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[steals_your_goats]

Since others are doing it, this is my preferred menasor configuration

How did you get meansor to stand like that. I've done it before but it didn't look right

There's a slight bend at MM's knees and to keep him upright I use the little back talons on the feet. It's also quite a bit of fiddling before I get him to stand just right.

[william-james88]

Dont have Hotspot yet, but I have all the limbs I need to start looking into the best combination I will use. I settled on this one for hostpot while Motormaster will keep Offroad and dead end will be replaced by Brake-nec to have 2 black legs.

[galvatron00]

So HTS has the protectobot limbs listed as instock; so everyone who ordered them from HTS should be getting they're emails about them being shipped tonight or tomorrow

The other day when I mentioned that they weren't shipping until the 20th or so, did the ship dates update?!

[galvatron00]

Thanks guys. Just me playing with my toys.

Look at you Cobs, still being the kid we all hope to be

Showed off CW Megatron last night to some friends from out of town and they didn't realize how cool newer Transformers were

[fenrir72]

In the G1 show, SkyLynx was Predaking's counter foil. So now, should we expect a rumble of combiner kings.....SkyReign vs Predaking?

[fenrir72]

Noticed something disturbing with the "Blastoff" mold. The military green is painted. Wish the final would be molded because if not, expect a lot of paint chipping. Not good. But this are just preliminary samples right?

[peaces]

right

[fenrir72]

right

Welll, if the product ain't ready, even the mock up, I'd have deferred releasing them. It's not like they have any competition like the GoBots or something.

[ZeroWolf]

I think it was more "look at what we got in the pipeline! " after all these aren't set for release for a couple of months yet.

[koolkollectibleskhai]

Work is really busy again, but will try to unbox and review this awesome haul from Robotkingdom this week!!

[Sabrblade]

Noticed something disturbing with the "Blastoff" mold. The military green is painted. Wish the final would be molded because if not, expect a lot of paint chipping. Not good. But this are just preliminary samples right?

That's a hand-painted sample. They rarely, if ever, put final versions of newly-revealed figures in the BotCon display cases.

[koolkollectibleskhai]

For the individual bots, I'd say the Hasbro and Takara versions are pretty much on par except for Silverbolt where I do prefer the Takara.

But in combined mode, there is no question at all that the Takara is the better option. Looks bloody nice!!

Stay tuned for full video comparison uploading now on the YouTube channel!

[Hellscream9999]

Noticed something disturbing with the "Blastoff" mold. The military green is painted. Wish the final would be molded because if not, expect a lot of paint chipping. Not good. But this are just preliminary samples right?

That's a hand-painted sample. They rarely, if ever, put final versions of newly-revealed figures in the BotCon display cases.

Exactly, everyone needs to calm the f@#k down, this is how it is every year at botcon and such. Of course the final figure is going to be molded, they paint them up so they don't have to use textured renders of the figures (pictures) for the display. People absolutely freaked when the official pics of hotspot had defensors head facing the wrong way, when, not a day earlier, it was shown in the proper way, and clearly the head was hidden; but people were still flipping tables over it

[Hellscream9999]

My protectobots have shipped from HTS

[MrBlack]

My protectobots have shipped from HTS

I'm still waiting for Blades to ship.

I finally put Defensor together, with Alpha Bravo as a stand-in for Blades. He is, at once, both my favorite and least favorite of the combiners. I love the look of him all put together, but he has so many nagging problems that just keep him from being perfect. Streetwise's shoulders tend to get in the way when I use him as an arm, which makes posing Defensor a pain. Hot Spot's legs tend to come unpegged in combined mode, causing the whole gestalt to topple over while posing him. On the plus side, Groove is much better integrated into Defensor's chest than Blackjack is on Menasor.

I'll probably end up displaying them separately. I really like the Protectobots as individual figures, particularly Rook and Hot Spot.

[Hellscream9999]

My protectobots have shipped from HTS

I'm still waiting for Blades to ship.

I finally put Defensor together, with Alpha Bravo as a stand-in for Blades. He is, at once, both my favorite and least favorite of the combiners. I love the look of him all put together, but he has so many nagging problems that just keep him from being perfect. Streetwise's shoulders tend to get in the way when I use him as an arm, which makes posing Defensor a pain. Hot Spot's legs tend to come unpegged in combined mode, causing the whole gestalt to topple over while posing him. On the plus side, Groove is much better integrated into Defensor's chest than Blackjack is on Menasor.

I'll probably end up displaying them separately. I really like the Protectobots as individual figures, particularly Rook and Hot Spot.

Yes, hotspot seems to have the lingering issue that mm had, where they are to deep, they have long (not wide) torso's that catch on the the kibble of the limb-bots; this is, yet another reason silverbolt/cyclonus are so solid as a torso, nothing impedes any of the limbs. I would use streetwise as a leg, but he is so flat and thin that he looks dumb and out of place

[william-james88]

I would use streetwise as a leg, but he is so flat and thin that he looks dumb and out of place

I totally agree with that, he works far better as an arm. I found Blades to work really well as a leg actually. While he might be thin, he offers a cool knee pad.

