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PRiD Ultra Magnus has 4 fake wheels. I noticed the ones in his feet out of the box, but he also has 2 more behind his head, and fake doors and windows on his chest. It begs the question why? He hasnt been in the show yet, accept for when his picture popped up, and the rage of the dinobots version is similar to that, he's cybertronion, thus different from the toy in that regard, so did they base the toy off of concept art? Or an un used CG model? If so, why add in the 'fake' bits to make him seem more accurate? Hes got no reason to be accurate, unless he pops up in season 3.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Mykltron wrote:MINDVVIPE: where does that gun come from?

Human Alliance Backfire.

Heh, just picked that one up at FiveBelow for five bucks the other day, I'll have to try this!

Hi everyone,
I love Seibertron.com, (thank you Ryan) and I love the forums, especially this one. Thank you to everyone reading and posting. I’ve been reading for years, but this is my first post.

I really like what kirbenvost did with FOC Generations Shockwave: viewtopic.php?f=4&t=67369&p=1441665&hilit=shockwave#p1441665
I too like to transform a repainted transformer into a slightly different look than the original, when possible. So when I was looking for an alt mode for FOC Air Raid I transformed him into this:

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The wings and legs meet up perfectly. It looks like he was designed this way. It is like a triple changer, or maybe the designers decided to create a robot that can transform into two distinctly different vehicle modes. They sell one as Shockwave and one as Swoop. But later they decided against it and just went with Fireflight, then Airraid. It isn’t a perfect swoop, but it is very reminiscent of him, or very Cybertronian. Remember all of the Cybertronian versions are unique but similar to their G1 forms. And his colors are red, gold, and gray.

Why don’t they promote things like this? Does it cost two much? Is it an early idea that they don’t care about later and don’t bother mentioning. Is it a fun and secret Easter Egg? Is it obvious?

He looks like Cybertronian Swoop, or Terranotron, or universe Skydive.

I also really like what STINGRAY749, things-your-transformers-can-do-that-you-never-realised-t67369s1530.php, found.

What do you guys think?

Are there others that could be Cybertronian Dinobots? Whether designed that way or not?

i never knew animated swindle had a second joint in his hands until i saw thews review on him

anyone know what these pegs are for on animated swoops feet?

Doubledealer93 wrote:anyone know what these pegs are for on animated swoops feet?

He's a Dinobot Bombardier, and his mace kind of looks like a bomb, no? The mace has holes that his feet plug into.

Speaking of the mace, did you know it has an aborted gimmick? Flame were supposed to slide out upon pushing in the chain, but you know, kids and their swallowing habits...

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Doubledealer93 wrote:anyone know what these pegs are for on animated swoops feet?

He's a Dinobot Bombardier, and his mace kind of looks like a bomb, no? The mace has holes that his feet plug into.

Speaking of the mace, did you know it has an aborted gimmick? Flame were supposed to slide out upon pushing in the chain, but you know, kids and their swallowing habits...

yeah i knew about the aborted gimmick. shame too. but thanks!

Doubledealer93 wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Doubledealer93 wrote:anyone know what these pegs are for on animated swoops feet?

He's a Dinobot Bombardier, and his mace kind of looks like a bomb, no? The mace has holes that his feet plug into.

Speaking of the mace, did you know it has an aborted gimmick? Flame were supposed to slide out upon pushing in the chain, but you know, kids and their swallowing habits...

yeah i knew about the aborted gimmick. shame too. but thanks!

It can be modded into working again. I'm to scared to try it though as it requires cutting the orange bit on the inside of the flail.

Twitchythe3rd wrote:

Doubledealer93 wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Doubledealer93 wrote:anyone know what these pegs are for on animated swoops feet?

He's a Dinobot Bombardier, and his mace kind of looks like a bomb, no? The mace has holes that his feet plug into.

Speaking of the mace, did you know it has an aborted gimmick? Flame were supposed to slide out upon pushing in the chain, but you know, kids and their swallowing habits...

yeah i knew about the aborted gimmick. shame too. but thanks!

It can be modded into working again. I'm to scared to try it though as it requires cutting the orange bit on the inside of the flail.

Damn it! Now I have to dig him out of whatever box he's in to look at this

@TK415, welcome aboard and I like your Air Raid in Swoop mode.

However, I really want a jet mode for him who will soon become. So I came up with this. Nothing wrong with the original alt mode but just want to have some creativities.

Despite some changes in how it transforms, FOC Soundwave can still do an unofficial boom box mode like WFC Soundwave could



Sorry for the bad pic, only camera I have is a 3DS.

paul053 wrote:@TK415, welcome aboard and I like your Air Raid in Swoop mode.

However, I really want a jet mode for him who will soon become. So I came up with this. Nothing wrong with the original alt mode but just want to have some creativities.

Nice picture, man, the angle and color look good. I like how you set up your Air Raid. The placement of the blade looks good, I have to try that. I had to tape the sword together, it was missing some plastic and wouldn't stay on.

I was real excited to see a Cybertronian Swoop, but using a sword as his head makes his head too thin. And then in robot mode, he doesn't feel like Swoop without the iconic Pteranodon head as his chest. So after a week or so, I too changed him into a jet mode (pics below, I don't have a flickr account yet so attachments are the best I can do right now). I prefer a pointy nose cone but I do like the overall look of him. It is kind of like g1 Scattershot, or kind of like a Warthog plane.

