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News Credits: 3 · by **Lunatic Prime** » Fri Jan 15, 2016 1:21 pm

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:
Lunatic Prime wrote:
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:It's a good custom, but the mold just works backwards. the front of the shuttle should be arms, not legs to make people happy (this coming from the guy perfectly good with jet Blastoff)

Why do people want the same thing over and over again? I don't get it.
The funny thing is that they first complain about don't getting something new and then they complain about it that it actually is something new. Those people should just buy the G1 reissues and ignore the rest. It was the same thing with the AoE toys: The generations line was meant the older kids and collectors and the rest (one- and three-step-changers and so on) for young kids but the collectors complain about something that wasn't meant for them.

Ridiculous!

I am not complaining! I'm actually one of the ones who does not complain much. All I was saying about the customs was the backwards transformation of a custom which was good, and I was more commenting on how other people have made a point of mentioning in this thread that Blastoff's arms should be his nosecone. I am also one who does not care for G1 original toys and prefers generations guys as well as enjoys movies and movie toys. So please don't imagine me as a complainer, cause I really don't

I don't

I just commented on your statement "to make people happy".
I'm the kind of guy who enjoys every toy that looks good does what it should. No matter if G1 or Movie or One-Step-Changer.

News Credits: 11 · by **RAR** » Fri Jan 15, 2016 1:26 pm

I guess if they wish to charge a premium price (even more of one I should say) then they may wish to co-pack Blast-Off and Groove in a split wave of 2 figures.

Unless they decide to release them as a Vs Pack in a box instead.

Personally I would very much welcome some more "Repaints" sold in the Vs Pack / twin pack format - I like that sort of stuff (like the Starscream/Bumblebee pack from Transformers Prime).

But I do think it would be a bit of a shame if there was never any plan to release the many other characters the moulds are suited too like : Ratchet, Hoist, Bluestreak, Slicer, Sideswipe (perhaps even Barricade & Detritus or some "Seekers") it does not have to be in any hurry but repaints of Combiner wars toys do make more sense than Repaints of Titanmasters do - they would at least be slightly less forced Repaints if they were doing the likes of Bluestreak.

by **Glarryg** » Fri Jan 15, 2016 1:28 pm

Just had a thought the other day: if Hasbro actually does a Liokaiser, they'll probably end up renaming about half of the team, what with their names having words like "death" and "hell" and "kill" in them. So, I'm looking forward to Blastbat, Blastbison, and Blastsaurus.

:-D

Glarryg

News Credits: 1646 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Fri Jan 15, 2016 1:32 pm

Lunatic Prime wrote:
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:
Lunatic Prime wrote:
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:It's a good custom, but the mold just works backwards. the front of the shuttle should be arms, not legs to make people happy (this coming from the guy perfectly good with jet Blastoff)

Why do people want the same thing over and over again? I don't get it.
The funny thing is that they first complain about don't getting something new and then they complain about it that it actually is something new. Those people should just buy the G1 reissues and ignore the rest. It was the same thing with the AoE toys: The generations line was meant the older kids and collectors and the rest (one- and three-step-changers and so on) for young kids but the collectors complain about something that wasn't meant for them.

Ridiculous!

I am not complaining! I'm actually one of the ones who does not complain much. All I was saying about the customs was the backwards transformation of a custom which was good, and I was more commenting on how other people have made a point of mentioning in this thread that Blastoff's arms should be his nosecone. I am also one who does not care for G1 original toys and prefers generations guys as well as enjoys movies and movie toys. So please don't imagine me as a complainer, cause I really don't

I don't
I just commented on your statement "to make people happy".
I'm the kind of guy who enjoys every toy that looks good does what it should. No matter if G1 or Movie or One-Step-Changer.

Ahah gotchya!

And Blastbison Blastbat :lol:

News Credits: 19 · by **Carnivius_Prime** » Fri Jan 15, 2016 2:41 pm

Delta Magnus wrote:Well in the case of the UK, we got nothing but the one-step changers for AoE, so from a collector's point of view it really, really sucked.

