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Agamemnon wrote:Seibertron wrote:So I just noticed this morning that the top of Victorion's forehead crest was broken and missing in the package. You'll notice in the picture below that the top of the crest is angled, where it must have sheared off at the factory. Urgh.
Here's what it is supposed to look like (and what it looks like on my 2nd Victorion that I'm about to photograph) ...
Fortunately, I've got a spare Victorion for the time being where this is not broken.
Can you confirm it is not broken on other Victorion figures? I'm wondering if this is another case of clipping something long and sharpish for toy safety guidelines, like they did for a movie figure, I think. I don't remember which one it was....
philswitch engage wrote:Devastator is iconic in his neon green and purple scheme.
Va'al wrote:Deadput wrote:Actually I don't know my mother's name is Valerie so is Va'al actually my mother?
Yes. Now go to your room and don't play with yourself.
william-james88 wrote:megatronus wrote:Definitely using spare HFGs for her hands... her stock hands are extremely underwhelming. The feet are great though.
It's also nice to see that the final product toned down the bright teals of the prototypes revealed at NYCC/Toy Fair. A marked improvement.
Ryan, I'm not sure why you're not a fan of the Nightbird head in this set. I think it's nice they'd pull a Japanese head sculpt to this side of the Pacific (although it was almost certainly to save on costs). I get that you'd prefer all new everything, but I think that's a tad unrealistic. For a quasi-exclusive box set, they pulled out plenty of stops.
I dont get it, arent they different heads? They sure look different to me:
Of course if I am looking at the wrong head, let me know.
And I totally agree Megatronus, those hands are really not great. They look so off compared to the giant forearms.
So Ryan, do you recomend this set overall?
Oh and dumb question guys but seriously where did all the white from the colourchoice (option c) go?
RNSrobot wrote:I bet the fists will look much better on the copters.
Seibertron wrote:Agamemnon wrote:Seibertron wrote:So I just noticed this morning that the top of Victorion's forehead crest was broken and missing in the package. You'll notice in the picture below that the top of the crest is angled, where it must have sheared off at the factory. Urgh.
Here's what it is supposed to look like (and what it looks like on my 2nd Victorion that I'm about to photograph) ...
Fortunately, I've got a spare Victorion for the time being where this is not broken.
Can you confirm it is not broken on other Victorion figures? I'm wondering if this is another case of clipping something long and sharpish for toy safety guidelines, like they did for a movie figure, I think. I don't remember which one it was....
Per my quote that you quoted
william-james88 wrote:Also be weary of hope in this hobby. Hope is just undiscovered disappointment.
Agamemnon, barebacked rider of flying robo-dragon, and not often constipated either...My nephew wrote:Bacon is meat candy.
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D-Maximus_Primal wrote:She came out really nice. I can't wait to get her!
Burn wrote:Agamemnon wrote:Let's get back to talking about Burn's mammoth snout flopping...
Well I am Australian. It's kinda what we're known for.
Deadput wrote:philswitch engage wrote:Devastator is iconic in his neon green and purple scheme.
Iconic doesn't mean pretty the Constructicons have always had an ugly color scheme no matter how you spin it.
I bet that if Victorion was from the original G1 toyline no one would care and they would call her colors iconic cause nostalgia is a blinding thing.
I'd say almost all Combiners have colour schemes that are a bit screwy one way or another (consequence of trying to make the colour layouts work for individual and combined forms), but Victorion's problem might be that her paintjob's awkward in a different manner to preexisting combiners. Guys like Devastator have the "monochromatic blob" problem, guys like Menasor have the "we're not even trying" problem (although that does seem to be fairly effective at deflecting critique).Deadput wrote:Iconic doesn't mean pretty the Constructicons have always had an ugly color scheme no matter how you spin it.philswitch engage wrote:Devastator is iconic in his neon green and purple scheme.
Yeah, new characters get held to weirdly high standards that legacy characters don't. Iconic/traditional is more of an excuse than a reason.Deadput wrote:I bet that if Victorion was from the original G1 toyline no one would care and they would call her colors iconic cause nostalgia is a blinding thing.
philswitch engage wrote:
It's not just the color scheme, but some of the individual bots have horrible head sculpts as well. I really enjoy the head for the combined figure, but the 2 cars heads' are very off putting to me.
Va'al wrote:Deadput wrote:Actually I don't know my mother's name is Valerie so is Va'al actually my mother?
Yes. Now go to your room and don't play with yourself.
Deadput wrote:philswitch engage wrote:
It's not just the color scheme, but some of the individual bots have horrible head sculpts as well. I really enjoy the head for the combined figure, but the 2 cars heads' are very off putting to me.
How are they horrible though?
Hardly any different from most fembot head sculpts hell one of the car bots has Nightbird's headsculpt (The look not mold)
It's because their new characters isn't it?
Cobotron wrote:That was fun and informative! I always assumed I had a slight skew in my color perception just by default of being male. I had heard all men see color different then women.
Agamemnon wrote:[Edit] Oh, and as I take a closer look, there appears to be additional differences from the box art and your photos, with that black recessed area being smaller in the box art the most obvious...
philswitch engage wrote:
Stormclash and Jumpstream have a very forced feminine look, especially because of the "lipstick" they painted on each figure. .
Va'al wrote:Deadput wrote:Actually I don't know my mother's name is Valerie so is Va'al actually my mother?
Yes. Now go to your room and don't play with yourself.
philswitch engage wrote:
Stormclash and Jumpstream have a very forced feminine look, especially because of the "lipstick" they painted on each figure.
william-james88 wrote:philswitch engage wrote:
Stormclash and Jumpstream have a very forced feminine look, especially because of the "lipstick" they painted on each figure.
Do you feel the same for what Takara did with Roadrage? Just wondering.
philswitch engage wrote:william-james88 wrote:philswitch engage wrote:
Stormclash and Jumpstream have a very forced feminine look, especially because of the "lipstick" they painted on each figure.
Do you feel the same for what Takara did with Roadrage? Just wondering.
No, the sculpting on that figure is much more natural. If they had added a heavy coat of bright red paint on that face, maybe I would think other wise.
Over all I think that figure is a great example of how to make a robotic figure have softer features. But then again that's the difference you get in quality with a Masterpiece vs a deluxe
I'll spin it this way: It's a matter of opinion. I happen to think that Devastator is the most visually appealing gestalt, because of the color scheme. Other than the chest, arms, and a few spots on the legs, he's all green, not a jumble and mish-mash of a bunch of different shapes and colors that just look like a walking junkyard like most, if not all, the other gestalts. Predaking is perhaps an exception, as well as JRX from Car Robots. Otherwise, the rest of the gestalt aren't as visually pleasing to me as Devy. But as I said, my opinion.Deadput wrote:Iconic doesn't mean pretty the Constructicons have always had an ugly color scheme no matter how you spin it.philswitch engage wrote:Devastator is iconic in his neon green and purple scheme.
Yes, I also think they would look better with the cars as legs and the copters as arms.SillySpringer wrote:I'd love to see images of the copter sisters as arms.It's how they are combined in the comics!
Rodimus Prime wrote:Yes, I also think they would look better with the cars as legs and the copters as arms.SillySpringer wrote:I'd love to see images of the copter sisters as arms.It's how they are combined in the comics!
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