Recent content by Platypus Prime

That's happened with every easy-to-change Bumblebee I have (my nephew is a huge fan, I guess the kid-appeal concept works?). I've managed to hold onto Origins and the Walmart Bug, because of their frustration factor. These would be gone INSTANTLY...

I just realized. Necro-conda reminds me a LOT of "The Other World" toys I was given many years ago, especially the glow weapons. I loved those, I still have the flywheel powered Battle Cat analog. On the other hand, I never had a snake armor He-Man, Skeketor, Lady Slither, Fang-or, or King...

This picture looks like a live action 'they dig up Shockwave' scenes. Thank you for catching it, it's fascinating and there's no way you'd ever replicate it without a LOT of effort!

TOG Krang definitely doesn't have the best wrist connectors for swapping. Too thin. I can adjust them but I think he's best anyway with the weapons in place of hands. You don't gut an ork and replace parts of it with an alien brain carrier unless you're making a war body anyway. If you do plan...

It wasn't the portrayal, it was more just the way Mer-Man looked. This one works in every way the other didn't for me. Mileage may vary, obviously.

I'm having to cut my want list a lot, but I definitely would like a Necro-Conda, and the TOG Merman is the first Merman I've ever seen that I actually like. In most media he winds up as a bit of a joke, this version looks like something you do NOT want to be in the water with. If I can find it...

Oh, I get that! I never planned for it to move, that's why I did the full ToyHax upgrade (I never actually took the real sticker sheet out at all, I just used repros), plus I added modern Cog, TFSS Double Pretenders (the Megatron shell fits in both shape and color), sanded the sides of a...

I know back in the early internet days of the fandom "Bumblejumper" was a common term for them, but rather there was ever a distinguishing between the two I don't know. Probably something on the wiki about it. Edit: Yep, first toy description mentions the red one. The funny thing is I also...

The weird part is my first Bumblebee back in the day was the right mold, but he was red. And I know I'm not the only one.

I do wonder how you change the battery when it dies? I've had a lot of stuff that became useless when a non-replaceable Li-ion croaked. and re: Fortress Maximus, I've been trying to work out how to SELL an encore one if I needed to, as the box itself needs a bigger box, though since his box is...

I do wish they'd make actual Pretenders for the upcoming Dinoforce, in the style of Catilla and Snarler and the like with the robot animal inside a more realistic one. It would be an upgrade from the old Dinoforce/Monster Pretender 'cube with stubby legs' modes. Though I think it's more likely...

So if I read this right, on Cybertron the Galaxy Force gathers the Energon to power the Retro Evolution Revolution of the Rising of the Sparks? ...on a SCHOOL night...?!

Make one of those rare cross-faction combiners! "Dinobots! Insecticons! Merge to form-" -dead dinosaurs rotting in the sun surrounded by flies- "On second thought..."

The only 'snake man' I have is the original Kobra Khan (grey area, I know) that I have right with my Origins stuff. It's the last original figure of my childhood set left. I haven't been thrilled with most of the ones out now, but I definitely would like both Necro-Conda and Vypor. Though I...

The biggest pieces I have left of my first Transformer are the wings, modeled here by a Slugfest I got a few years later. And here is a modern 'Powerdasher' with a reproduction of the original G1 Packaging my first one came in that I used Robot Points for: