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Post by blueshift on Dec 10, 2015 22:56:06 GMT
We all need to acquire a Tri-Rex. -Ralph Surprisingly hard to find in the uk
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 10, 2015 23:19:32 GMT
WWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! You can blame Ralph for leading me to the number that caused that
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Post by Kingoji on Dec 11, 2015 0:03:46 GMT
Well, it's Gregg Berger's birthday, so...
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 11, 2015 7:35:12 GMT
Genuinely did not know that!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 11, 2015 7:38:49 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 11, 2015 8:15:02 GMT
We all need to acquire a Tri-Rex. -Ralph Surprisingly hard to find in the uk I have a vision of Phil ambling up to a Hub meet and we are all sitting down with our backs to him. Then we all swivvel round in our chairs and we are all holding a Tri-Rex! -Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 11, 2015 8:40:33 GMT
Inferno has been chosen this week as he completes the trilogy of emergency service vehicles started with Prowl and continued with Ratchet.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 11, 2015 9:12:40 GMT
Week 136: InfernoYour top 5 toys called Inferno please! 5) Action Master InfernoTo me Inferno is a fire engine. You're gonna have to work hard to convince me that a car or van/suv is an Inferno. G2 Inferno could have gone in here but he's so close to the original. So Action Master Inferno gets this slot almost by default. Essentially an Action Figure of the original toy in a range of cartoon and comic versions it highlights how little Inferno changed between toy and small screen. I always liked his fire fighting back pack which tied in with the original toy's vehicle mode too. 4) EnergonFun toy. Wins bonus points for having a remould version which is essentially Grapple even though they never used that name on it! 3) UniverseUniverse Inferno is an odd bugger. He's the only Autobot car to get upsized from a deluxe for his classics version and the first non repaint Voyager in the Universe 2 range. The robot isn't a bad Inferno but feels a lot broader than the original in relation to the height: Inferno's a tall thin robot to me. The vehicle mode is a lot more questionable: far shorter it's essentially a box on wheels (Hasbro: why not use variations on this design and TF for Ratchet and Inferno rather than ****ing about?) Then there's the water cannon..... I see the ladder as a defining feature on Inferno and it's obvious others agree as there's a third partyladder out there which is rather hard to get now. 2) Beast WarsPROTECT THE COLONY! As I said, to me Inferno is a fire engine. To produce an Inferno that's not a fire engine and then make it one that's not an Autobot (Maximal) is a very good job. It was a great toy anyway but it's helped by a mad Beast Wars cartoon portrayal. Spinning bottom cannon and missile launcher that slides out the nose. Such a good toy. The Transmetal version, inexplicably renamed in the west, is really fun too despite it's shelf warming status. 1) 1985I always feel Inferno is slightly unlucky not to be the 12th 1984 Diaclone Autobot toy. One of him or Grapple ought to have come out a year earlier in the one man short Sunstreaker/Wheeljack/Trailbreaker/Ironhide/Prowl assortment. Fab fire engine, first encountered at a school friend's house in 85. The ladder turntable turns and the ladder extends. Job done. Robot: he's a brick from the waist down but I don't care cos the arms have such good articulation and the firing fists gimmick, sadly gutted from the G2 version which was the first Inferno I owned. He just works and it's notable that he's the Autobot least interfered with in his transistion to the small screen and (eventually!) comic books. I don't buy many MP toys but if Takara do Inferno I will order without a second's thought.
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Post by Kingoji on Dec 11, 2015 9:14:16 GMT
I've only ever owned four.
4. Henkei. 3. Action Masters. 2. G1. 1. Beast Wars.
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 11, 2015 17:54:47 GMT
The only true Inferno is Action Master Inferno.
-Ralph
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Post by Bogatan on Dec 11, 2015 18:58:58 GMT
5. Tri Re... er no right Energon - not a fan of energon autobots, but this one is pretty good.
4. Beast Wars - as with most of the mega size class I'm not a huge fan, so is making the list mostly because it is such a good representation of the cartoon Inferno.
3. G2 - Places lower because its basically not very changed, but its G2 that is enough. But, but imagine if it had hada truely bonkers repaint on the scale G2 Hotspot would have gotten?
2. Original/classic - Pleasing different to the other Diaclone cars.
1. Actionmaster - My first Inferno I assume (odds are I wouldnt have gotten it if I already had Classic Inferno) A really good representation.
Bubbling under Universe misses out for the reasons Phil states, but I've never been convinced by it as Inferno. They also missed a trick by not having it have an alternative robot mode with the back becoming the chest, because then Botcon Pyro would have been a ridiculously perfect repaint and Hotspot even better than the GDO version. Aside from the fists being the wrong way around and hte chest being under developed, its already pretty close to working which makes it al the more annoying, much like CW Mirage.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 17, 2015 17:15:54 GMT
Thursday Tease:
No Anal Porn action this week!
