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>>11681483
I got mine from Aliexpress.
>>11681486
Mine was $16, the quality feels pretty solid. Like, almost TOO solid. More than any official figure I've ever gotten. You can rattle and shake the guy and his limbs barely flop around. I haven't transformed him, and I'm a bit nervous to, hopefully his parts aren't too stiff....

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>>11681489
I had mine displayed in his iconic "The Jump" pose with the help of a flight stand. Not my picture but pretty much the same exact positioning.

whats the best transformer (hasbro/takara/3rd party) that I can get for $50?

>>11681499
Are you looking more for a vehicle or animal Transformer?

>>11681494
Get the slightly more expensive one with improvements, the AS ones are kind of crappy

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>>11681481
Amusingly enough, she also has a shortstack mode.

>>11681504
vehicle

>>11681499
A single TF? Maybe like Megatronus or Grimlock (it’ll probably be closer to $60)

You could get two deluxes though, like the Lambros or a couple minibots like Gears or Seaspray or Cosmos or Brawn or Windcharger

>>11681494
>buying from aliexpress
youre gonna feel pretty fuckin stupid in a couple years.
>>11681497
fuckin nice dude.

>>11681499
If you're going for 2 deluxes then Gears and Windcharger.

>>11681525
>youre gonna feel pretty fuckin stupid in a couple years.

Never ordered there myself. Why?

>>11681537
china

>>11681488
Hitler sent me, am I in the right place?

>>11681540
What's gonna be the outcome? They have my mailing address? Xi is gonna show up himself with a crowbar and break my toys? What the fuck are you talking about lol

>>11681540
Nigga everything is made in China. Ordering from Ali just cuts out the middleman and is cheap.

>>11681581
that middleman is called the western economy. yknow, that thing china is actively destroying, while constantly violating everyone's borders and sending hourly cyberattacks.
Not saying I never buy chinese shit, usually upgrade kits... but I at least buy from a western seller.

>>11681518
For a spider, she looks fat.

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>>11681592
She has thicc thighs/coxa.

>>11681518
She worth it for 30?

>>11681590
Lol shut up /po/faggot, go back and suck off openAI dick

>>11681595
Absofuckinglutely. Honestly really impressed with her. The spider legs especially are super fun to mess with.

After getting fucked over, my search for a cheap Selects Trypticon continues. I'll probably take me years to get one.

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>>11681596
that would be china too. on both counts. with a little russia mixed in.
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>>11681621
I've never been a posefag, but these are amazing. look at im go!

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>>11681600
Haven't seen the movie but her robot killer terminator knock off vehicle mode looks great

>>11681590
>while constantly violating everyone's borders and sending hourly cyberattacks.
Pot. Kettle. Black.

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>>11681623
Thanks.
>>11681489 reminded my that my Prime had been in a neutral pose for a while too. Figured I'd take the opportunity to pose him a little and mess around with some glow effects while I'm at it.

>>11681596
What does Oragami have anything to do with that?

>>11681650
I think he's just referring to their famously low standards. As the saying goes: /po/ folk don't 'spect much.

>>11681488
I got Big Convoy today and I'm liking him quite a bit, but for the life of me I can't figure out how to make him hold his cannon over the shoulder (there is a little peg that slots onto his shoulder to keep it steady) without the thing bumping into his elephant head kibble. I've tried positioning the head halves in every direction and the trunk piece always bumps into something... if there's a correct way to do this could someone share a pic?

Welp, I told myself not to get SDCC Nemesis w/ Star Saber, but seeing it second hand and only $80 was too good to pass up.

>>11681700
That's like the same price if not cheaper than hasbropulse.com had it I think lol

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I just learned the original microman release of Soundwave had an official base mode. Kind of reminded me of the Siege alt mode.

>like sureshot and pointblank and kind of want to get targetmasters now
>quake is easy enough to get
>needlenose expensive as fuck
>lose interest since I cant get them all

anyone else like this

>>11681488
What is this, a crude attempt at a Zoids Fuzor? Yeah, the Fuzor term is all Hasbro, as they corrupted Zoids with that term when they used it before in Beast Wars.

>>11681712
Hopefully they'll reissue Needlenose down the line like they did Devcon and Beachcomber.

>>11681711
Anything has a base mode with enough imagination.

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>>11681711
>mid-transformation
>put transformer in a sitting position
>WHOA ...IS THAT......IS THAT A POWER SUPPLY BASE MODE??!?!!??!?!?

(unironically that's what i was doing with almost all transformers as a kid - a lot of transformers can become hover tanks or bases or hover cars/imaginary weird planes)

Will we get the Cassette combiners?

>>11681735
sometimes i like trying to pose my modern stuff like the g1 boxart

>>11681650
They're talking about the economy and /po/ is all about that paper

>>11681737
Evan said they want to do all cassettes because they sell.

>>11681772
Yep, but you'll have to endure 2 problems:

-They'll bundle them with either a toy you already own or some random repaint.
-Articulation has been complete ass for most of them, even when it is possible to add it without any qc issues.

So i don't expect the combiners to be good.

>>11681735
I really like Titan Masters because Voyagers could turn into a decent little outpost for them

>>11681708
It was initially $75, but got scalped immediately.

>>11681805
I wanted to buy it to scalp but it was too much after shipping and taxes. I make more money on naked Anime women

>>11681824
Man, don’t contribute to bad practices. I really want that figure.

>>11681840
Well it usually goes, oh this looks cool and I buy it. Never open it and sell it a year or two later. I liked the NP but not the mismatched star saber.

