#Roller Force

[thelastgherkin]

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Earthrise Micromaster Race Track Patrol: Roller Force and Ground Hog

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I took a cool picture of the plastic robots

[jimclassicstoycollection]

Transformers

War For Cybertron

Earthrise

Roller Force & Ground Hog 

by Hasbro (2021)

I don’t exactly remember when I got this set, but I picked it up at a Big Lots for about $6.

I don’t really have a lot to say about some Micromasters, but Roller Force and Ground Hog are Decepticon Micromasters. Okay, well I guess I’ve said enough about them.

Alright, fine...

Roller Force is a blue sports car while Ground Hog is a pink race car.

They both look okay, and roll well.

In robot mode they both stand adequately, however Ground Hog is a little back heavy, and sometimes has a problem with stability.

They both have basic articulation, ball jointed shoulders and hip, hinged knees, and waist swivel.

In the original G1 toys, this Micromaster team had a third member, Barricade. Maybe THIS Barricade? Who knows, but I’ve decided that Roller Force and Groun Hog are his Irregulars. 

It’s a Sherlock Holmes thing...

Oh yea...the two can combine to become a ‘gun’, which the style at the time...

It looks stupid.

It’s a big ‘ol shoulder cannon? It’s a mess of a look.

Roller Force and Ground Hog, are just okay. I’m glad that I got them for cheap, and Barricade’s got the band back together.

[chronurgy]

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[ohnoitspheo]

All my Coastergirls so far! 🎢

[comicallysmallcereals]

Thought I’d post a bunch of my old malevolent doodles since they’ve just been laying around.

[prrplefungi]

I got myself some roller blades!!! Its kinda hard to learn how to use them but its fun, hopefully im good at them by summertime

[saturnniidae]

Modern AU Astrid would like rollerderby I think. She'd be on a team with Ruff and Heather. She'd be a blocker, along with Heather (you get to shove people) and I feel like Ruff would be a good jammer. The rest of their friends come to cheer them on at matches and even practice sometimes

Another great part of rollerderby is you get to pick a cool name for yourself! Heather literally already has the perfect one, "Heather the Unhinged" goes so unbelievably hard

Astrid would also do kickboxing. On the side. Also for their first date Hiccup takes her axe throwing in an attempt to woo her with something she enjoys. (Totally not so he can stare at her biceps while she throws.. what Totally Not. He's so unbelievably intimidated by her strength; he is head over heels) He thinks it's worth it even if he looks pathetic in comparison (it's okay tho she helps him out)

[shadystranger]

the switch from worry for sam to appealing.. oh he knows how to fuck him up so perfectly tailored for him

[quiet-gal]

Help me

[darklight-phantasm]

they were born in eatistan, baptized in mother lake, studied cuntology in servington together and graduated with gagree

[flojector]

i have literal hundred of these little clips from various rides and after recently discovering this gif making feature… yay! so now you can see them

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Swap Force time trials

[all-things-skylanders]

I'd like to see some Roller Brawl headcanons since she's my favorite

Here you go! I was surprised to see that despite her being a fan-favorite, Roller Brawl never seems to appear in any extended universe media aside from the TV Show, where she's still very minor.

Updated Origin Story:

Roller Brawl was always a free spirit, not interested in wasting her life as some castlebound vampire tasked with picking up the family blood business. Her parents disapproved, though, as their age and traditional mindsets didn't approve of their "youngest son's" lifestyle.

Every night, her brothers and her would sneak out of the castle and go live free of the harsh hold their parents held over them, and Roller Brawl quickly found herself among the lights and blades of the Undead roller derby. She made some friends, and soon began to take up competitions, able to be the young, speed demoness she wanted to be, instead of some uppity prince to an empire she would never inherit.

When she won the Undead Roller Derby League, Kaos revealed himself as an admirer, and demanded she become his bride. Naturally, Roller Brawl refused, and her brothers backed her up. Kaos, not one to take 'No' for an answer, kidnapped her brothers and sealed them in a place far away, trying to force Roller Brawl to get with him.

Roller Brawl refused, and tried to return home, only to be refused, due to them seeing the loss of her brothers as "his fault".

Roller Brawl wandered skylands, chasing the wind and running from her problems, always seeking out faster and faster speeds, until she ran so far from home that she ended up at Skylander's Academy, where she met her future best friends, Cynder and Hex. Now, Roller Brawl fights as a Skylander, hoping that she'll be able to find her brothers eventually.

Misc Headcanons:

Roller Brawl is trans-femme (Not the most original headcanon, but most Skylanders blogs I see agree with it, and who am I to deny fate?) and a Lesbian.

Roller Brawl has a crush on Hex, but will never admit it to herself, since Hex and Stealth Elf are already together.

Roller Brawl became a Supercharger as a way to reach even faster speeds, and she occasionally dons her Bone Bash persona to go to Car Races.

Roller Brawl is far more cynical than most Skylanders, having a glass-half-empty mindset that she hides beneath her "fun loving racer" persona.

Roller Brawl regularly has races with Tread Head, Fryno and Freeze Blade.

That's what I could come up with for Roller Brawl. Do you like it? I'm always down for feedback, as long as it's polite ^^

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Dorney Park! - 5/19/21

Decided to not let this trip report have a two week long gap like my Great America post did, so I'll write it out now!

