>>11702114
We are so back.

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https://youtu.be/SOF8n3-y_wE?si=hcmU3gXcwVIOUtGb
Honestly Nexus could have been one of those Energon half combiners, then you just buy two to make a bigger Nexus. If it fails you only waste one toy slot and if it succeeds then you make the other Energon guys.

>>11702114
>ton of paint apps, 2-3 plastic colors, shitload of details
>fags on tfw: "eRm WhErE cOlOr? gRaY bAd"

>>11702114
Ironhide looks nice. Alt mode is cool with the big chain gun on his back. Backout looks genuinely sick though and a day 1 pre-order.

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Found T30 Cosmos and RID2001 Mirage for $3 each at a local place. Already have a Mirage, but I love me some Spychangers so I'm happy to have another one. First time handling Cosmos, man, this little dude is hella fun to mess with.

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Was the paint coloring always this off from the plastic or has he just gotten worse in like the year I've had him?

>>11702191
Always
Hasbro has never gotten yellow right

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Post planes and formations

>>11702230
Ur bomber is the wrong colour

>>11702230
SOVL

>>11702230
I wish I had a version of that bomber guy. He's so cool.

>>11701403
He appeared for 2 seconds like this in Armada for some reason. And no he wasn't in the Armada repaint colors.

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>>11702276
He was, I saw it last year.

>remember this pic
>feel urge to get Hogtron from two pack

So, is Nexus getting his own frame? How are they gonna sell that?

>>11702123
Nexus should have incorporated every combiner gimmick
>energon two-to-one
>a trailer robot that turns into wings
>and transformable combiner limbs that scramble city
>and drone components like energon optimus
>weapons are minicon combiners
>armor like god ginrai
>overload cannons and minicon head gimmick
>then a headmaster on top of that minicon
>rotf devastator wrecking balls
And etc.

>>11702336
They will release G2 Silverbolt, also promote it as the frame for Nexus

>>11701930
okay, the tism part is thinking that was an appropriate response though.
At no point was I saying what they WILL do, but what I WANT them to do.

>>11702114
More like OverGrey

>>11702362
I hate that this is possible...not just possible but very likely.

>>11702362
Maybe. That won't be something they can actually promote though. Evan said on the last stream that Hasbro won't allow them to show product from previous years on the packaging.

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Nexus Prime’s revel as the most basic ass Cybertronian possible was an immaculate moment for the fandom.

>>11702362
Well, at least the colors will match.

>>11702457
I kinda like how normal he looks despite being a Prime. He is like the Bob Johnson of Primes

>>11702457
The robot mode is the least offensive thing about Nexus, i'd go as far as saying I like it.

>>11702336
They're going to release Nexus with a new bot head based on Heatwave nd a new combiner head based on FunPub, which includes Silverbolt's buttplug

>>11702457
Yeah, I'm so amused by the whole thing. Two different groups of continuityfags and lore idiots got BTFO'd and I get another backgroud bot whenever this guy inevitably hits Ross here in like 2 years.

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>>11702230
Peak PotP

>>11702671
Dreadwing probably genuinely was the peak of PotP.

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I forgot how deep of a knee bend that you could get on this Megs. He poses well!

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>>11702755
The Optimus is excellent as well! Every one of his six wheels is pinned and rolls great. The spring action gun is a bit fiddly, but it still fits the part.

>>11702564
>continuityfags and lore idiots got BTFO'd and I get another backgroud bot whenever this guy inevitably hits Ross here in like 2 years.

>I eat shit and am glad people are mad and wont eat shit

Uhh good for you I guess

>>11702755
Which Megs is this?

>>11702755
>>11702764
SOVL

>>11702794
Original WFC deluxe molds, TRU exclusive 3-pack colors

>>11702801
>TRU exclusive 3-pack colors
That explains it. I was looking at the WFC deluxe and it's way redder. I like him to be purple when he's non-G1 styled. Thanks!

>>11702794
>>11702801
>>11702814
Yeah, they're built well and a joy to handle! I feel like a boomer saying it, but they really don't make them like they used to. Megs even has a spring loaded cannon, but mine didn't come with a missile. There is a color changing gimmick that, when the missile is inserted, the cannon changes colors by revealing different colored plastic along the sides.

>>11702203
in fairness, it sometimes dries differently
>>11702216
man these are really inferior to the versions from my childhood but i'm still happy to see them.
>>11702480
That is a perfect way of putting it. Which is funny because Prima Prime is the most fitting NAME for that phenomenon

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>>11702755
having knees like that and NOT being able to ram them into someone's gut would be a fucking travesty
now if his hips were just where they should be, instead of sitting way above the V of the crotch.
>>11702864
i love panel gimmicks like that, I just wish they more often used chrome/foil/fluorescents for it. also we really need to bring back holograms, you hear me? BRING EM BACK.

>>11702915
Missing Link Energon Grimlock

>>11702926

Cool. This'll make three toys of her I have, but oh well.

>>11702932
>>11702935
Gone are the days of big tittied with micro bikinis huh

>>11702930
it is downright bizarre to see such an oldfashioned, cartoony spider toy in 2026. Looks like the old 'spider-slayers' from the 90s. and what the fuck is that backpack thing even supposed to be?
though since the spider legs are on her arms, i guess you could swing them further forward to get the legs lined up properly?

>>11702915
Now that just ain't right.

>>11702926
That's fucking awful.

