Valandar wrote:Not a fan of Prime, but I must agree that the PRID Vehicon is one of the most absolutely perfect car-mode transformers period, let alone what series. My ONLY complaint is his knees don't bend very far, and he has no waist joint (which would have been easy for them to include, if it wasn't for the parts budget). And I can fix the knee thing with a quick cut job that won't hurt anything.
RAcast wrote:william-james88 wrote:MightyMagnus78 wrote:One of the best figures ever made IMO is the PRID deluxe Vehicon. Virtually flawless in either mode but with an ingenious transformation.
The FE Vehicon is okay, but he's got a massive backpack. The VASTLY superior PRiD Vehicon is utterly flawless.
william-james88 wrote:RAcast wrote:william-james88 wrote:MightyMagnus78 wrote:One of the best figures ever made IMO is the PRID deluxe Vehicon. Virtually flawless in either mode but with an ingenious transformation.
The FE Vehicon is okay, but he's got a massive backpack. The VASTLY superior PRiD Vehicon is utterly flawless.
HOLY FAWK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have just recieved him from BBTS and transformed him and this is fawking nuts!
To be honest guys, I was at first let down. You can see the whole figure under the car so I thought it would be an easy transformation of undoing the panels that make up the car to show the figure underneath. But then the ENTIRE CAR came apart. I had the robot and the shell of the car at the same time and I realized that the car would fold onto itself so that instead of this simply being a shellformer (which it could easily have been), this entire shell becomes the legs. So it leaves behind a nice sleek robot which looks like one of those figures you cant transform. It is flawless, who would have thought that a second rate non character would display the best engineering of the entire series. When you have something like this, it really makes you wonder how stuff like RID Prime Ultra Magnus can have such a huge backpack (he also came with my order, the Takara version has simply too low a price)
-Kanrabat- wrote:
Welcome to the PRID Vehicon fanclub. Population: a billion plus one!
BTW, which PRID Ultra Magnus? The fire truck, or the Beast Hunters Optimus repaint/retool?
william-james88 wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:
Welcome to the PRID Vehicon fanclub. Population: a billion plus one!
BTW, which PRID Ultra Magnus? The fire truck, or the Beast Hunters Optimus repaint/retool?
The AM 27, which I believe is the takara version of the fire truck
-Kanrabat- wrote:william-james88 wrote:RAcast wrote:william-james88 wrote:MightyMagnus78 wrote:One of the best figures ever made IMO is the PRID deluxe Vehicon. Virtually flawless in either mode but with an ingenious transformation.
The FE Vehicon is okay, but he's got a massive backpack. The VASTLY superior PRiD Vehicon is utterly flawless.
HOLY FAWK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have just recieved him from BBTS and transformed him and this is fawking nuts!
To be honest guys, I was at first let down. You can see the whole figure under the car so I thought it would be an easy transformation of undoing the panels that make up the car to show the figure underneath. But then the ENTIRE CAR came apart. I had the robot and the shell of the car at the same time and I realized that the car would fold onto itself so that instead of this simply being a shellformer (which it could easily have been), this entire shell becomes the legs. So it leaves behind a nice sleek robot which looks like one of those figures you cant transform. It is flawless, who would have thought that a second rate non character would display the best engineering of the entire series. When you have something like this, it really makes you wonder how stuff like RID Prime Ultra Magnus can have such a huge backpack (he also came with my order, the Takara version has simply too low a price)
Welcome to the PRID Vehicon fanclub. Population: a billion plus one!
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
How is he, quality-wise? I know for a fact that the US version has really floppy shoulder joints, I'm wondering if the AM version suffers the same fate.
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JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Some of you may despise the Transmetal 2 line with their mostly irregular and imposable robot modes, but here's an example of one done perfectly right:
Stinkbomb, or RiD Gas Skunk
No fancy gimmick that gets in the way, no heads for hands, standing perfectly straight without (much of a) problem, symmetric design with asymmetric detailing, transformation is a breeze, and a unique beast mode.
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Some of you may despise the Transmetal 2 line with their mostly irregular and imposable robot.
Twitchythe3rd wrote:RTS Lugnut is pretty fantastic. The bomber mode is great looking and has a huge wingspan. Pretty articulate in robot mode. Double jointed knees, ankle tilts, fingers and a jaw so he can praise his grand a glorious master.
Moonshot wrote:I am a big fan of the IDW comics and IDW 30th Springer is one of my favorites. He looks like he jumped off the page with a great looking robot mode, plus 2 alt modes that are pretty good. On top of that he can be bought fairly cheap.
Like to add IDW Swerve too as a cheap small fun to transform guy with awesome robot and truck modes. Since new collectors have been mentioned here a couple times these are both cheap and easy to find, well Springer is, Swerve can be harder to track down.
william-james88 wrote:My collection has grown A LOT since I got on this site and I can now answer the challenge I proposed a little while back. So these are my favourite transformers in terms of design. You will notice that I tend to preffer sleek designs with a nice integration of the alt mode with the robot mode. I will also only add pics of transformers that have not been shown in this thread yet.
Jet/Plane: First Edition Prime Starscream
Helicopter: Like Kanrabat pointed out, the best helicopter design by faaaaar is the Skyhammer mold. It is nearly kibble free and every panel pegs into one another in both modes. He also has a nice complex transformation that is intuitive at the same time. And the way his forearms transform/appear is a thing of magic.
Racecar (ex: F1, Nascar): Alternators Decepticharge (No one shares the following opinion with me: this is the transformer with the best integration of the alt mode into a robot possible)
Car: Prime RID Vehicon/Animated Lockdown both are nearly flawless and have 2 perfectly sleek modes
Truck/Train/ATV: ROTF Optimus leader
Construction Vehicle: Cybertron Landmine deluxe (I really love how every part that forms his robot mode is present in the alt mode but we dont see it)
Tank : ROTF Bludgeon Voyager/Generation Warpath deluxe
Base/Planet/City : UNICRON (any)
Motorcycle : Animated Prowl (the samurai version is cool too)
Cybertronian land vehicle: WFC Optimus Generations deluxe (greatest complexity I have ever seen in deluxe class and a beauty to transform)
Cybertronian air vehicle : Classics Cyclonus/Vector Prime
Dinosaur or Dragons: Beast Wars Original Leader Megatron. I am still so impressed with both modes and how they tried so hard to make it as screen accurate for that time in both design and transformation. And Transmetal 2 Megatron is amazing too!
And I have said it before. Of all the transformers series out there, the most consistent one for great designs is Transformers Animated. These are the most screen accurate and kibble free figures out there.
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