Previous:>>11908015
>>1191115wtf are you talking about? Its just slightly LESS neon.
>>11911315It's literally over, Hasbro Transformers are doomed. Only Takara can save us now.
Takara makes the figures you call Hasbro slop btw
>>11911324Meant to quote >>11911150
>>11911324>>11911333Still too neon
>>11911332On the left, you see what Takara releases, and on the right, you can see what Hasbro releases. Hope that helps you, you disingenuous clown.
>>11911348a polished turd is still a turd
>>11911348Takara engineered and produced both of those toys. They are complicit in every SS86 toy you think is shit.
>86 Grimlock is... le badcontrarianism at it's peak, enjoy your potp bro
>>11911354Remember that time 3P had to finish FoC Grimlock for Hasbro? Good times.
>>11911358I didnt collect any FOC but that's hilarious
>>11911361The dino mode had no belly, just a big gaping maw that you could see straight through to the inside of the back. FoC were some bad times but at least the seekers were cool. WfC vs FoC is like night and day.
>>11911353>n-no you see it was totally takara who decided to release a good blitzwing and then a shit blitzwing a year later i-it's definitely not hasbro's fault for the garbage decos!!
>>11911369Which is the good and which is the shit, you're confusing me
Not sure what I was expecting with Jetfire. Its alright I guess.
>>11911376He should've came with the star saber, Prime getting yet another big fucking gun is kinda meh
>>11911372the good one is probably the one that doesn’t have a miscolored crotch
>"buy it again" redecoes Shitty practice from both companies as far as I'm concerned. At least Takara improved on a mold last year... But only because Leo is their favorite Convoy.
>>11911209I would buy a Marissa like this
>>11911263Like this.
>>11911348I'm fine with my comics Grimlock.I like the blue head. My headcanon is blue is first, red is second, black is last
Hey lookRed rocket.
>>11911398Technically that's Crimson.
>>11911332Everything I dislike is Hasbro. Everything I like is Takara. Simple as.
>>11911395Is that that substantially different from how you normally do it, I'm not sure where the exact and crucial differences are>tfw tried the good ol "spin the head beforehand" trick>it doesn't work at all because of where the ball socket is
It's pretty common for newer fans to cite Titans Return as their introduction to Transformers. What was it about picrel that made people say, "shit dawg, I'm having that"? As someone who's been collecting since 2005 it was clear by Prime Wars the budgets were being stretched disastrously thin. Was it the bang-for-buck that drew in a new crowd?
>>11911344I can't fully disagree, I would have preferred they toned it down, but I get it. this is homaging an old toy, so
>>11911403Based
>>11911367ME GRIMLOCK AM GONOME FROM OPPOSING FORCE
>>11911408I actually like that Megatron. I've since replaced it with SS86 but I think it's neat to have a Megatron who can be a tank AND a jet, even if his arms and cannon are grossly hollow. It probably helps that I never owned the mold as Blitzwing either.
>>11911408Fans went retarded and loved peeling stickers and unpainted toys. Yasss massa Hasbro bring that back it's PEAK transformers! I love partsforming and hollow parts and guns that are bath tubs!
>>11911408I usually hear Siege or Earthrise because 2020 had people rediscovering hobbies. I was aware of Titans Return and never collected it because everything I saw looked like ass.
>>11911394there's so many anime girl figures i'd buy if they were just regular jointed action figures, not looking all 'fashion' and goofy and statue>>11911398that doesn't look bad at all.
Welp, no more crossover movie.https://news.tfw2005.com/2026/10/01/transformers-x-gi-joe-crossover-movie-cancelled-575165I'm sure you're crushed.
>>11911423bit like a paper company making extremely cheap, rough, subpar paper, then shipping it directly to the recycling plant.
>>11911407The difference is people usually line up the bottom of the head (green line) with the neck plate (red line) which forces the chin and nose above the front edge of the neck plate.Tilting the head forward tucks the chin and nose safely behind the neck plate and the only part that sticks up is the forehead. The forehead will touch the bottom edge of the roof during transformation but since it's unpainted there's no damage.
>>11911408Titans Return had a few genuinely good toys but mostly it was just nice to get some variety again after essentially buying fifty of the same toy in Combiner Wars.
>>11911423Finally some good news. I don’t know why they kept trying to make GI Joe x Transformers a thing for so many years but the least we need is another movie flop.
>>11911433Ah I see it now, so I should be putting less work and attention to the head, so it just "carelessly" gets put in instead of being aligned, yeah I see how his poor face now gets to dodge the roof, thank you!
>>11911433that's a pretty rare transformation complication, that pushing a piece in all the way, flush, is actually bad.
By the time they do Galaxy Convoy at commander it'll be $150
>>11911416The closest to a good tank Megs is still Classics '06. Tragic.>>11911419Erm, Reagan W?>>11911420That too.>>11911441That Highbrow would've been great with tighter joints on Gort.
>>11911315Anons i missed everything - ARE WE GETTING ANOTHER combiner? ???i love love Brawl and i hope there will be another version of Bruticus. will we have it???
>>11911398I mean, they gotta use that mold at least once more. There are plenty of tank and copter tfs and at least a handful of jeep dudes.
>>11911378Yeah, i dont know why it was included with the Nemisis redeco, I will have to try and find one for a decent price. I suppose the Skyboom shield minicons will be included with the eventual Overload.Pants.
>preorder Brawl from tfrobutts>around 60eur>date of arriving-December>damn too much to wait for. Maybe i will get a better deal on Eb...>...>.......what happened? Brawl became the most expensive bruticus bot???
>>11911348Aren't these just the same toy with different color schemes?
>>11911519hasbro deco bad and the screwholes aren’t covered. takara deco good.
>>11911519I believe that is what anon is getting at. One paint job is superior
>>11911521>>11911522Meh, one deco being better than another is entirely subjective so I don't know why the anon is being autistic about it.
>>11911524I don't understand the point of most arguments we have 'roun here.
>>11911526Yes you do, you're wrong
>>11911260HasbroTakaraEither of you, PleaseIt's right there
>>11911521The screwholes still aren't covered on the Takara one though
>>11911408Takara's Legends/UW was genuinely god thoGod bless
>>11911526Most of them are just to get a vibe of who all is posting here. Not even always arguments, consider >>11911408 it makes no sense on so many levels. >It's pretty common for newer fans to cite Titans Return as their introduction to Transformers.By what metric? How would anyone even know what most people's "introduction to transformers" was? Why are they ignoring the other lines that were running at the same time? The fact anyone mentions there are TF communities that are more active than here, you have an anon all but crying to find them, further showing how in the dark 4chan tfg is to the rest of the fandom. So why make such a full blown retarded statement? The answer is simple: they want to provoke replies so they can get an idea of what's here, of what anyone else thinks on the line and/or what could be gathered about what anons or other people first started with.That's all these arguments and strange posts are: cries for someone to talk to him. And you know what? We should. This poor fucker has nowhere but here, he can't join friends irl, he can't get with a chat group, find one of those new forums. This is it, this is all anon's got. HEll it might be all you got too. So let's keep some poor souls alive another day and just take some bait so anon keeps posting.
>>11911526Uncontrollable autism. Really, that's what it is.
>>11911544Stop noticing and praise Takara
>>11911348So you're willing to pay Takara money all the time, right?
>>11911376Does anyone have any good pics of nemesis combined with him?
>>11911348>>11911519And nearly 6 years time apart. A 12year old when SS86 Grimlock rolled out would be 18 today. All the communities outside of here are stuck on that, the fact things are going so slow that a Takara vs Hasbro fight just makes no sense anymore. It's basically an over glorified reissue at this point.
>>11911573Funny you mention that when the Ratchet he comes with is even older. Can you imagine telling someone in 2010 that the Transfomers brand would not only slow down to releasing a months worth of toys in over a year, but that most of them would be almost nothing but repaints and retools of figures from the last 10+ years? This brand feels like it's just rotting away.
>>11911576I want repaints and retools of good figures from the entire history, plus new ones that are as good as the old.
>>11911582Sure but at this pace and nothing else?
>>11911576Telling me that there's show accurate toys and multiple G1 updates would blow my mind back in the 90's.Back then there were less than 25 figures a year. $250 could basically buy you every transformer released in a year.
>>119115762010s generations output was worse
>>11911588>>11911592>brings up the 90s when 2010 was mentioned >samefags this hard for stupid bait yeah no, fuck you and fuck idiots like >>11911548 telling me I should feed you. I'm out.
>>11911584hmm. Not sure what i want right now, since I can't even afford the T-formers I want>green lio, amber lio, new bluebolts, cybershark, and gigatron
>>11911610oh shit that's a really sick deco. look at all those printed–>picrelare... are those stickers? is that all stickers?
>>11911610>>11911611Man...I love the gaymer green but the tats are a bit too much.
My mother that lives in vegas found Big convoy at Ross for 19.99 for meMom's are awesome
>>119116002010 was right after a movie and the middle of a big boom. I'm old enough to see a lot of waxing and waning years. I would just chalk it up to that pattern continuing.
>>11911610Monster energy collab?
MPG Style Gen Megatron
>>11911622The "G" in "G2" now stands for "Grey".
>>11911622Boobatron
>>11911576>but that most of them would be almost nothing but repaints and retools of figures from the last 10+ years?I'd be sad we didnt go even further back in time I love stupid shit like this
>>11911622Slightly high res
>>11911627I don't hate the mold! I'm not gonna lose my fucking mind when I see it in g2 colors like OH MY GOD MY FIRST TRANSFORMER, BUT BETTER but.... I do think it's a genuine improvement over that toy, and I am eager to see it in the ol' green and purple.The fusion cannon here is just masturbatory, but whatever.
>>11911614Could just be a prototype. Where are these pics coming from?>>11911610I was worried these colors would be too boring or something because I didnt like Ironhides and Optimus'but this guys is sick. The green and white details really make it pop.
>>11911622>>11911627That gun looks sweet, very very cool
>>11911628Green n' purplePurpleBlueYellowThis Megatron phenotype has a lot of possibilities
wait wait one secondwhat is this piece? this doesn't seem to fit. and he also doesn't have his machinegun, so that's ... hopefully the g2 version would have that. I didn't realize that was a sword on his back for some reason.
>>11911627It's like a mix of G2 and SS86 with a touch of Combiner Wars.Makes me wonder why Hot Rod was so phoned in.
>>11911633Looks like a viewfinder that flips out in front of his face for when that giant chunk on his shoulder obviously become a massive cannon.
>>11911633I assume it's one of theseSome sort of targeting sight apparatus
>>11911622Damn look at those tits. He puts shockwave to shame.
>>11911632>BlueGod I would kill for a new Reverse Convoy. I have a strange fascination with that character and a few other robot master guys
AMT-03 Star Saber
>>11911636>>11911637Ohhh thank you. okay. The original didn't have that, right?Hmmm it seems to have a small rocket launcher in a similar location, but higher.
>>11911627NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! HES A TANK? NOT EVEN MASTERPIECE CAN MAKE HIM A GUN ANYMORE????ALL I FUCKIKG WANT IS A SILVER G1 MEGATRON THAT TURNS INTO A GUN THAT HAS A NICE OPTIMUS TO MATCH ITWHAT THE FUCK!!!!!!I WAS SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS BEING A GUN
>>119116279/11 for gun megatron fans seriously
>>11911643There are silver KOs of MP-36 out there
>>11911548>let's keep some poor souls alive another daySo if I don't reply to shitposters, they kill themselves and the board gets better? Sounds good to me.
