#armada star

[shelfformers]

So some stuff has happend. The shelf has been moved and the Starscreams have claimed it once more

Two new screamers have also joined the shrine, roster call.

Sparkly ghost screams and Cyberverse.

The others are chilling, but trine starscream as usual is pointing fingers and shouting, ghost sure is being dramatic with his sparkly self

[lonelyslutavatar]

pov: you're dissociating into another dimension again

[haaaaaaaaaaaave-you-met-ted]

Star Wars: Armada - Victory Class Star Destroyer Expansion Pack - Advanced Concussion Missiles by Ben Zweifel

[oldschoolfrp]

With yesterday’s news from Atomic Mass Games that they are ending production of Star Wars X-Wing and Armada, it is a good time to remember 2 truths that many gamers overlook:

All games based on licensed properties require licences that cost money up front to obtain and more money over time to continue to keep active. From day one, publication of any licensed game should be expected to end during the tail end of the game’s profitability, when income dips below the cost of the license.

There’s no such thing as a ‘dead game,’ as long as you own the game and still want to play. This is especially true for miniature collections.

Licensed games are under pressure to earn money quickly before shutting down, and often have a production life much shorter than successful games based on original, generic, or historical concepts. The X-Wing games had a remarkably successful run considering the economic challenges.

The most notable exception to the rule is the Star Fleet line of games which relied on a very generous and open-ended license, apparently with no expiration date. This has been attributed to Paramount believing Star Trek was a ‘dead property’ in the 1970s. They made an agreement with author Franz Joseph which gave Franz Joseph Design the rights to everything in his Star Fleet Technical Manual. FJD was able to license those rights to Armadillo Design Bureau/Task Force Games at a relatively low cost.

Since then other rights holders have been more careful. When Grenadier made the first official Star Wars miniatures for West End Games’ line of products in the late 80s (above), it was Lucas Film Limited’s initials that appeared on every figure base, clearly reminding us who remained in charge.

As for ‘dead’ games, I still own copies of WEG’s out-of-print games and can play with Grenadier’s figures that I already collected. I also can use those figures with any other rules I choose, which is a major benefit of collecting miniatures for a favorite theme. Many of the new ‘miniature agnostic’ indie games available as PDFs or zines encourage digging out old figures and returning them to the table.

A reasonable counterpoint for gamers in the US is that there are few independent clubs here, where organized public play depends on game stores willing to set space aside for tables and priority is given to games the store can sell. I would not be surprised to see an immediate end to X-Wing events at those stores that were still hosting leagues and tournaments.

But for those willing to take ownership of their own fun, you might find some good deals on spaceships in clearance sales.

[alphamecha-mkii]

Star Wars: Armada - Quarterly Kits 2017 Promos - Assault Proton Torpedoes by Emilio Rodriguez

[atomicdarc]

More like starscream is the father figure-

I always find cute how minicons, pretty small beings, sees cybetronians who find them and "adopt" them as their father figures, but honestly I think that it is not so explored as it is with Starscream, his relationship with the Starsaber is adorable. Man is father of a sword. I remember he asking if the Minicons where ok when he used a lot of their power.

[pyra-colony-au]

the girls are fighting!!

[fymeetrasurik]

Lots to say about Ahsoka but for now, I wanna talk about Thrawn. After Andor I knew this would be a problem, because it was a problem back in Rebels too.

Thrawn isn't built for these stories. During Rebels, they just put a mask of competency on him while still handing him L after L. "These losses are all part of my plan" "The rebels escaped but I meant for that to happen" ect ect. Just thwarted by the scooby doo gang. Cause let's be honest the rebels crew aren't exactly strategists.

Then in Andor, we get competence. Not brilliance mind you like Syril was still a buffoon. But the ISB came of as so threatening just because they were able to do their jobs without slipping on banana peels. We've now seen how dangerous the empire can be when they crack down and try.

But we're talking Thrawn. Whatever the ISB are? He should be playing in a different league. Competency vs sheer genius. I mean after all this entire season was about how dire things would be if Thrawn made it back to the galaxy.

