Maketoys Armageddon Add-On Kit for Platinum Omega Supreme

Discussion in 'Transformers 3rd Party Discussion' started by thelastson82, Jan 29, 2013.

  1. GAUGE

    GAUGE Wargod ARTS

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    :lol  PASS!

    What a Colossal waste of money.
     
  2. Darcemeus

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    To be honest I couldn't tell you I've never been able to pin down just exactly what it is about this mold that makes me want to chuck into the biggest baddest burning hole in the ground that I could find and then send a few crates of explosive devices in after it for good measure. All I know is that I just can NOT stand it in any way shape or form and the fact that I don't know why frustrates me to no end as I want to be able to actually articulate my reasons for being disgusted by it to whomever feels compelled to know why I feel as such.
     
  3. Alpha Omega Trion Supreme

    Alpha Omega Trion Supreme One of the longest handles in the fandom!

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    I wouldn't say they look terrible, but yeah, not quite what we were hoping for. Shrinking the width even slightly would make a huge difference. I'm hoping this is still in the planning stages and that they're looking for feedback from the fan community before committing.

    That said, I'm *ECSTATIC* that Maketoys is making this. I really like the quality of their stuff. Even if the wings turn out as large as that silhouette, this is an easy buy.
     
  4. RodimusDawg

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    All we see are just blacked out silhouettes that isn't much to go off of as a yay or nay really. My interest is peaked though as I am buying the YotS OS. But if it's jank its a easy pass.


    And I always assumed that the ship was a rocket as it has inlaid thrusters/boosters/ in the back and not marine propellers. It's more of a spacefaring battleship that resembles a aircraft carrier, than a actual water treading ship.

    [​IMG]
     
  5. PyjamaPrime

    PyjamaPrime Wreck and/or Rule

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    that non-claw are is a giant piece of plastic. they'd have to make an entirely new arm for you to disassemble and reassemble, for what? what would you change it to?
     
  6. blackma

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    The reason is you didn't buy a YOTS OS
     
  7. Alpha Omega Trion Supreme

    Alpha Omega Trion Supreme One of the longest handles in the fandom!

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    Couldn't they make a cover for the front of the battleship arm? If I'm seeing this correctly, there's even an attachment point at the front of the main deck.

    I'm hoping Maketoys is going to include this. It seems kind of obvious to me, and pretty easy to add, but I've never actually own the mold, so I'm not 100% certain.
     
  8. SCPrime

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    I canceled my yots os but if this upgrade improves the bot mode even more then I might reconsider. base mode while maybe fun to mess around isn't a big deal since it will be on display in bot mode any ways.
     
  9. Gilgamesh

    Gilgamesh Mostly Harmless

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    Nice to know, but I was quoting another person.
     
  10. TigerBlade

    TigerBlade Prepare for extermination

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    100000X this. Get rid of the pin head and get a decent G1 styled head if your gonna make him a G1 styled Omega.

    I don't hate it as much as you but I really don't like it. The head *sigh*.....the head is just plain ridiculous.
     
  11. BLOODRAGED189

    BLOODRAGED189 In it for the engineering

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    They used a silhouette of the wrong toy in his alt mode (look at the claw arm).
     
  12. RodimusDawg

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    good eye. Hahahaha
     
  13. Alucard77

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    I am loving this, even with out seeing this. Cannot wait to fully see it.

    3rd Party is out of control now a days. It's epic!
     
  14. Emperor Zarak

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    coooooooooooooooooooool
     
  15. Polenicus

    Polenicus Warring At Play

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    I think they're trying to indicate the set will work with ALL versions of Omega.
     
  16. Polenicus

    Polenicus Warring At Play

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    ~Shrug~ It's probably subjective, and/or tied up in some of the awfulness that was in the Energon line. If your first impression of the figure is bad, that can forever poison it for you.

    For the record, I LIKE Energon Omega, and I feel YOTS Omega fixes some of his issues. But he did have them... many weren't his fault, and were the result of some poorly thought out interactions with OTHER figures. These were some of Energon Omega's crimes:

    1. His Color scheme was schizophrenic, and had nothing to do with Omega Supreme. At best, he had hints of Omega Spreem's colorscheme, but without the magenta, he's just not a real man.

    2. His combination gimmick with Energon Optimus was... laughable, and mostly pointless. Basically he swapped his head for an Optimus head.

    3. His alt modes are out of scale with each other. A crane-arm construction vehicle... and a space battleship. Made worse when you combine them.

    4. He's kinda hollow, though he really doesn't seem to lose anything in durability or heft against Unicron, so meh.

    5. The claw arm gimmick never really worked right, and was kind of pointless.

    That being said, he did a lot of things right, in a line that really needed it. He was big, stable, poseable, fully of lovely ratchet joints, and had a headmaster gimmick that was cleverly engineered, worked well, and had multiple ways to use it in all modes. The headmaster even stored away when combined with Optimus, AND the robot body had a secondary head that could be made out of the 'collar'.

    YOTS Omega gains some and loses some compared to Energon Omega. I'm sad to see the headmaster go, honestly, but the claw arm is a big improvement, and I love the color scheme. The rest will have to wait until he's in hand.

    But, if he doesn't do it for you, that's totally valid. Thankfully, there are alternatives.
     
  17. megatroptimus

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    More like Optimus wearing a power suit.
     
  18. Cast

    Cast Roll the dice

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    Eh its an improvement I'll give them full points for that but come on some one out there make a good G1 Omega for us, not WfC chicken legs or a very classy add on to an energon toy a proper one.
     
  19. bithomas

    bithomas Seeker of Seekers

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    While I would have liked a cannon arm cover/attachment, to me the "wings" are more important, and I'm glad this set adds them.
     
  20. Bnz Toy

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    I think the head is perfect, Hasbro really got this part right - really gives the figure an epic feel.

    As for the kit, Polish it a bit more, fix the Oven Mitt too and this will be an instabuy