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This thing is so cool

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:This thing is so cool

Right? I'm so gaga over this thing it's ridiculous

shajaki wrote:

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:This thing is so cool

Right? I'm so gaga over this thing it's ridiculous

It is awesome. I would so have one if I had any connection to diaclone or money

Wow, now that there is some serious transforming, I seriously need this in my life at some point, I think

That moon base version is SICK!
Mine is floating in that tracking grey area after it passes through US Customs. I get no tracking til it shows up at my local P.O.
Fingers crossed he gets here tomorrow.

Cobotron wrote:That moon base version is SICK!

It is, but I still think the red/blue is too gorgeous to mute

Cobotron wrote:Fingers crossed he gets here tomorrow.

My jealousy knows no bounds

Have you guys seen his awesome wind up power deploying head gimmick?

It looks so awesome, but I really wish it was bigger, since it's only a little taller than the MP Autobot Cars:

Agreed Sabr, that was my biggest concern when i started seeing in hand picks.
However, after seeing the previous posted pics in this thread of various poses my perspective is now positive regarding his possibilities.

Sabrblade wrote:It looks so awesome, but I really wish it was bigger, since it's only a little taller than the MP Autobot Cars:

Oh my... I was thinking about picking this guy up until I saw that. I was thinking for the price he was somewhere between MP-10 and Star Saber but that is most definitely not the case. I'll have to hope that this guy sits for a little bit and goes on sale.

I too am kinda shocked by the size. But it in no way makes me less excited

shajaki wrote:I too am kinda shocked by the size. But it in no way makes me less excited

I'm with shaky Springer here.

I knew he would be small. The pilots are the same size as the OG Dia-pilots. Leading me to the conclusion that the cockpits they inhabit are small. It's cool. He is his own thing, and not really meant to be a Transformer. Mine will most likely live with my Micromans any way.

He will be delivered tomorrow!

Cobotron wrote:He will be delivered tomorrow!

I actually kinda feel bad about getting this before Cobo



Oh man. This might actually be the most fun Transformobot I have ever played with. The amount of combinations and things he can transform into is mind boggling, and I'm sure there's going to be a tonne of ridiculous fan-mode'ing going around. He kinda feels like MP Starsaber but with 10 times the refinement, and the fact that he pulls it off at the fraction of the size is bewildering. And his little people? They make the MP Spike (from MP10) look like a pathetic piece of melted butter that doesn't deserve to be made of the same plastic. And I haven't even started on the robot mode!



Only one pic for now (feelin under the weather) but I wanted to off his posability. Look at those legs! I bet you'd be hard pressed to find a pose he can't do. He's like, the yoga instructor of Robotrons. And he is solid and sturdy as all hell.

Just an absolute dream.

shajaki wrote:

Cobotron wrote:He will be delivered tomorrow!

I actually kinda feel bad about getting this before Cobo



Oh man. This might actually be the most fun Transformobot I have ever played with. The amount of combinations and things he can transform into is mind boggling, and I'm sure there's going to be a tonne of ridiculous fan-mode'ing going around. He kinda feels like MP Starsaber but with 10 times the refinement, and the fact that he pulls it off at the fraction of the size is bewildering. And his little people? They make the MP Spike (from MP10) look like a pathetic piece of melted butter that doesn't deserve to be made of the same plastic. And I haven't even started on the robot mode!



Only one pic for now (feelin under the weather) but I wanted to off his posability. Look at those legs! I bet you'd be hard pressed to find a pose he can't do. He's like, the yoga instructor of Robotrons. And he is solid and sturdy as all hell.

Just an absolute dream.

Wish mine would get here soon

Got the default version over the monochrome version. More pleasing to the eyes.

(Btw, why not hearing any complaints about the size and price etc?)

shajaki wrote:

Cobotron wrote:Have you guys seen his awesome wind up power deploying head gimmick?

WOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOO!

Since Transformers partly come from the Japanese Diaclone line, the Diaclone reboot featuring a new Masterpiece-style Dia-Battles was followed by many Transformers fans. Seibertron's own Cobotron has gotten himself a copy and offers a pictorial review below which gives the best idea yet on what to expect from this set and the myriad of ways you can play with its modular system.

Take it away Cobotron:


I'm huge fan of what I recently learned is called Takara SF Land. This is a collectors term that encompasses the rich history of all the science fiction toys Takara has designed over the last 40 plus years. The turn of the century was an awesome era of re-issues, and reboots from Takara. The reboots included Henshin Cyborg, Microman, and we could even consider Car Robots(RID) a reboot, as it was Transformers return to Earth based vehicle alt modes. It was a great time to be a TSF Land fan.
Well the ol' boys at Takara are at the reboot biz again, and they haven't missed a beat.

Diaclone Dia-Battles V2 is a fresh breath of old air. This figure captures everything that was great about the original Diaclone toys, but in a seriously updated Masterpiece level package. What we now refer to as "parts forming" had it's origins back in the Microman line. Modular vehicles that could be combined to form bigger ones, or even robots to some extent. They stepped it up a notch with the Diaclone line. By re-adjusting the scale to be smaller they could take that same modularity, but focus more on the detail of the combined forms.
This new Dia-Battles does that to a T, but with all the bells, whistles, grace, and style, We've come to expect in the modern engineering, sculpting, and articulation from our contemporary robot toys. Dia-Battles V2 is the ultimate parts former, and the bar has been raised.

Let's have a look.



The three main vehicle components that make up Dia-Battles.

Battles-01




Battles-02




Battles-03





Let's make a robot!




Hello you handsome devil.










The robot mode is absolutely fantastic! The articulation is top notch, and the connectors are amazingly well engineered, as some even double as articulation points. His pose-ability and balance are off the charts. Indeed making him a Masterpiece of a new kind.


Scout mission!
Just to note, this motorbike only came with the original release of this figure. It will not be included in any subsequent release or production run.

Road Viper


The small ship is called Bullet Fighter.




But WAIT! There's more modes!

Scramble Mode


Manual Mode


Both these modes can be achieved by transforming directly from robot mode.


More modular modes.

Battles Triser


This beautiful star cruiser leaves no unused parts.

Crawler


Hopper


Glide


This mode is one of my favorites. What? You need a flying-monkey-dragonman mode with Gatling gun fingers? Sure! We can do that.

Last, but certainly not least.

Fortress



And of course what would Diaclone be without the pilots?

Dia-Nauts


These guys are amazing. For mini-figures an inch tall, they are articulated to the nines. They're rocking ball socket shoulders and hips, elbows and knees, and even have an ab crunch!
This initial release of the toy is a limited edition, and includes a fourth Dia-Naut.

PARTY!


Meet and greet.










One last shot just to give a sense of the scale of Dia-Battles.

But that guy does look really awesome. Like, just wow

Just got mine in the mail tonight.
Popped open the shipping box and the toy box is huge!
Gotta wait till tomorrow to peep it but that pictorial review has me suped.

I watched Benscollectibles last week over this, it a pretty cool figure. It's not for me, I have no need for this but I will say it's pretty awesome. Surprised how small it is.

Randomhero wrote:I watched Benscollectibles last week over this, it a pretty cool figure. It's not for me, I have no need for this but I will say it's pretty awesome. Surprised how small it is.

Same here. While its gorgeous, I am not that much into the modular system. And I do find it very small too. Cobo, its as big as the Biomachine Exo skeleton right?