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D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:The more I see it, the more I think the throne was meant for other figures to use more than Starscream.

There is no doubt in my mind this throne came with Starscream only for the price point. It was never meant for him

It is based on Megatron's own captain's chair, after all.

Nemesis Destron wrote:Who know's the case count for Core figures? I saw Ratchet on the peg and I felt I'd score a Wheelie figure but not.... . I hope a near by Target to that location I went to got some Core figs out.

Ratchet x4
Wheelie x4

Emerje

Hoping my Ratchet comes in soon, he and Sideways have shipped out from amazon.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Hoping my Ratchet comes in soon, he and Sideways have shipped out from amazon.

My SS86 Ratchet from Amazon was "lost in the mail". After the refund, of course they had none in stock.

Just got arcee
Much better than earthrise and greatly articulated. I like the transformation, and both modes. Another weapon wouldve been nice. My only real complaint is that floppy "ab crunch" I wish there was a way to lock that in. Pretty annoying

I looked again on Pulse and it looks like my Ironhide pre-order shipping date has been moved up to next week, so I'm looking forward to having him soon, and I'm definitely getting the recently leaked Ratchet too. I've seen Arcee at my local Smyths recently, I'm still not 100% sure about buying her because I'm still mostly happy with the Earthrise version. Has it been said when Rumble is out? Because Pulse UK doesn't have a listing for him.

Munkky wrote:I've seen Arcee at my local Smyths recently, I'm still not 100% sure about buying her because I'm still mostly happy with the Earthrise version.

I can recommend SS86 Arcee as a superior figure to the ER version, especially if you value accuracy. The ER figure is pretty good, but the SS86 version has a smaller backpack and spot-on facial features. The ER figure might become my IDW rep, even if she's not really accurate.

I got my core Ratchet and Wreck Gar in yesterday.

Core Ratchet is a neat little guy. The transformation is quite unique, I like it. Robot mode is pretty good, and alt mode is a little janky in spots, but he's a nice little release. I like the guns too.

Wreck Gar is pretty chunky, and he's neat. He and Junkyard look good together as a team. Had to get him with the whole Junkion army coming in Legacy, but he's worth the pickup for that.

Gotta say, I am really enjoying pocket Ratchet. He is real neat, and I love the dual guns.

Wreck Gar and Junkyard have been nice together, and Ratchet has proven to be a fun little bot. They have teamed up with Breaker and Sunstreaker for the moment, and they have actually looked pretty nice together.

Razorbeast88 wrote:Just got arcee
Much better than earthrise and greatly articulated. I like the transformation, and both modes. Another weapon wouldve been nice. My only real complaint is that floppy "ab crunch" I wish there was a way to lock that in. Pretty annoying

Hardly surprising she's better, she was retooled from a mold always designed to be a standalone deluxe Arcee, as opposed to being the orphaned small robot of a PotP Evolution figure.

I got Ironhide today, and he's very good. The transformation is a bit overly complex, but a lot of it is carried over directly from the Siege/Earthrise toy, like how the arms are positioned in vehicle mode and the upper torso rotation, so he's familiar enough so that I wasn't completely lost. He also looks fantastic next to my other G1 Autobots. The only real complaint I have is the little clear blue plastic tabs on the van's roof stick out a lot and are hard to ignore, but if they're needed for Ratchet's lightbar then it's easy to forgive. Speaking of which, I'm looking forward to a Ratchet repaint of this mould.

Munkky wrote:I got Ironhide today, and he's very good. The transformation is a bit overly complex, but a lot of it is carried over directly from the Siege/Earthrise toy, like how the arms are positioned in vehicle mode and the upper torso rotation, so he's familiar enough so that I wasn't completely lost. He also looks fantastic next to my other G1 Autobots. The only real complaint I have is the little clear blue plastic tabs on the van's roof stick out a lot and are hard to ignore, but if they're needed for Ratchet's lightbar then it's easy to forgive. Speaking of which, I'm looking forward to a Ratchet repaint of this mold.

Can I ask where you got it from?

Munkky wrote:I got Ironhide today, and he's very good. The transformation is a bit overly complex, but a lot of it is carried over directly from the Siege/Earthrise toy, like how the arms are positioned in vehicle mode and the upper torso rotation, so he's familiar enough so that I wasn't completely lost. He also looks fantastic next to my other G1 Autobots. The only real complaint I have is the little clear blue plastic tabs on the van's roof stick out a lot and are hard to ignore, but if they're needed for Ratchet's lightbar then it's easy to forgive. Speaking of which, I'm looking forward to a Ratchet repaint of this mould.