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Post by Benn on Dec 17, 2015 17:22:09 GMT
Thursday Tease: No Anal Porn action this week! ... Well, I don't think I'll bother then. ANYWAY, Inferno! Another one of those "I really liked him as a wee 'un, and now he's one of my favorites" !. The Transformers ". Action Master £. Henkei $. Energon %. Classic Heroes ^. Reissue Which isn't all that many, really. <edit> forgot to say: That's all I've had, which should come before "Which isn't all that many, really."
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Post by legios on Dec 17, 2015 22:34:27 GMT
Inferno:
5 Beast Wars Inferno: Big chunky fire-ant alt-mode, nice. Humanoid mode with bonkers abdomen fan-thing... And he represents a truly demented character in the show - a pyromaniac armed with a flame-thrower... Nice
4. Action Master Inferno
3. Energon Inferno: nice little deluxe, great humanoid mode and a decent "near future" fire-tender mode. Really nice little toy - one of the ones I do regret parting with.
2. Universe Inferno: Following in Energon's footsteps we get another Fire Tender instead of a ladder truck for this reinvention of Inferno. Quite like it - the vehicle mode captures the sense of what it is supposed to be (in that "not quite close enough to need to pay for a license" Universe way), and I like the water cannon slung under the arm in humanoid mode. Looks stocky and powerful enough to push his way into whatever setting an emergency might happen in. Good stuff.
1. The Transformers Inferno: Really like the lankyness of the original Diaclone design, the fact that he has the interchangeable gear like the Hi-Lux mould is all the better.
Karl
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 18, 2015 6:37:57 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Dec 18, 2015 20:13:44 GMT
Oh I see what you did there!
That's... rude!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 18, 2015 20:42:34 GMT
I like to think I know my audience and I'm sure some/most/all of you would be really let down if I hadn't of done a clue of this nature this week!
Now you're getting me worried next week's isn't quite Christmasy enough!
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Post by Shockprowl on Dec 18, 2015 20:46:23 GMT
I don't know what you mean, Philip, you beastly boy!!!
I'm shocked and offended! I'm reporting you! I'm writing to my solicitor immediately! And and and...
....yeah, ok, good one.
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 19, 2015 12:17:16 GMT
But all the Bots Shots were the same.
-Ralph
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Post by legios on Dec 19, 2015 12:37:04 GMT
I'm abstaining on the Bot Shots on grounds of never having really understood the point of them.
Will go into reverse and start moving backwards through stuff I've missed in coming days (and I actually mean it this time)
Karl
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Post by Jim on Dec 21, 2015 0:23:57 GMT
It turns out I have only owned two Infernos, so the top two spots are taken by default. I always preferred Grapple! 5. Energon - never quite bubbled close enough to the top of my wants list at the time, and I'd rather have Roadblock. 4. Universe (2009) - I own Artfire and Pyro, and think I prefer them. 3. Action Master - of course. 2. Universe - the mini-con that came with Sunstorm. He's okay! 1. G1 - not one of my favourite G1 moulds, but iconic enough. -Jim
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Post by Jim on Dec 21, 2015 0:30:29 GMT
I quite liked these, though I didn't get very many! 5. Jetfire (3 pack) 4. Skyquake (3 pack) 3. Cindersaur 2. Powerglide (3 pack) 1. Shockwave (Jump Shot) -Jim
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Post by legios on Dec 21, 2015 22:23:19 GMT
Week 135: 2013 Toys
5. BotCon Megaplex - The Dreadwing mould from Prime, with a really striking deco.
4. Masterpiece Acid Storm - he may be based on the less interesting of the two MP Decepticon Jet moulds, but the colour scheme is a thing of joy. He looks rather like he has turned up dressed for completely the wrong wa. (What is it with the Jets - Thundercracker looks like he tried to disguise himself as part of Blue Impulse but got the wrong 'plane type, Skywarp looks like he just didn't care about a disguise, and Sunstorm appears to have no colour definition in his optics... :-) ). The slightly mad colour scheme is rather appealing, and puts him up with the original MP Starscream and Skywarp for my money.
3. Masterpiece Soundwave - A decent effort indeed. Like Grimlock, Soundwave is one of those designs which didn't really have much room for improvement. I'm not sure that Soundwave is quite as good as Grimlock - having lost his weapon storage in the transformation puts him slightly behind the curve, but he is still a cracking good toy. Somewhat pricey, but a very nice substitute for the similarly pricey, and arguably less available original.
2. Generations Springer - Fun toy, with three solid moulds. Probably the weakest version of this mould, trailing the Cloud Rodimus by some way, and not that great a Springer (much too spindly in the leg in the humanoid mode. Doesn't really fit the sense that he has to have massively over-engineered leg actuators in there) but fun toy nevertheless
1. Generations Sandstorm - Fantastic retool of the Springer design. Works far better as Sandstorm than it does as Springer. The humanoid mode feels suitably blocky and chunky and the ground vehicle mode is a really nice match for his original one. The ducted-fan VTOL mode is fantastic - a little bit of Blade Runneresque design creeping in to Transformers there - and pretty much unique at the moment (we've had conventional aircraft with ducted fan lifters cludged into them before, but Sandstorm is the first pure Ducted-Fan design we've seen I think.) Great fun toy to fiddle about with as well.
