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Maybe Gnaw could be their scout and spotter; that's the role I envision Slash playing for Volcanicus.

o.supreme wrote:I was thinking of getting a TR Gnaw to be my unofficial 6th member for the Space Pirate Seacons . It is still relatively inexpensive on the secondary market as I never got one when it was out. Does anyone know of a fan-mode for it? Just curious.

My seacons are in storage right now and my God Neptune is going under the tree, so I can't say for sure about the ability to attach as armor some way.

Unfortunately Gnaw doesn't really have anything that can be used as a 5mm post except for his mace handle. Best option might be using the 5mm ports in the bot hands/shark feet and one of the seacon guns that have 5 mm posts on the barrel and back as a handle to fashion a giant mace/fist the combiner hand could hold.

Hmmm, my sharkicons are already out. I may have just talked myself into digging out the seacons.

o.supreme wrote:D-Max- If you happen to Have Gnaw or Quintesson Pit, maybe a couple pics of Neptune with a Sharkticon just to see how it works? He could be their pet if nothing else .

I have 2 sharks, maybe I'll try putting something together with them.

I love the team, they looks great together. And Halfshell may be the best and favorite of the combiner torsos. I like him more than Turtler, and I love the way they made this mold. There's a lot to love.



also, Beast Wars II!!!!!

Now imagine if we got a Selects Gigastorm. That'd be the day.

I am unapologetic when it comes to BWII...there is just something about it I really enjoy. I think it's mostly because we got to see in animation many of the BW toys not featured in the Mainframe series. (NEO, I'm not so much a fan of except for the last dozens episodes or so with Blendtrons/Unicron). When I had my original Toy collection I had Lio Convoy, Galvatron, God Neptune, Gigastorm, and the Takotank (I used BW Magnaboss and Tripredacus as the BWII characters, even though they were slightly different).

However...Gigastorm was one of those odd coincidences that just worked. The fact that Trypticon was never to scale meant he was just a "bigger than average" Transformer, not a Titan, which worked for Gigastorm and BWII. Personally, I'd want Black Zarak and Metrotitan (If we are talking repaints/slight retools), from Titans before Gigastorm. The ideal thing would be to make a brand new toy sized roughly the same as the original Trypticon/Gigastorm, but with modern engineering (basically a scaled town TR Trypticon), but I doubt that would happen either.

TF-fan kev777 wrote:

o.supreme wrote:I was thinking of getting a TR Gnaw to be my unofficial 6th member for the Space Pirate Seacons . It is still relatively inexpensive on the secondary market as I never got one when it was out. Does anyone know of a fan-mode for it? Just curious.

My seacons are in storage right now and my God Neptune is going under the tree, so I can't say for sure about the ability to attach as armor some way.

Unfortunately Gnaw doesn't really have anything that can be used as a 5mm post except for his mace handle. Best option might be using the 5mm ports in the bot hands/shark feet and one of the seacon guns that have 5 mm posts on the barrel and back as a handle to fashion a giant mace/fist the combiner hand could hold.

Hmmm, my sharkicons are already out. I may have just talked myself into digging out the seacons.

Um, so I did manage this...

Fish head! Fish head! Roly-poly fish head!

TF-fan kev777 wrote:Um, so I did manage this...

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Not what I was going for...but I love it all the same. That is awesome!

So after taking my God Neptune out, messing with it for a bit, and assembling it. I do have to objectively say, I like God Neptune better. I had the originals of both Piranacon and God Neptune, and now both TT Selects.

The Joints on GN are tighter and more stable than on KP (he will literally buckle backward at the knees, thank goodness he has that 6th member as a cane to prop him up) . The only complaint I have about GN is that the holes in the back of the foot stands are a bit too big in that the extra hands used to extended the back of the feet slide in and out with no friction, nothing holding them in, but that's nothing a little tissue paper cant fix.

Just got charged for Cordon and Spinout by Pulse. These guys weren't due until January, I don't usually do a ton of budgeting, but being December I'm really feeling all of these early releases.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:Just got charged for Cordon and Spinout by Pulse. These guys weren't due until January, I don't usually do a ton of budgeting, but being December I'm really feeling all of these early releases.

Emerje

Wow, good thing I decided to cancel them as I just was charged for G2 Sandstorm. I miss the days when Pulse would send an email giving a heads up that an order is about to be charged. I do hope the Cordon/Spinout pack comes back into stock but I am definitely glad I'm not being charged for two orders his morning.

Oh crap, if the lambros AND G2 Sandstorm are being charged, I'm in some money trouble. I budgeted these out, and I cannot especially take $140 worth of preorders coming in stock early.

On some selects notes, I did finally get Hot Shot after he was restocked on Pulse. I like him. I wish he had larger shoulders, but I like him. The headsculpt and colors are nice, and he will go good with Galaxy Prime



Also, Halfshell is the best combiner torso to come from all the CW/PotP/Selects stuff. I have spoken.







Mini goldendoodle vs turtle, the 2nd time Frankie has squared off with a Seacon

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Also, Halfshell is the best combiner torso to come from all the CW/PotP/Selects stuff. I have spoken.

