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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 22, 2016 6:50:05 GMT
Week 168: Space Shuttles
Your top 5 Transformers toys that turn in Space Shuttles please!
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 22, 2016 20:49:45 GMT
Um, um, have there been five of them???
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 22, 2016 20:56:02 GMT
Enough for a decent selection!
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 22, 2016 20:58:34 GMT
Well there's, um, oh I can't remember the name. Argh. Had it as a kid. The Combaticon space shuttle.
Sky-Lynx has a space shuttle mode. Um.
There was a Gobot one.
Um.
-Ralph
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Post by legios on Jul 22, 2016 21:00:35 GMT
Skylynx,Astrotrain, Blast Off, Movor/Shuttlor in a huge variety of flavours, Energon Jetfire,Armada Jetfire, Several Micromasters (including those making up various incarnations of Sixwing), Galaxy Shuttle... I have a feeling there are more but those are just off the top of my head...
Might actually participate in this one, but I shall need to give it some thought.
Karl
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 22, 2016 21:01:36 GMT
I go now to shoot myself in shame for forgetting about Galaxy Shuttle, Astrotrain and Armada Jetfire.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 22, 2016 21:03:25 GMT
Honourable Mentions: Japanese Astrotrain, Classics Astrotrain, Generations Book Shouki and Unite Warriors Blast Off, but the colours could be much better. 5) Titans Return Sentinel PrimeFun toy and the shuttle mode is good, if stylised. 4) CW Sky LynxNever had the original but this is fun especially in combined mode. And very VERY rude! 3) Armada JetfireLoved this, must get a new one. Opening cargo bay doors and you can configure it so he has a larger cargo bay. 2) SkystalkerNo robot mode but a shuttle mode Micromasters can ride in and a great base mode. 1) GalaxyshuttleI have never owned this toy, let alone touched one. But I still love it. A cockpit a Micromaster can ride in, opening cargo bay doors you can fit a Micromaster in, a decent robot and it's designed to fit on Countdown's launcher.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 22, 2016 21:04:23 GMT
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Post by legios on Jul 22, 2016 21:04:41 GMT
Actually I almost forgot Galaxy Shuttle myself. I tend to forget he didn't start out as a Brave toy sometimes, and it takes me a moment to remember. (And Movor I rarely remember the name of - the fact that I didn't call it "the silly named one from RiD"(which doesn't really narrow it down) is a small miracle)
Karl
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 22, 2016 21:06:30 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 22, 2016 21:09:51 GMT
I remember being very excited when Nick of this parish got a Galaxy Shuttle and I called round to have a shot only to be be saddened that it's a bit poo in hand. Only Guard City disappointed me as much in hand in terms of finally getting to touch anything pre-BW.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 22, 2016 21:10:53 GMT
Actually I almost forgot Galaxy Shuttle myself. I tend to forget he didn't start out as a Brave toy sometimes, and it takes me a moment to remember. (And Movor I rarely remember the name of - the fact that I didn't call it "the silly named one from RiD"(which doesn't really narrow it down) is a small miracle) Karl Did you catch this from last week? blog.kapowtoys.co.uk/galaxy-shuttle-vs-thunder-dagwon-who-will-survive/
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Post by legios on Jul 22, 2016 21:15:11 GMT
I didn't, don't really do much blog following at the moment (too busy writing dissertation and job applications :-) ). I shall have a read of it this weekend. Thunder Dagwon is a great toy - I have him and a junker Galaxy Shuttle upstairs (somewhere in the case of the Galaxy Shuttle junker) and TD tends to come down from his shelf quite often.
Karl
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 28, 2016 7:18:28 GMT
Thursday Tease
As something a little bit different shall we watch part of one of Ralph's favourite docudramas?
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Post by Benn on Jul 28, 2016 9:13:52 GMT
Alternators!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 28, 2016 11:18:26 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 28, 2016 11:25:22 GMT
Thursday Tease As something a little bit different shall we watch part of one of Ralph's favourite docudramas? Erm. Um. I should know this one. Um. Balls. ANIMORPHS. -Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 28, 2016 11:38:57 GMT
Not Animorphs.
You'll kick yourself when you work it out!
