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Post by The Doctor on Feb 19, 2017 9:09:58 GMT
Those look really fun. Definitely having Menasor. Ultra Bee looks a bit Fisher Price. They look just the same as the Crash Combiners, which are sadly not fun. I would advise to wait for sales on these. -Ralph |
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Post by Pinwig on Feb 21, 2017 0:04:11 GMT
I was just reading the press release for these. It actually says that the crash combiners can act as limbs, which is a bit worrying given your observation.
I don't quite understand this, but it does say the combiners have a universal joint system so limbs are interchangable like CW. It looks like you buy a base set but can swap in limbs from elsewhere but where those extra limbs come from is another matter. Autumn release, it says.
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Post by blueshift on Feb 21, 2017 7:19:50 GMT
I was just reading the press release for these. It actually says that the crash combiners can act as limbs, which is a bit worrying given your observation. I don't quite understand this, but it does say the combiners have a universal joint system so limbs are interchangable like CW. It looks like you buy a base set but can swap in limbs from elsewhere but where those extra limbs come from is another matter. Autumn release, it says. Wait, the crash combiners are limbs too?  |
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Post by Pinwig on Feb 21, 2017 8:03:41 GMT
I don't know... The press release says:
Choose to combine Bumblebee’s core AUTOBOT team to form ULTRA BEE TEAM COMBINER or combine DECEPTICON figures to form MENASOR TEAM COMBINER or GALVATRONUS TEAM COMBINER. The universal joint system means each figure works with other TEAM COMBINER figures or CRASH COMBINER figures, so kids can build their own Combiner robot!
So what does that mean? that the combiner team limbs can combine with the crash combiners, or the crash combiners can act as combiner limbs?!
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 4, 2017 13:15:57 GMT
I am confused. Looking at Decepticon Forth and Decepticon Back in packaging...the toys are identical! Not only that, the toy photos and illustrations on the packaging are the same! All that has changed is literally just the character name! What???
Has this happened before? I can't wrap my head around this!
-Ralph
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Post by blueshift on Mar 4, 2017 13:22:19 GMT
I am confused. Looking at Decepticon Forth and Decepticon Back in packaging...the toys are identical! Not only that, the toy photos and illustrations on the packaging are the same! All that has changed is literally just the character name! What??? Has this happened before? I can't wrap my head around this! -Ralph Apparently Forth is supposed to look different, but Hasbro kept calling Back different names in different markets and then changing their minds like complete maniacs! tfwiki.net/wiki/Back |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 4, 2017 13:37:13 GMT
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Post by Llama God on Mar 4, 2017 14:42:56 GMT
It's like Hasbro just kept going Back and Forth on this...
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 4, 2017 22:55:39 GMT
So now I have two identical toys but with different names. So when I release them from their packaging...how I will which is which?
I can't stand the confusion in my miiiiind!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 4, 2017 23:02:20 GMT
I got round the problem by buying one of the Back repaints to act as Forth and gifting Forth to a Chum.
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 12, 2017 22:24:29 GMT
Picked up Legion Springload. A frog that turns into a car. Should have been a winner but it's not doing it for me. Frog mode is a mess. The first proper RID toy I can say I have found to be poop. I am sad now.
Had a shot at Andu's japanese version of Warrior Ratchet. It's a really fun wee toy. I could not put it down. Simple but does the job. Such a shame it was skipped over here. I would buy one! But not at import prices, I don't think.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 12, 2017 23:25:39 GMT
Picked up Legion Springload. A frog that turns into a car. Should have been a winner but it's not doing it for me. Frog mode is a mess. The first proper RID toy I can say I have found to be poop. I am sad now. We have the One Step and it's quite fun Had a shot at Andu's japanese version of Warrior Ratchet. It's a really fun wee toy. I could not put it down. Simple but does the job. Such a shame it was skipped over here. I would buy one! But not at import prices, I don't think. My rage on this matter knows no bounds |
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Post by Llama God on Mar 13, 2017 7:52:12 GMT
I pray every day for the lords of Home Bargains and B&M to deliver us from this debacle...
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Post by primenova on Mar 13, 2017 12:25:03 GMT
But the 2nd Springload is better that the toad first one that isn't anything like the cartoon. I know it's smaller but at least it looks like a frog than a toad.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 18, 2017 15:10:33 GMT
THIS IS A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT RiD Warrior Soundwave IS NOT A TOY FOR RALPH! I will now authenticate this statement using the specialy selected codephrase Robots In Disguise Leader Ultra Magnus Ralph, DO NOT BUY THIS TOY! Ralph's Responsible Adults, DO NOT LET HIM BUY THIS TOY! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 18, 2017 17:32:16 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Mar 18, 2017 17:55:53 GMT
I'd love to see more things like this. Accessories. I think because Transformers have two modes anyway, accessories are something they've never had - but imagine GI Joe without vehicles. How many other lasting toy ranges don't have playsets and extra bits. I'd love an Ark, but I know we've been through that discussion before.
