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by Denyer
Tue Mar 26, 2024 12:46 pm
Forum: Transformers Media / Fandom
Topic: TFNation Minicon 2024
Replies: 4
Views: 808

Re: TFNation Minicon 2024

Neat. If it was someone organised enough to have a tripod, might have been Raymond T. Guessing it'll end up on YT at some point. UT (or at least Armada) does feel like a good fit for the Functionists with the whole tiny-transformers-pressganged-into-being-powerups thing. LL/MTMTE... I think to an ex...
by Denyer
Mon Mar 25, 2024 7:06 pm
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!
Replies: 7413
Views: 3902884

Re: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!

Transformers Legacy United Deluxe Class Infernac Universe Magneous Action Figure is what Amazon calls it. Reminds somewhat of movie Ironhide. Looks better than the stock photo as the chest pieces and hood are in pretty much the same grey as the rest, and the roof stays out of the way on his back in...
by Denyer
Sun Mar 24, 2024 11:09 pm
Forum: Transformers Media / Fandom
Topic: TFNation Minicon 2024
Replies: 4
Views: 808

Re: TFNation Minicon 2024

Cool, glad the expansion's going well. Did the fans come around to Lawrence? He seems like a nice enough chap, most of the creators do/did. I'm not particularly picky with art if it tells a story, and tend to prefer fanzine style rather than DW throwback, so whilst I think Milne defined the book the...
by Denyer
Fri Mar 22, 2024 6:00 pm
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!
Replies: 7413
Views: 3902884

Re: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!

Not an official TF but this chibi guy reminded me a lot of the Reverse Convoy reuse of Hero Megatron from the Robotmasters line. Maybe the arm panels could have been done a bit more elegantly and some of the pieces snap together a little more forcefully than you'd like, but they seem more robust tha...
by Denyer
Thu Mar 21, 2024 7:20 pm
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: Grumpy old men: armchair brand management
Replies: 208
Views: 3735498

Re: Grumpy old men: armchair brand management

It should definitely be possible to build learning models on top of just a company's IP, although by this point the onus is on them to prove it's just their content in there. The fact that modelling is likely to be based on part on experience gained from illegalities is somewhat specious, or at leas...
by Denyer
Wed Mar 13, 2024 7:13 pm
Forum: Transformers Media / Fandom
Topic: Who is Cyclonus (G1)
Replies: 1
Views: 64

Re: Who is Cyclonus (G1)

The answer seems to be neither and Unicron used raw materials and added personalities. More personality in e.g. the UK comics, of course, or they broke free of their programming more when they were further away from Unicron's control. This does make a reasonable amount of sense if Unicron and Primus...
by Denyer
Wed Mar 13, 2024 7:12 pm
Forum: Transformers Media / Fandom
Topic: Does anyone know why G1 season 3 was so shitty?
Replies: 1
Views: 53

Re: Does anyone know why G1 season 3 was so shitty?

TBH any semblance of quality before that was due to people putting in more effort than was expected for toy tie-in shows and other media. Great voice actors and a bit of the writing and animation was above standard, but it was a fairly low effort industry. As far as S3 went... continued outsourced p...
by Denyer
Tue Mar 12, 2024 6:35 pm
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: Grumpy old men: armchair brand management
Replies: 208
Views: 3735498

Re: Grumpy old men: armchair brand management

I'd have been happy if Crankcase had actually had the cannons. Or with Windsweeper any effort, since the chances are it was a pre-tool and the option for matching guns (or even non-targetmaster cannons) could have been included. Origins has been a weird run... some figures that didn't rely on mouldi...
by Denyer
Tue Mar 12, 2024 12:48 pm
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: Grumpy old men: armchair brand management
Replies: 208
Views: 3735498

Re: Grumpy old men: armchair brand management

Assuming I get a set, if you're at all interested in working something out for the Breakdown it'll probably end up with a nephew otherwise. No connection to Prime, personally, and cross-generation bundling is particularly annoying. There was a 3P Crankcase variant of an Ironfist (reportedly quite a ...
by Denyer
Thu Mar 07, 2024 8:40 pm
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: Grumpy old men: armchair brand management
Replies: 208
Views: 3735498

Re: Grumpy old men: armchair brand management

Reveals/listings: https://news.tfw2005.com/2024/03/07/transformers-40th-stream-week-1-recap-505394 https://news.tfw2005.com/2024/03/06/star-raiders-line-first-look-lockdown-cannonball-more-505244 https://news.tfw2005.com/2024/03/06/transformers-legacy-united-voyager-cybertron-starscream-first-in-han...
by Denyer
Thu Mar 07, 2024 1:01 pm
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!
Replies: 7413
Views: 3902884

Re: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!

