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Video Reviews for Earthspark Flip Changers Megatron and other Recent Earthspark Toys

Posted by william-james88 Sep 20, 2023 at 9:55am CDT 52,133 views
While the first wave of the Earthspark line was released almost all at once, the remainder of the line has been appearing sporadically on shelves and online. So while some may already have the toys below, they are the latest releases and we wanted to show you some reviews in case those who don't have them yet were curious. Below you will see three reviews from fellow Seibertronian Chuckdawg for Flip Changers Megatron, Twitch and Deluxe Grimlock. For Grimlock, he is currently available on Amazon if you want to get him.


chuckdawg1999 wrote:By this point, we all know what to expect from the Flip Changers. Megatron is one of the better ones since the propellers actually spin, I was expecting them to be molded in. It's touches like that, that I appreciate and I think you will too.



chuckdawg1999 wrote:The truest definition of a desk toy is something fun to fidget around with. We should all know what to expect with Flip Changers from Earthspark by this point. No articulation, all gimmicks. Terran Twitch looks really good and is close to the show model. As I always say do NOT throw these around as they can break, I'm especially concerned about the Vtol wings on Twitch.



chuckdawg1999 wrote:Well, this figure almost fooled me. I first thought this was an all-new mold with so many new parts. Grimlock, is a heavy retool of the Cyberverse Deluxe figure, almost every exposed piece is retooled from that mold. While my copy is a bit loose in the hips, I find this to be the better of the two releases.

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Re: Video Reviews for Earthspark Flip Changers Megatron and other Recent Earthspark Toys (view post)
Comment by DeathReviews Sep 20, 2023
I know there's a market for these things - but they're just too 'kiddie' for my taste. Like with Cyberverse, I've eschewed the Earthspark toys completely. I haven't seen any that seem shelf-worthy.
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Comment by SkyFire Prime Sep 21, 2023
Grimlock looks very nice, really like that twist on his transformation.
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Comment by Sabrblade Sep 22, 2023
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Next wave of BAF will be Mandroid in the Season finale, calling it now.
If there is another wave. Cyberverse only did the one BAF of Maccadam, and all Deluxe waves after those with his parts nixed the BAF incentive entirely.
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Comment by D-Maximal_Primal Sep 22, 2023
Sabrblade wrote:
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Next wave of BAF will be Mandroid in the Season finale, calling it now.
If there is another wave. Cyberverse only did the one BAF of Maccadam, and all Deluxe waves after those with his parts nixed the BAF incentive entirely.

I was saying it sarcastically but also wishfully, i don't expect another BAF or to see mandroid in that form in toy form
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Comment by D-Maximal_Primal Sep 26, 2023
I got my deluxe Grimlock in and opened him up last night. He is OK. I wasn't a huge fan of the cyberverse Grimlock deluxe, but I think that release served this mold better, it was able to be a little goofier, while this one feels a bit hindered. And the tolerance of the leg that goes on the back really messes with the alt mode integrity.

I like it, but I feel this one suffers from being a retool.

But at the same time, it is awesome to have Keith David toys alongside Tony Todd toys on the shelves.

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Comment by william-james88 Sep 29, 2023
As anyone still looking for some of 2015's RID toys on e-bay can attest, the original figure of a new Transformers character can become very expensive as the demand grows year after year. Hence why many fans have been looking forward to getting their hands on the Earthspark Nightshade figure, along with the need to simply own a toy of a character they like. Hasbro has finally officially revealed the final wave of Earthsaprk deluxes for this year, with preorders for Nightshade available on Pulse and Amazon. We have links below. You can also tempt your luck to find them at retail with them starting to appear at Walmart stores in the US.

In other Earthspark news, Hasbro revealed some new toys at the Toy Fair in New York. These are the Cyber Combiners which are similar to the crash combiners we had in previous lines. This time, it's a combination of an action figure of the human characters in an exo suit, combined with a transforming figure of Twitch or Bumblebee. You can see the photos below.

