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Hellscream9999 wrote:Sorry, just can't stand the combined mode

The suggested combined mode sure, but it can easily be improved upon.

shajaki wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:Sorry, just can't stand the combined mode

The suggested combined mode sure, but it can easily be improved upon.

I've honestly gotten it to work in any form The stunticons are far to heavy and will always fall over, nor can he really hold a pose. Just on the overall, it's a fairly poor design, and I really don't want anymore versions of it.

Word is coming in that the next subscription service figure is arriving.

It's the fourth "Welcoming Committee" Seeker with a prototypical deco and named after an Aligned Seeker: Nacelle.

Gotta love Nacelle.

Love the bio too!

Randy

http://t.co/iyeCJ2aXzq

As reported by ExVee









So he designed the "Conehead's" wing designs? Another nerd in the bunch after Soundwave, Shockwave and now Nacelle.

I would've been more open to Nacelle is he were a she. Not because I think that it's a feminine sounding name, because it isn't, it's part of an engine i think. No the reason why I think Nacelle should've been a she, is to add to a female division of seekers. Let me lay down this beat, see if you pick it up.

See we all love the seekers, and the're usually presented as teams of three's. There's three OG's, the three coneheads, three rainmakers; et cettera. Then "Welcoming committee" had four members and you have the generics, slipstream and ones the club likes to make up. I think it would've been interesting to see a squad of three lady seekers in the same vain as the other three member teams. Think of this from the club's "lore" perspective; take slipstream, have the superfluous fourth member of the welcoming committee retconned into a chick; and then make up a new character not based off of the animation, or maybe based off of that Aron Archer art shown at botcon 2005, give her a name and a red deco; let's call her Redwing or Missed opportunity. Then, you have five even teams of three, and all with unique team traits. Also if Nacelle were a she, it would literally change nothing in the bio beside adding an s before he.

I'm excited to play "one of these is not like the others" with the other Welcome Committee Seekers.

A new Transformers Subscription Service figure has started showing up at peoples doorsteps recently: Nacelle! Twitter user ThatJohnD has uploaded some shots of his new house guest in & out of box, in both modes, and with his Bio/Tech Spec. Nacelle is apparently the fourth member of the "Welcoming Committee" and borrows the wings from the Botcon 2007 Thrust remold, but keeps the regular Seeker head instead of the Conehead. See the pics below, and stay tuned to Seibertron.com: home for the best Galleries and Conversation around!

Cool, one of the figures I was looking forward to most. Just have to wait for G2 Screamer and track down G2 Ramjet and my Seekerama is complete.

I've been waiting for this one

shajaki wrote:

His rear wings are swapped.

The existence of the Platinum Edition Conehead set makes this mold choice make even less sense than it initially did. Still, looking forward to it. Looks G2-ish. G2 Thrust. There, now I've justified its dumb existence

ScottyP wrote:The existence of the Platinum Edition Conehead set makes this mold choice make even less sense than it initially did.

Except that its three compatriots were likewise made from the Classics mold, so why do otherwise for their fourth member?

Sabrblade wrote:

ScottyP wrote:The existence of the Platinum Edition Conehead set makes this mold choice make even less sense than it initially did.

Except that its three compatriots were likewise made from the Classics mold, so why do otherwise for their fourth member?

I know, I know. Just bitter because I want it out of the G1 mold, darn it

Jesse Wittenrich on the misassembly:

The larger portion of the end vertical wingtip should be above the rest of the wing. It's below it here.

And, unfortunately, this does seem to be a widespread occurrence. The good news? You can swap the entire rear wing/thruster assembly fairly easily by taking just two screws out of each of his legs. The bad news... The factory seems to have painted the stripe with the misassembly in mind, so swapping the wings will give you an upside down stripe.

Why must there always be a misassembly?

We're praying premium dollars for a premium product. Premium QC (or even standard QC) ought to come with it.

ScottyP wrote:The existence of the Platinum Edition Conehead set makes this mold choice make even less sense than it initially did. Still, looking forward to it. Looks G2-ish. G2 Thrust. There, now I've justified its dumb existence

Nacelle
Function: Decepticon Courier
"How much time to change your fate? One second too few..."

Nacelle is an exceptional battlefield courier. Brought into service during the emergence the InfoWars, couriers that could deliver uncorrupted missives from command posts to the front lines became invaluable. In a line of work where memory, attention to detail, and speed are necessary, Nacelle is the top of her field.

Her incredibly high efficiency rating caught the attention of Shockwave, who began employing her services in increasingly difficult situations. Proud and dedicated to the cause, Nacelle pushed herself beyond both her mental and physical limits to live up to these expectations. Her constant need to be somewhere else has left her frantic and constantly obsessed with time. Daring and dangerous quick take-offs eventually shredded her wings to the point that Shockwave fitted her with replacement vtols in place of her standard issue Seeker wings.

Now fitted with a body that enables her anxious tendencies even further, Nacelle knows its only a matter of time before she works herself to death. The clock is always ticking and Nacelle can hear its pulse better than anyone.

Counterpunch wrote:Nacelle
Function: Decepticon Courier
"How much time to change your fate? One second too few..."

Nacelle is an exceptional battlefield courier. Brought into service during the emergence the InfoWars, couriers that could deliver uncorrupted missives from command posts to the front lines became invaluable. In a line of work where memory, attention to detail, and speed are necessary, Nacelle is the top of her field.

Her incredibly high efficiency rating caught the attention of Shockwave, who began employing her services in increasingly difficult situations. Proud and dedicated to the cause, Nacelle pushed herself beyond both her mental and physical limits to live up to these expectations. Her constant need to be somewhere else has left her frantic and constantly obsessed with time. Daring and dangerous quick take-offs eventually shredded her wings to the point that Shockwave fitted her with replacement vtols in place of her standard issue Seeker wings.

Now fitted with a body that enables her anxious tendencies even further, Nacelle knows its only a matter of time before she works herself to death. The clock is always ticking and Nacelle can hear its pulse better than anyone.

Logic dictates that this is canon.

Counterpunch wrote:

ScottyP wrote:The existence of the Platinum Edition Conehead set makes this mold choice make even less sense than it initially did. Still, looking forward to it. Looks G2-ish. G2 Thrust. There, now I've justified its dumb existence

Nacelle
Function: Decepticon Courier
"How much time to change your fate? One second too few..."

Nacelle is an exceptional battlefield courier. Brought into service during the emergence the InfoWars, couriers that could deliver uncorrupted missives from command posts to the front lines became invaluable. In a line of work where memory, attention to detail, and speed are necessary, Nacelle is the top of her field.

Her incredibly high efficiency rating caught the attention of Shockwave, who began employing her services in increasingly difficult situations. Proud and dedicated to the cause, Nacelle pushed herself beyond both her mental and physical limits to live up to these expectations. Her constant need to be somewhere else has left her frantic and constantly obsessed with time. Daring and dangerous quick take-offs eventually shredded her wings to the point that Shockwave fitted her with replacement vtols in place of her standard issue Seeker wings.

Now fitted with a body that enables her anxious tendencies even further, Nacelle knows its only a matter of time before she works herself to death. The clock is always ticking and Nacelle can hear its pulse better than anyone.

That's a pretty cool bio.

I am partial to the one he comes with though, having wrote it.

Randy

Powered Convoy wrote:

Counterpunch wrote:

ScottyP wrote:The existence of the Platinum Edition Conehead set makes this mold choice make even less sense than it initially did. Still, looking forward to it. Looks G2-ish. G2 Thrust. There, now I've justified its dumb existence

Nacelle
Function: Decepticon Courier
"How much time to change your fate? One second too few..."

Nacelle is an exceptional battlefield courier. Brought into service during the emergence the InfoWars, couriers that could deliver uncorrupted missives from command posts to the front lines became invaluable. In a line of work where memory, attention to detail, and speed are necessary, Nacelle is the top of her field.

Her incredibly high efficiency rating caught the attention of Shockwave, who began employing her services in increasingly difficult situations. Proud and dedicated to the cause, Nacelle pushed herself beyond both her mental and physical limits to live up to these expectations. Her constant need to be somewhere else has left her frantic and constantly obsessed with time. Daring and dangerous quick take-offs eventually shredded her wings to the point that Shockwave fitted her with replacement vtols in place of her standard issue Seeker wings.

Now fitted with a body that enables her anxious tendencies even further, Nacelle knows its only a matter of time before she works herself to death. The clock is always ticking and Nacelle can hear its pulse better than anyone.

That's a pretty cool bio.

I am partial to the one he comes with though, having wrote it.

Randy

A few of us had for one reason or another, thought Nacelle was going to be a fembot. I just thought I'd toss out the first thoughts that came to mind for her in that gender.

Powered Convoy wrote:I am partial to the one he comes with though, having wrote it.

Real talk - get with your club homies and tell them Counterpunch needs to write a bio or two sometime (assuming he's willing). Some of the stuff this dude comes up with that has been explained to me in casual conversation is a freaking gold mine of cool ideas.

megatronus wrote:Why must there always be a misassembly?

We're praying premium dollars for a premium product. Premium QC (or even standard QC) ought to come with it.

Minor correction of the misassembly comment: Though the rear wings are indeed swapped, the paint apps on there are NOT upside-down. So if one does the simple fix of switching them, both the rear wings and their paint apps will be in their proper arrangements with no errors.

Sabrblade wrote:

megatronus wrote:Why must there always be a misassembly?

We're praying premium dollars for a premium product. Premium QC (or even standard QC) ought to come with it.

Minor correction of the misassembly comment: Though the rear wings are indeed swapped, the paint apps on there are NOT upside-down. So if one does the simple fix of switching them, both the rear wings and their paint apps will be in their proper arrangements with no errors.

That's good to know... I'll have to fix Nacelle's lady bits up when I'm back home.

megatronus wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

megatronus wrote:Why must there always be a misassembly?

We're praying premium dollars for a premium product. Premium QC (or even standard QC) ought to come with it.

Minor correction of the misassembly comment: Though the rear wings are indeed swapped, the paint apps on there are NOT upside-down. So if one does the simple fix of switching them, both the rear wings and their paint apps will be in their proper arrangements with no errors.

That's good to know... I'll have to fix Nacelle's lady bits up when I'm back home.

Be careful, though. Just found out that the legs might be glued so, in addition to unscrewing them, you might need to carefully pry them open with a knife, but only if the tailfins are that bothersome.

Also, another error was discovered, but a minor one. The wing connectors are upside-down, with the square end facing upward instead of downward, making the wings rotate less easily than they should since the square end acts to block them from rotating that way. This may result in the wings popping off, but harmlessly since they can be easily reattached. However, as this is a minor misassembly, it does not fully prevent the proper function of the wing connector pieces since the wings can still be rotated with a little more force (or by popping them off and reattaching them), and once they're swung up for robot mode, the square end of the piece really helps to hold the wings securely in place, stopping them from potentially flopping around in robot mode. A sort of blessing in disguise.

Is it wrong Counterpunch's Fem Nacelle bio A. hits me right in the feels, and B. Makes me think of Peridot from Steven Universe?
If either are in fact wrong of me, i'm cool with that, and I'll gladly headcannon someone else's headcannon, for my own headcannon