Chara Hobby fair / prototypes on display?

borg72 · Post by **borg72** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 5:25 pm

http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... ges/16852/

is someone sh*****g me? new combiners? really?

Roll a d6
if roll = 3 or less, then go to 'No'
if roll = 4 or more, then go to 'yes'

No:
fair enough. where are they from, though?

Yes:
Squeeeeeeee!
player has died of a Toygasm. Return to start, returing wallet value to '£0'.

Cliffjumper · Post by **Cliffjumper** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 5:34 pm

Wow, those things look like they were designed in 1989 (getting big Breastforce vibes off the jet and shuttle in the picture after the duck thing). I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not...

The Energon combiners would have been really tasty if they hadn't made them have duplicate limbs, IMO.

Nevermore · Post by **Nevermore** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 6:24 pm

These look like ooooooooooooooold prototypes/mock-ups for the G1 combiners.

Lots'a more photos:
http://d.hatena.ne.jp/taaboublog/20090829
http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/iam-cybergun ... ?mid=31452
http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/conten ... +2009.html
http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-new ... ry-168417/

Looks like it took four attempts to make Groove...

Cliffjumper · Post by **Cliffjumper** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 6:51 pm

Yeh, the one I'm thinking of looks toooo much like Leozack to be anyone other than Leozack, surely?

http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/img/mi ... ai-029.jpg - Hmmm, is that the new one? What the Hell about that justifies a new code? The sculpt looks identical to the first one...

Is that some insane Supreme Wheelie? Or is it just the Movie prop?

The Bumblebee/Cliffjumper Alternity mould is back to looking really bad again... the first batch of colour pics used more sympathetic angles, but that chest really is an absolute killer. The whole starting point is ****ed beyond words.

Nevermore · Post by **Nevermore** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 6:55 pm

Wheelie is the movie prop. Seen before (this or a second prop) on display at the Smithsonian.

Specifically, it's a *ahem* customized Tamiya F-350 High Lift RC toy including a grille guard, with the body slightly shortened and mounted on an HPI Wheely King chassis, featuring Integrity Alloy TVP chassis plates, HPI Spike Truck Wheels and (possibly scratch-built) fender add-ons for the truck body itself.

Cliffjumper · Post by **Cliffjumper** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 7:27 pm

Awesome. Surely a working, transforming 1:1 scale Wheelie wouldn't be that difficult? It could have a leg-humping action and an exploding eye, and just disappear after an hour and a half. Get to it, FrenzyRumble!