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ShellformerV1

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  1. Granted. However, Predaking is the one Decepticon combiner that is capable of truly utilizing the full potential of a combiner in an assault context. Omega Supreme is not invulnerable. He is slow of foot and slow to utilize his considerable weapons. He is also not particularly bright or imaginative. If there were one Decepticon that could defeat Omega Supreme in battle (and there are a handful that could, BTW), Predaking would be at the top of the list.
  2. Now who's being cold, dude? You think the Combaticons have any power bottoms on their roster? Is Vortex an otter? BTW: The Stunticons and Menasor always did it for me. This is a case where the individual bots where just as cool-if not cooler-than their gestalt form. The Stunticons were, bot for bot, pretty hard to beat.
  3. Excellent. I will need a replacement for my old one, so this is great news. Wished Crosshairs and Lockdown had one coming as well, but what the hey.
  4. Amen to that. I had a little bit of hope after DOTM, but this...this is no good. AoE ran in the same putrid race as ROTF. Terrible. I watched the movie with a 12 year old who just picked the movie apart scene by scene (reminded me of myself)...and unlike me he actually WANTED TO SEE THE MOVIE.
  5. Galvs and Megs are one and the same being. It was only his exposure to the plasma bath on Thrull that hopelessly damaged his mind and produced the insane, unstable being that Galvatron was portrayed as in the G1 cartoon series. If the Decepticons treated the two as if they were different, it was most likely because they were not truly loyal to him to begin with. Galvs carries a particle accelerator on hi right arm, and it was portrayed as being much more powerful than Megs fusion cannon, capable of destroying worlds if the script called for it. I prefer to think that Megs was simply elevated, not that he ceased to exist in the reformatting process.
  6. Omega Supreme is extremely beatable in that he was resoundingly defeated* by Buzzsaw in the original comic series. (*by defeated, I mean written out of the series...via cannon-blasts to the clavicle and chin.) Omega might have the gimmicks, but Predaking has a cooler name, eagle wings on his back, a particle beam cannon the size of a tractor trailer on his right arm and the heads of a rhino and a cape buffalo on his kneecaps. He also has a couple of cool toys that were released by TF Prime not so very long ago. Predaking wins.
  7. I'd need a guy who was cool under pressure, would not panic, and not shoot me in the back by accident. I would also need a bot who did not talk like Scatman Crothers or who was noticeably foppish, or at least not so pathologically insane that my own life would be in danger...and last but not least: I would prefer that that bot not have been cannon-blasted into oblivion by Buzzsaw at some point. That shortens the list quite a bit, and that leaves me with...G1 Brawn or Springer. Macho wins. You couldn't go wrong with either one of those guys.
  8. I took a hiatus from all things transformers for nearly two years, but I recently re-connected with all my Animated toys and DVDs and both volumes of The AllSpark Almanac, so I am in full reminisce mode. Thank you for this post. I agree with most of what you stated, and what I did not necessarily agree with...well, I can't argue against it. RIP, Animated.
  9. I can't speak for Rumble, but I did pick up Kup on a lark and your assessment of the figure is spot on. I am going to immediately do an Ironhide repaint stat. Finally got my MP Sideswipe just yesterday and...oh my. Oh my. Oh. My. Removing him from the box to behold him in all his Countach glory may very well be the equivalent of having Jessica Biel forcibly require your manhood.
  10. Managed to find a RiD Starscream voyager. Initally wasn't going to get him, but I'm VERY happy that I eventually picked him up.
  11. Just got TFP RiD Knock Out today. Pretty good figure overall, just loose in the upper body (the tabs for the front headlights don't tab in well in base mode); the head is a little restricted articulation-wise, even though its on a ball joint, and to get the arms to not look quite so funky, you have to completely disregard the instructions--but doing so compromises a little articulation at the elbow joint. With that said, Knock Out looks good, almost really good--not great, and he's got a wiked looking staff/spear weapon. I'd give it a 7.5 overall, making it probably the weakest TFP RiD figure thus far released. I'm pretty damn happy with the toy, though.
  12. Just got the TFPRime FE Starscream DLX. And I have to say: what the TFPrime Decepticon toys lack in volume, they make up for in substance. The Megatron Powerizer is one of the best voyagers I've ever seen (in bot mode, anyway); PRid Soundwave is absolutely glorious...and Screamer takes the cake. The whole cake. One of the best DLX figures in recent memory.
  13. Target in Lancaster had 1 PRid Arcee and 1 PRid Ratchet.
  14. I most recently came into PRID Soundwave, Wheeljack, Cliffjumper and the Powerizers Optimus Prime and Megatron. I'd have to say that I am excessively impressed by all these toys...the only disappointments are Megatrons's half-assed alternate mode (not so bad when viewed from above, but viewed from the bottom and sides...this is a complete disaster) and Cliffs unworkable arms. The Optimus Powerizer is so perfect that I completely ignore his back kibble and his gun, which might actually look decent when I paint it and glue it into place. The only thing about the Powerizer voyagers is the complete lack of paint detail. I had Megatron for a day and a half before I had to repaint him completely; Optimus didn't make it 24 hours before I had to start on him. So, I like the Powerizers...but at that price point and being so lacking in painted detail,I don't know if I could fully recommend them. This must be said, however: I am fascinated and amazed by Optimus' transformation; both how well-engineered it is and how well everything fits together. The PRid deluxes (Revealers?) are another story altogether. Soundwave is utterly perfect in all ways, in all things, and his transformation is so simple and yet deceptively complex and completely intuitive. It's a work of art. Wheeljack isn't far behind--I just wish the toy had a bit more arm articulation (to be fair, the toys is only missing a swivel joint in the bicep, but that joint would work wonders and would have made this toy perfect IMO). The transformation is just as amazing and intuitive as that of Soundwave and as clever as Optimus.' Cliff would be perfect if not for his ridiculous arms, but the rest of the toy is so cool that I try my best to ignore it...especially since I have no plans to overspend to acquire the FE figure. That is reserved for Starscream. Cliffs' alternate mode is the toy equivalent of "When the Levee Breaks," or the whole Houses of the Holy album. I couldn't find fault with it if I tried, or someone paid me a lot of money to do so.
