Transformers Generations: War for Cybertron Earthrise

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  1. Hicks_Royel

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    Definitely Windcharger. He needs a shield going into battle with his barrel-less rifle.
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  2. Fenrys

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    Ah, wasn't familiar with that one, but I knew a lot of people criticized MP Hound for his cloth top shield
     
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    artiepants Transformers '84!!!

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    The difference with here was the cloth top was a bonus part, so you can display him as a convertible or with the top up... to me that’s way, way different then requiring the removal of 1/3 the alt mode to actually transform the figure

    It also works marginally better as a shield then most of the other examples, shape-wise.

    And i think that’s both slightly unfair, as that was kind of a “bonus part” as well, but also totally fair, as with the ER Cliffjumper mood, since there’s zero transformation involved, they just don’t look anything like shields and just look like massive chunks of the alt mode being held.
     
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  4. Hicks_Royel

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    Eh, I suppose.

    But I also figure that if they had made a tiny, flimsy, thin piece to add as an attach point to the figure that still worked around the transformation and left the pack removable and then that broke... everyone would be bitching about that too.

    Besides, a large portion of Siege, Earthrise, Give us More of Your Money is all about figures that pull apart and have to be reassembled to get from one mode to another or be worn as cadav-armor. What's a few more?

    It's a toy. It's meant to be played with by six year olds. This was the better option for that given the size and transformation scheme.
     
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    artiepants Transformers '84!!!

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    I just find the overall entire design of the ER CJ mold to be highly flawed, from a standpoint that by reversing the way the torso ends up, it makes the partsforming more of a requirement and you have the front window pointed up at the top of the chest instead of down at the bottom, which just makes all the characters look really weird and off-model. Particularly Cliffjumper since the car mode changes all his angles and he loses the "spoiler collar" that was a big part of his unique look.
    I totally realize it's splitting hairs, but when that is your gimmick (coming apart to make armor/weapons for other figures) I'm way more forgiving (although, I still am REALLY bothered that they can't transform without parts forming.)

    A lot of the regular figures with partsforming just feel like budget saving cheats to look more like simplified 80s animation models (which ends up being a weird excuse when you end up as far off-model as Cliffjumper) And I'm only harsh on it because I know they can do better, because they've been proving it for most of the last 15 years.

    And I'm sure I've said it before, but I'd have no problem with BB/CJ/HC having removable backpacks for folks that want the animation look iif they'd done it like TR Blurr where it was an optional step rather then a necessity of the transformation.

    (and I'm mostly salty about CJ because we've been waiting since 06 for a "proper" not-red-Bumblebee CHUG CJ and too come so close but feel like it's a big miss is a huge bummer.)
     
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    I can see some of what you're saying. But I think that, from a toy aspect, they did what was done with justifiable reason even if it's not the most desirable.
     
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  7. G.B. Blackrock

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    I'd welcome a Bumper, but unless he's given a non-yellow color scheme, I assume he'll have to wait for a while, what with Bumblebee and Hubcap already having come out so recently.
     
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    Given the way the did Bugbite (as the CJ mold), would have been nice to have a third reshell of this mold for Bumper & Hubcap

    Another possibility could be Bumper showing up in Galactic Odyssey or another exclusive multipack, where being another yellow version of the mod would be less of a problem.
     
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    Except Hubcap should be a Cliff retool.
     
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    Okay question. I just got my Hubcap from Pulse but I thought he was including a reused piece from Brunt when he came with the full Cliffjumper cannon. Was he supposed to have the Brunt piece or the full cannon?
     
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    He's supposed to have the full Cliffjumper kit, the "early" copies reviewed were likely factory seconds missing the gun part their supplier/s subbed with the Brunt bit.
     
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    Same cannon as CJ. What Brunt piece are you referring to? The early leaked versions didn't have the full canon parts.
     
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    I never saw any Brunt parts in any Hubcap pics.
     
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    1F2F165E-2D55-445A-811F-A2A0A338998D.jpeg This is from a pictorial review I saw before getting Hubcap
     
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    I wonder if that was from Centurion and all this was stolen factory stuff that was in production at the same time?
     
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  16. RickyLeeSTF

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    *Ding ding ding*
     
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    @Apollux Is that Earth Mode Ultra Magnus still going to be in Earthrise, or has it been moved to Kingdom?
     
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    i thought it been said this whole time to be in kingdom
     
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    Bumper should be yellow. To differnetiate him from BB and Cj and Hc is that his vehicle should be that Nissan hatchback flat end type.

    This.

    Or a flat end JP car (If Hb/TT is willing to invest on such a re tool/reshell etc) I'm game.
     
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    I don't see a problem with selling Hubcap and Bumper at the same time. It's not like they're hanging on pegs after all!
     
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