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steals_your_goats wrote:(BTW these pictures aren't new, they've been up on HLJ, amiami and other sites for about a month now and were even newsed on this site already)

Dr Va'al wrote:

steals_your_goats wrote:(BTW these pictures aren't new, they've been up on HLJ, amiami and other sites for about a month now and were even newsed on this site already)

I know, I'm an idiot and was unable to successfully use the search tools this morning. Article updated!

william-james88 wrote:

Dr Va'al wrote:

steals_your_goats wrote:(BTW these pictures aren't new, they've been up on HLJ, amiami and other sites for about a month now and were even newsed on this site already)

I know, I'm an idiot and was unable to successfully use the search tools this morning. Article updated!

Your not an idiot, you just have a ton of things to do and I am thankful you are there to relay news to us. What I find funny though is that the previous times those pics were newsed, it was done so by.... you

Cheers Dr

RiddlerJ wrote:At least Soundwave has buttons on his radio mode. For some reason, it bugs the hell out of me that Blaster doesn't have any tape deck buttons.

camzilla51 wrote:

RiddlerJ wrote:At least Soundwave has buttons on his radio mode. For some reason, it bugs the hell out of me that Blaster doesn't have any tape deck buttons.

Weeeeell, he does but they're not painted. Those four silver buttons on his g1 toy? They're now sculpted into the chest plate.


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I'm making it a priority to eventually paint mine, but it will require a little bit of sanding from the top of his waist piece; those parts rub a little.

Kurona wrote:While of course the most obvious and arguably most prominent comparison is with TR Powermaster Optimus Prime, I'd be very interested to see a comparison between Legends Super Ginrai and CW/Legends Ultra Magnus once the former comes out. Considering that Ginrai is an extensive retool of Powermaster Prime which itself is an extensive retool of Magnus, I'd be curious as to what parts Ginrai and Magnus share if any at all, and if there's any similarities in their appearances beyond the basic skeleton and somewhat similar alt-modes. Depending on how it goes I think Magnus > Ginrai could possibly be argued as the most extensive retool we've ever gotten.

Hellscream9999 wrote:Shame he doesn't have any painted train wheels, that was the one thing I expected of TT

Sabrblade wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:Shame he doesn't have any painted train wheels, that was the one thing I expected of TT

But his train wheels are supposed to be purple. Just as they were on both the original Hasbro toy and the e-HOBBY prototype-accurate reissue toy.

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:Shame he doesn't have any painted train wheels, that was the one thing I expected of TT

But his train wheels are supposed to be purple. Just as they were on both the original Hasbro toy and the e-HOBBY prototype-accurate reissue toy.

Sorry, that's not an acceptable excuse, I expected it from hasbro, but not TT - not interested

Sabrblade wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:Shame he doesn't have any painted train wheels, that was the one thing I expected of TT

But his train wheels are supposed to be purple. Just as they were on both the original Hasbro toy and the e-HOBBY prototype-accurate reissue toy.

Sorry, that's not an acceptable excuse, I expected it from hasbro, but not TT - not interested

Astrotrain has purple train wheels, both in the toys and the cartoon. It is (was?) customary for steam locomotives to have wheels in the same color as the main body. That's an extremely common thing with steam engines, and G1 Astrotrain was no exception.

durroth wrote:Now let's all take a moment to look at this thing again and realize that the wheel panels are in grey, and their sin apparently *is* painting the wheels.

Hellscream9999 wrote:But this mold has grey as the predominant color,

Sabrblade wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:But this mold has grey as the predominant color,

In train mode it looks to be about even between the two colors.

And now that it's been pointed out that the pieces the wheels are a part of are both gray plastic painted purple, that says to me that Takara attempted to add more purple to the train body since the original train was all purple, while at the same time maintaining the notion of the wheels being the same color as the part of the train body that they are attached to, just like on actual steam engines, the aforementioned toys, and the cartoon model.

durroth wrote:actually, comparing the two, unless there were multiple red sprues in the sentinel prime mold, I don't think there is *any* purple plastic on that astrotrain. It's all paint ops.

Deadput wrote:We complaining about painted train wheels now?


Thought you people hate Hasbro for not putting enough paint on their toys.


So less paint or more paint?

Sabrblade wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:Shame he doesn't have any painted train wheels, that was the one thing I expected of TT

But his train wheels are supposed to be purple. Just as they were on both the original Hasbro toy and the e-HOBBY prototype-accurate reissue toy.

Sorry, that's not an acceptable excuse, I expected it from hasbro, but not TT - not interested

Astrotrain has purple train wheels, both in the toys and the cartoon. It is (was?) customary for steam locomotives to have wheels in the same color as the main body. That's an extremely common thing with steam engines, and G1 Astrotrain was no exception.

Stuartmaximus wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:Shame he doesn't have any painted train wheels, that was the one thing I expected of TT

But his train wheels are supposed to be purple. Just as they were on both the original Hasbro toy and the e-HOBBY prototype-accurate reissue toy.

Sorry, that's not an acceptable excuse, I expected it from hasbro, but not TT - not interested

Astrotrain has purple train wheels, both in the toys and the cartoon. It is (was?) customary for steam locomotives to have wheels in the same color as the main body. That's an extremely common thing with steam engines, and G1 Astrotrain was no exception.

If that's the case....then why the hell are some of Sentinel's train wheels painted silver

Kurona wrote:Gotta admit, that painted detail on the lower chest comes out so much better - bolder with a starker contrast.

But I'm not so sure about the detail on the knees. It sticks out in a pretty bad way especially in spaceship mode.

Nemesis Maximo wrote:Always liked Astrotrain white anyway. Looks more like something from an actual space program. Really; I think Takara's robot mode looks more like "Astrotrain," but Hasbro's looks more like "a space dude," and I'm okay with that. Plus, Hasbro's has those awesome classy wingtip shoes.

william-james88 wrote:Not a big fan of that Takara Astrotrain. If they were both available locally for the same price I dont know which would go for, but for the extra shipping cost and exchange its an easy pass. I totally get Takara trying to give toon accurate decos, but unlike Blurr and Scourge, this Astrotrain's alt modes really dont look close to the aimation models, especially that train mode. Both in deco and in shape, so I dont get the use of not highlighting some of that detail takara style. I would have much preferred they independently colour the wheels purple against a dark grey plastic. That would have been much nicer. The way they went with the broad purple strokes in train mode doesnt do anything for me. If your gonna go neo G1 for an alt mode, make it nice.

MemphisR56 wrote:

Kurona wrote:Gotta admit, that painted detail on the lower chest comes out so much better - bolder with a starker contrast.

But I'm not so sure about the detail on the knees. It sticks out in a pretty bad way especially in spaceship mode.

But it's meant to be there specifically for the shuttle mode