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by **Transformation619** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 1:37 am

redefined1253 wrote:bump

what the hell does bumb mean? and btw, a company(i think it's fake) called simba (i nono why it's called simba :shock:

) makes these dino-formers

News Credits: 1 · by **Creature SH** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 9:16 am

"Bump" stands for "bumping the topic back to the top so it won't get lost in the endless limbo of the cyberspace". Or so.

And Simba is really great for hilarious knockoffs and the most generic figures imaginable, including a GI Joe-Scaled 1980s movie Skeletor likeness released in the mid 2000s.

News Credits: 5 · by **Sledge** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 9:24 am

How can it be a knockoff? It's not knocked off a TF design. It's a cheap transforming robot.

As for where to buy it, where do you live? I've seen him and similar in Poundland, but that's only useful if you live in the UK.

by **redefined1253** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 1:06 pm

Yea I live in america.....We dont see much cool ko type figures here.......

Do you know if youve seen the stegosaurus to this set or do other company's make it as well?? Like the one I have sealed has "Jada toys" at the bottom left of the package, but I have seen a raptor with "simba" as the brand name. I have also seen the dinocock prime figure sold uner "android" and even "Dino Mech 2".

SO let me know

thanks

News Credits: 4 · by **Bumblethumper** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 7:31 pm

Rather than hunting for one with a specific colour scheme, might I suggest, since they're presumably inexpensive knockoff style toys, it might be a good opportunity to try your hand at doing a custom paint job.

I've seen some amazing kitbashes and repaints in the forums here, but I've been very reluctant to risk that on expensive Hasbro transformers. But with a knockoff, it's cheaper, has almost no resell value, and you're probably more likely to improve it than ruin it.

I recently took apart a €2.00 RID Optimus Prime knockoff, and completely repainted it, just for the sake of it, and a bit of practice. I'd never done anything like that before. It was a lot of fun, and it looks much better now.

I don't know if you're interested or not, but anyway here's a link about painting dinosaur models:
http://www.danperezstudios.com/modelpages/dinopaint.htm
And here's a few examples of interesting colour schemes on dinosurs:
http://www.cmstudio.com/model_kits.html

by **Ramrider** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 7:42 pm

I have the pachycephalosaurus from this range. It's pretty well-made, although the articulation's not great. I think the one I have is the best of those I've seen, however, as it's the only one that doesn't have a dino-head for a crotch - the head swings through its chest to the back, so it's got an almost decent robot mode...
I haven't seen them for a while, but yeah, they've had spates of being spilling off the racks at various pound shops...

by **redefined1253** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 8:23 pm

bump

by **redefined1253** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 8:29 pm

Yea Ive seen that one....on the package of the android Dinocock prime, there is a anklysaur that looks pretty cool.

My fave though is the stegosaur. Its a well made toy and the robot head has an optimus prime resemblance but I actually like better than a regular takara optimus head. Its my opinion though.

anybody else one of these figures?

News Credits: 4 · by **GrimSqueaker** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 9:43 pm

twee wrote: I don't know about you folks, but I live vicariously through my TF KOs and go to bed every night wishing that my penis wasn't a penis, per se, but instead a dinosaur's open-mouthed head.

I feel ur pain :sad:

by **redefined1253** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 4:22 pm

bump

News Credits: 26 · by **Wheeljack35** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 5:18 pm

redefined1253 wrote:bump

Why are you bumping this up? :???:

News Credits: 5 · by **Sledge** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 6:09 pm

Because you touch yourself at night?

News Credits: 26 · by **Wheeljack35** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 7:24 pm

Sledge wrote:Because you touch yourself at night?

Whats the problem?

If you think your funny I could show this thread to Bishop

I'm not playing around

News Credits: 5 · by **Sledge** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 7:30 pm

Dude, I KNOW I'm funny. Only funny people quote Family Guy.

Oh, and the word you were aiming for is "you're". Unless you wanted to suggest that something of mine is funny.

Perhaps this will help:

News Credits: 26 · by **Wheeljack35** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 7:56 pm

Sledge wrote:Dude, I KNOW I'm funny. Only funny people quote Family Guy.

Oh, and the word you were aiming for is "you're". Unless you wanted to suggest that something of mine is funny. Perhaps this will help:

If you know your "funny" then you know that you are an asshole

News Credits: 5 · by **Sledge** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 8:07 pm

Totally. But who isn't an asshole? You're a bit of an anal sphincter yourself. So why not chill out, get a drink, then rock out to the best band in the universe playing the best track in the universe?

by **Dispensor** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 8:08 pm

Sledge wrote:Dude, I KNOW I'm funny. Only funny people quote Family Guy.

Oh, and the word you were aiming for is "you're". Unless you wanted to suggest that something of mine is funny. Perhaps this will help:

No need to be a douche, man. He asked a question, you rudely replied. Very immature.

News Credits: 5 · by **Sledge** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 8:16 pm

Jesus, it was a throwaway Family Guy quote. If someone's taken offense, I'm sorry that they take offense so easily. Why do YOU think the guy was bumping the thread?

by **Dispensor** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 8:18 pm

Sledge wrote:Jesus, it was a throwaway Family Guy quote. If someone's taken offense, I'm sorry that they take offense so easily. Why do YOU think the guy was bumping the thread?

He wanted to see if anybody had any more information by bumping it to the top where people are most likely to see it.

News Credits: 5 · by **Sledge** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 8:22 pm

Well, D'UH! Of course that's the actual answer. But given that's so mind-numbingly obvious, I decided to throw in a funny.

by **Dispensor** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 8:29 pm

Sledge wrote:Well, D'UH! Of course that's the actual answer. But given that's so mind-numbingly obvious, I decided to throw in a funny.

But it's not mind-numbingly obvious that you're joking, quoting Family Guy, or whatever. That's not a distinct Family Guy quote. Family Guy wasn't the first to use it. That's like calling someone a bastard and saying you're just quoting South Park or something.

News Credits: 5 · by **Sledge** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 8:44 pm

Oh? Who used it first?

News Credits: 26 · by **Wheeljack35** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 8:50 pm

Sledge wrote:Totally. But who isn't an asshole? You're a bit of an anal sphincter yourself. So why not chill out, get a drink, then rock out to the best band in the universe playing the best track in the universe?

A Family Guy quote?

Then why not specify it when you first posted it?I watch Family Guy but don't remember that quote

Why do you want to start a flame war?

An asshole is what we took you for

News Credits: 5 · by **Sledge** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 8:57 pm

And you were right to do so. I am an asshole. But on this occasion, I was an asshole throwing in what I thought was a fairly obvious funny. Even if you don't know it was a Family Guy quote, surely you didn't think it was a serious answer?

For that matter, what was the point of your question? What other reason could the guy have for bumping his thread than "he didn't want it to get lost"?

by **Dispensor** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 9:00 pm

Sledge wrote:And you were right to do so. I am an asshole. But on this occasion, I was an asshole throwing in what I thought was a fairly obvious funny. Even if you don't know it was a Family Guy quote, surely you didn't think it was a serious answer?

For that matter, what was the point of your question? What other reason could the guy have for bumping his thread than "he didn't want it to get lost"?

Perhaps Wheeljack noticed that the thread wasn't far enough down the front page to justify a bumping.