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[bacem]

So, i just got siege impactor last night. Fantastic figure, but there is one thing that kinda bothers me. The hip seems to be on a ratchet, and the distance between the teeth are a bit too far, so my option for natural standing position is either very straight, close together leg, or uncomfortably wide A stance. I haven't seen others mentioning this, so is this just mine? Or it is how everyone's is?

On unrelated note, wow is this guy stable.

[Sentinel_Primal]

So, i just got siege impactor last night. Fantastic figure, but there is one thing that kinda bothers me. The hip seems to be on a ratchet, and the distance between the teeth are a bit too far, so my option for natural standing position is either very straight, close together leg, or uncomfortably wide A stance. I haven't seen others mentioning this, so is this just mine? Or it is how everyone's is?

On unrelated note, wow is this guy stable.

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That's just how the ratchets are unfortunately. I tend to have him standing with his arms crossed so it looks at least a little nicer

[no-one]

So, i just got siege impactor last night. Fantastic figure, but there is one thing that kinda bothers me. The hip seems to be on a ratchet, and the distance between the teeth are a bit too far, so my option for natural standing position is either very straight, close together leg, or uncomfortably wide A stance. I haven't seen others mentioning this, so is this just mine? Or it is how everyone's is?

Mine's the same way, it's annoying and probably the only negative I can think of.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Mine is the same. Why they added Ratchets to his hips is a major questions, it is the one weakness that mold has

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Brought these 2 to work today. Rung is still awesome just to have (and they nailed this toy!), and Bluestreak is the best looking version of this mold. Feels great to finally have a Bluestreak too. also kinda fun to give Bluestreak a god gun

[aronjlove]

Seriously, regardless of what one thinks of Rung the character, Rung the Battle Master is incredibly unique!

[Sabrblade]

Mine is the same. Why they added Ratchets to his hips is a major questions, it is the one weakness that mold has

Now I wanna see someone take a picture of Siege Impactor cowering in fear as he is surrounded by lots of figures of Autobot characters who have borne the name of "Ratchet", and with the image captioned "Aah! Ratchets! My one weakness!"

[bacem]

Messing with him again after coming home today. The ratchet is actually not as strong as i initially thought, so forcing the teeth to stay in the middle, it doesn't fight back and bounce to ratcheted position, thus my complaint is solved for now, altough i am not sure if this will damage his hip joint in the long run.

[no-one]

Mine is the same. Why they added Ratchets to his hips is a major questions, it is the one weakness that mold has

Now I wanna see someone take a picture of Siege Impactor cowering in fear as he is surrounded by lots of figures of Autobot characters who have borne the name of "Ratchet", and with the image captioned "Aah! Ratchets! My one weakness!"

Isn't that more of a CW combiner weakness ...

[o.supreme]

Seriously, regardless of what one thinks of Rung the character, Rung the Battle Master is incredibly unique!

That's pretty much where I am. I have no affinity for the IDW character, but his uniqueness as a toy , and my desire to complete the Battle Masters is what drives me to get him. Unfortunately i have yet to see him or Singe anywhere. By looking at the list of sightings, it appears they haven't shown up anywhere in the Western US yet (past Texas at least)

Damn, those weaponizers are making for some crazy combiners!

True, I've seen some amazing designs by different fans, some much BIGGER and more involved than mine using a plethora of different figures from different lines that all just happen to work. But for the one I posted, I was trying to replicate the symmetry of an actual CW styled Combiner.

[Nemesis Primal]

Seriously, regardless of what one thinks of Rung the character, Rung the Battle Master is incredibly unique!

That's pretty much where I am. I have no affinity for the IDW character, but his uniqueness as a toy , and my desire to complete the Battle Masters is what drives me to get him. Unfortunately i have yet to see him or Singe anywhere. By looking at the list of sightings, it appears they haven't shown up anywhere in the Western US yet (past Texas at least)

...I found my Rung and extras in western Washington, so they are past Texas. I've just never posted to the sightings list because it seemed like no one uses it?

[LinaNui]

OMG, my Siege Skywarp set just shipped from Amazon! I was very weary that it would not show up since it has been out of stock since before Black Friday. This has really made my day! I hope that it will come back into stock fully so that other people who missed it can get it also.

[blackeyedprime]

OMG, my Siege Skywarp set just shipped from Amazon! I was very weary that it would not show up since it has been out of stock since before Black Friday. This has really made my day! I hope that it will come back into stock fully so that other people who missed it can get it also.

Still waiting to hear from amazon uk as it's supposedly this or next month. Someone with money to burn spent over £100 on the set past week on ebay. Hopefully earthrise can release the earth versions as non exclusives, if not it will make passing on the starscream an even easier decision.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Mine is the same. Why they added Ratchets to his hips is a major questions, it is the one weakness that mold has

Now I wanna see someone take a picture of Siege Impactor cowering in fear as he is surrounded by lots of figures of Autobot characters who have borne the name of "Ratchet", and with the image captioned "Aah! Ratchets! My one weakness!"

AAAAAHHHHHHHHHH Ratchets!!! My only Weakness!!!

[TF-fan kev777]

Mine is the same. Why they added Ratchets to his hips is a major questions, it is the one weakness that mold has

Now I wanna see someone take a picture of Siege Impactor cowering in fear as he is surrounded by lots of figures of Autobot characters who have borne the name of "Ratchet", and with the image captioned "Aah! Ratchets! My one weakness!"

