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[D-Maximal_Primal]

just curious: What if that fanmode Lynx mode was used in conjunction with the limb guys, all 4 as as legs, to make a massive Lynx? I think it could be cool....

[Hellscream9999]

maybe Takara will sort some of the issues out that plague Sky Lynx

They wont. That would mean making a whole new voyager mold and they have yet to do that.

That's not to say that they couldn't tweak the ratchets, or change the dimensions of the clips and whatnot to make the combined mode tighter

[steals_your_goats]

maybe Takara will sort some of the issues out that plague Sky Lynx

They wont. That would mean making a whole new voyager mold and they have yet to do that.

That's not to say that they couldn't tweak the ratchets, or change the dimensions of the clips and whatnot to make the combined mode tighter

For all we know the reviewer could've gotten a qc reject and the others will hold together fine. We won't know for sure until more people get them.

[Hellscream9999]

maybe Takara will sort some of the issues out that plague Sky Lynx

They wont. That would mean making a whole new voyager mold and they have yet to do that.

That's not to say that they couldn't tweak the ratchets, or change the dimensions of the clips and whatnot to make the combined mode tighter

For all we know the reviewer could've gotten a qc reject and the others will hold together fine. We won't know for sure until more people get them.

Yeah, I'm not worried yet, it would take quite a bit to surpass the crap design of menasor. But either way, I couldn't take that reviewer seriously, and didn't bother watching more than it took for him to moan about the quality of box and instructions - way to set the wrong tone dude

[Dr. Caelus]

The point being made, both by the reviewer and myself, is if we have to hold the shoulders to move the arms the toy can't be played with, and therefore is a failure.

I don't follow why that makes it a toy that can't be played with. Is it that it's too difficult, or is there something in particular you do with your toys that precludes holding the toy by the shoulder rather than the waist?

And if the hips are so loose the toy falls over with slightest hint of a touch the toy cannot even be posed on the shelf and is a failure.

Like I said, it may help to use lighter limbs for the arms, and heavier limbs for the legs. It may also help to actually pose the figure intelligently when sitting it down, rather than just sort of absent-mindedly dropping it and back-handing it like the I recall the reviewer doing. I mean, for pete's sakes - as I recall, at one point in the video the guy was upset because the figure wouldn't stay standing after he'd removed a leg.

Further, and this is just me now, if I have to augment the toy in some way to make it work (not including correctly re-configuring miss-assembled parts), said toy is a not going to be a part of my collection

I can understand that, but given one of the primary gimmicks of the Combiner Wars toyline is the mix-and-match design, I don't think swapping the limbs around can be considered "correctly re-configuring miss-assembled parts."

I don't collect turds, not the ones that come out of me, and not the ones that come out of Hasbro.

Well, that was unnecessarily graphic/inappropriate. This is just me now, but I'd prefer it if you eschewed talking about your feces in the future. Thank you.

[steals_your_goats]

maybe Takara will sort some of the issues out that plague Sky Lynx

They wont. That would mean making a whole new voyager mold and they have yet to do that.

That's not to say that they couldn't tweak the ratchets, or change the dimensions of the clips and whatnot to make the combined mode tighter

For all we know the reviewer could've gotten a qc reject and the others will hold together fine. We won't know for sure until more people get them.

Yeah, I'm not worried yet, it would take quite a bit to surpass the crap design of menasor. But either way, I couldn't take that reviewer seriously, and didn't bother watching more than it took for him to moan about the quality of box and instructions - way to set the wrong tone dude

His review was extremely painful and I can't believe I say through the whole thing. I'm still up in the air on this wave. On one hand I really want skylynx and hound and the other three can just stay in limb mode. But at the same time if I get them before seeing if Takara will give them a better deco I run the risk of buyers remorse.

[Hellscream9999]

maybe Takara will sort some of the issues out that plague Sky Lynx

They wont. That would mean making a whole new voyager mold and they have yet to do that.

That's not to say that they couldn't tweak the ratchets, or change the dimensions of the clips and whatnot to make the combined mode tighter

For all we know the reviewer could've gotten a qc reject and the others will hold together fine. We won't know for sure until more people get them.

Yeah, I'm not worried yet, it would take quite a bit to surpass the crap design of menasor. But either way, I couldn't take that reviewer seriously, and didn't bother watching more than it took for him to moan about the quality of box and instructions - way to set the wrong tone dude

His review was extremely painful and I can't believe I say through the whole thing. I'm still up in the air on this wave. On one hand I really want skylynx and hound and the other three can just stay in limb mode. But at the same time if I get them before seeing if Takara will give them a better deco I run the risk of buyers remorse.

Trailbreaker might be worth it for all the new stuff he has. And Hound seems like a stand out figure, being based on swindle (who should be arriving today ); plus we have no idea who TT will turn them into (i.e. pulling another grand galvatronus, always assumign that they do indeed use them - I think it's safe to say they will)

So if you want them individually, maybe get them on sale, or just get them outright. I'd say wait on wheeljack, since that's all he can really be (except maybe a veiled reference to exhaust), and hasbro's is so poorly painted that I cannot, in good conscience, support getting it.

