Transformers Photo Challenge #12: Scale

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Howdy fellow Seibertronians and welcome to the Transformers Photo Challenge. This is a monthly Seibertron.com feature hosted by yours truly. Each challenge will have a theme and a description of any guidelines that need to be followed. To participate; setup some figures, snap a few pictures and post the images in the discussion below. The Transformers Photo Challenge is for all skill levels and is just about having fun. Previous challenges can be found here.

If you spend enough time on the boards, sooner or later a discussion about scale is bound to erupt.

Titan Returns is just around the corner and there has been much debate about the size classes used. Instead of talking about scale, show us your ideal group/team/pair of "scaled" figures. Feel free to mix-and-match as many different lines and size classes as needed.

Setup your bots and show us what you got!

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Re: Transformers Photo Challenge #12: Scale (1785980)
Posted by VioMeTriX on May 1st, 2016 @ 4:18pm CDT

ok now where is my camera at?

Re: Transformers Photo Challenge #12: Scale (1785985)
Posted by BERSEKAEL on May 1st, 2016 @ 4:38pm CDT

I guess this match Metroplex better than the actual sizes on the market. Just IMO

Re: Transformers Photo Challenge #12: Scale (1785987)
Posted by superchook6909 on May 1st, 2016 @ 4:49pm CDT

Metroplex and Trypticon.

What mayhem will ensue when Titan Trypticon is unleashed?

Re: Transformers Photo Challenge #12: Scale (1785990)
Posted by keelo1027 on May 1st, 2016 @ 5:15pm CDT

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Re: Transformers Photo Challenge #12: Scale (1786009)
Posted by primal1 on May 1st, 2016 @ 7:13pm CDT

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Re: Transformers Photo Challenge #12: Scale (1786024)
Posted by Wolfman Jake on May 1st, 2016 @ 8:39pm CDT

carytheone wrote:

Did Starscream shrink in the wash?

Re: Transformers Photo Challenge #12: Scale (1786043)
Posted by DedicatedGhostArt on May 1st, 2016 @ 9:35pm CDT

This is my first photo challenge I have done so please bear with me. I took a bunch of toys I felt scaled well together, took some rocks, went out to the concrete patio, and snapped some shots. This was my favorite one so I photo-shopped it a bit and I like it. I hope you like it too! ;)^

Re: Transformers Photo Challenge #12: Scale (1786055)
Posted by Noideaforaname on May 1st, 2016 @ 10:49pm CDT

Scale in Transformers?

Scale in Transformers!

Scale in Transformers...

I'm a huge scale nut, particularly with real-world vehicle sizes, so forgive me for gushing a bit a lot:

Re: Transformers Photo Challenge #12: Scale (1786103)
Posted by UltraMarginal on May 2nd, 2016 @ 3:43am CDT

some great pics here.

here are a few, of something a little different that I took a couple years ago.

the same battle looking from the other direction, a look at the rest of the combiner that's part way though assembling.

another angle on the battlefield:

an aerial view of the event:

Re: Transformers Photo Challenge #12: Scale (1786104)
Posted by UltraMarginal on May 2nd, 2016 @ 4:00am CDT

another oldie.

Re: Transformers Photo Challenge #12: Scale (1786130)
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on May 2nd, 2016 @ 7:48am CDT

Noideaforaname wrote:Scale in Transformers?

Scale in Transformers!

Scale in Transformers...

I frickin' love that Leader Starscream. I neeeed it.

And yeah Deluxe Optimus Prime isn't much smaller in robot mode than Voyager Megatron there. His truck mode even looks bigger scale.

I'm a bit of a stickler for scale too but I guess it's really just one of those things you have to accept being almost impossible to achieve to any great success in Transformers.

Re: Transformers Photo Challenge #12: Scale (1786131)
Posted by galvatron00 on May 2nd, 2016 @ 7:49am CDT

My current scale for my G1 S1 Decepticons, although I regret not getting BotCon Reflector now..

