BUT PRAHMPrevious:>>11781736
>>11784140pressure missiles are terribad. give them normal cannons.>>11784132I wonder if you could work ankle tilt into a transformation, such that the legs could sorta split and unfold and become a lot thinner as jet kibble
>>11784166I get why some people think this missing link missed the mark, but if you take it more literally.. it has made fewer changes thus far because fewer changes were warranted, but here...more.. was warranted. I mean how do you add ankle tilts and shit, to a guy with no feet? This is actually a missing link.I think the line should be drawn at the altmode.. if the altmode is changed, you fucked up.
Armada Starscream really suffers from being the first one in the update line, Red Alert utterly mogs him
>>11783285you could just say Glub Shitto without inventing a bicycle and your picture would be amazing anon <3
>>11784169I've said it before, but making modern Cyberjets is easy, just use the Maverick mold. The transformation scheme is essentially an upscaled version of the original Cyberjets already.
>>11784176>I didn't actually read the comicsFunniest and truest part
>>11784179i dont read trasnformers/superhero comics because they are...well they are kind of not good and you have to read 500+ issues to understand where the story is now and why Blue Glub Shitto hates Purple-Green Glub Shitto and his Orange Glub Shitto son.I thought it's a meme-picture about glub shitto meme "some random character that appeared in episode 325452 of season1 G1 and then in UK-comics blablabla" it's like a Blue Print of Glub Shitto character lol!
>>11784180That art is horrible holy fuck
This is a long shot. Does anybody know in which of Thew's Transformers review he says something is "a bit Naked Lunch, isn't it?"? I just watched that movie and want to finally get the reference. I think it was one of the older reviews.
>>11784181https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dreamwave
IMO, Headmasters is the type of suck that just goes under the radar. People dont hate on them as much as Beast Machines or Energon, but with few exceptions any character from those shows are basically guaranteed to shelfwarm.
>>11784180Transformers comics are usually good at explaining why Blue hates Purple-Green if it's not immediately (or recently) obvious.
>>11784180>i dont readFairly evident from the posting style, yes.
>>11784170I think Ultra Magnus needed another pass, honestly. I bought it primarily because UM is my favorite Convoy deco anyway, but the tolerances and overall articulation/attachment scheme in the legs of the armor feels undercooked given how thin the panels are. There are some gnarly stress marks around the lateral hinge on mine because of how tight/stuck they were. Even just slotting the figure into the armor is clunky. If I look at it as an Ultra Magnus reissue that happens to use ML Optimus as its core robot I'm content (which is more or less all I wanted) but as a Missing Link Ultra Magnus it needed more work. Especially for that Takara as fuck price.
>>11784180
>>11784186I like.. a lot of things about this art. Some of them.>>11784191yeahh things are bad.. It's annoying that so much creativity and cool new ideas had to come at a time of complete collapse.
>>11784180>>11784181to be fair to dreamwave, weirdwolf is a chunky boy
>>11784196>>11784180Imagine coming 20 years later and being worse
>>11784190>i dont readLe Americun COMIX are not books, anon.
>>11784197> . a lot of things about this art. Some of them.Dreamwave coloring and lighting is stillImpressive even if it might be excessive. The proportions were the issue, but even then when done well I liked the chonk
>>11784187Bait?
>>11784187I have zero nostalgia for that era of TF and I still think headmasters are cool. Targetmasters too, though slightly less so.
>>11784166And Centurion Drone pack will get reissue, scalpers btfo>>11784171>weird sculpt>no wing sword>no minicon>shitty star saberAt least TT deco is good.
>>11784171Makes me worried for how will Energon Scorponok will turn out. They might not have figured out how to do Energon Star updates properly.
Any word on Liokaiser shipping out yet?
>>11784239June for US, September+ for EU
>>11784240>SeptemberAw man
>>11784249It's always 2-3 months after US, at least we can get ready for any qc problems like with Omega Prime. Still I can't wait for pictures from asians, they are crazy good at that.
>>11784250Some excellent lighting going on in this pic, even if I feel like the Fallen should be breaking into his own rendition of Robot Hell once the flames clear.
>>11784171>>11784230OG deco has bad QC too
>>11784252Thanks, I got cheap led light from Action. Weirdly strong and you can change colors with remote.>>11784253I know, loose joints and leg loves to pop off.
makes me sad thinking about the state of sentai toys for like these past 10 or maybe even 15 fucking yearsoh I meant its gavan now lol lmao
>>11784261Donbrothers and King Ohger had cool robots, and Gavan's robot isn't bad, it turning into a gun is nifty.
>>11784261>>11784267people hated those cube things (If I recall?) but I really liked them, especially the combination up until the rhino train.worst shit is definitely the ninjas sitting in a throne and those orb galaxy things though.
>>11784267I forgot about new Gavan, how's it? How're the sentai fans taking it?
>>11784230>Centurion Drone pack will get reissueAbout fucking time. That has to be the most scalped toy post-Siege.
>>11784261The one on the left has to be a real wearable suit on camera that can be performed in, I think is part of the problem. A toy designer can make whatever, but different departments coordinating the design of a robot for a show might get complicated, like what if the costume department prioritizes something that's lightweight, or they literally don't have the time or budget for something extremely complicated this season, etc.
>>11784274And then Takara reissued all the parts people wanted with more paint in Dramatic Capture anyway.
>>11784274They took too long, everyone either took the scalper pill or (hopefully) got what they wanted elsewhere, like 86 prime and megs cover a good amount of that set, or third party
>>11784261I'm sure the bandai is like half as much
>>11784297Gavan's DX mecha is 6800 yenRexblade is 7800
>>11784293I still want Megatron's mace but I don't know if SS86 Megs can hold it.I know SS86 Prime can hold the axe for some double axe action, which is nice.
>>11784303I'd have to check, but I know the Siege Megatron had some trouble holding the mace. Meanwhile, the axe barely fits the arm and you risk warping plastic when inserting it.
>>11784303NTA, but there's a DNA kit coming for SS86 Megs which includes the mace and handful of other accessories.
>>11784302Reminder, this is the resident shitposter
>>11784305DNA loves to have good parts with useless shit to jack the price. I would like the mace, I do not need another fusion cannon or sword or alt heads or that chain thing
>>11784302Don't worry, most people don't read comic books and their understanding of ones from them is based on adaptations if anything.
>>11784162Here’s the blue guy
>>11784329
>>11784329>>11784330What are these from? They look pretty damn nice.
>>11784330I won’t post anymore because it’s not TF, I just thought these guys look a lot more TF than metal Cardbots
>>11784315Has everyone actually displayed a Megatron toy with the key to vector sigma or the clone controller helmet?
>>11784331Not entirely sureSome thing called Quantum Heroes Dinoster or something
>>11784166I think I need Rex Calibur...
