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Re: Transformers War for Cybertron: Siege Discussion Thread
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Mon Jul 08, 2019 3:21 pmby RodimusConvoy13
Wolfman Jake wrote:carytheone wrote:ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:carytheone wrote:This will be the rare case of a Siege figure (Mirage) not replacing an older CHUG toy.
Will he at least be accompanying the older one, given the accessories and actually having 5mm-compatible hands?
Not sure if I understand the question, but I think the answer is no because I'm skipping Siege Mirage. I probably should have made that clearer.
I do like the look of the figure and wouldn't mind a redeco as not Dragstrip. Whoa,
deja vu 
If I may ask, why are you passing on this new Mirage? He looks G1 AF, is only the second "Classics" version of the character we've gotten, and his original 2006 update, IMO, hasn't aged well with his pin-head and overall wonky proportions.
It's also the first updated Mirage to come with a shoulder launcher!
Re: Transformers War for Cybertron: Siege Discussion Thread
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Mon Jul 08, 2019 3:26 pmby Hellscream9999
Wolfman Jake wrote:carytheone wrote:ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:carytheone wrote:This will be the rare case of a Siege figure (Mirage) not replacing an older CHUG toy.
Will he at least be accompanying the older one, given the accessories and actually having 5mm-compatible hands?
Not sure if I understand the question, but I think the answer is no because I'm skipping Siege Mirage. I probably should have made that clearer.
I do like the look of the figure and wouldn't mind a redeco as not Dragstrip. Whoa,
deja vu
If I may ask, why are you passing on this new Mirage? He looks G1 AF, is only the second "Classics" version of the character we've gotten, and his original 2006 update, IMO, hasn't aged well with his pin-head and overall wonky proportions.
cuz the classics one rocks and has aged really well, it just isn't g1 enough for most people I'd imagine
Re: Transformers War for Cybertron: Siege Discussion Thread
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Mon Jul 08, 2019 3:30 pmby no-one
Wolfman Jake wrote:carytheone wrote:This will be the rare case of a Siege figure (Mirage) not replacing an older CHUG toy... I'm skipping Siege Mirage
If I may ask, why are you passing on this new Mirage? He looks G1 AF, is only the second "Classics" version of the character we've gotten, and his original 2006 update, IMO, hasn't aged well with his pin-head and overall wonky proportions.
RodimusConvoy13 wrote:It's also the first updated Mirage to come with a shoulder launcher!
I'm just not feeling it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
like SiegeFireOh and this...
Hellscream9999 wrote:cuz the classics one rocks and has aged really well, it just isn't g1 enough for most people I'd imagine
Re: Transformers War for Cybertron: Siege Discussion Thread
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Mon Jul 08, 2019 3:49 pmby Cyberpath
Something funny that occurred to me... Skyfire and Reflector are two characters that were phased out of the cartoon... and now with the SIEGE line, they've been released around the same time, both are kind of difficult to get -- Amazon messed up the Jetfire pre-orders and never even put ones up for Refraktor.
Re: Transformers War for Cybertron: Siege Discussion Thread
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Mon Jul 08, 2019 6:48 pmby TF-fan kev777
carytheone wrote:Has anyone tried integrating Brunt with Trypticon in base/ship mode as a cannon/tower G1 style yet? I've searched the webernets and have come up short. I haven't taken the time or made the room to try it myself yet.
I just got around to it today. I stated with ship mode and just 1 Brunt and it actually wasn't that easy to come up with something I liked. There is also a pretty good lack of useful 5mm holes especially in ship mode. I wanted symmetry and Brunt's arm pieces are really the only symmetrical pair of parts. So those became claws for the front of the ship because why not, and I was able to barely put together a central cannon that used the 5mm holes on top of the part of the ship on either side of the main ramp for city mode. I say barely because Brunt's crotch/upper thigh part is just like 1mm to short for the 5mm posts on his knees fit snugly in the holes on Trypticon.
Then I moved onto using 2 Brunts for better options with symmetry.
Then I switched to city mode and changed things up a little more. I went with 3 weaponizers for each city bot with 2 used for supplementing the ship/city and the 3rd to be the actual character. So Trypticon gets a brunt, and a bunch of bling in the form of brunt pieces.
Re: Transformers War for Cybertron: Siege Discussion Thread
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Mon Jul 08, 2019 7:02 pmby D-Maximal_Primal
I want to add some thoughts of my own towards Brunt.
First off, Cary, I put mine on the left shoulder and rotate the turret to allow it to fit. I think it looks pretty good poking up there.
And secondly, Brunt is fantastic. He went from a tank/tower accessory of Trypticons to being an amazing standalone figure. He rocks! The new and unique design with that awesome head really help him stand out, and those massive claws are simply delicious. Transformation is fun too, the most fun of the Weaponizers I think, and the tank mode is a beast. Oh and his purple is perfection. that is the shade of purple that should be used.
