Generations Selects Star Convoy, Super Megatron & Snaptrap figures

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by Paladin, Apr 4, 2019.

  1. IgnikaMarcus

    IgnikaMarcus Need new Legacy G2 Leadfoot.

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    I'd rather Hasbro capitalize on their Sky Shadow remold concepts from PotP.
     
  2. Tungg

    Tungg Well-Known Member

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    Does anyone have a fix for the wings not tabbing in?
    One of my wings just pops back off the tab when I collapse it for robot mode
     
  3. Cal

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    Mine had the same problem. The solution is a dose of nail polish on the peg to tighten the connection. The wing stays tabbed in securely every time.
     
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  4. Tungg

    Tungg Well-Known Member

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    awesome. I’ll have to some clear mail polish
     
  5. Poe Ghostal

    Poe Ghostal Star Seeker

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    As someone who only got back into TFs in the last year, is Selects Star Convoy worth paying the current aftermarket prices to pair with Star Saber, or do we think there could be either a reissue or a new version?
     
  6. Yoshimon7

    Yoshimon7 Potion Maker

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    Not worth it but I also don’t see them reissuing it or making a new version anytime soon. So really depends on if you REALLY want that figure for those prices or not.

    Got him when he first released and he’s just an OK figure. Definitely not worth the current aftermarket prices.
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  7. Thundershot

    Thundershot Ratchet Fanatic

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    His aftermarket isn’t much higher than his original retail. However, I think they’ll do another eventually.
     
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  8. IgnikaMarcus

    IgnikaMarcus Need new Legacy G2 Leadfoot.

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    And with a certain upcoming figure they could even do him with the evolution gimmick again.
     
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    Jog my memory, what upcoming figure? You mean Armada Optimus?
     
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    Star convoy suffers from early exclusive syndrome. He also has all the flaws of the potp Optimus.
     
  11. FD3S

    FD3S 3rd Generation RX-7

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    It's the best option for a modern official Star Convoy that currently exists right now even if does kinda suffer from being a remold of POTP Prime. If you're willing to go into the 3P realm, MMC's Stellarus Prominon gets a lot closer to the mark in terms of aesthetics but has its own tradeoffs (very simple for it's size, barely any paint, knee design isn't the greatest).
     
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  12. IgnikaMarcus

    IgnikaMarcus Need new Legacy G2 Leadfoot.

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    Indeed I do.

    Especially since he has the treads on the trailer/legs thing going on.
     
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  13. WishfulThinking

    WishfulThinking The world has moved on...we've always said.

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    Star Convoy shines less as actual Star Convoy and functions more as G1 Optimus (the cab transforms into G1 Optimus with yellow eyes) where the trailer gives him a nice super robot mode rather than becomes a base. I mean, yeah, we have Earthrise Optimus now. But, he doesn't have the super robot mode.
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  14. Mercurius

    Mercurius Lights your darkest hour

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    My biggest problem with the PotP Optimus is the faux chest windshield. I'm never a fan of that being a thing, even going back to the original Powermaster Optimus in the 80s. I kind of forgave it on the Nemesis Prime version of PotP that came out, but it always bugs me when Optimus or Starscream have faux chests.
     
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    They had a super robot gimmick, but instead of making a ginrai version, they made star convoy. Fucking lol.
     
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  16. ScorponokIsHere

    ScorponokIsHere He is Arrived Indeed

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    yeah you could buy the new retooled-from-POTP Ginrai to stand next to the God Ginrai toy they literally just put out, can't imagine why they didn't immediately make a second, worse one instead of the second Star Convoy ever
     
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    I do wish they had retooled Star Convoy from Ginrai instead of PotP Optimus. It's a better figure.
     
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    SPLIT LIP Be strong enough to be gentle

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    Except it would've at least had the, y'know, actual gimmick of the cab transforming into its own robot and combining with the trailer. (something the OG Star Convoy didn't have)

    So yeah it really doesn't make sense that they used what is basically the Ginrai transformation on a character who didn't use it, and used the non-transforming cab mould for the one that had a transforming cab.
     
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  19. ScorponokIsHere

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    It makes sense if you understand linear time. POTP Prime didn't exist when they retooled Titan Master Powermaster Prime from Combiner Wars Magnus. Like, it makes sense to me they wouldn't violate the integrity of the timestream to make a certain kind of Powermaster Prime, I dunno.
     
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  20. WishfulThinking

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    The Hasbro Team using the Time Shed to go back and make Titans Return PM Prime transform like PotP Optimus Prime...
     
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