Tober Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 A friend of mine showed me this interesting and simple custom for a Classics Cliffjumper. I'll have some pictures up at some point on mine when I get it done, but this is as I said, interesting. I remember someone on ebay was selling upgrade parts, new head, some car body moldings and I think a BFG. I wanted it, but I think the price was a hundred bucks or some BS....it was probably back in november or december. Sounds a bit like this one. But it hasn't been released yet. They are from the same group as the afore mentioned Starscream add-on parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha OTS Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 DH was asking about the amount of chrome/silver on the new movie Prime with the sword hand. Here's a pic from a post on the allspark: http://www.fantofan.jp/news/event/toyforum2008/DSC00054.JPG Looks like a fair amount of chrome, except for the smokestacks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hingtgen Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 *Japanese* Premium Prime has tons of chrome. US version has none, and only small amounts of silver paint. I'll be getting a JP one. As for Trypticon: In addition to removing or losing EVERY accessory and piece except the chest-car (he can't do city mode, or battle mode, since he has no towers, no ramps, no radars, and no guns), they retooled his head. He's got a big horn. And bad paint like a Jurassic Park toy reject. http://www.tfw2005.com/gallery/showphoto.p...00/ppuser/39565 IIRC, lost his mouth guns, too. (They're not technically an acessory/piece, but they are removable). Should still have his heli-pads, as they can only be removed by breaking them off. (Trypticon is a way better city than Metroplex IMHO--Metroplex sucked) PS---hmmn, Omega Supreme's commanding a higher price than MP Megatron. Maybe I should go with Megs instead. I mean, OS is big and cool, but I did already own him many years ago. Never had Megs. But OS has one of the most fun alt-modes in TF history. He's like a combination toy train and battle-tank. Random fact: of all the childhood pictures of me with TF's, Trypticon is the most-photographed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shin Densetsu Kai 7.0 Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Looks like trans scanning has a US designed box as well as voyager sized. Wouldn't be surprised if it came here. I would buy them. BTW just got the ARC-170 SWTF. Looks great in both modes but robot mode is dissapointing due to the flimsy shoulders, and easily detachable thighs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fit For Natalie Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 I don't care what David says - I think the Prime truck is beautiful, and I regret the fact that nobody at Botcon 2007 had the presence of mind to get Peter Cullen to sit inside it for photographs. G1 Ironhide and Ratchet sucked the first time around. Why release those horrible versions? As sh002 said, Takara are doing releases according to their movie counterparts, so Prime, Megatron, Starscream, Ratchet, Ironhide, Bumblebee and Soundwave (one of Blackout's initial names was Soundwave). Sky Lynx and Omega Supreme are 'special' reissues as they've never been released there under the Transformers brand. AwwwwwwwwwW so whats this paying ex amount for the Takara SS with NO crown and cape??? Why is it so much more expensive? >_< Upgrade set... so will it be available to us? Who will sell it? It look SO AWESOME! Agree, needs the smirk face. It's fan-made. Not official. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hingtgen Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 ??????????????? FFN---your comment [seems to indicate/is in response to] a derogatory remark about the real-life truck at some point. I don't recall making one, and certainly not recently. (maybe I did, it's been a while since it was first revealed) And what brought up that point in the first place? Nobody's talked about the movie truck's actual design in months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindenathus Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 (edited) Is that SS missing something? Is it the "hips"? I part of the intake assembly, correct? Do those come off normally? The one beside Omega Supreme is the Japanese version of the Classics Starscream. maybe you guys can help? i'm having a hard time getting the airbrake part(don't know what to really call it) on my MP SS to sit flush in fighter mode. anyone know how to fix this? or if its even fixable? thanks in advance! Check the pin that runs through the chest/shoulder/intake if it is bent or mis-aligned then there little than can be done. This sort of flaw is from the factory and it very, very hard to fix on this toy as the pin is very long and goes through like ten points of contact in the toy's upper torso. Edited January 17, 2008 by Chindenathus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB0 Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Is that SS missing something? Is it the "hips"? I part of the intake assembly, correct? Do those come off normally? Yes. That was the solution to everyone's whining about the hip danglers. They put balls on the hip AND the ankle so you could mount them in either place... or set them aside totally if you're so inclined. And if you're feeling daring, you can cut off the unwanted mounting points to get rid of the extra balls. In this case, it looks like they sliced off BOTH sets of mounting points in favor of aesthetics. Looks pretty good that way, but you wind up with loose parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeszekely Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Yes. That was the solution to everyone's whining about the hip danglers. They put balls on the hip AND the ankle so you could mount them in either place... or set them aside totally if you're so inclined. And if you're feeling daring, you can cut off the unwanted mounting points to get rid of the extra balls. In this case, it looks like they sliced off BOTH sets of mounting points in favor of aesthetics. Looks pretty good that way, but you wind up with loose parts. Except the SS in the pic with Omega Supreme is Japanese Classics Starscream, not G1-colored MP-03. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
