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by **Valandar** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 2:07 pm

Convotron wrote:
Doubledealer25 wrote:ROTF HA sideswipe and ROTF soundwave. now soundwave is not as bad as sideswipe. its it a robot crammed in a car, and the car is on his back. i dont know about u guys but i like it when the car is part of the actual robot! Ex: ROTF leader prime, the truck is not folded up on his back, the truck is cut in to pieces and in different places. and the ironhide/ratchet issue is annoying but once you have fixed it he transforms alot easier, aside from getting the spine thing in place in robot, it is a struggle.

I feel the same way. I actually want a degree of vehicle kibble in bot mode as it's a visual reminder that this is a robot that turns into something else. As long as the kibble is a coherent part of the bot design, I like it. If it's just there due to poor design, it has no where else to go or can't be configured in another way, that's when I criticize kibble.

Classics Ironhide/Ratchet, to me, isn't ugly in bot mode. It looks like a robot that is also a vehicle so I like it. The feet are clunky, but they work well as the support structure(my Henkei Ratchet has never fallen over thanks to his clown shoes). I don't mind the backpack, it's mostly the poor design of the head placement and broken up alt design that I don't like in the figure.

Still not as bad as TFM Payload.

News Credits: 2 · by **Convotron** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 3:22 pm

Valandar wrote:Still not as bad as TFM Payload.

Haha, is anything as bad as Payload? There are some pretty crazy shellformers but Payload is quite...endowed with its back/gimmick kibble.

News Credits: 6 · by **Jacob P. Galvatron** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 10:55 pm

Counterpunch wrote:
Jacob P. Galvatron wrote:ROTF Skids can't even stand or look up properly do to his kibble.
And, having tiny feet certainly doesn't help.

Mudflap has Titty Whiskers. Mudflap is by default worse than Skids.

Titty Whiskers or not, he can stand up.

News Credits: 7 · by **Chaoslock** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 1:04 pm

Worst QC:

Unopened legends Prime I spotted in local Tesco:

News Credits: 9 · by **Mykltron** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 2:54 pm

Rastamus Prime wrote:What QC problems on a figure you either have or just know about bothers you the most?

For me its the MP Starscream hip kibble.

I'd like to tuck it back, but it makes the figure stick out more. I mean it's not a major issue at all, and after a while of display you get used to it. I just keep their hip kibble down because, oh well I really can't put it back.

It just detracts from the Starscream look, this big flamboyant tail fin on a robot drooping down, haha.

I cut off the ball joints that they are attached to and keep them on his legs, where they should have been to start with and where they were on the prototype. They can be swiveled to facilitate standing poses.

News Credits: 6 · by **Jacob P. Galvatron** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 5:13 pm

Chaoslock wrote:Worst QC:

Unopened legends Prime I spotted in local Tesco:

*does a spit-take*
What in the heck?
How did that happen?

News Credits: 2 · by **Convotron** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 5:36 pm

Jacob P. Galvatron wrote:*does a spit-take*
What in the heck?
How did that happen?

It's a QC issue for sure. Faulty Transformation Cog.

News Credits: 3 · by **Dread_Wing** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 6:35 pm

Jacob P. Galvatron wrote:
Chaoslock wrote:Worst QC:

Unopened legends Prime I spotted in local Tesco:

*does a spit-take*
What in the heck?
How did that happen?

I have seen some pretty nightmarish in-store repackaging jobs, where they get a returned toy, or catch someone shoplifting and shove them back into the package. Bits missing, broken and jammed into the pack, not discounted I might add, they still try to get full price for them! But a sealed pack with the twistie ties around the mangled mess like that? Oh dear.

Also regarding nightmarish kibble, dare I mention the various generations of Jet with robot under it/robot with jet on its back? Universe Silverbolt and RoTF Jetfire are the most recent examples I can site.

News Credits: 2 · by **Stockade** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 1:08 pm

First off I do agree with everyone about Payload being the most worse QC and Kibble figure there is and I'm sure Hasbro gets a chill going their spines when we speak about how bad Payload is. Next, ROTF HA SS yes i agree as well, he has a car backpack, but other than that, not too bad I think. Does anyone remember 07 movie walmart exclusive Divebomb! I know he's a repaint but i cant remember of what line sorry! but i thought he was crap too! skinny legs, such tiny feet, and really can't hold a pose, because of the HUGE BFG he's got and how his left arm attaches for his upper shoulder was just aweful. But had a BFG as a arm/hand combo from hell! that only seem to work right in bot mode, it always jammed for me in alt mode alot. Plus the figure looked cheap, felt cheap and the paint app is just hideous!!!

