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News Credits: 8 · Fri Aug 15, 2014 12:05 pm

Sabrblade wrote:Second pic from the TCC Twitter - https://twitter.com/The_TF_Club/status/500312605677060096

That looks a lot better than I "want" it too. The face sculpt is a bit too soft in bone structure I think for Marissa, but its a nice set...

News Credits: 3646 · Fri Aug 15, 2014 1:17 pm

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Joe fans are concerned that this set won't be available to them unless they join the TFCC. The Retaliation bikes are TERRIBLE toys, heck you can find them on shelves now. The only thing worse than the bikes are the five points of glory figures they come with.

They should offer this exclusive to both memberships. With the downward spiral of the GI Joe fandom at the moment, having Joe fans subscribe to the Transformers Club doesn't seem like the proper strategy. Hopefully that's not what they're planning on.

News Credits: 3646 · Fri Aug 15, 2014 1:23 pm

Seibertron wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:Joe fans are concerned that this set won't be available to them unless they join the TFCC. The Retaliation bikes are TERRIBLE toys, heck you can find them on shelves now. The only thing worse than the bikes are the five points of glory figures they come with.

They should offer this exclusive to both memberships. With the downward spiral of the GI Joe fandom at the moment, having Joe fans subscribe to the Transformers Club doesn't seem like the proper strategy. Hopefully that's not what they're planning on.

I'm really torn on the idea of this exclusive. I like it, but promoting it as a Transformers and Gi Joe exclusive is really a stretch. I don't have any desire to own Flint and Lady Jaye figures because they're Marissa's parents so I'm not sure that Joe fans have a desire to own Marissa because she's their daughter. I'd be curious to hear what GI Joe fans have to say about this. I've always been under the impression that Transformers fans have been more accepting of Joe/TF crossovers than Joe fans. With no piece of Joe fiction involved here and no "Joe" incentive accessory or figure, I just don't see the appeal for Joe fans.

A better set would be to continue the GI Joe vs Transformers theme from SDCC and have a multi-pack with Marissa versus some special version of Baroness or something or do a "Fairborn" family pack with Marissa, Flint and Lady Jaye ... throw in a mini-comic that involves time travel or worm holes and all of those characters can exist together at the same time or have a multi faceted storyline where something that happens in the past affects Marissa's future or something along those lines.

News Credits: 3646 · Fri Aug 15, 2014 1:26 pm

ZeroWolf wrote:
shajaki wrote:i cant help but think... arent there bike-formers they could have used that would fit a gijoe? only remolding would probably be the handlebars to fit a joe hand.

Wouldn't movieverse arcee fit a Joe?

Yes she does!

News Credits: 462 · Fri Aug 15, 2014 1:28 pm

Seibertron wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:
shajaki wrote:i cant help but think... arent there bike-formers they could have used that would fit a gijoe? only remolding would probably be the handlebars to fit a joe hand.

Wouldn't movieverse arcee fit a Joe?

Yes she does!

Unfortunately, that's one of the molds the Club can never use.

News Credits: 3646 · Fri Aug 15, 2014 1:33 pm

RhA wrote:More G1 humans in this fashion would be very nice. This is a good start.

I agree. I've been saying for years that using GI Joe figures as the humans from the Transformers Universe has been a severely missed opportunity.

The "everything must be in scale" folks are driving me crazy that they'd rather have sub-par horrible looking Human Alliance figures instead of figures that look decent. These are as out of scale to Classics and Movie toys as G1 Devastator is to G1 Jetfire and G1 Optimus Prime (and, well, just about everyone else from that era too). Not everything has to be "in scale" (though playing devil's advocate, Generations Tankor and Universe Galvatron should have both been at least Voyager figures and Ultra Class Powerglide would have been fine as a Voyager or a Deluxe).

I think this set would have been more awesome had Dirk been made from a Joe figure to go in a multi-pack with Marissa. No one is going to buy a Dirk figure alone but this would have been an awesome chance to do this.

A G.I. Joe G.B. Blackrock figure would also be awesome. None of this silly Kre-o business!

News Credits: 3646 · Fri Aug 15, 2014 1:34 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
Seibertron wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:
shajaki wrote:i cant help but think... arent there bike-formers they could have used that would fit a gijoe? only remolding would probably be the handlebars to fit a joe hand.

