New Images of Million Publishing exclusive GoShooter
Tuesday, November 4th, 2014 10:31AM CST
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Posted by Cobotron on November 4th, 2014 @ 10:38am CST
I agree he does have a ton of issues and the whole "gun thing", but there is something to be said for it's simplicity and efficiency. And it is just a really cool muscle car in alt mode.
I am really into Go Shooter's retro-ness. That deco is so cheesy and awesome.
This guy is an exclusive of sorts right?
So it will probably come with a high price tag, yeah?
Posted by mooncake623 on November 4th, 2014 @ 10:43am CST
Cobotron wrote:Ya know, Nightbeat is my first experience with this mold and I really like him.
I agree he does have a ton of issues and the whole "gun thing", but there is something to be said for it's simplicity and efficiency. And it is just a really cool muscle car in alt mode.
I am really into Go Shooter's retro-ness. That deco is so cheesy and awesome.
This guy is an exclusive of sorts right?
So it will probably come with a high price tag, yeah?
It'll probably be 100 bucks, but these million publishing figures go on clearance a lot of times.
Posted by Cobotron on November 4th, 2014 @ 10:53am CST
mooncake623 wrote:Cobotron wrote:Ya know, Nightbeat is my first experience with this mold and I really like him.
I agree he does have a ton of issues and the whole "gun thing", but there is something to be said for it's simplicity and efficiency. And it is just a really cool muscle car in alt mode.
I am really into Go Shooter's retro-ness. That deco is so cheesy and awesome.
This guy is an exclusive of sorts right?
So it will probably come with a high price tag, yeah?
It'll probably be 100 bucks, but these million publishing figures go on clearance a lot of times.
DOH!
Posted by OptimalOptimus2 on November 4th, 2014 @ 11:23am CST
Not
Posted by Bounti76 on November 4th, 2014 @ 12:18pm CST
Posted by Sabrblade on November 4th, 2014 @ 12:30pm CST
It's on the same sprue as as his lower torso and waist, which need to be blue.Bounti76 wrote:I can understand the the blue piece on the front door/fender is unpaintable plastic, but why not make it white plastic instead of blue? It sticks out too much.
Posted by gothsaurus on November 4th, 2014 @ 12:57pm CST
Posted by shajaki on November 4th, 2014 @ 1:46pm CST
Posted by Optimizzy on November 4th, 2014 @ 2:10pm CST
Posted by Skywarp64 on November 4th, 2014 @ 5:33pm CST
Posted by fenrir72 on November 4th, 2014 @ 6:52pm CST
Posted by Optimizzy on November 4th, 2014 @ 7:13pm CST
Skywarp64 wrote:Still pisses me off that this guy beat out characters I've actually heard of, like Alpha Trion.
Well the people doing the voting probably were familiar. But I did wish to see an alpha trion that wasn't a botcon release or a club exclusive.
Posted by shajaki on November 4th, 2014 @ 7:17pm CST
maybe we'll get a new A3 through the next botcon. they were doing previous exclusive "redux" this year.Optimizzy wrote:Skywarp64 wrote:Still pisses me off that this guy beat out characters I've actually heard of, like Alpha Trion.
Well the people doing the voting probably were familiar. But I did wish to see an alpha trion that wasn't a botcon release or a club exclusive.
Posted by ausbot on November 4th, 2014 @ 8:49pm CST
Posted by Sabrblade on November 5th, 2014 @ 12:34am CST
But he's already got his Headmaster Junior partner as a gun/Godmaster Junior.fenrir72 wrote:If it was possible to convert the mold to an actual headmaster, this would have rock 100x more!
Posted by bvzxa on November 5th, 2014 @ 2:36am CST
Don't sleep on these too much as they do go on clearance and then they will disappear.
Posted by fenrir72 on November 5th, 2014 @ 6:19am CST
Sabrblade wrote:But he's already got his Headmaster Junior partner as a gun/Godmaster Junior.fenrir72 wrote:If it was possible to convert the mold to an actual headmaster, this would have rock 100x more!
"Targetmaster" to be exact.
Posted by Sabrblade on November 5th, 2014 @ 7:39am CST
Surprisingly, the bio refers to Shuta as a "Godmaster Junior" instead of a Targetmaster.fenrir72 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:But he's already got his Headmaster Junior partner as a gun/Godmaster Junior.fenrir72 wrote:If it was possible to convert the mold to an actual headmaster, this would have rock 100x more!
