Studio Series 86 Appreciation Thread

Gizmoboy

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I'm sure I have good photos of the Christmas I received the Sky Striker and Dragonfly helicopter.
 

ZacWilliam1

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Yeah but after they all see action they have to come to my Christmas present.
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-ZacWilliam, 4077th saw a lot of Joes till I lost all the parts.
 

Haywire

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I didn't know a MASH playset even existed, that is super-cool! I wish someone made something like that today; having a Joe-scale set that wasn't just about combat would be a lot more acceptable to my wife. Honestly wish there was more search-and-rescue stuff at 3-3/4" Joe scale, too.
 

Shadewing

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Friend got me Mohawk and Concept Rumble today as a gift. Mohawk is pretty fun and awesome, but Rumble is really one of the worst figures I've come across. Design-wise just fails completely. There's nothing about this figure that I like.
 

Donocropolis

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I kind of like concept Rumble. He feels to me very much like a generic Season 1 background Decepticon. Basically, he's this guy:

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He doesn't transform so much as he compacts, but that's fine for what he is. Not my favorite figure by any means, but not terrible.
 

Dake

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Sabrblade

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Dying Ratchet from the 2-pack with dying Brawn.


Target exclusive, but apparently in the main SS86 line instead of Buzzworthy Bumblebee since the latter is going under.

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Superomegaprime

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SS86 mold for Ratchet & Ironhide isn't that great, the robot modes look good but the vehicle modes aren't great, the panel for the front of the vehicle mode doesn't settle into place properly upon my copies
 

Shadewing

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SS86 mold for Ratchet & Ironhide isn't that great, the robot modes look good but the vehicle modes aren't great, the panel for the front of the vehicle mode doesn't settle into place properly upon my copies

I have an easier time with that on the Dead Ironhide and his non-clear plastics, then I do his living self.
 

lastmaximal

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Assuming this still sees a 2-pack release with the same sort of accessory pack-in as Ironhide/Prowl, I'm just gonna want the blast effects. I managed to get the Ironhide/Prowl pack for well below retail here -- blast effects, an opaque-plastic Prowl I could frankencustom up with Siege and Earthrise, and a first copy of the Ironhide mold whose headsculpt can pass for angry rather than dying. Now I just need a 3d printed non-broken windshield or something.

But this... Don't need Brawn, and I'm keeping Earthrise/Odyssey Ratchet over SS86, and even if I were getting the SS86 it'd be the standalone Voyager. So it's down to the blast effects, which (like the RID2015 clear plastic armor bits) I've grown distractingly fond of.
 

Rhinox

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. . . . looks like a super large version of the original Swoop, with more articulation. I kind of expected them to do a little more like they have with the others. But, he's alright. Hoping for a red chest version down the road.
 


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