Why does Takara always have to come in to fix Hasbro’s slop?Previous:>>11735454
>>11742233Got mine too.Wish they used the animation model head though since the rest of the body is designed that way.
>>11742252What is this? Another Menasor pack or just the toy-deco one they did a few years ago?>>11742255New Arcee already? I wonder whats different
>>11742259She's life sized this time
>>11742252Holy shit I was literally just about to pull the trigger and buy G2 Shadowstrip and Dead End for aftermarket prices when I see this. Guess I'll just wait
>>11742259>What is this? Another Menasor pack or just the toy-deco one they did a few years ago?Looks like they're releasing the full G2 Menasor all at once. Y'know, to fuck over everyone who bought the other G2 Stunticons as they released and were just waiting on Wildrider and Motormaster to finish him off.
>>11742267It's part of New Legends, ergo, Generations Selects. They might add two options between individual releases or a box set with some bonuses. If this could mean the extra armor he got in Zone as exclusive to his box set, I'm all up for it.
>>11742267Yeah, kinda sucks for those people. Maybe they'll release Wildrider and Motormaster on their own or this will have different decos than the Toxitron capsule ones. I only ever got G2 Breakdown since I wasn't paying 150 for the original until the recent reissue. Was thinking of picking up Dead End and Dragstrip but I guess I'll hold off now and just get the set.I only got Breakdown since I wasnt paying 150
Note: Hasbro's "Shadowstrip" doesn't have the G2 symbol on the front.This isn't just Takara releasing the final g2 Stunticons ahead of Hasbro, they're making their own premium G2 decos.
>>11742252cause you people complain about Hasbro prices, let alone Takara ones. If Takara sold better they wouldn't give into brand synergy and let Hasbro take the wheel on most of the releases production.
>>11742275Maybe that's why they called him Shadowstrip rather than G2 Dragstrip since they didnt give him the G2 Decepticon logo like the others (for some reason)
>>11742255Arcee again?
>>11742267>Y'know, to fuck over everyone who bought the other G2 StunticonsTakara cares not for your feelings or your american buying habits
>>11742252Well, this explains the random Stunticon cameo in the legends manga. Gives us some idea of what the next few releases might be.Delta Magnus is almost a guarantee.>>11742282He's also called Shadowstrip in Japan. The next manga chapter is probably going to explain it better since it's going to revisit the Speedia 500.
>>11742259>New Arcee already? I wonder whats differentI'm guessing it's either prototype colours or maybe Lifeline
>>11742292>Gives us some idea of what the next few releases might be.Delta Magnus is almost a guarantee.Assuming it's not just Missing Link Delta Magnus, I guess a SS86 Recolor although really it should be the Kingdom one to match the original Power Convoy gimmick with the inner robot although Shattered Glass kinda already did that
Already sold out? I thought people said this was a mistake to make
>>11742308The people love America!
>>11742292Where can I read that full thing I'm so out of the loop
>>11742300>Assuming it's not just Missing Link Delta Magnus,It's a little hard to see since he doesn't get a full shot, but the manga has Delta Magnus based specifically on SS86 Magnus, along with red Legacy Beachcomber as his Powered Buggy.This is either the next Legends release or Sakamoto is trolling us.
>>11742292I also realized one thing: The Toxitron Collection and the final Deluxe wave of Legacy United were skipped in Japan (also costing them Armada Wheeljack as a result), meaning they planned on releasing the whole G2 Menasor from the start. They could release Wildrider and Motormaster solo as an option, but you might miss out on maybe some extras from the complete set.
>>11742308She's an all American girl
>>11740128>>11740399>>11740472Posting in this thread too, got off tracked from “Shockwave has to survive Fnaf on Cybertron” with Nowhere Fasts here, a readup for those interested, aka Wendigo Pretender who turns into a truck who’s based off a fair bit of Featherhead sterotypes
>>11742252Takara hasn't fixed shit, they literally have a hand in this shit. So many shit designs have been joint efforts by both hasbro and takara designers. Reminder thst you faggots choked down those horrible ER mold multipacks just because takara put them in boring tooner colors.All they're doing is putting sprinkles on a bunch of turds.Not even just that, but MPG, entirely their own line, has been back-to-back dogshit since its inception. So many awfully designed figures for absurd prices, then they shit out an upsized ER prime that looks just as bad and you pigs throw your faces back in the trough. Fuck, the overgear figures are LEADERS.100+ DOLLAR LEADERS. AND YOU FAGGOTS ARE STILL EATING IT UP
>>11742329Also the fnaf idea here, Five Cycles at Cybertron>>11739507>>11739441>>11739438>>11739419>>11739724
>>11742308The vocal minority always tend to scream the loudest. More people knew enough to like her for what she represents (a celebration of the 250th anniversary of the country) rather than attach their personal grudge against the person who currently holds the Presidential office (whom this has nothing to do with) and project their infinite seething onto her. As I understand it, even people from outside of the country want her, so it's definitely just one or two autists screaming into the void about her being "a mistake" rather than the universal sentiment.