G1 Megatron as a gun is more symbolic for the character because the war didn't start from a tank or a jet or a massive bomb explosion.It was from a single shot.
>>11911640He comes with his tiny boi self
>>11911643>>11911644For those with eyes to see he might be slightly more
>>11911649Pretty sure it started from multiple shots because Megatron just started blasting at an energy processing warehouse
>>11911649Unless it’s one of the continuities where Megatron is just the latest in a line of leaders, like the G1 cartoon.
>>11911610>>11911611OG-02EX Grinder btw, if you wanted a name
>>11911652Retarded compromise henkai was better>>11911649He should be a gun because A guns are fun toys and B this revisionist shit is insulting
>>11911656Style gen isn’t trying to be accurate to anything, it’s just Takara designers doing what they think is cool. It’s not meant to be sunbowg1
It’s 2026 deluxes are $40 and two inches tall Skybound got botched Peter Cullen is dead and Megatron can’t be a gun transformers is fucking dead
>>11911622Looks great. Guess they’re doing Tank Megs in Japan now since they can’t make him into a gun for import reasons. It makes me wonder if his Missing Link version is going to be reimagined as a tank but engineered in a way so his robot mode matches his G1 toy.
>>11911622Revealing this so soon after people are getting their Hot Rods is just adding insult to injury. "Yeah Hot Rod could have been something actually good but you get an upscaled generations toy you'll buy it anyway lmao"
>>11911622Why the fuck is he gray
>>11911643>>11911644it's G2 megatron specifically. they just colored it like gun megatron
>>11911658>It’s not meant to be sunbowg1Hot Rod is since he's just the Studio Series figure.
>>11911663Because in Japan green G2 Megatron is Megastorm.
>>11911661Looks like Megatron is just an ebiggened retool too. Thats just 86 megatron
>>11911661You’re the minority on disliking 86 Hot Rod and the MPG is an improvement on it
>>11911669Anon, I don't think you know what 86 Megatron looks likeI know the colours and names are similar but...
Every new toy reveal shows how blind and retarded some anons are.
>>11911664My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined at least I get to save $200
>>11911667are you saying that, because he's not really megatron, they won't put a toy out of him first because everything MUST be megatron-megatron?
>>11911663Megatron is gray.
>>1191167086 Hot Rod is great. MPG isn't an improvement since it's a $20 toy being sold for $120. All upscales are fucking trash.
>>11911673so you heard about this in advance and you thought it was g1 megatron?
>>11911658>most g1 shit ever“It’s not g1 bro look he cake with the bayverse swords trust me it’s not g1”Non of the other style gen figures are a completely different alt mode
>>11911677—>>>11911679stop being a pedantic fuckwad
>>11911627They didn't even try with the turret, damn that's awful.
>>11911679God look at how much he's like an almagation of other Optimus Prime designs. You can really see the Galaxy Convoy and G2 Hero and Animated and Beast Wars in him
>>11911673MPG was never going to be G1 accurate, retard.
They don’t even look like they belong together
>>11911679he said it's not meant to be sunbowg1 which is objectively true, nobody mentioned bayverse
>>11911687>gets fucking mogged by 13 year old toys
>>11911687I've seen something like this before!
>>11911687They look like Optimus and MegatronGood enough for meNot that I've commited to getting either one
>>11911687Megatron's chest looks like how in a cartoon when a character is going to yell real loud they'll puff up like a balloon
>>11911690Kek I don't remember the first MP megs looking that awful.
>>11911690MP-10 isnt mogging anything
>>11911686it was last time, wunnit>>11911682the visible shoulder hinges are kinda ridicks for an MP, yeah>>11911687I mean, they don't. Right? one is g1, the other's g2. The latter will look right with oil-tanker Laser Prime.
>>11911693less ridicks than the original g2megs>>11911694that isn't that, right? it doesn't look anything like it. I've seen MP megs.. wait.. was I looking at a 3P one?
>>11911689I don’t WANT more sunbow shit sunbow shit SUCKS I want a silver gen megatron with the black boots with the cool red inner parts that swag modernization of g1 that collaborated the toy & cartoon design into something quintessential
>>11911674I'm saying that it doesn't make sense to release the first MPG Megatron in green because to the Takara audience that's a completely different character. It'd be like if the first MPG Bumblebee was red.Japanese G2 back in the day skipped the original tank Megatron and only released the purple Hero version. Green Megatron was only ever Megastorm to them.
>>11911694I dont know who that is, but it's not MP 05
>>11911703I guess I just don't understand why Megastorm can't be a fun new toy they're interested inThey have no trouble with "Like Optimus, but a different character"
>>11911699THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT GEN SELECTS WAS MADE FOR AND THEY FUCKED IT UP!>Oh but the law says transformers can’t transform into guns Except yes they can they choose not to for megaton as a branding thing
>>11911622Make him green and purple and you'll have my attention.
Takara made MP gun megatron already
>>11911706it's not really a law, but it's lawesque
takara once again mogging the hasbro slop
>>11911704Finding out this was designed in an incredibly rushed tiny deadline answered so many questions.
>>11911627Given how much the current mainline and MPG lines tend to take design cues from each other, I wonder if this could be a vague hint to what the new G2 Megatron looks like>>11911632>>11911639I’m guessing that Reverse is going to be a New Legends exclusive given the amount of retooling needed, RID Bludgeon will be a Gen Selects exclusive, and Hero Megatron/Archforce will be a capsule exclusive. I’m not sure on Megastorm, though
>>11911690That Megatron looks like putrid dogshit
Nah I’m fucking done you can tell by my ip address I’ve been crashing out hard I’m selling my transformers on Facebook marketplace hastak can’t to anything right
>>11911720>can’t to anything right
>>11911720Nice blog faggot
>>11911717It's all some desperate fools in the mid '10s had
>>11911716I would imagine Megastorm is new legends
>>11911721Picrel>>11911723I feel so old your say that when someone is off topic I’m talking about transformers in the transformers thread newfag
Is there a full list of the 2027 leaks?
>>11911348A mass retail figure vs premium adult collector item. Also a really great figure so I don't even know what you faggots want from this line. >>11911367Going through some figures to see what I want to sell I can not believe how awful figures from that era were. The Combiner Wars toys feel so fucking cheap. My Studio Series Grimlock feels so sturdy compared to my FoC one AND its legs can actually balance a dynamic pose. In general I love how many newer figures have wide footprints. The new Superion is another one. I can't do jack shit with the Unite Wars version without it feeling like its going to fall over and the plastic feels like its going to break every time I transform them.
>>11911745>I don't even know what you faggots want from this line.We want to be right!And that means someone else needs to be wrong
>>11911745>A mass retail figure vs premium adult collector item.It's the same toy with a new paint job.
>>11911408Titan Return toys are damn fun. Just pick one up. Sure modern figures have more articulation and toon accuracy, but most Titans Return molds are just good fun to handle.
>>11911748And you’re paying much more for that premium paint job.
>>11911315I never minded characters being repaints of combiner members. Lets you get some variety on the combined form. >>11911398That being said, I'll be waiting on these guys until I see more with this team. Has/Tak can't stop fumbling the ball with Nexus.
>>11911752If you count shipping, sureIf not then it's pretty comparable to retail
>>11911757I love the Cobra-inspired look they gave Skyfall/"Sky Guard" but the others so far leave a lot to be desired. I do love this idea of getting new limbs for established combiners like we're getting for the Constructicons. Construction vehicles are woefully underutilized by modern Transformers. Though I still dream of a Limo and Bus-former.
I love the Japanese.
>>11911752That's how life works bozo, if you want higher quality you have to pay more.
>>11911765Its about 20 to 30 dollars more than retail would be for the two figures and you're not getting the typical discount you'd get from a multi-pack. Ratchet's paintjob isn't anything special and you can get a Grimlock pretty easily right now from most retailers if you want him. You're paying the extra cash for the paint job. These sets also don't have all the accessories some of the other DCS releases have had either. Really hoping the last set has a Wheeljack and some really cool lab stuff for him but I'm worried it won't.
>>11911774>You're paying the extra cash for the paint job. These sets also don't have all the accessories some of the other DCS releases have had either.What I'm saying is Amiami has it for about $85USD right nowAnd you do get a couple extra flame effects
>>11911767Prime is built to handle overload so this weight should be fine for him
>>11911576>Funny you mention that when the Ratchet he comes with is even older.No, it’s not. Idk how you got 4 replies with no one mentioning this.
>>11911613So this is just the anime deco with a new head?
Meant to post this in the last thread.>>11909617
>>11911771Agreed. My question is how many people here are willing to pay that when $30 deluxes already lead to complaints.
You will never get a definitive toy of a character. Especially of Prime and Megatron. If you do then you won't buy the next ten toys of the characters.
>>11911792stop telling anger-truths!!
>>11911610FIRST ONE ISN'T EVEN OUT YET BROOOOOOOO>>11911613Huh???Animation color G1 Arcee?>>11911622>>11911627>TankGod damn itI know it's G2 style but it shouldn't fucking be. We're genuinely never getting Gun Megatron again are we???>>11911670Brother. MPG Hot Rod is ass and is literally an upscaled and slight retooled SS86 AND has QC with the knees in a lot of themDon't spend $130+ range when the newer SS86 just released what 2 months+ ago???>>11911640Ehh
>>11911792I dunno I feel like there are a few that can't be topped. Even the Hasbro team recently talked about having characters they really don't see a need to redo for the next decade or so. SS Perceptor for example is next to perfect, and so is SS Soundwave. That's the entire reason they have to do weird shit like a shattered glass inspired storyline in the mainline now. How are you going to top the recent Seeker mold? As far as traditional Starscream's go its perfect. That's also why they're branching out to other versions of characters. SS Prime might be the end of G1 primes for many people but would those people buy a new Cybertron Galaxy Prime or a G2 Megatron?
>>11911794how hard is the previous MP to get?
>>11911794>Animation color G1 Arcee?With animation accurate headmaster
>>11911512Lack of supply. Here in the states, all the other parts were easy to find in store and stocked more than once. Brawl I saw one in store and never again. Also sold out online.
>>11911794You could always get the KO of the second MP. There's like three-four versions of it.
>>11911800there's been two MP gun megatrons?
>>11911794>>11911660>>11911644>>11911643Do people really think he won't be a gun again? Has Takara shown any evidence of such?
>>11911801There has!
>>11911725We had a few options, personally I'm a Despotron chad because he looks like Dreamwave art I'm nostalgic for. Some of you might be interested in DX9Mightron though.
>>11911801yes. The larger first one and the second one that's closer to the scale established by Starscream onward(but not really taken seriously until MP-10)
>>11911610>>11911611Finally, a proper toy of Obsidian!Oh, his name's Grindr? Even better.
>>11911802He absolutely will not be a gun again due to gun laws unless he's a silly rainbow colored NERF gun. Studio Series Megatron was the nail in the coffin because they finally found a way to do the G1 design with a tank. At least you'll get little gun accessories for fun, which is all anyone really need anyway. Gun Megatron is dumb. What he turns into a gun so the guy that constantly stabs him in the back can fire the same shots Megatron could have fired from his arm canon?
>>11911792I actually doubt SS86 will be topped with the dwindling budgets and rising prices. Anything close will be so much more than what we already paid for that it isnt worth it.
Fanstoys is my last hope for a Gun Megatron at this point, huh. They're not even doing Missing Link. Starting the Decepticons with Soundwave tells us all we need to know.