>>11702942

The backpack thing is a separate weapon you can remove and give to whoever you want. Funny enough, it looks like a redeco of Chop Shop's weapon; he was a bug too.

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>>11702950
why is it so.. thick and wide? it looks like the only valid part of it is the gun barrel and the pincery thing that isn't really able to pince anything... well okay, the other side kind of can, and it looks like the gun barrel turns into a ... key? on that side? like a battle-key. or a really, really thick and serrated dagger.

you know, the funny thing is, with the separate 'head' and the legs coming out of the main body, it kinda looks like more of a tick. Granted, that 'head' doesn't have eyes, it's just jaws that protrude like meat flaps.

>>11702930
Man I would've preferred if the bots themselves had a third weapon mode. That way we'd have more unofficial Targetmaster/Mini-Cons to use.

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>>11702940
Yeah, there's zero sexiness too her, but at least the spider mode is nice and cool. But her head looks really weird, it looks so unfitting with the rest of the body. It's so FLAT in the back, and you could literally replace it with any random bot head and it would probably fit the body's style more..
>>11702942
>>11702950
Yeah, the weapon is just Chop Shop's in a different color. It could change between a hammer and axe, and can disassemble to form bug wings and a weapon for his alt mode. It's actually really cool for him, not much for her.

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>>11702958

Its a snapping claw.

>>11702965
>but at least the spider mode is nice and cool.
really? with the legs comin right out of the body like that
>But her head looks really weird, it looks so unfitting with the rest of the body. It's so FLAT in the back, and you could literally replace it with any random bot head and it would probably fit the body's style more..
ahh transmetal tigatron's styles are back! I would say a more obvious issue is the high collar above her shoulders. that totally screws up the head placement feel
>hammer and axe
>blades come off and can plug in elsewhere
ohhhh okay, i rescind most of my criticism.
>>11702969
this is just doofy though. BEWARE, MY DEADLY LUNCHBOX OF PAIN!

>>11702940
Airachnid was always flat, you're thinking of Blackarachnia

>>11702928
>Energon
huh?

>>11702997
Look up the 2004 Energon Grimlock.

>>11703001
Anon, that's literally g1 toon grimlock

>>11703011
Well, not fictionally.
....
Except when it was.

>>11703031
Sorry anon, I don't get the joke

>>11703036
The toy represents a version of Grimlock that exists in the Unicron Trilogy universe.

Then when Age of Extinction came out Hasbro re-released it in brighter colors and packed it with Bay Grimlock, calling it the G1 guy this time.

>>11702926
>Airachnid
>Is a land spider

>>11703043
The first one had spider and helicopter modes. The name stuck.

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>>11703043
you'd rather she be a spiderwasp? from Sliders?

>>11702295
Transmetal Rhinox appeared in the cutscenes of the Transmetals PSX game.

>>11702926
The boxart has an attractive face, but the toy itself isn't very good looking.

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>>11703099
yeahhh that packaging is really overly flattering. kinda like the old beast wars package art

>>11702457
I'm cool with it knowing it's part of a combiner, but I'll have to wait and see what the full combiner actually looks like before I buy it.

>>11702990
She was not as flat as a board, her body Looked like shes wearing a crop top and a loincloth

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>another Prime Cliffjumper
>still not as good as the first edition Prime Cliffjumper from almost 15 years ago

>>11703106
Kinda gay they couldn't have all the parts ready at the same time, since the 13 was the whole fucking point of the line.

>>11703175
I keep saying that I don't understand the point of Generations figures for any toys made after Armada. Articulation was already pretty good from Energon on. Oh boy you get ankle tilts now, but lose all the other features that made the original toy fun. You're better off tracking down the original figure on Ebay

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lmao

>>11703186
>>11703187
Jesus fucking christ that's brutal

>>11703175
I don't know about that. FE Cliffjumper had some gorilla proportions.

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lol

>>11702881
A man of culture as well, I see

>>11703186
>>11703187
>>11703198
>>11703199

both of these look good except for AOTP Cliff's fuckugly face t b desu

>>11703178
ironically it's probably those toys that would make the best Missing Links

>>11703199
current designers really only know two kinds of thighs, don't they
>>11703210
Wouldn't it be fun just as a little pattern on the body? maybe a holographic understructure, maybe the eyes.. i don't know if it's cheaper to do them smaller or what.

>>11703186
>>11703187
>>11703198
>>11703199
God, I want to go back.

I'm surprised they never did a redeco of Siege Apeface. I like him but imagining him without the cloudy milky plastic and siege battle damage to match Snapdragon in Earthrise would be an instant buy (even if they make him a Leader now)

>>11703234
>60 dollars for apeface

fuck no I don't care if the plastic is literally made from god's beard hairs and makes me cum while handling it I'm not paying sixty bucks for apeface

unless he includes like three mini-cons

>>11703235
so basically what they did for soundwave?

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>>11703198
>>11703199
Didn't even use the right head for it. This is the REAL Cliffjumper head, not that Rise of the Dark Spark nonsense.

>>11702930
>Machine gun jubblies? How did I miss those?

>>11702930
>Tfw you grab a chick's tits and they suddenly grab you back
Seriously, pedipalp tits with a machine gun hidden in the cleavage is such a bizarre design decision.

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>>11703040
>>11703036 #
>The toy represents a version of Grimlock that exists in the Unicron Trilogy universe
No, the toy represents Grimlock in the colors he had in the G1 cartoon, with the first release being based on his original toy colors. The Unicron Trilogy one was a reference to the OG, but that's not what this is supposed to be.
This is exactly the same thing they did with Optimus and (to an extent) Arcees (who never had a G1 toy but did have an unreleased prototype that they based it on).

