TFcon Toronto 2023 exclusive Ocular Max Infinite Infinity Series IF-01X Eris Armadon

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  1. David Hingtgen

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    I also suggested Ultra Magnus early on. Then there could be a Powermaster Optimus remold from that!

    (no need to limit to Decepticons---based on her official bio, I assume that any "big powerful bot" would be "worthy" of using her power to emulate)
     
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    I'm hoping for a Megaempress redeco, myself.

    Failing that, how about reworking her into a proper Esmeral?
     
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    On long shots, I was thinking a triple changing Super Megaempress a la Super Megatron, but a Femme Thunderwing would be quite interesting, too.

    I would prefer a wholly unique mold for Esmeral, since I presume she would have a beast mode kinda like the dragons from Prime: Beast Hunters or Transformers Go.

    Still, it would be nice to have an Esmeral to display alongside MMC's D-Zef, however she gets produced.
     
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    I almost kinda want Eris' "true form" to remain an unsolved mystery.
     
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    OK. So I'm not in for this version of Eris.

    However, looking through and seeing @RVDA post his redecos for Supermax...

    I would love an Eris done in the Fallen deco. And (still) for that Supermax to be made. I'd probably buy the Fallen remold also.
     
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    I don't care for the fact that they stuck with the double barrel tank turret. I'd like it better if it had a single barrel like Armada Megs and if it were engineered to allow the turret to swing around onto the back in one piece with a single barrel then coming over the hip on one side. To me, the way this is done now feels less clever and more lazy as far as an homage goes.
     
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    I mean, the treads aren't on top of her shoulders, they are her shoulders etc. There's plenty they've referenced without copying directly.

    Its clever in the fact that they've given the options where you can just put one on her side and the other stay at her back.
    So she technically can pull it off and still have her own unique aesthetic.

    Like an homage.
     
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    I think there may come a time where they remold the treads into wheels and do Eris cars instead of tanks. Tanks are just the easier remolds right now.

    If they somehow did a Hotrod remold I might get that. Then if they did a recolor of that into Flamewar, I would -definitely- get that.
     
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    I think they'll just make new toys outright for her other bodies, not just tweak the one forever
     
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    Eris' legs are her turret. What you propose is impossible for this mold.

    Unless you meant just the barrel? In which case that can be achieved by leaving one detached from her back pods. The only way this toy can have hip guns is using the back pod assembly as it does, so its not at all lazy, its a constraint of how the toy can only work one way.


    It is super weird how many suggestions I've seen for Eris retools that completely ignore how the entire toy works, how its specifically and exclusively made to transform using her shoulder and back pods as the base of the vehicle and legs and waist as its turret. But I guess a bunch of those probably come from people who don't own the toy and maybe aren't aware how it transforms.

    You can't just, remove those elements of the Eris design, slap on some other parts and call it a day, she doesn't work like that, retooling doesn't work like that. Same reason a "proper" Esmeral is not possible with this figure either.
     
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    She carries a bit of her previous form each time she shapeshifts

    Tarn --> Armada Megs
    She keeps two turrets

    Armada --> Bludgeon
    She keeps the antlers, and the turrets

    Bludgeon --> Quake
    Skull mask and katana, antlers, double turrets

    Quake --> The Fallen
    Skull mask, katana, antlers, turrets are now Targetmasters (and now she burns with unholy fire!!!)
     
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    Any Esmeral is better than none, tho. :thumb 
     
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    I guess due to her bio, it made her sound more like a shape shifter. That she takes on and shifts into different molds. Not just a tank, not a remold or retool. But a completely new design, new mold of eris. Like eris Deathasaurus (beast), eris:lockdown (car), eris: thunderwing (jet) ... just different alt mod for the same character.

    If she has to remain a tank then Bludgeon for sure, it's just her character has so much more going for her then a fembot tank that only has the ability to change into other tank forms/ color scheme. She could literally be anything. Eris: BW Megatron, Eris: transtech Cheetor, Eris: tfp starscream, Eris: helex, Eris: idw mtmte nautica, Eris: tfa lugnut, Eris: idw Drift, Eris movieverse blackout. Literally anything.
     
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    Adding Eris: Lockdown to the list of MUSTS
     
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    Still no preorder?
     
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    There's not even preorders up for Eris v2 yet. I doubt we'll get another sniff of Armadonna here for 8 months.
     
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    Exactly. I don't just want retools/remolds of her, give me whole new figures. While clearly a new "base" figure would need to have several future remold options in order to justify its cost-----there's no shortage of alt-modes/characters to choose from that'd offer that.
     
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    I’m sure MMC will be all to happy painting her red and giving her a head with a faceplate and call her Eris: Warpath.

    [edit:] I only want to troll a tiny bit but MMC loves repaints. Usually they put some thought into the toy beforehand. Like their Titannika/Roadbuster, Spartan/Commotus etc. However even the original Eris: Kultur has little to do with the Tarn design. Head, chestplate and knee spikes are all some things that can easily be replaced from release to release.
     
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    She should be gritting her teeth.

    Do transformers have teeth?
     
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    Yeah.
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