Mayhem Transformers Discussion: United We Shelfwarm

Haze Arquebus

Cursed Punweaver
Citizen
Hellscream is absolutely a name upgrade if you don't let yourself be tied down with irony poisoning. Embrace the schlock. Life's too short and stupid to waste a bunch of it propping up things you like with qualifiers to make it look cooler to other people.
 

The Mighty Mollusk

Scream all you like, 'cause we're all mad here
Citizen
Still surprised they got away with Sinnertwin back in Potpie instead of using Twinstrike like in Beast Hunters.
 

Destron D-69

at Journey's end
Citizen
if they don't want to give me Hellcracker they wont want to give me helljet, hellrust and hellirge either I guess. (pronounced Hell urge obviously)
 

unluckiness

Somehow still sane
Citizen
Hellscream looks like a shark Bonkle. It’s weird, the other cyborg retools were just fleshy beasts with metal bits slapped on like Arnie in Terminator.

Prime Megs also showed up but haven’t opened it yet.
 

Haze Arquebus

Cursed Punweaver
Citizen
Hellscream looks like a shark Bonkle. It’s weird, the other cyborg retools were just fleshy beasts with metal bits slapped on like Arnie in Terminator.

Prime Megs also showed up but haven’t opened it yet.
Hah, same line of thought, as I ended up looking at the group after this thread and thinking "how did he end up looking like he had a tragic Lego accident?"
 

unluckiness

Somehow still sane
Citizen
Not bad at all. A couple joints are a bit looser than I’d like but he’s far from floppy. The gray isn’t too plasticky and the metallic purple is great. Turns out it’s an upscaled Deluxe first edition mold rather than the PRID Voyager with a few tweaks for a cleaner robot. It comes with the Dark Energon Saber, a part to let him mount the sword on his back and two of the blades that pop out of his cannon. The hand modifications to upscale them but keep 5mm compatibility aren’t great but at least it’s not too noticeable.
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The little pupils on the eyes are the cherry on top. Just perfect. In fact, too perfect that I miss the derpiness his eyes had on the show
 
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CoffeeHorse

Exhausted, but still standing.
Staff member
Council of Elders
Citizen
I don't know if it's the lighting, but the grey looks a lot flatter than I expected.
 

CoffeeHorse

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The Voyager had those floating shoulder pads that some designer really loves but nobody else does. The Deluxe was just a better design to start from.
 

unluckiness

Somehow still sane
Citizen
It's similar to the gray Hasbro uses but without the slight yellow tinge and touch of transparency. Picked this version since the silver version breaks easily and the upcoming battle damaged version is way too scuffed for my tastes. Here 's what the colors look closest to my eye from a quick google search.
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And yeah, the only thing the Voyager has over the Deluxe is a proportionally better wingspan and nonvisible eyes in vehicle mode. Voyager has a head sunken into his chest and the weird floating shoulder pads just get in the way. Fish version kicks ass though.
 
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GodSentinelOmega

The Omega Knight Returns!
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Indeed. Kinda wished I’d snagged the fish version when it was out. Seeing your pics does make me a lot more interested in buying Dark Master if I can. The shinier version has breakage issues?

Also, is it just me, or his Prime Megs head always looked like a grizzly bear wearing a bucket helmet? :)

And yeah, the floating shoulder pads were a very odd choice for the PRID Voyager. They’re why i’ve never hunted down Takaras Hades Megatron, even though i love the random chrome and the giant wing pack arms micron.
 

unluckiness

Somehow still sane
Citizen
Indeed. Kinda wished I’d snagged the fish version when it was out. Seeing your pics does make me a lot more interested in buying Dark Master if I can. The shinier version has breakage issues?

Also, is it just me, or his Prime Megs head always looked like a grizzly bear wearing a bucket helmet? :)

And yeah, the floating shoulder pads were a very odd choice for the PRID Voyager. They’re why i’ve never hunted down Takaras Hades Megatron, even though i love the random chrome and the giant wing pack arms micron.
The first version is roughly half clear purple painted silver so the shin panel that connects the wing snaps easily. I don’t recommend that one at all. There’s an entirely clear version but I’d similarly advise against it. The currently available gray version avoids breakage with some minor retooling and changing to all opaque plastic. An upcoming battle damage version is arguably most accurate to the show, has a clear purple dark energon saber and an optional Prime arm and a jar to keep the arm in but it’s a bit too dinged up for my tastes, the weathering looks super grainy, the silver lacks contrast with the gunmetal and the wingtips being clear plastic like version 1 is setting off red flags.


Wouldn’t say no to a Rampage if they make a head bigger than Funpub’s.
 
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unluckiness

Somehow still sane
Citizen
Could probably save some cash buying on Chinese platforms but the language barrier is pretty hard to traverse and there are quite a few bad sellers on those platforms as well.
 


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