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  1. anime52k8
    I think it's less that people don't like them, and more than everyone forgets they even exist.
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    We have how many 3rd party slags now? 20? 30? and yet nobody has made a 3rd party skylynx. Also on the subject of unnecessary combiners and stuff 3rd parties aren't doing; why hasn't anyone thought to make an insecticon combiner?
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    Soundwave superior...
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    BTW, I wonder how many Kotobukiya chain bases I would need to do this desplay with TW devs?
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    I think GT and TW are both going be good devastators and they're both going to be a lot nicer than Hercules or CW Dev. I think the deciding factor should be which one you like the styling of more. For me TW looks the best because it's very G1 toy and Japanese super robot from the 80's styled which I enjoy a lot more than G1 cartoon or modern comic book styles.
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    I'm still going for toyworlds Devastator. like I said, The arm actually works better after I broke it, and it doesn't effect combined mode either way. I think the toyworld constructions look better as a group and make a Way better looking Devastator than any other set. If you mainly collect MPs, Constructor is the way to go IMO.
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    so um... I managed to break Scavenger, and somehow that made the toy better. I had mentioned earlier that the left shoulder was WAY too tight. Well I decided to take it apart to try and loosen the joint, and in the process sheared off the peg that the shoulder pivots on. The thing is when I put the arm back together it works just fine and actually has the perfect amount of tension and feels incredibly smooth. so basically breaking it accomplished exactly what I was trying to do anyways.
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    because everyone wants to reinvent the wheel just to say they can. Also everyone besides TW and hasbro wants to give him such a massive, stylized dozer blade that it's way the hell too big to be his chest in robot mode. What really killed GT's bonecrusher for me though was his legs. him and GT's scavenger have the worst interpretations of the Tread leg motif of any constructicon set I've seen.
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    Apollyon is a wholly original character Created by Xtransbots who is in no way, shape or form related to any character or characters created and owned by Hasbro Inc.
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    Macross figures

    anime52k8 replied to CF18's topic in Toys

    because she is.
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    Can I just say that I'm liking TFC's Next level minimalist Teaser images more than their actual combiners.
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    I kind of stopped buying main line figures so nothing too recent but: Scrapper seems closer to large voyager size while Scavenger is more MP scaled to me. the way I see it, Generation toys is trying to make an IDW style Devastator and he's going to be a good fit if you want a bigger, more luxurious alternative to CW devastator. Toyworld is trying to make an MP Devastator based on the Studio OX version of the character.
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    Yep, Toyworld and Generation Toys are using very different shades for their purples. in person TW is a slightly blue violet color while GT is using a more Magenta color. it's less obvious in some pictures but they also have slightly different shades of green as well; GT's being slightly more yellow.
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    From two different independent companies who produce 100% original robots that don't in any way infringe on any major companies existing IPs; I present to you: Variable wheel loader and dude who is totally not Scavenger. VF-0S for scale
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    I got my first ever Independently produced original Transforming robot toysTM. so here they are; (Not)Scavenger and (Not)Scrapper: First I want to say that I like both toys a lot and I think Scrapper is a good toy overall. Going into this based on reviews, I expected Scrapper to be a bit better and was concerned about QC issues with Scavenger, but in hand I think Scavenger is a better package overall. Scrapper does look nice; he has a good looking vehicle mode and I'm in love with his robot mode. He's just a chunky, adorable brute of a robot. I find he does have some parts fit and tolerance problems though. in robot mode his legs don't quite peg together correctly; The shin is a panel that folds over and is supposed to peg into a block at the bottom of the leg, but that block is two pieces on a hing with the peg hole divided in half between the two pieces and it just does not work. In Vehicle mode he looks good but he doesn't quite come together 100%. He's solid but there are a number of places where parts don't quite tab together securely or evenly. Also, you have to store his gun on him because that's all that keeps his feet together and prevents him from folding in half while in vehicle mode. The single worst thing about Scrapper is that they did a crap job of putting him in his box and even though he's surrounded by foam they managed to bend a bunch of the teeth on his loader shovel. One odd (but nice) think about scrapper is that the bottoms of his feet have big rubber inserts that are totally necessary, but give the toy a really nice feel when you put him down on a hard surface. For me the real winner was Scravenger. He's packaged a lot nicer, his vehicle mode does a lot more, he's overall more solid and his robot mode has a few little things that make me like it better as a toy. Scavenger's big win is that he actually does everything you'd want a toy excavator to do when he's in vehicle mode. The treads work, cab section rotates correctly, and the shovel arm is fully articulated with working pistons. he's actually fun to play with as a vehicle which is something I find kind of rare with transformers. going to robot mode everything comes together nicely and he feels super sturdy and solid. His sculpt actually looks really good, and he has by far the best looking tread legs of any Scavenger toy my only real problems with him is that his shoulders are kind of scary tight and his shovel arm just hangs off his ass in a really inelegant way (but that's more of a fault of the G1 design anyways so I can let it go). So comparing limb modes with this two is kind of unfair since Scavenger does almost nothing and yet becomes this amazing robot arm, while Scrapper has a decently involved transformation to get a just ok foot. Scavenger becoming an arm is 90% just plugging a complete forearm and elbow onto the front of his vehicle mode and that big hunk of arm has nothing to do when you're not using Scavenger as a limb. but by having most of the arm be a plug on piece, they were able to work in some really awesome gimmicks that will make Toyworld's devastator stand out against all the other Devastators. Scrapper has an ankle tilt and an articulated knee-pad. and just to give you an idea of just how big these guys are: tl;dr, Scrapper is a cool toy with some problems; Scavenger is an impressive toy even compared to high end Japanese collectable robots.
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    Macross figures

