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

[XYZpdq]

I think I realize now why Galvatron's weirdly larger than megatron, Not extremely apparent in this photo but he's actually in scale with titans return six shot. Due to the small amount of actual flat space I have to stand things on where I display these things I didn't have six shot out, he's been wedged in a half-car-mode state inbetween some dvd boxes for the last year or so lmao. Felt the urge to set up the cheapass somewhat shitty temporary photo-taking setup I've done to try and make it a bit more apparent.
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The more I look at it, Kingdom Galvatron feels more like a siege figure than a kingdom one engineering wise. It's not just the battle damage stuff, it's the fact it's got the whole "g1 faithful but with a lot of extra surface greebling and panel lines with ports" thing. Considering he's an easter egg on the larger earthrise boxes this may very well be the case and reason he has battle damage on him. Due to his size, the siege "new soundwave" looks a bit out of scale here.

that reminds me somewhere at my dad's place I have that Soundwave that was just G1 Soundwave but he took SD cards and legit played mp3s

 

[The Lawgiver]

that reminds me somewhere at my dad's place I have that Soundwave that was just G1 Soundwave but he took SD cards and legit played mp3s

Oh yeah that's the MP3 label soundwave or whatever the fuck that was part of that line Takara was doing for a while in collaberation with some other company or some shit where they just had expensive transformers that turned into functioning mice and USB sticks. IIRC the Ravage one was bootlegged to shit and there's infamously some nasty fucking malware on the bootlegs. God it doesn't feel like it was way over a decade ago now. Which one of those did you have of the soundwaves? There were like 3 versions IIRC. The normal soundwave and soundblaster variants and then a fully white one. Or was that a different one that had a pure white version? anyways that figure's fucking cool.

 

[XYZpdq]

Oh yeah that's the MP3 label soundwave or whatever the fuck that was part of that line Takara was doing for a while in collaberation with some other company or some shit where they just had expensive transformers that turned into functioning mice and USB sticks. IIRC the Ravage one was bootlegged to shit and there's infamously some nasty fucking malware on the bootlegs. God it doesn't feel like it was way over a decade ago now. Which one of those did you have of the soundwaves? There were like 3 versions IIRC. The normal soundwave and soundblaster variants and then a fully white one. Or was that a different one that had a pure white version? anyways that figure's fucking cool.

I recall it looking like normal Soundwave?

 

[The Lawgiver]

I recall it looking like normal Soundwave?

Nice. For years that was like the ONLY way to get a decently articulated g1 style soundwave. There was that long period of time where they were like "oh cassete players aren't around anymore uhhh what the fuck do we make him? do we even put him in anymore?" I kinda wonder what the fuck the "car garage" soundwave they were supposedly thinking of making around the time alternators was a thing would have looked like since the whole deal of that line was also detailed g1 representations of characters but with the twist of only having car modes.

 

[Kup]

Oh yeah that's the MP3 label soundwave or whatever the fuck that was part of that line Takara was doing for a while in collaberation with some other company or some shit where they just had expensive transformers that turned into functioning mice and USB sticks. IIRC the Ravage one was bootlegged to shit and there's infamously some nasty fucking malware on the bootlegs. God it doesn't feel like it was way over a decade ago now. Which one of those did you have of the soundwaves? There were like 3 versions IIRC. The normal soundwave and soundblaster variants and then a fully white one. Or was that a different one that had a pure white version? anyways that figure's fucking cool.

Wait wait wait, there’s a Soundwave KO loaded with malware? How did I not know about this? I know every goofy story, the gay sex for a G1 Overlord, Raksha telling off David Kaye, the Asian stripper that inspired Blackarachnia, Willis blowing off the birth of his child for Botcon, some trolls leaving fat porn magazines in front of Optibotimus’s hotel room, Optibotimus giving himself cataracts, Botcon using ancient security and leaking their user’s credit card info, a Jazz having a MAGA tampograph, aforementioned guy confirming that he sucked a cock for a MISB G1 Overlord, I can go on all day. I can’t believe I didn’t know about Malware Soundwave. That’s fucking hilarious.

 

[The Lawgiver]

Wait wait wait, there’s a Soundwave KO loaded with malware? How did I not know about this? I know every goofy story, the gay sex for a G1 Overlord, Raksha telling off David Kaye, the Asian stripper that inspired Blackarachnia, Willis blowing off the birth of his child for Botcon, some trolls leaving fat porn magazines in front of Optibotimus’s hotel room, Optibotimus giving himself cataracts, Botcon using ancient security and leaking their user’s credit card info, a Jazz having a MAGA tampograph, I can go on all day. I can’t believe I didn’t know about Malware Soundwave. That’s fucking hilarious.

it was Ravage, not soundwave. USB stick ravage. I remember there was a bit of coverage in like several places that talked about weird shit like that.

