bigkid24 Posted March 22, 2006 Posted March 22, 2006 How is he going to get that crown on his head if the intakes are so close to his head?!
zeo-mare Posted March 22, 2006 Posted March 22, 2006 (edited) there is also a limited edition orange seeker jet. sunfire, sunstorm,? Edited March 22, 2006 by zeo-mare
Veritas Posted March 23, 2006 Posted March 23, 2006 (edited) there is also a limited edition orange seeker jet. sunfire, sunstorm,? 383053[/snapback] Sunstorm. http://oneshallstand.com/2002-04/images/g1v3_issue2.jpg He played a very large role in the first six issues of the Dreamwave Comic's Third G1 Series before it was canceled. Def. worth checking out. It's a great read with an awesome storyline IMO. SPOILER Sunstorm ends up fighting Jetfire (Skyfire) a number of times throughout his run in the series. Edited March 23, 2006 by Veritas
GobotFool Posted March 23, 2006 Posted March 23, 2006 TFs were my first love before Macross, and Thundercracker was my first Decepticon. MP-04 Thundercracker ... that would make my year. 383006[/snapback] while not my 1st transformer ever, thundercraker was my 1st seeker, so he also holds a special place in my heart.
David Hingtgen Posted March 23, 2006 Posted March 23, 2006 Thundercracker was certainly my first Decepticon, and might have even been before Sideswipe for first TF ever. He's the only TF I have on permanent display. Thundercracker is my all-time fave.
Fit For Natalie Posted March 23, 2006 Posted March 23, 2006 Where there any old TF videogames on the 16-bit or 32-bit consoles cuz I only there is for the Jap NES. 382962[/snapback] Famicom (NES): Mystery of Comvoy (crap game, misspelt and all) Playstation and PC: Beast Wars (crap game) Playsatation and Nintendo 64: Beast Wars: Transmetals (has voices of most of the cast) Playstation 2: Transformers G1 Tatakai (Somehow, a PSOne game from 1996 managed to teleport into 2003 and become a PS2 game. Awful). Playstation 2: Transformers (Based upon Armada, quite a good, if somewhat simple shoot-em up style game. Great graphics. Beloved by the gaming press.)
wolfx Posted March 24, 2006 Posted March 24, 2006 After looking at these pictures, who wouldn't want THS02? http://pony-hp2.web.infoseek.co.jp/HBS-CONVOY1.htm http://pony-hp2.web.infoseek.co.jp/HBS-CONVOY2.htm http://pony-hp2.web.infoseek.co.jp/HBS-CONVOY3.htm
zeo-mare Posted March 24, 2006 Posted March 24, 2006 yup he looks awesome, i am definetly getting him i also want to pick up the Galaxy Convoy as well. chris
Sundown Posted March 24, 2006 Posted March 24, 2006 Thundercracker was certainly my first Decepticon, and might have even been before Sideswipe for first TF ever. He's the only TF I have on permanent display. Thundercracker is my all-time fave. 383162[/snapback] Uncanny. I think Tundercracker and Swideswipe were my two firsts too.
Guppy Posted March 24, 2006 Posted March 24, 2006 good god, those pics are fantastic. That just went on the want list.
zeo-mare Posted March 24, 2006 Posted March 24, 2006 (edited) i just decided to grab up the Galaxy Convoy one off of ebay tisinc had it for cheap plus i have some ebay coupons so i spent only around $41.00 with shipping. i cannot wait to get this. once a usa store starts to get the Optimus Prime one i will definetly grab that one up chris Edited March 24, 2006 by zeo-mare
David Hingtgen Posted March 24, 2006 Posted March 24, 2006 Sundown--then how's this? I went through 3 of each I think. Sideswipe---kept breaking the doors off the arms, Dad could only superglue them back on so many times. Thundercracker--I don't really know what happened, but I went through 3 of him, too. I distinctly remember the last one being one of those that you could mail away for with robot points, after he was gone from the shelves. Now, if you needed 3 of each due to wear/loss/replacements, THAT'd be scary.
promethuem5 Posted March 24, 2006 Posted March 24, 2006 Ah crap...what have you done? I finally like the Kawamori Prime.... great. Wish i could get it without the trailer, but oh well... guess I'll have to stretch.