And what do we get? "Oh these are acceptable losses, oh they won this round but that showed me their flaws. Oh we don't want to waste our precious resources now do we" Proceeds to throw away a few dozen troopers and a bunch of tie fighters. It's the same as it was in rebels. A mask of false threat over just another imperial.

If I'm a normal person watching this show, and have no concept of rebels, much less the heir to the empire trilogy, I can't imagine they get the sense that Thrawn is a big deal at all.

[starliights-shining]

Hello! Just scrolling through the tag and I came across your account, and your writing is lovely! Since it says requests are opened, might I request an Armada Starscream with a Cybertronian reader(no specified gender) that has a love for shiny/glittery things like gems/stones, or an Energon Ironhide and human reader? If not, that's perfectly fine! I hope you have a wonderful day/night either way <3 - 🌑

HI HI HI! I am sooo sorry this took so long, I am constantly forgetting my ask box doesn't stop at the first three on top! I do enjoy a good Starscream x reader, So I hope I did him justice again! Sorry thissi short, Sill trying to get tha writing spark back. Enjoy :)

Paring: Armada!Starscream X Cybertronian!Reader

He finds it so odd, you're a normal Con like him, why are you so obsessed with shiny trinkets. Sometimes he thinks it's child like and not something a proud Decepticon should do in public, with others around, butttttt we all know Starscream is not know for staying strong in any situation(unless its over throwing Megatron) so he folds. He watches you sift through random piles, on whatever planet you two are on, looking for shiny things. If you're not with him and he see something he will 'gather' it just so he can bring it to your attention and be rewarded handsomely!

Starscream was supposed to be on patrol, but here he is, standing behind you, watching you pick through a random pile of ruble. Your servos picking up piece after piece, you turn around every now and then to show him something cool looking. His optics scanned the back of your helm, sighing before looking away. He guesses this can still be considered patrol, he’s just on the planet instead of in its atmosphere, plus no one will know, besides you and you're pretty good at just acting like you don’t drag the Seeker to do everything.

His optics came back to you, watching as you picked with metal pieces, holding them up in front of your face and moving them slightly to catch the light. You’d done it about seven times before he noticed your pieces were getting smaller and smaller and smaller. You hadn’t squinted to see once, or let out a sigh of boredom, or even moved on from a different pile, you just kept going. 

“Do you ever get bored of that?” 

He’s asked you that question several times throughout the years, and just like the last few times you answered with the same thing. 

“Nope, you never know what you’ll find this time.” 

A smile on your face plating as you looked over your shoulder at him. Your attention span with him was short, you quickly turned your helm back to the pile in front of you, sifting through scrap metal and other random pieces. 

He scoffed, rolling his eyes before turning his attention to the sky. He at least needed to do a little bit of patrolling, just so he has some information to give to Megatron when he returns. So, he did, looking at you before deciding that you’ll be okay and perfectly fine without him for just a few kilicks. 

You spent your time doing exactly what you planned on doing. Servos picking up large car frames, big rocks, and the occasional pressed pile of rusted metal, just to find anything. You found quite the collection, turning around to face Starscream and he wasn’t there. A smile came on your face as you remembered why you were there, patrol, and that's all you needed to know. Turning back around you figured he’d come back to get you when he was done. You chuckled to yourself wondering how long he was gone, since you spent a good bit of that time speaking to ‘him’.  

Stascream was info seeking, by that he was actually doing what he was supposed to be doing, when he thought it was finally a good time to start heading back. He just had to find you again. His optics scanned the ground below him as he flew in the direction he last left you in. Out the corner of his optics he saw something shimmer, just like your collection of things. 

His instincts kicked in, One phrase going through his processor, ‘Pick it up’, he went in its direction. Transforming when he got close enough and went in for the snatch. His servos picked up a gold skinny circle. He moved it around in his servos, grabbing it with his digits to see the siding of it. It has an engraving around it, it had dirt stuck in the engravings. He just sighed, optics looking up and around before he heard your voice over the comms system. 

