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Much as I dislike that this was an exlusive, I think MMC did a great job with this and look forward to the rest of the team. I'm very impressed by the changes they made: new chest (of back if you use the original transformation), a new head and new upper arms (sans wheels and with a slider for the elbows). They even added screw hole covers for the upper arms. I do agree that colour wise it's not very interesting looking with the orange making the green look dull. But that is accurate to Car Robots Greejeeper, who it is supposed to be. But the colours are more based on the the toy and perhaps in this case animation accuracy would perhaps be more interesting. That or the Hasbro toy deco, both are a lighter shade of green.
I so wish MMC's combiners were at least close to the Zeta/FansToys scale, because they generally at least look good in every mode, and they're just genius engineering. I'm fine with partsforming with combiners, but respect the hell out of ones that pull it off without.
Hey, what if some of this collecting rut Is itself a symptom of growth and healing? And part of the collecting impulse is a trauma response that you no longer have to indulge?
Huh. Neat. Car Robots Greejeeber aka RiD01 Rollbar. Aaaaaand I bet that even the third time around (G1 Bruticus, G2 Bruticus, CR Baldigus/RiD01 Ruination), it's still the most expensive combatant set of the Bruticus Wars...😑😒🤔🤨🧐
One day some crazy company will make a homage to Arnold's mercs from the movie Predator using the Combaticons... maybe they will combine to be a robotic Predator.
i been out the game so long.... i think FT DEADEND ended my fervor for collecting all on its own... but i am getting back to the game....that said..Swindle is one of my favorite bots and i DONT OWN HIM in my collection...
i think it looks boring, uninspired, like there is no passion put into it. It seems like they were saying "here you go, we had to make this one, and this is what you get"
I hate MMC's business practices so much. Their exclusives were already pretty egregious but now an exclusive combiner? And a retooled one that people like myself actually want, at that. I think once I finish Defensor and the tapes, I'm probably done with them. They're still falsely advertising things like their Springer repaint (the colours don't match their photos) and their Cliffjumper repackage (because it's not a repaint despite advertising otherwise). Heck, their latest Ravage release is GREEN! Guess they'll blame that on the customer like usual...
For all the black repaints we got of combiner teams, I'm flummoxed as to why we didn't get one for the combaticons. It's the Decep black ops team! We have black Feral Rex, Seacons, Arielbots - but no Combaticon Noir ;-p.
Just got the reissue with the new paint. Jesus it's beautiful. And like you. I held on to the toyworld forever. If you still are...let it go. The new reissue with the metallic paint is my forever cosmos. I'm comfortable that even fans toys can only match it, but not beat it.
Thank you 4 Dummies for the great review! I appreciate the kind comments and the honest feedback! I’ve put a lot of thought and care into the display and I’m glad that comes through. The shelves are roughly arranged seasons 1-4 left-to-right with Autobots on top and Decepticons below. The risers and some other elements are custom 3D-printed pieces. Responses to some things that were mentioned: - I agree that the wall brackets are unsightly, but I decided to go this way because of the flexibility they offer. I’ve changed layouts many times and this shelf system makes it super-easy. - The ceiling fan doesn’t hit the figures or blow them over, but it does seriously move air! - It is CDs on the lower shelves. I figured it’s a good way to make use of space that’s too low to be used for figures. These photos are from November 2021. I’ll get some updated collection photos and videos posted soon. Follow me on IG/FB/X for more display pics and Transformers photos! MOTHS
My collection finally aired i can handle them critiquing my collection but not my floors I love them lol most of what they said about it I have already changed
Robot78 has a great display! I noticed that he used the MMC skylynx instead of the Earthrise one. Probably to scale better with the figures around him.
These detolfs are too narrow. And you lose space in between them. Not enough room to work either. That window curtain makes the space look too cramped.
Shout out to robots78 for showing that a Classics\CHUG collector can drop a mic on Bobby :) Gives me hope that one day I'll get my stuff together and have something to submit for critique. Excellent collection.
That sharkticon shelf : Perfect opportunity to use forced perspective to create a shoal of them. Also thankyou for the new way to pronounce MOTHS. Enjoyed that a lot. That might become my FEET! Nice to hear Bobby enjoying himself. I worry he's fallen out of love a bit with the hobby over the past year or so! All the love guys.
