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im not buying any more brutici just to accommodate this third party. either theyll make takara and G2 versions or ill be buying boosticus sets.

shajaki wrote:im not buying any more brutici just to accommodate this third party. either theyll make takara and G2 versions or ill be buying boosticus sets.

Well said! I thought a out the PE one but yea I don't even like the FOC Bruticus. so yea Ruination set is the only one I want cause I'm not even going to open my G2 Bruticus.

mooncake623 wrote:

shajaki wrote:im not buying any more brutici just to accommodate this third party. either theyll make takara and G2 versions or ill be buying boosticus sets.

Well said! I thought a out the PE one but yea I don't even like the FOC Bruticus. so yea Ruination set is the only one I want cause I'm not even going to open my G2 Bruticus.

If I were heavy into G2, I wouldn't open that Bruticus, either. He looks so much better in the package.

$60 PE Bruticus + $110 MBC Onslaught doesn't seem like an awful deal for me personally. It's less than half what I paid for FP's M3, and for a suitably poseable Bruticus, I can't complain.

What I can't understand is why you two have all those other versions of the mold! Takara's shiny-ness besides.

Same here... by the time I heard about MBC coming out with this I only managed to pick out 2/4 of the limbs. That Hasbro Bruticus is so ugly..

megatronus wrote:

Rated X wrote:It works pretty good because onslaught in grey sucks and never should have been conceived. But it still doesnt help me cause I only own the takara and G2 versions.

http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=21590236&cp=&parentPage=search

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_sacat=0&_from=R40&_nkw=platinum+edition+bruticus&_sop=15

Im not gonna buy the mold a 3rd time. I had that version in my hands a month ago at TRU.

megatronus wrote:What I can't understand is why you two have all those other versions of the mold! Takara's shiny-ness besides.

ive only got the two, takara and G2. didnt originally buy fruiticus cause i knew takara would do better, and i didnt know about sdcc until was gone to the land of ebay. and i got G2 cause... its awesome. recap:

fruiticus- sucks= lose
sdcc/plat- not shiney= lose
takara- shiney= win
G2- awesome= win

shajaki wrote:

megatronus wrote:What I can't understand is why you two have all those other versions of the mold! Takara's shiny-ness besides.

ive only got the two, takara and G2. didnt originally buy fruiticus cause i knew takara would do better, and i didnt know about sdcc until was gone to the land of ebay. and i got G2 cause... its awesome. recap:

fruiticus- sucks= lose
sdcc/plat- not shiney= lose
takara- shiney= win
G2- awesome= win

Same here. I got takara and G2. Fruit and SDCC versions blow. Wish they would throw in a set of takara shoes with this set.

I decided to get Fruiticus thanks tot his set. Really looks nice.

Why that version? because it's on sale and is the cheapest. If TFC ever makes their own take I can see myself replacing this, so there's little use in getting the best version. I was really torn on whether I wanted it at all because I'm still happy with FP's add on set, but I think the added height pushed me over the edge on it. Just not enough to go for the best version.

Gauntlet101010 wrote:I decided to get Fruiticus thanks tot his set. Really looks nice.

Why that version? because it's on sale and is the cheapest. If TFC ever makes their own take I can see myself replacing this, so there's little use in getting the best version. I was really torn on whether I wanted it at all because I'm still happy with FP's add on set, but I think the added height pushed me over the edge on it. Just not enough to go for the best version.

That's exactly why I jumped on the Platinum Edition on Black Friday. I knew I'd be having the same deliberations you're having down the line.

megatronus wrote:

Gauntlet101010 wrote:I decided to get Fruiticus thanks tot his set. Really looks nice.

Why that version? because it's on sale and is the cheapest. If TFC ever makes their own take I can see myself replacing this, so there's little use in getting the best version. I was really torn on whether I wanted it at all because I'm still happy with FP's add on set, but I think the added height pushed me over the edge on it. Just not enough to go for the best version.

That's exactly why I jumped on the Platinum Edition on Black Friday. I knew I'd be having the same deliberations you're having down the line.

