In-Hand Images - Transformers Generations Combiner Wars Leader Starscream

Wow... if I recall, this wasn't even officially confirmed yet, was it?
Sudenlt, bam. Full on painted version.

Mkall wrote:While I'll be holding out for Takara's, if anyone hates their Minimus Ambus so much they're looking to get rid of it, please let me know

I'd hook ya up bro but:

1) There be a hole in UM's robot mode

2) Freddie.

Samsonator wrote:Wow... if I recall, this wasn't even officially confirmed yet, was it?
Sudenlt, bam. Full on painted version.

Great googly moogly, that's awesome! Hopefully we see it soon.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Mkall wrote:While I'll be holding out for Takara's, if anyone hates their Minimus Ambus so much they're looking to get rid of it, please let me know

I'd hook ya up bro but:

1) There be a hole in UM's robot mode

2) Freddie.

Samsonator wrote:Wow... if I recall, this wasn't even officially confirmed yet, was it?
Sudenlt, bam. Full on painted version.

Great googly moogly, that's awesome! Hopefully we see it soon.

Actually this was somewhat confirmed through either a toysrus of Wal-Mart product registry much like the past few years of generations toys.

I learned from Thumper's mom that if you have nothing nice to say, don't say it........but the mold sure looks good on Starscream

Just not used to seeing the Seekers as tall as Skyfire........

Wow. Starscream is one big-headed Seeker. Though, not as better than the Cybertron Supreme Class Starscream, for this new one lacks color.

Ultra Magnus and G1 Megs are musthaves for me. Pity Megs is not (yet) at retail here and it's also a pity no Dutch webshop has got him in stock anymore...

And now Starscream... My money's disappearing faster than it should this year.

Magnus and Screamer and Ambus, oh my!

So the in box pics of UM show Ambus on the outside, which means that you can have both in Robot mode separate from each other. That makes more sense for the Takara version, a little bit mind you, in that you can have Alpha Trion as a separate character, since Trion shouldn't be inside Magnus, as far as any fiction I personally know of. The only big downside for the Takara version is that Trion is so tiny. I'm still getting the Hasbro version, I don't think the changes between the 2 are worth the import prices.

As far as the leader class Starscream, I'm not digging it. Seekers are supposed to be small, nimble and fast. Not towering over everyone else. More for those who like it...

Sorry, double posted...

MarkNL wrote:Ultra Magnus and G1 Megs are musthaves for me. Pity Megs is not (yet) at retail here and it's also a pity no Dutch webshop has got him in stock anymore...

And now Starscream... My money's disappearing faster than it should this year.

TRU.nl has leader Megs in stock. I checked this morning.

Starscream is... meh. I've got my classics seekers. I'm not putting myself through that again.

Magnus is awesome, but Ambus...Can't get used to him wearing Magnus like some sort of badass party frock.

RhA wrote:

MarkNL wrote:Ultra Magnus and G1 Megs are musthaves for me. Pity Megs is not (yet) at retail here and it's also a pity no Dutch webshop has got him in stock anymore...

And now Starscream... My money's disappearing faster than it should this year.

TRU.nl has leader Megs in stock. I checked this morning.

Starscream is... meh. I've got my classics seekers. I'm not putting myself through that again.

Thanks for the tip! Will take a look right now.

Va'al wrote:Thanks once again to weibo user Starscream韋, and via a tip from Seibertronian grimlockdown, we get our first actual look at the newly repurposed Generations Leader Jetfire as the head of the Seekers himself, ruler of Cybertron, fabulous miscreant and Chosen One - Lord Starscream. Check out the images below, showing off the character's traditional deco, complete with null rays, arm cannons and a coronation crown that seems straight from the animation *and* IDW comics.

Another insta-buy!!!

Damn, that Ambus is an ugly little thing. Needs a hankerchief to wipe that dribbly sneezy snot off his face and chest and niether mode looks good. Just throw it away and pretend that IDW story never happened.


Starscream looks ok at that size but the wing backpack looks terrible as it's all the bad almost 'wireframe' looking under-side showing from the front view and makes him look cheap. Acceptable I suppose on a small figure but just looks ugly on a large one. Could use more paint apps but that's easily fixed.

MarkNL wrote:

RhA wrote:

MarkNL wrote:Ultra Magnus and G1 Megs are musthaves for me. Pity Megs is not (yet) at retail here and it's also a pity no Dutch webshop has got him in stock anymore...

And now Starscream... My money's disappearing faster than it should this year.

TRU.nl has leader Megs in stock. I checked this morning.

Starscream is... meh. I've got my classics seekers. I'm not putting myself through that again.

