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TR TWINFERNO DOTH SUCK!

PostPosted: Wed Mar 08, 2017 12:44 pm
by X3ROhour
That's all
that's the gist of it.

Twinferno
which i waited for,
pined for,
yearned for,
dreamed of,
desired,
drooled over,
craved,
coveted,
fancied,
and lusted for,

- yes... lusted!! -
:-s

is a mother-lubbin'
piece of
SCRAP!
scrap i tells ya!
SCRAP!
sCRAPALOOZA!!!
SCRAPACHINI!




okay...
it's an A- robot.
i gives ya dat.

but EVERYTHING about the dragon mode

SLAG!
:-(

welp...
guess i'll move my burning cravings to something else

(Triggerhappy! Brawn? Misfire?)

:HEADHURTS:
8-}
:BOOM:

Re: TR TWINFERNO DOTH SUCK!

PostPosted: Wed Mar 08, 2017 2:51 pm
by TF-fan kev777
Did you get the hips to tab in correctly? I felt the same way as it couldn't stand or pose without the tail splitting and then the dragon falling over. Then I finally figured out getting the hips tabbed and things were much better, a solid B.

Re: TR TWINFERNO DOTH SUCK!

PostPosted: Wed Mar 08, 2017 3:43 pm
by X3ROhour
TF-fan kev777 wrote:Did you get the hips to tab in correctly? I felt the same way as it couldn't stand or pose without the tail splitting and then the dragon falling over. Then I finally figured out getting the hips tabbed and things were much better, a solid B.


yep
i did
after 25 minutes of fiddling with it.

WALLA!
PRESTO!

a plastic box
with
some dragon parts
wing
leg
heads
struggling to get out

D-

Re: TR TWINFERNO DOTH SUCK!

PostPosted: Wed Mar 08, 2017 5:56 pm
by steals_your_goats
So just because you couldn't figure out how to transform it automatically makes it a bad figure? Sounds about right. Guess I shouldn't expect anything different from someone who structures their posts like you do >:oP

Re: TR TWINFERNO DOTH SUCK!

PostPosted: Wed Mar 08, 2017 6:08 pm
by X3ROhour
steals_your_goats wrote:So just because you couldn't figure out how to transform it automatically makes it a bad figure? Sounds about right. Guess I shouldn't expect anything different from someone who structures their posts like you do >:oP


what is yer friggin' boggle, pal??

i've been collecting TFs
for a very
very
very
very long time.

probablly longer than u have been alive!

i spent a good deal of time
tried a buncha stuff
freestyle
and
using instructions

after making it out
the way it supposed to be

IT
IS
A
BOX
WITH WINGS
AND
SOME
OTHER
REPTILE BITS!


now,
that's my opinion

OPINION

take it
or
leave it

as to the way i write

tough

maybe it's the way u read.
u should look into that
get a stronger Rx
or sumptin

until then
relax
try a little kindness
a little calm

dipshizzz
:HEADHURTS:
:michaelbay:
>:oP

Re: TR TWINFERNO DOTH SUCK!

PostPosted: Wed Mar 08, 2017 6:15 pm
by Burn
steals_your_goats wrote:Guess I shouldn't expect anything different from someone who structures their posts like you do >:oP

See, **** like this we don't need on the forums.

That being said, what is it with all the line breaks Z3ROhour? Is that your "thing"? Just curious.

I do have to agree though that Twinferno is disappointing. I was looking forward to him and when I got him ... I was disappointed. (Probably didn't help I got him the same time as Triggerhappy)

Re: TR TWINFERNO DOTH SUCK!

PostPosted: Wed Mar 08, 2017 6:16 pm
by steals_your_goats
Forget it it's not worth it.

Re: TR TWINFERNO DOTH SUCK!

PostPosted: Wed Mar 08, 2017 6:36 pm
by RAR
If it wasn't a box with wings it would be an update rather than a homage. The 3rd party one is also a bx with wings. at least the new one has distinct legs.

