Video Review of Transformers RID Minicon Weaponizers Strongarm and Sawtooth

Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:After talking with Chuckdawg, she's less articulated than the first Warrior Class Strongarm figure. No waist or thigh swivels, and no neck/head ball joint. However, I'd still like to get her!

RAR wrote:Bisk and Clampdown are curiously similar characters concept wise - both orange, both crab like etc..

Are they related ?

william-james88 wrote:

RAR wrote:Bisk and Clampdown are curiously similar characters concept wise - both orange, both crab like etc..

Are they related ?

Yes, they are both decepticons

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

RAR wrote:Bisk and Clampdown are curiously similar characters concept wise - both orange, both crab like etc..

Are they related ?

Yes, they are both decepticons

Decepticon Decapod Crustaceans to be exact. Crabs (Clampdown) and Lobsters (Bisk) belong to the same Order (Decapoda), but are in separate branches from there (Brachyura for Crabs, Astacidea for Lobsters, Crayfish and their kin).

Sabrblade wrote:Hasbro's promoting Scatterspike at the BotCon 2016 panel was an odd one. John Warden hyped the character up as having a twist for us to look forward to in season 2, but Scatterspike never appeared in season 2. Quillfire did, but there wasn't a twist with him either, unless one counts his having gotten his own Mini-Con duo, Back and Forth, but that's not really a twist since practically every Decepticon-of-the-day in Season 2 had their own Mini-Cons.

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Hasbro's promoting Scatterspike at the BotCon 2016 panel was an odd one. John Warden hyped the character up as having a twist for us to look forward to in season 2, but Scatterspike never appeared in season 2. Quillfire did, but there wasn't a twist with him either, unless one counts his having gotten his own Mini-Con duo, Back and Forth, but that's not really a twist since practically every Decepticon-of-the-day in Season 2 had their own Mini-Cons.

Maybe he was referring to season 3?

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Hasbro's promoting Scatterspike at the BotCon 2016 panel was an odd one. John Warden hyped the character up as having a twist for us to look forward to in season 2, but Scatterspike never appeared in season 2. Quillfire did, but there wasn't a twist with him either, unless one counts his having gotten his own Mini-Con duo, Back and Forth, but that's not really a twist since practically every Decepticon-of-the-day in Season 2 had their own Mini-Cons.

Maybe he was referring to season 3?

Maybe, but he definitely said "season 2".

Bounti76 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Hasbro's promoting Scatterspike at the BotCon 2016 panel was an odd one. John Warden hyped the character up as having a twist for us to look forward to in season 2, but Scatterspike never appeared in season 2. Quillfire did, but there wasn't a twist with him either, unless one counts his having gotten his own Mini-Con duo, Back and Forth, but that's not really a twist since practically every Decepticon-of-the-day in Season 2 had their own Mini-Cons.

Maybe he was referring to season 3?

Maybe, but he definitely said "season 2".

Isn't season two effectively split into two parts? The first half concluded with Decpticon Island 2-parter, and the second half will debut in the fall. At least that's what I remember reading.

Hellscream9999 wrote: Makes him looks like Quillfire fell in a bucket of paint

Cobotron wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote: Makes him looks like Quillfire fell in a bucket of paint

Well, at least he got some paint.

william-james88 wrote:

Cobotron wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote: Makes him looks like Quillfire fell in a bucket of paint

Well, at least he got some paint.

I still remain impressed that Hasbro painted the rims on that mold.

Hellscream9999 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Cobotron wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote: Makes him looks like Quillfire fell in a bucket of paint

Well, at least he got some paint.

I still remain impressed that Hasbro painted the rims on that mold.

They did

Holy *bleep* they did, shame they couldn't manage that for every figure, god knows they need it

Cobotron wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Cobotron wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote: Makes him looks like Quillfire fell in a bucket of paint

Well, at least he got some paint.

I still remain impressed that Hasbro painted the rims on that mold.

They did

Holy *bleep* they did, shame they couldn't manage that for every figure, god knows they need it

He is actually one figure that looks great with out a ton of paint (probably why the DID paint the rims). But, the plastic colors and the way they're disbursed around the different parts of the figure work really well. I actually am a big fan of that.
I kinds like the colors on this guy better than Quillfire. They're nice and Decepticony.

