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Post by Toph on Sept 26, 2020 17:30:48 GMT
I can accept Primal next to Prime and Megatron next to Galvatron. But it's friggin' weird seeing Waspinator face off against Tracks, and Huffer along side Rattrap. It's like the great meeting between Captain Kirk and Captain Picard...and Harry Kim is there too. |
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Post by Toph on Sept 26, 2020 17:43:32 GMT
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Post by Toph on Sept 26, 2020 18:06:09 GMT
Unlike weaponizers and modulators, I think Vertebreak can transform without partsforming.
Which immediately increases my love for him ten fold.
I had previously assumed that Paleotrex partsformed. But now I'm actually wondering about that.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 26, 2020 18:11:10 GMT
He ends up in bits in the video upthread
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Post by Toph on Sept 26, 2020 18:35:14 GMT
Disappointing but originally expected.
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Post by Toph on Sept 26, 2020 18:43:20 GMT
Was Slammer ever confirmed to be the G1 metroplex tank, or was it just assumed to be repaint of Warpath?
Because thinking about it, if there's no actual confirmation, the name easily fits a number of dinosaurs, such as a fossilizer Ankylosaurus or Pachycephalosaurus.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 26, 2020 19:33:48 GMT
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Post by Toph on Sept 26, 2020 19:43:44 GMT
I both do, and don't like this packaging.
It badly hides the toy. I think at this point, it may as well be a completely enclosed box with a great photo of the toy on the front (especially if that window is completely open. I HATE the "open package" trend. However, if it is an open window, I would prefer it to hide as much of the toy as possible).
That said, it works fairly well for the BW guys. It's a nice set of colors that will really pop out on the shelves, and complements them and their art.
But god does it look stupid for Cyclonus. The combination of his awful lavender colors, combined with the theme reversal from the beasts having their alt mode front and center. It just does not work for him.
Edit: AH! I spotted a recycle symbol on front of one of the toys. They're completely enclosed!
So like... I know they're trying to reduce the plastic in packaging, but dude. They could at least show a little more of the toy.
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Post by Toph on Sept 26, 2020 19:48:17 GMT
Optimus's gorilla mode lacks a pot belly! That's why it looks so off, to me!
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Post by Syndication on Sept 26, 2020 20:15:17 GMT
So far I'm going for Cyclonus (I love the Universe one, but sweet jeebus that new one is nice), Warpath (I wanted the older Gens deluxe, but it seems to be very scarce) and Primal and Beast Megatron as my token Beast Wars shelf rep, since the other guys don't interest me terribly much.
As for that poster, I shall finally break my 'no Titans' pledge, because an Ark that turns into The Last Autobot can't be ignored.
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Post by Toph on Sept 26, 2020 20:58:51 GMT
I spy Waspinator, Scorponok, and Dinobot in Blackarachnia's box art.
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Post by Toph on Sept 26, 2020 21:26:51 GMT
I both do, and don't like this packaging. It badly hides the toy. I think at this point, it may as well be a completely enclosed box with a great photo of the toy on the front (especially if that window is completely open. I HATE the "open package" trend. However, if it is an open window, I would prefer it to hide as much of the toy as possible). That said, it works fairly well for the BW guys. It's a nice set of colors that will really pop out on the shelves, and complements them and their art. But god does it look stupid for Cyclonus. The combination of his awful lavender colors, combined with the theme reversal from the beasts having their alt mode front and center. It just does not work for him. Edit: AH! I spotted a recycle symbol on front of one of the toys. They're completely enclosed! So like... I know they're trying to reduce the plastic in packaging, but dude. They could at least show a little more of the toy. So looking at Warpath, I've concluded that it's just Cyclonus that looks terrible with this packaging, and not G1 guys in general. His lavender clashing badly, the extreme focus on the robot while almost everyone else has the alt mode front and center. Because Warpath looks fine. Though I do suspect other G1 guys like sportscars like Tracks may face similar issues. I can't imagine a bright blue corvette not looking extremely weird in a prehistoric volcanic hellscape. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 26, 2020 22:21:03 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 26, 2020 22:41:42 GMT
ID's preorders show the price increases - extra pound on deluxe/voyager and leaders £49.
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 26, 2020 22:46:32 GMT
Actually that said, on Star they're the same as usual. Pound extra on Megatron. But then ID have a tendency to cost more than everyone else.
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Sept 26, 2020 23:00:38 GMT
Paleotrex and Vertebreak pre-ordered.  |
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Post by Toph on Sept 26, 2020 23:09:16 GMT
I got all the beasts preordered. Skipped the G1 guys.
The more I see it the worse Warpath looks, especially compared to the glory of the previous Generations version which I already have.
Cyclonus I can leave or take. Not terribly impressed, but will probably grab it if I find it in hand. But I have two copies of the U2 version, and two copies of the CW/UW version which was really bad, and didn't really want those.
