New Galleries: Beast Wars Retrax, Manterror, Transquito, Jetstorm, and Powerpinch

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:

Jelze Bunnycat wrote: I also adore the Bigmos antlion mode, but sadly I may have to source the original Transquito, as the BWII one has GPS in his teal plastic (and not the bronze, imagine that...)

Oh that's unfortunate. I was considering finally getting into the Transquito mold. GPS, even with the redeco variant, is a deal breaker.

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:I said he has it in his teal plastic, which is purple on Transquito. You should be safe getting him.

I know. But, I like to collect variant sets. The fact that Bigmos suffers from GPS means I wouldn't bother with either.

Seibertron wrote:

Seibertron wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Oh man, those eyes on Takara Silverbolt look so good!

Hey Ryan, do you also have the little-known running change variant of Hasbro's Rampage that changed the orange paint apps on his head and torso to a subdued pinkish silver?

Here's a pic of it (not mine, though) that compares it to the first-run Hasbro version (on the right) and the Takara version (on the left):

And this right here is what I love about collecting Transformers 30 years in. I had no idea there was a running change with the Hasbro version of Rampage. THAT is the show accurate version. I was really bummed by the translucent plastic on Takara's Rampage. It looks awesome, don't get me wrong, but I was hoping for a more show accurate Rampage. Takara's paint apps on Hasbro's Rampage looks fantastic. Is the backside different or just the head and chest?

I'm also surprised I haven't come across the variant yet with all of the collections I've been buying for the Seibertron.com store. I have a pile of Rampages in varying degrees of completeness and condition, but all of them are the orange paint variant.

Has anyone else come across this silver paint variant? I find it really odd that there seems to only be one photo and only one sample of this known to date. I just opened the brand new sealed packaging variant that I purchased off eBay last week, and it had the orange painted version in it just like all of the examples that are known to exist. The one I opened was one from 1999 with product code "554455.0300". I believe the "0300" means this is the 3rd packaging variant (preceded by 0000 and 0200 if I recall correctly). If there was a 0305 or a 0400 I would believe that might contain the silver painted variant but it's tough to want to keep chasing down a Rampage variant if there's only 1 example out there.

It's also possible that instead of a running change that it was just a fluke, right? Does anyone know if the Japanese Beast wars Transformers were produced at the same factory as the Hasbro produced ones? If so, it could have just been a one-off that made it through with part of Takara's paint on a Hasbro version, right?

Nope, it's a variant with a silver face and chest, everything else is the same expected domestic release.

Seibertron wrote:

Gearslide wrote:Dang, no shot of Megahead on Fort Max? Thought that was an (unintentional) staple of the design!

The shot of Megatron Megabolt on Brave Maximus's body is in the Car Robots Brave Maximus gallery. I did not do it with the Megahead Megatron toy because I really didn't want to pop off the legs on Megahead in order to pull off this shot. I think when I did the Brave Maximus gallery I had a few spare Megatron Megabolts so I wasn't concerned about causing damage to the toy.


Transformers Car Robots Fortress Maximus (Brave Maximus) Gallery


Transformers Car Robots Fortress Maximus (Brave Maximus) Gallery

Sabrblade wrote:How's the chrome on the Takara Jetstorm? The Hasbro one is known as a notorious flaker. How does Takara's hold up?