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Leonardo wrote:

GrimlockPlox wrote:

Ravage XK wrote:

Leonardo wrote:

Ravage XK wrote:I also like Vector Prime's hidden sword and the way it is stored.

Good observation. Don't you find it falls out often, though? I do (I have the Hasbro two-pack edition).

No, it hasnt fallen out, its got a good grip on the sword. Maybe cos the Hasbro swords are that floppy plastic? I have the Galaxy Force ( the proper Galaxy Force not the Hasbro repaint ) version. Vector Prime remains one of my top figures for robot looks.

My sword holder gimmick is Tight! My sword never fall of by itself.

Naw, I have that problem sometimes too.

I liked the Headmaster/Powermaster/Targetmaster gimmick. I often imagine that the minicons from Armada are just extensions of the Nebulons from G1.

I also liked the G1 Ultra Magnus gimmick: the armor coming from his trailor. I had so much fun with him as a kid in all his different possible modes. Ah, to not have to worry about a mortgage...

*sigh*

Just me then.

I would like to see a new take on the Headmasters and have the head being the personality meaning:

Back in G1 it was explained the heads were Nebulans and the bots personalities downloaded to there chests when tyhe heads came off

My idea is to have the head be the whole package and when these autobots who are human size transform into heads they then would reattach to there real bodies

Agamemnon wrote:

Leonardo wrote:

GrimlockPlox wrote:

Ravage XK wrote:

Leonardo wrote:

Ravage XK wrote:I also like Vector Prime's hidden sword and the way it is stored.

Good observation. Don't you find it falls out often, though? I do (I have the Hasbro two-pack edition).

No, it hasnt fallen out, its got a good grip on the sword. Maybe cos the Hasbro swords are that floppy plastic? I have the Galaxy Force ( the proper Galaxy Force not the Hasbro repaint ) version. Vector Prime remains one of my top figures for robot looks.

My sword holder gimmick is Tight! My sword never fall of by itself.

Naw, I have that problem sometimes too.

I liked the Headmaster/Powermaster/Targetmaster gimmick. I often imagine that the minicons from Armada are just extensions of the Nebulons from G1.

I also liked the G1 Ultra Magnus gimmick: the armor coming from his trailor. I had so much fun with him as a kid in all his different possible modes. Ah, to not have to worry about a mortgage...

*sigh*

Just me then.

Speak your mind!

Leonardo wrote:

Agamemnon wrote:

Leonardo wrote:

GrimlockPlox wrote:

Ravage XK wrote:

Leonardo wrote:

Ravage XK wrote:I also like Vector Prime's hidden sword and the way it is stored.

Good observation. Don't you find it falls out often, though? I do (I have the Hasbro two-pack edition).

No, it hasnt fallen out, its got a good grip on the sword. Maybe cos the Hasbro swords are that floppy plastic? I have the Galaxy Force ( the proper Galaxy Force not the Hasbro repaint ) version. Vector Prime remains one of my top figures for robot looks.

My sword holder gimmick is Tight! My sword never fall of by itself.

Naw, I have that problem sometimes too.

I liked the Headmaster/Powermaster/Targetmaster gimmick. I often imagine that the minicons from Armada are just extensions of the Nebulons from G1.

I also liked the G1 Ultra Magnus gimmick: the armor coming from his trailor. I had so much fun with him as a kid in all his different possible modes. Ah, to not have to worry about a mortgage...
*sigh*

Just me then.

Speak your mind!

I messed up on the coding...

Agamemnon wrote:

Leonardo wrote:

Agamemnon wrote:

Leonardo wrote:

GrimlockPlox wrote:

Ravage XK wrote:

Leonardo wrote:

Ravage XK wrote:I also like Vector Prime's hidden sword and the way it is stored.

Good observation. Don't you find it falls out often, though? I do (I have the Hasbro two-pack edition).

No, it hasnt fallen out, its got a good grip on the sword. Maybe cos the Hasbro swords are that floppy plastic? I have the Galaxy Force ( the proper Galaxy Force not the Hasbro repaint ) version. Vector Prime remains one of my top figures for robot looks.

My sword holder gimmick is Tight! My sword never fall of by itself.

Naw, I have that problem sometimes too.

I liked the Headmaster/Powermaster/Targetmaster gimmick. I often imagine that the minicons from Armada are just extensions of the Nebulons from G1.

I also liked the G1 Ultra Magnus gimmick: the armor coming from his trailor. I had so much fun with him as a kid in all his different possible modes. Ah, to not have to worry about a mortgage...
*sigh*

Just me then.

Speak your mind!

I messed up on the coding...

Well, I didn't even register the 'new text' in my post.

Since you mention it, I consider the Minicons as extensions of the Nebulans as well. As a child, I used to use the Nebulans and the Micromasters as the same race.

Micromasters were a decent enough idea, if only so it meant I could safely take some Transformers to school.

i also thought the trailers were a good gimmick, what with the battlwe platforms and other modes for them

Am i the only one who loved 20th Ani' Primes moving mouthpiece?

