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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 22, 2018 10:02:52 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Mar 22, 2018 20:00:31 GMT
That is one impressive toy. I've never seen a helicopter mode that good on a Transformer before.
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Post by Llama God on Mar 22, 2018 20:57:10 GMT
Yes please I will have one of those beautiful things thank you very much.
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Post by legios on Mar 22, 2018 21:58:25 GMT
That is one impressive toy. I've never seen a helicopter mode that good on a Transformer before. It isn't perfect - there is a rather visible hinge on both sides of the alt-mode which kind of leaps out - but it is very, very good indeed. The humanoid mode is rather good as well. Blackout has long been one of the few live-action movie designs I've really liked, and this is a very, very good Blackout. Karl |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 27, 2018 12:39:54 GMT
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Post by Toph on Apr 19, 2018 20:02:29 GMT
I found the deluxes today and snagged Bumblebee and Ratchet.
If you weren't impressed by the quality of the TLK figures (which were iffy at best), then you'll be really disappointed by these.
First, we waaaay overestimated their sizes. We thought Ratchet was a relatively large deluxe, borderlining on Voyager? He's not. He's actually on the smallish side.
And Bumblebee, which we thought was an average to smallish deluxe? He's TINY! He's borderline scout!
It feels to me that their huge price hike is entirely wrapped up in their packaging. Those pointless backdrops.
Ratchet is an average to almost smallish deluxe. His panels do not peg together well in either mode. Though he does have a satisfyingly clever transformation scheme, it's kinda neutered by the frustration of nothing pegging in place while you work on other parts.
Bumblebee has the worse quality, in that being borderline scout at $20, they couldn't be bothered to spring for a damn pin to hold his windscreen/roof on, which does not stay attached at all.
Other than that, he's well sculpted, very nice design, and beautiful paint.
The price increase is idiotic though. Instead of excessive packaging, I would much rather better quality.
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Post by Toph on Apr 19, 2018 21:16:46 GMT
Bumblebee is frustratingly hard. He's one of those where everything has to fit together juuuuust so, or the whole thing fails. The leg and chest transformations are really hard, and requires excessive force. And the afore mentioned hinge that connects the top of the car has no way to actually stay in place.
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Post by Baron B of Triple B on Apr 20, 2018 20:00:04 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 22, 2018 20:06:10 GMT
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Post by Toph on Apr 23, 2018 17:41:29 GMT
I found the voyagers last night, overpriced at Kroger (a grocery store).
My god they're huge! As small as the deluxes are, the voyagers are equally large!
I thought Optimus would be borderline deluxe, with Starscream being average, and Megatron being large.
But Optimus is not only huge for a voyager, he's also heavy! Starscream is even larger still, barely fitting into their box size! (Though he's lighter than Prime)
Optimus also looks better in person.
I passed on both because Kroger is unreasonably overpriced.
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Fusilateral Quintro Combiner
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Post by primenova on May 5, 2018 19:47:43 GMT
Are all this series toys made within the last year or is it old stock in new packs with 150% price increase?
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Post by Pinwig on May 5, 2018 20:38:38 GMT
I think they've all been new moulds so far, apart from Nitro being reused for Thundercracker.
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Post by Toph on May 5, 2018 20:40:44 GMT
Aside from Bumblebee, who's a retool of TLK Bee, Crowbar, who's a retool of TLK Berserk, and Thundercracker, who's a retool of TLK Nitro, these are all new molds.
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 7, 2018 19:26:33 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on May 7, 2018 20:15:41 GMT
Nice looking repaint. Very nice if you got the Dinobots unleashed set. Those decos look like the best those moulds had. The Premier versions were a non-starter.
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Post by Toph on May 8, 2018 19:15:35 GMT
So I think I've figured out that in order to be truly in scale with their on screen counterparts, Grimlock, Scorn, and Slog would need to be titan class each, while Strafe and Slug would need to be leader.
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 9, 2018 18:45:26 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 14, 2018 8:21:54 GMT
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Post by Toph on May 16, 2018 19:42:24 GMT
Just snagged Starscream. Not sure he's worth $30, but certainly don't feel cheated.
He's a very good toy. Despite hating the general gorilla design of Movie Starscream, I find him to be as fun a toy as the DotM deluxe. He's also one of the better jets, as he has far less obstructive robot kibble undercarriage (especially as the current trend is to just hide the entire robot underneath it. I mean it still is, but it's not like cw starscream or potp starscream where there's a whole ass entire robot scrunched up under there)
He's also got a really fun transformation. It looks intimidating when you go to start, but it's actually pretty intuitive. It's complex without being hard.
He also suffers poor quality far far less than Bumblebee or Ratchet.
Recommended.
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Post by Bogatan on May 19, 2018 16:47:31 GMT
A little Thundercracker review.
It's good and such a dark blue.
I already liked the mould,
but these colours are more bold.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 13, 2018 15:20:02 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 13, 2018 15:20:32 GMT
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Post by Toph on Jun 13, 2018 16:16:29 GMT
I really think Ironhide here should have been a "large" deluxe. He's equals with Optimus here.
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Post by Llama God on Jun 13, 2018 22:16:59 GMT
I'm just glad we have a decently-priced option for a decent movieverse Ironhide.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 29, 2018 15:04:33 GMT
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Post by Toph on Jun 29, 2018 15:13:37 GMT
That's a weird combo
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 29, 2018 15:21:35 GMT
Radio Rental.
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Post by Benn on Jun 29, 2018 15:21:51 GMT
I can understand tying BB in with the 80's, given the setting of the new film, but that's not... new film BB...
Huh.
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Dezzeh
Thunderjet
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Post by Dezzeh on Jun 29, 2018 15:49:35 GMT
Now that is a reissue a lot of people want.
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Post by blueshift on Jun 29, 2018 16:03:42 GMT
Oh come on!!!!!!!!! I dread to think of the prices
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