The final figure from AOE is a Power Battler, that's really hard to find! Junkheap has a really fun chest claw gimmick that's unobtrusive and works with the toy. Junkion is the same character only in blue; it's also much easier, and cheaper to find.
Video Review - Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TED 05 Junkion (feat AoE Junkheap)
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Comment by Nemesis Destron
May 11, 2015
I'm sorry that I didn't post this in another forum but I hoped I would get some comments much faster here.
I got my hands on a PRID Voyager OP with the idea of using the exhaust pipes for TAV Ultra Magnus. I came to learn that the pipes are not easy to remove like the soft ones on Dark Guard OP.
Anyone got some suggestions on how to possibly remove them?
Worse case scenario I forget the whole thing considering UM will be in robot mode most of the time...my thanks in advance.
I got my hands on a PRID Voyager OP with the idea of using the exhaust pipes for TAV Ultra Magnus. I came to learn that the pipes are not easy to remove like the soft ones on Dark Guard OP.
Anyone got some suggestions on how to possibly remove them?Worse case scenario I forget the whole thing considering UM will be in robot mode most of the time...my thanks in advance.
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Comment by primalxconvoy
May 11, 2015
Chuck is basically right on this being the colours for a Japanese rubbish/bin lorry (or "Garbage truck" for our American cousins), but not all bin vans are these colours. Also, most in Japan are quite small, as they need to navigate the awfully planned rat-runs that pose as "streets" in Japan. Regardless, have a look at one such lorry in action:
- https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AC53KaDvZrE
- https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AC53KaDvZrE
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Comment by Cobotron
May 11, 2015
Wow! I gotta commend those Japanese garbage men for picking up all the lose crap that fell out of the bags. That never happens in my town. They always leave me a little extra work. 
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Comment by primalxconvoy
May 11, 2015
They don't always, plus they'll refuse to collect certain types of water if it's not in EXACTLY the right bag, or on the right day/time of month. Also, most places don't have, or won't allow big metal bins and/or portabins/garbage dumpsters, so rubbish is stored on the street, or under nets, which is then ripped apart by cats and crows. Luckily, my area, at least, has modern, Japanese style porta-bins, but there are the old nets right next to them anyway...
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Comment by Cobotron
May 11, 2015
Sounds like New York City.primalxconvoy wrote:They don't always, plus they'll refuse to collect certain types of water if it's not in EXACTLY the right bag, or on the right day/time of month. Also, most places don't have, or won't allow big metal bins and/or portabins/garbage dumpsters, so rubbish is stored on the street, or under nets, which is then ripped apart by cats and crows. Luckily, my area, at least, has modern, Japanese style porta-bins, but there are the old nets right next to them anyway...
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Comment by primalxconvoy
May 11, 2015
Except that your ninjas are turtles.
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Comment by Cobotron
May 11, 2015
primalxconvoy wrote:Except that your ninjas are turtles.
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Amazing turnaround.
I'm actuslly looking forward to the "Grand Vehicon General" or whatever the name is, love the mould, and will be adding this one to my Vehicon collection. I've got the original Hasbro RID one, Arms Micron Vehicon and Jet Vehicon General. The Botcon pirate Vehicons are on the way, and I just need to track down a standard Jet Vehicon. I'm trying to army build without buying more than one of a particular release
Comment by prjkt
May 12, 2015
primalxconvoy wrote:Except that your ninjas are turtles.
Amazing turnaround.
I'm actuslly looking forward to the "Grand Vehicon General" or whatever the name is, love the mould, and will be adding this one to my Vehicon collection. I've got the original Hasbro RID one, Arms Micron Vehicon and Jet Vehicon General. The Botcon pirate Vehicons are on the way, and I just need to track down a standard Jet Vehicon. I'm trying to army build without buying more than one of a particular release
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Comment by primalxconvoy
May 12, 2015
I wanted the white "seeker" one (is that the one you meant?). I think the Vehicons should have been repainted into the Autobot clones, rather than the Decepticon versions. I thought they were a bit rubbish, or "garbage".
Maybe that's why we need the three bin lorries currently in the transformers?
Maybe that's why we need the three bin lorries currently in the transformers?
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Comment by prjkt
May 12, 2015
White (grey really) version is the Jet Vehicon General that I already have, it's the standard purple/black one I'm looking for to pad out the force.
Edit: And the TAV version is the Car Vehicon coloured mould to match the Jet Vehicon General, so the translation might be Ground Vehicon General.
Edit: And the TAV version is the Car Vehicon coloured mould to match the Jet Vehicon General, so the translation might be Ground Vehicon General.
