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News Credits: 22 · Sat Jan 04, 2020 12:08 am

Master Megatron was mainly a race car with a haphazard 3rd mode that could be called a jet, but the race car would definitely fit with Earthrise.

News Credits: 51 · Sat Jan 04, 2020 12:56 am

If Megatron is an update of his Energon, Cybertron, or Animated designs, I might have to buy him on principle, those are easily my favorite Megatron designs (barring Beast Wars, since he's so different of a character). I honestly feel like I have yet to see a Megatron design that I would say is my definitive design for the character, but those are all great options. The artillery-with-Astrotrain-compatibility was an awesome idea too though, so really anything but another G1 Tank Megs will have my attention. There really feels like there is no excuse for that RIGHT after the Siege one, even if people say he wasn't the best of the line.

SS Blitzwing is such great news, especially since it really should not have taken this long for us to get him.

News Credits: 7 · Sat Jan 04, 2020 3:19 am

SS Blitzwing! FINALLY! Were they waiting so they could release him at the same time as Jeep Bee? (Not that I'd blame them if they were, since the two figures should compliment each other nicely.)

Lore Keeper wrote:For anyone not in the know, Skipjack is an alternative name for Rampage and one that was used for a yellow version of his EZ Collection toy. My guess is that they're releasing the Rampage mold in yellow, which means we can have a more screen accurate Devastator!

Makes sense, though I feel like it might annoy some people who already bought the red one.

ZeroWolf wrote:Iaconus... Iacon... A city former for Cyberverse?

If they were doing a cityformer, why not just make Croaton? Plus, if Iacon was a Titan, wouldn't Windblade have known? My guess is it's either soemone named after the city, or some Cybertronian historical figure for whom the city is named. Either way, though, I like that they're making up new characters for season 3 of Cyberverse.

Sat Jan 04, 2020 7:59 am

Two things: the Battle Squad is getting reissued to take an extra slot, and Megatron was likely the unlikely rumor that was true from the Cybertroncookie reports ((besides ones we already heard about).

News Credits: 1646 · Sat Jan 04, 2020 10:35 am

Zeedust wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:Iaconus... Iacon... A city former for Cyberverse?

If they were doing a cityformer, why not just make Croaton? Plus, if Iacon was a Titan, wouldn't Windblade have known? My guess is it's either soemone named after the city, or some Cybertronian historical figure for whom the city is named. Either way, though, I like that they're making up new characters for season 3 of Cyberverse.

I'm also really curious about this. It's also using the largest size class in Cyberverse, so no reason it can't be a city former. I'm excited to see what it ends up being

News Credits: 7 · Sat Jan 04, 2020 11:29 pm

TulioDude wrote:Blitzwing is a must-have.
Here is hoping for a Starscream repaint.

That doesn't seem particularly likely, considering that Blitzwing doesn't really resemble movieverse Starscream at all, and already looks about as close to G1 Starscream as you're going to get in the movieverse aesthetic.

blackeyedprime wrote:I'm thinking Trex, that way he will still have an earth mode before getting to earth to fit in with the rest of the line

I somehow doubt we'll be getting a Beast Wars figure in Earthrise, which seems to be more focussed on early-G1 characters.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:
Zeedust wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:Iaconus... Iacon... A city former for Cyberverse?

If they were doing a cityformer, why not just make Croaton? Plus, if Iacon was a Titan, wouldn't Windblade have known? My guess is it's either soemone named after the city, or some Cybertronian historical figure for whom the city is named. Either way, though, I like that they're making up new characters for season 3 of Cyberverse.

I'm also really curious about this. It's also using the largest size class in Cyberverse, so no reason it can't be a city former. I'm excited to see what it ends up being

There's no real reason to suspect it _is_ one, either, and even if Ultimate is the biggest size Cyberverse has, it still seems a bit small for a modern city-former. I'm going to stick with "guy they named the city after" as my guess, but it could turn out to be pretty much anything, and I'm deeply curious to find out.

Sun Jan 05, 2020 4:41 am

Zeedust wrote:
TulioDude wrote:Blitzwing is a must-have.
Here is hoping for a Starscream repaint.

That doesn't seem particularly likely, considering that Blitzwing doesn't really resemble movieverse Starscream at all, and already looks about as close to G1 Starscream as you're going to get in the movieverse aesthetic.

Starscream was in the Bumblebee movie though, on the same body as Blitzwing with different altmode kibble...

News Credits: 1350 · Sun Jan 05, 2020 5:48 am

Didn't Starscream appear for a single frame more or less and that was it? I mean I'm not saying it won't happen but that it would be scrapping the bottom of the barrel...Studio Series really need another movie to come out :lol:

News Credits: 19 · Sun Jan 05, 2020 6:16 am

I'm not ruling anything out for megatron at this point, I think the voyager size will limit its possible alt modes of it not being one of the previous iterations (beast wars, Cybertron, RID, G1 etc) but it's not like we havent seen undersized/oversized alts before. Just as likely it could be something new (machine wars style jet or a F14 Tomcat fighter -which we could get a toy version of jetfire as a selects repaint). The mystery is likely better than the end product at the mo.

