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Post by Jim on Jan 13, 2013 16:25:17 GMT
Not to be confused with Transformers Legends, the Japanese toyline or Legends, the older smaller sized Transformers!
Intriguing picture from a Toy Hobby retailer magazine: www.otca.com.au/boards/showthread.php?t=15218A new G1 Prime with a targetmaster-ish Roller? Not terribly excited about another Op, but the possibilities for a potential new Classics-style line (with gimmickry?) intrigue me. |
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Post by Kingoji on Jan 13, 2013 19:38:34 GMT
Based on the current IDW design. Not sure that's Roller, though, the blue bit on top seems to indicate the cab of a teeny truck.
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 13, 2013 19:54:46 GMT
I don't understand why the internet says that it is IDW Optimus as he has had multiple designs in those comics!
-Ralph
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Post by Kingoji on Jan 13, 2013 19:58:46 GMT
Which is why I added 'current'. Takes it's cues from the design Don Fig came up with post AHM.
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Post by Benn on Jan 13, 2013 19:59:20 GMT
It's Ongoing Optimus. (I hope that's the name on the box) MIke Costa and Don Figs present to the comics...
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 13, 2013 20:03:55 GMT
Which is why I added 'current'. Takes it's cues from the design Don Fig came up with post AHM. Is that the design still being used? Have to admit I got completely fed up with characters changing their bloody bodies from issue to issue for no reson. Sometimes in the middle of stories! -Ralph |
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Post by Benn on Jan 13, 2013 20:06:12 GMT
Yep, he was still in that the last time we saw him.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 10, 2013 19:24:51 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 12, 2013 21:41:31 GMT
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Post by Toph on Feb 13, 2013 4:50:04 GMT
Well, technically, Hasbro discontinued the name "Legend" when they changed it to Legion.
Maybe they're creating some sub-scout, Cybverse Commander equivalent?
I assumed they were legion, like you. Just returning the name Legends (Kinda like Legends of Cybertron)
Looking at the pictures again, they do look to be about the same as Cyb Commanders.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 18, 2013 21:40:30 GMT
For those that haven't seen them: www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=HAS22611&mode=retailPrime with Roller Bumblebee with Blazemaster Smaller figures transform into guns for the Larger figure. I'm guessing we're talking PCC Commander Size here. Prime with Roller ? Very sensible. BB with Blazemaster ? Eh ? ? ? Then it struck me: It's a double homage. Blazemaster was originally a Micromaster Helicopter. Mainly yellowy gold vehicle mode, but lots of blue on the robot mode. But the same year 1990 Action Master Bumblebee came with with a blue helicopter backpack that transformed into a gun. Put them together and tada! Now there's meant to be a Starscream and Megatron coming in this size.... I wonder what transforming weapons they'll get? |
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Post by Bogatan on Mar 18, 2013 22:02:44 GMT
Megatron with a target master makes sense if the target master looks like G1 megs gun mode. Browning/Megaplex/whatever the other diaclone gun was. Or leader 1.
Starscream... maybe his armada minicon?
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 18, 2013 22:10:42 GMT
These had slipped under my radar. They are neat. I...feel temptation...
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 18, 2013 22:27:29 GMT
I thought BB with an AM/MM homage may stir you to action.....
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 18, 2013 22:32:26 GMT
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Post by Toph on Mar 19, 2013 2:56:32 GMT
Bumblebee and blazemaster is a triple homage.
There's also Hotshot, who played the Bumblebee "kid character" role for so long, in Bumblebee's stead. With so much of modern 'beel doubling back now on Hotshot.
Hotshot's minicon, Jolt, was also a helicopter.
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Post by Shockprowl on Mar 19, 2013 9:10:01 GMT
They look very interesting.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 17, 2013 17:21:33 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 18, 2013 7:26:13 GMT
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Post by kayevcee on Apr 18, 2013 8:56:11 GMT
Hmm. Springer looked a lot taller in solo pictures. I suppose he's just skinny.
-Nick
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Post by Nigel on Apr 18, 2013 9:54:16 GMT
These somehow passed me by. I like. Nice size, too.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 18, 2013 15:22:31 GMT
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Post by blueshift on Apr 18, 2013 17:19:38 GMT
Optimus Prime's little dude looks more like FUSION than Roller!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 18, 2013 17:42:02 GMT
Who's Fusion?
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Post by blueshift on Apr 18, 2013 17:44:38 GMT
*EXPLODES* Only the GREATEST HERO on all Cybertron! He was Bluestreak's buddy at the start of '...And There Shall Come A Leader!' and got exploded, which was very upsetting to read as a child! |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 18, 2013 20:32:41 GMT
PHIL?!!! SHAME ON YOU!!!
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 18, 2013 21:13:17 GMT
Cast him out!
-Ralph
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Post by Hero on Apr 18, 2013 23:07:56 GMT
That's a blast from the past. The name always made me think of Megatron's fusion cannon. I never saw the character in comic form, but remember reading about him in a summary/text story somewhere.
Jam Copter repaint likely. These guys look great. Want more Legends like those.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 21, 2013 15:29:51 GMT
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Post by Stomski on Apr 22, 2013 8:46:19 GMT
Weird, looks like prime can't hold his targetmaster with the full "chest open" robot mode transformation.
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