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Comment by primalxconvoy
May 12, 2015
Oh, I've got that one. I've got him, the car one and the first edition one, all from Japan. I think the American versions even had different paint apps, too, so trip building is fun (or expensive). I wish the white ones were easily avoidable l available and in both car and jet versions, so we could repaint them. Possibly, there are knock offs?
This, too, could be the same with "junkion" here. Has anyone repainted him as wreck-gar/g1 junkion?
This, too, could be the same with "junkion" here. Has anyone repainted him as wreck-gar/g1 junkion?
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Comment by welcometothedarksyde
May 12, 2015
Has anyone noticed that Junkion's colors are exactly the same as that Animated Wreck Gar chase card thing?
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Besides, it's not like they were made into the actual Pounce and Wingspan themselves.
Comment by Sabrblade
May 12, 2015
Except that the Vehicon molds are very very evil-looking as they are. No amount of repainting can change their hunched over, sickly, wicked creature look.primalxconvoy wrote:I think the Vehicons should have been repainted into the Autobot clones, rather than the Decepticon versions.
Besides, it's not like they were made into the actual Pounce and Wingspan themselves.
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Comment by Va'al
May 14, 2015
Via the main Takara Tomy website, we have a new interview with one of their designers - specifically, with Yuya Onishi, the mind behind Transformers Adventure TAV01 Bumblebee (and Legends Tankor), the Japanese counterpart to the Hasbro Warrior class from Robots in Disguise.
You can find the interview in its entirety here, though it is all in Japanese, of course. If you are able to read it, please let us know what you make of it in the Energon Pub - and take a look at the mirrored images below, in the meantime.
You can find the interview in its entirety here, though it is all in Japanese, of course. If you are able to read it, please let us know what you make of it in the Energon Pub - and take a look at the mirrored images below, in the meantime.
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I don't know about yours, but my Vehicons stand straight and tall. I'm sure that a new head and paint scheme would easily create them.
Comment by primalxconvoy
May 14, 2015
Sabrblade wrote:Except that the Vehicon molds are very very evil-looking as they are. No amount of repainting can change their hunched over, sickly, wicked creature look.primalxconvoy wrote:I think the Vehicons should have been repainted into the Autobot clones, rather than the Decepticon versions.
Besides, it's not like they were made into the actual Pounce and Wingspan themselves.
I don't know about yours, but my Vehicons stand straight and tall. I'm sure that a new head and paint scheme would easily create them.
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Sure, one could just tilt the neck piece upward, but then that messes up the look of the chest by opening up the gap between the neck piece and the main body.
Aside from the issues with the head, though, the entire figure has many evil-looking design aspects all over its body. Jagged lines covering the torso, pointy vampiric fingers, spiked knees, sharp-looking razor wings on the Jet version, etc. etc.
The Vehicon design is very much meant to be an inherently creepy and wicked appearance.
Comment by Sabrblade
May 14, 2015
The head juts out forward at an angle. Removing it reveals the next piece to be diagonally positioned, so no matter how much one straightens out the body, the head will always be hunched over in an ogre-like fashion without having to completely re-engineer the torso.primalxconvoy wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Except that the Vehicon molds are very very evil-looking as they are. No amount of repainting can change their hunched over, sickly, wicked creature look.primalxconvoy wrote:I think the Vehicons should have been repainted into the Autobot clones, rather than the Decepticon versions.
Besides, it's not like they were made into the actual Pounce and Wingspan themselves.
I don't know about yours, but my Vehicons stand straight and tall. I'm sure that a new head and paint scheme would easily create them.
Sure, one could just tilt the neck piece upward, but then that messes up the look of the chest by opening up the gap between the neck piece and the main body.
Aside from the issues with the head, though, the entire figure has many evil-looking design aspects all over its body. Jagged lines covering the torso, pointy vampiric fingers, spiked knees, sharp-looking razor wings on the Jet version, etc. etc.
The Vehicon design is very much meant to be an inherently creepy and wicked appearance.
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May 14, 2015
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Comment by Sabrblade
May 14, 2015
That is freaky-looking and way beyond the extent of any retoolings Fun Pub is allotted to do.
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Comment by primalxconvoy
May 14, 2015
Just a different head, hands and extra arm pipes, is all.
The clones just need a new head and a lick of paint.
The clones just need a new head and a lick of paint.
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Comment by Sabrblade
May 14, 2015
Again, that's all well beyond what the Club can do. They are only allotted to remold one part per mold.primalxconvoy wrote:Just a different head, hands and extra arm pipes, is all.
