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Gomess wrote:"I couldn't let them get away with that canon!" 4 TFViews anti-fanwank meme nao.

What, are you trying to canonize it?

Oh god...

...Won't let me get away with it, huh?

I'm just glad someone pointed this out to me now, because there's a real good chance that I'll have to use that word in....oh, say..... 49 more episodes.

Onslaught Six wrote:It just occured to me that Primal is clearly holding his swords backwards. They should definitely be going the opposite way.

Depends on how one would want to use them. They seem to have an edge on both sides, so the way it's shown would be a "ripper" edge for doing heavy damage but slower and requiring more force. The other side is curved more like a traditional sword so it'd be better for fast slicing.

As mentioned, the instructions do show him holding the swords the way they're depicted in the show. The toy just seems to make more sense holding them the other way.

onslaught86 wrote:As mentioned, the instructions do show him holding the swords the way they're depicted in the show. The toy just seems to make more sense holding them the other way.

And we all know how awesomely accurate the instructions are.

BW-era instructions actually sorta 'were,' though. It's only recently that things have gone downhill.

Hell, Primal's instructions go out of its way to point out all the gimmicks. Compare that to, say, TFU Primal's instructions--the 'same toy'--which, IIRC, had far less stuff going on.

Yeah, Beast-era instructions are a really different kettle of fish. They date back to an era when hi-res photography was extremely uncommon, we only got the tiny catalogue and website photos to go off of. It's partly why I like the era so much, there's heaps to discover with each individual toy. For the most part, the instructions are excellent, and many show little tricks with the transformations that you'd not pick up unless you paid really close attention.

For example, Rampage has a totally legitimate second robot mode configuration, with the claws above his shoulders. It's pretty cool, too.

And Obsidian's forearms are supposed to turn sideways, the upper joint is the true elbow.

This is also why I insist on spelling "Tankorr" with two R's.

TheMightyMollusk on the Allspark forums pointed out the similarity between Primals' blades and a Yatagan.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yatagan

onslaught86 wrote:This is also why I insist on spelling "Tankorr" with two R's.

And watching his eye glow!