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I’m hard pressed to see (2007) Mudflap as a bad guy, beginning with my love for Cybertron Mudflap and ending with his beginning, G1 Erector, one of my favorite Micromasters.
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I am interested, I had a credential of micromasters Data Economics and Design of Policy.
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of course cores and micromasters still exist, you just have to suck it up and spend $85 for a whole bunch of shit you don't want in order to get the one $10 value now
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Somehow they made the best micromasters first. Like seriously they peaked at wave 1.
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Thank you for reminding me about how much I loved the siege micromasters I need to dig them out immediately
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Jun 10
I'll stick to Dr Wu, the micromasters from the Siege line were very mixed on terms of quality & features
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Honestly considering current voyager prices I would absolutely call it good value, most of the minicons are like micromasters/micormaster so probably like 5/6 bucks which ends up making Red Alert anywhere from like old voyager prices to a couple bucks less than current prices.
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They all look more like Micromasters than minicons IMO.
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No shame man.
I've spent worst on Micromasters during Earthrise... LOL
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It's still steep AF.
I miss the days where Mini-Cons were sold separately, let alone Micromasters were just hanging on peg shelves.
This FOMO pricing and availability is why I shifting gears to collecting Siege/WFC stuff.
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Jun 9
The three large Formulator Force vehicles (jet, car, tank) are pretty easy to find and usually not too expensive. Some versions of the “Mighty Minis” sets (just slightly bigger than G1 Micromasters) can be a little harder to find 🤔
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Jun 9
Do these have pegs like the WFC Micromasters had?
Remember that the Armada Legacy figures have ports where their powerlinx pegs were.
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Siege was peak Hasbro/Takara Tomy.
🛻No compromises on deco or plastic quality.
🛻The engineering was solid enough to handle play without breaking.
🛻Battlemasters and Micromasters with blast effects added real variety.
🛻They were action figures first; perfect for collectors to display their favorite characters.
🛻Pricing and size classes all made sense in hindsight.
The battle damage might turn some people off, but I find it endearing. Hasbro usually skimps on deco across their lines, so these figures actually have a distinct visual identity that screams “better times” at the company; before Chris Cocks decided to min/max everything on the production side.
That’s exactly why I’m only going back to collect Siege and WFC figures. Most of the G1 cast I actually care about came out in that sweet, short window.
Seeing how Hasbro is just recycling old Siege molds should tell you how good they were and still are today.
Hasbro, you shit the bed.
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May 20
finally, the "lost member" or the (Brea/Che)stforce, Deathcobra!
he was killed in battle by the cruel and violent Autobot Micromasters...
May 20
rounding out the orginal team, it's Drillhorn!
I frequently mix up him and Nosecone's names, probably because they are counterparts in Earth Wars (where Drillhorn is also conspicuously pink)
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May 16
The quantum industry's biggest bottleneck isn't hardware or algorithms — it's people.
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