TransFormers Adventures on Planet Arus

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  1. Keith Prime

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    I just got back from a Walmart Soda run & found one of the TFs I was hoping to get! ^_^ & since I'm still on the Cybertron Chapter, he will be E-A-S-Y to work in. ^_~
     
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    Okay, sweet.



    Well, I didn't work it out beforehand.


    Nice. I forgot there was a pic on there.


    Another random circumstance that worked out well. I will seeing her here has made me want to hunt down an animated Blackarachnia. And I also pulled out my normal tarantulas and messed around with him the other day. First time in a while.


    Yeah.

    Yeah. The erector joke is going over the top. My vote is on waspy.


    Well the nice thing about the patterns is you can scale it. It has a slider. And when you shrink a pattern, it adds in more of the same pattern over and over, so it's not like shrinking a normal picture. That one was just a weird rainbow/energy looking pattern.

    Yeah. I had seen it used a lot....I can't believe I never saw it before.


    Well, cybertron was the line when I finally had my own place soo I got a lot of bots considering no one was there to ridicule me for bringing more toys home anymore lol

    That was the worst instance for me. More recently-the skirmish with the decepticons got away from me. It was intended to be a short encounter...then turned into a battle for many more updates than planned.

    Can't wait.


    Yeah that is true, but I think having them in control is better now days than before. Look at prime as compared to say energon.

    I think Beast machines was a case of them changing everything for the wrong reasons. Like when beast wars came out-it became a hit, despite being so different from g1. Like they thought radical change=good or something.


    Yeah. I still want a new classics prime though. Masterpiece would be perfect, but is too big. A new voyager with g1 design would be nice. Heck they pulled of a decent g1 prime at legends size, so imagine what they copuld do now with it a bigger size.


    I don't mind duplicates when when the are different or are more screen accurate...but then this line of thinking got away frim me with the comic and my tradition of having characters upgrade for different seasons or time periods.
     
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    If you hadn't, chances are noone else has either.

    Well, they do have a pic for nearly everything... & why even bother making a page for the Rubber Ducky if they didn't have at least one good pic? It's one of the Easter Egg type things, where he's mixed in w/ a bunch of junk (nowhere near the bath); can't recall what ep. that was. I think it might've been the one where Blackarachnia downloaded the Ark codes & destroyed Megatron's backup.

    Yeah, quite a few "why nots" have more than worked out for me, haven't they? I only got the TransMetal Tarantulas; didn't care for how simple the original looked/ transformed. There aren't even that many CHUGRUs that can claim they have anywhere close to TransMetal Tarantulas' complexity.

    The Erector joke was old before they ever started it. :banghead:  Remember to vote, for Waspinator, every day, or Erector WILL end up the winner... Hopefully Hasbro's disclaimer about vote/ transmission losses & them having the final say means they just put him there as a joke themselves, & won't let him win... Who knows... If in the off chance he does win (or just cause he got nominated), hopefully between him & DotM Prime, they'll end their "no trailers" policy on Optimus for good & make a Mega Class Reveal the Shield Optimus w/ a trailer.

    NOTE/ Warning: if any Erector Supporters post something about Erector, espeically if it has innuendo (I want my thread to be readable by all ages) here in my thread, I'm immediately reporting it! It does not belong here, & I will not tollerate it. I am allowed to post my opinion in my own thead, so long as it doesn't violate Board rules.

    That's called a Fractal, where the pattern looks the same at every scale, or repeats at every scale. They tend to really look cool.

    The day I first used Multiquote, I had a lot of posts directed at me for posting Saber's source material, including her powers (my very first post, linked to the Fate/ stay night wikia). Some people thought the post was blasphemy, but Pol thanked me & went for some :popcorn  to watch the discussion I started. I was just showing proof that Pol's Saber isn't a Dues Ex Machina, as I had gotten tired of reading she was (the thing that got me to join, so I could make a counter post, setting the record straight, after reading Warring at Play for over a year), since he's kept her canon, even down to her personality (though that bit was by accident, since he's never watched the anime -- but there are only so many ways to portray a female version of King Author). & I've used it a lot since... haven't needed to as much these days.

    I never concerned myself w/ what was said, & now I have a comic to justify getting more... When I have money again...

