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News Credits: 4838 · by **william-james88** » Fri Oct 28, 2016 12:56 pm

RAR wrote:But from a collector point of view I guess there is a renewed desire to get him for the various upgrade kits for those who wanted to keep one normal too.

Also for the fact that many collectors now have an Optimus Collection. I myself have a Megatron Collection so even though I know we will get a blitzwing, I will still get that TR Megatron (might wait to see what takara does with him).

News Credits: 15 · by **galvatron00** » Fri Oct 28, 2016 1:20 pm

Kurona wrote:So while cleaning my room the other day, I found in the box my Offroad was shipped in (from Amazon, where a mysterious crop of Stunticons for RRP has shown up despite Wave 2 being practically non-existent in the UK https://www.amazon.co.uk/Transformers-G ... rs+offroad ), there was a separately included set of instructions - Offroad's, but in Chinese.
The plot of CW Stunticons on Amazon UK thickens.

This happened with my TR Highbrow. Sold from a third party on Amazon, but shipped and fulfilled by Amazon. It also happened on my Generations legend class Bumblebee with the helipack/Targetmaster robot. The back of the packaging of both also had an Asian language sticker over the "Warnings" area.

News Credits: 4838 · by **william-james88** » Fri Oct 28, 2016 1:45 pm

Those are the ones sold in Hong Kong/China. What happened is there was probably an overstock sold to companies which used amazon as an intermidiary.

News Credits: 15 · by **galvatron00** » Fri Oct 28, 2016 1:46 pm

william-james88 wrote:Those are the ones sold in Hong Kong/China. What happened is there was probably an overstock sold to companies which used amazon as an intermidiary.

Well that makes sense.

News Credits: 56 · by **o.supreme** » Fri Oct 28, 2016 1:50 pm

itscramtastic wrote:
william-james88 wrote:Those are the ones sold in Hong Kong/China. What happened is there was probably an overstock sold to companies which used amazon as an intermidiary.
Well that makes sense.

True, my Rook came with Chinese instructions as well. Got from Amazon 3rd party...sounds like the same deal.

News Credits: 11 · by **RAR** » Fri Oct 28, 2016 3:16 pm

william-james88 wrote:Also for the fact that many collectors now have an Optimus Collection. I myself have a Megatron Collection so even though I know we will get a blitzwing, I will still get that TR Megatron (might wait to see what takara does with him).

Yes I was certainly considering getting another Optimus if I see one of the upgrade kits at a good price. (or buy one someone had already modded).

I probably have what some would call an Optimus collection all be an accidental one - though I'm guessing the Bumblebee horde is larger.

If I'm ever in a position to have everything on display I expect I'd get a bit of a shock how many of the key characters I actually have.

I feel I have a ways to got to catch up with Grimlock though due to the sheer amount of 3rd party Dinobots that exist.

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I had another chat with Nonnef Productions and they said that they may see if they can add my suggestion of heel spurs to one of their next moulds - so if you happen to have an interest in heels for Onslaught style heels for those who don't have them like Hotspot or Pyra Magna or the Megatronia Torso - not to mention any future possible repaints like Guard City, G2 Defensor or RID Optimus (Super Fire Convoy) based sets.

Please let them know. Via email, twitter, facebook, tfw2005 etc...

News Credits: 56 · by **o.supreme** » Fri Oct 28, 2016 3:28 pm

RAR wrote:I had another chat with Nonnef Productions and they said that they may see if they can add my suggestion of heel spurs to one of their next moulds - so if you happen to have an interest in heels for Onslaught style heels for those who don't have them like Hotspot or Pyra Magna or the Megatronia Torso - not to mention any future possible repaints like Guard City, G2 Defensor or RID Optimus (Super Fire Convoy)

Correct me if I am wrong...but I think only Hotspot Voyager does not have the heels. Once the Onslaught mold came out, all future uses had them.

News Credits: 191 · by **Kurona** » Fri Oct 28, 2016 3:44 pm

o.supreme wrote:
RAR wrote:I had another chat with Nonnef Productions and they said that they may see if they can add my suggestion of heel spurs to one of their next moulds - so if you happen to have an interest in heels for Onslaught style heels for those who don't have them like Hotspot or Pyra Magna or the Megatronia Torso - not to mention any future possible repaints like Guard City, G2 Defensor or RID Optimus (Super Fire Convoy)

Correct me if I am wrong...but I think only Hotspot Voyager does not have the heels. Once the Onslaught mold came out, all future uses had them.

