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[-WonkoTheSane-]

And lastly, Rotf Lockdown!

With his Animated counterpart, Of whom his design is very inspired by,

The legs can be extended, (Thankfully, I've never liked the chicken legged look), Thus extending his height to match the Animated version.

The design was even repurposed by IDW, As their G1 Lockdown, And used quite memorably in Spotlight: Trailbreaker.
"And... There it is. Feel it?"

Alt mode,

[D-Maximal_Primal]

I understand the biplane guy being flimsy, but he is a biplane, he isn't supposed to be stable! It's a good mold, I have it as Ransack.

I enjoy Mindwipe, except I have Strafe, I need to combine him with the scout class flyer, I have Sunstorm.

Lockdown is pretty sweet. I am going to be moving him to a new Mercenary shelf soon

[-WonkoTheSane-]

I enjoy Mindwipe, except I have Strafe, I need to combine him with the scout class flyer, I have Sunstorm.

Despite really liking the Reveal the Shield line, I hardly ever saw any of them in stores, And regretted not getting many of them. I remember seeing Strafe once. I kind of regret not buying it. However, Looking on Ebay a few minutes ago, I was surprised to see a good bit of the Reveal the Shield line in general (Including Strafe) pretty cheap. Some of them MISB, Almost the same price as they originally sold for!
In a few months I think I'll look into getting the ones I missed.

[Emerje]

Rotf Mindwipe! I still remember the day in 2010, After months of searching, I finally found him in a Kmart, Of all places! That was a good day.

I, too, saw him exactly one time at a Kmart, but I didn't have your foresight. I just thought, it's a movie figure, I'll just buy it at Walmart for less, but it never happened. Definitely a regret of mine. I didn't see Strafe or Skystalker either, but I did see Sunspot once, but passed because it felt pointless without the full set.

Emerje

[D-Maximal_Primal]

I enjoy Mindwipe, except I have Strafe, I need to combine him with the scout class flyer, I have Sunstorm.

Despite really liking the Reveal the Shield line, I hardly ever saw any of them in stores, And regretted not getting many of them. I remember seeing Strafe once. I kind of regret not buying it. However, Looking on Ebay a few minutes ago, I was surprised to see a good bit of the Reveal the Shield line in general (Including Strafe) pretty cheap. Some of them MISB, Almost the same price as they originally sold for!
In a few months I think I'll look into getting the ones I missed.

I didn't get any at the time, wasn't really able to buy many, if any, transformers. It's been a retro hunt down, and thankfully some of those older movie figures are fairly easy to come by.

Gosh I love movie toys

[-WonkoTheSane-]

I've always really liked the somewhat Egyptian inspired Movie design for The Fallen, And his Rotf figure does a pretty decent job of capturing it.

With energy panels flipped out,

Obligatory recreation of (In)famous "GIVE ME YOUR FACE" scene,

And a.. Ahem. Interesting altmode.

[-WonkoTheSane-]

Movie Dreadwing!

Altmode (Based on a MiG-29 Fulcrum)

[-WonkoTheSane-]

And lastly, Real Gear Robots Booster X10!

Obviously inspired by G1 Laserbeak (Pictured with MP version),

His altmode may no longer be a micro-cassette, It is, However, A much more modern MP3 player.

[TulioDude]

These pictures makes me want to hunt down these toys.

[-WonkoTheSane-]

These pictures makes me want to hunt down these toys.

Thanks! A big part of it is me being a photographer, And going out of my way to pose and take photos in ways that compliment the figures, And another (arguably bigger) part is that the figures really are that good.
Out of all the Movie lines, The first and second movie's figures were really my favorites. If I really had to choose between the two for my favorites, I'd probably pick Rotf. Between the diverse color schemes of the scout classes (which made buying repaints more tolerable, As they were more diverse and really had personalities of their own), And the variety between the sub-lines, (The Hunt for the Decepticons' and 'N.E.S.T' sub-lines being my favorites), I think that was my favorite era of Movie figures.
Also, I really like how solid the figures felt- That was one of my complaints with recent Transformers- Though this seems to have gotten better lately.
Lastly, The thing I probably like the most that the Rotf figures did really well, Was strike a good balance between complexity and fun transformations.
Both the first and second Movie's figures were awesome, They're completely worth hunting for, And if you're patient, Sometimes you can get pretty good deals on them too.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

i have the Target exclusive orange-ish Fallen, that mold is pretty fun. I love the style of that Fallen, it's quite good!

