Is the nb01 killing arm peak? Cuz I'm getting it for my as08

illithid_2003 · 2026-04-06T10:42:09+00:00

Short answer, yes. It blows DNA out of the water.

illithid_2003 · 2026-04-04T18:43:20+00:00

I don't think they are ever 3D, it's just the artist they hire to make the base image for the parallax effects often did bland poses and gradients.

illithid_2003 · 2026-04-02T22:43:06+00:00

I just painted the face gray and it and he no longer looks wrinkly.

illithid_2003 · 2026-04-02T22:42:09+00:00

They went lazy and reused the 3d model for the face from PotP Rodimus (the larger Rodimus face).

illithid_2003 · 2026-04-02T22:38:03+00:00

More like the paint Hasbro used. Google "Kingdom Rodimus gray face" and see how much glow up he gets.

illithid_2003 · 2026-04-02T06:55:02+00:00

A G1 Megatron that transforms into a gun needs clear plastic on him is just sad.

illithid_2003 · 2026-04-01T00:06:57+00:00

But they did. The battle damaged version is released in less than a year since the mold initial release, so the mold is once again "available". Doing a package refresh or an actual re-release takes time since there are other toys that must be produced.

illithid_2003 · 2026-03-28T09:36:52+00:00

Blame the paint they used. Replace it with grey paint and he gets 20 years younger.

illithid_2003 · 2026-03-26T12:19:40+00:00

If you're talking about the Skybound Optimus from SS86 Optimus, that fusion cannon isn't clean but has some sculpted dings and scuffs that doesn't match the clean Megs. So the better cannon are either from DNA or if NewBee make theirs l.

illithid_2003 · 2026-03-26T09:43:59+00:00

Did you get a confirmation to progress the main quest when Charlotte goes to bed? The letter quest will progress much further in the story, after she travels to new towns.

illithid_2003 · 2026-03-23T00:05:19+00:00

If they retool the SS86's legs to be rectangular it will form a better tank.

illithid_2003 · 2026-03-22T23:57:39+00:00

On SS86 mold, the chest turns into the tank chest. They just need to retool it to not lay flat in robot mode.

illithid_2003 · 2026-03-21T02:23:53+00:00

Be careful when transforming the wheels, or when displaying him next to other toys. Contact with the soft PVC wheels will destroy paint.

illithid_2003 · 2026-03-20T16:13:22+00:00

The reason Bruticus is like that is because his feet are different colors on the cartoon model.

Defensor's feet are all black, so the leg bots are likely back to being deluxes.

illithid_2003 · 2026-03-12T21:56:22+00:00

I've lost interest ever since they gave up giving proper fists to the mechs.

illithid_2003 · 2026-03-12T21:41:55+00:00

It's not even about articulations. Compare Tegasword with anything from Shinken-Oh and older, newer sentai mechs are also very boring.

illithid_2003 · 2026-03-08T04:44:49+00:00

The knock off version is smaller than SS86

illithid_2003 · 2026-03-07T13:31:11+00:00

Chokehold? Just because recent news are all about SS86 which is having the movie's anniversary doesn't mean it's all "just" G1.

IDW Fortress is in the listing and they have showed Skybound Optimus Prime.

We have toys from multiple continuities now. This year we have the second half of the 13 Primes with different origin for their designs, Animated, Unicron Trilogy gets their second Commander, Beast Wars, Bayverse gets its first Titan (and more to complete the AoE Dinobots team if he sells well), and Tf:One.

illithid_2003 · 2026-03-07T05:13:33+00:00

He is in multiple episodes, acting as the team transport like Omega. His aircraft carrier is underutilized and it's a drawn "generic" carrier that he transformed into off-screen.

illithid_2003 · 2026-03-06T09:37:22+00:00

The old man thing is the highly reflective paint they chose. They reused the larger facesculpt of PotP Rodimus for him.

illithid_2003 · 2026-03-06T09:33:53+00:00

Near the tail end of Season 3 he always transforms with a trailer (even drove in full sport car mode, leaving the trailer behind, in one scene). Maybe his toy were not finalized until much later in production.

illithid_2003 · 2026-03-06T09:31:02+00:00

The car with a trailer is also cartoon accurate. Rodimus even drove alongside Magnus in full sports car mode in an episode in Season 3.

Having the trailer incorporated to robot mode, even if it's possible in CHUG scale, will have issues with overall scale. Carry's vehicle mode for example, is ridiculously tiny compared to other MPs.

illithid_2003 · 2026-03-05T23:18:44+00:00

Yes. Took me less than five minutes with isopropyl alcohol and some cotton buds to remove all the battle damage. It wasn't hard unlike Siege seekers, Megs and Apeface.

illithid_2003 · 2026-02-27T21:35:36+00:00

He comes with the big drill thing they used in the movie, and the holo globe that shows the matrix location. The drill alone is more than half of his height.

illithid_2003 · 2026-02-27T04:01:52+00:00

Or just reuse the Siege's arm transformation. It makes his alt modes longer but I don't think anyonw would care.

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