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Huh, I actually love Mindwipe. He and WW are my two favs of the line so far.

william-james88 wrote:Ah ****! Then that means convobat will suck too. Might cancel my preorder then.

Mr Skram wrote:Huh, I actually love Mindwipe. He and WW are my two favs of the line so far.

I was trying to be funny, but I should probably explain. I love dynamic use of alt modes. (The articulation of modern TFs in robot mode is well documented, so this will be sticking to alt modes.) In the case of vehicles, it is about how cool the vehicle looks and what it can do. I can imagine Highbrow flying overhead peppering Decepticons with a barrage of air to ground fire. I get the feeling of movement from Blurr (speed!) and Chromedome (muscle car like!) Yes, I have to admit that I've gone "vroom, vroom" while chasing Dead End around. So, vehicle modes are great for what they are.

With beast alt modes, I guess I'm looking for playability too, but in a different way. I love Skullcruncher/smasher or whatever in Cobotron's signature picture:


It just poses so nicely! I have Skullsmasher/cruncher posed on a flight stand looking like he is swimming through the water. Sure, it would be cool to have a bit more articulation in the legs, but it is enough to do some cool things.

WeirdWolfWire is no much better articulated in beast mode. Again, I could wish for some more (particularly on the hind legs) but I can get so much more personality out of the figure.

Mindwipe stands there. Maybe I fold his wings in. If he is flying around, his head is always pointed down, not allowing him to look like an actual bat flying. I get no dynamic poses from him. All I get is the feeling that he is staring at me trying to get me to do some weird dance or attack Autobots or something...

Don't get me wrong. He looks nicely detailed. I like the transformation (clever to fold the wings around to form the legs). But I can't really do anything with him in beast mode except have him stand there staring at me with mouth closed-open and wings folded or not. After all the awesomeness of the entire line thus far, I am very disappointed with Mindwipe.

So I got Hardhead and Skullcruncher not too long ago, as well as Titan Force Brainstorm. #Braingate

Hardhead has a nice, if rather generic, robot mode. His alt-mode...I'm not sure if I like it or if I just feel indifference towards it. I intend to customize him into Stalker. #CivilWar

Skullcruncher though, is loads of fun. His hips are in fact loose, but not so much so that I have any trouble posing him whatsoever. What a lovely green he has, and I absolutely adore the crocodile head. So much poseablilty for what it's worth. Only complaint is the hot pink; I know that was his color scheme in geenwun, but DAMN does it clash with his nice, nice green. I also love the face on the Hasbro version. The details are so cool.

I got Titan Force Brainstorm (#Braingate) on eBay separate from Windblade and Sentinel, and have no plans to acquire either of those two. It cost me $50, but with how much I like the figure, I'm okay with it. This deluxe Brainstorm (#Braingate) blows the Voyager Brainstorm (#Braingate) out of the water. I mean, I used to really like the voyager fig, but having this deluxe one...it scales better with Perceptor and Wheeljack, it has better poseablilty, it has better colors, it has better proportions, it has...actually, I like the weapon integration on the voyager better. I wish there was a way to make the guns on the nose of the alt-mode point up instead of down in robot mode.

Nemesis Maximo wrote:<snip> I wish there was a way to make the guns on the nose of the alt-mode point up instead of down in robot mode.

There is. The landing skid on the nose piece, if it were turned upside down for the Titan Master to ride in, can fit into the hole in the back of Brainstorm where the front wheel goes. It means that the piece that flips over onto the back doesn't go down all the way, but it traps the nose in nicely creating the weapons-up look in the back.

Do you see what I mean? Another user here suggested it, but I don't know if I ever saw a pic. I might snap one tomorrow and post it. I have some other pics of Computron to post...

Agamemnon wrote:

Nemesis Maximo wrote:<snip> I wish there was a way to make the guns on the nose of the alt-mode point up instead of down in robot mode.

There is. The landing skid on the nose piece, if it were turned upside down for the Titan Master to ride in, can fit into the hole in the back of Brainstorm where the front wheel goes. It means that the piece that flips over onto the back doesn't go down all the way, but it traps the nose in nicely creating the weapons-up look in the back.

Do you see what I mean? Another user here suggested it, but I don't know if I ever saw a pic. I might snap one tomorrow and post it. I have some other pics of Computron to post...

I am looking forward to all those pics.

Wait a minute! how can Tidal Wave just be a straight repaint from Broadside? coz how do you then explain Tidal Waves jet alt mode coz i don't recall the original Tidal Wave turning into a jet

Sabrblade wrote:

Stuartmaximus wrote:Wait a minute! how can Tidal Wave just be a straight repaint from Broadside? coz how do you then explain Tidal Waves jet alt mode coz i don't recall the original Tidal Wave turning into a jet

True, but his altmode did consistently fly in the Armada cartoon, rather than travel by water.

