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Until Ripclaw shows up with some high heels, bubblegum pink paint, long hair, lipstick or discernible breasts... I'm certainly not going to fault anyone for accidentally saying "he." I'm just going to let that slide.

Or conversely, if Ripclaw shows up with a buzz cut, cowboy boots, flannel shirt, tool belt, and an Ani Difranco shirt... that will do just fine, too.

I just wish I could tell these robots were femmes... one way or another.

If anyone needs me, I'm going to go dig out my Botcon set with the three femmebot motorcycles.

I think Ripclaw looks awesome. Way better than Lazerback. Love the colors. Gonna be a must-buy for me.

It does have one problem, though - a problem it shares with Thundertron: backwards knees. Do the designers not know how the hind legs of animals work?

I think that's the one place in the beasts that designers often fudge. I think they design the front end in the morning, and by the time it reaches about 4pm and they're designing the animal's butt-end, they're ready to go home.

These beasts are more for display than action. That's why they have funky limbs.

In the fine print at the bottom of the package it says:

"Please use your imagination to add the transformation "cha-cha-cha-chaaak" noise... and for the back legs. Save some imagination for the back legs, too."

PrymeStriker wrote:These beasts are more for display than action. That's why they have funky limbs.

If they're going for display value instead of action, that's all the more reason they should have legs that look correct. They HAVE managed to get it right on some past figures:

http://www.tfu.info/2003/Autobot/TFUSnarl/beastmode.jpg

http://www.tfu.info/2005/Decepticon/Sco ... stmode.jpg

GuyIncognito wrote:

PrymeStriker wrote:These beasts are more for display than action. That's why they have funky limbs.

If they're going for display value instead of action, that's all the more reason they should have legs that look correct.

The legs are visually correct; they're dragons.

PrymeStriker wrote:The legs are visually correct; they're dragons.

Dragon knees bend backwards? Not Scourge's.

http://www.seibertron.com/images/toys/f ... rge033.jpg

Also, Thundertron isn't a dragon, and he has the same backwards knees.

GuyIncognito wrote:

PrymeStriker wrote:The legs are visually correct; they're dragons.

Dragon knees bend backwards? Not Scourge's.

http://www.tfu.info/2005/Decepticon/Sco ... stmode.jpg

Also, Thundertron isn't a dragon, and he has the same backwards knees.

TFU protects their images. You can't link them here.

Also, I was reasoning Ripclaw and any other future Beast Hunters Predacons with these limbs. This does not include Thundertron.

PrymeStriker wrote:
TFU protects their images. You can't link them here.

Also, I was reasoning Ripclaw and any other future Beast Hunters Predacons with these limbs. This does not include Thundertron.

OK, fine, whatever. Are you telling me that dragons have backwards knees, that this is how they're depicted in the TF fiction, and Scourge was a mistake?