Combiner Wars/Generations

[Undrave]

Originally Posted by Rev

Ok... So it looks cheap and derpy but

1. It is easy to transform
2. It is cheap

3rd party looks awesome and high-end but sucks because

1. They are complicated to transform
2. They require arm fillers


So that's the argument?

PS: doesn't Menasor have the exact same style elbow joints as Intimidator?

I find a lot of third party offerings to be over-engineered. There is beauty in simplicity and great fun in a Transformer that I can convert on a whim. It shouldn't feel like a CHORE to change a Transformer from one mode to the next. Looking at you Generation Skybyte

Plus third party offerings really lack diversity in silhouettes, at least IMO.

I saw EmGo's reviews of the TFC Toys Protectobots and it doesn't really feel like their engineering has advanced much since Hercules. I think the legs alone on Gumball are more complicated than CW Dragstrip. Yet I dig Dragstrip's design way more.

[Rev]

So do you like one step changers over generations or MP?

[Undrave]

Originally Posted by Rev

So do you like one step changers over generations or MP?

A one step changer can be fun (Beast Machines Rav for exemple is on my shelf and I dig it), but it's not fun in the same way as a solid Generations.

And I don't buy MPs. I have MP Skywarp and it totally turned me off MPs. And it's just expensive for characters I don't really care that much about.

[Rev]

Originally Posted by Undrave

A one step changer can be fun (Beast Machines Rav for exemple is on my shelf and I dig it), but it's not fun in the same way as a solid Generations.
about.

That about sums up how I feel about Feral Rex and Intimidator.

Anyway, I am glad there is something for everyone.

[Sun Swipe Prime]

Originally Posted by Masta_Skidz

when did I say 15 mins.... not once.... more like 45 to be accurate and I don't have a good video camera for that kind of thing.

Well, you did say you can do it with ease, so the 15 minutes was an arbitrary number I pulled out that I though would be a reasonable time to achieve the task. I'd say that's about the same amount of time required to assemble CW Superion starting from individual bot modes to combined mode.

I can assemble Intimidator in 45 minutes too but I'd hardly call the experience an easy one or a pleasant one. Or one I care to repeat on a regular basis.

And who needs a good video camera. Peaugh used to do all his reviews on his iPhone. I did some videos using a crappy playbook camera, and it's plenty good enough to display ones mad-transformation skills.

[bcon]

Anybody else break off Superion's head yet? I was transforming from Superior to Silverbolt and one of the thin pieces that connect to the torso snapped from stress. I was pissed to say the least.

[Nguyennh]

Originally Posted by bcon

Anybody else break off Superion's head yet? I was transforming from Superior to Silverbolt and one of the thin pieces that connect to the torso snapped from stress. I was pissed to say the least.

when i break things i contact cement it back together

[bcon]

Originally Posted by Nguyennh

when i break things i contact cement it back together

I did use crazy glue. I'm not sure how well it's going to fix it though. The plastic is super thin where it broke, and the other side has a nasty stress mark. Hopefully it will hold though.

[Nguyennh]

Originally Posted by bcon

I did use crazy glue. I'm not sure how well it's going to fix it though. The plastic is super thin where it broke, and the other side has a nasty stress mark. Hopefully it will hold though.

thing about crazy glue i hate is that you gotta hold it in place haha, contact cement...lather each side...let it sit un stuck. then slap them together BAM done and clean

[bcon]

Originally Posted by Nguyennh

thing about crazy glue i hate is that you gotta hold it in place haha, contact cement...lather each side...let it sit un stuck. then slap them together BAM done and clean

I'll take a look into getting some. Thanks for the recommendation.