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Posted by OptimalOptimus2 on July 30th, 2014 @ 8:32am CDT
Posted by Mindmaster on July 30th, 2014 @ 11:23am CDT
OptimalOptimus2 wrote:Cool toy. Any chance for a gallery on Eject? He can't fight alone.
*ahem* The mystery figure's gallery is being worked on. However, in keeping with the Club's wishes, we're not going to disclose the identity of the gallery whenever we showcase it.
Posted by kirbenvost on July 30th, 2014 @ 11:40am CDT
Posted by Flashwave on July 30th, 2014 @ 2:52pm CDT
Posted by Va'al on July 30th, 2014 @ 5:39pm CDT
That's right, we won't be showing you images right here, but rather linking you to the first Members Only gallery on Seibertron.com. You must be logged in to click on the images and reveal what's beneath, so as not to ruin the fun for anyone still waiting for their own new toy. So buckle up, brace for spoilers, and head to the gallery if you're ready for its sheer magnificence. We'll be holding on to some red banners for a while yet.
Posted by Noideaforaname on July 30th, 2014 @ 5:51pm CDT
... uh, any recommended photos? i.e. "image #__ is a good view of bot mode, #___ for alt mode, #___ compared with ____". I'd rather not have to rummage thru 130+ pics...
Posted by OptimalOptimus2 on July 30th, 2014 @ 6:04pm CDT
Posted by Va'al on July 30th, 2014 @ 6:15pm CDT
Noideaforaname wrote:Oooh!
... uh, any recommended photos? i.e. "image #__ is a good view of bot mode, #___ for alt mode, #___ compared with ____". I'd rather not have to rummage thru 130+ pics...
Have you tried the new image visualiser? It's really easy (and fast) to switch between images with keyboard arrows!
OptimalOptimus2 wrote:The first Members Only Gallery? There's going to be more? I thought this was a one time thing. Guess there are going to be more mystery figures in the future. I GUESS.
It's the first, not first of many. But it is a feature we may use again!
Posted by AutobotAlvaron on July 30th, 2014 @ 6:15pm CDT
Posted by Va'al on July 30th, 2014 @ 6:19pm CDT
Va'al wrote:Noideaforaname wrote:Oooh!
... uh, any recommended photos? i.e. "image #__ is a good view of bot mode, #___ for alt mode, #___ compared with ____". I'd rather not have to rummage thru 130+ pics...
Have you tried the new image visualiser? It's really easy (and fast) to switch between images with keyboard arrows!
But in case..
4 for alt mode, 15 for alt mode comparison, 32 for G1 comparison, 45 bot mode, 109 bot mode feature, 116 bot comparison.
Posted by Madeus Prime on July 30th, 2014 @ 6:35pm CDT
BTW, will this gallery eventually be available for public viewing?
Posted by Mindmaster on July 30th, 2014 @ 7:00pm CDT
Madeus Prime wrote:BTW, will this gallery eventually be available for public viewing?
Eventually. Once we get confirmation that the mystery figure is starting to ship and wait a little bit afterwards, we'll unveil the mystery figure's true identity.
Posted by shajaki on July 30th, 2014 @ 7:14pm CDT
Posted by satchmoe2014 on July 30th, 2014 @ 7:31pm CDT
Posted by Bumblevivisector on July 30th, 2014 @ 7:37pm CDT
This semi-concealed gallery is such a good experiment, it and the spoiler issue a few posts back just inspired a stupid experiment of my own. Thank you.
Posted by Convoy on July 30th, 2014 @ 8:56pm CDT
Posted by MGrotusque on July 30th, 2014 @ 10:21pm CDT
Posted by Seibertron on July 30th, 2014 @ 10:42pm CDT
Flashwave wrote:Aww, no photos of him with his FOC counterpart?
I totally forgot about those guys! Doh!
Posted by Seibertron on July 30th, 2014 @ 10:45pm CDT
Va'al wrote:Va'al wrote:Noideaforaname wrote:Oooh!
... uh, any recommended photos? i.e. "image #__ is a good view of bot mode, #___ for alt mode, #___ compared with ____". I'd rather not have to rummage thru 130+ pics...
Have you tried the new image visualiser? It's really easy (and fast) to switch between images with keyboard arrows!
But in case..
4 for alt mode, 15 for alt mode comparison, 32 for G1 comparison, 45 bot mode, 109 bot mode feature, 116 bot comparison.
