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News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 3:50 pm

Madeus Prime wrote:
MGrotusque wrote:I'm glad i bought this mold for the second time. Super poseable and really unique for an OP. It was sort of the underdog in the whole AOE Advanced line but to me was the stand out figure. It really needed to be reissued in those colours. Had to have it.
Apologies for the same pose as the pic i posted earlier but i didn't take very many of it. I'm just glad i'm not the only person out there that likes this figure. Thought i was alone there on this one.

Could you maybe PM me some more pics? Like some static poses and size comparisons? I've really been tempted by this guy for a while

Even better - create a pictorial review in the Review section, that we can maybe news as we've never really seen this mold in this deco properly?

by **KnightAero** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 4:27 pm

So finally got around to taking some pictures of one of my favorite Transformers

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Side note Elmers White Poster Foam board is cheap... $1.50 a piece. Which is what I used as a background here... Could cover that "wood." :BANG_HEAD:

Starting to think its time to upgrade my phone to the iPhone 6... Rather limited with my 5 on getting details. Which also makes me laugh because my wife has a Cannon MKIII with a 100mm 2.8 Macro lens I could use any time... (At least when she isn't...)

News Credits: 41 · by **Cobotron** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 4:30 pm

Looks great!
I have always regretted missing out on all those upgrades.
I'm always pleasantly surprised with the results from an iphone.

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 4:54 pm

Hi!

Don't worry, he's 'armless.

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 5:44 pm

Dat ROTF Skystalker!

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 5:51 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:Dat ROTF Skystalker!

Oh yeah, he pretty.

by **MGrotusque** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 6:00 pm

Va'al wrote:
Madeus Prime wrote:
MGrotusque wrote:I'm glad i bought this mold for the second time. Super poseable and really unique for an OP. It was sort of the underdog in the whole AOE Advanced line but to me was the stand out figure. It really needed to be reissued in those colours. Had to have it.
Apologies for the same pose as the pic i posted earlier but i didn't take very many of it. I'm just glad i'm not the only person out there that likes this figure. Thought i was alone there on this one.

Could you maybe PM me some more pics? Like some static poses and size comparisons? I've really been tempted by this guy for a while

Even better - create a pictorial review in the Review section, that we can maybe news as we've never really seen this mold in this deco properly?

Good idea. I'll see what i can do. I won't be gettin to it today though i'll tell ya that much. You know with the skull splitting hangover and all.

Website · by **Fires_Of_Inferno** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 6:05 pm

Alright, changed up the background for my review. So I hope it works out! :grin:

by **MGrotusque** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 6:24 pm

KnightAero wrote:So finally got around to taking some pictures of one of my favorite Transformers ...

Yeah man. I'm still stoked on my Bruticus as well. Lots of people slag this whole set up saying it's aging poorly and blah blah blah but i think it's a means to an end and the entire upgrade was executed perfectly.
I honestly believe this upgrade set was a total game changer that inspired other folks(3rd party companies) to see the potential of combiner figures and push the proportions, aesthetics and posability of this class of transformer to a whole other level.

Properly proportionate feet and hands with ankle tilts and posable hands. THis figure still has the best engineered hands of any combiner out there....

It also introduced (correct me if i'm wrong chronologically) the now standard arm configuration that we see in all new combiners. FP got the ball rolling anyways with this set and Superions upgrade set. >:oP

by **MGrotusque** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 6:47 pm

That AOE advanced protoform Optimus is also the only official TF mold i know of that has an ab crunch style waist joint. Really good for those deep pelvic thrust poses...

Website · by **Fires_Of_Inferno** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 6:50 pm

Beast Wars Rampage was one of the gems out of the Beast Wars series. He had an awesome character in the show, and an awesome action figure that managed to pull off the Transmetal "triple changer" gimmick better than most of the other Transmetal figures! A king crab, that turns into a giant robot, that turns into a tank! While I would like for an updated version of this guy for the Generations toy line, I know that I'll just be disappointed with it!