Buy him, he deserves it, and you deserve him
Scramjet wrote:carytheobvious wrote:Cobotron wrote:Edit: Yeah, Pipes and Huffer. Good choices, but again, I'm the only one happy with the CW ones.
We may be the only two. I really like them and they are the only figures in that mold I'm keeping. If new ones were released they'd have to be pretty **** good for me to jump.
I, too, also like CW Huffer and Pipes as well.
CW Pipes and Huffer are my versions of both as well, i like them even if they aren't that accurate. I really love T30 Gears too.
Re: Transformers War for Cybertron: Siege Discussion Thread
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Mon Jul 08, 2019 11:20 pmby Skritz
I know everyone and their mom said it, but Brunt just scream 'Beast Machine Vehicon but less stupid'.
Re: Transformers War for Cybertron: Siege Discussion Thread
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Mon Jul 08, 2019 11:30 pmby ZeldaTheSwordsman
Hellscream9999 wrote:Wolfman Jake wrote:carytheone wrote:ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:carytheone wrote:This will be the rare case of a Siege figure (Mirage) not replacing an older CHUG toy.
Will he at least be accompanying the older one, given the accessories and actually having 5mm-compatible hands?
Not sure if I understand the question, but I think the answer is no because I'm skipping Siege Mirage. I probably should have made that clearer.
I do like the look of the figure and wouldn't mind a redeco as not Dragstrip. Whoa,
deja vu
If I may ask, why are you passing on this new Mirage? He looks G1 AF, is only the second "Classics" version of the character we've gotten, and his original 2006 update, IMO, hasn't aged well with his pin-head and overall wonky proportions.
cuz the classics one rocks and has aged really well, it just isn't g1 enough for most people I'd imagine
Ehhh. I would say that the Minibot-size head looks a smidgen off nowadays, he's lacking in weapons and the one he has makes him look really scrawny in robot mode, and the ball-jointed ankle tilts have definitely NOT aged well. Those feet flop like deflated balloons
And the hands aren't 5mm compatible.
TF-fan kev777 wrote:carytheone wrote:Has anyone tried integrating Brunt with Trypticon in base/ship mode as a cannon/tower G1 style yet? I've searched the webernets and have come up short. I haven't taken the time or made the room to try it myself yet.
I just got around to it today. I stated with ship mode and just 1 Brunt and it actually wasn't that easy to come up with something I liked. There is also a pretty good lack of useful 5mm holes especially in ship mode. I wanted symmetry and Brunt's arm pieces are really the only symmetrical pair of parts. So those became claws for the front of the ship because why not, and I was able to barely put together a central cannon that used the 5mm holes on top of the part of the ship on either side of the main ramp for city mode. I say barely because Brunt's crotch/upper thigh part is just like 1mm to short for the 5mm posts on his knees fit snugly in the holes on Trypticon.
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Then I moved onto using 2 Brunts for better options with symmetry.
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Then I switched to city mode and changed things up a little more. I went with 3 weaponizers for each city bot with 2 used for supplementing the ship/city and the 3rd to be the actual character. So Trypticon gets a brunt, and a bunch of bling in the form of brunt pieces.
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You might get better results in ship/battlestation mode if you detach Full-Tilt and move him to the garage. That spot all the way at the back was where Brunt's cannon attached on the original, after all, so it might be worth a shot.
Also, the instructions are wrong (gee, there's a shock) about Trypticon's purple cannon barrels. They should be extended in ship mode (to make the towers look more like guns). and collapsed in city mode.
I hope they do a bow battlemaster.
Re: Transformers War for Cybertron: Siege Discussion Thread
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Tue Jul 09, 2019 6:40 amby TF-fan kev777
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:You might get better results in ship/battlestation mode if you detach Full-Tilt and move him to the garage. That spot all the way at the back was where Brunt's cannon attached on the original, after all, so it might be worth a shot.
Also, the instructions are wrong (gee, there's a shock) about Trypticon's purple cannon barrels. They should be extended in ship mode (to make the towers look more like guns). and collapsed in city mode.
Sadly there is a lack of useful 5mm ports in the area where Full Tilt attaches. Of the 3 Titans with weaponizer partners, Trypticon seems to have the least amount of useful 5mm ports with Metroplex having the most. Trypticon also has some deceiving screw holes that are slightly larger than 5mm.
As for the shoulder cannons, I know how you think they should be, but this is my personal preference. I prefer them extended in city mode to give a taller silhouette. I do usually also have them out in ship mode as well, but they would have interfered with the cannons I added from by 2 Brunts. Probably would have been fine when I only used 1 Brunt.
Re: Transformers War for Cybertron: Siege Discussion Thread
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Tue Jul 09, 2019 6:43 amby ZeldaTheSwordsman
Ugh, I know what you mean about those deceptive screwholes...
