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News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Mon Jun 17, 2019 7:25 pm

I think the Cybershark mold is really good, and Sharp Edge is a wonderful retool of it. I love his shark mode

I also am really beginning to properly appreciate the basics now that I have Razorbeast. He has quickly become another one of my standout favorites on the Beast shelf

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Mon Jun 17, 2019 9:07 pm

With the arrival of my final 2 versus sets from South Korea on Saturday, the main Maximal and Predacon forces plus a guest each from Neo are now complete!!!

Just need to eventually find a Rockbuster and Bazooka :lol:

News Credits: 1350 · by **ZeroWolf** » Tue Jun 18, 2019 8:02 am

You lucky son of a...Nice collection you got there D-Max!

Website · by **STngAR** » Tue Jun 18, 2019 12:36 pm

Good **** there D ( that almost sounds wrong ). I got a few X’s to go and I think 4 variants and I’ll be satisfied with my beast collection. Oh and that blue mammoth I saw the other day too. . :MAXIMAL:

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Tue Jun 18, 2019 7:12 pm

ZeroWolf wrote:You lucky son of a...Nice collection you got there D-Max!

Thanks! Kinda funny that I finished the Neo show cast before the regular BW show cast, as I'm still awaiting Blackarachnia.

STngAR wrote:Good **** there D ( that almost sounds wrong ). I got a few X’s to go and I think 4 variants and I’ll be satisfied with my beast collection. Oh and that blue mammoth I saw the other day too. .

I don't plan to get every single one, but I want the main show casts and then fill in the blanks with molds I don't have yet. I'm not too worried about the remaining Neo guys since I own or intend to own the original versions and those are much cheaper.

i look forward to getting the Cyborgs and Gigastorm though!

News Credits: 1350 · by **ZeroWolf** » Wed Jun 19, 2019 6:26 am

How much does Gigastorm go for these days? You going for God Neptune then? The seacons look sleek in that colour scheme.

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Wed Jun 19, 2019 6:57 pm

ZeroWolf wrote:How much does Gigastorm go for these days? You going for God Neptune then? The seacons look sleek in that colour scheme.

Gigastorm looks to go for around $110ish, he won't be bad, just need a quiet time to make the purchase.

I want to go for God Neptune, but he really is not cheap. He will be a long term goal

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Wed Jun 19, 2019 7:34 pm

Ya know, I realized something about Neo Hardhead: he has something tied in to each of the 4 original bot headmasters:

He is named after Hardhead, and he has a hard head
He technically has a "Chrome dome"
When his mouth is open, he has a "high brow"
And while is does have some Brainstorm-y colors, I'm willing to bet he's never even had a "brain storm" or a brain at all, given his show and manga status :lol:

by **ZeldaTheSwordsman** » Thu Jun 20, 2019 12:02 am

The silliness of his altmode cracks me up.

Good luck on getting Gigastorm. I'm kinda tempted to get a spare TR Trypticon some day to customize into a Generations version.

News Credits: 12 · by **Evil Eye** » Thu Jun 20, 2019 11:10 am

Ah, Beast Wars! I only have 3 BW toys (all Transmetals- Waspinator, Tarantulas and Rampage) but I love them all. Such unique figures, and they've aged remarkably gracefully considering they're over two decades old.

There's plenty of other figures I want from the line mind. Notably:
>Transquito (one of the most evil looking Transformers ever)
>TM2 Blackarachnia
>Injector
>TM Inferno/Scavenger
>Jawbreaker (or Frostbite for that matter)
>Tripredacus
>Manterror (who I'm headcanoning as a girl for various silly reasons)
>Claw Jaw
>THE TAKO TANK
>A version of the TM Megatron that doesn't shatter (even Armada Predacon would do as "Toxic Swamp Megatron").
>TM Terrorsaur

So...basically all of them. :lol:

News Credits: 12 · by **Evil Eye** » Thu Jun 20, 2019 11:13 am

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Skritz wrote:While its unlikely to happen I would have loved to see some G1-era characters with that kind of biomechanical look. Imagine how mental a Transmetal 2 Abominus would look like.

Save that idea for Monstructor Why? Pretender technology may have been the foundation for the Beast Wars organics.

I would be absolutely down for either of them done in that style. But especially Monstructor given he's literally an eldritch abomination who possesses the bodies of the Monster Pretenders to combine.

News Credits: 6 · by **AllNewSuperRobot** » Thu Jun 20, 2019 5:29 pm

There is something about the shape of Hardhead's bot legs I think works better with the mold than Dinobot's default.

@Black Hat, I'd recommend Transformerland. Most of my recent Beast Wars mold sets I've gotten through them.

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Good luck on getting Gigastorm. I'm kinda tempted to get a spare TR Trypticon some day to customize into a Generations version.

