And am contemplating whether to get this...

(http://imageshack.us)

I hope you'll at least wait for retail, there's a current trend of people buying shit early on eBay, mostly stolen factory samples and that kind of shit. It's silly buying kids toys in general, let alone getting them for way more than the intended price just to get them early and earn whatever ridiculously minimal e-peen points that gives.

Man Onslaught sold quickly. I couldn't find one, just a bunch of Powerglides.

I did see the new Universe voyagers but none of them really interest me.

I actually bought those despite them being Cybertron repaints. Blaster just being a red Soundwave is lame, but I'm a fucking nut for this shit. Well documented!

I wrote up a proper review for Nemesis Prime that is tl/dr:


Universe Nemesis Prime, the much anticipated SDCC 2008 exclusive repaint of Classics Optimus. How does he stack up?

The vehicle mode is a truck cab anything but elaborate and exciting, however, it is a good streamlined sculpt with adequate detail.
Interestingly, it's essentially a palette swap of Classics Optimus. Certain colors were merely replaced by darker hues appropriate
to the character, with others such as the silver on the wind vane and the grey plastic grill not changing at all. The only real new addition is the gorgeous tampographed Decepticon emblem. No red windows on Hasbro's version, a vexing ordeal for many fans, but it's of little importance to me. It still looks good. Overall you've got a good case of simple but effective.

The robot mode spices things up a bit. I've always been a big fan of the mold for this very reason. Arm kibble be damned, I've always found this to be one of the best looking Optimus designs. It's nice and clean, evoking a seamless merger between the sleek aesthetic of modern Transformers and the blocky feel of the original G1 gang. It also carries a long noted aggressive commando attitude, especially with the head design. The sculpt lends itself perfectly to this kind of "evil" Prime revisioning.

The famous teal, a major aspect of the first notable black Prime, RiD's Scourge or simply Black Convoy in Japan, is more prominent here, sealing the deal on the homage perfectly. Again, the lack of red windows is displeasing for some, and I initially felt the same upon seeing the first pictures of the toy, but in hand I have absolutely no problem with it.

If I were to note any issue, I'd say the choice of casting the head and feet in a low saturation blue rather than black to match the torso feels a little odd, but as it serves to mirror the contrast between the red and blue of the regular Optimus, it works. Also, even though the eyes are light piped, they're painted over. Surely an oddity, but when you do get the piping to work it generates a dark, eerie feel that works great with the character.

As for play value, there are just under 20 points of articulation, all of which are incredibly useful, and when you factor in the inclusion of two guns formed from truck parts, both of which can be displayed in various ways, the fun factor and variety of poses is notably high. The robot mode is simply brilliant.

Needless to say, I'm very happy with this toy. I feel quite confident in rating it a 9/10. The concept may be over done, but when the result looks this good, any such grievances simply melt away. I absolutely couldn't be more pleased.

For now, It's still available at Hasbro Toy Shop's website, so If you haven't already, I highly suggest you purchase one
before it's too late. If you live in a country they don't ship to, ask someone from the US to order one for you and surely someone can accomodate you.

I still need to go look for Jazz :o

Should be easy to find now

I still need to go look for Jazz :o

I've seen a few at Walmart last week. I would have grabbed one for you if I knew you were looking. :/

As for Ultra Magnus, I'd get him accept I think he's a dick.

ilu, Mark <3

I hope you'll at least wait for retail, there's a current trend of people buying shit early on eBay, mostly stolen factory samples and that kind of shit. It's silly buying kids toys in general, let alone getting them for way more than the intended price just to get them early and earn whatever ridiculously minimal e-peen points that gives.

Nah I never buy stuff early, let alone for more than the RRP (I have little money as it is). I barely have any Transformers, I just saw that picture somewhere, thought it looked nice and saved it as a reminder for myself.

After seeing some more pictures it looks a bit too big, I don't have anywhere to put it! And I'm doubting whether it would look good on a shelf anyway.

Classic Rodimus + Starscream and Revoltech Starscream is the extent of my transformer collection at present, and will most likely remain that way for a while...

That's smart of you. I buy them endlessly despite not really having room for them haha

TFSource has a summer sale going:

http://www.tfsource.com/Summer%20Sale/summer-sale.html

Best thing is the MP Megatron. $75 is as good as that'll ever get. Same as the US Price for MP Optimus remember?

I got one and shipping was only 10 bucks.

Wow. This almost makes me want to get one even though I don't actually want one. That is an exceptionally good price.

Looks good in bot mode. The chickeny legs aren't so bad in hand. I don't think I'll ever transform it more than once, it's known as the hardest transformation ever, takes people like an hour, and it might even break in spots with an untrained hand. Also the gun is just too damn big! Overall, too much stress for a giant gun.

I mostly wanted him to display with Optimus. They look nice together.

And holy shit, the boxes of the Japanese MP series are fucking amazing

Thought about getting Encore Jazz for a nanosecond.

What's stoppin you homie

My car needs to be inspected, I need an oil change, might have some school costs, oh and I think I'm rebuying Twilight Princess.

REBUYING

Yeah, I wuz dumb. That only happens if I has funds leftover from other stuff, though.

Mike, the Target across the street from my apt. has a few Animated Jazz deluxe figures. Do I need to get you one and send it to you?

I'll look later, but thanks anyway Marv!

Not really in a TF buying mood right now. Still haven't watched the show, either :p

oh tay

I'll look later, but thanks anyway Marv!

Not really in a TF buying mood right now. Still haven't watched the show, either :p

I'm not mad, I'm just disappointed

I'm not mad, I'm just disappointed

Ouch.

I'll look later, but thanks anyway Marv!

Not really in a TF buying mood right now. Still haven't watched the show, either :p

the show is awesome :(

you should watch it

I saw the first episodes, and they were awesome!

I just haven't got around to it. I have this thing about committing to watching shows. I mean if eps are like 12 minutes (*cough*AquaTeens*cough*) that's one thing. But I have like this phobia of watching full length shows other than Pokemon. I don't even really watch that anymore, either. Last I saw was the May/Dawn arc.

But I have like this phobia of watching full length shows other than Pokemon.

If I weren't really nerdy over other things I would totally lol at you

I'M WATCHING YOU.

Man, I'm weird.

Have I ever denied this?

Yo, Chris Jones:

I think that show effectively ended the popularity and potential of Transformers for the next decade, or atleast till they start deploying Terminators to fight the Taliban.

Good job Neg! Is he everything you hoped?

And Atom what the hell are you talking about

Wait, what? I hear it's a-soom, Atom :(
What I've seen of it definitely is. Man, I love Sari soooo much. Tara Strong, ftw, mir?

The toys are doing well aren't they, Ktulu?

EDIT: Yes he is, Ktulu!

yes, tara strong ftw forever!!!!!

