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That's just one of his quirks. He tends to "sign" his posts with a
-ZacWilliam
and then add a quick P.S. section after the signature.
I posted the image here, because we can't attach images (from a file) to PMs (only from URLs) for some odd reason (and then used the URL of the image above in the PM). I PM'd them about their use of their name so as not to interrupt a thread.
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Ah, gotcha.
I saw Tarantulas on the scooter and wondered what Pee Wee's Playhouse was LIKE in that universe...
In other news, I found this I did YEARS ago...
I love the idea of using "Unreleased G2 repaint ideas" as a theme for a whole subline. It got me thinking of other possible ideas for themed groups of figures to release, and wanted to see what other people thought of as well.
The "rules," I guess, would be that it would have to be a group of figures from recent lines (or otherwise known available molds, like the G1 reissue stuff they're doing now) repainted and/or slightly remolded, similar to what we normally get in these sort of lines. Otherwise, the sky is the limit!
Here's one from me:
Renegade Rampage: Move over, Decepticons, there are some new villains to contend with as the evil Go-Bot Renegades find themselves thrust into the Transformers Universe!
Cy-Kill - Remold of Wreck-Gar/Junkheap with a new head
Cop-Tur - Repaint of Siege Spinister
Fitor - Repaint of Thrust
The "rules," I guess, would be that it would have to be a group of figures from recent lines (or otherwise known available molds, like the G1 reissue stuff they're doing now) repainted and/or slightly remolded, similar to what we normally get in these sort of lines. Otherwise, the sky is the limit!
Here's one from me:
Renegade Rampage: Move over, Decepticons, there are some new villains to contend with as the evil Go-Bot Renegades find themselves thrust into the Transformers Universe!
Cy-Kill - Remold of Wreck-Gar/Junkheap with a new head
Cop-Tur - Repaint of Siege Spinister
Fitor - Repaint of Thrust
Testing.
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The bottom-right one is infamous for having part of its spoiler missing though...
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That just means he has 2 (slightly smaller) spoilers!
Yesterday was my wife's birthday, so I took the day off work. We started out the day running over to an estate sale that we had both been interesting in. The owners of the house had clearly raised children in the 80's as there were quite a few old toys around. Managed to find these:
That's a G1 Grotesque (missing his wings, but with a spark-shooter that still kind of works!), a Tomy Rascal Robot, and the full line of LH Toys World Invading Insects (best source of info on these guys is on Robo-Synergy)
These were released either singly or in 4-packs. The packs divided the figures into two groups, the Winged Insects and the Fighting Insects. This post will cover the Winged Insects.
First up, it's Moth. There doesn't seem to be any robot-ish names for any of these, just a description of the type of bug that they turn into.
Very sturdy in both modes. Robot articulation is just shoulders and knees, not unusual for the time. Robot mode is clearly female, which is a bit more rare for the time period, so that's nice. Overall very nice looking toy in both modes.
Mosquito
This one seems to be an original (based on the intact LH Toys brand molded in), but all of these bugs were KO'd a lot throughout the years. Big Lots carried them for a while back 15-20 years ago. Back then, I bought one of the mosquitos (wish I had bought more of those KO's back in the day, but I was fairly recently back into collecting and was being a bit of G1 snob) and painted it up in G1 Insecticon colors. Gave her a new head (stolen from a Big Lots KO Lasercycle) and made up the name Siphon for her.
On thing that I always like about this mold was the way that she was armed to the teeth. One set of bug legs I would use as robot arms, with the other two folding around as a set of over-the-shoulder missile launchers and back mounted laser cannons. Robot mode arms are a bit awkward, but otherwise a fun mold, beautiful in insect mode.
Again, original Mosquito and Siphon comparison.
Fly
Insect mode has great leg articulation. Robot mode is a bit lacking. His arms are short, but have nice jointing at the shoulders and elbows, unfortunately, the wings and the arms both need to be in the same space at the same time, which limits what you can actually DO with the arms.
Hornet. Doesn't look like any kind of hornet I've ever seen. Clearly more of a beetle, but I didn't name them.
(EDIT: I googled "beetle with fuzzy antenna" to try to find out what kind of bug this was actually supposed to be, and there WAS a type of bug that looks a lot like this. Their called "cockchafers." I see why they went with "Hornet.")
Great looking robot mode. Shoulders are locked in position, but the elbows function.
Overall, a great looking set of bug-o-bots.
Part II, the Fighting Insects, coming soon to a forum near you!
That's a G1 Grotesque (missing his wings, but with a spark-shooter that still kind of works!), a Tomy Rascal Robot, and the full line of LH Toys World Invading Insects (best source of info on these guys is on Robo-Synergy)
These were released either singly or in 4-packs. The packs divided the figures into two groups, the Winged Insects and the Fighting Insects. This post will cover the Winged Insects.
First up, it's Moth. There doesn't seem to be any robot-ish names for any of these, just a description of the type of bug that they turn into.
Very sturdy in both modes. Robot articulation is just shoulders and knees, not unusual for the time. Robot mode is clearly female, which is a bit more rare for the time period, so that's nice. Overall very nice looking toy in both modes.
Mosquito
This one seems to be an original (based on the intact LH Toys brand molded in), but all of these bugs were KO'd a lot throughout the years. Big Lots carried them for a while back 15-20 years ago. Back then, I bought one of the mosquitos (wish I had bought more of those KO's back in the day, but I was fairly recently back into collecting and was being a bit of G1 snob) and painted it up in G1 Insecticon colors. Gave her a new head (stolen from a Big Lots KO Lasercycle) and made up the name Siphon for her.
On thing that I always like about this mold was the way that she was armed to the teeth. One set of bug legs I would use as robot arms, with the other two folding around as a set of over-the-shoulder missile launchers and back mounted laser cannons. Robot mode arms are a bit awkward, but otherwise a fun mold, beautiful in insect mode.
Again, original Mosquito and Siphon comparison.
Fly
Insect mode has great leg articulation. Robot mode is a bit lacking. His arms are short, but have nice jointing at the shoulders and elbows, unfortunately, the wings and the arms both need to be in the same space at the same time, which limits what you can actually DO with the arms.
Hornet. Doesn't look like any kind of hornet I've ever seen. Clearly more of a beetle, but I didn't name them.
(EDIT: I googled "beetle with fuzzy antenna" to try to find out what kind of bug this was actually supposed to be, and there WAS a type of bug that looks a lot like this. Their called "cockchafers." I see why they went with "Hornet.")
Great looking robot mode. Shoulders are locked in position, but the elbows function.
Overall, a great looking set of bug-o-bots.
Part II, the Fighting Insects, coming soon to a forum near you!
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