Transformer Legacy United

[The Doctor]

No, Pinwig, no!

-Ralph

[Shockprowl]

Oct 11, 2023 20:30:34 GMT Pinwig said:

Nothing wrong with the first series of Blackadder!

Yeah, good point, Pins. It's the weaker of the innings, but darn good TV 'n no mistake.

[Pinwig]

Exactly. I'd take Bladder 1 over most modern tosh like that Mrs Brown shite.

[Shockprowl]

WORD! (Do people still say that expression?)


...I wonder when the Bl'adder posts will warp-threaded...

[The Doctor]

Oct 11, 2023 21:28:15 GMT Pinwig said:

Exactly. I'd take Bladder 1 over most modern tosh like that Mrs Brown shite.

I am with you there.

-Ralph

[Philip Ayres]

Hasbro Designer Mark Maher Markclonus on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CydXqeeOrWl

Oh my my my, a Monday Morning #Markclonus post! Mmm mmm 😋
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Feast your 👀 on the mighty fiesty fan favorite Legacy United Deluxe Cyberverse Windblade!
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Koki Yamada san has just been blessing these Legacy Generations figures and my excitement to work with him cannot be contained!
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She does resemble her appearance in Cyberverse as I felt in my heart her character persona and features in that series really stood out. But, this figure adopts traits and style tidbits from her first generations figure and her appearance in the machinima series. I did peek at alot of the comic styles of her and the Legacy United fusion has welcomed this sleek, aerodynamic version of her to slice into your collection.
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Move over Knockout, cause this heart throb is a fierce warrior with a plethora of abilities. Her stormfall sword will ignite with energon essence due to its shear power. Her tessen head fan actually has a special ability that can assist with her city speaker powers but I’ll let you all play that story out on your own! Her face deco came out so clean and gorgeous, I focus alot of energy towards head sculpts as I feel its what brings the soul of the character to life.
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Please enjoy the rotating turbofans in this super sonic jet mode. The stormfall swords turbine hilt is able to be plugged into her side thigh and also can be utilized as a fire blast engine effect. Did I mention the cockpit seats that Koki san slipped in there, bringing them diaclone pilot vibes back into the mainstream is always welcomed.
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Up next…?

[The Doctor]

Seats!!!

-ralph

[Benn]

The more I see of this the more I'm vibing with it.

[jonathan85]

Oct 16, 2023 13:31:38 GMT Philip Ayres said:

Hasbro Designer Mark Maher Markclonus on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CydXqeeOrWl

Oh my my my, a Monday Morning #Markclonus post! Mmm mmm 😋
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Feast your 👀 on the mighty fiesty fan favorite Legacy United Deluxe Cyberverse Windblade!

Ooooh, that looks really nice. Tempted by that one!

[Toph]

I'm really surprised that her wings aren't removable, because retractable wings are the only feature she has that sets her design apart from her G1 and Aligned counterparts.

[Stomski]

I don't know if it's because Silverbolt was the first figure I bought as an adult so as to start me collecting, but that new Silverbolt looks really good.

[Philip Ayres]

Hasbro Designer Mark Maher Markclonus on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cyo3Vk6MNdD/

Make room on the shelf for this analytical do gooder, Legacy United Deluxe Rescue Bot Chase is ready to arrest some decepticreeps!
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I worked on this stern fellow with the amazing legend Kunihiro san! The magic that the Takara designers perform is hard to capture in words.
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So a ways back at one of the Botcon’s I had the opportunity to do some sketches for fans at the Hasbro booth. I was really surprised how many people requested Rescue Bot characters. It always sat in the back of my mind as a thing I would love to do. The show is for a certain age group but honestly, its quite entertaining for all. Imagine older versions or graduated bots that have moved up in the autobot ranks and get to actually receive orders from Optimus. I hope a few of you have had that vision and dream of these great characters moving up into the big boy toys! What other perfect time then the 40th anniversary to accomplish these cool things in Transformers land.
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I thought it essential to give him his energon capture claw to really lean into the character persona, but I also didn’t want him to be left with no blasters just in case things got hairy. The ability to take off each of the claw hooks and use them as some daggers in some tight hand to hand combat I felt was also necessary. After all, we are trying protect and serve the Autobot cause here and lets face it, Decepticons like Bludgeon definitely don’t play fair.
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Deco and colors for this guy was really hard to accomplish due to the amount of different tint colors on him, I really enjoy how the two tone lightbar came out in production
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Don’t forget to break out the other rescue big boy bots, cause standing alongside Red Alert here really makes me want to dig into some more. I couldn’t find my Medix so maybe next time those two can hang out, maybe get a coffee and a 🍩! 😎
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Let me know whose the next big want for another Rescue bot team member and don’t forget to watch the 10/27 event with the @bmacatron84 and me!!!

[Philip Ayres]

https://x.com/TF_pr/status/1714197052500988002?s=20

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TL-58 Silver Bolt This is the size compared to the already released product "KD-05 Black Arachnia"!
(Silver bolt total length: approx. 160mm)

Click here to make a reservation ⇒ takaratomymall.jp/shop/g/g4904810933182/

※ The image is a prototype, so the final specifications, shape, and coloring may differ.

[Pinwig]

I haven't bought any BW updates but I might get Silverbolt just so I can put him unopened next to the original Silverbolt I bought that I also never opened.

[The Doctor]

You should just open the original then. Save yourself some cash.

