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by **RAcast** » Fri May 04, 2012 10:43 am

SJ21 wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
RAcast wrote:Especially since FOC Ratchet is Prime Ratchet after all.

Not entirely true. They belong to the same Aligned continuity, yes, but not the same timeline. That's the main problem with Aligned, even TFWiki has trouble with it.

PC load letter? What the f does that mean?

Do you mean that they are from a later time? If so, wouldn't Cybertron Ratchet be Prime Ratchet eventually? I'm so confused.

It's the same universe, so yes... BUT I guess it's a splitered-time-continuity problem. The Ratchet seen in the WfC games isn't necessarily the exact same Ratchet as from Prime. He's a similar one from a parallel time stream.

Mindmaster wrote:Fireflight is supposed to be an homage to the G1 Aerialbot, right?

Yup.

by **orangeitis** » Fri May 04, 2012 2:04 pm

Mindmaster wrote:Fireflight is supposed to be an homage to the G1 Aerialbot, right?

Yup. Hence the G1-ish head sculpt. =)

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Fri May 04, 2012 2:30 pm

orangeitis wrote:
Mindmaster wrote:Fireflight is supposed to be an homage to the G1 Aerialbot, right?
Yup. Hence the G1-ish head sculpt. =)

You should add based on the toy, not on the cartoon. Although I'm not entirely convinced.

by **orangeitis** » Fri May 04, 2012 3:40 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:You should add based on the toy, not on the cartoon. Although I'm not entirely convinced.

IMO, it looks more like Fireflight to me than the whole of TF: Animated looked anything like any TF before.

But that's all IMO. :-B

by **NTESHFT** » Fri May 04, 2012 4:09 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Fireflight I'm not happy with at all, simply his base is Shockwave. No matter how much retooling the mold gets it'll remain Shockwave to me. Kudos for the effort however.

Ultra Magnus is so bought and since I already have (the superior) WFC Optimus Prime it'll be one of the few cases where one isn't the retool of the other.

Give us Bombshell/Hardshell and Shrapnel/Sharpshot, then we'll start talking about Kickback. Sideswipe and Starscream are no-brainers.

Couldn't have said it better.

Wish they would have used a new mold for firefight.
I like the way Kickback turned out.......now the other two must follow.
Grabbing Magnus, Starscream, and Sideswipe for sure.......

News Credits: 1 · by **njb902** » Fri May 04, 2012 4:15 pm

that gun sidswipe has makes an awesome support weapon. he and rid arcee will make a great heavy weapons duo.

by **Goldfinger_42** » Sat May 05, 2012 1:32 pm

I'm reeeally loving Kickback, and hopefully they'll release Bombshell and Shrapnel so I can complete my Insecticon horde. Also, the new weapons look great. Not MechTech, thankfully, but they still have moving parts! It looks like Starscream's has spinning interlocking gears and Kickback's actually has ammo!

by **RAcast** » Sat May 05, 2012 3:58 pm

Goldfinger_42 wrote:I'm reeeally loving Kickback, and hopefully they'll release Bombshell and Shrapnel so I can complete my Insecticon horde. Also, the new weapons look great. Not MechTech, thankfully, but they still have moving parts! It looks like Starscream's has spinning interlocking gears and Kickback's actually has ammo!

Yeah, I'm sure Starscream's will have some sort of spinning gimmick in jet-mode as well; I'd be rather surprised if it didn't. How do you mean Kickback's actually has ammo? Is it a disk launcher? I thought it was just the most painful looking rotary saw ever. xD

by **Goldfinger_42** » Mon May 07, 2012 4:59 pm

I thought it was a disk launcher, but I can see how it would be a saw. It's a little far back to be effective as a saw, though.

by **Dagon** » Mon May 07, 2012 5:35 pm

Kickback sort of elludes me everytime I see the picture....
But I am so impressed by Magnus, that thing looks awesome.

News Credits: 3 · by **Manterax Prime** » Mon May 07, 2012 10:54 pm

I know we're heading into the second game but is it to late to ask for a Zeta Prime?