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>>11681737
Well, we already got Grand Slam and Raindance, but not as cassettes. Can't guarantee that Beastbox and Squawktalk won't lose their cassette forms in the process, too, if they're made to combine.

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Are those 3 supposed to be a team? They do kinda look like one but it's weird that Skullgrin is, according to amazon, 6cm taller.

>>11681857
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIOIE_m45qw

Yep. Although Iguanus was a Wave 2 guy. They didn't make Submarauder in that style yet.

>>11681488
>no Love Is Here Edition with Big Convoy showing how much of a war crime with legs he is

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I tried looking for 2007 deluxe Barricade and most of the ones e-bay are overpriced and/or missing Frenzy. The ugly security car is cheap, but it's the security car.

>>11681872
it's so uncomfortable to me that 2007 was 19 fucking years ago.

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>>11681873
the horrors of growing old and realizing what people at current age 20 are some what different than what you like

>>11681874
it's not that, it just feels like all the good media was frontloaded, so the 90s lasted like 60 years and the last couple decades were two weeks. I cannot think of 2007 as 'old transformers' yet they're older than G1 was when I got into beast wars

>>11681712
It’s the reason I didn’t get the ER Coneheads until Thrust was re-released last year.

>>11681875
Clearly that just means G1 wasn't old when you got into Beast Wars, you were just young.

>>11681857
They are a team but Hasbro fucking changed their mind on what the fuck they were going to do to make them

>>Were supposed to be a new modular battle armored gimmick with the deluxe sized inner robot having removable battle armor that when put on the robot, recreated their Pretender shell and that the armor bits could be mixed and matched to create new monster forms.

>>Got cancelled due to budget issues because the asshats decided to make Rock Lords instead no one wanted

>>So Skullgrin got a deluxe figure with an ugly minotaur skull head and Bombusts and Iguanis got made into Legends scale because, again, some asshole wanted Rock Lords

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Continuing from last thread, I’ve managed to find out that Escargon is in the August 1998 issue of Comic BomBom but I can’t for the life of me find any scans of it online. Part of me wants to just buy the issue myself, but I know the moment I do that someone will post the scans I’m looking for

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don’t mind the 41 lego threads on the catalog, just hide em until solved.

>>11681884
i'm not sure how feasible that initial plan was, to be fair.
>>11681906
yeah keep your eyes open. I've been trying to find this one game preview from Game Informer that .. i swear i've gone through scans of all the years I had Game Informer, and I didn't see it.
>>11681920
at least we're down to one TF thread now. though saying that out loud might... well...

>>11681936
It’s from a similar schizo to the one who caused all that for /tfg/ spam

>>11681938
it is funny and sad how our brains tend to break in pretty predictable ways.
from what my daughter tells me, my son in law's behavior sounds alarmingly like lewy-body dementia.

>>11681939
This is just a case of hellish hatred towards a board, the janny for here should be fired and replaced with a few who know the hobby slightly better I feel because issues like this aren’t going away by themselves

>>11681497
I had ML Prime in that pose for a bit, but he then ended up tumbling down the shelf so now he lives in vehicle mode

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G1 original Targetmaster weapons: Gotta Catch Em' All Edition

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>>11682035
Gonna compare the different Pinpointers to the original that I ordered. Right hand has a modified 3D printed one from Ebay

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>>11681711
Some had.

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>>11682058
These also combine with Metroplex

>>11682060
I know it’s not happening, but imagine they somehow managed to plan that out for a new mold Metroplex

>>11682053
That base mode looks like it would be easy to recreate using the modern one's kibble chunk.
>>11682058
I like this one, though. Looks like a neat little pit stop for car bots to pull into, refuel, and go back on their way.

>>11681855
meh, already got the Dr Wu versions.

>>11681857
The core ones were great. I'm so mad we didn't get more.

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>>11681874
You're still young.
I've been around since G1

>>11681872
I was looking for Energon Rodimus for a bit because the guy who voices him in Super Link is going to be a guest in a con I'm going to, but trying to find reasonably priced one in Europe is a bitch and a half

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Nintendo collab incoming?

>>11682145
holy fuck

>>11682110
good luck anon, Energon Rodimus was my first ever Transformer. it'd be cool if you get one signed by his seiyuu. I actually have a Metalhawk signed by Katsuji Mori.

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For Age of the Primes' future, we've seen
>deluxe Prime!Smokescreen, Animated!Ratchet, G1!Powerglide, Prime!Cliffjumper, G1! Swerve
>voyager Armada!Sideways, G1!Swindle
>Commander G1!Onslaught
And have not seen
>deluxe G1!Tailgate, G1!Joyride, G1!Fangry
>voyager Nexus Prime, Vector Prime
>leader Liege Maximo, Unicron Soldier
>Commander Armada!Jetfire
Who are you looking forward to?

>>11682225
Armada Jetfire definitely.

>Skywarp and the Insecticons in Dramatic Capture
For the life of me I can't think of a scene where those four ever interacted.

Got my shipping notice for Oxtimus

>>11682225
I imagine Fangry is just going to be a rerelease of the four pack

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>>11682238
There was one.

>>11682225
Unicron Soldier because what the fuck is it
And then Jetfire (who I hope comes with an Optimus rerelease so I can finally rectify my mistake)

>>11682244
There will definitely be Optimus, but the only question is if they will be reissuing Armada Optimus a second time or taking the opportunity to release Powerlinx Optimus

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>>11682238
Skywarp fought them in "Traitor", season 2.

