Beast Era (Wars/Machines/etc.) Appreciation Thread

Discussion in 'Transformers Toy Discussion' started by Snaptrap, Jan 12, 2012.

  1. pegasusprime

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    The original optimal was around 10 inches so it would be a good upgrade jetfire is 11 inches between the old supreme and leader
    Old supreme were 14 inches is my memorry doesnt fail me i say tm2 megatron for him to be the same size as optimus actual leaders are 7 inches, so 7 inches against 11 like no
     
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    Beast Police Action, it's got "action" right in the name.

    Did you know that Dave Willis is the head honcho at TFWiki.net and also wrote the Bio for SG Ravage. He could put what ever he wants in that article and it's cannon.
     
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  3. Verno

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    Does anyone have pics of the Generations BW figures next to Siege figures to compare sizes? I hear figures are smaller now, but haven't nothing to compare it with.
     
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    Oh right, thanks. Some of my older leader class figs are around 30cm tall but now leaders are a little smaller so that makes sense.
     
  5. pegasusprime

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    Supreme class was 12 to 14 inches in the past Jetfire is 11 inches ( 2006 cybertron leaders size is 10 inches) the comander one, actual leaders are 7 inches( cybertron voyaguer were even 8 inches), deluxe are 4.75-5 inches, voyaguers 6 inches.
     
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    Finally ordered MP Optimus Primal off on Amazon. Really looking forward to him and to building up my MP BW shelf.
     
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    Not sure if these are the best examples, but they're all I have

    00100dPORTRAIT_00100_BURST20190302083957973_COVER.jpg 00100dPORTRAIT_00100_BURST20190302083441822_COVER.jpg
     
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    Siege is actually really good as far as plastic quality and figure sizes go.

    Good time, too, as the reissue tweaks the shoulders to sit more flush.

    Honestly nearly tempted to get another myself, simply because I love that figure so much, even though I modded the shoulders on mine.
     
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    Speaking of reissues I'm very glad Dinobot's getting one too which means the issues the original run had will be fixed by then if they managed to fix Primal's issues. Which is good since Dinobot along with Megatron are by far the most expensive MP figures in the BW line and they should be as good as possible QC wise.
     
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    Compare the leader ultra magnus and optimal optimus from potp hahha
     
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    That is exactly what I was after! Thank you!

    I thought I'd read comments about the Siege figures being smaller than previous years, but either I've misunderstood or the posters were crazy.

    It's great news. It means Hasbro doesn't need to retread old ground. They can just do the remaining 11 to match.
     
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    Was the packaging changed on the reissue mp 32? Any way to identify a sealed one?
     
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    I would imagine it carries the 35th anniversary logo. Can anybody confirm?
     
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    Thanks to @griffin-of-oz for the pics from Toyfair Australia 2019.

    Let's hope she's the first of many.
     
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    Thanks @Dinotrap for sharing the slight shoulder pad change to MP Primal for his reissue. I've ordered one for myself as well as a second Cheetor in anticipation that he'll have been slightly improved like Shadow Panther, my first ones aren't that mint cause I've made a few rookie mistakes handling them. It's gonna be nice to now be able to play a bit more with my original copies without having to stress too much cause I'll have a nice pristine extra one of each on my shelf in beast mode. I'll just stick to one of each for the big guys, Megatron and Dinobots as theyre expensive and Dinobot's very durable and I'm guessing Meg's will be too.
     
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    My sentiments exactly...aside from the insane Dinobot durability claims! I've had to clear coat all the gold paint on his legs to avoid scratches not to mention the ratchet issue and easily caused stress marks on the section of the raptor back that connects to the tail. Everything else though....exactly how I'm feeling about the great news about the Primal reissue, hopefully the improvements to the Cheetor reissue, and my woes over the damage I've inadvertently done to both Primal and Cheetor having not expecting them to be so easily damaged. I hope for an improved reissue of Dinobot with no battery drain and better shoulders and I hope..they get it right first time with Megatron.
     
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  18. lord ginrai

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    I kinda want that Blackarachnia as a desk toy. Think I heard somewhere that these are blind packed though, which is a bit of a bummer.

    Right there euth you in wishing we get a few more of these!
     
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    KABAR432 giving beasts a forever home

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    With Primal I've done a tiny bit of paint chipping, though it's nothing majorly noticeable and with Cheetor all the paints still fine there's just a few hairline cracks on his tail gun and pelvis plate hinges so I'm really more keen to get the new Cheetor. I personally do find Dinobot to be very durable, I know a lot of people have had a different experience but I've found it easy to avoid causing any damage to mine I think because he's larger plus all the info about potential ways to damage him was shared way before I got my copy.
     
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