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News Credits: 1452 · Tue Feb 02, 2010 5:15 am

As we embark into February and another month of Transformers fun, we've decided to kick things off with a little something special for you Seibertronians. In collaboration with the fine folks at Mastermind Creations, Seibertron.com has been given permission to host a stunning 88 image gallery of their future product, KM-01 Knight Morpher Commander. This toy was made in inspiration of Hearts of Steel, a four issue miniseries from IDW Publishing pencilled by Guido Guidi. Among the dozens of images are photos of the packaging, the crisp alternate mode, the weapons which include a lance, shield, and blaster, as well as Knight Morpher Commander himself. Feast your eyes on this third party product below.

The gallery of Knight Morpher Commander in all of it's entirety and the rest of the batch of images can be seen here.

Here's a quick preview:

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Tue Feb 02, 2010 5:44 am

Damn, I like the robot mode, but a train ??? Will megatron be a caboose ???

News Credits: 1 · Tue Feb 02, 2010 6:06 am

It's a great figure overall,except for these red wheels.I hope Reprolabels will give us a nice sticker set for this.

News Credits: 1 · Tue Feb 02, 2010 6:22 am

Rated X wrote:Damn, I like the robot mode, but a train ??? Will megatron be a caboose ???

This is a concept sketch of Hearts of Steel Megatron:

News Credits: 20 · Tue Feb 02, 2010 6:36 am

Wow! Glad I pre-ordered this guy. His eyes look like they have light piping. True? He seems to be able to pull off some great poses as well. What's the quality like? As good as or better than the fansproject stuff?
:BOT:

News Credits: 7 · Tue Feb 02, 2010 7:00 am

These promotional pictures make the Knight Morpher look like a truly exceptional figure! I'm definitely glad I ordered it: can't await to see it with my own eyes. I love the comic and I can only hope that this product will be succesful enough to make recreations of more of the HoS TF's (Megatron? Bumblebee? Shockwave?).

Of course, like Flux Convoy, I also wonder how the quality of the final product is (plastics used, joint stiffness, paint applications). I'm a displayer rather than a playa', so the Knight Morpher will stay pretty untouched. I haven't however had much experience with the general quality of third party products except for the WST Dinobots, which aren't really comparable due to their size limitations.

I have to say, even if there do turn out to be some problems with this mold, I can only state my amazement and admiration for Mastermind Creations in attempting to make this possible, not only as a custom product but also in making it available to a larger market! Total respect!

Tue Feb 02, 2010 7:07 am

Feels odd that it's a train.. But love the robot mode!

Tue Feb 02, 2010 7:15 am

What's up with the complaints that this is a train? The design is from Hearts of Steel.

News Credits: 4 · Tue Feb 02, 2010 7:35 am

Looks really nice for a 3rd party.. but nowdays all 3rd parties are getting more better and more awesome.

Tue Feb 02, 2010 7:55 am

omg i want this guy!!!!!! so damn cool!

News Credits: 129 · Tue Feb 02, 2010 8:33 am

I'm stoked, looks great, etc.

Everyone realizes that the train is about 6" long right?

The pics make it seem pretty big, but it's not...

Just sayin'

News Credits: 23 · Tue Feb 02, 2010 8:59 am

freaky777 wrote:Looks really nice for a 3rd party.. but nowdays all 3rd parties are getting more better and more awesome.

True, true...I wish I could say that I could be as happy with "official" products though.

I don't think I've been really wow'ed by anything Hasbro recently. And yes, I'm not wow'ed by Sea Spray. I'll get him (japan vers prob) when he comes out, but that's just to fill the Sea Spray spot.

I'd actually get Knight Morpher, but I kiiiinda want to wait and see what repaints we could get from him. If we don't have a new repaint from this guy by Botcon, I'll probably pick him up there.

News Credits: 7 · Tue Feb 02, 2010 9:23 am

Counterpunch wrote:I'm stoked, looks great, etc.

Everyone realizes that the train is about 6" long right?

The pics make it seem pretty big, but it's not...

Just sayin'

One of the earlier pictures released by Mastermind Creations in July 2009 showed Knight Morpher (in alt mode) next to a regular lighter, so yes, people should have been aware since more than half a year ago that he'll be about the size of a deluxe TF.

News Credits: 2 · Tue Feb 02, 2010 9:53 am

I may actually pre-order this now, just because it's so different. And everyone needs to buy this so they make that cannon Megatron. That thing looks S-I-C-K.