>>11911814I know I've told myself to stop getting toys of the two when I got the SS86 for both of them. There's only so much time and money I can invest in a cycle as vicious as that
>>11911814>>11911819I have the 86 Megatron and was entirely happy with it until I saw this >>11911622Now I'm gonna have to buy big guys all over again... At least I know a place nearby I can get a good price for him.
>>11911805>>11911807well snap, I hope everybody who wanted one got one. It sounds like they didn't.>>11911813again, not exactly laws, that would be kinda not cool. but also real hard to get around, so law-esqueand yeah, CassetteMan should have been the leader, with GunRobo as his loyal enforcer and Hi Speed Fighter remaining the disloyal guy, who nonetheless grabs GunRobo sometimes and shoots, because he's a gun and it's in his nature to be wielded
Are there any characters you're kind of shocked aren't more prominent in the franchise overall? Blaster has a good amount of toys but as Soundwave's rival you'd think we'd see him just as often as we do Soundwave. Also kind of surprised how avoidant Hasbro has been in the past when it comes to the Dinobots. We went a long time without getting actual quality Grimlock toys. You'd think he'd be a yearly character like Prime and Bee given how popular he is.
>>11911820I don't really dip my toes into Masterpiece scale nearly as much as mainline, so it's no skin off my nose. I do have some MPs, but not nearly as much since they're so expensive
>>11911813no such laws exist in japan, they made him a tank because G2 megatron is supposed to be one
>>11911827>no such laws exist in japanBut they're not selling these figures in just Japan. They're selling them across the world.
>>11911823>Also kind of surprised how avoidant Hasbro has been in the past when it comes to the Dinobots.back in the 2000's, Aaron Archer mentioned one of the things Hasbro avoids is having too many characters with the same colors on pegs at the same time. That's why when we did get dinobots, like in Animated, it was often just Grimlock(two legged dino), Swoop(winged dino) and a four legged one(Slag/Snarl in animated).The Generations line gets around this by spacing them out and being a collector's line. There was a weird direction for a bit around the 07 movie until BH/AoE that they wanted to focus on real world vehicles, which lead to even Gqlvatron having a real world tank mode in Universe.Also my vote is Hot Rod. It's strange that they basically just made Bumblebee take on a lot of his personality even though movie Bee isn't really anything like him.
>>11911828Takara's MP line is not made with the intention of being sold elsewhere. Hasbro can choose to distribute them, but since they don't put any money in the development they have no say in requesting things.
>>11911829To go a step further there's hearsay that Hasbro were going to shelf the dinobots entirely until Matt Teiger pleaded on his hands and knees to pretty please let him use them in Fall of Cybertron
>>11911408the TR megatron mold is unironically my favorite triple changer ever. Most of the line generally has a good balance of complexity and playability, but they were kinda held back by hasbro's shitty materials and detailing. Pretty much every LG version I bought was worth it, especially when they came with targetmasters or titanmaster vehicles. They felt like little self-contained playsets.>>11911545Missing LG Scourge is still one of my biggest regrets. The transformation from tanker to jet airliner is ridiculous but also kinda works.
>>11911823>Also kind of surprised how avoidant Hasbro has been in the past when it comes to the Dinobots.Hasbro kind of swore off beast modes for a while after Beast Machines.
>>11911837That was a quarter century ago.
>>11911829Because modern Bee isn't Bumblebee, he's Hot Shot with Bumblebee's name. Hot Shot also suffers heavily from this because he, Hot Rod, and Bumblebee all kind of co-exist in the same space. Hot Rod at least has the movie connection to keep him in the spotlight. Hot Shot at least got to come back for Rescue Bots I guess. Also that's why Cheetor became a socially awkward religious zealot in Cyberverse. They couldn't have modern Bumblebee, Hot Rod, and BW Cheetor all hang out together it'd just be the same person 3 times over.>>11911838But that's kind of what we're talking about. Hasbro embraces the Dinobots now, its just there was a time they really weren't interested in marketing them.
Gunfags are insufferable. Megatron's best alt modes are the truck and animated's copter anyway
>>11911103It really is wild that we're getting these. All we really need are those orb guys (retool/redeco the humanoid one from the football collab thing?) and we're set.Alternators/Binaltech molds we can worry about it some other day, the characters themselves have a healthy number of stand-ins to use.If they did a "KP girls a few years later" thing instead where they're actually a little older and they're doing a reunion thing we could have a scientist Atari to pose with Trainbots or Artemis & Moon. When we finally get Artemis & Moon, which will happen.
>>11911861love the copter, love the mouthwash jet
I'm happy to own the [last] good Official Gun Megatron
>>11911864I really don't care about Kiss Players itself but as a GI Joefag and a RID Fag I'd really like small human-alliance esque figures of Melissa, T-AI, and Junko/Kelly and Kiss Players is basically the only way that's happening. Especially T-AI. I'd really like a T-AI to chill with my Autobots.
>>11911867>small human-alliance esque figures of Melissa, T-AI, and Junko/KellyHoly based
>>11911867I want a Circuit Breaker figure. I won't ever get one, but I want one nonetheless.
>>11911865Speaking of unicron trilogy, I also like the alien race car
>>11911864Joy, more akustas.
>>11911695His truck mode literally mogs everything
>>11911871that was an absolutely tits altmode and I want more like this if they're gonna do scifi vehicles.
>>11911861>>11911865meggy's had a lot of good altmodes, hasn't he
If there's anything else we need from KP that needs a little modernizing it's dem weapons.Not sure how many people would bother getting one - but perhaps a threepack with a Roddy, OP & the "Animated Universe" Autorooper mold with updated versions the fishing rod gun/saber, surfboard slasher and the cone blaster, and throw in a Kremzeek too since we haven't gotten a Kremzeek in a while.That, or ditch OP & Roddy from this, keep the weapons, keep the Kremzeek, see how many people are willing to troop build Kremzeeks and Autoroopers and see how they repurpose those excess surfboards and fishing poles.
>>11911864>where they're actually a little olderThe were all already in their 20's in KP. How much older do you need them to be?
>>11911882Atari was like 16, then in a nondescript later era where we are to assume she's in her 20s there (or maybe it's only been 2 to 3 years) we see her with an actual scientist lab coat wearing job assisting Dr Fujiyama, who, need I remind you, is a famous scientist.
>>11911880Yup yup
>>11911695HOOOOOOOOOOONK
>>11911408TR was bad prices went up, tampos were replaced by cheapass stickers, and there were too many Optimi and Megatrons. But then WFC happened and quality went into the shitter, so the bad toys of yesteryear can now be appreciated.
>>11911663So you pay more in markup for the green one.
https://x.com/tspark_official/status/2105810513032843754>Transforming version of Asurada from Cyber Formula GPX>By Takaratomy>But Toyrise not TFIt's effectively a TF crossover so that's weird
>>11911894>cool car>ugly as sin roboty tho?
>>11911896I think it might work in color if the engine chest pops
>>11911896That's more common than you think
>>11911872absolutely beautiful. my girls are coming home
>>11911871MPG of this with memesis breaker when
>>11911896I'm confused, too. the car has nice wide rear wheels, so why aren't the robot's shoulders wider? If you're gonna split the hood into shins, why aren't the nacelle-pod things CENTERED? that's the most obvious choice in the world.
>>11911914or here's a nutty idea, only the fender area becomes shins, the rest of the hood either becomes a nice wide chest, or, if that's too overdone, splits and becomes some nice thighs.this is just a triple-stacked pancake of baffling choices.
>>11911315Test
>>11911401That’s not a technicality anonCrimson is red, all shades of red are red
>>11911687That’s G2 megs
>>11911896Looks like Dragstrip though
>>11911813It's was hardcore retconned in the current Image comic that Megatron has mind control powers via a secret Matrix of Enslavement that allows him to seize control over Starscream's body every time he weikds him in gun mode, along with anyone else using them, combined with the fact that said mind control is permanent so far as if you ever touch Megatron's gun form, you are forever his slave
>>11911806I'm still pissed Magic Square never made an MP scale version of their Megatron, even though they did it like 3 times with their Optimus Prime designs.Their Megatron is like THE definitive Megatron IMO but it's 4 inches tall.
>>11911829>>11911823Dinobots were banned for ages outside of constant reissue of Beast Wars dino toys, because the five all require unique molds that have zero reuse, especially since the suits were perfectly happy to just keep reissuing the BW dinos.It's why Grimlock only got a Classic toy because someone said "fuck it" and decided to repaint him as Overkill (Decepticon cassette guy) and why we never got new proper Dinobots in POTP until Hasbro could create molds that worked as both Terrigins and Dinobots)Also Animated had to push tooth and claw to get the Dinobots we got let along made into figures.Finally the no similar figure shit is why it took so long to get Wheeljack as Drigt's existing cock blocked us getting him due to Hasbro not wanting two white cars
>>11911944You are just making up stories that are back filled with how they operate now. From about 1995 to 2016 they were shameless with reuses and you had constant moments where Hasbro would just make OC characters out of molds or just out right make OC with new molds. Hasbro obsession of the mold must be reused came around 2014 when budgets were getting harder to manage so everything needed to be planned into something else and even then it was more of make two heads for the mold kind of stuff and they weren't that worried about anything else. Also Classic Overkill happen because of Takara making him, Hasbro had no interest in reusing the molds because they were just place holder self spots until the 07 movie happen, it's why he was an online/Asia exclusive and also why the rest of the seekers were botcon exclusives. Takara wanted more toys and they used the existing molds. As for the dinobots Aaron Archer didn't like them or the combiners too much, he has always made it clear that it was him that didn't think there was a market there and the internet made jokes in 2003 era that the combing Grimlock/Swoop happen just to mess with him.
>>11911622>>11911627Goddammit, I've been avoiding MPG till now, but I'm gonna have to get this. G2 Megatron was my first Megs toy and I've been waiting for a proper update for him.
>>11911622I want a 3rd party Megaempress head for that
>>11911984I would probably wait for the G2 colours
>>11911872Fuuuuuuck, I'm going to seriously spend money on overpriced characer stands.
>>11911408It was a really solid line that gave us Season 4 characters mixed in with classic characters with a twist, specially if you also double dipping with legend label from Takara. I have been using Legend blaster as the "MP" to my old MP sounwave. It's perfectly functional even if it is not 100% show accurate. The deluxes were also great with mix of beasts and vehicles. The only weak lineup was the Voyagers. But even with that we got that excellent Blitzwing mold- as good as the new one is, the old TR/LG is just more fun to play with having working "pilot" and cockpit acting like mighty max playset.
>>11912004hey they come with space rectangles, it's worth it.
>>11911332I wonder who could be behind this post...
>>11911861>Gunfags are insufferablewhy lol
Anyone else get turned off from a figure for even minor QC issues?I just got SS86 sunstreaker and-Back wheels pops off when the smallest force is put on it making pulling out the arm from car mode a pain-heel panels don't sit flush in car mode -Chest panel is loose an won't tab in securely in bot modeFigures still works and the joints are tight. Can fix most of these with some pledge and sanding but whenever a new figure has problems I tend to set them aside for a day or so and not even wanna mess with them.
>>11912020imo none of that should be seen as minor when it's the 5th release of that mold from 6 years ago that is at a 25% increase in price since then.It's bascaily why so many are just packing up from buying anything, it's incredibly insulting hat most Transformers toys now are 6+ old molds that in cases of the Suntreaker mold are just a straight reissue but a higher price.
