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[nycPrime]

God Bomber good - Super Ginrai can go do unmentionable things to itself.

And yet people are contemplating getting the set again just so they can get a Minerva head.

Sorry to hear Burn. But feel beter that we will all undersand your pain one day whenthey realease both of those toys domestically.

A God Bomber set with Minerva is confirmed? Hasbro or Takara?

Takara. It's only a Titan Master of Minerva, as well as Cab. There's also minor toy-accurate redecos done to both Ginrai and Godbomber, but we don't know the full extent of those yet.

Ah ok. Sounds too rich for my blood lol

[Va'al]

I got God Bomber today.

He's an okay figure. Little fiddly, nothing spectacular.

Then I had the great idea to combine him with Super Ginrai.

Thus, I was reminded of how much I **** hate that piece of **** figure. The legs ... gawd I hate those legs.

Here's a tip. Leave the feet until LAST. Do the arms first, then the chest piece, then the legs. The chest piece can be fiddly, but it's even more fiddly when you have to contend with those stupid **** feet and legs. I was on the verge of gluing the tabs on the legs together as they were constantly popping off.

And those feet ... I have no idea what the hell TT were thinking when they designed those feet. Yes, they wanted to integrate God Bomber down the track, but they could have found a better way to do it.

Getting him to pose with all that extra weight up top on those stupid feet ... ugh. Right royal pain in the you-know-where.

TL:DR

God Bomber good - Super Ginrai can go do unmentionable things to itself.

The conversation Burn and I had, as he linked me to this post. It started with: I reviewed God Bomber for you.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

I got God Bomber today.

He's an okay figure. Little fiddly, nothing spectacular.

Then I had the great idea to combine him with Super Ginrai.

Thus, I was reminded of how much I **** hate that piece of **** figure. The legs ... gawd I hate those legs.

Here's a tip. Leave the feet until LAST. Do the arms first, then the chest piece, then the legs. The chest piece can be fiddly, but it's even more fiddly when you have to contend with those stupid **** feet and legs. I was on the verge of gluing the tabs on the legs together as they were constantly popping off.

And those feet ... I have no idea what the hell TT were thinking when they designed those feet. Yes, they wanted to integrate God Bomber down the track, but they could have found a better way to do it.

Getting him to pose with all that extra weight up top on those stupid feet ... ugh. Right royal pain in the you-know-where.

TL:DR

God Bomber good - Super Ginrai can go do unmentionable things to itself.

The conversation Burn and I had, as he linked me to this post. It started with: I reviewed God Bomber for you.

I am actually crying. This is great!!!!

[Overcracker]

The continuing saga of God Ginrai...

The instructions are supremely hard to understand. Not because the are in Japanese, but because the pics are tiny and blurry and black and white, so its hard to make out what exactly needs to be modes.

Combine that with the large amount of hinges on God Bomber's torso / wings / arms its quite difficult to know how its supposed to go.

Feet and arms are fairly straight forward though. No major issues there. Other than the tenuous connection of the arms to Ginrai.

Beyond that, I'm still trying to get The Wings positioned correctly. Everything pegs and clips in, but I'm not sure how the wings are meant to be rotated yet.

He is quite top heavy and that is really not helped by the ratchet positions in Ginrai's hips, he either slants backwards or hunches forward.

This is what I have so far:

[ZeldaTheSwordsman]

Looking at the original God Ginrai, it might have helped if Legends Godbomber partsformed more for the combination.

[Kurona]

Yyyyeah, these are not good leg extensions. Galaxy Convoy's super mode had good leg extensions. These just look like Ginrai's a kid using paint cans to pretend he's taller.

[TF-fan kev777]

These just look like Ginrai's a kid using paint cans to pretend he's taller.

Wait, that works? (I'm only 5'6")

[grimdragon2001]

TfSource just got God Bomber in, so i should be seeing him at my front door sometime next week

[Sabrblade]

the gun also keeps falling apart, the tip just falls off. It s very hollow (didn't know Takara was saving on plastic now).

Do you mean the shoulder cannon? If so, it's hollow because it has a storage compartment for a Headmaster/Titan Master:

[Kurona]

the gun also keeps falling apart, the tip just falls off. It s very hollow (didn't know Takara was saving on plastic now).

