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03-10-2013, 04:47 PM
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| The British Butcher Feel the Fury of the British Butcher!      Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 30,831 Location: UK Collection Count: And Encore Maximus completes G1 News Credits: 3  | TFW Beast Hunters Ripclaw Gallery It's time for a new Transformers toy gallery for you. In keeping with the impending return of Transformers Prime to our televisions with the premiere of Beast Hunters later this month, we have a look at another one of the Predacons for you. She's a lean, draconic Autobot hunting machine and her name is Ripclaw! Beast Hunters Ripclaw is one of those "love or hate" toys, I feel. Her design is excellent, with nice detail on the wings and a brilliant shape to both modes that gives her a unique silhouette. Her weapon is a "syphon claw", in the style of a Spark Extractor from Beast Machines, and it is kind of cool, as the claws lock open and only snap shut when a button in the middle of the claw is pressed. The bad, though, is that Ripclaw is a bit lacking in the articulation department. She's got nice movement in the legs, but no bicep swivels, and her head is mostly limited to looking up and down, thanks to her collar in robot mode. Ripclaw's other main feature is her tail, which features a rubberized core. It can be locked into a C-shape or left unlocked to give it a little free movement. It is possible with this feature to put Ripclaw in some cool poses mimicking Ser-Ket from the Rage of the Dinobots miniseries, who shares Ripclaw's design. However, weight can become an issue with the tail in robot mode, making Ripclaw's legs occasionally give way. All in all though, Ripclaw is a fun toy with a very nice design. She's not for everyone, but what she does, she does well. Check out the gallery by opening the link below: Transformers Prime Beast Hunters Ripclaw  Beast Hunters Ripclaw Robot Mode  Beast Hunters Ripclaw Robot Mode  Beast Hunters Ripclaw Dragon Mode  Beast Hunters Ripclaw Dragon Mode  As Ser-Ket in Rage of the Dinobots uses a sword in her fight with Grimlock, I gave Ripclaw one of the Renderform swords. I think she looks good with it, don't you agree?  The ladies of Transformers Prime  Quote:
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03-10-2013, 04:54 PM
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| The Almost-Completionist   Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 1,279 Location: Galloway, Ohio Collection Count: 500+, including Minicons  | Ugh, Arcee is still far too tall... Yo TF mamma! - A thread collection of TF-themed 'yo mamma' insults
On-topic: Just got Ripclaw last week, and she's my favorite of the BH line so far! Very good in both molds with a very very appropriate gimmick. The only thing I don't like is the lack of bicep swivels and limited head(s) movement. But those I can look past. Looking forward to a Ser-Ket repaint! |
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03-10-2013, 05:40 PM
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| Mister Chef  Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 200 Collection Count: More than you own | This whole time I thought Ripclaw was a male character...  |
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03-10-2013, 05:40 PM
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| Herald of Unicron  Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 3,806 | What a sexy beast. :3  |
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03-10-2013, 05:57 PM
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| Junkion  Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 374 Location: Florida Collection Count: Over 100 | I really like this figure, and I can even forgive the lack of arm posability... but I HATE those yellow splotches all in her plastic. On my figure, it ends up just making her look dirty all the time.
My Feedback: http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/junkio...master777.html Barring that, I think she's a totally awesome dragonformer. And, if I'm not mistaken, she's the first new female beastformer character we've had since Beast Wars. |
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03-10-2013, 06:03 PM
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| The Almost-Completionist Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 1,279 Location: Galloway, Ohio Collection Count: 500+, including Minicons | Quote:
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03-10-2013, 06:16 PM
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| Ruiner of mirth Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 260 Location: Drunken Cajun Hell Collection Count: 32 | Just got her an hour ago, can't put the thing down. Worlds better than leader predaking, who falls apart during normal transformation. |
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03-10-2013, 06:40 PM
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| Banned Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 355 Location: Trapped in my basement from all my transformers and GI joes Collection Count: Enough to make it deadly to go in my basement | Yea looks pretty good. Wanna pick this guy up |
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03-10-2013, 07:01 PM
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| I'm an agile cat.  Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 44,606 Location: The Lost Light Collection Count: Enough to cover a body. News Credits: 1 | Words cannot describe how happy I am with the Beast Hunters colour schemes. I am so sick of the same one-colour toys with muted or generic colours that we've had since forever. I almost want to grab all the beasts just because they're so vibrant and unique. Ripclaw looks awesome. If deluxes weren't $17 here I'd pick both her and Laserback up based on deco alone. I only wish there was better alt mode variety. That's Prime's biggest letdown. They're all cars, trucks or jets, and now the Preds are all generic dragons. Quote:
Leader (or Ultimate I believe is the official name) is huge and mostly black, wheras the Voyager is more an even mix of black and orange, and smaller. The voyager also has dragon-head missile launchers.  ''Brevity is the soul of wit.'' - Bill Shakesguy | |
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03-10-2013, 07:05 PM
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| Filipinooooooooooooo  Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 1,456 Location: Jupiter, Florida Collection Count: 29 figures. I need more! News Credits: 1 | Hard to believe this is a she  |
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