>>11911408>Was it the bang-for-buck that drew in a new crowd?Titans Return has a lot to like on the surface. In many ways it is sort of felt like a return to form, feeling a lot like DOTM or the Unicron Trilogy in how the main gimmick worked with every class, in this case, Titan mastersThe smallest class had their own mini drones that could work as weapons for larger classesThe legends figures all had cockpits that the little figures could ride in,Then the classes up could all work as tectors for heads.A lot of really good ideas a fucking godawful execution. Shitty foil stickers, dogshit materials, region locked targetmasters, bad/inaccurate decos, Voyager Galvatron in general, and that classic godawful hasbro QC. The legends versions of the figures are just straight up better by a wide margin and made a much better use of the gimmicks than hasbro did.
time to return home
>>11911995Fuck dude why would you even say that, because now I want one too. She'd be perfect to go with my Splendid Yellow.
>>11911643Calm down, pissbaby, go buy one of the many other 3p gun Megatrons.
>>11912025I should clarify that any issue major or minor with a new figure kills some of the interest for me. I want to open a new figure and fiddle and play with them, transform them back and forth and when right after I cut them out of the box and parts fall off or joints are loose and floppy I just put them aside thinking "welp gonna have to find some time and try and fix this instead of messing with it" maybe I'm just bummed with the first transformer I have bought in months and gotta fix stuff on it before I can play with it. Have a figure which I agree are getting stupid expensive delivered, wait all day at work thinking how fun or neat it maybe and get home and pop it open and instantly have issues I have to spend more time/money to fix.
>>11911909Would the lion mold be good this time?
>>11912061Like?
>>11911813>What he turns into a gun so the guy that constantly stabs him in the back can fire the same shots Megatron could have fired from his arm canon?It's implied his shots in gun mode are actually stronger than when he fires in robot mode - the tradeoff being that stronger blasts means more recoil, hence why he needs someone to hold and aim him (notice that the few occasions where he transformed and fired himself in gun mode, the shots all went wide).Incidentally, Tank Megatron solves this issue just on merit of turning into something that's literally designed to deal with that kind of recoil.
>>11912077Google it
>>11912074Anon, none of that should be seen as minor when it's the 5th release of that mold from 6 years ago that is at a 25% increase in price since then. Like if you bought the Earthrise one when it showed up on clearance or the 5 pack when it hit clearance, I totally think you were a bit off to be that way, but dude this is the 3rd time that mold and very same deco came around and they are selling it at prices that would have been seen as scalper light back in 2020. Nothing needing clarified unless you are just one of those clowns pulling up the "I'm so quirky" as attention, than yeah go fuck off.
>>11911931Looks alot more like RID2015 Blurr.
>>11911866will this EVER be reissued?
>>11912080I will always love gun Megatron. It's an alt mode that doesn't fly or roll or do anything else but KILLLLLLL
>>11912081No, you tell me
>>11912084I'm not saying the specific issues I am having with this figure are minor or trying to be "quirky" or sure as shit not defending some company. I have experienced similar issues with brand new molds too not just reissues and it sucks. I'm just venting that my new toy has problems I have to fix now. It is getting stupid with the prices they are charging literally the same toy they have been selling for years AND they come out of the box with issues. This is why I haven't purchased one in months, though I guess shame on me for never picking up this mold before when it was on discount. Just curious if other anons had the same autism as me when let's say a joint is just slightly loose or tight it puts them off from the figure, just striking up discussion in the discussion board. I do agree any QC or issue is inexcusable with the prices they are asking now.
>>11911894Enryu, is that you?
>>11911627I'm getting him. I'm getting him and I'm getting a Legacy Laser Prime to have them both fight, and then I'm gonna take a shit. Fuck the retards.
>>11911315Too big for Guzzle.
>>11912169You can always get this one.
>>11912185I have that one, I like it. I don't think I need to drop $30 on a bigger one.
>>11912185i got mine from a Sears during a school trip of all things back in like 2011 or 2012.
>>11912040I'm sorry to curse you with this burden. One day we'll get a new Megaempress. I'm holding out Blokees do a little chibi one eventually.
>>11911904>That's more common than you thinkIs it? I can't even remember the last time we got a cool car mode. They all just look like half-transformed robot parts with wheels, these days.
>>11912089>It's an alt mode that doesn't flyActually, he COULD fly in gun mode (which is why he could fly in robot mode as well), but like mentioned before, his aim was horrible if someone wasn't holding him.
>>11912080>It's implied his shots in gun mode are actually stronger than when he fires in robot mode - the tradeoff being that stronger blasts means more recoil, hence why he needs someone to hold and aim him (notice that the few occasions where he transformed and fired himself in gun mode, the shots all went wide).This, it's why he punches a hole straight through Brawn in the movie.>Incidentally, Tank Megatron solves this issue just on merit of turning into something that's literally designed to deal with that kind of recoil.Also why Galvatron is demonstrable upgrade from Megatron.
>>11912220>says his aim was horrible>in the scene the gif is from he hits his target and causes Skyfire to force a landinghttps://youtu.be/42tsk3EJLpo?si=aYiUG5wGZ3D89pV1&t=1096
>>11912258remember when people used to think Brawn got shot in the arm and not in the chest.
>>11912220he kinda just floats. he can't travel in gun mode
>>11912258Galvatron had a gun mode too. It was referenced in fiction but rarely appeared
>>11912258I find the BD looks cooler as a exit wound.Getting shot in the back.
>>11912263Yeah, but Jetfire is huge and kinda hard to miss - and even then, he only barely grazed him. If he'd tried that on, say, Silverbolt or any other, smaller flyer, odds are good he'd have missed.
>>11911610Wow they really are going back to 2004
>>11912267>>11912280I get the confusion since it happens so fast, but yeah Brawn's shot clean through the "heart" and it even comes out the back.
>>11911610>>11911611>Boy I wish Overgear had brighter color schemes!>Optimus Primal paw curls
>>11912314I actually love those colors on him.>Optimus Primal paw curlsShouldn't it be Optimus Minor?
Megatits has light piping.
>>11912326Do you think he wears a large...TANK TOP?
>>11911864Preorder listings are up, the set includes ONE stand, not all three and you don't get to pick.
>>11912395>figures? no you get a picture in plastic>and only one>you don't get to pick which one either>limit 3 per customerThis hobby sucks now
>>11912395That's almost too stupid to believe but then again, it is the japs. They love the blind boxed buy 10 to get the one you want garbage.
>>11912412Remember, this is the same company that made MP52 Starscream's coronation gear a Japanese exclusive mail away promo for buying all three seekers.
I don't have a membership, does the US Costco have a pallette of BigFig Optimus in store too?
>>11912395>preasu understandu. velly expensive to produceru.
>>11912395I'm sure the 4 people who care about standees will be Devastated
>>11912395I'm going to have to believe it's counted as 1 item because you punch them out of a larger piece of acrylic.
Decepticunts
>>11912499Autobitches
>>11912466Here in the US they're supposed to be in Target.
>>11912501>rotb mainline airazorBased, cooler design and she's cuter than the SS
>>11912074I'm torn.if something's loose, I kind of enjoy having to tighten it up with polyurethane. it's like it gets introduced slowly to my collection that wayon the other hand, if it needs an upgrade kit or some other fix right away, like paint, that renders it temporarily unplayable, that is kind of a damper. Feels more like work I shouldn't have to do
>>11912345>Who called mah name
>>11912488yeah typically you get them all on one card. that's how the Hokuto no Ken / Zoids crossover worked with its acrylic standees.
>>11912499>>11912501ladystyles>>11912523I still prefer these two being brother and sister, since one obviously looks like a dude right down to the cleft chin.. and he's bigger. and his thighs are thinner. he's a fella, I'm callin' it. This is a Steel Heart and Steel Will situation.
>>11911398That's Cobra Commander.
>>11912501>Sky Quake Lol
>>11911328>Megatron RisingI wonder how many Megatron's they will actually make. Energon, Cybertron, and Animated deserve leader class. Prime and Cyberverse I can see as Voy and Dlx. Earlier leaks mentioned Dlx Machine Wars Jet Megs and Voy G2 Megs. Now we have Dlx Go-Bots Megs and LDR TM Megs. And somehow, these combine?
>>11911643Not Masterpiece scaled but NewAge Romulus goes really well with Earthrise/Dramatic Capture Optimus.
>>11912546Not to mention there's 6 stands going by thay last pic.
>>11912466It's crazy that it took this long for Big Figs to do characters that are meant to actually be big. It's selling really well which shows the concept just needed proper application.Still upset we never got the Megazord either.
>>11912488>>11912546>>11912589https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/product/transformers-kiss-players-20th-anniversary-cassettebot-exclusive-set-199022BBTS is covering their butts by assuming its random then.
>>11911865>>11911871I know he's technically Gigatron but I always really liked the idea of Megatron being a multi-changer. I think that limitless potential makes him threatening.
>>11912466>People are unironically buying and trying to scalp this overpriced dollar store toyWild shit
>>11912499>>11912501Nice set, I got the same dumb riserWhat's the Glyph made from and what's her alt mode look like?
>>11912408Limit 3 per customer is a good thing. I hate scalpers buying everything up
>>11912550your MOM is commanding my cobranaw I'm just kidding.>>11912594those are.. interesting proportions. It has neither the breadth of the original toy nor the stockiness of the show costume. Can't say I hate it, but a daizyujin that can't come apart is just not a daizyujin to me.
>>11912611the modes are all pretty far stretches, but... yeah that was neat, and creative.>>11912596Oh. Yeah nevermind then. huh. weird.
>>11912636IndeedI guess the solution here is get 3, trade for the acrylics you didn't get, then resell the extra robots to people who want them (For example, I only want the ravage. I'd give you like, 10 bucks for him)
>>11912640>I only want the ravageGlit. His name is Glit. He's a surgeon with a little bit of a drinking problem.
>>11912645oh right, I always mix him up with SG ravage, 'the one who waves'point is, he's a fun little robot kitty, and I like himi'm... okay on the bird, but I wouldn't pay much for him. he kinda feels like he'd go with zoids, there seems to be a space for a pilot seat behind the head.
>>11912668Yeah, Shattered Glass would just grab existing toy decos and go "you're the mirror universe counterpart now dog". But an inverse Ravage being all white is obvious so it makes sense that they'd just look at Glit and go "that's Ravage".
>>11912680At least we got some good releases out of it. Getting a SG Jetfire with that fantastic deco the classics mold got was the toy highlight of that year for me.
Got my first ever DNA kit>>11912638I wonder if I can still find the site with 100 Devil Gigatron modes
>>11911376He's pretty cool. Not sure if I'm gonna keep him in combined or robot mode, I'm leaning towards combined mode for now. Kind wish I had a second core bot of Prime so I could just display him as Jet Optimus and in Super Mode.
>>11912694is that the stock super mode head?
>>11912698NTA, but yes, that's stock.
>>11912694You have given him the gun backwards.
>>11912694they definitely prioritized this mode.
You know how Hasbro charged $80 for this set and everyone thought that was a pretty decent price?
>>11912727Decepticon Cassette 6 pack, $70, so the Autobot cassette pack we already know the cast for must cost just as muchSS86 deluxe Reflector (wasn't even in the fucking movie)Coneheads 3 pack, this and the cassette packs are fan channel exclusivesSS deluxe Skybound OptimusThe next roleplay item isn't the Allspark, it's G1 Megatron's fusion cannon
>2027 is the 20th anniversary of Bayformers 1>No AllSpark role play toy but it’s another fucking ‘86 item and it’s Meg’s fusion cannonFuck me…
>all three main Seekers out in 2026>all 3 coneheads, all 3 rain makers, Sunstorm out in 2027They burned through everything super fast.
