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That Bot wrote:I'm curious about the chest peg in Rampage. On Divebomb I assume he has a peg in his abdomen so he can attach to Razorclaw's back in the alternate formation. Are they planning to let you attach Rampage instead and have Divebomb and Sabretooth as arms? I look forward to finding out more.

I believe Talon will attach to Leo, back-to-back. Tigris and Felisaber will remain Arms.

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Arctorro wrote:

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daimchoc wrote:Whoah!

griffith76 wrote:Since there are already uglier pics floating around I think it's no biggie to share this now. Do take note that the legs are extended too much in this pic while not extended enough in the latest botcon pic where Rex holds his sword high up. It's supposed to be the same height as Hercules but with a thicker torso and limbs.

Those legs are killing me a bit. Wish the kibble on the sides were removable, not necessarily to keep the sides of the legs flush, but to make it so he's not forced into such a wide "A" stance.

I can understand not liking the wider stance, normally I'd agree completely. This time however I'm liking it because I love how bulky he is! I will definitely be extending the legs to much so he is a little taller than Herc

LOL - gives me a reason to pose him dynamically

Yeah, strangling a couple of Autobots

necr0blivion wrote:So, when FR is transformed correctly, he'll be the same height as War Lord, but bulkier?

There was a image posted recently (might be in the War Lord thread) of both standing next to the Classic Prime mould. If I remember correctly FR is slightly taller.

daimchoc wrote:

That Bot wrote:I'm curious about the chest peg in Rampage. On Divebomb I assume he has a peg in his abdomen so he can attach to Razorclaw's back in the alternate formation. Are they planning to let you attach Rampage instead and have Divebomb and Sabretooth as arms? I look forward to finding out more.

I believe Talon will attach to Leo, back-to-back. Tigris and Felisaber will remain Arms.

Razorclaw's back has a big hole, not a big peg, and both Divebomb and Rampage connect via Energon-style sockets to form arms. They both also have large pegs in their abdomens akin to the fold-out pegs on Razorclaw's shoulders that let the combined arms attach. For Divebomb, this lets him attach to Razorclaw's back (chest to back) in the alternate mode where Catilla (or whoever Felisaber is supposed to be) forms an arm. But what purpose does it serve on Rampage? This leads to my speculation that, in the interest of personalization, they are allowing you to attach Rampage to the back of Predaking and use Catilla and Divebomb as arms. This further leads me to speculate that, since Catilla and Rampage use the same mold, you will be able to attach Catilla to the back of the default configuration if you so desire. But whatever the intention, both Divebomb and Rampage have connector pegs in their abdomens, and they're not the ones that let them attach as arms, so there's more going on than we've been made aware of.

Oh, and to whom it may concern, the first post could do with a LOOOOT of updating. I could probably fish through the thread for the important information since the last update.

Well, Tigris does have the peg under his chest, so Talon should have one as well. Yup, Talon will connect to Leo Dux's back via the peg on his chest.

Rampage has one, so Divebomb should? Mayhaps you meant Felisaber? We know both Divebomb and Rampage do, the question is what purpose it serves on Rampage and Felisaber.

That Bot wrote:Rampage has one, so Divebomb should? Mayhaps you meant Felisaber? We know both Divebomb and Rampage do, the question is what purpose it serves on Rampage and Felisaber.

Felisaber is based on the mold used on Tigris. It going to be used for Shiva Rex ...

daimchoc wrote:

That Bot wrote:Rampage has one, so Divebomb should? Mayhaps you meant Felisaber? We know both Divebomb and Rampage do, the question is what purpose it serves on Rampage and Felisaber.

Felisaber is based on the mold used on Tigris.

I know that, I think you're misunderstanding me. You said:

daimchoc wrote:Well, Tigris does have the peg under his chest, so Talon should have one as well.

Which makes no sense, and I was offering that maybe you meant Felisaber instead of Talon.

