And some more Transformers

[dvandom]

Still passing on the Leaders for now. Saw the Gravity Bots and will not be getting any. Got the Robot Replicas, Legends, and the FAB Megatron. Returned Voyager Optimus Prime, so net additional expense is about $80.

Comments

[grant-p.livejournal.com]

Why no Op? Same mold, or just not impressive?

Meanwhile, I got a biplane! I wish I had a Blitzwing, I'd wait till it snowed again, and show them both out in it. "Ok...now that we've made it to Russia, victory is assured!"

[jarodrussell.livejournal.com]

Is Blitzwing a Vozdushnikon (http://www.eyrie-productions.com/UF/FI/#tf)?

[dvandom.livejournal.com]

Same mold on Op, yeah. The Leader Prime got a new mold, but not the Voyager.

[thandrak.livejournal.com]

I've identified it as an Albatros.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albatros_D.I
Specifically, the D.I, because the top wing is directly over the bottom wing. Not optimal, which is why they moved the bottom wing back in the II and III.

[dvandom.livejournal.com]

But it has the D.III's sesqui-wing design, with the lower wings having a narrower chord (shorter front to back).

[thandrak.livejournal.com]

And that's why I keep bouncing back and forth between the two. The D.I was the first, but the D.III was the Red Baron's. Both fit Ransack's background as stated.

[thandrak.livejournal.com]

Heh. Oh, god, would Firestone love to go up against _those_ boys. Might have to get a bit creative.

... is it sad that every time I run into a combiner, I keep thinking about how a character of mine would take them down?

[grant-p.livejournal.com]

Too bad they didn't make the triplane, though if they had no one would probably have been able to ID it, except for one beagle that went into conniptions.

[thandrak.livejournal.com]

Psst. Seen Up yet?

In other news, I've got one of 'em flying over by me. Great place.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yq9ZzXJORwc

Albatros shows for a long shot at 4:00, coming in for a landing...
and the other plane is at 5:29 or so. And yeah, everything flies.
Except for the tank. The tank does not fly.

[thandrak.livejournal.com]

Aw, heck, here's an entire dogfight. Have fun!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQbwQ2CoYU4

[dvandom.livejournal.com]

Up was remarkably restrained in never having anyone explicitly say "dogfighting".

[diosoth.livejournal.com]

While the nearby almart didn't even receive any movie toy shipments, Toys R Us had the full display. Voyagers were $23 so no Starscream, but I did get leader Optimus. None of the deluxes interest me. The Robot Replicas also bore me. I'll grab a few Legends later, though seeing as I'm still finding movie 1 Legends and even prior in sstores, I'm not sure I need to rush things. I just picked up CYBERTRON Optimus last month.

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj72/diosoth/mayhaul4.jpg

The $10 off coupon I got in the mail netted me Sonic the Werehog for free, so all in all I got a bonus by taking this trip. The video game was $1.

[jarodrussell.livejournal.com]

Only if it's sad that I ponder how Deedee would take down every hero I read about.

[diosoth.livejournal.com]

Right... transformation is probably a BIT more difficult than it should be thanks to how close everything is crammed. I hate the swords. I might open the forearms and remove them. Otherwise it's good. The first thing you should do is remove the batteries, unless you want "I am Optimus Prime" playing every 2 seconds while tranforming this thing.

[grant-p.livejournal.com]

An albatross?

Let's tie it around Megatron's neck!!!!