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Titanmaster compatible.
Lovely pics! Alternators is right there in that Unicron Trilogy adjacent, pre-live action movie space that's one of my favorite eras (a close second is the Arms Micron/Movie Advanced/Transformers Adventure period, with emphasis on Takara's offerings.)
I wish we had more of these stores here that had that wide a range of old stuff. There's something soothing about seeing all the different years of packaging and stuff as the company intended them to be seen, for maximum "buy this and get addicted". (I should get back to my old packaging thread...) It's a weird balance of I want the stores to succeed and sell their stock, but I value them always having a range of old stuff on hand.
Sometime during the 2010s, local shops largely ran out of older stuff, especially packaged, and now the 2010s stuff that lingers IS the older stuff. And these days it's mostly 2018 onwards, if that.
I wish we had more of these stores here that had that wide a range of old stuff. There's something soothing about seeing all the different years of packaging and stuff as the company intended them to be seen, for maximum "buy this and get addicted". (I should get back to my old packaging thread...) It's a weird balance of I want the stores to succeed and sell their stock, but I value them always having a range of old stuff on hand.
Sometime during the 2010s, local shops largely ran out of older stuff, especially packaged, and now the 2010s stuff that lingers IS the older stuff. And these days it's mostly 2018 onwards, if that.
I don't have any Alternators these days and I don't plan on getting any but I still have such a soft spot for the line. It's just part of that "omg are we back?" feeling that the brand had that was so fun to be around in.
I physically cannot stumble into a conversation about Alternators or Binaltech (less Masterpiece, oddly) without Ratatouille-flashbacking to that Smokescreen toy debut picture and all the good vibes that came with it. People eventually decided one way or the other how they felt about it, but in my nostalgia-filtered memory, there was a little window where the around-since-G1 fandom just... collectively exhaled in relief and satisfaction.
My only Alternators stuff is Kiss Players Rodimus (I still need to rebuy Shaoshao, and I willshaolessly shamelessly ask any chance I get if someone wants to sell just that figurine), Alternators Rodimus, Alternators Ricochet (wish that had been a Jazz redeco) and a bootleg Nemesis Prime because I missed out on too many chances to get the Alternators one and now both that and the BT are well out of my price range. I've been meaning to get an Arcee and a US (racing stripes) Sunstreaker, and of course the Autorooper. I've always been content to enjoy the line from afar, never really got into the "let's customize everyone into Alternators" (but I totally understand and respect it). But this line remains very, very special, and these days it would be very easy to work them into the all-encompassing main line even as non-licensed approximations. Bring in the unique robot modes and decos. Just, uh, do a better job than what Side Burn got.
My only Alternators stuff is Kiss Players Rodimus (I still need to rebuy Shaoshao, and I will
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I liked the Alternators line a lot but I whittled my collection down some years ago. I kept Mirage (love that Ford GT!), Walmart Ravage (love that Jaguar!), Binaltech Asterisk Alert w/ AI, Smokescreen and of course, Bluestreak. Ravage's transformation is so simple compared to a lot of the others, but it's very fiddly and I never liked how the "belly" section just kinda flops around (haha belly flop). Still, it is one of my favorites because it just looks so good in both modes.
Personally, I wouldn't be mad if Takara wanted to do something like the current/upcoming Overgear series, but just focused on real-world cars instead. Leave the "Over" off and simply call it "Gear" or "Top Gear"
Personally, I wouldn't be mad if Takara wanted to do something like the current/upcoming Overgear series, but just focused on real-world cars instead. Leave the "Over" off and simply call it "Gear" or "Top Gear"
Sadly, most of my alternators are still boxed up since I moved offices. I might have to get them out soon.
I have both versions of Hot Rod just because of the character. Then I have Swindle, Dead End, and Optimus that I had as desk toys at work since they cover the Chrysler vehicles in the line. They'll probably go back in one of these days if I ever decide to take any personal effects in again. They were neat for their time, but I don't really enjoy handling them these days.
I had the entire line of Alternators at one point aside from Mirage and Frenzy, but I don't remember which ones I still have now. I know I sold off most of them over time. Pretty sure I still have Ravage and Nemesis Prime, and maybe BT blue Tracks.
I wanted to buy Smokescreen just because he was the first one and I remember being blown away at how cool he was. I held onto Hound and Grimlock the longest. MP like toys at a more affordable price point.
Show us your Binalternatorkissers!
And have people caption them.
For pearl-clutching about you know what, go sully another thread.
And have people caption them.
For pearl-clutching about you know what, go sully another thread.
Tonight! A Jaaaag turns into a really big cat... Tracks has to choose a color... And Rodimus goes fishing.simply call it "Gear" or "Top Gear"
And I can just see Clarkson drifting that really big cat in the Welsh surf (or at least, I think they were in Wales on that shoot; I might be misrembering).
**football noises brought to you by GAYORAAY!!**
(I couldn’t care less about anything Sportsball; this was on clearance for $5 at my local Walbog, I liked the colors, and I had a bottle of Gatorade water next to me while I was fiddling with it. #iamjustagirl
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Just got this cheeky chappy, found a fan-mode I liked online and reproduced it here.
Those ARE some pleasant colors!
In honor of the Tranformers Cyberworld Energon Surge “Unleash The Surge” Official Website (for some reason it bolded when trying to paste it, and I'm leaving it for the sheer weirdness value) I will repost my old Mime Time comic where he “Unleashed The Surge” (ok, bizarre, it STILL is doing it...)
It's a real official web site. I don't know what they were thinking. Also, Bumblebee is now The Fallen, or something:
It's a real official web site. I don't know what they were thinking. Also, Bumblebee is now The Fallen, or something:
Head-swap.
Sideways' head fits fine but the peg on Amalamous Prime's bonce is too shallow. I think Amalgamous' design lends itself really well to generic Headmaster toys. They could make 'transtectors' in a similar way and add random grey/black/silver headmasters to them for us to mix and match and make our own characters.
Sideways' head fits fine but the peg on Amalamous Prime's bonce is too shallow. I think Amalgamous' design lends itself really well to generic Headmaster toys. They could make 'transtectors' in a similar way and add random grey/black/silver headmasters to them for us to mix and match and make our own characters.
