrant colours.
2. Optimus Prime. Naturally, I had no idea Godbomber existed until I ran into Prime Saber's Japanese series website in 2001. Even as a kid I could see that Powermaster Optimus Prime had corners cut- his combined-mode head had no purpose except as a big block, and the plastic in his guns was really cheap and I snapped the handles on two of them. My dad had to get pretty creative with the superglue on this guy. The trailer hitch snapped as well- my dad ran a screw through the peg before he reattached it so that it would be more resilient in future. The base and cab robot were pathetic and the combined mode was just a block, but I loved it a) because it was Optimus Prime and he was amazing in the comic and on the cover of my Return of Optimus Prime VHS tape (even though he wasn't in his Powermaster form in that story) and b) so many guns, you guys.
1. Overlord. Like Karl, I was captivated by his UK box-back profile (all I had to go on as he didn't appear in any media) which said he was the most incredible badass in the universe. Two "Energon mini-figures" with really pretty chrome engine-backpacks, two massive vehicles that combined into a Scorponok-sized robot (with hollow fists, so that Scorponok's claws could close around them and they could "wrestle"), a gigantic base mode loaded with features and accessories up the bum. Oh, and a creepily cheerful face-scuplt. In my living-room-floor continuity, the Autobots and Decepticons signed a ceasefire and built Overlord together as a means of protecting the newly-peaceful Cybertron from cosmic threats like Unicron and the Quintessons. Due to events that I cannot remember and likely didn't give much thought to in the first place, he went yampy and the combined forces of Autobot and Decepticon had to take him on. His only weakness was the screw-hole on the back of his head that was, naturally, his Cerebral Access Port. As luck would have it, it was exactly the right size to fit a Turbomaster missile, so the other new arrivals in '92 were able to earn their keep pretty soon.
-Nick
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 2, 2015 8:59:23 GMT
Week 95: Powermasters5) DreadwindAs repeated many times I like the initial idea of Autobot Cars vs Decepticon jets and we come back to it here with Powermasters. Two nice size planes that combine into a super jet is a really good idea and for once the western colours, with the first appearance on a TF of Energon Blue?, are far superior to the Japanese versions. As to which jet .... I read the TFUK letter column. He will hurt me if I don't vote for him. 4) JoyrideThere's something solid and chunky about this toy that appeals to me. 3) Double DealerI don't think I've ever owned a Doubledealer, but he's the first TF Missile truck and I loved theAutobot or Decepticon concept not realising it had been done the year before with Puncvh/Counterpunch. 2) OverlordI've played with Overlord precisely ONCE - my friend Richard at University had one. I don't remember much but a combining tank and jet, opening cockpit on the jet and a big base mode are a sure fire recipe for success in my book. 1) God Ginrai/Optimus PrimeI saw the back of the 88 boxes and loved that picture of Powermaster Prime. A Prime who's cab merges with his trailer to become a bigger version of Optimus? SOLD! Took me a while to get one, Woolworths in 89 or 90 I think, and yes there's lot of little things that annoy me. Not enough room in the back, not the best base mode, the front of the cab not becoming the small robot chest, the small robot full stop ..... Then in 93 aforementioned friend Richard obtained for us a pair of Godbombers. And that was fab because it powered Prime up into a bigger robot still, but sort of lost some of it's Primeness. But inside was a Masterforce catalogue. How I stared at all the Japanese variations and exclusives. What caught me eye was the Optimus (I didn't know it was Ginrai till I got a Japanese student in my Comp Sci group to translate the leaflet: did you know Ginrai means Thunderclash?) The cab looked better with the metal front and windows. I didn't even notice the shoulder cannons were different colours (looking at them now on the reissue makes me doubt their longtime viability in a GPS type way!). What caught my eye was the hands. They were blue, whichwas the right colour, and they retracted so you couldn't see them in vehicle mode. It took another nine years to get Ginrai in the Japanese reissue :-D Of course now I look at God Ginrai and I can see the round cog elbows that PM Prime lacks and that cries out to me to have the elbows bend to make it an even better toy - see tmukhub.proboards.com/thread/3134/phils-powermaster-optimus-prime-review If it ever gets Classiced/MP'd I'd want a version that faithful to the original robot but with a shed load of extra articulation thrown in. I'd want one who's little robot transformed properly with the cab front becoming the chest - though the CW Magnus makes me question ifthe small robot is needed. So yeah. PM Prime does a lot of things that could be done a lot better but I've got a big emotional attachment to this toy.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 5, 2015 7:27:16 GMT
Thursday Tease:
I don't normally do this for a year, because it's easy to work out which one's next, but I'd really be failing in my civic duty if I didn't ask if you'll be on Target this week?
Last year for a couple of months, first week of next month is the special week 100 :-) In between we'll help build you up with something a little bit uplifting!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 6, 2015 7:31:49 GMT
Week 96: 2006 ToysYour top 5 toys from the space year 2006. Which is of course massively in the future and not nine years ago! See www.tfu.info/year/06index.htm for help but we're talking the end of the Cybertron toyline and most of the "Classics" toyline.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 6, 2015 10:57:33 GMT
Ineviatbly this week is going to be all about the Classics but there's some late Cybertron that really deserves a mention: Menasor & Quickmix are great fun Quickmix especially. BWX Megatron & Optimus Primal I hated at the time but have grown on me massively over the years. Constructicon Devastator is a good, minor, recolour. The new Jet mould is fab but it's original use is not a great colour scheme so Skywarp gets a mention as does Rodimus. 5) Optimus PrimeDecent truck cab robot. 4) JetfireWe did this one a few weeks back in Top 5 Jetfires but this is a decent Jetfire toy with swing wings, missiles and a cartoon inspired appearance. 3) MirageWhat peoplke are looking for with the classics is essentially an updated version with more articulation. Mirage stretches the basic form somewhat in robot mode but gets away with it by being a very good toy..... unlike hios wave mate. 2) ExcellionI love this toy anyway but the anguish it caused fans who paid through the nose for the Japanese esclusive version is pleasing. Hot Shot's Cybertron version was calling out for a Hot Rod repaint and this is a better one than the Japanese version. Yes he could do with yellow flip out wings but.... Top fun toy. 1) BumblebeeThe colours are slightly off, too much grey, but otherwise this Bumblebee update is bang on the money boththe robot and the vehicle, in a non copyright infringing way, look like the original and he's got the articulation people wanted. Yes the grey isn't quite right but later versions show, to my eye, that something is necessary to break the yellow up. The Movie 3 pack version is even better, swapping grey for black, but that needs black seats. Top toy to start the clasics line and the CHUG juggernaut rolling.
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 6, 2015 13:26:42 GMT
I never could enjoy that Bumblebee toy. I don't know why. I could never say it was rubbish or know why I didn't like it.
I can't stand the confusion in my miiiiiiind.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 12, 2015 8:30:32 GMT
Thursday Tease:
You'll be lifted up this week
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Post by Shockprowl on Mar 12, 2015 12:08:50 GMT
Crane-formers!
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