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Universe Wave 4 galleries are up (Cyclonus, Hound, Cheetor, Ravage and more)!

Posted by Nekoman Jan 6, 2009 at 11:27pm CST 40,874 views

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Re: Universe Wave 4 galleries are up (Cyclonus, Hound, Cheetor, Ravage and more)! (view post)
Comment by Gauntlet101010 Jan 6, 2009
I'm very glad that Ravage can fit inside the TCF Soundwave (as opposed requiring the oversized chest of the Toys R Us reissue).

Wish we could see some pictures of how Cyclonus and Galvy would look with Titanium Scourge though. I guess that'll just be something to look forward to when I finally get the guy myself.
Re: Universe Wave 4 galleries are up (Cyclonus, Hound, Cheetor, Ravage and more)! (view post)
Comment by Bumblebeast Jan 6, 2009
I'm giving Cheetor to my daughter. She likes transforming animals. I don't.
Re: Universe Wave 4 galleries are up (Cyclonus, Hound, Cheetor, Ravage and more)! (view post)
Comment by Barrelass Jan 7, 2009
Gonna have to get me another Cyclonus and sharpie it up. Another awesome set of galleries Ryan. Sorry if you have already answered this, but did you have much photography experience before starting the site? Cause you do some incredible work.
Re: Universe Wave 4 galleries are up (Cyclonus, Hound, Cheetor, Ravage and more)! (view post)
Comment by Gandalf Jan 7, 2009
Excellent galleries!

But, wow....Cheetor is just...terrible. I considered buying him the other day when I found him at a store, but now I'm very glad I didn't. This figure was so very badly designed. The original is actually far better.

If they repaint it as Tigatron, I *might* decide to get it. But Tigatron really deserves his own mold, which I would buy in a heartbeat....
Re: Universe Wave 4 galleries are up (Cyclonus, Hound, Cheetor, Ravage and more)! (view post)
Comment by DevastaTTor Jan 7, 2009
I saw Cyclonus the other day and should have bought him. The more I see of him, especially with Ryan's latest gallery of him, the more I'm liking what I see. He and Hound may be the best deluxe figures to date. Bravo!

I sure hope I get some $ for my birthday this year or I may not be able to get him. (That sure sounds odd coming from a 36 year old man-how sad)
Re: Universe Wave 4 galleries are up (Cyclonus, Hound, Cheetor, Ravage and more)! (view post)
Comment by Cheetron Jan 7, 2009
Excellent galleries.

I don't know, Cheetor is looking better to me. Maybe it's just how his face looks older, more mature to me now that I can see it. Hound and Cyclonus look good.
Re: Universe Wave 4 galleries are up (Cyclonus, Hound, Cheetor, Ravage and more)! (view post)
Comment by Estall1 Jan 7, 2009
Poor old G1 Cyclonus look so clunky compared to his 'upgrade'!

Speaking of 'upgrades', was there a specific decision not to include the Botcon Cyclonus in the comparison shots?
Re: Universe Wave 4 galleries are up (Cyclonus, Hound, Cheetor, Ravage and more)! (view post)
Comment by Kique Jan 7, 2009
Cyclonus looks great ... Cheetor not so much :-?
Re: Universe Wave 4 galleries are up (Cyclonus, Hound, Cheetor, Ravage and more)! (view post)
Comment by RodimusConvoy13 Jan 7, 2009
Cheetor is a pretty cool figure. I like him.

Ryan, nice job with the galleries. Did you touch up any areas of Cyclonus with the sharpie besides his face? I hadn't thought of doing that yet, but I think I might have to give it a try. Looks great. Although, I should wait until I find another Cyclonus in case I mess it up. :grin:
Re: Universe Wave 4 galleries are up (Cyclonus, Hound, Cheetor, Ravage and more)! (view post)
Comment by Agamemnon Jan 7, 2009
I just got Cyclonus yesterday. It is, by far, the best in the Classics line so far. I am completely blown away! Good job Hasbro. Now, if we could only get a cannon version of Galvatron.

I know, picky picky. :D

Oh, and great job on the galleries as always!
Re: Universe Wave 4 galleries are up (Cyclonus, Hound, Cheetor, Ravage and more)! (view post)
Comment by Seibertron Jan 7, 2009
Barrelass wrote:Gonna have to get me another Cyclonus and sharpie it up. Another awesome set of galleries Ryan. Sorry if you have already answered this, but did you have much photography experience before starting the site? Cause you do some incredible work.


