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News Credits: 3 · by **Lockdownhunter** » Wed Oct 15, 2014 7:47 am

Hmm...not bad.Weirdly better than the 2014 camaro one step Bumblebee :-?

News Credits: 3 · by **Lockdownhunter** » Wed Oct 15, 2014 9:58 am

Burn wrote:
Lockdownhunter wrote:*Sighs* Another non transforming Transformer??Very weird.

How is it weird? We've had non-transforming Transformers since 1990.

Oh,I did not know about that.Anyway, thanks for the info.

News Credits: 4863 · by **william-james88** » Wed Oct 15, 2014 10:28 am

Lockdownhunter wrote:
Burn wrote:
Lockdownhunter wrote:*Sighs* Another non transforming Transformer??Very weird.

How is it weird? We've had non-transforming Transformers since 1990.

Oh,I did not know about that.Anyway, thanks for the info.

Do you self a favour and check out Action Masters

News Credits: 12 · by **GuyIncognito** » Wed Oct 15, 2014 11:01 am

I see everyone is conveniently forgetting that Hasbro and Takara have been making non-Transforming TF figures since 1985.

http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Decoy

News Credits: 4863 · by **william-james88** » Wed Oct 15, 2014 12:29 pm

GuyIncognito wrote:I see everyone is conveniently forgetting that Hasbro and Takara have been making non-Transforming TF figures since 1985.

http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Decoy

But those were made as tokens for a board game, I would not really count them

News Credits: 293 · by **shajaki** » Wed Oct 15, 2014 1:38 pm

i had that decoy megatron as a kid, and could never understand what was up with his arms. its obvious (first time ive seen it since childhood) but i JUST figured it out. its his strange chrome gun and sword he never actually used. #-o

News Credits: 12 · by **GuyIncognito** » Wed Oct 15, 2014 3:23 pm

william-james88 wrote:
GuyIncognito wrote:I see everyone is conveniently forgetting that Hasbro and Takara have been making non-Transforming TF figures since 1985.

http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Decoy

But those were made as tokens for a board game, I would not really count them

http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Decoy

The board game came AFTER the figures. Also...

"Naturally, Takara were not so unwise as to limit themselves to releasing these figures with the game alone: three large box sets were also released encompassing all fifty-three figures that made up the series."

The game was essentially nothing more than "Compare the numbers. Higher number wins." Very similar to Bot Shots, but with no transformation.

"The figures were also available individually, through "gachapon" capsule machines, in a variety of different colors including red, blue, yellow, green, orange, sky blue, pink, tan and white."

"In 1987, Hasbro imported the figurines and branded them as "Decoys", randomly packaging them with the smaller carded toys of the time."

Spin it any way you want, the fact remains: Takara has been making non-transforming TF figures since 1985, and Hasbro's been selling them since 1987.

News Credits: 331 · by **chuckdawg1999** » Thu Oct 16, 2014 1:23 am

Lockdownhunter wrote:Hmm...not bad.Weirdly better than the 2014 camaro one step Bumblebee

I wouldn't say better just different as the 2014 Camaro has slightly better articulation.

News Credits: 3 · by **Lockdownhunter** » Thu Oct 16, 2014 6:00 am

2014 One step bb

That looks ugly.

High octane bb

Slightly better.

News Credits: 2 · by **Nemesis Destron** » Thu Oct 16, 2014 3:21 pm

Could someone please comment...regarding Evasion Prime and voyager Grimlock set is that an exclusive somewhere or what? :-?

News Credits: 459 · by **Sabrblade** » Thu Oct 16, 2014 3:25 pm

Nemesis Destron wrote:Could someone please comment...regarding Evasion Prime and voyager Grimlock set is that an exclusive somewhere or what?

Kmart.

News Credits: 331 · by **chuckdawg1999** » Thu Oct 16, 2014 8:35 pm

Lockdownhunter wrote:2014 One step bb

That looks ugly.

High octane bb

Slightly better.

The 2014 is miss transformed. The arms flip out more giving a bicep and wrist swivel. Like I said not so much better than different.

News Credits: 3 · by **Lockdownhunter** » Thu Oct 16, 2014 10:04 pm

chuckdawg1999 wrote:
Lockdownhunter wrote:2014 One step bb

That looks ugly.

High octane bb

Slightly better.

The 2014 is miss transformed. The arms flip out more giving a bicep and wrist swivel. Like I said not so much better than different.

I know he is mistransformed because I have him.I am talking about the overall look not poseability.If you count the poseability, then yes he is better than high octane.Other than that, no, not really.

News Credits: 2 · by **Nemesis Destron** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 4:05 am

Sabrblade wrote:
Nemesis Destron wrote:Could someone please comment...regarding Evasion Prime and voyager Grimlock set is that an exclusive somewhere or what?
Kmart.

Thank you Sir. :VEHI:

News Credits: 293 · by **shajaki** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 10:48 pm

ive just opened up my SDCC dinobots and had my first experiences with snarl and voyager grimlock. while theyre really nice looking, and decent toys, i feel there enough of a precedence now for an official name change of "age of extinction".

i propose:
Transformers 4 - Gorilla Arms

......

...

seriously.
does every figure in this line have gorilla arms?

by **wilcosu35** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 11:23 pm

most of the dinobots have them, though the vehicle-based guys all have normal arms if i remember correctly.

News Credits: 4863 · by **william-james88** » Sat Oct 18, 2014 12:31 am

Does Snarl have them too?

by **wilcosu35** » Sat Oct 18, 2014 1:47 am

yes he doesn, though you can work around it a bit due to the design of his wrists

News Credits: 1235 · by **LOST Cybertronian** » Sun Oct 19, 2014 3:25 pm

We have additional in-hand images of the Platinum Edition Dinobots Unleashed set thanks to blogger Blacklai. The Dinobots feature translucent plastic. You can see many of the images mirrored below and you can click any of the images to see many more.

by **The Thuggernaut** » Sun Oct 19, 2014 3:43 pm

As interesting as these repaints may be, I just dont find them desirable. I think there's just too much going on with each figure.

by **Doubledealer93** » Sun Oct 19, 2014 3:50 pm

they are cool but i think they are just boring.

News Credits: 459 · by **Sabrblade** » Sun Oct 19, 2014 4:44 pm

So much for being movie-accurate. :roll:

I guess Takara's Black Knight redecos are the most movie-accurate ones, though why Strafe still has yet to be given one is beyond me.

by **crimsondeception** » Sun Oct 19, 2014 4:58 pm

Wow. I was so excited for better looking dinobot figures. This is disappointing.

While Slug, Strafe and Scorn look pretty good (aside from the fact they're supposed to have blue eyes) Grimlock and Slog look really bad. There's way too many translucent pieces and in the wrong spots too. Grimlock is the worst looking figure here. Why the yellow? It's like someone messed up and said "ohhh... the yellow was for the G1 repaint... oops" Slog looks like a hot mess and I REALLY don't like his neck being so transparent when in dinosaur form. I guess I could buy this set for the 3 Dinobots and sell the other 2.

News Credits: 101 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Sun Oct 19, 2014 5:31 pm

You guys are impossible to please. I find this set to be totally awesome looking, moovie accuracy be damned.

I'd still have to pass because of budjet and space restrictions. I now have a new rule. To avoid repaints of molds that I already own as much as possible. And because I only need one voyager and one deluxe to complete my fruity dinobots set, I'll have to pass.