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Post by Pinwig on Aug 10, 2021 19:32:01 GMT
One day I must add G1 Baldius to my collection to go with the UW one. Ha! Sorted that two years later... |
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Post by Pinwig on Aug 10, 2021 19:34:44 GMT
Anyway, why I'm here. Three years ago I bought a Metroplex at TFN from the Fu. Two years ago I bought the Aerialbots, so - two years in the making... today I finally combined them! This is the stuff of dreams!  |
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Post by Shockprowl on May 6, 2022 10:45:57 GMT
Why is Dragstrip always first though? First in Combiner Wars, first here. ....maybe first elsewhere but I haven't done any research on the subject.... (If he was first in the SPECIAL TEAMS sticker book thing I'll loose the very confusion in my mind!) I don't know if he was the first ever Stunticon, but he was the only Stunticon you could send off for with Weetabix. Does anyone still have their Special Teams sticker card poster on their wall? Have a look and see if Dragstrip was Stunticon number 1. I seem to remember the group leaders weren't number ones. |
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on May 6, 2022 11:40:12 GMT
I’m sure their numbers were shown clearly on their packaging.
Were the leaders all number 5?
Martin
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Post by Shockprowl on May 6, 2022 15:24:09 GMT
Oh yeah, the packaging numbers!
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Post by Benn on May 6, 2022 22:10:55 GMT
Google tells me Drag Strip was number 04!
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Post by The Doctor on May 6, 2022 22:26:23 GMT
Who was number 73?
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on May 6, 2022 22:31:53 GMT
If only Special Teams numbering had got that high.
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Post by Toph on May 6, 2022 23:39:42 GMT
Hi, I'm Menasor, and these are my 73 spare limbs.
Each one of them is a little dude! Well, for you guys, I guess they'd be regular sized dudes.
And I guess for the squishes, they'd be giant dudes.
You know what? Forget thier size. I'm Menasor and these are my 73 dudes.
A couple of 'em are married.
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Post by Shockprowl on May 7, 2022 6:27:18 GMT
Google tells me Drag Strip was number 04! Bah! Breaking the cycle! I thought we were onto something there. |
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Post by The Doctor on May 7, 2022 9:25:56 GMT
TAKE THEM OUT, DRAGSTRIP.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on May 7, 2022 10:51:52 GMT
A couple of 'em are married. That's a fanzine right there! Married Special Teams limbs! Can you imagine the arguments. Blueshift - next year! Wildrider, can you put the bins out? Why me? I did it last week. Because you're the bloody foot! I can't walk, I'm an arm! But I can't wheel it out! I'm a foot! You've got the sodding hand! |
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Post by Bogatan on May 7, 2022 11:56:04 GMT
This explains the Euro Constructicons, their relationships had completely broken down.
Things were going even worse for Rescue Force.
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Post by Benn on May 14, 2022 7:57:47 GMT
Google tells me Drag Strip was number 04! Bah! Breaking the cycle! I thought we were onto something there. You know, thinking about it, Drag Strip was the first Stunticon to be stolen in the cartoon where they were built. Maybe that's why he's the first now? |
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Post by The Huff on May 14, 2022 20:11:22 GMT
I'm certain Dead End was Stunticon no.1
Then Breakdown (2) then Wildrider (3) and Dragstrip was no. 4
Motormaster was, of course, no. 5 because by then it was too late to realise that the combined robot wasn't that much bigger.
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 14, 2022 20:51:31 GMT
If only someone had a poster showing all the numbers...  |
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Post by Pinwig on May 14, 2022 21:18:45 GMT
One of the finest free gifts ever given with any publication.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on May 15, 2022 6:07:30 GMT
One of the finest free gifts ever given with any publication. Though it would have been better still if they'd remembered Superion's pants and Bruticus's head. (And several other lesser transformation issues that I'm sure no-one here is sad enough to list.) Martin |
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Post by The Huff on May 15, 2022 7:18:31 GMT
Swindle's legs.
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Post by The Doctor on May 15, 2022 7:19:14 GMT
One of the finest free gifts ever given with any publication. I'd love a giant size reprint of it framed. -Ralph |
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Post by The Doctor on May 15, 2022 7:20:20 GMT
One of the finest free gifts ever given with any publication. Though it would have been better still if they'd remembered Superion's pants and Bruticus's head. (And several other lesser transformation issues that I'm sure no-one here is sad enough to list.) Martin No, Martin, no. Iconic poster. -Ralph |
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Post by Benn on May 15, 2022 9:23:05 GMT
Iconic and right need not be the same thing.
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Post by Pinwig on May 15, 2022 11:52:16 GMT
Yes, the lack of Bruticus's hat is a shame, but nothing could detract from what a magnificent sight that was on unfolding it from the centre pages.
Thinking about it, there's scope for a poster sized recreation that fixes the mistakes. A spot on duplicate that is differentiated from the original only by having correct transformations. I'd buy that.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on May 15, 2022 12:14:20 GMT
What about adding the leaders' battle station modes?
Martin
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Post by Pinwig on May 15, 2022 13:06:46 GMT
That would be cool.
A heretical change would be to do two posters and include Metroplex/Trypticon as centre pieces. Although that might get cluttered.
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 15, 2022 13:09:16 GMT
I wan a poster in this style for the Technobots, Terrorcons and Seacons!
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Post by Pinwig on May 15, 2022 13:12:52 GMT
Oh yes, a companion piece. But how to do three combiners neatly in a rectangle?
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 15, 2022 13:14:36 GMT
One on each of the three quarters.
In the fourth? A nice checklist for the whole range, or a diorama shot, or an also available pic?
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Post by Pinwig on May 15, 2022 13:34:32 GMT
But... But... Symmetry!
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Post by Benn on May 15, 2022 13:43:02 GMT
What about adding Devastator, so you have all the combiners represented?
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