Are you going to buy the Conehead three pack next year to complete your tooner seeker collection?Previous: >>11911315
>>11914548probably. I still love the ER molds though. specifically the DCS versions
>>11914548Which definition of tooner do you mean today?
>>11914548I will. I want all my seekers to match and I'm taking this new mold as an opportunity to hunker down and get them all as they release. I typically skip them and I don't have the coneheads so this is a good chance to get them. I still need to get my hands on the new Starscream but for now I'm happy with my many old ones so I can wait.
I have the ER versions of the big six, I'm good.
did anyone get these guys? were they good?
>>11914681They’re not out yet
>>11914683oh whoops
I fixed up Joyride's colors and gave him a gun.
Requiem blaster crooked due to molding issues or something idk>already yellowingThanks hasbro....
With NYCC coming up and the likelyhood of the new HasLab being announced. What are your expectations? Who will it be? I want Railracer because there's no other way they'd do him but I would rather it be something I don't want so I can save the money. Like that stupid dragon combiner from TLK would be perfect.
>>11914688No amount of paint can fix that atrocious headsculpt. Yikes! I hadn’t realized it was so ugly until now. His face is soo narrow, looks ridiculous
>>11914689>already yellowing I just noticed my 86 Soundwave has a few parts that are already starting to turn green. It’s very slight but I see it. I’ve had the figure for less than a month.
>>11914705Man i would love a Railracer. Top 3 wants. I have been seeing people saying it will be Primus.>>11914719Damn, that sucks.
>>11914705I'd like Gigatron but I don't know which colour scheme I'd prefer.If Shinkalion was bigger worldwide it would be nice to have a Transformers X Shinkalion collab for Rail Racer. The CTW stuff all can do a 3 train combined form, it wouldn't quite be a proper remake but it might be the closest we could get.
>>11914548LMAO manlet seekers
I'm surprised a Shinkalion mold that can just be casually repurposed into Rail Racer doesn't exist yet. Takara does love a little bit of mold reuse across franchises.
>>11914783>>11914753Their shows use current models and 2/3 of Rail Racer's rolling stock have been retired, last remaining 500 Kodama is retiring early next year. They did bring back the E4 Max livery on a new model and made a CW set for it, so you can sorta-kinda have a 2/3 modern Railracer
>>11914791They did do the 0 and the 300 later in the CW line, so they're not afraid of bring out the older trains.
>>119147920 was the only old model in show for story reasons and 300 was a post-show release. Anyway my point was that they couldn't have replicated the JRX trio during the show back in 2024
>>11914705>>11914753Gigatron is a hard one because unlike most other haslabs he has a built in repaint that actually appears in fiction.
>>11914806He is also still a really solid figure as is and we're about to see a line of Megatron variants so I think he'd be a better candidate for a Commander slot.
>>11914548No thanks. I’ll be waiting for the objectively superior KOs
>>11914688don't know why you wasted effort on that guy but that paintwork is pretty slick, anon
>>11914806>actually appears in fiction.Appears in CANON, right onscreen for the remainder of the series.
>>11914548NO!!!yes
>>11914681I kinda just want his weapons.
>>11914842I think I've come around to kind of preferring the black shoulders on Skywarp (at least on that Skywarp). All 3 having the same color mapping tickles my artistic eye just a little bit more.
>>11914844Fiction and canon are the same thing.
>>11914842>they look exactly the same except for the ugly purple shoulders on SkywarpWow epic own dude
>>11914862>Wow epic own dudewith pre-installed upgrade kits and a lower price tag it is
>>11914842I've got Skywarp and Starscream ordered, Thundercracker next. They should be arriving over the next month or so, they'll be my first seekers since Classics unless you wanna count the FoC guys.
>>11914862>uglyOk, now you’re just being retarded
>>11914842You can also get the Storm seekers cheap75 bucks for the lot
After seeing how creatively bankrupt Habsro and the Transformers franchise has been for the last 10 years, let's see some new ideas for the franchise. Can be a toyline, subline, whole series anything.Hard mode: No G1, No Multiverse, No Shattered Glass
>>11914893They have sex with humans to power up.
>>11914893>>11914898Bring Kiss Players back with an anime, appeal to a new audience that likes cute girls and/or mecha animes instead of the stagnating fanbaseThat way you can sell both transforming robots and figures of the girls
>>11914898also, having sex with men results in a bigger power boost than having sex with women.
Fuck that Fallen retool. Aliexpress has a mini Armada Unicron KO. 12", leader class price.
>>11914893"Oops! All Triplechangers!"A whole line of 'em, regular characters with extra modes.
>>11914893Let Kotobukiya do more TF Girl model kits, their Optimus was cute.
>>11914893G1 characters, but with beast modes instead of vehicle modes. The robot modes still look like the cartoon models (roughly) but you get Sideswipe turning into a cheetah or whatever, Starscream and the seekers as hawks, Optimus becomes a gorilla but his robot mode still has grill-tummy and window pecs (so he's trukk & munky). Make Bumblebee an actual bee.
>>11914911This has potential, because I think the biggest thing holding back triplechangers as a concept is that we live in a cycle of getting the same 2-3 bots over and over again. It's just blitzwing, springer, and astrotrain until you choke. tank-jet, car-copter, and shuttle-train. Ad nauseum. I feel like there'd be a lot of pontential in just trying something new. Literally anything. Just pick two fucking alt modes at complete random. I feel like they might strike gold by accident, at least once or twice, if we had a whole line of them to play around with.
>>11914921You could sneak a G1ish Shatter and Dropkick into the line too, I'd love that.
>>11914921i'm still waiting on a good non-IDW Springer, keep the repetition going. make all the triple changers commander-priced and deluxe-sized if that's what it takes to actually pull them off well
>>11914893G2 (not banned by the rules)But what I'd do is Bayverse characters but more traditionally styled. Be it G1ish, RiD01ish, whatever. Needs to be set primarily on Earth, human characters are cool but no kids (call me a genwunner but I think Spike was as "kod" s a TF human should be. Or TFP's Jack.) Have Transformings arriving from space like they are on a mass exodus from Cybertron.Decepticons and Autobot shave to be enemies, the series loses a lot of shit when they aren't. The cybertronians are escaping from Cybertron bscause Unicron is devouring it or on his way to. The macguffin to stop him was buried on earth, Probably the Matrix, maybe hidden Bayverse style. Transformers can land anywhere and in any quantity, and beast formers are allowed. This would allow for your more traditional casts, or for say the Japanese cast or Beast Wars characters to be a thing too. Also have like Sector 7 be the human factor that throws a monkey wrench into things, hostile to decepticons but mostly standoffish to autobots.Not super original but like its transformers, whare you gonna do? Oh and make the female transformers hot.
>>11914939>Transformers can land anywhere and in any quantityGood opportunity for lots of smaller self-contained stories in a variety of settings.I still want to see a movie/episode/short featuring Drift and Windblade fighting Bludgeon and Banzaitron in a battle of the weeb-bots in Japan.
>>11914927Good goy.
>>11914913Forever waiting for Bishoujo Soundwave
>>11914941Exactly. Think like Justice League Unlimited except with Transformsrs. The main cast gets to have their episodes but sometimes you get a Booster Gold episode.
>>11914956>weeb-bots in nip-land>beast wars episode in south american jungle>racing episode across the sahara>ice-themed bots battle in the arctic over frozen Jetfire>monster pretenders terrorize rural china>Carbombya reverse-engineering captured cons>Seaspray & Broadside VS seacons battle for AtlantisThere's tons you could do, both with isolated stories and having them crossover/team up for larger threats later on in the series.
>>11914952I really wanted an action figure or kit version of the Bishoujo Megatron
>>11914961Could even allow for transtectors and the power masters and stuff too. Plus whose to say space episodes are out of the question? I think it would bring us something as adventurous as G1 but as coherent and structured as Prime and Beast Wars with room to be a little silly at times like Animated. Also I'd be producer mandating a "beast machines come from the future" plotline for an episode.
>>11914961>weeb-bots in nip-land>they all turn into trains>combined screen time is 3.7 minutes because Hasbro doesn't want to try to advertise train toys
>>11914893>Inspired by the Kaiju movies of old and new comes a new series in the Transformers franchise, Transformers Creature Combat>Join Optimus Primal and the Maximals against the evil forces of Megatron and the Predacons as they battle across the Earth in search of a mysterious energy source found within the planet itself>Recreate massive city destroying battles to determine the fate of the Earth >Recruit the Automals and Vehicons to settle the score between the Biological and the Technological >Rescue the world from the Predacons or Reclaim the power from the MaximalsBasically it would be based on a mixture of the original Beast Wars bios that implied the characters were gigantic
>>11914893How about we bring headmasters back... and make every figure in the line a headmaster too!
>>11914989We could make the guns big buckets instead of good weapons!
>>11914705>I want RailracerSame bro. RID 2001 needs more love.Or another combiner.
>>11914893You guys call Hasbro creatively bankrupt but all the suggestions are just >what if X but Y
>>11915005Make it different, but not too different!
>>11915006Make it completely show accurate EXCEPT if it's G1 I hate G1!
>>11914862Me when I'm mentally disabled
>>11914893We beg Takara to make a fembot-focused toyline and assure them that they can be as sexy as they want.
>>11914893New series and follow Metal Cardbot style with a more direct connection to a human partner and in a more populated area. More open and social aspectWhen's the last time we had a series that did that?Like ACTUALLY?Animated almost?I want to see more civilian alt modes they genuinely just have not seemed to ever fucking doI wanna see a News Copter, Taxi, Garbage truck, C I T Y B U S and othersMake it RID Magnus style with the bus where he becomes like an Exo Suit on somebody like the Siege Weaponizers and stuff
>>11915014You ok?
>>11915005Isn't Transformers already "What if X, but with space robots"?
>>11914939>11914956This is the best idea, we could get toys of this for half a decade easily
>>11915020You are for saying "They look exactly the same except the shoulders"
>are you okay>you areVery interesting
>>11915064>Genuine retard
>Miss two letters>He has a stroke jerking himself off and trolling
>>11914939>Not super original but like its transformers, whare you gonna do?I dunno transformers is pretty versatile, a lot of these ideas are pretty disappointing
>>11914893Live action TV series. Like yeah, you’d only see a few Transformers in each ep but it’s something never tried before.
>>11914893Mythical Beasts and cryptids on both sides. Cybertronian hidden for millennia posing as creatures not yet documented Deep sea creatures vs submarines. Autobots in pursuit of Aquatic Predacons Alien creatures( think Wayne Barlow) vs Cybertronian exploration vehicles. Predacons as alien megafauna fighting maximal/autobot exploration vehicles 50s greaser classic cars/ 70s American muscle cars vs Soviet aligned military vehicle Decepticons. Decepticons invade America under the cover of a Soviet strike on an AU history. So many possible altmodes out there outside of “ what if cars and jets and the same few dinosaurs/modern animals. I’m so tired of the sane 70s sports cars and sane few models of jets and lions and apes
>>11915117Well if you are doing unlicensed approximations, aiming for specific car models is dangerous.
>>11914893>let's see some new ideas for the franchise.A simple Autobots vs Decepticons story on earth but with almost everyone but Optimus and Megs being new characters. They're pals with 1- 3 human kids/teens and are openly known by the public as heroes. The episodes generally have them fighting over some kind of toy-gimmick macguffin with mini-arcs that introduce new characters and major plot developments. The styling should lean towards mecha with big super moves and stock footage, and basically I want Armada but better.
>>11914548you couldn't have posted 3 more images, to get us to image limit?
We'll never get an affordable reissue of MP-44 will we?
>>11915154Should have bought it back when it was $300.
>>11915154?Hasbro Affordable?
>>11915169Technically, Takara
>>11914893>Hard mode: No G1Can it be season 3 of G1? I want an animated series with Rodimus leading but Hasbro seems allergic to having anything without Optimus at the head.
>>11914893New cast of characters.Story is mostly like G1 or such with war raging for long time and them coming to earth and crashing. A group of autobots and deceptions get separated or are sent out to establish a new beachhead after they crash on earth. Young and inexperienced but good hearted autovot leader having to tard wrangle a team of rookie bots while a caniving and power hungry con splits off to try and raise a group to overtake megatron or somthing. Give me new characters to fall in love with and want toys of. G1/legacy characters can maybe show up for an ep or 2 but keep the focus on the new cast and there adventures and trials to work together. I want characters with new alt modes, it's ok for a jet deception but make it something new like a su-30 or f-18 or some different supercar for a bit also some more plain Jane stuff like a taxi that deploys minicons or boat formers.I guess this is just beast wars 2.0
>>11915154you can get the KO for $80
>>11915136I get that, but it's still generally the same range of styles. There's like 120 years of automotive trends and while I don't expect 1910s jalopy-formers anytime soon, there's still a lot of car styles that barely have representation. Very few 50's-70's American cars, few Japanese 2000's/2010s cars, a lot of European concept cars and supercars after the 80's, etc. Hot wheels does a lot of broad style, non branded designs, for example. Something that feels like a 50s greaser car but not specifically a Cadillac.
>>11914681I almost preordered him but I had a hunch I might regret it. Interested to see how he turns out.
>>11914892Did the KO seekers make the forearms molded in the correct colors? For the og mold, this only applied to TC, everyone else gets painted forearms.
>>11915183They've done some stuff without Optimus, what they seem averse to is specifically to have Hot Rod in the lead.
>>11915169>anything bad is hasbro and anything good is takara
Mail day. The Ironhide is a much deeper red than the camera can do it justice, and very much enjoy powder blue Mirage.
>>11914893my new idea is more organic beastformersall with creative transformations, not just shellforming, and really cool and unique altmodes, like a horseshoe crab or a eurypterid or a capybara. and lots of dinosaurs and shit like dragons and unicorns.
>>11915199I have itThe side of the Vehicle/Leg had a weak spot and sheered right offI got a replacement part tho but still. I want a genuine one
>>11914893I don't like the scorched earth approach. I love the Unicron Trilogy and RiD01, I love new characters, but there is a lot of redundancy in this franchise and there's a good chunk of "major" characters that don't appear in media enough as it. For example Springer and Blaster haven't truly appeared in a cartoon since G1. Not to mention name reuses cannibalizing things. We can't have G1 Blurr and Armada Blurr side by side. I don't really like that and I think HasTak should think that out in the future. I would really like the well of untapped potential to be drawn from. I would probably do something like Animated where you have a small main cast, but reach into the wider universe and really focus on some of those untouched characters. Like Sunstreaker is an 84 guy that has not appeared in a cartoon or movie since 1986 despite his brother being a series regular. I want to see characters like Sunstreaker, Springer, and Blaster get cartoon time.