  15. The KMart in Tehachapi has (HAD) 1 HA Roadbuster, 5 DLX Laserbeaks, an endcap full of the Fireburst Prime voyager redeco and Voyager Sentinel Prime, and 4 LC Ironhides.
  16. Just pulled Battle Ops Bumblebee. I HATE THIS TOY. The molded detailing is awesome, and I love the way this mold addresses the yellow hip panels, but other than that: FAIL. This toy sucks like there is no f'ing tomorrow. Battle BLADE 'Bee owns this toy. The TFA 'Bee ACTIVATOR owns this toy. The right arm is a fail, I thought the head was articulated, but it's not, the electronic gimmicks are annoying and they get in the way, the executtion of the legs is off, the kibble--even though it is essentially the same as on HA'Bee--is just in the way on BOP 'Bee, and the door was broken on mine right out of the box, so I have a built in excuse to take this toy back and get my money back. BOP 'Bee is the David Heavener of TF toys. I can't believe so many people like this toy. I just don't understand it.
  17. OH HO HO HOOOOOOOOOO!!! I received MP Rodimus Prime yesterday, and actually handled him today. I haven't transformed him yet, but so far I'm loving it.
  18. I just came into HFTD Hailstorm and RTS Mindset yesterday, and I am impressed. These are just plain nice little toys. Lovely sculpted details (can't wait to apply some paint to them), killer alt modes, stocky-looking base modes and both modes are armed to the teeth. What more can you ask for?*** I just pretend that Mindset has kept in lock-step with his G2 roots and is a Decepticon. And they fit perfectly well with the Bayverse or the WFC/Generations figures. (***in the review for Hailstorm, Blitzwing pointed out that, essentially, these two are a size-class too small, and I am in full agreeance. It would have been nice to see these two as Voyager-class figures)
  19. at least she's better than chromia. I've never regretted 2 toys as much as that terrible duo, and I've bought about 3 star wars crossovers! I agree...to a point. I do think the concept behind the Wheelsnakes was quite good, actually. Chromia's midsection kills off any affection I might have had for her base mode. Arcee's arms just ruin it for me. Neither arm is fully functional...which might be a first for a set of ball-jointed arms. Her right arm is useless unless it is extending to point her blade at something, and I don't think there is a way outside of an extensive kitbash to make her left arm anything outside of the floppy mess that it currently is. They are good ideas that just didn't translate into those toys (because the Chromia and Arcee that came with HA Skids and Mudflap are quite good, FWIW). I wouldn't have a dam thing to say about either DLX toy if Chromia's midsection were re-tooled or if DLX Arcee looked like HA Arcee (but with DLX Arcee's level of articulation).
  20. Just picked up Tomahawk. Another win for HFTD/RTS/Generations. Didn't think I was going to like the head sculpt very much along with the Bayverse staple of robots with permanently flexed chicken legs, but...I jeave the legs straightened out as much as possible. His proportions just plain WORK. And he is armed to the teeth. I just really like the combination of Animated (head sculpt) with the Bayverse (arm & leg sculpt), along with clear G1 shoutouts (if his chest isn't a direct reference to pretty much every jet/helicopter character in G1 this side of Vortex, I don't know what is).
  21. Just landed WFC Megs and Straxus, and godDAMN...these two are absolutely, awe-inspiringly incredible. I was only really looking forward to Megs, but I just couldn't pass up Straxus-at a K-Mart, no less. Straxus blows my mind. Incredibly articulate, absolutely un-mistakable as Straxus, formidably armed--with a clever transformation and two, no three, kickass modes...Straxus can do no wrong, ball-jointed feet and all. As far as Megatron goes...Jesus...I don't recall a Megatron figure being both this articulate, intimiating, and versatile--in ALL of his modes--outside of TFA LC Megs and the Bayverse voyager...and this toy owns the Bayverse figure. All of them.
  22. The TFU in Lancaster has got pegs full of Animated Ironhide and Rod Minor.
  23. Just picked up WFC Bumblebee (!!! 5 Stars), TFA Rod Minor (make that Rod MAJOR, he's f***ing AWESOME!!!) and TFA Ironhide.
  24. Damn. Arcee is tight. DAMN. The base mode is awesome, all it needs is paint apps...and I can do that. The alt mode is better than I thought it would be, and it looks eerily like G1 Misfire, which is more of a good thing than should be possible. Animated continues to rock me like a hurricane. God, I hope they eventually release new molds of Animated toys I REALLY want (Omega Supreme, Slipstream, Ramjet, for starters). I'd sacrifice the souls of the innocent for that.
  25. Now THAT is cool. I've always thought Demolishors main attraction would be his sheer size, and that he should have gotten the leader class treatment...much more might have been put into the figure. Like arm articulation. I like the voyager toy, but I've got a couple hundred TFs I like better. He's just kind of meh. TFA Arcee just showed up in the mail today, and I can't wait to release the toy from it's twist-tie prison. I feel like Joe Don Baker at the Ponderosa Steakhouse, what I've seen of Arcee has been awesome.
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