The Platinum edition was available for a long, long time, but I had one more complication on that front - Grimlock. I already bought the standard Grimmy, not knowing that the Platinum one was coming out. And I just don't like that mould enough to want to double dip. I could still have bought it from BBTS for the price it was at Toys R Us (after taxes and shipping and all), but with two figures from the set being redundant it seemed like a bad buy. Just everything about the moulds seemed to edge out the platinum set in terms of what I wanted VS what I already had (and was fine with).

I'm sure the fruticus colours will grow on me. MP Greenscream's colours did. I've stared at him so long now that his colours look natural, especially with the crown add-on set.

Gauntlet101010 wrote:

megatronus wrote:

Gauntlet101010 wrote:I decided to get Fruiticus thanks tot his set. Really looks nice.

Why that version? because it's on sale and is the cheapest. If TFC ever makes their own take I can see myself replacing this, so there's little use in getting the best version. I was really torn on whether I wanted it at all because I'm still happy with FP's add on set, but I think the added height pushed me over the edge on it. Just not enough to go for the best version.

That's exactly why I jumped on the Platinum Edition on Black Friday. I knew I'd be having the same deliberations you're having down the line.

The Platinum edition was available for a long, long time, but I had one more complication on that front - Grimlock. I already bought the standard Grimmy, not knowing that the Platinum one was coming out. And I just don't like that mould enough to want to double dip. I could still have bought it from BBTS for the price it was at Toys R Us (after taxes and shipping and all), but with two figures from the set being redundant it seemed like a bad buy. Just everything about the moulds seemed to edge out the platinum set in terms of what I wanted VS what I already had (and was fine with).

I'm sure the fruticus colours will grow on me. MP Greenscream's colours did. I've stared at him so long now that his colours look natural, especially with the crown add-on set.

For $60 shipped, Grimlock was never a factor for me - I supposed I was getting a great deal at $12 per deluxe.

I didn't rush to TrU on Black Friday. Maybe I should have. I think I had already spent a lot on TF at the time, so I didn't want to overdo it.

Well, the pictures they're showing of the set on Fruticus looks really good to me. The grey Onslaught really serves to tone down the loudness of all the colours.

I preordered this set since they added in the platinum edition kicks.

I'm still hoping my TRU will discount that set again, it has lots of them, and they aren't moving.

I'm not terribly interested to buy the whole thing for over $200, but if I can get it for under that, the platinum color version interests me.

im dangerously close to buying the takara and G2 boosticus sets...

in a couple days ill probably pull the trigger. like i said, i dont want to discard my onslaughts altogether, and if microblaze wanted to take out the competition theyd have announced four versions from the get-go. or at least said they plan on making other versions.

shajaki wrote:im dangerously close to buying the takara and G2 boosticus sets...

in a couple days ill probably pull the trigger. like i said, i dont want to discard my onslaughts altogether, and if microblaze wanted to take out the competition theyd have announced four versions from the get-go. or at least said they plan on making other versions.

If you want to get Boosticus sets, go right ahead, but I'm not sure I understand your aversion to replacing Onslaught. That guy is a chump.

megatronus wrote:

shajaki wrote:im dangerously close to buying the takara and G2 boosticus sets...

in a couple days ill probably pull the trigger. like i said, i dont want to discard my onslaughts altogether, and if microblaze wanted to take out the competition theyd have announced four versions from the get-go. or at least said they plan on making other versions.

If you want to get Boosticus sets, go right ahead, but I'm not sure I understand your aversion to replacing Onslaught. That guy is a chump.

Indeed! Upon learning this Onslaught figure's size and specs (after mistaking it for an upgrade to the original Onslaught figure ) I knew I had to have him. He looks a hell of a lot more like his in-game model than ever before. I decided to buy him so I could display him leading the Combaticons, more than because I wanted to improve the combined mode. The PE/SDCC parts were just icing on the cake for me.

megatronus wrote:

shajaki wrote:im dangerously close to buying the takara and G2 boosticus sets...

in a couple days ill probably pull the trigger. like i said, i dont want to discard my onslaughts altogether, and if microblaze wanted to take out the competition theyd have announced four versions from the get-go. or at least said they plan on making other versions.

