Transformer Legacy United

[Benn]

That alt mode is terrible.

[The Doctor]

I'll stick with TR Quake. The endless remake cycle is grinding me down.

-Ralph

[Pinwig]

Oh Hasbro. You're always so close, yet you always manage to shoot yourself in the foot.

Weeelll, we could just never transform it?

I'm feeling the need for comparison photos with the TR one. PHIL!!!!!

[Philip Ayres]

Jun 11, 2024 18:54:40 GMT Pinwig said:

Oh Hasbro. You're always so close, yet you always manage to shoot yourself in the foot.

Weeelll, we could just never transform it?

I'm feeling the need for comparison photos with the TR one. PHIL!!!!!

[Philip Ayres]

Jun 11, 2024 12:27:27 GMT Philip Ayres said:

Slipstream revealed by Mark Maher on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/markclonus/p/C8Ey4mYuyz9/

[Philip Ayres]

Jun 11, 2024 17:09:45 GMT Philip Ayres said:

Quake revealed - Partial of Skullgrin

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/C8FCU5OO5WG/?img_index=1

[Philip Ayres]

Jun 11, 2024 17:25:30 GMT Benn said:

That alt mode is terrible.

What little remains of Skullgrin is the other way round here in tank mode, chest and arms.

Colours far too bright, too much of the red.

[Philip Ayres]

[Philip Ayres]

Slipstream BTS Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/C8F5Howu9aD/

For todays reveal, I wanted to make sure you got to see the final product photos with our awesome Legacy United background. But nowwwww, I couldn’t wait to get some shots of her myself, even if the colors are not final. I wanted to make sure to show off all the positions for the null ray blasters, a decepticon seeker must! 😎
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So please, do yourself a favor and scan through all the photos. I saw most of you were looking for a voyager scale to be equal with Starscream and I have noted that to the team. But, BUT, this cyberverse styled Slipstream hits hard in hand. If nothing else the colors, the colors, ohhhh the glorious tones of color, what a symphony to the 👀 here! I actually dig the petite scale difference with ol SS.
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If there is somthing I learned here on @instagram is its the fandom for Transformers is not only a lovable passionate group, but everyone is extremely opinionated! 🤣 Its near impossible to satisfy everyones wants and needs, you can only go with your gut instinct in the end and 🤞🏻hope everyone sees what you were at least trying to accomplish!
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Big shouts out to Koki san over in Takara Tomy who worked on this glorious tool! The articulation and transformation is solid, and please take a good look at her backside cause its looking just as good as the front! That super sonic cybertronian influenced jet design tho, it just screams hypersonic speeds beating all sorts of astrocycle tests!
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You can see the main differences in final product will be the teal color is metallic in the final product but its NOT metallic here. Also, the canopy is tinted teal in final product but NOT here, it is clear, so for final product, AGAIN, metallic teal and teal tinted cockpit!
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Quake next!

[Philip Ayres]

Quake BTS

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/C8GM1yKslnY/

Oh my my my these bad boys are coming atchya and the autobots are gonna be in a world of pain. Welcome a powerful double targetmaster whose thunderous blast shakes the earth, Legacy United Quake has come to drop some tiptop heat 🔥!
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My homey Tomo san from Takara has just been knocking it out the park with these earth shattering partials! He led the way on this dude and I played a little catch up when it came to my lil target master darlings😹!
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Its wild how these colors come off so bright in photos but in hand the deep saturated tones melt your heart. His face sculpt really sings up close and the details on the new molded Target Masters make this guy a must have. He has multiple blast compatible weapons and movable gun barrel turret.
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Being based off of skullgrin makes this dude the perfect size to complete his target master gang! More reveals tomorrow, Im already exhausted after one day! 😅

[Llama God]

That's an absolute swing and a miss with Slipstream, there. I know that her first toy was also a retool of Windblade, but she's meant to be more Seeker-like - and absolutely is in Cyberverse. "Cyberverse Universe" indeed, my shiny metal skidplate. But then if they'd really wanted her to be show-accurate that would have meant adding another female body-type to the line of molds, and everyone knows that female characters all look the same...

As for Quake, I don't hate it. The face sculpt is good, and the alt-mode is actually kind of endearing. But I have the Titans Return one, which is miles better, so that's also a pass.

[Benn]

Two new female body types, given the Chromia travesty. I dislike Slipstream less though, simply because of how good Windblade's toy is.

Quake is really not hitting at all for me. The reds are all over the place depending on which photo you look at. I don't know if I should try and get one (even if waiting on a sale) just so I can keep the TR one with the TR collection...

[The Doctor]

The way this lot are going they're will be yet another Quake along shortly anyway!

-Ralph

[Dezzeh]

I like Slipstream colours, didnt bother with this Windblade so might pick that up.
Quake colours are doing nothing for me however and I don't really need a Skullgrin retool..

