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Not a huge fan of how red the leg mode is, but Snarl looks really good. Can't wait to see a proper look at it whenever he gets officially revealed, but as is, I'm excited

Just my opinion, but other than the torso, Volcanicus is a mess.
And I’m not saying more could or should have been done for this release; for being a Core class combiner, maybe this is a solid effort.
Snarl and probably Swoop seem like pretty decent individual figures, but the other four and the combined appearance as a whole don’t at all justify $60+ for me.

Sowndwave76 wrote:Just my opinion, but other than the torso, Volcanicus is a mess.
And I’m not saying more could or should have been done for this release; for being a Core class combiner, maybe this is a solid effort.
Snarl and probably Swoop seem like pretty decent individual figures, but the other four and the combined appearance as a whole don’t at all justify $60+ for me.

Remold them heavily into some random monsterbots with bright colors and I'd be all over this set.
But as run-of-the-mill Dinobots, it's a hard pass.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Sowndwave76 wrote:Just my opinion, but other than the torso, Volcanicus is a mess.
And I’m not saying more could or should have been done for this release; for being a Core class combiner, maybe this is a solid effort.
Snarl and probably Swoop seem like pretty decent individual figures, but the other four and the combined appearance as a whole don’t at all justify $60+ for me.

Remold them heavily into some random monsterbots with bright colors and I'd be all over this set.
But as run-of-the-mill Dinobots, it's a hard pass.

I'll gladly take the all-new dino combiner that's coming later this year at BotCon 2023 over this Core class Volcanicus.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Sowndwave76 wrote:Just my opinion, but other than the torso, Volcanicus is a mess.
And I’m not saying more could or should have been done for this release; for being a Core class combiner, maybe this is a solid effort.
Snarl and probably Swoop seem like pretty decent individual figures, but the other four and the combined appearance as a whole don’t at all justify $60+ for me.

Remold them heavily into some random monsterbots with bright colors and I'd be all over this set.
But as run-of-the-mill Dinobots, it's a hard pass.

I’m having trouble visualizing how this could be better…
Different colors would make a difference.
But I’d say heavy retooling is a must.
And I totally agree— some sort of monsterbots would probably help quite a bit for all modes.

william-james88 wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:
He literally does not need another toy.

The many fans who never got the Netflix release would say he does.

Soundwave got a Leader in 2017 for TR.
Then a retooling of that leader for 2018 for Bumblebee, but still basically G1.
Then a new mold in 2019 for Siege that included his lamp mode.
Then the 2021 netflix voyager and core figure.
Then in 2022 a rerelease of the Siege voyager.

He did not need another toy.

Razorbeast88 wrote:Pvp review of Shadow striker is up

God, she is not good. They really should have just called her Universe Shadowstriker and given her the right head and colors. I really hate that this is what they called a "Cyberverse" release.

This is Bulkhead all over again: a figure where head and colors are all that make it the specific character they are claiming to make. And I really hate that they screwed up this bad again.

Sentinel_Primal wrote:Not a huge fan of how red the leg mode is, but Snarl looks really good. Can't wait to see a proper look at it whenever he gets officially revealed, but as is, I'm excited

Snarl looks pretty good. I do not like his foot mode for sure, I am glad i got Cyberverse Universe Tiny Arms for the other leg to use the PotP feet. I might need to see if Snarl can form some other part of Volcanicus

There was a pop up event in Taiwan and titan class Nemesis from the Legacy line was available for purchase. So now fans have it in hand. We have images below from Alex. Speaking of in hand pics, we also have some of core Snarl, which is a pretty big deal since he hasn't even been revealed yet. So this is our first look at not just him but a completed Volcanicus as well. Those images come from Yahoo Auctions.

And we thank fellow Seibertronian Rodimus Prime for letting us know that Armada Megatron was found their local Walmart in Georgia. All images are below.

I also found Armada Megatron in Columbia, MD. I didn't buy it, though.

Snarl actually looks pretty good. He and Swoop seem the two that are least affected by having to be tiny combiner pieces.

Snagged my armada Megatron today in NY!

While I have nothing against the Dinkybots Volcanicus, it does make it blatantly apparent that we're never going to see a full sized Monstructor. At least not from . This makes me sad as that would be the last of the U.S. released Geewun combiner teams left to get an updated set.

Brokebot wrote:While I have nothing against the Dinkybots Volcanicus, it does make it blatantly apparent that we're never going to see a full sized Monstructor. At least not from . This makes me sad as that would be the last of the U.S. released Geewun combiner teams left to get an updated set.

Never is a long time, plus we still don't know if we'll get a redeco Constructor alongside the expected Dinoking.

It doesn't specify G1 Soundwave.

I'm still waiting for Earthrise Doubledealer to be retooled into Machine Wars Soundwavw.

Dr. Caelus wrote:It doesn't specify G1 Soundwave.

I'm still waiting for Earthrise Doubledealer to be retooled into Machine Wars Soundwavw.

This and Cybertron Defense Red Alert are the 2 uses I have expected from that mold, I am sad that mold has not gotten any reuses yet

Here's the transformation vid of Titan Class Nemesis

https://youtu.be/LuTGCqeEzFY

I got notification that Megatron and Senator Ratbat will ship on 6/23/23 from Pulse. Get yer wallets ready.

https://youtu.be/LuTGCqeEzFY

Well I was never very tech-savvy so here it is.

sol magnus wrote:I got notification that Megatron and Senator Ratbat will ship on 6/23/23 from Pulse. Get yer wallets ready.

Guess we will find out if amazon will send the correct figures soon enough

sol magnus wrote:I got notification that Megatron and Senator Ratbat will ship on 6/23/23 from Pulse. Get yer wallets ready.

Weren't the two sets supposed to be a month apart? Why are they now being released the same day? Hope Amazon doesn't get theirs early like Pulse is.

Emerje

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

sol magnus wrote:I got notification that Megatron and Senator Ratbat will ship on 6/23/23 from Pulse. Get yer wallets ready.

Guess we will find out if amazon will send the correct figures soon enough

There have to be some returns before you start getting wrong figures.

sol magnus wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

sol magnus wrote:I got notification that Megatron and Senator Ratbat will ship on 6/23/23 from Pulse. Get yer wallets ready.

Guess we will find out if amazon will send the correct figures soon enough

There have to be some returns before you start getting wrong figures.

It's more the fact that Amazon has not corrected the listing prices, which has me and some others a bit worried we might end up getting the opposite sets that we ordered.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

sol magnus wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

sol magnus wrote:I got notification that Megatron and Senator Ratbat will ship on 6/23/23 from Pulse. Get yer wallets ready.

Guess we will find out if amazon will send the correct figures soon enough

There have to be some returns before you start getting wrong figures.

It's more the fact that Amazon has not corrected the listing prices, which has me and some others a bit worried we might end up getting the opposite sets that we ordered.

Ah. I checked Amazon, and it says 7/5 for that set.

That's why I'm waiting until the correct/update the listing.

Since Pulse is shipping both sets any day now, I decided to cancel my discounted Amazon order. I might be spending fifteen dollars more, but I won't have to worry about wrong items or returning duplicates or anything like that.