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Agamemnon wrote:So, I finally got the wave of TR deluxes with Kup, Topspin, Perceptor, et. al. from BBTS. So far, they do not disappoint. I've been fiddling with some of them, and aside from a heart attack inducing moment when Perceptor's TR partner lost his head as I was trying to remove Perceptor's (all is good now, but, whew!) I am generally pleased with them.

The same thing happened to me right out of the box with Perceptor.

TF-fan kev777 wrote:

Agamemnon wrote:So, I finally got the wave of TR deluxes with Kup, Topspin, Perceptor, et. al. from BBTS. So far, they do not disappoint. I've been fiddling with some of them, and aside from a heart attack inducing moment when Perceptor's TR partner lost his head as I was trying to remove Perceptor's (all is good now, but, whew!) I am generally pleased with them.

The same thing happened to me right out of the box with Perceptor.

Yeah, it feels like a whole lot of TRs are the tightest right out of the box. And fear of breakage is the reason I have yet to transform Nautica. I paid too much for that box set to risk snapping a peg...

Do somebody knows what the tabs on Optimus Prime are for ?
I found no use in none of the three modes, and I was struggling with these during transformation.

I snapped them off, now the Truck mode transform more easily and the wheels are now aligned.




Any idea what feature I'm missing by having snapped them off ?

ExciKaiser wrote:Do somebody knows what the tabs on Optimus Prime are for ?
I found no use in none of the three modes, and I was struggling with these during transformation.

I snapped them off, now the Truck mode transform more easily and the wheels are now aligned.




Any idea what feature I'm missing by having snapped them off ?

IIRC, those tabs were meant to interlock and hold the wings together properly in truck mode. At some point though it seems like the mold was designed incorrectly, so the tabs collide instead of interlocking and mess with the wig placement instead of assisting with it. Cutting them off in this situation is somewhat akin to clipping the knee-tabs on Pyra Magna or CW G2/UW Onslaught - it won't function quite as well as if it had worked as intended in the first place, but it will be better than if you hadn't removed the incorrectly-designed/assembled parts given the reality of the situation.

I discovered a third wheel middle wheel in the Voyager class Astrotrain.
God bless, Jason Scott Irelan

ExciKaiser wrote:Do somebody knows what the tabs on Optimus Prime are for ?
I found no use in none of the three modes, and I was struggling with these during transformation.

I snapped them off, now the Truck mode transform more easily and the wheels are now aligned.




Any idea what feature I'm missing by having snapped them off ?

I don't have him handy but when you split the tail section open there are groves that the tabs fit into

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Just checked TRU.com, and they have removed the Chaos On Velocitron set listing

I can't/won't believe that's it for the set

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Just checked TRU.com, and they have removed the Chaos On Velocitron set listing

I can't/won't believe that's it for the set

Especially when it hasnt been found elsewhete yet globally.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:I don't have him handy but when you split the tail section open there are groves that the tabs fit into

Need pictures, there's nothing in the tail and I see absolutely no reason to tab the wings to the tail at any moment.

Or maybe you want to talk about the tabs on the inside of the legs ? they peg to the other side of the wings.

william-james88 wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Just checked TRU.com, and they have removed the Chaos On Velocitron set listing

I can't/won't believe that's it for the set

Especially when it hasnt been found elsewhete yet globally.

Speaking of that. any news about Assault on Cybertron ? they've been presented in same time, but no date...

If you're having too much trouble with Optimus Prime and nobody can help you, I'd be to take him off your hands.
God bless, Jason Scott Irelan

Thanks for your concern, but they both feel fine despite the surgery.

I don't know what it is about that picture, but it makes the mold look so much cooler and bulky than it did before (and it already did look really cool). Man I want Laser Prime...

ExciKaiser wrote:Thanks for your concern, but they both feel fine despite the surgery.

You mean you broke the piece off you couldn't figure out the use for off? You should've googled for a YouTube instructional video because they're pretty useful for figuring out what to do with parts. Of the three tablet Transformers, I like Decepticon Ravage the most and Ravage the least because I always have a hard time getting him transformed into a spy tablet. I've never had the original Ravage; but so far, there's always something about him that makes him hard to transform.
God bless, Jason Scott Irelan

Jason5billion wrote:You mean you broke the piece off you couldn't figure out the use for off?

That's a way to see it.
I mainly figured out it was preventing correct transformation to truck mode. And Qwan thinks the same as me.
It's not the first time hasbro mess up something. I also had to revert my Universe Magnus fists for example.

Kurona wrote:I don't know what it is about that picture, but it makes the mold look so much cooler and bulky than it did before (and it already did look really cool). Man I want Laser Prime...

