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[Stuartmaximus]

Aren't they rereleasing the Optimus with the hip fix too? And if so, how do you identify it?

No, battle core o/p is the only one getting the fix.

NO IT'S NOT!

coz the reissue of CW Motormaster is also supposed to be getting the fix

[RodimusConvoy13]

Aren't they rereleasing the Optimus with the hip fix too? And if so, how do you identify it?

No, battle core o/p is the only one getting the fix.

NO IT'S NOT!

coz the reissue of CW Motormaster is also supposed to be getting the fix

I'm pretty sure he means Battle Corp Prime is the only one getting the fix.

[Emerje]

It'd be cool if they did something like a harbinger of Unicron, that hunted and killed enemies of Unicron, him and other emissaries of Unicron like drancron, rartorata, elephorca, or shockaract, or The Fallen

Isn't that more or less Grand Scourge's story? He's a herald of Unicron with a time and space Matrix that lets him travel through dimensions to hunt down anyone with a Matrix (basically anyone with Prime or Convoy in their name). There's also CW Cyclonus/Galvatronus who has a somewhat similar thing going on without the dimension hoping.

Aren't they rereleasing the Optimus with the hip fix too? And if so, how do you identify it?

No, battle core o/p is the only one getting the fix.

NO IT'S NOT!

coz the reissue of CW Motormaster is also supposed to be getting the fix

Uh, yeah, that's already been well established in the last few posts. He's saying Battle Core OP is the only Prime getting the fix which is true.

Emerje

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Aren't they rereleasing the Optimus with the hip fix too? And if so, how do you identify it?

No, battle core o/p is the only one getting the fix.

NO IT'S NOT!

coz the reissue of CW Motormaster is also supposed to be getting the fix

He was speaking of hasbro Primes, not motormasters.

[RiddlerJ]

An evil little part of me considered buying the fixed Motormaster, putting my old one in the box and returning it.

But that just wouldn't be kosher, I guess.

[Stuartmaximus]

Aren't they rereleasing the Optimus with the hip fix too? And if so, how do you identify it?

No, battle core o/p is the only one getting the fix.

NO IT'S NOT!

coz the reissue of CW Motormaster is also supposed to be getting the fix

He was speaking of hasbro Primes, not motormasters.

Yes but they share the same mold

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Aren't they rereleasing the Optimus with the hip fix too? And if so, how do you identify it?

No, battle core o/p is the only one getting the fix.

NO IT'S NOT!

coz the reissue of CW Motormaster is also supposed to be getting the fix

He was speaking of hasbro Primes, not motormasters.

Yes but they share the same mold

He knew they were releasing MM with the fixed hips, as per the original message. He was asking if red prime was getting a re-release with hip fix, but instead we are getting BC Prime. Motormaster was never in question

[albnok]

UNFIXED HIPS:
Hasbro Combiner Wars Optimus Prime Wave 1 (Red)
Hasbro Combiner Wars Motormaster Wave 2

FIXED HIPS:
Hasbro Combiner Wars Battle Core Optimus Prime Wave 4 (White)
Hasbro Combiner Wars Motormaster Wave 4 (has 52231 embossed on the back)
TakaraTomy Unite Warriors Motormaster (in UW02 Stunticons giftset)
TakaraTomy Unite Warriors Optimus Prime (Red, in UW05 Autobots giftset)
TakaraTomy Unite Warriors Grand Scourge

[D-Maximal_Primal]

UNFIXED HIPS:
Hasbro Combiner Wars Optimus Prime Wave 1 (Red)
Hasbro Combiner Wars Motormaster Wave 2

FIXED HIPS:
Hasbro Combiner Wars Battle Core Optimus Prime Wave 4 (White)
Hasbro Combiner Wars Motormaster Wave 4 (has 52231 embossed on the back)
TakaraTomy Unite Warriors Motormaster (in UW02 Stunticons giftset)
TakaraTomy Unite Warriors Optimus Prime (Red, in UW05 Autobots giftset)

UNKNOWN:
TakaraTomy Unite Warriors Grand Scourge

Grand Scourge has fixed hips too

[albnok]

Thanks, I've edited my post above!


