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by **ZeldaTheSwordsman** » Fri Sep 30, 2022 3:40 pm

That would be nice for some figures (why the smeg is Brimstone so rarespensive?).

On the subject of BW reissues, the next one I need to get is Megatron.

My '96 Megs isn't headstrong enough.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Tue Oct 25, 2022 11:33 pm

So, just a little note about Terrorsaur. I picked up two copies of this reissue and noticed two things about the robot fists on each one.

First, the fists no longer have discernable fingers sculpted in like the original releases of the mold had. Instead, the fists are mostly solid blocks with faint ridges on one side each that simply emulate the appearance of fingers.

Second, on both of my copies, these ridges were on the outside of the fists instead of on the inside, suggesting that both fists were swapped on each of my copies. It was easy to swap them back around on both, but anyone who picked up Terrorsaur may want to check their copies to see if the same is true on theirs.

by **ZeldaTheSwordsman** » Thu Oct 27, 2022 8:58 pm

Hmmmmm. Do you have Terrorsaur-mold AoE Strafe for comparison? That's the next-most-recent use of the mold.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Thu Oct 27, 2022 9:00 pm

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Hmmmmm. Do you have Terrorsaur-mold AoE Strafe for comparison? That's the next-most-recent use of the mold.

Not readily accessible at this time (it's buried in a bin somewhere).

by **ZeldaTheSwordsman** » Sat Oct 29, 2022 1:03 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Hmmmmm. Do you have Terrorsaur-mold AoE Strafe for comparison? That's the next-most-recent use of the mold.
Not readily accessible at this time (it's buried in a bin somewhere).

Well, hopefully you can dig it out soon.

Would anyone lose sleep over my clipping Scorponok's card from the box? EDIT: Welp, hope no-one will, because I did it.

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Tue Nov 15, 2022 8:40 pm

I got my reissue K-9 in today, and he is pretty neat. i am particular to this design's mutant head, and the colors are nice too. i think i like him more than Wolfang

News Credits: 331 · by **chuckdawg1999** » Wed Nov 16, 2022 12:27 am

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I got my reissue K-9 in today, and he is pretty neat. i am particular to this design's mutant head, and the colors are nice too. i think i like him more than Wolfang

Where did you get it from?

News Credits: 4838 · by **william-james88** » Wed Nov 16, 2022 11:12 am

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I got my reissue K-9 in today, and he is pretty neat. i am particular to this design's mutant head, and the colors are nice too. i think i like him more than Wolfang

I love that his animal ribs serve as missiles

News Credits: 42 · by **TF-fan kev777** » Wed Nov 16, 2022 11:55 am

chuckdawg1999 wrote:
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I got my reissue K-9 in today, and he is pretty neat. i am particular to this design's mutant head, and the colors are nice too. i think i like him more than Wolfang

Where did you get it from?

My guess is Pulse, he is in stock right now.

News Credits: 6 · by **AllNewSuperRobot** » Wed Nov 16, 2022 12:51 pm

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I got my reissue K-9 in today, and he is pretty neat. i am particular to this design's mutant head, and the colors are nice too. i think i like him more than Wolfang

K-9 was my first of the set and I do hold him in higher regard than Wolfang. Although the grey wolf was clearly the first of the mold type. K-9 refined and improved it. Still so wild to me that they went to such retooling lengths with this mold, for 2 - 3 characters than never even made it into a show.

News Credits: 331 · by **chuckdawg1999** » Wed Nov 16, 2022 1:07 pm

TF-fan kev777 wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I got my reissue K-9 in today, and he is pretty neat. i am particular to this design's mutant head, and the colors are nice too. i think i like him more than Wolfang

Where did you get it from?

My guess is Pulse, he is in stock right now.

That's where I got mine, I just opened the app and there it was.

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Wed Nov 16, 2022 9:32 pm

TF-fan kev777 wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I got my reissue K-9 in today, and he is pretty neat. i am particular to this design's mutant head, and the colors are nice too. i think i like him more than Wolfang

Where did you get it from?

My guess is Pulse, he is in stock right now.

