Hasbro / Takara Comparison Charts for Bumblebee, Slugslinger, Perceptor and Octane
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Re: Hasbro / Takara Comparison Charts for Bumblebee, Slugslinger, Perceptor and Octane
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Comment by Kurona
Jul 11, 2017
I think the most striking one is Slugslinger as it highlights just how much that bit of blue under the cockpit does for the accuracy and how much it makes him stand out. Only problem is that I ended up looking at it too long and started wondering why on Cybertron a vehicle would need two separate cockpits. Bad Kurona! Stop trying to bring logic and sense into dumb space robots! 
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Comment by Evil Eye
Jul 11, 2017
Slugslinger looks great,though I'm sad they kept the head the same. In any case I'm going for the Hasbro versions of the Targetmaster jets, as I already have Hasbro Triggerhappy.
Bumblebee is a straight-up improvement in every way.
Perceptor is OK I guess. Not hugely impressive but the Ramhorn vehicle is nice.
Octane looks very good, though I still can't take that jet mode seriously. But a Ghost Starscream headmaster? Awesome!
Bumblebee is a straight-up improvement in every way.
Perceptor is OK I guess. Not hugely impressive but the Ramhorn vehicle is nice.
Octane looks very good, though I still can't take that jet mode seriously. But a Ghost Starscream headmaster? Awesome!
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Hey at least it's not as bad as when dreamwave literraly brought it up in the comics asking why do they have cockpits and why they are out of scale with the rest of the universe and not even answering it. It wasn't even rhetorical! Shockwave saying his grand scheme and saying this stuff and not even explaining why. And I say him explaining his scheme when he actually didn't even do that.
I'll give the Aligned continuity credit, they did explain why they all have seats and cockpits and it did make sense.
Comment by Randomhero
Jul 11, 2017
Kurona wrote:I think the most striking one is Slugslinger as it highlights just how much that bit of blue under the cockpit does for the accuracy and how much it makes him stand out. Only problem is that I ended up looking at it too long and started wondering why on Cybertron a vehicle would need two separate cockpits. Bad Kurona! Stop trying to bring logic and sense into dumb space robots!
Hey at least it's not as bad as when dreamwave literraly brought it up in the comics asking why do they have cockpits and why they are out of scale with the rest of the universe and not even answering it. It wasn't even rhetorical! Shockwave saying his grand scheme and saying this stuff and not even explaining why. And I say him explaining his scheme when he actually didn't even do that.
I'll give the Aligned continuity credit, they did explain why they all have seats and cockpits and it did make sense.
Re: Hasbro / Takara Comparison Charts for Bumblebee, Slugslinger, Perceptor and Octane
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Well, sometimes Transformers give each other rides.
He can carry more with two cockpits?
Comment by Cyberpath
Jul 11, 2017
Kurona wrote:I think the most striking one is Slugslinger as it highlights just how much that bit of blue under the cockpit does for the accuracy and how much it makes him stand out. Only problem is that I ended up looking at it too long and started wondering why on Cybertron a vehicle would need two separate cockpits. Bad Kurona! Stop trying to bring logic and sense into dumb space robots!
Well, sometimes Transformers give each other rides.
He can carry more with two cockpits?
Re: Hasbro / Takara Comparison Charts for Bumblebee, Slugslinger, Perceptor and Octane
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But it is a retool of quake lol
Comment by Albatross250
Jul 11, 2017
Randomhero wrote:Yeah what is everyone on? That is not quakes head repainted as starscream. It's completely different
It's a straight up seeker head with vents on the side. Quakes head doesn't have vents and the top of his head makes a point. Totally not the same
But it is a retool of quake lol
Re: Hasbro / Takara Comparison Charts for Bumblebee, Slugslinger, Perceptor and Octane
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Budget Astrotrain!
Comment by Kurona
Jul 11, 2017
Cyberpath wrote:Kurona wrote:I think the most striking one is Slugslinger as it highlights just how much that bit of blue under the cockpit does for the accuracy and how much it makes him stand out. Only problem is that I ended up looking at it too long and started wondering why on Cybertron a vehicle would need two separate cockpits. Bad Kurona! Stop trying to bring logic and sense into dumb space robots!
Well, sometimes Transformers give each other rides.
Budget Astrotrain!
Re: Hasbro / Takara Comparison Charts for Bumblebee, Slugslinger, Perceptor and Octane
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Gotta Go Fast
Comment by Albatross250
Jul 11, 2017
Albatross250 wrote:Nice Color Scheme...
WAIT A SEC...
Damn you, you made Slugslinger in Sonic Colours
Gotta Go Fast
Re: Hasbro / Takara Comparison Charts for Bumblebee, Slugslinger, Perceptor and Octane
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When they do an official MP Huffer it better have a micro Hoist driver!!!
As for the figures, Bee looks better in the warmer yellow, Perceptor looks almost identical but Ramhorn looks gorgeous, I wonder if his inclussion has something to do with the Autobot Intelligence Ops 2 pack.
