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Post by The Doctor on Feb 21, 2019 8:10:06 GMT
Rescue Bots tends to get very little attention from news sites, alas. This always puzzles me.
-Ralph
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Post by Llama God on Feb 22, 2019 7:23:42 GMT
They are not Serious Toys. For Grown Up Collectors. Unlike Botbots. Or Cyberverse. Or...
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 27, 2019 19:48:55 GMT
Friends, we must discuss THE WORST TRANSFORMER EVER MADE. Rescue Bots Academy Grimlock!!! But first, Phil must make the pictures appear. -Ralph |
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Post by Toph on Jul 27, 2019 20:08:33 GMT
I appreciate the Animated homage
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 27, 2019 20:47:22 GMT
Does it actually have a robot mode?
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Post by Shockprowl on Jul 27, 2019 20:57:15 GMT
Woaw....
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 27, 2019 21:22:26 GMT
Does it actually have a robot mode? The dinosaur mode is the robot mode! BUT IT PALES NEXT TO MOTORBIKE MODE OF DEATH!!! -Ralph |
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 27, 2019 21:22:42 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 27, 2019 21:49:14 GMT
No robot mode... Hmm.
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 27, 2019 21:55:04 GMT
When you feel it in hand...and switch between the modes...glorious...
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 27, 2019 22:08:19 GMT
Grimlock is... Not a motorbike.
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Post by Toph on Jul 27, 2019 22:56:33 GMT
He is now
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Post by Llama God on Jul 28, 2019 8:39:38 GMT
Him Grimlock king of road!
I must have him.
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 28, 2019 8:53:07 GMT
Grimlock is... Not a motorbike. But now he is and suddenly it makes sense. -Ralph |
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Post by Shockprowl on Jul 28, 2019 10:52:08 GMT
If I see one (HA!) I'm gonna get one.
This figure is 'The New Hub Mascot Figure'. Surely?
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 28, 2019 11:16:36 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 28, 2019 11:17:09 GMT
No way!
Et Tu, Shockprowl? The geewuniest of us? You endorse this nonsense?
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 28, 2019 11:18:31 GMT
No way! Et Tu, Shockprowl? The geewuniest of us? You endorse this nonsense? THIS IS NOT NONSENSE. -Ralph |
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 28, 2019 13:52:37 GMT
Transformers with no robot mode is nonsense! Grimlock being a motorbike is nonsense!
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jul 28, 2019 14:00:24 GMT
Transformers with no robot mode is nonsense! Grimlock being a motorbike is nonsense! Your first sentence is wrong (Spy Cassettes, Trypticon, Action Master partners), your second sentence I agree with. Martin |
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Post by Benn on Jul 28, 2019 14:00:46 GMT
Transformers with no robot mode is nonsense! Grimlock being a motorbike is nonsense! Remember: Ralph adores the RPM range too. And those Stealth Attack M.A.S.K. rip off things. |
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 28, 2019 14:12:58 GMT
Transformers with no robot mode is nonsense! Grimlock being a motorbike is nonsense! Your first sentence is wrong (Spy Cassettes, Trypticon, Action Master partners), your second sentence I agree with. Martin Animal modes for the cassettes and Trypticon are their robot modes! Grimlock's animal mode is not his robot mode! Action Masters aren't transformers anyway because they don't transform! |
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 28, 2019 14:19:46 GMT
Transformers with no robot mode is nonsense! Grimlock being a motorbike is nonsense! This is a toy based on a show for the under-5's. -Ralph |
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 28, 2019 14:20:31 GMT
Transformers with no robot mode is nonsense! Grimlock being a motorbike is nonsense! Remember: Ralph adores the RPM range too. And those Stealth Attack M.A.S.K. rip off things. STEALTH FORCE! -Ralph |
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 28, 2019 14:21:40 GMT
Your first sentence is wrong (Spy Cassettes, Trypticon, Action Master partners), your second sentence I agree with. Martin Animal modes for the cassettes and Trypticon are their robot modes! Grimlock's animal mode is not his robot mode! Action Masters aren't transformers anyway because they don't transform! They are Transformers. They were sold in Transformers packaging and featured in Transformers comics. You can't get much more Transformery. -Ralph |
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jul 28, 2019 14:25:17 GMT
Action Masters aren't transformers anyway because they don't transform! But Action Master partners are Transformers because they do transform. They just happen to be partnered with non-Transformers/ex-Transformers. Martin |
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jul 28, 2019 14:28:31 GMT
Animal modes for the cassettes and Trypticon are their robot modes! When Ravage gets a humanoid mode in Beast Wars, does his four-legged mode cease to be a robot mode? Transformers are always robots, whatever mode they are in, but I realise people often use robot mode to mean humanoid robot mode as opposed to car robot mode, because it's the mode in which a Transformer is no longer in disguise. Martin |
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 28, 2019 16:06:02 GMT
Transformers with no robot mode is nonsense! Grimlock being a motorbike is nonsense! This is a toy based on a show for the under-5's. -Ralph Under 5s should know better. |
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Post by Shockprowl on Jul 28, 2019 16:20:15 GMT
No way! Et Tu, Shockprowl? The geewuniest of us? You endorse this nonsense? Well, it's not like a main-line, for us Collectors, it's a fun-line, so anything goes. Fun or side-lines are the place for pure toys, not collector's items. So from the point of view of this being a fun toy, it is more than exceptable. Would I replace my 3P MP Grimlock with one? No! Would I enjoy watching The Small drive her Ponies around on it? Yeah baby! |
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 28, 2019 16:21:58 GMT
Animal modes for the cassettes and Trypticon are their robot modes! When Ravage gets a humanoid mode in Beast Wars, does his four-legged mode cease to be a robot mode? Transformers are always robots, whatever mode they are in, but I realise people often use robot mode to mean humanoid robot mode as opposed to car robot mode, because it's the mode in which a Transformer is no longer in disguise. Martin It depends how you want to define robot mode. To me, going by the original premise, Transformers have a robot mode and a disguise mode. So G1 Ravage has a jaguar robot mode disguised as a tape. Beast Wars is a humanoid robot mode disguised as a jaguar. Of course all modes are robotic, but the robot/disguise labels make it easier to differentiate between them. In the case of this Grimlock, obviously the dinosaur is the robot mode and the bike the disguise mode. I'm just being silly. Grimlock in recent fiction aimed at the younger audience has increasingly had his character conveyed through the Dino mode, so it isn't really surprising that in this case the traditional humanoid robot has been dispensed with entirely. It's actually a pretty neat way to produce a Grimlock that conforms to the traditonal robot/vehicle combination by matching his aggressive 'roaring' with the engine noise instead of the more obvious pairing with him being a tank, ala aligned continuity pre-earth. |
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