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Talk about the toys--sweet, precious toys... => General Transformers Discussion => Topic started by: shmax on August 26, 2008, 05:17:17 PM

Title: Identify me!
Post by: shmax on August 26, 2008, 05:17:17 PM
A friend of my sister bought about 15 loose Transformers in a lot auction from eBay. I was looking over the photos he sent, and was unable to identify this guy:

(http://www.shmax.com/img/misc/whoami_robot.jpg)
(http://www.shmax.com/img/misc/whoami_alt.jpg)

I don't even recognize the mold. Knockoff, maybe?
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Post by: engledogg on August 26, 2008, 07:27:54 PM
A dusty(?) KB exclusive Machine Wars Starscream...

http://www.shmax.com/results/221?browse ... starscream (http://www.shmax.com/results/221?browse=0&searchTerm=starscream)

Wrong about the missiles...they were green.

MIKE
engledogg
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Post by: Defensis Prime on August 26, 2008, 07:34:46 PM
You're right about being wrong. :)  MW Starscream's were a wonderfully wonderful toxic-waste green.

And damn, is that dusty; there's a half-hour's work with dampened Q-Tips.

No use of the label sheet, either, I notice...sacrilege!
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Post by: shmax on August 26, 2008, 08:42:22 PM
You guys are awesome, thanks much!
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Post by: tec on August 28, 2008, 10:10:30 PM
MW Starscream I missed the boat buying him so I settled for the King Atlas recolor in Universe just to have the mold
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Post by: engledogg on August 29, 2008, 08:29:28 PM
Update...those green missiles were bothering me for some reason..I could have sworn MW Starscream's missiles weren't green...and it turns out, I was half-right.  

They do come in green, but they also come in an off-white!  I just pulled mine from storage and his missiles are off-white...they almost look like that plastic that glows in the dark.  I was the original owner, getting from KB back in the day...so there was no parts swap involved.  Still have the plastic tree as well.

So, I took a gander at Fred's site...and sure enough, both variants are documented.

Just another variant to throw in the mix.  :)

MIKE
engledogg
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Post by: Defensis Prime on September 01, 2008, 03:18:24 PM
One of these days I oughta just read the entire VariQuest site. Probably help if it were arranged less haphazardly.

Which he IS supposedly working on, as part of eventually giving Y!GC the heave-ho.