Thanks for the tip! Will take a look right now.

Damn, just ebayed him last week for a little 80 eurios
Oh well, lowest he'll be in The Netherlands is 60 eurios I guess. Patience isn't my strongest suit.

Ontopic:
Ultra Magnus is just, ... so great. And the Masterpiece is also great.

I'm not going to collect the leader Seekers, but they do look good. If their heads were more G1 I might be tempted.

Sabrblade wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Heckfire wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Heckfire wrote:I am already sensing an Alpha Trion redeco in this little fella's future...

Takara beat ya to your sensing.

I PROMISE I WILL USE THESE POWERS OF FORESIGHT ONLY FOR GOOD AND FOR RIGGING HORSE RACES...

Foresee Takara changing tiny Trion to Governor Raikuru instead and all will be forgiven.

But they were never together onscreen.

Don't care. Would make more sense than Trion since Raikuru is a Micromaster and supposed to be tiny. And would give us the first toy of another obscure cartoon-only Japanese-original character. Takara could come up with some story in their pack-in Legends manga to explain why the two come together.

Still. Raikuru would best come with Star saber than UM. It's just to far a stretch to link them.

Would buy only if the crown can be removed. If its molded with the head, im out.

This is wave 4 right hopefully this also means a possible reveal of the wave 4 autobots

Friggin'. Called. It.

I had a feeling that "gem" in his forehead wasn't just for show.

I might grab one for the 'Screamer display to represent the IDW version of the character. Probably not going to do the whole Seeker affair if Skywarp is made. Already did it with Fall of Cybertron, I'm trying to do it with Classics now, and I'm waiting on Legends Skywarp to finish the set.

So the madness begins... ya'll do know Hasbro does the seekers because they view you as suckers, right? Repaints don't cost them a whole lot to produce, and as Classics show they can do 30 of them and you want more. I never understood why people complain about repaints and not getting new molds but want a zillion stupid seekers

My God. I don't want this figure, but I want it so I can give it a cape.

DAMN YOU, HASBRO!!!!!!

I said I'd only buy it if it came with a crown.

Dammit.

Mindmaster wrote:Friggin'. Called. It.

I had a feeling that "gem" in his forehead wasn't just for show.

I remember you calling it.

MartianSpyGirl1996 wrote:So the madness begins... ya'll do know Hasbro does the seekers because they view you as suckers, right? Repaints don't cost them a whole lot to produce, and as Classics show they can do 30 of them and you want more. I never understood why people complain about repaints and not getting new molds but want a zillion stupid seekers

Because the G1 cartoon used the Seeker model as generic Army-Builders and crowd fillers (along with hordes of Reflector clones), in a variety of colors. So we've grown numb to Seeker repaints, to the point we're going ga-ga over any new ones, especially if there's a basis for them in the cartoon.

That said, are we sure it's Hasbro doing this? I could see this as the Japanese counterpart to our Thundercracker and TakaraTomy would have less qualms about releasing in white and red (again). Then again, Japanese figures are hardly ever leaked this way...

this completely sabotages the thundercracker release. i was going to get thundercracker till i saw this. now i will wait for starscream.

Ultra Magnus looks so awesome. I just preordered mine. Can't wait!

griftimus prime wrote:this completely sabotages the thundercracker release. i was going to get thundercracker till i saw this. now i will wait for starscream.

Why not get both? They'll look awesome next to each other. And then hopefully Skywarp will join them.

Having Jetfire already, these so called "seekers" are an easy pass. The mold just isn't worth the leader class price point.

Perfection. I was hoping they'd put this mold to even better use.

Needs more paint.

Stryfe Convoy wrote:Seekers are supposed to be small, nimble and fast. Not towering over everyone else.

G1 Starscream was roughly the same height as G1 Megatron in the cartoon.

Also:

I know 99% of the fandom hates it, but I hope there is a Sunstorm redeco. THAT I would buy in a heartbeat.

Sabrblade wrote:

Stryfe Convoy wrote:Seekers are supposed to be small, nimble and fast. Not towering over everyone else.

G1 Starscream was roughly the same height as G1 Megatron in the cartoon.

Also:

Hmm...

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Because the G1 cartoon used the Seeker model as generic Army-Builders and crowd fillers (along with hordes of Reflector clones), in a variety of colors. So we've grown numb to Seeker repaints, to the point we're going ga-ga over any new ones, especially if there's a basis for them in the cartoon.

Forgive me for not specifying, but with talks of the classics seekers in this thread, I was referring to G1. And as JelZe said, G1 used the seekers as army builders. And Starscream sure does look a lot shorter than Megatron in this G1 clip.