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Post by Baron B of Triple B on Mar 18, 2017 18:19:51 GMT
Great idea but if you pack everything with the same thing the appeal vanishes.
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Post by Llama God on Mar 18, 2017 18:35:01 GMT
THIS IS A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT RiD Warrior Soundwave IS NOT A TOY FOR RALPH! I will now authenticate this statement using the specialy selected codephrase Robots In Disguise Leader Ultra Magnus Ralph, DO NOT BUY THIS TOY! Ralph's Responsible Adults, DO NOT LET HIM BUY THIS TOY! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! I may want to re-think my appraisal in the "latest acquisitions" thread... |
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 18, 2017 18:36:14 GMT
THIS IS A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT RiD Warrior Soundwave IS NOT A TOY FOR RALPH! I will now authenticate this statement using the specialy selected codephrase Robots In Disguise Leader Ultra Magnus Ralph, DO NOT BUY THIS TOY! Ralph's Responsible Adults, DO NOT LET HIM BUY THIS TOY! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! PHIL!!!!! I WANT WARRIOR SOUNDWAVE!!! I have been searching for one just this very day in vain! -Ralph |
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 18, 2017 18:37:39 GMT
I'd love to see more things like this. Accessories. I think because Transformers have two modes anyway, accessories are something they've never had - but imagine GI Joe without vehicles. How many other lasting toy ranges don't have playsets and extra bits. I'd love an Ark, but I know we've been through that discussion before. We've had an Ark playset! -Ralph |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 18, 2017 19:19:38 GMT
THIS IS A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT RiD Warrior Soundwave IS NOT A TOY FOR RALPH! I will now authenticate this statement using the specialy selected codephrase Robots In Disguise Leader Ultra Magnus Ralph, DO NOT BUY THIS TOY! Ralph's Responsible Adults, DO NOT LET HIM BUY THIS TOY! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! PHIL!!!!! I WANT WARRIOR SOUNDWAVE!!! I have been searching for one just this very day in vain! -Ralph It annoyed the F*** out of me Would the arms go in the right place? NO Had to reverse the TF completely and go again, I'd made a mistake somewhere at waist level. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 18, 2017 19:22:30 GMT
I may want to re-think my appraisal in the "latest acquisitions" thread... You agreed he was complicated though! After cycling all the way to Paisley today in the wind and what turned out to be rain also, I decided to reward myself by picking up nuRiD Soundwave from Asda. And he's great. He's got a surprisingly complicated but also satisfying and not overly difficult transformation, which I do like. But best of all is his light-piped face - that works really well. Definitely worth the twelve quid I spent on it. |
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Post by Llama God on Mar 18, 2017 19:31:24 GMT
Yes, but I said he was satisfying, not maddeningly frustrating. (Which makes a change from the rest of my life.)
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 18, 2017 19:34:17 GMT
(Oh Dear)
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Post by Pinwig on Mar 18, 2017 19:45:38 GMT
That's not good. You never want to make a mistake at waist level.
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 18, 2017 21:49:05 GMT
*turns waist like a He-Man toy*
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 19, 2017 12:28:48 GMT
Continuing a point made in New Acquisitions: Y'know, I'm liking the fact everyone is now enjoying the RiD figures. I'm sure I was on my own with that back at the start. I don't think RiD got off to a great start. Simplified toys, another BB, a Grimlock wit the wrong head and in the wrong colour. And for it's first year the Warriors didn't help themselves by just releasing Autobots and then getting into a repaint rut. The second Warrior Decepticon, Megatronus, was a TRU exclusive on initial release at the end of that year (2015). Some of the Autobots in that time period, w1's BB then Sideswipe and Optimus could be better. Jazz and Drift are great though. It's only 2016 where they really get it right with more of the mad Decepticons at Warrior level, and the mad animal Decepticons really are this line's USP. Megatronus & Fracture, Thunderhoof & Quillfire, Scorponok and Bisk & Scatterspike, with Paralon as a repaint exclusive and Starscream as an exclusive before his general release. At the same time the general quality has also been improving as well. |
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 19, 2017 12:35:42 GMT
What Phil said.
-ralph
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Post by Benn on Mar 19, 2017 13:16:38 GMT
Grimlock had the wrong head?
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