>>11915223How's the paint and the joints? Some people are reporting poor QC.
>>11915229>We can't have G1 Blurr and Armada Blurr side by sideWhy not? Out of all the name reuses I think that one was pretty reasonable. You couldve gone with Armada Smokescreen and G1 Smokescreen (although he was originally based on Grapple)
>>11915234Because G1 Blurr is a fast talking ADHD child that is friend to all and Armada Blurr is an edgy sniper with a chip on his shoulder. I love both versions of Blurr but they can't exist in a show or movie alongside eachother. They are total opposites and the franchise is filled with stuff like this. And you can't use his Japanese name either because Silverbolt is the leader of the Aerialbots and a justice loving wolf.
>>11915240there's nothing quite so funny as imagining the fast-talking Blurr as a sniper."There's a 'con!" BLAM! "There's another one!" BLAM! "Missed, gonna run 500 feet to the east and try again"BLAM
>>11915229>Not to mention name reuses cannibalizing things90% of name reuses are mostly just to maintain the copyrights to said name. If they didn't give a shit about that they would just give the character their Japanese names>We can't have G1 Blurr and Armada Blurr side by sideYes you can, because his actual name is silverbolt
>>11915240Oh I had misunderstood, I thought you were speaking more about character design than personality. Like a future version of Blurr with a G1 look on cybertron and an armada look on earth.
>>11915229>I don't like the scorched earth approach.I'm remembering how that early concept SuperCross or whatever ended with "and all the Transformers of G1 and Beast Wars die forever too bad so sad".
>>11915183All I've seen from this thread is that despite 40 years of different series and interpretations in the franchise, people are quite literally unable to concieve of a transformers property that is even slightly removed from G1
>>11915240Personalities aren't shit. Shockwave is a roulette wheel even though his designs are usually the same.
>>11915254Isn’t IDW Blurr a sniper? His Generations toy had a rifle.>>11915229>I don't really like that and I think HasTak should think that out in the future.They have largely avoided that for major characters since Prime/aligned though. Some minor characters get name shuffled ( stuff that started as no show/non speaking, minicon, toy only characters) but generally once a character is big enough they keep a general look and portrayal with some exceptions personalities do get mixed up across continuities but it’s more like a reinterpretation of the same character than completely unrelated like BW Inferno and G1 inferno.
>>11915266the guy chained up in the cave can't conceive of anything beyond shadows. it's not his fault.
>>11915269maybe he's just really good at reloading quickly and aiming quickly, taking the main drawback out of the sniper rifle and making it just, for him, a normal gun that is super stronglike if you think about it, it's the slow guy who needs a lot of rounds per second, all he can do quickly is pivot. Slow weapons for fast guys, fast weapons for slow guys, makes sense to me.
>>11915268Except Shockwave has pretty consistently been the cold and logical Decepticon scientist. Even Bayformers gave him his proper personality.
>>11915271>>11915269>Isn’t IDW Blurr a sniper?No, Perceptor is the sniper, Blurr was given Perceptor's rifle and pistols since they needed to find a substitute for Drift's wakizashi and katana while still giving a nod to IDW.>Why couldn't they just keep the swordBecause Drift's entire character revolves around his swords so making another character out of that mold it would fuck with the marketing for their OC
>>11915276why can't he just be sword boss?then other sword guy can be his sword buddy
>>11915278That would make him less sword special!
>>11915256> Yes you can, because his actual name is silverboltThe anime might be Japanese but the kernel of Armada is still American.the Japanese names could be just as random, Demolishor is Ironhide and Sureshock is Arcee. A bunch got renamed for Super Link.
>>11915266
>>11915266It's almost like that's the soul off the franchise or something. Strange right?
>>11915283lol no
>>11915266How about a new series with a new leader bot who's a cop and befriends a random kid. The new cop bot and the kid can then round up other bots who are falling to earth and causing problems. Over the course of the series they can grow their team through the power of friendship, and the antagonist can be a big tough guy who hates friendship and believes only in POWER. As an inversion of the norm, this baddie can be a semi-truck. We can also shift the focus of the toys more towards chunky construction and simple transformations while still keeping a respectable level of articulation. And if it does well, we can go crazy with the articulation in later waves too.Since we're going on a departure from the norm, we could even call it something crazy like Metal Cardbot.
>>11914893I’d really like to see some nomadic tribe, warrior culture focused stuff with the Prime type Predacons, I always thought that the whole prehistoric mythical beasts thing was pretty cool
>>11915275Except for the actual cartoon everyone uses for reference. Shockwave didn't stabilize on the loyal/self-interest axis either until about the time of Prime.
>>11915017>>11915293What's with the Metal Cardslop shills?
>>11915305We wanted to give you something to get suspicious about. Can't have transformers fans feeling too safe in their own space. All of us were paid by SAMG.
>>11915231Paints good. Some joints are stiff, BS arms are tight and I can't quite get Ironhides bumper to sit flush between his shoulder blades.
>>11914893Full Speedia 500 seriesThe whole show is just racing and the sports drama that goes with itToys are packaged in alt mode
>>11915303The G1 Cartoon toned him down but he's still coldhearted and logical. Pretty much every other version of the character has that personality except for the Energon version but that's because Energon is the franchises retarded child.
>>11915305Oh okay sorrySo Mini Dinoforce right? Imagine if the new Rexblade was good
>>11915311ANIME COLLABEUREKA SEVEN WITH A NIRVASHCOME ON MAKE IT HAPPENAlso reason to do more IDW characters to pop up
>>11914893A oneshot thing where they collaborate with Kotobikiya. Koto kits have some Transforming vehicles such as FA's Wilbur-9 & Kongou, or picrel from their Material Support Goods line.Redeco those into Autobots & Decepticons. Should they be established characters, or ones with new names and identities? What do you think?Bonus: For the FAs, but a corresponding FAG.
>>11915308Metal cardbot looks cool but the more I see of the toys the more I realize they barely seem to ever be posed with any dynamic poses. It reminds me of Cybertron toys where more joints are there but the lack of decent flexibility and clearance means they’re just kinda always arms and legs out, slightly poised for action. Kinda dull after a while
>>11915327A lot of the early lines have that problem yeah. The toys were made for young kids that want to bash chunky toys together and transform them back and forth a lot. W is improved the posing of most toys except for the big guys like Tyrant Zero who need to be sturdy bricks.
>>11915320Lends itself to cameos and OCs in equal measure
>>11915327Just gotta see the JP/KR Twitter Toy guysWild shit sometimes and the ones who post here sometimes do it on purpose to be disingenuous faggots
>>11915351i hope the new one allows the toes to stay down while using the skates
>>11915327People here joke about it, but ankle tilts really do matter a lot for action poses. I'm sure you've heard it before, but the articulation massively increased with every season of Cardbot. Season 1 toys were pretty bricky, season 2 added just about everything but ankle tilts, and season 3 is kind of a mixed bag where some toys keep the season 2 articulation while others (like Tachy and Solidhorn) add ankle tilts. I honestly think the rapid evolution is a bit of a detriment because it means international releases of the toys are plagued by the early toys releasing first.>>11915319Rex Kaiser is fucking awesome and unironically one of my favorite SAMG toys. Dino commander is cool too, but he's so fat and has so much kibble that he, despite being well articulated, is really hard to pose. Even Dino Emperor is more dynamic than him.
>>11915311I mean we are getting Cyber Formula crossover transforming toys, and Mission GT-R was this too but it was only 4 toys
Cardbots gets let off the hook for partsforming, basic transformations, engineering mishaps, and the brick that poorly integrates. If HasTak designed all of S1 and arguably S2 as Transformers, people would be laying into them.
We should get some left-field thing where the 3 bots and 3 cons are reimagined as Construction Vehicles (Devastator Retool + Redeco, mix and match) specifically so that we can finally get the coveted Prowlvastator.
>>11915404It's almost like they are different toylines or something
>>11915404>partsformingOnly redditors and faggots complain about this. The kind who hate mecha. >basic transformationsNon-issue for the most part. Hasbro does simple transformations too when they aren't trying to work magic chasing animation accuracy. >engineering mishapsYeah Blaion's ankles exploding and Heavy Iron W's head snapping off would have had Hasbro HQ burning. Thankfully they do multiple production runs of Cardbots and always fix the issues after the first batch. >the brick that poorly integratesThey're power-up accessories that form the main gimmick of the franchise. Even in the show they spawn out of thin air when the MC activates them.
>>11915327They’re more like Sentai than transformersLots of partsforming and big chunky blocks
>>11915305Some people aren't slaves and will actually look for alternatives when displeased with a product.
>>11915406that might actually be kind of fun.I'm very much of the creative mind that I think every altmode can work for good or bad guys, depending how you paint it and what attitude you give it.
>>11915378I don't think anyone is debating the merits of ankle tilts. But personally, I don't believe they make or break a figure. An un-fun piece of shit with ankle tilts is still an un-fun piece of shit. And too many of my all-time favs are completely tiltless.
>>11915154Why do you want this turd?
Anyone here have the DCS Insecticons? I'm trying to decide if I should pick them up over the MTMTE set, and I just need to know, do the DCS versions of Bombshell and Shrapnel have their torso molded in the correct colors? They're painted on the Legacy versions and seem painted on the MTMTE set as well.
>>11914914>Make Bumblebee an actual bee.
>>11915448I wish they were able to actually do that
>>11914914From what I hear, the Bumblebee thing is the little piece of duct tape keeping the franchise's copyrights together.
>>11915448>>11915452Oh right, I forgot about that. Have him turn into a wasp instead then, it'd be funny. Call him Goldbug again too, just 'cause.
>>11915452Same reason they have to call Wasp Waspinator, I assume?
>>11915440>Why do you want what's regarded as one of the best MP Optimus's?Besides the soundbox shit he doesn't need he remains one of the best MP for an Animation style and poseabilityI love the OG MP01 Optimus but he's very clunkyMP10 is soulful as shit to me but I want a more poseable one
>>11914893I want another standalone anime, like Galaxy Force. Entirely new cast too.
>>11915469Needs a new Convoy that isn’t Optimus but sure does remind you of him
>>11915457well sort of. If the character's name is Wasp, it can't be trademarked because it's a generic word, but 'bumblebee' is sort of grandfathered in from having been a notable character and specifically for one area of commerce for a while.. if they REINFORCE the generic status of the name, it's lostlike uhhh if the Vespa brand ever leaned too hard into the wasp aspect, same deal would probably happen.
>>11915479I really love the Convoy council/designation concept from Japanese continuity. I wish it wasn’t dropped after Car Robots , it would be cool to see a legacy of Convoys that echo Optimus like Ultraman’s legacy. 80s kids kinda ruined that being possible in America
>>11915479Sure, in fact you can just call him Convoy in the western release too. Have "Optimus Prime" be a hero from an older era that gets mentioned once or twice.
>>11914893>Take the JG1 cast and place them into a BW universe>Mini-con blind bags. >Each figure has a third cube form to combine them. >Their accessories also combine. >Larger figures allow for larger combos. (Think Mugenbine meets Beast Box)>Combiner Mutants>Each combiner team gets a 2nd combined mode>Devastator gets a crazy DEstruction vehicle mode >Volcanicas gets a dragon mode>Predaking becomes a manticore >Defensor, Bruticus, and Menasor become mobile battle platforms>Piranacon and Abominus become Cthulian beasts >Superion and Computron become futuristic ships
>>11915489His toy will be retooled into the "Optimus Prime of legend" that has a flashback oneshot in the beginning of season 2
>>11914893I thought of teo concepts, Journey to the West in a BW inspired setting. Autobots mostly stick to heroic looking mythical beasts, while Decepticons go for more grotesque, demonic forms.Brave esque setting that messes with expectations and does a number of twists with concepts introduced in the franchise, and the concept of is really emphasized in the latter portions of the show.
What's the best 2007 Fast Action Battlers?
>>11915324This guy looks like a MGRR enemy
>>11915469>>11915479If we get a new Convoy that isn't Optimus, what altmode would you assign him? Spacejet like Star Saber?
>>11915522Either a gun or a tank, to play off of Megatron (who is now a vehicle transport that deploys his Decepticon cronies).
>>11915522>>11915531How about a Type 16 MCV tank destroyer
>>11914907pics?
So apparently this is how the Megatron combiner is going to work.G2 Megs will have a grey redeco like the upcoming MPG.
>>11915575>Have to buy two G2 Megs but they have different colorsNow THIS is running out of ideas.
>>11915578The bright side is that G2 Megs has a potential redeco for damn near every color of the rainbow so there'll be no shortage of options.
>>11915575Ironically the Hero Megatron already has a grey redeco built in, so making one G1 colors feels a bit random
>>11915575So waist, hips and thighs are a frame?
How long has it been since we got a toy with more than three modes? I wonder what a Gigatron or Devil Gigatron would be like with modern engineering.
>>11915575>Hasbro 2008: WOAH what are you doing TWO Prowls on the shelf at the same time are you INSANE?>Hasbro 2026: Fuck it oops all Megatrons
>>11915588Aaron Archer era and current era Hasbro are 2 different beasts entirely.
Gigatron barely has 3 modes
>>11915588I know this is a joke but Hasbro did release 4 different Prowls in 2004 as part of the Universe line
So will reflector be a 3 pack like the insecticons or a scalper's wet dream of buy 3 to combine?
>>11915596It's just a deluxe.
>See fasttrack sitting around cheap in some online stores less than a year ago>was going cheap on ebay in various forms>check today>no options, near non existentwat
>>11915588my megatron shelf is getting awful crowded
>>11915575sounds retarded
>>11915522It's been 18 years since Animated I think a new take on the fire truck alt is in order. Ironhide in the back also.
>>11915636A new Smolder (PCC) would be neat, I always thought the idea of a Decepticon fire truck who shows up to house fires only to douse them in accelerant was a funny one.
>>11915575But where's BM Megahead Megatron?
>>11915636>It's been 18 years since AnimatedCrazy to think that the only times we have a Fire Truck Optimus were Fire Convoy, Galaxy Convoy and Animated Optimus
>>11915575The only thing I don't like the sound of is a repaint being the other arm, but it sounds so insane that I want it. Fuck it I'm in.
>>11914893A series of classic cars (not from movies) and hotrods that really ties into old car culture. And a Rattrap TM as Ratfink as the mascot. New and preexist ing characters. Sort of like Altenators but not modern.
>>11915670Wait better yet Wacky racers / Weird Ohs inspired line of crazy shit. I guess it could be an actual crossover but I'd rather something new.