-Ralph

[Philip Ayres]

An unopened BW Silverbolt is probably worth something now

[Pinwig]

Funny thing about him, like TMII Megatron, he is still technically on the 'to open' pile. He's just been there quite a while.

[Jim]

A mint BW Silverbolt was on my list for this year (got to get all those Fuzors!), and the prices for him both loose and sealed have been all over the place, you could pay anything between 40 and 120 GBP for him. I got a sealed Metals Silverbolt for about 60 EUR in the end.

Great toy anyway, and this update is looking really nice. Not sure a premium repaint could improve enough on what we've seen.

[Philip Ayres]

MCM Comiccon display pics inc United wave 1

news.tfw2005.com/2023/10/27/mcm-london-comic-con-2023-hasbro-booth-legacy-united-wave-1-on-display-more-497899

[Philip Ayres]

Silverbolt's robot mode on the 1027 stream


news.tfw2005.com/2023/10/27/legacy-united-commander-magmatron-revealed-497931

[Philip Ayres]

Hasbro designer Mark Maher Markclonus on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CzcUTh_ulMH/

Surrender… or be TERMINATED! Oooo baby, Legacy Leader Tigerhawk is not to be messed with, so make alotta room in your collection for this beasty boss who means business!!!
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Shu san over at Takara really took the tiger by the stripes on this one. As I constantly say, the magic and hardwork from the TT team is just truly making mine and hopefully your dreams come true.
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This dude is fully armed with gatling wing blasters that have 3 forms of attachments, two airbrushed razor sharp feathered swords, a double barreled handheld blaster, and a whole lot of asymmetrical details that will leave you dizzy with delight!.
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Did I mention I used the sculpts from Tigertron and Airrazor from the Kingdom toy line to give this fuzor the extra bit of official fusion he deserved. Beautiful sculpts by the way so please peep those gems in the photos!
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For the first time ever animation color accurate deco that even has the crescent 🌙 orange-yellow eye designs underneath this wicked green translucent visor. The metallics on this beasty boy will just shimmer shine your way into blissful joy during a fun photoshoot sesh or just playfully imagining him stunning dragon megs. I unfortunately couldn’t find mine to show the comparison, my toy room is completely out of hand and my time is nonexistent, but… I hand to pull some images together to showcase this guys prowess.
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A huge thank you to all of you for all the love and true inspiration that keeps the energon pumping into my fuel tanks, without yall just constantly thriving in the love and passion for this brand none of us would be able to do what we do!
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🐅 🦅

[legios]

Those "gatling wing-blasters" mentioned in the puff-piece appear to have outer barrels set up to rotate around a central larger-calibre barrel. The logical part of my mind develops a headache trying to work out in what world this would ever make sense, compared to having the large-calibre weapon and a separate rotary gun...

The mecha fan in me just smiles and observes that Tigerhawk has become a little bit Extra during their sabbatical. Perhaps watching a lot of Gundam Wing? :-)

I've mixed feelings about this. I think they've made a great stab at getting this to work under the current ground rules. But I'm not enamoured of the mix of proportions between the back half, and front half of the chimera mode. Yes, it makes sense if you look at it as a literal "glued a bird form and a tiger form together" chimera, but the original had more of an even visual proportion across it - more of a "we amalgamated all of both of them and sculpted a single new chimerical creation from that mass" feel to it. (I'm not explaining this well, but this is as best as I can put it into words).

The humanoid mode is great though. They look fantastic in that form, and I think they are going to have amazing shelf presence.

Also - anyone know what that display stand in the fifth image is? I don't recall seeing it before and it has some interesting Action Base style functionality by the look of it.

Karl

[Philip Ayres]

Core Class w1 found in Canada

news.tfw2005.com/2023/11/26/generations-legacy-united-wave-1-core-class-out-in-canada-499644

Tasmania Kid review

www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/legacy-united-core-class-tasmania-kid.1256530/

[Philip Ayres]

Core Energon Megatron pictures

www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/legacy-united-core-class-energon-universe-megatron-in-hand-images.1256548/

[Benn]

I assume it's just the quality of the photos but that Megatron looks very cheap, like a Poundland toy.

[Philip Ayres]

In Hand Thundertron

news.tfw2005.com/2023/12/05/transformers-legacy-united-prime-universe-thundetron-in-hand-images-500236

[Pinwig]

Curiously compelling I find. Need him, not sure why.

[Toph]

I find myself in a dilemma.
I have the original. So my plan was to wait for whatever this mold is intended to be.
However, I also have all three recolors of the original.

My friend however loves three things very much: Transformers, lions, and pirates. Thundertron was designed for her. She's getting this version.
But now I'm wondering if I shouldn't give her my copy of the original, too, and get this version to represent the character in my collection?

[legios]

I am of mixed feelings with this. I kind of like this, but I think the original toy is more interesting visually - and also looks more on the "mechanical being" than "purple bloke" end of the scale in humanoid mode.

Not keen on the whole detachable foot thing. That seems like a recipe for ending up loose in short order. I think I prefer the in proportion shoulder pads with claws on to the massive lumps of plastic.

On the other hand the lion mode on this one feels like it has more leonine proportions, whereas the original feels somehow more lupine to me.

I think I'm leaning in the direction that if I want to own a Thundertron for a while I might be better grabbing an original and letting this go by...

(Assuming that I am moved at some point to pick up either that is.)

Karl

[Pinwig]

I wonder what uses there could be for a detachable foot in general.