Transformers: EarthSpark

[Dvandom]

Okay, found the two Cyber-Combiners, review is in progress. While the Malto Exo-Suits don't technically have altmodes, I figured out some that aren't too much worse than the altmode of Spike's Exo-Suit:

And yes, while each Malto is sold with a Transformer to combine with, the packaging doesn't show that they can combine with each other (not gonna look at that AO3 tag, nope):

The MaltoMech is about 7" (18cm) tall, so Voyager sized. The articulation could be better, but the two-packs are $30 so you sacrifice some articulation for the extra transformations. And they feel more sturdy than first year EarthSpark toys.

---Dave

 

[Donocropolis]

MECHA-SHIVA! MECHA-SHIVA!

 

[PrimalxConvoy]

Okay, found the two Cyber-Combiners, review is in progress. While the Malto Exo-Suits don't technically have altmodes, I figured out some that aren't too much worse than the altmode of Spike's Exo-Suit:
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And yes, while each Malto is sold with a Transformer to combine with, the packaging doesn't show that they can combine with each other (not gonna look at that AO3 tag, nope):
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The MaltoMech is about 7" (18cm) tall, so Voyager sized. The articulation could be better, but the two-packs are $30 so you sacrifice some articulation for the extra transformations. And they feel more sturdy than first year EarthSpark toys.

---Dave

Thanks for this. Most reviews haven't shown the kids combining. Is it possible to combine them the other way around?

Also, what's an "AO3 tag"?

 

[RichardT519]

Also, what's an "AO3 tag"?

I think it has something to do with a fanfic site of some sort...

 

[PrimalxConvoy]

I think it has something to do with a fanfic site of some sort...

This site?

Home | Archive of Our Own

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

archiveofourown.org

It doesn't seem dodgy or anything.

 

[RichardT519]

I only know about them from being frequently mentioned on ColeyDoesThings video titles.

 

[LBD "Nytetrayn"]

This site?

Home | Archive of Our Own

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

archiveofourown.org

It doesn't seem dodgy or anything.

It can be, I believe. Depends on the author and content, warnings applied, etc.

It's where I post my Mega Man Legends stories (as well as on The Mega Man Network), and those adhere to a T/PG-13 type rating. (I try not to have anything more egregious than you might see on The Simpsons or Beavis and Butt-head, for instance.)

 

[Echowarrior]

I post some of my stuff to Archive of Our Own, and my works tend to be a light PG-13 at worst.

 

[Dvandom]

Yeah, every figure can be Shirt or Pants, just like Energon. I just think MaltoMech looks better with the beefier Robby suit as the torso and legs. (Twitch also looks better as a Shirt, due to her thinner limbs...and in the case of mine, the elbow/knee joints are a little loose so Twitch Pants aren't very stable.)

And yes, AO3 is a fanfic site. A tag for siblings combining would not go places Hasbro would approve. This is also why I stick to Shirt and Pants from the Energon days, because calling them Top Mode and Bottom Mode would lead to some unfortunate search term results.

---Dave

 

[PrimalxConvoy]

So...could anyone share a pic of the twins in the opposite combined mode please?

 

[Dvandom]

Here ya go:

---Dave

 

[PrimalxConvoy]

Here ya go:
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---Dave

Thanks! That doesn't look half bad.

 

[Glitch]

Got deluxe Nightshade, no build a bot part. Who thought it would be a wise decision to package two versions of this figure?

 

[Sabrblade]

Got deluxe Nightshade, no build a bot part. Who thought it would be a wise decision to package two versions of this figure?

Wait, what? A second version with no part?

 

[Shadewing]

Wait, what? A second version with no part?

They did the same with Cyberverse, though those were later re-releases.

 

[Sabrblade]

They did the same with Cyberverse, though those were later re-releases.

And those had different packaging.

EarthSpark Starscream isn't required for the Mandroid figure, and even he comes with a duplicate piece.

 

[Haywire]

If they were going to do a second run sans BaF parts, Nightshade is not a bad figure to start with. Now, we need a Hashtag, though.

...also, Core-class versions of the cast that aren't finger puppets...please, Hasbro?

 

[Sabrblade]

The Japanese EarthSpark line will also be getting Deluxe versions of Thrash and Prowl. But unlike Hasbro's Prowl, Takara's Prowl is a redeco of Cyberverse Deluxe Prowl instead of Cyberverse Deluxe Hot Rod.

https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0D2KDVBJ6/

Thrash, meanwhile, has a lot more paint apps than the Hasbro toy to make him much more show-accurate.

https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/dp/B0D2KJ2C7V/

 

[lastmaximal]

Oh, I might be into that Prowl if it doesn't use the soapy silvery plastic Hasbro's used (which also yellowed fairly quickly).

But I'm still getting my Checkpoint base guy.

 

[Shadewing]

Yeah, this just reinforces my desire to make Hasbro's into Checkpoint as well.