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MartianSpyGirl1996 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Rated X wrote:Im actually shocked people are liking this. Slap a Megatron head on any old body just for the sake of having a team leader in the set. Wss there really no past character that actually resembles the Breakdown mold that could have been homaged ? I dont see how this set is supposed to top Scorponok...

This isn't the "top Scorponok" figure. The next one is.

If it's this Oil character, I will literally be put to sleep... the only way to top Scorponok is to repaint that mold into a slavish BW Scorponok with a new head.

It's the gorilla, not the far superior bandito spider

I'm gonna start off with saying that I am very picky about my Megatrons and will pass on this. But I love everything this figure is trying to do. The colors look good (Scalpel needs detail. Oh, and I DID IT BEFORE YOU PETE!!!) Using Heavyweight as the G1 mace is clever and unexpected. Although I woulda gone Purple not Pink. and having his fusion cannon included is good to see as well. And I like the head.

It's just not Megatron.

RiddlerJ wrote:Well, if the last one is Oilmaster, what does anyone think they're going to use for the shell?

I'm expecting Universe 2 Primal again. And you know what? I'm okay with that.

SW's SilverHammer wrote:

MartianSpyGirl1996 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Rated X wrote:Im actually shocked people are liking this. Slap a Megatron head on any old body just for the sake of having a team leader in the set. Wss there really no past character that actually resembles the Breakdown mold that could have been homaged ? I dont see how this set is supposed to top Scorponok...

This isn't the "top Scorponok" figure. The next one is.

If it's this Oil character, I will literally be put to sleep... the only way to top Scorponok is to repaint that mold into a slavish BW Scorponok with a new head.

It's the gorilla, not the far superior bandito spider

Well, it they use an old Beast Wars/Machines mold I will retract my statement G1 just does nothing for me, especially when I was hoping this set would be Beast Wars: Uprising and TransTech

Sabrblade wrote:

Rated X wrote:Im actually shocked people are liking this. Slap a Megatron head on any old body just for the sake of having a team leader in the set. Wss there really no past character that actually resembles the Breakdown mold that could have been homaged ? I dont see how this set is supposed to top Scorponok...

This isn't the "top Scorponok" figure. The next one is.

I dunno what they can put in that little purple egg that would top scorponok or even devcon.

I would like to see deluxe Beast Machines Primal instead of the Cybertron one again, personally...

Sabrblade wrote:Since he's mentioned in Megatron's bio, I wonder if we might get the counterpart Rodimus Prime of this Megatron as a souvenir figure to go with him.

I picked up on that too. If Roddy isn't #5, I'd be very surprised if he weren't an attendee or something.

the secret figure is titan class grand maximus, clearly.

Sabrblade wrote:I just realized, this isn't the first Megatron toy that's both heavily DOTM-based while incorporating some G1-based aspects. We got another one first:

Oh hey that sounds familiar

SW's SilverHammer wrote:it almost looks like one of the Kreo sets' heads

Sabrblade wrote:I just realized, this isn't the first Megatron toy that's both heavily DOTM-based while incorporating some G1-based aspects. We got another one first:

While true, I would say the Kre-O set is different in that it is recognizably Megatron through the color scheme rather than the helmet cues. I would like this figure a whole lot better as Megatron if it had a more G1-esque deco... as it is, it's not quite there.

the only interesting one is battle trap

As far as I'm concerned, we're 2 and 2 on this set so far. I'm down for Packrat and Battletrap, but SG Stepper/(Ricochet?) is of no interest to me (as no Shattered Glass figures are, except for the dual purpose SG Thundercracker in his G1 Action Master deco and SG Tracks as G1 Road Rage). This Megatron is neat, but not a must have. I wouldn't know where to really put it on any of my shelves. It's just kind of a one-off curiosity. It's coming down to the last reveal to decide if I will invest in the whole set or cherry pick from eBay afterwards.

shajaki wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Since he's mentioned in Megatron's bio, I wonder if we might get the counterpart Rodimus Prime of this Megatron as a souvenir figure to go with him.

I picked up on that too. If Roddy isn't #5, I'd be very surprised if he weren't an attendee or something.

If they do Rodimus Prime, Guessing it will be a Souvenir add on botcon 2015 toy. Just don't see any bigger toys released from a few years ago. That would fit the Rodimus Prime character.

