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News Credits: 174 · by **Hellscream9999** » Fri Nov 20, 2015 4:57 pm

Agamemnon wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Burn wrote:There's enough difference in the legs for the transformation to be different.

But in all honesty, if you don't like a figure because it transforms the same way as another, then you must not like many cars. How many of them transform the same way?

Only the retools and repaints as well as most of the movie bumblebees. But the rest transform differently from one another and I love seeing how Hasbro and takara find new ways to transform similar alt modes. RID Drift, BUmblebee and Sideswipe all transform very differently even though they are all cars and same for Prime Bumblebee, Cliffjumper, Vehicon and Wheeljack even if they were also all cars. And Animated Bumblebee, Lockdown, Rodimus Minor, Arcee, Blurr and Jazz, they all transform differently too but yet are all cars.

Oh man, ani lockdown was the best, if they had carried over his transformation style to the aoe figure, he would have been awesome

Like this?

I agree that the RotF/Animated style would have been awesome to see in AoE.

Had him, got rid of him, that stupid buttflap got in the way of everything, and his wibbly rubber meat-hook was insulting; but yes, he could have been something beautiful |:|

News Credits: 331 · by **chuckdawg1999** » Fri Nov 20, 2015 5:27 pm

Hellscream9999 wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:I really hope this figure has the Powermaster component and the cab can transform. I hate when updates to figures take out the gimmicks that made them great.

So not a fan of Generations Thunderwing right?

I dont know, I think my Universe Onslaught is really awesome even though he isnt meant to combine with anyone.

What really bothered me about Thunderwing was the limited arm movement due to the shoulder lasers. Universe Onslaught didn't bother me much since at that time I figured we would NEVER see G1 style combiners.

I'm really disappointed with Prime. I broke the legs off my G1 Prime trying to get it into the back of box pose, so I didn't have an Optimus for a looong time so Powermaster Prime was my Prime. It wouldn't be as big an issue, if it wasn't for the fact that we haven't gotten a PM Prime, let alone a Leader Prime in the Generations line. Same thing with Blaster, if we had a decent G1 update already I wouldn't mind the Headmaster gimmick, and I LOVE Headmasters. FYI the chest piece isn't as retooled as you'd think, looking at UM there are some details that have been painted in. I'm taking a stand and NOT calling this figure Powermaster Prime, who's with me! They couldn't even tool some new guns? By the by, any reason the PM Prime pics aren't in this thread?

Well if you don't like headmasters on blaster, don't swap the heads. It still looks like blaster, quite painstakingly so, so I'm not sure what the problem is; if it the idea that they crammed in a gimmick, you should probably get over it, they've been doing that since armada and I don't see people complaining that G1 did the same thing 25+ years ago

And they did tool new guns, they're on his shoulders, besides, what's wrong with the beefy guns he has now, no one complained that cw did that for a year and a half

And the pics are just several pages back...

As far as we know now, the figures can't transform without removing the heads; if we could leave them plugged in that would be a great bonus. I'm complaining that it's the wrong gimmick for the figure. Call it Headmaster Optimus Prime, not Power Master.

When I followed the email link I didn't see the news article, but when I clicked on the thread from the news article it brought me here.

News Credits: 174 · by **Hellscream9999** » Fri Nov 20, 2015 5:35 pm

chuckdawg1999 wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:I really hope this figure has the Powermaster component and the cab can transform. I hate when updates to figures take out the gimmicks that made them great.

So not a fan of Generations Thunderwing right?

I dont know, I think my Universe Onslaught is really awesome even though he isnt meant to combine with anyone.

What really bothered me about Thunderwing was the limited arm movement due to the shoulder lasers. Universe Onslaught didn't bother me much since at that time I figured we would NEVER see G1 style combiners.

I'm really disappointed with Prime. I broke the legs off my G1 Prime trying to get it into the back of box pose, so I didn't have an Optimus for a looong time so Powermaster Prime was my Prime. It wouldn't be as big an issue, if it wasn't for the fact that we haven't gotten a PM Prime, let alone a Leader Prime in the Generations line. Same thing with Blaster, if we had a decent G1 update already I wouldn't mind the Headmaster gimmick, and I LOVE Headmasters. FYI the chest piece isn't as retooled as you'd think, looking at UM there are some details that have been painted in. I'm taking a stand and NOT calling this figure Powermaster Prime, who's with me! They couldn't even tool some new guns? By the by, any reason the PM Prime pics aren't in this thread?

Well if you don't like headmasters on blaster, don't swap the heads. It still looks like blaster, quite painstakingly so, so I'm not sure what the problem is; if it the idea that they crammed in a gimmick, you should probably get over it, they've been doing that since armada and I don't see people complaining that G1 did the same thing 25+ years ago

And they did tool new guns, they're on his shoulders, besides, what's wrong with the beefy guns he has now, no one complained that cw did that for a year and a half

And the pics are just several pages back...