>>11784333Someone out there has... once. If they kept it to stuff you'd actually use, it would be half the size
>>11784166>Did you just call me "Butt Prime"?
>>11784331https://youtu.be/aLY0O47iK_whttps://youtu.be/uVIb2d77Y-AThey're from a cartoon series called Quantum Heroes: Dinoster. Its currently on its third season (with a 4th confirmed), though only the first two have been released in english. It does that Cardbot thing where the toys improve massively with each season. The early toys are sentai style bricks, but they've been transitioning into Transformers style.
>>11784403Additionally the standout earlier toy is Mosa Storm, who has all the standard TF articulation EXCEPT bicep swivels. He's old leader big, has ratchets, and costs about $30 on amazon.
>>11784332>>11784330I had a Zoids model that looked like this guy
>>11784302The word bubbles are mismatched
>>11784443Clearly, seeing as it's Charlie
>>11784303
When are we gonna start bustin' Decepti-chops?!
>>11784486We don't have enough energon to power a full scale of salt
>>11784274>>11784292>>11784293I'm getting it for Silver Brunt mainly but also the Energon Mace for Megs. Everything else I dont really care about. I guess I can give the axe to my DC Earthrise Prime>>11784315I dislike the mace is exclusive to the big pack because the big pack uses the brownish color for the skirt and canon. I'm getting the 10 dollar one because it has the black fusion canon which goes with my swapped chest and head damaged 86 Megs
The side by side
>>11784315Yeah, it's definitely a bad value if you only want a few of the parts. I could really do without the clone controller helmet, key, or lightsaber, but I'm going to get it just because I really like SS86 Megs and want to make him even better.>>11784510Will also be swapping the head and chest plate to the battle damaged version like this anon to get it as close to the definitive Megatron as I can.
>>11784515What a dud, that thing deviates way too much from the original. What’s the point if it’s not essentially the original but with more articulation? Wasn’t that the point of the line to begin with? That might as well be another CHUG release.
>>117845159000 dollary doos??
>>11784187you do know people are familiar with characters from beyond just a cartoon.
Nemesis Star Optimus is sexy. My wallet is gonna get raped
>>11784538Mine too. I already have regular Star Convoy and I don't normally double dip on redecos (especially for such an expensive mold), but it looks too fucking cool. I'm gonna break on Missing Link Nemesis too and just the start the Nemesis collection I've wanted to for awhile.
>>11784538canonically female
>>11784544Unlikely to have genitals.
>>11784544Source?
>>11784538She's hot
>>11784554The newest Legends manga. Its the AI of the Decepticon ship Nemesis (programmed to act and sound female) given her own body.
>>11784535you can't afford it
>>11784558Turns out its 95. I can do that. But TFW2005 made a humorous typo.https://news.tfw2005.com/2026/05/12/takara-tomy-missing-link-c-14-ironhide-full-reveal-details-563731
Dont just make a character that should always be male (its evil optimus prime) female instead. Make a new female character.
>>11784538i can buy shockblast off you for 9.99
>>11784563Looks like a core class toy if that was still around
>>11784562This is the second toy of her, actually. The first was Missing Link Nemesis.
>>11784567Its a redeco of a Core Class.
>>11784570If Hasbro did this, this board would call them woke, but Takara: Japan doing it is okay?
You guys remember when Brawn stole Megatron's dick?>>11784573Because they want to fuck the giant evil robot lady.
>>11784562It's just Scourge/Black Convoy, faggots on twitter made some bullshit
>>11784563What are the chances of getting this guy separately, anyway? Zero? I want him but I don't have space or money for a $200 Star Convoy redeco
>>11784594Nope.https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Mystery_of_the_Speedia_500
>>11784596Maybe someone will do the Voyager Shocky in this deco
>>11784604I guess the trans in Transformer does stand for transgender.
>>11784608They already kinda did do A voyager, though it was Mega Class way back in Energon and it was fucking awesome
>>11784594No, it's in the canon tie-in comic. She's the Nemesis ship AI that was given a new body (Missing Link Nemesis Prime), then upgraded into Nemesis Star Convoy after teaming up with Energeon Shockblast. In this case, the "Nemesis" part is her actual name, while the rest is more of a title; there's some speculation that she may become the female Scourge from Yellow Fire Convoy's universe, since it was mentioned that that character was also supposed to be female.
>>11784620Its a female AI given a new body. Stop starting shit.
>>11784620Not really. She's a female character who remains a female character - 'she' doesn't become a 'he' at any point. This is like saying Blackarachnia is trans because her original toy was just a recolor of Tarantuals, or that Glyph is trans for being a Bumblebee repaint. The character is female, and was intended to be from the start. Deal with it.
>>11784621I know that. I mean a CHUG version that you don't have to buy black Prime to get
>>11784515>Able to transform into the og toy.Oh neat.
>>11784629>>Able to transform into the og toy.Not seeing it.
>>11784621>>11784627Yeah Shockblast was my CHUG Shockwave for like a decade+
>>11784643>that armWhat happen?
>>11784622>Yellow Fire Convoy's universeThey're making that canon too? It's a repaint of Optimus. Optimus / Convoy should be a guy 100% of the time.
>>11784646You’re a little late to the draw, anon https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Yellow_Splendid_Convoy
>>11784560i never asked for your opinion tripfag
>>11784646>They're making that canon too?That's been canon for YEARS now, anon. What rock have you been living under?
>>11784644Made an adaptor for CW Shockwave
>>11784651That's awesome. 3D printed?
>>11784647>>11784650I dont read tfwiki outside of the toylines, so that's my mistake. Even so, they pick and choose lore all the time so they could just ignore her.
>>11784180There was an anon in tfg that posted these info pics all the time. I wonder what ever happened to him. >>11784621It was awesome. >>11784629So I shouldn't be excited for a missing link ratchet? The vehicle mode kinda looks like a Toyota, kinda.
>>11784656I'm 99% sure that guy IS him.
I really regret not getting Cloud Shockwave when I had the chance. I dont have much of an attachment to G1 so I didnt care if he was a gun or not and I thought the Whirl mold was cool
>>11784670I would've liked to have gotten Cloud Starscream, such a strange toy but I didn't hate the old Blitzwing mold despite his shoulders hurt.What was up with that and GDO anyway? I never saw Cloud stuff outside of the internet and only ever found GDO Swerve irl.
>>11784166I want that Ironhide.
