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Post by Pinwig on Jul 15, 2018 10:37:15 GMT
It would take a lot for me to want to replace Wheeljack. I love that toy.
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 15, 2018 16:04:56 GMT
Is the new Firedrive Battlemaster actually one of the Takara Targetmaster moulds? He looks very similar.
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Post by Bogatan on Jul 15, 2018 18:13:18 GMT
So being called WFC I as assuming pre Earth. Glad to see I appear to have been wrong.
Sideswipe continues Hasbros efforts to make budget versions of the masterpiece line which I quite like.
A new Prime, based on the original G1 design also makes me happy. For the vast number of G1 Primes recently this is till the first voyager to go back to basics since 2006.
No need for a new Hound, but no surprise since it was an option on the Choose the new Prime vote. I can see how the alt mode might suit the style of this line and the Universe Hound is a decade old now.
Targetmasters save me money on importing deluxes I already have so thats good too.
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Post by Bogatan on Jul 15, 2018 18:13:57 GMT
But will we finally end up with a decent Ironhide and Ratchet toy?
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Post by Bogatan on Jul 15, 2018 18:14:39 GMT
Oh also happy about a new Wheeljack, surely a line called War For Cybertron has room in it for Slicer.
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Post by Shockprowl on Jul 15, 2018 18:29:50 GMT
But will we finally end up with a decent Ironhide and Ratchet toy? OH MY GOD I hope so. I -hate- the Classics version. I -hate- it, so so much. I I I I just -hate- it.... |
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Post by Shockprowl on Jul 15, 2018 18:31:36 GMT
IT IS THE WORST TRANSFORMERS TOY
E V E R
M A D E
I -HATE- it so much, it makes me want to do violence agaisnt my fellow man just to have something else to do other than remember it....
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Post by Shockprowl on Jul 15, 2018 18:32:25 GMT
#NEW-RATCHET/IRONHIDE
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Post by primenova on Jul 15, 2018 19:20:56 GMT
Wheeljack wasn't on the list of toys but that Nitroblue name does feel like it could be the same toy.
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 15, 2018 20:58:44 GMT
But will we finally end up with a decent Ironhide and Ratchet toy? We already got them! In 1985. -Ralph |
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 15, 2018 20:59:24 GMT
But will we finally end up with a decent Ironhide and Ratchet toy? OH MY GOD I hope so. I -hate- the Classics version. I -hate- it, so so much. I I I I just -hate- it.... Great mould. -Ralph |
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Post by Bogatan on Jul 15, 2018 21:06:51 GMT
But will we finally end up with a decent Ironhide and Ratchet toy? We already got them! In 1985. -Ralph Fine, will we finally end up with a decent modern (no botcon repaint) Ironhide and Ratchet toy? |
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Post by Shockprowl on Jul 15, 2018 22:09:22 GMT
OH MY GOD I hope so. I -hate- the Classics version. I -hate- it, so so much. I I I I just -hate- it.... Great mould. -Ralph
WHAT?!?!?!!!!!
YOU CRAZY "£%!£$ @#$%$£%^ $^""$%"!@!!!!!!
THE "CLASSICS/UNIVERSE" RATCHET/IRONHIDE MOLD IS-
THE SHITEST PILE OF SHIT THAT HAS EVER BEEN SHAT!!!!!!!
AAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 15, 2018 22:46:37 GMT
I used to have the Ironhide. Good toy.
Nick is currently on a multi-year mission to find me the Japanese version of the Ratchet mould.
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Jul 16, 2018 6:40:22 GMT
....................
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Post by primenova on Jul 16, 2018 11:04:51 GMT
Ironhide looks like they where starting out good but then it goes rubbish with the toy is backwards isn't it - the rear screen being the chest. I need to have a good look at the toy
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Post by Toph on Jul 16, 2018 12:16:51 GMT
The rear window being the chest isn't the problem. It's a brilliant solution to getting the iconic look out of a completely different vehicle.
The problem is the basic engineering is heavily HEAVILY flawed. He's awful.
• the diaper shaped crotch not really connecting to anything and giving him weird posture
• the rear section of the SUV being too large, making him look pot bellied
• his head being forced to always look down inside his chest
• the weird panel cuts along the side of the SUV, giving him oversized feet
• hands perminantly wide open like he's about to slap someone, when most hands of the time were a standard 5mm-
...OOOOH!!! That's why Ralph likes him!!! He's not 5mm peg compatible!!!
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 16, 2018 18:34:21 GMT
Exactly.
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Jul 16, 2018 19:13:01 GMT
It's the worst Transformers mold ever made. It makes me angry just to think of that mold. Doc' is clearly insane and needs to be locked away. Planet Zero isn't far enough.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jul 18, 2018 23:39:27 GMT
It's late and Phil has had an odd thought: what if the WFC Micromasters are reissues? I'm not sure I can see new ones doing any better for articulation, especially in light of Firedrive. So why not just reuse the originals? One can only hope! |
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Post by Toph on Jul 19, 2018 0:57:10 GMT
I dunno. The original minicons were pretty much the spiritual successors to micromasters, with (usually) better articulation, and more clever transformations.
But Hasbro also has long since abandoned the quality and complexity needed to achieve the original minicons, and the last time they approached something akin to these, we got the micromaster targetmaster accessories in the generations legends sets, which were below the standards of the G1 micromasters.
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Post by Toph on Jul 19, 2018 4:36:04 GMT
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Post by Toph on Jul 19, 2018 4:40:31 GMT
Also, their weapons merge to form Cog.
Optimus is repainted into Ultra Magnus, makes me happy!
Optimus also looks a lot better.
Micromasters seem to be Minicons 2.0
I adore Universe Hound. One of the best TFs ever made. But I WANT THIS HOUND.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 19, 2018 6:14:44 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 19, 2018 6:18:09 GMT
Also, their weapons merge to form Cog. I think it's more Cog is a deluxe who splits into Weapons: he's labelled Deluxe Weaponiser on the picture. Recall there was a SixGun on last weekend's listings? |
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Post by Llama God on Jul 19, 2018 6:41:52 GMT
Hurrah! It's all the molds that were made for Power of the Primes, until that monkey went ahead and won the poll! No wonder they killed that line so quickly...
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 19, 2018 6:45:02 GMT
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Post by Toph on Jul 19, 2018 6:48:29 GMT
As toys, I'm liking these way more than what we've been getting.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 19, 2018 6:50:52 GMT
The Micromasters look suspiciously like just 2 in a pack.
Combine to form weapons
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Post by reilly2040 on Jul 19, 2018 6:51:45 GMT
That looks brilliant. I’m quietly hoping they’ve mistransformed Magnus’ shoulder missiles, but otherwise what a cracking mould. Is he still voyager class? He only looks a biit taller than Optimus there.
All the micromasters and other transforming weapons look great fun. I’ve got major hopes for this line now, if not for my bank balance...
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