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Post by The Doctor on Sept 10, 2021 16:01:19 GMT
Why, Ralph, WHY? I've taken an existing broken toy and made it better! No! You have changed the toy! It's not meant to be that way! -Ralph |
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 10, 2021 16:02:02 GMT
The one legged junker now has twin Cyberbee launcher claws! No, Phil, no! -Ralph |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 10, 2021 16:42:13 GMT
Why, Ralph, WHY? I've taken an existing broken toy and made it better! No! You have changed the toy! It's not meant to be that way! -Ralph But it was BROKEN! It did not work! I have fixed it and given it two claws like it should do! |
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 10, 2021 20:22:31 GMT
Not two claws of the same kind!
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Sept 10, 2021 21:46:52 GMT
My god... he's double clawed....
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 10, 2021 22:17:18 GMT
Frankenok!
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 10, 2021 22:20:52 GMT
Phil must be stopped from this kind of tomfoolery.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 10, 2021 22:31:24 GMT
It's a surprising turn of events for sure.
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Post by Shockprowl on Sept 10, 2021 23:16:05 GMT
Nip nip
Nip nip nip nip nip
NIP! NIP!!!!
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Post by Stomski on Sept 11, 2021 6:54:58 GMT
If only Scorponok had 5mm fists so he could hold a vast array of different toy's weapons too!
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Post by Benn on Sept 11, 2021 6:56:37 GMT
Does this mean one of his claws is upside down?
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 11, 2021 8:52:55 GMT
If only Scorponok had 5mm fists so he could hold a vast array of different toy's weapons too! I'm working on that! |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 11, 2021 8:54:55 GMT
Does this mean one of his claws is upside down? NO! The claws are symmetrical top to bottom with the screws going in from the inside! I am so so pleased with this! |
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 11, 2021 8:59:02 GMT
If only Scorponok had 5mm fists so he could hold a vast array of different toy's weapons too! I'm working on that! No! -Ralph |
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Post by Stomski on Sept 12, 2021 11:41:57 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 23, 2021 16:30:54 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 23, 2021 20:17:07 GMT
K9 is an odd choice. I wonder if it's someone's preference, or if it means something is wrong with the Wolfang tooling? Ditto Cybershark. You'd have thought they'd have gone Dinobot/Rhinox first. I'm aware that some struggled to get Cybershark in the US, which puts a few points on his value as a rerelease. In the UK however he's one of the top ten shelfwarmers of all time. |
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 23, 2021 20:21:48 GMT
I trust you'll be buying two so you can butcher the arms?
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Post by Toph on Sept 23, 2021 21:20:00 GMT
K9 is an odd choice. I wonder if it's someone's preference, or if it means something is wrong with the Wolfang tooling? Ditto Cybershark. You'd have thought they'd have gone Dinobot/Rhinox first. It's a bit different. Putting non show characters isn't a surprise, and is what they should do. What's different is that K9 is the retool, and less popular/known version. I guess it's almost like choosing Lazorbeak or Buzzsaw before Terrorsaur or Waspinator? It's a weird choice that makes me wonder if the Wolfang tooling is viable anymore. (On a side note, I'm pretty sure both Waspinator and Dinobot are dead molds, and probably need to be remade from scratch. I'd not be surprised if they're waiting to see if the line sells well enough to justify the cost) This is the first I've heard of this. I don't remember him shelfwarming, but I also don't remember him being even remotely difficult for me to find. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 23, 2021 22:10:24 GMT
I shipped a fair few west back in the day, he was the non show character that was always in demand.
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Post by Toph on Sept 24, 2021 18:36:53 GMT
(On a side note, I'm pretty sure both Waspinator and Dinobot are dead molds, and probably need to be remade from scratch. I'd not be surprised if they're waiting to see if the line sells well enough to justify the cost) You know what would be guarenteed to make it's money back? If they remade the Ravage/Jaguar X-9 mold. |
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Post by Bogatan on Sept 28, 2021 20:35:12 GMT
Ditto Cybershark. You'd have thought they'd have gone Dinobot/Rhinox first. It's a bit different. Putting non show characters isn't a surprise, and is what they should do. What's different is that K9 is the retool, and less popular/known version. I guess it's almost like choosing Lazorbeak or Buzzsaw before Terrorsaur or Waspinator? It's a weird choice that makes me wonder if the Wolfang tooling is viable anymore. (On a side note, I'm pretty sure both Waspinator and Dinobot are dead molds, and probably need to be remade from scratch. I'd not be surprised if they're waiting to see if the line sells well enough to justify the cost) This is the first I've heard of this. I don't remember him shelfwarming, but I also don't remember him being even remotely difficult for me to find. Still want to know what happened for Wolfang to get a remould in the first place. I wonder if Takara canibalised existing moulds to make the cyber beasts and others, leaving fewer of the originals and over use for the 2006-7 reissues. I feel like this is the sort of thing I should know. Cybershark and K9 avoided that fate by not being reused since the 90s. |
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Post by Toph on Sept 28, 2021 20:59:59 GMT
We've had all these molds in their original toolings, except Cybershark, since the cyberbeasts were made.
The original toolings weren't damaged to make the new ones.
Heck, I think there are rumors that Dinobot had been used so much it had to be remade from scratch at one point.
But yeah, original K9 being a remold (and the only one at that) in a line that felt that one cat works just as well for a cheetah and a tiger is so weird that it's worth noting.
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Post by Bogatan on Sept 28, 2021 21:37:57 GMT
We've had all these molds in their original toolings, except Cybershark, since the cyberbeasts were made. The original toolings weren't damaged to make the new ones. Heck, I think there are rumors that Dinobot had been used so much it had to be remade from scratch at one point. But yeah, original K9 being a remold (and the only one at that) in a line that felt that one cat works just as well for a cheetah and a tiger is so weird that it's worth noting. I meant what if there were originally 3 toolings for Wolfang, but then one was modified for K9 and then another for MaxB. The final unmodified tooling was then used for the 2007 telemocha line and which point it gave up. So no Wolfang in 2022 Repeat for Dinobot, waspinator and Cybershark, except Cybershark will go kaput this year or next instead of 2007. |
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Post by Toph on Sept 28, 2021 22:42:04 GMT
I'm not sure that tracks with things we've seen, but I don't know enough about how the toys are made to put up a valid reason why not, so I'll go with what you said!
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Post by Toph on Oct 1, 2021 8:38:56 GMT
I was unaware until tonight that Terrorsaur and Lazorbeak are two completely seperate, unique molds.
Terrorsaur was used to make Fractyl and AoE Strafe
Lazorbeak was used to make Hydra and Dinobot Swoop/Terranotron.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 1, 2021 8:44:23 GMT
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Post by Toph on Oct 1, 2021 9:42:05 GMT
According to wiki, it's not a modification, which would just be the retool I always thought it was. But that it's an entirely different mold, even with proportional differences.
It's just... Wow.
As deeply invested in BW as I am, there's still new things to learn.
I'd never put Terranotron with Terrorsaur or Strafe before, and I never had Hydra until just recently.
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Post by Llama God on Oct 2, 2021 8:14:34 GMT
That is so bizarre.
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Post by Toph on Oct 7, 2021 1:44:46 GMT
OH MY GOD OH MY GOD
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