"Targetmaster" to be exact.
Posted by fenrir72 on November 5th, 2014 @ 9:41am CST
Sabrblade wrote:Surprisingly, the bio refers to Shuta as a "Godmaster Junior" instead of a Targetmaster.fenrir72 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:But he's already got his Headmaster Junior partner as a gun/Godmaster Junior.fenrir72 wrote:If it was possible to convert the mold to an actual headmaster, this would have rock 100x more!
"Targetmaster" to be exact.
That's confusing indeed. Shota transforms into a weapon, naturally correlated as Targetmaster no? Godmasters are the "engine" or did another retcon just occur?
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on November 5th, 2014 @ 9:50am CST
fenrir72 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Surprisingly, the bio refers to Shuta as a "Godmaster Junior" instead of a Targetmaster.fenrir72 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:But he's already got his Headmaster Junior partner as a gun/Godmaster Junior.fenrir72 wrote:If it was possible to convert the mold to an actual headmaster, this would have rock 100x more!
"Targetmaster" to be exact.
That's confusing indeed. Shota transforms into a weapon, naturally correlated as Targetmaster no? Godmasters are the "engine" or did another retcon just occur?
Godmasters and Headmaster Jrs. may differ in the mystic side of things, what both have done however is eventually give their Transtectors proper life. To make things easier to organise I'm guessing GoShooter was reclassified as a Godmaster.
Posted by Sabrblade on November 5th, 2014 @ 9:57am CST
I think they might be going for the helicopter vehicle mode being his primary altmode, with the gun mode being an extra form to allow him to work better with Goshooter.fenrir72 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Surprisingly, the bio refers to Shuta as a "Godmaster Junior" instead of a Targetmaster.fenrir72 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:But he's already got his Headmaster Junior partner as a gun/Godmaster Junior.fenrir72 wrote:If it was possible to convert the mold to an actual headmaster, this would have rock 100x more!
"Targetmaster" to be exact.
That's confusing indeed. Shota transforms into a weapon, naturally correlated as Targetmaster no? Godmasters are the "engine" or did another retcon just occur?
Posted by zodconvoy on November 5th, 2014 @ 11:57am CST
shajaki wrote:the more i see this obscure lil fella, the more i like em. on sale, he will be mine.
Skywarp64 wrote:Still pisses me off that this guy beat out characters I've actually heard of, like Alpha Trion.
It's Siren, Nightbeat's fellow Headmaster and partner who YELLS ALL THE TIME UNCONTROLLABLY. And I would have preferred the Silverbolt myself but that's life.
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on November 5th, 2014 @ 12:31pm CST
zodconvoy wrote:shajaki wrote:the more i see this obscure lil fella, the more i like em. on sale, he will be mine.Skywarp64 wrote:Still pisses me off that this guy beat out characters I've actually heard of, like Alpha Trion.
It's Siren, Nightbeat's fellow Headmaster and partner who YELLS ALL THE TIME UNCONTROLLABLY. And I would have preferred the Silverbolt myself but that's life.
Goshooter is not Siren, but Goshooter is a redeco of Siren:
Left: Goshooter Right: Siren
Posted by shockblast2 on November 5th, 2014 @ 1:34pm CST
Wow, they really have given up on the names for these "exclusives". Might I suggest the next name?
Highway Robbery.
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on November 5th, 2014 @ 1:40pm CST
shockblast2 wrote:GoShooter?
Wow, they really have given up on the names for these "exclusives". Might I suggest the next name?
Highway Robbery.
Well, Japan has never been that creative with names, even back in 1988 when G1 Goshooter was released.
Posted by gothsaurus on November 5th, 2014 @ 1:52pm CST
There are also instances where they make a two-meaning pun in Japanese. It seems like the BeCool was one of these. Quite interesting.
Either way, the more I learn about languages... the more forgiving I am of these kinds of things. Learning about languages and other cultures is a lot of fun... and it opens up a new world of anime, manga, toy lines, conversations...