Slugslinger looks pretty, but I prefer Hasbro's more unique shade of blue,wish it had used a visored toy head, though.
Octane looks also very similar, but the darker colors work really well AND GHOST STARSCREAM HEADMASTER! He can literally take over others now!
Comment by MaverickPrime
Jul 11, 2017
Cyberpath wrote:Kurona wrote:I think the most striking one is Slugslinger as it highlights just how much that bit of blue under the cockpit does for the accuracy and how much it makes him stand out. Only problem is that I ended up looking at it too long and started wondering why on Cybertron a vehicle would need two separate cockpits. Bad Kurona! Stop trying to bring logic and sense into dumb space robots!
Well, sometimes Transformers give each other rides.
When they do an official MP Huffer it better have a micro Hoist driver!!!
As for the figures, Bee looks better in the warmer yellow, Perceptor looks almost identical but Ramhorn looks gorgeous, I wonder if his inclussion has something to do with the Autobot Intelligence Ops 2 pack.
Slugslinger looks pretty, but I prefer Hasbro's more unique shade of blue,wish it had used a visored toy head, though.
Octane looks also very similar, but the darker colors work really well AND GHOST STARSCREAM HEADMASTER! He can literally take over others now!
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Comment by Sabrblade
Jul 11, 2017
I'll say. That's like the one corner of the multiverse that actually did bother to explain the cockpits.Randomhero wrote:Kurona wrote:I think the most striking one is Slugslinger as it highlights just how much that bit of blue under the cockpit does for the accuracy and how much it makes him stand out. Only problem is that I ended up looking at it too long and started wondering why on Cybertron a vehicle would need two separate cockpits. Bad Kurona! Stop trying to bring logic and sense into dumb space robots!
Hey at least it's not as bad as when dreamwave literraly brought it up in the comics asking why do they have cockpits and why they are out of scale with the rest of the universe and not even answering it. It wasn't even rhetorical! Shockwave saying his grand scheme and saying this stuff and not even explaining why. And I say him explaining his scheme when he actually didn't even do that.
I'll give the Aligned continuity credit, they did explain why they all have seats and cockpits and it did make sense.
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Comment by Sigma Magnus
Jul 11, 2017
So we've got a new-mold Cerebros face (why?) and a new-mold Ghost Starscream face (awesome!). Can anyone tell if the Headmaster bodies are new?
Re: Hasbro / Takara Comparison Charts for Bumblebee, Slugslinger, Perceptor and Octane
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Yes, please, update the news stories! You're not doing justice to the Legends release of Perceptor if you don't let people know that it's the Ramhorn version of the mold, decoed as Ramhorn himself, no less, and not a generic Shuffler version with different colors.
Also, Takara was pretty genius with what they did with the shoulder pylons for Octane. Flip them up and forward to mimic Starscream's intakes when using Starscream's ghost head as the Headmaster. Leave them down to look more like the Octane G1 cartoon character model. Finally, you can rotate the red sides out to homage the red circles on Octane's outer shoulders from the G1 toy! That's a lot of versatility for a single toy on top of it being a Headmaster triple changer with two different heads to use!
Comment by Wolfman Jake
Jul 11, 2017
kurthy wrote:LG56 Perceptor (with Shuffler weapon)
Shouldn't that say Ramhorn weapon?
Yes, please, update the news stories! You're not doing justice to the Legends release of Perceptor if you don't let people know that it's the Ramhorn version of the mold, decoed as Ramhorn himself, no less, and not a generic Shuffler version with different colors.
Also, Takara was pretty genius with what they did with the shoulder pylons for Octane. Flip them up and forward to mimic Starscream's intakes when using Starscream's ghost head as the Headmaster. Leave them down to look more like the Octane G1 cartoon character model. Finally, you can rotate the red sides out to homage the red circles on Octane's outer shoulders from the G1 toy! That's a lot of versatility for a single toy on top of it being a Headmaster triple changer with two different heads to use!
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Exactly! Why? Quintessons. They're lazy. That's it.
Comment by Randomhero
Jul 11, 2017
Sabrblade wrote:I'll say. That's like the one corner of the multiverse that actually did bother to explain the cockpits.Randomhero wrote:Kurona wrote:I think the most striking one is Slugslinger as it highlights just how much that bit of blue under the cockpit does for the accuracy and how much it makes him stand out. Only problem is that I ended up looking at it too long and started wondering why on Cybertron a vehicle would need two separate cockpits. Bad Kurona! Stop trying to bring logic and sense into dumb space robots!
Hey at least it's not as bad as when dreamwave literraly brought it up in the comics asking why do they have cockpits and why they are out of scale with the rest of the universe and not even answering it. It wasn't even rhetorical! Shockwave saying his grand scheme and saying this stuff and not even explaining why. And I say him explaining his scheme when he actually didn't even do that.
I'll give the Aligned continuity credit, they did explain why they all have seats and cockpits and it did make sense.
Exactly! Why? Quintessons. They're lazy. That's it.