Well, Toys R Us got in most of the AoE Generations and Argos had the couple of Leaders but yes for the most part the UK stores just went with the overly-simplified stuff. Supermarkets that had previously sold Deluxe and Voyager toys from previous lines filled their shelves with one-steps and power battlers...

Even then Toys R Us still didn't get in the wave 2 voyagers though which is why I'm still missing Hound and Galvatron and have to get around to ordering those online if not yet silly priced sometime.

by **Optimum Supreme** » Fri Jan 15, 2016 3:24 pm

Mindmaster wrote:"Lynx King" sounds way cooler than "Sky Reign", IMO.

I don't know if I actually like it or not, but what I do like is how if you say it fast enough, it sounds like "linking" which is what combiner members do.

News Credits: 1350 · by **ZeroWolf** » Fri Jan 15, 2016 3:36 pm

Carnivius_Prime wrote:
Delta Magnus wrote:Well in the case of the UK, we got nothing but the one-step changers for AoE, so from a collector's point of view it really, really sucked.

Well, Toys R Us got in most of the AoE Generations and Argos had the couple of Leaders but yes for the most part the UK stores just went with the overly-simplified stuff. Supermarkets that had previously sold Deluxe and Voyager toys from previous lines filled their shelves with one-steps and power battlers...

Even then Toys R Us still didn't get in the wave 2 voyagers though which is why I'm still missing Hound and Galvatron and have to get around to ordering those online if not yet silly priced sometime.

The entertainer had hound and evasion mode drift in when I last looked but still at the normal pricing.

Also toys r us had exclusive deals on the generations stuff hence why we had to go with the simplified stuff in the shops...apart from the other exclusives like the two packs which gave us a really nice terrasaur in strafe colours and a legion stinger

News Credits: 42 · by **Autobot N** » Fri Jan 15, 2016 5:59 pm

william-james88 wrote:Ok so with G2 Superion available at Tru and Target, we now know that these box sets are not exclusives anywhere in northamerica and asia (dont know about europe) and act pretty much the same as Devastator.

Here is the link for target http://intl.target.com/p/tra-gen-combin ... m=superion

Here is the link for tru
http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.js ... tCamp=true

If I had money, I would jump at the opportunity to grab one of these.

News Credits: 1646 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Fri Jan 15, 2016 8:30 pm

After making a shopping trip, I can't help but feel sad: TRU has the limb combaticons, but for $20 a piece! I wanted to pick them up so bad, but I could not justify spending $20 more for limbs at TRU then if I found them in walmart or Target.

News Credits: 251 · by **Mindmaster** » Fri Jan 15, 2016 8:33 pm

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:After making a shopping trip, I can't help but feel sad: TRU has the limb combaticons, but for $20 a piece! I wanted to pick them up so bad, but I could not justify spending $20 more for limbs at TRU then if I found them in walmart or Target.

Hence why I don't go to TRU for the limbs... I only got my extra Streetwise for a custom there because I knew I wouldn't see him for a very long time.

Hey, 6000th post! Party on!

News Credits: 42 · by **Autobot N** » Fri Jan 15, 2016 8:48 pm

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:After making a shopping trip, I can't help but feel sad: TRU has the limb combaticons, but for $20 a piece! I wanted to pick them up so bad, but I could not justify spending $20 more for limbs at TRU then if I found them in Walmart or Target.

One time, at a store in Disney World, I found the deluxe Protectobots for $25 apiece, BC OP and the fixed MM for $40, and the Megatrons for $70 frickin' dollars.

News Credits: 4876 · by **william-james88** » Fri Jan 15, 2016 9:20 pm

Decepticon Sunstorm wrote:One time, at a store in Disney World, I found the deluxe Protectobots for $25 apiece, BC OP and the fixed MM for $40, and the Megatrons for $70 frickin' dollars.