I honestly don't remember a time, besides Cybertron, where Starscream was as tall or taller than Megatron. Except maybe the movies. I can't remember about in the movies. So let's look at the toys released then. They released a leader class Jetfire. Jetfire in the G1 toon, was taller than all the seekers. Now they are releasing a remold of leader class Jetfire as the seekers. The seekers should look up to Jetfire.

Not starting an argument, I hope, just pointing out where I'm basing my opinion.

Agree to disagree on this one Sabrblade?

Memes aside, the two are roughly, but not exactly, the same height in these pics.

The Leader Megatron toy is only a little taller than the Leader Jetfire mold, so the height difference between the two toys is about the same as the cartoon height difference.

Not really feeling that Starscream. Seems a little washed out. I do love that mold and I think the TC version is dead sexy.

The Leader Class is an odd turducken of a size class. I've learned to not be super hung up on scale, but it's always nice when it works out.

As always, excited to see more pics.

Starscream is a pass for me. If I want one to fit with my MP collection, there's MP Starscream. If I want one to go with my Classics collection, there's quite a few deluxe figures that fit that need. If I want a giant Starscream with a crown, there's the Cybertron version.

I might have been tempted if the wings looked better in robot mode... but... without those wing details, it just doesn't look Starscream enough to me to warrant another large figure.

I think he needs a hammer.

Yes, I now you can combine the rocket pods into a hammer, and bludgeoning people with rocket pods is probably just as awesome as it sounds, but I want an actual intended to be a hammer type hammer, possibly so he still has his rocket pods.

I'm kinda torn, as to whether I want to repaint Minimus Ambus now or leave him alone. Initially, I wanted to do him up as Powered Buggy, but as I think of it, PB was with his diaclone paint, not Ultra Magnus. I dunno. Might leave him alone and leave him in the same roll

Rodimus Prime wrote:I know 99% of the fandom hates it, but I hope there is a Sunstorm redeco. THAT I would buy in a heartbeat.

YES YES YES!!!!! That would be one of the most awesome things to happen to Transformers .

The face just doesn't say Starscream to me its a easy pass

So, Screamer gets his helmet but Thundercracker doesn't get his dog??? That's unfair favoritism!
Seriously though, he looks good, but as a Leader class, he is kinda pricey, so I'll only get one release of this mould, hopefully in Skywarp's colors, and I'd LOVE an Acid Storm, unlikely, yes, but so where the Legends and the friggin' MASTERPIECE, Acid Storm is the new Sunstorm and I love it!

That Minimus Ambus is AMAZING! I need that Magnus in my life! Also, he makes every "he's not articulated due to the size" argument invalid! *looks at Brazilian Prime and Bumbrazil*

How long do you think Ultra Magnus will tolerate this?

I am sorry but TC owns this mold. Starscream looks washed out and plain. Maybe its time fro these characters to just have their own molds.

padfoo wrote:I am sorry but TC owns this mold. Starscream looks washed out and plain. Maybe its time fro these characters to just have their own molds.

If TC owns the mold... and TC and SS share a body... what?

megatronus wrote:

padfoo wrote:I am sorry but TC owns this mold. Starscream looks washed out and plain. Maybe its time fro these characters to just have their own molds.

If TC owns the mold... and TC and SS share a body... what?

Joint custody? They must go through a ton of paint.

Cobotron wrote:How long do you think Ultra Magnus will tolerate this?

I don't think his wallet can deal with that right now. Too many tantalizing leader class figures in one calendar year.

megatronus wrote:

padfoo wrote:I am sorry but TC owns this mold. Starscream looks washed out and plain. Maybe its time fro these characters to just have their own molds.

If TC owns the mold... and TC and SS share a body... what?

Some people just pull off a certain dress better than others.

Wolfman Jake wrote:

Cobotron wrote:How long do you think Ultra Magnus will tolerate this?

I don't think his wallet can deal with that right now. Too many tantalizing leader class figures in one calendar year.

All...hail...Starscream...

I can't wait to see the mold in Skywarp Colours.

Leader Thundercracker was spotted today, by yours truly, at a specialty action figure and hobby store in Montreal, Canada, for 65$ cdn (a slight markup from Toysrus' 60$ cdn). This retail store is called Toysonfire, and is found at 1539 Van Horne. Consider this the retail equivalent to those early amazon listings from third party sellers that are more expensive than Amazon iself but available earlier. This means it's only a matter of time before they hit mass retail. For those not in the know, Leader Thundercracker is a retool and redeco of Leader Jetfire and will be further redeco'd into Leader Starscream.