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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 27, 2011 18:00:52 GMT
Yup. When folks were critcising the theme, he was harping on about all the positive feedback. Whoever runs their twitter feed is a bit of a tit. Possibly Cyclonus as Metalhawk. Andy Heard someone else suggest HFTD Terradive. |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Dec 27, 2011 18:06:46 GMT
yeah so did I.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Dec 27, 2011 18:09:16 GMT
Though I think Cyclonus would be the better choice.
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Post by Bogatan on Dec 27, 2011 19:05:56 GMT
People wanted LSOTW Overlord, samauri Overlord or any other Overlord was going to disappoint them. As I said elsewhere, the Bludgeon mould has a badass swagger/confidence or whatever you want to call it that Overlord needs. To get a figure that does that I'll trade big guns for big swords no problem.
Petes not been endearing himself to a few people on Twitter it seems. What I read of it he seemed to keep digging himself into a deeper hole when a simple apology and move on would have ended it all much quicker.
At least this year SG will mostly serve as some nice diaclone figures in my collection.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 27, 2011 20:00:57 GMT
Though I think Cyclonus would be the better choice. Andy Can't see it myself. Universe Silverbolt? |
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Post by Bogatan on Dec 27, 2011 20:11:38 GMT
I'd be surprised now to get another voyager in the set. There have been some really good customs using Cyclonus (though a lot go beyond just a new head) and also the Strike jet mould works well. My monies on Cyclonus just because of the amount of time Starscream has been used.
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Post by blueshift on Dec 27, 2011 20:31:25 GMT
I believe I read somewhere that the rest of the figures will be deluxes.
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 27, 2011 20:35:25 GMT
He doesn't seem to have gone down well at all online! Oh the sense of entitlement is rife. Folk who would never have bought it anyway are moaning how shit it is. Or moaning about if it was good they can't have it anyway because it's an exclusive (and thus more expensive). Frankly, Botcon should just ignore online fans entirely. If they do a 'good toy', folk scream the house down. If they do a 'bad' toy, folk scream the house down. They cannot win. And in any eventuality, these are always 'extra' toys aimed at the hardcore fanbase, not toys aimed at kids sold in toy shops, supermarkets, etc. They can be easily ignored. -Ralph |
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Post by primenova on Dec 28, 2011 9:36:37 GMT
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Post by Benn on Dec 28, 2011 9:48:34 GMT
If I had to put my money on anything, I'd say that to the right of Soundwave is Kups head.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 30, 2011 17:51:51 GMT
You could almost see this one coming: Red Tracks Oh hang on I did!FIFTH use of this mould! |
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Post by blueshift on Dec 30, 2011 18:45:45 GMT
Oh, it is shattered glass  If it is supposed to be a Classics figure who got repurposed into Shattered Glass, can they not release it as a Classics figure with the correct colour insignia and then if you like you can pretend it is Shattered Glass, rather than vice versa? |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2011 15:50:25 GMT
well I guess we could always pretend that evil tracks is Road Rage as well
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 3, 2012 19:28:11 GMT
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Post by Benn on Jan 3, 2012 20:21:26 GMT
Welp, that's pretty nasty.
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Post by Bogatan on Jan 3, 2012 20:33:43 GMT
"That is the most ugliest thing I ever saw."
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jan 3, 2012 20:41:24 GMT
Ugly, oh and headband sold separately!
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Post by Bogatan on Jan 3, 2012 21:09:00 GMT
People are making a fuss about that but personally if it can't be part of the new head sculpt because it would interfere with the transformation, then making it an optional extra for those who want it makes more sense to me.
Given how ugly the head is I think I'd prefer a tiny paper bag.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2012 21:19:55 GMT
The head really needs to be changed on Soundwave
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 3, 2012 21:41:37 GMT
Looks fantastically shit. I heartily approve.
That the headband is being sold separately is hilarious. Should come bagged in with it!
-Ralph
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Post by primenova on Jan 4, 2012 9:19:05 GMT
They should have moved the white bit behind the head - looking on the Rathcet toy & his head is before the red bit on him. Looks like they had left over stock of Rathcet & just add new head & paint to make Soundwave - he should be grey not white.
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Post by blueshift on Jan 4, 2012 9:29:04 GMT
Looks fantastically shit. I heartily approve. That the headband is being sold separately is hilarious. Should come bagged in with it! -Ralph I really like this figure, seems I'm in the minority from all the bitching online; but a weird alternate universe guy SHOULD look different. My theory is that the headband wouldn't pass safety tests and Hasbro wouldn't want a third party item packaged with their item so Funpub need to sell it seperately. It's much like that key and vector sigma that was sold as a third party item alongside Alpha Trion but as an 'official' add-on |
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Post by Nigel on Jan 4, 2012 11:51:21 GMT
I don't really like the mirror universe theme.
I wonder if there's any particular reason for putting Zartan on Ratchet's door. (Other than FP having the licence for both and so they can.)
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Post by blueshift on Jan 4, 2012 12:10:31 GMT
I don't really like the mirror universe theme. I wonder if there's any particular reason for putting Zartan on Ratchet's door. (Other than FP having the licence for both and so they can.) He's a music van thing, and Cold Slither was Zartan's evil fake band in an episode of GI Joe, I think it's a rather cool nod. |
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Post by Nigel on Jan 4, 2012 12:59:26 GMT
Ah, I see. I like that, but perhaps it's a bit too obscure for a Transformers toy.
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Post by Shockprowl on Jan 4, 2012 17:41:16 GMT
Oh my Lord, that Soundwave is horrible. Are they doing the Shattered Glass thing to death or something?
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Post by legios on Jan 4, 2012 20:08:05 GMT
Are they doing the Shattered Glass thing to death or something? In my opinion the answer to that question is "yes", but I've never been particularly interested in the idea of an alternate universe which is for all intents and purposes "exactly the same war just with the toys on opposite sides to the other universe" so I have a slight bias here. And for the record that Soundwave doesn't really thrill me as a toy either... Karl |
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Post by Bogatan on Jan 4, 2012 20:45:17 GMT
On the whole SG hasn't been too bad. I'm not that fussed by the mirrorverse concept, but I did think the botcon comic was one of the better ones or at least closer to what I enjoy reading than others.
But the toys which are my main interest with no real interest in the fiction behind them have generally been good, with the new SG/Diaclone dual role it just annoys me more than ever that SG Prime wasn't done as Powered Convoys blue cab.
Prime, Goldbug, Ricochet, Megatron, Galvatron, Cyclonus, Rodimus (if you like the mould) were all excellent. Even Grimlock worked better in SG colours. I'm not listing AMTC here because slapping an SG emblem on it doesn't change what it was designed to be.
Most of the rest were only bad due to using poor Armada era moulds.
Magnus and Tracks will hopefully work well as their diaclone forms which I have wanted for years.
So I could easily live without SG generally it doesn't overly bother me as long as decent toys are coming out of it.
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 4, 2012 21:32:47 GMT
Much entertainment value has come from The Great Internet Botcon Backlash of 2011/2012. It's only taken The Fandom 10 years.
-Ralph
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Post by blueshift on Jan 5, 2012 22:28:49 GMT
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