>>11784670>>11784675Cloud had some cool ideas but the molds could be unfortunate. That Whirl mold is unfortunately really fragile.>What was up with that and GDO anyway? I never saw Cloud stuff outside of the internet and only ever found GDO Swerve irl.Just lines exclusive to Japan and China(initially). Cloud was another in a wave of e-Hobby/TakaraTomy Mall exclusivesGDO was a Asian market exclusive wave that was shown off at a Botcon, Hasbro mentioned they would not be sold in the US market, which lead to a small outcry. So they managed to work out a deal with Toys R Us to sell over here as exclusives.
new hot wheels collabs are up for preorder
I'm still kicking myself to this day for not pulling the trigger.
>>11784713On the bright side, we are apparently getting a MTMTE collection 86 Prowl soon
>>11784629Looks nothing like the original toy
>>11784713at least those two will probably get reissued in some form. I'm never getting an Autotrooper at a good price after I decided not to grab that troop builder pack for retail.
>>11784716and the original toy looks nothing like Ironhide
>>11784713Ironhide is coming in a pack with Bluestreak and Mirage, Prowl is getting reissued too.
>>11784719So? Every ML so far has prioritized looking like the original toy, this shit is completely out of place.
>>11784713But 86 Ironhide is much better?
>>11784724This is the first Missing Link release actually worth buying
>>11784170This is how I feel as well. Every change from the original toy was warranted imo, unless it cant detach the sled which would be dumb
Since I have been playing a bit of the game i decided to get devastation Sideswipe as my 6th figure and I really like how the alt mode looks in that red and with the stylized windows, i had hoped the head wouldn't bother me in person and I can live with it but it is a shame.
>>11784760Any plans on getting 86 devastator?
>>11784747>But 86 Ironhide is much betterDebatable.
>>11784768I doubt i will get a combiner any time soon unless it was a small scale one and even then I am kind of neutral on Devastator himself, I think it is that he is like 80% the green which was fine in the cartoon but not sure about for my display spaces.
>>11784723>Ironhide is coming in a packWhich Ironhide?
>>11784170>I mean how do you add ankle tilts and shit, to a guy with no feet?Very easily? Have you even seen the original toy? There's nothing they couldn't have done to improve G1 Ironhide's articulation that wasn't already done on Bumblebee or Sunstreaker. They didn't even try with this one.
>>11784772The SS86 mold.
>>11784775Well, I'm still sol
Anyone know a place to get a good adapter for a G2 Megatron to mount his cannon on his shoulder? Only one I saw was JRC Design but they seem to be out of business these days
>>11784713>>11784747>>11784770>Make improvements to the Mold>New great feet that smoothly blend in to back of Alt Mode>Do it for a fucking STRANGER THINGS release>Never do it againI hate HasbroI'm not buying ANOTHER ER Ironhide unless they do the feet/back changeOtherwise just get the SS86
>>11784778Just wait for the new mold Voyager G2 Megatron coming next year.
>>11784621You vill buy another partial retool of Siegewave and be happy
>>11784261seriously, it's weird, it's like they looked back at the pre-zyuranger days and said "let's be like that but worse"the cracks were already showing by Ohranger though, if I'm real. Yeah it was cool, fun designs, but no leg articulation and the legbots are just.. legs. There's an excuse of them representing like ancient pillars or something, but they're legs.
>>11784779>>11784775>>11784747>>11784723I just think the ER mold looks aesthetically better.Yeah, yeah, parts forming, I like his look more.
>>11784292>>11784293There's still a few accessories that Takara hasn't rereleased or Hasbro replaced.Most notably Megatron's energon mace, Sideswipe's jetpack and Cliffjumper's glass gas gun.Less notably Ironhide's drill, Hound's cage and Trailbreaker's dish.
>>11784796>I just think the ER mold looks aesthetically better.Well actually having the yellow stripe helps.
>>11784770I forgot hose cheap fuckers didnt give him his yellow stripe. for shame
>>11784698I'm still disappointed Cloud did another bad redeco of Classics Optimus when the more interesting Hot Spot tooling for Inferno was right there.
>>11784798>Most notably Megatron's energon mace, Sideswipe's jetpack and Cliffjumper's glass gas gun.>Less notably Ironhide's drill, Hound's cage and Trailbreaker's dish.>>11784230>>11784274
>>11784315i'm never upset to get extra weapons, but..
>>11784796I think he looks good in robot mode but I cannot get past those feet, my goodness. That's a mandatory upgrade kit imo.
>>11784515I can see why people are disappointed, but I like itwhy does the original have a unibrow on the chest logo?
>>11784515>1984ehhh? That is a bit older than that, isn't it?
>>11784573>If a thief took my money, everyone would be outraged, but when a CASHIER takes my money, it's okay?
>>11784773explain how you'd put ankle tilts on a guy with no feet. his legs just went straight into the sled, right? do you want.. a SLED tilt?
>>11784804There is a printable upgrade kit out there, need to print it off for my black Ironhide. Honestly I like the mould (feet aside). SS86 looks better, but the transformation is dependent on tolerances that HasTak just can't manage- I have Ratchet and he's kinda scary to transform.
>>11784515There's barely anything left from the original toy, why call it missing link?
>>11784778I got mine off Ebay
>>11784724This.The whole point is to be the old toy with added articulation (maybe more stability) If you have to change it THIS much to work, it's just an awkward looking CHUG now.
>>11784820like I said earlier, this is actually the most sensible use of the term so farthe others are more like 'remasters' but this is an actual missing link between the original and how a modern toy of him would be done
>>11784815I'd probably start with just putting ankle tilts on his feet. There's nothing complicated about this at all.
>>11784824They had to change Magnus too, this one is changed more because the old one was so shit
>>11784833Magnus barely changed anything, Ironhide is a completely different sculpt and transformation. The only thing Ironhide didn't change pretty much was the chest piece.
>>11784832so, earlier, when I said 'he doesn't even have feet'why wasn't your response 'yes he does' ? because I would have gone "Oh, I thought he was permanently attached to the sled" and the discussion would have been over.This is why basic communication skills are so important.
do you think a version that's faithful to the original toy would sell more than the version we're getting that actually looks like the character? because I sure don't.
So they dug up the listings on a few cancelled Universe and Classics toysTra Universe DLX bludgeonTra Universe DLX SkybyteTra Universe DLX SuperionTra Universe VOY MenasorThere were supposed to be two more waves of premium Deluxes after Optimus, Megatron, Dragstrip and Overkill on hasbrotoyshopTRA DEL CLASSIC PREMIUM CLIFFJUMPER CD05TRA DEL CLASSIC PREMIUM RED MIRAGE CD06TRA DEL CLASSIC NEMISIS PRIME CD07TRA DEL CLASSIC SILVER OTPIMUS CD08TRA DEL CLASSIC WHITE BUMBLEBEE CD09TRA DEL CLASSIC BLASTOFF CD10TRA DEL CLASSIC SNAPDRAGON CD11TRA DEL CLASSIC CD12 TBD”You'll have to use your imagination for what these could have looked like
>>11784515Am I the only one on this board that thinks this looks great?I feel like the OG toy wouldn’t sell
>>11784841I like him. I never owned the original, and I think it's cool he can go from his cartoon version to a "close enough" version of his OG toy, so I'll probably be getting him - especially if they release him in his Diaclone black colors.
