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News Credits: 8 · by **Flashwave** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 7:32 pm

MINDVVIPE wrote:
Metrosuplex wrote:
MINDVVIPE wrote:Thanks dude! I was not going to stand for the crappy hasbro setup. When I first put it together and saw how the knees were, I was very dissapointed. But thanks to those extra weapons, you can actually get some sick poseability, propotions, and stability. It holds together quite well, and any lose joints can be fixed with a lil super glue.

I am astounded by how optimistically disappointed you can be about a figure set! You simultaneously lament the set, while also downplaying the flaws and talking about how awesome it is.

I respect your will to love Abominus (I love the G1 version far more), but I'm still completely shocked by your enthusiasm for what many would consider a "bad" product. Me? I hate this Abominus and expect Hasbro to do better. GLUE may "fix" the problems, but I don't spend $25 on something, just to have to glue it properly (unless it's a model kit, obviously).

Uhm... okay. Well, I liked the concept of a cheaper, quick/easy to transform gestalt that happens to be monsters, and therefore had lee way for being crazy looking. After actually putting it together, I was dissapointed at the fact that the knees don't swivel, each leg stands akwardly due to different heights, making it all look gimpy once I could hold it in hand and can actually tell it was gimpy, rather than see photos of it taken to make it look better than it really was. The arms were always okay to me, and the rest was okay too, considering the other stuff i said I already liked.

Then, after I had modified it to have giant arms with conceivable fingers, and legs that were quite poseable, I now love it coz it takes 5 surprisingly cool looking, albeit rigid robots (if you like G1, then this shouldn't really bother you), and gives them a combiner mode that has better poseability than any G1 combiner.

Didn't think I had to spell it all out, but thats why I appear to dislike the figure, in its hasbro suggested configuration, but love it once I was able to fix my issues myself. It doesn't need glue to hold together, but the weight of each arm tends to draw each one down on the balljoint shoulder of Hun-grr. That is where you add glue for friction, not to have it actually stick in a permanent place. Hope that clears it all up. $25 isn't that much for this novelty. It's the only legends combiner that doesn't blow once I make it work for me, and each figure itself warrants it's purchase, and I usually don't even like legends/cyberverse/smaller and less poseable figures.

BTW, if you've been collecting long enough, you come to realize that even after spending a decent wad of cash on a bot you like, your going to get factory issues or whatever, and you either lump it, or spend the time to fix it and make it reach the potential it has. Just how Transformers are sometimes, especially with hasbro.

Wait, what? The legs are different legths? I did not know or notice this. Hold on...

EDIT: Not seeing it, unless I have Rippersnapper/Cindersaur transformed wrong. (Or Blot, but he's harder to screw up...) I loved this little combiner, even as is. I plan on jumping on the Target 2pks just for scramble city llike substitutions. I'm gonna have to figure out what you did with the weapons, but as tight as the Target 5 pack weapons are on mine, I'm not gonna be Able to get the axe apart without breaking a peg, and I have it how I like it. SO unlessI can scroung eenough weapons off other Cyb figs, of which I own four plus Abomy and Cindersaur, its sadly not gonna happen. I do like your mode though quite a bit. The only thing that would've made him bette for me is if I coulda found the other three combiner limbs and not had to get them in crystal candy colors...

by **MINDVVIPE** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 9:27 pm

Flashwave wrote:Wait, what? The legs are different legths? I did not know or notice this. Hold on...

EDIT: Not seeing it, unless I have Rippersnapper/Cindersaur transformed wrong. (Or Blot, but he's harder to screw up...) I loved this little combiner, even as is. I plan on jumping on the Target 2pks just for scramble city llike substitutions. I'm gonna have to figure out what you did with the weapons, but as tight as the Target 5 pack weapons are on mine, I'm not gonna be Able to get the axe apart without breaking a peg, and I have it how I like it. SO unlessI can scroung eenough weapons off other Cyb figs, of which I own four plus Abomy and Cindersaur, its sadly not gonna happen. I do like your mode though quite a bit. The only thing that would've made him bette for me is if I coulda found the other three combiner limbs and not had to get them in crystal candy colors...

