ScottyP wrote:Sabrblade wrote:I've forgotten that I've also troop-built three of the Prime Cyberverse Commander class Hardshell figure, and a small number of the Prime Cyberverse Commander class Predaking figure, with Bombshock and the Predacons Rising purple redeco Predaking serving as the generals of the troop-builders.
Among the notable toy snubs in TF: Prime is a Voyager Hardshell. Probably in the same bin of destroyed dreams as a blue/yellow Smokescreen redeco.
Yeah, big time! Though I am thankful that we can recreate a good cast at the cyberverse scale which makes for some fun troop building on a budget
SG Roadbuster wrote:I am legit shocked that none of the botcon toys made it to the list.
no Virulent Clones? Autotroopers? SG Junkions? Rainmakers? Dread Pirate Crew, or Reflector?
With these lists, I try to make them as general as possible leaving technical stuff to the comments (cool to see all the head canon going on here, by the way
). The fun pub stuff which it surely applies to troop building technically doesnt really work with me. Not only are most of these toys all rehashes from molds that werent designed as troop builders, but they came with a troop already. In the general sense of troop building its people buying several of the same toy to build a troop but here the troop is already given to you in threes. Plus there is the fact that fun pub is very niche in both toys and fiction (and while I may be wrong, I consider any fiction coming from a fan club as fan fiction, so anything can basically be a troop builder at this point) and as I wrote, for a list everyone can enjoy I try to make it with stuff that is/was easily attainable for all, so that it can be as welcoming as possible for anyone who wants to join the conversation.
I do love those autotroopers though.
Rodimus Prime wrote:Somewhat related: if you get all the redecos of one mold, are you troop building, even though technically each "troop" is a separate character? For example, all the different color versions of the Classics Seeker mold.
Gauntlet101010 wrote:Geez, no Classics Seekers? To me those guys are the best. Even if you don't include KOs you've still got a really decent array of characters between Hasbro, Takara, and FunPub - especially if you pretend different decos can represent entirely different characters (G2 Ramjet I am looking at you). Somewhat pricy, but I dig it.
As I wrote above, I didnt want to get too technical with the list, I like to keep things general but also concise, so I stick to what is most commonly accepted and it seems troop building is buying multiples of the same toy to build a troop. There is also the sense in the fiction of troops being void of a particular personality, sometimes drones. So the idea of having completely different characters with different personalities and different looks with the seekers as troops seems off compared to the general idea. Hence why I went with the safer route and left the seekers out of it. I do feel its buying different toys when they are different characters that look different.
cruizerdave wrote:I thought I was the only one who liked TR Scourge!
Na man, that guy rocks! a gorgeous homage to G1 in looks and build, nomatter the version you get. Really fun to play with too, I think he is the most underrated figure from the line.