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Showing posts with label Starscream. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Starscream. Show all posts
Friday, August 21, 2020
TT Hongli PF-01 Red Falcon, now up for pre-order!
Tuesday, April 21, 2020
Newage Toys H13D Hodur, is now in-stock!
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| Newage Toys H13D Hodur |
We got Newage Toys H13D Hodur, now in-stock! Get yours by following the links. Shop Smart with The Chosen Prime!
Tuesday, April 14, 2020
Transformers Masterpiece Movie Series MPM-10 Starscream, is now up for pre-order!
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| Transformers Masterpiece Movie Series MPM-10 Starscream |
Transformers Masterpiece Movie Series MPM-10 Starscream, is now up for pre-order! Reserve yours early by following the links. Shop Smart with The Chosen Prime!
Tuesday, March 31, 2020
Newage Toys Figures, now in-stock!
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| Newage Toys H14S / H19N / H15G |
We got some new stocks from Newage Toys. Follow the links and order yours today. Thanks for choosing The Chosen Prime!
Monday, March 23, 2020
Newage Toys H13D Hodur, is now up for pre-order!
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| Newage Toys H13D Hodur |
The latest pre-order is up for Newage Toys H13D Hodur, Just use the links and reserve yours today. Thanks for your continued support of The Chosen Prime!
Friday, March 6, 2020
We some Magic Square figures in-stock today! Here are MS-B24 Silver Bullet and MS-B26 Tornado Team.
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| MS-Toys MS-B24 Silver Bullet |
We now have the MS-Toys MS-B24 Silver Bullet and MS-B26 Tornado Team figures. Just use the links to order yours. Shop Smart with The Chosen Prime!
Thursday, February 20, 2020
MS-Toys MS-B29 Tornado Team, is now up for pre-order!
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| MS-Toys MS-B29 Tornado Team |
Pre-order is now up for MS-Toys MS-B29 Tornado Team. The set contains Red Fire, Thunderstorm, and Black Cloud. Reserve yours today by following the links. Thanks for your continued support of The Chosen Prime!
Wednesday, February 12, 2020
New pre-orders for Newage Toyse are up. Check the lists below and reserve yours early!
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| Newage Toys H13T Lucifer (Transparent) |
We have some new pre-orders up from Newage Toys. Check the links below and reserve yours early. Thanks for choosing The Chosen Prime!
Thursday, December 26, 2019
Newage Toys H13 Lucifer, is now in-stock!
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| Newage Toys H13 Lucifer |
Newage Toys H13 Lucifer, is now in-stock! Get yours using the links. Don't forget to take advantage of the Prime Directives to save more. Thanks for choosing The Chosen Prime!
Thursday, November 7, 2019
Newage Toys H13 Lucifer, is now up for pre-order!
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| Newage Toys H13 Lucifer |
We have Newage Toys H13 Lucifer, now up for pre-order! Follow the links and reserve yours. Remember to take advantage of the Prime Directives to save more! Thanks for choosing The Chosen Prime!
Friday, October 4, 2019
Transformers War for Cybertron: Earthrise Wave 1 figures, now up for pre-order!
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| Transformers War for Cybertron: Earthrise Wave 1 figures |
We the pre-orders up for the first wave of figures in the Transformers War for Cybertron Earthrise line. Just follow the links and reserve yours. Shop Smart with The Chosen Prime!
Monday, July 22, 2019
X2Toys XT013 Starlight & Frozen set, is now up for pre-order!
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| X2Toys XT013 Starlight & Frozen set |
Coming up from X2Toys is XT013 Starlight & Frozen. These figures are based on their Reserved Soldiers line, and can become headmasters, as well as have vehicle alt modes. Reserve yours by following the links. Shop Smart with The Chosen Prime!
Tuesday, May 7, 2019
Transformers: Siege Wave 2 Voyagers Set - Soundwave & Starscream, is now in-stock!
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| Transformers: Siege Wave 2 Voyagers Set - Soundwave & Starscream |
Stocks for Transformers: Siege Wave 2 Voyagers Set - Soundwave & Starscream is in the house. We're currently processing pre-orders. Use the links to order yours. Thanks for your continued support of The Chosen Prime!