And don't forget the old gallery code is still functional as well. Just click on "medium" or "large" in the top right hand corner of the gallery.
http://www.seibertron.com/transformers-toys/view/exclusives/subscription-20-mystery-figure/3370/1/4/ (notice the "4" at the end of that url which enables you to "hack" the url if you know where you want to go.
http://www.seibertron.com/transformers-toys/view/exclusives/subscription-20-mystery-figure/3370/1/15/
http://www.seibertron.com/transformers-toys/view/exclusives/subscription-20-mystery-figure/3370/1/32/
http://www.seibertron.com/transformers-toys/view/exclusives/subscription-20-mystery-figure/3370/1/45/
http://www.seibertron.com/transformers-toys/view/exclusives/subscription-20-mystery-figure/3370/1/109/
http://www.seibertron.com/transformers-toys/view/exclusives/subscription-20-mystery-figure/3370/1/116/
Posted by Flashwave on July 30th, 2014 @ 11:03pm CDT
AutobotAlvaron wrote:Does this make anyone else wonder if Has/Tak will ever make a Twincast out of that Blaster mold? They already made a Soundblaster, so why not? Also I like this "Secret/Hidden" gallery idea; for some reason, it feels "special".
I have happily been running with Energon Towline as Twincast for a while now. Its, uh, a news van for an alt mode, and the right general colors... well, close.
Posted by Sabrblade on July 30th, 2014 @ 11:24pm CDT
It's been said to be too close in colors to the deco of the standard Soundwave version. It'd just be another primarily blue version of that toy, which has already been done twice between both the Hasbro and Takara releases of that mold.AutobotAlvaron wrote:Does this make anyone else wonder if Has/Tak will ever make a Twincast out of that Blaster mold? They already made a Soundblaster, so why not?
It would have been better had Takara released the original Twincast in any other color than blue back in 1987. At least Soundblaster didn't sport a mostly red deco, emulating the original deco of his rival, like Twincast did with his blue deco.
Posted by Seibertron on July 31st, 2014 @ 12:11am CDT
"Disable Spoiler Alert"
Posted by leokearon on July 31st, 2014 @ 1:20am CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on July 31st, 2014 @ 1:26am CDT
To respect the Club's wishes for the secret figure to remain a secret until its official release (Ryan got his early).leokearon wrote:I don't see want the big deal is,, we already had two news stories revealing this character already and the images weren't covered/hidden, so why do it for the actual gallery? All it does it makes it more inconvenient for everyone.
Posted by leokearon on July 31st, 2014 @ 1:54am CDT
Sabrblade wrote:To respect the Club's wishes for the secret figure to remain a secret until its official release (Ryan got his early).leokearon wrote:I don't see want the big deal is,, we already had two news stories revealing this character already and the images weren't covered/hidden, so why do it for the actual gallery? All it does it makes it more inconvenient for everyone.
That's rubbish, as I mentioned they already posted 2 news stories revealing this figure identity already. If they really respected the clubs wishes they won't have posted either story. Similar if they wanted to respect the Club's wishes why not actually wait until the official release to show the gallery instead of jumping the gun and doing this mess.
Posted by Sabrblade on July 31st, 2014 @ 8:49am CDT
All I can say is take it up with Ryan.leokearon wrote:Sabrblade wrote:To respect the Club's wishes for the secret figure to remain a secret until its official release (Ryan got his early).leokearon wrote:I don't see want the big deal is,, we already had two news stories revealing this character already and the images weren't covered/hidden, so why do it for the actual gallery? All it does it makes it more inconvenient for everyone.
That's rubbish, as I mentioned they already posted 2 news stories revealing this figure identity already. If they really respected the clubs wishes they won't have posted either story. Similar if they wanted to respect the Club's wishes why not actually wait until the official release to show the gallery instead of jumping the gun and doing this mess.
Posted by Rated X on July 31st, 2014 @ 10:31am CDT
AutobotAlvaron wrote:Does this make anyone else wonder if Has/Tak will ever make a Twincast out of that Blaster mold? They already made a Soundblaster, so why not? Also I like this "Secret/Hidden" gallery idea; for some reason, it feels "special".
Why wait for Hasbro ? Pick up a Blaster and Soundwave and you can do it yourself...
