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Posted by Sabrblade on October 23rd, 2015 @ 11:19am CDT
Autobots: They work together. They fight together. And they pee for distance together.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on October 23rd, 2015 @ 12:41pm CDT
Posted by munkimus prime on October 23rd, 2015 @ 12:58pm CDT
Posted by Shuttershock on October 23rd, 2015 @ 1:10pm CDT
"SWOLE IS THE RIGHT OF ALL SENTIENT BEINGS."
Posted by mooncake623 on October 23rd, 2015 @ 1:20pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:
Autobots: They work together. They fight together. And they pee for distance together.
I don't think they're peeing... It just looks like a typical Japanese Somber pose. like they're all grieving. That's how I see it anyway.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on October 23rd, 2015 @ 1:40pm CDT
mooncake623 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:
Autobots: They work together. They fight together. And they pee for distance together.
I don't think they're peeing... It just looks like a typical Japanese Somber pose. like they're all grieving. That's how I see it anyway.
Wonder why they would be posed like that though?
Posted by mooncake623 on October 23rd, 2015 @ 1:43pm CDT
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:mooncake623 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:
Autobots: They work together. They fight together. And they pee for distance together.
I don't think they're peeing... It just looks like a typical Japanese Somber pose. like they're all grieving. That's how I see it anyway.
Wonder why they would be posed like that though?
the death of your wallet..
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on October 23rd, 2015 @ 1:48pm CDT
mooncake623 wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:mooncake623 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:
Autobots: They work together. They fight together. And they pee for distance together.
I don't think they're peeing... It just looks like a typical Japanese Somber pose. like they're all grieving. That's how I see it anyway.
Wonder why they would be posed like that though?
the death of your wallet..
My wallet let out a little squeal when I ordered TAV 29 ($34 for a deluxe?!) But considering how much cheaper I got Defensor and OM than they should have been, I'm making up for it
Posted by Shuttershock on October 23rd, 2015 @ 1:50pm CDT
mooncake623 wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:mooncake623 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:
Autobots: They work together. They fight together. And they pee for distance together.
I don't think they're peeing... It just looks like a typical Japanese Somber pose. like they're all grieving. That's how I see it anyway.
Wonder why they would be posed like that though?
the death of your wallet..
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on October 23rd, 2015 @ 1:52pm CDT
Shuttershock wrote:mooncake623 wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:mooncake623 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:
Autobots: They work together. They fight together. And they pee for distance together.
I don't think they're peeing... It just looks like a typical Japanese Somber pose. like they're all grieving. That's how I see it anyway.
Wonder why they would be posed like that though?
the death of your wallet..
Now just stick a knife in it and the image will be complete (and my wallet legit does look that empty )
Posted by Sabrblade on October 23rd, 2015 @ 1:59pm CDT
Nah, that's too bloody and messy. Hang it from the gallows.D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Shuttershock wrote:mooncake623 wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:mooncake623 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:
Autobots: They work together. They fight together. And they pee for distance together.
I don't think they're peeing... It just looks like a typical Japanese Somber pose. like they're all grieving. That's how I see it anyway.
Wonder why they would be posed like that though?
the death of your wallet..
Now just stick a knife in it and the image will be complete (and my wallet legit does look that empty )
Posted by Cobotron on October 23rd, 2015 @ 2:05pm CDT
I thought they were bowing. ya know, 'cause it's Japan.D-Maximus_Prime wrote:mooncake623 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:
Autobots: They work together. They fight together. And they pee for distance together.
I don't think they're peeing... It just looks like a typical Japanese Somber pose. like they're all grieving. That's how I see it anyway.
Wonder why they would be posed like that though?
Posted by william-james88 on October 23rd, 2015 @ 3:11pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:
Autobots: They work together. They fight together. And they pee for distance together.
Looks more like they are all constipated to me, trying to take dumps at the same time.
Cobotron wrote:I thought they were bowing. ya know, 'cause it's Japan.
More like bow-el-ing
Posted by Hellscream9999 on October 23rd, 2015 @ 3:18pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:
Autobots: They work together. They fight together. And they pee for distance together.
Looks more like they are all constipated to me, trying to take dumps at the same time.Cobotron wrote:I thought they were bowing. ya know, 'cause it's Japan.
More like bow-el-ing
Maybe you should stick to your scattershot references
Posted by william-james88 on October 23rd, 2015 @ 5:04pm CDT
Posted by no-one on October 23rd, 2015 @ 5:26pm CDT
Posted by Cobotron on October 23rd, 2015 @ 5:28pm CDT
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on October 23rd, 2015 @ 5:49pm CDT
Posted by Shuttershock on October 23rd, 2015 @ 6:59pm CDT
"Put your HANDS on your hips..."
Posted by Cyhwuhx on October 24th, 2015 @ 8:07am CDT
Posted by Cobotron on October 24th, 2015 @ 9:23am CDT
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on October 24th, 2015 @ 2:51pm CDT
Cyhwuhx wrote:Running the associated tweet through a translator reveals that it's TF YUKI's way of thanking the fans for lots of pre-orders of the Prime-set and for maintaining interest in the UW series.
All makes sense now. The bots are giving us a bow of gratitude! Nice touch
Posted by Wolfman Jake on October 25th, 2015 @ 6:38pm CDT
Cyhwuhx wrote:Running the associated tweet through a translator reveals that it's TF YUKI's way of thanking the fans for lots of pre-orders of the Prime-set and for maintaining interest in the UW series.
You see? This is why we can't have nice things.
Posted by fenrir72 on November 2nd, 2015 @ 7:51am CST
Blast off wins by a landslide from the votes of the tffans!
Posted by steals_your_goats on November 2nd, 2015 @ 9:35am CST
fenrir72 wrote:TFYuki mulling on Blastoff for UW Bruticus.
Blast off wins by a landslide from the votes of the tffans!
What was the vote against? I don't think I'm understanding the translation.
Posted by Agamemnon on November 2nd, 2015 @ 9:50am CST
steals_your_goats wrote:fenrir72 wrote:TFYuki mulling on Blastoff for UW Bruticus.
Blast off wins by a landslide from the votes of the tffans!
What was the vote against? I don't think I'm understanding the translation.
I think it's a confirmation that they are doing a more proper Blastoff, meaning a shuttle...
Posted by steals_your_goats on November 2nd, 2015 @ 9:51am CST
Agamemnon wrote:steals_your_goats wrote:fenrir72 wrote:TFYuki mulling on Blastoff for UW Bruticus.
Blast off wins by a landslide from the votes of the tffans!
What was the vote against? I don't think I'm understanding the translation.
I think it's a confirmation that they are doing a more proper Blastoff, meaning a shuttle...
Oh okay I thought that was already confirmed lol.
Posted by Sabrblade on November 2nd, 2015 @ 10:53am CST
Blast Off would have won either way. It was Blast Off vs. Blast Off.fenrir72 wrote:TFYuki mulling on Blastoff for UW Bruticus.
Blast off wins by a landslide from the votes of the tffans!
Posted by Cyberpath on November 6th, 2015 @ 7:29am CST
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on November 6th, 2015 @ 7:52am CST
Posted by william-james88 on November 6th, 2015 @ 8:16am CST
Coming next month are the acclaimed Unite Warriors Constructicons! [...] Comes with individually personalized weapons as well as improved articulation to have more fun posing them!
Gee Yuki, thanks for rubbing it in. Enjoy these great photos below!
Posted by Evil Eye on November 6th, 2015 @ 8:29am CST
Posted by fenrir72 on November 6th, 2015 @ 9:13am CST
Delta Magnus wrote:Meh. They still look hollow as hell. The improvements are definitely nice but they can't make up for the fact that the molds just plain and simple suck.
Aaaaaaaaaaand you can do better? Just asking, you own the Hb version to be able to make a really unbiased opinion or is it based on just analyzing the images?
Posted by Insurgent on November 6th, 2015 @ 9:16am CST
I love my Giant, and I'm sure I'll love these guys.
Posted by Mkall on November 6th, 2015 @ 9:26am CST
Posted by Hellscream9999 on November 6th, 2015 @ 9:56am CST
Delta Magnus wrote:Meh. They still look hollow as hell. The improvements are definitely nice but they can't make up for the fact that the molds just plain and simple suck.