Sunday, December 23, 2018
Transformers: Siege Wave 2 Voyagers, now up for pre-order!
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| Transformers: Siege Wave 2 Voyagers |
Pre-orders are up for Transformers: Siege Wave 2 Voyagers. Featuring Soundwave and Starscream. Reserve yours today by following the links. Shop Smart with The Chosen Prime!
Monday, November 12, 2018
Takara Transformers 35th Anniversary Golden Lagoon Starscream, is now in-stock!
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| Takara Transformers 35th Anniversary Golden Lagoon Starscream |
We just got our stock for Takara Transformers 35th Anniversary Golden Lagoon Starscream. Pre-orders are currently being processed. Get yours by following the links Shop Smart with The Chosen Prime!
Tuesday, March 20, 2018
Transformers Studio Series Wave 1 Voyager figures: Optimus Prime and Starscream, now in-stock!
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| Transformers Studio Series Wave 1 Voyager figures: Optimus Prime and Starscream |
We just received our stock for Transformers Studio Series Wave 1 Voyager figures: Optimus Prime and Starscream. Pre-orders are being processed. Get yours by following the links. Shop Smart with The Chosen Prime!
Saturday, December 23, 2017
Transformers: Power of the Prime Wave 1 Voyagers: Grimlock & Starscream, now in-stock!
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| Transformers: Power of the Prime Wave 1 Voyagers: Grimlock & Starscream |
We just received our stock for Transformers: Power of the Primes Wave 1 Voyagers - Grimlock & Starscream. We have limited stock left, so make sure to have your orders in. Thanks for your continued support of The Chosen Prime!
Friday, December 8, 2017
Maketoys Meteor - Starscream
The Masterpiece Seekers and Coneheads are my least favorite Masterpiece figures. Increasingly bad engineering and lack of posability limit my enjoyment beyond having them stand in a line behind Megatron and Soundwave. While not perfect, Maketoys Meteor is a worthy alternative.
Jet mode looks alright. There are more panel lines than what I remember being in Masterpiece Acid Rain and Sunstorm. His underside has some gaps, but is fairly clean for a jet Transformer. He has three retractable landing gears, that may as well be struts because the "wheels" do not spin. The cockpit does open, but there is no cockpit detailing. His nosecone does not open so he probably does not have a radar dish inside it. He also does not have a deployable airbrake nor engine detailing. His vertical and horizontal stabilizers have one too many loose hinges that aggravate my OCD.
Transformation is involved, but not too complex. The legs are very reminiscent of Combiner Wars jets. Unfortunately, the nosecone and bits of the wings are prone to popping off. I do wish his horizontal stabilizers would tab to the back of his legs in robot mode. They tend to flap about when you manipulate his legs. Going back to jet mode is typical of Maketoys, with a last step of futilely lining up a bunch of little tabs. I wasn't able to get every panel to line up perfectly. His null rays cannot stay in place through transformation.
Maketoys seems to be aiming for that clean cartoon look. He's missing some details found in Masterpiece Starscream, like the linework in his shoulder pylons and the nipple fans. The body lines are a bit messy in a few places; most noticeably the forearms and hips. The back is not very clean, with all the visible hollow bits. I would have appreciated one more hinge in his butt flap so it could fold up smaller. My rather nitpicky complaint is that his head seems a bit small. His face is really dark. The red paint on his torso is nice and shiny, almost like Masterpiece Ironhide. The gold of his cockpit is simply beautiful. He has Die-cast in his back and pelvis. I believe his thighs are also Die-cast.