Speaking of goofy fucking weird stories have you seen the shit where like every person in a clique of reviewers suddenly started trying framing some other youtube guy they were somewhat connected to as a pedo for a fucking offhand shitty joke about bees in a skype call? I only found out about that a good number of years after it went down. I think optibotimus was involved as one of the accusers IIRC.

 

[Kup]

it was Ravage, not soundwave. USB stick ravage. I remember there was a bit of coverage in like several places that talked about weird shit like that.

Those places don’t cover that crazy stuff anymore sadly, you make one joke about “doing a favour” for an Overlord and you get a ban.

 

[The Lawgiver]

Those places don’t cover that crazy stuff anymore sadly, you make one joke about “doing a favour” for an Overlord and you get a ban.

This is the hell society has been trapped in the last 5 years. One day the overlord fuckers will be freed and the true consequences will emerge.

 

[Kup]

This is the hell society has been trapped in the last 5 years. One day the overlord fuckers will be freed and the true consequences will emerge.

Yeah, instead of MISB G1 Overlord we’ll all be sucking cock for a Takara LG Overlord or (hopefully) a Legacy Commander Class Overlord.

It really is a shame that the Combiner torsos are gonna clog that size class, obligatory fuck Lenny. That spic ruined the beautiful foundation that John Warden built.

 

[The Doom Slayer]

Well Saber has just under a week left. I think it'll achieve the V-Cannon tier. But there's no fucking way it gets to 20k unless there's a huge amount of international orders that are yet to be added or Hasbro pulls some shenanigans as they were rumored to have done with Unicron.

 

[Kup]

Well Saber has just under a week left. I think it'll achieve the V-Cannon tier. But there's no fucking way it gets to 20k unless there's a huge amount of international orders that are yet to be added or Hasbro pulls some shenanigans as they were rumored to have done with Unicron.

I’ll bet you we reach Tier 3, with the exception of Unicron (who was garbage) we’ve seen meteoric surges last-minute with Haslab. Hidden Tier 4 might be a stretch but I have no doubt.

Plus there’s the last-minute guys who’ve moved money around and want to secure multiples as an investment.

 

[The Doom Slayer]

I’ll bet you we reach Tier 3, with the exception of Unicron (who was garbage) we’ve seen meteoric surges last-minute with Haslab. Hidden Tier 4 might be a stretch but I have no doubt.

Plus there’s the last-minute guys who’ve moved money around and want to secure multiples as an investment.

Unicron did get a surge at the end too, though the way it happened was always pretty suspect.

I've thought from the beginning the amount of backers they were asking for Saber was kinda steep, cuz as much as I love him he's a lot more niche than Unicron.

But he also has the benefit of costing way the fuck less than Unicron did.

 

[The Lawgiver]

I have no clue what in the FUCK is going on with the shattered glass Siege Megatron. I got on today, it was up for preorder again. I put it in my cart. I come back after I took a piss and forgot about the page being open and it says SOLD OUT again, but the thing wasn't removed from my cart like the other sold out listings have been. I go to checkout and checkout worked fine so I have no idea what's going to happen now. Preordering actually worked which makes me wonder if there's some weird broken ass shit going on at Hasbro pulse.

 

[Kup]

How do you guys feel about the MP Trainbots? I don’t think we discussed them.

 

[Bot Muncher]

How do you guys feel about the MP Trainbots? I don’t think we discussed them.

Except for huge backpack, it looks cool. But MPG isn't the same size as the MP right? I don't get Takara's decision.

Edit - The rumor turned out to be false. MPG is the same scale as the MP, apparently.

 

[Kup]

Star Saber is getting the cannon, four and a half more days till the cutoff.

 

[The Doom Slayer]

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How do you guys feel about the MP Trainbots? I don’t think we discussed them.

It's going to cost a shitload of money.

Looks cool, but not really that interested. If they did a Liokaiser however I'd be fucked.

Edit - Also that Takara OP got revealed, and yeah it's just a redeco with a stand, no trailer. Baffling.

Takara Kingdom Ultra Magnus-Into-Optimus Prime Cab Redeco & Tensegrity Stands Stock Images - Transformers News - TFW2005

Thanks to Brian Johnson on Twitter, we now have clearer stock images of Takara's recently-revealed Optimus Prime redeco, which uses the Kingdom Ultra

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[Bot Muncher]

It's going to cost a shitload of money.

It costs 18,000 yen (160 USD), lmao.

Edit - Plus tax, it increases to 19,800 yen (177 USD). Yikes!

 

[The Doom Slayer]

It costs 18,000 yen (160 USD), lmao.

Well if all of them are that price, the whole thing will be $960.

Yeah, I'll pass.

 

[The Doom Slayer]

Well gents, a pretty big leak just happened. We now have our first taste of Legacy...