Yup, can confirm. Was a pleasant surprise for a lot of people when they found Pyra Magna had heels.

They'd still be extremely appreciated for Hot Spot, mind. Though him having that ladder as a 'third leg' means he doesn't need them quite as much.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Fri Oct 28, 2016 8:18 pm

People do remember that the Wave 1 regular Optimus Prime is the one with the ubiquitous design flaw in its hip ratchet joints, right?

News Credits: 11 · by **RAR** » Sat Oct 29, 2016 1:02 am

Kurona wrote:Yup, can confirm. Was a pleasant surprise for a lot of people when they found Pyra Magna had heels.

They'd still be extremely appreciated for Hot Spot, mind. Though him having that ladder as a 'third leg' means he doesn't need them quite as much.

I didn't know that - that's nice to know - Something that I wasn't paying attention to when Vicky was being reviewed I guess.

o.supreme wrote:Correct me if I am wrong...but I think only Hotspot Voyager does not have the heels. Once the Onslaught mold came out, all future uses had them.

Terrific.

Sabrblade wrote:People do remember that the Wave 1 regular Optimus Prime is the one with the ubiquitous design flaw in its hip ratchet joints, right?

Yes - But some of us bought the ratchets to fix that (assuming the upgrade kits don't include their own ratchets).

Nonnef could make those things for years - seems odd that they'd retire them already - when they apply to every variation of Optimus and every variation of Silverbolt too. which is an 'almost' uncountable number of toys.

You'd think putting double the number of teeth in their Ratchets wouldn't be a terribly hard thing for Hasbro to get a handle on - considering how much those really wide stances they force on people's toys are considered an annoyance... heck I can see it bugging kids too. it looked especially ridiculous on Prime.

I think I agree with Emgo316 that it would be better to limit the ratchets to back and forth movement only and but normal friction joints on the outward movement. Putting cuffed joints on the hips seems to work just as well as ratchets anyway.

by **Zobovor** » Sun Oct 30, 2016 9:37 pm

Counterpunch wrote:If you want "exotic" fringe characters like Liokaiser, you need to support the efforts. I think it's great if by chance, these kinds of things are on sale when finances allow for them. However, if you're the guys who wait for stuff to go to clearance and don't support these kinds of fan-targeted specialized efforts; it's kind of scummy.

I really feel the need to say something about this.

Nobody on this planet has endless disposable income. Some of us are fortunate and are able to drop hundreds of dollars on plastic robots every month, and some of us are less fortunate and have to budget very carefully. I've been a destitute Transformers fan and I've been a fairly well-to-do Transformers fan and there's a world of difference between the two. These days I can drop $100 on a Combiner Wars gift set and not bat an eye, but there was a time when I had to choose to spend the $10 in my pocket on a new Beast Wars toy or whether to get lunch. It's not a fun place to be.

We're all fans because we choose to be. Fandom is not an obligation. Therefore, nobody should feel obligated or compelled to spend money on expensive toys as soon as they come out, just so we're supporting Hasbro or Takara's efforts. It's not like either company is going to go bankrupt tomorrow if we fail to live up to this ideal.

I'm one of the biggest and most obsessive fans I know, and even I don't own every toy that I want. I still haven't gotten the Combiner Wars G2 Bruticus set, and there are a bunch of Masterpiece toys I still don't own (Ironhide, Ramjet, Ratchet, Shockwave, Ultra Magnus). Heck, I still don't have Combiner Wars Devastator yet! Does that make me a scumbag because I chose to budget my disposable income differently than yours?

It's elitist and presumptive to call out fans for failing to support the toy line. Fans should feel free to buy what they want when they want. If that means gobbling things up as soon as they show up in stores or online, then so be it. If that means playing the waiting game and trying to get things for cheap, then that's fine, too. Please don't chastise anyone in the fandom for failing to spend insane amounts of money on plastic robots. I love the "fan-targeted specialized efforts" as much as the next guy, but I don't feel guilty when I don't, or can't, buy them right away. And neither should anyone else.

Zob

News Credits: 11 · by **RAR** » Mon Oct 31, 2016 3:20 am

But don't you know that those who won't buy Titans Returns Kickback are a bad person - I know this as someone one on the internet said so - so it must be true.

News Credits: 3 · by **bodrock** » Mon Oct 31, 2016 5:03 pm

I just saw a boxed set for G2 Bruticus at my local comics/collector store -- for $109.

I hate to say it, but it did not force my hand into my wallet to throw down for the win. However, had it been $40.... :RUBSIGN:

News Credits: 9 · by **Sowndwave76** » Mon Oct 31, 2016 5:07 pm

bodrock wrote:I just saw a boxed set for G2 Bruticus at my local comics/collector store -- for $109.

I hate to say it, but it did not force my hand into my wallet to throw down for the win. However, had it been $40....

It's been online for around $76... That's the only reason I got it.
Walmart.com
and since it's over $50, it ships for free.

News Credits: 191 · by **Kurona** » Mon Oct 31, 2016 5:11 pm

I'm just wondering why G2 Bruticus doesn't have a reprolabels set yet. You'd think those un-camoed legs and those incorrect faction symbols would be a goldmine for Toyhax.

News Credits: 41 · by **Cobotron** » Tue Nov 01, 2016 10:08 pm

In case anyone was wondering just how awesome the Reprolabels CW X-tinguisher (Exhaust) set for CW Wheeljack is....

I'd be happy to show you.

More pictures here.

News Credits: 3 · by **DedicatedGhostArt** » Wed Nov 02, 2016 6:10 pm

Did this come about before or after combiner wars?

News Credits: 23 · by **Bumblebee21** » Wed Nov 02, 2016 6:12 pm

SillySpringer wrote:I had no idea Sky Reign was a character in Transformers fiction before Combiner Wars!

the more important thing are who is his limbs

News Credits: 191 · by **Kurona** » Wed Nov 02, 2016 6:13 pm

SillySpringer wrote:I had no idea Sky Reign was a character in Transformers fiction before Combiner Wars!

Actually he was added in after CW.

His limbs are Cosmos, Thundercracker, Sunstreaker and Slugslinger.

News Credits: 23 · by **Bumblebee21** » Wed Nov 02, 2016 6:15 pm

Kurona wrote:
His limbs are Cosmos, Thundercracker, Sunstreaker and Slugslinger.

thanks.
they need to make those in cw
i thought that was cosmos and sunny

News Credits: 3 · by **DedicatedGhostArt** » Wed Nov 02, 2016 6:17 pm

Kurona wrote:
SillySpringer wrote:I had no idea Sky Reign was a character in Transformers fiction before Combiner Wars!

Actually he was added in after CW.

His limbs are Cosmos, Thundercracker, Sunstreaker and Slugslinger.

This is just weird.

Apparently Galvatronus is in that issue also, but he looks like this:

News Credits: 23 · by **Bumblebee21** » Wed Nov 02, 2016 6:17 pm

who is galvatronus' limbs

News Credits: 3 · by **DedicatedGhostArt** » Wed Nov 02, 2016 6:20 pm

Bumblebee21 wrote:who is galvatronus' limbs

The torso is Dreadwing oddly enough, and the limbs are Acid Storm, Mindwipe, Blitzwing, and... Astrotrain? Seriously?

News Credits: 23 · by **Bumblebee21** » Wed Nov 02, 2016 6:21 pm

SillySpringer wrote:
Bumblebee21 wrote:who is galvatronus' limbs

The torso is Dreadwing oddly enough, and the limbs are Acid Storm, Mindwipe, Blitzwing, and... Astrotrain? Seriously?

why didnt hasbro make this im officialy mad and but hurt

News Credits: 3 · by **DedicatedGhostArt** » Wed Nov 02, 2016 6:25 pm

Bumblebee21 wrote:
SillySpringer wrote:
Bumblebee21 wrote:who is galvatronus' limbs

The torso is Dreadwing oddly enough, and the limbs are Acid Storm, Mindwipe, Blitzwing, and... Astrotrain? Seriously?

why didnt hasbro make this im officialy mad and but hurt

Thank the Lord they didn't, or else we probably wouldn't be getting voyager Astrotrain and a definite voyager Blitzwing in this Titans Return line. A combining Mindwipe also would've pissed a few people off also. Dreadwing being a torso named after Galvatron is also kinda unorthodox. Acid Storm is the only one that sounds cool.