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[Grahf]

I lost some more excitement for these Armorizers. Not only are they even more useless for their actual gimmicks than the Junkions, not only do they seem to not have a combined form but you can't even mix and match between the retools. I just got Nucleous the other day and thought to myself that it would be pretty cool to make multicolor figures form this mold. This goes back to my observation of Carcitron looking like Strongarm. If you actually mixed the parts up between Nucleous and Carcitron you can really get something that looks like Strongarm. Problem is though that nobody has Carcitron yet. However you can use Magneous instead right?

Right?

Nope.

As it turns out, the new parts on Nucleous are shaped different from Magneous/Carcitron. So while they all come apart in the same spots, you can't replace the parts other than the arms as those are exactly the same between all versions. 

The shins are shaped differently and can't be swapped as they just won't fit without modification. 

I then tried the side wheels and the 5mm ports are spaced differently. 

Then went onto the roof...which worked. That was until I tried to swap the weapons since the ones for Nucleous need to be with the roof to store properly since the roof has the cutaway for the weapon's handle to fit in. That and the slots that the weapons tab into are also spaced different on the feet. 

I'm sure taking the figures apart at the pins and screws will have better results but I don't want to do that. I was hoping to use the gimmick itself to do the swapping. That's the point isn't it?

These peaked at the Fossilizers and went downhill ever since. Fossilizers at the top followed by the Weaponizers, Modulators, Junkions and finally the Armorizers.

The Fossilizers work best when combining them in multiples or with more of themselves in both robot and alt modes.

The Weaponizers next as the majority of them are really good at combining in robot mode and have a bunch of useful pieces. However their alt modes combinations kinda suck for all of them.

The Modulators would be better but there's only two molds and well, the don't actually have alt modes which is extremely limiting. Building larger and larger bases are only so cool but their ability to combine in robot mode is incredible. I've made some amazing giants out of them.

Outside of Junkasaurus, the Junkions suck. They look good on their own and don't need to partsform to transform which should be a plus. But at that point, they might as well just have been a standard combiner team without the izer gimmick. 

And finally the Armorizers. They don't actually do much armorizing. Their parts really don't exactly do much for the gimmick and there's even more left over and useless parts than the Junkions had. They look even better than the Junkions on their own and again don't need to partsform to transform. It's just that without that voyager figure to try and make them some sort of combiner, these will continue to be the worst of the gimmick. What's worse is that they have the core class figures that actually can contribute to the gimmick if only just, unlike the Fossilizers, but without the actual combiner, these are now even worse as it's a huge tease at that point. Why make a weapon fit for a combiner out of one but then don't make a combiner out of them to utilize it?

I still want more Wingfinger redecos and retools. The fact that the best Fossilizer didn't get reused is a travesty. The same for Slammer who was the best of the Weaponizers. I hope Shard fairs better...even if I don't have one yet. It's just that there's three from the Magneous base mold and two from the Bouldercrash mold but only one from Shard so far. I'd say it was a coincidence that the female molds (from the start) were the ones that didn't get reused but Slammer is a dude...or is he? If anything it would need to be Sixgun as Wingfinger and Shard are also the only fliers of their groups as well. It wouldn't work for the Modulators unless one turned into a floating fortress or something. Axlegrease is female but she's the retool, not the original. 

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The next Walmart Collector-Con event will be taking place on July 25-26, but we've got some reveals from their Collector Con sneak peek today. They have officially listed the United Star Raider Thundertron 3-Pack and the Road Pig deluxe class figures. The Walmart Collector Con exclusives will be available for preordering on 7/25 at 7AM PST. - Read the Full News Story

[Lunatic Prime]

Wait! Road Pig's wheels are red in the promotional images (infinite white background) and look way better on him than the black ones. Damn, why did they change that? 

And he's missing the Star Seeker insignia in his headlight.

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The recently revealed United Star Rider Deluxe Road Pig has escaped into the wilds of Asia retail. Just in are some new toy photography shots showing the latest Weaponzier G2 character in-hand, thanks to the ever punctual @NOTRAB. - Read the Full News Story

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The next Walmart Collector-Con event begins July 25-26! The United Star Raider Thundertron, Nightstrike, Carcitron 3-Pack and the Road Pig deluxe class figures available for preordering today, Thursday July 25, 2024 at 10AM EST / 7AM PST. You can get them directly from the following links:[+] United Star Raider Thundertron, Nightstrike, Carcitron 3-Pack - $59. - Read the Full News Story

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Amid the SDCC news storm, @markclonus finds time to hook up another concept design feature for the Transformers Legacy United Star Raider Road Pig G2 Weaponizer. The dark cyclist is a Walmart exclusive on preorder now. Mark gets into G2 of it all with their ideas for this parts-former figure that is no Junkion, in his report with images that follow. - Read the Full News Story

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Mark Maher @markclonus has a bottle of rum for his latest concept design notes on the Transformers United Star Raider Thundertron, Calcitron, and Nightstrike. We space pirates Walmart exclusive capsule line sails the seas with new decos, Matey! Read the notes on these scruvy bots, with a treasure chest of Rocklord Armorizer images to follow. - Read the Full News Story