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News Credits: 1646 · Thu Feb 11, 2021 10:03 am

Over the course of the last week, I saw all 5 deluxes and both voyagers at different walmarts. Thought about Soundwave for a second, then decided not to get him. Takara Soundblaster will be my first and only version of the mold

News Credits: 4877 · Fri Feb 12, 2021 12:44 pm

We have seen these two figures for a while now and yet we never got a shot of the purple Paleotrex' alt mode. But now we do, thanks to images from Tonezone on instagram. This purple redeco of Paleotres is supposed to come in the spoiler pack for the third wave of Netflix Transformers figures and the robot head can be used as a purple energon mace of sorts as an homage to Megatron's classic weapon. We also see more shots of Barricade which is made in a deco to look like the zombie sparkless version we see in the War for Cybertron show. That also explains why it's the cybertronian mold they use rather than the earth one. The other deluxes in the same wave, that we have already seen, are Cheetor and a quintesson soldier Ironhide.

News Credits: 56 · Fri Feb 12, 2021 12:46 pm

I'm looking forward to Dead Barney

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News Credits: 42 · Fri Feb 12, 2021 1:03 pm

Seeing the mace-face playing peekaboo above the dino head in dino mode makes me wonder about the longevity of the spikes on the mace. The clearance for pushing the bot/mace head all the way into the dino head is already really tight on my copy of Paleotrex. The only way I can get it in is to sort of rotate slightly to one side and then the other as the spikes are just a little too big to push the head in straight on.

News Credits: 1646 · Fri Feb 12, 2021 1:42 pm

Dammit, that purple Paleo looks good

News Credits: 462 · Fri Feb 12, 2021 2:12 pm

Neat "knight helmet" deco on that Paleotrex's forehead.

News Credits: 1350 · Fri Feb 12, 2021 3:02 pm

I love the zombie pose they got going on for dead Barricade

MyFigureCollection.net collection · Fri Feb 12, 2021 3:49 pm

Sabrblade wrote:Neat "knight helmet" deco on that Paleotrex's forehead.

Just to clarify for anyone reading this, it really is just the deco, the sculpt is the same as the original. It was an interesting choice to paint that bit up.

Emerje

News Credits: 1 · Fri Feb 12, 2021 4:17 pm

I really want to like these Fossilizers, I do.

But the robot modes are just so meh (I think that's the technical term)

They are just too weird for me. I almost get a Beast Wars Neo vibe from them, but taken in a strange, new, horrifying direction.

News Credits: 462 · Fri Feb 12, 2021 4:22 pm

MeGrimlock78 wrote:I almost get a Beast Wars Neo vibe from them, but taken in a strange, new, horrifying direction.

How? The Beast Wars Neo molds were defined by large amount of beast mode kibble shell pieces just hanging off the robot modes. The Fossilizers make use of all of their beast mode parts just to make humanoid parts for their robot modes.

News Credits: 1350 · Fri Feb 12, 2021 4:22 pm

MeGrimlock78 wrote:I really want to like these Fossilizers, I do.

But the robot modes are just so meh (I think that's the technical term)

They are just too weird for me. I almost get a Beast Wars Neo vibe from them, but taken in a strange, new, horrifying direction.

Well you could choose to display them as armour pieces on other figures;)

News Credits: 56 · Fri Feb 12, 2021 4:47 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
MeGrimlock78 wrote:I almost get a Beast Wars Neo vibe from them, but taken in a strange, new, horrifying direction.
How? The Beast Wars Neo molds were defined by large amount of beast mode kibble shell pieces just hanging off the robot modes. The Fossilizers make use of all of their beast mode parts just to make humanoid parts for their robot modes.

Of course, I'm not the OP. However, it did get me thinking in that, the original 3 deluxe fuzors, which became the Blendtrons in the BW Neo anime went from pretty cool toys that Hasbro developed, to amazingly awesome as envisioned by Takara. I could see the fossilizers as a new group of "Blendtrons" (although by definition not blended from anything, but you get the idea) sent by Unicron in the WFC continuity. THAT would be awesome!

News Credits: 1 · Fri Feb 12, 2021 5:20 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
MeGrimlock78 wrote:I almost get a Beast Wars Neo vibe from them, but taken in a strange, new, horrifying direction.
How? The Beast Wars Neo molds were defined by large amount of beast mode kibble shell pieces just hanging off the robot modes. The Fossilizers make use of all of their beast mode parts just to make humanoid parts for their robot modes.