>>11703293
anon... where do you think tits are?

>>11703176
You'd think they would have had the sense to push Bruticus to the 2027 line and have the combiner Prime completed in the Age of the Primes line. That would make sense to anyone with half a brain but this is Hasbro we're talking about.

>>11703295
Jesus H .Christ, anon >>11703040 is talking about the Energon toy not ML. Pay attention.

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I often think about how weird it is to see SS86 figures sitting in Target. These are figures of a random 80s animated movie that only a small group even cares about, but also one of my favorite movies ever. There are even stills from the movie printed on the box and it's just there, physically, in every store across America. Sometimes life's funny like that.

>>11702123
>Energon revival
HUGE if true

>>11703186
>>11703187
5mm ports were a mistake

What has been the best year for Transformers?

>>11703340
Actually I think he was talking about both
He's saying the g1 AoE redeco of energon grimlock is the same as this reveal of g1 toon grimlock for missing link

>>11703340
You're the one who needs to pay attention - he was saying the new colors for ML Grimlock were a reference to the Energeon toy, which isn't the case. The ML's supposed to be his G1 cartoon colors - which is the same thing the Energeon toy was referencing, but this release has nothing to do with that.

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>>11703372
You are so fucking stupid it's literally painful for me to have to read your posts.
>>11702928 was obviously making a joke that ML toon Grimlock sort of looks like Energon Grimlock, not that it was based on it.

>>11703040 was giving context for the joke. You fucking moron.

>>11703363
2010 right before the OPEC oil scare. Mainline toys had as much parts budget as current MPs.

>>11703377
Yes, I know it’s stupid but that’s what he was doing
>>11703382
>obviously
If you say so

>>11703363
Dunno, but I am loving the Missing Link line and Nucleon Quest Prime so last year was pretty good

>>11703389
Current MPs also have as many parts as mainline toys.

>>11703363
1984 is the obvious answer. You can't really top the initial success Transformers had.
2010 was another great year for the brand. The movies had made a ton of money and Hasbro funnelled it into the toys. HFTD and RTS were great lines.

>>11702755
I don't know why they redid the already pretty good WfC toys instead of the incredibly shit FoC toys.

>>11703402
Complexity wasn't a hallmark of MP until they became toon-tard panel explosions. A lot of MPs are simpler to transform than a number of RotF/HFTD/WFC/Prime toys. Simpler than some recent mainline figures, even.

I want a new animated universe arcee since that's the least shit Carcee transformation . Plus it has a surprising number of possible repaints including finally getting a decent Nightracer.

>>11703382
This general has some... uniquely stunted anons, I find. Guess it comes with the brand.

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>>11703455
And now current MPs have as many parts as mainline toys.

>>11703504
hey, that's unfair, the MPG hot rod actually has like ~12 more parts to make the fingers individual.

>>11703466
Honestly it's my fault for making a statement based on comedic ignorance
Or a leap in logic
Or sarcasm

>>11703504
I just don't find that scandalous or remarkable. Do you own MP-28? It's more irritating in places than SS86 Hot Rod, but it's not especially complex on top of being kind of shit.

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Been thinking, how different is SS86 Wheeljack REALLY gonna be? Like, what can they do with him that would really be that much of a difference between the various Kingdom mold releases? I really doubt they'd make an all-new mold for him instead of just altering the same one we've gotten. I've owned that original Kingdom release before, and have the Devastation one right now, and it's good! The new gun with Devastation 'Jack was a nice addition. If they gave him a couple new accessories like a bigger shoulder gun and longer back fins like they upgrade kits did, that'd probably do it. But that isn't very exciting, and most people already have that, and in the deco of their choice to boot...

>>11703552
it'll probably just be a repack of the autobot 5 pack one like Hound

>>11702230
they honestly look all great together.

>>11703363
2007, the hype of that first Bay film was crazy and it launched the franchise into even greater awareness and popularity.

>>11703552
I would rather get a new mold because I'm really not a fan of the ER one. Visually I dislike how flat and wide he is, I really hate his gorilla arms with pancake forearms, his torso shape is all fucked because of that stupid ass transformation; like they suddenly forgot how to make the most basic of windshield chests. Especially not a fan of his alt mode, I get they can't make a 1:1 stratos but completely erasing its curves, flattening it and elongating it was not the right call. Toy wise the transformation is just awful, his feet suck, the ugly hand plates also just get in the way of fucking everything.
I got the slicer redeco in ross and despite it's super sexy colors, I really did not enjoy it as a figure.

I also feel like we have this same song and dance every time. We get a new 86 listing, we get multiple posts saying "uhhh why would that be a new mold we have already have this really shitty ER one packed with siege's sloppy seconds!" and then it comes out and surprise! It's a new mold! Every fucking time

>>11703363
For movie toys 2009. Revenge of the Fallen Sideswipe is one of the best figures but Dark of the Moon Sideswipe sucks a big fat dick with how ugly and bland it is.

>>11703552
>>11703553
How many times are they going to reuse this mold for Wheeljack? ER, Netflix, Kingdom, 5 pack, Devastation, and now 86? The only way I'd say I can see them reusing them this mold again is if they retool the chest to be more cartoon accurate

What is the point of SS84, which character hasn't already been done?