On a side note, covering each individual photo with a "teaser alert" was tremendous overkill. Just leaving the teaser alert on the link would have been sufficient. The one person on Earth who cares about not ruining the surprise wouldn't bother to click on the link.
Posted by Seibertron on July 31st, 2014 @ 10:47am CDT
Rated X wrote:AutobotAlvaron wrote:Does this make anyone else wonder if Has/Tak will ever make a Twincast out of that Blaster mold? They already made a Soundblaster, so why not? Also I like this "Secret/Hidden" gallery idea; for some reason, it feels "special".
Why wait for Hasbro ? Pick up a Blaster and Soundwave and you can do it yourself...
On a side note, covering each individual photo with a "teaser alert" was tremendous overkill. Just leaving the teaser alert on the link would have been sufficient. The one person on Earth who cares about not ruining the surprise wouldn't bother to click on the link.
Wow ... that looks really awesome. What did you use for Blaster's face to make it that color?
Posted by Seibertron on July 31st, 2014 @ 10:55am CDT
Sabrblade wrote:All I can say is take it up with Ryan.leokearon wrote:Sabrblade wrote:To respect the Club's wishes for the secret figure to remain a secret until its official release (Ryan got his early).leokearon wrote:I don't see want the big deal is,, we already had two news stories revealing this character already and the images weren't covered/hidden, so why do it for the actual gallery? All it does it makes it more inconvenient for everyone.
That's rubbish, as I mentioned they already posted 2 news stories revealing this figure identity already. If they really respected the clubs wishes they won't have posted either story. Similar if they wanted to respect the Club's wishes why not actually wait until the official release to show the gallery instead of jumping the gun and doing this mess.
This was just me having fun with all of this. It just took about 10 hours of programming, creating graphics and extensive testing to change the functionality of the galleries to make it so we can now have select "Members Only" galleries and "Spoiler" galleries if needed. Each individual thumbnail wasn't replaced, it's just some simple programming to make the gallery display the real thumbnail or a "spoiler" thumbnail.
Now that I have implemented the new gallery functionality, I will probably start using this on special galleries in the future. I already have some special galleries planned that I don't see the point of having be available to the public initially.
Posted by Seibertron on July 31st, 2014 @ 11:05am CDT
leokearon wrote:I don't see want the big deal is,, we already had two news stories revealing this character already and the images weren't covered/hidden
We provided spoiler space in both stories and didn't put the character's name in the title.
leokearon wrote:So why do it for the actual gallery?
To avoid the opposite of your statements which are ... "thanks for spoiling this for me" and other similar comments. This little experiment just shows that there's just no pleasing everyone. Damned if I do, damned if I don't!
leokearon wrote:All it does it makes it more inconvenient for everyone.
It's not really inconvenient. There's ONE extra link that you have to click to disable the spoiler view and go back to the regular gallery view. That's it! Just one extra link you have to click.
leokearon wrote:If they really respected the clubs wishes they won't have posted either story. Similar if they wanted to respect the Club's wishes why not actually wait until the official release to show the gallery instead of jumping the gun and doing this mess.
Seibertron.com exists to bring fans news, information, and entertainment . We jump through all sorts of hoops to do this. If we wait until a figure is released, someone will inevitably jump the gun. We always like to be first with news ... it doesn't always happen, but we certainly try to be first!
If you have any other questions, please let me know. Thanks for participating on Seibertron.com.
Posted by Rated X on July 31st, 2014 @ 11:26am CDT
Seibertron wrote:Rated X wrote:AutobotAlvaron wrote:Does this make anyone else wonder if Has/Tak will ever make a Twincast out of that Blaster mold? They already made a Soundblaster, so why not? Also I like this "Secret/Hidden" gallery idea; for some reason, it feels "special".
Why wait for Hasbro ? Pick up a Blaster and Soundwave and you can do it yourself...
On a side note, covering each individual photo with a "teaser alert" was tremendous overkill. Just leaving the teaser alert on the link would have been sufficient. The one person on Earth who cares about not ruining the surprise wouldn't bother to click on the link.
Wow ... that looks really awesome. What did you use for Blaster's face to make it that color?
Thanks Ryan. My friend Eddie did this custom for me. He used a certain type of paint that comes in a tube to match the shade of blue perfect. I wish I could remember the name of the paint. Also, there were a lot of pins that needed to be popped out and a heating pin was needed to do so. It was no easy task. Props go to Eddie.
