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TF-fan kev777 wrote:

TOO MUCH ENERGON! wrote:

Autobot N wrote:

Edit: That being said, he's still pushing floppy-assed T30 Rhinox to the ebay pile.

I agree it felt good putting that floppy piece of crap in the closet and replacing him with a toy with actual heft and stiff leg joints

I just picked up Blaster and I gotta say, he's a very solid figure. Only issue I have with him is the lack of blast effect pegs on the gun, and on the molded jetpack section. Eject on the other hand feels just a tad loose, but otherwise he's also pretty neat.

Is there a good comparison pic of Kingdom and G1 Eject? I had heard he's better-sized than the SIEGE Frenzy and Rumble jokes but I'm not so sure of that after seeing a pic of him next to one of them. The WFC tapedeck bots are... frustrating. I had had some hope for Blaster after what I heard about Eject, but now I don't know.

Autobot_Benz wrote:

TF-fan kev777 wrote:

TOO MUCH ENERGON! wrote:

Autobot N wrote:

Edit: That being said, he's still pushing floppy-assed T30 Rhinox to the ebay pile.

I agree it felt good putting that floppy piece of crap in the closet and replacing him with a toy with actual heft and stiff leg joints

*shrug* Heft is only worth so much IMO, and loose joints can always be tightened. But I suppose people dumping theirs will lower the price on the T30 for me when I go hunting for it, so I can't complain too loudly.

I can however complain that Kingdom Mirage was stupid as hell and should have only changed the outer calf pieces. Or even just been the SIEGE mold but with the clear plastic opaqued. But no, Hasbro dropped way more new parts money than they needed to to make the altmode more earthly... with the result being an overall worse-designed figure with a worse deco. I pity everyone who just wanted the BW Grimlock update.
I'll agree that SIEGE Mirage's use of transparent plastic for the outer calves is something of a problem, since I've had to make a few repairs... but hooooo boy are the design tradeoffs on the Kingdom version not worth replacing him with that one.

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Is there a good comparison pic of Kingdom and G1 Eject?

Emgo compared them (cassette, robot). Kingdom Eject is about the same size as the Siege cassettes and a bit smaller than the G1 versions.

Omegatron. wrote:

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Is there a good comparison pic of Kingdom and G1 Eject?

Emgo compared them (cassette, robot). Kingdom Eject is about the same size as the Siege cassettes and a bit smaller than the G1 versions.

Damn it.

Wish Amazon would hurry up and get more Golden Disk Terrorsaur in stock for shipping.

Autobot_Benz wrote:Wish Amazon would hurry up and get more Golden Disk Terrorsaur in stock for shipping.

I am hoping Pulse would hurry up and ship him out period

Greetings Programs....I just opened up my Rodimus Prime as I was led that I bought it MISB which I have doubt.

So for those of you that got yours was the core figure Hot Rod simply wrapped up in bubble wrap and just resting in the box without plastic ties?

In my box it was the only item without tie strings. Lets see what the seller has to say...thanks people!

There is no core Hot Rod for the Commander Class Kingdom Rodimus

The Rodimus vehicle is just Rodimus not Hot Rod. And should be tied down in the box next to the trailer. Not in bubble wrap.


Make sure you got this:



Not this:

Overcracker wrote:There is no core Hot Rod for the Commander Class Kingdom Rodimus

The Rodimus vehicle is just Rodimus not Hot Rod. And should be tied down in the box next to the trailer. Not in bubble wrap.

I think what he meant by "core" bot is not the Core class, but the main bot for the set.

If there is no toy-swapping shenanigans happening, it's all right.
But no way in hell it is "Mint In SEALED Box".

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Overcracker wrote:There is no core Hot Rod for the Commander Class Kingdom Rodimus

The Rodimus vehicle is just Rodimus not Hot Rod. And should be tied down in the box next to the trailer. Not in bubble wrap.

I think what he meant by "core" bot is not the Core class, but the main bot for the set.

If there is no toy-swapping shenanigans happening, it's all right.
But no way in hell it is "Mint In SEALED Box".

That's exactly what I meant Kanrabat thanks...clearly a poor choice term on my end.

No surprise that the seller has not answered my message regarding this but I will allow some more time.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Overcracker wrote:There is no core Hot Rod for the Commander Class Kingdom Rodimus

The Rodimus vehicle is just Rodimus not Hot Rod. And should be tied down in the box next to the trailer. Not in bubble wrap.

I think what he meant by "core" bot is not the Core class, but the main bot for the set.

If there is no toy-swapping shenanigans happening, it's all right.
But no way in hell it is "Mint In SEALED Box".

Yeah. did not mean a core class vehicle. I mean the one and only car in the set is actually Rodimus, not Hot Rod.

As long as you have the correct vehicle you are fine.

