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New Gallery: Club Subscription 4.0 Grabuge (aka Ruckus)
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May 15, 2016 at 6:18am CDT
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Re: New Gallery: Club Subscription 4.0 Grabuge (aka Ruckus)
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Comment by RNSrobot
May 15, 2016
Huh. I know Off-Road was originally designed to be Ruckus before they changed directions, but wow. I didn't do a direct comparison but that head and shin detail is completely Ruckus.
He doesn't look AMAZING but I'm really excited to get this guy, one of my favorite D-list Decepticons
He doesn't look AMAZING but I'm really excited to get this guy, one of my favorite D-list Decepticons
Re: New Gallery: Club Subscription 4.0 Grabuge (aka Ruckus)
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Comment by jay5
May 15, 2016
Thanks for the high-res Ruckus photo gallery. Those tacky paint apps really stand out compared to the factory figures, especially all the inaccurate and wavy edges/lines where they meet another color. For a 3x-4x price point, I'll pass. If the paint apps were factory quality, maybe. But even then, the price point is kind of silly.
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Comment by Bumblevivisector
May 17, 2016
And just as OffRoad almost ended up being Ruckus, so too did his actual Ruckus repaint.
Who decided to translate his name into French? Slicer?
Ruckus will always hold a special place in my heart for being the only Triggercon (or -bot) that I actually owned in '88. I wonder, was the aborted attempt to make him a Stunticon what led to the whole Thunder Mayhem gestalt team idea? IDR what was said about that back during the reveal.
Who decided to translate his name into French? Slicer?
Ruckus will always hold a special place in my heart for being the only Triggercon (or -bot) that I actually owned in '88. I wonder, was the aborted attempt to make him a Stunticon what led to the whole Thunder Mayhem gestalt team idea? IDR what was said about that back during the reveal.
Re: New Gallery: Club Subscription 4.0 Grabuge (aka Ruckus)
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Comment by TF_JW
May 17, 2016
The "Ruckus" trademark didn't pass legal - another toy company must have it. So to keep him as "Ruckus" as possible, one of the translated names from the original G1 packaging was used. Specifically, his French-Canadian name.
The Mayhem Attack Squad team concept solidified around some very cool ideas in Needlenose, Spinister, and of course Ruckus. Windsweeper was quick in materializing as well.
The Mayhem Attack Squad team concept solidified around some very cool ideas in Needlenose, Spinister, and of course Ruckus. Windsweeper was quick in materializing as well.
Re: New Gallery: Club Subscription 4.0 Grabuge (aka Ruckus)
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Comment by Hero Alpha
May 18, 2016
Ruckus looks great. I can def see how this mould was made for him. Cant wait for the Ramjet gallery. When is he shipping out? Anyone hear anything about it yet? I know I have asked a couple times in the last few weeks but he is much anticipated.
Re: New Gallery: Club Subscription 4.0 Grabuge (aka Ruckus)
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He's still delayed, but Ryan got an pre-release specimen for the galleries:
Transformers Club Exclusives Ramjet Gallery
Keep in mind, this is the one without the modifications to the head.
Comment by Jelze Bunnycat
May 18, 2016
Moonshot wrote:Cant wait for the Ramjet gallery. When is he shipping out? Anyone hear anything about it yet? I know I have asked a couple times in the last few weeks but he is much anticipated.
He's still delayed, but Ryan got an pre-release specimen for the galleries:
Transformers Club Exclusives Ramjet Gallery
Keep in mind, this is the one without the modifications to the head.
Re: New Gallery: Club Subscription 4.0 Grabuge (aka Ruckus)
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The one in my gallery that Pete loaned me to photograph had the correct head modification so that the head could do the fin in jet mode. Just confirmed with Pete that it was the corrected one.
Comment by Seibertron
May 18, 2016
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Keep in mind, this is the one without the modifications to the head.
The one in my gallery that Pete loaned me to photograph had the correct head modification so that the head could do the fin in jet mode. Just confirmed with Pete that it was the corrected one.
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Comment by Jelze Bunnycat
May 18, 2016
Ah, ok, I stand corrected. 
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Sweet thanks, I must have missed the gallery for him some how. Hate that he is delayed.
Comment by Hero Alpha
May 19, 2016
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Moonshot wrote:Cant wait for the Ramjet gallery. When is he shipping out? Anyone hear anything about it yet? I know I have asked a couple times in the last few weeks but he is much anticipated.
He's still delayed, but Ryan got an pre-release specimen for the galleries:
Transformers Club Exclusives Ramjet Gallery
Keep in mind, this is the one without the modifications to the head.
Sweet thanks, I must have missed the gallery for him some how. Hate that he is delayed.
