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News Credits: 12 · by **Razorbeast88** » Fri Nov 17, 2023 10:04 pm

Sweeeetttttt

News Credits: 4 · by **King Kuuga** » Fri Nov 17, 2023 10:32 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:I wonder if these 2 packs are only a USA thing?

As far as we know, that is the case. Just a thing Hasbro and Walmart did to get rid of some excess stock around the holiday season.

News Credits: 101 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Fri Nov 17, 2023 11:19 pm

Sabrblade wrote:https://www.instagram.com/p/CzxSQVMrV2b/

Is it just me or this make me think about...

News Credits: 22 · by **Rodimus Prime** » Sat Nov 18, 2023 1:16 am

Overcracker wrote:Cannonball intrigues me.

I'm also intrigued, but for a different reason. Cannonball was part of the pirates, which also included Scorponok. Having Cannonball opens the door (however slightly) to a smaller-than-titan Scorponok, whether a leader or commander. As a comic fan, I really want that, especially since that would mean a smaller Fort Max would most likely follow.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Sat Nov 18, 2023 3:16 am

Rodimus Prime wrote:
Overcracker wrote:Cannonball intrigues me.
I'm also intrigued, but for a different reason. Cannonball was part of the pirates, which also included Scorponok. Having Cannonball opens the door (however slightly) to a smaller-than-titan Scorponok, whether a leader or commander. As a comic fan, I really want that, especially since that would mean a smaller Fort Max would most likely follow.

The other Star Seekers besides Cannonball are Road Pig, Lockdown, Filch, Ferak, and a Leader version of Thundertron. It's the next Walmart redeco/retool subline after the Toxitron Collection.

News Credits: 1 · by **Brokebot** » Sat Nov 18, 2023 9:32 am

Sabrblade wrote:https://www.instagram.com/p/CzxSQVMrV2b/

It's like a nightmarish turducken.

I have no doubt that a dinosaur's fighting ability is vastly improved by shoving two other dinosaurs up it's ass. :-?

News Credits: 22 · by **Rodimus Prime** » Sat Nov 18, 2023 2:07 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
Rodimus Prime wrote:
Overcracker wrote:Cannonball intrigues me.
I'm also intrigued, but for a different reason. Cannonball was part of the pirates, which also included Scorponok. Having Cannonball opens the door (however slightly) to a smaller-than-titan Scorponok, whether a leader or commander. As a comic fan, I really want that, especially since that would mean a smaller Fort Max would most likely follow.
The other Star Seekers besides Cannonball are Road Pig, Lockdown, Filch, Ferak, and a Leader version of Thundertron. It's the next Walmart redeco/retool subline after the Toxitron Collection.

I was going by the BotCon 2014 set.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Sat Nov 18, 2023 3:21 pm

Rodimus Prime wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Rodimus Prime wrote:
Overcracker wrote:Cannonball intrigues me.
I'm also intrigued, but for a different reason. Cannonball was part of the pirates, which also included Scorponok. Having Cannonball opens the door (however slightly) to a smaller-than-titan Scorponok, whether a leader or commander. As a comic fan, I really want that, especially since that would mean a smaller Fort Max would most likely follow.
The other Star Seekers besides Cannonball are Road Pig, Lockdown, Filch, Ferak, and a Leader version of Thundertron. It's the next Walmart redeco/retool subline after the Toxitron Collection.
I was going by the BotCon 2014 set.

And I'm telling you what the leaked listings have revealed.

News Credits: 22 · by **Rodimus Prime** » Sun Nov 19, 2023 12:47 am

Sabrblade wrote:
Rodimus Prime wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Rodimus Prime wrote:
Overcracker wrote:Cannonball intrigues me.
I'm also intrigued, but for a different reason. Cannonball was part of the pirates, which also included Scorponok. Having Cannonball opens the door (however slightly) to a smaller-than-titan Scorponok, whether a leader or commander. As a comic fan, I really want that, especially since that would mean a smaller Fort Max would most likely follow.
The other Star Seekers besides Cannonball are Road Pig, Lockdown, Filch, Ferak, and a Leader version of Thundertron. It's the next Walmart redeco/retool subline after the Toxitron Collection.
I was going by the BotCon 2014 set.
And I'm telling you what the leaked listings have revealed.

