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JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Speaking of trains, I dare anyone to look up the design of Build Ressha from ToQger, and not have them do a double take

Thanks! Thats the one I was looking for to post as well. Here are some pics:

I know its not really the same, but I remember similar complaints about Energon Omega Supreme, but I actually really liked that toy.

And hey, still a better train toy than Optimus ExPrime

Honestly I've little complaints with how the train mode looks. Granted for me it's mostly about the Robot mode, that takes priority; if the robot looks good, I can ignore a bad alt mode. And I do a thing where I ignore scale issues and other issues with alt modes by just putting 'Cybertronian' in front of the mode. Jazz's car mode shouldn't be as big as Skywarp's jet mode, but it's okay because they're Cybertronian modes! Even though they look exactly like an Earth Porche and F-22! Good save, 'rona.

But I digress, while I don't have it in hand yet, the train mode just looks a lot of fun. Crazily decked-out with defences and way longer than should be necessary. It just screams over the top to me which is something that appeals to me quite a bit.

Kurona wrote:And hey, still a better train toy than Optimus ExPrime

He's an excellent train toy, but a terrible dragon.

Emerje

I found TR Deluxe Wave 3 in large amounts at Walmart in Sioux Falls, SD. They had a big display that had all waves, 10 or so of each figure.

I picked up Hot Rod, Triggerhappy, and Twinfire. Hot Rod is good, but kind of boring. Because of the shape of the cockpit hatch, he looks a little less like Hot Rod than I would like. Ideally, his cockpit hatch would come to the sides of the vehicle. Otherwise he is good. 8/10

Triggerhappy is a great figure. Probably on part with Blurr/Brainstorm in terms of quality. His transformation is very unique, and he goes together very well. 10/10

Twinfire is good as well. His transformation is more involved than I expected. The fact his rear legs become the boots rather than hang off the sides of the legs is really cool. The only thing that is irritating is the fact his shins don't attach very well to the posterior in dragon mode. There are grooves and pegs/holes, but it does take a bit of massaging to get into the right spot. He has the best integration of the weapons in dragon mode, as they peg well into the back. 9/10

Crosscheck wrote:Sioux Falls, SD.

Ooooooooooooooooooooh yeeeeeeeeeeeeah. Getting closer to my neck of the woods.

Nice score Crosscheck!

I haven't found wave 3 yet, but I got Highbrow for 10 bucks. Just too bad he's awful. Floppiest head yet, extremely loose arms on the titanmaster, and vehicle mode is bulky and goofy looking in the rear section. I like the colors and cockpit though. I suspected I wouldn't like him all that much but I didn't expect to hate him.

Cobotron wrote:

Crosscheck wrote:Sioux Falls, SD.

Ooooooooooooooooooooh yeeeeeeeeeeeeah. Getting closer to my neck of the woods.

Nice score Crosscheck!

Yup, I skipped Getaway since he is just a literal recolor of Chromedome. I don't need another one of that. I am back up to even Deluxe as a result of this purchase since Brainstorm made it uneven. I can't wait for rest of Wave 3 to hit.

Mr Skram wrote:Floppiest head yet, extremely loose arms on the titanmaster

I had the exact same issues with my Highbrow. Neck issue is solved perfectly (at least on mine) by cutting a little rectangle of the packaging card and inserting it into the gap behind the TM port, and a drop or two of superglue or similar onto the TM's ball-joints will at least firm them up to the point where they're no longer awful. Honestly after those two fixes, I liked Highbrow a lot more - without those major two issues he's actually one of my faves (definitely at least on the upper end of decent).

Interesting to see that pretty much nobody is picking up Getaway so far. I wasn't going to originally either, but after going back and grabbing him later - and thanks to my own self-imposed Christmas rules and the loopholes therein, he's the only one from Wave 3 I've let myself open yet - I'm honestly pretty fond of him. I'll probably get around to a more in-depth writeup later, but bottom line is that he's different enough from Domey in enough subtle ways, and based on a good enough mold, that I don't actually feel disappointed after buying him (as opposed to the similar situation with Swindle and Hound in CW).

No Wave3 in Oregon yet.... ;_;

Got a big restock at the Target I work at in Oswego, Il. Picked up the blue jet , Getaway, and Bisk. Hoping we get the titanmasters soon, we're pretty low on them

Unfortunately, they seem to have 2 hot rod for every 1 of the other 2, and there were no signs of twinferno - not that I care... oh, and we got a couple unpainted retools of strongarm ratchets

william-james88 wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Speaking of trains, I dare anyone to look up the design of Build Ressha from ToQger, and not have them do a double take

Thanks! Thats the one I was looking for to post as well. Here are some pics:

I still need the minipla of that set, that's how I get my Sentai fix.