Perhaps, but if they were more solid, devs would be as big a useless lump as hercules; the only way he can be as poseable as he is is to sacrifice weight wherever possible, and since the point was to give us as G1 a devs as possible, this seems merited
Posted by Sabrblade on November 6th, 2015 @ 10:19am CST
And just for fun, here's some comparisons with the others who look about as good as or better than their Hasbro versions:
Posted by Hellscream9999 on November 6th, 2015 @ 10:25am CST
Sabrblade wrote:About the only things I don't like about the looks of these guys are how Bonecrusher and Long Haul are now less colorful and less detailed than their Hasbro versions since a lot of the silver paint and other colors on them have been removed and replaced with more of the green color. I know it's show-accurate, but it makes them look less exciting and more solidly a single (unflattering) color than these:
And just for fun, here's some comparisons with the others who look about as good as or better than their Hasbro versions:
That was my first thought, that they are - once again - going with the 'lazy show accurate' color scheme, these could have been something beautiful, but now they're just really cool.
Posted by Evil Eye on November 6th, 2015 @ 10:36am CST
fenrir72 wrote:Delta Magnus wrote:Meh. They still look hollow as hell. The improvements are definitely nice but they can't make up for the fact that the molds just plain and simple suck.
Aaaaaaaaaaand you can do better? Just asking, you own the Hb version to be able to make a really unbiased opinion or is it based on just analyzing the images?
I watched Bobby Skullface's review of the Hasbro version, and quite frankly that was enough to put me off buying any version of these figures. Especially considering that far better alternatives exist- and ironically enough, far more readily available in this country.
Posted by Hellscream9999 on November 6th, 2015 @ 10:47am CST
Delta Magnus wrote:fenrir72 wrote:Delta Magnus wrote:Meh. They still look hollow as hell. The improvements are definitely nice but they can't make up for the fact that the molds just plain and simple suck.
Aaaaaaaaaaand you can do better? Just asking, you own the Hb version to be able to make a really unbiased opinion or is it based on just analyzing the images?
I watched Bobby Skullface's review of the Hasbro version, and quite frankly that was enough to put me off buying any version of these figures. Especially considering that far better alternatives exist- and ironically enough, far more readily available in this country.
Well 'better' is extremely subjective here. Dunno what you look for in a figure, if it's solidity, yeah, there are a ton of immobile, overpriced, 3p lumps out there
Posted by Sabrblade on November 6th, 2015 @ 10:49am CST
Although, if you look closely at Takara Long Haul, you'll see a black square painted behind Long Haul's head. What purpose does this seemingly random paint app serve? To homage the black base that original toy's head was attached to, and which included in the cartoon model set behind his head:Hellscream9999 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:About the only things I don't like about the looks of these guys are how Bonecrusher and Long Haul are now less colorful and less detailed than their Hasbro versions since a lot of the silver paint and other colors on them have been removed and replaced with more of the green color. I know it's show-accurate, but it makes them look less exciting and more solidly a single (unflattering) color than these:
And just for fun, here's some comparisons with the others who look about as good as or better than their Hasbro versions:
That was my first thought, that they are - once again - going with the 'lazy show accurate' color scheme, these could have been something beautiful, but now they're just really cool.
Posted by Hellscream9999 on November 6th, 2015 @ 10:57am CST
Sabrblade wrote:Although, if you look closely at Takara Long Haul, you'll see a black square painted behind Long Haul's head. What purpose does this seemingly random paint app serve? To homage the black base that original toy's head was attached to, and which included in the cartoon model set behind his head:Hellscream9999 wrote:That was my first thought, that they are - once again - going with the 'lazy show accurate' color scheme, these could have been something beautiful, but now they're just really cool.Sabrblade wrote:About the only things I don't like about the looks of these guys are how Bonecrusher and Long Haul are now less colorful and less detailed than their Hasbro versions since a lot of the silver paint and other colors on them have been removed and replaced with more of the green color. I know it's show-accurate, but it makes them look less exciting and more solidly a single (unflattering) color than these:
And just for fun, here's some comparisons with the others who look about as good as or better than their Hasbro versions:
While a quaint inclusion, I would've much preferred other, more important - and much needed - apps
Posted by Evil Eye on November 6th, 2015 @ 11:00am CST
Hellscream9999 wrote:Delta Magnus wrote:fenrir72 wrote:Delta Magnus wrote:Meh. They still look hollow as hell. The improvements are definitely nice but they can't make up for the fact that the molds just plain and simple suck.
Aaaaaaaaaaand you can do better? Just asking, you own the Hb version to be able to make a really unbiased opinion or is it based on just analyzing the images?
I watched Bobby Skullface's review of the Hasbro version, and quite frankly that was enough to put me off buying any version of these figures. Especially considering that far better alternatives exist- and ironically enough, far more readily available in this country.
