nrdi551 wrote:on a sidenote, it would be nice if some of these third party companies completed the dinobot line on the same scale with masterpiece grimlock...
Wouldn't. It. Just. Amen brother.
Rated X wrote:On to necessary politics :
Dr Crank ??? Theyre kidding, right ??? As usual I refuse to call them by their silly given names. Were just online blog posters. Nobodys going to hunt us down and sue us for typing a copyrighted name on this thread. If you buy these figures then you support copyright infringment (just like me) so stop trying to act innocent by using the silly names or the word "not". Were all guilty of jumping on the "why cant Hasbro give us stuff like this" bandwagon.
I know 3rd party names can be daft (sometimes amusingly so). But at the end of the day these are the names that have been given to these products. It's like insisting on calling a Ford Focus ST a Volvo S40 just because it's based on the same structure and engine. We all know who these figures are meant to be, and I doubt any of us would call them by their given names in the privacy of our own collections, but these daft names do help differentiate between the various companies' figures in a discussion.
The whole "Not-Thingy" thing though really is stupid and indeed p!sses me off.
Anyway: they're all looking pretty awesome to me. Very eagerly awaiting this lot now. A couple of things are bugging me though. How many wheels does Mad Blender need? If they're not critical to his forms I may remove the lone pair behind the cab. Also not impressed to see Hercules' head in Dr. Crank looking decisively hollow still. A tad lame. Nothing that's going to put me off to any degree whatsoever. I mean, come on!! Look how long the Doc's crane is!! You know he's compensating for something. And Blender's drum splitting into a small arsenal!! Where did that come from? They're all pretty much of a muchness but still a nice idea.
Oh god, I can't wait!!! Top work TFClub.