Chowser Posted March 24, 2006 Posted March 24, 2006 After looking at these pictures, who wouldn't want THS02? http://pony-hp2.web.infoseek.co.jp/HBS-CONVOY1.htm http://pony-hp2.web.infoseek.co.jp/HBS-CONVOY2.htm http://pony-hp2.web.infoseek.co.jp/HBS-CONVOY3.htm 383531[/snapback] geez man! THANKS ALOT! NOW I have to go get me one! It looks awesom! Guess I gotta get a Hot Rod to stick in the back too!
UN Spacy Posted March 24, 2006 Posted March 24, 2006 Is there anywhere to pick it up online? Last time I heard they couldn't keep up with the demand for these little things.
eriku Posted March 24, 2006 Posted March 24, 2006 Yeah, apparently the demand for THS G1 Convoy has been insane and a lot of stores have had to cancel over half of their preorders. I ordered from BBTS in December, so i'm hoping I can still get one. Take a look at Ebay and you'll get an idea of the demand. In a matter of hours the price for him went from $50 to $180.
UN Spacy Posted March 24, 2006 Posted March 24, 2006 Yeah, apparently the demand for THS G1 Convoy has been insane and a lot of stores have had to cancel over half of their preorders. I ordered from BBTS in December, so i'm hoping I can still get one.Take a look at Ebay and you'll get an idea of the demand. In a matter of hours the price for him went from $50 to $180. 383767[/snapback] Someone showed me a link where they still MIGHT be avialible for $60. I just preordered and hope mine comes in.
Chowser Posted March 24, 2006 Posted March 24, 2006 well, hopefully, they'll crank out a few more in the future. this wasn't a limited run or anything was it?
Sundown Posted March 24, 2006 Posted March 24, 2006 Sundown--then how's this? I went through 3 of each I think. Sideswipe---kept breaking the doors off the arms, Dad could only superglue them back on so many times. Thundercracker--I don't really know what happened, but I went through 3 of him, too. I distinctly remember the last one being one of those that you could mail away for with robot points, after he was gone from the shelves. Now, if you needed 3 of each due to wear/loss/replacements, THAT'd be scary. 383549[/snapback] Well, I can't say I owned three, but I did manage to break both of them and then never found a replacement. One of Thundercracker's wings broke off in a dropping-on-cement mishap-- and now I think about it, I might not have broken sideswipe. I might have just traded it away like the dumb kid I was. I think I managed to get an Optimus Prime for that one-winged Thundercracker though. But I remember the good toys being impossible to find after a little while, and I never was able to get another Swideswipe until now. It doesn't make any sense to me now how they could make toys that kids want badly, then leave existing demand unsatisfied even many months afterwards. Instead, they just moved onto weirder and uglier versions. Same experience with G.I. Joes. There was a time where all the good toys were widely available. Then they'd all dissapear, only to be replaced with rows and rows of that Zartan chick or some other figure no one wants.
Guppy Posted March 25, 2006 Posted March 25, 2006 After looking at these pictures, who wouldn't want THS02? http://pony-hp2.web.infoseek.co.jp/HBS-CONVOY1.htm http://pony-hp2.web.infoseek.co.jp/HBS-CONVOY2.htm http://pony-hp2.web.infoseek.co.jp/HBS-CONVOY3.htm 383531[/snapback] geez man! THANKS ALOT! NOW I have to go get me one! It looks awesom! Guess I gotta get a Hot Rod to stick in the back too! 383689[/snapback] IIINM (If I Am Not Mistaken, haha) that's a Worlds Smallest Transformer of Hot Rod in the pics right?
