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News Credits: 1350 · Thu May 13, 2021 8:50 am

-Kanrabat- wrote:If I squint pass the GIANT WATERMARKS I can see some differences with the Optimus. Bee however, is just the same damn picture with lower contrast.

The best comparison is in Bee's head, they've added more paint for his eyes

Thu May 13, 2021 9:03 am

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last one is earthrise wheeljack, it has the same image as the website

Thu May 13, 2021 9:04 am

All I want is for somebody to make VENOM, BARRAGE, RANSACK & CHOP SHOP. But they'd rather waste time with this kind of thing.

I wonder if they'll ever stop pushing Optimus Prime & Bumblebee on us. I wish they would stop trying to turn Optimus Prime & Bumblebee into Batman & Robin. They've been pushing Bumblebee hard since 2007, enough is enough already! :roll:

Gauntlet101010 wrote:Well, if there's ever a time to start saying no and changing collecting habits it's with this line.

I've already been doing that with Kingdom. And with more price hikes coming....

News Credits: 4877 · Thu May 13, 2021 9:15 am

-Kanrabat- wrote:If I squint pass the GIANT WATERMARKS I can see some differences with the Optimus. Bee however, is just the same damn picture with lower contrast.

It's the opposite for me, that Bee seems to have all the differences. Look at the lower arms and lower legs. The detail is all painted now, it looks really good.

News Credits: 4877 · Thu May 13, 2021 9:18 am

Nemesis Reformatted wrote:I wonder if they'll ever stop pushing Optimus Prime & Bumblebee on us. I wish they would stop trying to turn Optimus Prime & Bumblebee into Batman & Robin.

Great comparison. Would DC ever stop pushing Batman on us? Don't think so.
But I don't see what the issue is. It means that even though we are comparing 35 year old characters to 80 year old ones, in the eyes of today's kids, both are as popular. That is an amazing achievement for the Transformers brand we love so much.

News Credits: 4877 · Thu May 13, 2021 9:21 am

Brutal brawl wrote:https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fhasbropulse.com%2Fproducts%2Ftransformers-generations-war-for-cybertron-deluxe-wfc-e6-wheeljack-action-figure&psig=AOvVaw3b3wFsCzDWOi8KvCBIaGow&ust=1621000851814000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAIQjRxqFwoTCIDfuZrnxvACFQAAAAAdAAAAABAD

last one is earthrise wheeljack, it has the same image as the website

They are all replicating poses of the previous stock images so we can guess quite a bit of them along with that wheeljack. So far we have:

SS
1: Bee
2.
3. Ratchet
4: 07 Megatron
5:
6: Shockwave

WFC
1. Optimus
2. Megatron
3.
4.
5.
6. Wheeljack

News Credits: 2 · Thu May 13, 2021 10:05 am

william-james88 wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:If I squint pass the GIANT WATERMARKS I can see some differences with the Optimus. Bee however, is just the same damn picture with lower contrast.

It's the opposite for me, that Bee seems to have all the differences. Look at the lower arms and lower legs. The detail is all painted now, it looks really good.

Yeah, same here, the 'Bee looks like the one with the extra paint, added to his head, arms, face and ankles. Optimus looks like they just made his battle damage darker on his thighs, put some cracks on the windshield, and called it a day. Not seeing the huge differences on that one.

william-james88 wrote:They are all replicating poses of the previous stock images so we can guess quite a bit of them along with that wheeljack. So far we have:

SS
1: Bee
2.
3. Ratchet
4: 07 Megatron
5:
6: Shockwave

WFC
1. Optimus
2. Megatron
3.
4.
5.
6. Wheeljack

Gonna be shocked if movie Optimus isn't on that list somewhere. Which means the usual suspects are probably left for the remaining movie slot (Ironhide, Jazz or Starscream).

WFC could be more interesting, but there's a good chance Starscream takes one of those slots (because there's ALWAYS a seeker mold anymore), and probably a high chance of Soundwave or Shockwave taking one of the others. Really just a question of which popular Autobot(s) have a chance (Ironhide, Ratchet, 'Bee, Mirage, etc).

