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I hadn't really noticed until you said that, but I will miss that feature. It was always fun, and came in handy when I would temporarily misplace the actual turret gun.
I'm not sure I'd say nailed, but they are certainly better under naturally lighting like I thought they might be.
A still a bit too red IMo, though the brick red is far better than the primary red the previous pics had.
Quake is a must get for me. Slipstream I might wait on.
I am spoiled I found a fatal flaw
I kept looking Titan Class Tidal Wave and kept going why dont I like this? Is there is a ton wrong with it?
The short anwser is yes
The longer answer is a list of things wrong with it
You see when they normally do a Titan size figure of a older figure they upscale all the play features of the older fig or add to it
But thats not the case for TW in fact it loses some of the play features gone is the Mini-con and so because of that we lose the hide away elevator for it
The firing missiles on the twin boats gone there an indent there where they should be that just looks weird now the troop transport seats in the back of the legs gone
And the Megatron combing gimmick the one thing they kept leaves the back of TW a giant ass hole with no back plate to cover it
But here is this thing all this is no big deal
The issue I have is Im spoiled now you know what does have all those play features...yes even a firing missile gimmick
You cant go back to a compromised figure with nerfed play features when you have something like this Armada Tidal Wave is way more fun then Titan Tidal Wave anyway
I kept looking Titan Class Tidal Wave and kept going why dont I like this? Is there is a ton wrong with it?
The short anwser is yes
The longer answer is a list of things wrong with it
You see when they normally do a Titan size figure of a older figure they upscale all the play features of the older fig or add to it
But thats not the case for TW in fact it loses some of the play features gone is the Mini-con and so because of that we lose the hide away elevator for it
The firing missiles on the twin boats gone there an indent there where they should be that just looks weird now the troop transport seats in the back of the legs gone
And the Megatron combing gimmick the one thing they kept leaves the back of TW a giant ass hole with no back plate to cover it
But here is this thing all this is no big deal
The issue I have is Im spoiled now you know what does have all those play features...yes even a firing missile gimmick
You cant go back to a compromised figure with nerfed play features when you have something like this Armada Tidal Wave is way more fun then Titan Tidal Wave anyway
I get that losing features sucks but comparing a retail $200-ish toy to a $600 collector figure is disingenuous.
also firing missiles are terrible all around.
also firing missiles are terrible all around.
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I have Takara Slipstream so no desire for this new one. As others has said, if it would have been an ER Voyager mold retool, I would have been totally on board.
I own TR Quake, but damn if this new one isn't great too. I will probably snag him.
I own TR Quake, but damn if this new one isn't great too. I will probably snag him.
I for one do not consider the lack of projectiles to be a downside. It's less pieces to fly across the room into the most inconvenient pile of clutter and disappear.
To be fair, Slipstream might actually scale well with other main line stuff like Earthspark and TF One whose seekers DO run in the deluxe range
I picked up TR Quake because, y'know, when is Hasbro ever going to do Quake again? I'll probably end up getting rid of TR Quake just because this new one checks all the boxes better than that older one. Plus, I can't NOT see Hardhead in vehicle mode.
Great point about deluxe Seekers. I currently have my Takara Slipstream posed with my Classics Seekers. She does scale with those.To be fair, Slipstream might actually scale well with other main line stuff like Earthspark and TF One whose seekers DO run in the deluxe range
I picked up TR Quake because, y'know, when is Hasbro ever going to do Quake again? I'll probably end up getting rid of TR Quake just because this new one checks all the boxes better than that older one. Plus, I can't NOT see Hardhead in vehicle mode.
The nice thing about TR Quake is that he's a headmaster so I can just pop a new head on him and he becomes a new character.
Agreed. The blue looks wonderful, but the magenta still looks a bit too red and not purple enough to my eye.
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Right, I was calling it magenta, which is a combo of red and purple. The new leans a bit too far to the red side of that spectrum IMO. (The original does look more brick red in the first photo you posted, but the middle one is the one I think of for Quake)
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That is... huh.
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Shuhei Umeza san the talented wizard worked on this dude with me! What a vibe its been working with Shu san, such a solid guy!
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Lemme break down the deets, please read in your Blurr voice!whose better then a deluxe articulated Prime that comes with his blue metallic tinted matrix of leadership, his toy styled black blaster, his animation styled ion blaster cannon, 5 mm ports in various strategic places, lightpiping yellow eyes, weapon storage on the back freightliner truck bed, the ability to hitch to multiple trailers
, smokestack upgrades, cybertron radial pvc rubber tires, nobody nobody nobodyyyyyyyyy!!
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When I was a kid I used to dream of things like this, I always wanted my Optimus to have permanently attached fists and I always wanted that dang blaster to fit in his hands smmoooothly, so many other things dreamingwell wake up fans, he is here and you can preorder this beauty this Thursday at 1 pm et!
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Please note the colors are just like the og toy even though this toy sample I had to photo is an early sample, colors and apperances are varied!
Huh. I don't hate it. I've been resisting buying the Missing Link Optimus since he was so expensive, but at Deluxe price, I may have to bite on this one.
Edit: Of course, I realize that if I DO buy this one, in a couple of months they'll reveal the premium version with all the sticker details painted on.
Edit: Of course, I realize that if I DO buy this one, in a couple of months they'll reveal the premium version with all the sticker details painted on.
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Prime is pretty fun. He misses the chrome a lot and is a bit paint starved in general, but that's by far far far the best toy of this wave. And rubber tires! Neat!