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The bot mode looks spectacular. But...

1) Alt mode looks ridiculous. This is one of those TFs that have good bot mode,sucky alt mode.A good TF toy is a TF that have good bot mode and good alt mode.

2) Price is going to be ridiculous. Trust me on that one. I prefer buying Deluxes/Voyagers rather than having to sell my kidney to get one of these guys.

3) I dont support 3rd party stuff. Never bought one and never will.

Conclusion : Total pass.

CrimsonPrime wrote:The bot mode looks spectacular. But...

1) Alt mode looks ridiculous. This is one of those TFs that have good bot mode,sucky alt mode.A good TF toy is a TF that have good bot mode and good alt mode.

2) Price is going to be ridiculous. Trust me on that one. I prefer buying Deluxes/Voyagers rather than having to sell my kidney to get one of these guys.

3) I dont support 3rd party stuff. Never bought one and never will.

Conclusion : Total pass.

....sooooo you not getting them....?

I'm sure I could be alone on this but I'm just not digging these seekers. But everything else looks top shelf!

CrimsonPrime wrote:The bot mode looks spectacular. But...

1) Alt mode looks ridiculous. This is one of those TFs that have good bot mode,sucky alt mode.A good TF toy is a TF that have good bot mode and good alt mode.

2) Price is going to be ridiculous. Trust me on that one. I prefer buying Deluxes/Voyagers rather than having to sell my kidney to get one of these guys.

3) I dont support 3rd party stuff. Never bought one and never will.

Conclusion : Total pass.

At least consider picking up Prominion when he is released because as of now he seem to be the only way of getting Prima's Star Saber. The Star Saber is a MUST to anyone who has Nexus Prime. I'm planning on getting both him and Hexatron.

CrimsonPrime wrote:The bot mode looks spectacular. But...

1) Alt mode looks ridiculous. This is one of those TFs that have good bot mode,sucky alt mode.A good TF toy is a TF that have good bot mode and good alt mode.

Love it or hate it, it's pretty close to some of Guidi's concept art:

Not impressed with the plane modes. Its basically the robot folded up in layers.

I love the way these look and how closely they resemble Guido Guidi's original artwork. I've been impressed with MMC since Knight Morpher KMC-01, which is still an amazing piece of work. Even though I only own the first, slightly flawed release of KMC-01, it's never given me problems and I appreciate the way MMC took criticism of the flaws to heart and improved them on the next releases.
I'm trusting them to produce an expensive but amazing Cyclops (the prototype images of which already look amazing), and I'm also going to trust them on these HoS Seekers; Air Screetch primarily but perhaps all three (depending on cost and size). And the unique weapons for each Seeker... Superb

Truth be told though, I don't care much for either Terminus Hexatron or for Prominion...

I have to say, these look lovely.

Screech is my favorite as a HOS just because, but I have to say I like Warper the most out of context as some sort of Nightmare flyer. I hope he's voyager in scale. MC seems to like large scale.

I love this designs. I didn't like the optimus train because looked cheap to me, but these guys I have to own at least one!!!

Requiem Prime wrote:I have to say, these look lovely.

Screech is my favorite as a HOS just because, but I have to say I like Warper the most out of context as some sort of Nightmare flyer. I hope he's voyager in scale. MC seems to like large scale.

MMC's site says the robot mode will be about 5" high... So not really Voyager height, more like Deluxe size or even Scout size.

I like Air Screech and Warper. Although the silver front on Warper looks unpainted. I'd rather it be a different color that fits in better with the black and purple theme. I'd probably pass on it if that is what the final figure looks like. All of these look 100 times better than Cyclops' uninspired paint job.

alldarker wrote:

Requiem Prime wrote:I have to say, these look lovely.

Screech is my favorite as a HOS just because, but I have to say I like Warper the most out of context as some sort of Nightmare flyer. I hope he's voyager in scale. MC seems to like large scale.

MMC's site says the robot mode will be about 5" high... So not really Voyager height, more like Deluxe size or even Scout size.