I really got into photography because of this site. I started doing galleries 5 years ago this week ... the first ones to get the gallery treatment were Masterpiece Convoy (MP-01), Binaltech Smokescreen and Binaltech Sideswipe. The galleries have come a long ways since I first started doing them 5 years ago. 119,978+ images and 1,640 galleries later ... :D

Check out some of the older galleries. You can definitely tell how much my style has changed.

http://www.seibertron.com/toys/index.ph ... rderby=new
Re: Universe Wave 4 galleries are up (Cyclonus, Hound, Cheetor, Ravage and more)! (view post)
Comment by Seibertron Jan 7, 2009
Cheetron wrote:Excellent galleries.

I don't know, Cheetor is looking better to me. Maybe it's just how his face looks older, more mature to me now that I can see it. Hound and Cyclonus look good.


The only thing I don't like about Cheetor is his arms. The rest of him I think offers a unique, more serious, look than his original incarnation. I just can't believe that that was the best they could do with his arms.

I'm very interested in seeing what they did with Dinobot ...

As for the possibility of Cheetor being repainted into Tigatron, I think it's probably a given at some point. Though after having a really nice alt mode for Cheetor with this new version, I have to really question what they were trying to do with the original version which had more of a tiger mode to begin with. It definitely wasn't very "cheetah" like. It'd be interesting to see Tigatron with a more "cheetah" like mode.
Re: Universe Wave 4 galleries are up (Cyclonus, Hound, Cheetor, Ravage and more)! (view post)
Comment by Seibertron Jan 7, 2009
Estall1 wrote:Poor old G1 Cyclonus look so clunky compared to his 'upgrade'!

Speaking of 'upgrades', was there a specific decision not to include the Botcon Cyclonus in the comparison shots?


Time and availability. I've got Botcon Cyclonus boxed away at the moment and really didn't feel that he needed comparison pics with that version. Now the one that I really wanted to comparison pics of was the new Hound with Alternator Hound but what can you do ... I needed to get these galleries up and as it was it took me almost 4 weeks to do it. There is a gallery of Botcon Cyclonus if you wanted to post pictures for the sake of comparison side-by-side.

http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... lonus/669/
Re: Universe Wave 4 galleries are up (Cyclonus, Hound, Cheetor, Ravage and more)! (view post)
Comment by Seibertron Jan 7, 2009
RodimusConvoy13 wrote:Cheetor is a pretty cool figure. I like him.

Ryan, nice job with the galleries. Did you touch up any areas of Cyclonus with the sharpie besides his face? I hadn't thought of doing that yet, but I think I might have to give it a try. Looks great. Although, I should wait until I find another Cyclonus in case I mess it up. :grin:


I just did his face and his neck. I originally did his ears but the sharpie ink wouldn't stick to that softer plastic so I used some goo-gone to take it off. It seems to stay on fine with the harder plastic.
Re: Universe Wave 4 galleries are up (Cyclonus, Hound, Cheetor, Ravage and more)! (view post)
Comment by kirbenvost Jan 7, 2009
Oh man, Cyclonus is so awesome and Hound is great too! Can't wait till these guys make their way to Canada.
Re: Universe Wave 4 galleries are up (Cyclonus, Hound, Cheetor, Ravage and more)! (view post)
Comment by Primus, Second-In-Command Jan 7, 2009
hopefully get a... idk, a universe new mold of cliffjumper? that comes with a laserbeak to go with that Ravage!
Re: Universe Wave 4 galleries are up (Cyclonus, Hound, Cheetor, Ravage and more)! (view post)
Comment by kirbenvost Jan 7, 2009
Hmm, I'd feared Cyclonus' face was sharpied when I saw the first images. The fact that Hasbro didn't paint the face slightly takes away from the coolness, but oh well, still a great figure nonetheless.

I actually think the vehicle mode of the G1 is still better, a lot more sleek and streamlined, but the Universe one still looks good. They had to sacrifice a bit to make such an awesome robot mode, and that's fine by me. :D
Re: Universe Wave 4 galleries are up (Cyclonus, Hound, Cheetor, Ravage and more)! (view post)
Comment by ShGarland_1383 Jan 7, 2009
I'd already come to the opinion that U2.0-Cyclonus was vastly better than his G1 counterpart; seeing the two side by side in this gallery only convinces me more of this.

Great work on the galleries!
Re: Universe Wave 4 galleries are up (Cyclonus, Hound, Cheetor, Ravage and more)! (view post)
Comment by Emperor Primacron the 1st Jan 7, 2009
How is Cylonus' shoulder articulation? :?:
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