>>11915288>How dare people be actually attached to the characters. It should be all my OC's
>>11915684>42 years of the same characters isn't enough, how dare you want something new?!
>>11915727>>11915684You're both cringe
>>11914893Re-run all the G1 Scramble City combiner members in blind boxes. Recolor them into characters from many continuities and OCs.Call it Operation Combination or something.
>>11915727100 YEARS OF G1, MORTY
SS86 prime is widely beloved, there's already a new sideswipe mold in the pipeline, and just about every character in the movie has a recent, screen-accurate toy. at what point is there no more room for improvement?
Looks like Armada Nemesis is starting to show up in droves at Ross
>>11915781Hasbro fucked up the 86 Insecticons on purpose. The lower half of Bombshell is colored wrong, and the arms on Shrapnel are supposed to be solid purple. 86 Prowl has the wrong head. 86 Cliffjumper has the gray on his limbs all wrong. Skywarp is missing his purple from his shoulders. If we’re lucky Takara may fix some of this.
>>11914893Every character is now a cassette bot. They all combine into a giant Soundwave. Each one stacks like Lego to make the limbs arm's and torso.
>>11915575It's a troll.Literally joined yesterday.Like, imagine how BIG that thing would end up being. He couldn't possibly stand up with two voyagers and a leader as his upper body and two DELUXES as his lower.Though I highly suspect it's nune larping about death threats again, so who knows, it could be true.But it's pretty BS that "4 megatron combiner" is actually "5 megatron combiner"
>>11915575>>11915824>pretendermaxxing >female symbol lmao fuck me for falling for this which one of you was this
>>11915824This guy forgot how small voyagers are now.
>>11915824The guy who originally leaked the combiner corroborated it.
3 robots for the torso is ridiculous. TM1 megatron should be more than enough by himself then G2 could form the head.
>>11915575Woah, finnaly getting an updated Transmetal 1 Megatron, and it's a big leader class. Nice.
>>11915824>Like, imagine how BIG that thing would end up being. He couldn't possibly stand up with two voyagers and a leader as his upper body and two DELUXES as his lower.He totally can if the Leader forms the upper legs too. The deluxes only need to be the lower legs and feet, and small voyagers for the arms make sense as they may need to have dedicated shoulder/elbow joints and integrated hands.
>>11915851proof?
>>11915879It was some other guy who also never leaked anything before so people were skeptical until Jtprime talked about it.But it doesn't matter because Jtprime talked about it again. You'll only actually need one G2 Megatron, but the G1 deco is real. Apparently TM Megatron's dino head partforms, which seems to be how they managed to retool the kingdom mold.
>>11915891watch the "G1 Deco" actually turn out to be a quarter-assed take on Megaempress thus destroying any chance of her getting a good figure
>Mark finally designs a combiner that isn’t frameslop>it’s wasted on a retarded Megatron OCOf course.
>>11915900>>11915588What if it's cool?
Anons bros from EU - those who missed Brawl (he's the only limb that i need) - he's available for amazon Prime users.i know the date of delivery is stupid but it's just 40 euros... while he's around 200 eur on Ebay!PATIENCE MAKES PERFECT!
Most unlikely release you'd like to see?
>>11915904as someone who doesn't have any attachment to the characters it sounds like a fun idea to me, though with current prices it's a hard sell even if they pull it off flawlessly
>>11915919Torca. I'd prefer a leader/commander but I don't care if he's a goddamn core class as long as he looks good. but his possibly stolen design means we'll likely never see so much as a reissue. also a proper KP autorooper
>>11915919Beast Machines Optimus Primal
>>11915930That whole issue is kinda overblown, all we know is that the artists didn’t know they were used. Hasbro and Takara subcontract concept art to a lot of artists. Someone just asked him if he knew it was used, not if he had worked for Hasbro/kenner or if the art was paid work or personal. He was probably paid, he just didn’t necessarily know what designs were used or what it was for. That’s how freelance work can be.
>>11915919Paddles.
>>11915919Studio Series Alice
>>11915919I’d like a new, bigger BW Sky Shadow, but idk if it’d be better. He really needs all the slavish paint that the beast era had in excess
>>11915919Modern frame combiner God Neptune, and they make Scylla really hot. Halfshell's kibble block can turn into a big chest full of gold.
>>11915919G1 Megatron with the stock and silencer
>>11915919You already know
>>11915919Beast Machines SilverboltI unironically love the fuck out of that design
>>11915951>PaddlesTHISi keep thinking about them making ALL dinobotsincluding Slash - updated version of power of the primes one but to sit next to SS86 ones
>>11915969there's a conversion kit for sludge if you're really desperate for him. $30 tho
>>11915919A good figure
>>11915953How would that work?
>>11915951I like you.
I found this random piece on my desk today and I have no idea what it's to. I'm 99% sure it's a Transformer, but not sure which. Can anyone ID this part?
>>11915919I know we'll probably get them eventually, but I’d really like a new Magnaboss, especially since the original apparently has some issues that could be ironed out>>11916002It kind of looks like the end of a gun. What figures do you have near your desk?
>>11916002That's the end of SS Longhauls gun isn't it?
>>11916002>>11916023Yep, that’s it
>>11915575>tm1 megs is actually legitimately a combiner partI just saved 90 dollars. this has to be the most dumb thing they've done in a long time.
>>11915919I have several>Big Bang>SG Sky Lynx, a new mold, not an ER redeco>Dragonstorm as a full combiner, incorporating at least the 5 known Knights>the Raptoricons>the 3 unproduced Telemocha BW OCs.
>>11915575None of this sounds believable, especially considering we've recently gotten fairly reliable-sounding rumors that TM1 Megatron is going to be just a half-baked remold of Kingdom T-Rex Megatron.
>>11915650that would have been a no-brainer, yeah. wtf. he would have made an excellent pelvis
>>11915891all they had to do was hinge it to his back..
>>11915930>>11915946>>11915954>>11915967>>11916031I really feel for Beast era fans. Seems like anything outside of the BW Season 1 designs almost never get made and what few times it happens are so monkey paw in nature. It's even mind boggling they went with TM2 Cybershark when they never reused Kingdom Terrorsaur into BW Laserbeak. I don't even care for that figure but it's just head scratching how avoidant they are at anything Beast era.
>>11915891>somehow the design work for a toy back in the late 90s that had nearly the same joints of a modern figure is now to hard for them to replicate I can forgive a lot but TM Beast Wars Megs should not be something to fuck up like this. The Show matched the toys transformations, the toy had a good about of range and clearance. And they fuck it up this bad? All for some OC combiner no one wants.
>>11915948true, he probably designed it for Kenner's JP monster mutant sub-line, then they just retained the rights to it.but that's not the point. the point is we all instantly believed hasbro stole some shit. that tells you a lot about either our prejudice or their terribility, and either way, something has to be repaired.
>>11915954I would like legs that actually bend like lizard legs please.it's okay if they bend more like bug legs instead, just something other than the "That's close enough to a lion" special.I'd also like if his intended hand hidden in the head were actually fleshed out into a proper hand.
>>11915967do you think they could pull off an actual show accurate one?
>>11915976that is pretty damn goofy.
>>11916044I don’t think it’s completely impossible, I’ve always imagined him getting an upscaled version of Animated Swoop’s transformation where the beast mode’s wings become the arms and the legs unfold to become the proper robot legs, tuck the bird head into the chest, and the wings fold onto his back with the flip out throwing knives, or they can come off entirely to reference his original toy’s weapon
>>11915727>What? A series has gone for 42 years because people like what it's about!!! Fuck that! Trash it all and start fresh! Fuck the fans. Why should I be the one to, maybe, choose a DIFFERENT series since I everything about this one?
>>11915899>quarter-assed take on Megaempress thus destroying any chance of her getting a good figureIn that case I'll have to make the rest of the ass myself with my 3d printer. I'd probably give her an actual ass too.
>>11915784I didn't think that was sold in stores at all
>>11916066>you don't want the same exact ideas and characters recycled literally forever? you must hate Transformers!!!just watch G1 on loop at this point since you can't stand anything different
Lookie who I found today
>>11916018I didn't have anything at my desk, and I knew it was from something I messed with a while ago.>>11916023>>11916025Thanks bros, I had a feeling it was for one of Devastator's pieces, just wasn't sure which.
>>11916091
>>11916093that's what qualifies as a discount these days, huh
>>11916091I'm torn on this one because I love the toy hunt, but I don't actually want this set that much. I feel like you're only getting half a toy with Nemesis, and the Star Saber is cool but eh.
>>11916093Well fuck I might have to hit up my shitty Ross tomorrow. Not getting him is one of my biggest regrets.
>>11916093It IS a discount you faggot. Hasbro wanted $90 for this thing.
>>11915919
>>11916103>Just Gundam my shit up bro
>>11916103Didn't they mention he's possible recently?
>>11916105the original Zeta Prime
>>11916098hi ESL anonwhen an English speaker says "that's what qualifies for a X these days, huh?" they're being sarcastic. They're acknowledging that, while it technically is an X, it sure doesn't feel like one or not a very good one.
>>11916108Heh nice
We have a series will all new characters all new cast right here and right now, it's called Wild King. Sure Optimus & Megatron were a vital part of Season 1, but they just fuck off by the start of Season 2 and everything is left to our donut steel bricks.
>>11916096>>11916097I just found him on a whim while seeing if there was anything new. They had 2, but I only grabbed one not realizing how stupidly much he’s going on the aftermarket. Let my bro know a few hours later and he managed to go and get the other one I left behind for himself. Crazy.
>>11916091>>11916093Awesome find
>>11916091Man, I really want one for that price.
>>11916037I love the Hasbro answer of "oh well don't know how to handle the heckin chrome on Transmetals" like they'll be lynched by a bunch of toy accuracy fags if it's not there.
>>11916116What state?
>>11916115None of the toys look good besides rex blade
>>11916125MO
>>11916126he looks like we've gone back to transformers roots of stealing from another toylinebut he's also only good in robot mode
>>11916106No, Flame toys put up a pic and nothing came of it. It's already been brought up why it hasn't happened and it's a bother to go into detail, so I'll just say it's a rights issue and it's unlikely to be solved since it's in Japan.
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>>11916149Is this it? Or are we getting Exhaust too?
>>11915891>Trex head right armbut he's not supposed to have a trex head right arm
>>11916152who's gonna tell him?
>>11916152and when he is, it's supposed to be BIGGER, dammit. the one issue with kingdom in general, tiny beast heads, which lead to tiny beast head kibble. airazor's chest, megatron's arm...
>>11916152I think that he's saying it the T-Rex head forms part of the combined mode arm, since I assume he's saying you only need 4 Megatron's for the combination, 2 legs, 1 arm and part of the torso and one arm for the leader.
>>11916152Of the combiner, anon. Which is going to look even stupider.
>>11915919A not retarded remold for a Transmetal 1The Kangaroo from Beast Wars Neo Animated Devastator but in Animated style (it's sad that this second part is unlikely lol)Energon Signal FlareBeast Machines Botanica
>>11915891It's honestly annoying they'll fuck up Transmetal Megatron for this combiner, I've wanted a new once since forever, especially with the originals design flaw.
>>11915266>>11915270Genuinely go fuck yourself dude, I just want Rodimus to get more time in the spotlight because he's an underutilized character that Hasbro has historically thrown under the bus. I don't even like the g1 cartoon.
>>11916156I mean. I dont dislike the idea because TM1 Megatron stole G1 Megatron's spark to become TM2 Megatron so it's a neat What If. But their aesthetics couldn't be more different. Making a full on combiner... Is what. And a fucking remold fuck you
>>11916157>Beast Machines BotanicaI really think we're getting this from Quintus Prime at some point. I refuse to believe otherwise.
>>11915919The 4 Beast Wars Mutants
holy shit I just found this at target
>>11916167Geez, yes please.
>>11916160it is sad.>>11916163I do wonder though, a remold OF this abomination.. might actually be somewhat okay.>>11916162why are you angry that we would like something other than G1 when you only want one guy from G1?
>>11916168Gee Glenn, Hasbro lets you have TWO plates of donuts?
>>11915791Honestly at least on Skywarp I prefer how black shoulders look.
>>11916168you know what's funny? The most obvious part of this being AI isn't the perspective-turned second plate of donuts (identical to the other one), or how ridiculous the concept is, or the fact Transformers doesn't MAKE stuff like this.It's the fact that no real-person licensed-face ever looks this fucking good outside of 12-inch shit that costs 280 dollars (and even then they fuck up weirder looking people like Patrick Stewart), or occasionally Neca when they're really on their game.
>>11916165Dont give me hope man I have no hope for any Beast Machines or Botcon toys from that era (The wreckers come on I'd kill for an Apelinq.) But I want them so bad.
>>11915824>larping about death threatsAlright you goobers, I can't believe I'm even posting here but I need to address this. I received a multitude of death threads then. In fact I even received some today because of my discord messages clearing about libelous accusations about AI usage for the toyline. It is deeply upsetting and is making my job as a leaker harder.
>>11916171Oh grow up, I never said you can't want things not from G1. God I'm so tired of children posting here.
>>11916175Well they specifically mentioned her when explaining how the new Studio/Gen set up would work so I think there's a chance.
>>11916177so, the list of things that 'genuinely go for yourself' definitely DOESN'T mean includes>I'm angry at what you want>you can't want those thingsGood to know. I'm crossing those off the list.
>>11916171>I do wonder though, a remold OF this abomination.. might actually be somewhat okay.I can think of a few fitting repaints oddly enough:>BWN Megastorm out of G2 Megatron >Gigastorm/Trypticon out of TM1 Megatron somehow because Megastorm became a Trypticon repaint. Even just a weird repaint?>BWN Dirge because he was a MW Megatron repaint, and a Thrust to match or use another jet instead of another car>Predacon from Armada with cars legs to represent his Minicons>Not sure what for G2 Megatron unless other combines can fit >Maybe all black as a homage to Energon Megatron's tank arm These ironically are more cohesive somehow. Maybe Takara could do the Beast Wars Neo one.I haven't really been collecting at all following TF stuff so I have no idea about combines. Does any combined work for any limb like the old Combiner War days?
>>11916178Oh shit
>>11916179All I said is I wanted a version of g1 season 3 that doesn't suck. That doesn't mean "I never want anything else and nobody else is allowed to want anything else." So yeah, go fuck yourself, because you're being a prick for absolutely no reason.
>>11915791Takara will sometimes double dip on a mold to get thr right colors. I'm not sure if they needed to on DC Bombshell, but Shrapnel had rhe correct colors for the arms and torso, and going by the Hasbro version, it didn't seem possible without reusing molds.or they would have gotten the colors right, without paint.
