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On the Movie Deluxe Barricades, there are little liftable pegs on his feet. Anyone know what they are for?

That is so weird O_O

I didn't notice that before you said something, then I went and grabbed my barricade and found them! I had to use a pen to get them up though.

Decoration, perhaps?

I don't know O_O

Kicking people.

Just a little something to make him more complicated looking. As if he needed that ...

AlienQuiksilver wrote:Just a little something to make him more complicated looking. As if he needed that ...

He's already pretty complicated as it is lol~

Took me a good hour to figure out how to change him back into his car form o_O

DarkFlameAngel wrote:

AlienQuiksilver wrote:Just a little something to make him more complicated looking. As if he needed that ...

He's already pretty complicated as it is lol~

Took me a good hour to figure out how to change him back into his car form o_O

He was my very first movie figure. Took me a while as well to get him back to a car. It was a humbling experience reaching for those directions ... again.

It's like when us men get lost and refuse to stop and ask for directions. In this case, nobody was around to see me!

edit: I can see my barricade from my computer desk. I have frenzy's head sticking out likea hood ornament. lol

AlienQuiksilver wrote:

DarkFlameAngel wrote:

AlienQuiksilver wrote:Just a little something to make him more complicated looking. As if he needed that ...

He's already pretty complicated as it is lol~

Took me a good hour to figure out how to change him back into his car form o_O

He was my very first movie figure. Took me a while as well to get him back to a car. It was a humbling experience reaching for those directions ... again.

It's like when us men get lost and refuse to stop and ask for directions. In this case, nobody was around to see me!

Hehe, lucky you

I've now got it to a point I can get him in and out of both forms very quickly, I'm proud

I still won't let my brother play with him though. I'm afriaid he'll break it T_T (he already broke his bumblebee up really bad, even though bumblebee is rather easy...)

DarkFlameAngel wrote:

AlienQuiksilver wrote:

DarkFlameAngel wrote:

AlienQuiksilver wrote:Just a little something to make him more complicated looking. As if he needed that ...

He's already pretty complicated as it is lol~

Took me a good hour to figure out how to change him back into his car form o_O

He was my very first movie figure. Took me a while as well to get him back to a car. It was a humbling experience reaching for those directions ... again.

It's like when us men get lost and refuse to stop and ask for directions. In this case, nobody was around to see me!

Hehe, lucky you

I've now got it to a point I can get him in and out of both forms very quickly, I'm proud

I still won't let my brother play with him though. I'm afriaid he'll break it T_T (he already broke his bumblebee up really bad, even though bumblebee is rather easy...)

I still take my time when i'm first taking his arms out. It's really easy to rip it out of the ball joint as we all know. Mine doesn't snap in all that firmly, so it's only a matter of time before it won't want to stay in there. The rest of it I can fly on.

If your bro breaks anything, I'm sure it would be a window or something in that paper thin area.

You must be talking about '74 BB. '08 BB is fairly difficult. That whole arm/roof thing can be a bee-otch sometimes. I just hate how his shoulder inserts pop off, one day I will lose one ... for sure!

I don't like anyone transforming mine either. I take a new one into work every day, but when people hold them it's like ... "uhh, well ... be careful, fragile." In other words "just hold it and look at it, I'll do the transforming"

AlienQuiksilver wrote:

DarkFlameAngel wrote:Hehe, lucky you

I've now got it to a point I can get him in and out of both forms very quickly, I'm proud

I still won't let my brother play with him though. I'm afriaid he'll break it T_T (he already broke his bumblebee up really bad, even though bumblebee is rather easy...)

I still take my time when i'm first taking his arms out. It's really easy to rip it out of the ball joint as we all know. Mine doesn't snap in all that firmly, so it's only a matter of time before it won't want to stay in there. The rest of it I can fly on.

If your bro breaks anything, I'm sure it would be a window or something in that paper thin area.

You must be talking about '74 BB. '08 BB is fairly difficult. That whole arm/roof thing can be a bee-otch sometimes. I just hate how his shoulder inserts pop off, one day I will lose one ... for sure!

I don't like anyone transforming mine either. I take a new one into work every day, but when people hold them it's like ... "uhh, well ... be careful, fragile." In other words "just hold it and look at it, I'll do the transforming"

Yes, it's the 74 bumblebee, I can't seem to find the 08 anywhere at the moment (:sad:). He actually is breaking the gears that help the back parts of his legs move outward with his feet (if that makes any sense) so now his legs don't work properly...*ponders how that sounds familiar*

Poor bumblebee.

Yes, I felt the same way when I brought my little optimus prime into work. My coworker started playing with it and I was like "noooooooo!"

You must be talking about '74 BB. '08 BB is fairly difficult. That whole arm/roof thing can be a bee-otch sometimes. I just hate how his shoulder inserts pop off, one day I will lose one ... for sure!

Glue them with some Testors model glue.

DarkFlameAngel wrote:

AlienQuiksilver wrote:Just a little something to make him more complicated looking. As if he needed that ...

He's already pretty complicated as it is lol~

Took me a good hour to figure out how to change him back into his car form o_O

omg for sure he's a pain to get back into car form, especially to get all the pieces lined up right.... he's in car form now and ive kept him that way. i need to build confidence before i want to bring him back into robo mode only to endure two more hours of transforming him back .

tom brokaw wrote:

DarkFlameAngel wrote:He's already pretty complicated as it is lol~

Took me a good hour to figure out how to change him back into his car form o_O

omg for sure he's a pain to get back into car form, especially to get all the pieces lined up right.... he's in car form now and ive kept him that way. i need to build confidence before i want to bring him back into robo mode only to endure two more hours of transforming him back .

Awww! You can do it! Its much easier the second time, trust me

Those flaps are part of his design, they should be pointed up like the movie model:

those little spike like things on barricades feet are part of the cgi render to make him movie accurate so dont get the feeling that it's a weird part ok lift them up!!!

I can't beleive anyone thinks Barricade's hard to transform. The only hard part is deciding which mode is better.

Aside from my insults, I thought those little spikes were prettey cool. Little touches make it better.

i only had a difficulty transforming it on the first or second try but after a couple of day it's completely mastered!

need to check my barricade figure later for this..hehehehe!

you mean you dont know about the lil foot spikes

softimus_prime wrote:you mean you dont know about the lil foot spikes

i dont know dude..hehehe!
maybe or maybe not ill just check that later..
could you show me a pic at this time?hehe!
i love barricade on alt mode..maybe that's why..

here you go!

oh i see!thanks bro!toy master!hehehe!
i'll check that dude later once ill get home..wanna go home..tired of this shift..hehehe!

I didn't notice that before!!! *just checked it out right now* gah! hehe, cool.

SnipeShade wrote::shock: I didn't notice that before!!! *just checked it out right now* gah! hehe, cool.

go my seibertronian ally! explore the master of enslaving and punishing!!!

You know I wonder how those that think Barricade is difficult to transform would react to something like RiD Sideburn or Alt Grimlock. Figures that are notoriously difficult to transform. Although I personally think their reputation is ill earned.

On the other hand I'm not a fair judge as many things like this come to me naturally. I rarely use the instructions on the first try I only refer to them later if ever to see if I missed anything. In fact I'm probably the only guy that thinks Sideburn is actually easy.

There was something about those little spikes in another thread and also something about 'pulling his head up' ?? well the little spikes are a nice touch, but i couldnt suss the thing about his head it seemed to be ok how it was (perhaps id done it without knowing maybe?)

Cant remember what the other thread was called but thought id mention it.

As for the transformation.....He is staying in robot mode

.....i might get another to keep as vehicle lol