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News Credits: 4880 · Sun Aug 28, 2016 9:13 pm

No problemo

News Credits: 15 · Mon Aug 29, 2016 7:38 am

Awesome review Cobro!!! Nice for it to be front-paged too ;)^

News Credits: 131 · Mon Aug 29, 2016 1:49 pm

Just doing my Johnny Appleseed catch up Thang.

Great review!

Nissan Máximas :lol:

Man that Titan Hunters pack look awesome. I'm a gonna get the astro traino redeco of Sentinel Coolio Prime and the retail release of Windblade. I'm still on the fence about TR Brainstorm. But that set looks legit nice!

Speaking of Walgreens, nice pick up. I made a lunch run to the closest WG, no dice, but the hunt is on. It feels good to be hunting again.

I'll second, third or forth that light piping is the best.

Good stuff Cobo m'man ;)^

News Credits: 41 · Mon Aug 29, 2016 2:21 pm

It's so still around here with you lost out in the abyss.
The SDCC pack is ALLSOME! If it sits around too long at HTS, maybe it will get marked down.

Two more reasons you should keep your hunt aimed at Walgreens.

Finally had a chance to hit the Walgreens 2.5 miles away from the one I scored the first two.
Looks like I found their case mates. :lol:

News Credits: 131 · Mon Aug 29, 2016 2:23 pm

A little bird just told me the WM on my way home has TR wave 2.

Guess I'll be getting in another hunt today.

I can't wait to hear about Highbrow, he is also on my to do list.

News Credits: 41 · Mon Aug 29, 2016 2:25 pm

You have nice birds down south.

News Credits: 15 · Mon Aug 29, 2016 4:46 pm

Sweet mercy Cobo!! I can't wait to pick those up, HOPEFULLY at Walmart to save $5 on each (don't have any Walgreens rewards left).

News Credits: 293 · Wed Aug 31, 2016 11:32 am

Sorry I've been absent lately

Awesome fun funny review Cobro ;)^

And I'm dying to hear your thoughts on Weirdwolf! =P~

News Credits: 131 · Wed Aug 31, 2016 11:53 am

Cobotron wrote:You have nice birds down south.

Seems like my little birdy friend sung to loudly and ran off all the robits.

News Credits: 41 · Wed Aug 31, 2016 2:04 pm

shajaki wrote:Sorry I've been absent lately

Awesome fun funny review Cobro

And I'm dying to hear your thoughts on Weirdwolf!

S'OK. Starting to wonder though.
Thanks for words.
I'm trying to get the sequel out the door right now.

carytheone wrote:
Cobotron wrote:You have nice birds down south.
Seems like my little birdy friend sung to loudly and ran off all the robits.

Lousy bird! :-x

News Credits: 41 · Wed Aug 31, 2016 4:41 pm

I scooped up the the other two Deluxes from Titans Return Wave 2.
Come play with me!

Highbrow and Wolfwire

Wolfwire has been my most anticipated deluxe of this wave, and maybe the whole line. While he is not the shining example of toy robo perfection, he does not disappoint. I am very happy with this guy.

The beast mode is great. Takes me back to that old funny G1 pup, but is one hell hound of an update in style. He even scratches my flea bitten Beast Wars itch a little.

Am I the only one who refuses to actually call him Wolfwire. Weirdwolf! All day. All night.

I have only two minor gripes with beast mode. The articulation in his front paws is limited, making it hard to get some poses looking natural. The other is the dry brush look of the paint on his claws. It ends up looking more like a mistake than a technique.
Other than those two little things, he is exactly what I was looking for. The articulation in his back legs is pretty amazing though, and honestly a welcome surprise. The overall color layout, use of colored plastics, and paint apps look really good too.

RELEASE THE DOGS OF WAR!

Monxo! What up DAWG!

A boy and his dog.

Down boy!

Someone had to do this.

Robot time!

I absolutely love the design of this guy. Big mean boxy build, with bone crushingly bulky arms. The sculpted detailing is right there on par with the entire line. I thought the all red face would be weak, but it works well and looks nice and evil.
His transformation is pretty new to me. The way his torso compacts into itself is interesting and different. The way that yellow piece on the back legs changes position from beast to bot has been done before, but never executed this well. I also really like the sculpt on that yellow leg piece.