>>11915266>HURR STOP WANTING THING I DON'T WANTgeneration warriors are fucking losersbasically the same as pokemon fans
>>11915781It is not a Sideswipe mold. Its a Red Alert mold. I think doing characters like Red Alert and Cliffjumper as the primary release is the way to go in the future.
>>11916184So there's this thing called 'projection' you might want to look into. I can tell you're really hurting, and... well, you know how sometimes you get a pain in one area, and it spreads to another? so your toothache might actually be a heart attack? It's like that. Nobody's fault, just worth checking out.
>>11916192ROBOTS IN DISGUISE
>>11916191They outright confirmed alternate tooling for future characters, which means they'll obviously retool him into Sideswipe so they can both match their cartoon looks.
>>11915989Honestly a shellformer, or maybe a funny attempt at a modern Pretender shell. Frankly I think it would be hilarious for Alice to get a toy at all
>>11916091I also got new toys today
>>11914893TRANSFORMERS: DOOMSDAYAutobots, decepticons, and humans form a shaky treaty amidst their war on Earth to fight off an overwhelmingly powerful alien menace!Get some cool anime studio to do the show. Focus on fierce high-stakes battles and increasing tensions between the former combatants. I want to see a good number of transformers get fucking killed and lots of cities to be absolutely destroyed. I want to see SUFFERING.The toyline will focus on a) heavily-weaponized bots and b) morphing monsters that each have some gimmick.
>>11916037I for one like most of the Kingdom molds amd the Legacy ones which came after. But yeah its basically if they weren't on TV, no toy. That Lazerbeak would have been my favorite of the BW figs too, despite being a shit ass airazor retool. We did get Buzzsaw at least! At least we got some botcons, strange alt-character art bots, and in Mutant Heads (one of BWs most forgotten features) made a return in one way or another.Much as I love Beast Wars though, Beast Machines (which to be honest I love bit not quite as much) is so maligned by the greater franchise and fandom and deserves some love. Both the toys, the characters, and yes evem the show.
>>11916172THA WHOLE PLATE!
>>11916219I like the rest of it but Autobots need to ne fighting Decepticons (or Maximals vs Predacons or Vehicons) and if they are allying its either temporary or a cool honor bound bad guy like Dreadwing.
>>11916103True
>>11916219I don't like when the Transformers die but that's practically all they do
>>11916210But its still a Red Alert mold first and foremost.
>>11916228
>>11916115>It's called made up budget shit for YoutubeLol
>>11916219>anime studioYou lost meThere has never been a good Japanese transformers showI know some weeb is going to reply BUT MUH EARTHSHART and yes that's dogshit, bad western shows don't magically make the japanese ones good
>>11916088because they haven't had different series with different approaches and THOUSANDS of different characters over the years.But if Optimus walks through, you shit yourself. Go fuck off, you whiner
>>11916115It not good enough for autistanon. It has to be a total shit can of everything that came before.I mean there's other series with transforming robots but he can't go to those. That's too hard.
>>11916234the art was good, thoughalso it's weird how that happened
>>11914689>>11914719Why does Transformers as a line yellow so much worse than other lines? I have 40 year old Super Powers toys that have never yellowed, but I have Transformers that aren't even a decade old that are piss yellow. I don't get it. Doesn't seem to matter how well cared for they are it just happens anyway. And quickly.
>>11916234This guy doesn't know about that VWEE VWEE VICUTORY TURANSUFORMA VICUTORYAlso having a japanese studio animate it doesn't mean they have to write it.
>>11916247Animated was animated by three Japanese studios. 4c, Mook, and The Answer Studios.
>>11916244Supposedly the plastic type and/or the liquid used to clean the molds.
>>11916255prolly explains why it sometimes looked better than wyatt's art
>>11916244I want to say it started being a problem when they moved to the Vietnam factory
>>11916257Nothin to do with the shoddy southeast asian conditions?
>>11916218I just got the Hearts of Steel versions. I'm rolling choo choo Prime all around.Though I would've loved it if they did pistol Megatron
>>11916279I embiggened my choo-choo last weekendBoth sets are fun, I'm excited to see how Timelines keeps going
>>11916282I was considering getting one of the add on kids for Prime. He does look a little tiny
>>11916221>and in Mutant Heads (one of BWs most forgotten features) made a return in one way or another.If you think about it they kind of aren't because a lot of the mutant heads became their actual heads. Like Waspinator. it's just most people will forget that part about it
I want a transformer show with 0 g1 what so ever but I don't want any new characters at all.
>>11915781They'll just size creep everything again, but then size creep everything back down. Also, at some point we'll get remakes of CHUG figures but with ankle tilts and less accessories.
>>11916299double articulated elbows would be big for a lot of figures. Studio Prime for example is great but his elbows are single jointed and he has that weird backpack. Also many figures like Blaster and Perceptor are great, but they lack fucking wrist swivels. Also I think Bruticus is next to perfect but Onslaught has really dumpy arms and I would be happy to at least see him re-visted in some capacity one day. Of course none of the combiners are scramble city now so there's always frames+scramble city style.
>>11915891>Armada Predacon>G2 Archforce>G2 Blowout>MW Megaplex>MERGE TO FORM>GalvatronusMake it happen fags>>11915919Universe Megabolt re-do
Are the SS86 constructicons worth it? I saw Scavenger and Bonecrusher on sale
>>11916303I personally think so. Quite like them all honestly
>>11916291yeah. I would definitely enjoy more battle masks, but the hard part is not making them get in the way.
>>11916303They're not perfect but I really do like them. The individual boys sacrifice quite a bit to make a really solid Devastator. Devastator feels really good and secure when everything is tabbed in right and you can get some good poses with him. I was going to skip it but caved and I'm glad I did because I have a lot of fun with him.
>>11916306Do you think they will reissue Long Haul?
>>11916234Then... what is Car Robots? At worst you can say that the aspect of them being from the future or whatever was poorly (or not) conveyed to the point that it could be dubbed out with no issues, but it does exactly what it set out to do.
>>11916307Probably. Hasbro has been pretty decent of rerunning in-demand figures lately. One of the reasons I caved was because I knew how much they'd go for on the second hand market once they sold out and I'm happy to see I made the right choice.
>>11916293Well who do you even want then?
>>11916293Just watch car robots and the unicron trilogy
I'm going through my collecting to downsize and man I forgot how godawful thrilling 30 Blitzwing is. I've always wanted to love this figure but everything about it feels like shit and the best part about it (The animated inspired head) doesn't spin properly, and the head itself is too big for the figure to fucking transform properly.
>>11916316I still like mine but I did replace the shitty gimmick head with a more G1 accurate light piped one.Objectively the new Blitzwing is probably better but the block man silhouette is boring
>>11916039It's not even a new mold, it's a remold of Kingdom BW Megatron so it was already fucked to begin with.
>>11915919Motherfucking Energon (2004) Optimus Prime. It's high time we get a remake of this guy that gives him an extra transformation to slim him down in core robot mode along with other flaws that needs fixing. It's so stupid that a Megazord Combiner Optimus is just right fucking there, ripe to be nostalgia-baited and yet they're not willing to because they're afraid thanks to the disastrous PR Energon/Superlink got.Hell, I'm going to take a page from that Char One Day guy from the Figuarts thread and post to will his remake into existence whenever that happens.
>>11916317The left one has a much cooler silhouette.
>>11916321It HAS to be whoever was in charge of Tarn, Armada/Cybertron Starscreams and the Armada Optimus/Jetfire gangThose are some of the better "Legacy" remakes
>>11915919Titan or at least Commander class Grandus.
>>11916321>they're afraid thanks to the disastrous PR Energon/SuperlinkI blame TFwiki for everything
>>11916328No wiki could me think Energon was shit, watching it did that already
>>11916176No one cares
>>11916329I couldn't watch it, I hated how everything looked and moved like they were required to use toy accuracy. But hey, the gimmick was cool for the toys.
>>11916325One of the designer for the original Energon Optimus Prime toy is Takashi Kunihiro who still is with TakaraTomy. I would like for him to revisit the design and make it a Titan class since each of those drones are going to be Deluxe class at the very minimum but considering his recent track record, I dunno.
>>11916337God I WISHI'm STILL mad Titan Tidal Wave sucked. I wanted Armada colors or the wild Energon colors
>>11916337>drones are going to be Deluxe classThe IQ of this place astounds me sometimes
>>11916362If you consider the size and that modern toys don't have a lot of plastic to them as well as rising prices, yeah at least one drone is equivalent to a Deluxe class. Hell, if TakaraTomy ever thought of individually reissuing the old Prime force drones for stupid insane reasons they're going to be the same price as SS86 Bumblebee.
>>11916362Actually just some panels with an arm that swings down plus a seperate hinge for the foot. And this guy is saying deluxe class like anyone would spend $120 just on the four of them without Optimus.
>>11916376>And this guy is saying deluxe class like anyone would spend $120 just on the four of them without Optimus.To be fair, that's just how fucked the pricing and budget are these days. And it's not like those drones individually can be done on a Core Class equivalent budget either.
>>11915930Good news then, one is being announced at NYCC.>The finger of the monkey paw curlsBut its a Big Convoy retool.
>>11916383Energon Optimus is going to be a haslab if it is ever done isn't it...
>>11916329Not even the Japanese dub can fix it, IIRC. Though the Japanese version of the 5000 episode special is still worth it for the fanservice regarding Powerlinx combos.And with how Commander slots are booked for two years straight (yes, 86 Rodimus will be a new mold and not a greeble-less version of the Kingdom design because FML, and they can't get all AoE Dinobots as Titans and will have to make one or two of them Commanders, and as for Megatron Rising, Double Pretender Thunderwing reserved a slot along with another freaking Megatron), we just won't be able to get more Optimus Primes in that scale during a Megatron and Decepticon-focused line anyway, so we will have to wait for two more years just to eke out another UT Optimus.
>>11916405Or we can do >>11916397. Strange how we still have no HasLab after a full year since Liokaiser's announcement. We're damn sure it would be another Japanese original at this point like Raiden or Rail Racer, or heaven forbid, Primus, which will surely fail just like how Unicron almost failed. Anyway, what was our last HasLab overall, and I mean outside Transformers.
>>11916406The reasoning for not showing the haslab off at SDCC apparently was because they wanted Liokaiser to be shipped out to everyone. Now that that has happened I would expect a reveal at NYCC. Sadly I have been hearing it will be primus. Id take anything other then Primus to be honest.
>>11916414Yeah Primus is top of the rumor mill right nowI'm curious to see how they'd do it of course. Depictions of Primus are>Cybertron Primus>golden Rodimus>a ball of light>probably some comic version that's slipped my mindAre any of those going to move HasLab numbers? Probably notNow that I'm thinking about it the safest bet would be to skip the Primus part of it and just make, like, a highly detailed globe of Cybertron. You can put little lights in it or whatever too
>>11916397>>11916406Haslab is ideal for Energon Optimus anyway because it would let them bundle him with Wing Saber like they did with Victory Saber & Omega PrimeArmada Optimus still needs his Overload remake, the retail combiner backlog would be a mess if they added Energon to the list
>>11916419Well, when it comes to Primus, the planet Cybertron is completely HasLab-worthy. Then again, I wonder if the original Supreme Class planet mode is small enough to be eaten by the HasLab Unicron... Even so, the HasLab Primus would be slightly smaller to still be an even match to Unicron anyway.As for Golden Rodimus, it's gotta be a convention exclusive done entirely in chrome or die-cast, though there's no fucking way they will ever do that because of modern Hasbro budgeting policies that prevent them from using either. If anything, I will still expect the Rodimus recolor, but with the head we saw in the Marvel comics, and it will be a convention exclusive (most likely SDCC).
>>11916422You can say the same for Cybertron Optimus Prime and his combining partners Leobreaker and Wing Saber. Problem is, Hasbro has decided to push all things media related into Studio Series so that line can stand shoulder to shoulder with Star Wars Black Series and Marvel Legends and turn Generations into Universe 2008 2.0. But they don't bother increasing the number of release slots to compensate for the change so the remaining UT Primes is going to take a snail's pace just to get released in the first place. If only TakaraTomy is willing to revisit either Energon or Cybertron Optimus in New Legends.
>>11916149I'm not the glyph guy but I can't decide whether to grab bugbite here or hold out for the blue bug
>get a pasty white G1 Getaway to replace my discolored old one>paint rub on the rear window>"Wonder if this'll just scratch off">somehow manage to scratch off the actual paint NEXT to it>try using gundam markers to patch it up>it's too dark>the marker won't come off by just rubbing it with a fingertip>try to carefully use paint thinner>it ends up wiping off the actual paint too>fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck>try to mix red and brown acrylic paints to match the original burgundy color>get it sorta close, cover up the whole mess>it still looks worse than if you'd simply done nothing at allwhy the fuck am I this retarded
>>11916317I remember the Doubledealer repaint having great light piping and an overall cool paintjob.
Retro Exhaust
>>11916483But why
>>11916483Nice of Hasbro to release a toy that'll get clearanced a week after release.
>>11916431>Problem is, Hasbro has decided to push all things media related into Studio SeriesNot everything. We’re getting Armada Demolishor in Megatron Rising after all.
>>11916318My brain hurts trying to imagine Transmetal Megatron's body on the body proportions of Kingdom Megatron let alone it being a combiner.
>>11916483The alt mode feels so plain without the sponsors and extra decals
>>11916502Watch it be, like, the energon deco
>>11916483>>11916508I like itReally dig the new color layout in alt-mode
>>11916509What, am I supposed to be annoyed? All the Demolishee decos are sexy as fuck.
>>11916517>Exhuast
>>11916483Meh. I don't hate it, but I'm just bored of that Wheeljack mold, a shame this wasn't new 86 tooling or whatever.
>>11916518TrueBut there'd still be a tide of griping
>>11916520Engrish hard
>>11916483>>11916508I don't despise this mold like some people seem to, but it really is in desperate need of replacement
>>11916530I only have the original earthrise Wheeljack and I like it
>>11916530Same, but it's annoying they didn't even retool it a bit. My major gripe with it has alwqys been the windshield, and despite having a framework for improvement with the concept SS Sunstreaker, they never tried to fix it.
>>11916531it's fine, fun enough to transform, but the robot mode just doesn't look very good.
>>11916483>>11916508>Masterpiece at home Just buy the KO at that point>muh scaleHe never appeared in Sunbow, he can be any size. He's also only a voyager height-wise.
>>11916530Thats exactly why we’re getting every possible redeco of every mold they can since Earthrise because they’re gonna redo them all again lol. When the hell is the new Red Alert going up for preorder? They revealed him ages ago.
