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Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
It's a brick with barely any articulation. From 2004.[BW] Rainmaker wrote:Don't know why people are hating on this mold, looks mighty fine to me
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Rodimus Prime wrote:You can't make me disappear. I am not feet.
Sabrblade wrote:It's a brick with barely any articulation. From 2004.[BW] Rainmaker wrote:Don't know why people are hating on this mold, looks mighty fine to me
gothsaurus wrote:Does anyone know where these custom antenna came from? That helps the figure a lot. I'd love to get some if they are shapeways, etc.
Sabrblade wrote:It's a brick with barely any articulation. From 2004.[BW] Rainmaker wrote:Don't know why people are hating on this mold, looks mighty fine to me
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Sabrblade wrote:It's a brick with barely any articulation. From 2004.[BW] Rainmaker wrote:Don't know why people are hating on this mold, looks mighty fine to me
The Deluxe Energon Autobots suffered from the Powerlinx gimmick, which most of the time involved "flipping" the figure around and having the legs become the arms (Inferno and Tow-Line were exceptions, coincidentally they share the same design philosophy). Hot Shot suffered the most in that with no forward swinging hip joints, and limited shoulder joints.
During a time when articulation was a long-established norm for TF figures? (barring an interruption with the Armada line's hindered articulation)[BW] Rainmaker wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Sabrblade wrote:It's a brick with barely any articulation. From 2004.[BW] Rainmaker wrote:Don't know why people are hating on this mold, looks mighty fine to me
The Deluxe Energon Autobots suffered from the Powerlinx gimmick, which most of the time involved "flipping" the figure around and having the legs become the arms (Inferno and Tow-Line were exceptions, coincidentally they share the same design philosophy). Hot Shot suffered the most in that with no forward swinging hip joints, and limited shoulder joints.
So what if it does have barely any articulation?
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Sabrblade wrote:During a time when articulation was a long-established norm for TF figures? (barring an interruption with the Armada line's hindered articulation)[BW] Rainmaker wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Sabrblade wrote:It's a brick with barely any articulation. From 2004.[BW] Rainmaker wrote:Don't know why people are hating on this mold, looks mighty fine to me
The Deluxe Energon Autobots suffered from the Powerlinx gimmick, which most of the time involved "flipping" the figure around and having the legs become the arms (Inferno and Tow-Line were exceptions, coincidentally they share the same design philosophy). Hot Shot suffered the most in that with no forward swinging hip joints, and limited shoulder joints.
So what if it does have barely any articulation?
Not to mention his combined torso mode has even less articulation and no hands at all (only the ends of his altmode kibble with holes in them).
Compared to his wavemate Inferno, who by comparison was a fantastic figure, the Hot Shot mold had barely any real playability as an action figure, being more functional instead as a paperweight.
[BW] Rainmaker wrote:Sabrblade wrote:During a time when articulation was a long-established norm for TF figures? (barring an interruption with the Armada line's hindered articulation)[BW] Rainmaker wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Sabrblade wrote:It's a brick with barely any articulation. From 2004.[BW] Rainmaker wrote:Don't know why people are hating on this mold, looks mighty fine to me
The Deluxe Energon Autobots suffered from the Powerlinx gimmick, which most of the time involved "flipping" the figure around and having the legs become the arms (Inferno and Tow-Line were exceptions, coincidentally they share the same design philosophy). Hot Shot suffered the most in that with no forward swinging hip joints, and limited shoulder joints.
So what if it does have barely any articulation?
Not to mention his combined torso mode has even less articulation and no hands at all (only the ends of his altmode kibble with holes in them).
Compared to his wavemate Inferno, who by comparison was a fantastic figure, the Hot Shot mold had barely any real playability as an action figure, being more functional instead as a paperweight.
Well I don't think that.
william-james88 wrote:If ever Sabrblade decides to go on vacation, I am glad to know we can rely on you.
Seibertron wrote:gothsaurus wrote:Does anyone know where these custom antenna came from? That helps the figure a lot. I'd love to get some if they are shapeways, etc.
Here we go, short story long ...
When Nightbeat came out, I was really bummed that he didn't have the antennae. At the time, you could go down to your local Walmart or other big box store and grab a G.I. Joe figure for around $7 give or take a couple of bucks, which I determined some figures came with guns that were the appropriate size for antennae for Nightbeat. If I recall correctly what I did 7 or 8 years ago was buy a 25th anniversary Wildbill. His guns (again if I recall correctly that it was a Wildbill), had some pegs on the side of the gun for some reason (maybe to plug into a holster on his legs or something), which I thought would be perfect to plug into Nightbeat's head if I drilled some holes into the side of his head. Because we were told that the antennae weren't put on from the factory due to "clearance" issues, I wanted the antennae to either be removable or to rotate so that they could stay on when he transformed. The holes were drilled just a tad too big (courtesy of US drill bits versus metric ... anyone know of a nice set of metric drill bits on Amazon?) so the antennae were too loose for what I had envisioned. Because I was bummed about the head and because it took me a little while to figure out a solution, I just never did his gallery at the time.
Fast forward a few years later: after transforming him a few times during the G1 Nightbeat and Generations Nightbeat galleries, I realized that there was more than enough clearance for the antennae during the transformation plus the guns were made of a soft plastic so they'd bend if needed. To fix the loose antennae, I just ended up supergluing the guns in place. He transforms just fine with the antennae permanently in place. It fixes the goofy head and turns a mediocre head into the proper head it should be.
Since I ended up gluing the guns in place (and snipped off the gun's handle), it probably doesn't matter which G.I. Joe's guns you use as long as you think they look like they'd be appropriate as antennas. You also probably don't need to actually drill any holes into the side of his head if you are gluing them to the sides of his head, but mine are probably more sturdy because they peg in plus are superglued. I imagine those store brand army guys that are at Toys R Us and/or Target would probably do the trick as well.
It's one of the few actual "customs" I've done and I'd say I was pretty happy with the end result.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
This is that set. Megatron and Ratbat come with all these G.I. Joe characters (and now Blackcat and Toaster as well), as a TCC/GIJCC Club Store exclusive.gothsaurus wrote:Having trouble remembering where that Ratbat/Megatron set will be released. Is that SDCC ... or club exclusive?
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
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