-Kanrabat- wrote:YEah, too many Transformers are in a serious need of a good rim job.
Blast Cannon wrote:This thread is brilliant. Duragrip you are a gloriously weird sexual deviant and I love it.
fenrir72 wrote:Now all we need is an official Roadbuster then the Wreckers are nearly complete.
Valandar wrote:Yes, it's not Roadbuster.
shockblast2 wrote:Did they really find it necessary to make his propellers neon green? It looks stupid with that color choice.
swagitron wrote:Three modes?
GuyIncognito wrote:swagitron wrote:Three modes?
Most likely, the "third" mode is a "battle" mode - either the bot mode or the alt mode with weapons added.
shockblast2 wrote:Valandar wrote:Yes, it's not Roadbuster.
Sure it is. It is just not a geewun classics version. Kinda like this Whirl here, and any other figure Hasbro has released since the last wave of Generations in 2011.
T-Macksimus wrote:shockblast2 wrote:Valandar wrote:Yes, it's not Roadbuster.
Sure it is. It is just not a geewun classics version. Kinda like this Whirl here, and any other figure Hasbro has released since the last wave of Generations in 2011.
No... it really isn't. And yes, this Whirl is most definitely a G1 classics version. Maybe not in official title or product line but just in the respect that it blows EVER single other version of Whirl since the original right out of the water in terms of being faithful to it's original namesake.
That p.o.s. re-paint FoC "Roadbuster"... let us not speak of that insult any more. That...thing...is not worthy of the Roadbuster name nor has any other iteration since the original been anything more than just a slap in the face.
Sledge wrote:Finally! Wheelie will get the credit he's due with a set of five Wheelies.
ScottyP wrote:Kid 1 "What did you get for Christmas?"
Kid 2 "Steve.........What did you get?"
Kid 1 "John Cena!"
Noideaforaname wrote:Whirl = original toy design, 'cause... er, uh, ummm..........
Bumblevivisector wrote:Noideaforaname wrote:Whirl = original toy design, 'cause... er, uh, ummm..........
...because the original has a design flaw that causes his claws to break if you make the mistake of extending them all the way as intended. It's all the fun of Gold Plastic Syndrome, but instead of an oddity in the plastic that only showed itself over time, this was an avoidable design flaw. And people wonder why Takotoru went under...
Add in his plastic being that Scourge/Hot Spot shade of baby-blue that yellows easily, and mint G1 Whirls become SO scarce over time that he's one of those rare cases where we do need an update that CHUGs closer to his original toy than recent media appearances.
Glad to hear it, and mine is in good shape too, but I've seen the horrors of which I speak in Ebay lots and dealers' parts-graveyards. I keep it out of the sun and corrugated cardboard boxes, and only extend the claws out far enough to grasp his weapons, never into that final circular area designed to click onto the rod in his wrist.GuyIncognito wrote:Bumblevivisector wrote:Noideaforaname wrote:Whirl = original toy design, 'cause... er, uh, ummm..........
...because the original has a design flaw that causes his claws to break if you make the mistake of extending them all the way as intended. It's all the fun of Gold Plastic Syndrome, but instead of an oddity in the plastic that only showed itself over time, this was an avoidable design flaw. And people wonder why Takotoru went under...
Add in his plastic being that Scourge/Hot Spot shade of baby-blue that yellows easily, and mint G1 Whirls become SO scarce over time that he's one of those rare cases where we do need an update that CHUGs closer to his original toy than recent media appearances.
Hmmm. I still have my G1 Whirl, and I never had either of those problems. The claws work fine, and there is no yellowing.
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