The 3rd Party Toy Picture thread

[Donocropolis]

I love the idea of big Constructicons myself. I've had Hercules in combined mode for probably 15 years now and never separated him so the combined mode height is really what matters more to me. I've always envisioned Devastator as being the biggest combiner anyway (whether fiction agrees with that or not) so that would be fine with me if he is a couple of heads bigger than everyone else.

Yeah, I do like the idea that Devestator is a level above your standard combiners. Like in the '86 movie where, since it takes place after Season 2 of the cartoon, combiners on the battlefield have become pretty commonplace, the appearance of Devestator is still treated like a major event. I know there are real-world reasons for that being the case, but in-universe it works.

 

[unluckiness]

Liokaiser costs $515 here, the character means pretty much nothing to ne and the engineering doesn’t impress me so I'm not buying that thing. At the same time, these sets are closer to $80 since we get these at local hobby/toy stores. Kind of a nobrainer for me personally.

 

[LordGigaIce]

 

[Gizmoboy]

Well that's kind of cool looking

 

[unluckiness]

This isn’t a transformer or a third party figure. I’mma have to write you a nerd citation.

 

[LordGigaIce]

This isn’t a transformer or a third party figure. I’mma have to write you a nerd citation.

I should have put a G1 Cliffjumper keychain out of focus in the background and put it in the official Transformers pic thread.

 

[unluckiness]

Bought an additional Animated Magnus hammer because I decided to give my Prime forge of Solus to Solus and Magnus couldn’t hold it all that well. It’s basically thehammer from the Animated Prime trailer with the head’s colors inverted with blue head and black middle and the clear parts changed from blue to yellow. Out of the box, it is color matched to Legacy Animated Optimus. Repainted it to match Magnus but wow the camera is not doing the color matching any favors. All in all, the various parts fit well and can be easily disassembled for customization. Pretty good for like 8 bucks.

 

[unluckiness]

Got the legs in. Thing’s solid as a rock in-terms of stability. Hips are secure and the legs attach with seven separate connections. This set really is an insane value and even if a hypothetical better devastator happens, the small innovations like the crane being a cannon, the swapped formation and the built in combiner parts makes this thing stand out. The simple effective transformations are icing on the cake.

gonna paint the toes green/purple on bonecrusher and Scavenger respectively though. The silver’s not bad but I dunno, I’d prefer to keep the original configuration’s “symmetrical but different colors” thing with the treads going. Gonna wait for the arms to try. I feel there’s not enough purple on the combined mode but I’d like to be certain. Also planning to add more purple to the combined gun so it makes more sense to do everything in one go.

 

[Superomegaprime]

Megatron & Mangamaton looks are like they are thinking the same thing "FEET!!!" While Jetfire is like "Oh, there is something intersting over there, I wonder what it is?" Unicron is like "Ah, lunch is served, bon appetit!!"

 

[unluckiness]

These two are pretty much identical aside from the chests and vehicle parts. The arms, legs and internal torso parts are shared. I like the detail of the miner’s lights on the usual g1 design. Articulation is decent but the double jointed elbows and knees are really nice. Bonecrusher’s knee shovels restrict articulation a lot though. Eyes light up with a magnetic LED system. The guns are mostly identical but have different peg and port placements for combined mode. They both have magnets built in to activate the eyes.

Transformation for the two is alright. Identical for the most part aside from the steps for the vehicle kibble. Relatively simple and logical though some clearance issues arise if certain steps aren’t done in a specific order. Not bad at all.

Vehicle modes are adequate but oddly flattened and long for the type of vehicle they’re supposed to be. No wheels for rolling but have decent undercarriage storage for guns. These two don't really have a lot of vehicle playability. Bonecrusher is a brick and scavenger’s shovel has decent articulation. Nothing to write home about.

 

[Gizmoboy]

My 3rd one finally arrived.

 

[Gizmoboy]

These are going to be my Vehicon navy escort flyers. They escort the Vehicon drop ships and provide close air support during landing operations. That's why they sport a different head than the normal Vehicon flyers.

 

[Donocropolis]

The heads do have some inexplicable "Navy" quality to them, don't they? I do love this sort of "multiple generic types" thing.

 

[unluckiness]

That head reminds me of the guy from Dead Space.