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News Credits: 4877 · Wed Dec 24, 2014 11:40 am

MP Lambour! What a phenominal mode!

Also, G1 Predaking.

News Credits: 6188 · Wed Dec 24, 2014 12:50 pm

william-james88 wrote:MP Lambour! What a phenominal mode!

I seriously hope you got the one true incarnation of that mold.

News Credits: 4877 · Wed Dec 24, 2014 12:59 pm

Va'al wrote:
william-james88 wrote:MP Lambour! What a phenominal mode!

I seriously hope you got the one true incarnation of that mold.

I cant see the picture at work but something tells me its the G2 version with crazy head sculpt. I got MY true version of the mold, the diaclone version, without the symbol, making the alt mode look superbe.

News Credits: 6188 · Wed Dec 24, 2014 1:10 pm

william-james88 wrote:
I cant see the picture at work but something tells me its the G2 version with crazy head sculpt. I got MY true version of the mold, the diaclone version, without the symbol, making the alt mode look superbe.

How'd you guess..?

News Credits: 293 · Wed Dec 24, 2014 1:20 pm

@WJ
if youre a diaclone fan, do you plan to get MP tigertrack? that and G2 are probably my favorite of the five.

News Credits: 122 · Wed Dec 24, 2014 1:47 pm

shajaki wrote:@WJ
if youre a diaclone fan, do you plan to get MP tigertrack? that and G2 are probably my favorite of the five.

Tigertrack is the diaclone version, silly!

Also, I thought there were only 4... :-?

News Credits: 293 · Wed Dec 24, 2014 1:55 pm

megatronus wrote:
shajaki wrote:@WJ
if youre a diaclone fan, do you plan to get MP tigertrack? that and G2 are probably my favorite of the five.
Tigertrack is the diaclone version, silly!

Also, I thought there were only 4...

pssshhh. i know that

but he said he liked the diacloney goodness of the factionless version.

and heres the count:
- lambo
- alert
- G2
- tigertrack
- expo factionless lambo

News Credits: 122 · Wed Dec 24, 2014 2:28 pm

shajaki wrote:
megatronus wrote:
shajaki wrote:@WJ
if youre a diaclone fan, do you plan to get MP tigertrack? that and G2 are probably my favorite of the five.
Tigertrack is the diaclone version, silly!

Also, I thought there were only 4...
pssshhh. i know that but he said he liked the diacloney goodness of the factionless version.

and heres the count:
- lambo
- alert
- G2
- tigertrack
- expo factionless lambo

Wha!!!??? Factionless red Lambor is a thing??

(One eBay search later...)

Holy crap!!! Factionless red Lambor is a thing!!!

News Credits: 2 · Mon Apr 13, 2015 1:59 pm

I don't know about a favorite but what I can say is the 2 that currently have had my attention recently are AA Takara Hailstorm and BH Predaking (simplified).

I think the Takara version of Hailstorm is so much better than Hasbro's. The green paint used make it look so much more like a military vehicle should. I think the articulation is so awesome on such a TF.

I don't care for beastformers but there are always acceptions and same goes for Predaking. I thought at first he would be just okay but damn was I wrong. He's such an impressive looking and solid figure. It would have been nice had they given better articulation in alt-mode. I think the firing weapon they gave him was so weak considering his size so I empowered him with DOTM voyager Optimus Prime's gun and man it's just perfect to raise some hell with! :VEHI:

News Credits: 25 · Mon Apr 13, 2015 6:13 pm

Masterpiece bumblebee. I can't stop fiddling with this figure. It's so awesome.

News Credits: 3 · Mon Apr 13, 2015 6:32 pm

Recently, my desk figure (which is usually my current favourite, or one of them), has been of all things Animated Soundwave. Despite never really getting into the line or the show, I really enjoy him. He's got a lot of character in the design and also his being a freakin' rockstar, and can actually pull off some pretty wicked poses with Laserbeak. So glad I decided to get him out of storage again

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News Credits: 25 · Mon Apr 13, 2015 7:45 pm

ArmadaPrime wrote:Recently, my desk figure (which is usually my current favourite, or one of them), has been of all things Animated Soundwave. Despite never really getting into the line or the show, I really enjoy him. He's got a lot of character in the design and also his being a freakin' rockstar, and can actually pull off some pretty wicked poses with Laserbeak. So glad I decided to get him out of storage again .

Yeah, he was a standout for sure.

News Credits: 293 · Mon Apr 13, 2015 10:38 pm

This.

I think this figure is BRILLIANT. Sure he has some shortfalls, but over all I don't regret a thing. In some poses I really don't like seeing the sticks his arms are attached to, the cannon could be more maneuverable (position on arm and horizontal movement in tank mode), and those feet could use an ankle tilt. Those are my ONLY complaints. Barring those, this toy is damn near perfect in my eyes.

The working tank treads. Score.
Head sculpt is killer (light piping!)
Enough articulation to do loads of fun stuff.
Like the arm cannon either way, but love the look of it fully extended *snicker*.
Transformation is east and fun without feeling dumbed down or "simplified".
Tank mode is solid (and doesn't get the aversion to silver tanks).