As far as we know now, the figures can't transform without removing the heads; if we could leave them plugged in that would be a great bonus. I'm complaining that it's the wrong gimmick for the figure. Call it Headmaster Optimus Prime, not Power Master.

When I followed the email link I didn't see the news article, but when I clicked on the thread from the news article it brought me here.

It's pm/op because it looks like the figure it's representing; calling it o/p again, would be frustrating and redundant, considering just how many o/p figures are on the shelves at the moment (across all lines: easy change, legends, deluxe, voyager, shampoo bottle, etc.)

And while you may have to remove the head figures, I don't think hasbro has even said that they're called head masters have they? They call them titan masters

My understanding of it is that the heads are the characters and they pilot giant mechs that transform right? So blaster will transform into the head for and pilot a blaster mech that turns into the universe's most epic boombox - being the size of a city; megatron pilots a galvatron mech and so on - am I correct on this or not?

by **LE0KING** » Fri Nov 20, 2015 5:40 pm

As much as I hate the repaint game, I would be ok if they gave us a Thunderclash out of that PM Prime.

by **Grahf_** » Fri Nov 20, 2015 5:40 pm

I'm just a little upset by the base connectors looking like they don't connect to the G1 Micromaster bases. I would've loved to have these connect to the rocket base. The ones on Blaster look as though they're a similar design but they don't look like they'd be cross compatible. I think it would've been a really cool feature to have them be the same connectors and it wouldn't have been intrusive either. They even could have reissued the Micromaster bases. I would've actually bought those reissues.

I hope there's someone who can design some 3d print adaptors when these come out.

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Fri Nov 20, 2015 5:41 pm

IDK Screamer, but i just love the idea of cyberforming my shelves into cities

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Fri Nov 20, 2015 5:44 pm

LE0KING wrote:As much as I hate the repaint game, I would be ok if they gave us a Thunderclash out of that PM Prime.

Good point. This would work pretty well for a thunderclash. Maybe sometime down the road..

News Credits: 174 · by **Hellscream9999** » Fri Nov 20, 2015 5:47 pm

Alpha Weltall wrote:I'm just a little upset by the base connectors looking like they don't connect to the G1 Micromaster bases. I would've loved to have these connect to the rocket base. The ones on Blaster look as though they're a similar design but they don't look like they'd be cross compatible. I think it would've been a really cool feature to have them be the same connectors and it wouldn't have been intrusive either. They even could have reissued the Micromaster bases. I would've actually bought those reissues.

Why would they though? That was some 25+ years ago, that's pretty outdated - especially for a kids line; better that they create a sturdy new system, than try to annex an ancient one onto it; It would've been a quaint easter egg at best, but I see absolutely no reason to be upset by >:oP

by **LE0KING** » Fri Nov 20, 2015 5:49 pm

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:IDK Screamer, but i just love the idea of cyberforming my shelves into cities

A shelf full of cities... It may be time to find my armada minicons

News Credits: 226 · by **Burn** » Fri Nov 20, 2015 5:51 pm

Duuuudeee...multi-quote (pressing reply brings up that trick) or learn to edit your posts! :-P

News Credits: 174 · by **Hellscream9999** » Fri Nov 20, 2015 5:52 pm

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:
LE0KING wrote:As much as I hate the repaint game, I would be ok if they gave us a Thunderclash out of that PM Prime.

Good point. This would work pretty well for a thunderclash. Maybe sometime down the road..

Botcon 2017: Wings of honor redux

News Credits: 174 · by **Hellscream9999** » Fri Nov 20, 2015 5:54 pm

Burn wrote:Duuuudeee...multi-quote (pressing reply brings up that trick) or learn to edit your posts!

I honestly have no idea of whom you are referring to, but I would love to learn that trick as I cannot find the reply button ;;)

News Credits: 226 · by **Burn** » Fri Nov 20, 2015 6:06 pm

Hellscream9999 wrote:
Burn wrote:Duuuudeee...multi-quote (pressing reply brings up that trick) or learn to edit your posts!

I honestly have no idea of whom you are referring to, but I would love to learn that trick as I cannot find the reply button

Not sure if you're being a smartarse (in which case, not appreciated) or not, but "Post Reply" is underneath the last post on a page.

Pressing that gives you the topic review and you can multi-quote people. Pressing quote doesn't give the topic review.

Why multi-quote? Well, it means we don't see a bunch of posts one after the other from the same person, and it makes for easier reading, and a thread doesn't blow out in size which personally, I find off-putting and makes me not want to bother engaging. (as I'm sure others do to)

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Fri Nov 20, 2015 6:08 pm

Botcon exclusive Thunderclash would be pretty cool. Or, ya know, with him in MTMTE now, they could make it a later retail release

News Credits: 4838 · by **william-james88** » Fri Nov 20, 2015 6:09 pm

Burn wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:
Burn wrote:Duuuudeee...multi-quote (pressing reply brings up that trick) or learn to edit your posts!

