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Post by Bogatan on Sept 18, 2015 19:21:30 GMT
I'm a few weeks behind but I'll just say Wingthing Enemy and Nightstalker will compromise my top three for this week.
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 18, 2015 19:54:45 GMT
Argh! The clue makes me mad!
I wasn't so keen on the Encore Trailbreaker I had. The chrome spontaneously flaked off not long after he was put on a shelf!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 18, 2015 21:06:52 GMT
Argh! The clue makes me mad! why?
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 20, 2015 8:43:56 GMT
It's just not right.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 24, 2015 6:07:39 GMT
Thursday Tease:
Run along home but you'll need to be doing some stunt driving over the barricade or you'll have to go on a detour
This is also thematically a sequel to a previous top 5.
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 24, 2015 7:13:03 GMT
Animorphs.
-Ralph
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Post by Benn on Sept 24, 2015 11:46:27 GMT
Micromasters?
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 24, 2015 11:54:29 GMT
I now want Animorph Micromasters to exist.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 25, 2015 7:18:36 GMT
Week 125: Decepticon Cars
Another reversal to the usual status quo this week: Your top 5 toys who are Decepticon Cars.
The obvious temptation here ius to go "The Stunticons" but there's more Decepticon cars than that!
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Post by Shockprowl on Sept 25, 2015 18:58:08 GMT
Ooooohhh good one, Big Phil, yes it's way harder than one first thinks!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 25, 2015 21:19:26 GMT
Week 125: Decepticon Cars As most of you know I draft my lists in advance. About a month a go the possibles for this week looked like this: CW Dead End CW Breakdown CW Dragstrip Prime Vehicon Prime Knock Out BH Croc Out Fracture Jolt None of those made the final list! 5) TFSS BreakdownThe Universe 2 Lambo brother works nicer in the Breakdown colours than it did with either Sideswipe or Sunstreaker. Design wise it isn't a perfect Breakdown but it's probably the second best colours this mould has had. 4) PCC SmolderLoved Smolder the moment I saw him, still love him now. Really works. 3) Universe DragstripA second Stunticon version: this time the Classics Mirage becomes Dragstrip. Really ought to have bought one of these but never did. 2) 2012 Custom Class Longarm/ShockwaveBotcon went through a couple of years where they produced toys for their custom classes that were far far too desirable. I mean Universe 2 G2 Sideswipe could have been sold at retail for crying out loud! This toy is starting with RTS Jazz, which is one of the great modern car moulds. Jazz has previously been recoloured as Shockwave in Alternators. Shockwave used the Longarm pseudonym in Animated. The toys is loaded with homages. And, with a new head, it does look really, REALLY good. I'd have bought one at retail and been tempted to hunt it as a club exclusive. But a super rare custom clas toys? Not a chance I'm paying that much! 1) Armada WheeljackYou forget quite how good this toy is. Good car. Big solid robot with more articulation than many Armada toys. OK, it's got the wrong name, and that'll cause trouble down the line, but..... It amazes me to this day that he's never had a bonnet remould to repair the damage and remove the symbols and then been repainted to death as all the traditonal Lambo variations!
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Post by blueshift on Sept 25, 2015 21:51:51 GMT
1) Armada WheeljackYou forget quite how good this toy is. Good car. Big solid robot with more articulation than many Armada toys. OK, it's got the wrong name, and that'll cause trouble down the line, but..... It amazes me to this day that he's never had a bonnet remould to repair the damage and remove the symbols and then been repainted to death as all the traditonal Lambo variations! Given how much everything else in Armada got repainted, it's astonishing!!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 25, 2015 22:04:45 GMT
It was easy money as Pre Decepticon Armada Wheeljack, Sideswipe, G2 Sideswipe, Red Alert, Deepcover, Clampdown and Tigertrack/Sunstreaker. Thats.... SEVEN repaints and what did we get ? SG Sideswipe/Deluge Eventually.
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Post by blueshift on Sept 25, 2015 22:09:00 GMT
It was easy money as Pre Decepticon Armada Wheeljack, Sideswipe, G2 Sideswipe, Red Alert, Deepcover, Clampdown and Tigertrack/Sunstreaker. Thats.... SEVEN repaints and what did we get ? SG Sideswipe/Deluge Eventually. Yes but the problem with Shattered Glass is the logos are the wrong colour! I don't want to have to repurpose TFCC's fanfic characters as G1 characters! It should be the other way round!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 25, 2015 22:28:10 GMT
I mean look at these !
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Post by blueshift on Sept 26, 2015 7:00:47 GMT
It's probably for the best, they'd just have ended up in the big pile of things that look like Sunstreaker and Sideswipe
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Post by Bogatan on Sept 26, 2015 14:46:32 GMT
Week 121: Insects & ArachnidsIt's creepy crawley week on Top 5 toys! Your top 5 toys that turn into Insects and Arachnids please. Obviously this means lots of Insecticons and Spiders but it should be pointed out that scorpions are arachnids too! Honourable mentions - Botcon scorponok- never really a fan of the mould, but with the new headmaster and the cartoon colours its amazing how great it looks. Just fits perfectly among the classics. - Waspinators - all 3 of the moulds, 4 with the cyberbeast remould. The recent generations mould is very very good. In fact it probaly should be in the top 5, but I cant be bothered to change it. Tarantulas - Or black Arachnia, to be honest, on the list for th e qualities of the mould, no real colour preferences. TM Tarantulas, also great. Insecticon - Phils right its too good not to have been used for 19 years. Animated Black Arachnia - I suspect he remoulded BA will take this ones place on the list, but great toy. Bombshell - All the insecticons are good, but bombshell has always been the most fun. Scorponok - Now that I have Fort Max I know that Scorponok is really the perfect size. Bigger than almost everything else, but still small enough to play with.