Well 'better' is extremely subjective here. Dunno what you look for in a figure, if it's solidity, yeah, there are a ton of immobile, overpriced, 3p lumps out there
Let's analyse this.
>Immboile:
Hercules is somewhat difficult to pose by modern standards, it's true, but he isn't actually missing any key pieces of articulation (such as, say, elbows) in any mode. And Giant is highly poseable, and incredibly stable. Personally from an aesthetic standpoint I prefer Hercules, but they're both good figure sets. They're also far, far less hollow and flimsy than CW Devastator. Obviously I can't comment on the as-yet unreleased Generation Toy and ToyWorld versions but they both look to be shaping up well. Plus, CW Devastator is hardly super poseable- sure he has a lot of joints, but he falls apart at the drop of a hat.
>Overpriced:
You get what you pay for. Giant and Hercules are well-engineered, solid, decent looking combiners. CW Devastator is poorly engineered, flimsy and hollow, misproportioned and barely a combiner given how many compromises were made to the individual robots.
>Lumps:
Funny, because if there's one word I'd use to describe CW Devastator, it's lumpy.
Posted by X3ROhour on November 6th, 2015 @ 11:01am CST
I just got the friggin Hasbros version!
The articulation iso friggin awesome on the Takara bot.
Y!?
I hate that carp!
FRAK!
Posted by Hellscream9999 on November 6th, 2015 @ 11:03am CST
Z3ROhour wrote:Frak, frak, frakity, frak!
I just got the friggin Hasbros version!
The articulation iso friggin awesome on the Takara bot.
Y!?
I hate that carp!
FRAK!
Well we've known about them since botcon weekend...
Posted by Sabrblade on November 6th, 2015 @ 11:06am CST
- More show-accurate deco for both Devastator and the Constructicons
- A brand new headsculpt that contains a retractable visor to switch between both head designs
- Brand new gun weapons for each individual figure, all of which can store on Devastator's back
- Re-engineered arms for Scrapper to give him elbows
- Re-engineered arms for Long Haul to give him proper elbows
- Re-engineered arms for Hook to give him better (and double-jointed) elbows
- Re-engineered arms for Mixmaster to give him better (and double-jointed) elbows
- Re-engineered legs for Scavenger to give him better knees
- Re-engineered legs for Bonecrusher to give him better knees
Posted by Hellscream9999 on November 6th, 2015 @ 11:08am CST
Delta Magnus wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:Delta Magnus wrote:fenrir72 wrote:Delta Magnus wrote:Meh. They still look hollow as hell. The improvements are definitely nice but they can't make up for the fact that the molds just plain and simple suck.
Aaaaaaaaaaand you can do better? Just asking, you own the Hb version to be able to make a really unbiased opinion or is it based on just analyzing the images?
I watched Bobby Skullface's review of the Hasbro version, and quite frankly that was enough to put me off buying any version of these figures. Especially considering that far better alternatives exist- and ironically enough, far more readily available in this country.
Well 'better' is extremely subjective here. Dunno what you look for in a figure, if it's solidity, yeah, there are a ton of immobile, overpriced, 3p lumps out there
Let's analyse this.
>Immboile:
Hercules is somewhat difficult to pose by modern standards, it's true, but he isn't actually missing any key pieces of articulation (such as, say, elbows) in any mode. And Giant is highly poseable, and incredibly stable. Personally from an aesthetic standpoint I prefer Hercules, but they're both good figure sets. They're also far, far less hollow and flimsy than CW Devastator. Obviously I can't comment on the as-yet unreleased Generation Toy and ToyWorld versions but they both look to be shaping up well. Plus, CW Devastator is hardly super poseable- sure he has a lot of joints, but he falls apart at the drop of a hat.
>Overpriced:
You get what you pay for. Giant and Hercules are well-engineered, solid, decent looking combiners. CW Devastator is poorly engineered, flimsy and hollow, misproportioned and barely a combiner given how many compromises were made to the individual robots.
>Lumps:
Funny, because if there's one word I'd use to describe CW Devastator, it's lumpy.
I agree that herc is probably my favorite interpretation of devs, the forearms sold it for me. Personally, I haven't heard of anyone's gen devs 'falling apart at the drop of a hat'. And like it or not, the point of the figure was to be as G1 accurate as possible - what I presume 3p companies have been trying, and failing, to do - the gen devs succeeds here is spades as far as I can tell; it may not have been what you or I wanted, but it is what they set out to do and delivered.