Preorders for Nightshade:

https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-TRA?tag=seibertron07-20& ... 107&sr=8-1

https://hasbropulse.com/products/transf ... uSbGKerAbM

EARTHSPARK CYBER-COMBINER BUMBLEBEE AND MO MALTO
EARTHSPARK CYBER-COMBINER TERRAN TWITCH AND ROBBY MALTO

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The pictures above were taken by the TFW2005 team who were at the event.
Re: Video Reviews for Earthspark Flip Changers Megatron and other Recent Earthspark Toys (view post)
Comment by Barricade.it Oct 3, 2023
Neither "WEIRD" nor "UGLY" are enough.

Maybe "CREEPY" is appropriate.
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Comment by Bumblevivisector Oct 3, 2023
I should know better.

The late Cyberverse Roll & Combine figures told me loud and clear that the RID Crash Combiner concept had no hidden potential waiting to be unlocked by future toylines. Even the awesome interchangeability of the Deluxe and Voyager Energon Autobots wore thin all too soon, but I attributed that to the wretched cartoon having caused the very act of combining to lose all meaning by the bitter end; maybe the Unicron Singularity affected my memory too.

But because my favorite toy of all time is Slamdance, the reveal of any sort of dual-combining TFs just fills me with hope of recapturing the joy I felt stumbling across those last 2 Autobot cassettes in Toys'R'Us!

Interesting that we've been getting so many TF toys of humans in exo-suits lately. I thought conventional wisdom was that parents outside of SE Asia couldn't be bothered to understand the difference between sentient robots, piloted mecha, and drones (boy, that term's gotten loaded with new connotations over the past decade or so, thanks to pesky reality), so toylines never got into many categories beyond 2 major factions, hence Nightbird becoming more of a sentient-Decepticon-all-along with each subsequent toy and fiction incarnation, and no toys of her rough Marvel counterpart Centurion.

So now human children have the ability to form PANTS to prop up alien robots! We'll see if this causes an even bigger slag-storm than Nightshade's clunky pronoun declaration...of course we'll have to wait a year after their debut to be sure there's any reaction at all...
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Comment by Brokebot Oct 3, 2023
I've seen better looking Happy Meal toys. The bright side is they make the rest of the line look almost passable by comparison. >:oP
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Comment by Emerje Oct 3, 2023
Bumblevivisector wrote:So now human children have the ability to form PANTS to prop up alien robots! We'll see if this causes an even bigger slag-storm than Nightshade's clunky pronoun declaration...of course we'll have to wait a year after their debut to be sure there's any reaction at all...

Actually these are closer to Energon figures than Crash Combiners. Not only is the combined bot articulated, but they can also trade places so the bot forms the pants. I think they're neat and actually worth getting compared to the previous attempts.

Emerje
Re: Video Reviews for Earthspark Flip Changers Megatron and other Recent Earthspark Toys (view post)
Comment by Grahf_ Oct 3, 2023
Yeah these are pretty cool. Definitely a further testing for possible Energon figures in Generations. During one of the livestreams a year or so ago they mentioned they were looking into it but they wanted to make sure the Autobots could still combine. So this looks like a test run. The figures while still awkward, look pretty decent. The combined mode looks decent as well and has almost full articulation. Just no waist or thigh swivels or ankle tilts for the combined mode. They managed this much with what are basically $15 figures each if we split the cost of the set for each figure. Imagine what they could do with the full budget of a $25 or $35 figure.

I'll most likely be getting two of each because I'm crazy and want them to combine with themselves. I grabbed four Hishoumaru figures for this exact reason. One to combine with Gekisoumaru and Sensuimaru and the other three to combine with each other. This was back when they were on Amazon for like $17 each though.

If I only get one set each then I'll switch the Matlos. Mo with Twitch and Robby with Bumblebee.
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Comment by william-james88 Oct 3, 2023
Bumblevivisector wrote:So now human children have the ability to form PANTS to prop up alien robots! We'll see if this causes an even bigger slag-storm than Nightshade's clunky pronoun declaration...of course we'll have to wait a year after their debut to be sure there's any reaction at all...