He won't be my classics Swoop. I'm not convinced he is Air Raid, or Fireflight either. I'm still trying to figure out who he is.


Who ever he is, I really like him.

TK415 wrote:

paul053 wrote:He won't be my classics Swoop. I'm not convinced he is Air Raid, or Fireflight either. I'm still trying to figure out who he is.

The nose of the jet looks sufficiently animalistic that I'm wondering if an older character with an animal mode might fit the bill.

I'm getting flashes of Snarler, Skullcruncher, Terrorsaur, Cutthroat, maybe Cryotek.

Honestly, though? Wingthing. Or Snapdragon.

Don't know if this has been done before.

Leadfoot boat mode

Arctorro wrote:Don't know if this has been done before.

Not bad, not bad at all

Sinnertwin wrote:

Arctorro wrote:Don't know if this has been done before.

Not bad, not bad at all

Thanks

Just don't put him in a pool

Geminii wrote:

TK415 wrote:

paul053 wrote:He won't be my classics Swoop. I'm not convinced he is Air Raid, or Fireflight either. I'm still trying to figure out who he is.

The nose of the jet looks sufficiently animalistic that I'm wondering if an older character with an animal mode might fit the bill.

I'm getting flashes of Snarler, Skullcruncher, Terrorsaur, Cutthroat, maybe Cryotek.

Honestly, though? Wingthing. Or Snapdragon.

Well, I know the alt mode won't make a lick sense to everyone else, but if you look at the robot mode's earth colors, and the fact that his head is all in chrome, to me, he is Chromedome. So, when he is in his alt mode I just keep him low to ground like a hovercraft. I'm gonna keep him as such until Hasbro makes a new one. I know there's a third party figure coming soon, but for the price that it will most likely be, I don't think it will be worth it.

Voyager FE Optimus has a fully detailed cab interior. Steering wheel, seats, console, the whole shebang.

Arctorro wrote:

Sinnertwin wrote:

Arctorro wrote:Don't know if this has been done before.

Not bad, not bad at all

Thanks

Just don't put him in a pool

Where's the fun in that?
BTW, is that Vortex acting as a leg? You're going to give the G1 Purist's an aneurism

Sinnertwin wrote:

Arctorro wrote:

Sinnertwin wrote:

Arctorro wrote:Don't know if this has been done before.

Not bad, not bad at all

Thanks

Just don't put him in a pool

Where's the fun in that?

Well, I could always get the nephew to go fish him out

Sinnertwin wrote:BTW, is that Vortex acting as a leg? You're going to give the G1 Purist's an aneurism

If that could give em an aneurism, then they won't want to see what I do when the G2 box set arrives

This isnt so much of a 'can do' but felt a little silly once I had realised...

Transformers Reveal The Shield - Mindset

I have only just seen the small black heat sensitive faction symbol as its on a black background, his black missile launcher, despite him staring right at me for the last few months... but thats not the worst thing about this post?

I have only just realised that the Hasbro-friendly Transformers convention called BOTCON is called that because it uses parts of the Transformers factions to create its name!

AutoBOT and DeceptiCON...!
I used to think it was just a CONvention which encompassed roBOTs!! Even using this websites smilies in my posts didnt make it click

robotmel wrote:I have only just realised that the Hasbro-friendly Transformers convention called BOTCON is called that because it uses parts of the Transformers factions to create its name!

AutoBOT and DeceptiCON...!
I used to think it was just a CONvention which encompassed roBOTs!! Even using this websites smilies in my posts didnt make it click

Don't worry, you were half right - from the TF Wiki:

"The name "BotCon" was coined by Jon, and was meant to convey both a shortening of "roBOT CONvention" and "AutoBOT and DeceptiCON". "

You are just crappy at subtext

Banjo-Tron wrote:

robotmel wrote:I have only just realised that the Hasbro-friendly Transformers convention called BOTCON is called that because it uses parts of the Transformers factions to create its name!

AutoBOT and DeceptiCON...!
I used to think it was just a CONvention which encompassed roBOTs!! Even using this websites smilies in my posts didnt make it click

Don't worry, you were half right - from the TF Wiki:

"The name "BotCon" was coined by Jon, and was meant to convey both a shortening of "roBOT CONvention" and "AutoBOT and DeceptiCON". "

You are just crappy at subtext

I didn't realise that until you pointed it out!

BeastProwl wrote:PRiD Ultra Magnus has 4 fake wheels. I noticed the ones in his feet out of the box, but he also has 2 more behind his head, and fake doors and windows on his chest. It begs the question why? He hasnt been in the show yet, accept for when his picture popped up, and the rage of the dinobots version is similar to that, he's cybertronion, thus different from the toy in that regard, so did they base the toy off of concept art? Or an un used CG model? If so, why add in the 'fake' bits to make him seem more accurate? Hes got no reason to be accurate, unless he pops up in season 3.

You might be right, maybe he does have a CG model, I hope that he ends up in the show.

The fake doors are werid. They definitely resemble the other toys with doors on the chest but they are a little more streamed lined and connected to the robot. Could they be more chest armor that transforms into inner truck parts and less outside door storage in robot mode?

As for the fake wheels, good job pointing them out, and there have been way too many fake wheels recently. In this case, they might be cogs or gears and not tire wheels. If a robot transforms, it would make sense to have round inner parts and transforming gears.