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News Credits: 2 · by **xyl360** » Fri Jan 10, 2014 11:23 pm

Rated X wrote:
Yotsuyasan wrote:
rpetras wrote:
Yotsuyasan wrote:...if I had to choose between Faith Leader and Orion, I'd definitely go with Orion.

Faith Leader, because it's a dirty filthy bootleg that deserves to die, and I hope it burns in hell! Er... please imagine that last bit in Sam Jackson's voice for full effect. )

Have you considered volunteering for Hasbro’s “loss prevention” team? They don’t pay you, but you get a nice shiny Hasbro badge of honor.

I tried signing up for it, but it turned out the stinking badges they were handing out were KOs of real badges :lol:

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News Credits: 118 · by **megatronus** » Sun Jan 12, 2014 10:57 pm

by **Yotsuyasan** » Mon Jan 13, 2014 1:59 am

No, no, no.

News Credits: 1 · by **rpetras** » Mon Jan 13, 2014 10:33 am

Yotsuyasan wrote:
rpetras wrote:
Yotsuyasan wrote:...if I had to choose between Faith Leader and Orion, I'd definitely go with Orion.

Ha ha... When you quote me without the surrounding context like that, it almost sounds like a resounding endorsement of Orion, as opposed to my expressing that (to me) he is the less undesirable option of two figures I don't much care for. (One, Orion, because I find it butt ugly, and the other, Faith Leader, because it's a dirty filthy bootleg that deserves to die, and I hope it burns in hell! Er... please imagine that last bit in Sam Jackson's voice for full effect. )

Nice!

News Credits: 14 · by **robotmel** » Sat Jan 18, 2014 12:42 pm

by **roBROmanceFTW** » Tue Sep 29, 2015 10:51 am

Necro-revive! A new upgrade from BluetoysTW.

by **Shadowstream** » Tue Sep 29, 2015 8:17 pm

because tacking more **** onto this craptactular mold will fix a poor design job :roll:

News Credits: 1 · by **iguanabytes** » Tue Sep 29, 2015 8:28 pm

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by **roBROmanceFTW** » Tue Sep 29, 2015 10:44 pm

Shadowstream wrote:because tacking more **** onto this craptactular mold will fix a poor design job

Hey now! This craptacular mold actually has a frustratingly clever transformation scheme!

News Credits: 5 · by **alexison** » Tue Sep 29, 2015 10:54 pm

roBROmanceFTW wrote:
Shadowstream wrote:because tacking more **** onto this craptactular mold will fix a poor design job

Hey now! This craptacular mold actually has a frustratingly clever transformation scheme!

I quite like the mold. This "upgrade" kit, not so much.

by **Shadowstream** » Wed Sep 30, 2015 1:59 am

roBROmanceFTW wrote:
Shadowstream wrote:because tacking more **** onto this craptactular mold will fix a poor design job

Hey now! This craptacular mold actually has a frustratingly clever transformation scheme!

Not nearly clever enough to do it any justice whatsoever, in fact I'm willing to state that some of what may be considered "clever" is actually a greater hindrance to the dumb thing looking right at all.

News Credits: 127 · by **Counterpunch** » Wed Sep 30, 2015 10:02 am

Shadowstream wrote:
roBROmanceFTW wrote:
Shadowstream wrote:because tacking more **** onto this craptactular mold will fix a poor design job

Hey now! This craptacular mold actually has a frustratingly clever transformation scheme!

Not nearly clever enough to do it any justice whatsoever, in fact I'm willing to state that some of what may be considered "clever" is actually a greater hindrance to the dumb thing looking right at all.

I think the transformation is quite clever and nowhere near as difficult as it is occasionally claimed to be.

Perhaps my strong hands and nimble fingers are just a class above and apt to engage in complex situations with delightful skill.

by **Shadowstream** » Wed Sep 30, 2015 8:40 pm

I could care less about the difficulty so much as the end result of what all those "clever" little transformation bits accomplish in the end... an ugly, boxy, mis-proportioned mess of robot that looks a far cry from the source material.

