raiyuki-henkei.bsky.social
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Looking forward to seeing your pics of it. It’s one I’m looking for despite that one oft mentioned scary factor
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Primus was in the same class size as Unicron hence identical and deliberately parallel boxes but the toy itself is shorter and I think less bulky than Unicron; the planet modes are comparible in size though and the back bits on primus have more mass than Unicron’s shells
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Is it universal on this version? I’ve seen it only sparsely mentioned but when it is it looks pretty bad
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Either I’m too used to seeing her now or that thumbnail photo is black magic because I always felt her head was too big yet somehow it looks fine here
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Shame this mold never got a reuse. It seems so goofy looking at it first but it’s actually so solid to handle. One of the most solid in the whole line in fact
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For real. I’ve always loved it so I never forget it myself.
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Did JAFCON not also have red windows? It’s been a while since I’ve touched mine but I feel like he did
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TBH I feel like this and JAFCON Convoy were more part of a fad of black repaints than owing anything to Scourge. We got Black Rodimus and Starscream during that period (and a different Black Starscream in RM). Even the partly MC inspired Black Megatron feels like a part of that.
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With the Deathcobra mold
existing they could shake up the lineup too tbh.
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The uniform blue legs are such an upside
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LOL I don’t think I even have great lighting but I’m glad he came across well. But yeah it’s definitely a nice bright shade of red in hand.
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Something I love is how this and the Vector Prime redecoe both fully painted the keys as well. You could stick them into the actual Galaxy Force line and they’d fit near perfectly
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I jumped on the Platinum one for that alone (also didn’t have the mold till then). Shame the cancelled redecoes of him and Energon Megatron never happened
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And some shots with the weapons and stars of the fembots attached
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Some shots with their respective fembots Energon Arcee and Botcon 2005 Flareup and Chromia.
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Pretty good retool. I think the head is a tad too big and the shoulder bits in practice are a bit of a hinderance but the mold works well on her and the alt mode is perfect. Enjoy!
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It kinda saddens me knowing it basically got replaced BEFORE even being a decade old.
Either way I quite love the mold though. It really highlighted how much Siege onwards felt like an era of mini MPs and the transformations got nuttier from there
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The Thrust packaging is for the loose one I have; I’ll have all five versions of the mold nice and complete with this. What surprises me about it admittedly though is the Unicron Battles branding despite normal cardback; I guess there was a late between waves release?
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I’ve never been fond of these Prime updates as updates but hot damn that alt mode is gorgeous.
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does the chest open or is it a lie?
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This might be the best executed UT update to date and I hope they redeco it liberally
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This was my intro to the mold. Definitely a nice looking one.
Kind wish we got a Starecream as well to go with him although I can imagine they didn’t want two in the same size class.
The whole subline was great
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Kinda where I’m at with him too. A little more retooling and he’d be close to perfect like the arms, feet, and maybe slightly better shoulder guards and the wings. As it still captures the original quite well and we got more of Galaxy Force deco
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Replicating box art with toys that look like the boxart; what a time to live in
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I unironically want this. These are the kinds of knock offs I live for.
Also kind of funny to me that they actually paint the HFGs.
Gotta ask: how big are they and how crap do they feel?
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Forwhatever my gripes with the some of the toys themselves it really was a good and refreshing line. And I do think it kept getting better. Makes me look forward to AOTP
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And for shiggles
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Here’s Cliffjumper as the top
and the individuals together
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I would normally agree but I do feel like Fire Guts is the more well known redeco and would be the safer one because of that.
Granted Takara’s unpredictable sometimes with this; I was fully certain we’d get Black Rodimus some years back and we got Rebirth Hot Rod instead
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The aesthetics definitely do resemble that though I don’t recall them ever doing transforming toys so it’s still surprising
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What exactly is this? I thought it was a 3p at first. Are these really a fully transforming set from Takara and is it an exclusive line?
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As an aside it also makes me wonder if a Black Rodimus is a possibility again; I was thoroughly convinced he’d happen before we got Rebirth Hot Rod instead. Since Diaclone Ironhide is now a thing the hope is back
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I love it but I’m genuinely surprised. I feel like ever since I predicted Delta Magnus correctly I’ve gotten it wrong every time. I was thoroughly convinced we’d get a fireguts set first and only and here we are. Very much hoping a black Apex Bomber does happen honestly even with no basis
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Wait this is official right? Admittedly I’m actually surprised we’re getting this before Fire Guts. Like I feel like this is that rare black redeco that’s not as well remembered/known
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My only personal complaint is no gas tanks on the back. It’s a small detail but one of ones where the alt mode parts are on the back so I was hoping for it. Otherwise it’s the best we’ve had officially
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It’s funny cuz wasn’t this the same little peg or something that worked with T30 Rattrap? Cool to see it payoff again like a decade later
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I honestly thought it would be $200 and no MORE than that. As much as prices have inflated $200 seemed like the upper limit even on exclusive titans. Only way I could see it for more is it included extra bots packed in
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I like the new one overall but the mouthplate oddly bothers me. I’m glad it’s not generic silver but I kinda wish it was metallic rather than flat. The inclusion of a diaclone buddy also seals the set for me though
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It’s wacky to me that GiG used Takara style boxes for small combiner bots but the Hasbro style for Devastator. It’s interesting how unique various Euro releases were even in various areas of Europe itself
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Starscream and Ramjet also had the extra soundboxes so I’d argue that’s 2 or 3 in a small grouping