Images of Sky Shadow Connected With Other Titans Return Bases In Different Configurations
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Posted by william-james88 on March 27th, 2017 @ 10:06pm CDT
EmirateXaaron wrote:God I really want that Sky Shadow. I'm really digging his design, despite him being a Overlord pretool.
How are the stickers on him, by the way? Are they garbage like the TR Megatron stickers?
Yes they are. Thankfully there arent that many. Theres just the ones on the wings and the decepticon symbols and the later ones are perfecetly fine. This is easily the best leader of Titans return to date.
And I just love how well that tank rolls. Its a very elegant transformation for his bottom half. Top Half is overly simplified though, too bad.
Posted by Kurona on March 27th, 2017 @ 10:09pm CDT
How is it that a single column of a supermarket whose shelves are so bare it wouldn't be out of place in a zombie apocalypse movie is still making me envious compared to what we have in the UK?
Posted by EmirateXaaron on March 27th, 2017 @ 10:11pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:Yes they are. Thankfully there arent that many. Theres just the ones on the wings and the decepticon symbols and the later ones are perfecetly fine. This is easily the best leader of Titans return to date.
And I just love how well that tank rolls. Its a very elegant transformation for his bottom half. Top Half is overly simplified though, too bad.
Man, that sucks. I'm glad they're not in abundance like Megatron or the new Laser Prime, but it's still a shame. I wonder what prompted them to use such horrible quality stickers? Other than cost-cutting, of course.
Posted by william-james88 on March 27th, 2017 @ 10:15pm CDT
I have realizes that shelves being stocked matters much less than what they are stocked with. The TRU next door to this walmart looked like this:
Now I dont know about you, but I think what Walmart had is way better than what TRU had.
EmirateXaaron wrote:Man, that sucks. I'm glad they're not in abundance like Megatron or the new Laser Prime, but it's still a shame. I wonder what prompted them to use such horrible quality stickers? Other than cost-cutting, of course.
I really think it is just that, cost cutting But hey, thats the way it was in G1 so I hope at least some fans are happy.
Posted by bodrock on March 27th, 2017 @ 10:22pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:bodrock wrote:Broadside AND Sky Shadow!!
I only checked TRU today ;_;
You wouldnt have found them, this was in canada, sorry
Oh, right, thanks for the clarification, Will -- seeing these pics makes me want Sky Shadow, no doubt.
Posted by EmirateXaaron on March 27th, 2017 @ 10:25pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:I really think it is just that, cost cutting But hey, thats the way it was in G1 so I hope at least some fans are happy.
I'd say that the G1 stickers have held up better than these new ones have. Several of the wing stickers on my TR Megs have already peeled pretty badly, and I've only transformed him twice or so. And yet my uncle's Pointblank has stickers that have survived some serious playtesting from him, me, my brothers, and my cousins, not to mention attic storage inbetween.
Although, my Sixshot has held up nicely, despite a good amount of fiddling to get all fo his different modes. Perhaps it's just bad luck with Megatron.
Posted by william-james88 on March 27th, 2017 @ 10:30pm CDT
EmirateXaaron wrote:william-james88 wrote:I really think it is just that, cost cutting But hey, thats the way it was in G1 so I hope at least some fans are happy.
I'd say that the G1 stickers have held up better than these new ones have. Several of the wing stickers on my TR Megs have already peeled pretty badly, and I've only transformed him twice or so. And yet my uncle's Pointblank has stickers that have survived some serious playtesting from him, me, my brothers, and my cousins, not to mention attic storage inbetween.
Although, my Sixshot has held up nicely, despite a good amount of fiddling to get all fo his different modes. Perhaps it's just bad luck with Megatron.
I was just being cheeky with mentioning G1. Some of the stickers on my G1 figures are fine but others have peeled off badly. But they are all from different places and aquired in the pat 3 years so I wouldnt know what happened to them.
And yes, Megatron is easily the biggest offender to the sticker issue. I dont mind the rest as much.
