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Army Armor veteran šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡ø Hardcore Transformers/GI Joe collector, pun enjoyer, married schlub. Tanks are cool! Not affiliated with the Department of Defense or any political entity.
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Iā€™d like it a little better if it was black like my actual FJ šŸ¤£ When I first bought my FJ I suddenly remembered they did these back in 2012 or ā€˜13. @tfwiki.net only mentioned red, white and yellow variants, so for me to find a ā€œblackā€ (green) one surprised me
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I really need to read Skyboundā€™s Energon Universe booksā€¦
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As far as Onyx Prime goes, I can see them doing the orange from the box art as the standard version, then doing a black and blue repaint as the IDW2005 version of the same character. Might could happen with Prima too, hoping for a more TF One-inspired head šŸ¤”
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Mine is apparently going to be here tomorrow šŸ¤”
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You said theyā€™re Siege/Netflix/Legacy Soundwave compatible, right?
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Iā€™d agree with Prime. That was really the last time I was excited for a main line supported by media. RID15, Cyberverse, and Earthspark just ainā€™t it for me. I gave them all honest college tries, but always ended up selling them all off šŸ˜•
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Might have to check those guys out then, wouldnā€™t mind having more cassette bots!
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Big sad, but Iā€™m still gunna get them
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Must be misremembering things on my end then, couldā€™ve sworn they were closer in height to Earthrise Ironhide, which was considered a tall Deluxe back when he released
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Maybe a typo and forgot the remaining .5? If not, half an inch really isnā€™t that big a deal, especially given Starscreamā€™s wingspan. 5.5ā€ is roughly tall Deluxe/Voyager size, so if they have Voyager heft and height, $60 for two of them is better than the current $35 per Voyager
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To be fair, arenā€™t they all?
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I want to pet them both
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Heā€™ll be replacing my TFC Hercules lol
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I donā€™t mind it, not like Iā€™m displaying him facing backwards and twerking anyway šŸ¤·šŸ»ā€ā™‚ļø
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It is lol
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You know they will, theyā€™re just biding their time. With Trypticon 2.0 ushering in a new age of Gen Selects, Iā€™m expecting it to go there as Gen Selectsā€™ first Commander entry, either as Powerlinx colors or Nemesis Prime colors. Either way, I want it, thatā€™s how much I fkin love Legacy Armada Prime
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Iā€™m glad I donā€™t care for BWN, otherwise Iā€™d probably have gone for this guy
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Heā€™s pretty solid, IMO. Better than Earthrise Prime, definitely feels like a budget MP44. Mine had an issue where the panel that holds his neck and head didnā€™t want to fold down all the way for alt mode so I had to dremel it down some
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I feel attackedā€¦
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Rodimus doesnā€™t do the torso mode that Optimus can do, right?
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I was just about to say, if it werenā€™t for the gorilla arms I wouldnā€™t have waited for Kingdom Galvatron to have happened for as long as I did
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Or I guess the other way around. Either way, Boston couldnā€™t keep you away!
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Jay to Boston:
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No kidding, Iā€™m really not much of a smoker but Cyclonus here would call me a liar šŸ¤£ that said, if Hasbro comes out tomorrow announcing a hypothetical SS86 Cyclonus thatā€™s 1:1 with the Kingdom guy but slightly tweaked to address the yellowing, Iā€™d be one of the first in line to get it šŸ¤£
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Yes, SS86 corrects the goofed up shoulders from the Kingdom version. Which is great for me, Iā€™ve been stuck with the Kingdom version after all this time and I didnā€™t care enough to get the Legacy version, which didnā€™t do enough for me. SS86ā€™s animation accurate purple was enough for me to upgrade!
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Forgot to mention, you get 50 of them for $23, and sometimes they throw in a bonus unique stand for shits and giggles
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www.amazon.com/Plastic-Acti... I swear by these. I exclusively buy these stands, 95% of all my 6ā€ figures work great with these. And you get a good bunch of them for a great price!
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I got three of these. Theyā€™re significantly better than Barricade, and their alt modes are surprisingly beefy!
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I prefer the 86 colors over the Kingdom colors. Big fan of the bluer purple!
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Actually the weather was pretty tame for us last month. I wore my battalion cap the entire time and felt fine. Now during the summer? Fuck that noise all the way to the sun, Iā€™d rather be in full battle rattle in the New Mexico desert with no AC like good olā€™ days than summer time Orlando šŸ‘ŽšŸ»
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Oh right, I forgot they used the hammer fella as the Wreckersā€™ hammer/Solusā€™s lil buddy. Could still be on the table then, but I wouldnā€™t be surprised in the slightest if they ended up using the simplified ones for 1) budget reasons and 2) consistency with Needlenose and Quake
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This is Hasbro weā€™re talking about. Weā€™d be lucky if it was the Siege ones, but I wouldnā€™t put it past them to downgrade and use the same base Targetmasters that came with Needlenose and Quake
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If itā€™s any consolation, I was *this* close to buying an X-Wing flight helmet and wearing it around the park all day, but $80 when I was already dead set on the Buzz and Zurg was a tough pill to swallow šŸ˜Ŗ