I don't think it ever sailed on the water, it traveled submerged (if I remember correctly), then it came out of the water and proceeded to fly for the rest of the show

Stuartmaximus wrote:Wait a minute! how can Tidal Wave just be a straight repaint from Broadside? coz how do you then explain Tidal Waves jet alt mode coz i don't recall the original Tidal Wave turning into a jet

Same logic when the repurposed Blitzwing into Starscream. 'creamer never turned into a a tank and, well Hb's corporate slugs said so

Btw, I wonder what the sales figures for TTR Fortmax is? Is it a homerun hit? Or is it "shelf warming"?

Fortmax MUST sell bigTIME!

Kurona wrote:I'm not saying it's good but are we really at the point where we're criticising an ad

I mean you can, of course, but... gosh

Isn't it what most of the members here do? Either it being G1, lack of paint apps, scale, frame rate etc.

fenrir72 wrote:

Stuartmaximus wrote:Wait a minute! how can Tidal Wave just be a straight repaint from Broadside? coz how do you then explain Tidal Waves jet alt mode coz i don't recall the original Tidal Wave turning into a jet

Same logic when the repurposed Blitzwing into Starscream. 'creamer never turned into a a tank and, well Hb's corporate slugs said so

Btw, I wonder what the sales figures for TTR Fortmax is? Is it a homerun hit? Or is it "shelf warming"?

Fortmax MUST sell bigTIME!

Too early to say.....really but most who want Max seem to be getting him

Stuartmaximus wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:

Stuartmaximus wrote:Wait a minute! how can Tidal Wave just be a straight repaint from Broadside? coz how do you then explain Tidal Waves jet alt mode coz i don't recall the original Tidal Wave turning into a jet

Same logic when the repurposed Blitzwing into Starscream. 'creamer never turned into a a tank and, well Hb's corporate slugs said so

Btw, I wonder what the sales figures for TTR Fortmax is? Is it a homerun hit? Or is it "shelf warming"?

Fortmax MUST sell bigTIME!

Too early to say.....really but most who want Max seem to be getting him

And hopefully at full retail. Sure it can be said that Hb already sold out all their units but if the retailers got him at full price and are forced to sell them at a loss, they MAY NO LONGER order future Cityformers. Then we say goodbye to Trypticon or have in released just in Asian markets.

Stuartmaximus wrote:Wait a minute! how can Tidal Wave just be a straight repaint from Broadside? coz how do you then explain Tidal Waves jet alt mode coz i don't recall the original Tidal Wave turning into a jet

Same reason Optimus gets to be a jet now.
It's basically just Tidal Wave having this mode he never had before. That's it.

I just ordered a Fort Max anything I need to know ?

Like any mislabelled stickers of things that can break etc ???

fenrir72 wrote:

Stuartmaximus wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:

Stuartmaximus wrote:Wait a minute! how can Tidal Wave just be a straight repaint from Broadside? coz how do you then explain Tidal Waves jet alt mode coz i don't recall the original Tidal Wave turning into a jet

Same logic when the repurposed Blitzwing into Starscream. 'creamer never turned into a a tank and, well Hb's corporate slugs said so

Btw, I wonder what the sales figures for TTR Fortmax is? Is it a homerun hit? Or is it "shelf warming"?

Fortmax MUST sell bigTIME!

Too early to say.....really but most who want Max seem to be getting him

And hopefully at full retail. Sure it can be said that Hb already sold out all their units but if the retailers got him at full price and are forced to sell them at a loss, they MAY NO LONGER order future Cityformers. Then we say goodbye to Trypticon or have in released just in Asian markets.

Doubt that'll happen! i think it's reasonable to assume that TRypticon will have more of a wider release that just limited to the asian market

RAR wrote:I just ordered a Fort Max anything I need to know ?

Like any mislabelled stickers of things that can break etc ???

Be careful with the blue parts on his lower legs that have the wheels. One of mine was a bit floppy out of the box. Specifically the one the little pod thing attaches to. Don't know how widespread an issue it is. I haven't seen anyone complain about it, but it's the only thing I've had problems with. Could just be a broken or malformed tab or something.

fenrir72 wrote:

Stuartmaximus wrote:Wait a minute! how can Tidal Wave just be a straight repaint from Broadside? coz how do you then explain Tidal Waves jet alt mode coz i don't recall the original Tidal Wave turning into a jet

Same logic when the repurposed Blitzwing into Starscream. 'creamer never turned into a a tank and, well Hb's corporate slugs said so

Btw, I wonder what the sales figures for TTR Fortmax is? Is it a homerun hit? Or is it "shelf warming"?

Fortmax MUST sell bigTIME!

He isn't flying off the shelves in Canada. Just like the G2 combiners.

william-james88 wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:

Stuartmaximus wrote:Wait a minute! how can Tidal Wave just be a straight repaint from Broadside? coz how do you then explain Tidal Waves jet alt mode coz i don't recall the original Tidal Wave turning into a jet

Same logic when the repurposed Blitzwing into Starscream. 'creamer never turned into a a tank and, well Hb's corporate slugs said so

Btw, I wonder what the sales figures for TTR Fortmax is? Is it a homerun hit? Or is it "shelf warming"?