    anime52k8 replied to CF18's topic in Toys

    there's also the best girl: http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail?scode=GOODS-00081776
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    looks ugly. Elon Musk is still an a-hole.
  18. anime52k8
    This looks good: https://www.sideshowtoy.com/collectibles/titanfall-m-cor-ogre-threezero-902691/
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    I have no idea what I'm looking at but that's awesome and I need it in hi res.
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    I think I'll get the Tiny Rex when I get around to ordering the rest of ToyWorld's Devastator. I wanna try the one part I've ordered out before I decide how much money to throw at them. (Friday! )
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    well yeah, that goes without saying.
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    Maybe once it's all shiny and chrome I'll like Grinder more. of course, Fans Toys seem to be the only company interested in doing G2 color dinobots, so I may just end up getting Grinder in the end because it'll be the only way to get the blue Grimlock I really want.
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    I want to like grinder, I really do, but I just can't get past his weird looking barrel chest. seriously, that looks awful. what the frakk is even going on with that? What really pisses me off about it though is that as I was doing some more searching, I found out that this was their original design for him: That looks so much better in every way. But no, we get shitty barrel chest because 'fans' cried GEEEWUNNN!!! seriously, I hate transformers fans sometimes.
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    Hey, does anyone have any thoughts on 3rd Party Grimlocks? My understanding is the options for a large-ish grimlock figure are: Planet X Vulcan Gcreation Wrath Fans Toys Grinder ToyWorld Grimshell FansProject Servo Of those, Vulcan is WFC styled which I don't care for. Wrath looks like crap and seems massively compromised to be a combiner torso which is something I'm never going to do with it. Grinder is a masterpiece style figure and while it looks better than the current MP, it's seems kind of chubby and he's the most expensive. Grimshell looks really good but I feel like you're paying for combiner mode parts that I'm never gonna use. And Servo is a fansProject toy which sort of speaks for itself. Anything I'm forgetting? Any recommendations?
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    don't know about this time but on the first release it was cheaper to buy though bbts than any Japanese site. it was also easier to get replacement parts through them when I got a defective part in mine.
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