Do you mean the shoulder cannon? If so, it's hollow because it has a storage compartment for a Headmaster/Titan Master:

Gotta be honest, that's even dumber than the usual Titan Master guns seen on the likes of Chromedome and Broadside. Those are dumb but you can at least see what they were going for with the whole 'manning the turret' thing. What the heck is this supposed to be?

[grimdragon2001]

the gun also keeps falling apart, the tip just falls off. It s very hollow (didn't know Takara was saving on plastic now).

Do you mean the shoulder cannon? If so, it's hollow because it has a storage compartment for a Headmaster/Titan Master:

Gotta be honest, that's even dumber than the usual Titan Master guns seen on the likes of Chromedome and Broadside. Those are dumb but you can at least see what they were going for with the whole 'manning the turret' thing. What the heck is this supposed to be?

storage, pure and simple

[Sabrblade]

the gun also keeps falling apart, the tip just falls off. It s very hollow (didn't know Takara was saving on plastic now).

Do you mean the shoulder cannon? If so, it's hollow because it has a storage compartment for a Headmaster/Titan Master:

Gotta be honest, that's even dumber than the usual Titan Master guns seen on the likes of Chromedome and Broadside. Those are dumb but you can at least see what they were going for with the whole 'manning the turret' thing. What the heck is this supposed to be?

Storage for Godbomber's Headmaster when his Transtector is combined with Super Ginrai as God Ginrai, perhaps?

[Jelze Bunnycat]

the gun also keeps falling apart, the tip just falls off. It s very hollow (didn't know Takara was saving on plastic now).

Do you mean the shoulder cannon? If so, it's hollow because it has a storage compartment for a Headmaster/Titan Master:

Gotta be honest, that's even dumber than the usual Titan Master guns seen on the likes of Chromedome and Broadside. Those are dumb but you can at least see what they were going for with the whole 'manning the turret' thing. What the heck is this supposed to be?

Storage for Godbomber's Headmaster when his Transtector is combined with Super Ginrai as God Ginrai, perhaps?

I'd like to think of it as a Booster Power Unit for the God Cannon

And it's nothing weird at all, Blaster and Soundwave have the same thing in that... thing:



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[Burn]

So you can store his Titan Master in the shoulder cannon, but where does his helmet go when combined?

And in case anyone's curious, he didn't fall over in the middle of the night.

[Sigma Magnus]

Thanks to Twitter user chromless, we have some very nice in-hand images of Tokyo Toy Show exclusive LG-EX Black Convoy (Robots in Disguise '01 Scourge to us in the west). The images show a brief unboxing, as well as several views of each mode: Truck, robot, jet...base and headless modes? Check out a selection of the images below, and let us know what you think in the Energon Pub!

[Sabrblade]

This mode was shown in the pack-in comic as presenting the body as a droid before Black Convoy's little Headmaster bonded with it.

[RodimusConvoy13]

That basemode is frakkin awesome! Can't wait to try that with my Optimus.

[Albatross250]

That basemode is frakkin awesome! Can't wait to try that with my Optimus.

If that Base Mode works for Optimus.....
IT ALSO WORKS ON OCTANE?

[Sabrblade]

The base mode is also from the pack-in comic. It's most likely an attempt to recreate Black Convoy's original Battle Base.

[Tranzilla]

Now to get a Toxitron from this mold.

[steals_your_goats]

So how does one aquire this guy without being at the show?

[Albatross250]

So how does one aquire this guy without being at the show?

Either get another TR Optimus and repaint it with Black and Magenta for his sword and add a big on the Fuel Container on both sides and done
Detailing is needed, for the windows you need Magenta, also for the Jet Mode's windows

[Sigma Magnus]

So how does one aquire this guy without being at the show?

Online retailers, presumably.

[steals_your_goats]

So how does one aquire this guy without being at the show?

Online retailers, presumably.

So just keep an eye on tfsource then. Got it.

[Jelze Bunnycat]

So you can store his Titan Master in the shoulder cannon, but where does his helmet go when combined?

On the back of the God Cannon, like in vehicle mode. Godbomber's the only figure that has a detached helmet piece.