Re: Transformers Photo Challenge #12: Scale (1786177)
Posted by Mandobot on May 2nd, 2016 @ 10:50am CDT

I always thought that this would be a good scale shot. :-)

Re: Transformers Photo Challenge #12: Scale (1786180)
Posted by Housewife2000 on May 2nd, 2016 @ 11:40am CDT

I've always been a bit of a scale nut - I like to display my toys where there's a reasonable level of alt mode size correlation: tanks and trucks bigger than cars, planes and jets bigger than trucks. (Which does lead to Swerve being bigger than Prowl - he is a truck after all!) Here's my current CHUG display shelf.

I even try to put combiners together like this - my CW Superion towers over my custom PCC Menasor. But then you get combiners with limbs that aren't in scale with each other and it's a real headache... I can kind of accept FP Bruticus if Blastoff is a drone plane and Swindle is a super-sized Hummer, but I can't find any version of Defensor that makes sense!

Re: Transformers Photo Challenge #12: Scale (1786230)
Posted by no-one on May 2nd, 2016 @ 1:38pm CDT

Hey, they've grown!

I like the way leader class TCracker looks with MP Starscream. He is a little bit bigger and of a different sculpt. To me Starscream's cronies are just big violent thugs that he keeps around so he doesn't have to do any of the fighting himself.

Re: Transformers Photo Challenge #12: Scale (1786339)
Posted by galvatron00 on May 2nd, 2016 @ 8:57pm CDT

carytheone wrote:Hey, they've grown!

I like the way leader class TCracker looks with MP Starscream. He is a little bit bigger and of a different sculpt. To me Starscream's cronies are just big violent thugs that he keeps around so he doesn't have to do any of the fighting himself.

They do look good together! Especially with that RTS Megatron ;)^

Re: Transformers Photo Challenge #12: Scale (1786408)
Posted by Cobotron on May 2nd, 2016 @ 11:08pm CDT

Great stuff y'all!

Re: Transformers Photo Challenge #12: Scale (1786422)
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on May 3rd, 2016 @ 2:55am CDT

I don't have enough Transformers to do a proper scale picture but here's an obvious one I can do.

Using Legends movie Ravage as main movie Ravage over the oversized Deluxe version. Deluxe DotM Bumblebee demonstrates. (works for Legends movie Scorponok too but I've never managed to get me one). The soldiers that came with the other Legends Ravage are nicely scaled for most Transformers too.

My OCD is annoyed by the fact that Bumblebee's chest pieces got misaligned when I put Ravage there. They need to be SYMMETRICAAAALLL!

edit: would help if I actually posted the pic. hehe

Re: Transformers Photo Challenge #12: Scale (1786455)
Posted by william-james88 on May 3rd, 2016 @ 6:49am CDT

I took all my toys out last night and transformed them to robot mode, then it got too late to start posing. So in the meantime, here are some older pics I took that were all about this:

Re: Transformers Photo Challenge #12: Scale (1786463)
Posted by galvatron00 on May 3rd, 2016 @ 7:25am CDT

Awesome shots everyone!

Definitely like the movie proper scaled item photos, it was all over the map in the toys but pretty set in stone in the actual films.

Re: Transformers Photo Challenge #12: Scale (1786473)
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on May 3rd, 2016 @ 7:53am CDT

I thought Lockdown's toy was apparently small (even for a Deluxe) which is what put me off buying it. How is that one voyager sized? :O

Re: Transformers Photo Challenge #12: Scale (1786475)
Posted by galvatron00 on May 3rd, 2016 @ 7:57am CDT

Carnivius_Prime wrote:I thought Lockdown's toy was apparently small (even for a Deluxe) which is what put me off buying it. How is that one voyager sized? :O

KO OS w/diecast!

