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News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Tue Sep 15, 2020 1:24 pm

william-james88 wrote:
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:
william-james88 wrote:Can anyone tell me the trick to getting everything flush in helicopter mode for spinister? I'm talking about the underside where the flap doesn't close tightly.

OK, so transform the torso only halfway before you do the legs, really helps.

The leg that becomes the front of the copter, keep the hips on that one oriented as they are for robot mode.

For the leg that becomes the middle of the copter, rotate the entire thing at the hip 180 degrees, then fold the leg in and close the flap. Then finish pushing the legs into place and clamp the top of the robot/copter into place

Thanks man, I will try that out!

You'll know you did it right when the trapezoidal hip parts are exactly opposite one another, one slanting down, one slanting up.

by **Starseeker** » Thu Oct 01, 2020 7:27 pm

Just loving my seekers!
Absolutely love the tetrajet mold!

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Thu Oct 01, 2020 7:30 pm

Where's Hotlink?

by **Starseeker** » Thu Oct 01, 2020 7:49 pm

Sabrblade wrote:Where's Hotlink?

Gave him to my son. I was using Hotlink as a substitute Skywarp, but finally got the real one this month.
Maybe I'll pick him up again if the price drops.

News Credits: 23 · by **aronjlove** » Tue Oct 06, 2020 12:30 pm

Springer is on Amazon for a couple of bucks below MSRP, is he worth getting? I don't really have a lot of attachment to his character, neither G1 nor IDW, but he would go with Impactor and Rotorstorm. I've just head a lot of complaints about the tabs on his thighs and with all the figures I already have ordered I don't need one that is gonna break.

Buy or not?

News Credits: 42 · by **TF-fan kev777** » Tue Oct 06, 2020 12:40 pm

aronjlove wrote:Springer is on Amazon for a couple of bucks below MSRP, is he worth getting? I don't really have a lot of attachment to his character, neither G1 nor IDW, but he would go with Impactor and Rotorstorm. I've just head a lot of complaints about the tabs on his thighs and with all the figures I already have ordered I don't need one that is gonna break.

Buy or not?

I would put him as an okay figure. The tabs on my first one broke during the first transformation, but I was also doing part wrong. Returned it and my second one is just fine.

The biggest problem I had on both of mine are weak/loose ankles.

I'd see if you can find him for a better deal at TJ Maxx/Marshals/Ross if you want to try him out.

News Credits: 23 · by **aronjlove** » Tue Oct 06, 2020 12:59 pm

TF-fan kev777 wrote:
aronjlove wrote:Springer is on Amazon for a couple of bucks below MSRP, is he worth getting? I don't really have a lot of attachment to his character, neither G1 nor IDW, but he would go with Impactor and Rotorstorm. I've just head a lot of complaints about the tabs on his thighs and with all the figures I already have ordered I don't need one that is gonna break.

Buy or not?

I would put him as an okay figure. The tabs on my first one broke during the first transformation, but I was also doing part wrong. Returned it and my second one is just fine.

The biggest problem I had on both of mine are weak/loose ankles.

I'd see if you can find him for a better deal at TJ Maxx/Marshals/Ross if you want to try him out.

Cool, this is the info I needed. I got a couple of Ross stores I can hit this weekend. Thanks!

News Credits: 12 · by **Sentinel_Primal** » Tue Oct 06, 2020 1:01 pm

Personally, Siege Springer is fine. Not bad, not great. If he's like $10-20, I'd say it's a good price, but I think weak ankles is a common issue. I enjoy the figure, but he's definitely not Siege Prime or Seeker quality, probably closer to Megatron and (to some) Apeface

News Credits: 23 · by **aronjlove** » Tue Oct 06, 2020 1:38 pm

Sentinel_Primal wrote:Personally, Siege Springer is fine. Not bad, not great. If he's like $10-20, I'd say it's a good price, but I think weak ankles is a common issue. I enjoy the figure, but he's definitely not Siege Prime or Seeker quality, probably closer to Megatron and (to some) Apeface

Yeah, he's $27.99 so I think I'll hold off for now. Thanks!