>>11784515I get this is controversial, but the more I look at it the more it feels like it’s meant to be more like the other G1 cars instead of a glorified mech suit/weapons platformer. Like if the diaclone Vanette was designed to be similar to the others from the start.
>>11784515They took too many liberties with the arms. Looks very chug.
>>11784375Fusion cannon is worth getting and so are the shoulders, most of the filler parts and the skirt piece are unnecessary.
>>11784841I think he's cool but not cool enough for the asking price.
>>11784647You're a bit wrong there, anon. There's TWO Yellow Girl R.I.D. Primes.Optimus Prime (girl) is from an alternate universe where she and that universe's Scourge just happened to be girls. Girltimus Prime starts out in the exact same red, normal-sized body as regular-style R.I.D. Prime, but later gets the yellow Spychanger body from the first Universe toyline. GirlScourge shrinks too.Yellow Splended Convoy is a different character entirely, from the precursor universe before the JPG1verse. She's based on the full-sized yellow redeco of R.I.D. Prime. She doesn't have any connections to any GirlScourges or GirlNemesises.
>>11784838Considering what people buy the ML figures for, I do. As people have said. Just buy a CHUG if you want something with this many liberties. It's not the G1 toy with more articulation, it's not the animation model. It's neither here nor there.
>>11784833a lot of the old G1 toys are primitive. THATS THE POINT.Buy a CHUG if you think the old ones are shit.
>>11784841Nah he looks great, ever since they revealed ML Arcee it's been clear that Missinglink isn't just about "the original toy but with modern articulation" but more like "recreating the toys that people wish existed back then" and Ironhide is pretty notorious for his original toy looking completely out of place from everyone else, so the direction they went in makes sense
>>11784867
Countdown until Takara just starts repainting Generations molds into Missing Link toys...
>>11784868
>>11784867>>11784868>>11784870For everyone who wanted an Optimus Prime colored like stale shit!
>>11784796>>11784804Again the fucking strangers Things collab entirely fixed that and then Hasbro just never did it again
>>11784867>>11784868>>11784870Man that Beige entirely kills it
>>11784839I assume Menasor is another Motormaster recolor of an Optimus Prime. Red Mirage is interesting since I don't think they did Diaclone Red Mirage officially at all at this point.
>>11784839>>11784879Blast Off might have been Classics Astrotrain.I can't image who Snapdragon would've been. Classics Grimlock?
>>11784858>>11784859the thing is the toys they updated already looked cool. g1 Ironhide is notoriously ugly. I guarantee you and anyone else crying for toy-accurate ugliness and partsforming are in the minority
>>11784859Ironhide clearly isnt a generations toy though.
>>11784867>>11784868>>11784870I hope these are test shots and he's not actually yellow
>>11784882It's an totally changed an updated toy, not resembling the original at all. and you're right, it also doesn't resemble a CHUG either. It matches nothing. It serves no purpose.Like I said, you want need the toy changed that much, you just want a CHUG, if you think the actual G1 toy is that ugly you wouldn't buy a Missing Link, because up until now that's has been what it's been trying to recreate as closely as possible.
>>11784884>yellowanon...
>>11784885>not resembling the original at all.So we're just making stuff up? It's clearly based on the original toy, without question.
>>11784881>I guarantee you and anyone else crying for toy-accurate ugliness and partsforming are in the minorityI guarantee you, you're a shill. You do know can just buy one of the many other Ironhide toys if you don't like how the G1 looked. They've been making those forever. The unique thing would be if they made a G1 toy that had today's articulation. This is just a awkward looking ...thing
>>11784867>>11784868>>11784870I don't hate the sand colourBut what if instead it was a tattered cloak that went over a scuffed and dull red torso?
WHAT THE FUUUUUUUCK?!?!?
>>11784887>It's CLEARLY basedso are CHUGS if we go by your standard. they're ALL Ironhide. All the other ML MATCHED the original parts, except where it was necessary to ADJUST them to add joining. They didn't throw out the old toy completely, and make up something new BASED on it.stop with the copetalk.
>>11784897MPG?
>>11784897I am the BWIIGalvatron hater and I say fuck this thing, whatever it is!
Really want to see how they handle Brawl, Starscream, Bonecrusher, Sideways, Megatron and Soundwave.
>>11784897Also Dark Design Rhinox with toy parts
New Legends Gigastorm
>>11784909That's fucking Gigastorm right there
>>11784867so whats the theme heredesert camo?
>>11784867>>11784868>>11784870Just weird. It feels like a Bayverse Jetfire scenario where Prime is wearing a shirt made out of another bot. I think there's a lot of potential in a tacticool militarized Prime but this isn't really doing it for me.
>>11784909Man, I just got the selects Trypticon, I already have two Trypticon molds.
>>11784917what's that in upper left? Masterpiece Blaster?
>>11784913>>11784924I forgot that Gen selects Trypticon wasn't Gigastorm
>>11784923Titan Grimlock is getting absolutely sizemogged by Nemesis and Gigastorm, KWAB.
BRO
>>11784923I swear Takara just reveals figures in the most absurd ways possible. What do you mean this is how we find out about NL Gigastorm AND MPG Galvatron and Blaster?!
>>11784934Is that the IDW design? The shoulders are ugly.
Also we are probably going to get a Megastorm for AoE since there's a Voy G2 Megatron planned.
>>11784937We knew about Blaster already.
>>11784867>>11784917totally trying to have their cake and eat it toocharcoal gray would have fit better methinks
>>11784926i-is that geewun inaccuracy??? AAAAIIIIEEEEE SAVE ME FURMAN
>>11784942We did? Still, weird way to reveal the others
>>11784923Hard to guage height, but that Galvatron seems too short to be MP.
>>11784949God damn they went hard as fuck with Giagstorm, the horn is crazy and the deco is amazing.
>>11784938>Is that the IDW design?Yes. Though it's continuing the tradition of IDW Star Saber toys being given Autobot symbols he did not have.
>>11784949Galvatron's fingers look more MP than mainline to me.
>>11784949BW2 Galvatron
>>11784956IDW Star Saber
>>11784956>NLHoly shit, a brand new chug mold by Takara
>>11784949>>11784950The plaque underneath him says NL-07, meaning he’s most likely CHUG scale>>11784952He looks great, though I’ll probably pass on him since I already have Trypticon and am planning on getting the inevitable Megastorm redeco of G2 Megatron
>>11784956NL 1 green lion, 2 Menasor, 3 Nemesis, Gigastorm, who's 5 and 6
>>11784956>NLYep, he's a Generations figure. Fucking wild. Also, guess he'll be nearly 200 going by current prices so buckle up.
