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News Credits: 25 · Thu Jul 31, 2014 1:43 pm

Pretty, but no.

Thu Jul 31, 2014 1:46 pm

Some of the GO dragons are smaller, aren't they?

Still thinking Budora looks like the best match, and he is a bit bigger, sadly.

Beast Wars "Uprising" ??? Gotta find out what this is....

News Credits: 122 · Thu Jul 31, 2014 1:50 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Mkall wrote:It's interesting, but not thrilling.

Who want's to bet we'll see a Predacon mold repainted into Galvatron II?

I actually would not. None of them match his overall profile, plus I think the Voyagers would be too big for the club to consider at this time.
And who says he'll paired with another release? That only happened twice in non-consecutive years. Didn't the club say they'd make one of the Beast Wars: Uprising characters if one got popular enough?

I'd much rather see more modern/pre-beast takes of the original Beast Wars crew. I know the ones we've gotten are technically Uprising versions of the characters, but I at least have a connection to them...

Thu Jul 31, 2014 1:51 pm

OH! Just revisited those. Botanica at the absolute top... with new head, of course. Other favorites are Dynobot (shockingly good for a simple repaint) and Jawbreaker. He's just pretty in those colors. The others I could live without.

News Credits: 241 · Thu Jul 31, 2014 1:55 pm

gothsaurus wrote:Beast Wars "Uprising" ??? Gotta find out what this is....

It's the home universe of this year's Rampage and Trans-Mutate, and last year's Depth Charge. Several designs were re-used for the characters like:

- Rattrap: Prime Rumble, based his BM form
- Botanica: BH Soundwave, with Laserbeak instead of Ravage (no jokes please)
- Geckobot: BH Wheeljack with Dead End head
- Torca: BotCon 2010 Clench
- Jawbreaker: BH Ratchet
- Dynobot: Gen. Springer

And the GO! Oni were the same size as our Predacons just with new heads

Thu Jul 31, 2014 1:57 pm

Aw, that's cute. The decoed the entire truck into a lion's head. Complete with nose and mane. Kind of reminds me of the dog van from "Dumb and Dumber". :lol:

News Credits: 8 · Thu Jul 31, 2014 2:21 pm

This is awesome, I'v ben wanting a Maximalleader to interact with Prime so that Primal can remain a ship's captain. Cha ching! Also, i wkipped this mold, so very glad to hve a crack at it here.

Getting a Nova Prime nod here though too.

Thu Jul 31, 2014 2:29 pm

BLAIGHR!!! The nose!! I didn't even notice that. Hilarious. Much more fun.

News Credits: 462 · Thu Jul 31, 2014 2:42 pm

Another one of Cheetimus Primal's custom ideas made official by the Club - http://www.cheetimus.com/2013/09/pre-earth-lio-convoy.html

News Credits: 8 · Thu Jul 31, 2014 2:46 pm

Hey, what if we're going thecwrong way? We're assuming Galvatron, but they did CRYOTEK in a Bulkhead body. One of the Voyagers, can't tell if it was the rirst edition or PRID, but that's the possibilty...

News Credits: 25 · Thu Jul 31, 2014 2:47 pm

So is he working with the club, or are they finally that creatively bankrupt? >:oP

News Credits: 462 · Thu Jul 31, 2014 2:52 pm

SW's SilverHammer wrote:So is he working with the club, or are they finally that creatively bankrupt?

I on't think he's working with them, but he at least good buds with them.

News Credits: 3 · Thu Jul 31, 2014 2:55 pm

ok. I'll get this. Ive never gotten membership before...so I will this time.

when can you start your membership to get it?

I'm unfamiliar with the TFCC.

News Credits: 241 · Thu Jul 31, 2014 2:56 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
SW's SilverHammer wrote:So is he working with the club, or are they finally that creatively bankrupt?
I on't think he's working with them, but he at least good buds with them.

Good enough buds to have the club borrow his ideas? He should be asking for perks!

News Credits: 462 · Thu Jul 31, 2014 3:02 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
SW's SilverHammer wrote:So is he working with the club, or are they finally that creatively bankrupt?
I on't think he's working with them, but he at least good buds with them.

Good enough buds to have the club borrow his ideas? He should be asking for perks!

Credit/acknowledgement for the ideas is a start.

News Credits: 251 · Thu Jul 31, 2014 3:20 pm

About time they showed us what next year's freebie is! And... it's something I really did not see coming.

I, uh... I'm not sure what to think. I mean, this is the perfect opportunity to get the Orion Pax mold since I missed out on the original, but I can't see Lio Convoy out of that. I'll probably still continue my membership, mainly because I enjoy the magazine issues, and Rampage was really cool.

