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[Autobot032]

I'm no better really. Might have a drink once or twice a year.

Friend Delicon on Facebook and help me and robofreak spam his wall. We'll make it a new BotCon tradition for the staff who didn't make it there.

Heh.

[SlyTF1]

Now, for TF Prime, why did they give Bumblebee a Leader/Weaponizer whatever class and not Megatron!? Why do they keep doing this!? No one wants big ass Bumblebees, we want Optimus and Megatron! If you're going to make a leader sized Optimus, why not make a Megatron that size as well? It makes no sense.

Kids want him. You know ... the ones these things are created for?

Well, they should release more Decepticons for more...troubled kids such as myself.

[OmicronZero]

FOC Combaticons/Bruticus really, really need better colors. I mean, all the other Fall of Cybertron (and War for Cybertron) figures seem to match their game colors and models pretty impressively well. I've no idea why Hasbro just suddenly changed it up and/or dropped the ball here.

The models/sculpts for them on the other hand, I like. Well, mostly. Some of them look like they could use a little touching up, and I would like it if Onslaught were at least a little bigger (a very large deluxe if not just a voyager). Of course the Combaticons scale has never made all that much sense. I mean, Blast-Off is a freaking space shuttle. Those things are massive.

Really I'd be very happy with the Combaticons if they just gave them their proper colors and made them look better as Bruticus. It'd be nice if they cleaned up the connectors, but I can get past that if it just leads to a good looking Bruticus.

As for the other Generations/FOC figures, Shockwave looks amazing to me. Hands down the best Shockwave figure I've ever seen. Also I'm hoping there's a pseudo-blaster mode for added G1 awesome. I kind of like Jazz, I'm not big on all of the wheels, but overall the sculpt looks pretty good in both modes. The issue seems to just be that he looks very bland, which some added paint apps could very well fix. Optimus I'm just not sure about. The one shown on display in this gallery actually looks pretty nice, and was making me lean towards making him a must-buy. Then I noticed that the one being displayed in the packaging doesn't look nearly as good. Wondering which will be the retail version, and assuming it will be the less impressive looking in-package one. If it does, however, turn out to be the shinier, more detailed(?), red-autobrand version, I'll surely pick it up.

[BATTOUSAI XD]

FOC: I like Blast Off, Brawl, Shockwave, and OP a lot, so I'm definitely getting those. I'll probably get the rest of the Combaticons as well.

Prime: Voyager Megatron,Optimus, Starscream, Dreadwing and deluxe Soundwave, Cliffjumper, Wheeljack, and Vehicon are all on my list. The Weaponizers Prime looks a little bulky, I'll have to see it in person, but I'll only consider buying it if Megatron gets a Weaponizer class. And I'm really wondering if Bumblebee is still so popular among kids that they will want another Leader-ish size? I have cousin, who is eight, and he is more interested in the big truck Transformers. I've had to transform his Leader ROTF OP and DOTM Sentinel for him and I know he also has HFTD SS, Ultimate OP, and Ironhide. He may have a Leader Bumblebee he got for Christmas or something, but he seems far more interested in the big trucks and jet. Does anyone else have any kids or around any that really love Bumblebee? Just curious.

I guess I had better start saving up some money...

[Gandalf]

Are these "new deluxes" still looking undersized? Please say it ain't so.

I could actually deal with the $14.99 MSRP if they are all still in scale with previous Universe/Generations figures.

On a positive note, I LOVE the new, more prominent character art on the Generations packaging.

[DISCHARGE]

On to the figures. I only checked out the FOC stuff, all the other stuff is really uninteresting. I like 'em all so far. Jazz is winning in the new toy dept, for me at least. I don't even care about the colors on Bruticus, it's a kids toy first and he looks like fun. Prime has grown on me and Shockwave, well, hes' definitely the weakest of the bunch (that last bit is sarcasm)

you like jazz over shockwave?

i think i like shockwave a bit more.. and i really want to get my hands on the new prime.

i just wish jazz had a little darker blue, and more red.

Shockwave is Shockwave, I expect him to be cool.
But I don't often like the looks of Autobot toys. This Jazz toy really gives me a vibe of what he would have looked like before his G1 persona. I seriously can imagine him in the heat of battle and he's got some metal, techno or gangsta rap blasting in the background.
When I first peeked his image a while back, he just looked strange, unJazzlike, interesting.
Almost like they'd made him look as if made for the Titaniums line.
I really anticipate him looking good next to Titaniums Prowl(even if he will be a tad smaller).

I don't get hung up an scale or minor coloring issues.

[LOST Cybertronian]

Where is Counterpunch with that Hasbro dropping the ball pic, when we need him?!

Most likely in the same hotel bar Lysoby and the rest of them are.

Tis true, I am an eyewitness.

[User897]

Shockwave actually looks pretty good in bot mode, but his alt mode is pants. Looks like I'm gonna save a LOT of money on new Transformers this year! I really wish Hasbro would make some toys that people want. Nix the Kre-o and Prime crap!

[Vicalliose]

Welp, everything in the product display that we didn't already know about looks crap. So you guys gonna scream and shout about the First Editions or are you just going to sit on your hands? Seriously, if they don't give us any word on this I'll be pissed. Somebody throw a tomato for me will ya?

[Burn]

Where is Counterpunch with that Hasbro dropping the ball pic, when we need him?!

Most likely in the same hotel bar Lysoby and the rest of them are.

Tis true, I am an eyewitness.

I presume you have video ...