    That's what my Chapter Zero is. I got a bit carried away w/ Drift & Bludgeon. I had intended to start the Review in place of Update 5: Drift vs. Bludgeon: Encounter 1, & have everyone on Arus by the end of the review... But I think how it's played out has worked out well. ^_^

    Well, I got a few more panels worth of pics shot (still need more) & am 'shopping them now. Hopefully, I can get it done today or tomorrow & posted either before Saturday or on Sunay.

    Yeah, Prime is a decent reboot. Still not too big on the movie designs & simple face for Optimus. Even Beast Wars had more face detail.

    I think it was more along the lines of them taking more control, 'cause the Beast Wars crew defied them a few times (like keeping Waspinator when ordered to kill him for good).

    Yeah, a new "Mega" Prime -- Deluxe would be too small -- (w/ a trailer/ weapons platform) would be really cool. :cool: 

    The only TF I got due to it being more screen accurate than the one I already had was RotF Leader Prime; his engineering was over the top.

    The TF I got today has some of his complex engineering solely to make him look cooler; now that is loving a TF when you go to design him!
     
  4. Keith Prime

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    Update 16: Shockwave's Response

    I think this Update came out nice. I got to hit all of the Autobot Plot threads, though as I promised, the bulk deals w/ Shockwave's Response to the intruders.

    Update 16: Shockwaves Response
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    Note 1: Who expected me to use Vehicons for the Generals Shockwave mentioned reactivating last chapter? I only have one of each. The Armies are 'shopped; I refuse to troopbuild. Yes, Strika is there alone w/ Grimlock... But will it remain that way? :ev:  Oh, & Rattrap recognized Thrust immediately... However, Thrust does not house Waspinator's Spark; him & Jetstorm have different, but similar in qualiteis, Sparks running the Vehicon Shell Programs.

    Note 2: Next time I do Rhinox's Chainguns of Doom, I'll work on the bullets & his spent shell casings a bit more. I think the guns themselves came out pretty good, though. But considering all the effects in those panels, I think I did pretty well this time. ^_^

    Note 3: It took several shoots & multiple 'shopping sessions to do this update. My head injury requires I break up such huge endevors. Once everyone is off Cybertron, we'll be back to furniture as environments, as I'm NOT doing this much work again!!

    Note 4: I got a new Generations figure recently. He WILL appear in the comic soon, but not for another update or few (after the battles). I already have how I'm going to work him in planned out, a bit...

    Note 5: PLEASE let me know how this reveal came off... I didn't want to just show the Vehicons... Especially not after how I approached Tarantulas... :ev: 

    Note 6: Chances are I won't start work on the next update till late Sunday or sometime Monday, if not later.
     
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    Looks good the reveal was really unexpected. Woah, Vehicons!! Oh wait this is your universe so this sorta stuff happens alot. Man the space and time, must be going awry. But thats just me. Looking forward to the next chapter, KP. Keep them coming.
     
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    There is no time trickery going on. The only bit of time travel was when Vector Prime opened his portal (& that was only 10 days).

    Every figure in my collection is a character in the Alterity... I don't particularly like most of the Megatrons in my collection (I have the G1 tank somewhere, RiD, Armada, & Cybertron... as well as all 3 forms for Beast Wars Megatron, but one succomed to GPS & I like Dragon Megs best of all), so few will be in the comic. Besides, Starscream needs to be allowed to lead in a few continuities.

    What's going on w/ the Vehicons is that Shockwave got ahold of them, cloned them to make the Drone armies, & transplanted a Spark he could be sure he coud maintain control over into Jetstorm & Thrust; Strika is Strika, just like in Beast Machines, since G1 Shockwave was seen as being in control of Cybertron.

    Remember, this comic centers on the AEG, & Animated took place LONG after Beast Machines... The Vehicons were just dormant on Cybertron till now.
     
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    I didn't expect the Vehicons.
     
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    I doubt anyone was. Which is part of why I used them. :ev:  & even if someone did expect the Vehicon Generals, since it's posted repeatedly in this thread & others that I don't get duplicate figures, noone could possibly expect I'd 'shop in the Drones too! :ev: 

    I even foreshadowed them, & even refered to them as deactivated Generals. I actually debated leaving Generals in or not! :ev: 

    & this update had a bunch of errors (some spelling, others words or phasing) I missed before posting it. Those I've caught have been fixed.
     