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>>11682244
>Unicron Soldier because what the fuck is it
It's just these guys - a simple repaint of Sideways. Nothing to get excited about.

>>11682302
it's a leader tho

>>11682244
>Unicron Soldier because what the fuck is it
Probably one of the TFP rock monster things.

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Peace through tyranny!

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>>11682320
Freedom is the right of all sentient beings!

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Any inside infos if we will get a Transformers (2007) starscream figure? I think I've seen one for the second movie wich had a lot of white painted on it's back and was also over 150€ which I will not pay.

>>11682330
He was one of the first figs in studio series
Maybe they'll do a new one for the anniversary

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>>11681657
You have to use the butterfly joint so the cannon sits around 45° across the chest to get it clear of the shoulder kibble.

Hope these pics help.

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>>11682145
Pokemon crossover incoming?

>>11682318
>Probably one of the TFP rock monster things.
Still betting it's a rock themed retool of Big Convoy

>>11682320
>>11682322
>not a single toy from before 2020
SOVLLESS

>>11682360
Thank you! This morning I managed to set it up as well both by suing the butterfly joint like you suggest, and placing that side's Mammoth head kibble with the missiles facing inwards.

>>11682225
Prime Cliffjumper? Is it a straight reissue of the Chase Retool?

>>11682427
As far as we know, yes. From the Target 4 pack.

>>11682225
Didn't we already get a G1 Fangry?

>>11682447
Yes, no clue if this will be a straight re-release or if they'll change something.

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>>11682225
Liege the Cthulhu man

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>>11682424
You can also do it one handed but it does take some careful positioning.

>>11682455
It will most likely be a re-release as that is what Hasbro likes to do with the last waves of any given line, like Cosmos and Galaxy Shuttle in United, or Cliffjumper now

>>11681942
well every time janitor applications open, I apply for /toy/ and I've never once gotten a contact back. I don't know how they choose, since they don't ask you anything useful about your experience...

>>11682069
>This is our no-stop truck stop, come on in, take a break from haulin' that load
>We've got coffee that's hot and ice that's not, it's a little bit o' home on the road

>>11682145
it's funny people still think nintendo of america means anything
they're just a glorified 4kids entertainment

>>11682457
impressive shoulder joints at least

just got Sky Byte from Amazon (confused about a gift card they'd sent me that was actually a different kind of credit, but whatever)
box was open, SHIPPING box was open, and some of the ties were already removed. This was obviously a returned item. Anyone know what might be wrong with it? So far it seems fine, everything's complete.

>>11682395
That's the most retarded idea I've ever heard. Mark is stupid enough to go for it.

>>11682225
Fangry, Combaticons, and minibots.
Maybe Nexus depending how he comes out.
Mayyybe Joyride but I'm waiting for my Sureshot to arrive to see if I like the mold. (are they the same mold? I'm assuming here)

>>11682507
looking around like "why can't i find a gap filler kit?" turns out that huge hollow in his tail-arm is to fit his fist into in shark mode. that's pretty fucking stupid

>>11682526
still, overall he's pretty great. I would not mind a little extra something to fill out the tail, but I get how the joint works now and why that'd be hard. Transformation is a LITTLE fiddly to get things to fit together, but not that bad. and the SIZE here is impressive. This is like, what a voyager used to be sized, right?

No pics for Kranix yet? That’s the only one I’m really interested in getting. Maybe SS86 Cyclonus because I missed out on the first two releases and hopefully this irons out all the minor issues even though I hear it’s an excellent mold.

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>Pull out SG Starscream out of storage
>slightly starting to yellow
>check to see what he's going for
>going for over $100, wow
>nigga asking over $100 and $96 shipping
>it's way beyond yellowing, looks like dog shit brown

>>11682577
That’s what happens when Hasbro refuses to reissue certain figures

>>11682507
okay, amazon is at least helpful if you complain. got 10 bucks off. the figure seems fine, I see no scratches or anything. So it's like I bought it used, which is what I already WANTED to do at Mercari during one of their sales, but god damn Mercari's fees are high.
>>11682577
you know, the packaging looks yellower too. Could it just be the lighting?

>>11682577
I hope they redo this with Legacy Galaxy Force Screamer mold as they should have

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>>11682598
Doesn't look like it's just lighting.

>>11682631
hm. tough call.

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>>11682225
And building off that, Studio Series 2026.
>deluxe Kranix, One!Thundercracker, G1!Wheeljack, G1!Cliffjumper, AoE!Bumblebee, One!Soundwave
>voyager G1!Shockwave, G1!Skywarp, G1!Cyclonus, AoE Evasion Optimus
>leader G1!Astrotrain, G1!Blitzwing, TLK!Megatron
Who are you looking forward to?

>>11682694
that sucker still really impresses me.

>>11682145
It has quite literally never been more over guys
It's been a fun ride

>>11682694
I don't like the ONE starscream but if thundercracker has a good lower jaw sculpt (because the visor is going to look great guaranteed) I might finally grab the mold

>>11682672
Mine is yellowing in the same spot. Not as bad as that though. It's like a very light piss yellow.

>>11682672
>>11682598
Are you retarded?

>>11682704
which spot, the hip skirts?

>>11682708
Elbow

>>11682710
...
OH!
Oh holy fucking shit, what. That... that's like 20 years of solid in-the-sun yellowing. That cannot be normal yellowing. That's.. that's a fucking... they MOLDED that in bronze plastic, that was a manufacturing error and no mistake. The worst yellowing known to man still isn't like that.

