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

[Anonymus Fluhre]

It Hot Wheels. They are collectable.

 

[The Lawgiver]

It Hot Wheels. They are collectable.

yeah but so are the other Die cast brands but hot wheels standard release stuff like this and those specifically collector based ones usually become easier to get after the first few weeks of showing up. Only one I've never seen physically anywhere is the JA-DA hiss tank and that one showed up in online places eventually.

EDIT: Just checked and saw BBTS has it for 11 dollars. Might not be scalper exclusive, that's nice. Still seems to be upmarked compared to other online places that went out of stock instantly which isn't nice.

 

[Anonymus Fluhre]

Someone has never gone through the Hot Wheels price guide.

My favorite thing to do with it was to fold the wings down and the wheels up and make it into a flying truck. After watching Back To The Future 2 as a kid, any sort of flying car or truck that had wheels that rotated down into some kind of hover pads and had wings pop out the side was the coolest thing imaginable to my tiny brain.






So it goes without saying that I lost every single available molecule of my shit when I entered Toys R Us one day and witnessed these Heavenly Objects lying upon the shelf:



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Forgot to mention a few months back but they have a new trademark for an animated series.

 

[The Lawgiver]

Someone has never gone through the Hot Wheels price guide.

Price guides are a spook you can get them for dirt cheap if you're determined or lucky enough.

Forgot to mention a few months back but they have a new trademark for an animated series.

I wonder if they'll do anything with it or if it'll rot and wither like last time I heard about that.

 

[Anonymus Fluhre]

Hopefully a new 3.25in line and work on new vehicles. Some can easily be used for GIJoe. Rhino for instance can be used for a few of the Semis in the line. Same with Jackhammer, Goliath, Outlaw, and Firecracker. Volcano can used as a decent frame for other vehicles. Iguana can be used for a few smaller Joe ATV's. Slingshot could be used for the Dreadnok van. They can also work on a Classified series for them and put up large vehicles on their KS. Most characters can already use existing bucks but some of the fatter characters would need a new sculpt but luckily they can reuse it for other characters.

 

[Space Police]

The new One toys are gimmick-loaded:

IIRC these don't transform on launch like Bakugan, so that's disappointing.

Bot-Shots are back. I've never had these before, but they look fun.

Of all my reveals today, the Quintesson is my favourite. I usually either love or hate more organic toys, and this is one I love. He has a great alt-mode and I especially like the cube he can hold.

 

[The Lawgiver]

The new One toys are gimmick-loaded:

That one megatron you sent is a blatant headswap repaint of an RiD (the prime sequel not the anime) toy. Still looks a bit better as megatron IMO.

 

[Anonymus Fluhre]

The new One toys are gimmick-loaded:
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IIRC these don't transform on launch like Bakugan, so that's disappointing.


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Bot-Shots are back. I've never had these before, but they look fun.

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Of all my reveals today, the Quintesson is my favourite. I usually either love or hate more organic toys, and this is one I love. He has a great alt-mode and I especially like the cube he can hold.

The Quintesson alt mode looks like something guys who make Dragon Dildo's would make. Complete with a bright tip.

 

[Shockwave]

So, there are Earthspark season 2 news.
In this new season, there will be “evil clones” of those aberrations called Terrans.

Spoiler: Toy leak

Plus there’s this screenshot of probably this season’s antagonist:

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By the looks of it (it’s hideous), it’s probably going to flop. They should have stuck with the Autobots and Decepticons relationship evolution, not some middle school writing trope.

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TFW2005 thread

 

[Raiken]

i got some used toy from facebook market place and i tought, why the hell not? they where both 5 bucks and where the siege optimus and a purple bumblebee movie optimus.

what i did not know is that they are both knock-offs, but the siege one is huge, and the purple optimus is not even ever released in those colors ever.
the plastic is good and are heavy, not to far off from the real ones.

 

[Hammerstein]

The inevitable Cliffjumper retool looks better than their masterpiece.

 

[Valstrax]

I dread the fucking day that my parents (who'll almost watch any slop) try to talk me into watching Transformers ONE.

 

[Starscream's Loyalty]

Preodered Bingotoys Windblade cuz I like sleek designs. Iron Factory Prime series is next on my list. Also nabbed an SS Sludge for 20 bucks cuz the lady selling it was a consoomer and forgot that she needed money for rent. Fucking idiot.

 

[Anonymus Fluhre]

Preodered Bingotoys Windblade cuz I like sleek designs. Iron Factory Prime series is next on my list. Also nabbed an SS Sludge for 20 bucks cuz the lady selling it was a consoomer and forgot that she needed money for rent. Fucking idiot.

i got some used toy from facebook market place and i tought, why the hell not? they where both 5 bucks and where the siege optimus and a purple bumblebee movie optimus.

what i did not know is that they are both knock-offs, but the siege one is huge, and the purple optimus is not even ever released in those colors ever.
the plastic is good and are heavy, not to far off from the real ones.

