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Cobotron wrote:Hey! Thanks for newsing it up guys!
I stayed up way to late playing with these guys.

@ Wolfman Jake and Seibertron, Cyclonus is a really great shade of blue, and to me, doesn't look all that much like the color on the cartoon model. He does have some lovely metallic lavender high lights though. Not sure what they were going for with the torso mode, but I know I like it.

Also Thrust's colors are spot on with the Armada toy.

Seibertron wrote:I think they were going for the G1 Galvatron toy, though it really needed the four squares on his abdomen to be red.

Seibertron wrote:Your comment about Thrust reminds me that I forgot to grab Armada Thrust from the storage unit for comparison pics. Urgh. Back I go!

Cobotron wrote:

Seibertron wrote:I think they were going for the G1 Galvatron toy, though it really needed the four squares on his abdomen to be red.

The original release, right? Not the lavender re-release. the colors remind me of Energon Megatron. Who always looked like Galvatron to me anyway.

Cobotron wrote: Not sure what they were going for with the torso mode, but I know I like it.

Mr Skram wrote:that period was my "too cool for cartoons and toys" phase haha.

Kurona wrote:Everyone's talking about how they want the other seekers made out of Ghost Starscream, but it'd also totally be equally cool if we got the G1 Coneheads out of Thrust. They look so great.

Bounti76 wrote:Who is on Sky Reign's left leg? It's the Wheeljack version of the Breakdown mold, but not colored like any released or planned character that I'm aware of.

Mr Skram wrote:For those of you who have it in hand, how are the joints and general QC stuff? Any problems or looseness?

Cobotron wrote:

Mr Skram wrote:For those of you who have it in hand, how are the joints and general QC stuff? Any problems or looseness?

I haven't spent enough time yet really digging in, but right off the bat, Starscream's elbows are pretty loosy goosy. Like almost can't hold up his gun. The two halves of the truck bed that form the fore arm for Breakdown's arm mode have a little trouble staying pegged together, but my Off Road is like that too.
Nothing glaring though. The other 3 figures seem right as rain. I'll pay a little more attention when I play with him tonight.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Once again Takara finds a way to take a couple of repaints and create something absolutely briliant. Grand Galvatron combines the best of Japanese Transformers history while giving the fans some great figures. Obviously the standouts will be Starscream and Thrust, both featuring new heads that will get fans salivating at the possibilities. At the end of the day these are repaints, so we know what we're getting in terms of transformation, and durability. Now to figure out what to do with my Combiner Wars Cyclonus.

Seibertron wrote:Great set, just feel like they mixed up the robot mode bodies for Armada Thrust and Ghost Starscream.

Seibertron wrote:While I love Ghost Starscream and Curse Armada Thrust, they totally mixed up the robot modes. The mold used for Thrust would have been a much better choice for Starscream's robot and jet modes. I can't figure out why they did that unless they feel the "wings" in robot mode are more important than the jet mode, the engine inlets (which would be behind his shoulders but still visible in robot mode, and the overall look of the chest.

The head sculpts for both are fantastic. The very manga/anime looking Starscream head, and the new take on Armada Thrust is great (though I would have liked to see the "camo" paint that the original Armada Thrust had). I'd love to see all 6 of the Seekers done as Combiners but am happy for now with what we've got.

Great set, just feel like they mixed up the robot mode bodies for Armada Thrust and Ghost Starscream.

Sabrblade wrote:From what I've heard, the heads are tied to specific molds so they very likely couldn't be swapped around.

That said, I agree in wishing that the Starscream head had been pretooled to the Air Raid mold and the Conehead head pretooled to the Skydive mold, as not only would doing so have given Starscream and Thrust more accurate altmodes but the rectangles on the Air Raid mold's chest would have worked well as Starscream's pectorals.

However, I have seen one decent argument for the way they were done as they are. The Skydive mold's torso is built more like the tradition Seeker torso, complete with shoulder notches that emulate Starscream's shoulder intakes, while the wide and boxy build of the Air Raid mold's torso is more evocative of Armada Thrust's own wide and boxy torso, which also enabled one of his boxy pecs to be colored red like on both the original Armada Thrust toy and cartoon model.

Cobotron wrote:Grandvatron is on my desk right now and the sun is creeping through the blinds behind him just lighting up Starscream like a magic energon crystal. Looks so awesome, just had to share.