As for being lumpy, that could describe most of the g1 characters/figures, so it's hardly surprising or an argument
Posted by Evil Eye on November 6th, 2015 @ 11:13am CST
Hellscream9999 wrote:Delta Magnus wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:Delta Magnus wrote:fenrir72 wrote:Delta Magnus wrote:Meh. They still look hollow as hell. The improvements are definitely nice but they can't make up for the fact that the molds just plain and simple suck.
Aaaaaaaaaaand you can do better? Just asking, you own the Hb version to be able to make a really unbiased opinion or is it based on just analyzing the images?
I watched Bobby Skullface's review of the Hasbro version, and quite frankly that was enough to put me off buying any version of these figures. Especially considering that far better alternatives exist- and ironically enough, far more readily available in this country.
Well 'better' is extremely subjective here. Dunno what you look for in a figure, if it's solidity, yeah, there are a ton of immobile, overpriced, 3p lumps out there
Let's analyse this.
>Immboile:
Hercules is somewhat difficult to pose by modern standards, it's true, but he isn't actually missing any key pieces of articulation (such as, say, elbows) in any mode. And Giant is highly poseable, and incredibly stable. Personally from an aesthetic standpoint I prefer Hercules, but they're both good figure sets. They're also far, far less hollow and flimsy than CW Devastator. Obviously I can't comment on the as-yet unreleased Generation Toy and ToyWorld versions but they both look to be shaping up well. Plus, CW Devastator is hardly super poseable- sure he has a lot of joints, but he falls apart at the drop of a hat.
>Overpriced:
You get what you pay for. Giant and Hercules are well-engineered, solid, decent looking combiners. CW Devastator is poorly engineered, flimsy and hollow, misproportioned and barely a combiner given how many compromises were made to the individual robots.
>Lumps:
Funny, because if there's one word I'd use to describe CW Devastator, it's lumpy.
Personally, I haven't heard of anyone's gen devs 'falling apart at the drop of a hat'.
Watch Skullface's review. The leg connections in combined mode are utterly feeble.
And like it or not, the point of the figure was to be as G1 accurate as possible - what I presume 3p companies have been trying, and failing, to do - the gen devs succeeds here is spades as far as I can tell; it may not have been what you or I wanted, but it is what they set out to do and delivered.
GEEWUN accuracy shouldn't come above making a toy actually good. And in any case, they failed at that too, what with Long Haul looking blatantly terrible and Mixmaster looking absolutely nothing like his G1 self whatsoever.
As for being lumpy, that could describe most of the g1 characters/figures, so it's hardly surprising or an argument
Hey, you were the one who mentioned "lumpiness" as a problem to begin with.
Posted by munkimus prime on November 6th, 2015 @ 11:16am CST
Posted by Hellscream9999 on November 6th, 2015 @ 11:20am CST
Delta Magnus wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:Personally, I haven't heard of anyone's gen devs 'falling apart at the drop of a hat'.
Watch Skullface's review. The leg connections in combined mode are utterly feeble.And like it or not, the point of the figure was to be as G1 accurate as possible - what I presume 3p companies have been trying, and failing, to do - the gen devs succeeds here is spades as far as I can tell; it may not have been what you or I wanted, but it is what they set out to do and delivered.
GEEWUN accuracy shouldn't come above making a toy actually good. And in any case, they failed at that too, what with Long Haul looking blatantly terrible and Mixmaster looking absolutely nothing like his G1 self whatsoever.As for being lumpy, that could describe most of the g1 characters/figures, so it's hardly surprising or an argument
Hey, you were the one who mentioned "lumpiness" as a problem to begin with.
Well, I said they wanted to make as G1 a devs as possible, which they did, while modernizing the alt. mode's. I'm not saying it's right, I'm not saying I like it or even think they look good, but they had a budget and an objective, and delivered quite well - outside of woeful paint apps of course.
One persons' figure with qc issues does not a flawed figure make
That'd be like if I assumed every leader magnus was garbage after the problems I had with the 2 I got; I know full well, it was just a bad batch, and that the magnus figure is quite nice otherwise
Personally, I would've preferred war within devs, as I had much more of a connection to him than any other, but whatever - already knew that was never gonna happen