I got Jacky in today along with BB legend class Shockwave & Bolder Dash, Jacky is pretty good, thou my only real complaint, is the wings on the back of his robot mode, they are PUNY compared to how he was shown in the cartoon
Did this theory get confirmed while I wasn't looking?
Just a PSA about Silverbolt: He has some REALLY strong detents on his knee joints, if you're worried about the hinge you can sand or cut them down a bit (they're visible from the front when the knee is bent 90 degrees).
After a couple times missing one factor or the other, tonight available funds and figures in stock finally aligned and I was able to snag a non-core United toy. Grabbed Thundertron at a Target in the last days of the 30% off deal for the price of a Deluxe.
Chase had been my goal but no sign of him at the two Targets I visited. Not a Silverbolt yet, who would have been choice 2, but this is a solid third option.
While I miss a few of the pirate-y details of the originals robot mode they are sufficiently made up for by a MUCH improved lion mode.
-ZacWilliam, I always liked the character and I wanted a leader for any of the Walmart Star Raiders I get.
Chase had been my goal but no sign of him at the two Targets I visited. Not a Silverbolt yet, who would have been choice 2, but this is a solid third option.
While I miss a few of the pirate-y details of the originals robot mode they are sufficiently made up for by a MUCH improved lion mode.
-ZacWilliam, I always liked the character and I wanted a leader for any of the Walmart Star Raiders I get.
I’d have bought one by now if not for the listings for the exclusive Thundertron
I just wish we had an image of the upcoming one so I could make an informed decision.
Though if it's sold as a Leader, it's likely a redeco with another figure, which I'd very probably get anyway.
(Still waiting on images of Road Pig, too. I mean, I basically know what he'll look like, and I know I'll get at least one, but still, you know?)
Mostly this. I'm intrigued by the mold, but I still have oversaturation fatigue from the original so I'm waiting for that or any redeco.
The same (minus the mold fatigue) is true of Bludgeon; I'm waiting to see if the supposed Mayhem release is better than the existing one.
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I found DK-2 Guard at Ross for $8.99 yesterday.
So it was a name? Yes that would have been infinitely better.
-ZacWilliam, hate non-name names for TFs. Looks at the Jurassic Park crossover Autobots.
-ZacWilliam, hate non-name names for TFs. Looks at the Jurassic Park crossover Autobots.
No, I feel like "Guard" is supposed to be his name, like Breaker. Which is a step up for the JP-#. I just feel that "Guard" is too plain and generic and Vanguard feels more Transformer-y. It's still a title/job but sounds less generic to me, there's something striking and heroic sounding when you say it, least to me. Guardian might also work.
Vanguard is a little too on the nose though. He's literally a VAN whose job it is to GUARD stuff.
That's what makes it work as a pun!
Beast Wars must be extremely painful for you.
Dooky # 2 Guard combines with Thundercracker and WIndbreaker to make...
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...before I continue, I'm going to open a window...
(could be worse, given our luck and Japanese naming, Long Haul could have been named TakeDump and Devastator would become Big Dump).
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...before I continue, I'm going to open a window...
(could be worse, given our luck and Japanese naming, Long Haul could have been named TakeDump and Devastator would become Big Dump).
Welcome to roughly 60% of Transformers names.
what if we call the guy who turns into a cheetah cheetor and the guy who turns into a rhino rhinox
I guess whoever did the naming thought it might help kids idenify the type of animals they were, the only real expections to that were Megatron and Optimus, thou they altered Prime to Primal to reflect his primal nature, I presume
Nope, because it happened when the names didn't phase me, and I loved the characters before the naming conventions got to me.
These days, yeah, okay, a little. But I love rhinox and scorponok entirely too much.