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    Very cool, KP. You know the only thing I can't wait for is a rematch between Voltron and Bruticus.
     
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    That's coming as soon as I can get everyone to Planet Arus, which SHOULD be the start of Chapter 3. This time Starscream will NOT end it prematurely.

    Of special note, my old Sig had some Maximal & Predacon text on it.
    The Maximal characters said "Two giants will battle, one may fall" down the sides, & the Predacon said "Starscream will decide", which he did, as he forced them to withdrawl.
     
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    Cool.
     
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    Vehicons, uh oh
     
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    Vehicons!!!!!!!! Slaggin right! I love this so much! Vehicons were just awesome. The reveal was pretty good. I did not see them coming at all. I was trying to make out the silhouettes in the first panel- but I couldn't figure it out. Awesome twist. The reveals were perfect-straight out of beast machines. And since you took the time to photoshop in the drone armies-all the better. Now you have a virtually limitless supply of cannon fodder without having to slag main characters. Man I could so here the general's voices when they arrived. Sweet update! It's funny, I was just m,messing with jetstorm the other day, I forgot mine was the repaint! I'm so used to the light blue one I have. I gotta ask though-will we see obsidian?



    Oh I see. well, it was probably the best shot of it they could find, considering most of the time megatron had it.
    Yeah, normal Tarantulas is rather simple, but i forgive it considering he was one of the early designs. It helps that mine is the anniversary edition, so his colors are accurate.

    Yeah, hasbro is gonna have to veto erector if he wins. Even ignoring the joking, what the frag would they do for the cerimony if he won? it's not like he was featured onscreen or had a voice actor...at least as far as i know.

    I agree.



    Sweet. I didn't know what it was called. When you scale it- it shrinks but adds more in, when you enlarge it less of the repeating shows up. its a cool feature.





    It's not so much that it bothered me, but back when i lived at home i always had to hear the complaining form my dad if he noticed i had new toys. more of a hassle than anything.


    Yeah. You have crafted a wonderful multi-layered story. Which might not have been as good if you had just cut to the chase in the begging. The shher number of characters you have in play is astounding. lol when my cast gets to big...I just cannot think of stuff for all of them to do, so i tend to start thinning the cast back out after a while.



    Yeah. That face is weird.



    Yeah. But I think they have learned from mistakes made with beast machines. Look how hard they had to reboot with armada to get things rolling again.


    Yeah. And a trailer that actually has the weapons platform. I had hopes for the takara dotm voyager with a trailer...and it just opens into...nothing? I don't get it.


    Yeah. Can't argue that. There is just no comparison between the two.

    hmm... you are really making me wonder who you got.
     
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    Cannon fodders ammock, preparing new scrapfields
     
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    Yes they are. & they're an easy way to have an army of 'Cons, when I screwed up, due to winging everything, & put the Classics 'Cons arriving a week after the AEG!

    At least I can count on you for feedback about my notes! ^_^ Noone else bothers it seems. I'm getting pretty good w/ reveals it appears.

    There IS enough of Strika & Jetstorm's silhouettes to make them out, but you have to be EXTREMELY familiar w/ their shapes. Thrust I used to fill the gap between the 2, so it was harder to make out... Also, off panel, Jetstorm has the flames on his legs, but I chose to put them off panel, as it'd've given him away. I don't like his "legged" robot mode, which makes using him 'shop heavy.

    Back when Shockwave informed Starscream of the Robot Lions heading to Earth, he said he had some "Generals" he could "reactivate" to protect Cybertron in his & Soundwave's absence, so their apparence was foreshadowed, even if I hadn't decided how I wanted to use them at that point.

    Well, Jetstorm & Thrust aren't much of a threat on their own. Strika on the otherhand is an army to herself, & she may or may not have Drones incoming. :ev:  But it just wouldn't be right to use the Generals, & not have their Drones. I was worried having Shockwave mention their drones might've given it away... I was also worried using "Generals" last chapter would too.

    Unforutnately, 'shopping in all those drones, even from a single pic of them (I mirrored some, to make them all look towards the center), takes a while & I had to stop a number of times due to my head injury. Luckily, Gimp has a file format that saves it AS layers to work on later. ^_^

    That's what I was going for. ^_^ Granted, only Jetstorm had lines so far. But I made sure to try to phrase things like he would have... & I used a font I ran across not too long ago for him that I think is fitting: Jokerman.