Re: Hasbro / Takara Comparison Charts for Bumblebee, Slugslinger, Perceptor and Octane
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Comment by leokearon
Jul 11, 2017
I live the Ghost of Starscream idea, just not a fan of the transparent plastic
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Comment by Sabrblade
Jul 11, 2017
Looks like the Ghost Starscream head is based pretty heavily on the UW Ghost Starscream head:
Which itself was based on the head of WFC/FOC Starscream:
Which itself was based on the head of WFC/FOC Starscream:
Re: Hasbro / Takara Comparison Charts for Bumblebee, Slugslinger, Perceptor and Octane
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But, that's what makes him a g-g-g-ghooooooost!
Comment by Wolfman Jake
Jul 11, 2017
leokearon wrote:I live the Ghost of Starscream idea, just not a fan of the transparent plastic
But, that's what makes him a g-g-g-ghooooooost!
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Comment by Evil Eye
Jul 11, 2017
I know it kind of defeats the purpose of Ghost Starscream (an easy redeco that everyone wants because GHOST STARSCREAM) but I'd like a Ghost Starscream with slight retooling to him in addition to being made of clear plastic to make him look extra ghostly- a different expression, cracks and "wounds" to make him look more undead (so add some holes to his wings exposing the superstructure beneath and make his cockpit look "shattered" for example), some parts bei8ng wreathed in (removable?) sculpted ethereal flame, etc.
EDIT: A bit like this...
Obviosuly not to quite such an extent, but you get the idea.
EDIT: A bit like this...
Obviosuly not to quite such an extent, but you get the idea.
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Comment by autobot00
Jul 11, 2017
quake repaint for starscream? i dont think so.
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Comment by Sabrblade
Jul 11, 2017
That's more "zombie" Starscream than "ghost" Starscream.Black Hat wrote:I know it kind of defeats the purpose of Ghost Starscream (an easy redeco that everyone wants because GHOST STARSCREAM) but I'd like a Ghost Starscream with slight retooling to him in addition to being made of clear plastic to make him look extra ghostly- a different expression, cracks and "wounds" to make him look more undead (so add some holes to his wings exposing the superstructure beneath and make his cockpit look "shattered" for example), some parts bei8ng wreathed in (removable?) sculpted ethereal flame, etc.
EDIT: A bit like this...
Obviosuly not to quite such an extent, but you get the idea.
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True, though sometimes ghosts are portrayed as fairly decayed/zombie-like. It'd also potentially work for a "semi-physical" version of the Spectral Screamer, as if his physical body was only just held together through Unicron's power and Starscream's sheer bloody-mindedness. Plus, Starscream I can imagine wanting to scare the armour plating off of anyone he comes across.
Comment by Evil Eye
Jul 11, 2017
Sabrblade wrote:That's more "zombie" Starscream than "ghost" Starscream.Black Hat wrote:I know it kind of defeats the purpose of Ghost Starscream (an easy redeco that everyone wants because GHOST STARSCREAM) but I'd like a Ghost Starscream with slight retooling to him in addition to being made of clear plastic to make him look extra ghostly- a different expression, cracks and "wounds" to make him look more undead (so add some holes to his wings exposing the superstructure beneath and make his cockpit look "shattered" for example), some parts bei8ng wreathed in (removable?) sculpted ethereal flame, etc.
EDIT: A bit like this...
Obviosuly not to quite such an extent, but you get the idea.
True, though sometimes ghosts are portrayed as fairly decayed/zombie-like. It'd also potentially work for a "semi-physical" version of the Spectral Screamer, as if his physical body was only just held together through Unicron's power and Starscream's sheer bloody-mindedness. Plus, Starscream I can imagine wanting to scare the armour plating off of anyone he comes across.
Re: Hasbro / Takara Comparison Charts for Bumblebee, Slugslinger, Perceptor and Octane
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Yeah, no kidding. You can clearly see the rhino mode in the photos even.
The '84 roster's only technically complete at that. We're still waiting on a cartoon-scale matched set (the Seekers are a size class too small, Huffer's too small, CJ's too big..), Optimus' trailer, a better Ratchet and Ironhide, and a non-lazy Sunstreaker.
Comment by ZeldaTheSwordsman
Jul 11, 2017
kurthy wrote:LG56 Perceptor (with Shuffler weapon)
Shouldn't that say Ramhorn weapon?
Yeah, no kidding. You can clearly see the rhino mode in the photos even.
Randomhero wrote:Rated X wrote:Heres hoping Renderform goes back to his previous success and starts making bumper and hubcap heads for Hasbro bumblebee. And while hes at it do Cliffjumper heads for Chase. Its not like there gonna do all 6 Throttlebots in different unique molds so f**k it.
It took 3 years to get the three insecticons and with TR brawn 11 years to compelete the entire 84 roster in classics form. Patience is a virtue
The '84 roster's only technically complete at that. We're still waiting on a cartoon-scale matched set (the Seekers are a size class too small, Huffer's too small, CJ's too big..), Optimus' trailer, a better Ratchet and Ironhide, and a non-lazy Sunstreaker.