AAAAAHHHHHHHHHH Ratchets!!! My only Weakness!!!

Well done! The only thing I would add is an actual ratchet, as in the tool, because I'm a goof.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Mine is the same. Why they added Ratchets to his hips is a major questions, it is the one weakness that mold has

Now I wanna see someone take a picture of Siege Impactor cowering in fear as he is surrounded by lots of figures of Autobot characters who have borne the name of "Ratchet", and with the image captioned "Aah! Ratchets! My one weakness!"

AAAAAHHHHHHHHHH Ratchets!!! My only Weakness!!!

Well done! The only thing I would add is an actual ratchet, as in the tool, because I'm a goof.

I had one in the car, and I also forgot my Animated Ratchet. might need to do this again with even more ratcheting

[Stargrave]

Hilarious nicely done sir!

[Wolfman Jake]

Mine is the same. Why they added Ratchets to his hips is a major questions, it is the one weakness that mold has

Now I wanna see someone take a picture of Siege Impactor cowering in fear as he is surrounded by lots of figures of Autobot characters who have borne the name of "Ratchet", and with the image captioned "Aah! Ratchets! My one weakness!"

AAAAAHHHHHHHHHH Ratchets!!! My only Weakness!!!

Well done! The only thing I would add is an actual ratchet, as in the tool, because I'm a goof.

I had one in the car, and I also forgot my Animated Ratchet. might need to do this again with even more ratcheting

Can't wait to see how you ratchet things up a notch.

[Sabrblade]

Mine is the same. Why they added Ratchets to his hips is a major questions, it is the one weakness that mold has

Now I wanna see someone take a picture of Siege Impactor cowering in fear as he is surrounded by lots of figures of Autobot characters who have borne the name of "Ratchet", and with the image captioned "Aah! Ratchets! My one weakness!"

AAAAAHHHHHHHHHH Ratchets!!! My only Weakness!!!

Well done! The only thing I would add is an actual ratchet, as in the tool, because I'm a goof.

I had one in the car, and I also forgot my Animated Ratchet. might need to do this again with even more ratcheting

Can't wait to see how you ratchet things up a notch.

I'm sure it'll make a great impact.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Took Spinister and his compatriots to work today. I am really digging both Spin and his buddies. this is a great package!

[LinaNui]

Wow I can not believe that I actually got this! I was waiting for a sale of some sort, but it sold out before that could happen. Thankfully I was watching the amazon listing like a hawk and I was able to catch one when it flashed back to "able to purchase". With this set, I now only need astrotrain, singe, and rung from siege (not counting the selects).

For this set, I do recommend it, but maybe wait to see if it comes back in stock in the coming weeks. I would not recommend this at the prices of it on Ebay ($100-250). Here are a few pictures of it and spinister with shrute.

[TF-fan kev777]

So I completed my Siege (and Siege Selects) collecting today with Autobot Impactor and Shackwave both on Discount from Amazon. That brings me to having the entire Siege lineup except for Cybertron Prime, who I have no interest in (way too many Prime variants already). On the Selects side, I only skipped Nightbird as I don't really like the mold and already have the Takara Legends one. Maybe if I find her on steep discount (like $10) I'll bite, but probably not. I got Chromia for that price (and already have the T30 one) and am considering selling her off once she isn't on the shelves retail anymore.

I triple-dipped on the regular release weaponizers, Refractor and Smashdown, what can I say, I like to army build.

So after having them all, I actually think my favorite is Astrotrain. I really love all 3 modes, even with the back end of the shuttle looking like someone blew the shuttle bay doors off. The rest of shuttle mode is excellent, and when you fully arm him up, you obscure the back end anyway. Robot mode is great, he is armed to the teeth like, like T30 Roadbuster armed. In fact, he will probably be facing off against Roadbuster quote often. The only flaw for robot mode isn't even on the bot himself but the silly idea of using the rest of the tender as a terrible backpack. Instead I leave the platform shoes on the tender and use it as a sort of skate board, a really slow, treaded skateboard that can pretty much plow through anything.

But the best mode of all to me is the train mode with the tender. It doesn't bother me that there are treads on top of the tender, this train don't run on coal anyway. The only flaw I have with this mode is the very front end and it really is just a nit-pick. With how narrow it is compared to the rest, it was ridiculous to put wheels there. The train would actually need 4 rails on the track then with 2 different wheel spacings. But much like the train doesn't run on coal, it doesn't run on tracks either, so it really is just a nit-pick to me.

So there you have it, Astrotrain has dethroned voyager Prime as my favorite of the line.

[Rodimus Prime]

That's a great visual Kev, and I'm right there with you for most of it, except I didn't get the Micromasters, and I'm passing on a few of the battle masters as well. I still need to get a few of the Selects, but otherwise I have every one of the bigger figures, and I'm happy I decided to collect most of the line. This line is the most complete I have ever done, and I can honestly say that I look at all of it as newer G1 figures.

[Triggerdick Megatron]

Superion and Defensor welcome the newest Combiner to the Autobot Ranks!

Nobody can ever complain about Volcanicus or Studio Series Devastator ever again!

[STngAR]

Just wanted to share a good Hasbro experience. I know they get thrown under the bus quit often but a little positive is always good.
I got an Omega Supreme a few months back and finally got around to opening him up last week. Well to my displeasure he was packed with the same two tracks/wing pieces. I contacted customer care about the situation and after a few days and emails they are shipping me a new set of tracks for him. Looking forward to having my Omega Supreme properly complete.