    Unfortunately, those are the only 3 Vehicons I have, so no Obsidian. He was too small & simple to get my interest. If he had at least been a Deluxe, I'd've grabbed him... What were they thinking releasing him as a Basic? :confused:  :banghead: 

    It was one of the bigger pics of him. I think there were a few where he was floating in the tub or held... There is one from an odd angle, I think, of his "TransMetal" form, but it wasn't usable for the scene.

    I really like my TM Tarantulas. I still can't believe they pulled him off, missing ONLY a waist joint & arm/ wrist rotation! Which I understand, given his thin-ish arms & transformation: managing a WORKING wheel split & on his shoulders, on the OTHER END of his Robot Mode! That is a LOT of engineering!

    He had ONE toy, & ONE, non-canon Japanese ONLY manga apparence... Which was AT MOST 3 pages. (learned this in the nominations & voting threads) That is the extent of his "history." Hasbro actually had to create a new Bio for the Poll, which made the Erector camp proclaim "Mission Accomplished."

    Fractals are simple algebraic equations, but produce complex graphs/ images when looped through a computer billions of times. It definitely sounds like a Fractal, the images aren't necessarily identical at all scales, but they look similar.

    Ironically, the complaining has died down as I got older.

    I'm glad it's turned out so good & is entertaining.

    I wanted to use ALL my Classics (& 2 Animated) Decepticons, so I had to include enough Autobots to battle them. I never intended to split the story like I did, but I couldn't handle having everyone together for action scenes. When everyone get's to Arus, bases will be set up & I'll do what G1 did, & use teams to do stuff. That gives me a large pool of characters, but the freedom to limit how many I focus on. But I just had to include the Predacons... They just make things so much more fun & complicated!

    Armada isn't the best example, considering what followed... If they learned their lesson form Beast Machines, they forgot it by Energon... :banghead: 

    I can kinda see their thinking: you're supposed to make your own weapons platform from everyone's Mech Tech weapons... :confused:  They're making the mistake of assuming that gimick is going to be popular... :banghead: 

    But I've REALLY missed Optimus' Trailer. He had one through Cybertron, less the Beast Era (where it can't be argued was the same Op). He isn't right w/o having all 3 Componet Parts: bot, trailer, Roller.

    Even Prime, briefly, brought back his trailer... Which kinda transformed, but it was empty & hauling something... Too bad they destroyed it... Hopefully it's not gone for good.

    You'll see in a few updates. I really want to include him, but I have to wait for the right timing. :ev:  I also can't say much or it could give away who I got. :p 
     
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    Well, I know I don't always comment on all your notes, but I try at least. I've noticed there seems to be a lack of discussion in my thread too. Someone will say something, then I will reply, then the convo just dies.
    I tried, but I failed to figure out the silouttes. Doesn't help that I'm not familiar with strikas toy, and I really wasn't expecting vehicons at all.

    Yeah. he does look weird with legs, but it is still nice that the option is there. They didn't really have to engineer that in if they didn't want too. I love that toy, despite being inaccurate.
    Well, like i said, I wasn't expecting them. lol I was trying to think of characters normally associated with shockwave. And failing.


    Man, strika is the one general I never got. Her and the black jet thing were the only ones I'm missing. lol I even bought blastcharge for some reason. I guess it had to do with only catching bits of the first few episodes when the show was on the air. I didn't even know strika and obsidian were on the show until I got the dvds years later.
    Yeah. Time consuming, but soo worth it. You can save your files like that in photoshop too. But I never do. My ocd won't let me leave a shot unfinished once I start it.
    nice-perfect fit! You got me thinking about the vehicons, so I went and messed with some of them. Mainly the two different jetstorm's I haven't busted out ultra jetstorm in years. Suprisingly, his chrome is in pretty good shape.


    I know right? A pretty simple toy. I just got him because he was what was new at the time. Plus his package bio sold me. I later I found out how awesome he is.



    Man I never once saw that toy ever. I wanted it too.


    Sigh....He can't win, he just can't.

    Yeah, this exactly.



    On and off for me. My family brings up sometimes still. Usually something along the lines of "so how many tf's do you have now?" then they get mad that I don't even know. The answer is always too many lol



    I try to do that too sometimes, but in the end i just end up with characters that I just cannot think of anything else for them to do. Then they get "movie arcee'd"
    yeah. It is always nice to have some beast wars love. Comics used to feature beast characters a lot. But as more time passes, the beast wars guys are showing up less and less.