Re: New Gallery: Club Subscription 4.0 Grabuge (aka Ruckus)
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Comment by RNSrobot
May 19, 2016
Got ruckus in the mail today. Heh. Tiny box compared to needlenose.
I like him a lot. Because RUCKUS. He unfortunately simply has too much paint. The yellow paint especially on his outer truck shell just looks too thick and glossy, and kind of cheap, doesn't quite go with the really nice colors of the blue plastic. I totally understand the need to work with the mold stories and it looks right onto the character,just looks more like a custom than a high-end collector item.
Love the little details like the spring eco on his hood, the yellow connector chest port. He's really cool but just not as nicely done as needlenose or my previous sub figures (thrustinator, circuit, jackpot).
I like him a lot. Because RUCKUS. He unfortunately simply has too much paint. The yellow paint especially on his outer truck shell just looks too thick and glossy, and kind of cheap, doesn't quite go with the really nice colors of the blue plastic. I totally understand the need to work with the mold stories and it looks right onto the character,just looks more like a custom than a high-end collector item.
Love the little details like the spring eco on his hood, the yellow connector chest port. He's really cool but just not as nicely done as needlenose or my previous sub figures (thrustinator, circuit, jackpot).
Re: New Gallery: Club Subscription 4.0 Grabuge (aka Ruckus)
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Comment by Va'al
Jun 9, 2016
While still part of the beast world of alt-modes, the latest addition to the Seibertron.com galleries lives in a crossworld of Transformers Collectors' Club Exclusives and a direct G1 redeco, as a set of figures that was supposed to be a retail exclusive, but made it into Timelines in 2008 instead!
Let your eyes float over the full Seacon team, including Nautilator, Overbite, Seawing, Skalor, Snaptrap, and Tentakil, and their combined mode Seacon Superwarrior Piranacon. The fun fact about these dangerously reused molds, is that each component is drowning in playability: they can be a robot, an aquatic monster, and a Targetmaster with their weapon mode, plus the combining mode! Surf the galleries by clicking on any of the images below.
Club Exclusives Piranacon (135 images) - Combiners, Exclusives, Seacons
Club Exclusives Snaptrap (105 images) - Combiners, Exclusives, Seacons
Club Exclusives Tentakil (103 images) - Combiners, Exclusives, Seacons, Targetmasters
Club Exclusives Skalor (107 images) - Combiners, Exclusives, Seacons, Targetmasters
Club Exclusives Overbite (97 images) - Combiners, Exclusives, Seacons, Targetmasters
Club Exclusives Seawing (104 images) - Combiners, Exclusives, Seacons, Targetmasters
Club Exclusives Nautilator (91 images) - Combiners, Exclusives, Seacons, Targetmasters
Let your eyes float over the full Seacon team, including Nautilator, Overbite, Seawing, Skalor, Snaptrap, and Tentakil, and their combined mode Seacon Superwarrior Piranacon. The fun fact about these dangerously reused molds, is that each component is drowning in playability: they can be a robot, an aquatic monster, and a Targetmaster with their weapon mode, plus the combining mode! Surf the galleries by clicking on any of the images below.
Club Exclusives Piranacon (135 images) - Combiners, Exclusives, Seacons
Club Exclusives Snaptrap (105 images) - Combiners, Exclusives, Seacons
Club Exclusives Tentakil (103 images) - Combiners, Exclusives, Seacons, Targetmasters
Club Exclusives Skalor (107 images) - Combiners, Exclusives, Seacons, Targetmasters
Club Exclusives Overbite (97 images) - Combiners, Exclusives, Seacons, Targetmasters
Club Exclusives Seawing (104 images) - Combiners, Exclusives, Seacons, Targetmasters
Club Exclusives Nautilator (91 images) - Combiners, Exclusives, Seacons, Targetmasters
Re: New Gallery: Club Subscription 4.0 Grabuge (aka Ruckus)
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Comment by Evil Eye
Jun 9, 2016
SEACONS WHOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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Comment by D-Maximal_Primal
Jun 9, 2016
These guys look cool. Can't wait for them to get a modern update eventually, cause that is a good look 
Re: New Gallery: Club Subscription 4.0 Grabuge (aka Ruckus)
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Comment by Dagon
Jun 9, 2016
Perhaps I missed something, but how are these 'dangerously reused molds'?
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They're reused much much later than the first time the mold was intended, and it shows.
Perhaps bad phrasing on my part, here.
Comment by Va'al
Jun 9, 2016
Dagon wrote:Perhaps I missed something, but how are these 'dangerously reused molds'?
They're reused much much later than the first time the mold was intended, and it shows.
Perhaps bad phrasing on my part, here.
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Also, hadn't the molds somewhat degraded by the time this set was issued?