News Credits: 2 · Tue Feb 02, 2010 9:57 am

Sooo glad I pre-ordered this puppy early. It's been a long wait, but MMC did NOT disappoint.

Ooo! I love the one pic with a second car. They should look into making an addition or two.

News Credits: 2 · Tue Feb 02, 2010 10:04 am

Prime Evil wrote:
freaky777 wrote:Looks really nice for a 3rd party.. but nowdays all 3rd parties are getting more better and more awesome.

True, true...I wish I could say that I could be as happy with "official" products though.

I don't think I've been really wow'ed by anything Hasbro recently. And yes, I'm not wow'ed by Sea Spray. I'll get him (japan vers prob) when he comes out, but that's just to fill the Sea Spray spot.

I'd actually get Knight Morpher, but I kiiiinda want to wait and see what repaints we could get from him. If we don't have a new repaint from this guy by Botcon, I'll probably pick him up there.

That's a dangerous game to play with Hasbro stuff, much less 3rd parties.

News Credits: 129 · Tue Feb 02, 2010 10:13 am

alldarker wrote:
Counterpunch wrote:I'm stoked, looks great, etc.

Everyone realizes that the train is about 6" long right?

The pics make it seem pretty big, but it's not...

Just sayin'

One of the earlier pictures released by Mastermind Creations in July 2009 showed Knight Morpher (in alt mode) next to a regular lighter, so yes, people should have been aware since more than half a year ago that he'll be about the size of a deluxe TF.

Well...at least one picture, released over 6 months ago is there to remind people.

News Credits: 23 · Tue Feb 02, 2010 10:40 am

Requiem Prime wrote:
Prime Evil wrote:
freaky777 wrote:Looks really nice for a 3rd party.. but nowdays all 3rd parties are getting more better and more awesome.

True, true...I wish I could say that I could be as happy with "official" products though.

I don't think I've been really wow'ed by anything Hasbro recently. And yes, I'm not wow'ed by Sea Spray. I'll get him (japan vers prob) when he comes out, but that's just to fill the Sea Spray spot.

I'd actually get Knight Morpher, but I kiiiinda want to wait and see what repaints we could get from him. If we don't have a new repaint from this guy by Botcon, I'll probably pick him up there.

That's a dangerous game to play with Hasbro stuff, much less 3rd parties.

What? The waiting game for repaints or buying 3rd party products at Botcon?

I know it's not a definite, but I'm just gonna place a bet that there could be a repaint. No biggie if there isn't. I'll just get him later then. If his price goes up, then that's on me for waiting. I understand the game. This is my only hobby so I have disposible cash for it.

If you mean buying 3rd party products at Botcon, then you havn't been to Botcon.

Tue Feb 02, 2010 10:41 am

Just to remind people, this was made by a forum member here. Mastermind Creations was just given the piece to put into production (they may have made some minor changes/tweaks).

viewtopic.php?f=144&t=48406
viewtopic.php?f=144&t=32927 (original 10" design, attempted to be produced through the now defunct Cyberfembot.com)

Eric (griffith76) should be the one getting the props for getting this created. He also planned on making Megatron if this did sell well.

News Credits: 10 · Tue Feb 02, 2010 10:48 am

Can anybody clarify the colour of the legs. Some shots show them as dark blue others they look black.

News Credits: 21 · Tue Feb 02, 2010 11:38 am

i expected little more detail around the chest section looks little plain but i like it im glad i roderd him

News Credits: 32 · Tue Feb 02, 2010 12:32 pm

Meh. Never read Hearts of Steel, and from what I hear, it's not very good. So this doesn't really interest me.

But can anyone tell me, does he fight vampires with that giant Crucifix of his?

News Credits: 6 · Tue Feb 02, 2010 12:37 pm

Counterpunch wrote:I'm stoked, looks great, etc.

Everyone realizes that the train is about 6" long right?

The pics make it seem pretty big, but it's not...

Just sayin'

Actually, if Hasbro released this figure, he'd be atleast an Ultra class. The main figure itself, is a Voyager, and is the same height as Classics Optimus. Add the trailer, and you do have an Ultra class figure. I was lucky and got to see a prototype in person two months ago. Also had classics voyager prime with me at the time, so I did the height comparison.

News Credits: 767 · Tue Feb 02, 2010 1:05 pm

Trikeboy wrote:Can anybody clarify the colour of the legs. Some shots show them as dark blue others they look black.

I think they are really dark blue, that or they show two different figures one with black and one with blue, but personally think it's really dark blue.
Really dark and really awesome looking, damn this thing is nice and I thought that already when I first saw the original custom.