[Stuartmaximus]

maybe Takara will sort some of the issues out that plague Sky Lynx

They wont. That would mean making a whole new voyager mold and they have yet to do that.

That's not to say that they couldn't tweak the ratchets, or change the dimensions of the clips and whatnot to make the combined mode tighter

For all we know the reviewer could've gotten a qc reject and the others will hold together fine. We won't know for sure until more people get them.

Yeah, I'm not worried yet, it would take quite a bit to surpass the crap design of menasor. But either way, I couldn't take that reviewer seriously, and didn't bother watching more than it took for him to moan about the quality of box and instructions - way to set the wrong tone dude

His review was extremely painful and I can't believe I say through the whole thing. I'm still up in the air on this wave. On one hand I really want skylynx and hound and the other three can just stay in limb mode. But at the same time if I get them before seeing if Takara will give them a better deco I run the risk of buyers remorse.

surely there will be better reviewers that'll come along, mind you....they'll also be hard pushed to say many positive things about the figure....since they'll be presented with the same issues(if it didn't turn out to be an isolated quality control problem after all).

[Hellscream9999]

maybe Takara will sort some of the issues out that plague Sky Lynx

They wont. That would mean making a whole new voyager mold and they have yet to do that.

That's not to say that they couldn't tweak the ratchets, or change the dimensions of the clips and whatnot to make the combined mode tighter

For all we know the reviewer could've gotten a qc reject and the others will hold together fine. We won't know for sure until more people get them.

Yeah, I'm not worried yet, it would take quite a bit to surpass the crap design of menasor. But either way, I couldn't take that reviewer seriously, and didn't bother watching more than it took for him to moan about the quality of box and instructions - way to set the wrong tone dude

His review was extremely painful and I can't believe I say through the whole thing. I'm still up in the air on this wave. On one hand I really want skylynx and hound and the other three can just stay in limb mode. But at the same time if I get them before seeing if Takara will give them a better deco I run the risk of buyers remorse.

surely there will be better reviewers that'll come along, mind you....they'll also be hard pushed to say many positive things about the figure....since they'll be presented with the same issues(if it didn't turn out to be an isolated quality control problem after all).

Pfft, I doubt that, plenty of people (here and reviewers) had plenty of good things to say about menasor, and he suffers from the same problems and more, but they still defend and like it

[mtma]

The review, even if overly negative, convinced me to keep my preorder for this guy and Onslaught up. I'll not be displaying him in combiner mode and his size is good enough for me as it doesn't take too much space and will be looking good on my shelf. I never had any attachment to the G1 toy so comparisons for me don't mean much. I like him for his weirdness factor...

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Speaking of combaticons....For those who have not bought yet, HTS is offering $10 off $50 or more orders. Sucks cause we (Screamer and I) just bought last week and now they have a deal. Damn

[Hellscream9999]

Speaking of combaticons....For those who have not bought yet, HTS is offering $10 off $50 or more orders. Sucks cause we (Screamer and I) just bought last week and now they have a deal. Damn

[Dr. Caelus]

I'm still up in the air on this wave. On one hand I really want skylynx and hound and the other three can just stay in limb mode. But at the same time if I get them before seeing if Takara will give them a better deco I run the risk of buyers remorse.

If you end up with buyer's remorse, it will probably be too late to return the figures to a retail store (assuming you don't get them online), but even so, if you keep the figures in package until you see the Takara version (and the Takara version is better), you can either sell the Hasbro figures after you've got your pre-order for the Takara version in or donate the Hasbro figures to Toys-for-Tots (or some other comparable organization).

It's sort of 'insuring' your decision. If the Takara version sucks or is not feasible to obtain, you have the Hasbro version sitting in package, waiting to be opened. If the Takara version is better, or you don't obtain all of Sky-Reign's components, you haven't necessarily wasted all of the money you sank into getting the Hasbro version, because it'll still be sitting there in package, ready to be sold or given to someone else.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Speaking of combaticons....For those who have not bought yet, HTS is offering $10 off $50 or more orders. Sucks cause we (Screamer and I) just bought last week and now they have a deal. Damn

Pretty much....
Oh the money that could have been saved.....

[RAR]

I thought that you might be interested to know, or at least appreciate the heads up anyway that there are know some KO Combiner Wars (Defensor) Limbs. So far they are over scale and in funny colours but in case they make ones in the standard colours you might like to be careful from now on when buying online - just in case of being accidentally mislead.

http://world.taobao.com/item/5256363484 ... t=2#detail

[steals_your_goats]

I thought that you might be interested to know, or at least appreciate the heads up anyway that there are know some KO Combiner Wars (Defensor) Limbs. So far they are over scale and in funny colours but in case they make ones in the standard colours you might like to be careful from now on when buying online - just in case of being accidentally mislead.

http://world.taobao.com/item/5256363484 ... t=2#detail

If they release these in standard deluxe size as are a decent quality and price they could be some pretty cool extra limbs.