Posted by President-prime on March 27th, 2017 @ 10:35pm CDT
Posted by RiddlerJ on March 27th, 2017 @ 10:39pm CDT
Posted by william-james88 on March 27th, 2017 @ 10:40pm CDT
President-prime wrote:@william-james888. There's no need to take a negative at people who prefers G1 transformers. G1 people don't like **** stickers, for your information
It was a joke, I like G1 too.
Posted by RAR on March 27th, 2017 @ 11:00pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Swerve and Tailgate fought Trypticon in this cartoon battle.RAR wrote:Making a modern version of Greatshot or Six Knight isn't any different to me than it is making Swerve or Tailgate... they also didn't appear in a Western cartoon and only gained significance due to later fictional appearances.
Note: This video is in Japanese only because there's no English version of this fight on YouTube anymore. Otherwise, this episode is definitely from the American G1 cartoon, being the Season 3 ep "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5".
Ok I stand corrected - I think I'd never seen that episode - I think I didn't manage to wade through all of season 3 so I likely stopped before I got that far (I think I stopped before the ark got destroyed for example) .
But it's interesting to see Pipes, Outback, Swerve, Tailgate in there as I genuinely didn't know that any of them were ever in the western cartoon. I notice Bumblebee has a roof cannon - I am surprised Takara didn't pick up on that as a bonus MP accessory.
I recall Cosmos, Powerglide, & Seaspray being in there so I obviously got that far. I really must finish watch those DVD's one of these days
Posted by Deadput on March 27th, 2017 @ 11:00pm CDT
President-prime wrote:@william-james888. There's no need to take a negative at people who prefers G1 transformers. G1 people don't like **** stickers, for your information
He just said he was joking he is not being negative at all.
Also I don't think you speak for everyone I'm pretty sure there are a few G1 "people" who like stickers.
Posted by RAR on March 27th, 2017 @ 11:12pm CDT
But when they don't rub and they have a little cutout to sit into they work perfectly fine.
Oh and as to the durability - I bought a G1 Powerglide at a Carboot sale over the weekend - his stickers are in great condition and I dug him out of biscuit tin full of rusty Hotwheels, Matchbox & Dinky toys.
Oh and I like Soundwave's head on Sky Shadow - that looks nice.
Has anyone found a better fan base mode for Six Shot yet ? something flatter & more ramp friendly perhaps.
Posted by President-prime on March 27th, 2017 @ 11:57pm CDT
Posted by fenrir72 on March 27th, 2017 @ 11:57pm CDT
Deadput wrote:President-prime wrote:@william-james888. There's no need to take a negative at people who prefers G1 transformers. G1 people don't like **** stickers, for your information
He just said he was joking he is not being negative at all.
Also I don't think you speak for everyone I'm pretty sure there are a few G1 "people" who like stickers.
There are good stickers and there are bad scrappy stickers. Whether you are G1 or not, we all hate crappy stickers!
And the ones used on 3x Megs suck. Sixshot's? Well the foil type are kind of a pain to mount and crimp easily, heck, I'll live.
Posted by Sabrblade on March 27th, 2017 @ 11:59pm CDT
It was the fifth episode of season 3, so I'm guessing you stopped after Part 4 or so.RAR wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Swerve and Tailgate fought Trypticon in this cartoon battle.RAR wrote:Making a modern version of Greatshot or Six Knight isn't any different to me than it is making Swerve or Tailgate... they also didn't appear in a Western cartoon and only gained significance due to later fictional appearances.
Note: This video is in Japanese only because there's no English version of this fight on YouTube anymore. Otherwise, this episode is definitely from the American G1 cartoon, being the Season 3 ep "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5".
Ok I stand corrected - I think I'd never seen that episode - I think I didn't manage to wade through all of season 3 so I likely stopped before I got that far (I think I stopped before the ark got destroyed for example) .
But it's interesting to see Pipes, Outback, Swerve, Tailgate in there as I genuinely didn't know that any of them were ever in the western cartoon. I notice Bumblebee has a roof cannon - I am surprised Takara didn't pick up on that as a bonus MP accessory.
I recall Cosmos, Powerglide, & Seaspray being in there so I obviously got that far. I really must finish watch those DVD's one of these days
Swerve was also briefly seen in one scene of another season 3 episode, "Forever is a Long Time Coming", but sadly there's no clip of that scene available on YouTube that i can find.
