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Mkall wrote:

njb902 wrote:lol like you guys arnt going to buy it because a teaser image is blurred out.

It's not that. I'm most likely going to like it and buy it. It's the fact that they think this is a good promotion tactic that annoys the piss out of me. It's like saying "We have something cool but you can't have it." It's like the rich kid at school who always shows up with the coolest toys but won't let you near them.

has you talking about it.....creating buzz and all.

I don't see what's so confusing about the name... Uranus: God of the sky in Greek mythology. Makes perfect sense going along with Hercules.

Hafta say I still don't care enough about the Aerialbots to forgo what I already have for whatever TFC toys puts out, blurry images or not

Shadowstream wrote:I don't see what's so confusing about the name... Uranus: God of the sky in Greek mythology. Makes perfect sense going along with Hercules.

Aww, man! You beat me to it. I wanted to school the mythologically challenged. I shake my fist at you. Although I will add this for anyone thinking Zeus was the God of the sky: you're right. However, Uranus was one of the colossal Titans who ruled in the age before the Gods of Olympus. Makes the name pretty f*$&ing apt really.

And Uranus jokes? Seriously?! Hadn't they go out of fashion by the start of the 19th century?

Sodan-1 wrote:And Uranus jokes? Seriously?! Hadn't they go out of fashion by the start of the 19th century?

Never not funny

Kibble wrote:

Gauntlet101010 wrote:So, here's a good question:

If you have Herc and now Uranus (seriously, why Uranus? Makes no sense) with both being, presumably, around the same size, where does that leave FP's Bruticus in your collection?

Same place it leaves Henkei or United Megs (or Pokeheger), ML Soundwave, and the seekers? Cool figs that aren't exactly in scale with one another...

However, how big will Superianus actually be?

BTW, I took your advice:

Gauntlet101010 wrote:

Kibble wrote:

Gauntlet101010 wrote:You don't suppose they've just been careful not to paint the wrong areas instead of taking it all apart? It's riveted in, man. Maybe if they've gotten very good at disassembling it I can believe it, but for regular joes it is not going to come off.

Which isn't to say it'd be IMPOSSIBLE to release a new shovel. But it'd have to come with new arms and at least a part of the legs as well, and it'd probably be greatly overpriced for such a small change and I can't see anyone but TFC actually releasing it because it'd probably have to come with arms and legs already attached.

Yes, I've seen the WIP pics of all the pieces taken apart as well as posts saying they took them apart to paint. And damn do they look good now!

I've scratched up a TF by trying to remove a rivet, so I'm still skeptical that a "fix" is even possible for the average TF fan. It sounds to me like you should just pay one of them to repaint it for you instead of waiting for a fix that'll probably never happen.

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Don't think Label Soundwave is in scale?

I guess you're right. There's still room for FP's Superion. Green shovel looks good, glad you took my advice.

@Shadowstream: Thanks for the info. I didn't realize Uranus was god of the sky. My Greek/Roman myth is pretty rusty.

ASSUMING this is a blurred image of an actual thing (not a render) I'll add it to my interest list. I doubt Uranus will be the selling name. Wasn't Herc originally called Project DEVA?

Also, I hope he's actually NOT as big as Hercules. Partly because making 5 bot combiner in reasonable scale to each other is way harder. While FP's upgrade sets had to work with what it had, I hope they don't bother remaking Bruticus.

The name: Has more meaning than you thought it did.

The image: Blurred, look at all this discussion! it's no different from HasTak showing a silhouette of an upcoming and/or unfinished figure. The blurred image gives us just enough of an idea of what the figure is going to look like, if it was the full on prototype, we would be waiting ages for the actual figures, some would lose interest, others would rage about how long its taking for them to release the figures.

The scale: We can only speculate. I don't think it would be good business to create their figures in scale with FP Bruticus, allowing one company to establish a scale long before you undergo projects similar in nature is not a good idea, especially if they plan on making a Bruticus of their own. If Hercules, Uranus, and FP Bruticus were all the same size and TFC made a Bruticus (which they would call Mars, hopefully) of their own would you buy it? You would at least get a preorder on BBTS. but would you pay for it? All future dealings with TFC and BBTS would become rocky because BBTS wouldn't have been able to sell a lot of them at retail.

OFF TOPIC DON'T READ THIS:
My Sig:
Created in jest mostly. If Ryan has a problem with it I will gladly take it down and replace it with a quote from Counterpunch (Podcaster Extraordinaire). Why did I choose a pic of FP Bruticus? Because when that gallery was published the discussion on the forum was lengthy, to date, nearly 67.5 THOUSAND view on the article and 11 pages of comments. How many comments are there on Botshots and Prime figures? If you think it would fit better I could use the BTS Sonicron gallery in my sig, it fits your criteria because it is a self contained figure and it is gloriously exposed in gallery form. Or maybe I could use the video review of it (which I enjoined, Ryan i think you should do more of those, but I know how busy you already are with the galleries). And honestly guys, do you think a Soundwave fan as enthusiastic as Ryan is will really let BTS Sonicron be his last 3rd party Soundwave? Do you really think he is going to pass on:

Maybe if the rumors are true and a Superior MP Soundwave is announced we all will.
But hey, I'm just ...[insert legal mumbo jumbo, jargon here] here.

Mkall wrote:

Kibble wrote:Blurred photos piss me off. Either show me the pic or don't. I wish all sites would just ignore these companies when they put out blurred teaser pics. Such a jagoff thing to do...

Agreed

Thirded. Show us the damned toy!

Mkall wrote:

JRFitzpatrick7 wrote:

Kibble wrote:Blurred photos piss me off. Either show me the pic or don't. I wish all sites would just ignore these companies when they put out blurred teaser pics. Such a jagoff thing to do...

dude, they are developing interest, don't click on a link that says BLURRED IMAGE IN THE DAMNED TITLE AND THEN COMPLAIN ABOUT IT. Such a jagoff thing to do...

I stand with Kibble on this. They'd get far more interest generated if we could actually see something.

Agreed. Teasers ore retarded. It's like going to a strip club where the strippers dont strip. Just show me the goods and come get this money !!!

do we even need a new superion? i figured most people were happy with the superion we got with the Fp add-on kit...

Maybe if its released in the wacky G2 colors i might be interested