Sun Jan 05, 2020 6:37 am

ZeroWolf wrote:Didn't Starscream appear for a single frame more or less and that was it? I mean I'm not saying it won't happen but that it would be scrapping the bottom of the barrel...Studio Series really need another movie to come out

The fact that he's in that movie with that design, even if only for a couple shots, still makes it silly to say things like "Blitzwing doesn't really resemble movieverse Starscream at all, and already looks about as close to G1 Starscream as you're going to get in the movieverse aesthetic".

Sun Jan 05, 2020 7:15 am

New listings revealed!

TRA GEN WFC E DELUXE Quintesson Alicon
EAN: 5010993648634
TRA GEN WFC E DELUXE Airwave
EAN: 5010993648627
TRA GEN WFC E DELUXE Arcee
EAN: 5010993648641
TRA GEN WFC E DELUXE Smokescreen
EAN: 5010993648658

News Credits: 1350 · Sun Jan 05, 2020 7:19 am

Yeah they were posted in the Earthrise thread as well but my question is where have these come from?

Sun Jan 05, 2020 7:25 am

ZeroWolf wrote:Yeah they were posted in the Earthrise thread as well but my question is where have these come from?

https://news.tfw2005.com/2020/01/04/new ... een-403224

News Credits: 7 · Mon Jan 06, 2020 9:12 pm

Jeddostotle7 wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:Didn't Starscream appear for a single frame more or less and that was it? I mean I'm not saying it won't happen but that it would be scrapping the bottom of the barrel...Studio Series really need another movie to come out

The fact that he's in that movie with that design, even if only for a couple shots, still makes it silly to say things like "Blitzwing doesn't really resemble movieverse Starscream at all, and already looks about as close to G1 Starscream as you're going to get in the movieverse aesthetic".

Be that as it may, what I said was in response to someone suggesting a Starscream be made from Blitzwing's mold. Since he already looks enough like G1 Starscream that he was mistaken for a redesigned Starscream when the trailers came out, I can't imagine how they'd make a version that looks more like a movie-fied G1 Starscream than Blitzwing already does while simultaneously being distinct from Blitzwing himself.

Tue Jan 07, 2020 4:22 pm

Zeedust wrote:
Jeddostotle7 wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:Didn't Starscream appear for a single frame more or less and that was it? I mean I'm not saying it won't happen but that it would be scrapping the bottom of the barrel...Studio Series really need another movie to come out

The fact that he's in that movie with that design, even if only for a couple shots, still makes it silly to say things like "Blitzwing doesn't really resemble movieverse Starscream at all, and already looks about as close to G1 Starscream as you're going to get in the movieverse aesthetic".

Be that as it may, what I said was in response to someone suggesting a Starscream be made from Blitzwing's mold. Since he already looks enough like G1 Starscream that he was mistaken for a redesigned Starscream when the trailers came out, I can't imagine how they'd make a version that looks more like a movie-fied G1 Starscream than Blitzwing already does while simultaneously being distinct from Blitzwing himself.

...By doing the design that's in the Bumblebee movie? Like, they look kinda similar, yeah (makes sense as they made Blitzwing a Seeker so he's on the same body), but Starscream has way more (and brighter) red, a bunch of blue, and a different head. They'd also need to do some retooling for the wings and some other parts to get the tetrajet-ish alt-mode and the different kibble in robot mode. It's not unfeasible. And since when is Hasbro allergic to releasing multiple similar-looking versions of even the same character in the same line, let alone different characters that happen to look similar?

News Credits: 7 · Tue Jan 07, 2020 7:46 pm

Jeddostotle7 wrote:
Zeedust wrote:
Jeddostotle7 wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:Didn't Starscream appear for a single frame more or less and that was it? I mean I'm not saying it won't happen but that it would be scrapping the bottom of the barrel...Studio Series really need another movie to come out

The fact that he's in that movie with that design, even if only for a couple shots, still makes it silly to say things like "Blitzwing doesn't really resemble movieverse Starscream at all, and already looks about as close to G1 Starscream as you're going to get in the movieverse aesthetic".

Be that as it may, what I said was in response to someone suggesting a Starscream be made from Blitzwing's mold. Since he already looks enough like G1 Starscream that he was mistaken for a redesigned Starscream when the trailers came out, I can't imagine how they'd make a version that looks more like a movie-fied G1 Starscream than Blitzwing already does while simultaneously being distinct from Blitzwing himself.