“Starscream, where are you?” 

He sighed, putting the trinkets he got away before responding. 

“Coming to you, do not move.”

You didn’t respond after that, taking his instructions to heart and not moving to go find him, and before you knew it he showed up. Transforming right in front of you. 

“There you are, Where’d you go?”

“Patrolling,” 

His sentence was sharp, you watched his servo reach for something, before he held it out to you a gold trinket. 

“I found this on my back.” 

His optics trailed away, avoiding contact with your own. You smiled up at him, your own servos coming up to take the trinket out of his. You examined it, holding up to the sun and smiling. After admiring his find you put it with the rest of your trinkets. 

“Thank you Starscream,” 

You placed your servos in his, your smile getting brighter and brighter. 

“As promised, you will be rewarded handsomely. 

You stood in front of him, having to extend your height some just so you can give him a kiss, and another, and another, and another, and one more for good measure. Starscream scoffed, causing you to let out a small giggle. He can pretend he hates your kisses all he wants, but you know he truly loves them. 

[trashyvanillabean]

Gdi I really hope we get to do something nice and fun with Dan Heng after the Wardance because GODDAMN

HoYo please let us take him to Aurum Alley for a date in 2.5.

Please.

He deserves to have a good time for once.

[scribe-of-hael]

New poll

*When I say WAR FOR CYBERTRON I mean the TRILOGY NOT the video game

Thats just dbz trunks va and I find that so funny

[shelfformers]

I took Baystar down for a moment and next I knew it. New stuff is going on.

Starscream what are you doing with Optimus?

Everyone is having different kind of reactions to this

Skywarp is shocked. Thundercracker seems oddly unmoved by this.

And blackout is as usual, hiding.

[the-bonereaders-library]

finished up my arbites tonight and also got my 3d printer working again after quite a while. first thing I decided to print were some C-ROC cruisers for my separatist fleet now that they have access to them, and I didn't want to use the empire gozanti carrier models, and I'm really happy how they turned out for a first print, tho I might try again

bonus, here they are with the rest of the CIS fleet on a very messy work station

[reversemoon255]

FansHobby MB-26 The Saber Team

I don't talk about it here, but I've actually been buying a lot of Transformers lately. I've been doing mini-reviews of them and a few other things over on the Twibblies for a bit now on Sundays. Let me know if you'd be interested in my doing mini-reviews, because if there's no interest, I'm probably not going to do it.

But I have also gotten a few bigger Transformers and adjacent toys that I plan on doing full reviews of (such as this one and eventually the depicted TFLE Armada Optimus).

The Good: I had the old Star Saber set as a kid, and these guys definitely feel like improved versions of those designs. A lot more posability, they hold together as a sword better, and they're 5mm compatible, so any toy (like official Transformers) that uses that hand size can wield it.

And that packaging is a great cherry on top. So cute '_')b

The Bad: These guys use a lot of translucent plastic, and there are places where I'm worried about eventual breakages. I get they use it because the originals did, but I would have preferred solid plastic.

For how well most of the Star Saber comes together, it's a bit of a letdown that not-Sonar (the shuttle) has loose legs as the handle. It would have been nice if they locked somewhere.

Lastly, while the Saber Team have the old style of Minicon ports so they can interact with both the original Armada toys and FansHobby's recreations, it would have been nice if they came with some sort of adapter to make them 5mm compatible so you can attach them to the modern Legacy Armada toys.

Overall, it's a good, fun set, even if Legacy Armada Optimus' hands have that thing that prevent it from properly holding the handle. I have a few minor qualms, but they're cheap enough (when it comes to fan-made toys) that they're easily overlooked. I really like Minicons, so if FansHobby does any more Minicon sets, especially the combining ones, I'll probably pick them up, too.

[alphamecha-mkii]

Armada - Quarterly Kits 2017 Promos - TIE Bomber Squadron by Anthony Devine

[aimishix]

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