And his Titan Master was named "Take-Off" on the mockup's nameplate.JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Also, Turbomaster was revived as a concept for BotCon, plus had a mockup displayed at Pete's Robot Convention 2017:
The source figures are:
- TR Highbrow (body)
- TR Blowpipe (head)
Unbelievable how well he works.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
EunuchRon wrote:The rotating blades totally look like Dinobot's rotating weapon. Except Dinobot is way cooler.
Sabrblade wrote:As a neat tidbit, one of the discarded ideas for a Fun Pub exclusive that never got passed the idea stage was an Action Master Elite version of Bruticus redecoed from Turbo Master:
Looking at the mockup, it looks like what they were going for was Blast Off-colored lower arms and Vortex-colored upper arms, what with both arms having rotors on them. I can only imagine that the legs were each a similar mix of Swindle and Brawl based colors (we can see a hint of yellow on one of the legs at the very bottom of the image, there).william-james88 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:As a neat tidbit, one of the discarded ideas for a Fun Pub exclusive that never got passed the idea stage was an Action Master Elite version of Bruticus redecoed from Turbo Master:
Thats intetesting for several reasons. First it means these molds are accessible. Second, i dont know if this is before or after images surfaced showing that Hasbro had plans for a Bruticus action master (seen below). It would have been cooler if fun pub would have done the limbs to be coloured differently rather than symetrically.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Sabrblade wrote:Been waitin' for dis one. So's zat I can be postin' dis vidyo t' share as a complement to yo' review o' Omega Spreem!
Sabrblade wrote:Been waitin' for dis one. So's zat I can be postin' dis vidyo t' share as a complement to yo' review o' Omega Spreem!
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Isn't the head supposed to flip up?
ScottyP wrote:Glad you're enjoying them! Fun reads.
o.supreme wrote:The seller was from the UK and was asking an outrageous price, said he was "happy to go home not selling them"...I wondered though why offer them at all then? Just keep them in your collection and dont offer to sell them.
o.supreme wrote:Perhaps at one time that might have been an idea. But I personally have had my eBay account for 23 years now. I rarely sell anymore because fees are ridiculous. In the case of a toy show, as you said the cost of shipping all your wares just to tote them back seems illogical, especially now that photo and video online can accomplish a similar purpose. Of course seeing an item in person is always better, just not always practical.
Also after 20+ years of online auctions, I think the people with money to burn has run it's course. Most collectors aren't super wealthy, and those that are, still wouldn't be willing to pay an unreasonable price for something.
Sure everything may have a price for some. But I look at my ever shortening list of wants. I see them.occasionally at astronomical prices, and I just know, if I had unlimited funds, I still wouldn't pay that price, it's just not logical.
Seibertron wrote:Didn't even know about this thread. I found this thread on my own website on Google oddly, after Googling about Action Master Turbo Master. I thought mine was complete. I had a sun-damaged sealed one a few years back, sold it, but picked up a loose one incomplete that was in essentially brand-new condition yet it was unfortunately incomplete. I forgot about its incomplete status until this morning, when I went to pull out my Action Masters for comparison galleries for the brand-new Super7 Ultimates Transformers figures that just came out. I had completely forgotten about the incomplete status of my Turbo Master. Urgh. A quick search on ebay reminded me why or how I had forgotten about it since it seems like complete samples rarely show up.
I'm impressed that you got a complete one, William-James88. Any tips on where you got yours that I can check out? I'd really like to complete Turbo Master so I can knock out official Seibertron.com galleries of all of the Action Masters.
Thanks again for posting these articles. It's fun to read this stuff and here your thoughts about these figures. I'm not sure I agree about their rarity, but they are rare enough (or at least desired enough) that their prices have always been crazy and the accessories that come with these figures make them challenging to find complete. You've got one complete that I don't have in my 10,000+ Transformers collection.
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