Wait, what? I hear it's a-soom, Atom :(
What I've seen of it definitely is. Man, I love Sari soooo much. Tara Strong, ftw, mir?

You spoke spanish to me just now Neg just like I spoke slovik to Ktulu.




And Atom what the hell are you talking about



Says it alloL. But these on the other hand are the most superbly designed robots out right now yallook @ THIS!




N' THIS!



Hands down. I'd want to see a show about it, even if it were animated.



Armored Core is the stuff..

Cool, now stop spamming the Transformers thread with stuff that isn't about Transformers.

Wait, what? I hear it's a-soom, Atom :(
What I've seen of it definitely is. Man, I love Sari soooo much. Tara Strong, ftw, mir?

Translation: I'm not sure I understand what you are driving at, Mr. Narmor. I have heard that the series, Transformers Animated, is rather excellent. I am sad to hear that you seem to disagree. Also, the small amount of episodes I have seen were fantastic, in my honest opinion. Sari, the female human character in Transformers Animated is quite adorable; I like her very much. Her voice actress, Tara Strong, is well known and I've enjoyed her previous work, as well.

Cool, now stop spamming the Transformers thread with stuff that isn't about Transformers.

It's not spam, TK! It's dope.

Besides, symmetry and proportion are everything to me. Not to mention continuity. I respect the show and I figure it may be well written but I'm a nostalgic sort. I wasnt born in 1990 (lol).

That Optimus you posted was the first teaser pic. The animation is much sleeker and cleaner, and it's actually been a very well received show with a toyline selling like mad. It's already been officially cleared for a third season as well. It's not for everyone, nothing is, but it's still been a success.

Next year is the brand's 25th anniversary with tons of special product in tow, as well as the release date of the second live action film, sequel to what was pretty much 2007's most successful movie (I don't really care for it, but see how I don't let that generate radical statements about it's popularity?) and Animated will continue on. The comics from IDW publishing are also doing well. I'm not sure how in the world you came up with this franchise's popularity ending. If anything it's in one of it's higher peaks of popularity so far.

I am almost positive this is the most profitable period for Transformers in the history of the brand.

atomnarmour if oyu are the nostalgic type then you'll love animated

there is always like six g1 references in every episode.

Pretty much, fan service out the ass.

there was even a beast wars character! (sort of)

THAT ISN'T THE WAY TO LURE HIM, BEAST WARS SUCKED CAUSE THEY WEREN'T CARS. NO ONE LIKED IT AND TRANSFORMERS DISAPPEARED FOREVER

TRUK NOT MUNKY

atomnarmour if oyu are the nostalgic type then you'll love animated

there is always like six g1 references in every episode.


You know what, you guys kinda convinced me. I'm at work so much I even miss my favorite shows but I'm going to give this a try. From what I knew it had virtually nothing to do with the original story line and was geared for children more than anything. I was expecting to see 3 or 4 anime eyed white kids tagging along for every adventure. Still am.

I always wanted a serious transformers show that picked up where the post movie series left off and never got it so you can understand my frustration. I wanted to see Hotrod become an experienced leader and Cup become a scrap heap, if you know what I mean. As the shows are now the apposing sides will fire hundreds of shots at each other and nobody will get blasted into toasters and springs. There's no element of danger or realism that i'd like to see. Those kinds of shows were more so in the 80's, the rare times they did appear. I guess I am stuck in the past and you cant hate me for it!

Actually, Beast Wars featured many character deaths, lots of characters getting blasted into toasters and springs, and a very serious element of danger and realism. And no anime kids.

If you could get over the fact that they don't turn into vehicles, you'd probably find a lot there to like. The show started out as more of a kids thing and then started getting pretty serious midway through the first season. By the time season 2 had started they were killing off characters, developing intricate plots that ran through every episode, and basically going contrary to everything you'd expect from a kids show.

They also tied it in quite nicely with the G1 storyline and there are some absolutely orgasmic moments of fan wank to be had. At one point during the last episode of season 2 I literally gasped, I was so excited about the tie-ins they were making.

I grew to respect Beast Wars actually. It's the newest one I'm wary about, so I'm going to find a dvd somewhere and see what I can find in it. You guys will be the 1st to know if I have defecated, in regards to the show.

Animated has nothing resembling two opposing sides firing shots at each other and missing. It's funny that's your critique about shows "now" Atom when that is what usually happened in most G1 episodes.

In Animated there are quite a lot of hand to hand battles, and characters really do get hurt. Beast Wars too of course - there are some really brilliant fights. A rather famous one with Dinobot fighting all the villains alone springs immediately to mind.

Beast Wars it the most serious treatment of TFs so far, and honestly, Animated is second if you count G1 as a whole rather than the movie alone. You'll probably find more to like in both of them than you close-mindedly assume.

edit - ok so you like MunkyWars then

Of course - I have no problem with anyone not liking any of this stuff, as long as it's not for closed off reasons that prevent them from even giving it a chance.

Animated has nothing resembling two opposing sides firing shots at each other and missing. It's funny that's your critique about shows "now" Atom when that is what usually happened in most G1 episodes.

Notice I omitted mentioning the G1 Tran and GI Joe shows who were the opitemy of that. It all balanced out in the movie(s) though, didnt it?



Ktulu! I figure you already saw the designs for the new ARCEE, right? New news to me.

Image doesn't show up, so what do you mean sir, movie or Animated?

It's Prime getting it in the guts while Hotrod looks on, totaly useless.

Ok then!

Arcee - what do you mean sir, movie or animated?

You always act like you dont understand me. Obviously I'm talking about the movie Ktulu!

You guys will be the 1st to know if I have defecated, in regards to the show.

Do keep us up to date on that. I'd like to know if you pee, as well.

INDEED

So yesterday I did a few of the fixes for my TF:A Bumblebee and Prowl.

Bumblebee's stingers folding all the way in improves the toy so much.

SO HEY GUYS! Any neat new finds?

I got Universe Galvatron. I think he looks even better in person. Say what you want about the colors, but I think the mold itself is terrific. It's got a couple small problems, mainly the big ugly gaps in his feet, but that's easy to overlook considering how cool the rest of it is. I love how evil he looks and how he has that neat open hand and you can really put him in some pretty intimidating poses. Probably my second favorite of the new Universe figures after Sunstreaker.

I also stumbled over a Titanium WW Grimlock, which I wasn't going to bother with, but since it was there I thought "eh, why not." It wasn't a bad decision, he's a lot better than the other couple of Titanium figures I bought. Doesn't fall apart, and overall he looks good. His only real issue is his pathetic little arms, but he still looks pretty cool just standing there.

I *just* got Galvatron yesterday, and Acid Storm today. Wal-Mart has all deluxe figures for 7 bucks right now - so go take advantage if there's anything you want.