Hellscream9999 wrote:So is anyone else perturbed by the fact that Scatterspike clearly does not sport the appropriate head? What a piece of crap, are all the shallow 'retools' seen in the show not going to feature any changes in their toys either? Makes him looks like Quillfire fell in a bucket of paint

Sabrblade wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:So is anyone else perturbed by the fact that Scatterspike clearly does not sport the appropriate head? What a piece of crap, are all the shallow 'retools' seen in the show not going to feature any changes in their toys either? Makes him looks like Quillfire fell in a bucket of paint

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:So is anyone else perturbed by the fact that Scatterspike clearly does not sport the appropriate head? What a piece of crap, are all the shallow 'retools' seen in the show not going to feature any changes in their toys either? Makes him looks like Quillfire fell in a bucket of paint

Of course I'm serious, his head clearly doesn't look like the package art. This led me to wonder if the likes of characters I liked - like Simacore and Polarclaw - might not get any retooling if Scatterspike didn't. Or am I misunderstanding you?

Sabrblade wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:So is anyone else perturbed by the fact that Scatterspike clearly does not sport the appropriate head? What a piece of crap, are all the shallow 'retools' seen in the show not going to feature any changes in their toys either? Makes him looks like Quillfire fell in a bucket of paint

Of course I'm serious, his head clearly doesn't look like the package art. This led me to wonder if the likes of characters I liked - like Simacore and Polarclaw - might not get any retooling if Scatterspike didn't. Or am I misunderstanding you?

I didn't notice the packaging until now, so the new head design seen in it escaped me. I'd/We'd already seen the toy itself long before we ever saw any packaging for it, so we knew it'd be a straight redeco from the onset. Whoever made that packaging design must've chosen to get creative with the design or didn't get the memo of the toy being a mere redeco. Either way, the guy didn't appear in the show, so it's kinda moot anyway.

Hellscream9999 wrote:Really? huh, haven't watched much of season 2, and I didn't remember much of season 1 to know whether he looked like that in the show. Yeah, hope that clears all that up, and I hope the retools seen in the show get their deserved retoolings in real life

Sabrblade wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:Really? huh, haven't watched much of season 2, and I didn't remember much of season 1 to know whether he looked like that in the show. Yeah, hope that clears all that up, and I hope the retools seen in the show get their deserved retoolings in real life

Quillfire was in the show but not Scatterspike. Season 2's over now, so you're free to catch up (best case being via KissCartoon) before season 3 hits in the Fall.

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:Really? huh, haven't watched much of season 2, and I didn't remember much of season 1 to know whether he looked like that in the show. Yeah, hope that clears all that up, and I hope the retools seen in the show get their deserved retoolings in real life

Quillfire was in the show but not Scatterspike. Season 2's over now, so you're free to catch up (best case being via KissCartoon) before season 3 hits in the Fall.

I thought it was being split into two halves of a season? I've got sites for catching up, I was just tired of the incessant whining from primes team and the dumb human characters, I'll probably catch up at some point, but it left a poor impression on me, so I'm in no hurry.

Sabrblade wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:Really? huh, haven't watched much of season 2, and I didn't remember much of season 1 to know whether he looked like that in the show. Yeah, hope that clears all that up, and I hope the retools seen in the show get their deserved retoolings in real life

Quillfire was in the show but not Scatterspike. Season 2's over now, so you're free to catch up (best case being via KissCartoon) before season 3 hits in the Fall.

I thought it was being split into two halves of a season? I've got sites for catching up, I was just tired of the incessant whining from primes team and the dumb human characters, I'll probably catch up at some point, but it left a poor impression on me, so I'm in no hurry.

Hasbro called what's coming in the Fall "season 3" in an interview with TFormers at BotCon. And, well, the "Decepticon Island" two-parter was unambiguously a finite conclusion of a finale, wrapping up and completely closing the main ongoing plot of season 2.

william-james88 wrote:I found one hell of an interesting RID product on shelves at TRU today

Sabrblade wrote:You know, if it's in good enough condition and complete, I would actually buy that.

william-james88 wrote:I found one hell of an interesting RID product on shelves at TRU today:

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:You know, if it's in good enough condition and complete, I would actually buy that.

Me too, but it wasnt complete and you can see his rhino head detached from his back and turned into an "accessory". The person has been reported. Shouldnt be too hard to track since we know it happened between yesterday and today and the person had to be at the service desk to get the exchange, so they can review the camera footage.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Wait... toy swappers can actually get reported? How about prosecuted for theft or even fraud?

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:You know, if it's in good enough condition and complete, I would actually buy that.

Me too, but it wasnt complete and you can see his rhino head detached from his back and turned into an "accessory". The person has been reported. Shouldnt be too hard to track since we know it happened between yesterday and today and the person had to be at the service desk to get the exchange, so they can review the camera footage.

Wait... toy swappers can actually get reported? How about prosecuted for theft or even fraud?

ScottyP wrote:In other news, got some more of the weapon type Mini-cons in the latest four pack. They're really cool, don't sleep on these. The Dragonus remolding as well as the Hammer guy are really, really fun.

Sabrblade wrote:You know, if it's in good enough condition and complete, I would actually buy that.