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« Reply #1 on: April 19, 2008, 10:52:10 AM » |
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That toy looks like a lot of fun. It reminds me of the old Robotix stuff.
Imagining this thing opening it's own packaging to escape from it's cardboard and plastic jail was quite amusing...
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« Reply #2 on: April 19, 2008, 12:22:56 PM » |
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I tried picturing it and my imagination put it in a weird stop-motion animation style like Gumby.
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« Reply #3 on: April 19, 2008, 11:32:08 PM » |
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I had the original Sky Lynx toy as a kid, so that video brought back some great childhood memories for me. God I miss being a kid.
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« Reply #4 on: April 20, 2008, 01:30:28 AM » |
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As nifty as he looks in that video, unless I get an uber great deal on him, I'm going to wait and hope that Hasbro does an updated take on him. Like you said they used the name for a minicon, so hopefully we'll see something in universe or animated. Walking gimmicks, while interesting, just don't interest me as much nowadays(although the fact that he could roll too was news to me).
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« Reply #5 on: April 20, 2008, 05:59:13 AM » |
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One of the only other transformers I can think of with a walking gimmick was Trypticon and seeing something that big try to walk on its own was pretty awesome.
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« Reply #6 on: April 22, 2008, 01:02:46 AM » |
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Your Sky Lnyx looks so sad without his gold foil stickers.
I know I shouldn't be so impressed, but after watching Sky Lynx walk I felt my purchase was entirely justified. My only previous experience with Sky Lynx was breaking my older brother's was before my conscious memory when I was still in diapers, so it was pretty fun to have one of the goofiest designs in the entire franchise. Oddly I was never impressed with Trypticon's walking ability when I was growing up.
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« Reply #7 on: April 22, 2008, 03:12:23 AM » |
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Yeah, I thought the shuttle looked a little naked! But then I was really able to appreciate the mold. And when he's in his bird form he looks bad-ass anyway!
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« Reply #8 on: April 22, 2008, 06:21:41 AM » |
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I always feel like I'm not coordinated to apply the stickers without messing it up somehow, plus I had only just opened it for the first time minutes before.
I thought of another Transformer with a walking gimmick. Omega Supreme... who just happens to be one of the next reissues in the Encore line.
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« Reply #9 on: April 22, 2008, 12:11:44 PM » |
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the analogy of putting stickers on toys is like cutting the wires to defuse a bomb, that type of intensity. The world always shifts at the last second when i apply stickers, hence why i pretty much dont.
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« Reply #10 on: April 22, 2008, 12:25:51 PM » |
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The stickers on Sky Lynx aren't too hard to place, they really line up with the plastic for the most part. I was pleasant surprised when I got around to applying mine. I did end up putting Lynx's autobot symbol in the wrong place, but it looks so good on the chrome of his head that I couldn't take upon myself to move it. Will probably just get an autobot symbol repro set to give the combined form his chest autobot symbols.
Agreed that stickers are generally a pain in the ass though.
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« Reply #11 on: April 22, 2008, 10:28:22 PM » |
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Another reason I often don't put the stickers on nowadays is that if you put them on they will get sticker wear. That and I too dread the slip of the hand that will misplace or, god forbid, tear the sticker.
And while I don't enjoy it as much as I did when I was younger, I concede walking toys still can be fun. Just got Iron Monger from Burger King.
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