Made my first trip of the year to Dorney Park this past weekend! I went by myself for about 5 hours or so and got on everything I had wanted to ride. Lines were very minimal, with the longest (not accounting for a short maintenance delay) being maybe 20 mins. Got a bunch of re-rides on the park's major coasters and I'm sure I'll be able to get more later in the summer, since Dorney is my home park lol. But here are some pics I got, and then like for my Great America post, thoughts about my individual rides will be below them!

Here's my breakdown of what I rode!

Iron Menace - Coaster Credit #169! (Rode twice) I am so glad Dorney finally got a brand new coaster after so long! Their last new coaster was Stinger in 2012 (which was a relocation, and closed in 2018), and their last custom built coaster was Hydra way back in 2005 (Possessed, opened in 2008, was also a relocation). I really liked Iron Menace for what it was though! It looks absolutely FANTASTIC for it's plot of land, and it's directly in front of you as you drive into the park. Makes for a fantastic first impression! The ride itself was pretty much what I expected (in a good way), it's definitely the weakest of the three dive coasters I've ridden, since it doesn't have the scale of Valravn and Sheikra, but I thought it had some fun elements and some surprisingly strong positive forces. The main downside is that it's a short ride, at only maybe 40 seconds or so after the drop. But all things considered, I think it's a great fit for Dorney and I LOVE it's theme! The Steelyard area around it looks pretty good as well! Currently, I have Iron Menace at 56th in my rankings between Flight Deck at California's Great America, and Medusa at Six Flags Great Adventure, but that could be subject to change once I decide if I like this or Hydra more lol.

Steel Force - (Rode twice) I'd heard during the park's Winter Chill Out event back in March that they we're speeding up the chain lift on Steel Force this year since (I believe) they had gotten a new lift motor or something to that effect, so I was excited to see how it rode this year. I didn't really notice a significant difference in the speed or airtime, but that wasn't a huge deal to me since I really enjoy Steel Force. A lot of people give it and the other Morgan hypers flack for not having any airtime, and I just don't see that. I always get tons of air over this hills, especially on the return trip. Then the double helix turnaround acts as a good change of pace with some good positives. So Steel Force still retains it's place as my favorite at the park.

Thunderhawk - (Rode once) Thunderhawk is a ride that's had my opinions on it change a lot over the years. When I first rode it the first time I went to Dorney in 2012, I did not like it. I remember it being really rough and uncomfortable. Over the last few years though, the park has been doing a really good job taking care of it and it's running really well now. My ride this time had surprisingly strong airtime, which I was not expecting. The main problem I had this time, and why I only rode it once, was because I got stapled BAD and the surprisingly strong airtime made for a rather uncomfortable experience lol. But for a ride that's celebrating it's 100th birthday this year, it's still really solid I'd say.

Hydra the Revenge - (Rode twice) Hydra is such a weird little ride but I love it. Lots of funky inversions, especially for a floorless coaster, and you gotta love the hangtime on the jojo roll out of the station. It's running a little shaky this year but not too bad as long as you keep your head forward, as is the case with a lot of B&M loopers. That's nothing new for Hydra as well, since in my experience it's always had a bit of a rattle. I love how dynamic its forces are though between hangtime, airtime, positives and a little bit of whip coming down the first drop in the back row. At the moment, I'm not sure if I'd take it over Iron Menace as my third fav in the park, so that's something I'll have to think about next time I'm back there lol

Talon - (Rode once) I really enjoy Talon as well, which finds itself as my second fav in the park after Steel Force. Very snappy and forceful inversions and it still runs pretty smooth. I especially love the super intense high banked turn right up against the ground towards the end of the ride. The one thing that's a little disappointing is that the park took out the signs underneath you as you go up the lift hill. They were spaced out and said thing like "Going up" "No turning back!" "Getting closer..." as you went up the lift hill, with the last one at the crest saying "Goodbye!" as you go over the drop. They didn't affect the actual ride at all, but I thought they were a funny little thing the park decided to put in. They may have removed them prior to this year, since I didn't go to Dorney a lot between 2020 and now, but this is the first time I noticed it at least. Anways, gotta love Talon, real solid invert all around. I would've rode it more than once, but it got a bit of a longer line towards the end of my visit that I didn't feel like waiting in lol

Possessed - (Rode once) I've never been a huge fan of Intamin's Impulse coasters, and I've always thought Possessed was just kind of okay. It's got a fun launch, and since I was sitting towards the back row, the feeling of height looking straight down on the vertical back spike was pretty cool, but other than that, the ride doesn't do a whole lot for me. I wished the holding break on the vertical spike still worked like it used to, that would make the ride a bit more unique at least, but it's still fine enough without it.

Other than the coasters, I rode two other rides, both of them being drop towers lol. One was Dominator, the park's 200 foot S&S drop tower. I rode the shot side that blasts you up to free fall down and I thought it was way more tame than I remembered, which was unfortunate. Then the other drop tower I rode was Demon Drop, which is one of the very few rides out there that still kinda wigs me out lmao. Something about the moving forward from the lift shaft to the drop track and the fact that the ride looks, sounds, and feels like it's made of sheet metal still kinda gets to me lol. I love it though, and for as rare of a ride that it is, being the last of it's kind in the country, if it's running, you gotta give it a ride.

So overall, I had a fun time at Dorney! It's not the biggest or best park in the world by any means, but it serves its purpose as a regional theme park well and offers things that are fairly unique from other area parks like Hersheypark, Knoebels and Great Adventure. Once the waterpark opens for the season (they were having their season passholder preview day when I was there), then it becomes more of a full day park, since their waterpark is really solid. So I'm sure I'll get back later this summer and you'll get another post full of my ramblings lmao.