[Philip Ayres]

Deluxe Optimus Revealed

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/markclonus/p/C8H0sH8Osze

🎤 Mic check..1..2..(thud) just in time for the 40th anniversary celebration I welcome a familiar face to the Legacy United line! Thats right folks, it be Optimus Prime at the deluxe scale featuring his toy style, but with a whole lotta 🤩 #fun !
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Shuhei Umeza san the talented wizard worked on this dude with me! What a vibe its been working with Shu san, such a solid guy! 🤜🏻 💥 🤛🏻
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Lemme break down the deets, please read in your Blurr voice! 😂 whose better then a deluxe articulated Prime that comes with his blue metallic tinted matrix of leadership, his toy styled black blaster, his animation styled ion blaster cannon, 5 mm ports in various strategic places, lightpiping yellow eyes, weapon storage on the back freightliner truck bed, the ability to hitch to multiple trailers 😉, smokestack upgrades, cybertron radial pvc rubber tires, nobody nobody nobodyyyyyyyyy!!
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When I was a kid I used to dream of things like this, I always wanted my Optimus to have permanently attached fists and I always wanted that dang blaster to fit in his hands smmoooothly, so many other things dreaming 🛌 well wake up fans, he is here and you can preorder this beauty this Thursday at 1 pm et!
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Please note the colors are just like the og toy even though this toy sample I had to photo is an early sample, colors and apperances are varied!

[The Doctor]

Glad I got ML Prime.

Though like a hypocrite I will of course get the inevitable Nemesis Prime and Ultra Magnus repaints of this.

-Ralph

[Toph]

Give Optimus the ER trailer, a derick yaniger head, and a slew of absurd weapons, and give us a proper Comic Edition G2 Optimus Prime, please!

[Andy Turnbull]

Jun 12, 2024 17:33:33 GMT Toph said:

Give Optimus the ER trailer, a derick yaniger head, and a slew of absurd weapons, and give us a proper Comic Edition G2 Optimus Prime, please!

HEAR HEAR!

[Andy Turnbull]

I will of course be getting this.

[The Doctor]

I knew you'd say that.

-Ralph

[The Huff]

I hope this means more new figures in the original toy asthetic. I know we have Missing Link too, but it would also be nice to have alternatives not beholden to the exact size and engineering etc of the originals.

[Philip Ayres]

A few more toy heads would not go amiss even if we have to buy a Minibot boxset to get them

[Kingoji]

I like the Quake.
Slipstream should have been Maxima, for a bit of a deep dive.
The Optimus looks fab, even though I own the ML.

[Pinwig]

I wonder what the evolution of this and ML is. Do you think Takara saw Hasbro's idea for this and went, 'nah, sod that, we'll do this with the original'?

I quite like it. I will be having one. Mind you, that said, there'll be a dozen different versions of this in time.

I like the G2 Ramjet feel to Slipstream.

[shaggydave76]

Err, he's a bit small.
Aren't we meant to be getting a Commander Class Optimus next year. . . Or is that Studio Series '86?

[Philip Ayres]

SS86 and supposedly this year.

Waiting for an announcement still

[Andy Turnbull]

I think the commander classs is the Studio 86

[Philip Ayres]

Metalhawk PR

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/markclonus/reel/C8IeCdNuHMS/

On to the Voyagers!! I’ll start with this dashing package refresh of Legacy United Metalhawk! But, whats this, I was able to switch colors to the more vibrant toy pretender shell!?!?
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So as you all know this fierce hunk was a partial tooling off of the Cyclonus mold and the homey @naveskoorb got to work on the development of this dude. For those of you who don’t know, our Evan Brooks is somewhat of a Japanese guru when it comes to TF. His knowledge and passion towards the brand is a blessing to us all!
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Now I know what yall gonna say, that gold doesn’t match the og toy! Egads and gadzooks man Markclonus screwed us again!! 😂🤣 honestly molded plastic gold is kind of a headache in production and there is only a few pantone golds I know are solid in terms of color pop and longevity. So much like alot of things on the brand, I turn to my gut to guide the way! Also, since we usually don’t get to change colors on a package refresh of an item, I had to keep it really close to the first release, but I thought it was important for a variant release of this guy! Great figure!
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To note, all the colors here are accurate and I don’t have in hand samples unfortunately to do a posed out posting 🥲.
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But what I can promise you is this, another voyager reveal tomorrow!!! 😃 hooray!

Evolution version:

Jan 31, 2023 16:23:40 GMT Philip Ayres said:

Voyager Metalhawk revealed!

[Philip Ayres]

Galvatron Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/C8IwV0ruuDu/

Hi Transformer fans,

As promised, here’s a look at the upcoming core class figures:

Galvatron is a redeco as well; one that I think a lot of folks were waiting for after we announced the Energon Megatron. We followed the anime for the coloring which is why he has the silver crown and slightly blue face.

Please have a look at the photos attached and I made sure to snap a pic of them next to their counterparts.

Thanks for popping by,

-Evan

Galvatron

[Llama God]

Jun 12, 2024 17:39:35 GMT Andy Turnbull said:

I will of course be getting this.

You sucker. You absolute mark.

Yes of course I'll be getting one as well.

This was kind of what I was actually after when the Missing Link was announced - a very toy-style figure that will nevertheless still fit in with the current Generations line. Which it looks like this one will. Just as long as it's not *too* short next to the rest of the figures in the line. Which I fear he might be. But all the same, sucker that I also am, I'll be getting it anyway...