News Credits: 56 · by **o.supreme** » Tue Oct 06, 2020 1:43 pm

Starseeker wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:Where's Hotlink?

Gave him to my son. I was using Hotlink as a substitute Skywarp, but finally got the real one this month.
Maybe I'll pick him up again if the price drops.

could you *borrow* him for a quick group shot pic.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Fri Oct 09, 2020 12:15 am

New preorders at TakaraTomy Mall for Siege toys that have yet to see release in Japan:

SG-EX Acid Storm & Ion Storm & Nova Storm
SG-EX Soundblaster
SG-EX Set

All three are TTM exclusives. The SG-EX set is just a bundle of the first two.

Of note is that Soundblaster is actually a bit different from the Hasbro version. Most notably, he has the Mercenary symbol like in the cartoon instead of a Decepticon symbol. He also has less "window crack" details on his chest window.

Though, despite the appearance of Laserbeak in Soundblaster's pics, he is not included. He is just there for show.

by **ZeldaTheSwordsman** » Sun Oct 11, 2020 1:18 am

Hooray for Japan.

Meanwhile, anyone not have Shockwave yet? Just hit your local Target, I'm sure you'll be able to find plenty of him! For full price of course, because they can't mark him down in the computer without marking down ER Leaders, and they can't be arsed to slap markdown stickers on him.

Honestly, I'd have got him, but I only had so much spare spending cash for the trip and Snapdragon was higher priority.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Sun Oct 11, 2020 2:16 am

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Hooray for Japan.

Hooray for all of us. More exclusives on the market means lower aftermarket prices. We've seen this a few times already. The Rainmakers eBay prices should come down a lot when these are released.

Emerje

by **ZeldaTheSwordsman** » Sun Oct 11, 2020 2:25 am

Emerje wrote:
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Hooray for Japan.

Hooray for all of us. More exclusives on the market means lower aftermarket prices. We've seen this a few times already. The Rainmakers eBay prices should come down a lot when these are released.

Emerje

Fair point. Most of my brainpower in that post was devoted to talking about Shockwave being the new Mudflap (which makes me sad because I like SIEGE Shocky's design). When I went to Target to look for Snapdragon, there were four SIEGE Shockwaves on the shelf.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Sun Oct 11, 2020 9:38 am

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:
Emerje wrote:
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Hooray for Japan.

Hooray for all of us. More exclusives on the market means lower aftermarket prices. We've seen this a few times already. The Rainmakers eBay prices should come down a lot when these are released.

Emerje
Fair point. Most of my brainpower in that post was devoted to talking about Shockwave being the new Mudflap (which makes me sad because I like SIEGE Shocky's design). When I went to Target to look for Snapdragon, there were four SIEGE Shockwaves on the shelf.

With any luck, the appearance of Shockwave's Siege body and armor in the Generations Selects manga will get more people to buy him off of the store shelves.

News Credits: 4838 · by **william-james88** » Sun Oct 11, 2020 4:15 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:
Emerje wrote:
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Hooray for Japan.

Hooray for all of us. More exclusives on the market means lower aftermarket prices. We've seen this a few times already. The Rainmakers eBay prices should come down a lot when these are released.

Emerje
Fair point. Most of my brainpower in that post was devoted to talking about Shockwave being the new Mudflap (which makes me sad because I like SIEGE Shocky's design). When I went to Target to look for Snapdragon, there were four SIEGE Shockwaves on the shelf.
With any luck, the appearance of Shockwave's Siege body and armor in the Generations Selects manga will get more people to buy him off of the store shelves.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Sun Oct 11, 2020 5:02 pm

Eh, gonna wait for Clearance or Ross. Maybe I can snag a Prime too. *leaves them at Target*

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Sun Oct 11, 2020 6:16 pm

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:Eh, gonna wait for Clearance or Ross. Maybe I can snag a Prime too. *leaves them at Target*