>>11784959It's absolutely amazing how hard Takara is going with New Legends. It started out with a voyager (with glow in the dark plastic admittedly), then a full combiner set, a fucking titan, and now they're showing off ANOTHER titan, an original Galvatron, and promising two more figures at least.
>>11784867>not redDaring.>>11784926>RatchetYessssss
>>11784950well compare him to Lio Convoy >>11784923 an it's a good size difference for Generations
>>11784961This >>11784949 saya Gigastorm is 6. So what will 4 and 5 be?
>>11784956You can tell this is a Takara exclusive release because it actually looks good
>>11784956Think he'll be a commander or a small $150 titan?
>>11784956It pisses me off that they're going right back to the region exclusive shit with this, Hasbro will import the fucking green sherbet Leo Convoy but not these so they'll end up being $300 to import
>>11784962I’m guessing he’s probably going to be either a big Commander (I.E Jetfire) or a small Titan (I.E Star Convoy)>>11784972Do we know if Takara is doing Age of Evolution yet? Maybe New Legends will fill the gap for them instead
>>11784976Commander like Magmatron probably.
>>11784976>>11784981He's New Legends, he'll be whatever price Takara feels like.
>>11784978Hasbro's 2 for 2 on importing NL calm your ass down
>>11784972Possibly BW2 Thrust/Dirge since we know they have a possible mold for Thrust and possibly Dirge with RID Sky Fire.
A certified big guy for you
>>11784983gonna be honest I had no idea G2 Menasor went up on Pulse so thanks for immediately correcting my bitching
>>11784972PLEASE be BW2 Starscream and BB.
So how bad is the cope from poorfags gonna be when Takara releases aCHUG gun megatron
>>11784867Does he have a new name or are they just calling him Optimus Prime/Convoy?
>>11784994That is literally never going to happen.
>>11784995Why would he have a new name? But no, it's named Optimus Prime.
>>11784956WHAT THE FUUUUUUUCK
Its really funny to me that Takara decided to just make 5 unique lines (ML, NL, AM, Overgear, Wild King) independent of Hasbro.
All these Takara exclusives, the good old days of Legends have truly returned.
>>11785001They don't have Chris Cocks as their leader.
>>11785001>>11785002They are so back.
>>11785001Getting stuff like Earthrise forced on them probably pissed them off
>>11785004>The titan master is a tiny Megastorm
>>11784972One is Megastorm, we won't see a reveal until after Hasbro announces G2 Megatron.
Eva-02 Optimus PrimeTakara stop, STOP, I CAN ONLY BUY SO MUCH AT ONCE!!!
>>11785006SOUL
>>11785004Am I really going to buy this mold a third time?
>>11785002still holding out hope for haslab Dai Atlas
>>11785005ahem. *spark
>>11785006>>11785009Megastorm is green.
>>11785013Are you not seeing his green torso and little g2 megatron head?
>>11785016The torso looked more gray to me, but sure, it can be green.
>>11785002Even in the old days, a Takara exclusive chug mold was a rare treat. They're going above and beyond.
>>11785009That’s cute, though I’m curious how that’s supposed to work in-universe. Is Megastorm going to be depowered and forced to use a giant transtector?
>>11784958Those swords are pretty cool, I'm interested. Right on for Takara doing what they want instead of waiting for hasbro
Nemesis comic is up https://tf.takaratomy.co.jp/products/tf_nl/nl-03-web-comic
>>11785021No clue, but knowing a G2 Megatton is coming I assume he's deposited back into Megastorm, then with a new source of energy, is turned into a powered up Gigastorm.
>>11785024Why she battle beast
>>11784841I'll say thisit bodes well for characters I care about, whose original toys I thought were inadequate, and whom I wanted slight modifications done to. e.g. Dinobot II. except yknow, also make him much bigger please.
>>11785023Nemesis Star Convoy is NOT The Nemesis. The body of a G1 Convoy from another universe who founded the Speedia planet colony and had been asleep on that planet for ages was converted into Nemesis Star Convoy by Shockblast
>>11785026Because that’s what a good portion of post-86 Decepticons transform into>>11785028Weird to set up Nemesis last issue and not have it connect to Star Nemesis
>>11784867what is this and why do I like it so much>>11784897huh.. okay..>>11784909neat. wish it was CHUG, but>>11784923>that shitty-legged grimlockle sigh>>11784956looks so cool>>11784962okay.. i look forward to getting him on clearance.
>>11785028So people were talking out their ass to try and force it into a girl huh
>>11785023That is a lot of black Optimus Primes
>>11785033It wasn't an unreasonable assumption>>11785035They're new (Super Link) Terrorcons created by Shockblast
>>11785033So what is the deluxe Nemesis Prime doing?
>>11784917>those colorsPlease tell me a red and blue variant will be available, or a nightwatch deco which would be the coolest shit
>>11785032>getting him on clearanceHahahahahahahaha
>>11785032It's a japan figure, you'll need to import it for any discount and if you're in the USA, tariffs and shipping will destroy any savings.
>>11785023So the ancient Autobots from Cybertron aren't just an homage anymore, they were the genuine G1 characters.
>>11785042oh this is japan-exclusive huh?then there was never any chance of getting him, like with glowy lio convoy.Basically no reason to even post it in here except to increase suffering.
>>11785037People presented it as fact and not an assumption though. Even had people itt or last going>heRight out their ass
>>11785023So the plot is:Shockwave, with new terrorcons based on Armada Nemesis Prime, attacks speedia in search of a G1 Convoy that is hidden on the planet (strongly implied to be the JG1 Convoy). The other part of his plan is using the terrorcons to turn the sleeping Convoy into Star Convoy, and corrupt him into Unicron. He also turned the Nemesis into a Convoy to control it and steal the Heart of Cybertron (looks like the ML matrix, then Star Convoy blade hilt). Turns out the stunticons were mislead, they were lured with fake Forestnight so they could ferry the HOC into this universe (apparently, it's needed for this sort of interdimensional travel). Shockblast moves into the next of his plan by destroying Speedia and takes off, eventually planning to do something in the G1 universe that will help with the GG universe reset.
>>11785028>Nemesis Star Convoy is NOT The NemesisSo why does Shockblast take her matrix?
>>11785052>>11785050
>>11785044Only for Convoy, we don't know if the other 3 are also the JG1 versions, but it does seem likely.
