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Post by Toph on Mar 22, 2020 1:04:00 GMT
Now see, I'd not mind that version of that mold to square off against er optimus.
It's just slightly off that it feels like a manufactured clone.
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Post by Pinwig on Mar 22, 2020 9:10:27 GMT
Oh that's clever thinking. That works.
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 22, 2020 9:52:44 GMT
Now you need one too!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Mar 22, 2020 10:03:28 GMT
Nay! Above MM class Siege has become a dirty word in my house. Pointless line.
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Post by Shockprowl on Mar 22, 2020 10:05:46 GMT
PINWIG!!! HOW DARE YOU?!?!
...I kinda see where you're coming from...
BUT SIEGE IS LIFE! SIEGE IS EVERYTHING!!!
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Post by Pinwig on Mar 22, 2020 11:04:47 GMT
No it isn't. You buy one Earthrise figure and your brain just goes, "what the fuck was the point of the last year?"
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 22, 2020 11:13:22 GMT
Nay! Above MM class Siege has become a dirty word in my house. Pointless line. WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT. SIEGE is the GREATEST LINE. -Ralph |
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 22, 2020 11:14:20 GMT
No it isn't. You buy one Earthrise figure and your brain just goes, "what the fuck was the point of the last year?" I look at one Earthrise figure and I think: "what the fuck is the point of this year? We already had this line!" -Ralph |
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Post by Shockprowl on Mar 22, 2020 11:55:39 GMT
I know what Pinwig is saying.
For you and me, Doc', my Siege-Brother, Siege has given us what we want. But in the Grand CHUG Scheme, Siege has been made redundant by Earthrise. I don't blame Earthrise for this, I blame Hasbollocks. I found in Siege a peace at last- not Earth, not Cybertron, something else. It spoke to me. But in a heartbeat Hasbollocks has redone everything and everyone again. The very next year. It's madness. But it's here.
This realisation does not mean Siege is any less of a Great Line. No no. It just means that to most CHUG collectors, Earthrise is what they really want and have been wanting.
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 22, 2020 12:16:09 GMT
Well I imagine many Earthrise toys will be delayed for a while due to current events.
Therefore...SIEGE STILL REIGNS SUPREME!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Mar 22, 2020 12:27:36 GMT
Indeed. With Hasbro ceasing operations I can see a gap here. I just hope that means delays rather than cancellations.
It does also mean a short break in the constant buying of new figures.
So we'll have to fill that with buying old ones instead.
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Post by Llama God on Mar 22, 2020 13:34:55 GMT
No it isn't. You buy one Earthrise figure and your brain just goes, "what the fuck was the point of the last year?" Wait - does this mean I'll conceive an even better child this year? Sorry, Scraplet number one - not even released yet and already you're obsolete... |
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 22, 2020 15:00:09 GMT
Indeed. With Hasbro ceasing operations I can see a gap here. I just hope that means delays rather than cancellations. With the economy shrinking I would be very surprised if toy lines don't shrink also. -Ralph |
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Mar 22, 2020 21:19:09 GMT
I opened a Siege toy for the first time today. Crosshairs. A very nice figure and much of the quality control issues I keep coming across in PotP figures seem to have been eliminated. Other than a slightly droopy left knee anyway.
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Post by Benn on Mar 22, 2020 22:48:42 GMT
Crosshairs is the best of that mould for my money.
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Post by Pinwig on Mar 22, 2020 23:47:13 GMT
Goink! I bought him, didn't I. Where is he? I don't remember opening him. Waaa!
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Post by Pinwig on Mar 27, 2020 17:56:53 GMT
I just noticed a small oddity with the MM ten pack. When we first saw in package shots it looked like this:  But then when it came out it looked like this:  |
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Post by Toph on Mar 27, 2020 19:36:43 GMT
Those are all the ones that are double dips.
So instead of showing you have multiple identical robots, they put the doubles in vehicle.