Brought a serious smile to my face when i discovered that for the first time

As a child I was in love with Galvatron's lights and sounds. To this day, I still use them for the nostalgia.

What about increased posability? The older toy's never had them but now, everyone can kick serious butt.

I Don't think I'd want it in all the figures, but an automatic transforming function, like on Galaxy Force Nitro Convoy (I forget the cybertron name) where his head and arms are spring loaded and flip out when you press a button. I'm interested to see if the auto-transform they're doing for the movie toys impedes pose/play-ability.

liveconvoy wrote:I Don't think I'd want it in all the figures, but an automatic transforming function, like on Galaxy Force Nitro Convoy (I forget the cybertron name) where his head and arms are spring loaded and flip out when you press a button. I'm interested to see if the auto-transform they're doing for the movie toys impedes pose/play-ability.

You just might be the only person ever to like that feature.

Nujevad wrote:What about increased posability? The older toy's never had them but now, everyone can kick serious butt.

Amen to that.

Transformers is one of the most under-rated lines for articulation... Everything else seems to tout "super poesable" or "X number of joints" on the box, but Transformers have been there since the days of the Cyberjets. Hell, even a number of LoC and Minicon size figures can hold a nice pose.

Man, I wasn't expecting this thread to get the response it did...

For some reason, I have an odd fondness for spinning propellers on helicopter transformers. Bulkhead and Evac did it pretty nicely... It annoys me when the chopper blades are uneven.

I also like the whole "hidden weapon" thing, a la Beast Wars or Alternators. Glad to know I'm not alone.

Nujevad wrote:What about increased posability? The older toy's never had them but now, everyone can kick serious butt.

Didn't the old G1 boxes say on the front, "Now with three points of articulation!"

At least I imagine they did until someone wrote to Hasbro saying they found the Robot Points on the back but not the points of articulation.

Soundwave's cassettes. By far. Combinders were also awesome, and I have a thing for Micromasters, too. The autotransform feature that a couple machine wars figures have are cool too.

I don't really like headmasters though. If you lose the Nebulan, you're left with pretty much a useless toy. I have enough headless Headmasters, thanks.

best gimmick ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showthread.php?t=130604

I've always liked the idea of the Headmasters...though the only one I ever owned was Energon Omega Supreme...he was just too big...so I sold him.

Redimus wrote:

Canned Pasta wrote:My favorite gimmick is the one where you get these robots, and they transform into vehicles and stuff.

I love that one.

It'll never work!

Well... seems like the developers made a good pitch. *cough*23yearsago*cough*

Wheelies Executioner wrote:Am i the only one who loved 20th Ani' Primes moving mouthpiece?

I loved this "mouth plate" gimmick when it first came out on Armada Prime. MP-05/20th Ann./DVD Prime's size has made this gimmick flourish.

Its not really a gimmick but i like magnus' armour

Gen 1 Megatron firing bullets - not only is Megatron a bloody accurate pistol but you can actually terrorise your child/pet/better half with him! Heck this is one thing the original figure has over his Masterpiece release!

Powerful spring missile launchers - the original series of figures had them until Hasblo neutered them

Cassetticons/Cassettibots also deserve a mention as they added a sub army for Soundwave and Blaster. On the same subject - the 'hidden' plans for Scorponok and Fort Max on Twincast and Soundblaster's cassettes was a nice touoch

Rub signs - I can't believe no-one else has mentioned them! I really like the clone ones.

Now I'm spent...

JetfireUK wrote:I really like the clone ones.

Now I'm spent...

Forgive my ignorance but what's special about the clone ones?

Leonardo wrote:

JetfireUK wrote:I really like the clone ones.

Now I'm spent...

Forgive my ignorance but what's special about the clone ones?

Both the Autobot and Decepticon clone figures had two sets of rub signs. One being their fraction symbol and the second being their alternative form. Such as the puma or eagle on the Decepticon ones.

JetfireUK wrote:

Leonardo wrote:

JetfireUK wrote:I really like the clone ones.

Now I'm spent...

Forgive my ignorance but what's special about the clone ones?

Both the Autobot and Decepticon clone figures had two sets of rub signs. One being their fraction symbol and the second being their alternative form. Such as the puma or eagle on the Decepticon ones.

Ah, I see. That is rather ripper, actually.

You know, here's one I don't get. If some of the classics line had missiles that fired, why didn't Megatron have that feature? Since he didn't look like a real gun, it would've been fine to make him shoot.

Nujevad wrote:You know, here's one I don't get. If some of the classics line had missiles that fired, why didn't Megatron have that feature? Since he didn't look like a real gun, it would've been fine to make him shoot.

For one, I don't think they wanted to compoun d the difficulty of selling a toy gun by making it fire (also it's effectively impossible given how the toy is designed). Also, if they just put the firing in the scope, it would eliminate the see-through gimmick of it.

Nujevad wrote:You know, here's one I don't get. If some of the classics line had missiles that fired, why didn't Megatron have that feature? Since he didn't look like a real gun, it would've been fine to make him shoot.

They'd rather leave that up to the realistic looking TFC version to fire plastic pellets.