[Hellscream9999]

Got my combaticon limbs today, so I figured I'd sound off on them really quickly.

Blast Off; I love him, love him as a jet, love the fireflight mold, love it in blast-offs colors; glad 2/5's of the team can express emotion in their face, still disappointed that he didn't receive remolded wings

Vortex; is very Alpha-Bravo

Brawl; is... complicated; the waist is pretty tight, but the shoulders aren't, not too bad, but still an egregious f#$k up on the designers' part

Swindle; is amazing. Has kinda loose thigh joints, and the jeep mode doesn't seem to tab together for some reason - not sure how this will affect the other modes yet, but still, amazing figure

[YoungPrime]

Chefatron's Sky Reign review went up two hours ago. I was concerned regarding the stability of Sky Lynx as a torso. Now I know the figure is a floppy mess. Poses great but plays poorly. Oh well, more money saved for me.

I have no desire to buy any of those wave 6 limbs or use him as a combiner. In fact I would've prefered a larger class version of Skylynx anyway. The fact that they were so cheap with giving this figure the CW gimmick annoys me even more though.

[william-james88]

I thought that you might be interested to know, or at least appreciate the heads up anyway that there are know some KO Combiner Wars (Defensor) Limbs. So far they are over scale and in funny colours but in case they make ones in the standard colours you might like to be careful from now on when buying online - just in case of being accidentally mislead.

Thanks for the warning. These were already posted in the KO forum, any further discussion on these should be brought there: upcoming-combiner-wars-kos-with-crazy-decos--t106256.php

[william-james88]

Got my combaticon limbs today, so I figured I'd sound off on them really quickly.

Blast Off; I love him, love him as a jet, love the fireflight mold, love it in blast-offs colors; glad 2/5's of the team can express emotion in their face, still disappointed that he didn't receive remolded wings

Vortex; is very Alpha-Bravo

Brawl; is... complicated; the waist is pretty tight, but the shoulders aren't, not too bad, but still an egregious f#$k up on the designers' part

Swindle; is amazing. Has kinda loose thigh joints, and the jeep mode doesn't seem to tab together for some reason - not sure how this will affect the other modes yet, but still, amazing figure

I am so glad I never got alpha bravo, not because its not a good toy, but because I wouldnt get that sensation when handling vortex. While buying all the toys is perfectly fine, I have found great satisfaction in only buying the original scramble city combiners with their original members. No overlap so far. Still I actually preffer Offroad to Brake-neck though

[DedicatedGhostArt]

Chefatron's Sky Reign review went up two hours ago. I was concerned regarding the stability of Sky Lynx as a torso. Now I know the figure is a floppy mess. Poses great but plays poorly. Oh well, more money saved for me.

I have no desire to buy any of those wave 6 limbs or use him as a combiner. In fact I would've prefered a larger class version of Skylynx anyway. The fact that they were so cheap with giving this figure the CW gimmick annoys me even more though.

Agreed. I never completely liked how it looked anyhow. More money for better figures.

[Concept]

Kind of getting sick of all the reuse/repaints of these combines, it was fun at first but quickly got old. The mini's are so hard to find so my Defensor and Menasor are incomplete. Probably won't be buying anymore of the combiners. Might pick up the more unique ones.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Got my combaticon limbs today, so I figured I'd sound off on them really quickly.

Blast Off; I love him, love him as a jet, love the fireflight mold, love it in blast-offs colors; glad 2/5's of the team can express emotion in their face, still disappointed that he didn't receive remolded wings

Vortex; is very Alpha-Bravo

Brawl; is... complicated; the waist is pretty tight, but the shoulders aren't, not too bad, but still an egregious f#$k up on the designers' part

Swindle; is amazing. Has kinda loose thigh joints, and the jeep mode doesn't seem to tab together for some reason - not sure how this will affect the other modes yet, but still, amazing figure

Mine should come later this week. I'm looking forward to them!

[Hellscream9999]

Got my combaticon limbs today, so I figured I'd sound off on them really quickly.

Blast Off; I love him, love him as a jet, love the fireflight mold, love it in blast-offs colors; glad 2/5's of the team can express emotion in their face, still disappointed that he didn't receive remolded wings

Vortex; is very Alpha-Bravo

Brawl; is... complicated; the waist is pretty tight, but the shoulders aren't, not too bad, but still an egregious f#$k up on the designers' part

Swindle; is amazing. Has kinda loose thigh joints, and the jeep mode doesn't seem to tab together for some reason - not sure how this will affect the other modes yet, but still, amazing figure

Mine should come later this week. I'm looking forward to them!

If their joints are tight, they're a treat for the most part (shakes head disappointingly towards brawl)

I am so glad I never got alpha bravo, not because its not a good toy, but because I wouldnt get that sensation when handling vortex. While buying all the toys is perfectly fine, I have found great satisfaction in only buying the original scramble city combiners with their original members. No overlap so far. Still I actually preffer Offroad to Brake-neck though

Honestly, a/b probably has better paint apps, especially in the face

[-Kanrabat-]

Anyone have an idea of when the Skylinx and Co wave will hit Canada?