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News Credits: 7 · Wed Apr 26, 2017 7:51 pm

I'm not sure if this is the time or place, so excuse me if I'm out of line or behind the curve...

My Impactor's knuckle holes can't really hold anything. I vaguely member some talk from when he first arrived, but I don't remember the answers, so if someone could refresh my memory, is this a widespread problem, or did I just get a bad one? And if the latter, is there anything I can do about it?

Wed Apr 26, 2017 8:08 pm

I have the same problem with all of the weapons except the standard issue hook. If there is a fix I'd love to know as well.

News Credits: 7 · Wed Apr 26, 2017 8:38 pm

Mine won't hold the hook, though I can sometimes get one of the swords to stay (But it seems like it has to be that one sword rather than the other.

And I'm TERRIBLE at kitbash stuff, so by "something I can do", I'm thinking should I contact funpub or something.

But if they're all like that, I don't care as much, since it won't really effect Wreckage

Wed Apr 26, 2017 8:52 pm

One easy fix that has worked for similar issues is to paint the 5mm port in his fist with either clear acrylic model paint or nail polish. It'll dry clear and you can keep adding coats until you build the inside up enough. Just give 24 hours between coats.

News Credits: 33 · Thu Apr 27, 2017 10:43 am

Acrylic nail polish, or another trick is clear liquid floor wax such as "Future" (I think it's called Pledge FloorCare or something like that now).

News Credits: 33 · Thu Apr 27, 2017 10:44 am

BTW, the second installment of TFSS 5.0 is now arriving in mailboxes.

Or well, probably not "in mailboxes" given the size of the box...

News Credits: 56 · Thu Apr 27, 2017 11:23 am

Any confirmation on which figures are included?

News Credits: 462 · Thu Apr 27, 2017 11:54 am

o.supreme wrote:Any confirmation on which figures are included?

I won't pretend to not know which two they are.

Thu Apr 27, 2017 11:56 am

I'm just hoping they don't give us one pretender and one wreckage component.

News Credits: 462 · Thu Apr 27, 2017 12:07 pm

mazingaspidey wrote:I'm just hoping they don't give us one pretender and one wreckage component.

Worry not, my friend.

News Credits: 56 · Thu Apr 27, 2017 1:03 pm

That's actually pretty cool. Gives me time to save up for the final 3 I wanted all in one package, since I had no interest in the others.

News Credits: 462 · Thu Apr 27, 2017 2:29 pm

Bio card pic links:

https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/18198614_10209443403621673_1796892703986774098_n.jpg?oh=cd4b612c30e984a6dbe9b730713b6bb0&oe=5991D8D2

https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/18119571_10209443404901705_8230383966094485115_n.jpg?oh=99e92c931be92d94e6048390bdcc51ff&oe=597C85DF

Thu Apr 27, 2017 3:41 pm

Sabrblade wrote:Bio card pic links:

https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/18198614_10209443403621673_1796892703986774098_n.jpg?oh=cd4b612c30e984a6dbe9b730713b6bb0&oe=5991D8D2

https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/18119571_10209443404901705_8230383966094485115_n.jpg?oh=99e92c931be92d94e6048390bdcc51ff&oe=597C85DF

Thanks!

Well, now we know who's in the final shipment.

Hopefully I'll get mine tomorrow.

News Credits: 1646 · Thu Apr 27, 2017 5:55 pm

Were you wondering what the next 2 figures of the Transformers Subscription Service would be? Are you waiting eagerly for the reveal? Well we can now tell you that shipment 2 of the TFSS 5.0 consists of the Double Pretenders Optimus Prime with Hi-Q and Megatron with Spacewarp! The images come to us via 2 different sources today. The in-hand images come courtesy of Puma the Hunter on twitter, while the biocards were provided by Allspark member Onyx Minor.

The in-hand images show that it is difficult to get Megatron into his shell and includes the instructions for how he is supposed to work. We've included Puma's comments as he attempted to make the shell work.

Check out all the images and let us know what you think in the comments section below!

And we have our Pretender Shells! But those aren't the weapons for the Megatron/Grand Max shell we first saw. Boo!

Also, these instructions. Wow. That Megatron sure likes like Grand...

So yea. That gray part attaches to the chest and is supposed to hold Spacewarp in the shell. Sadly, looking at it wrong makes it pop off.