>>11916537Guess after NYCC.
>>11916537Yeah, but now Exhaust is screwed because whenever they reveal the mold, they won't reuse it for him. I'm still waiting for Stepper and Black Ironhide using their newer tooling.
>>11916517If only we got the Marlboro decals that the original car Exhaust is based off of had. Even his Diaclone toy had decals that could be applied if you wanted
>>11916483I might unironically get this. I really like the deco choice>>11916580They are not legally allowed to. Even the Masterpiece toy had to be changed to remove the Marlboro decals
>>11916585The original was technically "Marlboor" but thats interesting. Makes sense ig, I'm surprised those Asian markets caved in and didn't sell their own version since a lot of times they don't care about US law. At least the cars color scheme still invokes the packaging design.
>>11916362>>11916376>>11916397They turned a fucking goofy weapon from Robots in Disguise Ultra Magnus into a DeluxeYou think they WOULDN'T do it again?
>>11916631That was a haslab
>>11916483I'm just glad Hasbro is doing Diaclone decos again. Where the fuck are Loudpedal, Reboost and Riggorus?
>>11916631That was cool and it was one gun, not 4 drones that need to also be legs and arms for the combined mode
>>11916444it's hard working at that size.
>>11916585fuckin lawyers.they could be using their powers to BAN tobacco, but no. gotta milk people more.
>>11916406>>11916414>>11916419I'm STILL waiting for Studio 01 to do a proper Primus Color but I'd like to see and (HOPE) a Haslab Primus ISN'T just their dogshit Unicron remade a bit
New toys! I think.https://news.tfw2005.com/2026/10/07/nycc-2026-hasbro-event-transformers-images-575563I honestly can't tell if that Jazz and Ironhide are new or not.
>>11916674Yeah everything here is new.
>>11916674Post images on the image board, dingus
>>11916675Cool. Finally, a Jazz with no clear plastic. I hope.So the blue Onyx Prime isn't a new character. Alright then.
IDW Shockwave Onyx
>>11916676Wow this looks bad. Where's the retooling to give him the cool thrusters?
What's your favorite non-gun Megatron alt mode? I always liked the cannon Galvatron turned into because it was a nice compromise because of the gun legal bullshit
>>11916674Man these all look horribleNeed to fire these tard designers asap
>>11916689It's cute that they made the gun the same green as the missiles
>>11916687Holy arm kibble. How did they not just design it to move with the arms
>>11916676that head sculpt looks fucking terrible
2007 Jazz and Ironhide are repacks. Ratchet is a new Voyager.
>>11916674Don't have Ironhide so I won't bother checking, but it Jazz seems to be a straight repack.
>>11916700That's what Red Alert looks like
ratchet has gorilla arms holy kekwhat year is it
>>11916675Skipping Nautica, unless some third party adds transforming boobs.
>>11916687Seeing the torso and head, it looks awkward. It wasn't thid bad on the last mold.
>>11916702>fucked up the headcrest>red eyes instead of blue>eyes are completely the wrong shape>made his face grey instead of white>added side vents to his helmet for no reason
>>11916676..huh. i still have problems with him, but.. tempting.>>11916694proper dinosaur feet really seem to be their...achilles heel 8D
>>11916713They literally just modified Legacy Skyquake's head sculptthe absolute fucking state of these designers
>>11916713This feels like Prime show’s interpretation of MW Starscream rather than just being MW Starscream. Makes sense considering the mold they’re using.
>>11916715>2023: "skyquake was designed this way because Mark wants to make a MW Starscream"Oh cool, I would buy a retool of that. It would be neat to have that design not as a brick.>2027: this thingMy fault for expecting anything I guess
>>11916700It's intentional. It was like that in the cartoon because that's how it was on the toy.
>>11916728We dont need to copy everything the toy did
>>11916675if not for the lipstick you'd be hard-pressed to know this was supposed to be a fembot
>>11916700>he doesn't know
>>11916731Because here both default sources do the same thing.
>>11916733The chest doesn't do anything, so why did it end up like this?
>>11916715in fairness, this cuts down on the 'will it still let him transform?' work by ensuring the basic topology is the same
Gotta say, a little disappointed at how…barren Ratchet looks. Needs more color variety in bot mode.Shredhead looks good though.
>>11916741A shame I ?might have to skip Shredhead. He looks good, but all those tampos will probably scratch off.
>>11916733>thin waist, thighs, some amount of roboob
>>11916713He's supposed to have vents, just not like that.
I couldn't get the original Onyx so maybe I can grab this one. I hope the colors look a lil' better in person though.
>>11916745...are not things present on this figure.
>>11916681Where did the herald of primus thing come from if it's just IDW Onyxwave?
>>11916745behold: a fembot!
>>11916340They're doing Energon Tidal Wave. He was solicited at some point.
>>11916757I mean if they made this yellow you'd have people calling it a fembot yeah
>>11916580Yeah and if only the figure’s alt mode was 1/4 as beautiful as the real car
>>11916757He’s not that far off from this >>11916774Damnit, somebody beat me to it
>>11916687A new generation is underway, still with no ab crunch. Yeah how about I just don’t buy them? Especially with that fuck ass alt mode
I fully understand they can’t 1:1 match the real cars without licensing. What I don’t understand is why ever modern transformers deluxe car looks like some lame ass approximation of an automobile. This shit looks like a wood block with zero soul. Look at those weak as fuck wheels and tires they are married to. Lil baby discs for wheels. There is ZERO reason this figure doesn’t have beefy ass wide as fuck racing tires with deep set rims
>>11916792Looks like they used another drab, warm, tan hued plastic color so they can sell you the pure white later
>>11916691I can't find my pics of actual Energon Megatron but I always loved his design and funny Goose head
Finally got Jetfire, and while I do like it, I hate how it connects. Unlike the trailer, the connection is almost entirely done vis the tabs at the bottom, but it lacks the button that makes it easy to remove prime, so it's just tabs and friction that will wear down with time.
>>11916694I'm happy with my Aoyi one but I was secretly hoping the Titan of him would have actually been good but once again awful Neck, Chest and can't close his mouth fully
>>11916795That's what color Red Alert is.
>>11916792Looks completely fine, like the most inoffensive vehicle mode we've gotten in a while
>>11916792Do you not understand the concept of Hasbro making these version close to the cartoon look as they possibly can, anon? This is why they made the whole subline for. You want a more realistic modern G1 Alert, then splurge on the Walgreens one and get the noneff spoilers.
>>11916792The opaque windows will always instantly make these cars look cheap as fuck
>>11916819Yeah, really needs to have clear plastic. Ratchet had a pretty nice clear blue for one of his releases.
>>11916819Those blue painted windows are the absolute worst thing to happen to the mainline. And to think a vocal minority begged for them
>don’t have to worry about incorporating clear plastic windows and lights anymore>should free up a ton of possibilities for the designers>the car designs look more shitbox than ever
>>11916828They aren't car people and have vague fears about realistic altmode getting sued from ancestors.
>>11916803>completely fine Yeah that’s what my wife says when something is, in fact, NOT completely fine lol
>>11916675Aw man I thought that was Strika from the thumbnail
>>11916803>completely fine >inoffensive Lmao they should really be going for >wow! >awesome!>cool!
>>11916691Alligator
>>11916833Don't see how, Strika looks entirely different.
>>11916838I just saw a giant purple girl I guess lol
Machine Wars Starscream sucks because he has too much Prime Quake in his design. Which was Quakes fault but he had the reverse problem. What a horrible idea those early Orime molds were. >>11916689The way his legs and jet mode nosecone are gone now and makes it a downgrade. I kinda knew this from way back whenever he came out but still.Cybershark is the only thing I kind of want but even then only on a sale or something ot just makes me wish I had the original despite some good things it did
>>11916674Only Jazz and Ironhide are package refreshes, everyone else is new. Though isn't this lineup way too light?
>>11916792Making fake vehicles is an art in and of itself. Seems completely lost in modern Transformers, it's not even just because of sunbow accuracy, there's no "flow" in these altmodes, it just feels like the bare minimum. It's sad, even the UT had some decent generic car designs. I said it earlier, but Hot Wheels designers crank out multiple fictional car designs a year that work well as cool cars.
>>11916845Heh, at least you're not buying marvel figures. A MTO set of figures, and both are major X men villains, and one is a major villain in the recent xmen 97 series. Despite both being regular sized figures, they somehow ended up that way.
>>11916846How is there no flow in this, it looks like a lambo
>>11916855>it looks like a LamboIt looks like a Lambo as much as anything does when a blind person doesent have their glasses on. Like if you asked someone who isn’t into cars to draw one from memory without looking any a reference. Every part of the car is represented in its most basic and utilitarian form. Crossing items off a checklist isn’t art. Look at that tiny wing. The side blinkers, basic blocks thrown on. Even the fenders are just tacked on a flat wall. It reminds me of a pinewood derby car
>>11916792As a Countach enjoyer,it looks fine. If you want a scale model then buy one or maybe even the old MP Sideswipe. It gonna be so fun to read you complaining about wheels for six months until this comes out. What was the last hyperfocus? The yellow color being wrong on Swindle right?
>>11916792>tiny little low-detail gun >weird lipstick looking missile launcher >two giant 5mm sockets on the roof The more I look the worse it gets
>>11916862>Swigles llelo Yeah
>>11916863lol that missile launcher looks like a dog boner
>>11916863>>two giant 5mm sockets on the roofUm those are good actually they even belong on Masterpiece toys now
>>11916862>>11916855>>11916846>>11916792I get it and yea it's missing the vents in the back side but they're replaced with the new Weapon Ports which I honestly kind of prefer as the old was a fucking Peg Hole in the side of the Vehicle that really hurts it's overall profileI hope this is a secret backdoor thing that it IS invoking the LP 500 Countach and leads to a future MPG release being licensed and a return to the Original Masterpiece stylization. But that would be giving Hasbro too much faith and implying that they AREN'T braindead retarded and that they somehow actually DO have a direction they're going inWhich we know is just painfully not the case
Get ready for a tons of posters both here and on other sites now start glazing this toy as the best thing ever.
>>11916873Like everyone is glazing the crappy new seeker whose clear canopy clearly indicates it’s an old design. The new seekers are the end of the old and in 10 years we will get the new seeke mold thats probably already sculpted
Holy shit I feel retarded for only now just getting why Exhaust is called Exhaust.
>>11916873This was always a pretty popular figure man.
>>11916876>newAnon, the Earthrise mold is already six years old and was just an ugly upscale of the Classics toy from 2006.
>>11916862>If you want a scale model then buy one or maybe even the old MP Sideswipe.I wish we had another line like Altenators/Binaltech/Altenity
>>11916873Hey!I only bought that toy, like, 5 or 6 times
>>11916873The new one looks eay better, other than the goofy arm kibble
>>11916823This but unironically. In any case they could paint the windows black or dark metallic blue. The cheap cyan color only works in cartoons.
>>11916873>Siegeslopnah it still sucks
>>11915919Commander Torca, Tripredicus, and Magnaboss
>>11916873>Get ready for a tons of postersso that's like, what? Six people? Why are we even acting like the community is that healthy or functional?
Really weak showing tonight honestly. I think Shredhead is probably the best of the lot but the current voyager price is insane.
>>11916894Siegekino*
>>11916896This is one of the only living threads on /toy/
>>11916894>>11916899That's the Kingdom version, that's an Earth car.
>>11916900I hate how dead this place is. are there any active toy forums that aren't infested with troons or is this it?
>>11916904And it’s regurgitated from the Siege mold, therefore it’s still Siegeslop
>>11916849Well I'm waiting for a new HasLab. Any HasLab. Why we still don't have one baffles me even after many people got their Liokaisers.
>>11916873The only thing I really didn’t like about the Siege/ER mold is that it doesn’t have a spoiler, which I personally think is a somewhat significant part of Sideswipe's design>>11916909You guys ask this every thread and the answer is always no
>>11916915Primus tomorrow
>>11916915At SDCC they announced they were going to announce something at NYCC.
>>11916904Kingdomkino then
>>11916909Literally just ignore them? It's what I do anyways
>>11916909Some facebook groups aren't pozzed if you search hard enough
>>11916925You shut your mouth!
>>11916757basically, yeah.. if you showed this to me at random i'd be like "of course they had to make optimus fucking prime a girl. they made THOR one"
>>11916926How many days is this heckin' event, anyway? I have a bad feeling they're saving it for Friday or something.
Why aren’t they doing Gigatron?
>>11916792hehehehe. Fud.
>>11916799now that you mention it, those are pretty badare there any 3Ps at present with actual dino legs? yknow where it's a long foot and he only walks on the toes?
>>11916946Probably end of day with a "Preorders live now, go consume"
>>11916803I thought that was the 'before' Anon was posting, in contrast to the more recent 'after' which sucks and only has pinned wheels.
>>11916947Limited amount of reuse potential.
>>11916837it does rather suit him. the tank of the rivers. I would approve of an ankylosaur megs sometime. or better, a meiolania/niolamia.
>>11916873I like it, I'm into flat cars. A spoiler would help a lot though. like a lot.the metallic clear windows make me think of those anti car-heat-up things you'd put in the windshield to reflect sun back out.
>>11916954Gigatron Devil Gigatron and Cryotek?
>>11916909internet's dead, Dave.we let kooks and ghettosorts on with their phones, and they tore what we had apart.
>>11916963I would buy cryotek of that mold for sure
>>11916954>>11916963They could also do a version with BW2 Galvatron's colors.
>>11916977I might want that more than an actual BWII galvatron
>>11916877Only took you what, 40 years? Not bad.
>>11916963Don't forget BW Megatron.
>>11916873Yea but this was always actually a good moldThe new just looks considerably nicer and smoother to me even tho I wish it wasn't Red Alert first>>11916876The new Seeker mold IS good, I LIKED the earthrise even if they were impossible to get some of them. But the no waist hurts it so much>>11916882God I fucking wish>>11916915Zero confidence since the past 3
>>11916950May not look it but the Scorn's feet are a small pad with the toes and back claw carrying it mostly
>>11916987lol
>>11916915>Why we still don't have one baffles me even after many people got their Liokaisers.They were waiting for everyone to get them, it's really not that difficult to understand. Release date was always September after all.
I just want more Micromaster Combiner Teams as a continuation from little Volcanicus/MONSTRUCTOR/Dinoking.
>>11916991yeah but that clearly leads directly up into a calf and a knee, like a human or a bear. that is not remotely a theropod leg.
What are some Micromasters that can pass as mini versions of full-sized Transformers? Like doppelgengar characters of a different size?