>>11703627
anyone from the show that doesnt show up in the movie to give them an excuse to do a more toon accurate deco

>>11703627
As of right now the only G1 figures without a Generations update of some kind are:
>The Omnibots (Downshift/Camshaft/Overdrive)
>Throttlebots other than Goldbug & Chase
>Slugfest & Overkill
>The Sparkabots/Firecons (Minus Cindersaur)
>The Triggerbots
>Quick-Mix & Landfill
>Siren & Hosehead
>Slapdash & Joyride
>Most Pretenders, Micromasters, & Action Masters
Barring the Omnibots every figure released in the first three years of the franchise has a modern toy.

>>11703634
So no '84 characters then

>>11703634
I do want to see new update of these, but these are not the 84 casts. Correct me if I'm wrong.

>>11703634
i want a new octopunch like the other pretenders we got in legacy merging the shells and robot modes together was cool.

>Jetfire says his grandfather turned into the first wheel in ROTF
>Micronus Prime turns into a circle
>AOTP gives every character released an 'ancestor' prime
>we're getting a new (Armada) Jetfire in AOTP

if they don't say that Jetfire's ancestor was Micronus it's a huge missed opportunity

>>11702216
Are they Botbots?

>>11703703
Yes?

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>>11703653
the monkey-paw curls; it gives you the hasbro exec approved octopunch retool from the latest seaspray mold. do you weep with joy or revulsion at what hasbro thinks of obscure characters getting their due?

>>11702930
>>11702932
>>11702935
>>11702926
Minor Repaint/remold of Chopshop. A little disappointed. Will probably still buy.

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>>11703735
Minor? It's a total re-shell. The only shared parts are the big weapon and the transformation frame.

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If anyone here has both, which is the better TF One Optimus? Yolopark or the Blokees action edition?

>>11703835
those both look uggo

>>11703288
Anon that’s a G1 style head made for the limited GDO release.

>>11703805

Lucky for me I like Chop Shop.
.....
Even if I just call hm Insecticon and put him with the Beast Wars cast.

>>11703634
Technically Siren got a Titans Return toy as a little head, but...yeah.

>>11703595
>and then it comes out and surprise! It's a new mold! Every fucking time
>Every fucking time
Hound says hi.

>>11703805
Welcome back Beast Wars basics

>>11703850
Chop Shop is one of the two Cyberworld toys I own, Sky-Byte is the other. I do wish they had neck and elbow joints but they're fun for what they are and I've been tempted few times to get some more.

>>11703877
Armored cyber Optimus is pretty nice. If you want one of the 'basic' cars I recommend him since the gun/wingpack is fun to fidget with unlike bumblebee's weapon.

I'm super excited for them to reveal the jazz though. I'm assuming cyberworld jazz is going to be a straight new head repaint of wheeljack.

>>11703835
They’re both non-transforming trash

Damn I wish I got Black Zarak when it was on sale for 2 quarters and a slap on the ass for the delivery guy

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>>11703345
I totally feel you bro

>>11703874
At least those had elbows and turning heads.

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Rewatching thru Prime made me remember I had these two but I couldn't find em at first so was starting to think I had sold em off long ago
Wild Breakdown is nearing $160 range by himself
Hoping when APC get's to him it'll be better ankles/hands and tighter shoulders
Proper hammer and gun would be nice too

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>>11703979
The weakest Prime episode still mogs anything since 2015 nearly

>>11703989
>Primekiddies when Rescue CHADS enter the room:

>>11703994
Unironically this
Prime is just what a child thinks a show for adults is like and it's so fucking bad rewatching it now. Unlike based Rescue Bots which knows its place in the world

>>11703956
You're gonna need a bigger boat.

>>11703850
I call him Transmetal Insecticon, even without the third mode. Transmetal 2 Insecticon was clearly meant to be a thing given the existence of Scarem, who's pretty much him in all but name.

>Antiprime trolls unironically shilling a literal baby series
Wild

>>11703345
We got merch based on IPs from the 1930s still hanging on selves

culture has been rotting for a long time.

>"It's a wholesome little chungus kino"
There he is
Haven't seen this troll in a good while. How you aren't perma'd yet I'll never understand

>>11704028
>that episode where raph and bee go for a joy ride and gets blasted by star scream and infected with dark energon?
>>AAAAH RAPH HAD TO GO ON A SCOUTING MISSION DURING A HURRICANE
That's not even what happened.

NTA, TF Prime is alright but the fans are obnoxious.

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>>11703971
Breakdown is pretty cool

>>11704058
this
prime is one of the better vehicle focus tf shows, I'd argue it's competing for #1 with Legend of the Microns, but in terms of best tf show it's still beast wars and I say this as someone that mostly prefers vehicles

>>11704058
It’s written by Alex Kurtzman
That should be enough to dissuade you from liking it

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>>11704061
Found this 3P kit for the ass Legacy remake and it reminded me I have the Legacy US release of the Arms Micron one
So dug him out and picked up just the Hammer from it

>>11704058
I haven't seen that but in terms of series it's a bit higher for me. I'd still put Legend of Micron and Galaxy Force above it but it's REALLY fucking hard to find actual good batch of Superlink and Micron
So i'm a bit biased in being stuck with sub 720p with TV Nihon subs for them. I just personally fucking hate TV Nihon

>>11704063
I just really like a good amount of stuff in Prime and felt it was above average even if it had some weak moments and parts
I'm going in on the APC release's for them soon

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These days 3D animated shows are nearly impossible for me to watch, I can't stand how cheap they look compared to 2D animated stuff, but I can at least appreciate Prime for giving me a nice and curvy robo gal to look at during my younger years.