Galvatron is ok but falls apart too easy. BTW TK if you turn his feet around at the bottom - well, it isn't GEEWUN but it's more stable and looks a little more complete

After getting a non-sticky Prowl and figuring out it's rather easy to transform him without breaking the doors off (many claim it just can't be done) I like him now way more, as I sat and messed around with him all my gripes just kinda slipped away. I suppose Sunstreaker is still better, but both are pretty sweet really.

Tracking down the TRU stuff is hard for me since the nearest one is 20 miles away, and honestly I don't wanna risk a somewhat big drive and all the wasted gas (especially NOW) for toys that might not even be there. Wal-Mart runs are never hard, the nearest one is only about 2 miles. So - the status of the new Tits for me is basically in limbo :o

Did you see the Tit Prowl also? That thing looks terrible imo

Yeah, Tit Prowl was there and I almost threw up when I looked at it. I can't imagine who would possibly spend money on that hideous thing. Not surprisingly they had several of those and only one Grimlock.

Honestly I wouldn't worry about him too much. I think he is worth getting if you happen across him but due to his being a Titanium he is just too far short of his true potential. Yet another Titanium that, had it been used for Universe instead, could have been downright AMAZING and instead he winds up being cool but with a nasty flaw that holds him back. His arms really do suck. I was messing with him the other day and it's just so frustrating that you can't do anything with them. It's such a good character design and such a good mold in every way but that. Makes me very sad.

But in brighter news, I FINALLY found an Onslaught! I was out buying the latest issue of Spider-Girl today and since TRU is right next to the comic store I thought I'd stop by and look for him one more time and lo and behold, there was one remaining! (And about sixty Powerglides, heh.) I squeed in delight and bought it immediately.

This guy is so totally everything I wanted. My favorite Universe figure, hands down, including the "Classics" run. It would be hard to find a pose for this guy where he doesn't look fucking badass. He does not take shit from nobody. One more word out of you and he will ram his wrist cannon up your ass and pull the trigger.

They should hire me to write the little profiles on the packing.

Yeah Onslaught is awesome. Glad you enjoy! I actually saw some guy in Wal-Mart once with both of those in his hands, weighing them like a fucking scale trying to figure out which one he wanted, haha. I spoke up and said just get Onslaught.

I got Silverbolt a while ago and he looks really good too - has a weak transformation, but I don't care too much about the A to B as long as both modes look ok

http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/universe-classics-20-29/high-resolution-images-of-upcoming-universe25th-anniversary-and-animated-figures-165826/

Lot of good pictures of upcoming Universe/25th Anniv. stuff and new Animated figures also

Cyclonus and Inferno are probably my favorites

holy fuck, from that photo, Hound looks like an engineering marvel.

Cyclonus and Inferno look solid too.

That new Cheetor mold still looks like ass to me, even acknowledging that the arms are mistransformed.

My only issue with Hound was his face, looks fat or something to me, but will still be purchased!

The Vector Prime repaint looks pointless, and I hate when the seperate the colors so much, it gives a shirt and pants effect.

I went to that Toys R Us I mentioned today for the hell of it. No TFs worth buying. No Titaniums, but they had some decent GI Joe things I grabbed so I guess it wasn't all for nothing.

Oh man, you're getting the new Joes as well? Your wallet must be crying. ;_;

The Vector Prime repaint looks OK to me I guess but I can totally see what you mean about the colors. I think in this case, in a way they sort of ARE going for a shirt and pants effect because I think he's supposed to look like a "knight" to fight the opposing "dragon" character, hence the top being silver to give the effect of armor. Doesn't look that great, though. The only version of that mold I would have liked is the Alpha Trion one, and we all know how accessible that is... fuckin botcon.

That repaint of the dragon one (I forget his name) from Cybertron looks pretty decent though. I always thought that mold looked kinda neat but never picked it up so maybe I will get that one. I'm wondering if it's meant to be a new version of Transmetal II Megatron from Beast Wars, because he definitely has a predacon logo on him. I think I like that idea because the TM2 Megs toy kinda sucked, and by the show's storyline he really wasn't a Transmetal anyway and never used the toy's pointless "vehicle" mode, so this, despite not looking more than a little similar, would still make more sense as a toy version of the storyline's character.

Yes my wallet is a bloody mess. I'm doing ok though.

The Cyb. Scourge repaint is an homage to RiD "Bruticus" - a Predacon hold over from the Beast Machines line, even has the same name

http://tfu.info/2001/Predacon/Bruticus/bruticus.htm

The three-headed beast mode on Cyb. Scourge makes it pretty perfect. Only problem is that his original colors aren't that different from the repaint! I like the Cryo-Scourge version best.

Your idea would have been neater though, the actual homage is pretty weird :o

The Cryo-Scourge one I mentioned actually is a TM2 Megs homage in a way though, as it homages the Cryotek (blue) repaint of that toy

what do you guys think of this rodimus primal?

That new Cheetor mold still looks like ass to me, even acknowledging that the arms are mistransformed.

what do you guys think of this rodimus primal?



Neat! *Cough!-Popeye-Cheetor-Cough!*

Let's assume kitteh's arms indeed do transform properly:



If they don't really slide up, I won't buy it

beast mode is too muscly imo

what the fuck

also beast mode has no articulation

it'd be nice it he had some flame detailing or something

you know sort of a homage to his g1 form

Beast mode appears to be articulated on the legs/feet

I've never watched Beast Wars but if the look like that :swoon:x1000

Cheetor looks much better than that in the show.

Also, why does this stupid new mold not have his guns? I hated it when they started inexplicably making Beast Wars figures with no guns, and the original toy had really cool ones. There is just no reason for this!

If they were going to make a new mold of a classic Beast Wars figure, I don't get why they didn't do someone who actually needed it. Rattrap, Rhinox, or Dinobot in particular could have had much much better molds.

This officially gets the TK seal of stupid.

I imagine they chose him for the "young sporty yellow character" vibe, that's pretty popular with the most current versions of Bumblebee now.

Dinobot is definitely more in need of an update, but ah well

Animated Shockwave and Universe Ironhide.

OH TEH HORROR :o

To be fair I don't think we've seen a single shot of Animated Shockwave transformed properly yet. It has two robot modes and every picture so far has been some mashup of the two

Uni Ironhide is pretty miserable though - giant crotch, Allspark blue, transformation cracks everywhere in the vehicle mode. I'm pretty disappointed with it judging from the pictures, but who knows - could be better in hand. A lot of them are.

I did a little digital recoloring on the vehicle, weird blue windows to grey, as well as colored rims and highlights along the bottom:



Doing all black windows would also help conceal the cracks there

Also, he's got one of the few Henkei repaints that are undoubtedly a lot better than Hasbro's


Henkei on the left, Universe on the right

I planned something kinda similar, especially the grey legs to take the "thong" look away. Rather than buy the pricey import I'll probably just get Hasbro's and paint it myself.

