Yeah, there wasn't terribly much on him that could have been improved since he wasn't gimmick-strangled like Override, and it is kind of a fool's errand.
...still want it, tho.
...still want it, tho.
Hip ratchets that don’t give out would be Enough TBH. Plus not having electronics would only help out with long term stability. Mine eventually ended up doing the limbo whenever i put the super mode backpack on until I replaced the springs in the ratchets but even the teeth in the joint were starting to get worn down.
ankles would be cool too I guess.
ankles would be cool too I guess.
Hell, they managed to do that with Laser Prime, a mold that came out nearly 30 years ago.
Why does he have Cybertron Downshift's guns?
Those are actual guns he used in the anime at one point.
When Cybertron was out, Burger King had tie-in toys. One was an Optimus cab that transformed like a traditional G1 Optimus Prime, with the front of the truck forming the front of the torso, only now all futuristic and angular.
"Oh man," I thought to myself. "That is kinda neat. It would be great if that was done with a full-featured figure."
Years later, they did just that with Galaxy Upgrade OP, and somehow... it just didn't seem as cool as I always thought it would, and I'm not even sure why.
"Oh man," I thought to myself. "That is kinda neat. It would be great if that was done with a full-featured figure."
Years later, they did just that with Galaxy Upgrade OP, and somehow... it just didn't seem as cool as I always thought it would, and I'm not even sure why.
I feel like the only person who actually likes Galaxy Upgrade Optimus right now lol.
It's perfectly fine if you dig the character design and especially if you missed out on or no longer have the original
I love the idea of it. I love that GUOP's basic robot mode isn't just a boring version of the super mode.
They just didn't go far enough with it. It really needs some leg armor that actually looks like Cybertron Prime's legs.
They just didn't go far enough with it. It really needs some leg armor that actually looks like Cybertron Prime's legs.
GUOP seems fine in a "This is hte only way we'll get a version of this character anytime soon." way. Like if I missed Cybertron, and wanted a version of that character on my shelf, it'd be fine for that.
But these days when we're getting stuff like Armada Op, he just feels like a missed opportunity. Glad he happened though, I'm super happy with Nova Prime.
But these days when we're getting stuff like Armada Op, he just feels like a missed opportunity. Glad he happened though, I'm super happy with Nova Prime.
Mostly agree, but Override proves there are improvements to be made. Sure she lost her Cyber Key gimmick, but on the whole it's a better proportioned and poseable figure than the original. So I'm not against them taking cracks at Cybertron just to see what they can do. They might surprise us.
I mean aren't Cybertron Hot Shot and Vector Prime rumoured to be coming up? That should be a good test to see what they can improve on, what they have to scale back on, and if the update is worth it. The originals of those figures in Cybertron were good but not great, so it's going to be interesting to see how modern takes stack up with what's improved upon vs what's taken away.
The way the robot mode arms just sit there at the sides, bolted onto the side of the cab, and the slightly off proportions all around to accommodate the armour gimmick limit the standalone robot mode.When Cybertron was out, Burger King had tie-in toys. One was an Optimus cab that transformed like a traditional G1 Optimus Prime, with the front of the truck forming the front of the torso, only now all futuristic and angular.
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"Oh man," I thought to myself. "That is kinda neat. It would be great if that was done with a full-featured figure."
Years later, they did just that with Galaxy Upgrade OP, and somehow... it just didn't seem as cool as I always thought it would, and I'm not even sure why.
If you hypothetically made an Optimus Prime out of a truck that looked like that, and it didn't have to combine with an armour set, it would look rather cool, I think.
That's exactly why I like it, the OG Cybertron Optimus was the only UT Optimus toy I never got as a kid, so having some representation of his design now is like
to me.
That seems to be happening more and more these days. While I certainly still support new figures for those who now can't easily get the old ones, if it isn't superior in some important way to the original (and I already have the original), I'm not going to buy the new toy and will be perfectly happy with my original.
Sigh, I just got the recent troop builder multipack and found that the "extra" Autotrooper head is really just a faceplate. In order to attach it to Earthrise Ratchet, I would need to hack his head in half and then file/saw away at the back of his head and to glue it to the spare Autotrooper face...
I REALLY think Takara missed an opportunity to make a cool Japanese police van from the Earthrise Ratchet/Ironhide mold. It hasn't really been used as much as the Lambor molds so I wouldn't mind some more characters made from it.
How about you folks?
I REALLY think Takara missed an opportunity to make a cool Japanese police van from the Earthrise Ratchet/Ironhide mold. It hasn't really been used as much as the Lambor molds so I wouldn't mind some more characters made from it.
How about you folks?
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Yeah, I do wish that they were full heads. I can only assume that someone like Nonnef or the Toyhax Armory will make extra "bases" for the G2 Trooper and Autotrooper heads.
Just as the two Decepticon Micromasters completed the Racecar Patrol (or whatever it's called), so too do the other two cars complete the Autobot Hotrod Patrol. One of them is technically a Decepticon, but I'm sure they were designed to not only homage the M.A.S.K vehicles but also the missing two members...
Hot Rod Patrol - Transformers Wiki
Windstorm - Transformers Wiki
Stingracer - Transformers Wiki
Anyone else get this impression?
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I think the Skids mold would have looked good in a police deco, too.
I mentioned this earlier in the thread (or maybe over in the picture thread) that I was hoping to use my 2 Deseeus Army troops as more Autotroopers. I'm still hopeful that there will be some 3D printed solutions to allow that to happen.