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Post by Bogatan on Dec 25, 2013 12:50:36 GMT
Perfect example of why I was so torn on getting the set or not. As much as I love garish colours here they would utterly fail to achieve the aim of the toy and I dont want it as is, but if they get the colour fixed as they said they will (and it doesnt come out to red or something else) then I will have to buy one.
But with FP and their relationship with Hasbro you just never know which way it will go so I don't like gambling with preorders.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 12, 2014 9:09:48 GMT
Rewind:
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Post by kayevcee on Feb 13, 2014 10:30:28 GMT
Yup. That looks a bit like Rewind's head all right.
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Post by legios on Feb 13, 2014 10:49:57 GMT
Is that actually the name of the toy? Because if it is I think that it is a terrible name for a toy. Karl |
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Post by Toph on Feb 13, 2014 11:39:15 GMT
Is that actually the name of the toy? Because if it is I think that it is a terrible name for a toy. Karl It's no worse than "Waspinator," "Cheetor," or Ultra Mammoth." Terrible and extremely corny names are sort of the signature for Beast Wars. Much like the loud colors are the signature of G2. |
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 13, 2014 12:37:34 GMT
Sadly it is not as good an unintentional comedy name as Nexus Maximus. I checked.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 13, 2014 13:54:33 GMT
It's no worse than "Waspinator," "Cheetor," or Ultra Mammoth." Terrible and extremely corny names are sort of the signature for Beast Wars. Much like the loud colors are the signature of G2. So is. Sounds like the name for "a ladies battery powered toy" |
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Post by Toph on Feb 13, 2014 14:56:04 GMT
It's no worse than "Waspinator," "Cheetor," or Ultra Mammoth." Terrible and extremely corny names are sort of the signature for Beast Wars. Much like the loud colors are the signature of G2. So is. Sounds like the name for "a ladies battery powered toy" I prefer that it sounds like some terrible new "inator" that Dr. doofenshmirtz invented, myself. |
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Post by legios on Feb 13, 2014 16:57:30 GMT
At this risk of sounding as dense as I am, who is Herr Doktor Doofenshmirtz?
Karl
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Post by Toph on Feb 13, 2014 18:17:22 GMT
He is the main "villain" from Phineas & Ferb. He is intent on taking over the tri-state area, usually by attempting to overthrow his brother Roger, whom is the mayor, usually involving some complex backstory (such as being made to stand in as a garden gnome when theirs was repossessed as a kid, with his only companion being the moon. Or when he was raised by ocelots. Or when he was born, neither of his parents bothered to show up.) He creates a machine called an inator, that fires a beam to accomplish... things... "Behold, Perry the Platypus! My Dance-inator! Because everyone knows you can't defeat evil while dancing!" phineasandferb.wikia.com/wiki/Heinz_DoofenshmirtzYoutube an episode of phineas & ferb sometime. It's by far and beyond the best thing disney does. |
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Post by blueshift on Feb 13, 2014 18:46:01 GMT
Is that actually the name of the toy? Because if it is I think that it is a terrible name for a toy. Karl I think it's a fun name. It's half Thrust, half Waspinator. What else would you call it? |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 13, 2014 18:51:46 GMT
So is. Sounds like the name for "a ladies battery powered toy" I prefer that it sounds like some terrible new "inator" that Dr. doofenshmirtz invented, myself. Liz said Lady toy when I mentioned it to her! |
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Post by legios on Feb 13, 2014 19:25:06 GMT
He is the main "villain" from Phineas & Ferb Ah, that'd be why I didn't recognise it, never seen that. Ta muchly. Karl |
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Post by Jim on Feb 13, 2014 23:25:10 GMT
It doesn't look terrible, but Rewind as a tank doesn't work for me. Frenzy and Rumble sure, they're all about the destruction, but Rewind, especially post-MTMTE...? If they could have retooled it so that instead of gun barrels the tank mode had communications equipment, a satellite dish and something else then that might have worked. -Jim |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 29, 2014 21:48:56 GMT
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Post by Toph on May 23, 2014 23:31:38 GMT
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Post by blueshift on May 24, 2014 7:04:03 GMT
Why does the box call Rampage a Maximal?
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Post by Toph on May 24, 2014 7:37:08 GMT
Because he was, and technically *is* a Maximal.
The Maximals created him as an experiment, and he never had a predacon shell program installed. And by this point, he has yet to meet Megatron to coerce him to pledge allegiance to the predacons.
Quickstrike likewise is technically a maximal turncoat, also never having been installed with a predacon shell program.
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Post by blueshift on May 24, 2014 7:51:50 GMT
Mmmhmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 24, 2014 8:11:03 GMT
A pre Beast Rampage like this it does, kind of, make sense for.
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Post by blueshift on May 24, 2014 8:14:11 GMT
Oh right, is he supposed to be pre-beast? Why is Transmutate there as well then?
OH WELL I like their designs at least!
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 24, 2014 8:14:12 GMT
I mean you wouldn't want a Maximal pre beast Dinobot would you?
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Post by The Doctor on May 24, 2014 8:15:57 GMT
Why does the product page not show the alt mode?
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 24, 2014 8:19:14 GMT
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Post by blueshift on May 24, 2014 8:21:37 GMT
So pre-Beast Wars, Transmutate's name was Transmutate, and everyone knew her and they just forgot about her after that?
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Post by The Doctor on May 24, 2014 8:26:07 GMT
Yes, I know about the character but this is a pre-order for a $60 Transformers toy. Does it have an alt mode? Why wouldn't that be advertised on a pre-order page! I don't understand. -Ralphs |
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Post by Toph on May 24, 2014 8:50:55 GMT
So pre-Beast Wars, Transmutate's name was Transmutate, and everyone knew her and they just forgot about her after that? No, but she was never given a name before. The audience at large wouldnt immediately link "Roadracer" as "Prebeast Transmutate." (That is not their name for her, i just made it up as an example) Likewise Rampage was not Rampage until Megatron named him as such. But they are still calling the toy that for recognizability. This is a trend with every Prebeast they've done, and it makes sense. So far, they've never used earth names in the actual fiction. Just for the toys and bios. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 24, 2014 15:43:54 GMT
The Rampage one should really be called Protoform X
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Post by Toph on May 31, 2014 12:57:47 GMT
Forgot to mention, out of the blue yesterday, Transmutate showed up!
She's a really pretty figure, and her colors on that mold are far more gorgeous than they have any right to be.
Prime Arcee's face is even more perfect for her than I thought it would be.
They knocked this one out of the park.
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Post by blueshift on May 31, 2014 13:02:52 GMT
Forgot to mention, out of the blue yesterday, Transmutate showed up! She's a really pretty figure, and her colors on that mold are far more gorgeous than they have any right to be. Prime Arcee's face is even more perfect for her than I thought it would be. They knocked this one out of the park. I think it is an excellent figure as long as you can get over the idea of Transmutate being a really pretty, sleek robot. Yes, I know it's a 'pre-Beast Wars' figure, but honestly to me, that makes it even more macabre. It's a character whose sole role is to get brutally mentally handicapped in an accident at some point in the future. Uplifting! I honestly can't say I ever thought of Transmutate having a life before that episode, I assumed some of the protoforms were literally blob-like foetuses. Looks nice though! |
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