The UK Toy Discussion

Discussion in 'Transformers Toy Discussion' started by Boardwise, Feb 23, 2011.

  1. saucesmithco

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    Sounds like you're long overdue then?

    No enablement too small for this thread, it seems!

    Yeah, the retro futuristic style was great. Even the view of the TVA's base looked like the cover of an old sci-fi novel.
     
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    My impression is that they are powerful inside space-time but the TVA is outside it so they are just baubles.
     
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    If anyone is interested, Sonner Toys have 1 more Nem Prime spoiler box for pre-order. It's worth noting that Robot Recruits are receiving theirs in a couple of days apparently, so even though you have to pay up front at Sonner, there's a chance you'll have it very soon. Equally there's a chance you'll pay for it and not hear anything for moths like with the Prime/Ratchet sets...

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    And maybe useless if they're from demolished alt universes?
     
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    The Ladybird MOTU book Skeletor's Ice Attack is... mad, even for a He-Man story.

    Mer-Man somehow has a magic monitor but his chart is carved onto a wall.

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    The boats weapons literally don't cut any ice.

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    Teela has all kinds of previously unknown secrets.

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    And finally Skeletor is being inappropriate across Eternia. But that's loincloths for you. All before him and Mer-Man have a domestic?!

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    It's amazing how all over the place MOTU was sometimes. Until the DC 4 issue miniseries there was no Palace of Eternia or Prince Adam and it was only when the Filmation series came out that the formula actially settled.

    Teela being a warrior Goddess was that weird they've not created the Sorceress yet so Teela had a lot of her powers. Which made no sense! Teela got demoted.

    As to Mer Man having a monitor and still carving stuff in the wall, obviously pens don't work underwater.
     
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    Led to this, and it gave me a chuckle.
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    Tailgate, you’ve been holding out on us...


    I mean sure, and I thought the same thing, but the context of those scenes (including at the start when a TVA agent casually picks the tesseract up) is is to show the audience just how powerful the TVA is and that Loki is under a real threat.
     
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    Yup, mini comic, comic, and show generally each had their own version of something! Though I kinda liked how the show tackled all of it with retconning that made sense and gave good plot, like Teela being the Sorceress' daughter and Skeletor being Hordak's apprentice.

    Those magic monitors have made an appearance in every LB book I've read so far, like somebody got a brown envelope from Eternian branch of Dell.
     
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    Agreed on both points.
    Did anyone else get the impression the TVA Minutemen were actively destroying those entire alternate/variant timelines? Wonder if it may turn out the Loki their chasing wants to re-create a branching multiverse as it's the only way to bring free will and choice back to people's lives?

    Haha I wouldn't sweat it, pretty basic evergreen stock images from what I could tell.
     
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    What even is this glorious, insane monstrosity? I love it.
    "More lasers!"
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    "IN. THE. EYE. SOCKETS. MWA HA HA HAHA HAAHHH!"
     
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    Loki Spoilers, hopefully I can wrap up the quote in spoiler tags...
    Absolutely agree with the idea that the Infinity Stones represent the power of potential in the Universe. The chance to do/ undo virtually anything within the Universe they were created in. Outside the universe, they're just stones.

    Loki being the protagonist and antagonist made me think: what if we're witnessing the chain of events that leads to Loki becoming a murderer of Minutemen and collector of Reset Charges because he's planning to blow up the TVA - having spent the next X episodes of the series discovering exactly who and what the TVA are.
    Moebius bringing in Loki to stop Loki is the event that precipitates the creation of a Loki that Moebius has to bring in an Loki to stop.
    Oh dear I've gone cross-eyed.
     
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    Loki spoilers

    I even started to wonder if he could have slipped off to be the Loki they were chasing so there would be that Loki to need this Loki to help chase, and knowing everything he’d already done, he’d be able to always be one step behind himself.
     
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    Considering we have 'Dr strange and the multiverse of madness' coming up it seems likely that the TVA doesn't survive the series - they say it was a multiverse of madness before they were in place...
     
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    That's even better than my idea! Like a mid-way causal loop. Spends 5 minutes of TVA time being the "Big Bad" so that the TVA HAVE to rescue him from the trial. He realises through the rest of the series he has to create this chaos to create the loop! That's just genius.
     
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    Triple Changer 3 day work #deskbot work week continues with Animated Blitzwing. Or "Blitzving" if you prefer.

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    Loved this guy in the show. Toy,as was almost always the case with Animated, struggled to get the design to work in plastic form. It works just enough for me though.

    Very sale huh...do I want a £12.99 Cheetor...probably not.
     
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    Exactly as @Rodentus prime, and you infer, "The Sacred Timeline" seems diametrically opposed to the existence of a Multiverse because how can it exist when branching off is being tightly pruned. Plus we have a Ravonna in the TVA, so may we see Kang's first appearance here?
     
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    MyTea Boc Do you smell that?

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    Naturally you would. ;) 

    To be fair, the alt mode does look a bit dumpy, but I'm pretty ok with cybertronian alt modes being like that.

    True, true.

    Nice, thanks dude! Never ordered from Sonner before - they'll help me correct a mistake!

    Pffft 'competition'.

    Yeah, that was my thinking too.
     
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