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[Sabrblade]

Regarding Sky Lynx, I see everyone praise him as one of the best Commander class figures, but I... just don't get it.

I have him, but mine just doesn't hold together. At all. The shuttle and base just do not want to stay connected in either vehicle or dino bird mode. The connector towards the front of the shuttle works fine, but the connector near the rear just... does nothing. No matter how hard I try to press them together.

How is it supposed to attach? What am I doing wrong?

EDIT: Also, the wings just do not want to stay attached to the bird feet in shuttle mode. The slightest upward nudge knocks them out of the connection.

And in bird mode, there is nothing to secure the base of the wings to the sides of the body. They just dangle about on those weird "arms" (for lack of a better term), and flapping the wings causes them to easily pop off of their mushroom pegs.

 

[Princess Viola]

honestly i legitimately forget there even was a commander sky-lynx

gotta be the most forgettable commander imo

 

[Agent X]

Regarding Sky Lynx, I see everyone praise him as one of the best Commander class figures, but I... just don't get it.

I have him, but mine just doesn't hold together. At all. The shuttle and base just do not want to stay connected in either vehicle or dino bird mode. The connector towards the front of the shuttle works fine, but the connector near the rear just... does nothing. No matter how hard I try to press them together.

How is it supposed to attach? What am I doing wrong?

EDIT: Also, the wings just do not want to stay attached to the bird feet in shuttle mode. The slightest upward nudge knocks them out of the connection.

And in bird mode, there is nothing to secure the base of the wings to the sides of the body. They just dangle about on those weird "arms" (for lack of a better term), and flapping the wings causes them to easily pop off of their mushroom pegs.

obviously that means you got the RARE CHASE 'Shattered, Shattered Glass" Variant of Skylynx: The appearance of normal Skylynx, but none of the confidence.

 

[Exatron]

I think I remember there being a trick to get his two components to connect securely. Or at least I have a vague memory of them not holding together until I did something different. It's been quite a while since I've handled him though, and I can't get to him at the moment, so afraid I can't really offer anything useful at the moment. I'll try to take a look when I can get to him if no one else gets to it first.

The wings are another story. I don't think mine hold on any better. In fact, I'm fairly certain I didn't even try to keep them attached, and they're just loose in the storage crate he's in.

 

[unluckiness]

I tightened up the tabs on the connectors with some floor polish and that worked to keep them together. Not that they were coming apart but it is certainly more secure after the floor polish. The wings are indeed janky but floor polish helped with that too.

 

[lastmaximal]

First I'm hearing of problems with the Sky Lynx toy, but it was bound to happen I guess.

I've always been very impressed with the overall design and what they got out of it. Hell of a way to validate Commander class, after Jetfire was basically "oh, so this means 'really big' with a few more gimmicky engineering bits".

This is partly what I mean by the best ones being the sort to deal with a challenge -- an unconventional set of demands like two separate beast robots that also have a base mode, a cab that has a trailer that turns into pants or a suit (I think Armada OP really nails this; I'm not super sold on Motormaster's execution of the latter, but it's admirable and ambitious), three large beasts that combine in a wild organic decidedly non-Scramble way.

Robot folding up into cab plus opening box trailer is comparatively easy (although they fumbled even that with Rodimus, who sticks out of the trailer just enough to be infuriating), and the rest of the budget just goes to making parts fiddlier and fancier -- geared this, hydraulic ish that, add blast effects. But these really show off a greater range and complexity of designs that can be pulled off at this price point. I like that much better than "a really good cab Optimus WITH a trailer has to be above Leader, soooo".

 

[Superomegaprime]

Skylynx was the best at the best but since then he been surpassed by Armada OP & Magmatron, Skylynx's overall look is great but whoever desgined the wings, did a terrible job but then they might been thinking about it going to a small child, the connecting is troublesome for the two halves in terms of getting them to stay together, sadly no third party has made any upgrades for Skylynx so there isn't much that can be done to improve him

 

[unluckiness]

Worked on soundwave today. Filed down the insides of his shoulder to prevent the weird springing motion it caused. Painted in the missing red and black details. Considering replacing some gray with silver but eh not right now

 

[Gizmoboy]

Damn you for making me want that Buzzsaw even more than I already do!

 

[unluckiness]

Wasn’t feeling the silver matrix cover (mostly because it looked like an old timey robot face) so went with a black. Might be a tad too dark now but I feel it helps bring attention to the Matrix which without a light up gimmick or something has problems being noticeable.watched the movie and decided to add in some of the little yellow and green lights seen in Prime’s chest as well. Painted in the insides of the windows but i fear all it did was bring out the copyright and made in Vietnam stuff there lol

 

[LordGigaIce]

 

[Haywire]

You've heard of Brothers in Arms? How about Brothers in Shoulders?

Megatron tries out for the secret ideological organization, ACROSS. Look out, Il Pallazo...

No smart caption, this image just really makes me happy! I was not planning on collecting Joe vehicles, but Transformers that turn into Joe vehicles....

I couldn't quite get Sgt. Slaughter into a "Punching Megatron in the optics" pose, so he's got him in a headlock (and probably giving him a noogie). On a side note, I do think this Sgt. Kup needs his Targetmaster partner, Recoil. The Triple-T guns just don't look that threatening...

 

[Agent X]

During Sarge's Heel run, he had a submission finisher where he'd grind the tip of his knuckle (like a folded down bird) into the temple of his opponent.

So he could be doing THAT to Megatron.

 

[CoffeeHorse]

Pistols used to be an officer's weapon. The higher the rank, the smaller the gun. It signals "This is all I need."

This toy suggests Kup was an absolute beast back his day, and these kids with their blaster rifles and fusion cannons got nothin on what he knows how to do with just those pea shooters.

 

[Haywire]

I...think I may have an infestation...
Chop Shop and Barrage join Ransack as the Deluxe muscle for the Swarm. Apparently, my G1 reissue basic Insecticons are in a different box, and I have a whole bunch of Predacon insects and arthropods that could beef up the ranks, but I kind of ran out of room on the washer; I probably need a bigger bright area for group photos.

 

[CoffeeHorse]

I recognize that mantis in the upper left corner. Below Manterror. It's one of those Fighting Insect / Winged-Bots things that used to be all over Big Lots.

 

[LBD "Nytetrayn"]

Wasn’t feeling the silver matrix cover (mostly because it looked like an old timey robot face) so went with a black. Might be a tad too dark now but I feel it helps bring attention to the Matrix which without a light up gimmick or something has problems being noticeable.watched the movie and decided to add in some of the little yellow and green lights seen in Prime’s chest as well. Painted in the insides of the windows but i fear all it did was bring out the copyright and made in Vietnam stuff there lol
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"Primes Gone Wild" just wasn't the hit Hasbro was hoping for.

Alternatively:

"How about now?"

Michael Bay, circa 2006: "For the last time, Optimus, that isn't what I -- look, just... maybe we can use your voice? You can be a part of the movie that way."

"...I'll take it."

 

[Platypus Prime]

It's coming...

 

[Haywire]

I recognize that mantis in the upper left corner. Below Manterror. It's one of those Fighting Insect / Winged-Bots things that used to be all over Big Lots.

I'm pretty sure it did come from Big Lots. Can't remember if it was in a 2-pack or 4-pack, but only the mantis and the tan Mosquito on the other side of the group (the one with the pair of, um...Dalek bumps...) were in the box for my Insecticon Swarm. (My organizational system is grouped by teams, such as Autobot Rescue Force, Iacon Defense Force, Decepticon Earthforce, Drednox, etc, so if there were more in the set, I may have assigned them to a different group.)

 

[Platypus Prime]

Adjust the tracking! Wiggle the switch! JIGGLE THE HANDLE!!!