Posted by mooncake623 on November 7th, 2014 @ 9:36am CST
Posted by Sabrblade on November 7th, 2014 @ 9:52am CST
Posted by gothsaurus on November 7th, 2014 @ 9:56am CST
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on November 7th, 2014 @ 9:58am CST
Sabrblade wrote:"Doublechanger-Style Attack Mode" is what that other form is called, but it's an unofficial one made by Twitter people playing around with the figure.
And it doesn't look half bad. Note: it's a reference to the Diaclone Doublechangers which were the basis for the G1 Omnibots Overdrive, Camshaft and Downshift.
Posted by mooncake623 on November 7th, 2014 @ 10:02am CST
Sabrblade wrote:"Doublechanger-Style Attack Mode" is what that other form is called, but it's an unofficial one made by the Twitter people playing around with the figure.
Interesting.... I will try it with my Nightbeat
Posted by Madeus Prime on November 7th, 2014 @ 10:16am CST
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on November 7th, 2014 @ 10:33am CST
Posted by Sabrblade on November 7th, 2014 @ 10:40am CST
There are fake wheels molded into the feet that this form utilizes.JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:It looks pretty easy to do, just rotate the waist 180 and twist the legs 90. Simple but effective. How would he get around though, with the rear wheels inaccessible, use Shūta's rotor to fly?
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on November 7th, 2014 @ 10:47am CST
Sabrblade wrote:There are fake wheels molded into the feet that this form utilizes.JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:It looks pretty easy to do, just rotate the waist 180 and twist the legs 90. Simple but effective. How would he get around though, with the rear wheels inaccessible, use Shūta's rotor to fly?
So... that would no longer make them faux-kibble?
Posted by Sabrblade on November 7th, 2014 @ 10:50am CST
Only if they were fully functional (i.e. - able to spin and rotate).JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Sabrblade wrote:There are fake wheels molded into the feet that this form utilizes.JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:It looks pretty easy to do, just rotate the waist 180 and twist the legs 90. Simple but effective. How would he get around though, with the rear wheels inaccessible, use Shūta's rotor to fly?
So... that would no longer make them faux-kibble?
Posted by OptimalOptimus2 on November 7th, 2014 @ 11:18am CST
K.O. DOTM Bumblebee.
Posted by Black Bumblebee on November 7th, 2014 @ 3:30pm CST
Posted by Cobotron on November 7th, 2014 @ 7:12pm CST
I like the way the wheels look like big VTOL air intake fan unit thingies.
Posted by Sabrblade on November 7th, 2014 @ 10:28pm CST
Except that Shouki's "Train Bazooka" mode was made official by the story it appeared in. This "Doublechanger-style Attack Mode" for Goshooter is just something done for fun, like all the Gerwalk modes that Hisashi Yuki was making out of the Roadbuster and Brainstorm figures.Black Bumblebee wrote:I like it. It's a cool little unofficial third mode. First we get the Astrotrain gun, now flying car Nightbeat lol
Posted by Flashwave on November 8th, 2014 @ 1:45am CST
Posted by Cobotron on November 8th, 2014 @ 8:13am CST
Flashwave wrote:So is the coptor just balancing there or is it pegged/wedged in to something?
Just balancing. There's nothing to peg into.
Posted by Flux Convoy on November 8th, 2014 @ 2:55pm CST
Posted by shajaki on March 11th, 2015 @ 6:23pm CDT
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Posted by megatronus on March 11th, 2015 @ 7:10pm CDT
I know the IDW Bumblebee mold got a lot of 'meh' reviews when it first came out... but it's really shaping up to be a nice workhorse.
Posted by Tigertrack on March 11th, 2015 @ 7:20pm CDT
I'll be happy to own it. Need to borrow some other toy's guns though. Hate that stupid weapon.
Posted by CrankyOldTruck on March 11th, 2015 @ 8:51pm CDT
Tigertrack wrote:I think the car mode looks fantastic, just needs the blue panels on the door to be something...
I'll be happy to own it. Need to borrow some other toy's guns though. Hate that stupid weapon.
It's not like the weapon that comes with 'Bee/Goldfire/Nightbeat is any kind of freaking prize. Humongous, gawdy...you'd almost be better off with the mini-con but yes, I get what you're saying. If I get my hands on this figure, and it is by far the best looking one out of all the uses of this mold, then I'll be scaring up a different weapon for him too.