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>>11704117
You
Just
Know

>>11704110
My favorite is probably Galaxy Force, the music and the action are peak. Sadly, after Takara and Tomy merged, they no longer produce well-made Transformers series.

250th American birthday transformer toy confirmed
Most think it's an eagle

>>11704125
Then most the Decepticons could just step on her and win.

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>>11704127
A deluxe one.
So it's pretty clear who they are using

>>11704126
Something I'm not a fan of during the Unicron Trilogy era is the Hasbro influence, which includes having American protagonists set in America. Over the last decade, Takara Tomy has been using Hasbro's localized names, like Optimus Prime instead of Convoy and Autobot instead of Cybertron. I find it disappointing to lose their own identity.

>>11704125
likely because the only people that have any interest in it is for fetishist reason. Look at your own post. It's not for an actual reason outside of wifeu shit.

>>11704141
Being called Transformers already a loss of identity.

>>11704144
I wish they would plan for an anime of the Diaclone reboot and Microman reboot, and then have both series crossover. The true OG shouldn't be overshadowed by what Americans imported call Transformers.

>>11703805
which explains the insectoid, rather than arachnoid, body plan

>>11703989
that is so sadly true
>>11703994
>>11704007
you guys are not on our wavelength and that's not okay with me.

>>11704158
>you're attributing fetish as sexual
No I'm taking what was said >>11704125 at face value.

>>11704140
this is customized, right? This isn't how I remember him looking. it's kinda great. except the brown feet, those don't make sense.

fucksakes dude, you still just talk to yourself this much?

>>11704158
I can definitely see transformers reproducing in a way that's similar to ours.. plug in, male transfers data to the female, the sparks kiss each other and a new one grows..

>>11704171
Ignoring that she was in RotF, Alice also hasn't been attempted as a toy. Not even in the non-transforming miniatures lines. Which sucks since her deal is interesting.

>>11703956
I really need BBTS to hurry up and ship that upgrade kit already. I already regretted ordering it from them to begin with, but having to wait so long just makes it worse.

>>11704171
But Alice has to disguise herself as a human to seduce Shia, it's missing the whole point of being a robofucker.

>>11704018
>Transmetal 2 Insecticon was clearly meant to be a thing given the existence of Scarem, who's pretty much him in all but name.
I retroactively just called base Insecticon "Scarem" and made them the same character, with the "Insecticon" name being a title referring to the fact that he was related to the G1 dudes. As you said, they were very clearly intended to be the same dude the same way Scavenger was clearly Transmetal Inferno.

>>11704180
hope they dont hit you with a big bullshit tariff charge despite it being a domestic product (and the fact that the companies are meant to pay that, not pass it along to us)

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>>11704187
in fairness, there's a guy named Dinobot.
I just like Insecticon better as a name, since 'scarem' is pretty gay.

scarem is pretty cool though. The bug legs definitely could have used one more pass, since they don't really work in either mode, and I think the claw arms could have made even better jaws if they articulated the blades, but... yeah he's cool

>>11704127
I'm guessing a repaint of Maverick

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>>11704191
TM2 designs are just so fucked up and fun. I think every era of the franchise reflects what was popular at the time to some degree or another, but none but the TM2s just pour of when they were made. Mismatched detailing, evil looking regardless of faction, clearly designed for combat, and fuckin SHINY

>>11704215
yeahhh they definitely reflect some shit I was designing at the time, very much finger on the pulse. it's just tiny things that bug me. Scarem's rear bug legs need to be further forward, and shaped better. Dinobot 2's arms have one too many segments, Blackarachnia's robot arms hang out of her spider mouth instead of folding further back to let the claws form the frontparts, Cheetor barely transforms, Cybershark is stuck in a curved pose, Jawbreaker's mouth-arm is not at all satisfying since the head's so small (badass beast mode but doesnt work here), Prowl's wings are sideways, Scourge has no torso, Iguanus looks like Vah Rudania, Stinkbomb has no torso in beast mode, Spittor's beast mode legs can't quite fold up all the way (a quibble, I want this one), Ramulus has no shins (and his beast head is stuck in butting mode like a fucking catoblepas), Optimus Minor has the most impressively nothing transformation in history, Megatron's kinda fat and awkward, Sonar is an abomination in both modes, Nightglider is... fine, I guess. Kind of a nothing. Chest is too big in both modes, beast mode head and wrists are kinda stubby...

>>11704234
Main problem with Megatron is that he's hard to transform without the wings getting in the way of everything. And the rubbery bits making him hard to pose and potentially prone to degradation of the rubber.

>>11704234
How do you feel about the remake of Megatron compared to the original TMII version?

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>>11704240
yeah and he's just kinda weird and dumpy overall. Each part of him is great, but together.. he's just kinda... ehh..

It's also funny how he has the same shoulder thing everybody complains about on the new one. The new one basically takes all the problems of this one and overcorrects for them
>oh his legs are stumpy? make them way too long
>the tail makes the back of the head look unimpressive? shrink the tail?
>Wings in the way? Shrink 'em down!

>>11704241
oh hey I accidentally answered yours too

the area I'm most torn on is the face. This should be about how accuracy, but i LIKE that face. but that face should have been put on Cryotek and it's still baffling we have not gotten him.

>>11704248
Especially now we have Razorclaw, the other TMII Ultimate mold repaint.