I'd've bought one of those if I ever found one that wasn't covered in battle damage or cel shading. Did they ever make a normal one? I was hoping for the MP-36+ treatment, where the bot mode would be decoed like the G1 toy, just with a tank alt mode. Takara have announced one: https://www.kapowtoys...
by Denyer
Thu Mar 07, 2024 12:50 pm
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!
Replies: 7413
Views: 3902884

Re: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!

It'd just be for display, wouldn't expect it to transform with it on. The figure's large MP car bot scale so the head's a bit large and wide for a deluxe anyway. There's definitely a bit of the same design mentality that went into X-Transbots Apollyon (Megatron) with this one. The arms switch sides ...
by Denyer
Wed Mar 06, 2024 6:23 pm
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!
Replies: 7413
Views: 3902884

Re: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!

In the mail, the toy design version of X-Transbots Overheat aka Dragstrip as found one at a good price that specifically noted the shoulders had been fixed. I do like the recent update, but this hits more nostalgia buttons and I'm wondering about recasting some copies of the head for use on the Lega...
by Denyer
Mon Mar 04, 2024 8:59 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: [The video game thread]
Replies: 2467
Views: 970358

Re: [The video game thread]

Always been more interested in exploring rather than beating the game or other people, personally, in the sort of games that are based around that. Or a quick round to remember what things were like. Mainly that's https://fuse-emulator.sourceforge.net/ or https://b-em.bbcmicro.com/arculator/occasion...
by Denyer
Fri Mar 01, 2024 9:22 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Latest DVD Purchases
Replies: 1252
Views: 420009

Re: Latest DVD Purchases

Likewise I think I've given up with CD players. Might as well just initially rip and sync over to a tablet. I'd forgotten about that... still rip everything pretty quickly but found an Oakcastle CD100 one that streams to speakers plugged into a Bluetooth receiver, which is rather handy and space-sa...
by Denyer
Wed Feb 28, 2024 9:43 pm
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!
Replies: 7413
Views: 3902884

Re: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!

Legacy Motormaster for close to voyager RRP, which is reasonable. The trailer won't be doing anything any time soon, but might make a simple display piece when folded out. The cab and robot mode are decent oldschool voyager* in size and weight, and updating the design so that the (admittedly hefty)...
by Denyer
Thu Feb 22, 2024 12:16 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Hey
Replies: 15
Views: 11045

Re: Hey

I generally don't "buy" anything that the DRM can't be removed from. With Amazon/Audible that's trivial with normal ebooks/audiobooks. They don't really have any strong interest in making things too awkward for paying customers, and the publishing industry doesn't have that much leverage t...
by Denyer
Mon Feb 19, 2024 11:42 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Hey
Replies: 15
Views: 11045

Re: Hey

I think digital favours smaller publishers on the whole, and lets people (officially or unofficially) sample what they might like to pick up in TPB form. So given that comics shops are more collected editions and collectables than singles, it might be an overall plus for them... if they can compete ...
by Denyer
Mon Feb 19, 2024 11:36 pm
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!
Replies: 7413
Views: 3902884

Re: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!

Kapow have some lightly water-damaged stock included in their sale now, including Kingdom Galvatron at 1/4 RRP: https://www.kapowtoys.co.uk/category/sale.html Reminds me of Doubledealer insofar as he feels like a substantial voyager, and like a decent bargain at appreciably less than twenty quid del...
by Denyer
Mon Feb 12, 2024 11:08 pm
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!
Replies: 7413
Views: 3902884

Re: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!

Transformers Retro The Transformers: The Movie Perceptor loose and complete for a decent discount, to go with the MC20 deco Selects figure and the TR one. Can't remember if I still have the RTS one in a tub somewhere, and having just googled it really don't care unless it's to borrow the head. On r...