In a few weeks I'm moving to a University for (yet another!) degree, lol. All my TFs are packed away and stored, except two-- BB and Starscream from Beast Wars II. I have absolutely NO idea how to TF them back to their jet modes, even with the instructions (written in Korean, I think). I need 'em in alt mode so they can go back into their nifty box. If I can't TF them they might come with me along with 12 others, but I'd rather they didn't because I don't want anything to happen to them and I'd be tempted to sell them at a later time.
Here's a pic of the two bots in case ya'll need to know who I'm referring to: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3192/282 ... 1222660272, except my BB is in bot mode. I've been poking online for instructions and all, but to no avail. Help would be greatly appreciated!
"Listen, mister alternate dimension! I am ZE real Starscream; the Mighty! I mean THE!"
".... Noooo, I still don't beleef it. I mean, vere ist your chin?"
You are in luck! I am bored and happen to own G2 Dreadwing, and Energon Starscream who transforms literally exactly the same. (Although to be honest, these guys are cake compared to some of the Movie toys and such.)
Let's start off with BB. Move the chaingun launcher out of the way. Lift up his chest halfway or so, and fold the head panel backwards. Fold the arms forward and then fold the chest up so it forms the front of the jet. (Here's where things get weird, because my Dreadwing is missing the panels on his arms. Damn you, secondhand toys!) Now fold the wings forward so the clips on the tips click into his chest/cockpit front. On his back, there's a panel that should fold over and fill in the hole that's there.
Now, being that I don't own a Korean BB & Starscream set, I've no idea how the legs need to be arranged to fit into its bubble, so you're kind of on your own there, but it's not exactly a challenge to figure out.
Alright, took a little digging, but I found EnerScream, in a box with T-Wrecks and Tankorr and Tigatron among others. Weird assortment. Anyway:
Lift up his chest, and the whole robot will come apart. Fold the entire torso and middle chest section around his body (this is hard to explain!) and then rotate the chestpiece around. He should be coming into place now. Fold the feet together and flip the tailfins around, then fold his waist backwards. The arms are the hardest part--the only real thing you can do is fiddle with them and figure them out for yourself, because I just did it and I can't even begin to explain how to do it. But them's the breaks!
If you still need help, I suggest trying to find some reviews on YouTube. This mould's been released three times, so I'm sure there's plenty of people talking about them in some form or another.
BWprowl wrote:The internet having this many different words to describe nerdy folks is akin to the whole eskimos/ice situation, I would presume.
People spend so much time worrying about whether a figure is "mint" or not that they never stop to consider other flavours.
Hey O6, thanks a lot. They're both TFed and put away. I forgot that Starscream and EnerScreamer had the same TF sequence. I would have remembered if I had tried TFing EnerScreamer xD (he usually causes such difficultly that I don't bother). I hadn't known BB's mold was released more than once, too. I really like these two toys, so hopefully they will see daylight again relatively soon.
"Listen, mister alternate dimension! I am ZE real Starscream; the Mighty! I mean THE!"
".... Noooo, I still don't beleef it. I mean, vere ist your chin?"
I bought the G2 version on ebay a while back based on a photo I had seen of the duo, it was Dreadwing and Smokescreen there, and made for a dandy, cheap ebay auction. Unfortunately, it came with no missiles or guns, so it is somewhat incomplete, but at least they re-released the set (albeit with retooled weapons) in RID as Dreadwind and Smokejumper.
See, that one's a camcorder, that one's a camera, that one's a phone, and they're doing "Speak no evil, See no evil, Hear no evil", get it?
I've only got Dreadwing, myself. Found him all alone at a yard sale or flea market, years ago, missing his arm panels and missiles. He's a nice, big, bulky guy. I can't help but think he was going to be Soundwave, either--he's packaged with a guy who is clearly trying to be Starscream (who was eventually named similar--Smokescreen is sorta like it) plus he's dark blue, has a chaingun launcher on his shoulder, and the heads are vaguely similar.
BWprowl wrote:The internet having this many different words to describe nerdy folks is akin to the whole eskimos/ice situation, I would presume.
People spend so much time worrying about whether a figure is "mint" or not that they never stop to consider other flavours.
Onslaught Six wrote:I've only got Dreadwing, myself. Found him all alone at a yard sale or flea market, years ago, missing his arm panels and missiles. He's a nice, big, bulky guy. I can't help but think he was going to be Soundwave, either--he's packaged with a guy who is clearly trying to be Starscream (who was eventually named similar--Smokescreen is sorta like it) plus he's dark blue, has a chaingun launcher on his shoulder, and the heads are vaguely similar.
I can see that, except for the fat head on Dreadwing.
See, that one's a camcorder, that one's a camera, that one's a phone, and they're doing "Speak no evil, See no evil, Hear no evil", get it?