Maybe it's Paleotrex's feet (remind me of Triceradon's feet) or the weird faces on the Fossilizers.

I feel like the Fossilizers have robot parts jutting out of the beast parts, in a similar way to Neo toys.

BTW, the Neo toys were awesome for their strangeness, but I just can't quite get on board with Fossilizers.

News Credits: 1 · Fri Feb 12, 2021 5:23 pm

ZeroWolf wrote:
MeGrimlock78 wrote:I really want to like these Fossilizers, I do.

But the robot modes are just so meh (I think that's the technical term)

They are just too weird for me. I almost get a Beast Wars Neo vibe from them, but taken in a strange, new, horrifying direction.

Well you could choose to display them as armour pieces on other figures;)

Still waiting to see Volcanicus decked out in bone-armour. Even just the thought of making some BIG melee weapons out of the parts is tempting...

News Credits: 19 · Fri Feb 12, 2021 7:16 pm

I cant find the photo at the mo of 3x paleotrexs combined but the bot mode was really impressive, no doubt it will be the same for three purple ones...but Megatrons going to have to be something special (maybe Galvatron transformation sequence) to convince me to pick up the spoiler pack.

The mace works for Primal as his weapon could be used as one, but with out it being a flail its not even remotely a homeage to Megs weapon.

News Credits: 10 · Sat Feb 13, 2021 6:40 pm

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News Credits: 1 · Sat Feb 13, 2021 8:17 pm

I love that there are so many possibilities with the fossilizers. The purple looks great and it would be fun to mix and match fossilizers like the Mr. Potato versions.

News Credits: 4877 · Sun Feb 14, 2021 9:14 pm

I added more pics to the article above

News Credits: 1 · Sun Feb 14, 2021 9:37 pm

william-james88 wrote:I added more pics to the article above

No I don't need the fossilizers... Yes the fossilizers look awesome... No I don't need them... Yes I do... No... Yes... No... Yes...My heart can't take it HasTak, or my wallet

News Credits: 462 · Sun Feb 14, 2021 9:43 pm

Okay, with that new knight face deco and blue robot eyes, I really want Paleotrex to join with Dinobot in his defecting to the Maximals. He looks too noble to stay a bad guy.

News Credits: 12 · Sun Feb 14, 2021 9:56 pm

The way those fangs look like reminds me of samurai helmets. So cool

News Credits: 56 · Sun Feb 14, 2021 10:57 pm

I'm just impressed someone actually got the armor to work with Primal, that looks pretty cool. I really want this purple Paleotrex, but I hope the rumors of this coming with yet another Megatron (Spoiler Box) is not true. That would be what the 8th use of that mold? I really hope it comes with something else.

News Credits: 10 · Sun Feb 14, 2021 11:01 pm

o.supreme wrote:I'm just impressed someone actually got the armor to work with Primal, that looks pretty cool. I really want this purple Paleotrex, but I hope the rumors of this coming with yet another Megatron (Spoiler Box) is not true. That would be what the 8th use of that mold? I really hope it comes with something else.

The last one was a Voyager packed with an extra accessory to make it a Leader, so it's definitely not impossible, but I agree - I hope it's something else.

News Credits: 56 · Sun Feb 14, 2021 11:59 pm

Well technically both spoiler packs were that, since both Siege & ER
Leaders were all basically voyagers with add-ons to get them to the $50 price.

Spoiler #1 was a Siege UM repaint $50. + Rung repaint BM $6+ "compound" ($4?) to make it $60 retail

Spoiler #2 was a Siege Prime repaint $50. + Fangtron BM $6 + "compound" ($4?). But was arguably a much better but with the 2 extra guns, and 2 swords (one of them being a transforming Giza).

A Voyager + Deluxe alone would only be a $50 value (30 +20). It would have to come with hopefully another BM and some pretty awesome accessories to justify. Any other voyager besides Megatron again would be fine. I guess I could always sell Megatron separately, but I do hope it's something different. Or even better, the spoiler box keeps the Leader + BM theme and the purple paleotrex is just sold as a deluxe by himself. The fact that he is being shown with sparkless barricade gives me some Hope.

News Credits: 42 · Mon Feb 15, 2021 1:52 am

From here on out Neflix Barricade will be known as Sparkles Barricade. Unless we get an actual sparkles Barricade as part of a MyLittlePony crossover or something.