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Carnivius_Prime wrote:Got Springer (and Siege Hightower)
Not into blocky G1 type stuff but always had fondness for Springer mostly from the Marvel UK comics so wanted to check this out. It's decent. Has that slight floppy feet issue many have but that can be fixed. The typical Siege battle damage paint still looks absolutely godawful to me. More like dirt. If I decide to keep this figure (doesn't fit very well into my collection but I dunno yet) then I'll try scrub that crud all off. Really wish he had more of a Devastation video game shading effect like the new redecos of Prime and Megatron too as that's how I like G1 stuff to look. Go all the way toon style for these blocky bots. But yeah he's alright. I'll play with this figure a bit more before I make any decisions.
RodimusConvoy13 wrote:Be careful cleaning off the battle damage. Most of it is on top of already painted parts. You could end up removing the paint underneath the battle damage.
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.
Cobotron wrote:Or just have a TV with the cartoon series on constant loop in the center of your collection display.
Carnivius_Prime wrote:update: ok yeah the silvery paint actually comes off with easily. using rough side of a scouring pad and so far all but the lil nook & cranny bits were easy to remove without the colour paint under being affected. Have I devalued the resale of this Springer now if i choose to sell it on? Possibly. Unless there's people out there looking for a 'clean' one I suppose. Might stick a reprolabel autobot insignia on the chest over the factory one too. I know there's a bit of irony in that i'm someone who deliberately adds silver paint to my Bayverse figures but that's my own choice and they're supposed to look worn and metal and all that and for me it just doesn't work on these Siege toys for the most part. Not the way it's been done on the vast majority of the parts anyways.
Carnivius_Prime wrote:Seriously? For me that cel-shading (and let's not call it toon. The G1 cartoon NEVER looked that good, it's pure Devastation video game style) looks great on those figures I find otherwise unappealing (the standard versions just look far too mediocre to me). This lousy attempt at battle damage doesn't. It's garbage. Ugly, badly applied and makes little sense. It's too realistic an effect to be applied to designs that still look far too cartoon like even with all that detailing and it's not even done well. Fine whatever. You like what you like. This was probably the only Siege figure I'd even consider owning (I did have Firedrive and Lioniser for a couple weeks but thought they were kinda crappy so sold them). I don't like this toyline much. I find the robots quite bland looking and most of the 'cybertronian' vehicles far too boxy, already dated-looking and uninteresting (what happened to that neat futurisitic style the 2010 WfC Bumblebee had with it's cool curves and interesting deco?). I've always preferred realistic alt-modes for the most part anyways (of which this toyline has very little of). But yeah this Springer. He's just ok. He'll suffice if I do want to have a lil Marvel UK tribute section of the shelf but it's unlikely to be a fave of mine.
I'm kinda fed up with Transformers at moment anyways despite the cool SS reveals. I had hoped today's purchases might make me a bit more enthusiastic but had a jerk on instagram actually say I should be ordering Unicron instead of 'wasting cash on shi**y michael bay junk' on my Studio Series figures. Ain't my damn problem if that giant turtle-shelled toy doesn't meet it's target... I'm done.
Wolfman Jake wrote:Now that we're getting the Powerdashers with Siege, I wonder if we'll get the Omnibots with the next chapter of the War for Cybertron Trilogy? They're long overdue for some love and a little less obscure, I think, than the Powerdashers were. For that matter, is anyone champing at the bit for Kronoform watches, or the even more obscure Natron and Freezon from the Tyco car racing set?
Carnivius_Prime wrote:Seriously? For me that cel-shading (and let's not call it toon. The G1 cartoon NEVER looked that good, it's pure Devastation video game style) looks great on those figures I find otherwise unappealing (the standard versions just look far too mediocre to me). This lousy attempt at battle damage doesn't. It's garbage. Ugly, badly applied and makes little sense. It's too realistic an effect to be applied to designs that still look far too cartoon like even with all that detailing and it's not even done well. Fine whatever. You like what you like. This was probably the only Siege figure I'd even consider owning (I did have Firedrive and Lioniser for a couple weeks but thought they were kinda crappy so sold them). I don't like this toyline much. I find the robots quite bland looking and most of the 'cybertronian' vehicles far too boxy, already dated-looking and uninteresting (what happened to that neat futurisitic style the 2010 WfC Bumblebee had with it's cool curves and interesting deco?). I've always preferred realistic alt-modes for the most part anyways (of which this toyline has very little of). But yeah this Springer. He's just ok. He'll suffice if I do want to have a lil Marvel UK tribute section of the shelf but it's unlikely to be a fave of mine.
I'm kinda fed up with Transformers at moment anyways despite the cool SS reveals. I had hoped today's purchases might make me a bit more enthusiastic but had a jerk on instagram actually say I should be ordering Unicron instead of 'wasting cash on shi**y michael bay junk' on my Studio Series figures. Ain't my damn problem if that giant turtle-shelled toy doesn't meet it's target... I'm done.
DO IT!Wolfman Jake wrote:Cobotron wrote:Or just have a TV with the cartoon series on constant loop in the center of your collection display.
Life goals!
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.
Wireless_Phantom wrote:I think if they had gone all the way with the toy accuracy (Re-sculpted head and chests, more accurate color layouts) I'd go for the 3 pack set.
Rodimus Knight wrote:I just like that they gave different names to the 3 identical blasters.
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