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The upcoming Platinum reissues of G1 Astrotrain and Blitzwing…

BW looks like its trying to homage G1 Flywheels the duocon, but Astrotrain …umm yea

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How can you change the colors on Astrotrain? Don’t they know they’re going straight to hell on that?

I loved the influx of purple on the Insecticons and Astrotrain. Astrotrain is still one of my favorites.

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WTF in this case means Why instead of What.

I like the BW release, but we should have gotten an original paint job first. I hope they don’t count the generations one in that makeup.

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Writer Flint Dille, Voice Director Wally Burr, and voice actors, Neil Ross (Springer/Slag/Bonecrusher et al) + Michael Bell (Prowl,Sideswipe,Bombshel,Scrapper,Swoop. et al)
discuss the 1986 G1 TFTM

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Hey you Transformers guys. I’m running a Transformers-themed forum game if you guys are interested. Just in case you guys don’t check anything other than this thread, here it is: [forums.shoryuken.com/discussion/196104/arena-transformers-sign-ups-thread-forum-game](Arena: transformers sign-ups thread (forum game)

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Victory Leo Connectors built into MP Star Saber? Thoughts?

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Yall see this. MP Star Saber is huge!

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Also a review for the figure:

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I think I’m sold!

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Slingshot and Wildrider to be released in certain online retailers this may!

Its odd. I like the stunticons more than the aerialbots, but I kinda like off-road more than this wildrider (which is still good)

The Slingshot, if I can find it, will be mine. I think its b/c Slingshot was the most prominent of the Aerialbots with Silverbolt in the G1 cartoon.

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STAR SABER IS EN ROUTE! Watching this transformation just shows how accurate they went in for this one!

I guess Star Saber is the first “-master” gimmicked MP figure in Takara’s lineup.

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A side by side of MP Star Sabers packaging. Star Saber is as tall as the box. Once I get done with finishing up a DIY project, I will post a few pics.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jAx0iOB51is/VRXX_HZXReI/AAAAAAAAwQo/zdz2gkDbojc/s1533-Ut/2015-03-27.jpg

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Sorry I took so long. I had a pipe burst in my cieling from a freeze w\e had and was putting the finishing touches on it. Wanted to get that done before I got engrossed in the new MP.

Star Saber is huge. The figure rivals in size only to Ultra Magnus and MP-01

Overhead of Star Saber and MP-10 w/ Trailer

Spoiler

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The thing is though it feels a little more toy-esque than other MP figures. It’s big, but doesn’t carry the heft in most of the body. There is die cast on the figure, but its more so in the lower legs. The one thing that separates this figure from most other MP releases is that the figure has very little paint. The coloring that you see is mostly molded plastic. Anyone that has MP Sideswipe understands why that’s a great solution. HasTakTomy is getting better and better with these releases. So let’s break Star Saber down

Brain of Courage -
It’s tiny, as in smaller than the Spike figurine that came with MP-10 tiny. Yet the figure is painted so much better. You can actually fit the “Brain of Courage” inside of MP-10 as a rider. The colors are right and while they bleed over in some places, they get it down well enough that it can be easily overlooked

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Spoiler

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Saber -

It’s virtually a deluxe size MP addition. For the extreme collector, I can see someone buying two to display the character both ways. Solidly detailed, and a fair amount of articulation. If it had a waist swivel and could look up and down, it would have hit that sweet spot. However, they included the one odd gimmick from G1 into this figure, that kinda got me giddy:

Yeah, The Brainmaster fits in the chest and the most useless TF gimmick in the lore works. He can still turn his head, but that’s about it.

Size Comparison with MP Skywarp and MP Prime and Riding the V-Star

Spoiler

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Star Saber -

The mode that most of the buying public will keep this guy displayed as. When I say that he may be the most accurate MP release to date, this has to be it. It’s huge and just has a commanding presence. This to me is if a Gundam Mashup was done with Optimus Prime. Not only is it poseable in the sense of most other MPs, it also has a slight ab crunch, ab rocker, and a forward shoulder joint that allows him to do two handed sword poses. He also does have up and down head movement. The transformation into this mode is a 1:1 experience taken from Transformers Victory (Head covering the other figure’s head and all).

Spoiler

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-bjX3ixAXJ8w/VRZ_NajkUSI/AAAAAAAAwWI/YdPy_9LdE9M/w958-h539-no/IMG_20150328_013353.jpg

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TLDR Version -

It’s the a well executed MP figure that albeit simple in sculpt hits all the marks with very little compromise of features and form.

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wow, Great review optimus.

Im not familiar with Jpn G1 , so Im not that into it but looks neat.

That brain guy is TINY lol…

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Was anyone else able to get ahold of MP-23 Exhaust?

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Nope. I didn’t want it. Glad to see it got in the hands of those that wanted it. Now its going for double MSRP.

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It’s the only figure from JP G1 that I cared to ever have. The only other is God Ginrai (which is basically Powermaster Optimus Prime). It would have been interesting seeing that figure done as a MP release.

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Some sad news for comics/G1 cartoon fans…

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First Review for X-Transbots Apollyon (3rd Party Megatron)

If you didn’t watch. It’s a test shot. A lot of tolerances for joints need to be re-evaluated as things were flying off pretty easy especially the shoulders.

Watching this thing is like transforming Rodimus Prime. It’s a lot of small panels shifting to create the effect. It looks good, but man I don’t really feel comfortable transforming it. It’s a lot of fiddling to get it to work.

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So, Combiner Wars has been good so far. The latest Windblade issue was interesting, different Transformer groups with different religious beliefs.

I am pretty sure I has one of this as a kid

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The McDonalds foodbots were the best rip-offs.