Yep, that is where I got it from. I'm super happy with him. I think he is competing with Scorponok as my favorite reissue so far

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Fri Nov 18, 2022 7:58 pm

So, messing around with K9 more, he feels sort of like he has the issues that I have with my reissue primal, in that he feels a bit too light and his joints a bit too soft. But in his case, he is smaller, so it doesn't cause as many problems. He can't split his legs too far or he splits, but otherwise, he is pretty good and feels on par with my Wolfang and Max-B. I still like his colors the best of the mold too.

BowWow

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Fri Nov 18, 2022 8:03 pm

Does he have the same issue that reissue Wolffang has where the missiles just fall out of his back with no friction to hold them in?

Emerje

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Fri Nov 18, 2022 8:15 pm

Emerje wrote:Does he have the same issue that reissue Wolffang has where the missiles just fall out of his back with no friction to hold them in?

Emerje

He does, though I have a OG Wolfang, not a reissue

News Credits: 331 · by **chuckdawg1999** » Fri Nov 18, 2022 8:25 pm

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:
Emerje wrote:Does he have the same issue that reissue Wolffang has where the missiles just fall out of his back with no friction to hold them in?

Emerje

He does, though I have a OG Wolfang, not a reissue

That stinks, I guess the missile launcher is neutered too, pardon the pun.

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Fri Nov 18, 2022 8:51 pm

chuckdawg1999 wrote:
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:
Emerje wrote:Does he have the same issue that reissue Wolffang has where the missiles just fall out of his back with no friction to hold them in?

Emerje

He does, though I have a OG Wolfang, not a reissue

That stinks, I guess the missile launcher is neutered too, pardon the pun.

It is

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Wed Nov 23, 2022 10:54 am

My full lineup of Reissues. I think Scorponok is still my favorite, with K-9 2nd, Retrax 3rd, Cybershark 4th, and Primal the weakest.

News Credits: 331 · by **chuckdawg1999** » Wed Nov 23, 2022 9:08 pm

Way, way better than I thought.

by **Triggerdick Megatron** » Wed Nov 30, 2022 11:57 pm

I would love to see Polar Claw reissued.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Thu Dec 01, 2022 1:56 am

Triggerdick Megatron wrote:I would love to see Polar Claw reissued.

Considering they recolored Scorponok I'd like too see a proper Grizzly-1 figure. I completely disagree with Wikipedia calling Grizzly-1 and Barbearian the same "character" when one is a brown bear with yellow bot parts and the other is a black bear with white bot parts.

Yes, I get the irony of using that gif.

Emerje

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Thu Dec 01, 2022 5:39 am

I unpacked and played a bit with Wolfang and it's clearly one of the worst BW toy I ever handled. Kibbletastic, not really posable, and those damn rib/missiles/arrows are LOOSE wherever you put them. I have no choice but to let the shield permanently attached to the bot's back like a turtle shell to prevent those damn missiles from dropping off.

At least my original K-9 is a bit tighter, but he too, must keep his shield on his back. Those doggos are not the best BW duo.

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Thu Dec 01, 2022 8:26 pm

Triggerdick Megatron wrote:I would love to see Polar Claw reissued.

I have yet to experience that mold, I'd like this too

News Credits: 56 · by **o.supreme** » Thu Dec 08, 2022 11:57 am

One Walmart near me got the endcap display of retro Retrax and Wolfgang. Still mostly full, dosen't seem to be a high demand. I just wonder how the decision was made to rerelease these? Maybe the molds wee easily accessible? I would have thought they'd stick with characters that appeared in the Mainframe animated series.

News Credits: 42 · by **TF-fan kev777** » Thu Dec 08, 2022 1:37 pm

o.supreme wrote:One Walmart near me got the endcap display of retro Retrax and Wolfgang. Still mostly full, dosen't seem to be a high demand. I just wonder how the decision was made to rerelease these? Maybe the molds wee easily accessible? I would have thought they'd stick with characters that appeared in the Mainframe animated series.

Can't say for Wolfgang, but don't underestimate the allure of a rolly-polly bug. I have no interest in the re-issues, but you bet I bought me a Retrax despite him being a terrible action figure.