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Post by The Doctor on Jan 22, 2014 18:12:00 GMT
That looks very nice. If it is well made it could be a winner!
-Ralph
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Post by legios on Jan 22, 2014 20:11:27 GMT
Third mode is supposed to be a gerwalk mode. Dont think it's pictured in the in-hand gallery But, um, Whirl doesn't have wings... (Gerwalk is an acronym - Ground Effective Reinforcement Winged Armament with Locomotive Knee-Joint). Without wings Whirl can't meet the qualification... :-) That said, the two modes he does have look pretty good. I am halfway considering breaking my "not buying characters I already own" rule for him. Karl |
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Post by Toph on Jan 22, 2014 20:53:01 GMT
Whatever its called then, i dont care. Same damned thing, so it's a matter of semantics.
edit- Didn't mean for that to come out as indignant as it reads, lol. Was meant to have more of a silly and flippant tone to it, lol
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 22, 2014 21:25:28 GMT
I will admit to never understanding the point of a gerwalk mode on a toy. I've never considered it a mode. Always looks like a badly mis-transformed toy to me!
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Jan 23, 2014 0:40:00 GMT
Yes, I fear I am in agreement, Doctor.
Darn funny lookin' though! Race them!
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Post by Stomski on Jan 23, 2014 9:26:14 GMT
Kinda has a Beast Machines aesthetic to it. I'm strangely drawn towards this spindly figure. The gallery on hk-tf has a pic of the 3rd mode in case you missed it Crazy Jetty.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 23, 2014 10:02:40 GMT
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Post by Stomski on Jan 23, 2014 10:18:04 GMT
And yet doesn't seem dated...!?
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Post by legios on Jan 23, 2014 11:08:04 GMT
Whatever its called then, i dont care. Same damned thing, so it's a matter of semantics. edit- Didn't mean for that to come out as indignant as it reads, lol. Was meant to have more of a silly and flippant tone to it, lol Heh, no worries - I got the tone you were going for. Karl |
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Post by legios on Jan 23, 2014 11:18:04 GMT
And yet doesn't seem dated...!? Design classics, even when obscure, don't tend to date so much. :-) Both the Gazette and the Caliber (used for Roadbuster) designs are kind of hidden gems of the early eighties in my view, wonderfully thought through designs whose own show doesn't appear to have made any real splash to help them get noticed - their stablemate, the Tulcas, is rather less impressive admittedly. Karl |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 24, 2014 16:17:00 GMT
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Post by Stomski on Jan 27, 2014 12:42:27 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 27, 2014 12:58:06 GMT
You're worrying me with that picture
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 29, 2014 8:04:23 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 29, 2014 13:56:19 GMT
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Post by kayevcee on Jan 29, 2014 17:16:41 GMT
Battle Masters, huh?
I see they've given up giving Megatron any sort of fixed appearance- this lad looks more like Bombshell.
-Nick
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Post by Pinwig on Jan 29, 2014 20:29:40 GMT
You're more knowledgeable than I in the dark arts of reading Hasbro UK, but those assortments and release dates do at least appear to match what BBTS is saying for them - and last year we got wave one of the Thrilling 30 deluxes at the same time as the US (if not just before iirc?). Those assortments would also mean on these shores at least that the pick of the earlier waves do come out here (Waspinator & Scoop) and there'd be no repaints in the UK version of the line, which might appeal to Hasbro as they seem to like to keep the Generations line thin. It *seems* to make sense. |
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 29, 2014 21:49:56 GMT
Years of late waves in lines never appearing over here have made me cautious!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 29, 2014 22:56:02 GMT
Especially when earlier waves haven't showed up.
Several thoughts: what's Hasbro uk doing announcing this at Nurenburg rather than London? That's a bit odd unless Hasbro UK are now running TFs in Europe. I don't know how well Generations has been distributed on the continent.
What I am seeing is a complete lack of Beast Hunters items from Hasbro UK.... And indeed Hasbro US so far. No BBTS pre orders. The only place I've seen the new Cyberverse and up sized Cyberverse is in Asian markets. Has BH been canned for a western release this year and, in order to fill the gap before the movie, the last two waves of Generations gone on general release?
It's an odd announcemt and no mistake.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 31, 2014 8:48:16 GMT
Scoop "Rescue Mode"  |
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Post by blueshift on Jan 31, 2014 11:34:53 GMT
I love it!!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 31, 2014 11:51:00 GMT
Cannot wait for mine to get here!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 4, 2014 8:24:15 GMT
I saw it suggestred elsewhere this morning that Waspinator should be repainted as Bugly!
I have cash for you Hasbro!
Personally I think there's an Optimus Prime repaint somewhere within Skids/Crosscut
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Post by Toph on Feb 4, 2014 21:40:50 GMT
I been saying bugly from wasp, since beast wars began.
Skids is perfect for prebeast tarantulas. Takes a bit of time to see it, though. But once you do, there is no better choice.
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Post by Dezzeh on Feb 10, 2014 12:26:50 GMT
So, who saw that Megatron - Megadrive concept art from Takara. It's so ridiculous that I have to have it.
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Post by Bogatan on Feb 10, 2014 12:55:00 GMT
If it has one of those plug and play mini megadrives built in I'll get one for sure. As it probably wont I think its the sort of thing I really need to avoid if I keep my spending down this year.
Whatever else it must put Megatron ahead in the crazy alt mode category, cap, trainer and megadrive.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 12, 2014 9:08:03 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 12, 2014 19:15:50 GMT
They are doomed never to be photographed clearly!
-Ralph
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Post by Benn on Feb 12, 2014 20:26:43 GMT
If I am ever driven to buy this Nightbeat, he will stay in car mode forever.
I don't know how Hasbro can have gotten these two so wrong. Were they really that desperate to use that Jazz mold again?
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Post by Bogatan on Feb 12, 2014 20:57:59 GMT
Nightbeat it bought because its the jazz mould, but its a very silly nightbeat.
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