>>11681713
Crude?! If you want to battle with Zoids made out of Transformers parts, I am ready.

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>>11681803
honestly, even the deluxe modulizers were good for Titanmaster bases. I love how much the little dudes lend a sense of scale to Transformers, overall.

>>11681713
sadly that is much more cohesive than most of the blox fuzors in Zoids. The vast majority were like "okay we're gonna fuse this little lion with a blade for a tail and little guns on his shoulders with this wolf, so.. let's.. fold him up into.. A BRICK WITH A TAIL BLADE STICKING OUT (and very tiny guns) and plug him on top. WOO!"

this looks more like dino riders.

>>11682694
>TLK!Megatron
>leader
I do believe I will partake.

>>11682747
what if they make another Rampage out of him

>>11682753
I have no idea what you mean

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>>11682225
Liege Maximo, mainly cause I'm a big G2 fan and want to see what the hell they're gonna make him transform into if they're faithful to his G2 design.

>>11682225
Liege Maximo, Unicron Soldier(??), and Armada Jetfire. Love all the G1 comics (sans Skybound) and the UT.
G1 minibots will also always be awesome to see.
He won't have any, but there's that 1% chance Vector has any kind of retooling and I'm just curious to see what his release will be.
>>11682694
Shockwave and Astrotrain. I love rhe Bay trilogy but not so much 4-5, but I will admit TLK Megs is cool and I hope he's good for the people that want him.

>>11682694
Is SS86 Shockwave gonna be new mold or just repaint or retool of Siege?

>>11682783
Skybound is good, actually

>>11682791
Probably a new mold, but the triple changers will absolutely be the old molds.

>>11682832
I don't like it, "actually". Notice that I phrased it like it was my opinion, rather than an objective statement? :U Cmon, anon.

>>11682845
Does it make you miss your dad?

>>11682765
Well, all the cybertronian empire guys transform into either a jet or a missile launching tank
I just want it to have a yaniger feel. I know geoff senior ended up drawing him, but his vehicles leave much to be desired

>>11682856
I really hope we get a Mindset toy. That guy had a pretty cool design for a random G2 grunt. I'm also legit shocked they still haven't released a Cybertronian empire flyer using the Cyclonus mold.

>>11682631
Mine isn't that severe but it's starting to look pissy. I would be pissed if they decided to just reissue this because fuck this mold, fuck this repaint.
They haven't done anything with the Cybertron mold yet.

>>11682620
>not using any Ironhide for SG Soundwave
>not using Kingdom Galvatron for SG Megs
>not... cybertron Hotshot for SG Goldbug
>not... Laser OP for SG Ultra Magus

>>11682875
Just hasbro releasing a repaint before a proper mold is made. I'm still annoyed they did Galaxy shuttle with Astrotrain since we knew they'd release a Armada Jetfire eventually.

>>11682870
>I'm also legit shocked they still haven't released a Cybertronian empire flyer using the Cyclonus mold.

Same. Hell they need to do another army builder pack.

>>11682879
I assume they made the Ferak version with the assumption they'd retool it again for a Cybertronian soldier.

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>>11682401
I gotchu anon

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>>11682902
It doesn't help that we only just almost got a complete cohesive geewun cast over the last six years

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>>11682906
...and we literally only just started getting redos of Beasties after 2020

>>11682908
yeah i wish we'd get more
and some more originals. it's weird that dilophocon is the first true original we've had that isn't a skeleton or...

>>11682908
>Monsterbots
Jealous

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>>11682401
I've only been collecting TF seriously for the last year, don't bully me.

>>11682963

>I hated how Transmetal 2 Megatron and Tigerhawk turned out

The only thing I really don't care for with Tigerhawk is the lack of wrist articulation, which is the biggest bummer with any modern figure to me. TM2 Megatron is complete ass though, even if I probably would have picked him up in Cryotek colors.

>>11682963
I don't think modern Hasbro would do them justice. I don't even think they did the Beast Wars stuff they've revisited so far justice, at least not entirely.

>>11682957
>big convoy
an absolute mess of proportions and bad choices, covered in 'shelves' instead of feeling cohesive
>quickstrike
crotch too big and hangs too low, beast mode head sits too high, robot thighs too short
>sky byte
fuckin excellent, I have very few notes. Love him.
>glowy leo convoy
for 50 bucks BEFORE import fees. yeah that's not happening. I doubt he'll even get a full release.

>>11682963
Sadly, ROTB doesn't help boost Apelinq's popularity. That is probably his first and last on-screen appearance, as no new movies or cartoons feature him.

>>11682970
they left room for improvement, which.. if 5 years down the line they try to sell me better versions of these guys? I'll... probably buckle down and buy them. Ugh.
>>11682969
the legs need to be compressed to look right for sure, and you need the upgrade kit that lengthens the tail, and the neck having an obvious shoulder at its base was SO preventable.
but beyond that, I like him.

>>11682969

Completely valid criticisms and I got his upgrade kit to help with both of those issues. I'm normally someone who prioritizes source material accuracy, but his beast mode just looks naked without the mask. And nothing wrong with displaying in alt mode, though I usually only do that with beast bots.

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Check out this sweet base mode, dudes! It looks pretty much exactly the same, doesn't transform in any meaningful way, and makes less sense.

>>11682833
>the triple changers will absolutely be the old molds.
What sort of confirmation do we have of this? I was really hoping for a new Astrotrain that didn't have the crazy amount of ugly greebles that the Seige version has.