And by Ultimate I mean Ultra. Though Cryotek probably got fucked by Hasbro thinking the mold was a flop after it shelfwarmed everywhere when they repackaged it 1 wave later in too greater numbers.

>>11704249
yeahh didn't expect to get him first.
hopefully he goes on clearance as hard as megatron, because if I have to pay for 22 dollar DLC to complete him... well, let's just say, I bought the original (Getting a great deal by buying two incomplete ones and swapping parts) for a reason. He needed work, but this was not it. Only reason I want the other is the same reason I eventually gave him on the new tigerhawk: totally different colors, I can pretend he's a different guy. meaning my shelf will have FOUR tiger-hawk monstrosities. Which is appropriate since I have five fucking tigers.

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>>11704158
Ask them about it

>>11704067
He's an executive producer on Prime because it's loosely tied in with the first two movies of that time, which he co-wrote. He possibly had a hand in developing some of the movie-like visuals or the broader setting but Kurtzman is incapable of making kino, like TF Prime, so that's how you know he fucked off

>>11704269
you mean the writers, right?

>>11704273
sometimes you gotta remind yourself
the guy who created the big bang theory also wrote the original TMNT theme

>>11704283
That duck tales version goes hard

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>>11704191
Scarem's bug legs are part of a weird gimmick the Basics had of multi limbed robots. So you can have him with "normal" legs or keep them separated for a centaur mode.

>>11704125
>human/transformers relationship
>no size difference
Get the fuck out of here captain shit taste

>>11704158
In Sunbow TFs were built as worker and military bots by the Quintessons. So they were probably made to look male abd female to suit the preferences of their customers. (Also, good chances that the female bots were made as domestic helpers or sexbots)

>>11704125
I think even without mass shifting she'd still be at least a little bigger than a human. the main problem, as >>11704128 points out, is that she'd be woefully ineffective in combat

>>11704283
no, it goes 'teenage mutant ninja turtles'
you got it wrong fource.
Though I would watch a show called 'jews jews jews jews' as long as it was like, channeling old Mel Brooks kinda stuff.

>>11704299
sure, but the individual shape of each leg is just wrong for every mode, and the way they connect to the beast mode is similarly wrong.
I like the centaur thing..

>>11704309
i wouldn't mind a human-sized transformer zipping around on the battlefield with a jetpack, if she had a particularly powerful weapon and was super evasive.. it'd be like an RPG party having a li'l pixiefairy.
The issue is Prime makes everyone REALLY big and beefy, generally size-cheating the robot modes despite there being little need to (and/or using huge altmodes) so yeah here.. tripling in height still makes her tiny compared to the others.

>>11704122
just know what?

>>11704314
Laserbeak was almost entirely used for surveillance. Even in G1 Rumble who was bigger than a human was pretty useless in combat.

>>11704345
Meanwhile the chad Marvel Buzzsaw took down Omega Supreme.

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>>11704215
>metal mohawk,a buzzsaw and bitey arm, with a big ass tail sword.
>Find out he was a Maximal.
Jawbreaker and Ramulus where the GOATed TM2s.

>>11704358
you know what i would have liked?
if the buzzsaw on his back was easier to actually position to attack someone (rather than to use as like, a tool) and if the wolverine (?) head SPLITS and there's an even bigger jaw in what you thought was the neck, and so now the bitey-arm is properly huge, like Megatron's

>>11704215
I love this guy. Didn't get him on release, but I tracked him down a few years ago still MIB with no chipping on his chrome. He's a total badass, even if he's a bit stocky in robot mode.
>>11704234
>Nightglider is... fine, I guess. Kind of a nothing.
Still a better flying squirrel than the upcoming Timelines Bumblebee.

>>11704363
The buzzsaw on his back can technically be used in Beast Mode, but the actual reason it's placed there is because it ends up on the underside of his robot arm, which lets him use it as a weapon in Robot Mode.
Also, he's a Hyena, not a wolverine - his whole thing is that he's a depressed, sarcastic fucker who spends all of his time mocking everyone and everything around him with his dark sense of humor.

>>11704345
Didn't Rumble beat Hound during their first fight at Sherman Dam? I also remember Ravage giving Optimus a fight a couple of times.

>>11704364
i will withhold judgment until we can get a better view of beesquirrel from different angles.
>>11704369
yeah I get what they were going for, it just felt like TM2s in general were them trying to use chrome as a distraction from a lower parts count. There's a lot that should have been a swing-out mechanism or .. just do something more than it did.
>hyena
oh that's right. ironic he's so badass then. That's the power of the transmetal driver. It turned a wimpy pussycat into a badass sabertooth, and a hot sexy spider into a gross ugly one with weird nose and lips.

>>11704244
At least they fixed the robot head hanging off his dragon butt with the tail misaligned.

>>11704397
true! but I can't get it to stay plugged into his collarbones

>>11703455
Man, I miss complex MP figures. The line alongside alternators was where the actual challenge was while everyone else who rode the short bus could keep buying the mainlines. Then people cried like bitches over the complexity and price and now the line's dead and just Generations in a box with an inflated price tag.

>>11704533
People cried because the line from MP-36 onward was just kind of shit.

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>>11704533
>Man, I miss complex MP figures
Time to join the 3P train
not my pic

>>11704669
Only bad MPs are the first Bumblebee and Blackarachnia.

>>11704690
The line has had duds since MP-08.

