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News Credits: 10 · by **sol magnus** » Fri Apr 29, 2022 7:19 am

-Kanrabat- wrote:The wrong chest on that '07 Megs Premium is a dealbreaker for me.
I can understand the mistake on the initial release. But for the Premium one, they could have went the extra mile and remold that chest.

I kept looking at his chest thinking 'why doesn't this seem right to me?'

Now, I'm no purist. I can accept that it's not the 'right' chest, but it still looks marvelous!

News Credits: 95 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Fri Apr 29, 2022 7:39 am

sol magnus wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:The wrong chest on that '07 Megs Premium is a dealbreaker for me.
I can understand the mistake on the initial release. But for the Premium one, they could have went the extra mile and remold that chest.

I kept looking at his chest thinking 'why doesn't this seem right to me?'

Now, I'm no purist. I can accept that it's not the 'right' chest, but it still looks marvelous!

It does look great, no contest. But the point of the SS line is to have affordable "mini masterpieces", not loose interpretations. As if a AoE/TLK Knight Optimus would have the first trilogy chest because reasons.

News Credits: 6 · by **RotorstormNZ** » Sun May 01, 2022 9:08 pm

william-james88 wrote:
RotorstormNZ wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
RotorstormNZ wrote:Oh, wow, that's stunning!! What a beautiful figure! Although I have to know what's going on here:
It's the robot feet on the top of the jet mode.

I should've been clearer: the weird blotch of silver paint on the nose is what I was asking about.

That's the premium paint job

I think HasTak and I have very differing views on "premium"!!

XQrEz49 - Imgur by Zac Yates, on Flickr

News Credits: 1641 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Mon May 02, 2022 6:41 pm

He is just so gorgeous

News Credits: 438 · by **Sabrblade** » Mon May 02, 2022 9:37 pm

I'd love to see some comparison pics between this Megatron and the normal Studio Series version if anyone has both or knows of any such pics.

News Credits: 1641 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Tue May 03, 2022 6:00 pm

Sabrblade wrote:I'd love to see some comparison pics between this Megatron and the normal Studio Series version if anyone has both or knows of any such pics.

I have both, but my main SS one is still packed away.

News Credits: 317 · by **chuckdawg1999** » Sat Jun 04, 2022 6:01 pm

Does anybody with Bumblebee Movie Prime have some tolerance issues with the panels in vehicle mode, like some of the pegs are just a little too thick?

News Credits: 95 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Sat Jun 25, 2022 6:03 am

I opened and played with my SS-04 Ratchet. Much, much better than what I expected. The figure looks amazing (appart the "roof rack" that can't be folded) and the details are on point. I never had any of the originals and I can't compare, but by looking at the robot, I don't feel it needs any Reprolabels upgrades.

Transformation was very easy and intuitive and was a breeze without instructions. Too bad I can't store the "pizza cutter" inside the vehicle. Speaking of the vehicle, it's very tiny so I don't know about his scaling next to Ironhide.

Was it worth paying voyager price of a deluxe? Well, considering that 45$CAN plus taxes is barely between 7$ to 3$ (or even 0$!) difference between this and a regular deluxe, I say hell yes. Especially compared to buying any of the originals on eBay.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Fri Mar 03, 2023 6:08 pm

If you thought Takara Tomy's short lived Premium Finish line was dead then think again. Thanks to a post on our own Energon Pub forums by Seibertronian o.supreme we've learned of a tweet from the official Takara Tomy Transformers Twitter account teasing a Beast Wars reveal on March 9.

@TF_pr wrote:A big announcement is coming!? This battle is truly Beast Wars! Details will be announced on Thursday, March 9. Stay tuned for more news!!

While that doesn't imply much, around the same time an image was being circulated very similar to other ones used internally by Takara Tomy, most recently seen with Legacy Evolution Commander class Armada Optimus Prime. The image appears to show Kingdom Optimus Primal and Megatron in colors very similar to those used on the Masterpiece versions of the characters based on the CGI cartoon. The image also says reproduction is prohibited until March 9 linking them back to the original tweet. Text across the top of the image also refers to a versus set so we may be looking at a two pack.

Premium Finish comes at a premium price, let us know if you're willing to double (or triple) dip on these two for the price on the Seibertron Energon Pub forums!

News Credits: 95 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Fri Mar 03, 2023 6:18 pm

Interesting.
I don't think I'll buy them, but if they TRULY look good, I may consider it.

So far, the only PF I bought was Movie Ratchet because ironically, it was the cheapest way to get him. All the other weren't "premium" enough for me.

Like TOO MUCH ENERGON! on Facebook · by **TOO MUCH ENERGON!** » Sat Mar 04, 2023 5:44 am

Might go for Garry depending on how he looks.

by **Sculyblast** » Sat Mar 04, 2023 6:25 am

Wait, so first we had the origanal kingdom primal who was already pretty good.
Then he got upgraded to Netflix primal, which was slightly better.
And now we get a third redeco which will be marginally better then netflix primal?

Doubtless Takara has done its homework to see if this PF release would be profitable, and found an affirming answer.

Sometimes i don't understand this fandom.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Sat Mar 04, 2023 7:36 am

Sculyblast wrote:Sometimes i don't understand this fandom.

The fandom had nothing to do with it, I don't think anyone was asking for this, at least not this Primal, but if it's out there people will certainly buy it if they think it's worth getting. Compared to the Netflix version Primal probably wont change that much, I think they might add some gray fleck to his fur to look more like the cartoon, but Megatron is straight up based on the original cartoon with a more uniform dark purple, blue upper arms and crotch and green thighs. Pretty sure he's using the teeth baring face finally.

Emerje

News Credits: 95 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Sat Mar 04, 2023 8:06 am

Sculyblast wrote:Sometimes i don't understand this fandom.

You misspelled "corporate."

And it's easy to understand. The goal is to make MONEY.

News Credits: 55 · by **o.supreme** » Sat Mar 04, 2023 10:02 am

Without the packaging, I couldn't tell the difference right now between standard Kingdom Primal and the Netflix one. Heck, someone could pull a figure swap in that scenario and I wouldn't know the difference. In fact I just got a loose Primal a few weeks back. It came with Kingdom packaging, but I couldn't honestly tell you which version it is, and it really doesn't matter at this point. t least the premium finish versions with be distinct enough to stand out years from now.