>>11742341>even people from outside of the country want her, so it's definitely just one or two autists screaming into the void about her being "a mistake" rather than the universal sentiment.Im a brown third worlder, i want her because the color scheme looks great on that mold
>>11742332MPG-17 is pretty good. It's not juch more than a spruced up MP-10, but I'm okay with that.
>>11742308It's still a good mold (tiny head and short tail aside), in an objectively beautiful color scheme. Plus Bluebolts never got an official toy, so there's some inherent interest.>>11742327the kind I'd take home to mamawhich is easy because I live in her basement.
>>11742329main issue to me is there's no established look for wendigos. I'm a big monster buff and I tend to just aggressively exclude any that refuse to have a specific look.. even though I know I could make up my own, but if I'm gonna do that, I'm gonna give it an original name and premise.and not tryin to rag on tribal folks or anything, but it does seem like their monsters are the ones with the least visual descriptions.
>>11742332here i thought they'd be like, 2007 leaders.>>11742342plus like, I mean, the american flag is not red, white, light blue, and dark blue. so it's already a little bit 'walmart' so it can kinda be any country you want. you can focus on the light blue and white, make her a kosher bird. You could change the orders of the red white and blue and she can be a french bird. It's versatile, and just looks nice.
>>11742341>rather than attach their personal grudge against the person who currently holds the Presidential office (whom this has nothing to do with) and project their infinite seething onto her.TDS means you think about the bad orange man and seethe constantly, at any given moment, even while claiming you don't want to. We even saw it play out in the last thread.Star Eagle will be the second bot I pick up this year purely to spite a segment of crybaby fans online, the other being Nexus.
>>11742380in fairness to those people, when something is deliberately engineered to evoke a reaction in the audience, regardless of the means used, it's not shocking that it'd be effective. the dumb part is they haven't figured it out yet. They just really think the news is real, rather than a reality show with paid actors.
This is kinda funnyHe's got the old lump foot
>>11742348Gonna have to partially carry the pretender “shell” with making it part cybernetic, but the guy inside will have a single feather on his head that flips up, and yeah I think the monsters being rather less described is usually off of “We can’t agree” and “Bad luck to talk about them”. The main Wendigo look came from Wendigo 2001 while Until Dawn honors the more traditional description (aka feral man), Personally I’m going with the Wendigo 2001 version since its more in line with the beastman pretenders and it’s also harder to make a robot hiding in a shell of a feral nigga as scary as making it a cyborg man deer thing (skeleton). Hopefully you can see where I’m coming from here
>>11742400>I got that luuump foooot I got that luuump foooot
>>11742401>>11742348Also mainly chose the wendigo/heyahoya theming off of multiple levels of irony or inception of a transforming robot that disguises in a skin layer wearing something that in lore is a disguising thing that acts robot that wears your skin, and due to “autobot wants to wear your scrap” being spooky
>>11742401more or less!>>11742404oh yeah that is kinda rad. I could see something similar being done with a volkodlak or a selkie.
>>11742407Got the name “Nowhere Fast” from an actual heyahoya as well, other two suggested names was Blackblood and Quart’ Low kek
>>11742407Just making sure that the crumpled up vehicle/robot/in between whatever can fit inside the pretender hypothetically is an important step, along with it being funny that a deluxe or slightly smaller sized bot turns into a fucked up deer cyborg thingy
When's Armada Jetfire
>Forgot to order Lio Convoy from Pulse and it's a sold out.Man, I completely forgot after I got Nucleon Quest Convoy elsewhere.
>>11742434Thanks for reminding me I still need to unbox mine (unless you're talking about the green version).