No movie Wheeljack yet, so I don't think they're going to just mirror casts between the two lines...

News Credits: 1350 · Thu May 13, 2021 10:36 am

Nemesis Reformatted wrote:All I want is for somebody to make VENOM, BARRAGE, RANSACK & CHOP SHOP. But they'd rather waste time with this kind of thing.

I wonder if they'll ever stop pushing Optimus Prime & Bumblebee on us. I wish they would stop trying to turn Optimus Prime & Bumblebee into Batman & Robin. They've been pushing Bumblebee hard since 2007, enough is enough already!

Gauntlet101010 wrote:Well, if there's ever a time to start saying no and changing collecting habits it's with this line.

I've already been doing that with Kingdom. And with more price hikes coming....

They push Bee because he sells, otherwise they wouldn't bother making something they know wouldn't sell.

News Credits: 61 · Thu May 13, 2021 11:06 am

EDIT: Someone found what each of the releases are going to be:

Studio Series:

1. VW Bumblebee

2. 1976 Camaro Bumblebee (This one is a little more ambiguous, I've seen someone claim it's BB Prime)

3. 07 Megatron

4. Ratchet

5. SS-32 Optimus Prime

6. Jetfire

WFC (All appear to be Siege except Wheeljack)

1. Optimus Prime

2. Megatron

3. Ultra Magnus

4. Soundwave

5. Springer

6. Wheeljack

Interested to see what 1976 Bee, Ratchet, and SS Prime will look like!

News Credits: 2 · Thu May 13, 2021 1:06 pm

Bleh, going to be really disappointed if they put multiple 'Bees in the movie line. This is already looking kind of meh, at least give us unique characters or molds that are harder to obtain now.

News Credits: 4877 · Thu May 13, 2021 1:58 pm

Spider5800 wrote:Bleh, going to be really disappointed if they put multiple 'Bees in the movie line. This is already looking kind of meh, at least give us unique characters or molds that are harder to obtain now.

Yeah, that's how I feel "movie the best" won many over. Not only were they the best painted toys yet but they were also toys some of us had trouble getting for a good price like Buster Prime and HA Soundwave.

News Credits: 251 · Thu May 13, 2021 2:06 pm

Y’know... the more I look at Bee the better he looks. I just hate how fiddly that mold is. If I can find it for cheap, I guess why not.

Thu May 13, 2021 3:31 pm

The thing I miss curious about is, how much more fancy will 07 Megs be?? :shock:

I have the SS one so far and think it's the bomb diggity! If anything this might get me to bite on some Siege figures I didn't pick up but even then, it'll have to be fancy or extra enough to warrent seeking them out

News Credits: 462 · Thu May 13, 2021 6:17 pm

M. Spector wrote:The thing I miss curious about is, how much more fancy will 07 Megs be?? I have the SS one so far and think it's the bomb diggity!

Wishful thinking would be Takara retooling the chest to be Movie 1 accurate since it was just ROTF Megatron's chest, but I doubt it.

News Credits: 101 · Thu May 13, 2021 6:18 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
M. Spector wrote:The thing I miss curious about is, how much more fancy will 07 Megs be?? I have the SS one so far and think it's the bomb diggity!
Wishful thinking would be Takara retooling the chest to be Movie 1 accurate since it was just ROTF Megatron's chest, but I doubt it.

If they'd did that, they'd have my money.
But I highly doubt they ever will.

No 3P upgrade kit either.

News Credits: 8 · Thu May 13, 2021 9:27 pm

Spider5800 wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:If I squint pass the GIANT WATERMARKS I can see some differences with the Optimus. Bee however, is just the same damn picture with lower contrast.

It's the opposite for me, that Bee seems to have all the differences. Look at the lower arms and lower legs. The detail is all painted now, it looks really good.

Yeah, same here, the 'Bee looks like the one with the extra paint, added to his head, arms, face and ankles. Optimus looks like they just made his battle damage darker on his thighs, put some cracks on the windshield, and called it a day. Not seeing the huge differences on that one.

with prime, it looks like they made all the grey this yellowish cream color, added the darker cracks/damage to his thighs, and completely changed his window color from blue to lime green, something the threezero toy did.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · Fri May 14, 2021 12:39 am

BBTS has opened orders. Who's this?

