-Kanrabat- wrote:TR Alpha Trion is VERY "PowerRanger-esque". This is a design that is very ackward and all the modes are iffy at best. Still, I WILL buy that odd UFO. This derpy Transformers look like a ton of fun!
nycPrime wrote:For those in the US, you can "preorder" TR Astrotrain and Alpha Trion from Amazon. Amazon lists both as temporarily out of stock, but you can still order it and be notified when it's back in stock.
For Astrotrain, make sure you select Amazon as the seller (for $24.99) since it's defaulting to a seller asking for $49.99.
Bradimus wrote:william-james88 wrote:Bradimus wrote:It looks terrible from the front, totally unbelievable as a ship, and terrible from the rear, though some people might not care about that. It also looks pretty bad from the side (the angle you are sharing in the picture) as the lion legs are clearly visible.
I knew about the legs, I pointed them out earlier, but you said we could see the lion head halves on the ship mode and I just wanted to point out that we dont. Or do we? Becasue I dont see the features of the lion head in the ship mode.
Fair enough, please allow me to clarify: I saw Chefatron's video review and got a very good look at both alt modes and the ship mode loses me with the robot arms (and lion head halves though not fully visible in and of themselves) just sticking out on the sides. It's a very poor transformation that just doesn't work. I do wish it did work because I would love to have an Alpha Trion figure but for whatever reason this figure just doesn't work as a triple changer. Maybe I'd give the lion mode more credit if the cockpit was integrated into the body instead of sticking out on top like a bad ZOID design and there was proper beast mode articulation.
Bradimus wrote:william-james88 wrote:gothsaurus wrote:It's odd seeing some of the Botcon fiction coming to life in the main line, though. I'll probably pick it up for that reason alone.
But I think those botcon references make him Alpha Trion and make him the character this mold was meant for. Alpha Trion didnt have an alt mode in G1, but the botcon toys (from different companies throughout the years) made him a Lion and a Star Destroyer type spaceship, so this toy merges those two ideas. I wont say it doesnt do it well, but all I mean is that Alpha Trion fits these alt modes as an hmage better than any other character which would turn into either a ship or a lion.
I agree with the idea fitting Alpha Trion, but I cannot overlook the terrible interfering crotch plate, poor cockpit integration in beast mode, and poor execution of space ship mode. I will readily admit sometimes one mode of a triple changer needs to be given some slack (like TR Astrotrain's strange Build Ressha train homage which I kind of like but would not if I had not seen and enjoyed Toqger), and I think the alt mode that could and should have worked well is space ship, but I can't give slack to both modes and a problem with the robot design. That's a negative hat trick in my book.
Tekka wrote:What she doesn't realize is that Springer actually loves Rodimus.
william-james88 wrote:If ever Sabrblade decides to go on vacation, I am glad to know we can rely on you.
Preliminary design for Getaway.o.supreme wrote:I'm sure this will be one of those moments once it is answered...but who is the white car/autobot to the far right?
Autobot N wrote:Preliminary design for Getaway.o.supreme wrote:I'm sure this will be one of those moments once it is answered...but who is the white car/autobot to the far right?
o.supreme wrote:Autobot N wrote:Preliminary design for Getaway.o.supreme wrote:I'm sure this will be one of those moments once it is answered...but who is the white car/autobot to the far right?
ok...makes sense...but I don't feel so bad. TBH, I'm not too familiar with many of the toy designs post 1987 since that's when I stopped collecting as a child. Never had any of the Powermaters. But I never knew the original Getaway toy had any blue in it. I guess that's what you get when all you see is Lightfoot in Masterforce which had black limbs on the show (even though the Japanese toy even had blue limbs) . But in an odd twist, in a line *mostly* inspired by the original series, Getaway seems to have a more IDW look.
william-james88 wrote:If ever Sabrblade decides to go on vacation, I am glad to know we can rely on you.
o.supreme wrote: Of course such a thing would never be allowed to be designed in a toy today.
Burn wrote:Agamemnon wrote:Let's get back to talking about Burn's mammoth snout flopping...
Well I am Australian. It's kinda what we're known for.
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