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News Credits: 4837 · by **william-james88** » Mon Aug 13, 2018 2:05 pm

Kyleor wrote:So how well do the current Titan Masters fit in past Diaclone/Microchge toys?

Not well, they are far too big but mostly its because of their bulk:

Remember that there is a whole face in their back.

News Credits: 1350 · by **ZeroWolf** » Mon Aug 13, 2018 2:55 pm

That original blaster was awesome, I would have loved to have had that as a kid, and it's the perfect fit for the microchange line.

by **ZeldaTheSwordsman** » Mon Aug 13, 2018 3:06 pm

I agree with most of these, but not Perceptor. Like, yeah the MicroChange instructions actually show the actual tank mode and not just the mobile lab/self-propelled gun mode... But the MicroChange toy didn't come with a Microman figure to ride it either, and there's nothing that stops you from configuring the Transformers release into that tank mode.

I think the Powerdashers should have been on the list instead of Perce. Because much like Ratchet and Ironhide, the pilots make a big difference - the cheap sticker faces are less distractingly "meh" when you actually have the cool pilot figures to put in the cockpits. And unlike Perce's instructions omission, the pilots are an actual piece that you can't make up for with a quick look at pictures online.

Website · by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Tue Aug 14, 2018 10:48 am

I never knew that about Ultra/Delta magnus. that's so cool!And yeah. I'd like to see an updated version of that robot.

News Credits: 5 · by **horus** » Wed Aug 15, 2018 3:29 am

My g1 Blaster still has a door on his back that you can fit an extra cassette, a bit different from the original one but it is still there.... is he something between microchange and g1 blaster? He did come in a g1 blaster box back in the day...

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Wed Aug 15, 2018 6:53 am

horus wrote:My g1 Blaster still has a door on his back that you can fit an extra cassette, a bit different from the original one but it is still there.... is he something between microchange and g1 blaster? He did come in a g1 blaster box back in the day...

I'm guessing where you're from Portugal that was the Milton Bradley release as those tended to be a little different from the Hasbro releases. Pretty sure that was his only release in Europe, too.

Emerje

News Credits: 60 · by **fenrir72** » Tue Sep 18, 2018 12:02 am

Awesome!

by **ZeldaTheSwordsman** » Mon Oct 22, 2018 11:05 pm

Necro-ing a bit to point outnother upside to the Diaclone precursor of Swoop: The faux-wheels on the Transformers version of the mold's dino legs? Are actual separate wheels.
You should really get a photo of the actual G1 Swoop toy in here. After all, that 3P mini Swoop doesn't suffer from one of the things that really hurt Transformers Swoop: The fact that his missiles and lower beak were evidently on the same sprue as the swords and thus got cast in the same un-chromeable soft plastic.

horus wrote:My g1 Blaster still has a door on his back that you can fit an extra cassette, a bit different from the original one but it is still there.... is he something between microchange and g1 blaster? He did come in a g1 blaster box back in the day...

Let me guess: the back panel doesn't have an actual clip like on the MicroChange version and instead has an extension of the flat surface? What you've got is an early Transformers release, a transition between the fully functional back compartment and the solid back. I also have such a Blaster.

Regarding the Diaclone driver figures, it was never a question of safety. It was a question of them not fitting the conceit of the robots being alive. I do think they might have been able to integrate them into the line later on under the S.T.A.R.S. promotion though, but oh well.