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[Decepticon Stryker]

The fact that they made so many new heads shows some degree of effort, and I appreciate that. And overall, a decent job for what they put out. Good enough for me to buy it eventually

Yeah. I think we've had only two repaints of headmasters. All the rest are new molds.

I was more talking about the Liokaiser figure

But even Dezarus has a new head! The Sky Lynx head was retooled which is pretty sweet, meaning every head on the figure is new. And I like that a lot

Sorry, I didn't read the whole thread. The headsculpts are really cool though. Ion Scythe or whatever his name is actually retains his head from Arms Micron so technically only one figure doesn't have a new head.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

The fact that they made so many new heads shows some degree of effort, and I appreciate that. And overall, a decent job for what they put out. Good enough for me to buy it eventually

Yeah. I think we've had only two repaints of headmasters. All the rest are new molds.

I was more talking about the Liokaiser figure

But even Dezarus has a new head! The Sky Lynx head was retooled which is pretty sweet, meaning every head on the figure is new. And I like that a lot

Sorry, I didn't read the whole thread. The headsculpts are really cool though. Ion Scythe or whatever his name is actually retains his head from Arms Micron so technically only one figure doesn't have a new head.

True, but as a micron I didn't really expect a new head. And the new ones are all niiiiiice

[Sabrblade]

Also, ''Pinkie's'', name is spelled Gaihawk in the subtitles of the Victory cartoon!

The DVD subtitles were based on the scripts of TV-Nihon's fansubs, which used unofficial spellings for certain characters whose official name spellings weren't fully made clear at the time. "Gaihawk" was a longstanding fan spelling widely used before the official "Guyhawk" spelling came to finally be accepted as not erroneous. It comes from the original 1989 toy's packaging:



Also, regarding your other previous statement about Killbison not being the same kind of tank as the original, the HFG and the two extra Air Raid/Skydive guns rectify that. Behold:

[Decepticon Stryker]

Also, regarding your other previous statement about Killbison not being the same kind of tank as the original, the HFG and the two extra Air Raid/Skydive guns rectify that. Behold:

I knew there had to be an easy fix for that!

[Nemesis Destron]

The fact that they made so many new heads shows some degree of effort, and I appreciate that. And overall, a decent job for what they put out. Good enough for me to buy it eventually

Exactly!!! Now if we can see what Takara has for us right now thank you!

[-Kanrabat-]

Well, CW had a good run. So many, many figures I said I wouldn't buy that I bought anyway! There is still one more combiner in my sight and it's Hasbro's computron. Sooner or later, it will be 100$CAN and mine. This will be the very last for sure. A friend of mine got late to the party and had a FEW REQUESTS.

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On a side note, anyone made a combiner with only the same limbs? As in a commander and his drones? I made Sky Reign and his Mirages, and Blasted-Off Galvatronus.



I will buy the upgraded hands and feet for Galvatronus as well. A purple set would be perfect.

[Kurona]

Well, CW had a good run. So many, many figures I said I wouldn't buy that I bought anyway! There is still one more combiner in my sight and it's Hasbro's computron. Sooner or later, it will be 100$CAN and mine. This will be the very last for sure. A friend of mine got late to the party and had a FEW REQUESTS.

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On a side note, anyone made a combiner with only the same limbs? As in a commander and his drones? I made Sky Reign and his Mirages, and Blasted-Off Galvatronus.



I will buy the upgraded hands and feet for Galvatronus as well. A purple set would be perfect.

I've been wanting to do that with Sky Lynx and two Rooks for arms and two Alpha Bravos as legs. They make great drones. Their molds and colours; that is, I do like them as characters - especially after TFCC

[King Kuuga]

Wipe that smile off your face!

Someone is happy about toys at a toy convention how dare he!

That's John Warden, he designed the toy. I think he gets to be happy about it. Well maybe not if you ask certain members, but.....

Fellbat? Ironbison?

I don't normally complain about name changes, but for christ's SAKE Hasbro...

What else are they supposed to do?


Toy laws make it so they can't use Hell or Kill?

They don't, actually, I could go in a Toys R Us right now and buy a Hellraiser collectible figure or some other stuff not really meant for a young audience, but Hasbro chooses to retain non-offensive language on their products aimed at kids. Shocking!

I made something just for this occasion. Don't hate me, but I just don't like it. I'm pure G1.

You do realize that Victory is a part of G1, right? And not "modern" g1, 80s G1. When the cartoon was cancelled in America, Japan said "yeah we're gonna keep going" and they did, for three more seasons.


