Animated Blackarachnia!!

Discussion in 'Transformers Feedback & Reviews' started by Peaugh, Mar 10, 2008.

  1. bigkid24

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    Nice review but sadly the best piece of knowledge I'm taking away from this is that if I get Bulkhead I'm just going to buy the bigger sized one because BB towering over Bulkhead is just weird.
     
  2. General Magnus

    General Magnus Da Custodes of the Emprah

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    Sold on Voyager Prime and her because of that pic:D 

    I might get two, and hang one in spider mode in my lamp.
     
  3. Peaugh

    Peaugh Hi.

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    Yeah, that last pic is one of my favorites, and a lot of fun to pose :) 
     
  4. Yobuster

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    I really envy you dude. You basically have the entire first wave and much of the second wave of figures as well. You're basically set all the way up until October and beyond.

    If I rememebr correctly parts of wave 1 comes out in June and all of wave 1 will be out in August and wave 2 is october.
     
  5. Jaguaratron

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    this is the only "beastformer" I have ever thought was any good and this just shows how awesome it is.
     
  6. Fort Max

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    Actually he already has all of wave 1 and 2, he's just getting started on wave 3...

    Great video's Peaugh, I usually cringe my way through these webcam toy review affairs but your were quite well done, if a bit short.
    You could do with demonstrating the posing abilities of the figure's you're reviewing and maybe close up's too, they were certainly informative though.

    With regards to BA, she's a nice figure, I'm not super excited by her, even after seeing how great she looks hanging from lamps but I will get her.
    That is a seriously strong return spring in that grapnel mechanism, that thing looked like it'd give you a nasty sting if you had your finger in the wrong place. :lol 
     
  7. Peaugh

    Peaugh Hi.

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    It's not a spring. It's just a really tight hinge. That's what's so cool about it.

    I'll take your advice on my next video reviews (Lugnut and Grimlock). I was limited for time, I promised my wife I'd cook dinner as soon as I got the videos done. :)  I was mostly just trying to make sure I covered the basics in a steady, well-lit (whoever said you can never have too much light was right, I had two lamps angled right at the thing and was contorting to stay out of it, and they still seem a little dark.) and noise free environment. I'll try to find a slightly better place to do them next time, with poses and close ups.
     
  8. Fort Max

    Fort Max Too many is never enough. Veteran

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    A hinge? Ok, I'm really confused now, can you possibily explain how it works?
    No worries if you can't, I'm just intrigued.

    And no worries on the videos either, the lighting was good, no problems there at all. :thumb 
     
  9. Peaugh

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    Oh wait, the RETURN spring. Yeah it's tight, but I've gotten whacked on the way back up, and it's not painful. I thought you were referring to a spring in the claw mechanism that made it grip things. THAT is the tight hinge I was referring to. It can clamp pretty tightly to stuff with no spring involved.
     
  10. Basketball Jones

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    I suppose the orange Autobot crane's name is "Grapnel" now?

    Whoops- my bad, "Autobot Grapnel".

    I know it's a real word, but it seems odd that they would use it.
     
  11. Feralstorm

    Feralstorm Good Morning, Weather Hackers! TFW2005 Supporter

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    I figure it's part of a literacy campaign by Hasbro, to force people to go look it up in the dictionary. :) 
     
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    Wow. I'm really looking forward to picking her up! Great reviews, man.:) 

    I'm REALLY glad that all eight legs can touch the ground. I mean, i knew that they did, but to actually see documentation of it. Now, if only there were some way to hide her hands in Beast Mode...
     
  13. Peaugh

    Peaugh Hi.

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    Yeah, those hands are really the only flaw in the design.
     
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    WOW! I didn't know the grappling hook is actually able to suspend her. I thought it was just another projectile weapon. If I wasn't sold on this toy before, I definitely am now. :D 

    PS. I left a comment on your YT vid. You need to learn the difference between a review and an overview before submitting.
     
  15. Master Fwiffo

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    Wow, save Bulkhead and Megatron (both of which are too small), those toys in your sig are practically perfectly in scale, and I'm sold on all of them. I'm worried though, that the leaders would be too big. Oh decisions, decisions, decisions.
     
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    ooh didja hear that peaugh? you better learn, man! :lol 
     
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    Yeah learn adn watch out for two-faced posters on here and You-tube. You know who I'm talking ab out Peaugh, he's gonna start turning selllers in, maybe us too to Hasbro for buying them. LOL
     
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    The Leaders should fit right in. Remeber, Megatron is GIANT in the series, and Bulkhead is very bulky. I don't think Leader is too big at all.

    If scale is what you're after, skip Voyager Megs and Bulkhead in favour of the Leaders. However, I'm getting Voyager Bulkhead so that Lugnut has someone to smackk around. (No one moves Lugnut, you see.)
     
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    And what, may I ask, makes me a 'two-faced poster'? Besides, I'm not the moron updating my eBay auctions with disjointed, rude comments. *licks finger and makes a vertical mark in the air*
     
  20. Peaugh

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    Someone's updating auctions with rude comments?