Seibertron wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:From what I've heard, the heads are tied to specific molds so they very likely couldn't be swapped around.

That said, I agree in wishing that the Starscream head had been pretooled to the Air Raid mold and the Conehead head pretooled to the Skydive mold, as not only would doing so have given Starscream and Thrust more accurate altmodes but the rectangles on the Air Raid mold's chest would have worked well as Starscream's pectorals.

However, I have seen one decent argument for the way they were done as they are. The Skydive mold's torso is built more like the tradition Seeker torso, complete with shoulder notches that emulate Starscream's shoulder intakes, while the wide and boxy build of the Air Raid mold's torso is more evocative of Armada Thrust's own wide and boxy torso, which also enabled one of his boxy pecs to be colored red like on both the original Armada Thrust toy and cartoon model.

Working on the robot mode galleries for Armada Thrust and Ghost Starscream currently. While working on Starscream's, one of the wings popped off very easily which gave me an idea. So I popped off the other wing, flipped them around, and now you end up with wings that are very evocative of G1 Starscream in robot mode. I can't help but think this was the reasoning at some point in the development process. Pics will be in the gallery once it is completed some time tomorrow.

Sabrblade wrote:Oh man, the wings being flipped around like that would have made the Skydive mold even more perfect for Thrust since his original toy and cartoon model had his wings flipped around in robot mode as well. Such a missing opportunity for Hasbro having pretooled the heads to opposite molds.

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Oh man, the wings being flipped around like that would have made the Skydive mold even more perfect for Thrust since his original toy and cartoon model had his wings flipped around in robot mode as well. Such a missing opportunity for Hasbro having pretooled the heads to opposite molds.

Speaking of missed opportunities, anyone think Hasbro is gonna milk these molds ('seeker' and 'conehead') at all? Hasbro not using them is so counter to their whole business strategy right now - especially, since they're there already

Kurona wrote:Megascream and the Megascream combiner were like, the only good thing about the Deviations comic... and I'd love it.
Just.
Silverbolt for Screamer, Thrust for Dirge and... Thrust; UW Blast Off for Astrotrain, and...
...
Offroad for Soundwave...?

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:

Kurona wrote:Megascream and the Megascream combiner were like, the only good thing about the Deviations comic... and I'd love it.
Just.
Silverbolt for Screamer, Thrust for Dirge and... Thrust; UW Blast Off for Astrotrain, and...
...
Offroad for Soundwave...?

Works for me!

Counterpunch wrote:The Grand Galvatron set is plainly stated, GDLK.

Anyone else feel that this is the best Classics Cyclonus now?

Hellscream9999 wrote:Speaking of missed opportunities, anyone think Hasbro is gonna milk these molds ('seeker' and 'conehead') at all?

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:

Kurona wrote:Megascream and the Megascream combiner were like, the only good thing about the Deviations comic... and I'd love it.
Just.
Silverbolt for Screamer, Thrust for Dirge and... Thrust; UW Blast Off for Astrotrain, and...
...
Offroad for Soundwave...?

Works for me!

Seibertron wrote:And here's the "original" Combiner Haunt team

Sabrblade wrote:The rest of the time, he was inconsistently colored varying shades of purple, including the light lavender that Ryan loathes so much.

Seibertron wrote:I can't figure out why they did that unless they feel the "wings" in robot mode are more important than the jet mode

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:Roller for the Lost Light

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Oh man, the wings being flipped around like that would have made the Skydive mold even more perfect for Thrust since his original toy and cartoon model had his wings flipped around in robot mode as well. Such a missing opportunity for Hasbro having pretooled the heads to opposite molds.

Speaking of missed opportunities, anyone think Hasbro is gonna milk these molds ('seeker' and 'conehead') at all? Hasbro not using them is so counter to their whole business strategy right now - especially, since they're there already

Seibertron wrote:

Counterpunch wrote:The Grand Galvatron set is plainly stated, GDLK.
Anyone else feel that this is the best Classics Cyclonus now?

It's completely the wrong color! Cyclonus should not be blue. I'll stick with my Combiner Wars Cyclonus (though I wish he was closer to G1 Cyclonus or at least a bluer purple instead of a reddish purple). I really like Unite Warriors Cyclonus, he's just flat out the wrong color though. It'd be amazing if it had been purple like he should be.