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Zeds wrote:Not impressed by any of them. Will save some $.

Good for you, but you, sir, are crazy on toast.

Cyclonus and Hound alone are enough to satisfy any G1 homage freak. They rock!

TFBuyer wrote:

Zeds wrote:Not impressed by any of them. Will save some $.

Good for you, but you, sir, are crazy on toast.

Cyclonus and Hound alone are enough to satisfy any G1 homage freak. They rock!

Double-copy that and boldface it! Not crazy about their closed fists, but man they look great.

SailorCybertron24 wrote:Might get vector prime, paint his sword red, then give it to nemesis prime. unless the rumored ultra scourge is nemesis prime.

BTW I hate people start hating on toys as soon as they see pics, bu when these toys come out people eat these up like crazy.

Not always true. I "hated" on Animated Oil Slick when I saw his pictures. I hated on him even more with each new picture. I have not and will not buy him. He doesn't interest me in the least and I feel no need to go and buy him and waste $8-10.00

So, that's not entirely fair or true that people will change their tune. For the most part they do, but not always.

Autobot032 wrote:

SailorCybertron24 wrote:Might get vector prime, paint his sword red, then give it to nemesis prime. unless the rumored ultra scourge is nemesis prime.

BTW I hate people start hating on toys as soon as they see pics, bu when these toys come out people eat these up like crazy.

Not always true. I "hated" on Animated Oil Slick when I saw his pictures. I hated on him even more with each new picture. I have not and will not buy him. He doesn't interest me in the least and I feel no need to go and buy him and waste $8-10.00

So, that's not entirely fair or true that people will change their tune. For the most part they do, but not always.

I was just saying there is a difference between seeing pics, and holding and playing witha tf. I though Animated bee and Ratchet were gonna suck and looked bad in the pics and boy was I wrong. they were quite cool.

Starscream has silver/white ears? Why is that?

I don't recall Starscream ever getting white ears.

ponycorn wrote:Oh bugger! Cyclonus looks like he can only hold his weapon/targetmaster in his right hand. The left hand looks like it doesn't hold anything - no hole.

I think Cyclonus can hold the weapon in either hand. Look at the Nightstick guy. When he's in gun mode, his "arms" slide down to "hold" Cyclonus hand.

So i predict there will be no holes in both hands. Rather, it's the gun that will "grasp" the holder's hand.


I love this new Ravage. Look at the rockets. It's no longer detachable chrome thing that you grab out of thin air. It's now built into the cassette tape itself. I like it!

I'll be getting Hound and Inferno (man Inferno's mould looks really detailed - all the panel lines etc) for sure.

Think I'll wait for Henkei Cyclonus (or hopefully US edition Cyclonus - I don't like the chrome).

BigRed wrote:I'll be getting Hound and Inferno (man Inferno's mould looks really detailed - all the panel lines etc) for sure.

Think I'll wait for Henkei Cyclonus (or hopefully US edition Cyclonus - I don't like the chrome).

The only thing that sucks about Inferno is the unpainted window details. The mirrors, the wiper blades, etc. So much detail there, just left to be ignored.

Autobot032 wrote:

BigRed wrote:I'll be getting Hound and Inferno (man Inferno's mould looks really detailed - all the panel lines etc) for sure.

Think I'll wait for Henkei Cyclonus (or hopefully US edition Cyclonus - I don't like the chrome).

The only thing that sucks about Inferno is the unpainted window details. The mirrors, the wiper blades, etc. So much detail there, just left to be ignored.

It's a bit odd that the lights on the top are clear too.. but they're no where near deal-breakers for me, he still looks pretty awesome. Cyclonus on the other hand is a total let down in terms of paint apps. Particularly after we saw how kick-ass he could look with a decent paint job.

Inferno looks awesome! A must get for sure.

I will propably reserve my purchasing dissisions on the rest untill I see them in person, altho, The whole line so far has been pretty good in my books.

I'm too lazy to wait for Henkei Cyclonus, besides, the grey/purple will make him cohesive with Universe Galvatron. At least, that's what I'm telling myself, as I really can't afford any more import items for a while. Henkei Thundercracker and City Commander have successfully raped my wallet.

EDIT: Also, Cheetor looks better and better with every picture I see.

Oh my God! It's always the same thing! I seriously hope that Takara launches at least Hound and Cyclonus because Hasbro colors are so bad, they look like they are sick, their color seems to be faiding. They look like remake transformers or maybe Transformers that are for sale in Chinise stores here in Portugal.
Save us Takara!

Cyclonus is one of the most disappointing paint jobs. Why did Hasbro tease us with pictures of a properly painted figure, and they give us this crap? Is this their strategy in order to make us purchase a G1 anime repaint of Cyclonus down the road - like they are doing with Starscream now?

Dirge looks like a G2 deco reject.

Make of that what you will.

Hard Hacker wrote:Dirge looks like a G2 deco reject.

Make of that what you will.

i second that notion... makes me think of Omega Spreem... yeah.. Spreem.. the Action Master elite.. you all know the one, you dont wanna admit it but you do

i really don't like Cyclonus's limb paint browning plastic and white just don't look good. I'll stipp buy him but I'll prolly paint the limbs everything else looks good.