As for Liokaiser himself, I can understand some of the complaints against him. A lot of the complaints against him, really. I wish they had at least diversified and used the Computicon Nosecone mold for one of the tanks as well but that was almost certainly not available to them when they were designing this. The colors are less than ideal. We've seen these molds so many times just in the last two years that yes, it is getting tiring to see them continually rebranded as ALL NEW CHARACTERS. Sky Lynx in particular is not a great choice for Deathsaurus, but short of creating either an all new Deathsaurus mold or all new molds for the guys who are supposed to be the torso, both of which were presumably outside the budget allotted for this set, the alternative was a different redeco. I can see where they tried on this set, I wish they could have done more, I know why they didn't, and I will be waiting to see if Takara touches him or not. I may just go 3P on this one.

[-Kanrabat-]

I'm not bothering quoting but are you saying many fans complained that COMBINER WARS Liokaiser, a limited collectible based on bloody REPAINTS, is not Masterpeice level of accuracy?

Jeezus.

Fokking.

Kreist.



Damn, I LOATHE that kind of fan. No matter the fandom.

[Sabrblade]

Word has it that Platinum Edition Combiner Wars Liokaiser will be an Entertainment Earth exclusive.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Word has it that Platinum Edition Combiner Wars Liokaiser will be an Entertainment Earth exclusive.

Let joy be unconfined...

[william-james88]

Word has it that Platinum Edition Combiner Wars Liokaiser will be an Entertainment Earth exclusive.

That would make it the second one this year http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... ive/35621/

But remember, thats just for the US, it will vary between countries (will probably be Walmart in Canada)

[william-james88]

Word has it that Platinum Edition Combiner Wars Liokaiser will be an Entertainment Earth exclusive.

Let joy be unconfined...

But all platinums are exclusives.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Word has it that Platinum Edition Combiner Wars Liokaiser will be an Entertainment Earth exclusive.

Let joy be unconfined...

But all platinums are exclusives.

Yeah, I know. still bums me out though cause I do like him

[william-james88]

Word has it that Platinum Edition Combiner Wars Liokaiser will be an Entertainment Earth exclusive.

Let joy be unconfined...

But all platinums are exclusives.

Yeah, I know. still bums me out though cause I do like him

You can just order him online. Him not being a brick and mortar retail exclusive means there will be less scalpers.

[o.supreme]

Updated the list to include Bluestreak, LioKaiser, and the currently known TFSS 5.0 figures

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Updated the list to include Bluestreak, LioKaiser, and the currently known TFSS 5.0 figures

Is the UW Computron on there?

[o.supreme]

they were, must have not saved correctly...slag... thanks for catching that

[Kurona]

Updated the list to include Bluestreak, LioKaiser, and the currently known TFSS 5.0 figures

Oh, was Bluestreak confirmed?

[o.supreme]

Fixed *hopefully* let me know if anything else is missing

[Sabrblade]

Updated the list to include Bluestreak, LioKaiser, and the currently known TFSS 5.0 figures

Oh, was Bluestreak confirmed?

http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/tfss-40-mystery-figure-potentially-revealed-as-blue-bluestreak/35873/

[Kurona]

Updated the list to include Bluestreak, LioKaiser, and the currently known TFSS 5.0 figures

Oh, was Bluestreak confirmed?

http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/tfss-40-mystery-figure-potentially-revealed-as-blue-bluestreak/35873/

That's not confirmed though, is it? Isn't it possible that that's a custom?

[Sabrblade]

Updated the list to include Bluestreak, LioKaiser, and the currently known TFSS 5.0 figures

Oh, was Bluestreak confirmed?

http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/tfss-40-mystery-figure-potentially-revealed-as-blue-bluestreak/35873/

That's not confirmed though, is it? Isn't it possible that that's a custom?

In a Hasbro copyrighted Fun Pub bag with Bluestreak's name on it?

[Kurona]

Updated the list to include Bluestreak, LioKaiser, and the currently known TFSS 5.0 figures

Oh, was Bluestreak confirmed?

http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/tfss-40-mystery-figure-potentially-revealed-as-blue-bluestreak/35873/

That's not confirmed though, is it? Isn't it possible that that's a custom?

In a Hasbro copyrighted Fun Pub bag with Bluestreak's name on it?

Doesn't look like the most difficult thing in the world to make.

[o.supreme]

Greetings Kurona. Believe me, I am as skeptical as they come when it comes to rumors etc... but I've done enough research to know, and see on several reputable sites that this is not a fan custom. This IS the "mystery" figure for TFSS 4.0. There is also going to be a mystery 7th figure for the 5.0 stuff when they come out next year, but again, I doubt we will know whet it is until around this time next year, and it may or may not be a CW mold.

Also of note, it appears only Jazz & Sideswipe have been unused as CW molds form the original series standard size Autobot Cars. Pretty cool. I may be wrong but I don't think any other TF toy line since the original in 1984 has come this close to reproducing them all, Masterpiece may get there eventually...but still kind of cool.