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Post by Pinwig on Mar 27, 2020 20:38:51 GMT
Cheeky buggers!
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 27, 2020 23:02:15 GMT
I still dream of owning this set!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 28, 2020 9:04:16 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Mar 28, 2020 22:07:13 GMT
Just been having a look at Direct-Hit and Power Punch. Love these two. Combining Micromasters are the way forward!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 13, 2020 15:05:07 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 15, 2020 21:02:35 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 17, 2020 5:44:27 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 17, 2020 5:46:09 GMT
Nnngh.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on May 19, 2020 17:20:40 GMT
Spent a while fiddling with Apeface while getting irritated by the government's refusal to acknowledge opposing points of view in the daily briefing. I've not watched one of those for a while, it's pretty fractious now isn't it!
I see why this has come in for criticism. The transformations themselves aren't complex, but both the ape and ship modes don't really look like an ape or a ship. The ape does resemble the awkwardness of the original, but there's very little in the core of the body holding it together. One thing that's impressed me with WfC figures is that they're solid when locked in place in either mode, but this is just odd. The head's on a flap that doesn't seem to connect to anything and the robot arms don't fold up and tab as solidly as they should. It's like Astrotrain's base not quite laying flat, you can see what it's supposed to do, but the plastic itself is preventing tabs getting into slots.
The big disappointment is the ship mode though. The original Apeface did at least have a decent ship, but this one is just naff. Again, it doesn't feel solid and it's way too square. He looks good in robot mode, but that's about it. Really hope Snapdragon is better. Not a complete disaster, he is obviously Apeface, but middling at best. Not fun to fiddle with.
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Post by The Doctor on May 19, 2020 17:25:11 GMT
At least we still have the fab Titan Master Apeface for a good ape mode!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 28, 2020 17:02:24 GMT
Must Have ALL Lambos.... <pulls pin on grenade> ....especially the ones which are as they were supposed to have been No, Phil, no. These are SPACE LAMBOS anyway. -Ralph You inadvertently raise an interesting point which I must continue in the The Siege Thread.... As noted, Several of the Siege toys have been redone in Earthrise. Prime, Megatron, Starscream (Thundrcracker & Skywarp), Prowl (Smokescreen and Blustreak - there's enough evidence all 3 are coming), Ironhide (and Ratchet) and Soundwave. It's annoying yes, but as was made clear from the start Siege was Cybertronian versions. The initial press release - tmukhub.proboards.com/post/325851/thread - mentions Cybertronian modes. Starscream and Soundwave, fair cop. But with the others, especially the Datsun brothers, we feel a little conned having paid twice for the same toys. But ..... Has Siege actually snuck a couple of definitive versions out there that won't be redone? To wit Sideswipe and Hound. Sideswipe is *REALLY* close to his original car mode, bar the lack of a spoiler which might be a bit of trademark avoiding slight of hand. Hound is less close to the original form of the toy's vehicle, but is a pretty realistic modern Earth "jeep". Neither has a redo in Earthrise or even one rumoured. Both got a Netflix repaint where none of the other recycled cars did - Starscream's repaint Hotlink is a different Cybertron based character and Megatron.... well let's say the Earthrise update is dubious. Sideswipe has a further Selects reuse this year as Tigertrack and seemingly a second Netflix use as Deep Cover. Are the Siege Lambos the definitive versions? Is Hound? Most of the rest of the Siege toys are EITHER characters with only Cybertronian modes or got their Earth/commonly used modes dead on (Skytread, Springer, Apeface & Spinister) Trying to think of which of the remaining toys then are liable for an Earth Mode update.... |
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Post by Toph on Jun 28, 2020 17:14:31 GMT
Given they're negating Siege, I'm honestly kinda surprised that Sideswipe isn't getting a retooled roof and door panels. Both of tbose parts are seperate (meaning they're not part of the torso), and that's literally all it would take to change them to look like actual cars, the "cybertronian mode" is so dubious.
Heck, they could pretty much do it with a paint mask, even.
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