Emerje

News Credits: 101 · Fri May 14, 2021 3:30 am

Siege Sandstorm it seems.
Look like they are far from done with the Tetrajets!

News Credits: 42 · Fri May 14, 2021 7:27 am

-Kanrabat- wrote:Siege Sandstorm it seems.
Look like they are far from done with the Tetrajets!

Oh Hasbro. On the one hand, yay another tetrajet!!! On the other hand, where the hell is Bitstream and Sunstorm!!!

News Credits: 462 · Fri May 14, 2021 9:10 am

Emerje wrote:BBTS has opened orders. Who's this?

Emerje

It's a heavily desaturated Nova Storm.

It's to make him look dead after the blow. The desaturated pic comes from TTM, while Dengeki Hobby used this unedited photo.

News Credits: 101 · Fri May 14, 2021 1:47 pm

Oh boy. Gotta love those edited pictures.

>:oP

News Credits: 101 · Fri May 14, 2021 4:25 pm

Greetings Seibertronians!

Thanks to the Canadian store Age 3 & Up we now have Canadian prices for both the Premium Finish Bumblebee and Optimus Prime. We also have a HUGE lot of CLEAR pictures that are unobstructed by any obnoxious watermarks.

First, we got the Optimus Prime on preorder at 70$CAN. He's based on the voyager Siege mold and he come with his gun and his axe weapon accessory that can also be a shield. Notable differences with the regular release are his green and cracked windshield, plus more battle-worn details. Feast your eyes on the pictures below!

Next is Bumblebee on preorder for 45$CAN, based on the Studio Series 18 Bee Movie Bumblebee. This Bumblebee come with all the accessories of the original SS18 version. Notable difference in deco is a more "natural" yellow color scheme with more mechanical details highlighted in metal paints of various colors. Look how surprisingly well it turn out with the following pictures!

What do you think of these releases? Are you exited for these fancier toys, or is it just "more of the same"?
Please leave a comment below!

News Credits: 14 · Fri May 14, 2021 4:44 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:Greetings Seibertronians!

Thanks to the Canadian store Age 3 & Up we now have Canadian prices for both the Premium Finish Bumblebee and Optimus Prime. We also have a HUGE lot of CLEAR pictures that are unobstructed by any obnoxious watermarks.

First, we got the Optimus Prime on preorder at 70$CAN. He's based on the voyager Siege mold and he come with his gun and his axe weapon accessory that can also be a shield. Notable differences with the regular release are his green and cracked windshield, plus more battle-worn details. Feast your eyes on the pictures below!

Next is Bumblebee on preorder for 45$CAN, based on the Studio Series 18 Bee Movie Bumblebee. This Bumblebee come with all the accessories of the original SS18 version. Notable difference in deco is a more "natural" yellow color scheme with more mechanical details highlighted in metal paints of various colors. Look how surprisingly well it turn out with the following pictures!

What do you think of these releases? Are you exited for these fancier toys, or is it just "more of the same"?
Please leave a comment below!

Whoever setup Prime, clearly has no idea how an axe is supposed to be held. Why would you attack with the spike at the back, rather than the full blade.

Anyway, bee looks nice, makes me want a Premium Finish Camaro Bee now.

News Credits: 101 · Fri May 14, 2021 4:56 pm

Overcracker wrote:Anyway, bee looks nice, makes me want a Premium Finish Camaro Bee now.

Bee look more than nice. Now that I can see SOMETHING with the pictures, the differences are stellar with against the regular release. So much paint details added in both the car mode and the bot mode! Plus the price difference is not much considering deluxes are now 33$CAN. So, 12$ more is not much. A bummer that I'll have to pay the 14$CAN of shipping but eh.

I always skipped on the original because it look so cheap. But THAT Bee was an instant preorder for me.

As for the Optimus, big WUT on that 70$CAN price tag. Even if voyagers are now 45$CAN, that's a whopping 25$CAN extra. Plus that Optimus don't add much from the many, many re-releases of that mold.