News Credits: 609 · by **Razorclaw0000** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 7:21 pm

Stockade wrote:First off I do agree with everyone about Payload being the most worse QC and Kibble figure there is and I'm sure Hasbro gets a chill going their spines when we speak about how bad Payload is. Next, ROTF HA SS yes i agree as well, he has a car backpack, but other than that, not too bad I think. Does anyone remember 07 movie walmart exclusive Divebomb! I know he's a repaint but i cant remember of what line sorry! but i thought he was crap too! skinny legs, such tiny feet, and really can't hold a pose, because of the HUGE BFG he's got and how his left arm attaches for his upper shoulder was just aweful. But had a BFG as a arm/hand combo from hell! that only seem to work right in bot mode, it always jammed for me in alt mode alot. Plus the figure looked cheap, felt cheap and the paint app is just hideous!!!

The mold is Cybertron Thundercracker. He was one of the more disappointing figures from an otherwise fantastic line. The sad thing is that Divebomb actually had remolding to make the shoulder snap better.

But, before you knock the color scheme, know it was based on this.

Thanks to TFWiki for enlightening me on that color scheme.

Website · by **Flux Convoy** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 5:15 am

My only quality control issue hit just minutes ago. I finally found the ice cream twins. I've been searching everywhere for these morons. I just opened em and Skids has two right legs! GAAAAAAAAAH! Can't send em to Hasbro cuz I own't get what sent back and the store I got em at is about an hour away. There were more but I can't justify wasting the gas. I could barely justify it to myself last night. Hopefully these show up around me soon so I can replace them. I'm dissappointed to say the least.
:BOT:

News Credits: 2 · by **Stockade** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 7:22 am

Razorclaw0000 wrote:
Stockade wrote:First off I do agree with everyone about Payload being the most worse QC and Kibble figure there is and I'm sure Hasbro gets a chill going their spines when we speak about how bad Payload is. Next, ROTF HA SS yes i agree as well, he has a car backpack, but other than that, not too bad I think. Does anyone remember 07 movie walmart exclusive Divebomb! I know he's a repaint but i cant remember of what line sorry! but i thought he was crap too! skinny legs, such tiny feet, and really can't hold a pose, because of the HUGE BFG he's got and how his left arm attaches for his upper shoulder was just aweful. But had a BFG as a arm/hand combo from hell! that only seem to work right in bot mode, it always jammed for me in alt mode alot. Plus the figure looked cheap, felt cheap and the paint app is just hideous!!!

The mold is Cybertron Thundercracker. He was one of the more disappointing figures from an otherwise fantastic line. The sad thing is that Divebomb actually had remolding to make the shoulder snap better.

But, before you knock the color scheme, know it was based on this.

Thanks to TFWiki for enlightening me on that color scheme.

WOW! I knew Thundercracker/divebomb was based on a Russian military jet, but had no idea the color would be extact too! Thanks for the info Razorclaw0000.

News Credits: 7 · by **waaaaghlord** » Fri Oct 09, 2009 1:01 am

Counterpunch wrote:
Razorclaw0000 wrote:
Counterpunch wrote:
Jacob P. Galvatron wrote:ROTF Skids can't even stand or look up properly do to his kibble.
And, having tiny feet certainly doesn't help.

Mudflap has Titty Whiskers. Mudflap is by default worse than Skids.

You just like writing "Titty Whiskers", don't you?

We're going to be the number 1 Google result for 'Titty Whiskers' and people will know the shame of Mudflap.

I just checked on this and we're currently the no 2 result.

We need more Titty Whiskers.

News Credits: 129 · by **Counterpunch** » Fri Oct 09, 2009 9:57 am

waaaaghlord wrote:
Counterpunch wrote:
Razorclaw0000 wrote:
Counterpunch wrote:
Jacob P. Galvatron wrote:ROTF Skids can't even stand or look up properly do to his kibble.
And, having tiny feet certainly doesn't help.

Mudflap has Titty Whiskers. Mudflap is by default worse than Skids.

You just like writing "Titty Whiskers", don't you?

We're going to be the number 1 Google result for 'Titty Whiskers' and people will know the shame of Mudflap.

I just checked on this and we're currently the no 2 result.

We need more Titty Whiskers.

What?!? #2 is the first loser! The internet will rue the day that our knowledge of Titty Whiskers was ignored.

News Credits: 609 · by **Razorclaw0000** » Fri Oct 09, 2009 10:42 am

This thread, though, is the one and only result for "The shame of Mudflap":

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&clie ... f&oq=&aqi=

by **Valandar** » Fri Oct 09, 2009 1:45 pm

Be proud, Seibertron! We are not only the #1 response to Titty Whiskers, now, we are actually #1 AND #2 (though a different thread)! We're also #8 for yet another thread, but hey...