Re: Transformers War for Cybertron: Siege Discussion Thread
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Tue Jul 09, 2019 8:04 amby o.supreme
Went to a Walmart a little out of my way yesterday but finally sighted wave 3 deluxes. Picked up Brunt (the only one of the lot I really wanted). It's kind of satisfying to know that everything I want form this line I have except the pricier Jetfire, and Omega Supreme (which isn't even out yet). As others have said, I'll probably wait until a sale closer to end of year to get both of these, that gives me time to save up, and *hopefully* knock off one or 2 of the even pricier/older TT Legends items I've been holding off on.
New Images for Transformers Siege Impactor and Mirage showing in Package and Finalized Deco
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Tue Jul 09, 2019 9:14 amby william-james88
Re: Transformers War for Cybertron: Siege Discussion Thread
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Tue Jul 09, 2019 9:14 amby no-one
Skritz wrote:I know everyone and their mom said it, but Brunt just scream 'Beast Machine Vehicon but less stupid'.
"Less Stupid" should Siege's sub-subtitle. One could argue that Siege is pulling all the good ideas and culling all the bad idea from the Prime Wars trilogy.
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Ugh, I know what you mean about those deceptive screwholes...
Deceptive Screwholes is the name of my post-punk band.
Re: Transformers War for Cybertron: Siege Discussion Thread
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Tue Jul 09, 2019 9:35 amby Coptur
loving Mirage and happy to leave Impactor on the shelf
Re: Transformers War for Cybertron: Siege Discussion Thread
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Tue Jul 09, 2019 9:35 amby o.supreme
Am I seeing similarities with CW Brawl in Impactor? , or is it just my imagination...
Re: Transformers War for Cybertron: Siege Discussion Thread
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Tue Jul 09, 2019 9:38 amby Sabrblade
o.supreme wrote:Am I seeing similarities with CW Brawl in Impactor? , or is it just my imagination...
The latter. CW Brawl was a dinky little thing, this Impactor is practically Voyager-sized, even taller than Ironhide.
Re: Transformers War for Cybertron: Siege Discussion Thread
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Tue Jul 09, 2019 9:55 amby Randomhero
o.supreme wrote:Am I seeing similarities with CW Brawl in Impactor? , or is it just my imagination...
...how? He doesn’t transform or look anything like him in any way
Re: Transformers War for Cybertron: Siege Discussion Thread
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Tue Jul 09, 2019 9:56 amby william-james88
Randomhero wrote:o.supreme wrote:Am I seeing similarities with CW Brawl in Impactor? , or is it just my imagination...
...how? He doesn’t transform or look anything like him in any way
I think it's just the hollowed out tread legs that gives the impression of similarity.
Re: Transformers War for Cybertron: Siege Discussion Thread
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Tue Jul 09, 2019 10:46 amby Flashwave
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:
Also, the instructions are wrong (gee, there's a shock) about Trypticon's purple cannon barrels. They should be extended in ship mode (to make the towers look more like guns). and collapsed in city mode.
I hope they do a bow battlemaster.
Wait, what do you mean by --- OH MY GOD I THOSE DO PULL OUT.
Re: Transformers War for Cybertron: Siege Discussion Thread
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Tue Jul 09, 2019 11:03 amby Skritz
So, Impactor: he's growing on me in spite of people saying he's ugly. But then again his big ugly mug seems to remind me of an '80 action hero like Ahnuld or Stallone so that works well for him. His colors seem a pretty mixed bag and never look the same in pictures so I'll have to wait and see how it looks in hand.
Anybody else want to see him retooled into Demolishor, btw?
Re: Transformers War for Cybertron: Siege Discussion Thread
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Tue Jul 09, 2019 11:24 amby Vic Zanzibar
They both look great. I’m not gonna get Mirage though. Classics Mirage was the in the first batch of Transformers I ever bought. I just can’t see myself replacing him.
Re: Transformers War for Cybertron: Siege Discussion Thread
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Tue Jul 09, 2019 11:28 amby Wireless_Phantom
It kind of bugs me that only the blue parts on Mirage are translucent (even more so that it isn't all of them) but It doesn't look bad.
Re: Transformers War for Cybertron: Siege Discussion Thread
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Tue Jul 09, 2019 11:30 amby Wireless_Phantom
I like the yellow highlights on Impactor, as well as the fact he has an ab crunch which I never noticed before.
Re: Transformers War for Cybertron: Siege Discussion Thread
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Tue Jul 09, 2019 11:39 amby Wireless_Phantom
Brunt makes me wish the club was still around. He'd make a great Uprising/Pre-Beast Wars Scorponok.
Re: Transformers War for Cybertron: Siege Discussion Thread
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Tue Jul 09, 2019 12:13 pmby blackeyedprime
Picking up impactor tho the autobot sybmbols in kind of a weird place and will be awkward looking when replaced with a sticker to keep all the autobot symbols red. Fingers crossed Hasbro doesnt just use a repaint for warpath.
Mirages alt mode is a lot worse than it appears in the image, the spoiler reminds me of an old 80's robot car that had its legs sticking straight up despite how flat/plain Mirage looks. I do like his bot mode and will probably pick one up on sale but repaints are going to be hard to justify the price for a figure that essentially only has a robot mode for me.
