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Post by Valo Sweet 666 on Mar 24, 2019 23:34:53 GMT -5
Well, it was nice being all caught up for a whole week Siege has you pulled back in? Thought you shying away from bots.
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Post by triumshockwave on Mar 25, 2019 13:35:44 GMT -5
I'm all in on the Micromasters. They were like my favorite thing as a kid. You could have a lot of them easily so you could have big battles. They had their own vehicles and bases, which add play value to any toys. And they transform quickly, so you don't have to really pause what you're doing. I've frequently considered trying to make an attempt at a complete collection of G1 MicroMasters and accessories.
The Decepticon cars thing is annoying, but the original Micromasters were full of repaints too. Can't hate on them too much I guess.
I can also now confirm that you can fit both Laserbeak and Ravage into the chest compartment of TR Soundwave simultaneously. So fuck Siege Soundwave.
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Post by machsabre on Mar 25, 2019 22:57:25 GMT -5
Am I the only one who never bothered to upgrade from the Fall of Cybertron Soundwave?
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Post by Valo Sweet 666 on Mar 26, 2019 0:05:08 GMT -5
Am I the only one who never bothered to upgrade from the Fall of Cybertron Soundwave? I kept my deluxe, but sold the Voyager with the awkward disc bots.
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Post by triumshockwave on Mar 26, 2019 11:47:03 GMT -5
Gonna be honest... I don't entirely hate the combo weapons. When I was a kid, I would've loved this play pattern.
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Post by machsabre on Mar 26, 2019 12:25:48 GMT -5
The weapon combos are fun, I cannot deny that. My problem is that... I just find the whole franchise's direction a bit unappealing. It's like the current IDW comic: A reboot no one asked for.
Cyberverse the show is fun but other than the Shockwave toy, the toys are abysmal and an insult. (Though I have some hopes for the spark armor toys.) Rescue Bots Academy may be good... may not be good... I can't tell you because it's on a channel that I don't get. Siege... I've never been fond of "spacecars and spacetanks", they're releasing characters, many of who recently had decent toys made... That's not even mentioning the aesthetic of them. (Though the few I have, they are of decent quality.) The upcoming WfC cartoon... Has a lot of potential to be awesome, but the writing team behind it seems to be wanting to follow in the Prime Wars Trilogy's footsteps. The Nu-IDW comics so far seem... Okay. Just... Okay. It makes no sense to my why they rebooted the universe. It feels like DC's Nu-52. No one asked for it, but a bunch of assholes at TFW2005 who break into hives screaming about forced diversity and "SJW agendas" whenever WIndblade name is uttered. The Studio Series is essentially the Star Wars Black toys, and sometimes they're better than the original toys that came out... And sometimes they're not. The Bumblebee toys... Well, the 1-step Energon charger toys are actually kinda fun, but... That's about it.
I'll still buy the comic and a few toys here and there... But I think I'm gonna do what I did in Armada and take a break from the franchise for a bit.
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Post by Deinonychus on Mar 26, 2019 17:37:32 GMT -5
Am I the only one who never bothered to upgrade from the Fall of Cybertron Soundwave? I kept my deluxe, but sold the Voyager with the awkward disc bots. Well...considering that the last Soundwave I bought (And subsequently sold) was Cybertron Soundwave, I think I was due for an upgrade
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Post by triumshockwave on Mar 26, 2019 17:45:15 GMT -5
Siege... I've never been fond of "spacecars and spacetanks", they're releasing characters, many of who recently had decent toys made... That's not even mentioning the aesthetic of them. (Though the few I have, they are of decent quality.)
Shockwave is the only Siege toy I've bought that isn't a Micromaster. He basically doubles down on what the Legend-class figure did with him being a space battlecruiser that resembles the classic space gun. And since he never had an Earth mode, that's perfectly fine.
But mostly I'm with you. I'm not interested in pyramid jet Seekers or space cars or whatever the great holy fuck Soundwave is supposed to be. And I have almost no idea what's going on in the fiction lately, I just buy toys here and there as they interest me.
Honestly the biggest qualifier for me to buy a TF now is whether it's good to fiddle with while I'm working.
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Post by Matrix Dragon on Mar 29, 2019 20:00:02 GMT -5
Found Sixgun last night. He's a lot of fun. Good articulation, a few different alt modes I've come up with, and all the guns. ALL THE GUNS. I currently have Ironhide in 'Super mode'
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Post by triumshockwave on Apr 11, 2019 11:49:37 GMT -5
Skytread's components are compatible with Roadtrap and Battleslash, so the Duocons can swap pants!
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