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Re: Transformers Studio Series Discussion (New 2018 Movie Line)
Posted by Deadput Thu Mar 08, 2018 3:25 pm
That's how I'm justifying Thundercracker being a reuse of the Nitro Zeus mold.
Edit: Also going to justify the DOTM part on the package as Thundercracker being one of the many Decepticons who were on the moon (I also consider TLK Onslaught to be the same guy as the Garbage truck con in DOTM since they have similar colors and mass...he just lost his arm) quoting Movie Thundercracker's Tfwiki image quote.
"I was in the movie, I had a great scene... you just weren't allowed to see it... the, uh, special edition will have it."
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Re: Transformers Studio Series Discussion (New 2018 Movie Line)
Posted by Lunatic Prime Thu Mar 08, 2018 4:06 pm
Deadput wrote:In my head canon now Thundercracker and Nitro Zeus were part of a sub division of the Decepticon air force known as the Lightning squadron who were fast and heavy hitters (Like lightning!), they all have lightning/electric related names.
That's how I'm justifying Thundercracker being a reuse of the Nitro Zeus mold.
Edit: Also going to justify the DOTM part on the package as Thundercracker being one of the many Decepticons who were on the moon (I also consider TLK Onslaught to be the same guy as the Garbage truck con in DOTM since they have similar colors and mass...he just lost his arm) quoting Movie Thundercracker's Tfwiki image quote.
"I was in the movie, I had a great scene... you just weren't allowed to see it... the, uh, special edition will have it."
Sounds good to me.
Maybe you can come up with an explanation for the insectoid legs on their mold's belly and neck especially because TC's head looks very insectoid, too. To me it looks like there's a larvae or centipede inside an armor.
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Re: Transformers Studio Series Discussion (New 2018 Movie Line)
Posted by Deadput Thu Mar 08, 2018 4:35 pm
Lunatic Prime wrote:Sounds good to me.
Maybe you can come up with an explanation for the insectoid legs on their mold's belly and neck especially because TC's head looks very insectoid, too. To me it looks like there's a larvae or centipede inside an armor.
Just going to chalk it up as a design choice, considering that their design predecessor the KSI Boss has the same thing going on and same with the design that design was based off from 2009, it's just standard Live action film aesthetic.
(The KSI Boss from AOE)

(2009 design for a tutorial by Josh Nizzi)
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Re: Transformers Studio Series Discussion (New 2018 Movie Line)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat Thu Mar 08, 2018 4:42 pm
Lunatic Prime wrote:Deadput wrote:In my head canon now Thundercracker and Nitro Zeus were part of a sub division of the Decepticon air force known as the Lightning squadron who were fast and heavy hitters (Like lightning!), they all have lightning/electric related names.
That's how I'm justifying Thundercracker being a reuse of the Nitro Zeus mold.
Edit: Also going to justify the DOTM part on the package as Thundercracker being one of the many Decepticons who were on the moon (I also consider TLK Onslaught to be the same guy as the Garbage truck con in DOTM since they have similar colors and mass...he just lost his arm) quoting Movie Thundercracker's Tfwiki image quote.
"I was in the movie, I had a great scene... you just weren't allowed to see it... the, uh, special edition will have it."
Sounds good to me.
Maybe you can come up with an explanation for the insectoid legs on their mold's belly and neck especially because TC's head looks very insectoid, too. To me it looks like there's a larvae or centipede inside an armor.
Pretty much a pre-AoE Movie Decepticon design, huh?
Anybody found a head that matches Thundercracker's colors? And don't say Thunderwing.
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Re: Transformers Studio Series Discussion (New 2018 Movie Line)
Posted by Qwan Thu Mar 08, 2018 4:45 pm
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Lunatic Prime wrote:Deadput wrote:In my head canon now Thundercracker and Nitro Zeus were part of a sub division of the Decepticon air force known as the Lightning squadron who were fast and heavy hitters (Like lightning!), they all have lightning/electric related names.
That's how I'm justifying Thundercracker being a reuse of the Nitro Zeus mold.
Edit: Also going to justify the DOTM part on the package as Thundercracker being one of the many Decepticons who were on the moon (I also consider TLK Onslaught to be the same guy as the Garbage truck con in DOTM since they have similar colors and mass...he just lost his arm) quoting Movie Thundercracker's Tfwiki image quote.
"I was in the movie, I had a great scene... you just weren't allowed to see it... the, uh, special edition will have it."
Sounds good to me.
Maybe you can come up with an explanation for the insectoid legs on their mold's belly and neck especially because TC's head looks very insectoid, too. To me it looks like there's a larvae or centipede inside an armor.
Pretty much a pre-AoE Movie Decepticon design, huh?
Anybody found a head that matches Thundercracker's colors?
I'd still lean towards Overboard, but since I neither have Thundercracker nor have I seen any good pics yet that show off his colors properly, I can't actually be sure.

