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Airachnid - probably good enough. I hope 3rd parties beef it up.

Dead End - The toy's fine, but G2 threw up all over him.

Dreadwing - the winner by far. Like Megatron, the transclearant on his person is unobtrusive. The gun is fittingly sized (for once) but Hasbro missed an opportunity not making it underslung. If it locks for real, I'll be happy.

Bruticus - Oh look, fists! Dude, XYZ... I wish the ports weren't bright purple. Not a bad combiner with decent articulation, kudos Hasbro. Oh, and MAKE UP YOUR DAMN MIND ABOUT THE COLORS! If nothing else, the vivid ones hide the ports in plain sight.

Soundwave - MINONS! It's about damn time. It's a nice accent color, but the entire tires? Really?

All told, I'm liking this. Hasbro is making toys worth my time.

Airachnid could be better, but Im still buying it because there aren't many female Cons.

Dead End is my favorite of the bunch. Always liked the character, and it kinda looks like a Shattered Glass Prime Wheeljack, IMO.

Dreadwing is perfect, except for the gun. I hate the new Mechtech weapons; most of the DOTM ones were OK, but so far all these ones suck.

Bumblebee repaint is pointless.

I like the Voyager Soundwave, but since I already have the deluxe, I'll wait for the Soundblaster repaint.

And I'm just gonna get the regular Combaticons, not the SDCC box set. Too much money for me; I'd rather have a brightly colored one for about $50, rather than one with different colors thats double the price. Not worth it.

Holy crap! That head sculpt on Dead End has changed my perception from horrible figure to must have. It is freaking horrifying, and I love it.

Dreadwing looks amazing, and I'll definitely pick him up. Heck, looks like I'm picking up everything that isn't that Bumblebee repaint, and the weaponizers as I just have no place for them.

I really REALLY dislike the standard colors of Bruticus. They look awful and those bright colors make it such an eye sore to me. The regular version's colors will make him stand out from all of the other FOC figures shown so far. No thanks! This means I'll be springing for the SDCC version. I do agree with what someone said earlier though that the vivid colors at least draw the eye away from some it's flaws.

Dreadwing is the only one of the new Prime figures that is exciting.

Overall, I'm fairly impressed with all of the FOC figures (see Bruticus complaint above). But I'm on the fence about Voyager Soundwave. He just seems to close to the deluxe version. Sure, the minions are pretty cool and he is a voyager class now...but still may not be enough to justify picking him up too unless he's $20 (which I doubt). Oh well, this will save $$ since SDCC Bruticus will probably cost a lot. I'm torn though because Soundwave is one of my favorite characters!

Rhinox23 wrote:Sure, the minions are pretty cool and he is a voyager class now...but still may not be enough to justify picking him up too unless he's $20 (which I doubt).

Why wouldn't he be the standard Voyager price point?

Lord Onixprime wrote:

Rhinox23 wrote:Sure, the minions are pretty cool and he is a voyager class now...but still may not be enough to justify picking him up too unless he's $20 (which I doubt).

Why wouldn't he be the standard Voyager price point?

I actually don't have any real reason to say that he would be more than $20. It just seems like Hasbro would market him at a slightly higher price because he comes with so much more than most voyagers who usually just come with a crappy mechtech/weaponizer thing. I hope I am wrong though! If that is the case then I'll be adding to my Soundwave collection!

Dreadwing is the only one I am willing to look for out of the Prime line.

Airachnid has too much kibble, and I really do not like repaints for a repaint's sake.

Airachnid- yikes (and I don't mean in a good way). I'm guessing she's not that popular of a character so why spend the money on a voyager class? If they had though I think a few things could have happened:

1. She would be a triple-changer
2. She would actually have fully articulated legs/propellers (would be sweet to transform her in the form where she's in robot mode but walks with her spider legs)

Oh well Dreadwing looks sweet. I still haven't seen any of season 2 but he seems like a cool character. I would have liked to see a fully painted Breakdown but I trust he'll be shown in time. Found a cyberverse class Breakdown at the store and as long as they keep his show colors his voyager will be BOSS

Rhinox23 wrote:

Lord Onixprime wrote:

Rhinox23 wrote:Sure, the minions are pretty cool and he is a voyager class now...but still may not be enough to justify picking him up too unless he's $20 (which I doubt).

Why wouldn't he be the standard Voyager price point?

I actually don't have any real reason to say that he would be more than $20. It just seems like Hasbro would market him at a slightly higher price because he comes with so much more than most voyagers who usually just come with a crappy mechtech/weaponizer thing. I hope I am wrong though! If that is the case then I'll be adding to my Soundwave collection!

Well, he actually only comes with Laserbeak. Ravage, Rumble, Frenzy and Ratbat are supposed to be 2 packs sold at the basic price point separately.

To hell with how many legs she's meant to have: Airachnid looks pretty good to me. I'll have one of them. Personally I think fans would be less disappointed if they stopped thinking about her as a triple-changer. I mean, does anyone regard RoTF Rampage as a quad-changer or Beast Machines Jetstorm as a triple-changer? Dead End I have no interest in unless he appears in the series. Dreadwing is perfect but for the the stupid weaponizer weapon. Come on 3rd parties, help us out.