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Requiem Prime
I got their Gyarados during one of my brick kicks. He's cool, but the jaw doesn't move. Rather than hunt through the brick-verse for the right parts I cut a few parts to articulate the mouth. I'm sure there's some dumb acronym the hardcores use to shame people who care. Where was I?
Right, right Scyther looks sweet and ASSUMING I can manage to get him without falling down that rabbit hole I'll track him down.
Cax6ton
I had the exact reaction Seth did to MP18+: that head was a step backward, the original had a much better look overall and it was closer to what I "remember" from the cartoon. Yeah, I'm sure there are going to be screencaps that show how 18+ is just dead on to some microsecond scene, and they're welcome to it, but I thought the original MP 17 and 18 heads were some of the best ones Takara ever made. I look at all 3 versions I have of MP18 and think that there's no way the 18+ is better than that. He just looks like a meathead compared to the original.
InhumanElm
I really don't know what this says about me, but when I got mine and installed all 13 Primes, my only thought was "Yes…Yes, this is what I deserve."
Requiem Prime
I just got my throne of primes Optimal and once I fixed a heap of weak joints, he is excellent. Also I highly recommend the DNA kit.
Concerning the throne itself, I was already not thrilled with the packaging material and was further displeased by it literally being the inner packaging (with locking ties strung through it and tabs to the outer box). I extracted the wheel and ditched the rest. Would I buy a plastic version of what we got, say made of plates snapped together? Yes, but if we're going to make this a thing let's have some fun with it.
First off, if you're gonna do the throne, make it a closed box so you can store all Optimal's stuff, and maybe replace the 4th wall contest reference with something else like major faction symbols. I'd also be down for a display base with just the wheel on a pedestal instead of a throne. Or make the wheel as a big base with separate pedestals for each prime around it tilted inward. It'd be pricey and very select audience. If I didn't know for a fact I'm terrible at such things I'd just make one for myself.
Chaos Muffin
I think its time for Titan class to start turning into coffee tables and storage alt modes.
No room on the shelf anymore, but if Scorp has a chair mode then I can toss the love seat to make new space. Lololoolllooololllloool
Seth Buzzard
This is an old fight but there are cabovers with large sleepers that would offer plenty of mass. That explanation always felt more like an excuse to me. If they really wanted to there are options they could have gone with. http://www.grainfarmer.com/imageJMJ.JPG or if you really need mass https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ef/4f/7d/ef4f7dc877f2af08abbdb86d3a2146a4.jpg
I think it's more that they really really wanted to paint sick ass hotrod flames on it.
InhumanElm
I guess I misunderstood because I didn't catch that you were also talking about the ankle tilts. Yes, those would make a huge difference. And the whole hip issue with Trypticon really left a sour taste in my mouth (even though I do enjoy it). That one's on me. The Legally Blonde thing isn't really a problem, it's just that…I have a hard time translating the level of articulation (if such a thing can be quantified) to a human-shaped body.
InhumanElm
No kidding! I just moved from my parents' house to an apartment and suddenly space has become a major issue. Seth mentioned cutting back due to money but I've had to cut back do to space issues. I'll find a way to make room for Omega Supreme (because I love the character) but I just want ALL the toys
Vangelus
I meant there being joints in the legs
(I fixed the chest, don't have an Australian one, and haven't had that problem relevant to the film Legally Blonde)
Wreckgar
I'm with Seth on the giant figures. I have Predaking, because he's Predaking. But I cannot justify space for all these figures. Trypticon takes up so much space on the shelf that it's impossible to think of having him, Fort max, Metroplex, Omega, and possibly Scorpinok all lined up and have room for more stuff. Don't get me wrong, they look awesome but I only have so much space.
InhumanElm
Hoooooold up. Did @Vangelus just say that Titans Return TRYPTICON was the thing that has him excited for Siege Omega Supreme? Trypticon, as in, the toy whose hips imploded in the Australian copies. The toy whose chest falls open if you look at it too hard. The toy whose most dynamic leg poses involve him bending over, then snapping back up like he's in Legally Blonde? I'm hyped as hell about Omega Supreme, but Trypticon is the LAST thing that I'd look to for assurance it'll be good.
Slayershoop
To be entirely pedantic, Mirage's front wing is at a good angle for down force and for flow manipulation, the fact that it is wider at the base than at the edge means it in washes the air quite a bit which would only be kinda okay if he had the complicated barge boards and nose S ducts that a modern F1 car. A good way to look at front wings is the 2019 cars, especially the Alfa Romeo, with the much simpler and easy to suss out how they work elements. He has no barge boards or front wing end plates so his front down force is negligible at best. This is in stark contrast with his rear wing which has far too much surface area and parasite drag and will only serve to lift him off the ground with any speed above stopped. He also has no sidepods for cooling his theoretical internals, that upper air scoop/roll hoop is not enough. But he's an alien open wheel car so who cares XD. Thus ends my incredibly long rant on why I don't like that Mirage….also his chest is too wide.
onslaught714
In their slight defense, in regards to movie 1 optimus, they didn't make him a cab-over truck, because they wanted to avoid too much mass shifting, and so they had to have optimus be a long nose truck to have him be the height they wanted. Not because it'd "look ridiculous".
Destron Supreme
Man, now you got that Skid-z idea into my head. Now I want it, and I am almost positive it will never happen. Thanks Saban.
Destron Supreme
Not to break the rules here, but that certain anime that shall not be named here did give us a MP-10 repaint that was pretty sick. For some reason, I kinda dug Optimus Prime in Joker colors.
Prime135
So here’s my take on the whole “I need it to transform even if it’ll be in robot mode forever” thing. We like our action figures, transforming or otherwise, to be able to reproduce what the character does in their respective media right? Even if it’s just a signature pose or weapon that we never interact with on a regular basis, we want the figure to be able to do it. Well, a transformation is like half of what a character does. It’s like the expensive version of wanting your gundam to have all its accessories so you can technically display it doing anything that it should have the ablility to do as a gundam…even if you leave everything but the beam swords in the box and never touch them.
This is of course a bit of conjecture on my part, as I transform my figures at least semi-regularly
Slayershoop
I'M PULLING OUT THE SLIDES
Purple Heart
The films change some things, and I like them a lot, but they feel lacking in certain aspects that I feel were highlights in series. I highly anticipate the fourth one coming out next year.
Vangelus
legit my intention is to check out the films after the series, to make up for how I watched End of Eva without any context
Purple Heart
It is safe only to the Tardigrades.