His head is on a ball joint. With the default head, you get a wide range of motion, except upward. His shoulders are on hinges and swivels. The swivels are not ratcheted, but there are hard stops on the four cardinal directions. As expected, his wings limit his reverse swing. He can raise his arms up and to his sides all the way up to 90 degrees. His double-jointed elbows can perform full curls. He swivels at his biceps, wrists, waist (yay!), and thighs. His thumbs are fixed. The rest of his fingers are single pinned. His pointing fingers articulate separately from the wrist and have an extra knuckle each. His waist swivel has a couple of hard stops. He has a forward and reverse ab crunch. His hips are on universals with ratchets along the front-to-back axis. He can perform a full side-splits and a full front splits. His knees are double-jointed with ratchets in the upper halves. They can curl well past 90 degrees. His feet are on rockers while his toes are on ratcheted double-jointed tilts.
His accessories include his null rays, two alternate "barrels", two alternate faces, and an alternate head. Despite not having any paint, his null rays look fine and can swivel on their pegs in his arms and wings and extend on double hinges. The alternate tips make the null rays resemble bombs for jet mode. His faces include his default neutral expression, a smirk face, and a scared face. The alternate head has the scared face, along with Despotron's hand choking him. Unfortunately, you have to pop the heads off the ball joint in order to use any of the alternates. Also, the choking head gimmick doesn't work that well because Despotron's wrist bangs into Meteor's chest. I suppose I can make it work with some creative camera angles.
What do I like more about Meteor over Masterpiece Starscream? He has much better articulation in his torso, legs, and feet. His alternate faces and heads are fun accessories. I also like his more cartoon driven aesthetic. His paint application seems more premium. His neck panel is even with his shoulders, which is something that really bugs me about the official Seekers. However, the panel gaps in his forearms are a bit unsightly. He doesn't come with a coronotion set or a mini-Despotron gun. Like the Masterpiece Seekers, his abdomen will detach from handling, albeit in a different way. Masterpiece Starscream has a much better head sculpt. Maybe it’s worth seeing if the heads are swappable. From what I remember of Acid Rain and Sunstorm, the Masterpiece jet mode looks and holds together a bit better.
Maketoys Meteor will go on my Maketoys shelf. It's a great stand-in that addresses some of the issues I had with the official Masterpiece version. Is it worth getting if you already have Masterpiece Starscream? For me, it is because I'm a huge fan of Maketoys figures. I'm definitely all in for the inevitable Skywarp and Thundercracker repaints and Coneheads remolds. If I had room to display jets, I'd display the Takara figures as jets and the Maketoys figures as robots. I hope Maketoys goes all out and gives us actual Tetrajets for the Welcoming Committee and Rainmakers.
Jet mode looks alright. There are more panel lines than what I remember being in Masterpiece Acid Rain and Sunstorm. His underside has some gaps, but is fairly clean for a jet Transformer. He has three retractable landing gears, that may as well be struts because the "wheels" do not spin. The cockpit does open, but there is no cockpit detailing. His nosecone does not open so he probably does not have a radar dish inside it. He also does not have a deployable airbrake nor engine detailing. His vertical and horizontal stabilizers have one too many loose hinges that aggravate my OCD.
Transformation is involved, but not too complex. The legs are very reminiscent of Combiner Wars jets. Unfortunately, the nosecone and bits of the wings are prone to popping off. I do wish his horizontal stabilizers would tab to the back of his legs in robot mode. They tend to flap about when you manipulate his legs. Going back to jet mode is typical of Maketoys, with a last step of futilely lining up a bunch of little tabs. I wasn't able to get every panel to line up perfectly. His null rays cannot stay in place through transformation.
Maketoys seems to be aiming for that clean cartoon look. He's missing some details found in Masterpiece Starscream, like the linework in his shoulder pylons and the nipple fans. The body lines are a bit messy in a few places; most noticeably the forearms and hips. The back is not very clean, with all the visible hollow bits. I would have appreciated one more hinge in his butt flap so it could fold up smaller. My rather nitpicky complaint is that his head seems a bit small. His face is really dark. The red paint on his torso is nice and shiny, almost like Masterpiece Ironhide. The gold of his cockpit is simply beautiful. He has Die-cast in his back and pelvis. I believe his thighs are also Die-cast.
