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[Furyan]

Anyone know who has made the largest G1 Sideswipe and Megatron? I have PCS Megatron statue but I’m hoping to find something the same size or bigger with articulation.

There is an oversized G1 TF Masterpiece Sideswipe figure that was released many years ago,I have one but can't remember the name or company.

Edit: Found a video review

 

[Gipetto0812]

Just picked up Yoloparl AMK Pro G1 Megatron and Starscream as late birthday gifts.

Megatron is a pretty big let down, but I guess that's b/c he was the first. Not as much diecast as Optimus and Starscream along with some joints being way too tight that paint rubbed off when joining them that I had to put some shock oil on them after the fact and some joints being a bit too loose. Not to mention, much less parts to assemble, so less fun in the building stage. Proportions are also a little funky. Wrist joints aren't on ball joints nor is the thumb. Hands also look a bit too big for the scale.

Starscream is the best of the of the G1 releases so far with more diecast than both Optimus and Megatron from what I can tell, great paint apps and proportions. It almost looks like MP-52.

I've got Knight Optimus Prime coming this week as well and I'm eager to see if he's as good as people have said. Lots of folks have been raving about him. I haven't owned a Knight prime since the original TLK voyager figure. If he really does turn out to be that good, I'll probably continue with the movie bots and get ROTB Scourge and Mirage.

 

[koolkollectibleskhai]

Unboxing MPG-10 Lift-Ticket and MPG-11 DK-2 Guard. Gotta love these Diaclone homages!

 

[koolkollectibleskhai]

MPG-10 Lift-Ticket.

 

[koolkollectibleskhai]

MPG-11 DK-2 Guard.

 

[koolkollectibleskhai]

Here's my unboxing and look at the car modes of MPG-10 Lift-Ticket and MPG-11 DK-2 Guard. Bot mode comparison and review coming up in the next video!

 

[EndoSickness]

Got the whole Rising Force Stunticons set and reviewed their Breakdown, Coyote yesterday.
But since I never posted their Dagstrip, here are both. Hope you enjoy:

 

[koolkollectibleskhai]

Here's part 2 of my look at the new MPG-10 Lift-Ticket and MPG-11 DK-2 Guard figures in bot mode. Nothing too special to rave about, but a nice addition for those Diaclone enthusiasts.

 

[karamazov80]

I disliked that Ironhide/Ratchet mold from the beginning, but over times it just looks worse and worse knowing what is possible with these figures. I'm pretty excited for the FansToys versions coming out.

 

[MeatHookGekko]

I disliked that Ironhide/Ratchet mold from the beginning, but over times it just looks worse and worse knowing what is possible with these figures. I'm pretty excited for the FansToys versions coming out.

IMHO, Ironhide and Ratchet would benefit from being a "leader class" set. That way you could have an interesting robot mode, but enough left over to make some kind of diorama add on. Consider WFC/Siege Astrotrain. They needed a "caboose" and they needed to cut off filler from the robot mode, so they created some kind of launching pad system as a compromise. I'm not a fan of it, but they only had so much space and size to work with and they were probably stuck. Whereas Studio Series Ultra Magnus, he was so big, and there was enough budget, you could fuse his trailer into his robot mode without forcing him into an armor situation that detaches.

The problem then is scaling to the original cartoon. I think Ratchet has more options, since he's a medic, and you can turn his back end/diorama end into a repair bay. That makes sense for the character. But Ironhide, he's another soldier, probably 2nd or 3rd in command. In essence, while its too late now, if you switched Wheeljack and Ironhide, that might make more sense. If Ironhide had Wheeljack's backstory, then you could use his back end for some kind of mechanical bay, etc.

I am curious about the original line. I.E. if they used tooling for other car sets/car models at the time to save on R&D, and that made it easier to make certain kinds of cars over others.

At this point, it looks like the only compromise they can make now, on a budget, is to turn the top of the van into a shield, i.e. the DK-2 Guard. I agree with you, the robot theme looks a bit odd. The only mainline I've seen so far that did a good job of hiding bulk was the Titans Return line. The necessity of a headmaster and a cockpit/canopy forced a lot of interesting workarounds IMHO.