>>11912733
>>11912736It's okay, they've got the SS84 mold in the wings.
>>11912733>ANOTHER Seeker packAre we going to find out in a year that they all have some kind horrible aging issue and that's why they're pumping them out this fast?
>>11912733>Tra Gen Selects Autobot 3 pack (another one)>Tra Collab NFL Eagles>Tra Collab NFL Lions
>>11912736They’re pretty much getting them out of the way rather than scattering them in separate waves in 2-3 years. It’s not bad in theory, but with rising prices…
>>11912744people are surprised they're doing the coneheads?
>>11912733Reflector is just going to be a repaint of the Seige version.
>Tra Gen Studio Series Comic Diorama (Dlx Skubound Optimus in a diorama to make the pose and cover from skybound #1)For what purpose?
>>11912745Once they're done with the NFL, they can move onto College teams.
>>11912733who is in the cassette pack?
>>11912611>>11912638this was actually my first transformer and I got it back when it came out, most of the modes are meh but the dragon alone is probably my favorite alt mode of any transformer ever
>>11912756We know the cast of the Autobot one.>Rewind, Ramhorn, Bolts, Cubi, Stinger & Stripes – Ramhorn has a new deco, cubi is a white steeljaw, bolts is a green eject, stinger is a new mold (scorpion)
I already have the DC reflector, surely ss86 will look worse than it
>>11912759>Studio Series Canceled Characters sub-lineWhat's next? Rails? Dery's zoobot combiner?
>>11912764This isn't studio series
>>11912735does ANYONE actually enjoy roleplay weapons and masks for something where you can't reasonably make the rest of the costume yourself?I used to always say, as a kid, that they should have made more (these kind of existed) costume kits where it's "provide your own normal shirt and pants that fit you, we'll give you the other parts of it that you can't make yourself, like Batman's mask and gauntlets and belt, and here's a chest thing connected to the cape"that should have been the costume standard anywhere that it was plausible to do so.
>>11912766Then why is more literal who G1slop taking up retail slots?
>>11912710Thanks, i have corrected it.
>>11912769Fan Channel isn't retail you nigger
>>11912735>>11912742Hasbro has said Studio Series is going to be the media accuracy line going forward, and Generations is the "everything else". You don't have to be in a movie to be in Studio Series.
>>11912767I thought it was fun as fuck to slap on the Real Ghostbusters backpack, I didn't need the uniform. Having a roleplay fusion cannon is the kind of thing I'd have eaten up as a child, since I'd put a rolled up tube over my arm and pretend that was a fusion cannon. But these days, I really just wanted the Matrix as a cool display piece. I didn't have any interest in them doing more overpriced roleplay tat.
>>11912733>>11912735all the bayverse zoomers on tfw2005 seething over this gives me life
>>11912735Lmao what are you gonna do with an Allspark replica? I know people have nostalgia for Bayformers, I do kinda too but the cube was a forgettable Macguffin that only exists because retarded producers thought the Matrix was too goofy. It’s sad that some random Filipino artist they paid $5 made a better design for a MacGuffin than a bunch of Hollywood concept artists. There’s a reason the cube has never really been used since Animated.
>>11912694>buddy has a super mode flight upgrade>only evidence that it's a flight mode is some wings on his legsWhere's the backpack...
>>11912733That cassette pack might be neat if it has some new guys. Or at least Slugfest and Overkill.
>>11912798fair. I suppose some things work better than others on their ownlike anyone can say 'ey, Batman hit my skeevy uncle with this boomerang and he gave it to me as a present' or 'I'm Reynold, the ghostbusters' intern, and I try on the proton packs when nobody's looking' but other times you just wanna pretend and having an object of some kind helps.I remember thinking it'd be easy to do a Mega Man costume if you just got a soft cloth-covered foam-rubber cannon you could pull back behind your wrist when you want to have a hand.
>>11912624>What's the Glyph made from?She's a legacy animated bee that I spray primed and hand painted with cheap acrylics from walmart. The head was modeled by Mavs3D and I printed it on my own 3D printer. She was my second custom ever so she came out rough, but I still like her. Might redo her again later though. >What's her alt mode look like?I have literally not transformed her since painting her because I'm terrified that all the paint will scrape off. I'll try it and post a pic just for you in a few minutes though, anon.
>>11912845All the pegs were too thick due to paint, I had to remove her head because it was too big to transform with, and some of the paint scratched, but I got it done more or less.
>>11912727>mfw just wanted Leader-1 and now 70 dollars of extra shit comes with himShouldve just been Core class instead of those stupid rocks
>>11912691So he looks cool, and he's about doubled in massBut fuck me some of the tolerances are tightHad to give a few of the fillers and the fist plates a teeny tiny trim before they snugged in place
>>11912807>>11912735Weren't they starting to do movie stuff a year ago? Maybe it wasn't selling well?
>>11912733>>11912735>>11912754>Skybound Optimus will be that utter dogshit Devastation Optimus slightly touched up with an ugly scenery piece>>11912759>STILL NOT FUCKING RUMBLEI despise the inbred slug brain rock suckling trogs that are in charge of this shitI genuinely want them physically dragged out of the god damn building
>>11912882Why would Rumble be in the Autobot pack?
>>11912845>>11912855DamnThat's not bad for a second attempt thoCan't improve if you don't attempt
>>11912884Can you read? >>11912733
>>11912890Can you? That post says nothing about who will be in the Decepticon pack you retard.
>>11911866>I'm happy to own the [last] good Official Gun Megatronoops, mean to post picrel
>>11912914oops again, meant to actually post picrel
>>11912816He doesn't need a backpack to fly anon, Jet Optimus is closer in concept to Iron Man where he flies using the rocket jets on the boots. Unlike Iron Man he doesn't need additional rocket jets on his hands to stabilise his flight because he has the wings on the legs for that.
>>11912733Yep, that cassette pack isn't worth it. Steeljaw and Rumble came with extra accesories and they still didn't feel worth it. This is even worse, since I doubt they'll add anything to the non-steeljaw using molds to make up for it. If this was a cassette/weapon pack, maybe. Guess this is another skip.
>>11912914HE'S GOT A GUN
>>11912919What pack isn't worth it, the Autobot one?
>>11912917I'm sad
>>11912326I'm a bit dissapointed that the chest ends up so massive. For an MP, I expected to compress a bit down the middle, or atleat resemble how it looked in the G2 art.
>>11912914>>11912916these are both unironically better toys than MP-36
>>11912920YOU IDIOT! WE ALL HAVE GUNS!
>>11912925Masterpiece engineering isn't allowed in Style Gen, sorry. Enjoy your upscaled mainline toys.
>>11912611I have always wanted Gigatron
>>11912921Honestly, I doubt that one will be worth it either. The pack seems to sell each cassette at core class prices, and not early prices, the late 11.99 prices. The Steeljaw reuse is the only one sold previously at core class, but we'll get two simple humanoid cassettes with the only new additions (hopefully) being the pistols included with Rosanna, but stripes is a the new budget Ravage mold. It's not worth it by a long shot, those last two cassette need something to carry the whole thing.
>>11912922Don't be sad, Cybertron Optimus has a jet backpack and he is probably next in line for a remake
>>11912936It might be worth it if we get Cubbie and Stinger.
>>11912941We're just getting Ramhorn, again and Stinger. Stinger pretty much has to have enough included by himself to justify the price.
>>11912922On the bright side since he doesn't use a backpack to fly, his back is free so that he can combine even further with one more bot, Overload to get shoulder cannons in addition to the Jet boots.
>>11912733That Decepticon pack will probably be at the very least Rumble, Frenzy, and Ratbat. I would really, really like a Flipsides, Slugfest, and Overkill.
>>11912938>>11912947Oh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>11912945Well how many are in it? They could do Cubbie and Bolts as redecos, that'd be neat.For the Con pack, just including Slugfest and Overkill would be great. Beastbox would be even better.
>>11912950>Rumble, Frenzy, and RatbatIt would make more sense for them to be coming with Marvel Soundwave. Ratbat was a major part of Marvel.
>>11912933>Masterpiece engineering isn't allowed in Style Genthat's a good thing. Only transformersfags thing a clusterfuck transformation is a prerequirement for an upscale collectible robot. A straightforward, cohesive transformation with a few creative twists will always be better than "explode half of the alt mode and turn it into a backpack"
>>11912941From what I remember, the autobot pack has, and I'll post hypothetical costs based on past releases-cubie/steeljaw 12-rewind 5-eject mold 5-Stinger (new) ?-Stripes (possibly 86 Ravage) 6-7?-Some Ramhorn repaint 5-6So yeah, only one new mold and maybe 4 extra guns.
>>11912957Buy a Cyberworld toy, fag. Masterpiece was the only line with complexity after Alternators ran its course.
>>11912845> I'm terrified that all the paint will scrape off.if you used walmart apple barrel paint, that is a legit fear. try vallejo next time. still, nice job
>>11912955Yeah but it mirrors the way they did the Autobot pack. Blaster's pack came with Ramhorn because he was part of the Target Exclusive Perceptor re-do. Maybe Buzzsaw will come with the pack instead but I think Ratbat is the more likely of the two. Though I could see it being both of them too and only getting two new characters. I don't have Rumble and Frenzy so as long as they're in it I'm sold.>>11912959I have a feeling we're going to at least get guns for Eject and Blaster will finally get two speaker guns. I could see some sound-based blast effect parts too but that's being optimistic. Is there anything similar to Blaster's speaker guns they could do for Soundwave?
>>11912827Where the fuck is Enemy?
>>11912977Either with Soundblaster or in a three pack with the Cobalt Sentries (get it, cause they’re all Micro Change decoes)
>>11912974Hopefully whatever else they include manages to fill the extra 20 they're charging for it.
>>11912914Still need to grab one of these
>>11912966again, you talk about complexity as if more is always better. smart engineering > complex engineering. dum dum.
>>11912995Masterpiece engineering is smart engineering.
Whats the best gun megatron to put with the studio series decepticons?
repaint when?
>>11912914I have to admit, it's efficient.
>>11912972oh actually I have been told that this primer will make even THAT paint stay on
>>11913003If its for the studio series Decepticons and you're displaying it in robot mode just get Studio Series Megatron. You would never be able to guess he turns into a tank he hides every tank piece well and he has some great engineering designed specifically to hide that he's a tank. And he comes with a gun version of himself too. If its for an alt-mode display I guess get Romulus.
>>11913005Who's that?
>>11912947I just realized growing up with Beast Wars and Armada are why I love shoulder cannons on mecha so much, like the Guncannon
>>11912811What the fuck I didnt know it opened like that. I havent seen the movie in like 15 years does it actually do that there?
>>11913013really? not War Machine? it was War Machine for me. Beast Wars just hammered it in.
>>11913011
>>11913014i think this is the concept art anon is praising as being superior. in the movie it's... it's flatter, right? it doesn't have an entire spherical shell thingy
>>11913003The Dr Wu stuff is good but I think the ultimate really is just getting a 3P Accessory for himIf you mean an actual Megatron figure that becomes a Gun the Newage Romulus is fairly solid and only slightly shorter than the SS86 Optimus.I'm hoping the do an Optimus still for himMasterpiece 36 Megatron is really good too or at least I feel so
>>11912947Does the original Overload still work with Jetfire attached?