I honestly have no idea of whom you are referring to, but I would love to learn that trick as I cannot find the reply button

Not sure if you're being a smartarse (in which case, not appreciated) or not, but "Post Reply" is underneath the last post on a page.

Pressing that gives you the topic review and you can multi-quote people. Pressing quote doesn't give the topic review.

Why multi-quote? Well, it means we don't see a bunch of posts one after the other from the same person, and it makes for easier reading, and a thread doesn't blow out in size which personally, I find off-putting and makes me not want to bother engaging. (as I'm sure others do to)

I preffer to just open all the posts I want to quote into a new window/tab and then copy paste them into one big post.

News Credits: 174 · by **Hellscream9999** » Fri Nov 20, 2015 6:11 pm

Burn wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:
Burn wrote:Duuuudeee...multi-quote (pressing reply brings up that trick) or learn to edit your posts!

I honestly have no idea of whom you are referring to, but I would love to learn that trick as I cannot find the reply button

Not sure if you're being a smartarse (in which case, not appreciated) or not, but "Post Reply" is underneath the last post on a page.

Pressing that gives you the topic review and you can multi-quote people. Pressing quote doesn't give the topic review.

Why multi-quote? Well, it means we don't see a bunch of posts one after the other from the same person, and it makes for easier reading, and a thread doesn't blow out in size which personally, I find off-putting and makes me not want to bother engaging. (as I'm sure others do to)

Well, first of all I meant it - I didn't know that scroll box of posts was down there all this time, found the reply button and now I know how to multi-quote, thank you burn ;)^

News Credits: 9 · by **Mykltron** » Fri Nov 20, 2015 7:06 pm

Well he's disappointingly ugly, with his hollowness and panels all over the place.

News Credits: 4 · by **padfoo** » Fri Nov 20, 2015 8:23 pm

omega666 wrote:I can't unsee the hollow parts.

I agree its a good looking figure, but the hollowness is very distracting in these official Hasbro pictures. These images are extremely clean and look completely computer rendered or as if someone 3D printed parts and assembled them into this.....

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Fri Nov 20, 2015 8:42 pm

padfoo wrote:
omega666 wrote:I can't unsee the hollow parts.

I agree its a good looking figure, but the hollowness is very distracting in these official Hasbro pictures. These images are extremely clean and look completely computer rendered or as if someone 3D printed parts and assembled them into this.....

Pretty sure they would had to have computer rendered them. There probably isn't a display ready toy yet

by **Mechastrike** » Fri Nov 20, 2015 8:59 pm

well, thankfully i didn't buy that Beast Hunters Optimus Prime. THANK YOU HASBRO!

News Credits: 174 · by **Hellscream9999** » Fri Nov 20, 2015 11:12 pm

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:
padfoo wrote:
omega666 wrote:I can't unsee the hollow parts.

I agree its a good looking figure, but the hollowness is very distracting in these official Hasbro pictures. These images are extremely clean and look completely computer rendered or as if someone 3D printed parts and assembled them into this.....

Pretty sure they would had to have computer rendered them. There probably isn't a display ready toy yet

Yeah, it's probably the model they created based off of drawings which they would then use to make molds, and use for texture layout >:oP

by **8 bit** » Fri Nov 20, 2015 11:43 pm

I haven't been collecting Combiner Wars figures so far, but that Powermaster Prime is wow!

News Credits: 174 · by **Hellscream9999** » Fri Nov 20, 2015 11:49 pm

8 bit wrote:I haven't been collecting Combiner Wars figures so far, but that Powermaster Prime is wow!

Man, really? You comfortable with that choice, you don't want any combinery goodness in your life :shock:

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Sat Nov 21, 2015 12:12 am

Hellscream9999 wrote:
8 bit wrote:I haven't been collecting Combiner Wars figures so far, but that Powermaster Prime is wow!

Man, really? You comfortable with that choice, you don't want any combinery goodness in your life

Agreed. Before it's over, you need to get at least enough members to make a combiner. They are really good

by **8 bit** » Sat Nov 21, 2015 12:21 am

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:
8 bit wrote:I haven't been collecting Combiner Wars figures so far, but that Powermaster Prime is wow!

Man, really? You comfortable with that choice, you don't want any combinery goodness in your life

Agreed. Before it's over, you need to get at least enough members to make a combiner. They are really good

Thanks for the input guys, but I've been winding down on collecting. I would probably consider getting this Prime as a stand-alone though; maybe the Takara version if it had red eyes and few other nods to its G1 counterpart.