Oh and you should have a chat with Death's Reviews - you two should get on just super.

Re: TR TWINFERNO DOTH SUCK!

PostPosted: Wed Mar 08, 2017 6:37 pm
by Burn
Z3ROhour wrote:dipshizzz

This isn't necessary either.

Re: TR TWINFERNO DOTH SUCK!

PostPosted: Wed Mar 08, 2017 7:26 pm
by Kurona
Don't we, um, have a Titans Return thread...? Not trying to rain on anyone's parade or obsessively mini-mod, just a tad confused why this wasn't posted in TR is all.

Though yeah, Twinferno's updated alt-mode just doesn't live up to the same awesomeness of his updated name. In my opinion the Monsterbots should be at least Voyager anyway, but it's disappointing nonetheless to see this result. Decent effort, but not quite there.

Re: TR TWINFERNO DOTH SUCK!

PostPosted: Wed Mar 08, 2017 7:49 pm
by Burn
Kurona wrote:Don't we, um, have a Titans Return thread...?

Yes, but he wants to discuss one specific figure. That can be easily lost in the mega-threads.

Re: TR TWINFERNO DOTH SUCK!

PostPosted: Thu Mar 09, 2017 4:59 am
by Insurgent
I too was disappointed with him when i got him for the exact sme reason. A box with limbs. And a very obvious, very wide box. I do like his wings and his heads, but the vody and the tabbing of the hips is just.... Underwhelming. I'm glad i got him for half price, as full would have been made me sad, but he is one figure that should have been revamped, not be a g1 redo.


Easily my least favourite of all tr i have. If you want one to lus after, i suggest triggerhappy. Now that is a fantastic figure.

Re: TR TWINFERNO DOTH SUCK!

PostPosted: Thu Mar 09, 2017 2:56 pm
by MrBlack
Aside from having one of the most awesome names in Transformersdom, I do like Twinferno as a figure. Bot mode is quite good, and the dragon hands are hilarious. The transformation is interesting and clever, and though his dragon mode is not super poseable, it's quite dashing looking.

Heck, I even have a friend who has built a Facebook page and Twitter account around the figure.

https://twitter.com/MyAHoleOM

Re: TR TWINFERNO DOTH SUCK!

PostPosted: Thu Mar 09, 2017 4:12 pm
by Mr Skram
I actually really like both modes, but I suppose I wasn't desperately longing for the figure either. That tends to have an effect on how you perceive these things.

You want some supercharged 80s fun? This here's a blocky robot that turns into a blocky (double) dragon!

Re: TR TWINFERNO DOTH SUCK!

PostPosted: Thu Mar 09, 2017 5:29 pm
by Insurgent

Re: TR TWINFERNO DOTH SUCK!

PostPosted: Thu Mar 09, 2017 5:55 pm
by Fox Thiagarajan
MrBlack wrote:Aside from having one of the most awesome names in Transformersdom, I do like Twinferno as a figure. Bot mode is quite good, and the dragon hands are hilarious. The transformation is interesting and clever, and though his dragon mode is not super poseable, it's quite dashing looking.

Heck, I even have a friend who has built a Facebook page and Twitter account around the figure.

https://twitter.com/MyAHoleOM


I love that your friend did that. I'm a fan of this figure too.

Re: TR TWINFERNO DOTH SUCK!

PostPosted: Thu Mar 09, 2017 8:51 pm
by Burn
MrBlack wrote:Heck, I even have a friend who has built a Facebook page and Twitter account around the figure.

https://twitter.com/MyAHoleOM

That is freaking gold.

Re: TR TWINFERNO DOTH SUCK!

PostPosted: Thu Mar 09, 2017 9:24 pm
by TF-fan kev777


Okay, Gnaw in the coffee pot actually made me do a spit take. Thank god I missed the computer. :BOWDOWN:

Re: TR TWINFERNO DOTH SUCK!