POINT: Divembomb has the chest peg to connect to the back of Predaking in the alternate formation
POINT: Rampage has the chest peg as well, for no discernible reason (aside from Predashiva, which would be amazing if that's actually possible to do)
POINT: Since Felisaber is based on the Rampage mold, logically he has the chest peg as well.
CONCLUSION: Either you can attach Rampage or Felisaber to the back of Predaking, or you can form Predashiva, or there's some secrets left in this toy.

I want a Shiva Rex.

That Bot wrote:

daimchoc wrote:

That Bot wrote:Rampage has one, so Divebomb should? Mayhaps you meant Felisaber? We know both Divebomb and Rampage do, the question is what purpose it serves on Rampage and Felisaber.

Felisaber is based on the mold used on Tigris.

I know that, I think you're misunderstanding me. You said:

daimchoc wrote:Well, Tigris does have the peg under his chest, so Talon should have one as well.

Which makes no sense, and I was offering that maybe you meant Felisaber instead of Talon.

POINT: Divembomb has the chest peg to connect to the back of Predaking in the alternate formation
POINT: Rampage has the chest peg as well, for no discernible reason (aside from Predashiva, which would be amazing if that's actually possible to do)
POINT: Since Felisaber is based on the Rampage mold, logically he has the chest peg as well.
CONCLUSION: Either you can attach Rampage or Felisaber to the back of Predaking, or you can form Predashiva, or there's some secrets left in this toy.

I could be wrong, but I think the reason they both have that connector is because they have the same base body with some retooling to get the different characters.

Arctorro wrote:I could be wrong, but I think the reason they both have that connector is because they have the same base body with some retooling to get the different characters.

That's actually a good catch. I took a close look at the images of Divebomb and Rampage and I see now that they have the same torso, waist, and thighs. Divebomb has chest armor and Rampage has his beast head sculpted over, but the base torso is the same. Though they could have removed the connector from Rampage if they wanted without much additional cost, so there's still some mystery as to why they left it.

That Bot wrote:

Arctorro wrote:I could be wrong, but I think the reason they both have that connector is because they have the same base body with some retooling to get the different characters.

That's actually a good catch. I took a close look at the images of Divebomb and Rampage and I see now that they have the same torso, waist, and thighs. Divebomb has chest armor and Rampage has his beast head sculpted over, but the base torso is the same. Though they could have removed the connector from Rampage if they wanted without much additional cost, so there's still some mystery as to why they left it.

There could be some, as yet, unknown reason for it. Or, they could've left it either because it was cheaper and more time efficient or to simply give us some fun options

Is it just me, or do those chest pegs look an awful lot like the arm connectors on Giant?

Midnight_Fox wrote:Is it just me, or do those chest pegs look an awful lot like the arm connectors on Giant?

MMC and MakeToys are friends. It wouldn't surprise me if they share combiner toy engineering

After seeing the pictures of Feral Rex from Botcon I am fine with Divebomb being the arm. He looks propotional to Rampage. I am not interested in purchasing a sixth Predacon member as an arm.

Two things I am disappointed with - Predaking's head and shoulder cannons are too small.

Stormrider wrote:After seeing the pictures of Feral Rex from Botcon I am fine with Divebomb being the arm. He looks propotional to Rampage. I am not interested in purchasing a sixth Predacon member as an arm.

Two things I am disappointed with - Predaking's head and shoulder cannons are too small.

I don't mind the small head as it just adds to the bulkiness that the character seems to be going for. I do agree that the shoulder cannons are not large enough.

Oh look, another render. At least it's colored. C'mon MMC, if Tantrum is really shipping in a month or two, you should have actual color samples of it. Or announce that it's delayed.

*sigh* At least they're keeping the palate moist...

You guys want Leo Deux?

GO GET HIM!

109.99 with the Early Bird promo

*Snatches up a preorder*

Preordered so fast my keyboard was smoking! Take that Mr. $140 TFC not-Razorclaw!!

Pre-order in, suck it TFC!

Mkall wrote:You guys want Leo Deux?

You speak my language. Bandwagon mode: on!

My wallet has stopped fighting me and died a little when i pre-orded this

I am all in on the MMC Feral Rex.