Sabrblade wrote:

Tsutsukakushi wrote:

shajaki wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Since he's mentioned in Megatron's bio, I wonder if we might get the counterpart Rodimus Prime of this Megatron as a souvenir figure to go with him.

I picked up on that too. If Roddy isn't #5, I'd be very surprised if he weren't an attendee or something.

If they do Rodimus Prime, Guessing it will be a Souvenir add on botcon 2015 toy. Just don't see any bigger toys released from a few years ago. That would fit the Rodimus Prime character.

Though they couldn't do it this year, it would be cool if they were to use the Combiner Wars Hot Spot mold to finally give us some toy version of New Rodimus:

Maybe they'll use the CHUG Voyager Inferno toy.

Other than being a toy the USA never got. Don't see anything special about that Voyager Breakdown toy. Thought it was booring and reaked Armada Redalert.

Why would anyone want to buy the botcon version. When the 2011 DOTM toy looks more like the movie character. and is probably still $25 on ebay.

am I the only one who thinks prime breakdown is a pretty decent figure to repurpose as classics crankcase? maybe a new head, but combine parts from war and silas breakdown and... http://tfwiki.net/wiki/File:G1Crankcase_toy.jpg http://tfwiki.net/wiki/File:Primetoy-Ta ... akdown.jpg http://tfwiki.net/wiki/File:Primetoy-WarBreakdown.jpg

I see a lot of opinions that don't gel with mine. Anyone want to go in on an Iacon package? I only want Megatron and Stepper, while Packrat and Battletrap seem to be bigger fan favorites to the majority.

Flashwave wrote:I'm gonna start off with saying that I am very picky about my Megatrons and will pass on this. But I love everything this figure is trying to do. The colors look good (Scalpel needs detail. Oh, and I DID IT BEFORE YOU PETE!!!) Using Heavyweight as the G1 mace is clever and unexpected. Although I woulda gone Purple not Pink. and having his fusion cannon included is good to see as well. And I like the head.

It's just not Megatron.

RiddlerJ wrote:Well, if the last one is Oilmaster, what does anyone think they're going to use for the shell?

I'm expecting Universe 2 Primal again. And you know what? I'm okay with that.

Was just thinking the could have gone clear pink or clear purple for Heavyweight. Would have completed the "energy weapon" look.

durroth wrote:am I the only one who thinks prime breakdown is a pretty decent figure to repurpose as classics crankcase? maybe a new head, but combine parts from war and silas breakdown and... http://tfwiki.net/wiki/File:G1Crankcase_toy.jpg http://tfwiki.net/wiki/File:Primetoy-Ta ... akdown.jpg http://tfwiki.net/wiki/File:Primetoy-WarBreakdown.jpg

I use the 2007 Movie Crankcase as my Classics Crankcase, since that was what he meant for before marketing decided to shunt him into movie packaging.

And like a lot of people, I'm thinking that last egg contains just a smaller piece or hint to a larger toy.

I forgot about all the other redecos that appeared in that comic A Common Foe, the one with the Nightracer Redeco:
Rotorstorm from Generations Fall of Cybertron Vortex.
Turbofire from Generations Thrilling 30 Trailcutter.
Eagle Eye from Generations Thrilling 30 Armada Starscream.
Blue Bacchus from Transformers Tomahawk.
Nightracer from Generations Thrilling 30 Tailgate.

I imagine we'll see a few of these in the exclusive packs.

RiddlerJ wrote:I forgot about all the other redecos that appeared in that comic A Common Foe, the one with the Nightracer Redeco:
Rotorstorm from Generations Fall of Cybertron Vortex.
Turbofire from Generations Thrilling 30 Trailcutter.
Eagle Eye from Generations Thrilling 30 Armada Starscream.
Blue Bacchus from Transformers Tomahawk.
Nightracer from Generations Thrilling 30 Tailgate.

I imagine we'll see a few of these in the exclusive packs.

I believe Nightracer is speculated to be the TFSS 3.0 freebie

Given some thought, maybe that mace thing couldn't structurally hold up to being that brittle clear plastic? Hmmmm.

AND I have to say, the thing the club IS doing this year is giving us some grown-up looking colors, for the most part. If they're not homaging G2, I do really like to see some more mature color schemes. (The main line is usually so Bee heavy and kid-targeted, we have plenty bright colors on the shelf... especially in red and yellow.)

I wonder if Hasbro pushes them away from colors in their contract, so they don't compete with the bots on the shelf at all... Hmmm.