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News Credits: 12 · by **robofreak** » Sun May 31, 2009 2:23 pm

See, Counterpunch is going to be such an awesome figure that Counterpunch is going to not only buy himself, but an extra. It will be a freakin paradox.

TheAllSpark wrote:Oh great! Another repaint of the Universe line...
How freakin' original

Oh great! Another person complaining about repaints.
How freakin original :roll:

News Credits: 8 · by **NuclearConvoy** » Sun May 31, 2009 4:10 pm

robofreak wrote:
TheAllSpark wrote:Oh great! Another repaint of the Universe line...
How freakin' original

Oh great! Another person complaining about repaints.
How freakin original

Thanks for saying it for me, 'freak.
Furthermore, it'll be a remould and not just a repaint.
Mooks need to get their facts straight.

by **Badass Grimlock** » Sun May 31, 2009 5:07 pm

Diem wrote:Hmmm.

Usually I admire Jin Saotome's work but I wasn't too fond of his CounterSideStreakerPunch. If the roof of the car needs to be a different colour to the bonnet and one is blue and the other yellowy-orange it's hard to do without looking tacky.

If anyone has seen/made a good custom of this please let me know, I'd love to be proved wrong.

FrenzyRumble has a nice Punch/Counterpunch. When you get to the site, scroll down until you see his icon.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Sun May 31, 2009 5:28 pm

Should have seen that one coming a mile away. Just one question: how are they gonna do the hands? Once you turn the body around the hands end up reversed.

News Credits: 8 · by **NuclearConvoy** » Sun May 31, 2009 6:23 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Should have seen that one coming a mile away. Just one question: how are they gonna do the hands? Once you turn the body around the hands end up reversed.

Sculpt hands with thumbs on both sides. From some angles it would look odd, but overall it would work brilliantly. That or include multiple hands and you manually swap them out.

News Credits: 972 · by **i_amtrunks** » Sun May 31, 2009 6:30 pm

No real surprise there, I think there was some kind of consensus that Counterpunch/Punch was second to only Red Alert in the obvious repaint stakes for the Streaker/Sideswipe mould...

News Credits: 127 · by **Counterpunch** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 12:26 am

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Should have seen that one coming a mile away. Just one question: how are they gonna do the hands? Once you turn the body around the hands end up reversed.

Minor remold...

just dull the detail out ala G1 style so that the thumbs aren't visible in either mode.

News Credits: 1 · by **tfphatty** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 2:18 am

Love this mold, can't wait to see what they do with it!

by **Elvaan** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 3:10 am

Seibertron wrote:Not much to say in this news post other than the next Club exclusive figure along the lines of Astrotrain, Airrazor, Nightbeat and the Seacons will be none other than PUNCH/COUNTERPUNCH which will utilize the Universe Sideswipe/Sunstreaker mold.

Oh god dammit. >_< I wish I had money.

News Credits: 331 · by **chuckdawg1999** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 8:10 am

Counterpunch wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Should have seen that one coming a mile away. Just one question: how are they gonna do the hands? Once you turn the body around the hands end up reversed.

Minor remold...

just dull the detail out ala G1 style so that the thumbs aren't visible in either mode.

If I remember with Sideswipe the whole forearm could be turned around so the hands look right. No need to fix the hands.

by **Dagon** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 11:17 am

TheAllSpark wrote:Oh great! Another repaint of the Universe line...
How freakin' original

It is.

Anyway, I'm going to be getting mine for sure.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 2:40 pm

chuckdawg1999 wrote:
Counterpunch wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Should have seen that one coming a mile away. Just one question: how are they gonna do the hands? Once you turn the body around the hands end up reversed.

Minor remold...

just dull the detail out ala G1 style so that the thumbs aren't visible in either mode.

If I remember with Sideswipe the whole forearm could be turned around so the hands look right. No need to fix the hands.

With the thumbs on the outside or upsidedown? :-?

News Credits: 331 · by **chuckdawg1999** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 2:51 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:
Counterpunch wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Should have seen that one coming a mile away. Just one question: how are they gonna do the hands? Once you turn the body around the hands end up reversed.

Minor remold...

just dull the detail out ala G1 style so that the thumbs aren't visible in either mode.

If I remember with Sideswipe the whole forearm could be turned around so the hands look right. No need to fix the hands.

With the thumbs on the outside or upsidedown?

Normal way. You're turning the arm not the hand so it works. Is this going to be next years free figure or are we going to have to pay more?

News Credits: 8 · by **NuclearConvoy** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 3:07 pm

chuckdawg1999 wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:
Counterpunch wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Should have seen that one coming a mile away. Just one question: how are they gonna do the hands? Once you turn the body around the hands end up reversed.

Minor remold...

just dull the detail out ala G1 style so that the thumbs aren't visible in either mode.

If I remember with Sideswipe the whole forearm could be turned around so the hands look right. No need to fix the hands.

With the thumbs on the outside or upsidedown?

Normal way. You're turning the arm not the hand so it works. Is this going to be next years free figure or are we going to have to pay more?

Considering the amount of work to be done on it, this will be a pay-figure like Nightbeat, the Seacons, Astrotrain and Airrazor.

News Credits: 387 · by **Nekoman** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 4:57 pm

If this looks cool (which I think it will) I will have to get this one. I've always wanted some of the Club exclusives, but this one sounds so nice I'll just HAVE to have it!

Anyone got the slightest idea of when he'll come out?

News Credits: 8 · by **NuclearConvoy** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 6:02 pm

Nekoman wrote:If this looks cool (which I think it will) I will have to get this one. I've always wanted some of the Club exclusives, but this one sounds so nice I'll just HAVE to have it!

Anyone got the slightest idea of when he'll come out?

Hopefully this year!

News Credits: 2 · by **Thinktank** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 9:04 pm

I'm looking forward to this one. P/CP is one of my all time favorites.

News Credits: 97 · by **Savage** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 10:43 pm

First, Thinktank, I freakin' love your sig.

Second, I'm so buying two of these. Or maybe three, and sell the third later, cause I got a feeling these might sell out eventually. Unless they make an obscene amount.

News Credits: 127 · by **Counterpunch** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 7:53 am

Thinktank wrote:I'm looking forward to this one. P/CP is one of my all time favorites.

Nothing says love like a tattoo you know...

News Credits: 217 · by **Diem** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 8:18 am

Counterpunch wrote:
Thinktank wrote:I'm looking forward to this one. P/CP is one of my all time favorites.

Nothing says love like a tattoo you know...

I hear the "I love PCP" tattoo is popular, especially if you get arrested.

News Credits: 104 · by **Cyber Bishop** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 3:28 pm

Burn wrote:Gee, how many people said "That would make a great Punch/Counterpunch mold" when Sunstreaker was first released and they discovered his different transformations (which lead to Sideswipe).

No suprise there really.

Nope, no surprise at all.. If you think about it is is pretty obvious that the mold was made to support 2 different TF's with just a modification in transformation. PU/CP was a logical TF to fill that bill.