Has the whole subline been revealed?

News Credits: 17 · by **AcademyofDrX** » Sun Nov 19, 2023 12:58 am

Rodimus Prime wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Rodimus Prime wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Rodimus Prime wrote:
Overcracker wrote:Cannonball intrigues me.
I'm also intrigued, but for a different reason. Cannonball was part of the pirates, which also included Scorponok. Having Cannonball opens the door (however slightly) to a smaller-than-titan Scorponok, whether a leader or commander. As a comic fan, I really want that, especially since that would mean a smaller Fort Max would most likely follow.
The other Star Seekers besides Cannonball are Road Pig, Lockdown, Filch, Ferak, and a Leader version of Thundertron. It's the next Walmart redeco/retool subline after the Toxitron Collection.
I was going by the BotCon 2014 set.
And I'm telling you what the leaked listings have revealed.
Has the whole subline been revealed?

Only one wave, I don't think it's been confirmed if there will be more than one. The last few Walmart capsules have been split across multiple waves. I think there's also still one unidentified Deluxe figure with a placeholder name.

Link to JTPrime's original list: https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/ ... t-21612149

News Credits: 48 · by **Nemesis Primal** » Mon Nov 20, 2023 4:41 am

AcademyofDrX wrote:Only one wave, I don't think it's been confirmed if there will be more than one. The last few Walmart capsules have been split across multiple waves. I think there's also still one unidentified Deluxe figure with a placeholder name.

Link to JTPrime's original list: https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/ ... t-21612149

Considering Velocitron's Wave 2 got spotty distribution and one of it's size classes cancelled, and Toxitron was only 1 wave, it's probably safe to predict 1 wave for Star Seekers as well.

Also "Deluxe 1" is the listing that became Cannonball since the product number matches, and "DLX AST" is just an assortment code (which is why that product number is the only non-sequential one), there's no mysteries here. Hopefully there only being 4 Deluxes means nobody will be shortpacked this time, especially considering how vocal people were online about Cosmos.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Thu Nov 23, 2023 11:05 am

Nemesis Primal wrote:Hopefully there only being 4 Deluxes means nobody will be shortpacked this time, especially considering how vocal people were online about Cosmos.

Watch there be one figure only getting single packed and another getting three.

Honestly surprised they didn't slip a G2 Stunticon into this set, too.

Emerje

News Credits: 331 · by **chuckdawg1999** » Thu Nov 23, 2023 11:27 am

Emerje wrote:
Nemesis Primal wrote:Hopefully there only being 4 Deluxes means nobody will be shortpacked this time, especially considering how vocal people were online about Cosmos.

Watch there be one figure only getting single packed and another getting three.

Honestly surprised they didn't slip a G2 Stunticon into this set, too.

Emerje

I'd be surprised if we don't get another one.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Thu Nov 23, 2023 3:09 pm

chuckdawg1999 wrote:
Emerje wrote:
Nemesis Primal wrote:Hopefully there only being 4 Deluxes means nobody will be shortpacked this time, especially considering how vocal people were online about Cosmos.

Watch there be one figure only getting single packed and another getting three.

Honestly surprised they didn't slip a G2 Stunticon into this set, too.

Emerje

I'd be surprised if we don't get another one.

G2 Breakdown or bust.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Thu Nov 23, 2023 6:14 pm

A recent discovery has been made regarding discarded plans for a Leader class toy of Straxus in the pre-Evolution year of Legacy.

Originally, Amazon.com had a toy listing for a "TRA GEN Legacy EV Leader DARKMOUNT," (recall that all of the first-year Legacy toys were listed by stores as "Legacy EV" instead of just "Legacy"; this is not an indication that said toy would have been part of the second-year Evolution line). But when the final toy for this listing went live, it ultimately became the order page for Legacy Leader class Transmetal II Megatron instead, meaning that toy replaced the Legacy Straxus/Darkmount toy.