Maybe I mispoke about the different lengths. They are just moulded such that each foot can't really line up if you look at the figure from the side, making one leg always sorta stand forward. I live in West Canada, and they're slow as crap, but I was able to go across the border to Birmingham in Washington to snag the rest of the guys (Windrazor, blight, and Cindersaur/smokescreen 2 pack).

From looking directly at my pics:
2 chainsaw guns on the right shoulder, inserted into the holes on cindersaurs wrists
2 Hammers on the left shoulder, inserted into the actual in-turned fists of Blight
2 crossbows on the legs of Windrazor, with the curved edge facing backwards, meant to keep the wing/feet stable yet still variable, like an ankle
each of the feet peg into the jaws of Hun-grrs dragon mouth on each side, like if they were shoulder connections.

If you try to mirror the look on your own figure, you should be able to figure it out fairly easily hopefully. Cindersaur/Rippersnapper makes for an AWESOME arm, claw snapping action, and an elbow joint.

by **ausbot** » Fri Sep 27, 2013 3:18 am

Impactor can fit the double cannons on his back, I tried with my onslaught but it didn't work. It fills the back out a lot better.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Wed Oct 02, 2013 8:13 am

This is more of a notification than anything else, but:

Prime Hun-Gurrr's torso is split in two halves and connected with a curved hinge. In combined mode, this allows the hips to sit lower and thus make the torso look taller ever so slightly. The peg on the tail connects to the hole on the back of the hips.

News Credits: 9 · by **Mykltron** » Tue Nov 19, 2013 1:35 pm

I just extended the yellow shoulder flaps on Generations Springer in car mode and discovered what appear to be tiny missiles moulded in to them.

by **Cobalt Prime** » Tue Nov 19, 2013 4:33 pm

On the BH Darksteel and Grimwing molds, one can fully extend the knee joints, thus increasing height in robot mode and improving poseability. It doesn't come in the package that way and I overlooked it when I got Grimwing.

News Credits: 1 · by **leakin' lubricant** » Fri Nov 29, 2013 3:49 pm

Straxus' Rock Star mode!

News Credits: 1 · by **leakin' lubricant** » Sat Nov 30, 2013 3:44 am

More Straxus discoveries. He can (just about) use his axe as a cannon!

It's kind of a loose fit but his clamp hands help hold it in place.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Sun Dec 01, 2013 10:23 am

Here's another Prime Abominus discovery:

On Rippersnapper's robot mode, the chest piece attaches to the "fin" via pegs and holes. The chest piece has tabs right next to the holes that serve no apparent purpose. They seem to be for the leg mode, they tab into grooves in the base of the tail. That gives clearance for Hun-Gurrr's head-feet while still making the leg more stable.

News Credits: 1 · by **leakin' lubricant** » Sat Dec 14, 2013 5:10 am

Masterpiece Rodimus' mini Matrix is a perfect fit for Classics Thuderwing.

News Credits: 9 · by **Mykltron** » Wed Dec 25, 2013 5:09 am

MMC's Bovis has an extendable neck so his bull mode can look sideways. I don't think it's in the instructions.

News Credits: 4 · by **MasterSoundBlaster** » Mon Dec 30, 2013 12:47 am

Mykltron wrote:I just extended the yellow shoulder flaps on Generations Springer in car mode and discovered what appear to be tiny missiles moulded in to them.

I was playing around with mine the other day and discovered this too (Mostly cuz I was stubborn and didn't believe ya :p ) But it was a nice touch to discover in the figure. If you extend them in copter mode too it makes one badass looking gunship.