...By doing the design that's in the Bumblebee movie? Like, they look kinda similar, yeah (makes sense as they made Blitzwing a Seeker so he's on the same body), but Starscream has way more (and brighter) red, a bunch of blue, and a different head. They'd also need to do some retooling for the wings and some other parts to get the tetrajet-ish alt-mode and the different kibble in robot mode. It's not unfeasible. And since when is Hasbro allergic to releasing multiple similar-looking versions of even the same character in the same line, let alone different characters that happen to look similar?

With that amount of retooling, fine. But the guy I'm talking about said "repaint", and I don't think that'd be enough.

They've yet to do any of the BB movie's cybertronian designs in SS, but I'm not sure if that means they don't plan to, or they just didn't want them on the shelves at the same time as Siege.

News Credits: 1 · Wed Jan 08, 2020 11:45 pm

now that studio series blitzwing is coming I guess the only one left on my list is optimus prime age of extinction/last knight version. oooh and the evasion mode version.

News Credits: 7 · Wed Jan 15, 2020 3:04 pm

New authentics
https://www.familydollar.com/transforme ... /FD1099265
https://www.familydollar.com/transforme ... /FD1099818
https://www.familydollar.com/hasbro-tra ... /FD1021526
Titan grimlock and starscream alpha soundwave and beavo ratchet

News Credits: 1646 · Wed Jan 15, 2020 6:32 pm

Fc203 wrote:New authentics
https://www.familydollar.com/transforme ... /FD1099265
https://www.familydollar.com/transforme ... /FD1099818
https://www.familydollar.com/hasbro-tra ... /FD1021526
Titan grimlock and starscream alpha soundwave and beavo ratchet

Thank you, I will be sharing this in the authentics thread!

News Credits: 4880 · Sun Feb 23, 2020 9:41 am

These are always fun. Below is a list of new toys found on the Toysrus system. They also have a SKU next to them. There are some interesting tidbits here aside from new characters. For isntance, WFC Smokescreen and Arcee have an individual code while there is also a code for the Earthrise deluxes in general. We do have individual listings for Greasepit, which would be another modular base. It being an individual listing means it would probably be an exclusive redeco of some kind. Same goes with Thrust, Exhaust (redeco of Wheeljack) and Hubcap. We also have a Clone 2 pack, another micromaster pack and a voyager seeker 2 pack. There is also a SDCC Gi Joe and Transformers set as well as another set simply called Repugnus' Revenge. These were all found by Zircon72.

UPDATE: We also have another employee who found listings for G2 Megatron, Bugbite, deluxe Sandstorm and more.

Generations Clones 2-Pack 477877

Generations Select Bugbite 479605

Generations Selects Hubcap 479608

Generations Selects deluxe Rotorstorm 480425

Generations Selects deluxe Hothouse 479616

Generations Selects voyager G2 Megatron 479611

Deluxe Exhaust 458783

Roritchi (redeco of Fasttrack) 479613

WFC Deluxe Arcee 472047

WFC Deluxe Smokescreen 472050

Deluxe Greasepit 477882

Micromaster Spy Patrol 477912

Seeker Thrust 380374

SDCC GI Joe & Transformers Set 270027

Voyager Seeker 2-Pack 477915

Earthrise Quintesson Judge 482458

Commander Class Sky Lynx 480395

Earthrise Battle Master ast 447385

Earthrise Leader Class ast 447379

Earthrise Voyager Class ast 447371

Earthrise Deluxe Class ast 447369

Earthrise Micromasters ast 447366

Repugnus's Revenge SKU 480401

Cyberverse Sinister Seeker Strikeforce 479895

Movie Masterpiece 480366 (Editor's note, this is probably Ratchet)

The following is the box of Sky Lynx where you can see the coneheads.

News Credits: 54 · Sun Feb 23, 2020 10:01 am

Quite the uh Coneheads there.

For the actual listings, quite intriguing.

How many friggen toys are we getting from this line eh? I feel like we are getting spoiled!

News Credits: 1350 · Sun Feb 23, 2020 10:20 am

Yeah will you might want to look at the pictures you linked to...

News Credits: 3 · Sun Feb 23, 2020 10:49 am

Clones two pack... could they be releasing Pounce and Fastlane in their own two pack?

News Credits: 1646 · Sun Feb 23, 2020 10:58 am

The Repugnus revenge sounds like a Cyberverse thing.

The 3 coneheads!

Also finally more news on MPMs. Also, I feel that listing might be more Starscream than Ratchet

News Credits: 54 · Sun Feb 23, 2020 10:58 am

Decepticon Stryker wrote:Clones two pack... could they be releasing Pounce and Fastlane in their own two pack?

Could always be a different set of clones, just the question of what other characters were considered clones in the franchise besides the two original clone teams from G1.

I feel like there have been other clones but I can't quite remember at the moment.