[Hellscream9999]

I would use streetwise as a leg, but he is so flat and thin that he looks dumb and out of place

I totally agree with that, he works far better as an arm. I found Blades to work really well as a leg actually. While he might be thin, he offers a cool knee pad.

He works fairly well - my a/b notwithstanding - which is one of the reasons the aerialbots work. they all have a similar footprint, in that, their base (where the hand/foot plugs in) is a square. Visually this works in tandem with superions thigh's and built torso to really draw everything together.

This also works with the stunticons on galvatronus; with neck brace and dead end as symmertical arms with the wide sleeves and thin biceps, and dragstrip and axe-murderer as legs that offer similar dimensions as any two of the aerialbots.

While I don't have a problem with the a/b mold necessarily, I don't like it when there is nothing similar (dimension-wise) to pair it with. Rook is massive, streetwise is super wide, using firstaid would require using streetwise as a hideous leg. This is the reason why I love the use of the qs mold for bruticus (while not necessarily the head, I like it for him) b/c the arm modes look in proportion with one another. I've already planned on giving defensor prowl, sky reign will get hound and blades can chill with a/b in their sexy alt modes

[fenrir72]

Noticed something disturbing with the "Blastoff" mold. The military green is painted. Wish the final would be molded because if not, expect a lot of paint chipping. Not good. But this are just preliminary samples right?

That's a hand-painted sample. They rarely, if ever, put final versions of newly-revealed figures in the BotCon display cases.

Exactly, everyone needs to calm the f@#k down, this is how it is every year at botcon and such. Of course the final figure is going to be molded, they paint them up so they don't have to use textured renders of the figures (pictures) for the display. People absolutely freaked when the official pics of hotspot had defensors head facing the wrong way, when, not a day earlier, it was shown in the proper way, and clearly the head was hidden; but people were still flipping tables over it

Oh I'm farking calm. Not OCD on wrong head placement et al. Its the noticeable unpainted areas of the mold that had me concerned. Not to mention one fellow poster here mentioning the spin doctoring cr@p Hasbro gave concerning the "new" Blast Off vehicle mode.Combat thingamgigy......really now.

Btw, I'm no sure if this is applicable to the Hasbro version but Air Raid's painted black pegs, given that it locks in the legs are gonna wear off.So paint apps are both boon and bane (remember Hasbro Blitzwing?)

My protectobots have shipped from HTS

I'm still waiting for Blades to ship.

I finally put Defensor together, with Alpha Bravo as a stand-in for Blades. He is, at once, both my favorite and least favorite of the combiners. I love the look of him all put together, but he has so many nagging problems that just keep him from being perfect. Streetwise's shoulders tend to get in the way when I use him as an arm, which makes posing Defensor a pain. Hot Spot's legs tend to come unpegged in combined mode, causing the whole gestalt to topple over while posing him. On the plus side, Groove is much better integrated into Defensor's chest than Blackjack is on Menasor.

I'll probably end up displaying them separately. I really like the Protectobots as individual figures, particularly Rook and Hot Spot.

Yes, hotspot seems to have the lingering issue that mm had, where they are to deep, they have long (not wide) torso's that catch on the the kibble of the limb-bots; this is, yet another reason silverbolt/cyclonus are so solid as a torso, nothing impedes any of the limbs. I would use streetwise as a leg, but he is so flat and thin that he looks dumb and out of place

Why not try Blades and Strretwise as arms while First Aid and Rook as legs. Seems proportional. Rook btw looks REAL good ....I'm eyeing to get him too as an extra protectobot onces Defensor arrives.

[Hellscream9999]

Rook btw looks REAL good.... I'm eyeing to get him too as an extra protectobot onces Defensor arrives.

You should order him from hts while they have the free shipping code that goes through today...

*edit: nevermind

[Zeedust]

What's that to the left of Skywarp? Is it part of Superion's box or a separate thing?

[william-james88]

What's that to the left of Skywarp? Is it part of Superion's box or a separate thing?

It's the superion coin. Which reminds me, I didnt get mine. Did someone else's Superion not come with a coin?

[Cobotron]

What's that to the left of Skywarp? Is it part of Superion's box or a separate thing?

It's the collector coin (or coins?) sleeve.

[fenrir72]

What's that to the left of Skywarp? Is it part of Superion's box or a separate thing?

It's the superion coin. Which reminds me, I didnt get mine. Did someone else's Superion not come with a coin?

It's for the Asian market only iirc. Amiami's didn't come with the coin.

[william-james88]

What's that to the left of Skywarp? Is it part of Superion's box or a separate thing?

It's the superion coin. Which reminds me, I didnt get mine. Did someone else's Superion not come with a coin?

It's for the Asian market only iirc. Amiami's didn't come with the coin.

Oh right, like Hong Kong and Australia I assume. Thanks and too bad.