>>11916993That's the "bat" mode - but due to Megs having a new face sculpt and slightly larger overall head, they had to remove the mask piece that normally covered Gigatron's face there.
>>11916963>>11916987>>11916954Deathsaurus
>package refresh This is itThey literally reached the level where a figure can't be any better under the current circumstances that they will just reissue past SS figures.Not making judgement whether that is bad or not. Anyway, is the movie SS jazz any good? I didn't get him in the first outing for being too small. But I guess he is not out of the norm for a deluxe these days...
>>11917014Its Bayformers so its shit by virtue of being a Bayformer.
>>11917014How is that a negative?I don't think it's bad to basically reissue past releaseSS Lockdown sucks and yet he STILL is like $80+ because he hasn't got a reissue. Blackout is harder to get and now not too worth it because Grindor fixed the mold with the hands and connectionsI JUST WANT SS86 RUMBLEFUCKREISSUE THAT YOU N
>>11917014>they will just reissue past SS figures.At a 40% mark-up from their first release too
>>11917018Rumble and Frenzy will probably be in the Deception Cassette boxset they're releasing next year. They're doing an Autobot one and a Decepticon one.
>>11916676>>11916689>>11916713The proto at NYC does have a white face, but the render doesn't, so it's a crapshoot on whether we'll get it in the physical release.
>>11917023>>11916676>>11916689>>11916713
>>11917019how much that taking inflation into account?
>>11917025It's still such an awful mold
>>11916792Is it grey or white?The lighting makes it hard to tell>>11916700The arm like that is literally a part of Red Alert, larper
I wonder how the transformation works on Red Alert. He's got the hood chest as you'd expect but the roof is upside down for no discernible reason, especially since for Sideswipe/toy accuracy it's the other way around.
the new sideswipe will have the same shitty arm kibble mark my words
>>11916691TFA's attack helicopter is my favorite.
>>11917074perhaps it just rotates so you can orient it however you want
>>11916691Some kind of space fighter or at least aerial vehicle (e.g. Energon, TLK or TFA Megs). He's the leader of the Decepticons, who tend to be known for flying, so I feel like he needs an aerial alt mode so he can properly lead them from the air.
>>11916676Judging by the vehicle mode I bet this gets a retool.
>>11916676Retooling the Skyquake head so that it better resembles Starscream is certainly a choice.
>>11917102>Retooling the Skyquake head so that it better resembles Skyquake is certainly a choice.FTFY
Just to add, is anyone actively collecting the Seven Spears in the Wild King W line? Oh, you can also include the dark recolor Energy Masters since their partners turn out to be members of the Seven Spears.>Silvertail (also included with Rexblade in his special set)>Frost Saber (included with Shadow Megatron, also sold individually in his Ground element recolor)>Lavamuleta (included with Nemesis Prime, also sold in Grass element)>Plant Hammer>Elekivise>Gaia Hammer>Aeroblaze (comes out in December)
>>11916703cool, i can finally pick them up for less than 200 fucking bucks now
>BugbiteCute, love 86 mold and those colors>ExhaustMeh, I'll get it for completion sake.>Machine War StarscreamLooks cool, love the mold and colors>NauticaDunno who she is. Looks fat and chunky. I'll get her for my fembot collection though I guess>WheelieEh... I have the retro and core scales better for toon shelf. Maybe if he goes on discount>Red AlertArm kibble sucks. Wish they'd just retool the overused Kingdom Sideswipe mold to have a spoiler. >Blue Onyx PrimeMeh. Herald of Unicron was a better recolor>One ShockwaveFine.. I guess>new Ratchet and 07 bots rereleaseneat. nice to finally get them>ScornPass... only really into the original movie bots and maybe DOTM stuff. Especially for a Titan cost. Didnt get Grimlock either.
pff
>>11917014>They literally reached the level where a figure can't be any better under the current circumstances that they will just reissue past SS figures.I doubt that's the issue since that same wave has a brand new Ratchet.The budget is stretched thin and the team has weird priorities over what needs a redo vs what's still good enough.
>>11916674fucking finally, been anticipating bayhide and tlk megatronmight also get bayjazz
>>11916674Hope they do some Gnaw/Sharkticon reissues to go along with the Allicons and Quintesson Judge. Missed out on those before they went out of stock everywhere.
>>11917018>Blackout is harder to get and now not too worth it because Grindor fixed the mold with the hands and connectionsWeird that they never redid Blackout with the Grindor tooling, seems like a slam dunk release for the 07 anniversary.
>>11917014Wondering if they'll redo movie 1 Prime or just go straight to the ROTF version.
>>11916879He’s talking about the new SS86 mold, suggesting it’s actually an old design because of the clear cockpit (because Hasbro have been so consistent with the clear vs opaque thing) that they’ve dusted off and thrown out for a quick cash grab and that Hasbro secretly have a new-new Seeker mold already designed and ready to release once we’ve all bought the new-old mold.He’s retarded, best to just ignore him.
>>11917216>sees a car>starts ranting about seekersMan, you're really mindbroken the Studio Series mold completely outclasses Earthrise.
>>11916989>Yea but this was always actually a good moldThis. And I think I actually prefer the discount Cybertronian alt mode. It's actually just a cool vehicle with good proportions and an appealing profile. I thought Netflix Deep Cover wore it really well, and actually looked decent with the battle damage.
>>11917027Well, inflation is just bullshit to make goyim not realize the power of their money is going down. 2020 money has lost almost 30% of its purchasing power. So they raised the price on us and we have to spend weaker money on it. So if you factor purchasing power AND inflation both in, a deluxe is approximately 60% more expensive than it was just 6 years ago. Fucking disgusting
>>11916900>>11916909>>11916965The grim reality is most of this thread is one person. The reasons why is trivial to the greater issue which is the internet has rotted so bad things are back to what the world was like preinternet and everyone just socializes in the real world and uses the internet for news and comparable. Even most Youtube traffic has been confirmed bots with an upwards of 80% of it is just paid shill like structures to keep appearances up for advertisers. Come here and post but look for real friends to talk to, it's your only hope.
>TRANSFORMERS AGE OF THE PRIMES LEADER CLASS THE THIRTEEN ONYX PRIME THE DECEIVER>Shockwave eliminates Onyx Prime and assumes his identity, steering the course of history to meet his own larger purposes. So give him a Shockwave head if you're going to release that.
>>11917215TF1 and TF2 Prime look exactly the same
>>11917277Why does this look so different here?
So that G1 Skyquake head in MW Screamer means we are gonna get G1 Skyquake soon…right?
>>11917328If you consider 2028 soon then sure
>>11917336I can wait
>>11917216Fuck, replied to the wrong post. Was meant to reply to >>11916880 who was replying to >>11916876 and his dumbass rant about an even newer Seeker mold already having been designed.SS86 Red Alert looks great.
>>11917277No budget for alt head
>>11917358Just blackface instead
>>11917277Not that I care about the thirteen, but wouldnt it be a bad impersonation if he clearly had shokwaves head?
>>11917372Swappable heads
>>11917403They couldn't afford to give Onslaught a gun, and you think they're willing to give Onyxwave a whole extra head?
People are really gonna keep harping on Onslaughts gun huh
>>11917449One should always object to anti-consumer practices
>>11917449Do you enjoy being fucked in the ass?
>>11917277And why the hell would he? The entire point is that he's impersonating Onyx, he's supposed to look the same.
>>11917449It would just be one more piece of unpainted plastic. The fact that he's a commander, the highest pricepoint for "normal" figures and DOESN'T come with it is just a fuck-you.
>>11917000I wouldn’t mind getting a Commander class Sixbuilder/Devastator. I really wish HasTak would experiment more with the size classes, like with Star Convoy being a cheeper Titan
>>11917535Ah Titans Return, how reviled you then, but I long for you now.
>>11917561I'm curious how prevalent this sentiment is. It feels like all the mainline toys have been the target of majority ridicule for the past decade+, but I've heard a lot of people come around on TR just because it was fun and toyetic and seemed to be Hasbro trying to deliver the most bang per buck as opposed to endless price hikes.
>>11916656It's less that and only having brushes to work with. A spray gun would give me a much smoother finish, but paint matching would be a lot harder since with brushes I could just do it on the fly. I actually did manage to get the color pretty close, it's just barely noticeable with a glossy finish; it's the obvious difference in finish that bugs me since is clearly not as smooth as the surrounding paint.
Finally sold my Galaxy Upgrade Prime in box I've had since 2016.It was only collecting dust.
>>11917621>TR>Hasbro trying to deliver the most bang per buckLOL LMAO evenNostalgia is one helluva drug
>>11917656Transformers has fallen off so badly it's no surprise people are coming around to sub-par toylines like Titans Return. We just didn't know how bad things could actually get
>>11917656So the toys were getting less complex/detailed to cope with rising plastic costs, but the idea of a specific funcitonality integrated at every level made them fun to play with. TR bots felt like their own self-contained playsets.Seems ironic you'd cry "nostalgia" when TR was pretty much the last time outside of fossilizers that Hasbro was designing actual toys to be played with, and not just milking geewunn/sunbow shit. Enjoy 20 variants of your new $30 deluxe lambo mold, I guess.
>>11917666I like a lot of them, the Jumpstarters and Targetmasters specifically are still great.
>>11917681>actual toys to be played with, and not just milking geewunn/sunbow shit>she says all this with a straight face while Cyberworld exists right nowLOL As I said, nostalgia is one helluva drug. You keep defending TR though anon, its cute.
>>11917681false dichotomy
>>11917641I've been seeing a lot of people come around on POTP recently. For a theme that was basically CW left overs and random repaints, seeing current praise is surprising, as I remember it being really disliked back then but ig it makes sense with the current status of Transformers. It was the last time leader class felt like leader class imo.
>>11917732oop, wrong reply>>11917681Meant for this
>>11917205>PREVIOUSLY
If you prefer this to an actually accurate Soundwave... you do you
>>11917732>I've been seeing a lot of people come around on POTP recentlyDo you spend time in a lunatic asylum?
>>11917490
>>11917770If thats what you'd call scrolling Twitter while taking a shit, then yeah
>>11917227that's a very cool car>>11917247so in your mind, the domestic rich people are purposely making their riches worth lessrather than the anti-rich people from known foreign countries that hate us
>>11917212I caved to the Wei Jiang upscale long ago and he's fuck huge so quite glad tho the back fin snapped because it's an unbearably smaller/thin connectionOne of the only breaks I've had all year>>11917227Now give it the Gigawatt style wheels so we can REALLY have a Cybertronian/WfC styleMaybe 4 little energy disc effects to fit on the wheels so it's like the glow of them hovering>>11917449$100 + Shipping + Tax + Tip + made up TariffNo accessories at all
Motormaster didnt have his gun
>>11917940>Came with a big ass Sword AND Gun for Combiner
>>11917940me when I lie
>>11917966That's just the turret for base mode, are we really going to count that?
SHOW US THE HASLAB
>>11917732>final poster has megatron front and centerha! they knew who was carrying this goofy-ass trilogy.
>>11917732I was thinking of getting POTP Rodimus but I figured I'd wait since we're getting a new Rodimus next year.
>>11917999Panel starts in 90 min.
>>11918014are they gonna stream it or am I gonna have to watch the reveals trickle onto social media?
Man, I get sad every time look at the Premium Siege Starscream. He's grey js beautiful, but many of his parts have yellowed and I can't even swap those parts because no other seeker shares his colors.
>>11917995YesThat's two accessories more than Onslaught and almost $20 cheaper. He deserved better
Scrap everything and give me Defensor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMb3oqWPef4some guy is livestreaming the panel
>>11918146>no evanoh no it's going to be markslop instead of rodimus prime isn't it
>>11918165Mark is heading the haslab, so.
Transformers now.
Nexus Prime will get a frame, "i dunno" answer on when and how it will be released.
Mark is a good guy
New frame and 2 more limbs coming for Nexus. Frame is coming 2028 or 2029 because this is a reaction to everyone hating him.
>>11918146Nexus Prime frame confirmed'28 or '29 through an undecided release avenue
>>11918218It better be released with an actual heatwave
"Ha ha we know gas is high amirite guys?"Holy fuck these guys are unbearable
>>11917769I don't prefer it but I have room for it as a fun toyetic representation. POTP feels like UT to me in a lot of ways. I can see this Soundwave fitting in with Transformers Energon.
By 2028 they want Studio Series to fully be the animation/comic/movie accuracy line, and Generations to be the whatever line.
>>11918218I thought Nexus started as a commander then was downgraded into a Voyager. They can't use that?
They learned you can have restraint in drawing a billion greebles, they can be taught.
>>11918254Nexus was never considered as a Commander. They had considered making him a leader.
They just said more Lost Light and IDW in general in Studio Series now that comics are on the table.
>>11918260greebalance is really diffible.
Devastation Bumblebee retooled into Devastation Goldbug.
>>11918254>>11918261I thought it was commander then bumped down to leader then bumped down to voyagerI can only assume the first two version never made it passed anything preliminary
>>11918269>>11918270>No CliffjumperI'm so tired man. I'm not buying that shitass SS86 box car
Even the presenters sound bored
>>11918216I unironically like Mark as a person, but man he needs to go to design school, or something
>People unironically excited for the god awful ScornThese people bought the scam Grimlock and unironically are excited for this shit
"A Mark special"
Valentine's pack is just REGULAR ASS DECOS
I kinda fuck with the pink axe
>>11918287Erm, Elita has a more animation-accurate colorscheme? Did you not just hear them, chuddie?
>>11918286>EARTHRISE Optimus>Legacy ElitaThis is literally just "What do we do with all this unsold stock?">Pushing reissue of Centurion Drone parts into this shitFucking hellLiteral shit eating and mocking people
The guy livestreaming just went "oh . . ." when he saw this.
High quality
Why is Ramhorn blue?
"oh yeah and we threw in blue ramhorn to make it pointlessly more expensive"
THEY HAD TO REMOVE THE HASLAB TEASER
>>11918294They gave Stripes his Steeljaw style blasters, that's neat.
They had to remove the Haslab teaser presentation. Its "significant" and they want to make the campaign longer than usual so people have more money.
>>11918304No news for it until SPRING NEXT YEAR
>>11918305I DIDN'T EVEN WANT IT
>>11918294Man couldn't it have just been a regular Ramhorn? Nobody wanted a blue version, just a better way to get the regular version without needing to buy another Perceptor.
>>11918292Redecos aren't unsold stock, dumbass.
Haslab is 100% dead, they should just confirm it instead of this endless kicking the can down the road shit
The fact that they want a longer campaign so people "can get another paycheck in" means this thing is going to cost a fortune. Who else could it be BUT Primus at this point?
