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Re: Faux Parts VS Partforming, Which makes you feel cheated?

Postby Mindmaster » Tue Jan 08, 2013 5:26 pm

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Mindmaster wrote:labeled with the Autobot/Decepticon faction symbol, it's a Transformer.


I guess these guys aren't really Transformers, then.

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Should have been more specific. :BANG_HEAD:
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Re: Faux Parts VS Partforming, Which makes you feel cheated?

Postby PrymeStriker » Tue Jan 08, 2013 5:27 pm

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Mindmaster wrote:-facepalm-

Should have been more specific. :BANG_HEAD:


Chillax, I kid. :P
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Re: Faux Parts VS Partforming, Which makes you feel cheated?

Postby BeastProwl » Tue Jan 08, 2013 5:52 pm

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I feel like fake parts are warranted sometimes. Look at FE Optimus. However, it DOES bug me when you cross over into PRiD Cliffjumper territory. Hell, PRiD Magnus is loaded with fake bits! I still like him.

Speaking of Magnus, my RID Magnus is a partsformer, and I can forgive that. Partsforming is fine by me, so long as it's not like, well, Kre-o or something. I love the kreons though.

As for shellforming? I dont know... the only 'shellformer' I have is RID Prowl, and he's fine by me.

What about Panelformers? ROTF Jetfire and DOTM Sentinel come to mind.
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Re: Faux Parts VS Partforming, Which makes you feel cheated?

Postby PrymeStriker » Tue Jan 08, 2013 6:01 pm

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BeastProwl wrote:Hell, PRiD Magnus is loaded with fake bits!


No...he's not? :???:
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Re: Faux Parts VS Partforming, Which makes you feel cheated?

Postby Nemesis Maximo » Tue Jan 08, 2013 6:24 pm

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BeastProwl wrote:As for shellforming? I dont know... the only 'shellformer' I have is RID Prowl, and he's fine by me.

What about Panelformers? ROTF Jetfire and DOTM Sentinel come to mind.

That's more or less what I meant. Wouldn't Classics/Universe Silverbolt fall into that category as well?
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Re: Faux Parts VS Partforming, Which makes you feel cheated?

Postby BeastProwl » Tue Jan 08, 2013 7:06 pm

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PrymeStriker wrote:
BeastProwl wrote:Hell, PRiD Magnus is loaded with fake bits!


No...he's not? :???:

Fake wheels in his feet, fake wheels on his back, behind his head, fake doors with windows on his chest...
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Re: Faux Parts VS Partforming, Which makes you feel cheated?

Postby PrymeStriker » Tue Jan 08, 2013 7:40 pm

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BeastProwl wrote:Fake wheels in his feet,


Those don't look like wheels to me, but rather interior joint work for the ankle.

Not like the toy has a joint there anyway
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Re: Faux Parts VS Partforming, Which makes you feel cheated?

Postby BeastProwl » Thu Jan 10, 2013 1:14 am

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PrymeStriker wrote:
BeastProwl wrote:Fake wheels in his feet,


Those don't look like wheels to me, but rather interior joint work for the ankle.

Not like the toy has a joint there anyway

But then I look at the Rage of Dinobots design, and the placement (in the feet) suddenly makes sense.

I wish they would just release concept art like they did with ironhide so we would know how accurate the toy really is.
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Re: Faux Parts VS Partforming, Which makes you feel cheated?

Postby Sinnertwin » Thu Jan 10, 2013 6:55 am

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I enjoy them for what they are. Partsforming or faux parts aren't an integral part if my decision making when it comes to purchases or how I feel about the toys.
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Re: Faux Parts VS Partforming, Which makes you feel cheated?

Postby Lorekeeper » Tue Jan 15, 2013 9:27 pm

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I don't mind minimal partforming (a tail/weapon detachment or such) and I don't mind maximal partforming (Omega, gestalt, etc.) but I do dislike if I would need to move multiple parts around on a single figure... like an armor-former or such (there were some bayformers like that, I think.)

Faux parts irk me, but I can understand the desire to make something show-accurate and still kid-accessible. Powermaster Prime was the first "faux parts" figure I really noticed, and I came to accept it over time.

What peeves me the most, however, is fists and robot heads that are insufficiently concealed in alt-mode. These should always retract or be otherwise completely covered in alt-mode. I don't want the back of a head just folded in there all "you can't see me" like. I want an alt-mode to be a true "robot in disguise."

Almost as bad are shell-formers. The Beast Wars "I transform myself" shellformers were the absolute worst. I like that most transformers are like puzzles.
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