Here's the video I saw Shockwave in: http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZSGcnWGWDM

I agree that the Henkei paint job makes Ironhide's robot mode look better.

http://www.hasbrotoyshop.com/ProductsByBrand.htm?BR=496&SBR=500&ID=22907
http://www.hasbrotoyshop.com/ProductsByBrand.htm?BR=496&SBR=500&ID=22909
http://www.hasbrotoyshop.com/ProductsByBrand.htm?BR=496&SBR=500&ID=22908

This is pretty cool. The molds are not the best but that packaging is nice. There's also going to be a Mirage repaint as Dragstrip

See more of the packaging here: http://www.actoys.net/bbs/read.php?tid-297011.html

And according to this link: http://www.otca.com.au/boards/showpost.php?p=48419&postcount=21

There'll be a new Cliffjumper, a red Mirage, and Nemesis Prime.

I hope the Cliffjumper has a new head!

Edit: Disneyformers



Oh lulz.

Collectors Club News mentions the Prowl mold from Universe will have it's inevitable Smokescreen repaint actually released at retail. Very surprising! I was so expecting it to be an unobtainable Botcon toy

In the same wave is apparently a Beast Wars Dinobot - interesting since we were just talking about that. Let's hope it's nicer than the Cheetor one. I'm sure it'll be better than the original though, no mutant head in the way and all that.

The mutant head on Dinobot was only a minor suck in my opinion. The main thing that shitted that toy up was its horrible beast mode where its torso was a stupidly obvious pair of legs. In general a show accurate Dinobot would be really nice considering what an important character he turned out to be.

Much agreed

I checked the post stats for this thread - why are you guys letting me win

I'm in the top 13!

Top 5, holla.

Bronze. Good enough.

Oh, and I saw Galvatron at Target last week. I passed on it because it looked cheap. They did have several of the other universe figures that looked neat.

http://zip.4chan.org/toy/res/275612.html

Scroll down a bit and you'll see what I never showed you

Cool. I hope it turns out well! At first I was like WAIT A MINUTE IS THAT CLASSICS GRIMLOCK MOLD but I don't think it is.

If you go way down you can see it all clearly

Oh! wow. Cool.

Except it actually looks sort of shitty. It looks like the beast mode is still going to have an obviously legs torso. =/

Does look closer to the show's representation of the character, at least.

Ktulu and Silverbolt in a video together.

I think I can die happy, now <3333

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=xivoxh9eZh8

Glad you like it Neg :D



Except it actually looks sort of shitty. It looks like the beast mode is still going to have an obviously legs torso. =/

Does look closer to the show's representation of the character, at least.

On 1st point - Yep, I noticed :( Maybe the whole "hey here's some rockets" thing is only a flip out and you can actually hide it better

2nd point - Would be even better if the colors weren't swapped around. I know an older release of the original did the same thing so I guess it's a homage to that specific version

the only thing that I really dislike about the colors is the face, other than that I think I am fine with the color swap since it still sorta keeps the spirit of the design intact. It does seem sort of odd though. Should be easy enough to just get the colors to match.

The robot mode's waist looks really dumb also. I don't get why they can't do a better job on these BW updates. The original line itself was so good, this just seems insulting. =/

I know I'll probably buy that and Cheetor despite anything, thus is my addiction to this shit - and I'll probably only be able to make a real opinion on them when I have them in hand. It's usually like that really. No amount of pictures or reviews or videos can really match actually having the thing. Sure, the really special ones will look cool and get you more interested from the start, but it always has to come down to personal experience.

Can't wait to see TK's comments on Animated Rodimus, haha

Man, show us Animated Rodimus :D

I'm lazy, sue me.

EDIT: Okay, I'm not



It doesn't bother me. The toy is sizzold~

Haha. My only comment is "eww."

The face is a little weird looking to me, but at least he doesn't have a giant chin. Then, the legs look too thin.

I kinda like that the legs are thin. It's a stealthy, speedy, trackstar-ish kinda thing. That's appropriate, imo.

Roddy is a fast d00d.

Maybe in vehicle mode :o

That's what I meant.

I found Ray/I Love Mess today. I rather quite like him. He is the yin to Silverbolt's yang. He even says to watch Silverbolt if you want to hear about character bios. He's all about the transformations.

He reminds me of Duo in a lot of ways. Not just for the obvious reason :mad:

http://ca.youtube.com/user/ilovemess

Yes he's enjoyable

Man, show us Animated Rodimus :D

I'm lazy, sue me.

EDIT: Okay, I'm not



It doesn't bother me. The toy is sizzold~

wtf?

I don't have time to watch this til this weekend, but enjoy TK and Mark. KalelPrime's Master class on Rodimus.

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=VgH8wCoV5vA

Also, Silverbolt's response. I've actually watched this, already. Cuz, I'd have Simon's children~

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=wjzLOkKQdws

http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/universe-classics-20-29/new-images-of-transformers-universe-generation-2-voyager-inferno-165968/

I'm totally lovin this toy so far

Hey Ktulu

I am like, looking for a custom i saw years ago.

It was from a japanese site.

Cybertron Evac repainted as Optimus.

I think he had a remoulded chest.

Help me find pictorrrssss

If I find it I am posting it here and you will be like OH GOD DUDE

AWESOME

I know what you're talking about. I think it was on that livedoor image board that's gone now :(

I picked up some new friends Thursday:





Sideswipe's holding a gun from some weird KO I've had forever, he sadly only comes with the one on his shoulder.

I really like Swipe and Streak, but Ironhide is a weird combo of win and fail. He's almost really good but there's a lot to gripe about too - the head is always pointing downwards, the tab behind the head is ugly, the colors are iffy, the crotch is gigantic, the car windows are an atrocious blue, the vehicle has visible seams ALL OVER IT, etc

I repainted him to be slightly more GEEWUN ACCURATE:



For 8 dollars though (on sale at Wal-Mart) he's still worth getting. I feel weird that I repainted him so I might get another if I see it...maybe

Oh and LULZ:

I picked this guy up for the obvious reason, and he rewarded me by not having any of the shite construction of legends class movie Jazz.

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb1/ConstantMnemonic/IMG_0560.jpghttp://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb1/ConstantMnemonic/IMG_0561.jpg

Also, articulation impressive for a figure this size.



A fiver well spent, imo.

I know what you're talking about. I think it was on that livedoor image board that's gone now

Yeah, I managed to track it down to the transformers fansite that I originally saw it on but since the pictures were all hot linked it looks like they're gone forever.

Looks like I'll be flying solo when I do it to my Evac. =/

I just missed the auction for this guy. But, I want this guy, after seeing him in KalelPrime's masterclass. Yes, I watched it all.

Do you ONLY want him or do you want the Star Convoy that it goes to?

Didn't know he came with Star Convoy :o

And, no, I don't need an Optimus, thank you.

