War for Cybertron: KINGDOM Appreciation thread.

Discussion in 'Transformers Toy Discussion' started by Purple Heart, Jul 16, 2020.

  1. St Firebringer

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    I don't know if it's your camera or the lighting, but Huffer and Airrazor look crispier than 80s KFC!!! I can't wait to get mine!!!
     
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  2. Trevor Belmont

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    Hey there!

    As I've just snagged Dinobot locally (so awesome), I think it is high time I contributed to the debate going on about him.

    First, he can hold the sword more in a stabbing grip. Something people keep ignoring but is very important for sword weilders:
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    Secondly, the hands look perfectly alright:
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    Thirdly, his legs ARE "digitigrade"!!! They tried their best and he simply has robot finger kibble on his digitigrade legs making him seem plantigrade. Just... Look... Closely... At the molding!
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    And last but not least, he was criticized for being a brick in beast mode... Brick this:
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    He does not have a rotating head why?
    - so his chest is more stable + budget limitations to design it in such a way that would've been stable regardless (not that easy, you wannabe engineers)

    The rest is as articulated as it could've been

    "His Dino hands are so looong and flaaaaat"?
    They are the right size. They are flat to fit inside the robot chest

    He's missing paint apps? Uh, duh? Of course he is. He's already very likely exceeding his price point as is. He's painted fairly decently still for all it's worth. Details and such will always have to be applied by yourself. That's what it is. Airazor is also lacking paint on her shoulders which could be compared to Dinobots hips in Beast mode. Did anyone complain there? No. And I simply painted her. The choice for the colour of his sword is simply wrong, I agree

    I hope I addressed all of those annoying complaints. I hope this changed your mind a little and we all can start appreciating Dinobot for what he is. A friggin masterpiece at the voyager price point
     
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    Topical!

    VERY nice!

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  4. Trevor Belmont

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    I'm so glad I survived long enough to see this on my Life:
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    Even after doing multiple reality checks, I still find it hard to believe, I'm not dreaming. This is real? It's actually real? Incredibly engineered updates of my childhood heroes? Not a single one of them is a letdown. They're all home runs. They went above and beyond. I don't have Cheetor yet, though, as I'm waiting for the Netflix release. The only potential let down
     
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    Okay, I dig it, but replace with Skeletor for colour accuracy please. Or repaint Megs green with orange stripes. UP TO YOU. :D :D :D 
     
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  7. PowermasterJazz

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    YEEEESSSSSSSSS.....!

    I had a sneaky suspicion you could do it.
     
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    the fact that there is a slight bend at the ankle doesn’t mean it is meaningfully digitigrade.
     
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  11. Trevor Belmont

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    Hastak clearly intended for it to be as digitigrade as possible. People kept saying they didn't even try. That he's a plantigrade and they know shit about Dinosaurs. That's why I called it BS. It's exaggerated nonsense

    The digitigrade outline is clearly there and who doesn't see that simply wants to hate stuff for not having MP engineering at the voyager price point. It kept annoying me so so much
     
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    Chopperface is gonna pay!
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    I drew this months ago in kinda ten seconda while cooking or something like that.
    Just to explain how they could've done it:lol 
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    Warpath and Cheetor:

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  15. Trunkkey

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    lol dude. Who here are you even addressing?
    Dinobot is great And I don’t think anyone denies this. The overwhelming majority are here in appreciation of dinobot. This is the “appreciation” thread... the level of criticism here seems so minute and rational. Your opinion is appreciated and heard. Your hyper-gressive stance on the matter is super off putting because now you’re suggesting that your opinion is simply the truth and everyone else who thinks otherwise is wrong. You can appreciate something without liking 100% of the thing. There’s been very rational conversation and nobody is ragging on the figure as you suggest.
    I still think the hands looks stupid and quite frankly I don’t think anything will ever change that. I know you don’t see it in that light but I can accept we will disagree. Having said that... I’ll never regret buying the toy as every other part of it is awesome.
    we like the toy.
    If this level of criticism disturbs you I recommend you stay off some of the other threads...
     
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    Guess who just came in from dorksidetoys!
    Robot mode is a real beauty. The white looks nice and bright. The colors are definitely vibrant and sharp. The head on this figure has the traditional g1 goggles and also light piping. Also, no battle damage! (I honestly didn’t mind the siege battle damage much but definitely do prefer clean versions)
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    Base prime figure looks nice as well. Here he is next to his brother in arms. Can’t put into words how good the white looks.
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    Now this is where the figure suffers. Alt mode is definitely the weakest out of his modes. It’s okay I guess? But definitely not great. I mainly got this figure for the bot mode so it doesn’t bother me too much.
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    He looks real nice with his fellow ‘86 movie cast members. (I do have Siege Springer but he’s back home :( . Currently staying at my dorm.)
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    Here he is next to his buddy Cylconus who’s also in Kingdom. Nice looking pair.

    And of course had to recreate this iconic moment from the original G1 cartoon.
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    All in all, I really do like this figure. I know he gets a lot of criticism and I think that’s valid. But I just can’t seem to hate this figure. Maybe I’m just weird :p 
     
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  19. Trevor Belmont

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    Yeah, it's from the reveal threads. Sorry bit unrelated here I guess. I should stay away from these negative hater places. Appreciation forever
     
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    Do you happen to have Siege Magnus, on hand?