But yes as mentioned by Kanrabat, its not MISB. MIB maybe. They likely just took out the Rodimus car and then put it back wrapped in bubblewrap.

As long as nothing is broken....

Yeah Overcracker I figured as much...thanks!

I really think this is the first time I've received an item on eBay that was listed as "new" and "misb" and it clearly was not. The figure itself looked like it was simply transformed to and back again but the spoiler part and the 2 panels on the spoiler all were not tabbed on and of course missing the ties.

The seller hasn't commented yet and if they don't the best I could do I guess is to give a negative feedback. I'm down with buying "used" or "just opened to inspect" or even "just transformed only once then back into box" but if it's New then damnation mean it.

What an awesome feel you get when you grip that MISP item that you know you bought!

There's weirdness going on with Terrorsaur on Pulse. His listing says he's no longer a preorder, and my order for him says it should has shipped yesterday but didn't, meanwhile I also got an email saying he got pushed back to the 15th despite that being reflected nowhere on Pulse actual.

Anyone else get anything?

Nemesis Primal wrote:There's weirdness going on with Terrorsaur on Pulse. His listing says he's no longer a preorder, and my order for him says it should has shipped yesterday but didn't, meanwhile I also got an email saying he got pushed back to the 15th despite that being reflected nowhere on Pulse actual.

Anyone else get anything?

I got the same email. I wouldn't panic yet--it's not showing as a pre-order anymore because the preorder date has passed, and it's still sold out so they're not taking any more orders now anyway. They don't have it to ship yet, so as long as they're still getting them, we'll see them later. If that wasn't happening, I expect they'd just cancel the pre-orders outright.

I can't confirm for all of the Golden Disk sets, but I recall that at least some of them were available to order and ship on Pulse once the stock arrived as part of their "Back in Stock" availability.

It's still such a shame that the Airazor mold suffered such degradation in its Golden Disk Terrorsaur release, with the universal problem of one of the wings popping off.

Sabrblade wrote:It's still such a shame that the Airazor mold suffered such degradation in its Golden Disk Terrorsaur release, with the universal problem of one of the wings popping off.

Before you can claim that:

- how many pieces are different between the two?
- how many of said pieces are actually affected?

It could simply be a case of different colors having different tolerances, or new pieces not having their tolerances properly tweaked.

The wings are new, so it can't be degradation. It's probably one of the things jelze said. Mine still hasn't shipped, it just says "order received". But I ordered it from Amazon, not Pulse.

Terrosaur's wings pop off easily because they are designed with safety in mind. A pin at that hinge would have made some kind of scissors that could lead to potential injuries.

-Kanrabat- wrote:Terrosaur's wings pop off easily because they are designed with safety in mind. A pin at that hinge would have made some kind of scissors that could lead to potential injuries.

I don't have him yet, but it could be that, breakage... or maybe they just skipped a tolerance pass, like they seem to have done with Jackpot

-Kanrabat- wrote:Terrosaur's wings pop off easily because they are designed with safety in mind. A pin at that hinge would have made some kind of scissors that could lead to potential injuries.

Yes, we also saw that with RID Starscream. It's a feature, not a bug.

Rtron wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:Terrosaur's wings pop off easily because they are designed with safety in mind. A pin at that hinge would have made some kind of scissors that could lead to potential injuries.

I don't have him yet, but it could be that, breakage... or maybe they just skipped a tolerance pass, like they seem to have done with Jackpot

Nothing "break". It's made that way on purpose. It's annoying, but it better wings that pop off and back on easily than... this:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Rtron wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:Terrosaur's wings pop off easily because they are designed with safety in mind. A pin at that hinge would have made some kind of scissors that could lead to potential injuries.

I don't have him yet, but it could be that, breakage... or maybe they just skipped a tolerance pass, like they seem to have done with Jackpot

Nothing "break". It's made that way on purpose. It's annoying, but it better wings that pop off and back on easily than... this:

I mean breakage as in "to avoid breakage". I know it's done on purpose. But there's usually a sweet spot of how much force it takes to pop out. If it pops out too easily, it's not working as intended either.

Rtron wrote:
I mean breakage as in "to avoid breakage". I know it's done on purpose. But there's usually a sweet spot of how much force it takes to pop out. If it pops out too easily, it's not working as intended either.

That we agree on. You just have to look at the thing for it to pop off. The overall design could have been better.

The thing is, there is no tolerance on the peg of the one wing that keeps popping off. Airazor, Skywarp, and Terrorsaur's other wing all use the same pegs that hold their wings in place just fine. But the one wing of Terrorsaur's that keeps popping off is held only by the peg's slippery friction. It has no "catch" to keep the wing securely attached. That part of the peg is smooth and curves inward instead of out-then-inward like on the pegs of Airazor's wings, Skywarp's wings, and Terrorsaur's good wing.