War for Cybertron: KINGDOM Appreciation thread.

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

  1. Jhund

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    Did you mod the Lio Convoy Robotmasters head on there? Looks great!
     
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    Interesting... In that artwork Beast Wars Grimlock is holding Thrilling 30 Springer's sword.

    Lots of people have commented on how much they prefer Siege Springer using Thrilling 30 Springer's sword.

    I wonder if that is enough of a buying market for a 3rd party manufacturer to produce replica Springer swords for both Siege Springer and Kingdom Grimlock to wield.

    Edit: Oh, I see, now I've looked up a higher resolution image, that artwork is the Thrilling 30 Springer design recoloured as Beast Wars Grimlock.

    ~L~
     
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  5. Jhund

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    yup haha , had a spare … the original head wasn’t the best looking thing ever

    yup he had that body during uprising . Was surprised that neither it nor the Dinobot version was launched as a botcon exclusive
     
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    Ah ok, I forgot all about that
     
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    "Sorry Cheetor, we don't want you anymore"
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    "B-b-but, just give me one more chance"
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  8. Purple Heart

    Purple Heart Some other time..

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    Two proposals for anyone.

    I have a Siege Magnus I’d love to trade for either the Kingdom version, or Skelivore. I also wouldn’t mind just straight up purchasing a Skelivore for anyone.
     
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    Is that head small enough to still transform?
     
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    Nope , have to pop the head off to transform . Reckon that’s the reason why they made the new head anw since rm’s head was on the instruction sheet.
     
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    so I've been messing with Kingdom Ultra Magnus for a few days now...

    Honestly, I kinda regret buying it. It's a very nice looking figure, but it really only works in armored-up Robot mode. They didn't really do enough with the truck mode to improve/change things from the original Siege version, and everything they did do for it has arguably made it worse. The White Prime inside also looks chunky and downright silly compared to the Siege one.

    I honestly think if you've already got the Siege Ultra Magnus, you don't need to buy the Kingdom one, unless you want the more G1-ish Robot mode THAT badly or don't want to deal with the battle damage paint.
     
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    The Siege one didn't really look any less chunk in unarmored mode in my opinion
     
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    You're not wrong, but the Kingdom one just looks boxier and less dynamic to me. Like if modern-day Optimus figures just left the truck cab itself completely intact for robot mode.
     
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    On the flip side, I wasn’t planning on buying the Kingdom figure until I saw it in person at a Target a couple days ago. Ultra Magnus is one of my favorite characters so that was an easy impulse buy. I really like the Siege version, but I gotta say I surprisingly like the Kingdom version even better! I might repaint the Siege figure into SG Magnus (kinda hoping an official one/official Delta Magnus will come out sometime). The robot mode really sells it for me, I’ll probably very rarely if ever transform him to vehicle mode because that does look pretty bad. I also wish more remolding had been done on the greebly front leg panels to match the cleaner aesthetic. For now though, this is my definitive Magnus!!
     
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    Kingdom Mirage with a Beam Saber and Beam Shield; Nuff said.

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    Is the Ark's head easily disassembled? If so, would you mind posting some photos of the individual parts? I'm trying to plan for some mods.
     
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