I am surprised this hasn't officially been done sooner. You would have thought Takara would want to make the most of the mold, after all. Trypticon is a one and done, otherwise.

A friend of mine once did a custom job on TM Rampage, in Razorclaw's* colour scheme. As I had noted in the past on many occasions how Beast Modes would share the same TM upgrade.

*^This Razorclaw
Although I can't remember which of these two colour palettes he used. :-?

by **Skritz** » Thu Jun 20, 2019 5:35 pm

So, my Transmetal Megatron has been broken at the waist since my childhood and I've been wondering what to do with him. Saw and cut the broken parts and glue his waist back together, leaving him unable to transform but otherwise complete or one day harvest his head for a transplant and custom?

by **ZeldaTheSwordsman** » Thu Jun 20, 2019 6:16 pm

You could dismantle him, insert a reinforcing pin and glue the broken parts back together, and sand/file them to reduce friction (and thus stress).

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Good luck on getting Gigastorm. I'm kinda tempted to get a spare TR Trypticon some day to customize into a Generations version.

I am surprised this hasn't officially been done sooner. You would have thought Takara would want to make the most of the mold, after all. Trypticon is a one and done, otherwise.

Indeed. But you have to balance it against Gigastorm's relative obscurity, the similarity to Trypticon's base plastic colors, the likely need for a window in the schedule, and of course the desire to be assured of demand before committing to producing a Titan-class toy. After all, we have yet to see a new Metrotitan, and LGEX Grand Maximus required a certain preorder threshold to be greenlit.

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Thu Jun 20, 2019 8:38 pm

I'm saw we never got a Gigastorm from Trypticon. But then again, we did get Grand Max, so maybe one day we will get a new Gigastorm

by **Rogue-Primal** » Fri Jun 21, 2019 7:35 am

Skritz wrote:So, my Transmetal Megatron has been broken at the waist since my childhood and I've been wondering what to do with him. Saw and cut the broken parts and glue his waist back together, leaving him unable to transform but otherwise complete or one day harvest his head for a transplant and custom?

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:You could dismantle him, insert a reinforcing pin and glue the broken parts back together, and sand/file them to reduce friction (and thus stress).

Not much can be done. A joint transplant requires expertise and the fragile gold plastic doesnt make things easier #-o

. The best option is to hunt Takara Metals Megatron or the Armada PREDACON (He is a recolor) and paint him instead.)

Takara

Armada Predacon

by **ZeldaTheSwordsman** » Fri Jun 21, 2019 12:39 pm

Rogue-Primal wrote:
Skritz wrote:So, my Transmetal Megatron has been broken at the waist since my childhood and I've been wondering what to do with him. Saw and cut the broken parts and glue his waist back together, leaving him unable to transform but otherwise complete or one day harvest his head for a transplant and custom?

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:You could dismantle him, insert a reinforcing pin and glue the broken parts back together, and sand/file them to reduce friction (and thus stress).

Not much can be done. A joint transplant requires expertise and the fragile gold plastic doesnt make things easier . The best option is to hunt Takara Metals Megatron or the Armada PREDACON (He is a recolor) and paint him instead.

A transplant would be swapping in a replacement from another figure.

I was proposing repairing the existing piece, and sharing a technique to reduce friction stress and thus the likelihood of rebreakage. I have yet to work on a Transmetal Megatron, but, well... Just look at my avatar.

News Credits: 6 · by **AllNewSuperRobot** » Fri Jun 21, 2019 2:04 pm

Yikes! That Armada redeco of Megatron... :SICK:

by **Rogue-Primal** » Fri Jun 21, 2019 2:46 pm

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Yikes! That Armada redeco of Megatron...

Only the puke limegreen looks very out of place in my opinion.

News Credits: 6 · by **AllNewSuperRobot** » Fri Jun 21, 2019 2:49 pm

Rogue-Primal wrote:
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Yikes! That Armada redeco of Megatron...

Only the puke limegreen looks very out of place in my opinion.

Puke lime green with chocolate brown.. 8-}

Clearly that palette was selected by someone under the influence...

by **ZeldaTheSwordsman** » Fri Jun 21, 2019 5:17 pm

Well, brown and bright green are both standard Reptile Scales Colors...

Also, I fixed the video embed.

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Fri Jun 21, 2019 5:24 pm

I'm actually kinda digging that Predacon. I'm starting to really grow a list of figures to watch out for at TFcon

by **ZeldaTheSwordsman** » Fri Jun 21, 2019 5:50 pm

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I'm actually kinda digging that Predacon. I'm starting to really grow a list of figures to watch out for at TFcon

I like him too, and want one. I like to think of this toy as a non-Transmetal version:

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Fri Jun 21, 2019 6:15 pm

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I'm actually kinda digging that Predacon. I'm starting to really grow a list of figures to watch out for at TFcon

I like him too, and want one. I like to think of this toy as a non-Transmetal version:

What figure is that?