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I tell myself I hate that they're chibi stylized and don't transform but then they make Vehicles and Combiners for them and now I'm like 14+ in

>>11682994
They look better in black redecoes

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>>11682998
Yes

>>11682994
>>11682999
Are you still on Win7?

>>11683000
Windows 10 but I use StartIsBack which makes it look like classic 7 Home or so

>>11683002
Cool

>>11682244
Unicron Soldier is the Unicron originally made for the Cybertron toyline (the one that transforms into a tank, except it has Unicron's head). Honestly, they should have made the Planet X Soldiers instead, which is >>11682302.

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>>11683042
>Unicron Soldier is the Unicron originally made for the Cybertron toyline (the one that transforms into a tank, except it has Unicron's head).
Specifically, it seems to be the "Ark Unicron" version, which was used for Unicron's acolytes in the Generations Selects comics. So it's an army builder, and not intended to be Unicron himself.

>>11683083
Well, if they're referencing that specific comic with the Unicron Soldier figure, maybe we'll get the Egg Beasts at some point as well?

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>>11683107
That'd just be a re-release of those RID15 not-Bakugans. They used one of them during TFOne's toyline so they still have the molds.

>>11682401
There is something to babby collectors that can have perfectly fine collections of respectable size, but lack in the real weird guys of years past
I mean stuff like Energon Landmine, Cybertron Crumplezone, ROTF scouts, etc

But that's mostly on HasTak for making the majority of the product be similarly shaped boxmen for the last 10 years

>>11682991
I think they're basing it off ss Springer.
Astrotrain could have been better if they didn't blow the $ on that weird ass caboose that just holds extra guns and turns into a half assed rocket base.

>>11683042
>>11683055
that would be great, sure, but no one seriously believes they care that much to give us such a great toy at the very very end of the age of primes toyline

>>11683243
It could be a tease for the next line, though my bets are it being a Liege Maximo retool, which would still be somewhat fitting

>>11683255
I think it's scheduled to be liege's wave mate, so that's unlikely.
Another possibility is it's a galvatron retool, in unicron colors, different weapons, and different head that looks more like unicron.
But if it IS a liege maximo retool, it almost certainly is the rock version from TFPrime, considering the shape.
Another possibility is them doing a g1 toy style unicron at leader scale, but I'd imagine we'd have heard something about that by now

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Trying out this new upgrade kit for amalgamous. Looks spaghetti.

>>11683287
is this kit inspired by anything in particular?

>>11682875
>not using Kingdom Galvatron for SG Megs
To be fair, that one didn't have ports for any wing pieces to make a jet mode.
The closest mold at the time was Takara's Super Megatron.

>>11683291
i had pasta last week, aglio olio with salami and bacon.

I finally got SS86 Prime and I honestly still prefer my Earthrise. 86 is too large, overly complicated, bare of detail, and his smokestacks won't stay in place. They're still using the Earthrise matrix, and it's embarrassingly small for this Prime.

I'm still hoping for Nexus Prime to be a combiner. He is probably a Megazord-esque combiner where all five components won't have individual robot mode, which would justify the listed price point.

>>11682577
>sg Jetfire never reissued
I might find old TT classic repaint cheaper at this point.

>>11682507
>Anyone know what might be wrong with it?
I don't know if this happens on amazon but a friend of mine works at a local nerd store with an online shop, he says a lot of people send stuff back when the packaging the things come in is even slightly damaged.

>>11683287
I need that baltan

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Are you finally ready to apologize?

All the new slop posted above should tell you its time.

I feel so fucking rotten.
I have all five Dinobots and I still want more.
Something is wrong with me.

>>11683399
But do you have the G2 Dinobots? The Shattered Glass Grimlock? The truly awful Megatron Godzilla Grimlock retool?

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>>11683399
What if I told you there was another path...

>>11683413

Cybertron Sentai Dinorangers

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>>11683397
I fucking love figures completely laden with gimmicks and zero articulation

>>11683413
2014 really had people thinking these toys were bad for not being grey blobs.
Slash is kind of a mess but they're otherwise cool toys

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>>11683424
To be fair, I don’t blame people for wanting screen accurate toys. Honestly the craziest thing about the AOE toy line is that they brought back a bunch of old BW molds including one that was thought to be lost before then

>>11683399
>I have all five Dinobots and I still want more.
Leader Class Scarr and Voyager Class Slash, trust the plan.

>>11683462
Don’t forget Paddles (it’s weird his name isn’t Splash or Strafe). Also, you just know that they’re going to make Slash a deluxe

>>11683431
I use my Strafe as a Combatibot buddy of Nightprowler

>>11683465

Man, I'd kill for an official Paddles.

>>11683417
Unironically unicron trilogy was the last time I thought transformers was cool, modern shit is soulless I don’t care about articulation I’d rather have some heavy chunky robot that’s actually fun, I miss electronics and spring loaded weapons, shit today is sovless

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>>11683399
>I have all five Dinobots and I still want more.
>Something is wrong with me.
buy another bronto-bro and buy a 3rd party upgrade kid to transform him into FLippers or whatever that Plesiosaurus-one called - it looks pretty cool!
PS:
Also buy Legends class Slash because she is the same color and fits well with the team

I'm honestly really dissapointed in Sureshot. He feels so cheap compared to Quickstrike. You can't even justify it via hia transformation since Quickstrike qlao does a lot with his. I could only recommend it if you got it for 15 or less.