Everyone needs a Star Convoy :o

Let me see how much they are going for on da bay. Just because I have a bit of sense, I'm going to say that the price of one isn't going to be justified just to have my micromaster.

But, it's still fun to look.

It'll be way harder to find one by itself

I've seen the Star Convoy reissue for as low as 50 bucks before maing. I don't know why you hatin but that's a pretty serious toy

http://cgi.ebay.com/MISB-C-372-Star-Convoy-Reissue_W0QQitemZ110293489068QQcmdZViewItem?hash=i tem110293489068&_trkparms=72%3A1417%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C 240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

That one is fair, I'd say. Consider that some regular Prime reissues sell for over 100, you know. That's more 'essential' but it's a much smaller toy.

I'm not hating, I just don't want a Star Convoy. I only have so much room, and I don't particularly care for Optimii ;_;;

I know it'll be harder :o

I hear ya, it's just that despite my small room I have surrounded myself in toys so space has never stopped me

Not too long ago, this guy won a TF prize, and he could CHOOSE between Encore Omega Supreme, or an Animated Bumblebee (pre-release.) He chose the Bumblebee...because of space. He chose a toy he could've waited a month to pay 10 dollars for......over a toy he'll never get for under 100.......because of space.

Sometimes....sometimes FUCK SPACE is all I'm sayin :p

And btw: holy shit

This is true. If they made, say, a supreme class Rodimus? I'd MAKE room. It still doesn't help the fact that I don't collect Optimii.

Nice, I was hoping to see MP Grim soon.

I really don't want to spend the money on it but I might HAVE to get it if there's a US release. Ugggh, it is so cool.

Oh, is that what that is? I've always been much more partial to Swoop and Sludge.

TK I'm pretty sure it's getting released by Hasbro too, they've mentioned an MP announcement coming soon. Unless they've got an all new mold, which I highly doubt, it should be Grimlock.

Springer is going to be a repaint of cybertron Evac?

Damn. Guess I'll just buy that one you recommended back in the day, Ktulu.

Yeah, they apparently made him a repaint of a helicopter since the car mode was covered by the Botcon repaint last year. Bullshit really. Make one new toy that can do both!

Ever we await the Springer toy we deserve :sad:

Energon Bulkhead, I'll pick him up sometime soon.

Yeah it's a good toy. It doesn't 100 percent scream Springer but the homage is obvious regardless. Only real downside is that it's too big to fully fit in with Classics since he'll be taller than the likes of Hot Rod

sheesh, finally an autobot triple changer is being made and guess what IT'S NOT A TRIPLE CHANGER

http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/iam-cybergundam/article?mid=14962

This is everything from the magazine the MP Grimlock scan came from. Of interest for TK is what looks like a properly transformed Dinobot, in Takara's colors. If you imagine that with Hasbro's colors, what do you think TK?

Looks a little better, but beast mode still looks like ass and robot mode is just so so. Still a disappointment. =(

I'm sure this already reached here but The Fallen has been confirmed for a villian in the upcoming Transformers movie (Transformers 2: Rise of the Fallen). I guess Megatron and Jazz will be back as well

oh, cool. thought the walking garbage heaps of the first movie kicked ass? wait until you see the walking garbage heap ON FIRE


Also, what. There are so many way more iconic, well known, sensible villains to put in the second movie. I guess Bay thinks the fallen will be cool and he can have it rape children or something so that his movie will not be for kids like all other transformers things.

man i have been waiting for pictures of mp grimlock for YEARS

diggin' the waiters tray

Also, what. There are so many way more iconic, well known, sensible villains to put in the second movie.

It's probably the writers' idea of fan wank. "Hey let's put in this comic character so they'll think we're totally on the ins of the franchise and then they'll shut up when we do crazy shit like make Arcee a 3-motorcycle combiner" (that's new "confirmed" info)

God that sounds terrible

It's potentially bullshit but we'll see.

Apparently Jetfire is in the movie and will combine with Optimus. Plus there's supposedly Devastator, so I guess if it's all true someone was really pushing hard on that combiner angle. I'm not sure I buy it just yet really.

Movie gestalts o_O

The regular bots look like a jumble of parts anyway so lulz

I really imagine the CGI looking horrible in this next one since they haven't even been working on it a year yet and it comes out in less than that...dots

Back to Universe Springer - worst thing about him being a green Evac is that Evac was also used for Blades :o

It's potentially bullshit but we'll see.

Apparently Jetfire is in the movie and will combine with Optimus. Plus there's supposedly Devastator, so I guess if it's all true someone was really pushing hard on that combiner angle. I'm not sure I buy it just yet really.

I read on /toy/ that they had confirmed the construction vehicles or something.

ho welz Michael Bay will fuck it up anyhow.

Yeah the individual vehicles for Devastator are "confirmed", plus there was one of the robot mode designs posted way before that

are you ever on the /toy/ ktulu?

Not rally, I mostly talk toy stuff on TFW2005, they have a general toy forum for errthang aside from TFs as well

Back to Universe Springer - worst thing about him being a green Evac is that Evac was also used for Blades :o

That's right Ktulu, and if you get the Botcon Springer so Springer/Blades won't be clones - it forces you into *another* clone pairing if you get the upcoming Roadbuster toy. That uses the same mold as Botcon Springer, and is also green to boot! WTF man :(

HASBRO, MAKE A REAL SPRINGER, HE'S LIKE THE COOLEST '86 AUTOBOT

Oh shit I just said that amongst a bunch of Hot Rod fans :erm: Don't lynch me guys

It's okay. Springer is like #2 WITH A BULLET.

Love triangle gloty :o :o :o

It took me 25 years to own this guy.

Wow I can't believe that's your first one

How did you feel about the price? A lot of people are complaining

It is my first. I have mixed feeling about the price, I'm trying using the bonus comic book, dvd and sound box to justify its price. At the same time I could take it back and just get a masterpiece. I'm not opening it while I debate keeping or taking it back. But again, it is my first G1 prime.

It's nice to have since it's for the 25th anniversary. I'll probably buy it despite the price, and despite having other versions of him haha. It's worth mentioning that you could potentially get the Japanese Encore one for slightly lower if you shop around, but it's minus the extras.

http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/animated-8/new-images-of-upcoming-transformers-animated-and-universe-releases-at-bigbadtoystorecom-166034/

So uh holy shit, Samurai Prowl and Wreck-Gar are amazingly cartoon accurate, they look great.

Universe Leo Prime actually has *a new head*, shock and fucking awe!

Of note for TK types: Best pictures of Dinobot so far, and a look into what Animated did with Waspinator

That IS the best Dinobot picture I've seen so far.

The robot mode looks better. A lot. Unfortunately beast mode is just total rubbish and that's just never going to change. It's sort of ridiculous since that was the biggest problem with the original figure. =/

Yeah, but to me, if the production run's robot mode really does look that good it'll be worth buying. Think you'll get one anyway? With the first 25th anniversary release technically out now (G1 Prime) I imagine it's possible Dinobot and the other deluxes could be out before Christmas.