Same here. Laser Prime is looking better and better lately. But I'm not buying the box set and there are plenty of other options for that mold, so oh well.

Wolfman Jake wrote:

Towline wrote:With Terri-Bull and Octone combined you have an extreme farts of mass destruction.

More like farts of ASS destruction, lol! Am I right?


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I'll just show myself out...

I loved this

ExciKaiser wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Just checked TRU.com, and they have removed the Chaos On Velocitron set listing

I can't/won't believe that's it for the set

Especially when it hasnt been found elsewhete yet globally.

Speaking of that. any news about Assault on Cybertron ? they've been presented in same time, but no date...

No word yet, but it has to be soon.

Also, I really hope this isn't it for the boxset too

Just saw a review of retail Voyager Prime; there's so many little touches that have made this gone from a want to a need. The aesthetic options (pylons, wings) just make it for me, and I had no idea the hands transformed by flipping back the grill - that's a small thing yeah, but it's so cool for me! I need the Laser version so bad.

SureShot18 wrote:But I'm not buying the box set

Lot of people sells it loose on ebay (while a bit pricey compared to the lot), you don't need to get the whole set.
I'm lucky : I wanted all of them in the set when I saw the first pictures. It was a no brainer to order the whole set.

-Quickswitch : Call me weird but I always prefered quickswitch over sixshot on their G1 toys. Yeah, I know.. So when I saw the set I cancelled my preorder for sixshot and waited for this one. Ok it's only a recolor, but it's probably the closest I will have of a real quickswitch for years.

- Laser Prime : I think there's nothing to add.

- Nautica : I don't read the comics, but a female bot is always welcome, plus she's offering the Blurr mold I passed on (the hasbro colors were meh, and Takara too expensive for a character I'm not specially attracted on)

- Fastclash : Really, he's cool. Ok the car mode is stupid, but it was the case of the GA1, plus he's really solid, he's so far away of the recent legends in term of quality/plastic, quite an energon basic. Can't wait to have his partner.

SureShot18 wrote:and there are plenty of other options for that mold, so oh well.

Black Convoy incoming...

The only clipping I usually approve of (that springs to mind) is adjusting the rings holding on RID prime's gauntlets as they prevent him from holding weapons properly and makes the toy more functional and adds a transformation step.

But to be honest those tabs on Optimus have never personally caused me a moments bother.
But why they are designed to overlap rather than sit flush is a bit of a puzzle of the designer's mind.

RAR wrote:
But to be honest those tabs on Optimus have never personally caused me a moments bother.

But it's probably mistransformed when you put it in truck mode.

- if you place the tabs face to face, the whole thing is too large and back wheels are not aligned with the front ones

- If you place the tabs next to each other, there's no chances you can tab the other side to the legs.

I just peg in one side only and leave the other side sitting lower no gap then. Those blue tabs on the legs are more of a hindrance than a boon though - I'm fine with the wings being overlapped as to paraphrase Emgo I don't display my toys upside down.

I agree it's terribly implemented though in that area of the toy. Perhaps some of that is down to them designing the rear end to work with Octone's wings and then they just did a bad job with Optimus' wings - *if they originally designed Octane 1st.

But it's not the sort of design flaw I'd want to see repeated. as you either have to overlap the wings to get rid of the gap or put up with the tabs pushing the top apart a bit to easily and have a bigger gap - so no - it's not really ideal.

ExciKaiser wrote:Speaking of that. any news about Assault on Cybertron ? they've been presented in same time, but no date...

We reached out to BBTS and they didnt even know it was coming. My guess is we will see it somewhere globally first, kinda like what happened with the previous BBTS exclusive: the platinum G1 Dinobots.

SureShot18 wrote:Same here. Laser Prime is looking better and better lately. But I'm not buying the box set and there are plenty of other options for that mold, so oh well.

Yes, all this envy for Laser Prime will happen again once some of us start getting that Scourge repaint.

Talking of Optimus' wings, what were they really going for? Octone shows they're capable of doing much longer wings on the mold but instead Prime gets these short stubs. If it was to differentiate him from Octone then I'm a wee bit disappointed, surely there were other ways around that.

Kurona wrote:Talking of Optimus' wings, what were they really going for? Octone shows they're capable of doing much longer wings on the mold but instead Prime gets these short stubs. If it was to differentiate him from Octone then I'm a wee bit disappointed, surely there were other ways around that.

I think it's so they can fold away so he doesn't have them in bot mode 'cause he's not known for having wings. But honestly, I keep those suckers out because it looks freakin'...