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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Apr 15, 2018 12:37:39 GMT
I don't get the Cyclops reference, but no, Bombshell's legs are not backwards, they're fine - or as fine as any other TF that can't bend his knees backwards. His knees bend forwards simply as part of his transformation - same as Soundwave, and nobody says Soundwave's legs are backwards.
Phil is wrong on this occasion.
Martin
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Post by blueshift on Apr 15, 2018 12:43:30 GMT
I don't get the Cyclops reference Cyclops in the X-Men famously had hollow legs with the front gouged out, and bent backwards at the knee like a bird (No I have no idea what Ralph's on about either) |
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 15, 2018 14:52:04 GMT
I don't think his legs are backwards, but I also think that an evil spirit lies within Phil, how should I vote? Only you can decide! -Ralph |
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 15, 2018 14:52:34 GMT
I don't get the Cyclops reference Cyclops in the X-Men famously had hollow legs with the front gouged out, and bent backwards at the knee like a bird (No I have no idea what Ralph's on about either) When I typed in Y, that is what the computer auto-filled in!!! True!!! -Ralph |
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Post by primenova on Apr 15, 2018 16:25:42 GMT
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Post by Shockprowl on Apr 15, 2018 20:26:24 GMT
I've never seen a G1 Bombshell in the plastic, so I'm taking the safe option and voting 'sausages'. That way I can stay friends with everyone.
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 15, 2018 20:50:31 GMT
But you can tell by looking at pictures. Be brave, Shockprowl.
-Ralph
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Post by Toph on Apr 15, 2018 23:38:06 GMT
Bombshell's legs are indeed not backwards.
There is no way for it to transform properly if they were the other way. This is how they were designed.
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Post by Llama God on Apr 16, 2018 6:25:16 GMT
They were definitely designed questionably, then.
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Post by Toph on Apr 16, 2018 6:32:43 GMT
That could potentially be subjective, too.
I've had him for 30+ years and never once, until this thread, had I thought about it.
It was a different time. More thought was put into the alternate mode than the robot.
They designed robot parts to be much more flush in vehicle to avoid as many bad panel breaks as possible, and would rather the robot suffer for it.
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 16, 2018 6:49:41 GMT
Alien robots do not have to conform fully to human forms. Bombshell's legs mark him out as an alien being.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 16, 2018 6:50:56 GMT
Bombshell's legs are indeed not backwards. There is no way for it to transform properly if they were the other way. This is how they were designed. The initial post I made on the subject said he needed a waist so they could be the right way round. |
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Post by Benn on Apr 16, 2018 9:12:09 GMT
But then he would snap in two! Think of Mirage!
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 16, 2018 9:14:43 GMT
Excactly!
-Ralph
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Post by primenova on Apr 16, 2018 11:21:26 GMT
Turn round like the new toy does - but the original was solid
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Post by The Huff on Apr 16, 2018 13:11:02 GMT
But he has feet built into the hollowness - if his legs were rotated, his feet would be in the wrong place.
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 16, 2018 14:29:04 GMT
Looks like Phil has been defeated!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 16, 2018 15:25:41 GMT
But he has feet built into the hollowness - if his legs were rotated, his feet would be in the wrong place. They'd be heel spurs |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 16, 2018 15:26:18 GMT
Looks like Phil has been defeated! -Ralph Does the huge open gap really annoy nobody else? |
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Apr 16, 2018 15:48:56 GMT
I have never owned a Bombshell. Can you provide photos to illustrate your point, caller?
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Post by Shockprowl on Apr 16, 2018 16:38:31 GMT
Yes! Make photos visible on mobile phones appear!
I can't be bothered to look myself....
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 16, 2018 19:30:31 GMT
Looks like Phil has been defeated! -Ralph Does the huge open gap really annoy nobody else? Nope and I used to have the book style reissue. -Ralph |
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 16, 2018 19:31:19 GMT
Yes! Make photos visible on mobile phones appear! Twitter link. Twitter link. -Ralph |
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Post by legios on Apr 16, 2018 20:05:37 GMT
Does the huge open gap really annoy nobody else? Not me, many toys of its vintage have design elements which have not aged well and they tend to pass me by. If they tried to pass legs like that off these days when the state of the art is more advanced I would be a lot less forgiving. But on a toy of its vintage? Yeah, I cut it a bit of slack. (I also tend to imagine that a "real" Bombshell would have the legs jointed slightly differently and would have a digitigrade walking cycle - just to make it even more uncannily alien when it moved). Karl |
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Post by Toph on Apr 16, 2018 20:22:38 GMT
Optimus Prime's waist bothered me bothered me way more than Bombshell's non-problem.
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 16, 2018 21:30:24 GMT
His waist? In what way?
-Ralph
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Post by Toph on Apr 16, 2018 23:40:39 GMT
His waist? In what way? -Ralph You know how he transforms, that his arms are the front fenders and headlights, and in robot mode just leaves that whole area hollow? Then, every single fictional version we see, he has an actual waist. As a kid, that always bothered me. |
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Post by primenova on Apr 17, 2018 6:25:21 GMT
The new Bombshell toy looks like his waist turn round like most toys so the top of bug rear is front of legs. (the original Autobot cars have waist twist)
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Post by Llama God on Apr 17, 2018 6:31:42 GMT
What bothered me more was that whilst his knees bent correctly, his thighs couldn't move forwards so he couldn't sit down. That was vexing.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 17, 2018 6:45:35 GMT
The new Bombshell toy looks like his waist turn round like most toys so the top of bug rear is front of legs. It does. And Bombshell works much better for it. Save the 5mm handle knees..... (the original Autobot cars have waist twist) Some of them. Mirage does, notoriously fragile, so do the Fairlady Zs and Tracks |
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