>>11742436Nope, 40th version. I'll live, but I'm annoyed at myself. I also want to buy an extra Nucleon or Super Ginrai for the weapons, then sell the figures, but it feels like such a hassle, if only those weapons weren't so sick.
>>11742329A transformer that takes on the form of a cryptic sounds cool.
>>11742255That's just gonna be the orange and pink prototype colours I bet
>>11742455To be honest, I don't know how it hasn't happened yet.
>>11742347Who is Bluebolts? I only know the RID version
>>11742503Literally the same thing. Bluebolts got turned into a transformers (Haslab version) then got turned into a bird.
Yeah.
>>11742505Oh yeah, there she is
>>11742515but what allegiance is he?
>really want big convoy to go with my magmatron>and because I love all the hidden weapons on himBut I just don't know if he's worth leader class price tag.
>>11742515Noice.>>11742517lol
>>11742515You know, I'd probably be interested in this if it was an OC.I'm starting to get sick of seeing Optimus' face on everything.
>>11742400>Run Forrest, run!
>>11742534I don't even mind it being Optimus so much as the fact that toy is just one of the the worst looking shades of swirly grey plastic they could have picked.
>>11742515>Late stage transformers
>>11742516Gonna customize paint some red on the bottom wing feathers
>>11742282>>11742292Ngl, Shadowstrip is pretty much Mark Mayer's fanfic first; he did some stunts like this for Puffer, true Bluestreak & Tyrantulas (orange Tarantulas), just japan took that to the letter, as he's the only one out of them (+ the sole G2 Stunticon) that was released over there>>11742332-Current leader classes are a joke-WTH does people have a problem with MPG, they took a step back on sunbow sloppery for new molds & suddenly everyone tends to agree it's shit??-Through all of that, Overgear got better value, Chuggers are mad they arent priced like SS86 Megatron or Astrotraon
>>11742308>I thought people said this was a mistake to makePeople are hypocrites. I can guarantee you that they were saying that shit on TFW2005 or wherever while also ordering the patriot birb for their collection.
>>11742517He's very clearly a Vok, anon. Why else would he turn into a floating head?
>>11742308I AM A REAL AMERICAN
>>11742602prove it post diabetes feet
>>11742605He didn't say he was a ebt leech from Africa
>>11742515They will do anything except make a new Beast wars figure on the beast wars anniversary>$46 btw
>>11742252I'm just pissed that it took Takara this long to include the Diaclone drivers even if they're different. Original drivers are now worth north of $75 each for a 1" figure. They could have done this 25 years ago when they did a shitload of reissues.
>>11742515This is not worth 50 bucks.
>>11742636It isn't even worth $20 imo
>>11742637Not really, no. Its like one of those tiny little ten dollar gimmick toys.
>>11742639>>11742636>>11742637They know the Chinese aren't going to KO it because their trademark bots can detect Autobot/Decepticon faction emblems.
>>11742645They won't KO it because nobody wants a transforming autobot sigil.
>>11742347>>11742505>>11742516I completely forgot this happened, but I think this works perfectly. Given that Transformers characters change their names about as often as they change their bodies, there's really no reason why Blue Bolts couldn't have just started calling herself Star Eagle after turning into a bird, making them the same character.I think I might try to pick the Ameribirb up after all now...if I can still find her.
>>11742602FIGHT FOR THE RIGHTS OF FELLOW MAN
What a perfect analogy for Hasbro's infinite greed and consumers' infinite stupidity.You get what you tolerate and fucking deserve.
>>11742455His shell does that, meanwhile his vehicle mode is a cybertronian version of this, because its named Navaho
>>11742687That's like....so deep anon. Down with the machine!
>>11742436>green versiongod dammit, that's so hard to justify, but i want it. better be sales later.
>>11742651You know Takara will just make an actual blue BWII Skywarp anyway so you're wasting money anyway
>>11742434It looks like Pulse actually has him in stock right now.
>>11742767But this version represents FREEDOM
>>11742782THIS toy fights for YOUR freedom!Buy war bonds to do YOUR part!
>>11742515Serious question, why does his gun look nothing like his usual Ion Cannon?
>>11742560Lmfao
>>11742784SHE'S A HARBOR CHICK!