>>11683397
His tenure included the absolute peak of the brand (2006-2011 or so), so there's that. I'm not sure how much of the decline since he left should be attributed to his successors, though. The entire toy industry has changed since 2013; it changed a lot between 2002 and 2012. You can see this even in the Japanese toy market.

>>11683496
I also feel like a lot of that success can be tied to the live action movies breathing new life into the franchise and convincing executives to put tons of money into it. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that the decline started happening right around the time of the trilogy ending and AOE coming out

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>>11683309
I do like him the more I messed with him and trust
I adamantly hated him. He is absolutely not worth the retail price and also fuck that god damn Matrix.
TWENTY SIX releases using that mold or a slight variation of it
>Double checks
Sorry
Twenty Eight counting Skybound SS86 Optimus Repaint and Target MTMTE Rodimus

If Earthrise could clean up it's backpack just a little more it'd have been peak. I still need to get the Dramatic Capture colored one.

>>11683415
That's why I bought them.

>>11683496
I feel like you guys are memory-holing just how many fucking stinkers classics and universe had
Generations and movieverse carried that era on their backs

>>11683478
How much of that works for robot mode?

>>11683504
>If Earthrise could clean up it's backpack just a little
and had proper proportioned legs
and had actual biceps that didn't sink into the forearms (siege didn't have this problem btw)
and didn't have vesitigal tumors left over from siege because hasblow is lazy
and had an alt mode that actually looked good and wasn't half finished for no reason (siege didnt have this problem btw)

>>11683507
Every line has plenty of stinkers. But the highs were higher and the brand in general was more varied and interesting. WFC, Legacy, and AotP has been one huge extended snooze fest. TR has its moments but a lot of it didn't work. CW and PotP was turbo-ass aside from the Legends class stuff. Studio Series is often outright worse than its movie line counterparts.

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>>11681488
holy shit grimlock is cheapest he's been...
damn i'm broke right now after finishing Devastator.
holy shit i want this grimlock... have fun european anons...

>>11683481
He doesn't have fucking wrists. I got him for $20, have the old Takara Legends Targetmaster, and feel ripped off.

>>11683518
Either I’m really bad at picking Deluxes or tfg is having some form of psychosis because I’m pretty sure most Deluxes don’t have wrist articulation, and haven’t for a while

>>11683518
Even worse, not only does he lack wrist swivels, he lacks them despite his hands not folding away, so they also stick out in vehicle mode.

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>>11683475
I missed UT at the time, genuinely thought Transformers ended after G1 until 2006 when I happened upon a Classic Bumblebee in a supermarket, but lately I've been buying a few UT toys and I definitely see the charm in them now.
My latest is Energon Demolishor, who’s better than he has any right to be.

>>11683504
>Target MTMTE Rodimus
That'll be Hot Rod, who doesn't have a Matrix.
Still, that's a ridiculous number of times to reuse that Matrix, especially when it was bad the first time.

>>11682753
>>11682763
mite b cool

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>>11683508
All of it. The flippers can be removed and used as swords.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRstUJA9F90

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>>11682753
Or y'know, stop fucking about and do an actual Rampage. Also Depthcharge. And Transmetals.

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>>11683509
Yes but I love him still and he's more poseable and funner to pose to me than SS86
I AM coming around to SS86 and need to get a kit for stuff but I can't decide. I don't wanna dig out the kit for new pics but I DO like the New Bee "Killing Arm" kit and think it's absurdly good to get
Nice Arm, Great Cannon and a 10/10 head to me that can look upward

>>11683545
While he's being called Hot Rod and meant to be early movie version he does indeed still include that Matrix Accessory in Clear Blue
Hasbro literally can not help themselves
https://www.target.com/p/transformers-studio-series-mtmte-collection-the-transformers-the-movie-voyager-class-autobot-hot-rod-action-figure/-/A-94744442#lnk=sametab

>>11683000
Are you not?
>>11683002
they got that for 11? because I know someday I'll have to, but..

>>11683496
It's been all but flat out said that Aaron left because he foudn the budget cuts coming in 2013 unmanageable.
Granted Aaron was always big on gimmicks as a "storytelling" thing, since that's how kenner did things

>>11683372
Ohhh, MIB collectors.
well in this case, he took it partly out of the box, he cut the ties on Sky-Byte himself, but not on his accessories. So I don't think it's that.

>>11683424
they're bad because they clearly had better articulation and transformation in mind, but gutted it to make things simpler for babies. Their actual DESIGNS are amazing, and the color schemes are fun. It was silly not to release them in BOTH colorful and movie-accurate versions. Double dip! But also, they have NEVER done a good grimlock. there's exactly one good movie grimlock and it's like, one of six chinese ones. and even IT is not THAT great, it's just the best.

>>11683192
Okay, makes sense. At the very least, it'd be nice if they made some improvements to the two of them like they did with Springer.

>>11683570
>It was silly not to release them in BOTH colorful and movie-accurate versions. Double dip!
they did, eventually, as exclusives

>>11683575
dumb!
what hunyuck ever thought up exclusives, got damn.

>>11683563
>While he's being called Hot Rod and meant to be early movie version he does indeed still include that Matrix Accessory in Clear Blue
I stand corrected.

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>>11683540
Just watch the old boy's elbows

>>11683113
Seeing this made me wanna get new Bakugan.

>>11683113
Pretty sure that red and orange one in the far left literally IS a Bakugan - looks like a Pyrus Kelion.