Said episode was also Pipes's sole other cartoon appearance. Outback, however, got a few appearances in Part 1 of the aforementioned five-parter, and again in the episode "The Quintesson Journal".
Posted by RAR on March 28th, 2017 @ 12:55am CDT
Anyway I'm pleased and surprised to find out (nearly all) the Minibots featured in the show after all.
Did they skip Hubcap ?
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I wonder if Hasbro is aware how much we dislike there use of substandard sticker stock ?
Has anyone had a word in their ear about it at events ?
I actually don't mind the bonus sticker sheets - but those seem to be decent quality stickers so they are not an issue.
But Megatron for example really just needed some red paint on his wings - that was all. and a tampographed logo on his chest and on his jet nose.
Posted by RNSrobot on March 28th, 2017 @ 1:31am CDT
It's funny, though, looking at these pics, my daughter put a pile of Titan Masters on Blaster's base mode last night for a dance party. I want Max just for base mode for the headmasters.
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on March 28th, 2017 @ 1:36am CDT
RAR wrote:I think what happened it I got as far as season 2 on DVD (not having seen hardly any of season 2 until it was on DVD as it was barely published on VHS) and never even unwrapped season three from it's shrink wrap. and the season 3 eps I have seen were all on VHS releases so I've seen things like Return of Optimus Prime or Call of the Primitives on VHS. So things in parts of the 1st 2 years like Nightbird & Kremzeek were new to me as I missed those episodes until it was on DVD. and boy was that bizarre seeing Kremzeek all that time late for the 1st time.
Anyway I'm pleased and surprised to find out (nearly all) the Minibots featured in the show after all.
Did they skip Hubcap ?
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I wonder if Hasbro is aware how much we dislike there use of substandard sticker stock ?
Has anyone had a word in their ear about it at events ?
I actually don't mind the bonus sticker sheets - but those seem to be decent quality stickers so they are not an issue.
But Megatron for example really just needed some red paint on his wings - that was all. and a tampographed logo on his chest and on his jet nose.
I do find it odd that the stickers are only on the Titans Return toys, and not the RiD ones no matter the size. Maybe it's their way of saying: you want G1, we'll give you G1, stickers and all!
Posted by RAR on March 28th, 2017 @ 5:03am CDT
RID toys are sometimes missing paint to a horrendous degree - especially some Bumblebees.
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on March 28th, 2017 @ 5:18am CDT
Really can't see the appeal of those 'base modes' all connected. Most of them still just look like mangled mistransformations. Base mode TFs for the large part just don't work for me at all. Would be nice to have an actual dedicated base with actual features kind of like the G1 Ark dioramas and playsets I seen some people make. Or even the old Micromaster bases which were much tidier and without the need for painful looking posing positioning of actual Transformer characters.
Posted by RiddlerJ on March 28th, 2017 @ 8:04am CDT
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:RAR wrote:I think what happened it I got as far as season 2 on DVD (not having seen hardly any of season 2 until it was on DVD as it was barely published on VHS) and never even unwrapped season three from it's shrink wrap. and the season 3 eps I have seen were all on VHS releases so I've seen things like Return of Optimus Prime or Call of the Primitives on VHS. So things in parts of the 1st 2 years like Nightbird & Kremzeek were new to me as I missed those episodes until it was on DVD. and boy was that bizarre seeing Kremzeek all that time late for the 1st time.
Anyway I'm pleased and surprised to find out (nearly all) the Minibots featured in the show after all.
Did they skip Hubcap ?
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I wonder if Hasbro is aware how much we dislike there use of substandard sticker stock ?
Has anyone had a word in their ear about it at events ?
I actually don't mind the bonus sticker sheets - but those seem to be decent quality stickers so they are not an issue.
But Megatron for example really just needed some red paint on his wings - that was all. and a tampographed logo on his chest and on his jet nose.
I do find it odd that the stickers are only on the Titans Return toys, and not the RiD ones no matter the size. Maybe it's their way of saying: you want G1, we'll give you G1, stickers and all!
