Hellscream9999 wrote:God, the arts as bad as the one's on my deck of cards
Done on the cheap thanks to Sunbow. But back then, it was like a masterpiece
Hellscream9999 wrote:God, the arts as bad as the one's on my deck of cards
Emerje wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Emerje wrote:The Hasbro version is a little shaky backwards since they didn't paint the details aside from the black windows and stacks, but the Takara Tomy version should look pretty good backwards with all the truck details painted in.
Eh... those aren't windows. Those are the vents for the engine that rotates the drum. It's not a second cab.
Takara Tomy is definitely treating it like a second cab.
They even painted the bar between the windows to look like Mixmaster's single cab window.
Emerje
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.'
Sowndwave76 wrote:My two cents:
I don't need any "shiny" parts on my figures... Most of the time I don't mind them, but it depends on the application.
With SDCC Devastator, I think it almost clashes with the rest of the figure, specifically the other reg. purple areas.
The way light reflects off it creates a much lighter color...
It reminds me of the red-violet (I'm calling it "raspberry") on Hasbro's Dragstrip.
Even with additional paint apps, between this shiny issue, and the lack of gray/silver on the forehead,
I would never say the SDCC version is better than Hasbro's.
And IF TT's version is better, it's not by much.
Yeah, I'd like a set of guns for the individual bots, but even if that never happens,
I won't regret sticking with the Hasbro version.
I absolutely love the look of Hook and Scrapper enough... I don't need them to be holding a gun to enjoy them!!!
Sabrblade wrote:All the known changes made to Takara Devastator compared to Hasbro's retail version:
- More show-accurate deco
- Brand new headsculpt that contains a retractable visor to switch between both head designs
- Brand new gun weapons for each individual figure, all of which can store on Devastator's back
- Re-engineered arms for Scrapper to give him elbows
- Re-engineered arms for Long Haul to give him proper elbows
- Re-engineered arms for Hook to give him better (and double-jointed) elbows
- Re-engineered arms for Mixmaster to give him better (and double-jointed) elbows
- Re-engineered legs for Scavenger to give him better knees
- Re-engineered legs for Bonecrusher to give him better knees
william-james88 wrote:If ever Sabrblade decides to go on vacation, I am glad to know we can rely on you.
Sabrblade wrote:All the known changes made to Takara Devastator compared to Hasbro's retail version:
- More show-accurate deco
- Brand new headsculpt that contains a retractable visor to switch between both head designs
- Brand new gun weapons for each individual figure, all of which can store on Devastator's back
- Re-engineered arms for Scrapper to give him elbows
- Re-engineered arms for Long Haul to give him proper elbows
- Re-engineered arms for Hook to give him better (and double-jointed) elbows
- Re-engineered arms for Mixmaster to give him better (and double-jointed) elbows
- Re-engineered legs for Scavenger to give him better knees
- Re-engineered legs for Bonecrusher to give him better knees
put it this way how much extra are you willing to pay for all the extra stuff saberblade listed and how much is takara.tommy's version over hasbro's ?Hellscream9999 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:All the known changes made to Takara Devastator compared to Hasbro's retail version:
- More show-accurate deco
- Brand new headsculpt that contains a retractable visor to switch between both head designs
- Brand new gun weapons for each individual figure, all of which can store on Devastator's back
- Re-engineered arms for Scrapper to give him elbows
- Re-engineered arms for Long Haul to give him proper elbows
- Re-engineered arms for Hook to give him better (and double-jointed) elbows
- Re-engineered arms for Mixmaster to give him better (and double-jointed) elbows
- Re-engineered legs for Scavenger to give him better knees
- Re-engineered legs for Bonecrusher to give him better knees
I'm caving under the pressure of resisting TT's Devastator. It's almost painful now, knowing all of these changes exist;
On an somewhat unrelated note, does anybody know what the point conversion is for sites like tfsource? is it 1 point = $1? Figure if I can't go through the likes of amiami, I might as well get a ton of points from this behemoth.
Ultra Markus wrote:put it this way how much extra are you willing to pay for all the extra stuff saberblade listed and how much is takara.tommy's version over hasbro's ?Hellscream9999 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:All the known changes made to Takara Devastator compared to Hasbro's retail version:
- More show-accurate deco
- Brand new headsculpt that contains a retractable visor to switch between both head designs
- Brand new gun weapons for each individual figure, all of which can store on Devastator's back
- Re-engineered arms for Scrapper to give him elbows
- Re-engineered arms for Long Haul to give him proper elbows
- Re-engineered arms for Hook to give him better (and double-jointed) elbows
- Re-engineered arms for Mixmaster to give him better (and double-jointed) elbows
- Re-engineered legs for Scavenger to give him better knees
- Re-engineered legs for Bonecrusher to give him better knees
I'm caving under the pressure of resisting TT's Devastator. It's almost painful now, knowing all of these changes exist;
On an somewhat unrelated note, does anybody know what the point conversion is for sites like tfsource? is it 1 point = $1? Figure if I can't go through the likes of amiami, I might as well get a ton of points from this behemoth.
william-james88 wrote:If ever Sabrblade decides to go on vacation, I am glad to know we can rely on you.