His head is on a ball joint. With the default head, you get a wide range of motion, except upward. His shoulders are on hinges and swivels. The swivels are not ratcheted, but there are hard stops on the four cardinal directions. As expected, his wings limit his reverse swing. He can raise his arms up and to his sides all the way up to 90 degrees. His double-jointed elbows can perform full curls. He swivels at his biceps, wrists, waist (yay!), and thighs. His thumbs are fixed. The rest of his fingers are single pinned. His pointing fingers articulate separately from the wrist and have an extra knuckle each. His waist swivel has a couple of hard stops. He has a forward and reverse ab crunch. His hips are on universals with ratchets along the front-to-back axis. He can perform a full side-splits and a full front splits. His knees are double-jointed with ratchets in the upper halves. They can curl well past 90 degrees. His feet are on rockers while his toes are on ratcheted double-jointed tilts.
His accessories include his null rays, two alternate "barrels", two alternate faces, and an alternate head. Despite not having any paint, his null rays look fine and can swivel on their pegs in his arms and wings and extend on double hinges. The alternate tips make the null rays resemble bombs for jet mode. His faces include his default neutral expression, a smirk face, and a scared face. The alternate head has the scared face, along with Despotron's hand choking him. Unfortunately, you have to pop the heads off the ball joint in order to use any of the alternates. Also, the choking head gimmick doesn't work that well because Despotron's wrist bangs into Meteor's chest. I suppose I can make it work with some creative camera angles.
What do I like more about Meteor over Masterpiece Starscream? He has much better articulation in his torso, legs, and feet. His alternate faces and heads are fun accessories. I also like his more cartoon driven aesthetic. His paint application seems more premium. His neck panel is even with his shoulders, which is something that really bugs me about the official Seekers. However, the panel gaps in his forearms are a bit unsightly. He doesn't come with a coronotion set or a mini-Despotron gun. Like the Masterpiece Seekers, his abdomen will detach from handling, albeit in a different way. Masterpiece Starscream has a much better head sculpt. Maybe it’s worth seeing if the heads are swappable. From what I remember of Acid Rain and Sunstorm, the Masterpiece jet mode looks and holds together a bit better.
Maketoys Meteor will go on my Maketoys shelf. It's a great stand-in that addresses some of the issues I had with the official Masterpiece version. Is it worth getting if you already have Masterpiece Starscream? For me, it is because I'm a huge fan of Maketoys figures. I'm definitely all in for the inevitable Skywarp and Thundercracker repaints and Coneheads remolds. If I had room to display jets, I'd display the Takara figures as jets and the Maketoys figures as robots. I hope Maketoys goes all out and gives us actual Tetrajets for the Welcoming Committee and Rainmakers.
Monday, November 20, 2017
Maketoys MTRM-11 Meteor is now in-stock!
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| Maketoys MTRM-11 Meteor |
We now have Maketoys MTRM-11 Meteor in-stock! Pre-orders are currently being processed. Get yours by following the link below. Shop Smart with The Chosen Prime!
Friday, November 17, 2017
Maketoys Galaxy Meteor - Starscream
It didn't bother me much when Maketoys cancelled Galaxy Meteor. This was not an incarnation of Starscream that I was all that familiar with, and all I had to pair him with was a $2 thrift store find of Armada Megatron. Now that he's finally arrived, I'm glad that Maketoys was able to produce him after all.
Spaceship mode has an interesting look. It's not my favorite design, but I can see how it is more or less true to the source. The paint application is fantastic, as is all the molded detail. The guns next to his cockpit are on their own swivels. He rolls along just fine on non-retractable landing gears. The front and back of the craft could be held together a bit more tightly. The pegs have a tendency to come undone, but it's not as if he will come apart. Ratchets for his null rays would have been much appreciated because they are constantly swiveling out of alignment. His rifle attaches to his nosecone.
Transformation back and forth is pretty simple, but still fun. There are a couple of buttons to release spring-loaded panels, like the blades and the back of his calves. Nothing was hard to maneuver nor required much finagling to get into place.
This is probably one of Maketoys best painted figures. He is covered, head to toe, in very cleanly applied paint accents. Different colored plastic is used judiciously to break up large sections of grey. The line work is plentiful and I especially like the working pistons in his back that correlate with his ab crunch. The translucent purple on his cockpit and fold-out blades look wonderful.
