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Post by Philip Ayres on May 18, 2017 19:51:31 GMT
Phil is a bad man. A BAD MAN. Which reminds me, I've not heard your comment on my tax proposal in The Election Thread yet.
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Post by Pinwig on May 18, 2017 20:36:28 GMT
David Pingleby must remain impartial! He is the moderator and channel by which The Public will understand the election. If only most of the candidates would answer the questions...
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Post by Andy Turnbull on May 18, 2017 21:12:32 GMT
Nah, not fussed about figure or spoiler tags for it. The figure is out in the wild now.
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Post by Toph on May 18, 2017 22:10:26 GMT
It's been brought to my attention that Counterpunch and Toxitron's heads are not new, they are unused pretools. Which means two things:
1) The only original tooling in this set is the new gun piece for Megatron meant to secure Spacewarp inside the shell, which doesn't even work.
2) Hasbro presculpted THREE SEPERATE OPTIMUS PRIME HEADS FOR THAT DAMN VOYAGER, instead of doing something... I dunno... original. On top of that, they chose the worst one for the normal Optimus.
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Post by Jaymz on May 18, 2017 22:20:44 GMT
Isn't Pretender Prime inner robot head new too?
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Post by Toph on May 18, 2017 22:21:55 GMT
You're right. I forgot about that because pretender.
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Post by Toph on May 19, 2017 8:50:57 GMT
So my Counterpunch just got repurposed: The real thing is a bit more convincing in person over FP's photoshop.
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Post by Dezzeh on May 19, 2017 9:51:28 GMT
Quite looking forward to these guys arriving now, these do look surprisingly good.
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 26, 2017 18:15:44 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on May 26, 2017 18:20:45 GMT
*cries quietly*
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Post by Toph on Jul 5, 2017 2:45:08 GMT
With hindsight, given seven slots per subservice, it would have been nice if each year featured at least one of each of these themes.
Classics (this includes G1 styled non-g1 characters like Movie Blackout, TFP Knockout, NuRid Strongarm, and TFA Bulkhead) G2 SG Beast Era (prebeast, updated, or original Beast Era molds) Animated
This isn't a nitpick, more like wishful thinking. Each of these are the most popular types of toys they've done, and generally most people find more than one of these themes appealing. (I also get hasbro meddling such as demanding everything be CW can throw things. So that'd be beyond their control)
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 8, 2017 11:19:52 GMT
Now I have it hand, Starscream is really annoying me. As I've said previously, see the Skydive/Air Raid review, I think the Air Raid version of the mould would have made a better CW Strike Plane. With the wings folded out he looks more like an F-16 than this does. But having done Skydive as Starscream I'm finding it annoying that they've gone and slapped a Shattered Glass deco on the toy instead of doing a proper CW Limb Starscream in 1984 Starscream colours. The presumed combiner core Starscream rather puts the kibosh on it ever happening, though I wouldn't be surprised to see Starscram/Darkwing/Dreadwind completed with Thundercracker and Skywarp. But further annoying me is the realisation that this deco on Air Raid would have made a half way convincing Jetfire. And that would have been a much more worthwhile toy than this is. (Yes, I know the SG Starscream deco is based on Jetfire anyway)
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Post by Toph on Sept 8, 2017 12:10:20 GMT
Well, as I said somewhere, I've repurposed mine into R-Blade, who is canonically a Jetfire fanboy. And as R-Blade, I actually think the deco and mold works magnificently. Sure, the Air Raid mold would have worked better for even that, but the "just slightly off" aspect works even better for a cosplaying fanboy.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 8, 2017 12:18:26 GMT
I thik it's the being slightly off in several different ways that's annoying me. Starscream colours on this, I could have gone for because of the Ghost Starscream. SG Starscream colours on Air Raid I could have gone for because nearly Jetfire. This is the worst of both worlds.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 8, 2017 12:22:45 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 9, 2019 17:14:59 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 17, 2019 7:42:15 GMT
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Post by Llama God on Nov 17, 2019 13:25:42 GMT
*Actually* a prototype, or more cries for attention..?
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 17, 2019 13:29:43 GMT
Was the TFCC still a thing when TR was out?
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Nov 17, 2019 14:26:25 GMT
I was about to rant that Devcon wasn't a headmaster, but then reading the Titanmaster was going to be Slizardo appeased me slightly.
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Post by Toph on Nov 17, 2019 16:13:04 GMT
Was the TFCC still a thing when TR was out? -Ralph Yes and no. FP lost the license in 2016. TR launched 4th quarter 2016. With Hasbro essentially using the club as a dumping ground and forcing them to do what Hasbro wants instead of exclusives that make sense to what FP would otherwise do, there is enough wiggle room here that it could be authentic. And since FP had *just* done a Devcon two years prior, this seems like it would be Hasbro's directive. Honestly I doubt this has anything to do with FP. It seems more in place with the TR box sets.
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Post by Jaymz on Nov 17, 2019 16:17:24 GMT
Was the TFCC still a thing when TR was out? -Ralph Just about. They would have been working ahead of toys on the shelf anyway, but how far it actually got with Hasbro would be guesswork on our part.
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Post by Bogatan on Nov 17, 2019 17:44:21 GMT
The photos come from The Allspark Full explanation for those who havent read it.
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Post by Toph on Mar 6, 2020 23:23:19 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 29, 2020 14:25:49 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 29, 2020 14:56:14 GMT
That Leige Maximo really works!
-Ralph
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Post by Benn on Dec 29, 2020 15:17:28 GMT
Yeah, him and Sentinel are pretty smart looking!
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Dec 29, 2020 17:12:33 GMT
Yes thats a damn good choice for Liege Maximo toy.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Dec 30, 2020 12:15:29 GMT
Why is it all the stuff FunPub didn't do (or in the case of the April Fool's g2 strip) their best stuff.
And damn Skullgrin for being pricey on Ebay!!!
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 30, 2020 12:17:59 GMT
I think mine went to Toy-Fu.
-Ralph
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