Hellscream9999 wrote:Ultra Markus wrote:put it this way how much extra are you willing to pay for all the extra stuff saberblade listed and how much is takara.tommy's version over hasbro's ?Hellscream9999 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:All the known changes made to Takara Devastator compared to Hasbro's retail version:
- More show-accurate deco
- Brand new headsculpt that contains a retractable visor to switch between both head designs
- Brand new gun weapons for each individual figure, all of which can store on Devastator's back
- Re-engineered arms for Scrapper to give him elbows
- Re-engineered arms for Long Haul to give him proper elbows
- Re-engineered arms for Hook to give him better (and double-jointed) elbows
- Re-engineered arms for Mixmaster to give him better (and double-jointed) elbows
- Re-engineered legs for Scavenger to give him better knees
- Re-engineered legs for Bonecrusher to give him better knees
I'm caving under the pressure of resisting TT's Devastator. It's almost painful now, knowing all of these changes exist;
On an somewhat unrelated note, does anybody know what the point conversion is for sites like tfsource? is it 1 point = $1? Figure if I can't go through the likes of amiami, I might as well get a ton of points from this behemoth.
Well, it was more like I wasn't going to get any at all, and deal with not getting one. But I think I am gonna have to pick up TT's
Sabrblade wrote:All the known changes made to Takara Devastator compared to Hasbro's retail version:
- More show-accurate deco
- Brand new headsculpt that contains a retractable visor to switch between both head designs
- Brand new gun weapons for each individual figure, all of which can store on Devastator's back
- Re-engineered arms for Scrapper to give him elbows
- Re-engineered arms for Long Haul to give him proper elbows
- Re-engineered arms for Hook to give him better (and double-jointed) elbows
- Re-engineered arms for Mixmaster to give him better (and double-jointed) elbows
- Re-engineered legs for Scavenger to give him better knees
- Re-engineered legs for Bonecrusher to give him better knees
mlwarren0 wrote:Big Bad Toy Store has pre-orders up for Takara's version.
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/prod ... ode=retail
fenrir72 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:All the known changes made to Takara Devastator compared to Hasbro's retail version:
- More show-accurate deco
- Brand new headsculpt that contains a retractable visor to switch between both head designs
- Brand new gun weapons for each individual figure, all of which can store on Devastator's back
- Re-engineered arms for Scrapper to give him elbows
- Re-engineered arms for Long Haul to give him proper elbows
- Re-engineered arms for Hook to give him better (and double-jointed) elbows
- Re-engineered arms for Mixmaster to give him better (and double-jointed) elbows
- Re-engineered legs for Scavenger to give him better knees
- Re-engineered legs for Bonecrusher to give him better knees
Stop it already Sabr! I'm already in love with this , the pre order wait makes it even more difficult !
Burn wrote:I have to say, this is an incredibly well engineered figure/figures.
When I first broke them out of the box my first thought was "damn these seem like upscaled KO's". Simply because of their size.
But then I got to transforming them. A couple are simplistic, others require a bit more work. But all that is because of how things come together.
Scrapper and Mixmaster connections to Long Haul is rather simplistic, basically just plug them in.
Connecting Hook to Long Haul requires lining up and plugging in five different points. Suffice to say, they hold well together.
Bonecrusher and Scavenger are just one point connections, solid connections though.
The hardest part I found though was the chest shield as this plugs into Bonecrusher and Scavengers treads, two points on Hook and two clips onto Long Haul.
Whichever version you go with, be it as soon as you can ... paint apps, or knees and elbows, you really won't be disappointed. They've done a fantastic job with the Constructicons.
Now my problem is ... for the first time in years I actually have a reason to contribute to the End of Year Round-Up, and it's going to be hard to decide between Ultra Magnus and Devastator.
Sabrblade wrote:Well, I s'pose we could go to the source:Cobotron wrote:With Devastator, I don't even know what "G1 accurate" is. Sabrblade has put up like 400 screen grabs, and he's different in each one!
It Is Him wrote:By the way, BigBad sent out an e-mail yesterday saying that Hasbro Devastator will arrive there in 7-10 business days.
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