The Huff
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Post by The Huff on Oct 10, 2022 12:31:27 GMT
Shatter & Dropkick would be wonderful - and they'd actually make them as Triple Changers.
Oh no.
I've just had a thought.
What if they do Retro Unicron and Arcee!? There is that Reaction Unicron figure that draws from the prototype toy after all and choosing that design must have come from somewhere...
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Post by blueshift on Oct 10, 2022 17:07:02 GMT
Shatter & Dropkick would be wonderful - and they'd actually make them as Triple Changers. Oh no. I've just had a thought. What if they do Retro Unicron and Arcee!? There is that Reaction Unicron figure that draws from the prototype toy after all and choosing that design must have come from somewhere... I can see the Unicron as a haslab project, less so arcee |
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Post by The Huff on Oct 10, 2022 20:03:41 GMT
How big was the original Unicron toy(s) supposed to be?
Metroplex size or Scorponok size ? (I doubt it would have been on the Fort Max scale).
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Post by Toph on Oct 10, 2022 20:28:27 GMT
It always looked pretty big to me. Not quite Fort Max big, but would have been the second biggest TF of all time until the Supreme Class.
Unlike the much more interesting BWN Unicron, which would have been the biggest BW, but was still surprisingly small.
Personally, if they were gonna haslab a dead unicron mold, I'd rather the BWN one. I'm (surprisingly) very happy with Super7's Re:Action prototype Unicron as a "stand in."
I think I'm more interested in it this way.
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 10, 2022 21:13:21 GMT
We were talking about that one on the Zoom call only the other day. Bogatan saw the prototype at a Botcon, I think he said it's Armada Unicron size.
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Post by Jaymz on Oct 10, 2022 21:29:07 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 11, 2022 7:38:43 GMT
Look the other way, Fort Max! Unicron is right there!
-Ralph
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Post by The Huff on Oct 11, 2022 10:57:48 GMT
He is looking the other way because Unicron is still changing.
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Post by Llama God on Oct 12, 2022 7:18:47 GMT
Hadn't quite appreciated how much of a hefty lad that Unicron was until seeing that picture...
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Nov 22, 2022 18:42:07 GMT
ID expect to get Hot Rod in tomorrow.
Paid the balance on mine off.
Wooo.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Nov 27, 2022 23:14:43 GMT
Comics and Cocktails still have Hot Rod in stock if anyone is swithering.
My Hot Rod will be delivered tomorrow, due to the Royal Mail strikes (which I wholly endorse and support).
Andrew
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Post by Benn on Nov 28, 2022 9:10:37 GMT
I am still swithering. He looks good, but I have no space for any G1 stuff so he'd just sit in a box in a cupboard.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Nov 28, 2022 12:25:17 GMT
You wouldn't put Hot Rod in a cupboard. Not in those colours. After the chat on the call on Saturday, I did this quick mock up last night as I think if Hot Rod is getting some love, so should the auld fella.  |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 28, 2022 12:30:04 GMT
I think if Hot Rod is getting some love, so should the auld fella. What you get up to in privacy in your own home is your business! |
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 28, 2022 13:55:53 GMT
I will get Pink Rod in 2023.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Nov 28, 2022 17:19:04 GMT
Hot Rod is here and oh aye, that's the business.
More of these please John Hasbro.
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Post by blueshift on Nov 28, 2022 20:03:14 GMT
Chrome that lad up though
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Nov 28, 2022 23:14:40 GMT
Nah, happy with the grey plastic actually.
It's a cracking toy, but I did always like Hot Rod and it's amazing what a new coat of paint can do.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 7, 2022 20:49:13 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 7, 2022 21:24:01 GMT
£39!!!! Not in this economy. Will wait for a sale.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 10, 2022 12:25:43 GMT
Had a shot of Phil's Pink Rod. It's good! Feels very solid and well made and the colours are lovely. Definitely picking one up when it drops below £30.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 16, 2022 20:33:48 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 16, 2022 20:54:57 GMT
I hope he comes with HO-LO-GRAMMMS.
-Ralph
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Post by Toph on Dec 17, 2022 0:47:36 GMT
That's a reissue i'd actually pick up!
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Post by blueshift on Dec 17, 2022 8:56:44 GMT
Not liking this trend of grey plastic replacing chrome (grey plastic instead of silver is one of my bugbears)
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Post by Toph on Dec 17, 2022 9:03:02 GMT
Yeah. Seeing the pictures, and it's a pass for me.
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Post by Llama God on Dec 17, 2022 9:12:01 GMT
Not liking this trend of grey plastic replacing chrome (grey plastic instead of silver is one of my bugbears) Begone, heretic! Didst thou witness parts of silver before the gaze of the mighty Bow of the Sun? Nay! Speakest then thou not such words here! But yeah, totally agree with you there - those molds need that silver. For me, anyway. Still, nice that it's something different to a see- strike jet, Soundwave or Optimus Prime cab. |
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Post by Toph on Dec 17, 2022 10:03:40 GMT
It's the cartoon accuracy tht ruins my interest. Like, this isn't even an anti-sunbow thing... These flat bland colors with none of the original sticker details just makes it look like a bootleg, when compared to the vibrant glossiness and deep colors of the original, and it only makes this mold look really bad.
And Cartoon Hound's color palette isn't great in general. All toys that lean into it never end up looking great.
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 17, 2022 10:12:16 GMT
Pink Rod's grey looks fine in the plastic.
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Dec 19, 2022 0:14:34 GMT
Prime Killer.
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