Found this video, showing how you can fix the hips yourself, without any sawing or permanent modification. It is reversible and surprisingly good!


I just tried this on my Red Optimus Prime and it works beautifully.

[Hellscream9999]

Aren't they rereleasing the Optimus with the hip fix too? And if so, how do you identify it?

No, battle core o/p is the only one getting the fix.

NO IT'S NOT!

coz the reissue of CW Motormaster is also supposed to be getting the fix

He was speaking of hasbro Primes, not motormasters.

Yes but they share the same mold

Yes they do, but he asked about o/p figures, and I answered it, he specifically wanted to know if the red one was getting a fix and thus a release, neither of which is happening; but, I get your desire to have all the facts known, it's cool

[Stuartmaximus]

Aren't they rereleasing the Optimus with the hip fix too? And if so, how do you identify it?

No, battle core o/p is the only one getting the fix.

NO IT'S NOT!

coz the reissue of CW Motormaster is also supposed to be getting the fix

He was speaking of hasbro Primes, not motormasters.

Yes but they share the same mold

Yes they do, but he asked about o/p figures, and I answered it, he specifically wanted to know if the red one was getting a fix and thus a release, neither of which is happening; but, I get your desire to have all the facts known, it's cool

Well....you could always fix your existing ones, thanks to albnok's video link! thus saving you money you would've had to spend on the Motormaster reissue, plus I'm sure the fix on that video link also works on Prime too

[Stuartmaximus]

Doing a whole wave of beastformers as combiners may not have gone well, so they decided against it.

Maybe someone had a change of heart

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[Sabrblade]

Doing a whole wave of beastformers as combiners may not have gone well, so they decided against it.

Maybe someone had a change of heart

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That is neither a beastformer nor a regular Hasbro product. Fun Pub exclusives are a whole other animal in and of themselves.

[Madeus Prime]

Sorry for the late reply!

Firstly, come on Madeus Prime, you are a Seibertron veteran, I am surprised you chose this thread to write your remarks when we have a whole thread dedicated to Titans Return. It's best we continue this discussion there so that those who do follow it can get your insight.

Explanation, I was not aware that there was such a thread. I've been extremely preoccupied lately with school (huge art project, major essay, big world studies project, and student store management) and other responsibilities (spent nearly all of this past Sunday setting up my school for homecoming.) Not to mention some personal issues that've been giving me a headache. So I'm a bit out of the loop and really tired, from now on I will discuss this series there.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Thanks, I've edited my post above!


Found this video, showing how you can fix the hips yourself, without any sawing or permanent modification. It is reversible and surprisingly good!


I just tried this on my Red Optimus Prime and it works beautifully.

I may have to give this a try this weekend when I go home and can play with MM

[Agamemnon]

Thanks, I've edited my post above!


Found this video, showing how you can fix the hips yourself, without any sawing or permanent modification. It is reversible and surprisingly good!


I just tried this on my Red Optimus Prime and it works beautifully.

I may have to give this a try this weekend when I go home and can play with MM

Indeed, I'll try this with my MM and see if there is a difference between the two versions. I'm starting to think that in assembly the parts were swapped in that first OP/MM wave...

Because that never happens, right Hasbro?

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Looking at the toy, I'm wondering how they will package Sky Lynx. It almost looks like it will be required to be packaged in vehicle mode.

[william-james88]

I always find a change in perspective to be interesting. Some of us (me included) are willing to spend the extra bucks to get the takara versions of toys we can get at local retail. And there is a concensus that Takara gives you more (deco, exlusive retools and the like). However, we forget how lucky we are sometimes. I just found this staement from a japanese fan online:

Both Rook and Offroad go for over $40 a piece here in Japan, so the demand is really high.

So while this thread has seen tons of complaining that Takara is doing things right with many of these toys (which I am not contesting), it is interesting to step back and see how lucky we are. We eventually got our Slingshot and Wildrider, and all this time, they didnt get the new characters. Of course, that will probably change with takara's release of the galvatronus combiner but I did find it interesting to see that there is always a flipside.

[Stuartmaximus]

Looking at the toy, I'm wondering how they will package Sky Lynx. It almost looks like it will be required to be packaged in vehicle mode.

wasn't the original packaged that way too?