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Re: Transformers Studio Series Discussion (New 2018 Movie Line)
Posted by Lunatic Prime Thu Mar 08, 2018 4:50 pm
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Lunatic Prime wrote:Deadput wrote:In my head canon now Thundercracker and Nitro Zeus were part of a sub division of the Decepticon air force known as the Lightning squadron who were fast and heavy hitters (Like lightning!), they all have lightning/electric related names.
That's how I'm justifying Thundercracker being a reuse of the Nitro Zeus mold.
Edit: Also going to justify the DOTM part on the package as Thundercracker being one of the many Decepticons who were on the moon (I also consider TLK Onslaught to be the same guy as the Garbage truck con in DOTM since they have similar colors and mass...he just lost his arm) quoting Movie Thundercracker's Tfwiki image quote.
"I was in the movie, I had a great scene... you just weren't allowed to see it... the, uh, special edition will have it."
Sounds good to me.
Maybe you can come up with an explanation for the insectoid legs on their mold's belly and neck especially because TC's head looks very insectoid, too. To me it looks like there's a larvae or centipede inside an armor.
Pretty much a pre-AoE Movie Decepticon design, huh?
Anybody found a head that matches Thundercracker's colors? And don't say Thunderwing.
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Re: Transformers Studio Series Discussion (New 2018 Movie Line)
Posted by Deadput Thu Mar 08, 2018 4:50 pm
Qwan wrote:I'd still lean towards Overboard, but since I neither have Thundercracker nor have I seen any good pics yet that show off his colors properly, I can't actually be sure.
Looking at Overboard and the pictures of Thundercracker they do appear to be very close in color, I'm not sure if it's exactly the same but their both Dark blue, one could also use a black or grey Titanmaster instead.
Funny the Crashbash Titanmaster mold has been considered to be used as a Seeker (Starscream) head in customs and was actually used in the Pretender Starscream Titanmaster from that purposed botcon exclusive set.

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Re: Transformers Studio Series Discussion (New 2018 Movie Line)
Posted by william-james88 Thu Mar 08, 2018 4:59 pm
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Lunatic Prime wrote:Deadput wrote:In my head canon now Thundercracker and Nitro Zeus were part of a sub division of the Decepticon air force known as the Lightning squadron who were fast and heavy hitters (Like lightning!), they all have lightning/electric related names.
That's how I'm justifying Thundercracker being a reuse of the Nitro Zeus mold.
Edit: Also going to justify the DOTM part on the package as Thundercracker being one of the many Decepticons who were on the moon (I also consider TLK Onslaught to be the same guy as the Garbage truck con in DOTM since they have similar colors and mass...he just lost his arm) quoting Movie Thundercracker's Tfwiki image quote.
"I was in the movie, I had a great scene... you just weren't allowed to see it... the, uh, special edition will have it."
Sounds good to me.
Maybe you can come up with an explanation for the insectoid legs on their mold's belly and neck especially because TC's head looks very insectoid, too. To me it looks like there's a larvae or centipede inside an armor.
Pretty much a pre-AoE Movie Decepticon design, huh?
Anybody found a head that matches Thundercracker's colors? And don't say Thunderwing.
Horri-Bull would be the way to go
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Re: Transformers Studio Series Discussion (New 2018 Movie Line)
Posted by Deadput Thu Mar 08, 2018 5:02 pm
william-james88 wrote: Horri-Bull would be the way to go
"Sigh"
Still sad I missed that one he's the only Hasbro standalone Titanmaster I don't have.
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Re: Transformers Studio Series Discussion (New 2018 Movie Line)
Posted by Emerje Thu Mar 08, 2018 5:06 pm
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Re: Transformers Studio Series Discussion (New 2018 Movie Line)
Posted by Zeedust Thu Mar 08, 2018 6:52 pm
william-james88 wrote:Lunatic Prime wrote:Kyleor wrote:Anyone else seeing the second face on Lockdown's torso?
Do you mean his torso looks like a face like TFP Rumble's or do you mean there's his battle mask hidden?
He means like TFP Rumble.
I'm seeing it now, and it doesn't just look like a face, it looks like Ironhide's face.
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Re: Transformers Studio Series Discussion (New 2018 Movie Line)
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Re: Transformers Studio Series Discussion (New 2018 Movie Line)
Posted by Deadput Fri Mar 09, 2018 1:00 am
primalxconvoy wrote:Is it possible to not fold the wings up in Thundercracker's robot mode and leave them outstretched, like the G1 version?
Yes?
Are you saying that the wings fold themselves up or something? Because otherwise I don't know why you would think they couldn't be left unfolded.
Found some pics on TFw2005 that I saw earlier for you though.
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Re: Transformers Studio Series Discussion (New 2018 Movie Line)
Posted by Lunatic Prime Fri Mar 09, 2018 1:15 am
Deadput wrote:primalxconvoy wrote:Is it possible to not fold the wings up in Thundercracker's robot mode and leave them outstretched, like the G1 version?
Yes?
Are you saying that the wings fold themselves up or something? Because otherwise I don't know why you would think they couldn't be left unfolded.
Found some pics on TFw2005 that I saw earlier for you though.
I guess he means "If he's stable when the wings aren't transformed in the right way".
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Re: Transformers Studio Series Discussion (New 2018 Movie Line)
Posted by Qwan Fri Mar 09, 2018 1:40 am

