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News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Mon Jun 21, 2021 5:56 pm

Picked up a Takara Soundblaster at RoboCon this past weekend. He looks really nice with the cleaner chest window.

Also got the third Soundwave Spy Patrol that has Doubledealer's guys.

News Credits: 65 · by **Wolfman Jake** » Mon Jun 21, 2021 11:36 pm

o.supreme wrote:Well I got my Selects Abominus today, and prepared for the worst based on some of the reviews I had seen. Surprisingly it actually holds together quite well. Everything tabs in nicely. Unfortunately it has the ratchet joints that are normally weak for a Generations Combiner, so getting it to stand is a challenge, but to be expected.

The one piece that is absolutely awful though is Cutthroats bird head. The 3 pieces (upperhead, lower jaw, and crest), will literally fall apart if you just look at them, they feel like a cheap KO. I'm not sure what happened this 2nd time. I checked my PotP Cutthroat and it was fine. Fortunately I'm keeping Abominus in combined mode, but I have to keep an eye on the shelf where he is, I wouldn't be surprised if the bird head just falls off...

I finally got around to opening mine this past weekend. Hun-Gurrr has an iffy shoulder ratchet on one side, but it doesn't really affect the combined mode too much. I can't get Selects Abominus to stand any better than I could the PotP version, which is a shame, but I love the touches Takara put on this set, like the new combiner hands and feet, which are the best combiner hands and feet yet, the animation accurate touches, like the new chest piece and the purple helmet. It's also nice that the hands and feet are all the same color now. It's also nice to be rid of the stickers on Hun-Gurr. I'm glad to have upgraded, as I will always differ to the more animation accurate version, but that's not everyone's preference, and I don't think the altered molds and accessories are enough to make this a "must buy" if the deco isn't a clear upgrade for someone.

by **cr3d1t** » Tue Jun 22, 2021 7:32 am

I took a look inside my Hun-Gurrr and I can see that the white hollow square piece with the triangle notch that does the ratcheting isn't strong enough. It bends. The chest is held together with pins so it's hard to take apart. If only I could find a way to insert something like a small piece of plastic in there to strengthen that piece. Or something to raise it up from underneath. It's disappoining because I love the Terrorcons.

News Credits: 65 · by **Wolfman Jake** » Tue Jun 22, 2021 8:57 am

cr3d1t wrote:I took a look inside my Hun-Gurrr and I can see that the white hollow square piece with the triangle notch that does the ratcheting isn't strong enough. It bends. The chest is held together with pins so it's hard to take apart. If only I could find a way to insert something like a small piece of plastic in there to strengthen that piece. Or something to raise it up from underneath. It's disappoining because I love the Terrorcons.

I suspect the same is happening with my copy on the one shoulder. The joint has a little wiggle room or play no matter what notch it’s on. It’s more of of a “soft” or squishy ratchet than the satisfying “click” the opposite shoulder has.

News Credits: 56 · by **o.supreme** » Tue Jun 22, 2021 9:24 am

Cool to know I'm not the only one here who got Abominus. Just curious if you all had the same issue with Cutthroats bird head as I do?

News Credits: 65 · by **Wolfman Jake** » Tue Jun 22, 2021 10:52 am

o.supreme wrote:Cool to know I'm not the only one here who got Abominus. Just curious if you all had the same issue with Cutthroats bird head as I do?

Cutthroat’s head is better on the new Selects release than on the original PotP release for me. It works so long as you don’t try to move anything the wrong way.

News Credits: 2 · by **Tigerhawk7109** » Sun Jun 27, 2021 11:55 am

PrimevsPrime has a review of Shattered Glass Blurr up on his YT channel!

https://youtu.be/8Pn06yGPrqk

:BH-PREDACON:

News Credits: 101 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Sun Jun 27, 2021 12:05 pm

Tigerhawk7109 wrote:PrimevsPrime has a review of Shattered Glass Blurr up on his YT channel!

https://youtu.be/8Pn06yGPrqk

Wrong thread.

Post it here:
exclusive-transformers-shattered-glass-line-coming-to-hasbro-pulse-and-blurr-figure-revealed-t116406.php

News Credits: 11 · by **Overcracker** » Mon Jun 28, 2021 3:48 pm

For those wondering where the Centurion Drone weapons pack stock went, it seams, Amazon Mexico got a batch. Currently on sale for about $25 USD.

User warning, not sure it will want to ship outside of Mexico however.

https://www.amazon.com.mx/Transformers- ... _mk_es_MX=ÅMÅŽÕÑ&dchild=1&keywords=Centurion+Drone&qid=1624913036&sr=8-1

: Centurion Drone

by **Nemesis Reformatted** » Thu Jul 01, 2021 9:08 am

Chefatron has a review up for G2 Ramjet.

I freakin love this guy. He's my favorite seeker. I can't wait to get mine. =P~

News Credits: 101 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Thu Jul 01, 2021 9:23 am

Nemesis Reformatted wrote:Chefatron has a review up for G2 Ramjet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzxXHQmBoBA

But I can't embed it.

To embed a video on the board, you can use the YouTube tags, plus the Youtube Video ID tag, which is the part coming after "v="

I tried that but it's not working.

[youtube]vzxXHQmBoBA
[/youtube]

Anyway, I freakin love this guy. He's my favorite seeker. I can't wait to get mine.