Then it slots into these guys in the front shell and Spacewarp fitting in. I haven't figure out how to get legs to fit in the back shell.

Got it! Make him squat!

Grand/Fort Max's head will fit inside. The shells are identical.

News Credits: 1646 · Thu Apr 27, 2017 5:59 pm

I really want that Optimus. The figure looks so cool and I love pretenders, and this thing looks gorgeous

News Credits: 462 · Thu Apr 27, 2017 6:14 pm

For clarity, those bio cards aren't mine. I just saw those pics of them and shared'em here.

News Credits: 8 · Thu Apr 27, 2017 6:20 pm

Really torn. I have no attachment to the Pretender Shells. The Legends Figures look pretty cool, but the ones I really like are the Minicons. But I am not sure its worth selling the shells without the minicons... >_>

News Credits: 1646 · Thu Apr 27, 2017 6:28 pm

Sabrblade wrote:For clarity, those bio cards aren't mine. I just saw those pics of them and shared'em here.

It wouldn't let me leave the pictures so I couldn't see which Facebook it was from. Can you clarify and I will update?

News Credits: 8 · Thu Apr 27, 2017 6:29 pm

I do like though, how thry made the combining part for Megatron look like G1 Megatron's gun. Nice touch

News Credits: 462 · Thu Apr 27, 2017 6:38 pm

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:For clarity, those bio cards aren't mine. I just saw those pics of them and shared'em here.

It wouldn't let me leave the pictures so I couldn't see which Facebook it was from. Can you clarify and I will update?

I dunno whose Facebook they were from, I just found them embedded in a post on The Allspark. Maybe they're from that user's Facebook.

I didn't expect the pics to get news'd. :oops:

News Credits: 3 · Thu Apr 27, 2017 6:56 pm

I had been wondering if Pretenders were coming soon, what with first the Combiners ala year 3 of G1, and then rebranded Headmasters ala year 4 of G1. Not a large scale thing, but nice to see.

It does give me the idea how they could explain away why Transformers would have Pretenders shells...it could be a way to protect them from an overdose of radiation ala Beast Wars.

These make me wonder how much it costs to subscribe, as I like the looks of both.

News Credits: 11 · Thu Apr 27, 2017 6:58 pm

So I really want to know where they got those shells from did Takara reproduce them for a planned reissue of Grand Maximus and then not release it so the shell mould was going spare ?

Or are they ancient moulds someone found in storage somewhere ?

News Credits: 462 · Thu Apr 27, 2017 7:01 pm

RAR wrote:So I really want to know where they got those shells from did Takara reproduce them for a planned reissue of Grand Maximus and then not release it so the shell mould was going spare ?

Or are they ancient moulds someone found in storage somewhere ?

The monkey shell is just a redeco of Oilmaster's shell that was made wholecloth by Boss Fight Studios for BotCon 2015.

The Grand Max shell... I think was explained somewhere before, but I don't remember. Might have been unearthed when Takara did Encore Fort Max, but obviously wasn't gonna be used for that figure since Fort Max didn't have a Pretender shell.

News Credits: 462 · Thu Apr 27, 2017 7:06 pm

Break wrote:I had been wondering if Pretenders were coming soon, what with first the Combiners ala year 3 of G1, and then rebranded Headmasters ala year 4 of G1. Not a large scale thing, but nice to see.

This is unrelated to what Hasbro is currently doing at retail. Fun Pub took this initiative on their own.

Break wrote:It does give me the idea how they could explain away why Transformers would have Pretenders shells...it could be a way to protect them from an overdose of radiation ala Beast Wars.

The fiction made for these toys already explained that Optimus and Megatron used these forms to hide themselves on Earth from Thunder Mayhem, with Megatron hiding as a human civilian and Optimus as a city zoo gorilla named "Garry".

Break wrote:These make me wonder how much it costs to subscribe, as I like the looks of both.

Unfortunately, the window for this subscription service ended last summer. These figures are a long time coming.

News Credits: 295 · Thu Apr 27, 2017 7:14 pm

The colors on Spacewarp and the helm shape remind me of Skyshadow (Blackshadow) from Titans Return. I thought that it may have been the same character but upon further inspection, Spacewarp is a she. The one thing on her card I don't understand is how she can smirk with that battle mask on. (Well ok, maybe we just can't see it.)