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Post by The Doctor on Aug 14, 2015 11:08:00 GMT
Tiny Titans Cylonus has a fine shit-eating grin.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Aug 14, 2015 11:53:01 GMT
He does indeed!
Andy
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 20, 2015 6:39:08 GMT
Thursday Tease:
This week's toyline, which is not Animorphs, any of the Crossovers, or Titanium, will see conflict for the New Matrix
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 20, 2015 7:07:17 GMT
Just this week I was astonished to see a German kid on a bus playing with the lion Animorph!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 20, 2015 7:31:04 GMT
Yet another one that'll be writing into the Sex Criminals letters pages in years to come future years....
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Post by Benn on Aug 20, 2015 9:16:24 GMT
I do not get the reference.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 20, 2015 9:44:22 GMT
It's for the best. There's some very disturbed Animorph fans out there.
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 20, 2015 11:41:39 GMT
Sex crimes in Animorphs??? What?!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 20, 2015 11:43:38 GMT
More like fans writing in with their Animorphs fantasies to the Sex Criminals letters pages!
An internet search will confirm what I'm saying but I wouldn't do it at work.
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Post by Benn on Aug 20, 2015 11:50:11 GMT
Ay-i-i... shame, I quite like that book.
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Post by legios on Aug 20, 2015 13:24:26 GMT
Week 118: 2009 Toys
Honorable mention: Universe Superion: Really nice redeco of my favourite of the Energon Combiners. The new colour scheme is great, and these are fun toys which deserved this second bite.
5. Universe Darkwind: Take the rather fun Universe Silverbolt, redeco it to match one of the Darkwing’s brothers… Really nice colour scheme on a great toy.
4. ROFD Longarm: Lovely looking toy – a well executed real-world vehicle mode which transforms into an interesting looking humanoid mode. Love the way that the towing hitch and all the gear folds together to create a sort of Marksman/Sniper rifle in lieu of an arm. All told, a really nice toy.
3. ROFD Bludgeon: Bludgeon as a Striker seems rather appropriate, and the twin arm-mounted blades seem appropriate weapons for a martial-artist type in the Live-action-verse. Even if it does make me chuckle to imagine Bludgeon fighting with a style like Talim from Soul Caliber… A smart redeco of a really good mould.
2. Universe Countdown: Fantastic toy. Lots of play-value with the interchangeable accessories for his gun, and the rocket/missile which folds out to reveal a nice big Wave Motion Gun sort of affair. Looks really striking in the red and white as well. And the toy is large enough that it feels like it could easily contain the Micromaster inside it, like an over-sized Pretender shell whilst he goes out to bring peace and justice to millions of beings on thousands of worlds.
1. Botcon Banzai-tron: At the time an Actionmaster reference was a rather unusual sight, and with this one they absolutely nailed it. The humanoid mode has the right sought of tall and lean shape to evoke the original AM, and having the alt-mode as a fast combat Hydrofoil seems appropriate. The colour scheme looks absolutely superb on it as well.
Week 119: Cyclonus:
Ah, Cyclonus. A fantastic name for a Decepticon somehow, and so many good toys to choose from.
Honorable Mentions: Botcon (2002) Cyclonus: Really nice looking redeco of the larger Jetstorm mould. The articulating neck-and-turret gimmick remains fun, and the new colour scheme is superb.
5. Armada Cyclonus: Fantastic toy. The base-line Fatcopter with too many guns to slightly tubby but surprisingly tall humanoid mode transformation is great. His gimmick is good too – rattle the trigger at the back and hear the rotors purr… Attaching Blackout to the front of the copter mode is just great though - clearly “inspired” by various “Hind” models he actually looks the part in vehicle mode, buzzing about like an overloaded dragonfly.
4. Targetmaster Cyclonus: The first “Movie Decepticon” I got I am fairly sure, having really liked his early appearances in Target:2006. Decently articulated for a Movie toy, fun transformation and a great space fighter mode. The Targetmaster gimmick was just icing on the cake really.
3. Combiner Wars Cyclonus: Startlingly effective remould of CW Silverbolt, creating something which is very recogniseably Cyclonus. The new bio is good as well, painting him as having an almost parasitic ability to forcibly combine with other ‘bots and hijack their strength for his own ends. Great stuff.
2. Universe Cyclonus: A really nice reinvention of Cyclonus, takes all the best aesthetic elements of the original but adds improved, modern engineering. Great stuff.
1. Reveal the Shield Cyclonus: My personal favourite of the Universe Cyclonus variants. Great colour scheme on a fantastic toy.