promethuem5 Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 (edited) (Trypticon is a way better city than Metroplex IMHO--Metroplex sucked) Get bent , 'Plex is the best city TF and one of my favorite G1 toys of all time Finally got myself a G1 HotRod... and managed to score a gorgeous condition G1 Grimlock the other day... Also received the movie line Legends 2-pack with G1 colors Ratchet and Brawl, and I must admit... I've been boycotting movie toys, and these were a gift, but I was pleasantly surprised that they are kinda fun little figs... Ratchet looks decent in the right colors, and Brawl is a surprisingly neat little fig... altho I'm def. gonna repaint him to be all detailed and dirtied up. Edited January 17, 2008 by promethuem5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB0 Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Except the SS in the pic with Omega Supreme is Japanese Classics Starscream, not G1-colored MP-03. I thought he meant the Coronation Starscream pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hikuro Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Sounds a bit like this one. But it hasn't been released yet. They are from the same group as the afore mentioned Starscream add-on parts. Yep that's the sucker. I really wanted to get it but there was just no way I was paying so much for just some add on parts. I got a friend of mine doing the cliffjumper mod that I showed. He's done it to like 3 or 4 already and will take what's left of the waverider and turn it into like a dual pistol or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeszekely Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 I thought he meant the Coronation Starscream pics. Oh, if that's the case then don't mind me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chowyunskinny Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 (Trypticon is a way better city than Metroplex IMHO--Metroplex sucked) Get bent , 'Plex is the best city TF and one of my favorite G1 toys of all time I see your Trypticon and Metroplex and raise you a Fortress Maximus Never had the chance to own Fortress, but I have Brave Maximus from the Car Robot/Rid series. Small toddler sized Robot Mode FTW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hingtgen Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Fort Max is BIG, but a fairly simple transformation considering its size. No Supreme Cheetor, but for that kind of money, I expect more than that. (Honestly, Trypticon's pretty simple too, it's mainly adding on 50 extra bits in the right places---he's worse than a seeker in that regard). I will give Fort Max points for having a good city mode. But he doesn't walk, nor have any light-up parts! Nice gimmicks though, and they don't seem to detract from anything. Never had Scorponok. Does he "do" anything? I think he's a little smaller than Trypticon, too. Trypticon=one of the best TF's ever. I never owned Metroplex, but I've seen it and played with it a bit. Meh. Also--Trypticon in full city mode with Motormaster and Onslaught attached is certainly the widest TF by far. PS--with all of Deltastar's "extra" Reprolabels---how come none for Motormaster's launch/base mode? Could really use some there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chowyunskinny Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 (edited) Ok, I concede. I guess you Do need a walking feature in order to turn tail and run from the Awesomeness of the Master Sword :lol: Even the Chaos Bringer is just barely tall enough to kiss the Pinky Ring of Maximus Edited January 17, 2008 by chowyunskinny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hingtgen Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Lean mean grilling machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB0 Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Lean mean grilling machine. I'd so buy a George Foreman Grill Transformer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeszekely Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Fort Max is BIG, but a fairly simple transformation considering its size. No Supreme Cheetor, but for that kind of money, I expect more than that. (Honestly, Trypticon's pretty simple too, it's mainly adding on 50 extra bits in the right places---he's worse than a seeker in that regard). I will give Fort Max points for having a good city mode. But he doesn't walk, nor have any light-up parts! Nice gimmicks though, and they don't seem to detract from anything. Never had Scorponok. Does he "do" anything? I think he's a little smaller than Trypticon, too. Trypticon=one of the best TF's ever. I never owned Metroplex, but I've seen it and played with it a bit. Meh. Also--Trypticon in full city mode with Motormaster and Onslaught attached is certainly the widest TF by far. PS--with all of Deltastar's "extra" Reprolabels---how come none for Motormaster's launch/base mode? Could really use some there. I owned Tryppy, Metroplex, and Scorponok (oh how I wish I knew whatever became of them!). I'll tell you this much, I remember Metroplex being a little fragile compared to Trypticon, and between the two, Trypticon was by far the favorite. But Scorponok was really good too. He didn't have any electronics gimmicks, and his city mode wasn't the hottest, but he was great in both scorpion mode and robot mode. Considering that we were happy if a Transformer's arms moved up and down at the shoulder back then, Scorponok had excellent poseability in his arms. I'd be really hard pressed to say which was actually better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eriku Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 I'd so buy a George Foreman Grill Transformer. It's ideas like that that would bring me back to Transformers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
do not disturb Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Check the pin that runs through the chest/shoulder/intake if it is bent or mis-aligned then there little than can be done. This sort of flaw is from the factory and it very, very hard to fix on this toy as the pin is very long and goes through like ten points of contact in the toy's upper torso. thanks for your help. i'll check it out, hopefully i'll be able to fix it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