But those are specialty stores and he prices make sense. They are priced for the desperate or those that dont know any better. We have a store like that here and they were selling their Megatron for 80$ :shock:

Mindmaster wrote:
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:After making a shopping trip, I can't help but feel sad: TRU has the limb combaticons, but for $20 a piece! I wanted to pick them up so bad, but I could not justify spending $20 more for limbs at TRU then if I found them in walmart or Target.

Hence why I don't go to TRU for the limbs... I only got my extra Streetwise for a custom there because I knew I wouldn't see him for a very long time.

Hey, 6000th post! Party on!

You guys want to see something nuts:

TRU deluxe CW limb: 18$
Walmart deluxe CW limbe: 20$

Thats the canadian situation :???:

Its like bizarro land.

Oh and Mindmaster:

News Credits: 54 · by **Deadput** » Sat Jan 16, 2016 12:21 am

william-james88 wrote:
You guys want to see something nuts:

TRU deluxe CW limb: 18$
Walmart deluxe CW limbe: 20$

Thats the canadian situation Its like bizarro land.

Oh and Mindmaster:

Yup as a Canadian who frequently gets coupons for Toys r us off of discarded kids movie popcorn buckets it's the cheapest place to buy Transformers at least in my area and not counting second hand stores.

News Credits: 1646 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Sat Jan 16, 2016 12:49 am

Prices all over the board here. Craziness. Some people can go to TRU and it is the cheapest; others go and it is the most expensive. the wonders of a website with people from many different countries

by **wilcosu35** » Sat Jan 16, 2016 1:30 am

I'll just leave this here

http://www.intertoys.nl/hasbro-transfor ... ars-deluxe
http://www.intertoys.nl/transformers-co ... rs-voyager

And keep in mind that those prices are in euro's, so it'll be even more in dollars

News Credits: 4 · by **albnok** » Sat Jan 16, 2016 4:00 am

For those who'd like enlarged versions of the comic book backs:

http://glaringnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/cwc1.jpg
http://glaringnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/cwc2.jpg
http://glaringnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/cwc3.jpg
http://glaringnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/cwc4.jpg

News Credits: 19 · by **Carnivius_Prime** » Sat Jan 16, 2016 4:12 am

ZeroWolf wrote:The entertainer had hound and evasion mode drift in when I last looked but still at the normal pricing.

What's evasion mode drift? And the only AoE Hounds I've ever seen at The Entertainer (either in shop when I've been in Norwich a couple times or on their website/ebay shop) are the one-step and power battlers.

News Credits: 1350 · by **ZeroWolf** » Sat Jan 16, 2016 5:18 am

Carnivius_Prime wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:The entertainer had hound and evasion mode drift in when I last looked but still at the normal pricing.

What's evasion mode drift? And the only AoE Hounds I've ever seen at The Entertainer (either in shop when I've been in Norwich a couple times or on their website/ebay shop) are the one-step and power battlers.

Evasion mode drift is a redeco of skyhammer from the Dark of the Moon line but with a new head. Looks quite good in person!

As for hound, I saw the voyager in the Swindon entertainer between Xmas and New year.

News Credits: 19 · by **Stuartmaximus** » Sat Jan 16, 2016 7:33 am

i've got that Drift! didn't know it were called Evasion Mode though, also seen Voy Hound & Galvatron in Entertainer in Glasgow! but didn't bother getting them

News Credits: 22 · by **Rodimus Prime** » Sat Jan 16, 2016 7:42 am

So...is the currently sold standalone Scattershot different than the one that will come in the Technobots set?

News Credits: 101 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Sat Jan 16, 2016 8:00 am

Just recently got CW Mirage and Sunstreaker. Mirage is just PERFECT in every ways. Sunny is really nice in both modes and I'm really glad they took the time to remold the big bot hand/feet to make his "engine block". However, it's impossible to turn sunny into a combined arm because the legs just refuse to stay pegged together without the arms to hold them in place like in leg or car mode. So, Sunny can only be a combined leg. Anyone else have that Sunny issue?

