Wolfman Jake wrote:Guys, there is no cat coming with Trypticon now. Hasbro let it out of the bag!
And that is the best pun i have heard all year!
Wolfman Jake wrote:Guys, there is no cat coming with Trypticon now. Hasbro let it out of the bag!
Black Hat wrote:Burn wrote:Black Hat wrote:You know what I'm really debating in my mind right now? If/when I get Trypticon, will he go with my CHUG collection (because Headmaster gimmicks) or my Legends (because he'll look even bigger next to tiny little dudes)?
Well I can't help you there, but for me, it's going to be a case of wherever I can fit him.
Maybe I can lift his arms high enough to balance a shelf and turn him into a coffee table.
Well, as for where I can fit him, he crosses the "Fortress Maximus Threshold" where he's big enough to BE his own display- so he'll go wherever there is space and is safe for him. Like, he doesn't need a shelf! Shelves are for the weak! Trypticon stands tall and proud! Plus he's so big that he can be used to display other, smaller figures (hence why I was thinking he might go with Legends scale).
FWIW if I had Encore Fortress Maximus (TR Fort Max just doesn't do it for me) he'd be in with the Legends crew, as he fairly obviously predates the TR line and he's so huge and full of compartments that he's practically begging for loads of little dudes to go with him.
Insurgent wrote:fenrir72 wrote:Insurgent wrote:Huh. To be honest, I'm very underwhelmed. It's just the f1 toy but bigger and more surface detail. It even has the foot prongs from the walking thing. Ugh. I was hoping he would be reinvented a bit, be a bit beefier, better arms or something. You know, like the poster artwork? I'm really not liking how the classics has suddenly gone "must be g1 but with articulation" that the new design team has gone with. I much preferred my classics to be recognisable as the guys but with modern alt modes.
I was holding out hope for this guy, but for the price and shelf space, i think I'll just get the platinum reissue.
You know you can't stray too far from the G1 aesthetic. That's the selling point in the first place. G1!
I get it for some guys, like the original headmasters. But look at the classics. Original classics. Still the iconic g1 aethsetics but a little updated. Now granted, i too would like some guys to be their g1 self. Like blaster. But as long as they have their iconic look incorporated in, like prowl and his door wings and car chest, then why not? Like fortress. Clearly fortress but he's a bit different. Or the combiners. Modified alt modes and look but still recognisable as that character.
As for how to do trypticon? You see that poster that said under construction? And then was fully revealed to show him fighting fortress? Yeah, that's how. If he looked like that, I'd be very tempted to get him.
william-james88 wrote:I think trypticon looks awesome. A different looking alt mode would make some sense in a smaller toy that is less of a gamble, but for a toy this size the main frame of reference is the g1 toy, especially if it transforms into a base.
Fort max strayed from his g1 origins for base mode (dont give me that catalogue crap) and suffers for it to no end. Lets give Hasbro a break here and welcome them playing it safe for this particular instance.
For all those saying that they might as well buy the g1 toy (a worthwhile argument for Fort max), please note that the g1 Trypticon toy is not that great. Would definitely not be on a top 5 list of best base bots (umm... I havent written that list yet, maybe I should, and maybe I should wait for this guy to come out before).
fenrir72 wrote:\Wish it were both though.
william-james88 wrote:If ever Sabrblade decides to go on vacation, I am glad to know we can rely on you.
william-james88 wrote:Wolfman Jake wrote:Guys, there is no cat coming with Trypticon now. Hasbro let it out of the bag!
And that is the best pun i have heard all year!
Hasbro, that's not how Trypticon's name is spoken.Va'al wrote:video!
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Nor should anyone. It's an "ih" sound. "Trip-tih-con".RAR wrote:I don't tend to say the 'I' (ee sound) either
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:"Trypticon" is a more clever name than you may realize. It does involve the number three, but not to his three modes or towers, but to the way he folds in three. Pieces of art that unfold into three segments are called Triptychs, from the Greek τρίπτυχον triptukhon, which is close to "Trypticon" (especially if you use the Modern Greek which has most vowels shifted to an "i" sound).
william-james88 wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:"Trypticon" is a more clever name than you may realize. It does involve the number three, but not to his three modes or towers, but to the way he folds in three. Pieces of art that unfold into three segments are called Triptychs, from the Greek τρίπτυχον triptukhon, which is close to "Trypticon" (especially if you use the Modern Greek which has most vowels shifted to an "i" sound).
Since when does he have 3 modes?
fenrir72 wrote:william-james88 wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:"Trypticon" is a more clever name than you may realize. It does involve the number three, but not to his three modes or towers, but to the way he folds in three. Pieces of art that unfold into three segments are called Triptychs, from the Greek τρίπτυχον triptukhon, which is close to "Trypticon" (especially if you use the Modern Greek which has most vowels shifted to an "i" sound).
Since when does he have 3 modes?
Base/City, Battle platform and Dinosaur?
