sol magnus wrote:Man, you guys been chattin' it up!
I'm stuck at home sick with covid, so I actually can use Seibertron while working during the day. I miss many conversations I'd like to actually be part of when I am at the office!
SpaceEagle wrote:I got some free time and I like talking toys!
Same, it's the first time in a bit I've had a good toy discussion back and forth like that!
Rtron wrote:I don't know about D-MAximal's reasons, but to me, ever since these proper cartoon/comic accurate versions of the G1 characters started coming out, the Classics / Universe 2.0 reimaginings have taken a life of their own. Back when they came out they felt sort of like a "barely good enough" remasters of the G1 characters. But now that Primes/WFC/Legacy is giving us true "remasters" of G1 characters, I've found it easier to look at those lines as what they actually are, which is pretty cool alternate, modernized takes on those characters. And that's without taking late 2000's stylings, design and nostalgia into account
See, when Universe Sunstreaker came out, I was only JUST getting into TFs, and G1 wouldn't be on my radar for at least 3-4 more years, so I did not care to look at them. Since then, having gone though the Prime Wars and WFC Trilogy, I look back at what was cool before it was done in the "modern G1 style", and add to that my experience having owned Classics Bee for a long time and having only relatively recently gotten Classics Prime and Cliffjumper and how much joy those figures have given me.
Sunstreaker was one I had heard a lot about but still don't own a version of the mold. That and his IDW self, whom I really like, used this mold for the entire run after Devastation. With me doing some MTMTE re-reads, it felt right, especially since I won that one complete for $4.40 in an auction.
Bigger item was I decided I needed Wreck Gar, since we are getting a veritable Junkion army now, and Scraphook looking just that good made up my mind for me.
o.supreme wrote:D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Frikkin Scraphook man, making me buy figures I didn't actually want.
Yeah I'm excited for the Junkion "weaponizers" myself. I thought for about 30 seconds of going down the Rabbit Hole and getting SS86 Wreck Gar and Junkheap, but decided against it. I'm fine with just getting the new deluxes.
I have Junkyard, and with these guys, the Junkions need their leader. My OCD would not be able to take it if Wreck Gar wasn't there. Got him for $26 complete too, so I don't feel bad about it either