Good to see progressing well. Those test shots seem to show which bits are diecast and which will be lighting up.

 

A lot of diecast and no ratchets I suppose... Therefore it will become a floppy mess like Tarn... Why are people so obsessed with heft?

 

My favorite version of megatron. Looks amazing. This is far more than I've ever paid for a collectible, but I'm extremely tempted.

Is there somewhere that discusses Tarn's floppiness? I don't see any mention of floppiness in any of the Tarn reviews or the threads I can find in this forum.

 

What seems to happen with Tarn is that if you have him posed with the cannon arm outstretched over a long period of time, the shoulder joint can start to sag.

I've had mine posed like that with no ill effects ever since he came out, though (outside of the few instances I've taken off the shelf to mess around with a bit). But I took minor precautions, knowing that some people had experienced that sag. When posed like that, I make sure the shoulder joint is twisted so that the joint isn't working against gravity, oriented so that the shoulder axis is parallel to the ground, rather than perpendicular.

 

I’ve had Tarn for over a year and he’s snug as a bug. I’ve never experienced any floppiness. And after picking up Optimus, Prime feels like a little bit of a downgrade in quality. Mainly articulated hands and tightness.

 

I think Tarn's the only one with articulated hands. I honestly prefer the fixed-posed ones myself. No chance of the fingers popping off and getting lost, and the ones included are quite a bit more expressive. No infinite posing options, of course, but they give me the essentials.

 

If you could only get Tarn OR Megatron which would you get? Luckily I'm not a completest. But I want one.

 

tell me more about this "metallic version" please

 

I think he means the burst version and it was a very limited release that happened I think over a year ago.

 

Ohhhhh OK
thanks!

 

The problem is that once you get one you’ll want the other.

 

Amen brother. I'm in too deep now to stop buying them

 

Yessiree! Started with Drift and then Star Saber. Now waiting on Megs and Tarn and trying to find OP.

 

I got Drift first and they hooked me with him.

 

I skipped Drift because he wasn't an important enough character to spend that much dough on. But I've gone in on everything else.

 

Tarn is more important than Drift? Interesting. Tarn certainly has less "page time," haha. And IDW Star Saber is far less central than either.

 

I said that was my reasoning for not buying Drift, not that it was logic I consistently applied to reasoning out the rest of my Flame Toys purchases  . Tarn I got, of course, because he's cool and imposing looking. And Star Saber pretty much the same, I guess (I mean, I haven't even bothered to watch Victory, so I don't really care about Star Saber is a character).

I guess if it suits you better, I should have said that Drift didn't stand out well enough in any respect to see me spending that much money on him.