Nightbeat!

Cliffjumper · Post by **Cliffjumper** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 3:17 pm

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0301836245

Erm... woo? ebay should automatically block things like this. What the Hell am I going to do with Nightbeat? It's probably illegal to have it in the same house as some of the figures I have. The SoCs will gang up in the night and tear his crappy arms off.

Halfshell · Post by **Halfshell** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 3:20 pm

Shame that by the time Furmo was in charge of primary characterisation, all the toys were pieces of shit, isn't it?

Cliffjumper · Post by **Cliffjumper** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 3:27 pm

Yup... but thanks to Ver Furm, they're expensive pieces of shit! Seriously, see how much more Thunderwing will cost you compared to Vroom...

I'm pretty sure I can resell for more if he turns out to be as shit as anticipated...

Post by **inflatable dalek** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 4:34 pm

Never seen the toy from up a high up angle before, are those supposed to be police lights on the roof or are they just poorly disguised hinges?

Halfshell · Post by **Halfshell** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 4:41 pm

Siren's the police car [or was it fire escort?], so what's your bet?

Post by **inflatable dalek** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 4:54 pm

Halfshell wrote:Siren's the police car [or was it fire escort?], so what's your bet?

That they might be Takaraschoolgirls lights and this conclusively proves her toy was designed first and Nightbeat is the repaint? On the other hand, late 80's toy, hmmmm, hinges it is then.

Post by **Clay** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 5:21 pm

I was outbid on a Needlenose this past Friday

Cliffjumper · Post by **Cliffjumper** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 5:24 pm

I had a full-on jinx on Needlenose for something like 3 years. Finally got one... and he sucks a little. The head is really botched. Spinister's decent enough, though. It's weird - all the Decepticon Targetmasters are suprisingly good figures, compared to the shit released around them.

Post by **Clay** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 5:29 pm

Well, the thing is...

A couple of years ago Osku helped me out with acquiring a complete Quake and Spinister. I had Needlenose when I was a kid, but now he's the only one of the three that I'm missing. I know full well what I'd be getting; it's just that I really, really want to stack all six Targetmasters on top of Quake for the ridiculousness of it

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Halfshell · Post by **Halfshell** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 5:31 pm

Quake's a streamline dream. Completely devoid of kibble... all he needs leg joints and he's about the closest the "original" line came to a design triumph.

numbat · Post by **numbat** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 8:25 pm

Cliffjumper wrote:I'm pretty sure I can resell for more if he turns out to be as shit as anticipated...

He's not great, but he somehow manages to be fun despite the fact he's basically a giant Micromaster (granted, with a Headmaster component).

He was my favourite of the 'Headmaster Juniors' (is there a more appropriate Western name?)... Alas, space, money, and the fiancee dictated that he must go (a while back).

That one looks in pretty good nick!

Enjoy!

Cliffjumper · Post by **Cliffjumper** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 8:31 pm

Yeh, I'm pretty sure he can't actually be too bad. I just kinda need a Nightbeat figure, and as TFCC have cordened off the Classics angle by making their crap version, this one will have to do. Even if it looks nothing like Nightbeat...

Bah, my site needs more negative reviews anyway. Something's going to have to balance out Ideon.

Jaynz · Post by **Jaynz** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 8:56 pm

Cliffjumper wrote:Bah, my site needs more negative reviews anyway. Something's going to have to balance out Ideon.

Minvera came first.. heh... though I prefer Nightbeat as a toy.. slightly. Nightbeat isn't the worst of the period, but if you're used to anything released since, oh, 1990 or so, he's pretty bad. If it wasn't for Furman, no one would want him.

Pity the small guns are missing on the ebay auction. He looks weird without the antennae.. but now he's "Classics Accurate"!

Post by **Denyer** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 1:06 pm

Cliffjumper wrote:as TFCC have cordened off the Classics angle by making their crap version,

http://pics.livejournal.com/shortpacked/pic/001cz8h5/

Not nec.

Halfshell · Post by **Halfshell** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 1:11 pm

Yeah, but Nightbeat wasn't in The Cartoon therefore isn't Real Transformers.

Is it me, or do both those Ironhides look rubbish? With the Tow-Line redeco being the least rubbish?

"Behold my upper arm screws!"

Cliffjumper · Post by **Cliffjumper** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 1:17 pm

I dunno, it manages to be really cartoon accurate by being about as imaginative as Russell T. Davies.

Maybe they're saving Nightbeat for Masterpiece? Yoiu could bung an Action Man trenchcoat over him that way. Downside is the figure would be needlessly overcomplicated to fool people into thinking this somehow made it more grown-up. Actually, it'd just be a recolour of MP Convoy, wouldn't it?

Cliffjumper · Post by **Cliffjumper** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 2:33 pm

I mean, that's a third of a Tetsujin-28

:wall::wall::wall::wall::wall::wall::wall::wall::wall::wall::wall::wall::wall::wall::wall::wall::wall:

Jaynz · Post by **Jaynz** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 4:27 pm

Halfshell wrote:Yeah, but Nightbeat wasn't in The Cartoon therefore isn't Real Transformers.

Well, we got RID Bruticus with an homage... and Nightbeat isn't anywhere near that obscure. I wouldn't completely rule out the possibility of a 'true' Classics Nightbeat, particularly now that Hasbro's aware of the 'fandom' popularity he has.

I wouldn't lay odds on it either, though.

Cliffjumper · Post by **Cliffjumper** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 12:41 pm

He's actually not too bad, in that late 1980s way. I've put him next to Ideon, and Ideon has yet to develop sentience and just belt him off the shelf, which is a good sign. He's just a block of plastic, but somehow just works quite well... The deco is actually good, in a mad sort of way. Even the head isn't that bad (though Muzzle himself is shit, even by HM standards). Certainly hanging on to for a little while instead of immediately trying to shift. Glad I got the 'seat' though - what exactly were they thinking splitting an easy-to-lose component up so it had another, even easier to lose part?

Halfshell · Post by **Halfshell** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 12:59 pm

Cliffjumper wrote:Glad I got the 'seat' though - what exactly were they thinking splitting an easy-to-lose component up so it had another, even easier to lose part?

Probably looking for a "snazzy feature" to complement the Small Targetmasters' "the gun splits into two Nebulans!" gimmick.

Sadly "the head splits into two parts" was about as misconceived as, erm... who can I really insult here... giving America independence? Yeah, that'll do.