>>11683597
wait what happened here
>>11683540
>didnt know the entire 90s and 00s of transformers happened
how is that possible?

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This guy is so good
Got him for 220

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>>11683638
>wait what happened here
Clear plastic used for joints

>>11683661
but it's become silver now. clear plastic doesn't turn silver. what physically happened?

>>11683663
that's the raw pin showing because the clear plastic is broken? please tell me you're a lead poisoned boomer and not a child left behind

>>11683669
AH, okay, thank you. I couldn't tell because A) the other, intact joint does not look like it has a thick pin in it, not remotely that thick.. and B) the broken edges of the joint are all white (as broken plastic tends to be) so it all blends together into what looked to me as if someone had simply applied silver paint to an intact joint

>>11683638
>how is that possible?
The last Transformer I remember getting was G2 Dreadwing/Smokescreen for Christmas in '94, so I guess I was aware that Transformers was still a thing until then. After that I think I just moved on to other things like Power Rangers and superhero cartoons. I genuinely don't recall ever seeing Beast Wars on tv or noticing any toys in stores though. By the late 90's I was all about WWF/WCW and wasn't really playing with toys anymore.
Then in 2006 I'd heard about at Transformers movie being made but didn't really care until one day I was food shopping in Asda and saw a Classics Bumblebee dumped in the bread isle and decided to buy it. It was my only Transformer for 2 years. I watched the movie when it eventually aired on tv and then in 2008, without even having seen the show yet, decided I wanted to buy the Animated Dinobots. Went into town and only found Swoop, so I picked up Sentinel Prime as well and that was it, I was collecting Transformers.

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>>11683597
>>11683661
I'm trying to be careful with it and hold the arm as close to the joint as possible, to reduce torque.

>>11683691
Ohhh you were in a normie cloud. I suppose I could see that.

>>11683647
Where?

I need a copy of the Combiner Wars helicopter mold for a custom I wanna make, are those $18 chinese bootlegs on ebay any good quality-wise or should I fork over the extra cash for the real deal?

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>>11683509
You forgot the thing where it doesn't give a complete back of the truck and leaves a gap between Optimus's arms.

>>11683717
3rd party TF site called bombusbee
I preordered him so I don’t think it’s that price anymore
He’s pretty fucking great though, I highly recommend it if you can find him for a good price
Try Amazon JP, they usually have it good price

>>11683720
The back of SS86's cab is just as bad.s

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I'll take a Commander Class Powermaster Optimus Prime, thanks.

>>11683743
Even though the lines were objectively inferior to the Takara releases, there's something about Combiner Wars/Titans Retrurn toys that I love. There was so much cool shit put out during those lines, even when they were reusing a shitload of engineering and molds.

>>11683743
>>11683647
He fits that scale

>>11683745
Yeah, Combiner Wars and especially Titans Returns toys are mostly still very fun figures. I never much cared for that Powermaster Prime though.

>>11683745
Combiner Wars was peak, Titans Return was somehow even more peak. Power of the Primes got fucked by a budget cut that year and a drop in QC, but the designs were still good for the most part even if the figures couldn't live up to them.

>>11683753
> Combiner Wars was peak
Now that has to be bait

>>11683720
god damn they are cutting every corner.
gonna be aint no corners left soon

>>11683758
Simple intuitive transformations, everyone can combine with everyone as either and arm or a leg, play pattern is solid. The only real mistake was two Autobot car waves using 3 of the 4 molds each time and other mold reuses that should have been new molds, but the toys themselves were mostly great.

>>11683765
They were ugly and lazy
More power to you if you liked them but come on man

Combiner Wars sucked.

I am kind of fond of the leader Megatron mold, though, even if it had no business being as big as it is. I think both it and the Armada retool have pretty cool face sculpts and the tank mode is respectable and the now-standard H-tank shrug. I'd go so far as to say I prefer the CW Armada Megatron to Legacy's, though that's not saying much.

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>>11683775
Come on man.

>>11683765
It is kind of funny that our push toward more joints and freedom of movement has led to transformations all kinda being a pain, hard to line up just right, requiring a lot more pegging and tabbing so you know it's in the correct orientation...

>>11683780
I like the head sculpt more and the fact it actually transforms into something. Armada Megatron's Patented Hasbro Shrug is tolerable on the original gimmick-laden toy, but on Legacy's it's just shit (better, but still shit). Obviously it's much closer to Armada Megatron, but I don't care about Armada per se.

>>11683753
Combiner Wars was a decent toyline for its gimmick but it's probably the worst generations toyline of all time outside of the combining gimmick. I think combiner wars also suffers the worst from age since the main gimmick of swapping figures around is going to get harder and harder as CW figures get sold less and less.

>>11683788
>it's probably the worst generations toyline of all time
Power of the Primes is right there, doing only the worst parts of both CW and TR with none of the strengths.

>>11683780
that does look pretty cool

>>11683792
Hes cool, but suffers from the shoulders just being shitty in general, and it has no ankle tilts. Big long legs full of joints, and hes stuck doing that shitty thing where the fit dont sit flat unless they are totally straight.

>>11683743
Adjusted for inflation, the og pmop would cost 75 bucks.
Given armada Optimus, it seems pretty reasonable as a commander, but how would they release the apex armor/god bomber? There's no point selling him on his own, and adding him alone wouldn't warrant a titan price.
Make the cab Optimus into a simplistic deluxe and drop accessories to fit him into commander seems like such a waste
Unless there's someone else the extra trailer could be sold with as a commander class like the constructicons.