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Re: Transformers Studio Series Discussion (New 2018 Movie Line)
Posted by primalxconvoy Fri Mar 09, 2018 3:50 am
Qwan wrote:In which case yeah, they're totally stable like that (especially so if you keep the swivels snapped into jet-mode position). I've messed with that configuration on Nitro Zeus a couple times and honestly, it probably has the best-designed Seeker wings I've seen in a long while (in terms of look, clearance, poseability etc.) despite not even being meant to have Seeker wings.
Yes, thanks folks. That's how I'm probably going to have Thundercracker transformed. I'll pop G1 insignias on both sides of his wings too.
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In-Hand Images of Transformers Studio Series 06 Starscream
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Re: Transformers Studio Series Discussion (New 2018 Movie Line)
Posted by william-james88 Fri Mar 09, 2018 12:39 pm
Every detail matches up perfectly.
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Re: Transformers Studio Series Discussion (New 2018 Movie Line)
Posted by Seibertron Fri Mar 09, 2018 12:44 pm
william-james88 wrote:Yup, its an upscale of DOTM
Every detail matches up perfectly.
Except for all of the details that don't match up.
Perhaps it just shares similar engineering?
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Re: Transformers Studio Series Discussion (New 2018 Movie Line)
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Re: Transformers Studio Series Discussion (New 2018 Movie Line)
Posted by william-james88 Fri Mar 09, 2018 12:49 pm
Seibertron wrote:Except for all of the details that don't match up.![]()
Perhaps it just shares similar engineering?
Its far more than that. I am comparing to joints and parts and where they are found on the toy, and that all matches up.
Its an upscale the same way these toys were upscales too:

Is a compeletly new mold, it has to be at that scale. But its based on the deluxes toy. Its not like they tried reinventing the wheel with this one.
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Re: Transformers Studio Series Discussion (New 2018 Movie Line)
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Re: Transformers Studio Series Discussion (New 2018 Movie Line)
Posted by william-james88 Fri Mar 09, 2018 12:52 pm
Plase read my comment above, I am not referring to the detailing on the parts (so yes, detail was the wrong word to choose) but where all the parts are match up and is similar to the differnece found in previous upscales Hasbro performed.
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Re: Transformers Studio Series Discussion (New 2018 Movie Line)
Posted by Seibertron Fri Mar 09, 2018 12:52 pm
william-james88 wrote:Is a compeletly new mold, it has to be at that scale. But its based on the deluxes toy. Its not like they tried reinventing the wheel with this one.
Fair enough! Just wanted to state that after your all-encompassing comment above
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Re: Transformers Studio Series Discussion (New 2018 Movie Line)
Posted by william-james88 Fri Mar 09, 2018 12:55 pm
Seibertron wrote:william-james88 wrote:Is a compeletly new mold, it has to be at that scale. But its based on the deluxes toy. Its not like they tried reinventing the wheel with this one.
Fair enough! Just wanted to state that after your all-encompassing comment above
Haha, yes, I definitely set myself up for that, so fair enough!
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