william-james88 wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:william-james88 wrote:I think there's a huge difference between things being made in the same style and a retool. This is more of a case of G2 Smokejumper and Energon Starscream.
Even then it's not 100% faithful. Sharing bits of engineering happens all the time, look at G1 Jazz and the Datsun triplets, or even the G1 Micromasters.
Yup, thats exactly the way I was thinking. I really dont see much similarity in those two toys. I look at the chest and I go "maybe" but then I look at the limbs and any sense that these two might be based off eachother just falls apart.
All the examples you gave, Jelze, along with mine, are exactly what this is all about.
ha! whats funny is he was standing there and i actually called him so he'd look into the shot.william-james88 wrote:I think your dog completes the look of that pic
agreed 100%william-james88 wrote:Also, that's exactly what I am doing. If any mold interests me, I will just get the takara version. I am not being snobby, its just about getting the most for my money.
Robots in Disguise
The alternate forms of the Mini-Cons were called out as being either "buzzsaws" (Autobots) or "torpedos" (Decepticons).
The first wave of Mini-Cons consists of Divebomb (Decepticon humanoid), Dragonus (Decepticon dragon), Sawback (Autobot wolf), and Slipstream (Autobot humanoid), and will hit retail in the fall of 2015. Wave 2 consists of Beastbox (Autobot gorilla), Ratbat (Decepticon bat), Sandsting (Decepticon scorpion), and Velocirazor (Autobot dinosaur). Future waves include Sliver (Decepticon humanoid).
The "wave 1 Mini-Con wolf" was referred to as Wolfwire by one presenter, which may have been Sawback's working name.
Each wave of Mini-Cons will come with parts that, when assembled, create a "bonus" non-transforming Mini-Con made out of clear plastic pieces. At present, these "bonus" Mini-Cons are unnamed, and it was uncertain how the information about them would be relayed to the general public, as the feature is not called out on the packaging. Wave one's parts will create an energy lion, and wave two's an energy shark.
Cobotron wrote:Not sure if anyone else has reported yet, but I found RID Prime and Drift at My local Target in Omaha, NE today for $14.99. I only picked up Drift. I'm lovin' Strongarm. Grimlock looks good but is a junky toy (at least the one I got). Our old friend Chuckdawg did a good review on Drift here, so I thought I'd give him a try.
)Is that a critique of my irreverent style, or in reference to ol' Heinlad back there?william-james88 wrote:You just had to go balls out on that pic, didnt you?
shajaki wrote:nice catch cobs! prime is part of that assortment right? was prime there? why didnt you get prime??? why cant you get over your hatred for RID prime?!
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Cobotron wrote:Not sure if anyone else has reported yet, but I found RID Prime and Drift at My local Target in Omaha, NE today for $14.99. I only picked up Drift. I'm lovin' Strongarm. Grimlock looks good but is a junky toy (at least the one I got). Our old friend Chuckdawg did a good review on Drift here, so I thought I'd give him a try.
Cobotron wrote:I gotta agree with you Chuck, this guy is the one to get. He reminds me alot of Cybertron Hot Shot, but with way better arms. And legs for that matter.
His Alt mode is super cool. It's very Tron like.