Crosscheck wrote:Twinfire is good as well. His transformation is more involved than I expected. The fact his rear legs become the boots rather than hang off the sides of the legs is really cool. The only thing that is irritating is the fact his shins don't attach very well to the posterior in dragon mode. There are grooves and pegs/holes, but it does take a bit of massaging to get into the right spot. He has the best integration of the weapons in dragon mode, as they peg well into the back. 9/10

Actually, I discovered that Twinferno's ankles tab into his sides pretty snugly, you just have to get them at the right angle and push harder than you may expect.

Just my luck there was one Chromedome almost by his lonesome at Walmart today (one Skullsmasher was on a lower peg). I think at some point I'm going to have to get the Reprolabels for the figure. I didn't like the Hasbro visor to begin with but their sloppy paint makes it even worse. I wish it looked like the picture on the box and card. Still, very nice figure. Now I see why so many people like this mold.

Bradimus wrote:Just my luck there was one Chromedome almost by his lonesome at Walmart today (one Skullsmasher was on a lower peg). I think at some point I'm going to have to get the Reprolabels for the figure. I didn't like the Hasbro visor to begin with but their sloppy paint makes it even worse. I wish it looked like the picture on the box and card. Still, very nice figure. Now I see why so many people like this mold.

What sloppy paintwork? The visor looks fine to me (aside from not being yellow)

Kurona wrote:

Bradimus wrote:Just my luck there was one Chromedome almost by his lonesome at Walmart today (one Skullsmasher was on a lower peg). I think at some point I'm going to have to get the Reprolabels for the figure. I didn't like the Hasbro visor to begin with but their sloppy paint makes it even worse. I wish it looked like the picture on the box and card. Still, very nice figure. Now I see why so many people like this mold.

What sloppy paintwork? The visor looks fine to me (aside from not being yellow)

He must have gotten a bad copy. The visor paint is fine on mine from what I remember.

I've noticed a few Chromedomes out there with sloppy paint. One I almost bought (thankfully I had a choice of two at the time) had a huge smudge on the red paint on his chest, like someone stuck their finger right in it while it was wet.

Emerje

Paint QC happens. My Chromedome isn't that bad, so I grabbed him.


More importantly, EmGo has reviewed Six Shot:

Two Targets and still no wave3 in Oregon

Picked up FFXV instead lol

King Kuuga wrote:

Crosscheck wrote:Twinfire is good as well. His transformation is more involved than I expected. The fact his rear legs become the boots rather than hang off the sides of the legs is really cool. The only thing that is irritating is the fact his shins don't attach very well to the posterior in dragon mode. There are grooves and pegs/holes, but it does take a bit of massaging to get into the right spot. He has the best integration of the weapons in dragon mode, as they peg well into the back. 9/10

Actually, I discovered that Twinferno's ankles tab into his sides pretty snugly, you just have to get them at the right angle and push harder than you may expect.

Whoops, messed up his name, huh.

I know they fit, and they fit quite well. It is just a pain in the rear to actually get them attached properly. I pretty much have it down, but it seems like, for a kids toy, they could have come up with a better method of attaching.

Crosscheck wrote:

King Kuuga wrote:

Crosscheck wrote:Twinfire is good as well. His transformation is more involved than I expected. The fact his rear legs become the boots rather than hang off the sides of the legs is really cool. The only thing that is irritating is the fact his shins don't attach very well to the posterior in dragon mode. There are grooves and pegs/holes, but it does take a bit of massaging to get into the right spot. He has the best integration of the weapons in dragon mode, as they peg well into the back. 9/10

Actually, I discovered that Twinferno's ankles tab into his sides pretty snugly, you just have to get them at the right angle and push harder than you may expect.

Whoops, messed up his name, huh.

I know they fit, and they fit quite well. It is just a pain in the rear to actually get them attached properly. I pretty much have it down, but it seems like, for a kids toy, they could have come up with a better method of attaching.

Technically, you both messed up his name. it's supposed to be TWINFERNO!!! But it's okay, I won't judge because of typos.

Crosscheck wrote:I know they fit, and they fit quite well. It is just a pain in the rear to actually get them attached properly. I pretty much have it down, but it seems like, for a kids toy, they could have come up with a better method of attaching.

Yeah, I'll give you that. You have to get them perfectly situated and push pretty hard. I honestly suspect those tabs might break off someday with repeat transformation.

Decepticon Stryker wrote:Technically, you both messed up his name. it's supposed to be TWINFERNO!!! But it's okay, I won't judge because of typos.

Please forgive me, that's just a pain to write out every single time. But I usually write it as "TWINFERNO", is that acceptable?

Nope its

DOUBLECROSS

Picked up Skytread recently. Fun little toy but good god do these TR toys need more paint on 'em. The treads and poor Skytread's robot mode face are completely unpainted. As it stands I've painted the treads gunmetal, added purple "glow" to some of the details, I've painted the tank's barrels silver and started painting the little Headmaster's face and chest. I might replace the head mode's faceplate with that Shapeways Armada Demolishor faceplate and paint that up- between the colours and the guns the tank is a dead ringer for Demolishor.

Some of these customs are really impressive.



Though then it kind of frustrates me that Getaway couldn't have been that good to begin with