>>11912767Nah I grew up with a lot of power rangers stuff but never had costumes or even masks. They should make a tiny armada laserbeak.
>>11913011AI Slopper who posts shit nobody wants
>>11913018Yeah I think so and I only remember it opening it Beast Wars so Optimus could take it because the writers didnt know what the Matrix was lol
>>11913015I didnt have an arcade in my random middle of nowhere town for MvC sadly. Or a console version.
>>11913025yeah they made it his spark-containerthen other media later decided he has a matrix-shaped spark container in front of the actual matrix chamber.. which... I mean, that works. that suggests the matrix is essentially shaped like something Cybertrons would recognize as a heart or a skull
>>11913021I had power rangers halloween costumes and i wore them fucking -everywhere->>11913027funny, MvC was a game i ONLY found in a random middle of nowhere arcade, but yeah I knew him from the 90s TV series.
>>11913048>trannies out of nowhererent free
>>11913020I assume you mean old Overload toy on new Optimus with Jetfire attached. Sorta, technically it should be able to plug into the slot but there's clearance issues with Optimus's arms and grill on the back that it can't go in.
>>11913060>question asked and answered before faggot even shows up, >still has to post because he just NEEDS attentionif it walks like a fag...
>>11913063I did. I was considering grabbing one because I don't have faith we'll be getting Overload anytime soon.
>>11912947overload should be reissued
>>11911894>It's effectively a TF crossover so that's weirdI bet they did this to avoid making it optimus
>>11913163Also Inforgot to add the cars in cyber formula are so fucking sick. I bought the 3rd party drift Asurada and I cant believe an official one is coming out. We're getting the Super Asurada in another line too and it looks even better.
>>11913163that's even weirder. they all have been so far.
>>11913033I love the autism that because the BW spark holder Matrix is different looking enough, it can be justified as a whole different decoy Matrix It makes Optimus even more heroic in that he’s willingly making his own life source a decoy to protect the Matrix.
>>11912499>Three additional Megaempress customsDetermined.
>>11913005Disgusting AI slop.
>>11912523Dunno why Hasbro doesn't repaint this mold rather than keep using the inferior Kingdom one.
>>11912794Studio Series and Generations is just double dipping shit anymore. Look at Blitzwing, look at the coneheads, Sideswipe, Wheeljack, Sunstreaker, Arcee, it's just them taking old molds and slapping paint on them to be called Studio Series, some they retool into better like Shockwave, but for every one like him you have five like Galvatron where nothing is improved or changed of the mold, they are just given a darker deco. At this rate I'm expecting every mini bot we have had in the last 7 years in generations to show up in SS, from Huffer to Comos, no real changes just another reason to sell the same molds for the past decade.
Got 2007 Landmine in today. Absolutely fantastic figure. Some age-wear aside he's ankles away from perfection; he has superb articulation and he looks so, so cool. He even has working suspension, and his hands form the seats in vehicle mode.
>>11913272This was one of the few movie toys I ever owned back in the day and I hated itBayverse & Animated convinced me Transformers was dead and it took me a couple years to realize the chug lines existed
>>11913016What's his name?
>>11913282Marvin. He's a Martian.
some big parts you got there megatits
>>11913289>MartianHe's not from Cybertron?
impressive matrix
>>11913291Nope. He's siding with the Decepticons because they agreed to help him hunt a duck. Also, he's wondering where's the kaboom - there was supposed to be an Earth-shattering kaboom...
>>11913294>impressive matrixShe must have some really sad, tiny tits to be able to fit a Matrix in there and still apparently have enough room that it's not pressing against the windshield.
>>11912914he's fucking adorable
The Kiss Players set includes everything you see.
>>11913330I wanna see soundwave try out the optimus valentine tape and slowly turn pink while it plays that "love makes the world go round" sound from the old episode of powerpuff girls
>>11913277That’s a shame, it’s a great figure. I’m not a big movie fan but I love a lot of the toy-only 2007 figures because they don’t feel as finicky as the RoTF figures got. Felt more like more elaborate classics.
>>11913341Landmine is great, but I fuckin love Stockade. He looks normal enough to hang out with CHUG guys. RotF Hailstorm is also awesome.
>>11913290why did they copy the shitty SS86 face sculpt instead of MP-36
>>11913348Stockade is fantastic, real favourite of mine.
>>11911622Paint it green and purple and I just might import it.>"Listen to the voice of doom!">"megatronattack"
>>11913392>"Prepare for oblivion, Autobot scum!">pewpew, pewpew, pewpew
>>11913282Shockhaul or Longwave, take your pic
I still love him.
Blastoff was a air plane that turned into a space shuttle that turns into a robot
>>11913272>>11913277Movie Vehicles turned into characters my beloved
I just read alternity's story because I got some in the mail and it's the most insane transformers story I've ever seen. which is really funny to me after reading all the leaks about corrupted/SG Autobots vs council of Megatrons in some Silence of the Lambs situation.basically>Driving really fast in Binaltech lead them to evolving >All Alternity Transformers are every iteration of every version of the character all at once combined >But because the Quintessons timelocked Earth in 2009 they make Avatars that are 2009 era cars like Nissan >Travel through time and dimensions >Insane abilities like guns that shoot you in the past so if you wanted to shoot a human now your laser would go into the past and kill them as a baby>And car doors can sense time distortions or some shit>And their knees have cloaking devices >2 dimensional beings want to ascend the 2d flat planes and become Alternity>They're the membrane of the universe >Megatron captures them and sacrifices them to CAST MAGIC and magic is the only way to defeat an Alternity because this is from some random episode of season 3 where Daniel went to some magic planet full of forbidden magic >There is a gigantic lovecraftian elder god thing that is threatening to destroy the entire universes also Megatron made a samurai sword out of its fang >One time a Megatron decided to fight Optimus by making him send Ultra Magnus to that shitty Nintendo/Famicom game Mystery of the Convoy because it's so infamous and terrible Megatron thought it would be the cruelest form of torture all this to sell fucking Nissans and shit what the fuck
>>11913458The Prime mold looks good in diaclone blue colors. I wish they did it more.
>>11913479There's so much more like when they watched the flat 2s guys ascend into 3d and beyond it was a giant fetus. Just imagine a bunch of Nissans watching then 2001 a Space Odyssey baby float into the heavens. And cliffjumper watching an elder god he slashed by a galaxy that turned into a sword. (Which didnt matter Megatron just made 6 more also this all took place in a billion years or sp.) Their abilities are nuts and I forgot what most of them are.
>>11913354So they can resell him to you with the "fixed" face again later.
>>11913173indeed. though I still like my headcanon that it's the matrix that's shaped after autobot spark chambers, not the other way around.
>>11913014>>11913018They revised the design for the movie, though Season 3 still uses the older model.
Surprised you guys aren't talking about this.
>>11913553We did up thread, everybody hates cassettes and the roleplay
>>11913553We did, its pretty uninteresting unless the cassette packs include some new guys instead of the same four again.
>>11913553>genericons>halloween prop>overpriced minibots>another seeker 3 pack>repaints>NFLslopyeah, real shocker nobody's talking about such exciting news. also $11.66 per cassette is fucking insane
>>11913553I've seen a lot of speculation on that Autobot 3 pack but I promise you it will be Ratchet, Prowl, and Sideswipe and people will be really pissy about it. Those are the last three 84 Autobot Cars and this is the third multi-pack in a series of 84 Autobot Cars multi-packs. I bet after we'll get a Mini-Bot pack.
>>11913553Another Reflector?I'm good.
>>11913479I’ve always joked that my Transformers knowledge caps at Alternity. I’m your guy unless it’s about the Questors or Hytherion, I don’t know shit about them
>>11913564>$11.66 per cassetteNot that crazy, Core Class was 10 bucks
>>11913574they're smaller than core class. there's a reason picrel was seen as a ripoff.
>>11913553>more NFL slopSeriously, who are these even for? Who's buying them? Are they making enough off of them to warrant doing more?
>>11913594I’m convinced that the NFL is offsetting the cost for these themselves just to have more merch
>>11913594They already said they were doing one for each team, NFL must have commissioned it
Probably one of the best new Megatrons and it's wild he's a mass retail deluxe at like $22
>>11913330so BBTS is confused. that happens.
>>11913392>>11913393I remember mine goin 'Lock n' load' and the cannon making a cocking and firing sound
>>11913605SS86 already delivered the ultimate G1 Megatron
>>11913633And this small deluxe uses that engineering, Tho I wouldn't say "ultimate G1 Megatron" and SS86 in the same sentenceThe MP is still great
>>11913636Outside of not transforming into a gun what issues does SS86 Megs have? Its the perfect Megatron for the Gen line.
You know, why don't they make a transforming Matrix of Leadership? They've already made Optimus and Megatron into the faction symbols, so why not a mini Primus?
>>11913655Wrong leg colorsWrong colors in generalNo gun accessory even close to how he looks(unless you got Centurion Drone years ago during the sub 1 hour it was available)Ugly sword but not the MaceHorrible cannon that NEEDS 3P or worse another Hasbro release you didn't needHands are very easily to pop out of the socket cause the inner forearm design sucks(3P part covers the ball joint socket and solves that)
>>11913670I accept your concession
Now that's better
Aldy's movin' in ways Hasbro couldn't dream
>>11913697>Three Primes and an Orion Pax>Two Bumblebees>Clearly don't transformAm I supposed to be good with this?
>>11913702Laser Optimus, Hero Optimus, Actionmaster Optimus, Thunderclash, Bumblebee, Cliffjumper, and 2 datsuns who cares
>>11913697Wow I love transformers that don't transform! It's almost like that makes the robot designs super easy to pull off! And somehow that bee still looks like shit!
>>11913697>Hero Optimus PrimeFUCK YEAH
Takotank is the best Transformer tank prove me wrong
>>11913727Octopusses are gay
>>11913697Thank god Hasbro isn't dreaming of this shit.
>>11913697>More ugly brick figuresBlokee's is absolutely dominating these. Audley is hot dogshit man
>>11913670well whose fault is that?
>>11913713I didn't realize that was Thunderclash. Its pretty small so I thought it was an Orion Pax.
>>11913694Huh, I guess they couldn't really trademark 'big convoy' but you'd think that would motivate them to rename him>>11913729dude they're the straightest molluscs around. now snails? those hermaphroditic motherfuckers? Not so much. But the octopus is so straight he's willing to sacrifice a tentacle just to make sure he jammed his sperm into the lady octo's baby garden. and she in turn is so keen on sexual reproduction with the opposite sex that she dies keeping the eggs safe. They're like, tragic romantics.
>>11913737People hate the Leo Prime rename and Japanese media is very popular in the west. Easier to retain it if posssible.
>>11913670Anon you're trying to interact with someone who posts pictures taken by other people in order to bait people.
>>11913741>>11913733>>11913670ACTUALLY the worst people in this thread
>>11913697I don't care how many chinese companies make them, I am not buying transformers that don't transform
>>11913697>>11913713>>11913735how have we still not gotten a new thunderclash?
>>11913746Didn't someone mention Machine Wars updates being possible in the new mainline in a recent interview?
>>11913739i mean, those are true inasmuch as I want them to be true, but unfortunately they're provably wrong in every other way..
>>11913670>guaranteed repliesYou made that guy so mad kek
I should get a second of this cloak and the Black/Red one
>>11913458
>>11913458Having fun with toys of different styles and eras, based
I don't understand why Hasbro AND Takara have consistently been so resistant to doing G2 Constructicons.
