i had the ori g1 magnus toys back then. 1 of the major fault i don't like about that figure is that the arm of the bot mode is placed too far back from his chest. of course i can understand that this is due to the design from his alt mode.

but this time round i was really hoping they'll some how "fix" this design. maybe have some mechanism to slide the arm to the front in bot mode...

a little disappointed in this part...

yeah... at first i tot the cab will still be able to transform into the white prime. but now it seems like it's just a hollow cab which collapse and fold. but it still take up lots of space considering the bulk of the body

hasbro masterpiece also getting more expensive now...

looks like the hunt for the AOE dinobots fever is on...

but on the other hand, i am actually considering the 3rd party MP class dinobots... either fantoys or the gigapower

need opinion here...
- which company will produce better quality figure? in terms of the material used and joints?
- what is the price for scoria now in m'sia? or is it even available here in m'sia?
- anyone knows about past product of gigapower? heard it's quite new

ok... thanks for the info

tbh, i think many of the aoe bot that "transform" into vehicles are shellformers... very very disappointed with the designer this time round

well, i do agree that they should come out something simpler for the younger market. some of the toys are really too complicated for young kids.

but what i am talking about the design is the "transformers" concept...

u see in the past we can see alot of engineering design effort had been put into a transformers.
example...
movie prime (previous trilogy) - windshield becomes chest, legs becomes the bottom part, front grille becomes the feet, wheels nicely placed on thigh... etc
human alliance line... those who own these will know what i mean

in rotf, i was already disappointed with jetfire... it's basically a blackbird jet with a robot fold up and attach to the bottom of the jet... but maybe it's because of the complexity that he need to combine with prime la... hence the design...

u can still have a 1-step transformer for young kids but a more complex ones in, say, a leader class figure. voyager and deluxe class in between

in the latest aoe... just a foldable empty box, put the bot inside... Taa Daa... u got a transformers!

i guess my decision to focus in MP line is the wise decision

who is this red dude?



maybe this explains why there's shellformers in aoe toys. cause with this kind of transformation, it's imposible to make the toys movie accurate except shellformers

This post has been edited by ckchan: Jun 11 2014, 10:34 AM

+1... that's y i only focus on MP now... like u said, even though the price is premium, the releases is not many. and also i even focus on main G1 characters only. repaints... if and when i have extra budget only consider.

i was tempted to scoria as well, but not so fond of its potato shaped dino mode. will wait and see how's the gigapower dinobots first b4 deciding.

i a way, takara really screw up the great mp8 figure by releasing it in such a small size

hehe... i also never complete the whole series... skipped mp1, mp1b, mp2, mp3, mp9b,... like i said i only focus on main G1 characters, namely those that show up/exist in the 80s cartoon series.

MP-11A??? did takara release acid storm? i thought only hasbro release acid storm?

ultra magnus having red bumper???

agreed. AOE design in general looks more like gundam. they look great in bot mode. but in practicle it's imposible to transform into the alt mode. thus shellformers is the only solution. i think it lost most of the characteristic of a transformers

non-transforming figure is a big no no for me.

yeah... some parts are still contradicting... like the matrix also changes size in the hands of sam and fallen/prime... but in the previous trilogy, i can still accept it as bay may want to make the bot looks more realistic than cartoonish. the toys also i still consider transform la, although t's already obvious that lots of panels are used to cover up. but the recent AOE toys are just ridiculous... plus points is the dinobots still looks great in some ways imo

giler... 2x the price of takara version...

... if i recall, the dinobots in the g1 series also serve no purpose other than reinforce the autobots when needed and hit and smash the cons. and bot mode... all these while also no use de la... most of the time they are in dino mode. their dino mode is stronger than their bot mode.

if i remember correctly, in one G1 episode, meg blow up something, cause a great explosion and all the dinobots were blown to pieces. that time the dinobots are in their bot mode right? their bot mode is their weaknesses

1. it's a one off thing... come on... grimlock's new brain????
2. can't recall which episode is this
3. yup. heavy hitters. agreed just as i said
4. they can speak simple language... so?
5. again so? what's your point?
6. what backstory? they were created by wheeljack, ratchet...
7. yup. definitely bigger than prime. as i said, they are the hit and smash of the autobot team

again... what u guys expect from a bay movie? haven't u guys watch the previous trilogy? maybe some of u are expecting romeo and juliet kind of story ke? come on la... it's a bayformers

i also grew up watching the g1 series. but having watched the previous trilogy should already set what to expect from bayformers dy la... it's just a fun movie to watch when u don't relate it much back to its ori series. just sit back and enjoy the show la.

haha... maybe in tf5??? can't really expect much from a 2.5 hour movie right? and can't really expect much more from a bay movie right?

not that i like the movie so much and defending it. i do know there r flaws and plot holes in the movie.

again, it's a 2.5 hours movies with so many characters, not to forget the humans as well... and unlike movies like ironman or thor or captain america.... they get a whole movie (maybe 2 or 3) to themselves only. plenty of screen time to develop the character. but when u got avengers, the movie is basically the same as tf, no much character development as well.

same case with x-men... how many mutants in the movie? and how many character in it that actually got explained of their origin? they mainly just focus on the few like wolverine, magneto and prof x...

bro, i'm talking about character development... not only screen time...

of cos avengers is better than tf movie... just giving example of more time for character development in movies between those that have 1 single main character vs those movie than have a bunch of main charaacters

This post has been edited by ckchan: Jul 2 2014, 09:23 AM