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 28, 2016 20:58:37 GMT
Thing is, I don't really watch docudramas!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 28, 2016 21:01:23 GMT
I know there's one you definitely watched, enjoyed and want to watch again!
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 28, 2016 21:04:42 GMT
Micro Men?
Is this a Micromaster thing?
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 28, 2016 21:12:44 GMT
Yes! Is this a Micromaster thing? -Ralph No! Thursday Tease As something a little bit different shall we watch part of one of Ralph's favourite docudramas? So you know the last bit is the TV program Micro Men....
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 28, 2016 22:17:08 GMT
Ralph is very close. But Micromasters is wrong.
In fact the whole answer can be derived from the first part of the clue "something a little bit different"
Bonus clue: Prowl is not a voting option this week. But this week's theme is a companion to one I set AGES ago where Prowl was an option.
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 28, 2016 23:30:55 GMT
Micro change?
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 29, 2016 8:08:33 GMT
Week 169: Toys from MicrochangeYour top 5 Transformers that originated in Microchange There's a list at tfwiki.net/wiki/Micro_Change but it basically comes down to: Megatron Soundwave The 1984 Minibots The 1984 tapes Blaster Perceptor Browning The Egg bots G2 Autobot, the watch
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Post by Benn on Jul 29, 2016 9:21:57 GMT
I looked at the G2 Autobot link and all I can say is f**k off Vector Prime.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 1, 2016 8:04:31 GMT
Week 169: Toys from Microchange 5) LaserbeakConsults the week we did Tapes and Laserbeak won there. The tapes are fun and I'm really fond of the bird design which I prefer with the red body. 4) BlasterThe only one not to feature in my 84, 85 or Tapes top 5s. Big lump of a robot and not nearly as good as his predecessor now the electronics are stripped. But it's a fun toy and as a UK'er I wanted one 3) PerceptorI don't play with Perceptor often enough. When I do I'm staggered by how good he is. So much fun. And he only got to #4 in my 1985 list2) MegatronIf it's a straight shoot out between the robots then Perceptor wins in a Megatron vs Perceptor fight. But it isn't just about the robots and Megatron has a storming package of accessories that edges him ahead overall. JUST. Nick, I NEED a Transformers Collection 6! 1) SoundwaveThere can be only one winner though. #2 on my 84 list due to Optimus this is one of the best TFs of all time. Never bettered as a Soundwave in 30+ years. Just superb.
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 1, 2016 20:32:20 GMT
Blaster is better than Soundwave.
The only true versions of both are of course their Action Master incarnations.
-Ralph
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Post by legios on Aug 3, 2016 20:00:29 GMT
Week 168: Space Shuttles
Right, Space Shuttles, I can do this one.
5. "The Transformers" Blast Off: It's not bad, but the stubby little wings don't feel right in proportion. I like the blocky humanoid mode but the shuttle mode isn't quite cutting the mustard.
4. "The Transformers" Astrotrain: Nice shuttle mode, fun train mode, and the humanoid mode isn't bad either.
3. "Transformers: Armada" Astrotrain: Phil has covered most of the reasons that this is a fantastic toy. So much play value. It feels chunky too, and has a lot of whooshability. My favourite version is of course the one that has the "Max-type" deco - trust Astrotrain to decide he was some sort of Jenius.
2. Galaxy Shuttle: I just love the lines of it - a nice smooth shuttle mode, and a tall lanky humanoid mode. Really nice looking toy.
1. Energon Jetfire: Fantastic toy. Has something of the solid, chunky feel of Armada Astrotrain in humanoid mode. The Shuttle mode is great - feels like a higher-tech SSTO descendant of current hardware, and has the solidity that makes it feel like it should be able to land on all sorts of surfaces. The hand-gun, sculpted to look like a free-flyer laser-death-satellite is rather fun as well, and the proportions are right so it looks good as a handgun and also tucked into the hardpoint under the nose section (not something some later jetfire's can lay claim to :-) ).
Karl
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 5, 2016 5:53:22 GMT
Week 170: Voyagers
Your top 5 toys sold in the Voyager size class.
Voyagers were introduced in 2002 in Armada and have since become the main boxed size class.
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