News Credits: 5749 · by **El Duque** » Mon May 07, 2012 11:08 pm

Just realized Sideswipe is a remold of Jazz.

News Credits: 1 · by **RhA** » Tue May 08, 2012 1:05 am

El Duque wrote:Just realized Sideswipe is a remold of Jazz.

A very nice looking one at that.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Tue May 08, 2012 8:59 am

El Duque wrote:Just realized Sideswipe is a remold of Jazz.

Good eye! I had to take a closer look but Sideswipe is indeed a retool of Jazz. In case anyone asks: the vehicle "shell" is different, but the bottom part of the chassis is the same.

News Credits: 3 · by **Manterax Prime** » Tue May 08, 2012 8:30 pm

Well great. I was planning to get the Rage Over Cybertron 3 pack from BBTS this friday, AND IT"S SOLD OUT!!! It was in stock just yesterday!

Well, I guess FOC prime will have to handle being the only WFC/FOC Optimus in my collection for a bit.

News Credits: 2 · by **xyl360** » Tue May 08, 2012 9:34 pm

Manterax Prime wrote:Well great. I was planning to get the Rage Over Cybertron 3 pack from BBTS this friday, AND IT"S SOLD OUT!!! It was in stock just yesterday!

Well, I guess FOC prime will have to handle being the only WFC/FOC Optimus in my collection for a bit.

They've got the original version (which is FAR superior to the 3 pack version IMO) loose for $30 here.

by **OptiMagnus** » Tue May 08, 2012 10:42 pm

El Duque wrote:Just realized Sideswipe is a remold of Jazz.

Wow! He looks so different I didn't notice. I guess I'll give Hasbro credit for not taking the usual easy way: straight-up redeco.

I just can't get over how happy I am over Ultra Magnus though. I hope Hasbro and Takara don't forget about him again, and hopefully he'll get a new genuine G1 classics voyager (or leader/supreme) rendition. Although I heard Takara is supposed to do something with the G1 Ultra Magnus mold soon...

News Credits: 1 · by **Uncontrolable_myosin** » Thu Jul 05, 2012 4:58 pm

Why does sideswipe have prime's ion blaster from the game? and why didnt hasbro give that to prime instead of that dinky lil gun?

News Credits: 4 · by **craggy** » Thu Jul 05, 2012 5:15 pm

xyl360 wrote:
Manterax Prime wrote:Well great. I was planning to get the Rage Over Cybertron 3 pack from BBTS this friday, AND IT"S SOLD OUT!!! It was in stock just yesterday!

Well, I guess FOC prime will have to handle being the only WFC/FOC Optimus in my collection for a bit.

They've got the original version (which is FAR superior to the 3 pack version IMO) loose for $30 here.

I actually really like the colours on the Rage 3-pack guys.
Sure the singles releases are more game accurate, but I like the 3pack ones more. Megs is the only one I'm torn on, simply because the proper colours are more Megatron-y.

News Credits: 2 · by **xyl360** » Thu Jul 05, 2012 6:43 pm

craggy wrote:
xyl360 wrote:
Manterax Prime wrote:Well great. I was planning to get the Rage Over Cybertron 3 pack from BBTS this friday, AND IT"S SOLD OUT!!! It was in stock just yesterday!

Well, I guess FOC prime will have to handle being the only WFC/FOC Optimus in my collection for a bit.

They've got the original version (which is FAR superior to the 3 pack version IMO) loose for $30 here.

I actually really like the colours on the Rage 3-pack guys.
Sure the singles releases are more game accurate, but I like the 3pack ones more. Megs is the only one I'm torn on, simply because the proper colours are more Megatron-y.

My biggest issue with the Rage 3 pack is the cheaper plastic they're made out of. My Prime came broken out of the package. Thankfully Megatron was OK as he's the only reason I bought the pack (I have every single version of Megatron's WFC mold, including all domestic and foreign repaints).