I never understood why Hubcap got the shaft.
Posted by william-james88 on March 28th, 2017 @ 8:08am CDT
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:I do find it odd that the stickers are only on the Titans Return toys, and not the RiD ones no matter the size. Maybe it's their way of saying: you want G1, we'll give you G1, stickers and all!
Are you really going on the record of saying that the RID line does not use stickers on their toys?
Posted by Kurona on March 28th, 2017 @ 8:16am CDT
Posted by Deadput on March 28th, 2017 @ 8:19am CDT
RiddlerJ wrote:I never understood why Hubcap got the shaft.
Same reason Topspin and Twintwist were...
Probably just forgotten about and heck two of Hubcap's wave mates Tailgate and Swerve only appeared in one episode without any lines and two others Outback and Pipes only had a couple of episodes in which they were not even major characters.
A similar fate befalls poor Skids.
Googling on the wiki shows me that only Wheelie showed up in the original G1 marvel comics too and it probably has something to do with Wheelie being a movie character the only new Mini-Vehicle with a completely new mold in 1986.
The only Autobots I can think of that never showed up for a good reason were Roadbuster and Whirl due to being toys from a non Takara company also the two probably would of been very toned down in the show anyways since their pretty violent according to their G1 bios.
Posted by EmirateXaaron on March 28th, 2017 @ 8:29am CDT
Kurona wrote:Not gonna like, would kinda like to see how Sky Shadow would look with Takara Soundwave's head in there since the black would match (compared to the blue currently edging through) and the red visor might work better.
I agree with this. I think it'd make for a very interesting looking figure!
Posted by Rodimus Knight on March 28th, 2017 @ 9:40am CDT
Posted by DeathReviews on March 28th, 2017 @ 10:14am CDT
Posted by Diem on March 28th, 2017 @ 10:21am CDT
As it stands though I LOVE the fact that you can put a Titan Master inside Wheelie, then put Wheelie inside Powermaster Prime's trailer, then put Powermaster Prime on top of one of Fort Max's landing strips. That's exactly the kind of Russian doll nonsense I love.
Posted by o.supreme on March 28th, 2017 @ 10:23am CDT
With TR the stickers are applied during the production process which consumers have no control over. Except in the case of Fortress Maximus. Of course me having overly sized Shrek-like hands, I asked my wife to apply the stickers to Fort Max, which she did quite expertly.
2. I will agree that a stores quality of product is much more important than quantity, still, Most TRU's here are no different than that Wal-Mart pic, I've never seen a modern TF section as full as the Canadian TRU pictures
Posted by Cobotron on March 28th, 2017 @ 11:05am CDT
o.supreme wrote:2. I will agree that a stores quality of product is much more important than quantity, still, Most TRU's here are no different than that Wal-Mart pic, I've never seen a modern TF section as full as the Canadian TRU pictures
This is not a political staement. Just a point of reference in time, but US TF shelves haven't looked like Canadian shelves since Bush was president.
I went on a massive hunt yesterday looking for the Velocitron set and hoping to find the latest TMs. 2 TRUs, 2 Walmarts, and a bunch of Walgreens.
Nadda! Nothing but tumble weeds. Even saw a longhorn skull with a vulture perched on it.
Posted by RNSrobot on March 28th, 2017 @ 11:28am CDT
Diem wrote:I agree that the base-combination mode doesn't appeal to me as an adult but as a kid this would have been exactly the kind of nonsense I'd have been into. Just adding more and more bases together, seeing how large the total base can get, driving the little Titan Master vehicles all around...
As it stands though I LOVE the fact that you can put a Titan Master inside Wheelie, then put Wheelie inside Powermaster Prime's trailer, then put Powermaster Prime on top of one of Fort Max's landing strips. That's exactly the kind of Russian doll nonsense I love.
My five year old would concur. My 8 year old self agrees.
As it is, my oldest ADORES playing with the smaller car TFs (legends class stuff) or hot wheels on metroplex in city mode. And she LOVES the headmasters and putting them on the little base modes. I literally don't want Fort Max for myself, but to leave in City Mode covered in Titan Masters and hot wheels.
