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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 9, 2018 20:31:54 GMT
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Post by drmick on Oct 9, 2018 20:35:49 GMT
Blowpipe & Aimless share parts, to wit the head, chest & waist, which may all be the same moulded piece with no articulation. Could be a mistake like Titans Return Rumble renders? |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 9, 2018 20:41:56 GMT
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Dezzeh
Thunderjet
Wait, what?
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Post by Dezzeh on Oct 9, 2018 21:28:32 GMT
That's all those ordered then
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Post by Toph on Oct 9, 2018 21:49:18 GMT
What, aren't Aimless and Blowpipe just repaints of the takara TR Legends targetmasters?
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Post by Toph on Oct 9, 2018 21:51:56 GMT
What, aren't Aimless and Blowpipe just repaints of the takara TR Legends targetmasters? Guess not. New info to me! |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 9, 2018 22:37:00 GMT
What, aren't Aimless and Blowpipe just repaints of the takara TR Legends targetmasters? No. Far less articulation on the arms and legs. Ditto Firedrive. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 9, 2018 22:48:17 GMT
Why has it taken me so long to realise Red Hot/Red Heat is a remould of Big Shot?   |
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Post by Toph on Oct 9, 2018 23:07:02 GMT
Because Hasbro's been really weird, and have been downplaying the micromasters. They don't get shown off nearly as much as the battle/targetmasters, weaponizers, and "normal" bots have.
Hasbro doesn't show off the weapon modes hardly at all (except when having other characters holding them in displays), and they haven't shown off the Battle and Rescue patrols hardly at all.
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Post by Toph on Oct 9, 2018 23:19:31 GMT
After seeing this reconfiguration:  I realize that Shockwave's "supermode" is less supermode in the classic sense we're used to (ultra magnus, PM and any UT Optimus), and more akin to his additional parts being more like weaponizers like Cog and Brunt. In that fashion, I bet they can be used on anyone. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 9, 2018 23:32:21 GMT
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Post by Llama God on Oct 10, 2018 6:34:08 GMT
I am so very glad that Shockwave has his iconic submarine mode done properly. Yes kids, submarine.
But I'll not be pre-ordering this wave from Kapow or anywhere - this is the wave that'll be sat on shelves for some time, and maybe in Tesco for a whole year. So I'll wait and get it in the flesh. Show the brick and mortar places that it still makes sense to order Transformers in.
And yes, the whole playing down of Micromasters is a weird one. Which does also beg the question: Where are all the Micromaster bases..?
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Oct 10, 2018 7:06:12 GMT
I doubt we'll see Siege in Supermarkets over here.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 10, 2018 7:20:25 GMT
For POTP, the only toys I saw in Supermarkets were the first two waves of Primemasters, and then in only one chain - ASDA. Hasbro UK has returned to form over the last year!
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Stomski
Fusilateral Quintro Combiner
YOU INTERRUPTED MY SPEECH!! But don't worry. It won't happen again.
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Post by Stomski on Oct 10, 2018 7:53:25 GMT
3) WHAT IS THAT GUN DINO THING?!? From HLJ Facebook page... Diaclone DA-31 Waruder Raider Rapt Head
shop.hlj.com/2A1954Y
The Waruder Raider Rapt Head is on the prowl! The newest addition to Takara Tomy's Diaclone lineup features the ability to combine with other Diaclone items for an infinite variety of robotic war machines! |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 10, 2018 8:15:39 GMT
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Post by Toph on Oct 10, 2018 14:22:46 GMT
3) WHAT IS THAT GUN DINO THING?!? From HLJ Facebook page... Diaclone DA-31 Waruder Raider Rapt Head
shop.hlj.com/2A1954Y
The Waruder Raider Rapt Head is on the prowl! The newest addition to Takara Tomy's Diaclone lineup features the ability to combine with other Diaclone items for an infinite variety of robotic war machines!Ah! Thank you! |
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Post by drmick on Oct 10, 2018 17:23:22 GMT
I wondered when I saw Storm Cloud was there a redeco already in mind, since the Siege version has a visor, whereas the original did not?
Also- where are the preorders for the other size classes?
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 11, 2018 22:29:57 GMT
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Post by Llama God on Oct 12, 2018 6:27:32 GMT
Hmmm - no special box set for the "vs" winners. True that it's not the first time - Windblade didn't get any special treatment either. But she was a new character, and that in itself was enough. These, therefore, look just like bog standard releases. A shame. I wonder if something more was planned before the collapse of Toys 'R' Us..?
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 12, 2018 16:35:11 GMT
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Post by Toph on Oct 12, 2018 17:40:11 GMT
Hmmm - no special box set for the "vs" winners. True that it's not the first time - Windblade didn't get any special treatment either. But she was a new character, and that in itself was enough. These, therefore, look just like bog standard releases. A shame. I wonder if something more was planned before the collapse of Toys 'R' Us..? There may be a special twopack release at SDCC. Optimal Optimus got a standard and special release. Also, the two pack may have been kiboshed if no one wanted it. |
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Post by drmick on Oct 12, 2018 19:50:28 GMT
That's all 14 deluxes accounted for in Siege.
No Wheeljack, unless he's an exclusive somewhere.
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Post by Shockprowl on Oct 12, 2018 20:45:04 GMT
No Wheeljack?!?! BOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
What about Bumblebee with wings?!?!
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Post by Toph on Oct 12, 2018 21:20:22 GMT
Bumblebee's got a whole dang movie, and a cartoon, so they're pro'lly skipping.
But yeah, though. A line dedicated to Sunbow's pre-earth forms, you'd think they'd have three of the only four designs actually shown in the pilot. (Jazz, Bumbles, Jack, Seeker)
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Post by Shockprowl on Oct 12, 2018 21:57:17 GMT
My youngest would love "Bumblebee with wings"...
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 12, 2018 22:41:18 GMT
Hmm. What do we know? Wheeljack lost out in the fan vote, but is in the Siege box art we've seen. The art would have been done before the vote finished, but it's a bit presumptuous that he'd win. So maybe we'll see him in the next line. What are we looking at then, deluxe-wise? 14 figures over 4 waves we were told. Hound
Sideswipe
Cog
Skytread
Chromia
Ironhide
Refraktor
Brunt
Prowl
Red Alert
Six Gun
Barricade
Impactor
Mirage Barricade will be a Prowl repaint so they won't be in the same wave but it's interesting he's come up in listings first. The first two waves have a deluxe with a unique gimmick in Skytread's dual vehicles and Refraktor's combining, so I wonder if that will continue. It would be a shame of we didn't get Slammer out of Brunt. Can we be sure the fan vote figures are included in the count of 14? |
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Post by Shockprowl on Oct 13, 2018 6:37:42 GMT
Well yes, I though Mirage/Impactor was a ridiculously over priced two pack special exclusive type thing. That would free up two deluxes. It is strange that Wheeljack is in the art, but is without a figure. Slammer is such an easy and obvious but also popular repaint.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 13, 2018 8:49:35 GMT
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Post by Toph on Oct 13, 2018 9:21:11 GMT
The amount of "story" hasbro dedicates to the packages now equates to "Mirage and Decepticon Impactor are bitter enemies! How will Mirage use the Battlemasters to survive?"
...actually that's probably too long.
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