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Post by Bogatan on Sept 26, 2015 15:00:30 GMT
Hmm I dont think any of the toys I listed in 2010 will make this list. Straxus - I still want a more Cybertronian Straxus and I have gone of the mould a little, but Hasbro gave us Straxus, thats amazing. Battle Blades Bumblebee - It took 3 years but they finally made a good movie Bumblebee. Turbomaster/Scorch - FP didnt really get the couls quite right, but a huge step up on the previous years Turbomaster attempt, Thunderclash being the worst toy they have made. But its the hound mould so its on the list. Animated Arcee - It only took 24 years to get a decent arcee. Always thought this might get a classicfication remould like BA has gotten. Masterpiece Grimlock
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Post by Bogatan on Sept 26, 2015 15:08:21 GMT
Week 123: ScourgeYour top 5 toys named Scourge please! Of all the toy names we've done top 5s for Scourge probably has the most variety of toys attached to it thanks to being four very different characters: 1986 Sweep Leader, Beast Wars Insect, RID Evil Optimus* and Cybertron Beast Leader. See thos pages and what's linked from them for the various toys using this name. * Note not all evil Optimus toys are a Scourge! Original Scourge - sort of odd fun. Titanium Scourge - yeah I went there. It has all the traditional Titanium problems, loose joints, weird articulation and not a great sculpt and yet it remains the best update of the original. RID Scourge - looks good in black Botcon - Its a fun mould, it looks good in Scourge colours, the head is one of FPs better efforts and it has its own set of sweeps. Spychanger Scourge - pocket sized evil
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 26, 2015 15:13:05 GMT
If you're playing catch up Andy you need
114 Hot Shot 119 Cyclonus 120 Beast Wars Neo 124 Encore 125 Decepticon Cars
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Post by Bogatan on Sept 26, 2015 15:18:07 GMT
Week 124: EncoreYour top 5 toys from Encore, the possibly still in progress Japanese reissue line. See tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers_Encore for a list of toys that were reissued in the line. Fort Max - Just for giving me the chance to open a brand new one, even if it turned out to be missing bits. Minibots set - mostly for cartoon head BB Nightstalker- not a character that stood out in my memory, but did feature in the first annual I read. Steeljaw in Ravage colours works. Wingthing - Actionmaster Soundwave was my first Soundwave, making Wingthing my first "cassette" Enemy, ever since I stumbled upon Enemy I've loved it, just the strangest merchandising (giant head and Han Solo in Carbonite cosplayer) in the 80s and then to become a real Transformer 2 decades later.
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Post by Bogatan on Sept 26, 2015 15:29:35 GMT
Week 125: Decepticon CarsAnother reversal to the usual status quo this week: Your top 5 toys who are Decepticon Cars. The obvious temptation here ius to go "The Stunticons" but there's more Decepticon cars than that! need to think about the last spot. Botcon Custom Class Longarm/Shockwave - I liked this enough I did go out and get one. Cost about £80, I dont regret it, though I do need to go and get one of the 3p kits to complete the shockwave look. Vehicon - love the transformation. Botcon Pounce might be my favourite coulr scheme on it. Animated Dragstrip - great mould and Kill Bill homage. CW Dead End - Suspect this will be a favourite for a long time to come.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 1, 2015 8:27:02 GMT
First week of the month so it's a year this week so no tease and it's definitely not Animorphs!
Coming up later in October we have some helicopter name reuse, a toyline that nearly everyone dislikes, a type of toy which doesn't include Diaclone and a Top 5 Toys week 5 that doesn't involve toys!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 2, 2015 7:04:29 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 2, 2015 13:54:48 GMT
Honourable Mentions: Generations ScourgeDOTM Skyhammer, Shockwave, Sandstorm, Powerglide & GuzzleBotcon Thundercracker & TFCC SideburnRTS Legends Optimus Prime, Megatron, Starscream, Prowl & Trailcutter plus Voyager LugnutUnited BB (Goldbug), Megatron (best this mould has looked) and Rumble & Frenzy, cruelly not released elsewhere. Main event: 5) United LugnutLike the RTS version, only better in darker colours. LOADS of c-clip ports. Good fun toy. 4) Kup Kup, given decent current vehicle mode. Again lots of c-clip points. Mine has all of Recon Ironhide's guns. Better with the replacement heads. 3) WheeljackWhat a superb retool! Amazing redo of Tracks, though there's evidence Wheeljack came first or they were developed together. I'd have settled for using Energon Downshift for my Wheeljack but this is so much better. 2) JazzI'm not a Jazz fan. But this is an amazing toy. Big and cartoon acurate, superb lightpipe, great use of the c-clips. 1) WarpathI didn't think the Legends Warpath, which I love, could be topped. I was wrong. Essentially this is an upscale with a few new tricks but it is MINDBLOWINGLY good. C-clip points, turning turret with elevating gun. Fabulous. <3
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 7, 2015 17:17:55 GMT
No not the c-clips!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 8, 2015 8:39:44 GMT
This week's tease:
This week's character has had a fair few versions over the years, roughly split 50:50 between two different alt modes. One version of this toy is particularly despised by a certain member of the forum!
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 8, 2015 8:43:14 GMT
Animorphs Ultra Magnus?
Animorphs Megatron?
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 9, 2015 6:55:52 GMT
We've done both those characters already, and your memory fails you: neither has an Animorphs version.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 9, 2015 6:58:34 GMT
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