Posted by EmirateXaaron on March 28th, 2017 @ 12:20pm CDT
Cobotron wrote:I went on a massive hunt yesterday looking for the Velocitron set and hoping to find the latest TMs. 2 TRUs, 2 Walmarts, and a bunch of Walgreens.
Nadda! Nothing but tumble weeds. Even saw a longhorn skull with a vulture perched on it.
It's sad how true this is. Twice a week after work I visit Target, TRU, WalMart, Kroger, Meijer, and even Walgreens. All I ever find is a nearly-empty TF shelf, with the same RiD packages hanging there from the last time I checked. I still haven't found a single Twinferno, Getaway, or Triggerhappy.
I really hate ordering online for something I could find in stores, but at this point I'm convinced that "in-stores" isn't accurate.
Posted by o.supreme on March 28th, 2017 @ 1:18pm CDT
DeathReviews wrote:I know they 'connect', but the way the leader figures connect to the titan 'cities' just looks so.... higgledy-piggledy.
agreed, but WJ inspired my to see what I've got so far (with Fort Max and 5 leaders)
I'm hoping for eventual symmetrical completeness, though the way these bases connect is going to provide a challenge to be sure.
It is off to a nice start though with Blaster and Soundwave coming off the arms of Fort Max(of course I have to remove that extra piece off the left leg to accomplish this). Then connecting Sixshot and Quisckswitch off of them, so far so good....
Then there's PM Prime...what a nightmare he is, and I don't have Sky Shadow yet. But hopefully getting Magnus Prime and Overlord will complete the Symmetry and connect back to Trypticon. That is my goal so far. I know there are more leaders to be announced, but doing the "full circle" at this point required contorting PM Prime into a position that just looked awful. But I can see, eventually it will look awesome once completed as long as the final number of leaders is even that is....
*note* I know some are speculating that God Bomber will be a leader in some of the sets, which would be fine since he is of that size class, but as far as I know TT had no peg connectivity for him so while he is leader in size, he is not part of the overall "connectivity" theme...
so all in all we *should* have an even number of TR Leaders (7 individual releases and 3 in box sets) making 10, plus 2 Titan-Class, will be one beautiful thing when completed, hopefully.
Posted by JoeIsNotCool on March 28th, 2017 @ 1:28pm CDT
Posted by TF-fan kev777 on March 28th, 2017 @ 1:28pm CDT
o.supreme wrote:so all in all we *should* have an even number of TR Leaders (7 individual releases and 3 in box sets) making 10, plus 2 Titan-Class, will be one beautiful thing when completed, hopefully.
Keep in mind there is no guarantee that there will be a new leader for Wave 6. Wave 6 of CW didn't have one.
Also, GodBomber does have TM integration and a base mode. This will most likely be one without a duplicate for your symmetry.
Posted by william-james88 on March 28th, 2017 @ 1:33pm CDT
Posted by Diem on March 28th, 2017 @ 1:36pm CDT
o.supreme wrote:*note* I know some are speculating that God Bomber will be a leader in some of the sets, which would be fine since he is of that size class, but as far as I know TT had no peg connectivity for him so while he is leader in size, he is not part of the overall "connectivity" theme...
He's not a Leader. He's a size class that doesn't exist in the west. That doesn't necessarily mean that he won't have ramp compatibility but it means that he isn't guaranteed to have Leader-class features.
Posted by o.supreme on March 28th, 2017 @ 1:46pm CDT
TF-fan kev777 wrote:Keep in mind there is no guarantee that there will be a new leader for Wave 6. Wave 6 of CW didn't have one.
Also, GodBomber does have TM integration and a base mode. This will most likely be one without a duplicate for your symmetry.
wow I never knew that about God Bomber. Kind of cool. Still then if we get GB, and no Leader in wave 6, then we still get 10 leaders and Symmetry is saved...
william-james88 wrote:There is a nagging question I keep forgetting to ask. For all those that have fort max, there is a small hole near the battery compartment in his head. That hole is made for this narrow rod to hit when in base mode and that tower done. I would assume it is done to change the sounds that come from the tower. But he just does the same sounds, so what is the point?!