And just to be kind of nitpicky, the King Poseidon version of Tentakil is actually Scylla, who's a fembot, not just a version of Tentakil.
Comment by Bounti76
Jun 9, 2016
Dr Va'al wrote:Dagon wrote:Perhaps I missed something, but how are these 'dangerously reused molds'?
They're reused much much later than the first time the mold was intended, and it shows.
Perhaps bad phrasing on my part, here.
Also, hadn't the molds somewhat degraded by the time this set was issued?
And just to be kind of nitpicky, the King Poseidon version of Tentakil is actually Scylla, who's a fembot, not just a version of Tentakil.
Re: New Gallery: Club Subscription 4.0 Grabuge (aka Ruckus)
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I own the set, but haven't looked at it for quite a while, so maybe I'm not as aware of this mold issue as it apparently warrants. This is kind of a head-scratcher remark to me though, as no one ever seems to be critical of the trillion Combaticon reuses in such a way. The Seacons have only been reused three times, or four total times if that sounds better, so I guess i don't really associate 'mold overuse' or degradation with them.
Ultimately, I think I just misunderstood what the good doctor wrote.
I wouldn't call this a nitpick at all.
Comment by Dagon
Jun 9, 2016
Bounti76 wrote:Dr Va'al wrote:Dagon wrote:Perhaps I missed something, but how are these 'dangerously reused molds'?
They're reused much much later than the first time the mold was intended, and it shows.
Perhaps bad phrasing on my part, here.
Also, hadn't the molds somewhat degraded by the time this set was issued?
I own the set, but haven't looked at it for quite a while, so maybe I'm not as aware of this mold issue as it apparently warrants. This is kind of a head-scratcher remark to me though, as no one ever seems to be critical of the trillion Combaticon reuses in such a way. The Seacons have only been reused three times, or four total times if that sounds better, so I guess i don't really associate 'mold overuse' or degradation with them.
Ultimately, I think I just misunderstood what the good doctor wrote.
Bounti76 wrote:And just to be kind of nitpicky, the King Poseidon version of Tentakil is actually Scylla, who's a fembot, not just a version of Tentakil.
I wouldn't call this a nitpick at all.
Re: New Gallery: Club Subscription 4.0 Grabuge (aka Ruckus)
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Comment by RNSrobot
Jun 9, 2016
For whatever reason though the Combaticon molds hold up. In terms of number of uses, you're absolutely correct --- the Seacons have been used far less.
Couple years ago I got the BBTS shared exclusive reissue of the Seacons and I was TERRIFIED to transform them. The plastic felt brittle and it felt like every part was going to snap at the slightest movement. I did a full conversion ONCE, returned it to combined mode (and clicking the heads into the ports was the worst), and stuck it back in the box. I had similar, but not as severe, issues with the TRU reissue Insecticons from about five years ago. I couldn't speak to the quality of the current (overpriced) platinum set of Insecticons.
I think "dangerously reused" is fair to say with respect to the quality of the toys.
When WAS the last Combaticon reuse? RID? They were great, at any rate. But that's already 15 years ago.
Couple years ago I got the BBTS shared exclusive reissue of the Seacons and I was TERRIFIED to transform them. The plastic felt brittle and it felt like every part was going to snap at the slightest movement. I did a full conversion ONCE, returned it to combined mode (and clicking the heads into the ports was the worst), and stuck it back in the box. I had similar, but not as severe, issues with the TRU reissue Insecticons from about five years ago. I couldn't speak to the quality of the current (overpriced) platinum set of Insecticons.
I think "dangerously reused" is fair to say with respect to the quality of the toys.
When WAS the last Combaticon reuse? RID? They were great, at any rate. But that's already 15 years ago.
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Yeah, that is also what I was referring to.
Comment by Va'al
Jun 9, 2016
Bounti76 wrote:Dr Va'al wrote:Dagon wrote:Perhaps I missed something, but how are these 'dangerously reused molds'?
They're reused much much later than the first time the mold was intended, and it shows.
Perhaps bad phrasing on my part, here.
Also, hadn't the molds somewhat degraded by the time this set was issued?
Yeah, that is also what I was referring to.
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Comment by Dagon
Jun 9, 2016
I've got an original G1 set, the God Neptune set, and the TFCC rerelease, and have never had any mold issues. I remember hearing the BBTS/TRU reissue set had a lot of QC issues, but have never handled it, so I can't speak to that one. I guess I'm just surprised to learn that there are such issues associated with these figures.
As for the Combaticons, the original Universe line had two Ruinations, and I think that was a year or two after RID ended. Still a long time back regardless.
As for the Combaticons, the original Universe line had two Ruinations, and I think that was a year or two after RID ended. Still a long time back regardless.