I just found out that RTS Jazz's speakers can connect to his gun... :BANG_HEAD:

News Credits: 9 · by **Mykltron** » Mon Dec 30, 2013 4:43 am

MasterSoundBlaster wrote:I just found out that RTS Jazz's speakers can connect to his gun...

That took me a while to find, too.

by **MINDVVIPE** » Fri Jan 03, 2014 9:14 pm

Realised a few days ago that Metroplex's boob door can actually sorta lock by just making sure its indented in, instead of just sitting on the rim. I look at other pics now and see everyone else already did it this way. 8-}

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Fri Jan 10, 2014 12:12 pm

This is something not in the Instructions (seriously, you should read them, all of you): PRiD Bumblebee's roof, when folded up for Robot Mode, can peg into the back of his pelvis. The tab is barely visible, but it's there.

News Credits: 2 · by **paul053** » Fri Jan 10, 2014 12:46 pm

Cobalt Prime wrote:On the BH Darksteel and Grimwing molds, one can fully extend the knee joints, thus increasing height in robot mode and improving poseability. It doesn't come in the package that way and I overlooked it when I got Grimwing.

And his feet can be moved down. To give him even a little bit more height and even better balance.

News Credits: 2 · by **paul053** » Sat Jan 11, 2014 11:10 pm

Mykltron wrote:MMC's Bovis has an extendable neck so his bull mode can look sideways. I don't think it's in the instructions.

I was like "what is he talking about?" while playing my Bovis. Then I pulled his head/neck out. COOL!!!!! Good find, my friend. :APPLAUSE:

News Credits: 251 · by **Mindmaster** » Sun Jan 12, 2014 2:51 pm

Apparently there's another joint in Generations Straxus's elbows that allow them to bend sideways. I only learned about it when I watched Thew Adams's review of him.

News Credits: 4 · by **craggy** » Sun Jan 12, 2014 3:25 pm

yeah Straxus has weird arms, but really cool extra posing options. great toy and Thew's reviews are brill!

by **TheGlynreaper** » Sun Jan 12, 2014 4:46 pm

One christmas i got a dark of the moon leader class ironhide and i never even knew he could spin his chest piece thing and also had a sound chip for about 6-7 months

Like Aladar The Outmode on Facebook · by **Aladar The Outmode** » Sat Jan 25, 2014 11:16 am

If you transform BH Jackie's arms lke the PRID before extending the wings and angle them forward, he looks a bit more screen accurate despite not looking lke that n the show.

News Credits: 9 · by **Mykltron** » Sat Feb 01, 2014 1:55 pm

I have had MP US release Starscream and UK release Skywarp for years but it wasn't until I got the re-molded Thundercracker (this morning) that I discovered they have a tab that pegs the wings into the body in robot mode! On starscream they're a really obvious dark plastic, completely different in colour to the surrounding plastic! I think it's because Thundercracker actually had them deployed in the box whereas the others didn't.

News Credits: 14 · by **robotmel** » Tue Feb 04, 2014 7:44 am

Whilst digging out and fiddling with my multitude of Classics Bumblebee moulds, unless its mentioned in the instructions (which I dont have to hand) I didnt realise that if whilst in robot mode, if you flip up his tow bar, his back kibble can sort of peg in to his back, making less of a hunchback! :oops:

News Credits: 9 · by **Mykltron** » Thu Feb 06, 2014 5:49 am

robotmel wrote::-?
Whilst digging out and fiddling with my multitude of Classics Bumblebee moulds, unless its mentioned in the instructions (which I dont have to hand) I didnt realise that if whilst in robot mode, if you flip up his tow bar, his back kibble can sort of peg in to his back, making less of a hunchback!

If you'd read this entire thread you'd have discovered it sooner! :lol:

(Why do I have such a good recollection of the contents of this thread?)

News Credits: 14 · by **robotmel** » Thu Feb 06, 2014 6:25 am

Mykltron wrote:If you'd read this entire thread you'd have discovered it sooner!
(Why do I have such a good recollection of the contents of this thread?)