So...



CAN YOU GUESS WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING?!

makin' your own botcon exclusives? :P

I don't think I'm going to get that Dinobot, but maybe. The thing is, I'm trying to be real conservative about my spending these days, so I think I'm only going to be picking up the stuff I REALLY want.

Now, if they did this with Rattrap, and it was good, then I'd have to get it.

I hear you there. Since Wal-Mart's had deluxes for 7.77 the last month it's made it a bit easier to pick up the new Universe stuff. All the latest voyagers/ultras are repaints so it's not been bad.

If you want a Thundercracker I totally suggest grabbing Acid Storm while Wal-Mart has em on sale. Get some blue, black, red, and silver Testors, which are cheap, and from there it's really easy. I was actually surprised. Just be patient and allow the paint time to dry and it turns out pretty good. Only tricky part is the stripes on the wings - I still have to do that.

likin your repaintan ktulu

Thanks baba you could totally do it too

Henkei Cracker is apparently incredibly poor quality and pricey, and Botcon Cracker is even moooore pricey. It's way better to just make your own!

Maybe I'm late to the party (no big surprise, really, if I am), but here Jeff:

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=FYhyRTUyOaE

I was wrong, Animated Ultra Magnus isn't the way to go. This fan created deal-y looks a-soooom

Yeah it's cool but pretty pricey to get a hold of

So I've read. I figure if I'm impressed with an Ultra Magnus, it's hella noteworthy ;)

yeah, I REALLY wanted that, but there is just no possible way I can justify spending over 80 bucks on it. If I had 80 I could just throw around though, man. I'd be all over that shit.

I originally had it pre-ordered with a credit card but cancelled it :o

I've never owned a transformer toy...

well not unless it came out of a Happy Meal

o_O

Have you ever watched any of the series? Read any of the comics?

I've never owned a transformer toy...

well not unless it came out of a Happy Meal

Oh god those are the worst ones :(

good information to have though

I never had the SS-brothers as a kid, and I'm really enamored with them, now.

Problems being 1.) space and 2.) sorta kinda committing myself to purchasing a PS3 :o :o :o

Saving has never been my forte~

7.77 at Wal-Mart, all I'm sayin

22 in aus.

Not as many made/shipped there plus different economies!

I'm sure after that sale ends they'll go up to 11 or 12 bucks at least

was kinda just whining about how much i gotta pay. 50 for a voyager

I almost got the transformers universe Unicron at Toys Us today. I passed on it and now I'm wondering if that was even a good idea. Anniversary Prime is also driving me nuts because I want to open him up and play with it and display it but I also want to keep it in the package.

edit: Look what I found, an old mspaint pic I did.

MarvinSkraight likes butts

finally its done



Pictured with Acid Storm to show what he was spawned from :D

I might do some touch ups here and there but that's pretty much it

Looks pretty awesome! Would like to see from multiple angles.

I just now realized that there was even a transformer in Marv's shoop. :o

Before, I was like, okay why is this in this thread o_O

TK I'm a snap some better photos soon

Neg likes butts - and is distracted by them

Neg likes butts - and is distracted by them

Not exclusively, but this is still the undeniable conclusion to draw. I think Mark did it on purpose.

You are in booty denial

Slipped to page 2 - and we were doing so well!

So....TF2 movie news. Apparently the hot new chick in the movie will be....a Pretender...

Um......

Uh..........

That's such a funny joke, hahahahahaha.


That'd better be a joke.

hahaha.

This movie can go fuck itself even harder than the first.

man i bet like

when she transforms

the robot inside will tear her apart with all its spindly little bits

and blood and gore will go everywhere

that'd be awesome

thanks michael bay!

also to steer the conversation away from the terrible movie

i bought my first transformers comic the other day

all hail megatron #1

today i bought #4

need to buy #2 and #3 but I am pretty excited

where can i order the issues i have missed?

amazon?

There, ebay, straight from IDW:

http://store.idwpublishing.com/advanced_search_result.php?osCsid=6c77171701fe73f3 7eebd7d2464f2eb7&keywords=all+hail+megatron&osCsid=6c77171701fe73f37eebd7d2464f2eb7&x=0&y=0

All Hail Megs has been pretty disappointing so far, imo.

It seems like it's slowly getting better, but it's way too "NOW EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE EXACTLY LIKE GEE WUN." It just doesn't feel like it goes smoothly with the established continuity at all, and I don't really like the writing.

The art is fantastic though.

All Hail Megs has been pretty disappointing so far, imo.

It seems like it's slowly getting better, but it's way too "NOW EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE EXACTLY LIKE GEE WUN." It just doesn't feel like it goes smoothly with the established continuity at all, and I don't really like the writing.

The art is fantastic though.

I am very new to Transformers or even comics in general.

There is a continuity?

I assumed it'd be like the cartoons.

EDIT:

I did order some sort of new avengers/transformers crossover though.

I like crossovers.

What does TBP stand for?

The Paper Back?

TITS BUTT PUSSY?

Trade paper back. It's just a book collection of several issues.

In Transformers comics there have been three primary continuities. There were the original Marvel comics published back in the 80s-90s like while the cartoon was going on and beyond, which varied a lot in quality. Then there was the Dreamwave comics, which in my humble opinion were not particularly good but a lot of people have a soft spot for.

Now the right to make Transformers comics is owned by IDW Publishing, and I think they have been doing a very good job of it so far. All Hail Megatron occurs within the new, "start from scratch" Transformers continuity that they began when they got the license.

The TF comics they've been doing so far have all been written by Simon Furman, who became the primary writer of the Marvel comics back in the day. Back then he was constrained by basically whatever Hasbro and Marvel told him he had to do, so this time he was able to start the story from the beginning exactly how he wanted it, and he kept the good parts about G1 but changed a lot of things.

One of my complaints about All Hail Megatron is that the writer seems to want to take things back in a more "it's just like G1" direction. For example, the way Furman wrote Starscream and Megatron's relationship was really great, but the way it has been portrayed in AHM so far is just back to the same old "Megatron says some insulting things to Starscream who then gets annoyed and looks like he's plotting taking Megs down" from G1.

They also reverted some of the character designs from modified versions back to more G1 appearances. The Decepticon seekers, in particular, had received a really cool redesign in the IDW comics and now in AHM they just inexplicably went back to looking almost exactly like the cartoon. The writer claims this will be explained as part of the plot but no matter how he explains it, it's obvious he just wants everything to be like G1. He also reverted Soundwave back to not saying anything and being a total yes man for Megatron, whereas Furman had turned him into a thoughtful character with a lot of depth.