Re: Transformers Photo Challenge #12: Scale (1786478)
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on May 3rd, 2016 @ 8:04am CDT

Ah of course. Oversized knock offs. The saviours of scale! I may have to get me one of those.

Re: Transformers Photo Challenge #12: Scale (1786485)
Posted by galvatron00 on May 3rd, 2016 @ 8:36am CDT

Carnivius_Prime wrote:Ah of course. Oversized knock offs. The saviours of scale! I may have to get me one of those.

Every review I've seen of those AoE OS KOs have had nothing but good things to say, especially the Hound one. I'm pretty sure that Lockdown comes with regular face AND gun face!

Re: Transformers Photo Challenge #12: Scale (1786502)
Posted by william-james88 on May 3rd, 2016 @ 9:00am CDT

itscramtastic wrote:
Carnivius_Prime wrote:Ah of course. Oversized knock offs. The saviours of scale! I may have to get me one of those.
Every review I've seen of those AoE OS KOs have had nothing but good things to say, especially the Hound one. I'm pretty sure that Lockdown comes with regular face AND gun face!

Yup, he has it all, I took some more pics of mine which can be found here: pictures-of-voyager-age-of-extinction-lockdown-with-alternate-head-t105477.php#p1731441

While KO may be a negative term, it doesnt always equate cheapness. Toys are cheaper simply because the design was stolen and your just paying for the manufacturing aspect. The material on some KOs is as high quality as regular toys. In the case of that lockdown, he even comes with die cast

Re: Transformers Photo Challenge #12: Scale (1786509)
Posted by galvatron00 on May 3rd, 2016 @ 9:09am CDT

william-james88 wrote:
itscramtastic wrote:
Carnivius_Prime wrote:Ah of course. Oversized knock offs. The saviours of scale! I may have to get me one of those.
Every review I've seen of those AoE OS KOs have had nothing but good things to say, especially the Hound one. I'm pretty sure that Lockdown comes with regular face AND gun face!
Yup, he has it all, I took some more pics of mine which can be found here: pictures-of-voyager-age-of-extinction-lockdown-with-alternate-head-t105477.php#p1731441

While KO may be a negative term, it doesnt always equate cheapness. Toys are cheaper simply because the design was stolen and your just paying for the manufacturing aspect. The material on some KOs is as high quality as regular toys. In the case of that lockdown, he even comes with die cast

I'm hoping my OS MP Grimlock ends up being good quality, whenever he arrives (lost in shipping currently :-(

). I've heard reports of good and bad..

Then I can post my AUTOBOT SCALE PHOTO!! ;)^

Re: Transformers Photo Challenge #12: Scale (1786511)
Posted by william-james88 on May 3rd, 2016 @ 9:16am CDT

itscramtastic wrote:(lost in shipping currently )

I hope it works out for you. I have a mint in box G1 Megatron reissue currently lost in shipping :-(

Re: Transformers Photo Challenge #12: Scale (1786513)
Posted by galvatron00 on May 3rd, 2016 @ 9:24am CDT

william-james88 wrote:
itscramtastic wrote:(lost in shipping currently )
I hope it works out for you. I have a mint in box G1 Megatron reissue currently lost in shipping

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

Re: Transformers Photo Challenge #12: Scale (1786555)
Posted by Hero Alpha on May 3rd, 2016 @ 11:24am CDT

Here is some examples of the general scale I try to keep with Sunbow/IDW G1 for my classics collection. Ultra Magnus in a leader size, Dinobots at ultra, Optimus/Megatron/Springer at voyager, Prowl/Hound/Chromdome at deluxe, Bee/Powerglide/Tailgate at legends and etc., then throw in a quintesson, a human and the cassettes.

Re: Transformers Photo Challenge #12: Scale (1786556)
Posted by galvatron00 on May 3rd, 2016 @ 11:27am CDT

Moonshot wrote:Here is some examples of the general scale I try to keep with Sunbow/IDW G1 for my classics collection. Ultra Magnus in a leader size, Dinobots at ultra, Optimus/Megatron/Springer at voyager, Prowl/Hound/Chromdome at deluxe, Bee/Powerglide/Tailgate at legends and etc., then throw in a quintesson, a human and the cassettes.