Sounds pretty good. I am going to wait for Ratchet on this mold if I get it at all, so it's good to hear it's solid

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Munkky wrote:I got Ironhide today, and he's very good. The transformation is a bit overly complex, but a lot of it is carried over directly from the Siege/Earthrise toy, like how the arms are positioned in vehicle mode and the upper torso rotation, so he's familiar enough so that I wasn't completely lost. He also looks fantastic next to my other G1 Autobots. The only real complaint I have is the little clear blue plastic tabs on the van's roof stick out a lot and are hard to ignore, but if they're needed for Ratchet's lightbar then it's easy to forgive. Speaking of which, I'm looking forward to a Ratchet repaint of this mold.

Can I ask where you got it from?

Could be wrong, but I believe he got it from In Demand Toys, here.

It's in stock now.

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:

Razorbeast88 wrote:Just got arcee
Much better than earthrise and greatly articulated. I like the transformation, and both modes. Another weapon wouldve been nice. My only real complaint is that floppy "ab crunch" I wish there was a way to lock that in. Pretty annoying

Hardly surprising she's better, she was retooled from a mold always designed to be a standalone deluxe Arcee, as opposed to being the orphaned small robot of a PotP Evolution figure.

Do we have evidence of that? Or is it just speculation?

william-james88 wrote:

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:

Razorbeast88 wrote:Just got arcee
Much better than earthrise and greatly articulated. I like the transformation, and both modes. Another weapon wouldve been nice. My only real complaint is that floppy "ab crunch" I wish there was a way to lock that in. Pretty annoying

Hardly surprising she's better, she was retooled from a mold always designed to be a standalone deluxe Arcee, as opposed to being the orphaned small robot of a PotP Evolution figure.

Do we have evidence of that? Or is it just speculation?

Pretty sure it was stated by one of the insider leakers.

Emerje

ZeroWolf wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Munkky wrote:I got Ironhide today, and he's very good. The transformation is a bit overly complex, but a lot of it is carried over directly from the Siege/Earthrise toy, like how the arms are positioned in vehicle mode and the upper torso rotation, so he's familiar enough so that I wasn't completely lost. He also looks fantastic next to my other G1 Autobots. The only real complaint I have is the little clear blue plastic tabs on the van's roof stick out a lot and are hard to ignore, but if they're needed for Ratchet's lightbar then it's easy to forgive. Speaking of which, I'm looking forward to a Ratchet repaint of this mold.

Can I ask where you got it from?

Could be wrong, but I believe he got it from In Demand Toys, here.

It's in stock now.

Sorry for the late reply, I pre-ordered Ironhide from Hasbro Pulse UK not long after he was revealed. He's out of stock on there now, but Pulse UK are usually pretty good at getting pre-order stock in early, ahead of the set shipping dates.

Munkky wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Munkky wrote:I got Ironhide today, and he's very good. The transformation is a bit overly complex, but a lot of it is carried over directly from the Siege/Earthrise toy, like how the arms are positioned in vehicle mode and the upper torso rotation, so he's familiar enough so that I wasn't completely lost. He also looks fantastic next to my other G1 Autobots. The only real complaint I have is the little clear blue plastic tabs on the van's roof stick out a lot and are hard to ignore, but if they're needed for Ratchet's lightbar then it's easy to forgive. Speaking of which, I'm looking forward to a Ratchet repaint of this mold.

Can I ask where you got it from?

Could be wrong, but I believe he got it from In Demand Toys, here.

It's in stock now.

Sorry for the late reply, I pre-ordered Ironhide from Hasbro Pulse UK not long after he was revealed. He's out of stock on there now, but Pulse UK are usually pretty good at getting pre-order stock in early, ahead of the set shipping dates.

Good to hear Hasbro UK are good for something

Rumble´s alt mode could be better, so I wonder how it looks from the other side. Starting to reconsider my positive opinion on the little twice the price minion. At least he might have a waist swivel and comes with the piledrivers.

RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:Rumble´s alt mode could be better, so I wonder how it looks from the other side. Starting to reconsider my positive opinion on the little twice the price minion. At least he might have a waist swivel and comes with the piledrivers.

My issue with his alt mode is that they put the reels in the wrong spot for no good reason. It's a nitpicky thing, but they're too high sculpted around his shoulder joint pins, they should be sculpted around his 5mm hex ports.

Emerje