>>11918246Can we just get a big generations line again. Stop with the SS and mainline split.
>>11918146People suck at Q&As>Are you considering X character?>It's on the table
>>11918312God I wish retarded people were forbidden from using the internet.
>>11918298It's SG Ramhorn. It's blurry, but you can see the Autobot symbol is purple.
>>11918309>He genuinely thinks they don't repaint and rebox old shitW E W >>11918312>>11918318A total failure is what it will be
>>11918318Yeah, they really showed their hand with that.Primus is really the only thing I can think of that's that big and still might move the units
>>11918318But even if people have money, they wont want Primus.
>>11918320>Every person asking uestions was the same retarded mouth breathing nostalgia fan>A SINGLE good question bringing up PS2 Armada Game just for them to genuinely KNOW it's in demand and be like "wow ha ha yea wasn't aware it was so popular"Such copeThe entire team has to go
>>11918325I mean, I have SG Blaster, so this is alright, but now I'm worried they might intend to keep Ratbat exclusive as well. He really needs a reissue and he'd be perfect to pack with Marvel Soundwave. Ratbat was very important in Marvel.
>>11918318We know from leaks it's over 400$.Someone really should have slapped Mark and told him a Unicron-style project wasn't feasible anymore.
>>11918333I want Cybertron though.
>>11918294Better imageRamhorn is SGBolts is actually a Frumble made to look like RewindCubbie is clearly a Nightstalker pretool, which makes me wonder why they didn't just do Nightstalker.
>>11918341>Do a Primus>Same fat child with schoolbag and tumor leg body as the UnicronIt's so tiring manI just want a good Primus. I guess it's back to waiting on 01 Studio to do proper colors
Unicron had the whole 86 movie boosting him and still barely made the funding goal, Cybertron Primus just doesn’t stand a snowballs chance in hell.
NO HASLAB ANNOUNCEMENT WTF, ALSO SOUNDS LIKE IT WILL COST MORE THEN UNICRON. SO ITS 100% PRIMUS, THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE
WHY ARE PEOPLE NOT UP ON ARMS RIGHT NOW
LET US ALL RALLY ON OUR RASCALS AT DAWN!
>>11918344>SG RamhornInteresting choice.
>>11918344>Bolts is actually a Frumble made to look like RewindFor what lunatic purpose?>Rosanna is the only version of the Rewind/Eject mold to have blastersThat's funny.>Nightstalker pretool? He's just Steeljaw.
>>11918285aside from the flaws two anons pointed out, he looks great. I can see people being bamboozled.hopefully Black Mamba or whoever makes a better one... and hopefully I magically acquire money.
>>11918346What was wrong with the studio cell one?
>>11918356>? He's just Steeljaw.He's Steeljaw with Ravage's missiles. That's Nightstalker's thing.
>>11918344Was their any mention of accesories? Because if this is it, then this will be an awful value for what you get.
That Valentines thing sucks.
>>11918370At least it gives people another shot at a cartoon version of ER Prime, and it does seem to give him a new head, plus a ton of extra ccesories. The only issue is being saddled with the same meh Elita mold.
>>11918369Cubbie not even coming with the Blaster speaker is just ridiculous.
Allicon is the only thing I want and only because I missed him out during Earthrise.
>>11918374If it doesn't come with the speaker, then they're just being assholes. Same for the pile drivers bolts should have.
>>11918370Iron Man can be pink, but not Optimus Prime
>>11918378I just hate that Elita mold.Then again, I just hate Elita.
>All new Nexus Prime Frame is coming in 2028 or 2029Why bother by that point?
>>11918379I don't, but I can't help but see her as a slab of meat with those damn mixed matched colors.
>>11918381>hey guys PLEASE buy the limbs next year and wait 1-2 after that to see if the frame is worth buying!
>>11918362He's nice but the options are Orange or this darker but doesn't quite feel like Primus. I know a lot want the Cybertron/Galaxy Force series colors
>>11918383Not even the worst part. We have no clue how they'll release it, so they could bundle with the limb bots and you'll just end up buying them twice.
>>11918381Yea they lost me. I'm just gonna 3P itNot waiting another 2 years and like $180+ or worse
>>11918390I have the Silverbolt frame. Thats good enough.
>>11918390Dna is also working on their take, so let's see how that turns out.
>>11918391Then I'm taking it from Superion and it doesn't even look that goodI just wanted an actual combiner. Not some new Frame shit that's inflated price cause it'll be split up so you have to get it and like 3-4 other things to make it "complete"
>>11918389>risk buying the bots twice or risk missing the bots who will go for absurdly scalped prices the moment the frame is shown without them
>>11918401Yeah, I'm not letting them pull that crap on me, so I'm passing.
So that's it? I was hoping they'd reveal some Megatrons.
No new armada stuff? Damn...
>>11918389My guess is they'll package an extra limb as a spare member and market it as an accessory pack like they've done before.
>>11918410Or at least get the name of the new line officially.
>>11918344>make new mold for Rewind>don't use it for Rewind and instead use the old mold on purpose so you can sell Rewind as the new mold laterHasbro's kikery knows no bounds.
>>11918423Not to mention:-Only core class molds are Stinger, Bolts and Cubbie. -Of the 3, we get zero confirmation Bolts ane Cubbie get their og mold accesories, ao they're actually worth less than the originals-Rewind uses the same mold, not even blasters, so he's basically micromaster price.-Ramhorn, Bolts and Stripes are all in a similar boat, Micromaster tapes with a small accessory that barely makes them more expensive than a micromaster, but not core class peice-So despite the price, the only real core class is Stinger, and just barely due to the tail and large blasters.
>>11918344I'm a pretty big hasbro shill and apologist but seriously selling a pretool for Rewind and Eject with the soon to be phased out Rewind is some absolute bullshit. Like some really evil stuff.
>>11918435Oh, and this would be cost breakdown speculation based on what's shown:-Stinger: 12-Cubbie: 6-7-Stripes:6-7-Bolts:6-7-Rewind:5-Ramhorn:6-7So the set barely breaks 50, and that being generous with what's shown. Asking for 70 is highway robbery.
>>11918412I sure hope they dont wait a year between Demolishor and Cyclonus
>>11916909Whatever you do, DO NOT go on the transformers reddit. Its as bad as you might be imagining. TFW may have its troons and hasbro slaves, but the mere fact that its an actual forum filters out the TRUE dregs that you see on reddit.
>>11918381How are they even gonna release it? A standalone Voyager or Leader with some extra parts to make it look like a separate robot or something? Or will it be MTO?
>>11918447Imagine they do a $100 MTO frame along with a package refresh of Nexus that's $10 more expensive than he was originally.
Voyagers getting even more expensive? No way
More delays...https://x.com/TF_pr/status/2108361855798563034https://x.com/TF_pr/status/2108362078545391761If HasLab alone isn't enough, TAKARA TOMY FUCKING WENT IN ON THIS!? Bullshit, now I hate Transformers.
Should I get Guzzle when he comes out?I know he's a retool of Brawl, but i dunno, how different does that make him from Guzzle's original toy? Is it at least a little fitting?
>>11918460Dude if you like how the new one looks then get it. Why let yourself be shackled?
>>11918460I came to like Brawl a lot more than I thought. Him and Blast Off are prob the best two Combaticons even tho admittedly I really like OnslaughtI think brawl is great so seeing they MAY just remold all the Combaticons into that team will be funny and interesting. I'd say Guzzle is worth it
>>11918448For all we know, they make a new core robot and frame.
Cute couple
>>11918381Do we know who the last two limbs are yet?
For the people who don't mind a bit more frame
>>11918469More jets since they originally expected you'd use Silberbolt's frame.
>>11918472I think one will be a helicopter.
>>11918470I like it
>>11918460The Brawl mold is pretty great even as a standalone figure. I just hope they fixed that issue where the combiner ankle stresses and breaks.
Your Centurion Pack accessories are>pink Optimus axe>two Care Bear energon cubes>unpainted Reflector with one (1) new paint app>mini Soundwave painted into Blaster>the retardedly oversized Optimus Prime gun that nobody liked and doesn't even fit in Prime's hand>Sideswipe's Rocket PackRemember to say "you're welcome" to Hasbro's infinite generosity. They could have just reissued the Centurion pack instead of this.
>>11918464>"I made you your favorite energon!">that's from my fridge, you stole it>"But I put in on a plate, c'mon sit down">>11918528>Valentine's Day specal>can't even hold handsPathetic
>>11918528I just noticed that Optimus head, wtf
>>11918528At least the gun has some use now, it's perfect for the new MPG Prime and looks more natural than his own gun.
>>11918528>tfw I got the Centurion for $20 because Hasbro fucked up the price and I had Pulse Premium when it was free for free shippingFelt good
>>11918528If you really loved someone, you would combine into a singular bigger robot.
>>11918553How can you claim to love someone if you won't combine your bodies?;-;
>>11918536It's the comic book style head that came with Comic Shockwave.
>>11918553>>11918556This isn't Goddaner, guys. Though you could recolor that little pants-and-shirt combining Strongarm from RID's line.
>>11918531they should hold onto the matrix handles togetheralso I like it when the girl is much smaller like this. she has a real cute and youthful look, and I like that he'd have to get down on one knee to kiss her.
>>11918528>Sideswipe's Rocket PackahemJustice Rocket Backpack Rocket Rocket
>>11918537I use it for my SS86 Optimus. I think it suits him better than his default gun
>>11918528>taking your date to the firing range to practice your respective weapons
>>11918553That’s for later, anon. In private.
>>11918556How fucking dare you remind me of that goddamn rancid meme you motherfucker
>>11918528This looks like it was made for Redditors go make posts about and that's it.>My wife bought me this for Valentines day what a keeper!!!
>>11918593The normiefication of nerdshit really needs to be studied.
>>11918598Well if you are a toyline aimed at 50 year olds, that seems like a plan.
>>11918598see, they thought we would have moneythen they realized even if we did (and we never did), normies had more, collectively. so they kept making everything for them, which flies in the face of doing nerdshit whatsoever.
>>11918470This ALMOST fixes itThe main issue is the arms gotta color matchThat ALONE instantly brings so much to the overall profileBut this does a lot for it regardless
>>11918470does what's left turn into anything fun?
>>11918601I often get in an autistic and obsessive lock of scrolling through youtube shorts and watching videos where dudebros and normies stumble through basic anime, toy, or video game trivia at cons. and Its mind numbing to watch and I can't stop trying to figure out where it all went wrong. Especially with Transformers. A lot of young dudebros making content.
>>11918622it's our fault, the real nerds should have been making videos, and we should have been safeguarding the internet from usurpation. but we just thought 'eh, later. i'll learn that software later'here i am at 41 trying to learn how OBS works so I can maybe do some drawing videos..
>>11918470>"bro check out the new combiner upgrade kit">look inside>the ugliest hands you'll ever seeEvery time
>>11918528I thought this one would significantly change their colours, but I appreciate the themed accessories like Refraktor & Blaster. They're just third wheeling this shit huh? Might as well throw in a Megatron gun mode accessory just to REALLY shoe in the third wheeling aspect.
If I want a Seeker Rainbow, what will I need?>Red - Red Wing>Orange - Sunstorm?>Yellow - Nova Storm>Green - Acid Storm>Blue - Ion Storm>Purple - Hotlink>Violet - do I need one?
>>11918598nerds cant have wives?
>>11918627individually jointed fingers are hard to make look good
>>11918654a few of them.. very, very lucky men. usually shitbag atheists, though i can think of one shitback ultra leftist catholic who had a beautiful nerd wedding with his and his wife's nerdy interests represented as the bride and groom figurines on the cake. Very happy for them.
>>11918528So, what are some lovey-dovey things they say to each other?>"My inner most energon"~>"Chamber of my spark"~>"Energon goodie in my optics"~
>>11918638*Indigo
>>11918659Just make them look like how the cartoon made hands.
>>11918664She would probably say shit like that, but Prime? Prime's got the WORDS. he's the Barry fucking White of transformer hazubando. he'd be all>Being by your side is the greatest honor of my existence>The feelings I have for you transcend spacetime, exceeding the total volume of all love previously felt throughout the universe>Of all the forms I have taken, the one I cherish most is the image your optics record of me right now.>>11918668and still articulate? fat chance.
>>11918593yeah stupid redditors and their having wives who buy them toys
>>11918285But Scorn looks cool
So with the haslab being Primus pretty much confirmed. Anyone going to buy it? If yes, do you own the Unicron?
>>119184438 accesories, so aside from Rewind, who gets nothing, Stinger gets 3, Bolts two, and the rest get one to complete their beast modes. So no pile drivers, or speaker, and Rewind doesn't get the new guns Rosanna got.
>>11918443Name those prices again?
>>1191869070 dollars.
>>11918680it does make you wonder, though. how would that work? I mean... every product I want, I know about it.. I've already either pre-ordered it, or decided I can't afford it. Which means I wouldn't be getting anyone else gifts, so how would I be getting gifts?I feel like as soon as online stores eclipsed real stories, gift-giving stopped making sense. Nobody is going to come across a unique opportunity for acquisition, which they could then pass along to a loved one by buying the thing they want for them. All acquisition opportunities are equal now.
>>11918697I think we’ve had this discussion before. Yeah people still give gifts, anon. It’s nice. I just wrapped some presents for my girlfriend’s birthday on Sunday.
>>11918698but why hasn't she already bought all those things for herself?
>>11918470>blast off and vortex still oriented improperlyIt's shit
>>11918688Bolts isn't actually a retool of Rumble, he's a whole new mold that just uses the exact same engineering.
>>11918697you give gifts that the recipients wouldn't buy for themselvesthe valentine's day transformers bundle is a good example. if you get it for yourself it's just 2 old figures and some shitty accessories, but if your girl gets it for you then it has sentimental value>>11918699maybe she's more frugal than youmaybe she's less autistic than youmaybe she didn't realize she wanted something but she'll still appreciate it once she has it
>>11918703
>>11918704ohhhh okay, the giver's intent and relationship are worked into the meaning and value of the gift. I guess that makes sense, though you'd have to work that out uniquely with each person, right?>frugalyeah but the problem there is, if we each buy each other things we can't afford, then we're worse off financially..not sure how autism plays in here, and I say that as a guy who sounds like a fucking alien in the first half of this post, but I've just always made people presents by hand. usually 2d art prints or clay sculptures.>something she didn't realize she wantedOkay that works for a woman, but how's she gonna know better than me what I'd want?