Veritas Posted March 25, 2006 Posted March 25, 2006 (edited) After looking at these pictures, who wouldn't want THS02? http://pony-hp2.web.infoseek.co.jp/HBS-CONVOY1.htm http://pony-hp2.web.infoseek.co.jp/HBS-CONVOY2.htm http://pony-hp2.web.infoseek.co.jp/HBS-CONVOY3.htm 383531[/snapback] geez man! THANKS ALOT! NOW I have to go get me one! It looks awesom! Guess I gotta get a Hot Rod to stick in the back too! 383689[/snapback] IIINM (If I Am Not Mistaken, haha) that's a Worlds Smallest Transformer of Hot Rod in the pics right? 383845[/snapback] Yes sir it is. If i remember i think he might even be one of the easier to find chases from the second series of WST. He's still a chase though i think, so you'll probably end up paying more than the price you would for some of the more run of the mill guys. Edited March 25, 2006 by Veritas
zeo-mare Posted March 25, 2006 Posted March 25, 2006 Yeah, apparently the demand for THS G1 Convoy has been insane and a lot of stores have had to cancel over half of their preorders. I ordered from BBTS in December, so i'm hoping I can still get one.Take a look at Ebay and you'll get an idea of the demand. In a matter of hours the price for him went from $50 to $180. 383767[/snapback] that $180.00 price is ridiculous, do not go buy that , some people just do not realize that this is a mass produced figure and go crazy on ebay, i posted the clown who has the buy it now for $180.00 in the auctions of stupidity section. the price will be no more then $50.00 to $60.00 just wait alittle bit and you will be able to get it. all the ones on ebay are ending for around that price or have low buy it now so do not worry you vguys will be able to get one soon, i know i will. chris
Black Valkyrie Posted March 25, 2006 Posted March 25, 2006 (edited) Its a good thing I preordered it last Dec. from HLJ. Edited March 25, 2006 by Black Valkyrie
Eazy D Posted March 25, 2006 Posted March 25, 2006 If anyone has already got their hands on one of the HBS-02 primes could they give me the low down on what the stability of the bot is like when it's put into all those crazy poses. It definitely seems more poseable than the masterpiece prime but I'm just wondering whether those poses are stable. BTW - anyone know any good sites that have toy reviews for the thing? Tnx
UN Spacy Posted March 25, 2006 Posted March 25, 2006 Anyone know the history between Kawamori-san and Transformers? Is he going to do anymore figures for Takara?
Veritas Posted March 25, 2006 Posted March 25, 2006 (edited) More THS-02 Convoy pics . 383975[/snapback] Awesome, thanks for the heads up black valkyrie (i was just about to call you black convoy haha), even though i've already preordered mine (and i'm hoping it sticks) everytime i see new pics it just blows me away at amazing this little figure is. I really hope takaratomy takes notice and opts for a second release with how popular the figure is becoming. Everyone needs one of these bad boys. Edited March 25, 2006 by Veritas
zeo-mare Posted March 26, 2006 Posted March 26, 2006 can anyone tell me if Vector Primes import figure is superior to the US one ? from what i saw in the picutres he looked far better. chris
Black Valkyrie Posted March 26, 2006 Posted March 26, 2006 Awesome, thanks for the heads up black valkyrie (i was just about to call you black convoy haha) 384013[/snapback] You are welcome and I do have the name convoy in other forums. BTW just completed TF-Masterforce, very nice and for the go nagai fans too.
David Hingtgen Posted March 27, 2006 Posted March 27, 2006 JP Vector Prime has more paint apps, and better colors overall. Especially check the wings.
Veritas Posted March 27, 2006 Posted March 27, 2006 (edited) JP Vector Prime has more paint apps, and better colors overall. Especially check the wings. 384317[/snapback] Yeah i made the mistake of buying the cybertron version thinking it was one of the only figures that was pretty much the same as the GF release. Boy was i wrong after i took a at gander at these pics: http://tfkenkon.com/collection/act294/ He doesn't have pictures of the american release granted, but you can find those anywhere and when you do, you'll see the differences. Edited March 27, 2006 by Veritas
promethuem5 Posted March 27, 2006 Posted March 27, 2006 Yeah i made the mistake of buying the cybertron version thinking it was one of the only figures that was pretty much the same as the GF release. Boy was i wrong after i took a at gander at these pics: Yup...same here. What a joke.
HoveringCheesecake Posted March 27, 2006 Posted March 27, 2006 (edited) Guys, I'm confused. What is the difference between the Masterpiece and the hybrid? If I'm only buying one - which should I get? I still have my (late, I think) G1 Optimus. *drool* Edited March 27, 2006 by meh_cd
Radd Posted March 27, 2006 Posted March 27, 2006 The Masterpiece Convoy came out a couple of years ago now. It's a pretty big toy, at least 12 inches tall. It was released in the U.S. by Hasbro as the 20th Anniversary Prime. It doesn't come with a trailer, but now there are a couple unnofficial MPC trailers you can buy. The Hybrid Convoy is designed by Shoji Kawamori. It's very tiny, not even as tall as the original Prime toy (and the original was only, what? 5-6 inches?). Verty detailed for such a tiny toy, very articulated, moreso than the Masterpiece toy it would seem. It comes complete with a trailer and roller (the little, 6-wheeled cart that came with the original).
Veritas Posted March 27, 2006 Posted March 27, 2006 THS-02 (Hybrid G1 Convoy) Man this guy never ceases to amaze me: http://www.tfans.com/talk/index.php?showtopic=45373 More pictures and more possibilities!
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