Tigerhawk7109 wrote:Great list, just wish my boy Rail Racer was #1.
'Til all are one!
william-james88 wrote:Tigerhawk7109 wrote:Great list, just wish my boy Rail Racer was #1.
'Til all are one!
To be honest, the top 3 are practically as awesome, I just needed to put an order and I did what I felt personally.
RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:Honestly, taking a look at my RID 2001 shelf, there's not t toy there I don't like. I don't own the entire toyline, but overall there doesn't seem to be a truly awful toy in the bunch.
william-james88 wrote:RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:Honestly, taking a look at my RID 2001 shelf, there's not t toy there I don't like. I don't own the entire toyline, but overall there doesn't seem to be a truly awful toy in the bunch.
Do you own Bruticus?
RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:william-james88 wrote:RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:Honestly, taking a look at my RID 2001 shelf, there's not t toy there I don't like. I don't own the entire toyline, but overall there doesn't seem to be a truly awful toy in the bunch.
Do you own Bruticus?
Yes, and he's a G1 combiner that's aged quite well. The modifications they made so he's completely self-contained while combined are rather awesome, too.
Actually, Bruticus ia a red, Cereberus style Dog Predacon. The Combiner based on G1 is Ruination. Any retooling was mold repair, that figure is still straight up G1 with accessoriesRK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:william-james88 wrote:RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:Honestly, taking a look at my RID 2001 shelf, there's not t toy there I don't like. I don't own the entire toyline, but overall there doesn't seem to be a truly awful toy in the bunch.
Do you own Bruticus?
Yes, and he's a G1 combiner that's aged quite well. The modifications they made so he's completely self-contained while combined are rather awesome, too.
ZeroWolf wrote:RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:william-james88 wrote:RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:Honestly, taking a look at my RID 2001 shelf, there's not t toy there I don't like. I don't own the entire toyline, but overall there doesn't seem to be a truly awful toy in the bunch.
Do you own Bruticus?
Yes, and he's a G1 combiner that's aged quite well. The modifications they made so he's completely self-contained while combined are rather awesome, too.
Forgive my ignorance, but what modifications? I've been under the impression that they were simply repaints, like the Seacons in BWII
RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:william-james88 wrote:RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:Honestly, taking a look at my RID 2001 shelf, there's not t toy there I don't like. I don't own the entire toyline, but overall there doesn't seem to be a truly awful toy in the bunch.
Do you own Bruticus?
Yes, and he's a G1 combiner that's aged quite well. The modifications they made so he's completely self-contained while combined are rather awesome, too.
Flashwave wrote:Actually, Bruticus ia a red, Cereberus style Dog Predacon. The Combiner based on G1 is Ruination. Any retooling was mold repair, that figure is still straight up G1 with accessoriesRK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:william-james88 wrote:RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:Honestly, taking a look at my RID 2001 shelf, there's not t toy there I don't like. I don't own the entire toyline, but overall there doesn't seem to be a truly awful toy in the bunch.
Do you own Bruticus?
Yes, and he's a G1 combiner that's aged quite well. The modifications they made so he's completely self-contained while combined are rather awesome, too.
william-james88 wrote:RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:william-james88 wrote:RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:Honestly, taking a look at my RID 2001 shelf, there's not t toy there I don't like. I don't own the entire toyline, but overall there doesn't seem to be a truly awful toy in the bunch.
Do you own Bruticus?
Yes, and he's a G1 combiner that's aged quite well. The modifications they made so he's completely self-contained while combined are rather awesome, too.
That's not RID Bruticus, thatès RID Ruination (who is indeed awesome, I am glad you have him).
This is RID Bruticus
Transformers Robots In Disguise Bruticus Gallery
ZeroWolf wrote:How is ruination a remold?
The main retooling to Baldigus involves him now being able to assemble two hand-held super-weapons using all of the weapons and accessories from all of the component robots. He also has a full back now owing to the ability to store his ramp on his cannon-backpack thanks to a new 5 mm post-hole in the cannon-base and new 5 mm post on the ramp underside. It's spiffy. This same functionality also lets him use the ramp as a (somewhat awkward) hand-held shield.
Sledge wrote:Finally! Wheelie will get the credit he's due with a set of five Wheelies.
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Kid 2 "Steve.........What did you get?"
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STngAR wrote:As a collector who just recently picked up railracer, I do agree with him being 3rd and not higher. Although a great figure he is a bit fidley compared to the others. Might say 4th but Megs is a bit fidley himself.
RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:
I don't know anything about RID 2001 Bruticus. Bad toy, I'm gonna guess?
RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:ZeroWolf wrote:How is ruination a remold?
To quote the wiki.The main retooling to Baldigus involves him now being able to assemble two hand-held super-weapons using all of the weapons and accessories from all of the component robots. He also has a full back now owing to the ability to store his ramp on his cannon-backpack thanks to a new 5 mm post-hole in the cannon-base and new 5 mm post on the ramp underside. It's spiffy. This same functionality also lets him use the ramp as a (somewhat awkward) hand-held shield.
Okay, retooling? I mean it is a change to the mold, right?
william-james88 wrote:RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:
I don't know anything about RID 2001 Bruticus. Bad toy, I'm gonna guess?
Yup. My initial comment was more of a joke since you said you have a bunch of RID toys and none of them are bad so I guess that meant you didn't have this guy
ZeroWolf wrote:RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:ZeroWolf wrote:How is ruination a remold?
To quote the wiki.The main retooling to Baldigus involves him now being able to assemble two hand-held super-weapons using all of the weapons and accessories from all of the component robots. He also has a full back now owing to the ability to store his ramp on his cannon-backpack thanks to a new 5 mm post-hole in the cannon-base and new 5 mm post on the ramp underside. It's spiffy. This same functionality also lets him use the ramp as a (somewhat awkward) hand-held shield.
Okay, retooling? I mean it is a change to the mold, right?
Right I get it now thank you for the info.
Mega-Octane also got some further retooling, most notably his rifle barrel was shortened considerably (likely for safety reasons), but furthermore his cannon/backpack now attaches via larger 5mm pegs, plus a new rectangular peg was added to the cannon-stand to better secure it in "battle station" mode. The cannon's twin barrels are also filled in all around, presumably for aesthetic reasons. His shoulders were also changed from clicky ratchet joints to friction-based ones that pop apart if excessive force is applied. All subsequent releases of this toy from Hasbro or Takara/Sonokong (including the Generation 1 Combaticon reissue) used this version of the tooling as the base.
For reasons unknown, the large cannon also got some extra retooling, extending a meaningless detail on the left side of the barrel.
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.'
Which is ironic considering how Fun Pub just couldn't get rid of the 2005 toys, having leftover stock as late as 2011, needing to discount so much of it in order to finally be rid of it all.AllNewSuperRobot wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:BATTLEMASTER IIC wrote:I always loved Rail Racer. It's a really awesome combiner.
The Megatron figure was also really cool. I think it should've been retooled into Deathsaurus at some point.
It has been back in 2005 for BotCon, but only the head was changed:
Simple color switch otherwise, but the bat snout was removed in order for the head to fit.
Yes this was another one of those figures I considered hunting down the redecos. But after palette swap Galvatron, they go from ridiculously expensive (BW Megs) to insanely rare and expensive (Deathsaurus)
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.'
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