Transformers general thread - Toy Robot men based on giant robots based on previously mentioned toys about said robots

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XYZpdq said:
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a piece of Transformers media that's just an ad for toys?
blowing my mind here, bro
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I know, I know. Ironic and all, I’m just throwing out my one theory that isn’t “insane tranny makes diverse team and sells them as iteration of fan favourite team”
 
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The Dude said:
If you look at his head, he's got these horns/mandibles on the side. Those just pop out, you slide the clear visor on, then reinsert the horns/mandibles back in place. The pegs that hold the horns/mandibles onto the head slide through holes on the sides of the visor and into the ports on the side of the head they normally slot into, and that keeps the visor in place. From the photos I've seen, you can raise the visor up a bit, but I think the brow/helmet of his head gets in the way of the visor going up very far. When I get my Scorponok and get all my upgrade goodies installed then I will take photos of him and post them here, and I'll do my best to remember to snap some of the visor installed and how far up it can go for you. Feel free to remind me down the line.
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Got the kits today, visor doesn’t flip up but I’ve got a plan to fix that. Any questions about the kits? Installation is easy and the gap left by the external visor is actually nice, I like the antenna to have a bit of space in between them and the head.

Thinking on modding the visor and casting a new one.
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I can't find the Target Worlds Collide pack anywhere. I really hope it's not going to be a pain in the ass to get like the Target Seekers were(then again that was mostly due to COVID bullshit). I want that WC pack and Cybertronian Bumblebee.

The only thing that gives me hope is that T-Wrecks is plentiful and doesn't seem hard to get so maybe I should just give it time.
 
Optimus Prime said:
How am I only learning this thread existed just now? Why didn't anybody tell me?!
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I would’ve assumed the “Resident KF Transformers Expert” knew, either way welcome. Hopefully we can bring this thread back to life.

I thought the cringe Kingdom would’ve brought some discussion.
 
Thundermania said:
I would’ve assumed the “Resident KF Transformers Expert” knew, either way welcome. Hopefully we can bring this thread back to life.

I thought the cringe Kingdom would’ve brought some discussion.
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I normally don't venture into off-topic that often so I never saw this thread in it.

Regardless, I'm here now, which is kind of ironic given I admittedly haven't been too enthused by Transformers as of late. I haven't gotten any official figures from the main line ever since the tail end of Siege (Cog and Exhaust) and the media is just...well, it's bad. I don't exactly have high hopes for Rise of the Beasts, either.
 
Oh good, a TF thread where I can share my autistic hobby.

If anyone's interested, a shitload of new figure listings were found tonight, and confirmed a bunch of previous rumors.

news.tfw2005.com

New Transformers Legacy/Evolution/Studio Series Listings Found - Leader Dragon Megatron, Armada Starscream, Inferno, Arcee, Soundwave, Energon Monster, Bulkhead, Tarantulas, Skids, Dragstrip, Ratchet, Rumble, Kickback, Laserbeak, Wheelie, Blaster, &

Enter the dragon! Thanks to a whole bunch of Target listings supplied by TFW's Nova Maximus and Voltrace, it appears we have our first store listings for
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Optimus Prime said:
I normally don't venture into off-topic that often so I never saw this thread in it.

Regardless, I'm here now, which is kind of ironic given I admittedly haven't been too enthused by Transformers as of late. I haven't gotten any official figures from the main line ever since the tail end of Siege (Cog and Exhaust) and the media is just...well, it's bad. I don't exactly have high hopes for Rise of the Beasts, either.
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Siege brought me back to this autistic world after POTP killed my enthusiasm for collecting, the WFC trilogy has been a fantastic toyline 2/3 of the time. The tie-in media has been dreadful as always but I’ve been rereading a lot of Marvel so that satisfies the itch for secondary media.

Rise of the Beasts looks to be following the same mistakes as it’s forefathers, which is really starting to piss me off. Sooner or later Cullen and Welker won’t be available and when their gone it’s done. What are they gonna do? Have Tillman voice Optimus full-time? Fuck off with that.


The Doom Slayer said:
Oh good, a TF thread where I can share my autistic hobby.

If anyone's interested, a shitload of new figure listings were found tonight, and confirmed a bunch of previous rumors.

news.tfw2005.com

New Transformers Legacy/Evolution/Studio Series Listings Found - Leader Dragon Megatron, Armada Starscream, Inferno, Arcee, Soundwave, Energon Monster, Bulkhead, Tarantulas, Skids, Dragstrip, Ratchet, Rumble, Kickback, Laserbeak, Wheelie, Blaster, &

Enter the dragon! Thanks to a whole bunch of Target listings supplied by TFW's Nova Maximus and Voltrace, it appears we have our first store listings for
news.tfw2005.com news.tfw2005.com
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Energon monster is interesting but all the BW and Prime stuff are easy skips.
 
For me the non-G1 stuff is music to my ears, it's nice Generations seems to be going back to how it was instead of constantly redoing the same group of G1 characters over and over. And I say that as someone who didn't even like TFP.

But G1 will still be there too of course, it'll always be there, because it's what this franchise was built on.
 
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Thundermania said:
Rise of the Beasts looks to be following the same mistakes as it’s forefathers, which is really starting to piss me off. Sooner or later Cullen and Welker won’t be available and when their gone it’s done. What are they gonna do? Have Tillman voice Optimus full-time? Fuck off with that.
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Honestly? I quite like Gary Chalk's Optimus. Though David Kaye, ironically, did a great young Optimus for Animated even though it's his Megatron that is just...unf.

Or should I say, yeeeeessssss?

Also, fuck whatever smoothbrain decided we needed another thing that starts with "Rise" in the title. All significance of that word has just fallen by the wayside by how overused it is. I mean, whatever happened to a creative play on words like say, "Primal Instinct" or have fun with it and go "Truck vs Monkey"
 
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The Doom Slayer said:
For me the non-G1 stuff is music to my ears, it's nice Generations seems to be going back to how it was instead of constantly redoing the same group of G1 characters over and over. And I say that as someone who didn't even like TFP.

But G1 will still be there too of course, it'll always be there, because it's what this franchise was built on.
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I grew up on movieverse and the various cartoons personally, but as a comic reading adult with a love of the 80s G1 will always be my go-to. Plus I have strict rules with my collecting, when I started in 2016 the rule is “G1 only” so thanks to Hasbro, it looks like I’ll be allocating more funds towards home ownership.


Optimus Prime said:
Honestly? I quite like Gary Chalk's Optimus. Though David Kaye, ironically, did a great young Optimus for Animated even though it's his Megatron that is just...unf.

Or should I say, yeeeeessssss?

Also, fuck whatever smoothbrain decided we needed another thing that starts with "Rise" in the title. All significance of that word has just fallen by the wayside by how overused it is. I mean, whatever happened to a creative play on words like say, "Primal Instinct" or have fun with it and go "Truck vs Monkey"
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Chalk’s Optimus really shined in Armada. I didn’t see it as a kid but as an adult I can see that he’s…. cold, very reserved and a general first and foremost. Which is actually a front for him being a battle-hungry berserker. It was fantastic writing (for a toy commercial) and a character “deconstruction” done right.

I would’ve titled the new movie Transformers: Rebirth, both as an homage to the cartoon, the end of Beast Machines and it being a “rebirth” for the franchise.

But I’m not an overpaid Hollyjew who thinks MurderPrime was a good idea.
 
The Doom Slayer said:
Oh good, a TF thread where I can share my autistic hobby.

If anyone's interested, a shitload of new figure listings were found tonight, and confirmed a bunch of previous rumors.

news.tfw2005.com

New Transformers Legacy/Evolution/Studio Series Listings Found - Leader Dragon Megatron, Armada Starscream, Inferno, Arcee, Soundwave, Energon Monster, Bulkhead, Tarantulas, Skids, Dragstrip, Ratchet, Rumble, Kickback, Laserbeak, Wheelie, Blaster, &

Enter the dragon! Thanks to a whole bunch of Target listings supplied by TFW's Nova Maximus and Voltrace, it appears we have our first store listings for
news.tfw2005.com news.tfw2005.com
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I can't wait for a Cryotek.

I'm not all that keen on animated or prime bullshit, but if kingdom was anything to go by they'll still cater towards the still needed G1 figures. I mean they just released one of the decepticon headmasters so the other two should not be far behind.
 
Thundermania said:
I grew up on movieverse and the various cartoons personally, but as a comic reading adult with a love of the 80s G1 will always be my go-to. Plus I have strict rules with my collecting, when I started in 2016 the rule is “G1 only” so thanks to Hasbro, it looks like I’ll be allocating more funds towards home ownership.



Chalk’s Optimus really shined in Armada. I didn’t see it as a kid but as an adult I can see that he’s…. cold, very reserved and a general first and foremost. Which is actually a front for him being a battle-hungry berserker. It was fantastic writing (for a toy commercial) and a character “deconstruction” done right.

I would’ve titled the new movie Transformers: Rebirth, both as an homage to the cartoon, the end of Beast Machines and it being a “rebirth” for the franchise.

But I’m not an overpaid Hollyjew who thinks MurderPrime was a good idea.
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The word "Rise" should be banned from titles in general for at least the next few centuries.

You're right about Armada Prime though, it did feel like there was some depth/thought put into it, as opposed to Bay Prime who was just a psycho killer for no reason (other than Bay thinking him tearing everyone's spine out would be BADASS). And it also wasn't a retarded deconstruction where he got shit on and replaced by a lesser character. It's a shame that Takara OP seems to have vanished off the face of the earth.
 
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If anything I would rather see Generations toys of the original Armada concepts then redos of their much weaker and real figures.

The Armada budget stripped them of a ton of stuff, they were supposed to be big burly clunky robots but with articulation. Space Marine proportions with a ton of heft to them.

Armada Optimus' final powered up mode was ass it's like he skipped leg day.
 
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Welp, looks like my Scorponok won't be arriving until September, despite the listing on TF Source saying July. I'm not happy, but what can you do? Guess I just have to be patient.
 
I’m hoping that the new Blaster at least has tooling for a Marvel head so they can release it as a repaint. Or maybe I get lucky and Marvel Blaster goes to retail and Animation is the Amazon exclusive.
The Dude said:
Welp, looks like my Scorponok won't be arriving until September, despite the listing on TF Source saying July. I'm not happy, but what can you do? Guess I just have to be patient.
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Better a wait then scalper prices or worse, the dreaded late-fee. I had to pay the late fee for Siege Soundwave, I’m still beating myself up for that fuck up.
 
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I took a screenshot during the stream and was gonna post it here but I never got around to it lmao.
Starscream's price bump comes from the fact he includes Megatrons chair, which is cool, but they didn't even put megatron in the chair on the showcase stream. Shameful.
 
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