Fortmax MUST sell bigTIME!

He isn't flying off the shelves in Canada. Just like the G2 combiners.

On sh***! Is it because you Canucks get the extra higher taxes in retail?

chuckdawg1999 wrote:I figured the G2 Prime is colored to look more like the Prime we know and love, which is basically what the Star Convoy homage is.

Right, but it wasn't just the colors (which are more Star Convoy than G1 Prime) that make him a Star Convoy homage, but also the unused Star Convoy head that many believe will be used for the stan alone Titan Master release.

steals_your_goats wrote:Even going back farther to thrilling 30there was only 1 Voyager that was a straight repaint and that was doubledealer.

Not even him, Doubledealer had a new head.

Emerje

Kurona wrote:

Stuartmaximus wrote:Wait a minute! how can Tidal Wave just be a straight repaint from Broadside? coz how do you then explain Tidal Waves jet alt mode coz i don't recall the original Tidal Wave turning into a jet

Same reason Optimus gets to be a jet now.
It's basically just Tidal Wave having this mode he never had before. That's it.

Still though, if there is one thing I'd like, it's to see bots with multiple alt modes. If we really do get Overlord as the next leader after Sixshot, I'd like to see others using multiple alt modes at the same time, like the duocons and Tidal wave. It is so cool to combine several vehicles to make a character

fenrir72 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:

Stuartmaximus wrote:Wait a minute! how can Tidal Wave just be a straight repaint from Broadside? coz how do you then explain Tidal Waves jet alt mode coz i don't recall the original Tidal Wave turning into a jet

Same logic when the repurposed Blitzwing into Starscream. 'creamer never turned into a a tank and, well Hb's corporate slugs said so

Btw, I wonder what the sales figures for TTR Fortmax is? Is it a homerun hit? Or is it "shelf warming"?

Fortmax MUST sell bigTIME!

He isn't flying off the shelves in Canada. Just like the G2 combiners.

On sh***! Is it because you Canucks get the extra higher taxes in retail?

Could be, he costs 230$ in Canada making it 264$ with taxes in Quebec. So he just ends up as a big expensive toy Parents arent likely to buy at retail, especially since the kids dont know the character from supporting media, unlike the 200$ Kylo Ren Lightsabre. So no, at brick and mortar retail, he isnt selling all that well.

But the stores know that and thats why in the States he is predominantly sold online.

But dont worry, we will still get trypticon. the only thing that will change is that Toysrus will probably not sell him in theor brick and mortar stores to save shelf pace for stuff that sells better.

fenrir72 wrote:

Stuartmaximus wrote:Wait a minute! how can Tidal Wave just be a straight repaint from Broadside? coz how do you then explain Tidal Waves jet alt mode coz i don't recall the original Tidal Wave turning into a jet

Same logic when the repurposed Blitzwing into Starscream. 'creamer never turned into a a tank and, well Hb's corporate slugs said so

Btw, I wonder what the sales figures for TTR Fortmax is? Is it a homerun hit? Or is it "shelf warming"?

Fortmax MUST sell bigTIME!

Hasbro never had a say in cloud Starscream seeing as it was an Ehobby release so you can point that blame at your overlord Takara.

As far at fort max goes I have no idea why you're so fixated on this notion that if he doesn't sell well they're going to pull titan class completely. They never once said that he was the make or break figure and Trypticon is already a for sure thing so you're freaking out over nothing.

steals_your_goats wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:

Stuartmaximus wrote:Wait a minute! how can Tidal Wave just be a straight repaint from Broadside? coz how do you then explain Tidal Waves jet alt mode coz i don't recall the original Tidal Wave turning into a jet

Same logic when the repurposed Blitzwing into Starscream. 'creamer never turned into a a tank and, well Hb's corporate slugs said so

Btw, I wonder what the sales figures for TTR Fortmax is? Is it a homerun hit? Or is it "shelf warming"?

Fortmax MUST sell bigTIME!

Hasbro never had a say in cloud Starscream seeing as it was an Ehobby release so you can point that blame at your overlord Takara.

As far at fort max goes I have no idea why you're so fixated on this notion that if he doesn't sell well they're going to pull titan class completely. They never once said that he was the make or break figure and Trypticon is already a for sure thing so you're freaking out over nothing.

Seriously, it's the third release in the line, they're clearly selling well enough for retailers to keep stocking him, enough with the 'it's the end of the titan class if he doesn't sell well' crap. And even if he didn't, that's on hasbro for making him a cheap retool, and not us

Can we get a 3rd party tail fins attachment to make Astrotrain look more like the G1 toy? Galvatron could use a 3rd party head also.

AdultCollector wrote:Can we get a 3rd party tail fins attachment to make Astrotrain look more like the G1 toy? Galvatron could use a 3rd party head also.

That shouldn't be too difficult whatsoever, anyone with a 3d printer could make one and paint it