>>11683780
>firing missile
>fully functional tank treads despite fucking transforming
>minicon ports
I still regret not snagging that guy up when I came across him at the dying K-Mart by my house after Combiner Wars had already ended. But I was a broke lad and it couldn’t be helped. At least now I got the new version, but it not having a single Minicon port kills me.

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>>11683785
I'll argure with you on that. His transformation is extremely Brave, big, chunky sections that don't turn into a real vehicle, but the result does not look like a robot. It's a very fun and dynamic transformation that achieves a cool as hell silhouette with extreme simplicity.

I wish the original had full leg articulation, because then it would be a contender for one of the best Megatron toys ever.

>>11683798
Small complex titian Ginrai

Large hollow commander God Bomber

Star Convoy sized titan Overlord

God Ginrai should be a size where being next to Black Zarak looks good.

>>11683793
oooh those do look bad, now that you pernt it out.

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>>11683729
It at least has a little cover on the top so the truck doesn't have the gap visible from most angles. Not hiding that gap is just bad form.

>>11683798
Takara would 100% release a Leader class Godbomber on their own even if Hasbro didn’t. Heck Godbomber was released on his own in both Legends and MPG before being re-released in a gift set

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>>11682363
This picture rips. I consider any picture I get of this guy with this goofy-ass cannon out, where you can kind-of tell what's going on, to be a great victory.

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>>11683602
I was using Bakugan to fill in my micro-sized Beast Wars collection but they went and killed themselves, fuck

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>>11683566
I don't think yet. Also 11 is by far the worst thing Microsoft has ever done. It's astounding how much of a cursed turd it is.
I'm hearing that it just outright bricks systems

>>11683743
Honestly seeing the Age of Primes original Well of the Primes Art and it showed him I was almost excited
Then we got Star Convoy and while I like him and my Takara God Ginrai I kinda still want this one
Still hunting the Perfect Effect Ginrai Optimus to swap in
and the Magnus for CW/UW Magnus
Things damn hard to find tho

So will Takara release a blue big convoy or no? I need answers

>>11684028
>Honestly seeing the Age of Primes original Well of the Primes Art and it showed him I was almost excited
That was such an odd piece of art. Literally just Star Convoy but with Super Ginrai’s chest. How does that even happen? The toy clearly was never intended to be that.

>>11684037
Maybe.

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>>11684085
Bottom right is (the one) Thunderclash homage though. Big turbines and an eagle on the chest.

>>11684091
I agree with you, but I still think he has God Ginrai's homage, with the three-panel window chest and the blue forearms with wings on the sides.

>>11684081
Speculation but the Artist likely based the art off of an unfinished kitbashed mockup they were, for some reason, given pictures of to work with, same thing happened with the Superion artwork.

>>11683788
one thing I liked about the whole, uh, trilogy, CW, TR, POTP, is we got a lot of guys that were in need of CHUGs. The results weren't always great but I was happy to see a lot of teams get completed

>>11683825
The exposed thighs are even worse, that cab just feels incomplete.

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I reimagined a new take on Victory Saber, inspired by Symmetrical Docking, Lio Convoy, and the default Saber. I used ChatGPT to generate this, but the general concept is to have a lion head on the right shoulder and a jet nose cone on the left shoulder.

>>11684153
That's great, but hastak will never touch an original design outside of the kiddie line for at least 20 more years. It's remakes all the way down, baby!

>battle damaged or dead prime coming
If he has the gun and rubble spike 86 megs should have had I will commit hate crimes

>>11683825
The SS86 is a bit more cohesive but the ER seems more...I dunno, truck-like. Things like the subtle angle on the front of the windows and the sun-shade. SS86 is basically a block.
SS86 is better overall but I'm not sure it's better enough to justify the price increase.
>t. owns both

>>11684153
Looks like shit, looks like Gundam not TF, also AI trash

>>11683745
Almost none of the CW/TR era was worth buying the Takara version in hindsight since there's bettter versions now, except the headmaster/targetmaster characters themselves. As toys they're really fun and playable and have satisfying if simple transformations.

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>>11684196
I'm just using AI for the general concept because I am too lazy to draw right now. My design will definitely be different from the AI generated version.

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>>11684154
Well, this is just a fun idea. I am also thinking of a potential repaint of this.

>>11683507
Relatively speaking the Classics line was fine for the era. The only real disappointments were Grimlock and the deluxe Optimus. I thought the Starscream mold was mediocre myself but it's one of the most popular TF molds ever.
Universe 2 had issues but no one really holds that line to a gold standard anyway.

>>11684138
The fuel tanks being shoved so far up front goes without saying.

>>11684153
Fuck off with your AI Slop
Should unironically be bannable

>>11684336
Galvatron wasn't Classics

>>11684196
It does not look like Gundam at all

>>11684369
>CLEARLY Gundam style Mouth plate, V Crest, Chest is Age/Unicorn style and the arms are basically standard Gundam style
You are retarded or worse trolling and extremely poor at it

>>11682832
doesnt Skybound Optimus kill cops and defend criminals

>>11684409
You're dumber than the guy posting slop

>>11684409
>[Didn'tReadItAward]

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>>11684201
>>11684203
Came up with more combinations.

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>>11684478

>>11684405
It looks like a thousand things more than it does Gundam, don't get pissy at me because you only know like five robot series max

>>11684552
It's very clearly Gundam coded, my guy.

>>11684153
Maybe you should get into Cardbots if you like trash like that