Silverstreak

Put them on. Or use Reprolabels' version. G2 Sideswipe MUST have neon green stickers all over.

For the toy line, yes. But if your only experience with G2 characters was defined by the Marvel comic book (which was my case) then he didn't have any neon green. What he had was big guns, spiked tires on his shoulders, and an exaggerated sneer... things that the MP has that the G1 toy didn't. Ergo, he's the comic version, and neon green stickers are no longer accurate.

I back mikeszekely. Marvel comic G2 Sideswipe is where it's at.

Review of MakeToys Vulcan and Guardia:

I'm not agreeing with Bobby Skullfaces assessment of the 3rd party scene. While it might be true that Masterpiece alike toys are selling better than other stuff I think the reimagening of Transformers characters like Guardia is what they should do. The Masterpiece craze might be over someday so I think going the route of own design would lead to a more stable and loyal customer base.

Sadly I think I'm in the minority here.

Haven't watched the reviews, but I agree with you. The thing I liked about Classics back in the day is that it was, mostly, reimagined Tramsformers. The alt modes were different, the bot modes varied from G1 and gave us some great figures. Now it seems like the main goal is to be as G1 as possible and anything outside that box is almost unanimously panned.

I love G1. I like that that is where the Masterpiece line is going. But chug I prefer to be a modern take just keeping a few design cues to enable us to recognise the character. It's 2016. Stop making Soundwave and Blaster Cassette players! TF: Prime did a good job with Soundwave there.

Wasn't Optimal Optimus already show accurate?

I think the show at that point was taking great pains to be as toy-accurate as possible, so probably....Looking at toy pics, less obvious screwholes and plastic voids would be nice. And more articulation.

He's fairly accurate, but a lot of compromises were made for the light/sound gimmick. His chest cannons aren't retractable and the battery pack means he has a huge ungainly backpack in bot mode which means from any angle other than directly front on, he looks dumb.

His gorilla mode is excellent though and the jet mode is ok. Tank mode suffers the most overall.

That was awesome.

And Megatron was the same size as both of them, despite being a tyrannosaurus.

Yeah, Megatron scanned a baby T-Rex

Tigatron was shown in the show as being bigger than Cheetor. I'm not saying that it won't happen, just that I'll be a bit disappointed if it is just a straight repaint with a new head. If they upsize it a bit, I'll be happy.

What I really want though is a Masterpiece Optimal Optimus. Bring that on already!

I'm pretty sure it's glued in place because I've tried to twist it and couldn't get it to budge.

I thought I read on TFW that it was pegged on.

Tigertron repaint. With this the updated original Axalon crew will be complete. Dinobot was not original. He joined episode 2.

Man I wish the original ARK crew (MP) was complete....

Tigatron and Cheetor are different animals.

This is like the whole MP Sunstreaker thing all over again with all the people going "Why haven't we got MP Sunstreaker yet? All they have to do is repaint Sideswipe yellow and do a new head!"

Tigatron is a lot bigger than Cheetor. Cheetor is a cheetah. Tigatron is a tiger.

So, question: will there be scenes of him climbing up various objects and walls when he doesn't actually mean to?

Or will he jump in random directions to his death from extremely high objects?

I really like Metalstorm. He invokes the same feelings I had for G1 Scattershot.

Yup, that team's looking awesome again. Too many pics to post them all, go here: http://news.tfw2005.com/2016/05/11/tfc-toys-bigbite-skalor-final-product-images-315351

Teaser:


(yes, clear plastic sucks, structurally, and I just had my MP Wheeljack's clear wing hinge snap---but darn if it doesn't seem appropriate for sea-life)

This also pretty much cements my decision to pass on Guardia, for now. 6 bots this size will be my most expensive combiner ever by far. (plus I gotta budget for a VF-31, Super Parts, and maybe even an Sv-262). One big combiner is about my yearly limit. (and I am a *huge* Piranacon fan, so he is the #1 priority)

Also---you know, their Skalor has a really good headsculpt. TFC has definitely upped their game a lot recently, with Liokaiser and Piranacon. They look like 2 generations better than Uranos and NotPredaking...

My biggest issues with TFC have always been their colour choices/paint apps and their plastic finish. Paint apps/colours seems to have improved but I'm not sure about the plastic finish. I had Perseus and Uranos and the way they finsih their plastic was, to me, very cheap. It always reminded me of those cheap dollar store toys.

I haven't bought a 3rd party combiner since Feral Rex. But I am watching their Piranacon closely.

Sometimes I forget just how stupid Devastator's animation model actually looked.

And keep in mind that people want that in Masterpiece form

Looks pretty cool. The let down as always with these games will be the token single player campaign.

I care not for multiplayer.

Thanks Mechaninac

How does that work? Am I able to cancel? I've already had my original order cancelled by an online retailer here in Australia. I didn't chase it then because the money could be put to better use. No keen to have it happen again

Is anywhere still selling the 0S for a decent price?

Super Sad face

One of the Takara reps has said there is a prototype of the MP Constructicons and a 3D printed Bruticus in thier office.

They just don't know how to release it.

Where was this?

I agree with David, Feral Rex is my favourite. I have zero regrets about dropping the money on him. He's got a few flaws, but overall I think it's the best 3P combiner we've got to date. And when you can pull off poses like these, you can't lose

I know that an oversize KO of Feral Rex has just been released. Some people on a local FB group got it and said the combined mode quality is pretty poor. They weren't impressed.

Ares I have read has some stability issues. I was actually reading earlier today on TFW someone complaining about really weak hip ratchets in Ares making posing quite difficult. That plus the colours look gaudy to me (typical TFC) and they made some (imo) bad aesthetic choices.

Warlord looks great from what I have seen. A very cool update of Predaking but as David said, the individual modes might be lacking and the massive amount of kibble may bother some. I'd suggest some YouTube reviews.

^Lol.

Good to see the rubber ducky made an appearance

Just paid for mine on AmiAmi. It and a figma $465 shipped.

And thus my last Yamato ever is paid for.

Crap. My desire to own an 0S is dropping by the minute.

30% is great! But it's still $278 (AUD) according to the HLJ built in currency exchange rate. Tempting but still not tempting enough.

Just can't get out of my head how our dollar has dropped so much compared to the USD in such a short amount of time.

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It's probably the same for the YEN against the USD though. So chances are, this would still have stung in the AUD heyday.

That graph makes me sad

Maybe there's a YF-21 about to be put next to it....

Well, considering I just tracked down and bought a Yamato 21, you're most likely on the money.

VF-0S from MR. K Twitter

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haha mr K is trolling us with a non bum hip

It took a personal trip to factory to find a good one...

It is indeed smaller than the 1/60 VF-1. The head itself kinda aligns by VF-1's chest.

My post from Orguss thread:

SIZE COMPARISON with Yamato’s VF-1S v2 and Arcadia’s YF-19

Hey wow! Your Arcadia 19 can stand unassisted!

Had some time to play with Soundwave tonight. I absolutely love the cassettes. They are just perfect. This whole MP set rocks!

While the MP line is a fantastic thing and it's cool you're this enthusiastic, keep in mind that Soundwave is a high point in the line, especially with the cassettes. Not every release is as good as that. It's a great line, but some are better than others.

Most impressive.

How do you think the ARMDs will hold up? Like you mentioned earlier, there's not a lot of mass connecting them to the SDF