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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 9, 2015 8:02:00 GMT
Honourable mention: DOTM Human Alliance I don't tend to think of Sandstorm as a dune buggy, mainly cos the original dune buggy mode was so bad, but this one is a nice toy and the best of the DOTM Human Alliance figures by some distance. 5) Superlink SandstormIt's called Sandstorm! The grey colours look good on the Armada Helicopter. 4) Botcon 1999Not a typical Sandstorm but an apropriate use of the name and colours. 3) Botcon 2013We're back into helicopter teritory here: nice reinvention of MW Sandstorm but ..... 2) Machine Wars..... as we all know the Rotorstorm mould is one of the greatest TF helicopters of all time. I'd have liked a more sandy colour scheme but it's still good. 1) GenerationsSuperb. Genius retool, fab new look for the chopper. Great toy.
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 9, 2015 11:02:37 GMT
Yes the Generations Sandstorm is fabulous. Arguably better than the Springer version of that mould/shell design.
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Oct 10, 2015 21:41:24 GMT
*Blows giant raspberry!*
SANDSTORM
5. Legends/Legion
4. G1
3. The Transformers
2. 1986 tripe changer
1. 1990(?) second release (the one I own)
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 15, 2015 12:35:40 GMT
Busy day so apologies for the lateness.
Thursday Tease: They'll be no Rise of Peace on Earth in this week's top 5 toys.
(quite pleased with this one and think it's dead easy)
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 15, 2015 13:45:00 GMT
Animorphs.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 16, 2015 7:09:35 GMT
Week 128: Generations WFC & FOC
Your top 5 toys from the Generations War for Cybertron and Fall of Cyubertron series please.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 17, 2015 18:41:59 GMT
Week 128: Generations WFC & FOC Honourable mentions: The humanoid tapes, Ramhorn, Kickback and WFC Megatron 5) SoundwaveIt's a Soundwave with tape functionality so you gotta love it really. Shame about certain tapaes beinga bit poo Ravage & Steeljaw. 4) BlasterBlaster, even though he's saddled with oneof the **** tapes has a better deco. 3) GrimlockBetter than many people think, even on the original (The AoE repaint is better still) All he really needs is a gun. 2) StarscreamI like this, it's a fun toy. Love the guns which spin and can interlock and spin together. 1) Ultra MagnusThere's a point in the third wave of FoC toys where Hasbro effectively hold their hands up and go "yeah maybe we did cut too much out in wave 1" by pakcing in extras. The toy makes a far better Magnus than Prime anyway and the bonus sword, which then makes an even bigger sword round the gun.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 22, 2015 8:26:50 GMT
Thursday Tease:
The evil Kaptain won't be flying in the first half of the 80s.
(not a terribly good one this week: next week's is better, there's a song with dance moves!)
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 22, 2015 12:40:37 GMT
Flying Animorphs.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 23, 2015 7:15:35 GMT
Week 129: Post Diaclone Body Decepticon Jets
Your top 5 Deceoticon Jets that don't use the Diaclone body used on Starscream, Thundercracker & Skywarp that was inherited by Thrust, Dirge and Ramjet.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 23, 2015 10:47:48 GMT
Week 129: Post Diaclone Body Decepticon Jets 5) 92 TalonThese days this would be repainted to death as every 84/5 jet. As it is Talon is the only colour this toy's been done in. Love the form, love the missiles, love the lightpipe. Such a nice toy. 4) RID SkyfireAKA the Flipchanger with the non Megatron head. The grey and purple of RID is it's best deco. 3) RID WindsheerAKA the Flipchanger with the Megatron head. Simply beautiful with the black deco. 2) ROTF Dirge Lovely reinterpretation of the jet design. Come up a couple of times recently. 1) HooliganLike this is a surprise. Fabulous toy that completely broke the mould for jets and TF articulation.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 26, 2015 8:01:16 GMT
This week's clue is early cos I'm going offline till Friday in a bit. Sky-byte, OverbiteCybershark, SkalorSkybyte, Seawing..... It's a fifth Friday this week so what you're looking for is beyond the usual Year, Character, Range or Type categories that we use. Are you having fun?
