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Post by Shockprowl on Jun 3, 2020 21:26:54 GMT
No, Doc'! We're supposed to make him open toys!
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 4, 2020 10:49:39 GMT
But how long until Phil cracks and pays £60 for a Battlemaster he does not have?
-Ralph
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Post by Toph on Jun 5, 2020 2:34:03 GMT
I found the deluxes today, and got Mirage and Scrapface.
I was originally going to pass on Scrapface, because I neither needed, nor wanted a seventh copy of this mold.
But gosh dang, if he isn't the prettiest TF we've had in a long time. And this shiny paint? I would be so down for reissues of every vac-metallized beast era mold, replacing the chrome with this quality paint.
Mirage... It's nice to actually see the details on this mold. The only other version I have is the clear blue "invisible" version. I didn't realize that the fake spoiler chest was an actual seperate piece from the part od the chest everything is attached to. It would take the absolute most minimal effort to turn this mold into Slapdash, and I will be furious if that doesn't happen. But I really wish this version used the toy head, while the invisible version used the cartoon head.
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 5, 2020 8:12:30 GMT
Royal Mail says Mirage and Scrapface due today!
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 5, 2020 8:15:48 GMT
I found the deluxes today, and got Mirage and Scrapface. Out of interest, how plentiful are Deluxes over there? In the UK, their availability has been a bit...fraught. I think the white packaging really pops, compared to the darker Siege ones. Do they stand out on shelves more? -Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 5, 2020 10:39:22 GMT
Mirage and Scrapface have arrived. Alas, Scrapface has a scratch on the face (the roulette of online toy buying). It won't bother me so much when at some point I track down another 2 of him. I must. I have no choice.
-Ralph
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Post by Toph on Jun 5, 2020 14:16:14 GMT
I found the deluxes today, and got Mirage and Scrapface. Out of interest, how plentiful are Deluxes over there? In the UK, their availability has been a bit...fraught. I think the white packaging really pops, compared to the darker Siege ones. Do they stand out on shelves more? -Ralph I can't really speak for their plentifulness, yet. This was one walmart, out of town, and the first time I've been to a walmart in at least two weeks, and the first time I been to that one in over a month. For all I know, they put them out the night before and this is the only store that got them. But in this singular instance, looked to be two or three cases of both deluxes and voyagers, each. They were both stacked on the shelves two high. And I agree on the packaging. But then I have not been a fan of Siege's dark packaging that swallows up the toy.
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 5, 2020 21:48:16 GMT
I think now that I see them in hand, Decepticon Mirage is the stand-out of this line. Amazing paint job. If a fan only wants one W*NC it's that one.
Hotlink and Scrapface also have gorgeous paint jobs in hand.
Actually, I would say the paint jobs on the whole line are great. Even Hound looks good, despite being the least different from its original Siege release.
Definitely getting another 2 Scrapfaces when there are more in the retail chain.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Jun 5, 2020 22:07:37 GMT
What about Megatron? I need to know if I buy now or wait for a sale.
If a 3P company do Hotlink's proper flamethrower I'll have to get him straight away.
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 6, 2020 9:54:30 GMT
Megatron is good. Whether you wait depends on whether you think £40 is worth it for a Voyager and two Battlemasters. I suspect it will shelfwarm as the much cheaper Siege Megatron is still available and this is just a shinier version rather than a radically different repaint (like Mirage).
-Ralph
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Post by Llama God on Jun 6, 2020 13:08:56 GMT
I suspect it will shelfwarm as the much cheaper Siege Megatron is still available and this is just a shinier version rather than a radically different repaint (like Mirage). That's my hope...
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Post by Toph on Jun 6, 2020 14:27:53 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 6, 2020 14:47:59 GMT
And will the recent tapes fit it?
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Jun 6, 2020 15:07:25 GMT
There was an inevitability about there being another Soundwave. It almost felt like he was missing given the number of Siege characters that have been done again.