News Credits: 42 · by **Autobot N** » Sat Jan 16, 2016 8:02 am

-Kanrabat- wrote:Just recently got CW Mirage and Sunstreaker. Mirage is just PERFECT in every ways. Sunny is really nice in both modes and I'm really glad they took the time to remold the big bot hand/feet to make his "engine block". However, it's impossible to turn sunny into a combined arm because the legs just refuse to stay pegged together without the arms to hold them in place like in leg or car mode. So, Sunny can only be a combined leg. Anyone else have that Sunny issue?

No. And the HFG wasn't remolded for Sunstreaker, as it can do the same thing with Breakdown.

News Credits: 101 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Sat Jan 16, 2016 8:06 am

Decepticon Sunstorm wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:Just recently got CW Mirage and Sunstreaker. Mirage is just PERFECT in every ways. Sunny is really nice in both modes and I'm really glad they took the time to remold the big bot hand/feet to make his "engine block". However, it's impossible to turn sunny into a combined arm because the legs just refuse to stay pegged together without the arms to hold them in place like in leg or car mode. So, Sunny can only be a combined leg. Anyone else have that Sunny issue?

No. And the HFG wasn't remolded for Sunstreaker, as it can do the same thing with Breakdown.

Oh? So it can do it with Streetwise too? Err no. The "cop cherries" on top of the car would prevent that. I had o problem with either Streetwise or Breakdown. Maybe my Sunstreaker have stiffier legs than normal, making the pegs hard to align properly.

News Credits: 42 · by **Autobot N** » Sat Jan 16, 2016 8:09 am

-Kanrabat- wrote:
Decepticon Sunstorm wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:Just recently got CW Mirage and Sunstreaker. Mirage is just PERFECT in every ways. Sunny is really nice in both modes and I'm really glad they took the time to remold the big bot hand/feet to make his "engine block". However, it's impossible to turn sunny into a combined arm because the legs just refuse to stay pegged together without the arms to hold them in place like in leg or car mode. So, Sunny can only be a combined leg. Anyone else have that Sunny issue?

No. And the HFG wasn't remolded for Sunstreaker, as it can do the same thing with Breakdown.

Oh? So it can do it with Streetwise too? Err no. The "cop cherries" on top of the car would prevent that. I had no problem with either Streetwise or Breakdown. Maybe my Sunstreaker have stiffier legs than normal, making the pegs hard to align properly.

Why would it work with Streetwise? Sunny's HFG is the same as Breakdown's. And Streetwise isn't the same mold as them, so it wouldn't work.

News Credits: 101 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Sat Jan 16, 2016 8:31 am

Decepticon Sunstorm wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:
Decepticon Sunstorm wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:Just recently got CW Mirage and Sunstreaker. Mirage is just PERFECT in every ways. Sunny is really nice in both modes and I'm really glad they took the time to remold the big bot hand/feet to make his "engine block". However, it's impossible to turn sunny into a combined arm because the legs just refuse to stay pegged together without the arms to hold them in place like in leg or car mode. So, Sunny can only be a combined leg. Anyone else have that Sunny issue?

No. And the HFG wasn't remolded for Sunstreaker, as it can do the same thing with Breakdown.

Oh? So it can do it with Streetwise too? Err no. The "cop cherries" on top of the car would prevent that. I had no problem with either Streetwise or Breakdown. Maybe my Sunstreaker have stiffier legs than normal, making the pegs hard to align properly.

Why would it work with Streetwise? Sunny's HFG is the same as Breakdown's. And Streetwise isn't the same mold as them, so it wouldn't work.

Streetwise is not the "lamborgini" mold?
Staaaaaaare
Oh. It's not. It's been a while since I played with it.