The tail sword is even cooler than I imagined, and that gun is...well... HUGE!
The only kerflapple that's bugging me in bot mode, and it's a common problem, is that those shoulder stacks limit the articulation of the arms. It's not bad, and by no means ruins the figure. It just seems that they would have figured a work around for this problem. I mean who doesn't like big shoulder stacks on their transformers though?

Blaster ride.

Beastie Boys

Now Highbrow

MAN! This guy. Such a great modern take on the original. He definitely exceeded my expectations. Like Chromedome, he is the perfect update. Great in both modes. Nice color distribution, great sculpting, and appropriate articulation leave me with little to complain about. Xort, in head mode, rides a little high in the saddle making his neck look a little long, but it just adds a little more height to his brow.

The original quartet is complete!

Ion chair

You certainly can't tell by looking, but yes these two were definitely developed side by side. Other than sharing transformation, they share a total of 7 parts, and minor ones at that. His heel spurs are Scourge's feet. They share hands, hip/thigh/knees, that inner sliding post for transformation, and the post and ball pieces of shoulder articulation. I think this is a nice method of pretooling.

This is one thing I can't figure out.

Why this opens. The G1 toy had an opening panel there that revealed the stat-o-meter, but he doesn't have stats. My best guess is this was just a way to get that grey colored panel in the middle of all that blue instead of painting it.

GET TO DA CHOPPER!

Love this update on that space heli.

It's Xort of cool how well you can see the pilot in there.

We're gonna need more guns!

This line is shaping up really well in my eyes. It's so much fun to have these great updates to these original Headmasters, and I like all the curve balls they've thrown too. My "Classically" trained collection is happy to add these guys , and aesthetically they slide right in the mix with the Classics and Generation toys.

Enjoy your toys! I do.

News Credits: 25 · Wed Aug 31, 2016 7:39 pm

I find myself very disapointed with Mindwipe, but Domey I couldn't be happier with. I even kind of like PM Prime. Feels so much heavier than Magnus does, and G1 PM PRIME was my first Prime as a child so.....

News Credits: 1646 · Wed Aug 31, 2016 7:48 pm

You can write a good review Cobotron!

And Iron, that good to hear about Dome and Prime. Prime means something special then?

News Credits: 3 · Wed Aug 31, 2016 7:51 pm

Does the brownish gray plastic on PMOP look as bad in-hand as in images?

News Credits: 42 · Wed Aug 31, 2016 8:06 pm

SillySpringer wrote:Does the brownish gray plastic on PMOP look as bad in-hand as in images?

I would say no.

News Credits: 2 · Wed Aug 31, 2016 9:36 pm

Thanks for the response Cobo. I figured when you said that some pieces were rubber the wings would be part of it. The head surprises me though.
These reviews of yours are making it real difficult for me to keep my plan of only getting Chromedome and Astrotrain from Wave 2 for the time being.

News Credits: 293 · Thu Sep 01, 2016 10:15 am

Another stellar review Cobro ;)^

I'm surprised to hear about the front paws though. I mean, they LOOK posable :-?

And now I'm pretty jacked about Highbrow. Heli mode is sweeeeeet. Dat clear red cockpit

And Densh! I'm very happy to hear you like PMOP. He has issues, no disputing that, but he is a seriously satisfying figure to me.

News Credits: 41 · Thu Sep 01, 2016 1:09 pm

Densh, I'm surprised you even got those guys considering your new direction, but I'm glad you like them. Beware of Weirdwolf and Highbrow. They are on par with Chromio.
Mindwipe isn't a complete disappointment to me, but he is definitely the weakest of the bunch.

Jak, those feet SO look like they should be extra poseable. The socket on the wrist limits it's poseability on that end, and the post is pinned to the foot. That should have been a hinge of some kind.

News Credits: 131 · Thu Sep 01, 2016 1:28 pm

I'll third that great review! You know I'm not a beastformer kinda guy, but Weirdwolf's bot mode is killer looking. Them colors are bright and nuts and he just looks badass. Hell all the beasties in this line look nice in bot mode. Argh the wants...

So I spotted Chromey and Browesf at a Walgreens today. Chromedome had a damaged sigil and some weird paint errors; I wasn't paying $20 for that and I can wait on Highbrow. Oh well... the hunt continues...

all the dot dot dots :lol: