I didn't get him the first time and don't really have space for him in my collection, but part of me is glum at the idea of missing out on this second chance.
Transformers: Age of the Primes toyline discussion || update: Gen Selects Trypticon Reissue
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The cartoon model, for comparison:
Frankly, I think the purple on the new one is too bright and pink, with the darker purple on the TR original being closer to this.
As I was just telling a friend, it could be a lighting thing, since light purples and bright pinks tend to look very similar sometimes.
Happy I have the original TBH, that looks worse.
It's actually giving Botcon Doublepunch vibes to me, personally.
Honestly, depending on the source that purple changed shades all the time:
Most of these are shots from the cartoon and its almost never the same purple twice.
Probably, since TR seems to be a much brighter/paler grey than he actually appears.
Studio lighting, perhaps?
I'm kinda irked by this, in any case. I love my Trypticon, but always wondered why he was such a pale shade of grey. Didn't realize that was the OG toy colors. Or I forgot.
I'm also irked that they aren't using stickers on this one, but paint.
Would be nice if they added a few extra parts that went missing between the G1 and TR versions -- the guns and satellite dishes and stuff. Maybe a recolored Brunt.
I have my TR one fully Toyhax labeled, and I'm not planning to change it. Also went inside and fixed the tail and hips.
I do imagine some enterprising/wealthy/insane individual will buy both, take them apart, build their idea of the 'perfect' Trypticon, and then complain that no one will let them return the other composite one or buy it off ebay.
I do imagine some enterprising/wealthy/insane individual will buy both, take them apart, build their idea of the 'perfect' Trypticon, and then complain that no one will let them return the other composite one or buy it off ebay.
Curious if they'll reissue Brunt as well. I can't se the price on him on ebay doing anything but going up after this.
Huh...looking at the Fallen in-hands popping up now, I had thought the cannon barrel extended. It's actually a separate piece, by the look of it.
Purple is really hard to photograph for some reason.
Okay, with this Trypticon reissue, could we potentially have some hope for a retool as Gigastorm?
Will never forget really wanting Energon Galvatron and until I saw him stores wondering where he sat on the color wheel when pictures online covered a range of
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I don't remember what the problem with the tail was, but I think I might have overdone the hip.
Don't suppose there's a good way to make it a little tighter again?
The tail on both mine and a friends made a weird 'clunk' and became very loose due to a shallow cross-shaped flange that didn't engage right, it would jump its track and let the tail flop. A careful gluing a lubing fixed them both. For the hips, I just added some of the plastic-safe lube (I used Rubiks Cube Lube). I didn't alter the springs. If you did you can add some space back by putting some spacers behind the hip ratchet plate to increase the spring pressure behind it.
i don't even know which trypticon is the og and which is the rerelease redeco tbh
Evan says which is which in the video.
The left gray one is TR, the right black one is Selects.