Please let that translate into affordable.

I didn't notice at first that they all have different guns. I like the guns on Air Screech the most. So if I can only get one, I'd probably get him.

Regarding the relatively small size of the Seekers, it would be pretty amazing if Cyclops (at 15" long in alt mode!) featured a kind of launch platform for one of these seekers... We haven't seen that many recent pictures of Cyclops in ironclad (boat) mode, have we?

EDIT: well, there were these pictures, off course... They don't show much of the rear end of the boat, but presumably there's some room for a HoS seeker, if not for a launch platform.

alldarker wrote:Regarding the relatively small size of the Seekers, it would be pretty amazing if Cyclops (at 15" long in alt mode!) featured a kind of launch platform for one of these seekers... We haven't seen that many recent pictures of Cyclops in ironclad (boat) mode, have we?

EDIT: well, there were these pictures, off course... They don't show much of the rear end of the boat, but presumably there's some room for a HoS seeker, if not for a launch platform.

Well, that would be damn amazing if one could fit! Makes me wish I could get into these.

I am very surprised (not in a good way) to hear that the scale of these will be 5".

soundwave42 wrote:I like Air Screech and Warper. Although the silver front on Warper looks unpainted. I'd rather it be a different color that fits in better with the black and purple theme. I'd probably pass on it if that is what the final figure looks like. All of these look 100 times better than Cyclops' uninspired paint job.

The pictures are computer generated. There is a good chance the paint apps will come different.

Stormrider wrote:I am very surprised (not in a good way) to hear that the scale of these will be 5".

As am I. It makes sense in a way that the vehicles will more or less be in scale with one another, but at the same time they'll look rather diminuative in robot mode.

I suppose I'll wait to see final pics before passing judgement.

AT least the 5" scale will be in size w/ WFC Megatron

OK, so we're going to learn more about that rather un-Nova Prime looking Nova Prime in the Hexatron comic. And when exactly will that be???

I know the tri-plane design is where aeroplanes started, but I have to say that those Seeker alt-modes looking a tad naff. Robot modes look bitchin'.

alldarker wrote:Regarding the relatively small size of the Seekers, it would be pretty amazing if Cyclops (at 15" long in alt mode!) featured a kind of launch platform for one of these seekers... We haven't seen that many recent pictures of Cyclops in ironclad (boat) mode, have we?

EDIT: well, there were these pictures, off course... They don't show much of the rear end of the boat, but presumably there's some room for a HoS seeker, if not for a launch platform.

That's quite a presumption. While there's certainly a flat bit you could maybe balance a Seeker on I wouldn't expect anyhting in the way of a launch platform if by launch platform you mean a catapult-like gimmick.

Sodan-1 wrote:

alldarker wrote:Regarding the relatively small size of the Seekers, it would be pretty amazing if Cyclops (at 15" long in alt mode!) featured a kind of launch platform for one of these seekers... We haven't seen that many recent pictures of Cyclops in ironclad (boat) mode, have we?

EDIT: well, there were these pictures, off course... They don't show much of the rear end of the boat, but presumably there's some room for a HoS seeker, if not for a launch platform.

That's quite a presumption. While there's certainly a flat bit you could maybe balance a Seeker on I wouldn't expect anyhting in the way of a launch platform if by launch platform you mean a catapult-like gimmick.

No need for double posting.
And I said IF (see quote above): it was not actually a presumption, more a statement of how cool it would be IF it had one.

Absolutely love these figs. I'm changing my plans on what I was originally getting all the way around to get these guys.....


I couldn't find a release date for the seekers... anyone know when?

headsortails wrote:I couldn't find a release date for the seekers... anyone know when?

It was said on their Facebook that their plans to release Starscream in the fall, possibly sooner.

Considering all the saber rattling re: "knockoffs" in different parts of the collectiverse, the sooner the better.

It would have been nice to see the proto for this at Botcon, but thems the breaks....