Legacy Generations Selects Cyclonus

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  1. John TheDestroyer

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    Photographer stuck it in the wrong spot. You can see the same sticker is meant to go on the nose of the jet mode. The shin stickers are pretty badly misaligned too

    I wonder if Hasbro will ever get better at the reveal photo stuff? For a little while there they just used renders for reveals instead of physical copies. This was good because the figure designers themselves could transform and pose the figures digitally so they were never mistransformed. But then people complained that it wasn't an accurate representation of the physical toy, so Hasbro went back to photographing mistransformed physical copies
     
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  2. Silver Snake

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    This is alright, but I would love a Cyclonus in the Unite Warriors color scheme.
     
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  3. DarkAxalonSyde

    DarkAxalonSyde Excessively Angry Decepticon

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    Oh, hey! It's how Cyclonus should've looked in the first place, instead of that bright, under-detailed colour scheme that made a great mould look like a cheap knockoff. Now if I can just get my hands on this for anything close to a reasonable price.
     
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    lol, nightstick has a gigantic frown. no doubt because of the exertion it takes for him to transform into what appears to be the "regular" gun in between photos. stunt double or is nightstick a victim of hollywood weight shaming?
     
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    Love my Kingdom Ver just fine. Would have considered buying it if it came with a better nightstick thou
     
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    I can't justify getting a second Cyclonus, but there's no denying that this looks great!
     
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    Wellp...I told myself I'd buy that mold if they did it in toy colors...Hope I'll have the spending money before the chance passes.

    This and that Toy color Scorp as well...Dang it.
     
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    This is the Cyclonus I'll be getting.
     
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    I never picked up the Kingdom version of the mold, but I like how this guy looks just a bit more. And I love the fact that the stickers they're giving us for Selects are on an optional sheet, atleast so far they are, just look at Galvatron. That's the best way to do stickers; give us control over where they go & how they're applied. And I hope they keep releasing toys that have these sheets, options are a great thing to have.

    Also between this & that Selects Galvatron I'm convinced/hoping they'll give us a sticker sheet for a possible Selects Overcharge that let's us decide what faction he should be, just like his original toy. I NEED that Overcharge & I NEED to be given that choice & freedom. PLEASE do that figure that way Hasbro.
     
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  10. artiepants

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    that mold still looks weird and bloated in both modes, but it also looks about 100x better in those colors.
    (not sure the blue abdomen was necessary though)
     
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    I will get two copies of this figure. I will give Nightstick to Kingdom Cyclonus, and I will give the other to Generations Selects Ricochet, since Scourge got his Targetmaster in the Siege line.

    The main reason I want to get two copies is because I read years ago that in an early script of the G1 1986 film, Cyclonus was originally going to have look-a-like Decepticons under his immediate command, just like Scourge and the Sweeps.

    Cyclonus's look-a-like soldiers were going to be called his "Armada of Strikers," the idea being that together the Strikers and Sweeps were to take over the Seekers roles of the Decepticon troopers, a.k.a. cannon fodder. The Strikers were to strike at the battlefield, and then the Sweeps were to sweep over and finish off any Autobots who survived.

    The idea of the Armada of Strikers was scrapped during production in favor of Cyclonus (Skywarp) being a unique body Decepticon. This decision did however come about after the scene when Cyclonus gets "created" by Unicron had already been completed, which is why the second Cyclonus body (Bombshell) "Cyclonus's Armada" only appeared in one scene and was gone afterwards.

    In case you have not guessed, I enjoy both the cartoon and G1 action figure paint jobs given to Cyclonus.
     
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    This toy is so SEXY
     
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    Shoulder stickers are so small?
     
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    This actually looks cool but man, most of the detail or color variations are stickers….. that’s lame. Thought they figured out how to tampograph this stuff on way back in Titans return.
     
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    The only thing I don't love about my copy of Cyclonus is the yellowing... But still, this guy looks like a good pickup for those going for the toy deco instead of the show accurate one.

    Silly Americans and their "Reserve Currency" amirite.

    There's definitely some Euro in there!

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  16. TFfangeek

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    The main gripe I have with my copy of Kingdom Cyclonus is that one of the landing gear flops down, and when Cyclonus is in robot mode, the landing gear sticks out of his shin.
     
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    So glad I waited!
    This is the version I want.
     
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    I just wish they would post pics without the stickers too, at least one. But those are very historic stickers, I read deep writeup on Cyclonus stickers, each one is important to the G1 lineage.
     
  20. Pixelmaster

    Pixelmaster >implying toys are good

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    So the gap on the stickers aren’t wide enough for the landing gear…
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