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News Credits: 2 · by **grimlockprime108** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 12:38 pm

Sledge wrote:Cartoon accurate? When did cartoon Astrotrain have all that blue on him?

i think that's actually purple not blue

News Credits: 4 · by **Bumblethumper** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 12:39 pm

I prefer the Hasbro colours. Whoever heard of a purple space shuttle.

News Credits: 1 · by **Solrac333** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 12:44 pm

That is WAY better. Still don't like the train mode. Shuttle mode looks great.

News Credits: 32 · by **UltraPrimal** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 12:51 pm

I like it. If I see it at BotCon, I'll definately pick it up and maybe Megatron.

News Credits: 5 · by **Sledge** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 1:00 pm

I guess it could just be bad photography making purple look blue. But whichever colour that is, it's been overdone.

News Credits: 9 · by **Zeds** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 1:59 pm

JPN version is 1 million times better!

News Credits: 387 · by **Nekoman** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 2:03 pm

I’ll be getting this version, seeing as to how much they changed lets hope we get a better Cliffjumper.

News Credits: 1 · by **BLIX007** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 2:07 pm

Dang it I knew I should have waited to see if repaints were coming out. Dang my inpatience Dang it to Hell

News Credits: 3 · by **ShGarland_1383** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 2:14 pm

Thunderscream wrote:Not really surprising; I mean, Tomy painted Classics Megatron in "G1 accurate" colors.

Classics Megatron looks better in G1 accurate colors. Astrotrain, however...is a good repaint...but... I'd recommend this one to people that might have for some reason passed on him to begin with, but for those that picked the US version up already...Why be bothered with this version? Pass.

Nekoman wrote:by Nekoman on 07 Feb 2008 20:03
I’ll be getting this version, seeing as to how much they changed lets hope we get a better Cliffjumper.

Cliffjumper was for the most part perfect the way he was. The only way TakaraTomy can do better is to muzzle those who want the G1-accurate head by (needlessly) creating it for their version.

News Credits: 6 · by **Dr. Caelus** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 3:31 pm

I appreciate the homage, but frankly, I always thought his G1 color-scheme was hideous.

I also find this amusing, considering how excited some of us were when G1 Astrotrain was reissued in realistic white-and-black colors.

by **toxicity** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 3:45 pm

the colors look pretty nice, especially the head (for now)

bonus points for not being white plastic so no need to worry about yellowing hooray :APPLAUSE:

News Credits: 668 · by **Autobot032** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 4:02 pm

Wow. He does look nice. Too bad he's not worth more than $10.00 as a figure. Don't get me wrong, I like him, but he's good only as a $10.00 figure.

Now if they make the missing Seekers...then I'll be buying.

News Credits: 5 · by **Sledge** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 4:10 pm

Autobot032 wrote:Wow. He does look nice. Too bad he's not worth more than $10.00 as a figure. Don't get me wrong, I like him, but he's good only as a $10.00 figure.

Now if they make the missing Seekers...then I'll be buying.

You and about eleventy billion others.

News Credits: 8 · by **Liege Evilmus** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 4:15 pm

See, now that I will gladly import!

Not that I'd use them, but how much do you think the BBTS mark up will be on this?

After Stealth BB, I'm pretty sure they have an eye on the forums and set prices by our levels of emthusiasm.

So, BOO, this figure sucks! How can I hate it more, by having it at a fair and affordable price!!!

Yeah I'll gladly import it, so I can burn it!

(just trying to help)

by **zemper** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 5:05 pm

heh, you pay import prices for a mold that's the worst (but considerably better than some of the current TF toys) of the Classics line, for what? a gray and purple repaint that doesn't even begin to look good. i could find better stuff to drop that cash on. good thing i already got mine a long time ago dirt-cheap, saves me about another 2 deluxes for the price.

:MAX:

News Credits: 8 · by **NuclearConvoy** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 5:16 pm

Booyah Baby!

News Credits: 1 · by **No Death for Prowl** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 5:20 pm

There's no denying the color scheme looks better than that of the original Classic, but I noticed one thing: the new colors really highlight the train kibble in shuttle mode and make the train mode look even lousier than it originally did.

I appreciate the effort and would probably get it if I didn't have the original, but my biggest misgivings with the original were not the colors, anyway.

by **voice of hoist** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 7:41 pm

^^I agree. It's still pretty good, but I wish they'd copied this custom which minimises train kibble showing in shuttle mode.

http://www.transformersclassics.com/gal ... Astrotrain

News Credits: 1 · by **Craven Knight** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 9:40 pm

The Bot & Train look better but the Shuttle looks worse than the Hasbro one in my opinion.

I'm conflicted, on the one hand this looks better than my Hasbro one(which has appalling paint apps) but on the other this mold sucks balls and I don't want to buy it again.

News Credits: 3 · by **ShGarland_1383** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 10:11 pm

Caelus wrote:I appreciate the homage, but frankly, I always thought his G1 color-scheme was hideous.

I also find this amusing, considering how excited some of us were when G1 Astrotrain was reissued in realistic white-and-black colors.

This is kind of where I'm at. I wouldn't call the G1 color-scheme hideous, I just like the white and black better. This is for those who either passed on the original Classics Astrotrain, or for those who would rather have the G1 show-accurate deco.

News Credits: 8 · by **NuclearConvoy** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 10:35 pm

ShGarland_1383 wrote:
Caelus wrote:I appreciate the homage, but frankly, I always thought his G1 color-scheme was hideous.

I also find this amusing, considering how excited some of us were when G1 Astrotrain was reissued in realistic white-and-black colors.

This is kind of where I'm at. I wouldn't call the G1 color-scheme hideous, I just like the white and black better. This is for those who either passed on the original Classics Astrotrain, or for those who would rather have the G1 show-accurate deco.

Considering I'd display him mostly in 'bot mode, I'll likely go with this one.

News Credits: 125 · by **Counterpunch** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 11:06 pm

I bought one for funsies.

by **DeadPool69** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 11:11 pm

Now THAT is a thing of beauty

I was just kicking myself, seeing Octane, and wondering why I didn't pick up Astro when I had the chance...problem solved :mrgreen:

News Credits: 5 · by **Oilspill** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 11:57 pm

I actually think in these colours the toy looks significantly worse in both train and shuttle mode. However, he looks much more like Astrotrain in robot mode and that's what he's displayed in 98% of the time, so I'll be picking up this one along with Megatron.

I reckon Mirage is an improvement as well, but I don't have enough of a beef with the original one to warrant buying another.

by **Bonger** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 1:17 am

Sweet. Astrotrain was one of my big beefs with the Classics line. I really never liked the white decos of him. This is much more like it.

I think this means I will not be buying Classics Powerglide and will wait for the TT anime accurate one.