*and*
HE HAS A SPARK CHAMBER (ala Beast Wars!)
(somehow I missed that little detail)

News Credits: 2 · Mon Apr 13, 2015 11:02 pm

Seeing Megatron he looks like he's got one of those collapsible batons and he's gonna crack some Autobot skulls.

News Credits: 1 · Tue Apr 14, 2015 12:45 pm

HFTD voyager Lugnut. God knows why I didn't pick him up sooner. Cracking figure.

News Credits: 3 · Thu Apr 16, 2015 9:01 am

I've got two:

Generations Thunderwing - He looks fantastic in bot mode, has a simple but well thought out transformation, and he's got some nice heft (which is appreciated after fiddling with some of the Combiner Wars figures). Plus, that little drone thing is cute!

RID Deluxe Strongarm - Her alt-mode isn't all that thrilling, but I LOVE her bot mode! It's solid and imposing, which is a nice change from the other recent fembots. She's no Drift (which is easily the standout of the RID line so far), but she's a fun, solid figure.

News Credits: 60 · Thu Apr 16, 2015 9:06 am

MP-24 and MP-23

News Credits: 293 · Fri May 22, 2015 8:19 pm

These two. I'm gaga. And I never thought I'd be.
AirRaid was just "another Arialbot". But he is the standout figure of the Superion team for me. The sculpt just screams strength to me. And Huffer (as I've said in another thread) is only borrowing that body from Prime, and I can't even argue that it works.... but I just like it SO DAMN MUCH! I'm an odd fella, and I don't expect y'all to understand my madness :lol:

News Credits: 25 · Fri May 22, 2015 8:38 pm

For the last couple of days I've had generations springer with me to fiddle with at work. I love this figure. Hastak really nailed it.

News Credits: 293 · Fri May 22, 2015 10:42 pm

Ironhidensh wrote:For the last couple of days I've had generations springer with me to fiddle with at work. I love this figure. Hastak really nailed it.

They SO did. Makes me wonder if a MP Springer would even live up to it :-?

News Credits: 122 · Fri May 22, 2015 11:27 pm

shajaki wrote:
Ironhidensh wrote:For the last couple of days I've had generations springer with me to fiddle with at work. I love this figure. Hastak really nailed it.
They SO did. Makes me wonder if a MP Springer would even live up to it

MP Springer would be the unholy step-child of Defender and Generations IDW Springer. And it would be glorious.

On another note, I've been having a ton of fun fiddling around with Generations Armada Megatron. Also, Brake-Neck.

News Credits: 1 · Fri May 22, 2015 11:43 pm

shajaki wrote:This.

I think this figure is BRILLIANT. Sure he has some shortfalls, but over all I don't regret a thing. In some poses I really don't like seeing the sticks his arms are attached to, the cannon could be more maneuverable (position on arm and horizontal movement in tank mode), and those feet could use an ankle tilt. Those are my ONLY complaints. Barring those, this toy is damn near perfect in my eyes.

The working tank treads. Score.
Head sculpt is killer (light piping!)
Enough articulation to do loads of fun stuff.
Like the arm cannon either way, but love the look of it fully extended *snicker*.
Transformation is east and fun without feeling dumbed down or "simplified".
Tank mode is solid (and doesn't get the aversion to silver tanks).

*and*
HE HAS A SPARK CHAMBER (ala Beast Wars!)
(somehow I missed that little detail)

On a related note, that's a really good pose! In all honesty, that's by far the best pic of CW Megatron I've seen. Makes his legs look more proportionate to the rest of him at that angle.

News Credits: 3 · Fri May 22, 2015 11:58 pm

MightyMagnus78 wrote:HFTD voyager Lugnut. God knows why I didn't pick him up sooner. Cracking figure.

you mean the RTS version? (so many different sub-lines at that time)

He regularly ends up on my desk, great figure, awesome arm transformation.

Atm on my desk i've got my Vehicons (RiD,Arms Micron, Arms Micron Jet Vehicon General, Botcon Clones) Timelines Rampage, Depth Charge & Nova Prime. They're fun.

EDIT: after another 15 min spent playing with the Vehicons, I just realised that the way the feet fold up in alt mode looks like passenger seats through the window. My regard for this mouldy as just increased

News Credits: 293 · Sun Jun 21, 2015 2:20 pm

Combiner Wars Streetwise.

When I first got DeadEnd and Breakneck, I wasn't thrilled with the mold in spite of all its praise. Maybe its the colors, the head sculpt, or just the shotgun, but I am in love with this figure. I thought Rook would be the standout figure of the Defensor Wave for me (not to discount him) but I can't get enough of SW. 8-}

News Credits: 122 · Sun Jun 21, 2015 6:17 pm

shajaki wrote:Combiner Wars Streetwise.

When I first got DeadEnd and Breakneck, I wasn't thrilled with the mold in spite of all its praise. Maybe its the colors, the head sculpt, or just the shotgun, but I am in love with this figure. I thought Rook would be the standout figure of the Defensor Wave for me (not to discount him) but I can't get enough of SW.

That's awesome.

I'm surprised Dead End and Brake-Neck are so polarizing. Is it the lack of feet? To me, any iteration of that mold is a thing of beauty. Prowl from that mold probably won't replace my Universe 2.0 figure, but he's still on my target acquisitions list.