Shockwave was the "in every cases" bot of Siege. That's why he's so everywhere.
Shockwave is awesome, but if there's too much...
Meanwhile, Cybertron Optimus Prime was just a one-shot deal. #-o

News Credits: 22 · by **Rodimus Prime** » Sun Oct 11, 2020 9:40 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:
Jelze Bunnycat wrote:Eh, gonna wait for Clearance or Ross. Maybe I can snag a Prime too. *leaves them at Target*

Shockwave was the "in every cases" bot of Siege. That's why he's so everywhere.
Shockwave is awesome, but if there's too much...
Meanwhile, Cybertron Optimus Prime was just a one-shot deal.

Yeah, Hasbro dropped the ball there. Personally I love that Shockwave and don't care about Galaxy Prime, but I'm just 1 fan. If they had released more of Galaxy Prime in subsequent waves, he would have sold better. Most fans love that update.

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Sun Oct 11, 2020 9:58 pm

Rodimus Prime wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:
Jelze Bunnycat wrote:Eh, gonna wait for Clearance or Ross. Maybe I can snag a Prime too. *leaves them at Target*

Shockwave was the "in every cases" bot of Siege. That's why he's so everywhere.
Shockwave is awesome, but if there's too much...
Meanwhile, Cybertron Optimus Prime was just a one-shot deal.
Yeah, Hasbro dropped the ball there. Personally I love that Shockwave and don't care about Galaxy Prime, but I'm just 1 fan. If they had released more of Galaxy Prime in subsequent waves, he would have sold better. Most fans love that update.

Plus, I would have loved to get Galaxy Prime overstock on super clearance at less than 30$CAN.
Oh well...

by **ZeldaTheSwordsman** » Mon Oct 12, 2020 2:22 am

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:Eh, gonna wait for Clearance or Ross. Maybe I can snag a Prime too. *leaves them at Target*

The problem with Clearance is they'd have to take the trouble of using stickers, since all non-SS Generations Leaders are the same to the computer :roll:

(a good example of this is a lingering Combiner Wars Skywarp ending up marked up to the PotP Leader price).

I really hope they do take that effort, since Shockwave filling up the shelves holds back Earthrise Leaders getting put out (meaning poor Astrotrain gets doubly shafted)... :BANG_HEAD:

News Credits: 42 · by **TF-fan kev777** » Mon Oct 12, 2020 12:43 pm

Siege Shockie is bad, especially at Target, but Siege Megs takes the cake for me.

At Walmart yesterday, all 3 flavors of Siege megs on the shelf at once.

News Credits: 56 · by **o.supreme** » Mon Oct 12, 2020 1:36 pm

TF-fan kev777 wrote:Siege Shockie is bad, especially at Target, but Siege Megs takes the cake for me.

At Walmart yesterday, all 3 flavors of Siege megs on the shelf at once.

Myself and several others have had that experience. You just have to laugh when you see it. The worst for me are damaged packages, that they try to tape up *hoping" they will sell. There is a Siege mangled Hound that's been sitting there for at least 6 months, I keep moving it to the front of whatever peg it's on. I think I'm just going to write a note on a post-it and tell them to get rid of it. Having worked at retail previously I know they have a return category for damaged goods. There's a Netflix Siege Hotlink that is the same. The package is not as bad, but with the tape all over it, nobody's going to buy it.

by **ZeldaTheSwordsman** » Mon Oct 12, 2020 2:00 pm

Geez... Seeing that mess makes me think regular Earthrise Megatron should be canceled flat-out, and the G2 redeco moved from Selects to the retail line in his place.

News Credits: 10 · by **sol magnus** » Mon Oct 12, 2020 2:59 pm

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Geez... Seeing that mess makes me think regular Earthrise Megatron should be canceled flat-out, and the G2 redeco moved from Selects to the retail line in his place.

Well, if they cancel it now, at least I have mine.