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Post by Pinwig on Jun 6, 2020 16:32:38 GMT
Soundwave would have to be Voyager. One of the selling points Hasbro have pushed about this line is that the scales are all Sunbow accurate. They wouldn't put a Deluxe Soundwave out when every other figure has been the right height. I just sighed thinking this will mean a bunch of new terrible cassettes - but it probably won't because the Siege cassette alt modes are their Earth ones anyway. They'll probably just reissue the existing toys in Earthrise packaging as wave fillers like they did Astrotrain.
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Post by Pinwig on Jun 6, 2020 21:42:46 GMT
This Mirage is nice, but it hasn't really blown me away. Pretty colours still don't fix the alt mode. I expect the head is show accurate but for a mean Decepticon the other one would have been much better. The paint application is a much better example of how to do this than the Siege battle damage, but that comes with the price increase to twenty quid. Reminds me of the promise we got with the Movie Premier line but at least this time the extra couple of quid is worth it. I was hoping for a but more of the sheen evident on the other figures in the line, the paint here is quite flat.
This might well solve my mould dilemma though. Classics can stay with the main crew and so I've got an example of this mould, this one can be adopted by Toy Show 2017 Black Convoy and UW Baldigus. He'll fit there.
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Post by Toph on Jun 7, 2020 0:07:37 GMT
I'm repurposing mine as RiD Meanstreak- a decepticon who loves racing almost as much as he does winning. So mine is going with those exact toys you mentioned, too.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 7, 2020 11:12:51 GMT
Soundwave: Not previously rumoured, but kind of expected somewhere along the line. Doing the maths on the Voyagers suggests this might be WFC III
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Post by Pinwig on Jun 7, 2020 18:10:54 GMT
Comparing that Soundwave to the Siege one, it looks like a remould to me. We saw that fan mode fix for the Siege one that gave it a cassette deck mode recently. I think that's what this will be with the Ravage/Laserbeak set reissued in Earthrise packaging. Or, as Phil says, WFC3.
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 7, 2020 18:13:37 GMT
I've stared and stared at that Soundwave and it looks the same as the Siege one to me, just like the ER Optimus and Megatron!
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Jun 7, 2020 18:24:06 GMT
With Soundwave you might well be right. I thought the shins were remoulded but it might just be it has no paint detail/battle damage. It's very close to the Siege one.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 7, 2020 19:14:10 GMT
It's subtle, but all the blue pieces you can see are different. At the very least they're remoulded, but I think they're new. The lower legs have a smoother, flatter front at the bottom, an extra vent line on the yellow parts and different sides. The chest is ever so similar but the gap between the hinges is wider and sloped here.
The grey bits are the same, you can see the landing wheel on the back of the arm
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Post by Pinwig on Jun 7, 2020 20:36:59 GMT
I did think the shoulders looked different. This is like a Ratchet/Ironhide type remoulding difference. Maybe this is from an exclusive set that'll come with Buzzsaw. That would make sense because as you say, the retail waves for Voyagers seem full already if Thrust is wave 4.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 9, 2020 9:44:59 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 9, 2020 17:54:23 GMT
All hail the Scrapface.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 10, 2020 9:04:40 GMT
I recall Phil saying this was announced as being at least two waves from the start. Belatedly, the evidence:
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 10, 2020 9:26:55 GMT
Damn it. I will need wave 2 to complete floppy cardboard Teletraan-1.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 10, 2020 9:29:10 GMT
I'm calling it now: wave 2 will have another 'Spoiler' box set.
Actually it would be funny if every wave had a Spoiler box that was just another battle damage Ultra Magnus.
-Ralph
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Post by Llama God on Jun 10, 2020 15:19:38 GMT
Just as long as one day we get Piss Magnus!
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Post by Pinwig on Jun 10, 2020 20:29:21 GMT
Wait, what? My Mirage has a piece of Teletraan 1 in the box? Missed that completely.
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