That said, I'm still buying it. I mean I'm not claiming that this is some kind of One More Day level travesty or anything like that. Just a bit of a disappointment for me.

one more day?

I read issue one and four of all hail megs. Doesn't seem too bad.

I read infiltration and i quite liked that maybe i'll buy that series.

Where does that fit in?

Do you read comics ktulu?

Infiltration is the first part of the IDW Continuity

One More Day/Brand New Day is a ridiculous thing they've done with Spider-Man, you should just read up on it, you'll laugh your ass off.

Yes I do read comics, but since I spend so much of my extra money on toys it's hard to always afford them

how many series are in the idw continuity?

The first series was broken into a bunch of "limited series" type dealies, each between four and eight issues. It goes:

Infiltration
Stormbringer
Escalation
Devastation
Revelation

Stormbringer chronologically takes place before Infiltration but came out after (it's about events prior to the Autobots and Decepticons actually arriving on earth, and the end of it ties in with events early on in Infiltration), which is why it doesn't follow the "ation" titling. Other than that they are all part of one cohesive story.

There were also a bunch of one-shot issues called "spotlights" that focused on fleshing out the personality of one particular character and would advance little bits of the overarching plot that you didn't absolutely have to know about but gave it all a lot more context. It actually got pretty complicated if you kept track of all the different story threads.

Revelation was only 4 issues though and imo needed to be longer, so I felt like the series didn't quite end on the same level of quality as most of it had been. It wasn't bad, though.

i read on the tf wiki that the new avengers transformer crossover is also part of that continuity. Confirm/deny

Yeah it's true but it's not really a major part of the overall story

The main guy that runs that wiki is really a super TF nerd so everything is pretty accurate.

i read on the tf wiki that the new avengers transformer crossover is also part of that continuity. Confirm/deny

I think it's sort of one of those things where it's regarded as part of the continuity, but the "main" stories will never acknowledge its existence.

Nerdgasm: this is problematic because the Transformers comics Marvel did existed within the Marvel universe. They met several established Marvel characters including Spider-Man. This conflicts with the new Transformers continuity coexisting with the Avengers!

HOW CAN WE RECONCILE THIS

I think it's sort of one of those things where it's regarded as part of the continuity, but the "main" stories will never acknowledge its existence.

Nerdgasm: this is problematic because the Transformers comics Marvel did existed within the Marvel universe. They met several established Marvel characters including Spider-Man. This conflicts with the new Transformers continuity coexisting with the Avengers!

HOW CAN WE RECONCILE THIS

Mephisto did it

Marvel just called - they want to hire you

ok so

I have

AHM 1 - 4
New avengers/Transformers

and I plan to order

Infiltration
Stormbringer
Escalation
Devastation
Revelation

is this awesome?

I don't read comics or watch TV, but that sounds cool if you're willing to do such things ^_^

i don't watch tv either lool

Everyone's drooling over Animated Shockwave. It's meh. It's meh. It's meh :o :o :o IMHO, at any rate.

Oh, I've already complained about this. My bad~

Anybody remember that old Transformers TV show Beast Wars? That show was one of the reasons why I stayed up till like 10pm in my childhood. Optimus Prime was a Gorilla and the Decepticons were dinosaurs.

Everyone's drooling over Animated Shockwave. It's meh. It's meh. It's meh :o :o :o IMHO, at any rate.

Oh, I've already complained about this. My bad~

I like it. G1 it ain't but I like the concept of the toy a lot

You need to watch this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eADdeG_Z4s


Anybody remember that old Transformers TV show Beast Wars?

No. You just made that up.

optimus primal is a different dude to optimus prime

Mephisto did it

hahaha, you are the winner. excellent.


ok so

I have

AHM 1 - 4
New avengers/Transformers

and I plan to order

Infiltration
Stormbringer
Escalation
Devastation
Revelation

is this awesome?

Yes, yes it is.

If you're feeling like being super complete, order the Spotlight collection trade paperbacks, too. You will get the whole story without them but parts of it will make more sense if you read them.

Also, there is one thing I forgot to mention, and that is Megatron: Origins. That was a 4-part series but it was really bad. It was a different creative team and was supposed to exist in the same continuity and explain how Megs came to power, but it screwed up in some notable ways, like having Grimlock talk like his G1 self even though it had already been established in this universe he doesn't have a speech impediment. Not that that really matters, you could just write in that he lost it or something, but the point is it really just doesn't fit in very well in feel or continuity and it just isn't a very good comic period. I actually read up to number 3 and didn't even bother to get the fourth one because I was just so completely disinterested in everything about it.

So yeah. Most people pretend it didn't happen, hence my having forgotten it.

I like it. G1 it ain't but I like the concept of the toy a lot

You need to watch this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eADdeG_Z4s

This I saw.

you could just write in that he lost it or something

Mephisto fixed it.

I am pretty stoked about these comics.

Also I noticed Transformers: Victory and Zone in the shops the other day.

Anyone have any experience with the jap side of things?

IM COUNTIN ON KTULU

The Japanese cartoons are fun and all but not super fine viewing. Worth checking out if you're a big fan - and you can get a hold of subtitled versions.

http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/generation-1-1/image-of-transformers-mighty-muggs-wave-1-166145/

ktulu i am you lol

WHAT

http://maruzen-toy.com/TF-008/

And LOL I am selling toys:

http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/items-sale-trade/195444-sdcc-toys-g-i-joe-batman-star-wars-must-go.html#post2476501

I am considering putting more TF stuff on it :(

HOLY FUCKING SHIT THAT IS COOL

No TK

You are cool.

ktulu i am you wanting more posts in this thread ;(

I SEE

So apparently the Target exclusive repaints are out in the US now. I might go for Dirge/Roadbuster but I don't know about Springer/Ratbat yet. Ratbat is kind of a good idea I guess, but the Springer still pisses me off.

Ditto, Ktulu.

I have a feeling that this thread has long since diverged from it's original titular topic, but I just wanted to say that

I *finally* saw the Transformers movie last week. It was pretty friggin' awesome! That Shia boy is a cutie, too... so awkwardly geeky, so adorable. <3

Anyway, that's all. Congrats to Obama, I guess.

Yeah we haven't talked about Transformers in this thread since like last year

ALSO THIS

http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/universe-14/higher-resolution-images-of-universe-legends-cosmos-hot-rod-warpath-and-wheelie-166169/

I wish Warpath was gonna be a deluxe :o

OBLIGATORY RODDY'S SOLD POST.

Yeah we haven't talked about Transformers in this thread since like last year

ALSO THIS

http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/universe-14/higher-resolution-images-of-universe-legends-cosmos-hot-rod-warpath-and-wheelie-166169/

I wish Warpath was gonna be a deluxe :o

I wish all of them were. I would like to have deluxes of all these characters. =/

Of course Roddy already got a deluxe but I mean... I'd still rather have another one! The classics Roddy is ok but really needs better arms.