TAKARA FUCKING WON
I am curious how big Galvatron is going to be because I feel like regardless of what they do, he’s going to be out of scale with something
I hope none of these get Armada Convoy'd
No crosses for you
>>11785063Armada Convoy was a proof of concept proto. It couldn't transform, it was basically a static figure. That Galvatron is clearly a late-stage prototype. These are only getting canned if Menasor and Nemesis are absolute flops, and given they're debuting all these now Menasor has probably gotten a lot of preorders in.
>>11785059His major points of scale are Lio Convoy and Magmatron. Lio Convoy should reach close to his mid section, while Magmatron is about a head shorter... but the shows ignored this scale all the time.
>>11784994Wouldnt it be missing link?
>>11785072His scale with Lio Convoy looks pretty right t me >>11784923
>>11785077Yeah, that's why I assumed he was Generations, since he was too short to match the MP Lio Convoy.
>>11784868>R3-5157-4NC3>ResistanceWhat is this, some crossover? I don't recognize it.
>>11785080Overgear, bozo, keep up.
>>11785080No, the lore is that the Decepticons pulled an early IDW and took over the world from the shadows. Autobots are working with resistance cells that use Merc companies as a front. Weirdly, they snuck in some energon influence, like one of the human allies is Kicker, and Ironhide has influence from his energon design (which is weird since he was roadbuster in Japan, but they clearly made that connection with his English name).
>>11785072Note that the Galvatron that Magmatron fought wasn't the actual Galvatron, but Unicron using Galvatron's design.
>>11785052Oh and a minor thing that happens, Hot Rod color changes to red using a cyber key to power up. This seems minor, but in Japan the alt color version was just Excellion red, not a new character like he is in the states.
im still waiting on the gi joe crossover tank prime
>>11785072Take this with a massive grain of salt, but I tested the photo of him, Nemesis Star Convoy, Lio Convoy, and MP Rhinox using pixel measurements and comparing to the heights of my Star Convoy and Leo Prime and it seems Galvatron is around 9 inches tall, which makes him still shorter than Magmatron and ironically almost perfectly matches my theory for how tall he would be>>11785094That’s the one GI Joe crossover toy I was interested in and of course it ends up in release limbo
>>11785065it's so baffling to me how the red cross thinks they can boss around private industry, which inherently outranks them, claiming credit to a SYMBOL as if it was their business logo, when for DECADES it was used with total impunity in fiction whenever it felt, which is the definition of 'you lost the rights, IF you even had them to begin with'
>>11784956I remember an anon not too long ago saying "can't wait for takara to get sick of hasbro's shit" and I thought they were just talking crazy, but I think they actually snapped?! When was the last time they made their own all original Chug mold? Or is this guy somehow an extensive remold?
>>11785124>long day at work>come home>turn on computer>mfw bombarded by TAKARA WINS AGAIN news
>>11785124Part of me wonders if Galvatron was either meant to be a past or future Commander that got cancelled. It seems weird that he’s the only original mold so far and that Hasbro wouldn’t release him in mainline after doing every other BW leader
>>11785126why does that make you happy? you got a guy in japan who can smuggle it to you?
>>11785082Me anon not bozo>>11785083Where the hell did all this come from, some comic? Is this some new line? First I'm seeing of any of this.
Takara really loves their BW shows.
>>11785131Yeah, their names are BBTS and Hasbro Pulse
>>11785136sure if you wanna pay even morepersonally I love lio convoy but i'm not paying 60 bucks for his glowy form.
>>11784953And I would call him Murder Saber because he's actually not the friendly swordsman we all know of before.
>>11785136I call them Amiami and Amazon.jp
>>11785133I don't really understand it, since I found them positively ruinous to levels Beast Machines could only dream of being, but I'm happy for them.
>>11785131Nta but Importing toys isnt some ninjutsu art. Takara breaking out from chris cocks clutches is great news.
>>11785142but the shipping, Madge! the shipping!!
>>11785143it is weird right? they don't seem like they liked it.I wonder if any nihonjin watch Beast Wars in subtitled English so they can get the correct experience without the goofy shit.
>>11785044Who's with Optimus, Rodimus, and Jazz again, Gears?
>>11785144no it's a jujutsu art, if you'll follow me(and I'm allowed)
>>11784956Holy shit this toy really needed an update and it looks amazing.
>>11785143BWII and Neo are basically it's own thing and not a serious sequel to mainframes BW at all
>>11785146One of the major Japanese TF writers, Hirofumi Ichikawa, is such a western BW fan that when he wrote a story about Alternators Nemesis being possessed by Optimus Primal, he made it the American version of Primal specifically because he doesn’t like the Japanese portrayal of him
>>11785028If anything, this makes it even more blatant that she IS the Nemesis. The Nemesis ship wasn't originally a Transformer/Cybertronian; she was a ship AI that became self-aware. As is such, she doesn't have a Spark - her AI is housed in and powered by The Heart of Cybertron, which was used as the Matrix for the ML Nemesis Prime - meaning it's her transferred into a new body. Shockblast then uses this same Heart of Cybertron - now corrupted and enhanced by Unicron's energy via all the Armada Nemesis Primes' Dead Matrixes (Matricies?) - to revive a dead Convoy. The Heart acts as a replacement Spark, and since this is still the Nemesis' core unit, the consciousness that's controlling the body is the (now corrupted) Nemesis AI. So yes, Nemesis Star Convoy (along with Missing Link Nemesis Prime) IS the Nemesis ship AI and IS female, even though she's animating a dead Optimus' body (which makes no difference - it's not like Optimus had a robo-dong or anything that would make him physically one sex or another to begin with).
>>11785156In all lands, weebs.
>>11784867>>11784868I hope we get nontacticool colors but Ican see how people would love this. I wonder what Star Sabers colorscheme wi be.
>>11785153Well, yeah. They were filler series while Japan waited for production of later Beast Wars seasons to finish.
>>11784900I cant imagine what people were like when Beast Wars came out if this is what G1 fans are like now.
>>11784900It was necessary to adjust Ironhide, he has fucking nothing to add joints to.
>>11785161I'm not sure if identifies mater at this point. Could also be called an aspect of Unicron.
>>11785161It's literally a corrupted Optimus who's been taken over by Unicron, even the components show up and say things like "of course we'd be here, Convoy always has Roller and the combat deck supporting him!
>>11785156>>11785163brings a tear to my eye.Thank you for sharing that.
>>11784987That's Unicron, he's larger than Galvatron. This Galvatron is going to be around Leader sized. Smaller than Magmatron.
>>11785028The first few panels are almost an exact recreation of these images. I forget where they're from.
>>11785032Are you the same guy who didnt think RiD Scourge looked like Fire Convoy
>>11785131I'm happy the toys just exist, recent hasbro stuff has been super iffy so im happy I can look forward to these too, some of these seem liked things hasbro wouldn't have executed well anyway. The prices will be unfortunate, but the things id do to get BWII galvatron, racist star saber, and trypticon with a giant fucking horn...
