Anything worth buying in the RID line?

Discussion in 'Transformers Toy Discussion' started by johnchow604, Aug 20, 2012.

  1. Transfotaku

    Transfotaku Transformer Otaku

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    Definitely. It gets my goat when people call Prime as RiD too. No, they're two different toylines from a decade apart.

    OP: The entire line is really good. If you're into Classics/etc, the entire RiD line, except Ruination (being it's firmly old school) fits really really well in Classics/etc for a modern G1 style thing. Just repurpose toys as needed. Railracer can become your Raiden, if you really want Raiden over Railracer (though I like 'racer better, as it's a name that y'know, fits).

    Purple colored Megatron/Gigatron makes for a good Sixshot. I like Galvatron/Devil Gigatron to be Gigatron, but you can always swap them around too.
     
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    Everyone needs a Rail Racer, everyone.
     
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    QFT. I needs to get him again, thou. :p 
    I never knew why my originals became junker bots in the first place. Sad. :( 
     
  4. johnchow604

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    So in RID, Optimus Prime is a red fire truck and Scourge is a tanker truck.

    In RID cartoon continuity, they aren't supposed to look alike (e.g. Scourge isn't a Black identical twin of Optimus Prime). However, Scourge does have Optimus's strength, speed, firepower, etc?

    I guess in Transformer continuities where Optimus has a black twin, that twin is Nemesis Prime?
     
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    Eh, Only in Armada and Car Robots/ but officially any black Prime repaint can be Scourge/ Nemesis Prime or a 'Black convoy' . :lol 
     
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    * Both the Basic and Super-class Optimus Primes
    * Super-class Ultra Magnus
    * If you can, get Baldigus over Ruination. The Korean giftset is probably your best option
    * Rail Racer
    * All Spychangers
    * The car brothers
     
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    Almost all of them are better toys than the stuff on the shelves for the past year or so. I'd say you can't go wrong with them.

    Prime is one of the best figures ever in my opinion.