Posted by Seibertron on August 8th, 2014 @ 2:53pm CDT
grimdragon2001 wrote:nice gallery for Scourge, but do you think you can get some shots of him with Botcon Skybyte and TFCC Sideburn. Be nice to get a pic of all the "Classics RID" figures together
Thanks to Generations Sky-Byte, I finally took care of your request 14 months later! Enjoy!!!
How's that for great service!
Posted by Va'al on August 21st, 2014 @ 5:49am CDT
Convention & Club Exclusives Treadshot
Convention & Club Exclusives Catgut
Transformers United Warpath
Posted by shajaki on August 21st, 2014 @ 9:43am CDT
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on August 21st, 2014 @ 9:52am CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on August 21st, 2014 @ 10:04am CDT
Posted by Midnight_Fox on August 22nd, 2014 @ 9:47am CDT
Sabrblade wrote:It's funny how Catgut, having no instructions, can be converted into two different gun configurations.
That mold in general is really awesome. It's got plenty of modes(cat mode, gun mode, saw mode, shield mode, etc.).
Posted by Wreckgar on August 22nd, 2014 @ 6:57pm CDT
Posted by mooncake623 on September 24th, 2014 @ 1:30pm CDT
Convention & Club Exclusives Chromedome
Convention & Club Exclusives Stylor
Convention & Club Exclusives Chromedome (Deluxe Class, Exclusives)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on September 24th, 2014 @ 1:42pm CDT
Good job on the swaps, was that all you had to do, Seibs?
Posted by durroth on September 24th, 2014 @ 3:25pm CDT
Posted by Marcdachamp on September 25th, 2014 @ 8:07am CDT
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on September 25th, 2014 @ 8:12am CDT
Marcdachamp wrote:Heh. Anyone else think Stylor kinda looks like an Oompa-Loompa, particularly in that last picture? Or am I just over-tired?
He looks more like Devcon, so... You're just over-tired
Posted by rpetras on September 25th, 2014 @ 9:00am CDT
Marcdachamp wrote:Heh. Anyone else think Stylor kinda looks like an Oompa-Loompa, particularly in that last picture? Or am I just over-tired?
Oompa-Loompa or not, he's damn happy to see you.
Posted by FracturedKoi on October 7th, 2014 @ 11:20am CDT
Posted by Seibertron on October 7th, 2014 @ 5:44pm CDT
http://www.seibertron.com/transformers- ... ct/3370/1/
Posted by shajaki on October 7th, 2014 @ 8:55pm CDT
why is it that the botcon and TFCC figures suffer from such rampant QC problems?FracturedKoi wrote:My Rewind came misassembled, his hips are pinned in backwards!
Posted by SW's SilverHammer on October 7th, 2014 @ 9:04pm CDT
shajaki wrote:why is it that the botcon and TFCC figures suffer from such rampant QC problems?FracturedKoi wrote:My Rewind came misassembled, his hips are pinned in backwards!
Wasn't there a rumor a few months back that to cut costs the club doesn't pay for QC or something like that
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on October 8th, 2014 @ 8:14am CDT
SW's SilverHammer wrote:shajaki wrote:why is it that the botcon and TFCC figures suffer from such rampant QC problems?FracturedKoi wrote:My Rewind came misassembled, his hips are pinned in backwards!
Wasn't there a rumor a few months back that to cut costs the club doesn't pay for QC or something like that
A more likely explanation is that we as collectors are far more weary of slight errors, as we're paying a premium to get these figures. And the errors themselves are the same as what you can expect from regular retail, from loose joints to misassembled pieces. We just don't scream bloody murder when that happens with regular retail as they're easily replaced
Posted by Seibertron on October 9th, 2014 @ 5:39am CDT
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:SW's SilverHammer wrote:shajaki wrote:why is it that the botcon and TFCC figures suffer from such rampant QC problems?FracturedKoi wrote:My Rewind came misassembled, his hips are pinned in backwards!
Wasn't there a rumor a few months back that to cut costs the club doesn't pay for QC or something like that
A more likely explanation is that we as collectors are far more weary of slight errors, as we're paying a premium to get these figures. And the errors themselves are the same as what you can expect from regular retail, from loose joints to misassembled pieces. We just don't scream bloody murder when that happens with regular retail as they're easily replaced
Actually I heard the same thing about Quality Control. I experience a much higher percentage of problems with the Club exclusives and BotCon figures than I do with regular retail figures.