Noice, works for me!!

Re: Transformers Photo Challenge #12: Scale (1786558)
Posted by galvatron00 on May 3rd, 2016 @ 11:28am CDT

william-james88 wrote:
itscramtastic wrote:(lost in shipping currently )
I hope it works out for you. I have a mint in box G1 Megatron reissue currently lost in shipping

HE CLEARED CUSTOMS IN NEW YORK!! FIRST UPDATE SINCE APRIL 7TH!! WOOOOOOO!!

Re: Transformers Photo Challenge #12: Scale (1786575)
Posted by william-james88 on May 3rd, 2016 @ 12:13pm CDT

itscramtastic wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
itscramtastic wrote:(lost in shipping currently )
I hope it works out for you. I have a mint in box G1 Megatron reissue currently lost in shipping
HE CLEARED CUSTOMS IN NEW YORK!! FIRST UPDATE SINCE APRIL 7TH!! WOOOOOOO!!

You must be my good luck charm, Cram, because I just went to check and ITS NOW IN CANADA!!!!!!!

04/11/2016 20:33 Posting/Collection NANIWA OSAKA
556-8799
04/13/2016 16:00 Dispatch from outward office of exchange OSAKA INT OSAKA
549-8799
05/03/2016 10:08 Processing at delivery Post Office Scheduled delivery date: CANADA

Re: Transformers Photo Challenge #12: Scale (1786577)
Posted by galvatron00 on May 3rd, 2016 @ 12:14pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:
itscramtastic wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
itscramtastic wrote:(lost in shipping currently )
I hope it works out for you. I have a mint in box G1 Megatron reissue currently lost in shipping
HE CLEARED CUSTOMS IN NEW YORK!! FIRST UPDATE SINCE APRIL 7TH!! WOOOOOOO!!
You must be my good luck charm, Cram, because I just went to check and ITS NOW IN CANADA!!!!!!!

04/11/2016 20:33 Posting/Collection NANIWA OSAKA
556-8799
04/13/2016 16:00 Dispatch from outward office of exchange OSAKA INT OSAKA
549-8799
05/03/2016 10:08 Processing at delivery Post Office Scheduled delivery date: CANADA

WOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! :DANCE:

Re: Transformers Photo Challenge #12: Scale (1786580)
Posted by Cyberpath on May 3rd, 2016 @ 12:24pm CDT

I kind of had fun with the scale thing last time. (But it's always something I consider anyway; even when I buy the toys.) So here's something a little more obvious; click to enlarge --

Naturally, the poses are all from the scale chart. :)

Re: Transformers Photo Challenge #12: Scale (1786582)
Posted by galvatron00 on May 3rd, 2016 @ 12:29pm CDT

Cyberpath wrote:I kind of had fun with the scale thing last time. (But it's always something I consider anyway; even when I buy the toys.) So here's something a little more obvious; click to enlarge --

Naturally, the poses are all from the scale chart.

That's amazing and I need more :lol:

Re: Transformers Photo Challenge #12: Scale (1786584)
Posted by Cyberpath on May 3rd, 2016 @ 12:38pm CDT

itscramtastic wrote:
Cyberpath wrote:I kind of had fun with the scale thing last time. (But it's always something I consider anyway; even when I buy the toys.) So here's something a little more obvious; click to enlarge --

Naturally, the poses are all from the scale chart. :)
That's amazing and I need more :lol: :BOWDOWN:

Thanks! :)

Do you mean more MPs? (Jazz, Mirage, Hound, etc..)