>>11704141
>like Optimus Prime instead of Convoy
Anon, that was 20 years ago
They started doing that with the first Bay movie

>>11704681
cool bootleg you fucking faggot

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>>11704141
>Takara Tomy has been using Hasbro's localized names, like Optimus Prime instead of Convoy
Well, in this specific case, doing so frees up the 'Convoy' name for them to use again in their Diaclone Reboot. Still, I'd argue that more people know the characters by their Hasbro names at this point, so rolling with it for simplicity's sake makes sense.

SS86 Cyclonus and Kranix going for Preorder this week?

>>11704947
All of the previous SS86 preorders have been for the MTMTE collection, so it will most likely either be Starscream, Prowl, or the Insecticon 3 pack

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These are the best 3rd party hands I’ve ever seen

>>11704690
The first Bumblebee is great. Are you crazy?

>>11705087
It's an ok mainline toy but it has no business being labeled as or being priced as a Masterpiece

Dead thread.

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>>11705077
Very based
I want them

I’ve been trying to figure out how to best do the Headmaster Juniors in order to increase collectability and so far this is what I have
>Hosehead: no change needed for Cab, may have Headmaster named Cab if Lug isn’t available
>Nightbeat: head and chest based off of Marvel comic. Head can be swapped with Titans Return head for G1 toy look
>Minerva: retooled chest for anime/toy look with anime/toy head sculpt
>Siren: Marvel comic head. Can swap with TR head for toy look
>Goshooter: Toy head. Can also be swapped with Siren for his toy look
I’m not sure what molds they could be retooled from though. The only Deluxe TR cars were Chromedome, Hot Rod, and Breakaway, and I don’t think there were any Deluxe sized trucks that would fit Hosehead

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Modern Minibots peaked here. Keep 'em small and cute.

>>11705424
Modern Gears is pretty peak. But yeah, those were good figures.

>>11705424
Brawn no not the blackface!

>>11705424
I was always enamored with that Warpath. He was the only one of the bunch that had elbows AND knees

>>11705424
If HasTak ever revives Core/Legend class they should make retro toy minibots in the style of United G1 Optimus and Missing Link Cliff and Bumble

Are you into the idea of Hasbro doing reissues again? Why not put out great lines like Cybertron, or a bunch of weird pink green 90s guys from G2?

>>11705424
Cosmos and Warpath look neat but the rest look like shit.

>>11705469
It would be great if the prices were better than current eBay, but I have to imagine a Cybertron Deluxe would be sold as at least a Voyager today.

>>11705469
Apparently some of the Beast Wars ones had problems and were overpriced by their complexity/size, but I liked Cybershark. I don't see it as a problem if they do more reissues.

>>11705471
Respectfully, a toy is more than aesthetics. These are great to have on a desk.

>>11705474
The main problems were overpricing and the first several waves doing characters who already had better toys on the shelf in Kingdom. Once they got into non-show characters like Wolfang and Cybershark they moved, except for the Basic flipformers they tried to sell for modern Deluxe prices. Retrax wouldn't move either, but that toy sucks and the reissue was missing two of his legs anyway.

>>11705077
the fuckers seriously know how to joint them some fingers.
>>11704141
the weird part is it doesn't seem to apply to beast wars guys.

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>>11705424
So true

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>>11704754
Yeah it absolutely is cool

>>11705077
That's really cool, I like the knuckle bend. Are there any reviews on them yet?

>>11705469
You know what would be good? Missing Link Cybertron. The same toy but with ankle tilts, and maybe a bit of funky articulation added wherever it's needed

At least we got the OG BW Scorponok mold is cartoon colors. He didn't have trouble selling due to the Kingdom one sucking. I seem to recall Tigatron moved OK too due to having the Takara color-scheme.

>>11705501
er
those aren't really cartoon colors. in fact the original was closer.
neither tigatron was right but the takara one was definitely closer.

>>11705449
but his turret couldn't turn.

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WE DID IT REDDIT

>>11705548
>blackface

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>>11705548
Ruined by the hacks at Takara

>>11705578
>We heard that in the west black faces are offensive

>>11705578
Eh I never took it as his face literally being black.
Just in shadow.

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>>11705548
>>11705578
Kind of wished he turned into the Violator too

>>11705584
Yeah but that’s how you get that effect of shadow
Besides, the fact that they made his mouth just part of a helmet was dumb

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>>11705424
The Cosmos and Wheelie from this line are still my favorites

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>>11702230
Mehh

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>>11705581
To be fair he is from Takara and they had these black baby dolls with big red lips as their mascot and logo for so long and had to change it ages ago. So maybe he really was remembering that shit. Dakko Chan is so cute though.

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>>11705620
Why does Getty images have so many high res showa era pictures of these lol. It's kind of amazing.

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>>11705622

>>11705622
Damn, imagine the vintage Japanese bush

>>11705620
cute as fuck
are people really not aware these were all fun, positive characters? Like I know there's outrage baiters and all, but why do people fall for it?

>>11705424
It's kinda funny how we've gotten so many minibots first in classic Legends scale, then in basically scout class 2010 onwards Legend scale, then deluxe. Next we might get them as Voyagers(some already kinda did get that back in the Universe/2010 days)

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>>11705654
>fun, positive characters
Kinda doesn't matter dude. Like I'm not gonna argue the history of racism on 4chan of all places but you gotta understand why people might get offended at making bank off of a caricature of black people as a cartoonish savage, right? Even if you think that's what they are, it at least should make sense why it'd piss them off.

