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I was finally able to get my hands on a Hotspot last night. Funny thing, I was totally not expecting it. The week before, I wen in there looking for it, but nada, There were 3 Springers on the shelf,and I said if they were still there, I would get one. I went in last night to get him, but found Hotspot instead. No Springer, though....go figure.

Keep checking back for Springer. I'm almost certain you won't be disappointed with him. He looks great standing along side Hot Rod, Kup, Blurr, and Wreck-Gar on my Classics shelves I hope we get a classics Arcee at some point, as well as a better attempt at a Classics Ultra Magnus. "Whitewash" Optimus Prime doesn't cut it.

Of the Voyagers, Hot Spot is definately my favorite. The new head sculpt is much appreciated and the colors are sharp. It's almost ridculous how much mileage Hasbro (and TFCC) hasve gotten out of this mold. One size fits all firetrucks...and cranes, I guess?

I was surpised with how much I like Powerdive as well. He's a great G2 character update, without needing vibrant "neon" paint applications. The mold works well, way better than it did as movieverse Highbrow, a figure I had previously, but sold along with most of the rest of my movie collection. The poor handling of the DOTM figures soured me on the movie franchise. I didn't appreciate the mold nearly as much then as I do now.

The least interesting is, unfortunately, G2 Megatron. I LOVE the headsculpt. It's a masterpiece and captures Megatron's personality so well. The problem is that the Bludgeon mold, while quite awesome, doesn't work here. Megatron isn't a samurai. It's an interesting take on Megatron, but it's not G2 Megatron. He needs GUNS, not swords. Has anyone found any clever alternate transformations or mods to get his tank cannon pointing foward in robot mode?

I just got my Powerdive in today from Amazon. I love this mold and the new paint job really looks spiffy. I really dig the shark deco on the cockpit.

The hilarious part is that if you went back in time by about 7-8 years and told Transfans that there would be an incredibly popular line made up ENTIRELY OF REPAINTS you would get laughed out of the building.

In truth I love Swerve's colours and Springer's headsculpt, and I look forward to my Powerdive and Hot Spot.

Diem wrote:The hilarious part is that if you went back in time by about 7-8 years and told Transfans that there would be an incredibly popular line made up ENTIRELY OF REPAINTS you would get laughed out of the building.

In truth I love Swerve's colours and Springer's headsculpt, and I look forward to my Powerdive and Hot Spot.

Not if you would tell us that they would be exclusive to Asia (initially) and represent GEEWUN characters.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Diem wrote:The hilarious part is that if you went back in time by about 7-8 years and told Transfans that there would be an incredibly popular line made up ENTIRELY OF REPAINTS you would get laughed out of the building.

So you're saying Universe 1.0 from 2003 wasn't popular at all?

I couldn't say how popular it was because it wasn't popular enough to get released in my country.

I have the Deluxe and Voyager lines. And I rather love them. As for g2 megatron, I don't think there's a way to get the barrel pointing forward without massive kitbashing.

Any suggestions for a good weapon for him from another figure?

I snagged Powerdive today. Forgot how much better the older figures are made and the paint scheme really pops. Didnt see Hot Spot though. Im guessing they come in a 4 pack of 2 Megatrons and one each of Powerdive and Hot Spot. I also picked up Megatron because he was there. On the fence of keeping him though. Head just doest match the body and I dont have much in way of G2 figures (the ones I do are Decepticons and I just keep them with the classics to fill the ranks so to speack). I have Hedgemon for my Classics so G2 Megs is kinda a loner at this point.