PostPosted: Fri Mar 10, 2017 8:40 am
by X3ROhour
Burn wrote:
Z3ROhour wrote:dipshizzz

This isn't necessary either.


i did as best i could
to curb my... instinctual rage.

i apologize.
:KREMZEEK:

Re: TR TWINFERNO DOTH SUCK!

PostPosted: Fri Mar 10, 2017 8:49 am
by X3ROhour
Insurgent wrote:I too was disappointed with him when i got him for the exact sme reason. A box with limbs. And a very obvious, very wide box. I do like his wings and his heads, but the vody and the tabbing of the hips is just.... Underwhelming. I'm glad i got him for half price, as full would have been made me sad, but he is one figure that should have been revamped, not be a g1 redo.


Easily my least favourite of all tr i have. If you want one to lus after, i suggest triggerhappy. Now that is a fantastic figure.


i got him for $5.86 on ebay, so no big loss.
like i said
the bot mode
rocks!

and
despite being homage
or update
all the other TRs
fix the flaws
of their respective
previous incarnations.

i so badly wanted this to work

then
like u said
my Conjunx Endura
showed me true love...

and Trigghappy happened!

WOW! WHAT NON-DISAPPOINTMENT!
WOW!


:KREMZEEK:
:BOWDOWN:
:APPLAUSE:

Re: TR TWINFERNO DOTH SUCK!

PostPosted: Fri Mar 10, 2017 2:26 pm
by Optimum Supreme
TF-fan kev777 wrote:Did you get the hips to tab in correctly? I felt the same way as it couldn't stand or pose without the tail splitting and then the dragon falling over. Then I finally figured out getting the hips tabbed and things were much better, a solid B.


On mine, they absolutely do not tab in, they just don't fit where they're supposed to.

Yeah, it's a garbage figure for the most part. I did manage to get it to stand in dragon mode somehow, but it's still awful. Robot mode is okay, but not good enough to make up for the rest. I like the headmaster being a battlebeast, though.

Much happier with Hot Rod.

Re: TR TWINFERNO DOTH SUCK!

PostPosted: Fri Mar 10, 2017 3:17 pm
by TF-fan kev777
Optimum Supreme wrote:
TF-fan kev777 wrote:Did you get the hips to tab in correctly? I felt the same way as it couldn't stand or pose without the tail splitting and then the dragon falling over. Then I finally figured out getting the hips tabbed and things were much better, a solid B.


On mine, they absolutely do not tab in, they just don't fit where they're supposed to.

Yeah, it's a garbage figure for the most part. I did manage to get it to stand in dragon mode somehow, but it's still awful. Robot mode is okay, but not good enough to make up for the rest. I like the headmaster being a battlebeast, though.

Much happier with Hot Rod.


Are you sure you had it lined up right? It is a real pain in the *** to get it the first time, mainly because the hips have to be at an odd angle that looks like it can't be right, but actually is. Really hard to photograph (especially with a crappy phone), but I give it a shot.

Here they are tabbed.

IMAG0448.jpg


And there is how the hips need to line up just before they tab in.

IMAG0449.jpg


Hope it helped. And I agree Hotrod and Triggerhappy are much better from that wave.

Re: TR TWINFERNO DOTH SUCK!

PostPosted: Sat Mar 11, 2017 12:51 am
by Wolfman Jake
After all of this talk back and forth on Titans Return Doublecross/Twinferno, I actually like the figure MORE now. Thanks to TF-fan kev777, I got the hips to tab in correctly for the first time. It does make the tail hold together better too, though mine still has some problems because of the very tight tolerances on the tabs meant to hold the two robot mode legs together as the base of the tail. Once you squeeze those together tightly enough, the tail tip will stay together, though it will sometimes still pop out of place if fiddled with too much. I love how the robot arms/dragon heads convert between modes too. It's just a very satisfying step in the transformation process and may be my favorite aspect of the figure overall. Doublecross/Twinferno looks just like he leapt off the screen of Headmasters and into our hands in both dragon and robot modes, plus now he has the addition of the Titans Return play pattern as well. Great update to a more obscure G1 character and toy.