The Huff
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Post by The Huff on Oct 8, 2021 7:13:57 GMT
Hard to choose this week. Love quite a few of these toys. Between Razorclaw, Drillbit and Spittor.
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Post by Llama God on Oct 8, 2021 7:22:17 GMT
Well it seems that shelfwarming does pay...
As for this week's poll, this is a difficult one. These are actually all some really eye-catching and interesting-looking designs and colours. Razorclaw certainly looks dangerous and spiky, but ultimately I think I'll have to go with Lazorbeak, just for his colours.
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Post by Shockprowl on Oct 8, 2021 17:35:02 GMT
DRILLBIT!!!!
Although, arrrgh, I love all these toys! I have all these toys! They're all superb! (except my dino-bird is the red one.)
But no, I will stick with Drillbit and his cool drill arm.
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 8, 2021 18:23:17 GMT
SPITTOR OR DEATH.
-Rapph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 8, 2021 18:59:34 GMT
Hard to choose this week. Love quite a few of these toys. Between Razorclaw, Drillbit and Spittor. There isn't a really duff one in there. Between Drillbit - first TF with a spinning drill? - and Powerpinch for me. Drillbit has some oddities though, pegs in the wrong places. Sold OK here but I believe it was a really poor seller - UK Clawjaw levels - in the US
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 8, 2021 19:15:55 GMT
Powerpinch gets a Botcon repaint as Vice Grip and appears virtually unaltered in BWII as Scissor Boy - the only change is his faction symbol. Drill Bit also appears in BWII as Drill Nuts - the colours are slightly tweaked with his grey becoming purple as well as the faction symbol changing. Razorclaw has a US Video repaint that looks spectacular. It was reused with just the faction symbol changed in BW Neo as RockbusterLazorbeak is a repaint (ish) from Terrorsaur. The colours are tweaked for Neo Rockbuster's VS pack opposition Hydra. That's not the only name joke/homage in the Neo VS pack pairings as we'll see. And as we saw last week Spittor gets a UK Video repaint and as well as a BWII repaint as Diver which is packled with one of the Japanese bases that most people think are from an abandoned Microman line. Phil thinks otherwise.....
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Post by Jaymz on Oct 8, 2021 20:56:47 GMT
Drillbit - first TF with a spinning drill? G1 Dai Atlas
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 8, 2021 21:39:21 GMT
Thank you. Not a toy I've ever played with!
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Post by Shockprowl on Oct 8, 2021 22:20:33 GMT
Scissor Boy?!?!?!
DRILL NUTS?!?!?!!!!!
WHAT?!?!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 8, 2021 22:38:01 GMT
Consider that a warning for what is to come!
<consults spreadsheet>22nd April!
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 8, 2021 22:40:11 GMT
Woah, woah. Can we have Christmas first?
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 9, 2021 7:26:59 GMT
Yup. Christmas with Machine Wars!
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Post by Llama God on Oct 9, 2021 8:19:15 GMT
Phil has saved Christmas! With the greatest line of all! Hurrah!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 10, 2021 19:46:22 GMT
It's worth comparing the first year Basic Predacons with the second: The first year Predacon Basics are all solid colours, unlike most of their larger brethren. *PROBABLY* down to the clear plastic not lasting terribly well under the constant stress of the flipchanger gimmick. The only solid toy in w2 is Lazorbeak, the repaint of a W1 flipchanger: The remaining four new moulds all use clear plastic, and in some quantity, with some quite garish bright colours along with it:
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Post by Benn on Oct 13, 2021 8:41:15 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 13, 2021 8:56:25 GMT
There are several things I could live without a poll on but SOME PEOPLE are quite insistent we do them. BW McDonalds, SW TFs, Marvel TFs.....
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Post by Benn on Oct 13, 2021 8:58:18 GMT
Star Wars yes, not fussed about the others.
But does that mean we'll need polls on all these Super 7's and related tat down the line too?
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 13, 2021 9:04:09 GMT
The far future is a minefield.....
In This Case I think I take the line that these aren't made by Hasbro or Takara so we're safe!
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 13, 2021 9:45:29 GMT
It's a Transformers toy line, so yes. -Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 13, 2021 9:46:11 GMT
I think I could live without a poll on them. There are several things I could live without a poll on but SOME PEOPLE are quite insistent we do them. BW McDonalds, SW TFs, Marvel TFs..... They are all Transformers toy lines, Phil. -Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 13, 2021 9:47:10 GMT
The far future is a minefield..... In This Case I think I take the line that these aren't made by Hasbro or Takara so we're safe! Then you must discount some of G1, which was made by MB or GIGI. And anything made by TOMY. Would you therefore disregard toys made by Fun Pub? -Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 13, 2021 9:48:11 GMT
Star Wars yes, not fussed about the others. But does that mean we'll need polls on all these Super 7's and related tat down the line too? Yup. It's a Transformers toy line. -Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 13, 2021 9:54:54 GMT
The far future is a minefield..... In This Case I think I take the line that these aren't made by Hasbro or Takara so we're safe! Then you must discount some of G1, which was made by MB or GIGI. I did. And anything made by TOMY. Tomy merged with Takara so anything post merger counts. Would you therefore disregard toys made by Fun Pub? Fun Pub didn't make the toys, Hasbro did.
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 13, 2021 9:56:43 GMT
PHIL DISCOUNTED SOME OF G1!!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 13, 2021 10:03:42 GMT
Wasn't on the catalogues so....
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 13, 2021 11:56:50 GMT
PHIL!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 14, 2021 7:07:15 GMT
The catalogues determined what we did and didn't vote on for G1. They ruled, not me. Hence why the Dino tapes went in the extras poll!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 14, 2021 7:08:53 GMT
Finishes TOMORROW! You may want the dried frog pills to hand a Phil has a new mad theory about one of this coming week's toys!
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Post by Llama God on Oct 14, 2021 7:24:57 GMT
Have you been licking Spittor again?
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 14, 2021 8:42:21 GMT
red or blue?
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