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Wed Oct 14, 2009 5:41 pm

CRAP.
Yet another figure to add to my list. Where am I to get all this money? :???:

Oh, I know! The bank! :twisted:

Just kidding! :lol:

Wed Oct 14, 2009 6:33 pm

now this is what i was waiting for not the voyager but the :APPLAUSE:

lead class.

News Credits: 1 · Wed Oct 14, 2009 6:38 pm

Real Devastator wrote:Now u can see the legs.
Apparently just grap the ROTF Blue Ray, Starscream toy preview is in it....

Looks sweet so far. Still, kinda worried about the alt mode, because that's what killed it for me with the 2007 and ROTF voyagers, what with the head and later the hands popping out from the back...

Convotron wrote:Very nice detailing on the pictures shown so far! Now, hopefully the lower body will be good too. I'm not a fan of the movie Starscream bot design(space Dorito) but if the Leader class figure is done well, I may buy it so I can have a movie Starscream aside from the 07 Protoform figure.

Space Dorito! I truly laughed at that one, bro! Yeah, the Screamer's G1 incarnation (the MP one, at least) is worlds better than any of the later ones.

Wed Oct 14, 2009 7:17 pm

Why must my wallet suffer so much?

Wed Oct 14, 2009 7:23 pm

I'm pretty sure the jet mode will be good. Like Optimus, Starscream is pretty much the same as he was in the first movie. Which means they've had a long time to plan and develop the figure.

News Credits: 3 · Wed Oct 14, 2009 7:31 pm

Oh man, I just hope the paint job looks nice and accurate to match! Need this!!!

Still looks like a giant flying dorito though

Wed Oct 14, 2009 9:22 pm

BAD ASS! i want this toy! it is so detailed! i want it so bad! :sad:

News Credits: 198 · Wed Oct 14, 2009 9:37 pm

Hmmm, that looks pretty nice. Now, if the jet mode is as good as Jetfire's with the bot mode more disguised, this figure should be a winner. What would really push it over the top is a special edition, Buster-style paint job, sans the "tattoos". Now that would be a figure I'd buy.

News Credits: 2 · Thu Oct 15, 2009 2:32 pm

I'm hoping we don't see anything like Voyager Starscream's hands in alt mode.

News Credits: 1 · Fri Oct 16, 2009 4:06 am

Convotron wrote:I'm hoping we don't see anything like Voyager Starscream's hands in alt mode.

I could almost forgive a cost-cutting measure like that in a voyager, but not in a Leader class. It's too expensive a product for a consumer to tolerate cost-cutting, IMO.

Let's just hope the designers actually use more of their budget on quality and movie-accuracy than those annoying gimmicks that made the Ultimate Bumblebee such a shelf-warmer.

Sound effects and light-up eyes, fine. Transparent glowing gun barrels? Noooo!!!! :sad:

Fri Oct 16, 2009 4:36 am

Looks freakin awesome. Man i wish they'd give them the Perfect Grade Gundam model kit treatment and turn some transformers into super detailed awesome model kits.

and also: Awww man, common, ROTF Ultimate Bumblebee Battle Charged isn't too bad. He's nowhere near perfect, but the sheer size of the guy is worth it (my girlfriend bought it for me for only 69 on sale) but i do agree with wishing they spent more money on accuracy in Ultimate 'Bee's transformation, etc than on the useless motors and gimmicks.

News Credits: 1 · Sat Oct 17, 2009 1:56 am

blobatron wrote:Looks freakin awesome. Man i wish they'd give them the Perfect Grade Gundam model kit treatment and turn some transformers into super detailed awesome model kits.

and also: Awww man, common, ROTF Ultimate Bumblebee Battle Charged isn't too bad. He's nowhere near perfect, but the sheer size of the guy is worth it (my girlfriend bought it for me for only 69 on sale) but i do agree with wishing they spent more money on accuracy in Ultimate 'Bee's transformation, etc than on the useless motors and gimmicks.

Heheh, I admit I was kinda harsh about Ultimate BB, but I've heard that the ROTF version is much improved from the 2007 one in terms of head-sculpt and overall moderation of its gimmicks.

IMO, Hasbro holds a very traditional point of view when it comes to marketing. To them, the more lights, sounds and missiles you cram into a toy, the more kids will want to buy it. Partly true, except most parents might not want to fork out the cash for it. And at the other end of the market, there's us adult collectors who are more demanding when it comes to screen-accuracy and proportions. In short, Ultimate BB sits between those kids who want it to death but can't get their dad to buy it, and those of us who won't buy it due to its less-than perfect proportions and lack of screen-accuracy.

Still you're right in that its sheer size does make it a worthy buy, if you don't currently have any other TF's on your to-buy list.