News Credits: 5 · by **alexison** » Wed Sep 30, 2015 8:55 pm

Shadowstream wrote:I could care less about the difficulty so much as the end result of what all those "clever" little transformation bits accomplish in the end... an ugly, boxy, mis-proportioned mess of robot that looks a far cry from the source material.

Hahaha. Other than the head sculpt, how does he not look like the Prime he was intended to? Also, do you ever like a toy you comment on? I'm honestly not sure I've ever seen you post anything positive.

by **Shadowstream** » Wed Sep 30, 2015 9:40 pm

Doctor McGrath wrote:
Shadowstream wrote:I could care less about the difficulty so much as the end result of what all those "clever" little transformation bits accomplish in the end... an ugly, boxy, mis-proportioned mess of robot that looks a far cry from the source material.

Hahaha. Other than the head sculpt, how does he not look like the Prime he was intended to? Also, do you ever like a toy you comment on? I'm honestly not sure I've ever seen you post anything positive.

You're right... I almost forgot why I left this stupid hell hole to begin with.

News Credits: 12 · by **Evil Eye** » Fri Oct 02, 2015 9:57 am

Hmm. I'm not sure whether to go for this guy. On the one hand, his robot mode looks great, his vehicle mode looks fantastic and AFAIK he's very good quality. On the other hand he's a smidgen big for my liking and dear god that headsculpt is awful.

News Credits: 1 · by **iguanabytes** » Fri Oct 02, 2015 9:59 am

the headsculpt is not bad in person, and he scales well with CHUG, in my estimation

by **hpfabe** » Fri Oct 02, 2015 10:00 am

I don't have this guy, but will say that all the ToyWorld products I have (6) are great quality.
I've watched videos on this guy, and the leg transformation just looks fun (something that ToyWorld tends to do a good job of, with some exceptions, and better than Perfect Effect or Fansproject, of which I also own 2 and 5, respectively).
It looks like there's a 3rd party head for him now so, depending on price, might be time to pull the trigger.

News Credits: 5 · by **alexison** » Fri Oct 02, 2015 10:01 am

Delta Magnus wrote:Hmm. I'm not sure whether to go for this guy. On the one hand, his robot mode looks great, his vehicle mode looks fantastic and AFAIK he's very good quality. On the other hand he's a smidgen big for my liking and dear god that headsculpt is awful.

I'm not a big fan of the head sculpt either. I ended up buying a custom off eBay. Renderform also has replacement heads if you're interested. I think he scales well with the other classics style autobots but it really just depends on who you use as your Megatron. I use Hegemon so I do wish he was a head shorter but I think he scales good with CW Megatron.

News Credits: 12 · by **Evil Eye** » Fri Oct 02, 2015 10:05 am

Doctor McGrath wrote:
Delta Magnus wrote:Hmm. I'm not sure whether to go for this guy. On the one hand, his robot mode looks great, his vehicle mode looks fantastic and AFAIK he's very good quality. On the other hand he's a smidgen big for my liking and dear god that headsculpt is awful.

I'm not a big fan of the head sculpt either. I ended up buying a custom off eBay. Renderform also has replacement heads if you're interested. I think he scales well with the other classics style autobots but it really just depends on who you use as your Megatron. I use Hegemon so I do wish he was a head shorter but I think he scales good with CW Megatron.

Well I'm customizing a Universe Dropshot into Megatron, so something tells me that Orion will be FAR too big.

News Credits: 5 · by **alexison** » Fri Oct 02, 2015 10:11 am

Delta Magnus wrote:
Doctor McGrath wrote:
Delta Magnus wrote:Hmm. I'm not sure whether to go for this guy. On the one hand, his robot mode looks great, his vehicle mode looks fantastic and AFAIK he's very good quality. On the other hand he's a smidgen big for my liking and dear god that headsculpt is awful.

I'm not a big fan of the head sculpt either. I ended up buying a custom off eBay. Renderform also has replacement heads if you're interested. I think he scales well with the other classics style autobots but it really just depends on who you use as your Megatron. I use Hegemon so I do wish he was a head shorter but I think he scales good with CW Megatron.

Well I'm customizing a Universe Dropshot into Megatron, so something tells me that Orion will be FAR too big.

Yeah, I'm not sure if have them standing next to each other. Haha