Toyworld TW-BS01 (Beast Wars Transmetal Megatron)

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  1. Robogeek28

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  2. Tekkaman Blade

    Tekkaman Blade Professor of Animation

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    Okay last pics for a bit, I'll need some paint to come in the mail before I can do more.

    Plus I need to get a q tip and adjust the shadowing in places.

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    I've been "ah what do I need a tiny Megatron for" but the urge to do a BW Agenda display with mp prime is rising xD
     
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    Anyone know exactly how tall this guy is
     
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    Finally caved and ordered this guy from showz.
     
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  6. Dinotrap

    Dinotrap BEAST WARS FOREVER!

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    Got this guy in on Friday and only opened him up today. Personally I’m not a fan, his paint is chipping on all the joints and hinges, he’s got one really loose leg, horrible tolerances and there’s a blue hue coming from the purple paint, the paints apps are bad and his faces are still ugly. Legend scale be damned look at te blackarachnias head sculpt and then look at this, how is it that ugly....

    Thank Primus he comes with the duckies, but they also have a Minor flaw. One of the eyes is bigger than the other on the season 1 duck.

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  7. Robogeek28

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    Mine has finally hit the U.S, so hopefully I'll have him in hand before week's end.
     
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    Can he skate with his feet flat over the wheels?

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    Received my shipping notice from showz.
     
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    Mine arrived today. I got the Grimlock version first because I liked the look more, but after playing with him I'm going to buy the Beast Wars one too. Mine came with the wrong bicep part for one of his arms so I had to remove the pin in his bicep and turn it around to make it functional enough to transform. It works, but the injection molding holes face outward now. The ball joints in the arms are loose at certain angles and the ones in the hips are loose enough that he'll slowly slide and do the splits on my plastic shelves. They're not terribly loose, but kinda annoying. There are slots for the backpack and the head assembly to tab into the main body, but they don't tab very well. Just kinda sit there. I wish the dino arms had some articulation.

    With all the negatives out of the way, it's a great figure. I love that he's smaller than the original figure. Tiny transformers with good detail are my favorite and this guy delivers on that front. No problems with the paint job yet. I'm looking forward to anything else they do in this size.


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    My Megs was supposed to be here today, but has been delayed with no guesstimation of when it'll arrive. :( 
     
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    Torn between the US toy version and the Takara version. More nostalgia for the US toy but I suppose the Takara one is more show accurate.
     
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    In some of the later episodes and in darker lighting his color more closely reflects the US version
     
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    Off topic but those Beast Wars statues are badass!
     
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  16. Robogeek28

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    So my U.S version arrived today.

    I haven't transformed him yet and have only posed him to get a feel for his bot mode, and other than a few small qualms, I really enjoy him so far.I wish his tail/weapon had more movement to it so it could curl, and his backpack doesn't attach to his back solidly (it does stay there just fine on it's own though), but other than that he feels really solid and poses like a beast (pun intended).

    The outward movement on his hips are a little loose, but not horribly so, and his forward rotation on the hips are solid. No legs coming out from under this guy anytime soon, and they hold in any pose I put them in.
     
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    Hmmmm, I'm taking back the hip thing. after an hour of posing the bot mode the loose-ish right hip has gotten looser on me. The left hip is nice and tight still, but the right one has gotten worse than it was when I first opened him up.
     
  18. Dinotrap

    Dinotrap BEAST WARS FOREVER!

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    This is happening me as well :( 
     
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    Dino mode is kind of a chore to get him into,but once he's in it he's pretty cool.
     
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    One transformation pretty much ruined the figure.

     
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