Its a bit tricky but you can get Cerebros tucked in so the rod in the tower does go in the hole. This does create a different set of sounds, including Emissary speaking his name.
Posted by william-james88 on March 28th, 2017 @ 2:03pm CDT
o.supreme wrote:Its a bit tricky but you can get Cerebros tucked in so the rod in the tower does go in the hole. This does create a different set of sounds, including Emissary speaking his name.
REALLY?! I tried but never got it, but this sounds great I will give it another go.
Posted by Diem on March 28th, 2017 @ 2:10pm CDT
Posted by o.supreme on March 28th, 2017 @ 2:15pm CDT
Diem wrote:In all honesty I never bothered to put batteries in TR Fort Max. Legends Fort Max on the other hand, those sounds are amazing.
I do love that it plays the Headmaster Theme song, I've thought about seeing if someone has just a Legends Fortress (head) on eBay...but never pursued it.
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on March 28th, 2017 @ 3:24pm CDT
Diem wrote:o.supreme wrote:*note* I know some are speculating that God Bomber will be a leader in some of the sets, which would be fine since he is of that size class, but as far as I know TT had no peg connectivity for him so while he is leader in size, he is not part of the overall "connectivity" theme...
He's not a Leader. He's a size class that doesn't exist in the west. That doesn't necessarily mean that he won't have ramp compatibility but it means that he isn't guaranteed to have Leader-class features.
Correction: he's Leader Class-sized, but slightly cheaper. And he does have a "base mode" with the panels on the side of the trailer featuring the standard connection points.
Posted by Qwan on March 28th, 2017 @ 4:28pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:o.supreme wrote:Its a bit tricky but you can get Cerebros tucked in so the rod in the tower does go in the hole. This does create a different set of sounds, including Emissary speaking his name.
REALLY?! I tried but never got it, but this sounds great I will give it another go.
Yeah, it's super tricky to get things lined up properly (and can require a worrying amount of force, actually ) but it absolutely works. As well as "Emissary!", you get a few other various sounds like a very sci-fi radar-ish noise, and something that sounds a lot like that truck-rumble noise from RoTF Prime (since the sounds are intended to apply to base and rolling-transport-whatever modes).
Be aware though, that there is also the occasional Fort Max/Cerebros sound in there so if you try pressing the button and it makes one of their noises it doesn't necessarily mean it's not connected right - you may have just happened to get one of the 'shared' sounds instead of a dedicated base-mode one.
Posted by Insurgent on March 28th, 2017 @ 5:42pm CDT
Posted by Hellscream9999 on March 28th, 2017 @ 7:43pm CDT
Hellscream9999 wrote:Gnaw and Kickback have made their way to Meijer in Oswego, Il.
Got myself a Kickback, pretty great lil figure
Seriously, if anyone needs bumblebee, gnaw, or kickback, Meijer in Oswego seems to have gotten several cases of them judging by how stuffed the pegs are...
Posted by william-james88 on March 29th, 2017 @ 8:23am CDT
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?siteid=0&pub=5574891718&campid=5336631220&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2FTransformers-Ti%20...%20SwuLZY1WkG%3C%2Fa%3E%3F
And this isnt a scalper overpricing a toy or anything, its just bids.
Posted by Bumblebee21 on March 29th, 2017 @ 8:38am CDT
william-james88 wrote:To those wishing to buy the individual figures of these sets off e-bay instead of the entire set, you are way better off buying the set and selling the ones you dont want:
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?siteid=0&pub=5574891718&campid=5336631220&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2FTransformers-Ti%20...%20SwuLZY1WkG%3C%2Fa%3E%3F
And this isnt a scalper overpricing a toy or anything, its just bids.
if you wait long enough there will be more put up.
i dont think its fully out yet
Posted by Kurona on March 29th, 2017 @ 8:51am CDT
Posted by william-james88 on March 29th, 2017 @ 8:53am CDT
Kurona wrote:Honestly, wait long enough and sales will price the entire boxset as cheaper than that.
I already have a raincheck for the boxset at that price