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News Credits: 461 · by **mooncake623** » Wed Mar 04, 2015 10:08 am

Damn I need these hip replacements! but I'm not getting that swoop.. hope they're selling this separately.

News Credits: 10 · by **Agamemnon** » Wed Mar 04, 2015 10:15 am

mooncake623 wrote:Damn I need these hip replacements! but I'm not getting that swoop.. hope they're selling this separately.

You could try contacting FP and see if they will sell it to you separately. I don't think it would hurt...

News Credits: 461 · by **mooncake623** » Wed Mar 04, 2015 10:20 am

Agamemnon wrote:
mooncake623 wrote:Damn I need these hip replacements! but I'm not getting that swoop.. hope they're selling this separately.

You could try contacting FP and see if they will sell it to you separately. I don't think it would hurt...

lol FP? I don't think they talk to people. I'll probably ask BBTS when they get their stock since I did buy my Sludge from them.

News Credits: 1 · by **rpetras** » Wed Mar 04, 2015 1:01 pm

mooncake623 wrote:
Agamemnon wrote:
mooncake623 wrote:Damn I need these hip replacements! but I'm not getting that swoop.. hope they're selling this separately.

You could try contacting FP and see if they will sell it to you separately. I don't think it would hurt...

lol FP? I don't think they talk to people. I'll probably ask BBTS when they get their stock since I did buy my Sludge from them.

Hey, please let me know what you find out. I'm in the same boat.

I'm not planning on getting FPs Swoop either.

News Credits: 1 · by **iguanabytes** » Wed Mar 04, 2015 1:32 pm

Columpio is so young to have hip replacements...

News Credits: 10 · by **Agamemnon** » Wed Mar 04, 2015 1:35 pm

iguanabytes wrote:Columpio is so young to have hip replacements...

Sometimes, it's just bad genetics... Or maybe a premature, rushed delivery?

News Credits: 33 · by **Genocide G2.0** » Wed Mar 04, 2015 1:47 pm

Vangelus review .

by **Rated X** » Wed Mar 04, 2015 2:55 pm

Other than the red torso this is the best Swoop yet. He scales with his team. He has a mouth. And he looks awesome.

by **Syn_13** » Wed Mar 04, 2015 4:33 pm

Rated X wrote:Other than the red torso this is the best Swoop yet. He scales with his team. He has a mouth. And he looks awesome.

Agreed! Can't wait to get my hands on him.

Just seen a pic elsewhere of a silhoutted dinosaur that could be either Grimlock or the mystery newbie. Looks too slim to be Grimlock to me, but it may just be their take on him, a more "realistic" looking T-Rex. It could be something like a velociraptor if that's what they're going for the 6th member. Personally, I'd have preferred it to be either an aquatic dinosaur or an ankylosaurus.

I'd link the pic but I'm on my phone, on the bus, with crap internet coverage.

News Credits: 2 · by **Insurgent** » Wed Mar 04, 2015 5:20 pm

Ok, the better pics and Vangelus has swung me over. Pre-ordered.

But why does Columpio need new hips? Granted mine has been in dino mode for a while, but I don't remember anything being wrong with them.

by **CaesiumSalami86** » Wed Mar 04, 2015 5:57 pm

I'm officially off the FP Dinobots wagon, to the point where I feel a bit sick that I bought the first two! In response to earlier posts, my Columpio's legs/hips were loose straight out of the box. Tightened them where I could, but still not happy that FP let that slip through their usually good QC....

by **necr0blivion** » Wed Mar 04, 2015 6:46 pm

Insurgent wrote:But why does Columpio need new hips? Granted mine has been in dino mode for a while, but I don't remember anything being wrong with them.

The ball joints aren't very sturdy for several posing styles. I think some people probably used Future on them to alleviate the issue.

News Credits: 293 · by **shajaki** » Wed Mar 04, 2015 11:06 pm

Syn_13 wrote:
Rated X wrote:Other than the red torso this is the best Swoop yet. He scales with his team. He has a mouth. And he looks awesome.
Agreed! Can't wait to get my hands on him.

Just seen a pic elsewhere of a silhoutted dinosaur that could be either Grimlock or the mystery newbie. Looks too slim to be Grimlock to me, but it may just be their take on him, a more "realistic" looking T-Rex. It could be something like a velociraptor if that's what they're going for the 6th member. Personally, I'd have preferred it to be either an aquatic dinosaur or an ankylosaurus.

I'd link the pic but I'm on my phone, on the bus, with crap internet coverage.

You mean this one?
*its speculated to be a raptor, fembot*

News Credits: 2 · by **Insurgent** » Thu Mar 05, 2015 1:18 pm

necr0blivion wrote:
Insurgent wrote:But why does Columpio need new hips? Granted mine has been in dino mode for a while, but I don't remember anything being wrong with them.

