@LordGigaIce oddly, your images appear on iPhone, but not my Mac. Or any other desktop computer. (Thanks anyway for not using Imgur.)
Post Pictures of your Transformers: Autumnbots and Halloween Horrorcons!
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I switched to Catbox, which had that problem too, and a couple others as well. It just didn't seem very stable. Cubeimage at the very least doesn't randomly die.
I have no idea though, what's causing this. It could just be how board software interacts with various pieces of hardware. I donno.
Earthspark 'Prowl' reminded me of two things:
1) the spoilers in robot mode broke off on the first transformation on my Cyberverse Hot Rod, so I was nervous about this.
2) How I SO much wanted the smokestacks on Earthrise Optimus to be Blast-Effect compatible so I could use the flame pieces to do this:
I don't troop build anymore, but I'm a sucker for another Battlecharger, so they get to be actual dudes instead. Meet Ashfall and Runaground.
"Oh Primus, there's MORE of them......."
A rerun in honor of Wombat Day which is apparently a thing? No wombats were harmed as none appear.
Handsome lad.
I don't troop build anymore, but I'm a sucker for another Battlecharger, so they get to be actual dudes instead. Meet Ashfall and Runaground.
"Oh Primus, there's MORE of them......."
Cool! He can be the Stewart to their Beavis and Butt-head!
Took some doing, and it was pricier than I'd like, but I found a source for the 4-pack. In many ways this may be the best Target 4-pack yet, in that while this wasn't everyone I wanted or had been wanting, it did serve up four releases I would want.
Horri-bull surprised me a bit by being so effective a retool. Glad they got around to checking all the boxes for Decepticon Headmasters, and looking forward to them getting around to the Autobots at some point (especially now that Sureshot will be rounding out the Autobot Targetmasters soon). Squeezeplay had been a bit disappointing -- great idea, but underwhelming execution. I always doubted Skullcruncher/smasher as a base for this because the main body would have to be retooled a lot to have a suitable shape... But then they did spend on that, so it's grand. He's suitably chonk in both modes, and I guess I never really noticed that he was always more demon dog than just a bull, so this works overall. Wish they hadn't run out of budget for the horns (which are on a sprue that leaves base-plastic colored bits once removed). But he's got everything he's supposed to have, even both firearms, so that's good.
Ultra Magnus is definitely a redeco I was hoping for from the We Have Missing Link At Home version of G1 Optimus. That was a bit on the small side but was a very well-executed design (does anyone else's copy have a scarily tight right elbow panel hinge?). It's a neat mold that I'd welcome in any colors (Nemesis next please), but I'm a mark for the white cab inner Magnus, so this in particular is great to have. That Energon axe mold looks GREAT in clear blue too. Wonder if I can whip up a 7-11 shoulder decal for him...
Bumper is also a nice little surprise. I never got the Bumblebee version of this mold, which is just as well as Bumper isn't really all that distinct other than the new head, I think the Autobot sigil, and black headlights. But it's a charming little mold that cleverly plays on the available space and parts, basically turning the rear half of the car inside out. If not for the chunky chibi altmode this would easily beat out the Earthrise sedan/beetle base mold, simply for the lack of partsforming. I'm sure that's not a dealbreaker to most (and hey, it hasn't stopped me from buying the things), but it's frustrating that they got SO close to a complete, compact, self-contained design like that and didn't or couldn't go for an armature to hold the thing to the body. Oh well. As it is, I like both designs well enough for them to hang out together. (Just the look of the cutesy altmode makes me want a Disney Label Donald Duck retool, even though nothing about the robot mode really matches.)
The real reason for the season (er, for buying the set, although spooky season also counts?) is Animated Nemesis Prime. I mean I probably would've gotten the 4-pack on the strength of that release alone, so it's a big relief that everyone is so worth it.
Again, never had the original release (but I'm eyeing that Baiwei retool with the wingblade kit) due to various reasons, so this is my first encounter with this remake. I'm glad for a new take that doesn't have the waist gimmick of the otherwise excellent original, but I wish it had the waist of the original instead of the much shorter abdominal area this one has.
Colors seem just a little off because of the shade of teal, or that it's not metallic? I don't know. (Googling it, TA01B had a metallic shade that was almost blue.) But as with the Armada Wheeljack remake, it's so nice to have a black redeco actually use black plastic instead of really dark whatever. It's striking and plays well with the nicely color matched reds.
Transformation is neat, including the two swivel joints at the top and bottom of the torso that still offer the older one's waist spin transformation. Leg transformation, with the feet folding down in the middle of the truck rear, seems oddly familiar but I can't at the moment think of what other Op does this. Pretty cool how the upper body basically transforms like the old Animated Deluxe (Cybertronian mode), with the arms stacking up flanking the head and the roof and windshield just being panels that are laid into place. Just a shame that the torso is so squat, which I realize now is what always bothered me when the Legacy one was first revealed. (Also, does one just shove the axe handle into the hand hole for it to work? Very tight fit, don't really want to force it.)
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My G1 Universe Optimus had such a tight elbow hinge that it eventually broke. though I don’t remember which side it was on
I think i tried shaving the corner of that one down on the Optimus. Right elbow panel on both of them, although the left isn't exactly that much looser. Scary.
I think it’s a micrometer-level fitting issue with the pin and the holes it slots through. I tried working some silicone oil into the joint but I guess it couldn’t penetrate to the problem area. Most of why i dislike the construction of contemporary toys is that it’s all pins, making altering tolerances so difficult to work with.
Yeah, the two-handed grip handle feels really scary to get in and out of Optimus’ hands