As it stands these look kinda crappy. Warpath looks sort of ok.

The Decepticons Get Drunk!!o!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EBUXVZcb2M

As it stands these look kinda crappy. Warpath looks sort of ok.

They're pretty much the best looking toys of that scale so far though. Makes it suck even more that they aren't bigger because the designs would clearly work at a larger size with a little more engineering to em :(

The first wave of new ones (Jazz, G2 Megatron, Hound) was pretty good so I won't mind grabbing these, especially since they're only like 4 bucks at Wal-Mart.

We're getting a deluxe Hound too obviously so maybe they've still got some of the other characters up their sleeves for bigger toys. Warpath is apparently small because of their crazy "WE HAVE TOO MANY BIG TANKS" bullshit, same as Galvatron :o

All I know is they'd better have *some* shit we haven't seen yet, because if all of this is the whole 25th anniversary line...then wow, that's so underwhelming. The GI Joe 25th line that started last year, while admittedly full of figures a lot cheaper to produce than Transformers, has been huge and is still going.

If anything is going to screw it up it's going to be the movie toys. I know once May hits they'll be fully focused on those.

Silverbolt hits 2000 subscribers. He was my first subscription, ever :D

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=1w9aC_ZyyVQ

Full of lols. Watch :mad:

They're pretty much the best looking toys of that scale so far though. Makes it suck even more that they aren't bigger because the designs would clearly work at a larger size with a little more engineering to em :(

Aren't these close if not exactly the same size as the "basic" scale? There were really some pretty good molds in that size, at least way better than this stuff. I agree they seem good for what they are but I know they were doing better with basic figures in Cybertron.

They're a lot smaller than basics, closer to mini-cons.

oh, hmm. I never really looked at 'em up close 'cause I never liked any of them.

Well, they're not bad for that size, I suppose. I never had any interest in minicons, though.

So I've decided to skip reading all this or even grasp the conversation but I did decide to tell you all something quite neat. I'm in the military in San Diego and I work on aircraft (I'm not getting into too many details here) but the crew (a few actors, maek-up artists, director and camera crew) were supposed to be flown out to a carrier by the aircraft I work on, which means we would have had the chance to meet them...but our guy in charge (like I said, not too many details) said no to them and so they went next door. We didn't get to meet them but we saw them from afar and they were out on the ship filming for about 4 days. Was pretty neat to know that if our guy in charge said yes to them that our aircraft would have been in the Transformers 2 movie, needless to say a lot of people were quite pissed because they said no to them. :)

Apparently the final products...I think I've seen pictures of Cyclonus and Hound with better matching parts and such though so I don't know.



A little iffy on him (the red crotch gives him a thong look and a black crest would've been nicer) but the HELP US nod is cool!

For some reason, I like that ALOT more than Ironhide.

I'm sure the alt mode still looks ass-y, though.

I would prefer dis



But it's not bad as is. I hope somehow they retooled the weapon to some kind of medical purpose.

Oh and this is the vehicle mode btw:



The stripes are kinda random looking

HOORAY FOR CYCLONUS AND HOUND.

I'm thinking I want Ratchet noaw~

Here is Henkei Thurst and Dirge, which are a strange combo of win and fail:





The wing designs are totally wacky looking in their bot modes, and Thrust has hidden VTOLs in plane mode, lulztastic. They're nice otherwise.

Still, I dare say the Botcon 07 ones look better, but that's blasphemy because in the world of Transformers it is apparently law that Takara products are always perfect :rolleyes:

meh. they're ok.

imo no need for more seekers than one of each mold.

Impossible!

My crazy GEEWUN fanboy Universe Galavatron digi-bash recolor "NO/YES" picture is on the first page of google results for "Henkei Galvatron" :D

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=henkei+galvatron&btnG=Search+Images&gbv=2

You are famous!

Oh what wonderful and hideous things those images took me to :o




There's a reason I bought Rescue Ratchet and not regular movie Ratchet ;)

There's a black G1 Ironhide to go with it too! They even sell those new heads for them in the appropriate colors to match as well.

I found out about the Henkei Galvy thing because I wanted to use a picture to make a digibash of Marvel's Galvatron/G1 Toy Galvatron with the funky color scheme. Just ended up using that terrible Hasbro picture though:



Totally weird

Those heads are nifty even if they are just paper. I should get some for my G1s :)

I think the current ones are plastic

http://tfsource.com/products/view/product_id/202/

Not worth $20, to me :(

Could be cheaper elsewhere, I'm not sure. TFSource can be pretty high on things. They have good sales though. I'm pretty sure they marked the encore cars down to just 20 dollars or so during their summer sale. I got MP Megatron from them during that for 75 which is pretty crazy. Same as the US retail for MP Optimus so that's nothing to scoff at by any means!

Finally finished my Galvator repaint:



The purple I mixed isn't a PERFECT match for the molded purple but it's close enough for me! I'll take some better photos later :D

Compare to the original:



And the animation colors:

So this whole Optibotimus/SeanLong-Peaugh-Dbanks thing is pretty wild, eh?

BIF

Not that I have any right to comment, but still :o BIF :)

Holy shit! that's a badass paint job you did on Galvy Ktulu! Very nice.

So this whole Optibotimus/SeanLong-Peaugh-Dbanks thing is pretty wild, eh?

It's god damned ridiculous. Peaugh doesn't even have any reason to be dragged into it, he reviews toys early but he's not a whiny competitive bitch that thinks he's important for having a relatively small number of people dig his videos


Holy shit! that's a badass paint job you did on Galvy Ktulu! Very nice.

Thanks!

That's what I said, innit?

Well that's what I meant, at any rate.

Maybe it's just protoform toys I don't like, but that Soundwave is hella repulsive, and I mean I liked the movie toys from the first one :o

Wow.

I haven't seen this protoform Soundwave you speak of, but if you liked the first wave movie toys and think THIS is ugly... wow. it must be the most hideous thing ever devised by man.

http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-9/more-high-resolution-images-of-transformers-revenge-of-the-fallen-soundwave-166291/

No one knows the official transformation yet

Nov 28 21:43:28 < Neg > TK, I just don't really see the point of protoform toys. Yeah, the movie toys look like lots of loose panels, but at least they form solid vehicles. These protoform toys are just mounds of plastic moving around

haha, I agree, quite.

Hasbro used to do the same thing with Star Wars figures, weird little early release toys, I think it's just to help ignite interest in the line or some shit, who knows.

http://www.actoys.net/bbs/read.php?tid-315679.html

New Leo Prime pics, also shows him hooked up to Cybertron Op. The colors match up pretty well. The giant techno-organic arm makes him look like some kind of Resident Evil villain though. T-VIRUS OPTIMUS PRIME, COMING THIS CHRISTMAS.

They have Wing Saber on him too :( I will now cry a million tears.