The ball joints aren't very sturdy for several posing styles. I think some people probably used Future on them to alleviate the issue.

I see. Will have to check mine next time I transform him.

by **Syn_13** » Thu Mar 05, 2015 4:16 pm

shajaki wrote:
Syn_13 wrote:
Rated X wrote:Other than the red torso this is the best Swoop yet. He scales with his team. He has a mouth. And he looks awesome.
Agreed! Can't wait to get my hands on him.

Just seen a pic elsewhere of a silhoutted dinosaur that could be either Grimlock or the mystery newbie. Looks too slim to be Grimlock to me, but it may just be their take on him, a more "realistic" looking T-Rex. It could be something like a velociraptor if that's what they're going for the 6th member. Personally, I'd have preferred it to be either an aquatic dinosaur or an ankylosaurus.

I'd link the pic but I'm on my phone, on the bus, with crap internet coverage.
You mean this one?
*its speculated to be a raptor, fembot*

That'd be the one! Dinofembot sounds awesome, but the silhouette there looks a bit crap. Hopefully it'll come out a lot better in reality.

News Credits: 293 · by **shajaki** » Fri Mar 06, 2015 11:55 am

I watched the Vangelus Volar review last night, and i got kinda bummed.

His dino-mode legs are forever akimbo? That's a pretty big oversight if you ask me, and seems like something that could have been easily remedied in the design phase. Everything else is cake, but those dino legs bug me (admittedly, probably a lot more than they should).

News Credits: 10 · by **Agamemnon** » Fri Mar 06, 2015 1:19 pm

shajaki wrote:I watched the Vangelus Volar review last night, and i got kinda bummed.

His dino-mode legs are forever akimbo? That's a pretty big oversight if you ask me, and seems like something that could have been easily remedied in the design phase. Everything else is cake, but those dino legs bug me (admittedly, probably a lot more than they should).

I think the generally accepted theory these days is that the animal's legs were perpetually akimbo.

That's not to say that you have to like it. Just, if they are going for a more "realistic" (in as much as a robotic dinosaur that transforms is realistic) it fits the bill...

News Credits: 293 · by **shajaki** » Fri Mar 06, 2015 1:35 pm

Excellent theory Aggs. That bit of knowledge does actually put me at ease.

The only thing i was thinking about was trying to pose him in an aerodynamic divebomb type maneuver, and those legs would kinda kill it. I'll still hold out hopes for some kind of mistransformation that can help those legs, but I can live without it if need be.

by **Rated X** » Sat Mar 07, 2015 8:23 am

We could all go visit Jurassic Park and see for ourselves how a teradactyals legs look. I mean, its still open, right ?

All I know is that if Grimlock cant drag his tail, we riot !

News Credits: 12 · by **Evil Eye** » Sat Mar 07, 2015 1:15 pm

I really hope they don't do Grimlock with the outdated "upright tail-dragger" T-Rex mode. It just looks stupid.

by **Rated X** » Sat Mar 07, 2015 1:52 pm

Delta Magnus wrote:I really hope they don't do Grimlock with the outdated "upright tail-dragger" T-Rex mode. It just looks stupid.

I love the tail dragging! Big dumb dinos always drag their tails like Barney and I wouldn't have it any other way.

Me and Ag are going to break out the Delorean and hit up 65,000 BC to find out the truth !

Whether I go to my backyard or watch Animal Planet, all modern day reptiles seem to enjoy dragging their tails.

News Credits: 1 · by **iguanabytes** » Sat Mar 07, 2015 2:28 pm

there is a fair amount of good info that indicates dinos were not much like modern reptiles. probably closer in behavior and biology to large birds.

News Credits: 3 · by **Midnight_Fox** » Sun Mar 08, 2015 7:29 pm

Rated X wrote:Whether I go to my backyard or watch Animal Planet, all modern day reptiles seem to enjoy dragging their tails.

Modern reptiles are all quadrupeds, and you'll find many that extinct quadruped saurians did drag their tails(the notable exceptions being some varieties of sauropod).

However, in the few reptiles that DO exhibit bipedal motive capability, when they do walk bipedal, they lift their tails:

In addition, every other species of theropod has the head and tail parallel with the ground.

News Credits: 461 · by **mooncake623** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 2:15 pm

rpetras wrote:
mooncake623 wrote:
Agamemnon wrote:
mooncake623 wrote:Damn I need these hip replacements! but I'm not getting that swoop.. hope they're selling this separately.

You could try contacting FP and see if they will sell it to you separately. I don't think it would hurt...

lol FP? I don't think they talk to people. I'll probably ask BBTS when they get their stock since I did buy my Sludge from them.

Hey, please let me know what you find out. I'm in the same boat.

I'm not planning on getting FPs Swoop either.

I just shot an email to BBTS about this. I'll let you know what they come back with.