Re: Transformers Photo Challenge #12: Scale (1786586)
Posted by galvatron00 on May 3rd, 2016 @ 12:46pm CDT

Cyberpath wrote:
itscramtastic wrote:
Cyberpath wrote:I kind of had fun with the scale thing last time. (But it's always something I consider anyway; even when I buy the toys.) So here's something a little more obvious; click to enlarge --

Naturally, the poses are all from the scale chart.
That's amazing and I need more

Thanks!

Do you mean more MPs? (Jazz, Mirage, Hound, etc..)

Well sure!

I wish that 3rd Party MP Jazz would get here..

Do you happen to have a Decepticon shot?

Re: Transformers Photo Challenge #12: Scale (1786588)
Posted by Cyberpath on May 3rd, 2016 @ 12:57pm CDT

itscramtastic wrote:Well sure!

I wish that 3rd Party MP Jazz would get here..

Do you happen to have a Decepticon shot?

No Decepticon shot unfortunately. I don't have any of the jets, and my Shockwave is back in Japan. Also, Takara hasn't given us Megatron yet. :-?

I wonder if it's because he's complicated; or if they think that some fans will stop buying once they finally get Megatron.

Re: Transformers Photo Challenge #12: Scale (1786590)
Posted by galvatron00 on May 3rd, 2016 @ 1:10pm CDT

Cyberpath wrote:
itscramtastic wrote:Well sure!

I wish that 3rd Party MP Jazz would get here..

Do you happen to have a Decepticon shot?
No Decepticon shot unfortunately. I don't have any of the jets, and my Shockwave is back in Japan. Also, Takara hasn't given us Megatron yet. I wonder if it's because he's complicated; or if they think that some fans will stop buying once they finally get Megatron.

Ah the seekers. And the lack of an official Megatron in the right scale. I'm pretty happy with my set of G1 S1 'Cons, still need a Kickback representative as well as a better Reflector. And then I'm done with them :lol:

So yeah, if Takara does a new Megatron? I'd be close to finished with that set, still need my TF:TM MPs though.

Re: Transformers Photo Challenge #12: Scale (1786598)
Posted by Hero Alpha on May 3rd, 2016 @ 1:51pm CDT

itscramtastic wrote:
Moonshot wrote:Here is some examples of the general scale I try to keep with Sunbow/IDW G1 for my classics collection. Ultra Magnus in a leader size, Dinobots at ultra, Optimus/Megatron/Springer at voyager, Prowl/Hound/Chromdome at deluxe, Bee/Powerglide/Tailgate at legends and etc., then throw in a quintesson, a human and the cassettes.
Noice, works for me!!

Thanks. I only have a few scale complaints with my figures. Main one is no voyager seekers, I love my FoC Seekers but wish they were bigger.

Re: Transformers Photo Challenge #12: Scale (1786625)
Posted by william-james88 on May 3rd, 2016 @ 4:41pm CDT

Moonshot wrote:
itscramtastic wrote:
Moonshot wrote:Here is some examples of the general scale I try to keep with Sunbow/IDW G1 for my classics collection. Ultra Magnus in a leader size, Dinobots at ultra, Optimus/Megatron/Springer at voyager, Prowl/Hound/Chromdome at deluxe, Bee/Powerglide/Tailgate at legends and etc., then throw in a quintesson, a human and the cassettes.
Noice, works for me!!

Thanks. I only have a few scale complaints with my figures. Main one is no voyager seekers, I love my FoC Seekers but wish they were bigger.

Thats a 3p grimlock right? Also, does this mean you use the Prime version of Optimus as your classics Optimus? Do you think it works better than the Classics Optimus prime?

Re: Transformers Photo Challenge #12: Scale (1786643)
Posted by DedicatedGhostArt on May 3rd, 2016 @ 5:54pm CDT

I hate KOs because of the stolen toy designs, not the quality.

Re: Transformers Photo Challenge #12: Scale (1786651)
Posted by Fires_Of_Inferno on May 3rd, 2016 @ 6:13pm CDT

Dark of The Moon Deluxe class Optimus works well with Voyager class Megatron, I think.