Really hoping they hop off the pre-Beast Era party boat soon... it was a neat idea at the start, but now it's starting to get a little stale.

News Credits: 462 · Thu Jul 31, 2014 3:25 pm

Mindmaster wrote:Really hoping they hop off the pre-Beast Era party boat soon... it was a neat idea at the start, but now it's starting to get a little stale.

Uprising =/= "pre-Beast Wars" (especially not with Trans-Mutate).

News Credits: 241 · Thu Jul 31, 2014 3:27 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
Mindmaster wrote:Really hoping they hop off the pre-Beast Era party boat soon... it was a neat idea at the start, but now it's starting to get a little stale.
Uprising =/= "pre-Beast Wars" (especially not with Trans-Mutate).

How should we take it otherwise though? An alternate "Beast Era" without Beast Modes?

News Credits: 25 · Thu Jul 31, 2014 3:28 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
Mindmaster wrote:Really hoping they hop off the pre-Beast Era party boat soon... it was a neat idea at the start, but now it's starting to get a little stale.
Uprising =/= "pre-Beast Wars" (especially not with Trans-Mutate).

Wow people care about Uprising!?

News Credits: 462 · Thu Jul 31, 2014 3:32 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Mindmaster wrote:Really hoping they hop off the pre-Beast Era party boat soon... it was a neat idea at the start, but now it's starting to get a little stale.
Uprising =/= "pre-Beast Wars" (especially not with Trans-Mutate).

How should we take it otherwise though? An alternate "Beast Era" without Beast Modes?

Pretty much.

I'm still not even sure it was a good move of them to use the name "Beast Wars" in the title since it's more like a "Beastless Wars".

News Credits: 251 · Thu Jul 31, 2014 3:45 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
Mindmaster wrote:Really hoping they hop off the pre-Beast Era party boat soon... it was a neat idea at the start, but now it's starting to get a little stale.
Uprising =/= "pre-Beast Wars" (especially not with Trans-Mutate).

Eh, it's basically the same concept. Beast Wars-era characters reimagined as vehicles.

As I've said, it was a cool idea from the start, but now I'm starting to get bored of it. >:oP

News Credits: 241 · Thu Jul 31, 2014 3:46 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Mindmaster wrote:Really hoping they hop off the pre-Beast Era party boat soon... it was a neat idea at the start, but now it's starting to get a little stale.
Uprising =/= "pre-Beast Wars" (especially not with Trans-Mutate).

How should we take it otherwise though? An alternate "Beast Era" without Beast Modes?
Pretty much.

I'm still not even sure it was a good move of them to use the name "Beast Wars" in the title since it's more like a "Beastless Wars".

Knowing the Club, they'll probably have the use the word "Beast" as a derogatory term for the Maximals and Predacons, considering for what purpose they were created.

News Credits: 7 · Thu Jul 31, 2014 3:52 pm

That works surprisingly well. Heck, the panels on the arms even match the panels on the original Lio Convoy.

Thu Jul 31, 2014 3:59 pm

SW's SilverHammer wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Mindmaster wrote:Really hoping they hop off the pre-Beast Era party boat soon... it was a neat idea at the start, but now it's starting to get a little stale.
Uprising =/= "pre-Beast Wars" (especially not with Trans-Mutate).

Wow people care about Uprising!?

You kidding? I can't get enough of it. I'm a huge fan of Beast Wars and their Transtech forms.

These Transtech guys are gold to Beast Wars fans, IMO. At least to me. They're almost as good as the BW figures themselves. Now if we could get more guys than Rhinox, Waspinator, and Rattrap, that would be great. Improved Dinobot and CHEETOR would be fantastic.

News Credits: 241 · Thu Jul 31, 2014 4:02 pm

TheVenocWarlord wrote:
SW's SilverHammer wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Mindmaster wrote:Really hoping they hop off the pre-Beast Era party boat soon... it was a neat idea at the start, but now it's starting to get a little stale.
Uprising =/= "pre-Beast Wars" (especially not with Trans-Mutate).

Wow people care about Uprising!?

You kidding? I can't get enough of it. I'm a huge fan of Beast Wars and their Transtech forms.

These Transtech guys are gold to Beast Wars fans, IMO. At least to me. They're almost as good as the BW figures themselves. Now if we could get more guys than Rhinox, Waspinator, and Rattrap, that would be great. Improved Dinobot and CHEETOR would be fantastic.

They're not TransTech. Uprising is simply an all-new Universe, with separate versions of our Beast Wars characters. Nothing more.