>>11742347>It's still a good gotta disagree. I've got Filch and she's profoundly mediocre
>>11742515if we get the deception badge it's gonna be megs but it should really be soundwave (or maybe shockwave because purple)
>>11742785Good question. Given literally nothing else about him looks even remotely like Optimus Prime other than the head, it's entirely possible he was planned to be his own thing up until the very last second, where they just did a headswap and called it a day.>>11742818It'll be Megatron and you know it.
>>11742515$46.99. Four dollars more than the current Voyager price tag.
>>11742828I don't even want to pay $35 for a fucking voyager, my mind still solidly screams "voyagers are $20, deluxes are $11"I hate time and inflation
>>11742515fucking retarded>>11742651well two things stand in your way there: the head and the size. but yeah.
>>11742785it looks like someone google searched how to draw the ion cannon>>11742816that's why I didn't say great, and I added the two things mainly holding it back.
>>11742833wouldnt be so bad if your job was paying you twice what it used to
>>11742343>>11742563MPG-17 is what I've wanted from MP for ages. I'm glad Takara is returning to making premium quality, toy-first designs that are actually fun to play with and don't spike your blood pressure to even pick up. MP being slave to shitty low-budget animation cels has led to so many hopelessly compromised figures over the last decade. Really felt like your only options were either shelf-queen tooner MPs or budget-choked CHUGs.The robot grille being chromed diecast was unexpectedly nice, and he's got some of the best light piping I've ever seen.Looking forward to more Style Gen releases, and hoping Overgear continues the trend.
>>11742857If it wasn't covered in the shitty siege pegholes I'd probably be all over it.
>>11742308You’ve got to stop listening to those peopleThey have no power and they couldn’t boycott shit
>>11742931Those people?
>>11742941Yes, the people on one side of gamergate
>>11742941The french
Wild king really is so great. The only real problems is the beasts not having head articulation and how limited the Optimus and Megatron are in the pose department.
>>11742785My guess is it stores somewhere in the "icon" mode, that seems to be what can make his gun look off in the past.
>>11742308What are you talking about? It's still up at Walmart. It's well known Pulse usually gets a 10th or less of what the main retailer gets. I swear you make this shit for the dumbest reasons anon.
>>11742455A Bigfoot-themed transformer would be cool. Give him huge feet and call him Breakpedal or something.
>>11742979>What are you talking about?He's talking about Pulse. We know she's still up on Walmart's site.
>>11742956i love super modes and combiners and new optimus designs that aren't just g1 or bayverseonly reason i haven't bought into wild king is that the plastic quality looks a bit iffy to me
big convoy price drop when?
Masterpiece Haslab.... think about it
>>11743072If it's it's like legacy leaders, he might end up at ross in late 2027 or early 2028. Keep an eye out for target deals
>>11742621i picked up cordon and love him, waiting for a spinout version. weirdly enough I'm only buying the diaclone releases of missing link.
If a genie gave you these four options, which two would you choose?1. Takara produces a Masterpiece Animated line. The main show cast is released over 6ish years, all with near magic wizardry level engineering to be perfectly screen accurate in both modes (minus the unavoidable panel lines, of course)2. Takara produces a Masterpiece Armada line. The first 10 bots/cons (everyone up to sideways and scavenger, pretty much) are produced mostly faithfully to their show designs, although they actually feature spring-loaded/light and sound minicon gimmicks.3. Hasbro announces a buzzworthy style 'exclusives' line, except entirely focusing on toy-only characters from the original bayverse trilogy toylines, updating them to modern studio series standards. 4. Hasbro revives the classic cyberverse 'micro play' play pattern with a cross-series multiverse story. Small, legion class figures interacting with larger voyager/leader size playsets and such, except with a legacy-style handful of characters from across different series. Like animated bulkhead showing up with AOE crosshairs. 5. Hasbro releases a new transformers movie that is promoted well, does well in theaters, and has a toyline that can rival the original movie toylines.6. Hasbro gets some Chinese developer to make a transformers hero shooter. The gameplay is fine and the game is popular enough to receive funding and support for like 7 years but the designs are basically impossible to make toys of, and they sell a g1 Optimus prime skin for 20$.
>>11743174>fourfuck I forgot to change that to six. (i had more ideas)eh this is just a train of thought post anyway
So for the longest time I was never able to find legacy evolution core Snarl in stores so had a 1 legged volcanicus. Ended up finally buying snarl for 26 off ebay while amazon has the damn thing for like 43. Why was Snarl so damn hard to find? Short packed at the time?
