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Post by Shockprowl on Jan 4, 2020 17:15:10 GMT
Ah, but Spinister originally came with Bunghole and Slut. These new Battlemasters might have the right colours but they're called Crevice and Fart. Different characters you see. Whuuuu- Oh no. No no no. They weren't really called those names! You can't take advantage of my poor Transformers knowledge and make me look a fool! I think... I think it's like when they called Wheeljack Downsniff, or Trailbreaker Trailblazer. They are supposed to be the same characters, just with their names changed, for whatever reason. |
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 4, 2020 22:59:00 GMT
Singe is still called Singe Hairsplitter's name change is a joke.... in more ways than one, but was used previously on a Targetmaster paired with a Singe and a Spinister, so there's a precedent. No arguing that these aren't Spinister's Targetmasters BUT THEY AREN'T. -Ralph |
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Post by blueshift on Jan 4, 2020 23:01:32 GMT
Singe is still called Singe Hairsplitter's name change is a joke.... in more ways than one, but was used previously on a Targetmaster paired with a Singe and a Spinister, so there's a precedent. No arguing that these aren't Spinister's Targetmasters BUT THEY AREN'T. -Ralph I think we need a poll |
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Jan 4, 2020 23:08:48 GMT
They are not sold or marketed as such, therefore they aren't.
And as this is a matter of the facts and not opinion no poll is required.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 4, 2020 23:09:36 GMT
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Jan 4, 2020 23:11:19 GMT
This is not official evidence but fan interpretation surely? It's from a fan website.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 4, 2020 23:25:04 GMT
Should have got TR Scourge & BM Fracas and Siege Crosshairs & BM Trenchfoot in the same photo to really make Burns froth.
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Post by Toph on Jan 4, 2020 23:49:23 GMT
Should have got TR Scourge & BM Fracas and Siege Crosshairs & BM Trenchfoot in the same photo to really make Burns froth. You didn't give Crosshairs legends Pinpointer? |
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Post by Shockprowl on Jan 5, 2020 0:29:59 GMT
Big Phil, the Biggest and most Glorious of all the Phils, is clearly trying to recreate the G1 reality as it was. Therefore his endeavours are sound... and righteous.
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 5, 2020 10:33:03 GMT
Should have got TR Scourge & BM Fracas and Siege Crosshairs & BM Trenchfoot in the same photo to really make Burns froth. No, Phil, no! -Ralph |
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Post by Llama God on Jan 5, 2020 12:33:45 GMT
Singe is still called Singe Hairsplitter's name change is a joke.... in more ways than one, but was used previously on a Targetmaster paired with a Singe and a Spinister, so there's a precedent. No arguing that these aren't Spinister's Targetmasters Exactly. No need to split hairs here. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 5, 2020 13:55:22 GMT
Should have got TR Scourge & BM Fracas and Siege Crosshairs & BM Trenchfoot in the same photo to really make Burns froth.  |
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 5, 2020 14:26:41 GMT
No, Phil, no!
-Ralph
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Post by legios on Jan 5, 2020 21:57:31 GMT
None of these are Targetmasters. They are Battlemasters, as identified on the card. They also do not belong to specific other toys in the line - the packaging is very clear that the play pattern for Siege is that Battlemasters can be paired with any larger toy, in the same way as Weaponisers.
Some of them are definitely homages to previous toys of different types, but the idea that they must be treated as being those toys and that there are "intended" pairings that Hasbro/Tomy are expecting people to make with them (and by corollary that this is the "correct" way to play with these toys) is entirely a fan construct and is not supported by the actual instructions with the toys.
Karl
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 5, 2020 22:50:00 GMT
The Kaptain knows The Truth.
-Ralph
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Jan 6, 2020 6:41:02 GMT
Songs will be sung of this day,
Where the Kaptain explained the way.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 25, 2020 18:12:38 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 3, 2020 15:50:52 GMT
Just taken the knife to Astrotrain's tender again and finally the s!!!!!g thing lies flat in launchpad mode
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Post by Toph on Feb 3, 2020 16:24:12 GMT
YAY!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 3, 2020 16:59:25 GMT
It can't sit completely flat anyway, thanks to the roller and wheel projecting down, but it will now bend far enough to be flat when held.
The grey bit in the middle, projecting down, ideally need something projecting from it to raise it up.
Had to remove loads of the black plastic on the hinge joints
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 5, 2020 16:11:04 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 5, 2020 22:13:38 GMT
Ralph cannot figure out how to use Amazon Japan.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 5, 2020 23:09:47 GMT
Remind me to show you when you next visit.
Do you know how to get it in English? The language option is to the right of the search bar
Shall I get you them sent to me and you can pay it back?
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 6, 2020 8:04:10 GMT
Not right now. Expensive month ahead.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Feb 9, 2020 0:08:02 GMT
Chuffing Nora, Spinister's got one clever transformation. How mad is that for a deluxe? What a figure!
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Post by Shockprowl on Feb 9, 2020 16:11:52 GMT
I'm mainly thinking about Siege Reflector here, three of the same (the original three different robots are clearly different personalities, linked somehow).
Me and the youngest were playing, and we weren't sure how best to portray the character.
Is he three separate robots? Viewfinder, Spy-er-glass? And... The other one? Even if they all look the same?
OR is he more in-line with the cartoon, one character who makes copies of himself (which is pretty bonkers, but intriguing).
OR a combination of that, or something else entirely. No comic representation to go on, sadly.
By the end of the game we'd drifted to the three robots sharing a 'hive-mind'. A 'hive-mind'. The same being, split into three, which itself poses different questions.
REFLECTOR: HOW DO YOU DO YOURS?!
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Post by Pinwig on Feb 9, 2020 16:26:56 GMT
Tricky. If you're going by the toys that are different colours then I think you've got three separate robots that act as a combiner, maybe the similarity comes from them being triplets, or like Prowl/Bluestreak. But I think the concept put across by the cartoon is much more interesting and makes Reflector quite powerful. It's a shame his presence is so truncated; guaranteed if scenes were cut from episodes in the first season, his were first to go. There's loads of stuff with him in that didn't make it to the screen.
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Post by Shockprowl on Feb 9, 2020 16:49:03 GMT
Yes some of the stuff I've read about him, mainly from your posts on here Pinwig ol' chum, would have Been fascinating to see on screen. And yeah... gosh it would have made Cartoon Reflector incredibly powerful. A numerous (but surely not limitless) supply of of of solid-light duplicates, or whatever they were, can't remember now. An extremely unique and imaginative power.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 9, 2020 17:54:15 GMT
The deluxe is the cartoon copies, the three pack the separate robots. Easy
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 9, 2020 18:02:26 GMT
Phil is correct.
-Ralph
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