Tank this, gun down, why can't Megatron get a space blaster alt mode similar to Shockwave's?Unless they have a rule that says they can't share altmodes, which would be no surprise if you look at their Prime & WFC (the game) incarnations.
>>11913833I’m not sure on Hasbro's end but Takara’s exclusives tend to be based on previous Japanese releases and G2 Devestator was never released there
>>11913845G2 Menasor was never released anywhere, at least until the Combiner Wars (but not Unite Warriors) set, yet look at New Legends now.
>>11913833G2fags like G2 because of the bright ugly decos. Its an ironic love. G2 Devastator isn't ugly. Its just a realistic recoloring of construction vehicles so there's not much demand there.
>>11913480It's a damn shame. I can't even think of any official versions besides picrel and shattered glass magnus. And they're all from within the last 10 years.
>>11913480>>11913856Part of me wishes that this was SG Optimus's deco instead of the random purple they went with
>>11913553I like the idea behind the fusion cannon, but I feel like most people would rather have a Megatron gun with the same features for half the price.
>>11913553>more cassettes>more seekers>crossover shit>roleplay shit>3 unnamed autobotsthere's literally nothing here to talk about.
>>11913856man I really need a classics Optimus
>>11913863I think a new music playing Soundwave or Blaster would have been a big hit.
>>11913877This mold has such an identity of its own, I kinda want an upscale redux. Like an MP Classics Prime. And I want them to keep the forearm kibble.
>>11913858What purple, you mean his badge?
>>11913883It was a missed opportunity for MPG-17 to not have a little Classics Prime in his DNA. Even if it was just the transforming windvane/blaster/shield
>>11913594I bought one for $13 a few weeks ago on clearance, the Kansas team I think. I don't know the footballs nor do I give a shit, but it's a neat toy.
>>11913858It's not random, it's purple to match the purple Autobot symbol the way regular Optimus matches the red one.
>>11913897Purple is also evil-er.
>>11913886I was talking about SG Optimus’s deco>>11913897>>11913901I guess, it just feels weird that a ton of the other characters decoes are referencing other toys while Optimus doesn’t
random idea, what if megatron got a matrix, would he be stronger than optimus?
>>11913905Well, he got two body upgrades in classic continuity, Galvatron and Super Megatron, and still couldn’t beat Optimus, so I unironically think he wouldn’t be
>>11913883>And I want them to keep the forearm kibble.the flametoys model based on the classics mold did. But it doesn't transform, so it's worthless.
>>11913906true, and transmetal 2 megatron wasn't that much stronger than optimal optimus
>>11913726Yeah I'd buy that too, Hero Prime fucks
>>11913883It could use the Earthrise Starscream treatment where the old classics mold is upsized and refined.I couldn't mind the arm kibble collapsing more or transforming a little more.
>>11913905It's constantly shown Decepticons can't use the Matrix(except Thunderwing), and it has to specifically choose to change the wielder's form. I don't know why there's so much confusion over that when the movie makes it clear. It's not a magic mushroom anyone can take, it's meant for a specific user chosen by it.
>>11913697>>11913912>>11913726would love to see a Destructicon Scourge version. I suppose I could try and paint one myself. Something really recontextualizes the arm canon in that it looks like Megatron's fusion canon, and Scourge is meant to be an Optimus/Megatron fusion in a sense.
>>11913910You know, I’ve never really thought about it before, but it’s weird that Optimus Optimus has a specific name, but TM2 Megs doesn’t given they came about due to the same method. Megatonic Megatron, maybe?>>11913912If HasTak were smart we could have a new Hero Prime without much issue
>>11913594The one you could provisionally call Meg0-16 is soon at least.
>inb4 Hero Prime with solid plastic air-pump and molded-in ICBMs
>>11913904That's fair.>>11913916I think it goes without saying that Anon was asking "what if there was a bad matrix"that's a pretty creative question, yet a profound sign of creative bankruptcy were it actually to be used, because holy shit 'oh it's the mysterious out of nowhere BAD VERSION of the holy relic' is so lame. Even in Zelda it was kinda ehh but it helped that the 'dark master sword' was killed off permanently in his first appearance, and it was also the only game to give the regular MS a personality.
>>11913918in the show, I feel like 'optimal optimus' was just a derisive nickname Megatron gave him.Also, I don't think the methods were truly the same even if they both came from having someone else's spark. I definitely think we're meant to infer transmetal driver shenanigans with megatron, since we never see where that driver came from. I think he found it in the lava and went 'oh, neat. that worked on me.'
>>11913921> yet a profound sign of creative bankruptcy were it actually to be used, because holy shit 'oh it's the mysterious out of nowhere BAD VERSION of the holy relic' is so lame.Oh yeah, totally. It’s a good thing Transformers has never done that
>>11913925kek, not even a little surprised.and I defend 'dark energon' because it was neat and ends up being unique
>>11913927Honestly, I think Angolmois Energy/Dark Energon is fine because it makes perfect sense in-universe. Of course Unicron is going to have a similar kind of “life blood” as Primus so to use that is actually pretty clever. (Yes, I know technically Angolmois has been reconned to not be Unicron's blood directly, just go with it)
>>11913841Generations "not nerf" lookin ass would be cool. I know there's a concept art thing that shows G1 Megatron with a stand/Artillery thing for a cannon>>11913458>>11913856I hated the Siege/Earthrise mold Magnus but the SG is nice and been messing with it a bit more>>11913925"that's one badass Steering Wheel"The TFWiki being ran by insanely unfunny redditors is easily the worst aspect of it. Criminal even
There's like six different evil matrices>the matrix of conquest>the dead matrix>the dark matrix>the matrix of malice>the matrix of oppression>the SG matrix of leadership (which seems to have at least two versions)and they all have different origins.And that's not even counting the weirder ones like the Sharkticon matrix.
>>11913923Transmetal 2 Megatron is just Super Saiyan 2
>>11913938>The TFWiki being ran by insanely unfunny redditors is easily the worst aspect of it. Criminal evenI really hate hearing people call it amusing. Willis's sense of humor and M Sipher's snobby attitude were annoying to deal with way back and I hate how they've positioned themselves as arbiters of taste. I'm glad the younger part of the fandom rips on them for this.
>>11913923Megatron already used the driver to make Dinobot II and it had mutated Cheetor and Blackarachnia by the time he fell in the lava. I headcanon that he attempted using it on himself but didn't have a power source big enough to trigger the upgrade he planned, absorbing Megatron's spark was enough. I think he had the dragon mode planned, yes it's stupid but I can't imagine Megatron 1's spark alone giving him that altmode.
>>11913942hard to argue with.>>11913953they used to be really, really funny. I enjoyed going there during work and reading the funny comments and junk. This is before they went nuts, around.. what, 2008ish.>>11913955huh, that's not how I remember it. okay then I guess we can just say he had it in his pocket. or yes, like you said, maybe he had leftover radiation on him.I like to think the dragon mode came from his body either containing the remnant of an old scan, or scanned a new one in the magma. but since it's a six-limby dragon, it's a little harder for me to buy it was a real animal. all the predacon modes based on fossils (and in general actually) were obviously pimped out and modified, so yeah maybe he did just manually design it, what with the prophecy and all.
>>11913959>This is before they went nuts, around.. what, 2008ish.Check whenever they culled all the fat jokes from Cosmos and Grandus's pages. There's your date.
>>11913959Dragons exist in G1 cartoon continuity so it’s not impossible it was a scan
>>11913965That one was an illusion. You should've used the one from the Season 2 time-travel episode.
>>11913918arent they not allowed to use crossover molds for anything else? both that and the holiday prime were volvos specifically
>>11913976Holiday Prime isn’t actually considered to be under Collaborative so my assumption is that Hasbro could use it as long as they pay the licensing for Volvo, like how ER Bee was licensed by Volkswagen
>>11913959>I guess we can just say he had it in his pocketExcept he didn't - we know Blackarachnia absorbed it when she went Transmetal 2, as it was what revived her after she died. Incidentally, with the exception of Cheetor, all of the other Transmetal 2 characters on the show died (or in Dinobot II's case, was never originally alive to begin with) and were revived by the Driver; Megatron technically died when he was tossed into the lava by Tarantulas (meaning TM2 Megatron is technically his version of a "Galvatron" upgrade).
>conehead 3-packFuck off man I just want Thrust
>>11913904>it just feels weird that a ton of the other characters decoes are referencing other toys while Optimus doesn’tA bunch of the original SG are oc colourways Prime, Goldbug, Rodimus, Galvatron etcWhich I like more than just being black or white like Soundwave and Jetfire and a few othersStarscream and Thundercracker borrowing existing decos is alright but I think it'd be way too lazy if everyone was like that>>11913905Every time I see this display that portal has a new limb sticking out
>>11913981you'll pay $120 to get the one figure you wanted and you'll LIKE IT
>>11913981>Fuck off man I just want Thrust>Munky's paw curls>New Legends BWII Thrust announced>Still have to get Dirge anyways>>11913982>A bunch of the original SG are oc colourwayTrue, I’m just a sucker for easy reference decoes>Which I like more than just being black or white like Soundwave and Jetfire and a few othersTechnically they’re also references based on Music Label Soundwave and Dark Jetfire
>>11913981Why the fuck would you only want Thurst? Who only wants one of the coneheads? They only exist to be troop building fodder. Personally I'm glad they're not stretching it out.
>>11913992>Why the fuck would you only want Thurst? Who only wants one of the coneheads?Because he's a weirdo who wants attention.
>>11913992Not that guy but Thrust just looks cooler than the other two. I'm fine with the ER version.
>>11913965>>11913970We should unironically just have a new continuity with actual magic and bullshit back and there is no explanation. Like have one episode where they get their asses handed to them by a wizard or some shit.
>>11913994Huh. I always thought Ramjet was the coolest, and only because he had the most unique colorscheme lol (Starscream and Thundercracker already have Red and Blue covered, so Thrust and Dirge always seemed extraneous to me).>>11912169How big is this figure gonna be, compared to how tall he should be?
>>11913997I mean don't most continuities have magic stuff already? Anything about Primus, Cybertron, the matrix or other relics is already magical
>>11911376I think jetfire + prime is a weaker super mode than super prime because of the fucking shoulders. They’re untouched while the chest and legs have grown. It looks like he’s in overalls.
>>11914011Wouldn't be a problem if he had some fuck-off huge red cannons to drape over them
>>11914011it is the eternal struggledo you have combiners of this nature change somewhat, so the combiner actually feels less like two half-robots crammed together?or do you avoid the uncomfortable question of why the normal mode doesn't transform his shoulders that way or whatever, and why it is that putting on pants caused an extra shoulder thing to happenLike with mini-cons, it's explicitly that they power guys up, so their structures unfold, but for this.. it's a tough call.
>>11913992Thrust has the coolest wing design and was the only G1 seeker I had as a kid (in the 90s, inherited from my uncle)I don't care about army building or having a complete collection
>>11914011>>11914020I think Armada Optimus's super mode is fine. The whole point with Super Modes is that even with upgraded forms involving the Super Mode, it should keep the combining method the exact same. Armada Optimus is a 'Duo-Con' combiner for a lack of a better term so his upgrades was always just going to be a brand new pair of pants rather than more parts to armor up his existing Super Mode. Plus he also has a second combining partner in the form of Overload who goes on the top and becomes his backpack + shoulder cannons. I agree that having Optimus and Jetfire combined makes Optimus looks like he is in overalls which is a bit weird and doesn't really alter the Optimus part a lot but I say it is a necessary compromise because it allows Optimus to combine with Overload IN ADDITION to Jetfire. Out of the three Unicron Trilogy Optimus, Armada Optimus stands as the only one who can combine with BOTH of his combining partners Overload and Jetfire. Energon Optimus is more tactical with his Super Mode, treating his limbs like a loadout so he cannot combine with both Wing Saber and Omega Supreme, especially since the latter is worn like a power suit. And Cybertron Optimus can only combine with Leobreaker OR Wing Saber, not both due to his arm transformation.