Your mistake was that you pressed "enter" for some reason after the code.
Quote me to see the difference.

by **Nemesis Reformatted** » Thu Jul 01, 2021 10:03 am

-Kanrabat- wrote:
Nemesis Reformatted wrote:Chefatron has a review up for G2 Ramjet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzxXHQmBoBA

But I can't embed it.

To embed a video on the board, you can use the YouTube tags, plus the Youtube Video ID tag, which is the part coming after "v="

I tried that but it's not working.

[youtube]vzxXHQmBoBA
[/youtube]

Anyway, I freakin love this guy. He's my favorite seeker. I can't wait to get mine.

Your mistake was that you pressed "enter" for some reason after the code.
Quote me to see the difference.

Ok, thanks! I fixed it.

Thing is, I was trying to do that for like 15 minutes & I didn't hit enter every single time. I did have it all together with no spaces but it still wouldn't work for some reason.

News Credits: 101 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Thu Jul 01, 2021 10:07 am

Nemesis Reformatted wrote: Thing is, I was trying to do that for like 15 minutes & I didn't hit enter every single time. I did have it all together with no spaces but it still wouldn't work for some reason.

Were you posting from your phone?
Because phone shenanigans can happen with over-enthusiastic auto-corrects and whatnots.

by **Nemesis Reformatted** » Thu Jul 01, 2021 10:23 am

-Kanrabat- wrote:
Nemesis Reformatted wrote: Thing is, I was trying to do that for like 15 minutes & I didn't hit enter every single time. I did have it all together with no spaces but it still wouldn't work for some reason.

Were you posting from your phone?
Because phone shenanigans can happen with over-enthusiastic auto-corrects and whatnots.

Nope, I don't have a phone.

News Credits: 17 · by **AcademyofDrX** » Thu Jul 01, 2021 11:14 am

Every answer to a question just leads to more questions!

News Credits: 65 · by **Wolfman Jake** » Thu Jul 01, 2021 1:16 pm

Has “Galactic Man” Shockwave been repurposed as a new character or a new form of Shockwave (like Soundwave to Soundblaster) in any official fiction? I feel like Takara would pull such a move, but I don’t know if they even got that Selects release in their markets.

News Credits: 56 · by **o.supreme** » Thu Jul 01, 2021 1:21 pm

No, unfortunately Shockwave was one of those characters that was originally a non Takara toy, so he wasn't seen in Headmasters or any other series. An updated Shockwave would have been awesome, but it never happened.

We still don't have second uses for Siege Astrotrain, or ER Doubledealer (Doubleclouder please.... :-D

)

News Credits: 12 · by **Razorbeast88** » Thu Jul 01, 2021 1:25 pm

I continue to hold out hope for a quadruple changing generations TF:A version of Shockwave

Fingers crossed the rumored legacy line makes it happen

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Thu Jul 01, 2021 1:43 pm

o.supreme wrote:No, unfortunately Shockwave was one of those characters that was originally a non Takara toy, so he wasn't seen in Headmasters or any other series. An updated Shockwave would have been awesome, but it never happened.

He was talking about the Selects redeco of Siege Shockwave.

News Credits: 56 · by **o.supreme** » Thu Jul 01, 2021 1:56 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
o.supreme wrote:No, unfortunately Shockwave was one of those characters that was originally a non Takara toy, so he wasn't seen in Headmasters or any other series. An updated Shockwave would have been awesome, but it never happened.
He was talking about the Selects redeco of Siege Shockwave.

Wolfman Jake wrote:Has “Galactic Man” Shockwave been repurposed as a new character or a new form of Shockwave (like Soundwave to Soundblaster) in any official fiction? I feel like Takara would pull such a move, but I don’t know if they even got that Selects release in their markets.

I understand he was talking about GM the toy, but I understood him as asking for a reason why TT might release it, if there had been a change to Shockwaves character in any fiction, to which the answer is no.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Thu Jul 01, 2021 2:14 pm

Shockwave could generate gray-colored duplicates of himself in the Devastation video game.

News Credits: 65 · by **Wolfman Jake** » Thu Jul 01, 2021 10:57 pm

Sabrblade wrote:Shockwave could generate gray-colored duplicates of himself in the Devastation video game.

Sabrblade, don't you dare tempt me to army build this cool black, charcoal, and gray repaint! [-(

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Thu Jul 01, 2021 11:00 pm

Wolfman Jake wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:Shockwave could generate gray-colored duplicates of himself in the Devastation video game.

Sabrblade, don't you dare tempt me to army build this cool black, charcoal, and gray repaint!

All you need is just one to be the Megaplex to Shockwave's Megatron.

Or a G1 version of Nitro Zeus.

News Credits: 22 · by **Rodimus Prime** » Fri Jul 02, 2021 5:38 pm

Sabrblade wrote:Shockwave could generate gray-colored duplicates of himself in the Devastation video game.

Shockwave zombies? Or drones? I never made it that far in the game... Maybe I should pick it up again.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Fri Jul 02, 2021 5:43 pm

Rodimus Prime wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:Shockwave could generate gray-colored duplicates of himself in the Devastation video game.
Shockwave zombies? Or drones? I never made it that far in the game... Maybe I should pick it up again.

Holographic clones. A leftover ability of his from the G1 cartoon production bible that never actually made it into the show itself.