Karl
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 20, 2015 14:24:15 GMT
So.... Thursday Tease: This week's toyline, which is not Animorphs, any of the Crossovers, or Titanium, will see conflict for the New Matrix Any guesses yet?
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 20, 2015 17:36:51 GMT
What is Sex Criminals???
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 20, 2015 18:06:22 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 20, 2015 18:30:33 GMT
What does it have to do with Animorphs?
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 20, 2015 18:44:55 GMT
Several readers have brought Animorphs up in the letter column as the basis of certain ..... Fantasies that they have had.
A google search for Animorphs Sex Criminals will show you some ..... Examples.
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 20, 2015 19:00:24 GMT
Really??? Animorphs lives on via a letters page in a strange comic? My mind just imploded. -Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 20, 2015 21:26:09 GMT
So.... Thursday Tease: This week's toyline, which is not Animorphs, any of the Crossovers, or Titanium, will see conflict for the New Matrix Any guesses yet? Still nobody? I thought this one was quite easy! Concentrate on the New Matrix bit.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 21, 2015 6:07:18 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 21, 2015 7:15:42 GMT
No. Nooooooooooo. That toy-line is impossible to transform!!!
*nightmares*
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 21, 2015 7:24:15 GMT
One toy in it is a tad difficult. The rest are fine. Tis a glorious line of toys!
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Post by legios on Aug 21, 2015 7:30:23 GMT
*kicks self* And this was one of the lines I had considered - but was struggling to juggle how to get there from either "Reloaded" or whitever the other The Matrix sequel title was again... Ah Neo, the great boondoggle, I have fond memories of a lot of the toys from this line. And then there is Mach-*%&%&%-Kick! Karl
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Post by Shockprowl on Aug 21, 2015 7:33:38 GMT
MACK-KICK!!!!!!! NNNOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! NNNNEEEEEAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*jumps out window of SPACE STATION*
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 21, 2015 7:34:10 GMT
The Matrix films all feature a character called Neo
Neo also means New
Beast Wars Neo is the first line to feature a removable Matrix gimmick.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 21, 2015 7:56:10 GMT
Honourable mentions: Everything else. The line is glorious, even Mach Kick who is a challenge. And Randy, the only toy I've ever had that's exploded as I removed it from the package. But Especially Magmatron, Break, Stampy, Rockbuster (best repaint ever) and Sharp Edge 5) SabrebackInevitably Dinosaurs play a big part this week. The Neo Dinosaurs have have had lots of use but they are very, VERY good. The Stegosaur is great, though his south American headdress will; limit the effectiveness of his many repaints. They probably got it right with the colours first time out though. 4) LongrackThe good guys here fill out some gaps in Maximal beast form rosta, especially among the more placid animals. Longrack IS fabulous: decent, if articulation limited beast PACKED with gimmicks and a great robot mode. Sadly has never had a western release though IIRC there were some available through Hasbro toyshop at one stage? 3) GuiledartFABULOUS dinosaur mode, lovely gimmick, great squat robot mode with a much better head than Sabreback. Repainted to death but as yet there's not been a bad one and reused as recently as last year to great effect. 2) KillerpunchGuieldart is good. His remoulded brother is even better. A severely underated toy in great colours. And it turns out his character is a bit mad too: tfwiki.net/wiki/Killer_Punch which I never knew till yesterday. Never had a recolour, western release or even a SongKong version and as an end of line toy there's less of them about but this is worth the effort and the cash. 1) Big ConvoyIf you look the definition of shellformer up it will read Big Convoy. But even then the robot mode is fun with the bending trunk gimmick. However it's the robot mode here which is the real beauty: a lovely beast Prime design with cab windows on the chest which opens to allow access to a removable matrix. A fab head sculpt. A HUGE gun with missiles plus some harpoon leg pods. To this day I still don't know why one of the arms is clear red and the other opaque. Yes, I've had one break, the ball joint sockets holding the beast head halves can break, but I love this toy. Must get the western Nemesis Prime version some day.
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 21, 2015 16:47:03 GMT
Surely you'd rather have ULTRA MAMMOTH?
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 21, 2015 17:20:20 GMT
No. Ultra Mammoth doesn't really do it for me. They should have gone for a white mammoth coat.
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 21, 2015 18:16:39 GMT
I must be misrembering. I was sure you had demanded a white repaint of that mould for years!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 21, 2015 18:32:25 GMT
It's the Ultra Ape Primal I wanted a white repaint of.
Don't like Ultra Mammoth cos it's blue.
Wouldn't say no to a white version of it.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 21, 2015 18:35:18 GMT
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