Wouldn't movieverse arcee fit a Joe?

Yes she does!
Unfortunately, that's one of the molds the Club can never use.

And thank goodness too! I wouldn't have wanted to see that mold used for this.

Fri Aug 15, 2014 1:55 pm

Seibertron wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Seibertron wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:
shajaki wrote:i cant help but think... arent there bike-formers they could have used that would fit a gijoe? only remolding would probably be the handlebars to fit a joe hand.

Wouldn't movieverse arcee fit a Joe?

Yes she does!
Unfortunately, that's one of the molds the Club can never use.

And thank goodness too! I wouldn't have wanted to see that mold used for this.

Yeah, the robot mode is ugly as heck.

News Credits: 8 · Fri Aug 15, 2014 3:55 pm

Seibertron wrote:
RhA wrote:More G1 humans in this fashion would be very nice. This is a good start.

I agree. I've been saying for years that using GI Joe figures as the humans from the Transformers Universe has been a severely missed opportunity.

The "everything must be in scale" folks are driving me crazy that they'd rather have sub-par horrible looking Human Alliance figures instead of figures that look decent. These are as out of scale to Classics and Movie toys as G1 Devastator is to G1 Jetfire and G1 Optimus Prime (and, well, just about everyone else from that era too). Not everything has to be "in scale" (though playing devil's advocate, Generations Tankor and Universe Galvatron should have both been at least Voyager figures and Ultra Class Powerglide would have been fine as a Voyager or a Deluxe).

I think this set would have been more awesome had Dirk been made from a Joe figure to go in a multi-pack with Marissa. No one is going to buy a Dirk figure alone but this would have been an awesome chance to do this.

A G.I. Joe G.B. Blackrock figure would also be awesome. None of this silly Kre-o business!

Not wurr about others, and while I would certainly prefer my humans deluxe scaled, my earlier comment about scale was referring to the bike's size soley compared to the rider. The Joe fig in your picture to me is too small for the kind of crotch rocket that Arcee turns into. Now the PRID fig is i belive a bit smaller, so maybe it would work better.

Fri Aug 15, 2014 4:06 pm

Well, as a GI Joe fan, I effin' LOVE this! Also, are there people actually saying using GI joe scale figures for Transformer humans is wrong? Good friggin' LORD SCREW SCALE!!!!!!!!! :BOOM:

I want a good toy, not some tiny little thing because of some damned concept that hasn't existed in the franchise since ever!

Fri Aug 15, 2014 4:27 pm

I still think they should've used the new gen. chromia and remolded that.

News Credits: 86 · Fri Aug 15, 2014 4:48 pm

http://www.allspark.com/content/2014/08 ... -shipping/

Just got my shipping notice!

Randy

News Credits: 251 · Fri Aug 15, 2014 5:29 pm

bwDEPTHcharge wrote:I still think they should've used the new gen. chromia and remolded that.

It's a mold that they do not have access to just yet. Usually they wait a year or so after a mold is released to make it as so.

News Credits: 332 · Fri Aug 15, 2014 5:40 pm

http://generalsjoes.com/2014/08/15/photoshop-mock-up-of-tfcc-exclusive-marissa-faireborn-with-afterburn/

As we all expected, they’ve used G.I. Joe parts to assemble the Earth Defense Command pilot, using Cover Girl’s head, Resolute Scarlett torso, with Rise of Cobra Scarlett arms and legs. Afterburn is a repainted G.I. Joe: Retaliation Wheelblaster motorcycle.

This is what the Marissa Faireborn figure is made of.

News Credits: 7 · Fri Aug 15, 2014 6:24 pm

Flashwave wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
RhA wrote:More G1 humans in this fashion would be very nice. This is a good start.
Oh NOW we get pro-human comments like this.

We just needed figures of good humans. I don't think anyone ever cheered for Marissa to be "accidentally" stepped on like they have for most iterations and doppelgangers of Spike is all.

If we're trying to get figures of the good humans, I'd like to state for the record that I want an Agent Fowler. Anyone with me?

