That Ratchet looks cool!
Wait, it's a Walgreens exclusive? Darnit. All the Walgreens around here never get anything.
He's very cool.
He was released at EB Games here in Canada, since we don't have Walgreens.
Argh. Did they at least fix the mold (the leg panels constantly pop off on my Ironhide because the tabs are slightly too big and the hinge is off.
Ratchet looks good mold-wise but I really don't like the way the blindingly white deco and the head look. Just make a Ratchet with red head and white crest already, Hasbro!
I've never painted a figure before. Maybe I should start.I really want that Ratchet, it's probably the only major character I don't have a decent CHUG version of. Of course we don't even see regular Siege figures here in Spain, so...
Nothing a lil' paint can't solve :). I had the same issue with CW's Ironhide, and man did it improve with some paint.
I ended up caving and getting the Siege Jetfire. Man what an awesome toy. I'm really floored by the add-on's and build quality. It's a lot of toy for the $100 I paid. It's a really solid figure, and even my wife (who admits to being completely lost with Transformers when my son and I play) is impressed by it.
On an entirely different note, I need your help with something guys...
I'm looking to get into the comics, and I want some recommendations for some of the all-time great collected arcs/trades and such.
I want a recommendation for one of the most heralded classics, but also some great recent/modern ones where both the story and art-style really shine.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I ended up caving and getting the Siege Jetfire. Man what an awesome toy. I'm really floored by the add-on's and build quality. It's a lot of toy for the $100 I paid. It's a really solid figure, and even my wife (who admits to being completely lost with Transformers when my son and I play) is impressed by it.
On an entirely different note, I need your help with something guys...
I'm looking to get into the comics, and I want some recommendations for some of the all-time great collected arcs/trades and such.
I want a recommendation for one of the most heralded classics, but also some great recent/modern ones where both the story and art-style really shine.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
My Decepticon haul from this past week has really boosted my ranks! They're all tremendous figures.
The special edition is out? I'm still waiting on my shipment confirmation
That's because it only transforms into either 1/3 or a camera (by becoming a block) or into a rectangle with accessories attached to it.My Refraktor showed up today. It's by far the easiest one to transform but I'll keep it in camera mode full time
That's because it only transforms into either 1/3 or a camera (by becoming a block) or into a rectangle with accessories attached to it.
I said it a while ago in this thread when I first got it, but while it's a cool concept to sell it like this, if you take a step back and you realize you spent more than 60 bucks on this thing... ugh.
Haha, looks like a third-party (Zeta Toys) wants some of that Unicron pie.
Size is apparently comparable to Hasbro's. Would be interesting if this ended up being cheaper.
Edit: it's actually way smaller I blame the Imperial system for my mistake
Haha, looks like a third-party (Zeta Toys) wants some of that Unicron pie.
Size is apparently comparable to Hasbro's. Would be interesting if this ended up being cheaper.
Edit: it's actually way smaller I blame the Imperial system for my mistake
Zeta's looks great but that's way too small for MP or CHUG. Unicron can't be smaller than the citybots and combiners. Hasbro keeps my money for now.
I ended up caving and getting the Siege Jetfire. Man what an awesome toy. I'm really floored by the add-on's and build quality. It's a lot of toy for the $100 I paid. It's a really solid figure, and even my wife (who admits to being completely lost with Transformers when my son and I play) is impressed by it.
On an entirely different note, I need your help with something guys...
I'm looking to get into the comics, and I want some recommendations for some of the all-time great collected arcs/trades and such.
I want a recommendation for one of the most heralded classics, but also some great recent/modern ones where both the story and art-style really shine.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Everything from MtMtE is great, so I'd just get the entire run. I'm collecting the IDW Collections so that I don't have to hunt down specific trades, but they're way behind the release schedule (just recently got into Combiner Wars). Before that, there's a bunch of fairly substandard stuff. The stories that are absolutely essential are Megatron Origin and Last Stand of the Wreckers, Megatron especially since it influences a TON of later stories.
While the present day adventures of MtMtE are great, I think the deep dives into TF history are equally amazing, when they're drawn by a good artist. Shadowplay is another fantastic story, but it's not as stand-alone as the others. A lot of stories like Monstrosity and Autocracy would have been interesting if if wasn't for Livio Ramondelli's art which is.... urgh.
Robots in Disguise is very uneven, tends to have some super uneven art, is heavily tied to whatever toys they were selling at the time, and is generally the same old guys doing the same old shit over and over. Starscream is being treacherous, Prowl is being a dick, Arcee is being a psycho for no apparent reason, Soundwave is being Soundwave, oh joy. The only good character in that story, once she appears, is Windblade, and she's miserable being the only good character around.
In contrast, MtMtE has THE. BEST. TF. CHARACTERS. EVER! I can't believe how well crafted they all are. Chromedome is turning into my favourite TF, there's just so much to him (like, more than meets the eye...) and it's crazy how much expressiveness Milne and others give to a guy with a visor and a mouthplate. I feel that he and Tailgate are the main characters. The story even makes total randoms and even new creations like Mainframe and Jackpot and Atomizer into people. I only don't care for Rodimus and Drift.
While RiD is not on the level of MTMTE, I don't agree that it's as by rote as MikeProtagonist paints it. Until the Revolution crossover it's a decent series of political thrillers and wheels-within-wheels schemes, and one of the very few examples of Soundwave being taken beyond his base personality depiction. In fact I completely disagree that the characters behave predictably as themselves for much of it, there are several good swerves. Just nothing as good as Swerve.
However, after the Revolution crossover, when it becomes Optimus Prime, it really drags. In fact I'd argue that after Revolution starts, MTMTE/Lost Light is the only book worth sticking with.
I didn't mind the political theater and quite like the tension up until the Titans battle. After that is when it began to become a chore for me. It turned into a sort of noir thing that just didn't work too well because it was trying to weave too much for me. Then the stuff in theIS with Blackrock just felt more GIJoe than anything
Also Zeta has pulled down all its stuff on its Unicron. Rumors vary from Hasbro getting legal with them to them redoing it to be bigger. Hopefully it's the latter.
Also Zeta has pulled down all its stuff on its Unicron. Rumors vary from Hasbro getting legal with them to them redoing it to be bigger. Hopefully it's the latter.
It would be one of the few times where it seems the 3P and HasTak version of a character are in full direct competition with each other so it makes sense, especially since the HasTak version is crowd funded.
Do the robots fuck?So there's a manga called Mazinger Z vs. Transformers. That is all.