I've seen it without the arm doors and it looks weird. I'd slim them down but they have to be there.
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I think basically the set of people who want them and the set of people who already have them are close to being the same set of people.
I'm fine with Prime's arm doors, but I'd add a peg to hold them in place. One of mine has gotten a little loose over time.
And while I prefer the Netflix figure for Bee, I still use Classics Cliffjumper. The bulk of the sculpt feels fitting for a scrappy little dude.
And while I prefer the Netflix figure for Bee, I still use Classics Cliffjumper. The bulk of the sculpt feels fitting for a scrappy little dude.
They're certainly part of the design but I think there are better ways to integrate them if the design is being revisited. Either find a way to compress them so they fold in closer to the arms or even make them modular and removable so they can form a melee weapon or shield or something.
Current design direction would probably go modular slash partsforming, down to just unpegging for transformation and becoming a shield or hanging out on the back. That calls for at least two fewer hinges and whatever else.
I'd try to reorient the arms so the forearms face forwards in vehicle mode. Very G1, but that's not why I'd do it. With the arms in that orientation, the doors just need one 180 degree hinge to get where they need to go in robot mode. The elbows and bicep swivels would do most of the work.
I don't know if I'm explaining it.
The fists are in the way though. They'd need to hinge up or down to get out of the way.
I don't know if I'm explaining it.
The fists are in the way though. They'd need to hinge up or down to get out of the way.
Honestly, they’d be okay if they were just thinner. Those suckers are THICC.
The days of no tariffs and cheap oil.
"How thick should we make the side doors?"
"As thick we fricken want!"
John Hasbro laughs as he lights a cigar with a burning $100 bill
They’re still there. Granted, they used to be stacked in a little pyramid on a higher shelf but the point is they’re still there.
How much for the tiny Autorooper?
How much for the regular Autorooper?
3D Print: - Classic Optimus - arm kibble manyfold
The motivation of this mod is that I have a two-pack classics Optimus prime that has the unpainted arm kibble. Now that I have a KO SS86 OP, finally I...
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That actually folds up pretty well!
3D Print: - Classic Optimus - arm kibble manyfold
The motivation of this mod is that I have a two-pack classics Optimus prime that has the unpainted arm kibble. Now that I have a KO SS86 OP, finally I...
That actually folds up pretty well!
That's great. Still there to complete the look, but compacted nicely
That one looks familiar. Cool find, though.
The arms on my Classics Magnus never got that loose - I never messed with it enough for that to happen. I can see why they bug people, though.
As far as reissuing these - even on a hypothetical level - I wonder if "but we have these at home" factors in. That hurt G2 sales, if I'm remembering right. Maybe they save that kind of thing for more recent figures that people may have missed out on or series with a bigger draw like Beast Wars (that still got clearanced out around here.)
The arms on my Classics Magnus never got that loose - I never messed with it enough for that to happen. I can see why they bug people, though.
As far as reissuing these - even on a hypothetical level - I wonder if "but we have these at home" factors in. That hurt G2 sales, if I'm remembering right. Maybe they save that kind of thing for more recent figures that people may have missed out on or series with a bigger draw like Beast Wars (that still got clearanced out around here.)
I would definitely be part of the set that already has Classics Prime, and while I would be interested in an updated version, the likely price would probably hold me back from buying one.
That said, if a simplified, Core-scale version came out, I would probably be compelled to buy 2 or 3 of it, and every alternate color scheme it got released in. The word needs more Core-scale Transformers.
At that scale I'd welcome like a G1 Op with Classics armor that can attach in robot and altmode (not clear Energon armor, just same-colored pieces sculpted to evoke plating). The extra bits around and in front of the cab, and the roof vane, turning into shields and a gun (the latter greatly simplified, maybe just a barrel poking out of the roof vane).
Hmm...
Transformers G1 first wave: 1984
Transformers G2 first wave: 1992
Eight years between releases.
Transformers Classics first wave: 2006
Likely year of release if they started now: 2027 at the earliest, I'd imagine.
21 years is slightly longer than eight. I don't think it would be quite the problem.
I don't want reissues. A lot of Classics is not great. I stand by all the criticisms I had 20 years ago. But there are ideas worth saving. Like, Classics Jetfire would obviously benefit from articulation that doesn't go out of its way to be less useful than it should be, and today's tight budgets might actually work in its favor because the backpack would undoubtedly get hollowed out.
they shoudl ******* reissue the ******* euro g1 ***** with GPS.