>>11914052There is a fan mode for Cybertron Optimus to combine with Leobreaker and Wing Saber at the same time, but yeah it's a shame it can't be done with the intended transformation.Cybertron Optimus can also hold Metroplex's axe, which doesn't really "combine" but it is canon and cool.
>>11913670says the guy getting mad because someone criticized his favorite toy?
>>11913863And you understand why that would never happen, yes?
>>11913713>>Thunderclash>>Action Master Optimusmaybe these guys aren't that bad after all...
>>11914011To me Jet Optimus has a great sense of speed and power while Overload adds "fuck go back" amounts of bulkiness and noise to the design.
>>11913938>>11913953I'd argue TFWiki is even worse when they are NOT making the captions funny.
>>11914140To me the problem is, it works really well in the show and heavily stylized fanart, but the toy itself just suffers from, well, having an entire toy roughly the same size tacked onto it.
>>11914152maybe the new Overload will have better combined proportions than the old one
>>11913997>>11914005Visonaries crossover episode.
>>11913997When I got lost in Alternity lore yesterday that's exactly what happens. The entire climax of the story is that magic is the only thing that can kill the multiverse time travelling OP near god like Alternity Transformses. Megatron becomes a wizard and casts magic. And it's based on a season 3 episode because Thundercracker goes to the planet from it at the end.
>>11914158Dropped this wizard.
>>11914140I always thought Jet Convoy was such a neat upgrade for Optimus. Armada was the first time I really watched a TF show, I caught some of RiD when it would be on before Digimon or something but never followed it, I did follow Armada and just thought giving Optimus flight gear made sense. I always wondered and never bothered to look it up, but was this the first instance of Optimus combining with Jetfire? I know it's happened a few other times, like during RotF, but I always assumed that was na homage to Armada.
>>11914163>hand posing
>>11914147man I want a new autorooper but unless takara does one for the anniversary that's a never ever figure for sure
>>11914165Did you miss the """"Animated"""" one? Or does that not count which is fair.
>>11914147This is funny if it’s used with Irony
Eva Prime is fun as hell to fiddle with. I wish he had more articulated hands (and that they did some sort of Jetwing retool into the flight unit equipped Eva-01 from the Anima novels instead of that Rodimus), but he's easily my favourite TF release in a while.
>>11914166I know that one came with a KP alt head but I'm talking about the original cop car design
Selects Lobclaw/Nautilator looks like ass. When are we getting one in accurate colors?
>>11913987>Fuck off man I just want Thrust>Munky's paw curls>New Legends BWII Thrust announced>Still have to get Dirge anywaysThis is the best possible outcome.
>>11914163Yeah, first time Jetfire combined with Optimus. Michael Bay was given a crash course in Transformers which evidently included Armada too, since he kept wanting to adapt Tidal Wave too.
>>11913277This nigga has the worst taste EVER
I have purchased a KO SS86 Skywarp. I now await its arrival. If it isn't shit then I will buy the other two seekers. Thank you for your attention on this matter!
>>11914206Maybe when they get around to making the Seacons again
>>11914213It's actually pretty likely because whe is a MW Megatron repaint which we're getting.
Anything for Animated 20th anniversary?
Sunday Funday!
>>11914236I reckon if we get anything it'll be in 2028.
>>11914236Lugnut and Slipstream are listed for Megatron Rising. Slipstream's mold has tooling for Starscream proper.
>>11914264can't wait for her to look like a man again
>>11914264>>11914260Anything pointing towards an Animated Blackarachnia? Would be cool to get a decent figure of her
>>11914264>ANOTHER awful SlipstreamWe haven't had a good one since what? Original Animated? lol Maybe that RID 2015 moldI guess Cyberverse wasn't so bad but ehhhhAwful figure thoLugnut the RTS is still peak. I doubt they'll do it well but the Animated Legacy stuff has been above average so not too bad
>>11914269>We haven't had a good one since what? Original Animated?there was no proper TFA Slipstream figure in the lines original run.
>>11914264Oh huh, I assumed she'd be a retool of reactivate starscream.
>>11914236Why, so they can ruin another one of my favorite toylines?
>>11914222Bay Tidalwave mightve actually been cool. Or maybe he would have two anchors for balls.
Cryotek when?
>>11914236No... it hasn't been 20 years, you're lying.
>>119143452006 was 20 years ago, old man.
>>11914052makes sense to me. but then they should probably refer to it that way.kinda reminds me of how the Dino Tanker was just Daizyujin sitting down, with the head and hands not yet transformed, the shoulders still folded in, and the pterano awkwardly perched on top (and the back guns inserted into the untransformed arms). It's really a stretch to call it another mode, yet it kinda works. Just flipping the shoulder pads out makes him seem so different.
>>11914159what in the fuck are those legs.
>>11914164not everyone has a stand that big
>>11914305Why the long face?
>>1191434720th anniversary of Kiss Players, tooImagine if they released a new manga chapter and an actual toy for the occasion
>>11914363I'd sacrifice the entirety of this year's AOTP lineup so far for a decent autorooper from takara
>>11914364With or without Atari
>>11914366if we get her it'd be an acrylic standee which I can take or leave. if it was an accurately scaled figurine, on the other hand...
2006 was the tail end of cybertron and the start of classics, where's the celebration for that
>kiss players makes TFW and tfwiki seethelmao
>>11914376we've talked about that enough already, I think we're sick of the subject.
>>11914377Try to shut down discussion already huh?
>>11914376Don't get the seethe desu, I read it and sure it may be a little heavy on the ecchi at times, but I've seen way raunchier mangas before. Besides, it was a toyline that ran for one year between two big releases, didn't have a tv show, and had less than 10 toys, so it's not like it had a permanent mark on the series either
>>11914381not at all, I participated in it. but we did that, it's done. If we keep going, we'll ruin it. once you cum, you stop stroking.
I've seen more butthurt over people disliking kiss players than actual dislike for kiss players at this point.
>>11914277I must just be delusional then. Maybe I confused the Cyberverse for Animated in my brain>>11914222>>11914314>TFW STILL no fixed Titan PS2/Armada Tidalwave colors>No IDW TidalwhaleIt's not fair
>>11914398I think we have a bad case of >oneguy
>>11914398exactly the reason anon shouldn't start it back up again. we said our piece, we're obviously right, but if we keep harping on it...
>>11914399I would love big beastformers, even if I probably couldn't afford them.I feel like one of those gigantic fucking mosasaurs from jurassic park would be a fun altmode for a beast titan.
>>11914398Because you weren't born until after KP came out.
>>11914406I want a new three rex
>>11914414tri-rex could absolutely be reworked into a fun trio of weird lookin predacons. I've spent a lot of time thinking about it.
>>11914356I'm Prowl.
>>11914374Sharing an anniversary with the movie means they will never be acknowledged.
>>11914398No, you haven't.
If Takara were really cool they would have included an Autotrooper in their Kiss Players set to replace Blaster.
>see somebody say that Airrazor in japanese dub of beastwars is the first trans character in the franchise
>>11914451don't even use that term.
>>1191444186 Prowl retool
>>11914451They're all trans until actionmasters
>>11914454Thanks, dad.
>>11914452Boo nigga
>>11914398The guys who hate kissplayers are redditors who don't frequent this site anyway
>>11914502just saying, they win when you let them relabel shit, especially when it's a particularly stupid use of a prefix as an abbreviation. A prefix that's already used for a billion other words, and conveniently removes the part they're trying to sweep under the rug so they can sell the lifestyle to kids.
>>11914509Bro still hasn't learned context clues in school yet
>>11914530I'm 41, we didn't teach 'boo nigga' in my day.
>>11914363>actual toyWell they are doing that
>>11914613I think anon was using the phrase as "a (new (manga chapter and an actual toy) ) for the occasion"
>>11914441I wouldn't mind a redeco of the one from the Troop Builder set. That is a good mold right there!
>>11914673I want a better moldI was so fucking down for him till it was god damn Siege Ironhide/Ratchet brick
>>11911328>>11912733>>11912735Guessing we'll see some of this announced at NYCC this week?
>>11914685NYCC will probably be>Haslab reveal or at least another hint (Last hint was the suggestion that it was a very large figure)>MAYBE the first wave of Megatron Rising (Alongside some kind of information about the Megatron combiner)>Probably info about a combiner frame for Nexus since that basically ruined SDCC this year but we won't get to see it, just hear that they're doing it or that they're planning it now.HasLab will be the big reveal though. I don't think they'll do Primus because Unicron barely met funding. I'm really really hoping for Railracer. He needs to be twice the size of Omega Prime to be in-scale and each each brother would need to be a fair bit larger than Optimus in Supermode. It'd be worth doing a Haslab if they do it in scale.
>a black convoy with pink windows>a problematic god fire convoy>a very good gelshark>wrecker hook is one of mark's OC molds>a new mold for speedbreaker that was terrible for him and shadow striker>never do the other car brothers that year, or the next threeWhat a state of affairs CR went through
>>11914710You forgot>most attention CR/RID got this years was a Yolopark con set
>>11913694Has G2 Grimlock been restocking at ROSS? I saw it showed up a few weeks ago at some places but I've never found him. Found the 2 Double Packs though and all the other TFs people have been posting except Big Blue Grimlock.
>>11914710Honestly the OC molds confuse me because if you know you’re going to retool them into known characters why would you not start with their design first and work backwards to get the OC's design. Also, it’s weird we never got a Skid-Z/Indy Heat from the Siege Mirage mold
>>11914710I seriously don't know what the hell they were thinking with that shadowstriker mold, it's fucking terrible for both characters. hell it's just an outright terrible toy
If Mark pushed his biased a bit harder we'd get Stampy by nowSeriously where the fuck is Stampy?
I wonder where on the totem pole Micromaster Combiners are in terms of "Geewun crap we need to revamp", because we've had a lot of Micromasters, and I bet the Monstructor mold x3 was some kind of test run to gague interest. If so I hope it's successful!
>>11914746Probably one of the Core Class molds that ended up getting canceled>>11914754I unironically think that Sixbuilder is a super obvious one because he also has a Devastator redeco that could pair up with Legacy Volcanicus
>>11914755>Probably one of the Core Class molds that ended up getting canceledAt least Polar Claw/Grizzy-1/Bearserker can join him in the purgatory of Beast Era revamps that never came to be. Mold would've made for a good panda, you know, just make something original to celebrate China again like with Crimsonflame.
>>11914761It would have made for a pretty lousy panda, but I still want that anyway
new>>11914548>>11914548>>11914548
>>11914710I grew to really like him but I get the complaintsRID has been a mess, Which is funny cause even the other RID wasn't safe and that Strongarm is hot ass
>>11913294Need mommy
>>11913605What does he turn into
>>11913886why is he hot?
>>11913849Hell, New Legends outright confirmed that just like in the og G2 toy line, the Japan fiction didn't get recolored Stunticons, so that recolor was also brand new in-universe.