>>11918699Partly it’s because she’s always buying me or other people things or saving her money. Or it things she just found recently and hadn’t gotten to buying herself yet. Everything I got her was stuff she saw in stores when we were out that she had interest in in the last few weeks.I’ll also hand make her gifts like Gunpla customs since she’s into Gundam. She’s been carrying one I made her on one of those acrylic cases attached to her bag. It’s cute to see. I myself have things I’m interested in but don’t buy immediately as to space out enjoyment. It does mean I might miss out on somethings but there’s a lot I’m interested in. Like I’ve mentioned being interested in Blokees but hadn’t taken the plunge yet, so she just got me a bunch of defenders blind boxes last week after we went to the movies.
>>11918710>making customs as giftsnow THAT I can get behind.>It does mean I might miss out on some thingsyeah plus people might buy you something you already had or..not buy you the thing you deliberately didn't buy, to leave as a present later.. it just seems so messy. I suppose it's different for people whose budgets aren't so tight that they literally have to weigh each expenditure against how hard it was to get the money.
>>11918703>>11918705>Can do this shit>Can't just reissue SS86 Rumble>Legacy one from that shitass Soundwave refresh is dark colorsI hate Hasbro so god damn much it's unreal
>>11918703 Neat, he still isn't worth core class prices.
>>11918692The set better come with Blasters chair at those prices.
>>11918713>>Can't just reissue SS86 RumbleThey actually cant though, Core Class was eating too much into sales
>>11918528Man why did they use that loli elita mold? They look more like OP and his granddaughter.
>>11918725Is that what you've been calling that version of the mold this entire time
>>11918718We at least ended wellThey CAN do more and pair them with stuff but that's what they don't seem to be doingYea we got some with SS86 Soundwave but the Laserbeak is such a downgrade there
>>11918725exactly, it's cute.>>11918727Yeah she has a kinda Rockman feel to her. Just slightly chibi. It's pleasant. Fembots should always start from that basis.
>>11918344>Cubbie is clearly a Nightstalker pretool, which makes me wonder why they didn't just do Nightstalker.It's Steeljaw with Ravage's backpack, vice-versa for Stripes. I do wonder why they didn't do Nightstalker though. Maybe it's easier to paint white over orange plastic.
>>11918638All you need is Action Master/Shattered Glass Thundercracker, bro.
>>11918713>>Can't just reissue SS86 Rumble>>Legacy one from that shitass Soundwave refresh is dark colorsThe darker one looks better, imo.
>>11918660>very, very lucky men.What I wouldn't give to be in a relationship where my wife fucks other guys while I play with toys
>>11918718>Core Class was eating too much into salesThey're lying when they say shit like this by the way. The smaller figures were always the entry point to new fans as early as Beast Wars and there is always high demand for pocket sized fidget toysThe truth is these guys have literally no idea how to market to anyone besides people who are already in the fandom. If you cannot market to potential fans, the figures made primarily to do that become pointless
>>11918765Way I heard it is that Core class's profit margins were too small for ol' Cocks. A single Titan is more profitable that multiple Cores of the same price.
>>11918344ANONS I really want it. I will even buy the Sound Blaster for these cassettesBUTWill they be sold on Amazon? if it's another exclusive - fuck them.that blue rhino and scorpion and white lionamazing. i would carry them around with me forever!!!i really hope it's not another pack for states that will be difficult and expensive to get in other countries
>>11918776PS:Oh nevermind. blaster and cassetes can go fuck themselvesi hate this hobby so much(there is no blaster on Amazon)
>>11918765Well yeah obviously. The Cyberworld shit is basically core class without elbows
>>11918622Maybe it was thwe Bay movies?
>>11918356>>11918703>For what lunatic purpose?So we can finally get a cassette sized Playback, duh
>>11918791Who
>>11918593>>11918598>>11918680>>11918697>>11918660>>11918763I can't tell if you guys got bullshited by memes and/or if you are just this recused from society. Nerds having girlfriends and wives have always been a thing and were very common right up until the late 00s when things took a turn. Most con goers in the 1960s and up that would dress up and go to conventions were mostly married and with kids. They had more con gathers than the entirety of incel men over 30 in the 1990s. Those memes of the loser nerd was seen as a certain and rare type, seems over time it became a catch all but I think that's just because most of you are alone now. Right now in most western countries if you are between 20 and 50 and are single without kids and still living with a parent or guardian, you make up 38% of the population. Being married with two or more kids in that age zone doesn't even make up 30%. Hell just being married for 10 years alone sets you in a rarer category than a manchild living with mom and dad. Basically prior to 2010 it was the norm for everyone to get love and even kids. Something broke and sadly you are living in that broken situation.
>>11918796https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Playback_(G1)TL;DR He’s an obscure G1 cartoon character that was semi-retconned into being one of Blaster's cassettes. Given his chest holes and back pylons, I’ve always thought he’d make for a good Autobot Frumble redeco to match Flipsides being a Decepticon Reject redeco
>>11918798>1960sYou seriously need to get back into reality. I don't see why you need to condescend to a bunch of shitposters to feel better about some stupid shit like this. This sounds like thinly veiled cope.
>>11918807and up anon, I noted and up. You can go all the way till about 2007(ish) and see how very common it was for nerds to have a wife and kids.Also isn't the cope assuming that your hobby is why you are alone and/or can't be normal rather than it being that it's you and you alone?
>>11918686I'll hear them out at leastLet me see the thing
>>11917280a little research will tell you they've released both separately, one with gun and one with swords
>>11918808Yeah because nerds back then didn't define their entire personality from whatever bullshit they pretended to be into. We're not talking about back then we're talking about the people of today, unless you completely missed the point of what everyone was saying. I don't see why I need to explain something like this or maybe this fandom really is that geriatric.I think you might just be an out of touch old man.
>>11918831>Yeah because nerds back then didn't define their entire personality from whatever bullshit they pretended to be into.Do you know what a Trekkie is anon? It's a person that define their entire personality around Star Trek. The term emerged in the late 60s, men and women in the millions worldwide claiming their life was Star Trek. Nearly 400,000 people in the UK registered their faith as "Jedi" in the 2001 UK Census. They did, they still do. And back then they had wives and kids in an upwards of 90%, so the question is why are you alone now?
>>11918831>Yeah because nerds back then didn't define their entire personality from whatever bullshit they pretended to be intoSo maybe the solution then is for these modern nerds to STOP doing that now then, I mean obviously. Not the anon you responded to btw.
>>11918831>maybe this fandom really is that geriatric.The average person here is in their 40's, bro, hence the obsession with G1 and TFTM.
>>11918521I got Brawl recently and yeah, he's fine.
Some of these recent posts really illustrate how this board has become a nest for a small bunch of miserable faggots (that don't even buy toys)
>>11918831>>11918844Could it be projection though? The people that would buy >>11918528 are not avid collectors or die hard fans, I wager it be the casual fans that like the brand enough and are both dating and/or married, which is a lot of people in Transformers fandom. I feel a hardcore collectors who's "entire personality" is the hobby wouldn't even have much reaction to that. Hell it's likely why the molds are what they are is they are targeting the general masses that go "oh what a cute idea, my bf likes those Transformers movies and shows I bet it would make a cute gift for him this year." I say this with some certainty because six of tabletop regulars were gifted that valentines ewok from their gfs/wives because "you like Star Wars right?"
>>11918851You stay that and keep posting so why would they leave?
>>11918851A lot of these posters not only hate Transformers but actively hate themselves too. They're only here out of habit and because they have literally nothing else to do.
>>11918851It's getting really tiresome. It's really annoying having to share a space with such miserable fucks who clearly don't even like the subject matter of the threads they enter. How autistic do you have to be to waste your life kevetching about shit you really don't even care about? I am so fatigued with the world it's not even funny. I don't want to share a planet with these people anymore.
>>11918851>>11918866shill melty
>>11918866Oh and I forgot, these people are painfully stupid. Going through the DC thread and seeing these idiots sperg about the price of a special, one-off diorama piece, like it's going to be the price of all standard figures in the line, really was something else imo. >>11918867Pointing out how mentally deranged and emotionally broken you are isn't defending anything you fucking schizo.
>>11918866Bold of you to assume this takes any energy to do. More so for how slow these places are. If these threads 404 in say an hour or two than yeah it's crazy if someone keeps coming in posting no stop but as it stands it's a slow general where one anon just keeps the place up and going so it takes no energy to commit a little time here and there to shitpost. It's more concerning you don't see the irony in your own post. You don't want to share the planet with them, but you'll share this board with them? How very high school girl of you.
>>11918870>Bold of you to assume this takes any energy to doDoes it take energy to do? No, not really.Is it the best use of your time? Big no, and more concerning is that YOU don't even really want to be doing it, you'd rather be doing something else I'm sure. And yet here you are anyway. That's the irony you can't see.
>>11918869shill melty x2
>>11918879>Is it the best use of your time?did you forget we are on 4chan? On /toy/? That argument is retarded in this context as being here for any reason isn't the "best use of your time" Are you just sitting at a computer refreshing this page? We are talking seconds between posts here and doing anything else.>YOU don't even really want to be doing itAre you projecting? I clearly do want to be doing it otherwise why make the post? You hopefully like it too otherwise why make the reply to me? The way you are typing I'm starting to think you are the anon that keeps making all these posts and the appearance this place is more active than what it actually is, if so, thanks for that, I enjoy the ensured reptiles you giver and knowing you'll be here even when I'm not for days at a time.
>>11918870>defending being a shitbag for no real reasonYou're a piece of shit person in real life aren't you? A real two percenter.
>>11918892It's not a defense anon. It's just laying out what is going on. You control where you go and where you post, you can not control what other anons do. If some clown comes here and wants to tell you why [X] is the worse for Transformers or why [Y] is the most amazing your only options are to ignore the posts or go elsewhere. You can't really shame them due to the nature of where we are and worse, they want that reaction, they likely want you unhappy enough to voice it, more so the way you did where it comes off irrational and unstable because you'll be much easier to rope into future shitposting bait. You want the anon to actually rot away just ignore the replies, this place is slow enough.
>>11918894I don't even care about your opinions on things. You don't like X Transformer that I happen to really like? Who the fuck cares? You're free to dislike it and even post your opinion on it. What I'm utterly sick of, and I don't know if your head is in the sand or if you're just missing the point on purpose, is the fearmongering, doomposting, and just factually incorrect statements that are thrown around here by people that clearly don't like the property and don't collect toys. And I'd love to go to a new place to discuss these toys with non schizophrenics but I have yet to find that place. I'm not using reddit, and the retarded userbase isn't even my biggest complaint about reddit, i hate the user interface and how everything is so secular in it's own subreddit. /toy/ is great because I can discuss all my favorite toylines in one place. That's why I don't leave.
>>11918887>did you forget we are on 4chan? On /toy/?I go to 4chan to talk about things I like. 4chan is full of threads about everything under the sun. The stuff I don't like or care about (like you with Transformers, apparently), I just completely ignore.> You hopefully like it too otherwise why make the reply to me?Uh of course I like it, I never said I don't like posting here. Try to keep up. I like talking Transformers, and I like smacking around retards like you. It's win/win for me.>The way you are typing I'm starting to think you are the anon that keeps making all these posts and the appearance this place is more active than what it actually is, if so, thanks for that, I enjoy the ensured reptiles you giver and knowing you'll be here even when I'm not for days at a time.Ok, what the fuck even is this schizo shit?
>>11918898>, is the fearmongering, doomposting, and just factually incorrect statements that are thrown around here by people that clearly don't like the property and don't collect toys.Cool, you are missing my point I made a few times over: >You can't really shame them due to the nature of where we are>they want that reaction>your only options are to ignore the posts or go elsewhere.>but I have yet to find that place.That's on you grandpa. You can find them both online and out in the real world. I like /toy/ and don't mind to much the shitposting likely because I have more going on than this place, your reaction makes me think you have little else but here which is exactly why most won't help you find new places because if /toy/ makes you have these reactions you'll likely just ruin other communities the moment they do things you don't like. >/toy/ is great because I can discuss all my favorite toylines in one place. That's why I don't leave.But you do bitch about it not being perfect which makes all the people you don't like happy. You win at this game by just ignoring the post you don't like and wish weren't here.
>>11918907Ok, being apathetic to something isn't an excuse. Get off your high horse bucko, no one cares.
>>11918906>Ok, what the fuck even is this schizo shitHe's trying to come off as some holier than thou bullshit by pretending he's above all this. It's really pretentious and gay.
all this because a few anons are sick of hasbro's greed
>>11918909>being apathetic to something isn't an excuseIt is when you just make your situation worse by fighting it. This situation is like a dog catcher pole, the more you fight the more it tightens around your neck, making things worse. There is no high horse in this just observations. >no one cares.You replied my friend. Understand that's all anons are after here, are (You)s
>>11918911I'm not anon. You are projecting that to cope with the reality of your situation.
>>11918915The implication that ignoring it will make it stop is laughable, how new are you?
>>11914681I'm waiting for him to be released in Energon colors
>>11918851You guys should really talk about the toys you like and post more pictures, then. And when someone else does those things, engage with them. The issue is that neither of those things happen enough, so it creates a vacuum that attracts and encourages shitposters.You can't just show up to this cesspool and complain that it's filled with poop. Be the change you want to see in the world.
>>11916168Did we hear about this coming out? Is it a pretender?
>>11918923NTA, but I answered and agreed with him while literally posting a picture of my toys (as I often do, as I'm doing again now) and no one (you included) said a word about them.Be the change you want to see indeed anon.
>>11918297>>11918528At least they didn't make Optimus gay
>>11916149Uh uh were they always using the old hasbro logo or am I retarded
>>11918928>Megatron/Starscream Valentine's pack 2 coming soon
>>11918725>loli elita moldBetween this and Kiss Players I'm starting to suspect Optimus has a type
>>11918932He's millions of years old and taller than most of his peers. By default.
>>11918725>loli elita moldDetox yourself of the Internet.
>>11918930They were always using the old Hasbro logo on the retro packaging.
$60 for these? Are you ok?
>>11918302Why?
>>1191893720 bucks each
>>11918941I'd pay up to $10 a piece, $20 is just silly.
>>11918941This is such a hopeless statement. This man is lost
>>11918938Mix of "it's not ready to show yet" and "nobody has any money anyway this gives you time to save up :) "
>>11918927>no one (you included) said a word about them.Correct. I was simply pointing this out for the anon who was complaining while being a part of the problem.>Be the change you want to see indeed anon.I wasn't the one complaining about /tfg/, nor do I care if it changes.Now do yourself a favor and don't reply to me. Just keep posting toys and keep believing in yourself.