Just what the hell are these?
This can;t be serious. This color scheme is just perfectly **** up.
And cliffjumper is a mouthless fatface
srsly, what is wrong with hasbro?

Scaleface wrote:The biggest problem I have with Cheetor is the weapons. He should have his old Beast Wars guns, or at least one of them!

Makes me worried about the weapon for Universe Dinobot.

I`ve seen Universe Dinobot. His tail can split open, and looks like it might detach, so i'm fairly certain he has his Velocicopter. You should be more worried about his strange hips.
He does have the waist bones though, yaaay for that.
He also appears to have a faction symbol that flips inwards for Dino mode. Biggest gripe for me is that his color scheme is not Dinobot-based at all.
I'd post a pic but TFCC doesnt allow it,sorry.

rhinox555 wrote:

Scaleface wrote:The biggest problem I have with Cheetor is the weapons. He should have his old Beast Wars guns, or at least one of them!

Makes me worried about the weapon for Universe Dinobot.

I`ve seen Universe Dinobot. His tail can split open, and looks like it might detach, so i'm fairly certain he has his Velocicopter. You should be more worried about his strange hips.
He does have the waist bones though, yaaay for that.
He also appears to have a faction symbol that flips inwards for Dino mode. Biggest gripe for me is that his color scheme is not Dinobot-based at all.
I'd post a pic but TFCC doesnt allow it,sorry.

I never caught the faction symbol thing. I'll have to go over the pic again. I must say that I really like the Dinobot figure.

Mr.Bond007 wrote:i really don't like Cyclonus's limb paint browning plastic and white just don't look good. I'll stipp buy him but I'll prolly paint the limbs everything else looks good.

The brown and white plastics look like the soft stuff. When it's pearly like that, it's generally softer. Paint doesn't want to stick to that for squat. You might have to use a little sandpaper on it to give the paint a grip on the plastic. However, if you screw up, you end up with a nasty looking figure.

I'm like you, however, I plan on painting that sucker asap, once he arrives. He does, however, look like he'll need to be pulled apart in several different places to achieve the desired affect. Quite frankly, I'm getting tired of it, but it's still not worth it to me to wait the time difference and pay the extra for the Henkei version. For all we know, Takara could throw us for a loop and give us some odd coloring we weren't expecting.

I dunno. I'm just really disappointed in Hasbro with the pre and product pics. I see no good reason to change Cyclonus as much as they have.

Autobot032 wrote:

rhinox555 wrote:

Scaleface wrote:The biggest problem I have with Cheetor is the weapons. He should have his old Beast Wars guns, or at least one of them!

Makes me worried about the weapon for Universe Dinobot.

I`ve seen Universe Dinobot. His tail can split open, and looks like it might detach, so i'm fairly certain he has his Velocicopter. You should be more worried about his strange hips.
He does have the waist bones though, yaaay for that.
He also appears to have a faction symbol that flips inwards for Dino mode. Biggest gripe for me is that his color scheme is not Dinobot-based at all.
I'd post a pic but TFCC doesnt allow it,sorry.

I never caught the faction symbol thing. I'll have to go over the pic again. I must say that I really like the Dinobot figure.

Really not sure what they were thinking when they make that Cheetor and Dinobot. I imagine that Cheetor is supposed to be some kind of amalgam of various Cheetor incarnations, and ends up looking like massive fail because of that. Dinobot, on the other hand, just looks bad. I guess they wanted the Raptor mode to look good, so they sacrificed the robot mode.

And please, let that Armada Hot Shot be mistransformed. I hope the final figure doesn't look like that. The arms/shoulders don't look right.

1337W422102 wrote:And please, let that Armada Hot Shot be mistransformed. I hope the final figure doesn't look like that. The arms/shoulders don't look right.

I love that Hot Shot. He's perfect, really. He's poseable enough that he's not quite like his predecessors, but he still has the giant shoulders and sloping forehead feel to evoke the YuM JaAm!! look as well. It's the best of both worlds.

Autobot032 wrote:

1337W422102 wrote:And please, let that Armada Hot Shot be mistransformed. I hope the final figure doesn't look like that. The arms/shoulders don't look right.

I love that Hot Shot. He's perfect, really. He's poseable enough that he's not quite like his predecessors, but he still has the giant shoulders and sloping forehead feel to evoke the YuM JaAm!! look as well. It's the best of both worlds.

Except for the shoulder kibble. The pegs and tubes look awful and the spoiler should fold, or something. Looks like the spoiler halves are freaking billboards coming out of his shoulders.

That's not Thundercracker. That's Dirge yo!

gah... you guys with TFCC membership can see the new Hot Shot? gah... ive been very curious about this for ages... even if it is a total let down... im still very curious.. hopefully photos of this will appear online soon.. i know you cant link images from there to here.. i wouldnt ask any of you to do that, and i would hope no-one else would either!!...

but still... very frustrating.. lol.

zero-kaiser wrote:gah... you guys with TFCC membership can see the new Hot Shot? gah... ive been very curious about this for ages... even if it is a total let down... im still very curious.. hopefully photos of this will appear online soon.. i know you cant link images from there to here.. i wouldnt ask any of you to do that, and i would hope no-one else would either!!...

but still... very frustrating.. lol.

PROTIP: It's not hard to find images on the internet.

google "Para los de Beasts Wars" with quotes. Thank me latter.