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Post by Toph on Apr 26, 2020 1:36:48 GMT
Aha, I see. Gosh those colours on the MW one are a bit bright compared to the original. That's a shame. There's potential there for some much more exciting repaints, although the holo one looks a lot better than the recent Siege one. That's a bad picture. It looks a dead on match in hand. |
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Post by Toph on Apr 26, 2020 1:41:12 GMT
The problem with this hobby is the constant wondering about what might have been. That mould would have made a good Crasher in a Gobot set. They did a crasher at retail in 2007 She was intended for Universe 2 (along with Getaway/Breakaway, and Big Daddy) but Walmart wanted more movie toys. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 26, 2020 6:40:04 GMT
IIRC We missed one of those here but I don't recall which: we only got the w2 assortment which had one of the w1 toys missing.
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 26, 2020 9:28:45 GMT
Oh that's lovely.
*Uses tfu.info to check the mould reuses properly*
I see what you mean about the 2013 Mirage, that looks really good. Fracture is amazing though. I might have to track that down one day. I see why Urzu went completist on this mould, it's really good. My lone classics Mirage is certainly the weakest colour scheme. Even the Drag Strip looks cool.
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 26, 2020 9:50:43 GMT
I missed a lot at this point. 2007 was a dark time for me and transformers. I think in the entire 35 year history of the line, 2006-2011 was the only point I was on the ropes. Animated kept me going, and MP, but once the movie swamped everything I gave up with everything else. Means I missed a few gems in the classics line. Looking at the releases for 2007 I reckon I bought one Transformer that year, which would have been MP5. On the flip side there would have been half a million Doctor Who toys out at that point, that was where my energies were going. When TRU got the first wave of the FoC toys in in 2012 I kicked back in again. Never completely out, but when Animated finished I was close and I remember thinking that.
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 26, 2020 10:03:18 GMT
Every time we think we are out it pulls us back in again!
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 26, 2020 10:04:55 GMT
Yes and this forum takes a lot of the blame for that too.
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 26, 2020 10:05:50 GMT
You bastards!
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Post by Jaymz on Apr 26, 2020 11:14:39 GMT
IIRC We missed one of those here but I don't recall which: we only got the w2 assortment which had one of the w1 toys missing. If it was just the 3 in the case, then they all made it to ASDA. I bought Fracture and Big Daddy at the time, but left Breakaway on the pegs as I didn't like it. |
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Post by Benn on Apr 26, 2020 11:58:00 GMT
Yeah, I remember seeing all three in Asda too.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 26, 2020 12:07:25 GMT
IIRC We missed one of those here but I don't recall which: we only got the w2 assortment which had one of the w1 toys missing. If it was just the 3 in the case, then they all made it to ASDA. I bought Fracture and Big Daddy at the time, but left Breakaway on the pegs as I didn't like it. No, was 3 from wave 1 and all 3 from w2. IIRC it's the purple Autovolt we missed out on. |
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 26, 2020 12:12:33 GMT
Finally managed to track this post down. I knew Urzu had put a picture of his Classics Mirages somewhere Does Ben have a problem?  |
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Post by Bogatan on Apr 26, 2020 12:26:34 GMT
If it was just the 3 in the case, then they all made it to ASDA. I bought Fracture and Big Daddy at the time, but left Breakaway on the pegs as I didn't like it. No, was 3 from wave 1 and all 3 from w2. IIRC it's the purple Autovolt we missed out on. That sounds right. It was the one I had no interest in though so barely noticed. |
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Post by Bogatan on Apr 26, 2020 12:34:46 GMT
But then I read its supposed to be a homage (almost) to G2 Jolt and now Im tempted (almost).
I'd also completly forgotten about Divebomb. That moulds grown on me a little over the years..hmmmmm
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Post by Bogatan on Apr 26, 2020 12:54:40 GMT
Oh that's lovely. *Uses tfu.info to check the mould reuses properly* I see what you mean about the 2013 Mirage, that looks really good. Fracture is amazing though. I might have to track that down one day. I see why Urzu went completist on this mould, it's really good. My lone classics Mirage is certainly the weakest colour scheme. Even the Drag Strip looks cool. Ive gone close to completist on a bunch of moulds but have fallen short because I never got around to picking up the Takara release. Its annoying because they tended to come out after Hasbros version and cost more so were never a priority. By the time I figured out I wanted to collect a mould the price had usually gone even further beyond what I would pay. Mirage and RTS Jazz are the main two that bother me. Henkei and Cloud Convoy are another. |
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Post by Toph on Apr 26, 2020 14:01:50 GMT
But then I read its supposed to be a homage (almost) to G2 Jolt and now Im tempted (almost). I'd also completly forgotten about Divebomb. That moulds grown on me a little over the years..hmmmmm And Crankcase rounds out the set. |
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Post by Jaymz on Apr 26, 2020 19:33:29 GMT
If it was just the 3 in the case, then they all made it to ASDA. I bought Fracture and Big Daddy at the time, but left Breakaway on the pegs as I didn't like it. No, was 3 from wave 1 and all 3 from w2. IIRC it's the purple Autovolt we missed out on. Ah right, I ignored most of the movie line, had no idea there were other figures in the assortments. Looking at the wiki, I don't recall any of them. |
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Post by The Huff on Apr 26, 2020 20:05:18 GMT
Yeah, I got (and still have) Fracture, Crankcase and Big Daddy from these. All great toys.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 14, 2020 10:12:36 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 1, 2020 16:44:26 GMT
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Post by Benn on Jul 1, 2020 17:06:54 GMT
Uh huh
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Post by Toph on Jul 1, 2020 17:51:12 GMT
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Post by Toph on Jul 26, 2020 14:10:22 GMT
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Post by Toph on Jul 26, 2020 14:12:35 GMT
(Note: These aren't the GI Joe Action Force. It's a kickstarter line taking the name and trying to be Joe. No hasbro involvement)
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Post by Jim on Jul 26, 2020 15:22:55 GMT
Oh, in all the excitement I’d forgotten there was all that Drama around a new Botcon earlier this year.
Does nothing for me, and I find it a bit sad to see the good name of Action Force used like this, though I guess it was unlikely to ever officially be used again.
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Post by Toph on Jul 26, 2020 15:31:05 GMT
I didn't think about it until just now... I had assumed that Pete was throwing in with this group to produce the exclusives, much like TFcon throws in with MMC to do their non-sanctioned exclusives.
But now I wonder if this new Action Force line isn't the brainchild of the former Fun Publications?
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Post by Toph on Jul 26, 2020 15:40:10 GMT
I kinda did this in concept. And if it were officially sanctioned, complete with actual names, it might actually make me really want these. A Joe/BW crossover is unique, and never been done.
Everyone focuses exclusively on G1. But humans independently locating old Maxi/Pred technology? Translating old files from the wreckage of the Axalon?
Maybe even finding old stasis pods and dusting off some BW molds that are beasts in 3.3/34" scale?
That could actually be really fun.
Unfortunately it'll all just feel... Off. In that skeezy 3P way that their pack-in comics do.
And as the defunct Funpub is behind new botcon, the whole thing leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
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Post by blueshift on Jul 26, 2020 15:55:12 GMT
I remember Botcon having a go at third party companies for devaluing the transformers brand  |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 2, 2020 10:46:15 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 2, 2020 11:11:16 GMT
I had completely forgotten these existed.
-Ralph
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