Emerje wrote:fenrir72 wrote:william-james88 wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:"Trypticon" is a more clever name than you may realize. It does involve the number three, but not to his three modes or towers, but to the way he folds in three. Pieces of art that unfold into three segments are called Triptychs, from the Greek τρίπτυχον triptukhon, which is close to "Trypticon" (especially if you use the Modern Greek which has most vowels shifted to an "i" sound).
Since when does he have 3 modes?
Base/City, Battle platform and Dinosaur?
Though I've always thought of him as the Transformers version of Godzilla rather than a T-Rex.
Emerje
william-james88 wrote:Hey wait a sec, one of those modes is just the base mode with more toys attached. I dont count it as a third mode. Thats like saying that all the TR leaders are quadruple changers becuse their base modes can attach to others. I never considered him a triple changer, and he was never referred to as one before I just read this today (not included on the list of triple changers on tf wiki either). Do you guys really consider Trypticon a triple changer?
william-james88 wrote:Emerje wrote:fenrir72 wrote:william-james88 wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:"Trypticon" is a more clever name than you may realize. It does involve the number three, but not to his three modes or towers, but to the way he folds in three. Pieces of art that unfold into three segments are called Triptychs, from the Greek τρίπτυχον triptukhon, which is close to "Trypticon" (especially if you use the Modern Greek which has most vowels shifted to an "i" sound).
Since when does he have 3 modes?
Base/City, Battle platform and Dinosaur?
Though I've always thought of him as the Transformers version of Godzilla rather than a T-Rex.
Emerje
Hey wait a sec, one of those modes is just the base mode with more toys attached. I dont count it as a third mode. Thats like saying that all the TR leaders are quadruple changers becuse their base modes can attach to others. I never considered him a triple changer, and he was never referred to as one before I just read this today (not included on the list of triple changers on tf wiki either). Do you guys really consider Trypticon a triple changer?
william-james88 wrote:If ever Sabrblade decides to go on vacation, I am glad to know we can rely on you.
Hellscream9999 wrote:All G1 base-formers were triple changers. tryp's were a little more innocuous than the others. his 'vehicle' mode was basically the base mode raised up on wheels with some of the ramps folded up...
Here, lemme show ya a better view.william-james88 wrote:Hey wait a sec, one of those modes is just the base mode with more toys attached.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
william-james88 wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:All G1 base-formers were triple changers. tryp's were a little more innocuous than the others. his 'vehicle' mode was basically the base mode raised up on wheels with some of the ramps folded up...
No they werent. Metroplex is not a triple changer by any means. Some have actually been called triple changers, legitimately, like Scorponok. Trypticon was never labeled a triple changer. You can call him whatever you want of course, free country. But of course, you'd be wrong. Doesnt matter much though, doesnt seem like the truth means anything in the US anymore
william-james88 wrote:If ever Sabrblade decides to go on vacation, I am glad to know we can rely on you.
Sabrblade wrote:Here, lemme show ya a better view.william-james88 wrote:Hey wait a sec, one of those modes is just the base mode with more toys attached.
City Mode:
Battle Station Mode:
Hellscream9999 wrote:william-james88 wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:All G1 base-formers were triple changers. tryp's were a little more innocuous than the others. his 'vehicle' mode was basically the base mode raised up on wheels with some of the ramps folded up...
No they werent. Metroplex is not a triple changer by any means. Some have actually been called triple changers, legitimately, like Scorponok. Trypticon was never labeled a triple changer. You can call him whatever you want of course, free country. But of course, you'd be wrong. Doesnt matter much though, doesnt seem like the truth means anything in the US anymore
Metro had the carrier mode, base mode, and bot mode, dunno why they shouldn't be referred to as triple-changers if they all have an alt mode, bot mode and base mode...
william-james88 wrote:Emerje wrote:fenrir72 wrote:william-james88 wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:"Trypticon" is a more clever name than you may realize. It does involve the number three, but not to his three modes or towers, but to the way he folds in three. Pieces of art that unfold into three segments are called Triptychs, from the Greek τρίπτυχον triptukhon, which is close to "Trypticon" (especially if you use the Modern Greek which has most vowels shifted to an "i" sound).
Since when does he have 3 modes?
Base/City, Battle platform and Dinosaur?
Though I've always thought of him as the Transformers version of Godzilla rather than a T-Rex.
Emerje
Hey wait a sec, one of those modes is just the base mode with more toys attached. I dont count it as a third mode. Thats like saying that all the TR leaders are quadruple changers becuse their base modes can attach to others. I never considered him a triple changer, and he was never referred to as one before I just read this today (not included on the list of triple changers on tf wiki either). Do you guys really consider Trypticon a triple changer?
Robot Mode:william-james88 wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:All G1 base-formers were triple changers. tryp's were a little more innocuous than the others. his 'vehicle' mode was basically the base mode raised up on wheels with some of the ramps folded up...
No they werent. Metroplex is not a triple changer by any means.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
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