His head is on a ball joint that gives him a very wide range of motion. He can raise his ratcheted shoulders straight out to his sides. His shoulder pylons are on separate hinges. His null rays are on their own swivels and double-jointed hinges. He swivels at his biceps, wrists, waist, and ratcheted thighs. His single-jointed elbows can curl past 90 degrees. His thumbs and pointing fingers are on separate ball joints. The rest of his fingers are fused onto a single ball joint. Except for his thumbs, his fingers have a single articulating knuckle. The cannons on his torso can swivel forward to make room for his waist swivel and ratcheted ab crunch. His hips are on ratcheted universals that allow him to perform full front and side splits. He has ratcheted, single-jointed knees that can perform full curls. The back of his calves have collapsing panels that make this possible. His ankles are on tilts and ratcheted rockers.
His accessories include his rifle, two alternate faces, and a key. His rifle is gray plastic with no paint. It slots very securely into his hands with a mechanism that I wished would replace Masterpiece-styled tabs. Besides his neutral face, we also get a smirk face and a laughing face. The face-swapping mechanic is simple and does not require messing with screws. The key has a translucent purple piece. He can hold it in his hands. It can also slot into a space behind his thrusters/head.
I'll display Galaxy Meteor on my Maketoys shelf. This is an awesome figure that I'm glad survived its initial cancellation. I hope Maketoys will continue filling out the cast from the Armada/Energon/Cybertron. Their G1 version of Starscream can't arrive soon enough.
Spaceship mode has an interesting look. It's not my favorite design, but I can see how it is more or less true to the source. The paint application is fantastic, as is all the molded detail. The guns next to his cockpit are on their own swivels. He rolls along just fine on non-retractable landing gears. The front and back of the craft could be held together a bit more tightly. The pegs have a tendency to come undone, but it's not as if he will come apart. Ratchets for his null rays would have been much appreciated because they are constantly swiveling out of alignment. His rifle attaches to his nosecone.
Transformation back and forth is pretty simple, but still fun. There are a couple of buttons to release spring-loaded panels, like the blades and the back of his calves. Nothing was hard to maneuver nor required much finagling to get into place.
This is probably one of Maketoys best painted figures. He is covered, head to toe, in very cleanly applied paint accents. Different colored plastic is used judiciously to break up large sections of grey. The line work is plentiful and I especially like the working pistons in his back that correlate with his ab crunch. The translucent purple on his cockpit and fold-out blades look wonderful.
His head is on a ball joint that gives him a very wide range of motion. He can raise his ratcheted shoulders straight out to his sides. His shoulder pylons are on separate hinges. His null rays are on their own swivels and double-jointed hinges. He swivels at his biceps, wrists, waist, and ratcheted thighs. His single-jointed elbows can curl past 90 degrees. His thumbs and pointing fingers are on separate ball joints. The rest of his fingers are fused onto a single ball joint. Except for his thumbs, his fingers have a single articulating knuckle. The cannons on his torso can swivel forward to make room for his waist swivel and ratcheted ab crunch. His hips are on ratcheted universals that allow him to perform full front and side splits. He has ratcheted, single-jointed knees that can perform full curls. The back of his calves have collapsing panels that make this possible. His ankles are on tilts and ratcheted rockers.
His accessories include his rifle, two alternate faces, and a key. His rifle is gray plastic with no paint. It slots very securely into his hands with a mechanism that I wished would replace Masterpiece-styled tabs. Besides his neutral face, we also get a smirk face and a laughing face. The face-swapping mechanic is simple and does not require messing with screws. The key has a translucent purple piece. He can hold it in his hands. It can also slot into a space behind his thrusters/head.
I'll display Galaxy Meteor on my Maketoys shelf. This is an awesome figure that I'm glad survived its initial cancellation. I hope Maketoys will continue filling out the cast from the Armada/Energon/Cybertron. Their G1 version of Starscream can't arrive soon enough.
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