    I didn't mean that armada was better than the beast era. Just that look how hard the had to reboot things to get the ball rolling again.

    Yeah. Stacking weapons can be fun. but it is never gonna look like anything other than a giant cluster of random things.
    This. Granted the energon trailer was the stupidest thing ever...but even that served a purpose.
    Well that sucks.



    I figured you didn't want to spoil it. That is why I have refrained from guessing.
     
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    'Bout the only comic I read that sometimes has ongoing discussion is Warring at Play, but even that dies down sometimes... But Pol does have more readers commenting.

    Well, I did intentionally make the silhouettes hard to work out for this reason. I wanted to reveal them in the last panels. :ev:  The outlines you can see were by accident, an artifact of filling a selected area... I figured anyone who could guess Strika from her shoulder/s deserved the chance to.

    I think the legs were more a "hey, if we don't joint the thrusters, they look like legs... why don't we call them legs, & see if we can do the same to Thrust?"

    In the cartoon, Shockwave was always on his own. If he had any 'Cons he was commanding, few were ever shown. I think he did use drones a few times... You can't deny that if Shockwave had access to Vehicons, he'd use them as a response to intruders like mine did, though. :ev: 

    I think the Black one is probably a Stealth Drone. Never made the show, so I didn't even know it existed until I went to verify Strika's Command Code.

    Strika's not the most accurate Vehicon, but she's by far not the least. Her toy has some oddities, but is usable... Wish her hands looked better...

    I had no choice. My head injury limits how long I can work on my computer, so it was either leave it half finished, start over or save it & come back later...

    If Ultra Jetstorm wasn't so HUGE, & his gun turrets didn't have the tendancy to pop up randomly, I might've considered using him for Jetstorm, but he's just too slaggin' big!

    I think approaching Jetstorm as a more sane Joker might work for his personality (since it's hard to peg down)... I like my "Jetstorm, antaganizing!", when most generals would say "commanding."

    Making one of the LARGEST Vehicon Generals the smallest Beast Machines toy makes absolutely no sense, from any angle you want to look at it. But he does have a cool character... More deserving of a HoF spot than Erector, in any case...

    I found mine in North Carolina on vacation that year. Never saw it locally... But he is one of my favorites.

    My dad shows interest in them now, wanting to see them transformed.

    Well, I've kinda paired (or will) every 'Bot against a 'Con (like Tarantulas & Rattrap were in BW), & each has a specific function, so I shouldn't run into that problem... It will just be a question of how many per mission, & how often some get used. I also have the Preacons to spice things up when needed.

    & what are Rhinox & Rattrap? Stripped gears? The Beast Era has some of the best toys, & THE best characterizations in the history of TransFormers, so I have to use them!

    & Toys at War had a whole chapter on Beast Wars figures showing up just end.

    Well, they did put RiD in between. I don't think they rebooted like that intentially... I think RiD told them cars were popular again, & Takara was in the process of making Armada. RiD was straight anime, & the Unicron Trilogy was a colaboration.

    I REALLY wish iGear hadn't cancelled their Big Trailer for MP Op. :banghead: 

    Yeah, I never got Energon Op... Almost want him for Optimus Supreme, but not that bad.

    & it looked like his trailer too (w/ an Autobot symbol & the iconic stripe).

    Oh, you can guess & speculate all you want, I just won't answer. :p 
     
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    That is true.
    Yeah. Looks like nobody saw it coming though. I know I didn't.


    Yeah pretty much. Still a nice option to have though.


    Yeah he would makes perfect sense. And he did have some kind of drone helping him in the toon.


    Yeah, I think that was it.
    Well, most of the vehicons are pretty accurate. The drones-not the generals lol From what i can tell strika is decent enough.




    This exactly! His size is a real hinder to him. I don't have issues with the turret popping up-but the shoulders on mine suck. His arm joints are all nice and tight still-so moving his arm usually pulls the lame shoulder connection out of place.
    Yeah. I liked that line a lot. Shouldn't be too hard to do him right. Just remember he basically always revels in what he is doing, and you can't go wrong.

    That is true. heck, his toy doesn't even have hands! some kind of slide out mechanism for the fingers would have been nice.