promethuem5 Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Before you go crazy looking for a warped pin, it can also just be that the air-break mount is a tad too long... some people have had success in sanding down the leading edge a little at a time until it fit right in there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindenathus Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Before you go crazy looking for a warped pin, it can also just be that the air-break mount is a tad too long... some people have had success in sanding down the leading edge a little at a time until it fit right in there... He's probably correct. I for some reason was thinking you were talking about the intake ducts. Just take your time and inspect the part and it's neighbors carfully and adjust what you need with something in the ballpark of 500 grit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fit For Natalie Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 ??????????????? FFN---your comment [seems to indicate/is in response to] a derogatory remark about the real-life truck at some point. I don't recall making one, and certainly not recently. (maybe I did, it's been a while since it was first revealed) And what brought up that point in the first place? Nobody's talked about the movie truck's actual design in months. It was sort of in response to your chrome comment above, and I was talking to somebody about the truck at Botcon and it hit me, and I recall you said in one of the earlier TF threads that the truck would be (in real life) considered ricery and ridiculous. I personally think it's beautiful, the deep metallic reds and blues on the back half, the way the hood fades from gold to orange to red, and all of that polished chrome. I normally hate ricer type paint jobs, but this is (so far) the only one I endorse. Judging by First Strike Optimus Prime, the truck looks kind of boring in G1 Prime type colours. I've not imported TFs from Japan in over a year, but IF TakaraTomy's Premium Prime has chrome, I gotta get it. I must. Sorry if my comment seemed weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hingtgen Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Oh, well, honestly I have to say, the overall design IS the truck equivalent of ricey, or at the very least "very unusual". Sorry if it was mis-interpreted as saying it's ugly or that I hated it. I don't LIKE it, but it's not awful. It's just "obviously a generic design from some Hollywood guy with no sense of truck paint/design/history". It may even look nice. It's just, "not what any real trucker would ever do". I guess my main complaint is really "it's not very realistic, especially not a good "disguise" for a robot trying to blend in". Since it's so very atypical. (you know I like realistic vehicle modes above all else) But I said that many months ago, and haven't said anything more since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fit For Natalie Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 I worded it badly and out of the blue, then, sorry. I mentioned you specifically because you're the truck guy here, and you've probably commented more upon it (even if it was in the distant past) than anybody else because you have experience with the real trucks. I consider whomever owned the truck Prime scanned in the movie fiction probably didn't use it for hauling stuff. It looks like one of those ridiculously decked-out trucks you see at shows with dragons or eagles on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GobotFool Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 From what I can see from the pictures it looks like most of the chrome is just on the truck parts. Are the robot parts going to be just dull grey plastic on the takara version? I was really hoping for chromed leg and arm parts despite the fact that the chrome would probably wear off if I transformed it alot, but hey thats what me cheaper takara version is for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hingtgen Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Yeah, looks to me to be chrome truck parts, grey robot parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vermillion21 Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 FYI: more TF repaints, this time from the TF Cybertron line. And I believe these will be store exclusives to Toys R Us. http://tformers.com/article.php?sid=8868 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hingtgen Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Red(pink) and gold Movie Starscream's out: http://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/109366097 Rare Japanese HD-DVD offer or something. Good luck getting one. Though it'd go well with a Nora... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal_Massacre_79 Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 Is that the Breast Cancer Awareness version of SS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hikuro Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 Dunno if you guys would be interested (since the BW Prequel in my opinion was a bust) but TFCog has released the first episode of The Warwithin HIGH RES 300MB MED RES 87MB LO RES 57MB It's about 15 minutes for the first episode, course this is a fan animated project using the panels of the comic book, I think there were maybe 2 or 3 areas areas that were actually hand drawn but I can't recall specifically there. Plus yours truely was Umbra and Assassin and Prowl so it's worth taking a look at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UN Spacy Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 The NEXT Masterpiece is... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperHobo Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 The NEXT Masterpiece is... OH GOD PLEASE LET IT BE TRUE. A MASTERPIECE GRIMLOCK IS DOWN RIGHT WORTH DROOLING OVER!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Hunter D Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 Grimlock...?....!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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