Ah Dreadwing, I'm not too big a fan of the robot mode, but I love the head and the alt mode, especially the jet flame effects

[Evil Eye]

I kinda want to get Dreadwing again. I loved mine as a kid but alas he broke. I'd love to get Overcast and Fearswoop too for a sort of Seeker trio.

[-WonkoTheSane-]

I kinda want to get Dreadwing again. I loved mine as a kid but alas he broke. I'd love to get Overcast and Fearswoop too for a sort of Seeker trio.

Yeah, He's a pretty fun figure. Mine broke too (you can't see it in the picture), But the tube that runs along beneath the fuselage, The (I think left, Maybe right) clip that attaches to the main body snapped off. I think it was a tolerance issue, And if transformed enough, Will probably happen to all of them, So I didn't really worry about it. Besides, Its not really noticeable.

[-WonkoTheSane-]

I'm Baaaacck!

ROTF Hubcap!

No more repaints of Bumblebee/Cliffjumper, He's his own mold now, Fools!
And a pretty darn good one at that, Too.

I love his altmode, A (generic enough to not get sued) 1930s car.

Next up...

[-WonkoTheSane-]

ROTF Crankstart!

I love the deco on this guy, The yellow and black contrast each other excellently.
With Chainguns Gatling Guns of Doom to make even Rhinox jealous.

But the colors really stand out in his dune buggy mode.

And lastly...

[-WonkoTheSane-]

ROTF Seaspray!
(Judging by the ratio of Movie lines I've posted here, Can you tell which is my favorite yet? )

Several cheeky references to his name are placed throughout his deco,

I've always thought it was a particularly unique touch to model his head off of a scuba diver's mask,

The boat mode's kibble cleverly folds into scuba-like tanks on his back,

And in a somewhat silly but fun touch, He features fold out flippers. I don't display him with them, But its a nice unintrusive feature thats there.
(If you were looking to see the missiles, Sadly they've been lost to the sands of time..)

While some things change, Others never do. Like his G1 Counterpart, He also transforms into a hovercraft.

More references to his name,

And another neat unintrusive gimmick, His rear bay is designed to fit scout class figures.

I think I've hit the image limit for one post, So the last two photos will be in the next.

[-WonkoTheSane-]

[D-Maximal_Primal]

I love my Seaspray toy, really great one. He's on my Wreckers shelf, and his little buddy Breecher will join him there too. Such a wonderful thing.

I have that Crankcase as Beachcomber, sadly minus windshield and guns since I found him in a parts lot. Still hope to put him back together someday, if I can find his parts

[Evil Eye]

I want that Seaspray some day, he looks so cool. Same with Hubcap, in fact it's a crying shame he never got any redecos.

[-WonkoTheSane-]

Hubcap, in fact it's a crying shame he never got any redecos.

It really is. I remember waiting for the Downshift redeco when it was revealed (I honestly liked it better than Hubcap's deco) but it was sadly canceled. I've always held out hope it would be released somewhere someday,
But its been ten years (Next January), And I don't think it's happening..

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Man, Breacher is such a great scout figure





I'm so pleased that I got a scout into the Iron Man pose

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Re-arranged my movie Autobot shelves, and I think we have an awesome new display here. Even have a shelf dedicated to the 6-movie cast through time, it came out really nice!

[EvasionModeBumblebee]

An awesome looking collection! I don't recognize that orange Sideways in vehicle mode with the SS/TLK figures, who's that?

[D-Maximal_Primal]

An awesome looking collection! I don't recognize that orange Sideways in vehicle mode with the SS/TLK figures, who's that?

That is the Cyberverse Dino, my sole Dino representation on the shelf so far

[EvasionModeBumblebee]

An awesome looking collection! I don't recognize that orange Sideways in vehicle mode with the SS/TLK figures, who's that?

That is the Cyberverse Dino, my sole Dino representation on the shelf so far

Oh, I forgot they did one of those! Hopefully we'll be hearing more about SS Dino soon, really excited to see how that turns out.