War for Cybertron: Siege Appreciation Thread

Discussion in 'Transformers Toy Discussion' started by barry, Jul 17, 2018.

  1. Ultra Reverb

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    Mine is one of these, $7 I believe at Walmart. But then I bought it about a year ago, so the label may have changed again.
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    Love me some Powerdashers.

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    Apeface scales the mighty Omega Supreme!
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    Though I've been tempted by Earthrise Prime, this guy keeps giving me evils every time he sees me hovering over 'Add To Cart'.

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    Read the label and make sure it contains acrylic.
     
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    That's the same bottle of what I have.. so yes!
     
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  8. barry

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    Addendum to my old TR Apeface ramble.

    So way back in the middle of Titans Return, I was foolish enough to commit to the internet my hopes in seeing Voyager class takes on Apeface and Snapdragon in wave 6 of that line. Needless to say, I've been waiting for some time. Through PotP and the early waves of Siege, it transpired I had learned nothing and once again foolishly committed my thoughts to the stone tablet of the internet. Of course, we weren't going to the Horrorcons in TR. The requirements of giving us a Titanmaster that would work as both ape and robot heads would require some sophisticated design solutions. After all, they're not going to do anything as clumsy as they did in G1 and just stick the robot face on the legs, right?

    I'm going to just stop saying things on the internet. It's getting embarrassing.

    From the moment I saw the first reveal I've felt conflicted about Apeface. He's one of those outliers that, despite not having a strong showing in the fiction, is very dear to me. I really wanted him to be good. Shockwave good. Now, there's plenty about him that looked cool at first glance, but there's was plenty that...didn't look cool. And no, not the off white plastic.

    Getting him in hand, it's an odd sensation when you find yourself thinking that the TR head is better, like even without the red eyes. That shouldn't happen, right? Of course, that's easily fixed; stick yer TR head on, and leave the new head in the ape mode. Simple.

    Which brings me to the other thing that jumped out at me as I took this guy out the box; He seems to have a hollowed-out monkey head near his bumhole, presumably catch poop. How novel. And a slap in the face to those that say the new WfC stuff lacks innovation.

    Petty quibbles aside, the bot mode does look quite beefy and intimidating. Which is how it oughta be! With a TR head on a Voyager body, I was worried he'd look a little pin-headed, but with the smaller scale for Siege, that's just not an issue. Nonetheless, there's something about this guy that looks...if not unfinished, then a little unpolished. Those legs are so full of...stuff and bits that it reminds me of some packing a suitcase in a hurry.

    His transformation sequences do speak to the overall messiness of the execution. Instead of the chunky elegance of Shockwave or Springer we instead get something that explodes in every direction and then tabs together in a rather flimsy way, with the main offender being those robot legs. I found myself doing so much shuffling and shoogling to get tab A to fit into slot B, and it reinforced the feeling (right or wrong) that not enough of the thinking was done ahead of committing to the work.

    Once you've actually got it tabbed in together, the ape mode is the pick of the bunch. It's very dynamic and poseable and has a shedload of character. I do like how they managed to incorporate the Titanmaster in the beats head, and that single red eye really really works. I know this is the mode that I'm going to spend the most time with. But even then it's only sorta kinda tabbed in solidly. As poseable as he is I still feel like a squeeze too hard and he'll pop apart like a Gobots combiner.

    The jet is definitely the least forgivable of all the modes. It's not totally without virtue, with the teeth being visible beneath the cockpit is a nice touch, but it really is just the sort of flying brick we saw back in TR with Broadside.

    I hate being such a negative nancy about this guy. It's not even that he's bad, because he isn't. He's a fun, if frustrating, little toy. It's just that I love this guy, and really wanted him to be done some serious justice. Now, like I always seem to, I'm going to have to listen to everyone say Snapdragon is better. And this time I imagine I'll reluctantly agree.

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    I'm pleased to see that despite the situation in China my small package containing Direct-hit and Power Punch is somewhat moving.
     
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    Get some Lysol and Germ X before you open it.
     
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    Sarcastic much?
     
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    I use sarcasm and dark humor as a coping mechanism for my PTSD.
     
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    im gonna have to do the same never found wave 5 around here need my frenzy and ratbat
     
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    Coronavirus requires near-perfect conditions to stay alive, for one, and two, while Japan says it can last up to nine days on surfaces, most likely it's less than that and international travel is not one of the best methods for its survival.

    Between it being blisteringly cold up in the air for faster travel, dark (because the boxes are "sealed"), the humidity is wrong, and surface/sea would severely weaken it with the salty air, Coronavirus would have to heavily mutate and evolve to survive that trek. Both the CDC and the WHO have confirmed this.

    If one's that worried, Lysol wipes/spray will do it in 60 seconds or less. The germs (and whatever else) die as the liquid evaporates. Though, they're not sure wipes are certified to kill it, just yet. That said, wipes have worked on previous Coronaviruses and there's a 95+% that they're effective on this one as well.

    All transmissions have been human to human since the first infection allowed it to mutate. Not one single infection from surfaces has been found, yet.

    I saw your following post about PTSD and I'm sincerely sorry, I truly am, but that type of dark humor is best left on personal blogs, not here where spreading misinformation is dangerous and could cause problems.

    Your toys from China are going to be just fine and if someone's truly worried, blast 'em with Lysol spray or a wipe and let dry. Even Alcohol-based wipes (which evaporate quickly) will do the job and if you're still worried, they'll remove the Lysol residue. BAM, Coronavirus toy defeated.
     
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    First time he's been Autobranded since I opened him up last summer.

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    Mine just switched back to Decepticon a couple days ago :) 
     
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