If you want to get Boosticus sets, go right ahead, but I'm not sure I understand your aversion to replacing Onslaught. That guy is a chump.

what you say is true. but if youre replacing one, why not replace all? its not like FOC bruticus fails only because of onslaught. to make microblaze work you have to throw one figure aside, and pull apart two others. whereas boosticus utilizes all the original figures.

dont get me wrong, i love the look of microblaze... but when i weigh out everything i think i lean towards boosticus. in fact i just made up my mind...

shajaki wrote:

megatronus wrote:

shajaki wrote:im dangerously close to buying the takara and G2 boosticus sets...

in a couple days ill probably pull the trigger. like i said, i dont want to discard my onslaughts altogether, and if microblaze wanted to take out the competition theyd have announced four versions from the get-go. or at least said they plan on making other versions.

If you want to get Boosticus sets, go right ahead, but I'm not sure I understand your aversion to replacing Onslaught. That guy is a chump.

what you say is true. but if youre replacing one, why not replace all? its not like FOC bruticus fails only because of onslaught. to make microblaze work you have to throw one figure aside, and pull apart two others. whereas boosticus utilizes all the original figures.

dont get me wrong, i love the look of microblaze... but when i weigh out everything i think i lean towards boosticus. in fact i just made up my mind...

Your "if you replace one, why not replace them all" logic is dangerously close to X's "the figure is too good and makes the others look like crap in comparison" argument. (It doesn't make much sense.)

Boosticus utilizing all the original figures isn't a plus in my book. You may have to take apart a couple figures and parts-form with the Microblaze set, but Boosticus' panoply of parts is the same problem at the end of the day. Sure, the gestalt looks better with than without the Boosticus upgrade, but Bruticus still appears woefully disproportioned, flawed, and awkward. Not so with MBC.

I dunno - go with Boosticus if you think it's actually better, but my logic processors just don't understand folks who acknowledge Microblaze's product as superior, yet still go with Boosticus. Meh.

megatronus wrote:Your "if you replace one, why not replace them all" logic is dangerously close to X's "the figure is too good and makes the others look like crap in comparison" argument. (It doesn't make much sense.)

Boosticus utilizing all the original figures isn't a plus in my book. You may have to take apart a couple figures and parts-form with the Microblaze set, but Boosticus' panoply of parts is the same problem at the end of the day. Sure, the gestalt looks better with than without the Boosticus upgrade, but Bruticus still appears woefully disproportioned, flawed, and awkward. Not so with MBC.

I dunno - go with Boosticus if you think it's actually better, but my logic processors just don't understand folks who acknowledge Microblaze's product as superior, yet still go with Boosticus. Meh.

well... when youre right youre right...
ill admit my logic is flawed. maybe its just because boosticus is available right now. and the price of both sets i need cost the same as one MBC, which matches neither of them.

but i would argue that bruticus with boosticus doesnt look disproportionate.

shajaki wrote:well... when youre right youre right...

Not always, but sometimes...

shajaki wrote:ill admit my logic is flawed. maybe its just because boosticus is available right now. and the price of both sets i need cost the same as one MBC, which matches neither of them.

Those are all as good, legit reasons. I see you going

shajaki wrote:but i would argue that bruticus with boosticus doesnt look disproportionate.

Okey dokey. I obviously disagree, but if that's the worse that happens, we're in good shape

If the concept art and game footage of Bruticus looked more like what the toys combine into (which BTW I am NOT advocating), then the need for the Microblaze product wouldn't even be relevant. Boosticus sets add a bit of needed beef, but I feel that its main selling point is how nice it makes the alt modes of each look. That's some cool looking stuff. I don't think MB's release will do that.

However, concept art and game footage gave us this intimidating, bulky war machine that did not have spindly-looking appendages. And I tend to subscribe to needing the main/torso figure being larger than the limbs so the combined mode looks proportionate.

So, I feel that there's a solution for most people by having a choice of either. Would love to see the Frankenstein combination of this Onslaught and Boosticus add-on for limbs that some people are going on about.

Blurrz wrote:

Are these guys the contestants for a Robot Dating Game? Because they look fine!


Seriously, I want that Onslaught.

necr0blivion wrote:

Blurrz wrote:

Are these guys the contestants for a Robot Dating Game? Because they look fine!


Seriously, I want that Onslaught.

Indeed, the proportions in that pic look great! They are about what I'd expect from each...

Blurrz wrote:

Looking good.