Karl
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Post by legios on Dec 22, 2015 21:00:27 GMT
Week 134: Minicons
Bubbling under - Prowl (nice police car mode, and the MP-5-alike "submachine gun" mode is fun), Terradive (still not sure if his weapon mode is some sort of beam cannon or a Nekode-like Climbing claw, but it is a lot of fun whatever it is). Longarm (great toy in his own right, and the "crane accessory" feel when he combines with something is fun). Dead End - it's the Death Star!
5. Makeshift - Possibly the first of his vehicle mode in Transformers (depending on whether one thinks that Obsidian's Tilt-rotor capability was intentional or not) but certainly the first V-22 Osprey-alike. I really liked the look of the humanoid mode as well, with the rotors folding into either huge grabber claws or some sort of rotary cannon assembly depending on thy mood. The twin-turret mode is great as well.
4. Pinpointer - I did think a lot of the PCC Mini-cons were pretty good toys, and this was one of the real prizes. Like Safeguard, he makes a fantastic forearm weapon for a larger toy - and he is one Technic pin away from making a fantastic Targetmaster. One of the Mini-cons I do regret parting with.
3. Ramjet: Lovely little toy, really like the way you can bring him up on an elevator on Shockwave's carrier deck - he also is the only mini-con who looks anywhere near the right scale sat on the catapult, but he's a lot of fun in his own right. (Also, Rafale-M, meaning both main Rafale versions have made it into Transformers now)
2. Firebot: Great fire-engine mode, with a wonderfully chunky humanoid mode. But the real winner here is weapon-mode, an Itano Circus in a box - just the sort of Mini-con you need a few of. Try four of them on Generations Armada Starscream for a sort of "Starscream Assault Mode" look.
1: Safeguard: Lovely little toy. Great humanoid mode, and a superb spacecraft mode with a real "gunship" mode. He also looks fantastic snapped onto Vector Prime's vambrace, or just about any other forearm mini-con hardpoint.
Week 133: VS Packs
5. Delta Seeker vs X-Gunner: Lovely pair of redecos of the Cyberjet moulds, into new characters who have a nice "friends once" narrative in their background which makes for a ready-made "battle in a box". (I like it when they do sets with a built-in hook)
4. RID Skid-Z and Windsheer - Flipchanger jet, in a new colour scheme. Nice repaint of the MW Mirage/Prowl design? Sold!
3. RID Tow-Line vs SKyfire - No Parking means NO PARKING! Tow-line is most amusing on the RiD animated show, and a lovely repaint of the MW Hoist/Hubcap design. Skyfire is a great redeco of the Rafale mould from MW (and baring the purple, in very close to real-world colours.). If it wasn't for a couple of cracking BW vs packs these two would have walked off with the crown.
2. Lio Convoy vs Galvatron: Galvatron alone is amazing - he's a lavender Cybertonium Chicken who transforms into an even gaudier humanoid mode to fight with two handaxes. And has a drill-machine bonus mode! The fact that this pack then includes the fantastic Lio Convoy as well... Sold!
1. Big Convoy vs Magmatron: Narrowly edging out ahead of the other on grounds of Big Convoy being in there - a wooly mammoth with tonfa and and insanely huge handgun... He's the 80's action hero of the Cybertrons! And Magmatron looks great once you combine him, and _walk away_. Do not try to transform him back into his beast modes for lands-sakes.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 24, 2015 8:39:08 GMT
Stupidly Phil used up his two rally festive top 5's in the first two years of this feature. So I've been through the remaining list and pulled out something a bit special for us:
In my house I had three younger brothers and at least one of them was not careful with his (or my!) toys.
Even on Christmas day the toys and Transformers might get damaged.....
.... but not as damaged as they would get if they met this week's group of Transformers
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Post by blueshift on Dec 24, 2015 8:58:32 GMT
Micromasters
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 24, 2015 9:37:35 GMT
Not Micromasters. But you will be seeing them here very soon!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 24, 2015 9:38:14 GMT
I've now thought about Micromaster versions of what we are doing this week and the thought has broken my mind!
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Post by Baron B of Triple B on Dec 24, 2015 10:45:01 GMT
Wreckers?
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 24, 2015 12:01:54 GMT
Micromaster Wreckers would be nice wouldn't they? Forgot to post last week's top 5: 5) Superbot Optimus4) Superbot Shockwave3) Superbot BumblebeeI am a sucker for clear repaints. See also: all the other Superbots. 2) Megatron1) Op w TrailerI am also a sucker for base mode trailers. The Optimus Trailer is probably the best Optimus trailer base in a long, long time.
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