>>11785171There’s a reason “Trukk not Munky” got so popular back in the day>>11785184They’re from the TV Magazine story pages that cover the plot of Return of Convoy
>>11785185He looks a little like him.>>11785186Perhaps soI just heard someone in Zoids discord saying that US retailers DO get TT Mall exclusives, at least sometimes, so I'm not giving up hope. but with a potentially 4-500 dollar zoid purchase in the works, I'm not exactly gonna be keen on blowing a bunch on transformers, unless they are FLAWLESSly engineered.And it's from Japan, so.. hopefully..
>>11785175It's literally "we ripped out the core processor from the Nemesis, saturated it with Unicron's energy, and stuffed it into a dead shell".
>>11785184This isn't in the comic but it was cool and I had to post it
>>11785187Thanks I need to find them all. I wish we got an OVA back in the day for it.
Imminent financial ruin aside, I'm looking forward to displaying this guy with Nemesis Star Convoy.>>11784949>Dark Designs RhinoxA surprise to be sure, but a welcome one. I thought we would have had this and silver Blackarachnia long before now honestly.
>>11785194The perfect pose to illustrate why thighs being that short is bad.
>>11785196To be fair he was a massive brick before he was a modern toy
>>11785195it does make you wonder what their plans with BWMP are. like, they're dragging ass hard on actually completing the season 1 cast, just occasionally doing recolors to recoup costs, but they used Cheetor for Shadow Panther instead of Tigatron and.. rereleased Primal with more accessories.. it's just a mess. But I imagine some of it is how much difficulty they're having making some of the designs work.I hope they rip off that 3P terrorsaur. he seemed to make it work.>>11785197oh indeed. it's just funny they never think of that. I love retro bots, but they had some flaws.
>>11784870I don't mind the beige but jeezus look at the size of that fuckin backpack
>>11785194All of them are in the Transformers the Manga vol 3 that released recently https://a.co/d/04QSrjGWI also believe all of them are uploaded on the TFWiki page covering each of the toyline's story pageshttps://tfwiki.net/wiki/Fight!_Super_Robot_Lifeform_Transformers:_The_Battlestars_(story_page)
>>11785200The KATOKI'D legs bother me more.
>>11785205This seriously looks like two different robotsone is the torso and arms, the other is the legs, backpack, and pauldrons.. Like someone did a really awkward kitbash.
>>11785175>Unicron>Legends has Galvatron and Gigastorm next Guys...I think there's a chance we're going to get legends BW Unicorn
>>11785190TTmall exclusivity only applies within Japan. Rest of the world are able to get them through the same channels(robotkingdom, BBTS, etc.) all ordering from Hasbro HK. Zoids has different international distro, Hasbro only handles NA region while the rest is done by TT's own regional distributors
>>11785214I would also settle for Blendtrons. Torca mold deserves to be saved from GPS. Although I'm not sure the BWII guy even had that.>>11785201This shit had so much soul thanks
>>11785214How does this manage to have way more soul than the haslab?
>>11785214this doesn't look as good to me as some other versions we've gotten.. but it's okay.>>11785215actually Hasbrony's been out of the Zoids game since they barely dipped their toe into Wild and then abandoned it after like 8 kits (which they made massive changes to, mostly negative, but a few random positive ones)
>>11785219Because it isn’t confined to replicating an animation model that clearly wasn’t designed to transform
>>11785219I cant speak for everyone but I get sick of pure G1 stuff after awhile and new takes on characters look 100x better. Like the new tacticool shit we're getting is awesome. Theres only so much cartoon accurate stuff I can handle.
>>11785219What do you mean that looks like shell hell
Nemesis Star Conviy is 30,800 yen I'm too poor for that shit.
>>11785225I’m always split in the middle. I like getting new versions of characters, but I also like revisiting old ones just to see how toy technology has progressed>>11785226To be fair, that’s the majority of BWNeo's designs in a nutshell (ha)
>>11785226that's unavoidablewhat bugs me is these modern thighs that are all exactly the fucking same
>>11785219I'd say "because you can't get it", but that applies to the HasLab one too.
>>11785172could've been done more accurately than this. he doesn't even have the sled anymore.
>>11785171>those damn G1 fans having an opinion on G1 toys.kill yourself, you giant faggot
Having opinions and having meltdowns aren't the same thing
>>11785237>everytime someone disagrees with me it's a meltdownFaggots are so over dramatic
>>11785066>Armada Convoy was a proof of concept proto. It couldn't transform, it was basically a static figureThat was FUD spread by a Hasbro designer that at best got lost in translation, or was intentional damage control over people being upset about the CHUGification of the final release. It was riddled with metal hardware, panel gaps and parts you wouldn't see in either mode. It obviously transformed if you looked at it for more than five seconds. It was further along than the essentially finalized grey model of Overgear Blackout's alt mode they showed off in the reveal that had no metal hardware or panel gaps to speak of and was just a print of the helicopter mode.
>>11785225This poster rules, I should try to recreate with toys. I feel you though. I broke on G1 shit because I really like how much better the more recent SS86/The Movie figures represent the source material compared to older releases. I think there should always be classic looking G1 figures available for newcomers to collecting, but that should be balanced with new, different stuff for the real ones that have been here the entire time.
grabbed siege skytread for as good a price as I could find albeit more than I'd have liked to pay, what am I in for?
Since he's the bot of the hour, here's the full Budiansky profile the Autobot's cantankerous old warhorse, BURT PRAHM!.
>>11785246erm, why isn't his head in his chest? where are the gaps?
>>11785247
>>11785246I've been going through the old Marvel comics for awhile and I always love these. Ironhide and Kup should be bros just based on being old pieces of shit who still constantly show the turbo revvin' young punks how it's done.
>>11785252didn't they do something like that in Dreamwave?
>>11785166Actually, I've always wanted to visualize how things were spaced out with Beast Wars's releases compared to other stuff the studio was doing, and how Japan handled it. Now you can too!
>>11785243Yeah at most they mean that one couldnt transform since it wasnt fully put together, clearly it had the engineering thought out.
>>11785271My money is on the sculpting for the container and supermode not being done and still in a greybox-engineering phase, which got mistranslated as couldn't transform into super mode. Takara usually starts with a static sculpt prototype (like Devastator here) that very clearly doesn't have metal hardware or working panel splits, then moves into working out how to make it transform with an unsculpted 'grey-box' prototype that blocks out the main transformation, and then finally adding sculptwork (veneering) to the grey-box engineering model.If a Takara prototype has metal pins and screws and shit holding it together and air escape holes for functional mushroom pegs and very clearly got re-posed halfway through the show, it's in the final stages of being a toy. Especially if it has clear parts, which Armada Convoy did. Takara doesn't start adding clear parts until resin protos are basically done. Hell, the leg tabs on the prototype are even visibly chipped.