I'm unpacking the Seacons one at a time, with Scylla the first since she is a lady, and yesterday I pulled out Halfshell. I completely agree with this statement. His ratchets are all nice and clicky, plus the accessories make him an incredibly stocky boi. The colors go really well together; the turquoise and white with gold accents pop. Not sure who I will unpack today, but I am delighted with this set so far.

aronjlove wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Also, Halfshell is the best combiner torso to come from all the CW/PotP/Selects stuff. I have spoken.

I'm unpacking the Seacons one at a time, with Scylla the first since she is a lady, and yesterday I pulled out Halfshell. I completely agree with this statement. His ratchets are all nice and clicky, plus the accessories make him an incredibly stocky boi. The colors go really well together; the turquoise and white with gold accents pop. Not sure who I will unpack today, but I am delighted with this set so far.

This may be controversial, but I dont care:

I would be perfectly OK with considering Halfshell a Leader class figure considering the parts and accessories count. He is very good and very well equipped. I love him by himself, let alone as a combiner

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Oh crap, if the lambros AND G2 Sandstorm are being charged, I'm in some money trouble. I budgeted these out, and I cannot especially take $140 worth of preorders coming in stock early.

Oof, I'm in the same boat and already cancelled Super Megatron because of it. I was fine after cancelling him, but now another $40 for the lambros. I'm hoping BBTS will be a little late on G2 Sandstorm and at least not charge him until next month.

TF-fan kev777 wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Oh crap, if the lambros AND G2 Sandstorm are being charged, I'm in some money trouble. I budgeted these out, and I cannot especially take $140 worth of preorders coming in stock early.

Oof, I'm in the same boat and already cancelled Super Megatron because of it. I was fine after cancelling him, but now another $40 for the lambros. I'm hoping BBTS will be a little late on G2 Sandstorm and at least not charge him until next month.

Well, I was charged for both preorders. Dammit.

I am hoping against hope that the SG set isn't moved up like Sandstorm, that is another $50 that will hurt.

If there is a plus side to this, it's that I won't have another Pulse preorder set to arrive until the Marvel Legends Spiderverse figures in February, and if for some reason the SG set comes my next Pulse TF preorder will either be Soundblaster at the end of March(but I'm expecting another 2 month delay on him) or Kingdom Wave 2 in May

Yikes, sorry about the bad preorder stock timing.

That Hot Shot needs 4x TR Shuffler

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:On some selects notes, I did finally get Hot Shot after he was restocked on Pulse. I like him. I wish he had larger shoulders, but I like him. The headsculpt and colors are nice, and he will go good with Galaxy Prime

I recall you have/like the OG from Cybertron. I've found Aragon is an excellent color match for weaponizing. You can use his arms to sort of mimic Cybertron Hot Shot's shoulder cannons.

They need to charge everyone and get those orders out before year end to get those bonuses ....

Seriously though, it's nice the items are coming out, I hope it doesn't starin anyone too much financially. My last 2 items for 2020 are on their way from BBTS should be here Friday (or hopefully before), then I can close the book on 2020 satisfied knowing I got pretty much everything on my wont list. The only items I have on pre-order from Pulse now are the Two Combiners (Volcanicus & Abominus), but those will both come in after tax refunds, so I should be ok, plus I plan to sell of my PotP versions to try to recoup some of the cost of them.

TF-fan kev777 wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:On some selects notes, I did finally get Hot Shot after he was restocked on Pulse. I like him. I wish he had larger shoulders, but I like him. The headsculpt and colors are nice, and he will go good with Galaxy Prime

I recall you have/like the OG from Cybertron. I've found Aragon is an excellent color match for weaponizing. You can use his arms to sort of mimic Cybertron Hot Shot's shoulder cannons.

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I do have the original and do love it! It's why I didn't want to get this one because I have a good one already, but the extra posing and the great head and colors won me over on it after over a year.

Hmm, that does look good, but I like having my 3 Powerdashers together as a team on the bot shelf!

Geez, Pulse ain't screwing around, Cordon and Spinout shipped already will be here Thursday.

Regarding CD Hot Shot: I think 4x of TR Shuffler, Ramhorn, or a mix thereof would be good to arm him with. It would match the original's hefty quantity of screw missiles.

As for the original's shoulder cannons... Honestly, the gun the SIEGE Hound mold comes with looks to have been designed for resemblance. So if you were to bum a spare off a Hound, or cast a duplicate with resin, and paint it up...

More Hot Shot, because he's pretty fun

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:More Hot Shot, because he's pretty fun

It is a really good mold that I wish they could have used more. Not sure for who but both Siege Hound and Selects Hot Shot are fun Transformers and cool action figures, fun to transform and very posable.

aronjlove wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:More Hot Shot, because he's pretty fun

It is a really good mold that I wish they could have used more. Not sure for who but both Siege Hound and Selects Hot Shot are fun Transformers and cool action figures, fun to transform and very posable.

Detritus is the obvious answer.

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:

aronjlove wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:More Hot Shot, because he's pretty fun

It is a really good mold that I wish they could have used more. Not sure for who but both Siege Hound and Selects Hot Shot are fun Transformers and cool action figures, fun to transform and very posable.

Detritus is the obvious answer.

And a non-combining Swindle. Maybe even Rollbar, with a bit of retooling.