    That's cool.


    Yeah. I can' wait for some pred action.


    I didn't mean your comic was missing the beast wars love-just most of the comics on this site in general are severely lacking. I would love to do something with beast wars-but I just can't yet. I keep saying one day. it's my rainy day plot for when i run out of ideas. just a simple time-travel to the beast era and boom.
    Sweet. I didn't know that. I have way too many comics to play catch up on since starting my own.


    Yeah, RID was basically filler. But the way I understood it-armada was made how it was with the kid friendly anime and playschoolish toys specifically to pull in a new-younger audience.


    Yeah, would have saved you a lot of time.


    Yeah. I can tell you he's not worth it unless you REALLY like combiners. His combined form is pretty posable-the rest is just meh.


    Yeah. They should bring it back.


    lol I will refrain from guessing. I don't want to have the guesses posted on here -then your readers will be looking for it.
     
  19. Keith Prime

    Keith Prime Advanced Engineer

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    I thought keeping my readers off guard & not seeing where I was taking things would be harder. For the most part, I'm just doing what makes the most sense... :confused:  Though, this update I'll probably start shooting tomorrow has a few curve balls... :ev:  & I don't mean more reveals this time... Not in the normal sense, at least. :ev: 

    & I think I have a nice working set of layers for Rhinox's Chainguns of Doom.

    I almost never bother w/ the footed modes, so you won't be seeing them in my comic unless the Generals get injured. Haven't decided if nor when that may happen...

    Can't remember if the Stealth Drones had a General or not... Probably...

    I know the Cycledrones were REALLY accurate to the show models. the Aerodrones have some issues... & I'm not sure how close Tankor's drone was... Thrust & Tankor's actual "General" toys were horrible looking... Strika is close, but there are a few design issues that keep her from being as accurate as she could be... The gimick limited stuff, & I think they messed up her colors like they did everyone's.

    If I removed his firing missiles, the turret may stop popping out, but the Deluxe fits my cell camera better... As far as I remember, I didn't have any problems w/ the joints.

    Like I said, a slightly more sane Joker. :lol 

    :banghead: 

    If my cast wasn't already filled out so much, I'd use all my Beasties, but for going up against the Classics Decepticons, the AEG is a more logical choice. I'll show more Maximals at some point.

    I don't have a whole lot to do, so as long as my head injury doesn't force me to stop, I can take the time to check stuff... Helps a lot of the simple comics I had been reading have all stalled for some reason... Not that that is really a good thing... WaP just took a bit of a breather, as the creator wanted to play around w/ FansProject's stuff.

    Like I was implying, the reboot was a byproduct of a different line of thinking, one which Hasbro returned to for DotM's toys. :banghead: 

    Well, I have a plan to save me some time w/ what I have to work with. :ev:  There's a reason 1/3 the team is heading to Wheeljack's Original Lab...

    I already knew that, why do you think I don't have him? Energon Optimus is an ugly Power Rangers ripoff on his own. You pretty much HAVE to have Wing Saber AND Omega Supreme to justify getting Optimus... I just have Omega.

    Prime is supposed to run for a while, from what I've read, so it's possible it & Wheeljack both may.

    There are only so many Generations figures, so I'm sure anyone who doesn't mind spoiling things for themselves is trying to work it out already. Not that I'm going to reveal who it is in a normal fashion; that isn't my style, as you can tell by now. :ev:  I even have a joke made up for it... I think everyone will appreciate it, once I get past these battles.
     
  20. ectoneon

    ectoneon Well-Known Member

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    Well, keeping us off gaurd is a good thing-makes us come back.
    Sweet.


    I used the foot modes just to make them stand on the shelves, thats about it.


    You know, I'm not sure.


    Tankor's drone was actually pretty darn close. Tiny-but close. The paint apps were slightly inaccurate though.


    Maybee that's it. I don't have the misssiles in mine. I hate firing missiles with a passion, so most are discarded as soon as I open a toy.

    Yeah!



    Yeah. You have a ton going on as is.


    For me it always boils down to Should I read some comics, or work on mine. Even worse now that free time has become more scarce.

    Yeah. Only time will tell if it increases their profit.



    Yeah. lol I have neither somehow, but have prime.

    Hopefully.

    Ahh...so it is one of the newer figures then?