>>11785270For those curious, Car Robots began airing right after Metals' conclusion and finished in December of that same year
>>11784839>Tra Universe DLX bludgeonTank Megs>Tra Universe DLX Skybyte>Tra Universe DLX Superion???>Tra Universe VOY MenasorOptimus>TRA DEL CLASSIC BLASTOFF CD10Astrotrain?>TRA DEL CLASSIC SNAPDRAGON CD11???>>11784867>>11784868>>11784870yum mustard
>>11785285Menasor probably would have been a Black Convoy redeco of Energon Optimus. At least that's the thing that most easily springs to mind.
>>11785285>>11785287Menasor was also Hasbro's go to name when they couldn't use Motormaster at the time.
>>11785287>>11785289>VOY Menasor>VOYActually wait, no, probably a repack of Cybertron Menasor with the electronics gutted. No way it was Energon OP. Not sure what the timeline between these listings is and 08 SDCC Nemesis, but I can't see them doing two black repaints of the same toy that close together.
Does this mean stampy will get a modern toy?
>>11785219Because the Haslab fucking sucked and was a genuine embarrassment
>>11784700First of all, checked.Second of all,>$35As a Hot Wheels guy, ouch. But those are definitely three of the coolest Hot Wheels money can buy right now. Think they'll be available long enough to go on sale, or is this gonna be a short-run get-em-while-you-can FOMO pump-and-dump?I kind of wish either Twin Mill or GT-Scorcher were in a different colour, they both look good but having two out of three in such a similar shade of red makes them look kinda samey. Someone posted a black-purple-cyan Scorcher in the last thread, that would've looked dope as a bot.
>>11785165Star Saber is from the Adamas Machina series, not Overgear. It will be colored like the Flame Toys figure.
>>11785314bitchin
>>11785219You sound like a Greeble lover
>>11785314I hope they do flametoys version of Victory SaberLooks way better than the G1 combinationTurns him into a Brave series bot
Those that have OSS Optimus what do you think of him and the damaged look in person? I am torn on getting him or waiting to see if they do a normal SS86 prime without the trailer in the future.
>>11785312Most collab figures end up on sale, so you can risk it. I bought the first set for 34, and I hope I can get that lucky with this one.
>>11784867I slipped tripped and fell on KINO
>>11784956Long overdue. I guess they're probably going to release him 1998 to coincide with BW2's anniversary. But I am glad we finally have the BW triumvirates complete
>>11784867>>11784868It's a battle armor with camo, treat this like Prigozhin Prime
>>11784867>>11784868>4U70-B07 R3-5157-4NC3
>>11785384Welcome back Universe 08 retarded number messages.
>>11784867I don't *hate* the beige but I think I would've preferred an actual camo
>>11784526>>11784820>>11784724>>11784824>>11784885ML isn't about that, that's half of the premiseKobayashi himself alluded that back in 2024 (when Convoy was only available & Bumble + Cliff were on their way)—it's not only about adding articulationshttps://www.soundwavesoblivion.com/techspecs/interviewhironorikobayashi.htmlfrankly it's limiting to expect 1:1 & nothing else
>>11785009>>11785004HOLY CRAPHow much will this Trypticon cost?Will it be sold normally on Amazon?i was almost going to buy the black Trypt - he's around 160 EUR which is super cheap by titans standards. But i dont want 2 Trypticons (i do but i don't have enough space for that) so i might wait
>>11784860Thank you, someone understands it>>11784937No different than Hasbro revealing at SDCC or MCM>>11784954The feeling when Mark Maher isn't in the room>>11785124Seemingly Legends Godbomber>>11785033Basically yes
>>11784956Need to see his other two modes, but looks great so far.
>>11785023Am I misremembering? I thought Shockblast was an idiot in Energon, or was that different in Super Link. Last I remember, Sixshot was the smart one, I can't imagine Shockblast putting together such a well thought out plan.
>>11785427Shockblast/Laserwave isn't really an idiot more just a psychotic asshole but yes Sixshot is the smarter one and also an asshole
>>11785312you can get blue twinmill on sale for less than $25 right now on Amazon
>>11785291I had this toy, I liked it a lot.
>>11785028>>11785161With that out of the way, reminder than last month's webmanga with Menasor https://tf.takaratomy.co.jp/products-lineup/tf_nl/nl_02there is a banner that's not included so far in either chapters (& what seems to be 2 panels on the right)
>>11784875The stranger things figure you are talking about is an entirely different mold from ironhide, it's superficially similar in appearance.
Hope Gigatron/RID Megatron is next.
>>11785455coom
>>11785312>Think they'll be available long enough to go on sale, or is this gonna be a short-run get-em-while-you-can FOMO pump-and-dump?Blue Twin Mill and Boneshaker are warming the pegs at my Target right now. Whether that means they weren't moving or the store just ordered too many I can't tell you. But I wouldn't worry too much about it.>Someone posted a black-purple-cyan Scorcher in the last thread, that would've looked dope as a bot.Yeah, purple Scorcher would have been a day one pre-order for me. This new batch looks cool but maybe not "$35 a pop" cool. I'll probably get them eventually, but I can wait on them.
>>11785148Ultra Magnus
>>11785455It looks like there's more plastic in the legs than in a whole voyager
>>11785476>we're never getting drill bit or the giant planet key because metroplex had to be 22 inches instead of just 20
I got a cheap TR Perceptor in today. Was originally gonna use him as the base for a custom Kaon (using a 3D printed kit) but I actually really like him! Wish he had ankle tilts but what can you do. I like to imagine his altmode functions as either a laser cannon or a telescope- when the blue end faces outwards (see pic) it's a telescope, with light going in through the end and being beamed to the sensor array at the back. When it's the other way around with the black end facing forwards it's a laser cannon, with the lens focusing light from an emitter into a beam which is then fired out the other end.My main complaint is the Headmaster storage is a bit weak, but I'm OK using the chair-gun as a sort of open cabin.
>>11785455Not the focus but I realize with this picture that Takara restored Star Convoy's light piping for this evil version.
>>11785389what are you talking about?>-I found the concept of enhancing the toy's performance while keeping the appearance unchanged quite intriguing.>>What led to the decision to maintain the original appearance this time?In fact, there was considerable debate between the two approaches. At one point, we considered adhering strictly to the size and basic transformation while incorporating cartoon design elements for the finer details. However, as we delved into the project, we realised that these 'improvements' would undermine the nostalgia and original essence, rather than enhance it. So, we decided to adopt a policy that would avoid any changes that might disrupt the sense of nostalgiasounds like the opposite of what you're saying..