News Credits: 251 · Fri Aug 15, 2014 6:37 pm

Nemesis Primal wrote:
Flashwave wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
RhA wrote:More G1 humans in this fashion would be very nice. This is a good start.
Oh NOW we get pro-human comments like this.

We just needed figures of good humans. I don't think anyone ever cheered for Marissa to be "accidentally" stepped on like they have for most iterations and doppelgangers of Spike is all.

If we're trying to get figures of the good humans, I'd like to state for the record that I want an Agent Fowler. Anyone with me?

I'd be down for an Agent Fowler, even if he were in the style of the little Rescue Bots PVCs.

News Credits: 293 · Fri Aug 15, 2014 7:12 pm

yeah... i didnt mean movie arcee.
*shudder*

but seriously theres other bikeformers out there.

but back to the figure, i think its a neat idea. id buy TF characters as repainted joes. only thing that wiuld suck is if this is the only one they do.

Fri Aug 15, 2014 7:13 pm

This is nice but I would like to see some attempt at actual Transformers figures changing into G.I. Joe vehicles instead of humans with non transforming vehicles. There was some toe dipping a while back with that Titanium Megatron and Snow Cat but they kinda backed off after that.

News Credits: 25 · Fri Aug 15, 2014 7:53 pm

That head sculpt looks really gummy right now even for a mock up, that has me really worried as to how this will look in production.

Fri Aug 15, 2014 8:06 pm

They should use the Transformers: Cybertron Ransack Mold, they don´t even have to repaint it.

http://www.seibertron.com/transformers- ... ack/569/1/

News Credits: 3646 · Fri Aug 15, 2014 8:13 pm

zopilote_z wrote:They should use the Transformers: Cybertron Ransack Mold, they don´t even have to repaint it.

http://www.seibertron.com/transformers- ... ack/569/1/

I updated your link to point to seibertron.com gallery instead.

News Credits: 462 · Fri Aug 15, 2014 11:20 pm

zopilote_z wrote:They should use the Transformers: Cybertron Ransack Mold, they don´t even have to repaint it.

http://www.seibertron.com/transformers- ... ack/569/1/

Yeah, cuz Marissa with Cybertron Ransack of all characters totally makes sense! >:oP

News Credits: 8 · Sat Aug 16, 2014 12:09 am

Seibertron wrote:
RhA wrote:More G1 humans in this fashion would be very nice. This is a good start.

I agree. I've been saying for years that using GI Joe figures as the humans from the Transformers Universe has been a severely missed opportunity.

The "everything must be in scale" folks are driving me crazy that they'd rather have sub-par horrible looking Human Alliance figures instead of figures that look decent. These are as out of scale to Classics and Movie toys as G1 Devastator is to G1 Jetfire and G1 Optimus Prime (and, well, just about everyone else from that era too). Not everything has to be "in scale" (though playing devil's advocate, Generations Tankor and Universe Galvatron should have both been at least Voyager figures and Ultra Class Powerglide would have been fine as a Voyager or a Deluxe).

I think this set would have been more awesome had Dirk been made from a Joe figure to go in a multi-pack with Marissa. No one is going to buy a Dirk figure alone but this would have been an awesome chance to do this.

A G.I. Joe G.B. Blackrock figure would also be awesome. None of this silly Kre-o business!

Not wurr about others, and while I would certainly prefer my humans deluxe scaled, my earlier comment about scale was referring to the bike's size soley compared to the rider. The Joe fig in your picture to me is too small for the kind of crotch rocket that Arcee turns into. Now the PRID fig is i belive a bit smaller, so maybe it would work better.

News Credits: 7 · Sat Aug 16, 2014 12:24 am

Mindmaster wrote:
Nemesis Primal wrote:
Flashwave wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
RhA wrote:More G1 humans in this fashion would be very nice. This is a good start.
Oh NOW we get pro-human comments like this.

We just needed figures of good humans. I don't think anyone ever cheered for Marissa to be "accidentally" stepped on like they have for most iterations and doppelgangers of Spike is all.

If we're trying to get figures of the good humans, I'd like to state for the record that I want an Agent Fowler. Anyone with me?

I'd be down for an Agent Fowler, even if he were in the style of the little Rescue Bots PVCs.