Besides, you gotta be careful how you treat island tribes lest you incur the wrath of mothra.

>>11705678
>Mothra
C'mere, bae - show daddy Goji that ovipositor...

>>11705678
you know people pay people to draw caricatures of them on boardwalks and shit, right? they're supposed to be fun. but fun aint profitable. outrage is.

>>11705689
Ain't anyone out there paying someone to draw them as a big-lipped neanderthal with a bone through their nose dude.

>>11705654
>are people really not aware these were all fun, positive characters? Like I know there's outrage baiters and all, but why do people fall for it?
It's a way to abuse other people and gain favor with the current culture so of course most people will take it. The same impulse that had people lynch the Irish is what drives others to call people's employers over owning a Golliwog.

>"What if they don't like being portrayed as a clumsy simpleton?"
Maybe try not to be less than a Golliwog? idunno. I think he's cool.

>>11705693
why not, brad bird's allowed to do that for white people.
>>11705707
prtymuch.
Basically the pattern has been
>hey you know, (members of race) are kinda interesting. Let's depict them in an interesting way
>whoa, people LOVE this! let's make this how we often depict them, since it's so fun
one 'progress' later...
>Everybody who ever interacted with (members of race) was fucking racist and abusive toward them, and thought they were awful, wanted them all dead. So any terms, images, or vague ideas of them are all automatically cruel and should never be used, EXCEPT the ones we said are okay... this week.

>>11705548
>>11705578
This looks horrible
Mark is retarded go figure

>>11705644
You just know the one on the left has a jungle in there, holy shit!!


It’s a lost art. When I went to Japan in the 90s as a foreign exchange student. I picked up a chick 10 years older than me at a small jazz bar. We went to a love hotel and when I pulled off her jeans it looked like she had an explosion in her panties. It was sticking out the sides and top.

>>11705768
I forget if asians have more hair per square inch, or fewer but thicker hairs. I believe it's the former. Either way, for people who aren't that hairy overall and don't even sweat or produce earwax properly, they can really grow some fucking NICE hair here and there.

>>11705424
I like these and the core class sized figures because they scale nicer with things like Trypticon and Armada Unicron.

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Comic book store got in a small load of UT toys so I took the opportunity to grab some Energon deluxes
Or whatever deluxes were called the year prior.

They had Prowl and Rodimus, but they were priced at a bit more of a premium so they got skipped for now
Also there was a Cybertron Snarl I have my eye on

>>11705584
That's how every non-autist took it.
Hence the REEE-ing it wasn't black here and on tfw2005.

>>11705548
Mark you retard, the problem wasn't that it wasn't black. The problem was that you interpreted everything hidden under the black completely wrong.

>>11705901
You know, despite hasbro's irrational fear of grey during this era, the olive green was 100% the right call on downshift.

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Potter collab incoming?

>>11706008
I'd be down, there's a lot of potential.
>Weasley's flying car, which would just be a licensed Ford Anglia
>Hagrid's bike
>The Knight Bus
>Hippogriff beastformer

>>11703187
It's really tragic what we've allowed to happen to alt modes.

>>11705954
Yeah, I detest Transformers comics but even *I* think they screwed up how they interpreted his face.

>>11706011
>Hippogriff beastformer
I'd totally buy a Buckbeak Beastformer. Same with a Norbert(a) the Norwegian Ridgeback.

>>11706008
>>11706011
>>11706018

Easy reuse of the Legacy Silverbolt figure. Could go even further and get a Hungarian Horntail retool from dragon Megatron.

>>11705901
i had Downshift as a kid, kinda still have him but he's incomplete then last year at a local toy show here in Ottawa, there was a guy selling a loose but complete Superlink Wheeljack for $30. I decided to buy it and I'm glad I did just for that nostalgia.

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>>11706013
I feel like a lot of people are forgetting that this was a Chase retool and his alt mode looks like this

>>11706055
Alt-mode anon is retard, best to ignore him

>>11705960
Its funny, a lot of people opted for the JP releases to be closer to G1..but now after like 4 more G1 Wheeljack updates or more, Downshift at least still feels a little unique, where as his Japanese version is just a dated Wheeljack update.
I feel the same about a lot of US vs JP colors before Generations. I prefer original Classics Megatron to his two JP releases.

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Looks like they're releasing that Godzilla upgrade kit for Toxitron Grimlock, too. Neat.

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>>11706211
The highlights on his plates really make those stripes pop.

>>11705622
puffy

>>11705678
>a caricature of black people as a cartoonish savage
It's not a caricature if it's true

>>11706011
The Harry Potter train but Astrotrain, or the steampunk Optimus retool

I found a lone venin in a bargain bin and took pity on bin (was thinking about getting him when he dropped a bit, but the store I was in had no venins, and towards the checkout by chance saw his box and a flash of the art buried in the corner of the bargain bin)
Turns out he's actually a pretty cool little guy with a funky and quite different transformation, one I wasnt expecting.
Im a certified bug hater (not insecticons, actual bugs) and I still think he's cool.

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>>11706298
All these showa era pictures are making me want to find one of these fucking things now

>>11706321
Took pity on him*

I know it’s for all the AoE Dinobots, but I think it’d be funny if one of the SS Titan slots turned out to be a SS86 Metroplex, since he’s technically part of Autobot City. It’s weird he’s the only Titan that hasn’t been reissued in some way recently

>>11706477
I feel such a Metroplex would be a remake instead of reissue.