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Post by Shockprowl on Sept 21, 2019 21:39:13 GMT
What kind of cannon is the cannon formed by G1 Megatron's gun-sock and silencer?
It's an AWESOME weapon! And deserves recognition!!!
Megatron's arm cannon is his FUSSION cannon. He inter-dimentionally links upto a black hole to draw anti-matter to use as a weapon... There's no mention of the combined cannon...
WHAT KIND OF CANNON IS HIS BIG CANNON?!
.....and why wasn't it EVER shown in fiction....
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Sept 21, 2019 21:42:54 GMT
Two options: particle beam cannon and telescopic laser cannon:   Martin |
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Post by Shockprowl on Sept 21, 2019 21:48:34 GMT
Instructions! I hadn't thought they may provide an answer!
.....Particle Beam cannon then, surely....
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 21, 2019 21:51:41 GMT
What a mind-shattering toy that was back then.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Sept 21, 2019 21:53:01 GMT
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Post by Shockprowl on Sept 21, 2019 21:53:25 GMT
Those were the days.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 21, 2019 21:57:32 GMT
Welcome to the world of the Microman: |
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 21, 2019 22:01:47 GMT
Oh dear. Wait for it...
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 21, 2019 22:03:07 GMT
The day one of my reissue Micromen met my reissue 16-S was a glorious one.
Phil needs a new reissue Megatron.
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Post by Llama God on Sept 22, 2019 11:08:04 GMT
Yep, I always wondered why the end of the particle beam cannon looked like it had a seat - especially given none of the original G1 TFs were poseable enough to actually sit on it...
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Post by Shockprowl on Sept 22, 2019 12:58:34 GMT
So, we're saying it's a Particle Beam cannon, right?
It never did appear in fiction, did it?
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 22, 2019 13:17:37 GMT
The instructions say particle beam so it must be that.
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Post by that_bluestreak on Aug 13, 2023 19:56:13 GMT
do all g1 megatrons have the hole for inserting the missile? i was under the impression that it was retooled in europe so that the firing mechanism was completely removed, but i've got one here (an mb made in france megs) that has the loading apeture in place and was surprised.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 13, 2023 20:11:52 GMT
I believe the hole is there on all Megatrons but the mechanism is gutted/rendered useless on the 1984 version. It's been many years since I held a 1984 Megatron in my hands but Phil needs a new reissue Megatron. That took a while and contributes to but isn't all of Despite not going to TFN I may be in hoc to the Fu for a couple of hundred quid |
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Post by that_bluestreak on Aug 13, 2023 20:17:27 GMT
yeah, the mechanism is definitely gutted. i wish i had seen a megatron or two back in the day but they were rare as rocking horse poo.
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Post by Pinwig on Aug 13, 2023 20:41:42 GMT
Megatron is such a truly amazing figure. Mine is floppy as f*ck these days but still one of my favourite geewuns. What I love is that the G1 toy is so different visually to all the representations of him in media except the Ladybird books that he is absolutely the toy of the Ladybird continuity. The one true continuity.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Aug 14, 2023 4:39:49 GMT
What I love is that the G1 toy is so different visually to all the representations of him in media except the Ladybird books that he is absolutely the toy of the Ladybird continuity. Hey, don't forget 'The Enemy Within', 'Raiders of the Last Ark', 'Plague of the Insecticons' and 'And There Shall Come a Leader'. Martin |
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Post by Pinwig on Aug 14, 2023 9:32:58 GMT
Glorious tales from the halcyon British days predating the dominance of the US 'character model'.
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Post by Llama God on Aug 15, 2023 9:25:23 GMT
Which is exactly why I'm after the Missing Link Prime, and want more of those - I want poseable action figures from the One True Continuity!
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 15, 2023 9:40:07 GMT
I would quite like a modern Brawn with the original toy head and mad square claws of death. Just add a wee bit more articulation and job done.
-Ralph
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Post by Llama God on Aug 15, 2023 9:45:33 GMT
After Ratchet, Brawn is absolutely the next one I want redone like this, so we can go full Enemy Within!
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 15, 2023 11:11:36 GMT
Work, work, work! That's all he ever does!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 15, 2023 11:37:08 GMT
But it's not all work, work, work because on Saturday night I'll be the other side of the wall......
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 15, 2023 11:44:38 GMT
yeah, the mechanism is definitely gutted. i wish i had seen a megatron or two back in the day but they were rare as rocking horse poo. Oh I don't know, I think there were much worse. Megatron missed out in 1984 but was in the Argos catalogue in 1985 before the toy was withdrawn early in 1986. Relatively short window and at peak demand. I was blessed with an independent toyshop, a Zodiac Toys, Beatties, Woolworths, Argos, a WHS that occasionally had toys and a department store with a HUGE toy section. Most of them had Megatron at some point. Trying to get it after mid 1986 was a nightmare. I inherited a damaged one from a friend which went in my early 96 clearout. I bought the 2002ish original box reissue, which went in the wedding clearout of 2004, replaced by the TFC which went in another clearout a few years later. And just this last weekend the Fu got me an new TFC Megatron :-) |
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 15, 2023 12:42:32 GMT
But it's not all work, work, work because on Saturday night I'll be the other side of the wall...... ?? -Ralph |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 15, 2023 12:46:17 GMT
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Post by that_bluestreak on Aug 15, 2023 15:52:49 GMT
I would quite like a modern Brawn with the original toy head and mad square claws of death. Just add a wee bit more articulation and job done. -Ralph yes, sign me up for that! |
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Post by Toph on Aug 15, 2023 17:09:19 GMT
Easy retool of SS86 Brawn
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