The transformation from crab to bot is troublesome, as lots of his crab mode kibble gets in the way. This shell(fish)former still manages to be more than just that though, as both modes are enjoyable. However the robot mode has limited mobility because of the crab mode parts. It could have been worse, of course, since we got MUCH worse toys out of transformers between 2002 and 2006.

Once in robot mode, Rampage's chrome is mostly relegated to backpack ornamentation (as is the rest of his crab mode). The underslung, triple-barreled cannon and hidden shotgun make an appearance, arming the shellformer-fish up to the teeth... or... mouthparts? The facial likeness is also pretty spot-on when compared to the show model, which doesn't happen much in transformers!

Most of the toys articulation went to the crab mode, with a total of 20 for the crab and 11 for the robot! While he lacks articulation in the bicep, waist, and thighs, he's still as poseable as any of the other Beast Wars figures. The backpack of everything does make posing him awkward, though.

I think his tank mode is more successful than his robot mode, to be honest! It's got rubber, moving treds, a crab head, three cannon barrels, and a chromed shell! This is easily my second favorite tank transformer (2007 movie Brawl being #1)! Amusing since his tank mode is considered a "secondary" mode. The only thing he's really missing is a little partner/pilot and a place to sit him!

I suppose THIS will have to do! It's hard to choose third favorites out of the Beast Wars toy line (first and second place already taken by Inferno and TM Tarantulas, respectively). Optimal Optimus is great, Transmetal Scavanger is hilarious (and Inferno), but Rampage has an awesome factor that's hard to ignore! Of course I have a bias opinion, so I just mentally put Scavanger/TM Inferno in third place, so THIS GUY GETS FOURTH!

Congratulations Rampage!

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 6:54 pm

MGrotusque wrote:That AOE advanced protoform Optimus is also the only official TF mold i know of that has an ab crunch style waist joint. Really good for those deep pelvic thrust poses...

Like this, you mean?

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 7:01 pm

Fire of Inferno, you may want to change the background of your picture. The toy is hard to see, camouflaged by all the books covers!

Still, that is qite a great immitation of real life!

Website · by **Fires_Of_Inferno** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 7:07 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:Fire of Inferno, you may want to change the background of your picture. The toy is hard to see, camouflaged by all the books covers!

Still, that is qite a great immitation of real life!

It's not a permanent change. Did it for MGrotusque!

by **MGrotusque** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 7:32 pm

I appreciate the effort. Thank you

News Credits: 4837 · by **william-james88** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 8:30 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:Dat ROTF Skystalker!

Really Glad you like him!

by **MGrotusque** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 8:53 pm

william-james88 wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:Dat ROTF Skystalker!

Really Glad you like him!

It's an excellent figure. I wish they kept releasing him in lots of different colours. I'd buy every one.

by **RAcast** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 9:10 pm

MGrotusque wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:Dat ROTF Skystalker!

Really Glad you like him!

It's an excellent figure. I wish they kept releasing him in lots of different colours. I'd buy every one.

I could definitely go for a blue one. Laserbeak is great, since I don't have either of the other two versions, but it's not very different from the original.

News Credits: 7 · by **Noideaforaname** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 9:23 pm

I want a purple Ratbat repaint. I'd happily buy a bunch of other repaints, too, as it's one of my favorite molds, but Ratbat seems so obvious I'm disappointed nobody did it yet.

News Credits: 2 · by **Twitchythe3rd** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 10:45 pm

Found this on my camera. Zen Munky.

News Credits: 293 · by **shajaki** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 11:00 pm

by **MGrotusque** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 11:43 pm

Is that WOOD GRAIN?? Gaaahhh..

News Credits: 293 · by **shajaki** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 11:59 pm

MGrotusque wrote:Is that WOOD GRAIN?? Gaaahhh..

you know what goes through my head every time you post?

by **MGrotusque** » Sat Feb 14, 2015 12:29 am

I've been thinking bout changing my name for a while now......but i like Grotusque. As weird and unpronouncable and multi syllabic as it is. It's a bit of a tongue twister but the ladies love a good tongue twister......AMIRITE?