The mini-prime doesn't look great, and i have no need for a second G1 optimus at this scale when I never figured out anything to do with the first one.
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 26, 2020 23:27:34 GMT
I'm not sure what to make of all this. Go all in? Not bother? Buy a few? I don't know. Optimus Primal and Megatron look amazing, but I think I'd rather just get the originals back out. The fossilbots are too Bayverse for me. Maybe I need Primal, Megatron and Cheetor to go with T30 Rattrap, Rhinox, Waspinator and LG Blackarachnia. That'll probably do me.
The G1s are essential, but it leaves me wondering what to do with CW Cyclonus. Definitely superceded, but do I keep him because he's a combiner core?
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Post by Toph on Sept 27, 2020 0:01:17 GMT
With the singular exception of Huffer, there hasn't been one confirmed or rumored G1 character who hasn't already been done in a significant way, at least once before.
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Post by Toph on Sept 27, 2020 0:28:24 GMT
It just hit me, that despite being arguable one of, if not the most popular TF in the fandom, that this is the first time Megatron has been touched in fifteen years. (Not counting the odd botcon repaint)
I mean, kinda woulda thought he'd have made it into "T30"
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Post by Llama God on Sept 27, 2020 0:57:09 GMT
Really liking the majority of these - and the ones I’m not too fussed about aren’t bad by any means either.
Primal is superb. I didn’t think I’d be interested in him, given how perfect the original toy is. This one lacks the fun action features, it’s true, but the gorilla mold sculpt is great - very expressive. That for me is what makes this one a must-get.
Vertebreak I also love the look of, and would have been getting even just for the name, but she looks really interesting. And core Prime is cute, just because of the size - although something about him makes me think of Authentics...
The others are already known, but this is a good looking selection. The only real problem is that we’d seen so many of them already...
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 27, 2020 10:10:57 GMT
It amuses me that diddy Prime can't really hold his gun: he is holding the post that goes into the handle!
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Sept 27, 2020 11:22:15 GMT
Some lovely looking figures in there. I am very pleased for all you Beast Wars fans!
Like others have said, the Beasties and the G1ies side by side is a bit jarring. And it seems Earthrise is over before it's started! Shame they couldn't do all the Earth in Earthrise, then the Beasts in Kingdom. They do seem to rush so. It's crazy. Makes me giddy.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 27, 2020 12:36:37 GMT
So who's on here that hasn't been revealed: news.tfw2005.com/2020/09/26/hasbro-pulsecon-2020-transformers-kingdom-toy-reveals-420380 BW Scorponok
BW Polar Claw
G1 Gears
G1 Galvatron
Gator Fossiliser
BW Airazor (beast mode)
Ractonite (Styracosaur)
Sabertooth Fossiliser on Optimus Primal
Ark Titan (reminiscent of the Last Autobot)
G1 Inferno
G1 Huffer
BW Waspinator
G1 Tracks
G1 Ultra Magnus Earth Mode
BW Rhinox Earthrise Reissues? Soundwave
Starscream
Wheeljack
Arcee
Optimus Prime Of all those I think Polar Claw, Gears and Soundwave are the only toys not previously rumoured or in a listing leak. Missing from prior rumours and listing leaks are Core Megatron
Core Starscream
Core Fossiliser Dracodon
Pipes: EAN # 5010993782246
Slammer: EAN # 5010993782185
Shadow Panther: EAN # 5010993782215
Fossiliser Wingfinger (Pteranadon): EAN # 5010993782130
Tigatron
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Post by Syndication on Sept 27, 2020 12:55:24 GMT
Annoyingly, resident TFW leaker Apollux has claimed Polar Claw and Gears were intended but scrapped. Hopefully they still show up in some form.
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Post by Llama God on Sept 27, 2020 13:13:41 GMT
My biggest disappointment is that we didn't see any Core class figures yesterday other than Prime (and Rattrap, of course, but that's different). I want to see who else they've downsized. Because tiny figures do always make me go "cor"...
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 27, 2020 14:02:02 GMT
Probably because it makes sense just to show wave 1?
-Ralph
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Post by Benn on Sept 27, 2020 14:05:08 GMT
Annoyingly, resident TFW leaker Apollux has claimed Polar Claw and Gears were intended but scrapped. Hopefully they still show up in some form. I hope if that were the case then they'd have just cropped the image off before then. You wouldn't be losing anything else in terms of announced/unannounced toys and it wouldn't harm the composition. |
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 27, 2020 14:20:15 GMT
The rumours (which have been right so far it seems) said Megatron and Starscream too.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 27, 2020 14:50:38 GMT
My biggest disappointment is that we didn't see any Core class figures yesterday other than Prime (and Rattrap, of course, but that's different). I want to see who else they've downsized. Because tiny figures do always make me go "cor"... Vertebreak is core class too |
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