It won't.
Re: Video Reviews for Earthspark Flip Changers Megatron and other Recent Earthspark Toys (view post)
Comment by bluecatcinema Oct 3, 2023
Interesting. Maybe these "Cyber-Combiners" will feature in the show's second season?
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Comment by D-Maximal_Primal Oct 12, 2023
I got Nightshade, and they are a pretty dang nice toy. Nice to see all 4 of the larger Terrans got good figures. Now Hashtag needs a good toy.

Also took some photos of Mandroid, Grimlock, and Jawbreaker.

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Comment by D-Maximal_Primal Oct 15, 2023
The siblings united.

Now we just need a proper sized Hashtag

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Comment by william-james88 Oct 19, 2023
With Earthspark Shockwave being a rerelease of his mold in Cyberverse, it made sense to assume that the upcoming Prowl would be a rerelease of of that same mold as well. BUT NO. Instead, Earthspark Prowl will be a straight redeco of Cyberverse deluxe Hot Rod. While it makes for an original deco for a Hot Rod toy, that original mold was panned by fans for having major clearance/articulation issues. Still, odd redecos like this have their fans, so let us know what you think.
Also, in what might possible be even bigger news, we have our first look at deluxe Thrash.
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Comment by Sabrblade Oct 19, 2023
william-james88 wrote:With Earthspark Shockwave being a rerelease of his mold in Cyberverse, it made sense to assume that the upcoming Prowl would be a rerelease of of that same mold as well. BUT NO. Instead, Earthspark Prowl will be a straight redeco of Cyberverse deluxe Hot Rod. While it makes for an original deco for a Hot Rod toy, that original mold was panned by fans for having major clearance/articulation issues. Still, odd redecos like this have their fans, so let us know what you think.
Also, in what might possible be even bigger news, we have our first look at deluxe Thrash.
Where?
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Comment by Overcracker Oct 19, 2023
william-james88 wrote:With Earthspark Shockwave being a rerelease of his mold in Cyberverse, it made sense to assume that the upcoming Prowl would be a rerelease of of that same mold as well. BUT NO. Instead, Earthspark Prowl will be a straight redeco of Cyberverse deluxe Hot Rod. While it makes for an original deco for a Hot Rod toy, that original mold was panned by fans for having major clearance/articulation issues. Still, odd redecos like this have their fans, so let us know what you think.
Also, in what might possible be even bigger news, we have our first look at deluxe Thrash.


Why?
:???:
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Comment by Sabrblade Oct 19, 2023
Overcracker wrote:
william-james88 wrote:With Earthspark Shockwave being a rerelease of his mold in Cyberverse, it made sense to assume that the upcoming Prowl would be a rerelease of of that same mold as well. BUT NO. Instead, Earthspark Prowl will be a straight redeco of Cyberverse deluxe Hot Rod. While it makes for an original deco for a Hot Rod toy, that original mold was panned by fans for having major clearance/articulation issues. Still, odd redecos like this have their fans, so let us know what you think.
Also, in what might possible be even bigger news, we have our first look at deluxe Thrash.


Why?
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Kinda makes him look a little like Checkpoint, even.

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Comment by Overcracker Oct 19, 2023
Sabrblade wrote:
Overcracker wrote:
william-james88 wrote:With Earthspark Shockwave being a rerelease of his mold in Cyberverse, it made sense to assume that the upcoming Prowl would be a rerelease of of that same mold as well. BUT NO. Instead, Earthspark Prowl will be a straight redeco of Cyberverse deluxe Hot Rod. While it makes for an original deco for a Hot Rod toy, that original mold was panned by fans for having major clearance/articulation issues. Still, odd redecos like this have their fans, so let us know what you think.
Also, in what might possible be even bigger news, we have our first look at deluxe Thrash.


Why?
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Kinda makes him look a little like Checkpoint, even.

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Checkpoint? As in Energon Checkpoint? Redeco of race truck Rodimus Prime?

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Maybe a little yes. :-D

Checkpoint it is. Though kind of want a truck Checkpoint now in Legacy.
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