[william-james88]

Looking at the toy, I'm wondering how they will package Sky Lynx. It almost looks like it will be required to be packaged in vehicle mode.

wasn't the original packaged that way too?

I dont think thats the point. The deal is that until recently, most TFs were sold in alt mode but that has since changed in the west where most TFs are now sold in Robot Mode. So the question was: in a time where most Hasbro TFs are sold in robot mode, will Skykynx be sold in vehicle mode?

I think yes

This makes me think, what was the last non exclusive toy to be sold in vehicle mode by hasbro? (not alt mode, those would be last year's dinobots, I am really asking for a vehicle here). Was it the prime RID figures, like Cliffjumper and Vehicon?

[Sabrblade]

Looking at the toy, I'm wondering how they will package Sky Lynx. It almost looks like it will be required to be packaged in vehicle mode.

wasn't the original packaged that way too?

I dont think thats the point. The deal is that until recently, most TFs were sold in alt mode but that has since changed in the west where most TFs are now sold in Robot Mode. So the question was: in a time where most Hasbro TFs are sold in robot mode, will Skykynx be sold in vehicle mode?

I think yes

This makes me think, what was the last non exclusive toy to be sold in vehicle mode by hasbro? (not alt mode, those would be last year's dinobots, I am really asking for a vehicle here). Was it the prime RID figures, like Cliffjumper and Vehicon?

The Prime Beast Hunters Deluxe class Predacons before Vertebreak. They were all in Beast Mode while Vertebreak (the final one released) was in Robot Mode.

[albnok]

Thanks, I've edited my post above!


Found this video, showing how you can fix the hips yourself, without any sawing or permanent modification. It is reversible and surprisingly good!


I just tried this on my Red Optimus Prime and it works beautifully.

I may have to give this a try this weekend when I go home and can play with MM

Indeed, I'll try this with my MM and see if there is a difference between the two versions. I'm starting to think that in assembly the parts were swapped in that first OP/MM wave...

Because that never happens, right Hasbro?

That's not how the fix works - the part was initially designed wrong. They fixed the design after. With this fix, you get a tight but non-clicking rotation, whereas with the new waves, it is tight and clicks in the correct angle.

[william-james88]

Looking at the toy, I'm wondering how they will package Sky Lynx. It almost looks like it will be required to be packaged in vehicle mode.

wasn't the original packaged that way too?

I dont think thats the point. The deal is that until recently, most TFs were sold in alt mode but that has since changed in the west where most TFs are now sold in Robot Mode. So the question was: in a time where most Hasbro TFs are sold in robot mode, will Skykynx be sold in vehicle mode?

I think yes

This makes me think, what was the last non exclusive toy to be sold in vehicle mode by hasbro? (not alt mode, those would be last year's dinobots, I am really asking for a vehicle here). Was it the prime RID figures, like Cliffjumper and Vehicon?

The Prime Beast Hunters Deluxe class Predacons before Vertebreak. They were all in Beast Mode while Vertebreak (the final one released) was in Robot Mode.

You mind rereading the part I now put in bold and answering the question again?

[Sabrblade]

Looking at the toy, I'm wondering how they will package Sky Lynx. It almost looks like it will be required to be packaged in vehicle mode.

wasn't the original packaged that way too?

I dont think thats the point. The deal is that until recently, most TFs were sold in alt mode but that has since changed in the west where most TFs are now sold in Robot Mode. So the question was: in a time where most Hasbro TFs are sold in robot mode, will Skykynx be sold in vehicle mode?

I think yes

This makes me think, what was the last non exclusive toy to be sold in vehicle mode by hasbro? (not alt mode, those would be last year's dinobots, I am really asking for a vehicle here). Was it the prime RID figures, like Cliffjumper and Vehicon?

The Prime Beast Hunters Deluxe class Predacons before Vertebreak. They were all in Beast Mode while Vertebreak (the final one released) was in Robot Mode.

You mind rereading the part I now put in bold and answering the question again?

The RID One-Step Changers are currently packaged in vehicle mode. So too were the AOE One-Step Changers. And before them, Prime Beast Hunters Deluxe class Arcee was in vehicle mode.