Cyrano wrote:Rogue-Primal wrote:Reveal the shield Jazz. I've owned this figure for 7 years...always transformed without instructions and never figured out that his roof locks into place This caused me to think he sucked because of a floppy chest
Would you please elaborate on this? I also thought the hood/chest had to flop in robot mode.
MadProject wrote: where? I'm tryin' to check it as well, but mine doesn't look to lock.
-Kanrabat- wrote:Damn! That one super UUBER obscure reference there. It work!
As for Soundwave...
-Kanrabat- wrote:Damn! That reference is not only obscure, I think it absorb the surrounding light like a black hole!
Nice find!
BeastProwl wrote:You can give ol BW Skavenger claw hands
-Kanrabat- wrote:Just a silly observation.
We laughed at MP Ironhide's soft buttocks made out of his wheels.
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Well, turn out G1 Crosshair did it decades before.
thedistinctroom wrote:There's still no explaining his Cassettetron's colours.
thedistinctroom wrote:I know Ask Vector Prime already declared Kiloton's toy to be the Micro Change MC-11 Gun Robo S&W Magnum 44, but the colours on this particular Soundwave work a bit better, in my opinion. What do you think?
Zeedust wrote:thedistinctroom wrote:There's still no explaining his Cassettetron's colours.
No offens, bbut you might be overthinking those, their color schemes are probably just meant to match Soundwave's.thedistinctroom wrote:I know Ask Vector Prime already declared Kiloton's toy to be the Micro Change MC-11 Gun Robo S&W Magnum 44, but the colours on this particular Soundwave work a bit better, in my opinion. What do you think?
Eh, even if it's not the guy, the color scheme can still be a reference to him.
Zeedust wrote:Everyone seems to do PotP feet like this...
But I think it might actually be meant to go like this:
(And even if it's not how they were meant to go, they sill look better that way.)
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Second, I don't think it looks better. I think it looks clunky, backwards, and awkward, especially when there are distinct toes on the other end.
Zeedust wrote:ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Second, I don't think it looks better. I think it looks clunky, backwards, and awkward, especially when there are distinct toes on the other end.
They're not "distinct toes", they're gun barrels, and it's not like it's abnormal for Transformers to have stuff sticking out of the back of their foot. Hell, some guys with beast modes (such as BH Twinstrike and the original BW Cheetor) literally have feet sticking out the back of their feet, and I don't think that's ever been a problem. And while the "right" way may mimic the detailing, it certainly doesn't match the broad, flat profile of the original feet, which I consider far more important aesthetically. If you like skinny ballerina feet on your combiners, so be it, but that's not how I roll.
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Strongly disagree. First, it is decidedly not how they were meant to go. Just compare your Abominus foot to this:
You've literally got it backwards. The end with the socket is very solidly intended as the heel (while the end that sticks out farther past the peg is the top and toe) particularly since attaching the smaller Prime Armor as an extension is optional (and if you do, it's generally the heel that needs extending for balance reasons).
Second, I don't think it looks better. I think it looks clunky, backwards, and awkward, especially when there are distinct toes on the other end.
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Zeedust wrote:ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Second, I don't think it looks better. I think it looks clunky, backwards, and awkward, especially when there are distinct toes on the other end.
They're not "distinct toes", they're gun barrels, and it's not like it's abnormal for Transformers to have stuff sticking out of the back of their foot. Hell, some guys with beast modes (such as BH Twinstrike and the original BW Cheetor) literally have feet sticking out the back of their feet, and I don't think that's ever been a problem. And while the "right" way may mimic the detailing, it certainly doesn't match the broad, flat profile of the original feet, which I consider far more important aesthetically. If you like skinny ballerina feet on your combiners, so be it, but that's not how I roll.
The Volcanicus feet (which were used in Abominus' art) do have toes, and the protrusions on the Seeker feet can be considered such as well. The Abominus ones are just solid triangular feet, no toes, and the gun barrels... Predaking's they're not.
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:^But spinning them around makes the feet look like they're different colors on everyone but Volcanicus. Or did you mean color-matched to the individual limbs?
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:The Volcanicus feet (which were used in Abominus' art) do have toes, and the protrusions on the Seeker feet can be considered such as well.
Emerje wrote:In the PotP topic we had some discussion on this and it was brought up at least once (I think twice) on the Twincast Podcast. The general consensus is that the PotP combiners are much more stable with the feet backwards since the combiners are pretty front heavy with their arms forward while the position of the peg is enough to keep them from falling back. In other words they really need more toe than heel and spinning the feet around really solves that problem nicely. Plus some people prefer color matched feet for an added bonus.
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