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    Blokees

    Sweet Home Alabombshell. Caught that a wee bit late...
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    Blokees

    From the front page: official pics of wave 8 (Galaxy Version). (They posted robot mode Sludge twice, and no Sharkticon.) New articulation is pretty neat. I'd like to get the Unicron Head, and I'm glad they're making a non-translucent one (earlier displays also had a clear one, which I...
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    Toys Meet them head on: official pictures of Blokees Galaxy Version 8: One Shall Fall

    Eight waves in and still surprising fans. Blokees pivots back to the regular scale with new official pics of wave 8 of the standard Galaxy Version series. "One Shall Fall: The Final Clash Returns" (how final is final) brings a new wave of blind-boxed 5.5" kits features Optimus Prime, Hot Rod...
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    Dramatic Capture Series

    I know someone who seems a bit salty that they dumped all these in this set after he spent so much time scrounging together Energon cubes from the Centurion set. He's a markup reseller, so given what the intent of all that scrounging was I'm not particularly sympathetic to whatever it was being...
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    Takara Missing Link G1 Series

    This is just making me want to see a toy with the creepy eyes.
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    Takara Missing Link G1 Series

    It's so pretty. They always are. But that price tag means I'll have to content myself with the AOTP 4-pack Magnus cab for the foreseeable future.
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    Transformers: Age of the Primes toyline discussion || update: stock renders of upcoming Alpha Trion, Micronus, Flatline, Fireflight, Skydive, ++

    I generally agree, but a key part of those fables is the somewhat broad strokes in the narration. Fabulation in general is partly characterized by that abstraction and flatness, where everything is taken at face value and more contemporary approaches that dig into the complexity of characters...
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    Transformers: Age of the Primes toyline discussion || update: stock renders of upcoming Alpha Trion, Micronus, Flatline, Fireflight, Skydive, ++

    This was part of the problem. You'd think getting a whole-ass book to themselves would give them room to be fleshed out and made compelling, but no, even there they were just chess pieces moving a plot forward. "We don't need to actually write much, this'll sell just because it's finally them...
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    Transformers: Age of the Primes toyline discussion || update: stock renders of upcoming Alpha Trion, Micronus, Flatline, Fireflight, Skydive, ++

    I think this makes sense if we're approaching them more as characters and not bodies built around a gimmick (oh, Transformers). Their "personalities" in the Covenant book are so generic as to be interchangeable and overlapping anyway, and it's unsurprising that there was this attempt to have a...
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    Post Pictures of your Transformers, Let's see firetrucks fighting with sharks!

    I think they don't let you do that with wives anymore.
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    Your favourite same-character recolours

    I'll see your Cybertron Galvatron (gorgeous) and raise you an Armada Galvatron (beautiful). Still can't quite bring myself to get the Legacy one unless I find one cheap enough to be worth tanking (heh) the resale value with a repaint.
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    Outside? Inside? No, thinking ABOUT the box: your thoughts on Transformers packaging

    I endeavored to get the Henkei one as soon as it was revealed for that reason. All I'd ask is for different pegs for the hologram gun thing. And more weapons instead of Ravage (although that's a pretty good Ravage). That Hound is pretty near timeless, and suffers none of the other design...
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    Transformers: Age of the Primes toyline discussion || update: stock renders of upcoming Alpha Trion, Micronus, Flatline, Fireflight, Skydive, ++

    Me, over time I've cooled on the Thirteen as a concept. But yes, I'm admiring the toys from afar. Sadly having to skip them due to budget and space reasons, at least for now (except for Micronus, y'all get out of my way when that hits virtual or physical shelves; maaaaybe pencil stache book...
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    Transformers: Age of the Primes toyline discussion || update: stock renders of upcoming Alpha Trion, Micronus, Flatline, Fireflight, Skydive, ++

    I think the Allspark forums have historically been a bit different, in terms of intensity and general positivity/negativity. It's a big reason I've only ever stayed in this community, if and when I feel the need for one. But it's also true that individuals and communities alike tend to outgrow...
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    Transformers: Reactivate (console MMO)

    I think the hype needed for such a thing would have to come from at minimum an actual announcement of another run at the game. Which would mean at least some work done on the actual game. "We're making toys for a game that doesn't exist yet" was, well, exactly what already happened. While doing...


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