That's the nice thing about being in a larger area that's more densely populated. More stuff to buy off people desperate to make some money
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New Springer 86 is a nice partial of the older Siege figure. I wish Slipstream would stop being a recolour of Windblade.

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I need a better angle for the axe, otherwise he's perfect. Just what I wanted.
Never mind. Looks good too.

Can't wait to put him with some insecticons.

 

[Starscream's Loyalty]

That's the nice thing about being in a larger area that's more densely populated. More stuff to buy off people desperate to make some money
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New Springer 86 is a nice partial of the older Siege figure. I wish Slipstream would stop being a recolour of Windblade.

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I need a better angle for the axe, otherwise he's perfect. Just what I wanted.
Never mind. Looks good too.
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Can't wait to put him with some insecticons.

Ah, I must be honest though. Without getting TMI, i just live close to a trailer park filled with 41%-ers and methheads. Not densely populated, just retards slowly wasting away in a shitty lot. I wouldn't move to a large city for anything. Sorry if I disappointed.

 

[Anonymus Fluhre]

Ah, I must be honest though. Without getting TMI, i just live close to a trailer park filled with 41%-ers and methheads. Not densely populated, just retards slowly wasting away in a shitty lot. I wouldn't move to a large city for anything. Sorry if I disappointed.

Methheads and poors are good too. Better to sell their shit to you than sell it to pawnshop that will jack up the price not knowing anything.

 

[The Lawgiver]

The inevitable Cliffjumper retool looks better than their masterpiece.

This 86 version of Bumblebee would be better if they didn't make retarded decisions like putting the ankle tilt far above where the ankle is and cutting out a chunk of the arm as if it's to add extra articulation only to st the joint further back so it's now a 90 instead of a little bit more than a 90 degree turn. Reminds me of how they "fixed" Kingdom Arcee with he studio series one by just making the ss86 figure a retool of the thrilling 30 mold but remolding it so it becomes a shellformer like the Kingdom one with the new parts kinda sticking out from the rest of the sculpt with how blocky they were. Still looks like a pretty decent representation of the character with this bumblebee. This new one and the cliffjumper mold that they retooled into a bumblebee are basically just aping off the 1st MP bumblebee figure's design for a much cheaper price, which is great because that's like probably as clean of a conversion we're ever going to see for characters like this.

Speaking of the MP figures, has anyone else noticed the shift the last 8 years or so where generations stuff has started turning into basically what the MP was supposed to be initially? As in "high sculpt detail attempts at fusing the toy and cartoon versions of the G1 designs"? MP line started going into trying to be solely toon accurate which led down some really weird paths like the off model Arcee torso probably based on an animation error, or the massive backpack on the redo of characters like Optimus and bumblebee despite that not being accurate to the show model at all. Generations used to solely be high quality "modernized" takes on g1 guys so you'd have shit like wreck gar as an actual dirt bike or scourge as a concept jet instead of a space boat. As weird as the Galvatron from back then turned out I always really liked it as you can see when I got the used box set one in the early pages of this thread for cheap. Kinda wish some stuff like that came back, and I don't mean the shit they're doing now where they make generic catch all figures to slap character's names and heads onto like the deluxe bike mold they first used for prime Arcee before using it becoming the "g2 bike guy repaint fodder" figure mold.

Rambly I know but I'm really tired today and running on like 2 hours of sleep.

EDIT: That reminds me I found walmart clearance of some of the unreleased g2 figure homages, was going to get all 3 of the ones they had but I didn't because reasons tied to family possibly freaking out over me buying useless shit lmao. RIP my chance of getting the g2 jet guy I wanted for a sane price I guess, but I now have both the dorito jazz and the laser cycle jazz that looks like he's pissed himself due to the yellow gradient on the crotch. As bizarre as these color schemes are they're great IMO and at a discount where they're like 12 dollars? yeah I'm absolutely getting them.

 

[Anonymus Fluhre]

Some decent changes to the mold

Would be nice if they would show off the alt modes.

 

[The Lawgiver]

Some decent changes to the mold
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Would be nice if they would show off the alt modes.

If you go to the product listing page on hasbro pulse it shows the alt mode. Alt modes aren't much different considering it's only a slight retool/redeco bumped up to leader price.

Maybe it's because of the hollow missle accessory that doesn't even come with a model of the cannon they don't advertise in any pics aside from the background showcase?

Also lmao to the hammer blatantly having a designated spot for an autobot logo that isn't printed on. Kingdom Magnus all over again.

 

[Anonymus Fluhre]

If you go to the product listing page on hasbro pulse it shows the alt mode. Alt modes aren't much different considering it's only a slight retool/redeco bumped up to leader price.
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Maybe it's because of the hollow missle accessory that deosn't even come with a model of the cannon they don't advertise in any pics aside from the background showcase?
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Also lmao to the hammer blatantly having a designated spot for an autobot logo that isn't printed on. Kingdom Magnus all over again.

I meant side by side.