AutobotAlvaron wrote:Hmm...Takara Magnus' colors are more vibrant; subtle yet effective. The blue is brighter & the whites are whiter. The red thighs aren't only comic accurate, they're G1-toy accurate; I wasn't expecting that.The blue on the shins/ramps, and the crotch is a surprise as well. There's a lot less white, overall.
G1 Magnus is one of my all-time favorites so the comparison pic is really cool, but it kind of makes CW Magnus look like a pin-head. They're about the same size in bot-mode, so the smaller head on the CW Magnus does look a bit tiny. Leader G1 Megatron, Skyfire, and the new Seekers don't seem to have the same issue.
Anyway, this does look good, and more than a bit tempting to "double-dip" despite the higher price, I think.
prjkt wrote:looking forward to this one arriving. Will be swapping out Alpha Trion for Minimus Ambus though, retiring the Hasbro version and sticking Alpha Trion on Metroplex' shoulder. Scale's close enough.
Hasbro's Magnus might end up re-creating the TFTM scene where the sweeps pull him to pieces....
william-james88 wrote:Also be weary of hope in this hobby. Hope is just undiscovered disappointment.
Agamemnon, barebacked rider of flying robo-dragon, and not often constipated either...My nephew wrote:Bacon is meat candy.
Va'al wrote:I keep track of everyone. Backwards.
There are atandarfs to maintain.
LOST Cybertronian wrote:Hey, If Mindmaster survived then you should do just fine.
In the Armada cartoon, this appearance is indeed an upgraded form of Starscream, just like the "Powerlinx" or "Super Mode" decos of Hot Shot, Demolishor, Megatron, Optimus, and Red Alert are. Hasbro packaging did a very weird thing, calling him Thundercracker. He's still called Starscream in the show after the upgrade, and even makes a joke about how he looks like Thundercracker, but then proceeds to still be called Starscream by everyone. It's also a handy demarcation point for when he goes from being nasty evil Starscream to noble tragic hero Starscream in that show, which is one of the reasons the character is endearing to many.Agamemnon wrote:Indeed, et. tu. Thundercracker? I'm guessing the fiction explains this, but why not Thundercracker than another Starscream "Supermode?"
I suppose he could just be Armada Thundercracker in my collection....
We do know that the 7thy figure is a CW Deluxe, though.Alpha Weltall wrote:At least now we know for sure who's NOT going to be the seventh TFCC subscription 4.0 figure.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
ScottyP wrote:In the Armada cartoon, this appearance is indeed an upgraded form of Starscream, just like the "Powerlinx" or "Super Mode" decos of Hot Shot, Demolishor, Megatron, Optimus, and Red Alert are. Hasbro packaging did a very weird thing, calling him Thundercracker. He's still called Starscream in the show after the upgrade, and even makes a joke about how he looks like Thundercracker, but then proceeds to still be called Starscream by everyone. It's also a handy demarcation point for when he goes from being nasty evil Starscream to noble tragic hero Starscream in that show, which is one of the reasons the character is endearing to many.Agamemnon wrote:Indeed, et. tu. Thundercracker? I'm guessing the fiction explains this, but why not Thundercracker than another Starscream "Supermode?"
I suppose he could just be Armada Thundercracker in my collection....
The only name change that made sense was Galvatron, because at least the fiction acknowledged it.
It should be noted that the Takara Micron Legend packaging got it right:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:Is it me or does the nosecone look longer now?
Delta Magnus wrote:I cannot tell you how much I wish the Generations Armada Starscream mold was a voyager...
chuckdawg1999 wrote:Delta Magnus wrote:I cannot tell you how much I wish the Generations Armada Starscream mold was a voyager...
I hear ya bro, I hear ya
SillySpringer wrote:chuckdawg1999 wrote:Delta Magnus wrote:I cannot tell you how much I wish the Generations Armada Starscream mold was a voyager...
I hear ya bro, I hear ya
Yes. They had the FOC deluxe Seekers in the same line, why not make the Armada seeker a voyager? Still, the figure wasn't bad.
Railbomb wrote:Why in the world did they paint the cockpit? I get that it was like that on the original toy but couldn't they just make it clear yellow?
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