Takara Diaclone 2.0 DA-65 Battle Convoy V-Max

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  1. Rob

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    That is super cool! And kind of wild how we have gone full circle.
     
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    I really like the modular aspect to the new Diaclone line. This is something I've been wanting TF's to do for years now.
     
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    I never knew I needed an Optimus whose truck mode splits into a ground vehicle and a helicopter until now.
     
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    Oh hell. Not sure I can resist this.
     
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    That's what I was thinking. Voyager Seige Prime's cab just looks like an earth cab with extra lights. And Gatling guns.

    The Leader version at least looks alien, but the figure suffers.

    This really has an alien look to it.

    I'm not well acquainted with the diaclone line except that many transformers were adapted from them, but this is an interesting thing.
     
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    He looks pretty cool. I kind of want to pick him as like a weird alternate universe version of Optimus Prime. But it'll all depend on price.

    I also can't help but be reminded of Zenon from Superhuman Samurai Syber Squad. For obvious, or not so obvious, reasons.
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    And as others have no doubt pointed out, he's also got some Armada Optimus/Monster Convoy vibes to him.

    I just wish he had a separate Roller unit that wasn't his pants so that you could have Optimus and Roller together. Not one or the other.
     
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    so i get people are pumped for this but...
    why is a wheeled vehicle towing a treaded one? also its the furthest thing from a "clean"(and no i'm ont a sunbow clean/boring fan - i'm talking about lines and silhouette etc) design. battle convoy was a truck, not some kind of sci fi roller/crawler battle station thing.

    this new thing reminds me of star convoy actually. head design, proportions, colors etc. i mean i guess it fits in with the diaclone line which i've been tempted to buy into a couple times but didn't. you don't get nearly enough for your money IMO but i guess its popular enough to still keep going.

    unpopular opinipn: its kinda cool but like not THAT cool and....will NEVER come close to being anywhere near as signigicant as the original (but i mean i guess thats an impossible act to follow but they didn't even try).

    wake me up when they do a gats blocker. haha

    also who is the figure on the left
    https://i.pinimg.com/originals/8d/5f/16/8d5f16b3dd1cca6d92ac857b61a8680f.jpg
     
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    Oh, Denkou Choujin Gridman! I liked that. I also liked SSSS.Gridman. It incorporated the "SSSS" acronym from Superhuman Samurai Syber Squad, and named the components of Powered Zenon after the God Zenon components in Syber Squad. Battle Tracto Max, Sky Vitor, Buster Borr, and Samurai Calibur(A sword, reference to the name of Superhuman Samurai Syber Squad). Oh, I'm getting off-topic! Yeah, he does look like God Zenon.
     
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    A week ago I had the hypothetical what-if of a modular earthrise Optimus trailer that could be disassembled into more ramps or different base configurations, and this reminded me of that idea. If only the budget for that existed.
     
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    All yall sold your Fansproject and Maketoys sets but wanna buy this ?
    :wtf: 
    And Im not saying it doesnt look cool for what it is. Im just saying this "new take" on Prime looks like something leftover from a Fansproject Core vault sealed in 2014. I got love for Diaclone but ill just stick to the Car Robots and Microman repaints. Wheres my black Ironhide and blue Trailbreaker ?
     
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    Yep.....I kinda want that...
     
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    Those are awesome! There's so many cool ideas going on, even the little motorcycle popping out of the tank treads is fantastic. This is definitely my kind of toy. If I had the scratch and the space, I'd go for it, but alas no. Still really awesome to look at, though.
     
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    I absolutely love how they basically went 'Okay let's ignore that Optimus Prime even exists; how would we update this along the lines of our other Diaclone figures?' and absolutely nailed it. Such a weird, crazy fun thing.
     
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    I'm kinda glad I'm not much of an Optimus collector anymore cause I would have been tempted by this years ago. I don't even wanna imagine the price tag on this.
     
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    It's a pretty cool figure but takara wanting 300.00$ I'm going to say pass
     
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    Impressive, too bad Diaclone Reboot stuff is expensive as hell.
     
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