Awhile back, F.J. DeSanto (the head writer of both the Machinima Prime Wars Trilogy cartoons and the Netflix War For Cybertron Trilogy cartoon) had pitched a Legacy cartoon to Netflix that would have lasted for three seasons, but Netflix passed on the pitch.

More recently, a mysterious piece of artwork in the style of the Legacy toy packaging popped up online and DeSanto himself has confirmed it to have been artwork created by Hasbro to represent a character who would have been the main villain of the Legacy animated series had Netflix picked it up.

IDW artist Anna Malkova also chimed in to confirm that the artwork was none other than Straxus, for whom she had done preliminary design work. She created two different designs for this new Straxus, one being his "Original Body", and a Frankenstein-esque "After 'Accident'" design. The first one was used for "Straxxus" as he appeared in the 2019 IDW comics, while the second one went unused.

It is this second one that resembles the design seen in the artwork DeSanto confirmed to have been for the Legacy cartoon villain, meaning this monstrous version of Straxus with his head floating in a liquid tube inside his chest might have been what the Leader class Legacy toy may have looked like (the way it would have actually transformed, and into what, exactly, is anyone's guess).

News Credits: 12 · by **Razorbeast88** » Thu Nov 23, 2023 6:18 pm

Damn that would've been cool

News Credits: 2 · by **Hero Alpha** » Thu Nov 23, 2023 8:32 pm

I love all of Malkova's art in IDW 2, and here, but I am glad we didnt gets that waste of a Straxus figure. Also I have been wanting a good Staxus for a while. Almost bought the old one a few times.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Thu Nov 23, 2023 8:40 pm

Sabrblade wrote:(the way it would have actually transformed, and into what, exactly, is anyone's guess).

Clearly a giant horned rabbit. Not quite a jackalope, but not quite Stampy either.

Emerje

News Credits: 22 · by **Rodimus Prime** » Fri Nov 24, 2023 2:06 pm

Straxus is way overdue for an update. I do have the deluxe figure from 12 years ago but I would like a leader sized figure that actually turns into a blue Cybertronian tank. In the US he was in only 2 issues (not counting Secrets & Lies) but made a big impression.

The IDW2 version would have been a waste of the name and leader slot.

News Credits: 1 · by **bluecatcinema** » Fri Nov 24, 2023 3:34 pm

So this mystery figure originally appeared in the Marvel Comics? Guess that narrows it down a little...

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Fri Nov 24, 2023 4:02 pm

bluecatcinema wrote:So this mystery figure originally appeared in the Marvel Comics? Guess that narrows it down a little...

Not so much a mystery when it was said who it is in the post that first brought it up.

News Credits: 22 · by **Rodimus Prime** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:19 am

bluecatcinema wrote:So this mystery figure originally appeared in the Marvel Comics? Guess that narrows it down a little...

Not the version that art shows. OG Straxus looks nothing like that.

News Credits: 101 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Sun Nov 26, 2023 3:12 pm

For some reason, I freaking LOVE that G2 yellow Grimlock.

I bought the Reprolabels at 40% off to make him look even better.

A shame that he doesn't come with a G2 Wheelie.

News Credits: 22 · by **Rodimus Prime** » Mon Nov 27, 2023 1:45 am

-Kanrabat- wrote:For some reason, I freaking LOVE that G2 yellow Grimlock.

I bought the Reprolabels at 40% off to make him look even better.

A shame that he doesn't come with a G2 Wheelie.

That mold is just a treat looking piece in any color scheme. I'm still waiting on the blue G2 version, that's the 1 I want to pick up, even if I love the chest on Tiger Stripe.

News Credits: 101 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Mon Nov 27, 2023 5:34 am

Rodimus Prime wrote:That mold is just a treat looking piece in any color scheme. I'm still waiting on the blue G2 version, that's the 1 I want to pick up, even if I love the chest on Tiger Stripe.

I'm pretty sure they will make it. Maybe as a Select. They repainted Grimlock twice already so, third time would be the charm.