masterpiece starscream

Discussion in 'Transformers Feedback & Reviews' started by KA, Sep 27, 2006.

  1. Subotnik

    Subotnik Please Stand By.

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    Or Abs, the singer from boyband 5ive.
     
  2. Foster

    Foster Haslab Victory Saber Backer #3 Veteran

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    For my $100, in addition to Classics Starscream, I'll get:
    Classics Prime
    Classics Megatron
    Classics Jetfire
    Classics Bumblebee
    Classics Rodimus
    Classics Astrotrain

    Takomy can keep this ugly generic seeker, thanks.
     
  3. KA

    KA Well-Known Member

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    i was aware that the plastic was different but didnt think abt it until you mentioned it. yes it does feel more like a model kit. i'm guessing they used this because the mold is really thin in some parts - the wings and tailfins?
     
  4. Joebiscruml

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    You must have gotten my normal face because mine has two smirk faces. I'm just not going to go through the trouble of getting it exchanged. Besides I like the Smirk face better from the pics I've seen of the normal. The only other problem is mine has two left leg landing gears. the one on the right leg is just up-side-down, but doesn't bother me. Overall I think it is a great figure once you get past the color.
     
  5. Lord Of Tetris

    Lord Of Tetris Well-Known Member

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    ...the amount of quality-control problems I'm hearing is...STAGGERING.

    If I had any problems with this toy whatsoever, I wouldn't hesitate to get a refund.
     
  6. KA

    KA Well-Known Member

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    actually, i feel that the QC issues are the usual. its just amplified due to the anticipation and price of the toy.
     
  7. MC Rap Throne

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    Thanks for the review man. I'm definitely going to wait for a Thundercracker or Skywarp repaint - I was never a big fan of Starscream's colour scheme anyway.
     
  8. MasterOfPuppets

    MasterOfPuppets Banned

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    I forget where I read this but I read somewhere that under fluorescent lighting, Starscream actually is the bluish-grey we saw in the promo pics. Can anyone confirm?
     
  9. KA

    KA Well-Known Member

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    nuh-uh. see my pic. under fluroescent/with flash, hes greenish. yellow light neutralizes the green hue, makes it look grey (not shown, as in those toy show pics with halogen light). in natural light, its blue.
     
  10. MasterOfPuppets

    MasterOfPuppets Banned

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    Geez, his colour scheme is literally more than meets the eye. I'm sure I'll probably prefer the blue in natural light out of all of them though, that is when I receive mine.
     
  11. KA

    KA Well-Known Member

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    its actually not unlike the case of anime accurate astrotrain and anime accurate galvy. the purple looks hella garish under artificial light but not as bad as in person.

    gah, i had to remind myself i dont have anime astro :( 
     
  12. leadsled

    leadsled the word is "Mortifying"

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    after reading this thread im more torn then ever about waiting for skywarp or grabbing one now :( 
     
  13. Overlord II

    Overlord II Starscreamicon Leader TFW2005 Supporter

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    Ordered mine....
     
  14. Thundercracker

    Thundercracker Contemptuous

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    On a scale of 1 to 10 how hard would it be to disassemble this thing. If possible, I plan on dying mine black and naming it Skywarp.
     
  15. Draven

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    It's VERY intricate, and some of it is held together with pins/that sort of thing. It could probably be done (I want to disassemble the damaged shoulder on mine & try to fix it), but it'd be very difficult indeed IMO.
     
  16. WhiteMocha

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    This is what I plan to do.... when a more traditionally-colored Starscream comes out I will likely get it, and then decide which between the two of them seems more "Starscreamy" to me.... the loser will just become "random Seeker #1", one of the nameless guys from Cybertron that we see in the original series.

    Gotta say, though, now that I have this guy, I love him. Color, plastic, size and all.
     
  17. StarscreamNX

    StarscreamNX Starscream Rules!

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    Starscream looks more like ThunderCracker with the Blue color. All I ask is wtf was the designer at Takara thinking...

    I had to get me mine just because.... Starscream Rules!
     
  18. Megatronwp38

    Megatronwp38 Nobody defeats the DEVASTATOR!

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    Even for Thundercracker the color is all wrong. He was more of a deeper blue. especially the toy.
     
  19. callmaster

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    getting the mp-03 and the mp-04 :p  Wooooo
     
  20. Gears

    Gears buh-buh-body ya Veteran

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    Question: If you remove the hip kibble and attach it to his lower legs, can Screamer stand up without the support of the base holder thingy? Every pic I've seen with the kibble on the legs shows him hovering attached to the base...