Re: Transformers Photo Challenge #12: Scale (1786685)
Posted by william-james88 on May 3rd, 2016 @ 9:58pm CDT

I have this big thing set up but my baby needed me and by the end, the good lighting was gone so it will have to wait till tomorrow. You can easily see in my pics how lighting can change everything. I did take a bit at different times to explore scale a bit.

I realized that there are lots of good scales where Shockwave and Megatron can interact. And sadly, the MP isnt one of them, you'll see:

MP Shockwave instead seems to work better with CW Leader Megatron:

And here are other decent scales, that deluxe one is perfect. Its almost good that deluxes shrunk within 2 years time:

And here is a pretty decent MP scale, using only 2 actual MP bots:

And lastly, I just had some fun with the different seekers. There are so many molds that ll seekers can have their own individual body. I would prefer them to all be the same though, but I was just having fun with the deluxe scale and trying things out:

Re: Transformers Photo Challenge #12: Scale (1786687)
Posted by no-one on May 3rd, 2016 @ 10:07pm CDT

I love that you're using the deluxe Warpath as a MP minibot, great idea! ;)^

I also need to track down that Prime TC - Tak Am right?

Re: Transformers Photo Challenge #12: Scale (1786693)
Posted by william-james88 on May 3rd, 2016 @ 10:39pm CDT

carytheone wrote:I love that you're using the deluxe Warpath as a MP minibot, great idea!

I also need to track down that Prime TC - Tak Am right?

Yeah, it really worked out, I was glad to think of it. I am doing another display where my deluxes are the characters usually represnted by voyagers and it just dawned on me that I could just use legends Groove to represent the bots that would usually get a deluxe scale instead. I hope to do those pics tomorrow.

Prime TC aint an easy find. I mean, e-bay will have him, but they will charge you an arm and a leg. Here is he only one at a fair price: http://jungle-scs.co.jp/sale_en/?page_i ... 1000016823

But the shipping might not be cheap so there is this too: https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?siteid=0&pub=5574891718&campid=5336631220&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.ca%2Fitm%2FTakara-Tomy-TRAN%20...%20xy3zNSpZbw%3C%2Fa%3E%3F

The reason he aint cheap is because he was only available exclusively in these camera stores in japan. He wasnt available at the usual toys stores. Dont know if it was the same with Skywarp. What is cool though is that these are retooled. I dont know if you can tell but he has these bombs under his wings. These give him 5 mm pegs in jet mode to hols his arms micron (which is a goat that turns into a drill). Dont know if the commander at Botcon had some around

Re: Transformers Photo Challenge #12: Scale (1786700)
Posted by no-one on May 3rd, 2016 @ 11:47pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:I dont know if you can tell but he has these bombs under his wings. These give him 5 mm pegs in jet mode to hols his arms micron (which is a goat that turns into a drill). Dont know if the commander at Botcon had some around

I totally noticed the bombs. The commander, ha! No but he had and AM Ironhide. I nabbed that Ratbat from that crazy coot though!

Re: Transformers Photo Challenge #12: Scale (1786758)
Posted by Logan. on May 4th, 2016 @ 8:30am CDT

Cary, really, great thread^^

A little bit of my recent pics^^

Re: Transformers Photo Challenge #12: Scale (1786759)
Posted by Logan. on May 4th, 2016 @ 8:32am CDT

William-james, I love the Megatron-Schockwave scale

Re: Transformers Photo Challenge #12: Scale (1786776)
Posted by william-james88 on May 4th, 2016 @ 10:00am CDT

Logan79 wrote:William-james, I love the Megatron-Schockwave scale

Thanks! And I like your scale. I also believe that deluxe prime works best with the scramble city CW toys combined. I am working on a battle scene with that in mind. I am just not sure where the deluxe seekers go. They look a bit small with devastator but a bit too big CW Superion. I am photographing both options right now.

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