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 28, 2015 13:15:08 GMT
Animorphs.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 30, 2015 16:12:35 GMT
Big Fish, Little Fish, Big Fish, Little Fish, Big Fish, Little Fish, Cardboard Box!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 30, 2015 16:13:52 GMT
Week 130: Toy Packaging
Your top 5 favourite versions of the Transformers packaging please!
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Post by Benn on Oct 30, 2015 16:40:08 GMT
Big Fish, Little Fish, Big Fish, Little Fish, Big Fish, Little Fish, Cardboard Box! Jeez, man...
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 30, 2015 16:44:55 GMT
The clue was there in the pattern of names!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 1, 2015 10:09:13 GMT
Out immediately goes any line with shaped or rounded boxes. Poor show. And I'm not too keen on really bright colours. 5) Energon version 1 Mainly black, dlx cards sideways on. Nice. 4) Beast Wars Transmetal 3) Beast Wars UK Transmetal The Beast Wars designs are great with the eye. They get a bit messy with TM2 mixing animal and metal but .... Bonus points for the cool Euro Biocombat name on the cards. 2) Japanese later G1 Essentially the earlier design with black changed for white but the white boxes really make them stand out as it wasn't used on Western packaging till this century. 1) G1 Original and best.
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Post by Jim on Nov 1, 2015 11:08:46 GMT
Week 130: Toy PackagingYour top 5 favourite versions of the Transformers packaging please! 5. United EX - the 5-packs. Hasbro already did a good job with, unusually for them, reusable boxes but Takara took them and made them beautiful. 4. Club exclusives (e.g. G2 Ramjet) - I am a sucker for reusable, collector-targeted packaging, and love these boxes with foam inserts. I wish the club would sometimes sell these for figures they didn't even produce (you would think they would be more about collector resources than they are). 3. Action Master cards - colourful, and weirdly top-heavy. Plus, they contained Action Masters! 2. TFC reissue - sturdier than the Hasbro book-style reissues, eminently reusable and even slightly transformable with the possibility of inverting the insert into a display stand! Shame about the reliance on DW art, but with Kup they were starting to move into a more interesting direction. Would happily have seen many more. 1. G1 original - nostalgia wins again! Plus those airbrushed battle scenes are just epic. Honourable mentions: Those 4 reissues (Dragstrip et al) which were book-style were very classy-looking. Robot Masters are a bit gaudy on first sight but the packaging is quite nice really, and there's something about the text stickers on the plastics windows that I irrationally love. Classics - those little velcro-fastened card bits fascinated me. -Jim
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 1, 2015 11:11:42 GMT
Bum, knew I'd forgotten something!
Bump Energon from 5 and replace with
5 The Transformers Collection
The book style reissues in Japan are superb boxes with new packaging that shows of the toys inside. US versions nearly as good!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 1, 2015 11:12:12 GMT
And you've reminded me I need to buy Buildmaster!
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 2, 2015 14:20:21 GMT
The only true TF packaging is G2 packaging!!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 5, 2015 9:42:48 GMT
No tease this week cos it's a Year.
Animorphs is not a year.
But later this month we'll be having a funeral for a forum member, having a fight, and getting tiny.
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 5, 2015 18:33:25 GMT
The year Animorphs first came out.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 5, 2015 18:39:16 GMT
we're well past that as you know!
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Post by Bogatan on Nov 5, 2015 18:40:02 GMT
Its only a matter of time before Hasbro get bored of the real chinese zodiac and give us Year of the Animorph Optimus Prime based madness.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Nov 5, 2015 18:50:22 GMT
Honestly, I'd buy the shit out of that!
Andy
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Post by blueshift on Nov 5, 2015 18:53:47 GMT
Its only a matter of time before Hasbro get bored of the real chinese zodiac and give us Year of the Animorph Optimus Prime based madness. Do you mean Animorphs repainted as Optimus Prime or Optimus Prime repainted as Animorphs?
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Nov 5, 2015 18:54:46 GMT
Why force a fandom to choose?
We can have both!
A suitably epic 17k post!
Andy
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 5, 2015 18:57:32 GMT
Cgrats!
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