The Energon Pub

william-james88 wrote:

Emerje wrote:If those two are in actual scale wouldn't that more likely be the Tigatron mold? Cheetor is kinda small, the difference in height wouldn't be so wide.

Razorbeast88 wrote:Based on official pics with alt modes, I think that's tigatron after all

And is that just the old beast wars spittor mold?

I like the alt modes a lot, ever more tempted now. Leader class price point isn't bad either

Firstly, that isn't the old spittor mold, it's a new mold.

As for the fox, there is so much remolding that I'm seeing this more as a "new mold", meaning they aren't using bits from the actual cheetor or Tigatron mold. So it could be that they used the cad images for cheetor to then retool and make a new mold which may be upscaled. It's still based on Cheetor and not tigatron though, or else the pelvic area would look different.

In box he does look more like a Deluxe, the difference in sizes is much closer in box and even on the back of the box than the initial image. But I agree, they've changed so much it's hard to say if there's any actual parts being shared. It's more like what we've seen in figures like Gigawat and Ectotron.

Emerje

Maybe I'm imagining it, but doesn't the smaller mold have a lot of points of change in common with the recent Rattrap mold? Could this be a heavy retool of this as well?

Emerje wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Emerje wrote:If those two are in actual scale wouldn't that more likely be the Tigatron mold? Cheetor is kinda small, the difference in height wouldn't be so wide.

Razorbeast88 wrote:Based on official pics with alt modes, I think that's tigatron after all

And is that just the old beast wars spittor mold?

I like the alt modes a lot, ever more tempted now. Leader class price point isn't bad either

Firstly, that isn't the old spittor mold, it's a new mold.

As for the fox, there is so much remolding that I'm seeing this more as a "new mold", meaning they aren't using bits from the actual cheetor or Tigatron mold. So it could be that they used the cad images for cheetor to then retool and make a new mold which may be upscaled. It's still based on Cheetor and not tigatron though, or else the pelvic area would look different.

In box he does look more like a Deluxe, the difference in sizes is much closer in box and even on the back of the box than the initial image. But I agree, they've changed so much it's hard to say if there's any actual parts being shared. It's more like what we've seen in figures like Gigawat and Ectotron.

Emerje

Definitely based on Cheetor, the forearm is the tell. It has the part of the cheetah/fox belly on the side. Tigratron's arms get hidden inside the belly and don't have that flap. Also, based on the location and size of the voids or holes in the bottom of the forearm, I think that particular part is exactly from Cheetor. If they upscaled it, the holes may need to revised or enlarged so that the relative thickness of the part could remain the same, so the proportions would be a little differrent.

I'm guessing it will still be a deluxe (possibly a bigger deluxe) and will use a handful of parts from Cheetor. The forearms for sure and likely some of the structural intenal parts as well. Probably similar to crossover X-Panse using just a few items from SS Jetfire.

Easy pass.

I get the Nine Tails...but why Gamakichi?

Preorder links are up at Amazon .com and .ca!

USA:
https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-TRA ... hip&sr=1-2

CANADA:
https://www.amazon.ca/-/fr/Transformers ... 182&sr=1-6

Considering the single price of a deluxe (35/40$CAN) and for a core (17/20$CAN) 76$CAN is not too bad. Despite not caring about Naruto, I want that thing so I'll preorder.

Crossover line can’t stop winning (not looking at you, Godzilla). Hope this line keeps going, there’s almost literally an endless sea of the media to tap into. Pre-ordered and ready.

But PLEASE can we have an Aliens crossover set!

Stormshot_Prime wrote:

But PLEASE can we have an Aliens crossover set!

A remold of the SS Fallen figure might work for that....

Stormshot_Prime wrote:Crossover line can’t stop winning (not looking at you, Godzilla). Hope this line keeps going, there’s almost literally an endless sea of the media to tap into. Pre-ordered and ready.

But PLEASE can we have an Aliens crossover set!

A titan class USCSS Nostromo would be amazing.

The frogman could be a retooled into a good Legacy update for Diver. We've already got Tasmania Kid and Lio Convoy, so why not?

Got some pics at NY Comic Con. It wasn't at the main location, rather in a Shonen Jump pop up store in SOHO. Sorry I'm a bad a photographer

There was also promo video I recorded, but I'm not sure I can post that here.

I wonder if Gamakichi was based off the core class Dinobot that never released? It's robot legs are the animal stomach. The animal legs are the robot arms. The animal arms fold to the back. The animal head folds forwards. It's the same general transformation scheme as 90's Dinobot.

evogrg wrote:I wonder if Gamakichi was based off the core class Dinobot that never released? It's robot legs are the animal stomach. The animal legs are the robot arms. The animal arms fold to the back. The animal head folds forwards. It's the same general transformation scheme as 90's Dinobot.

That's actually one of the best theories I've heard about that figure, it's entirely plausible.

Emerje

evogrg wrote:

There was also promo video I recorded, but I'm not sure I can post that here.

Certainly you can.
It's not like camming a movie. It's an add. So go ahead!

-Kanrabat- wrote:
Certainly you can.
It's not like camming a movie. It's an add. So go ahead!

I'm not worried about copyright issues, rather I tried to upload it from my phone and it failed saying an .MP4 is not allowed. I am pretty tech un-savvy so I am not sure what to do!

Here's the original video shared through google drive!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eBgvXK ... sp=sharing

evogrg wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:
Certainly you can.
It's not like camming a movie. It's an add. So go ahead!

I'm not worried about copyright issues, rather I tried to upload it from my phone and it failed saying an .MP4 is not allowed. I am pretty tech un-savvy so I am not sure what to do!

The easiest way is first to upload to youtube, then post the link.

Maybe that crash landing made these Cybertronians have damaged memory circuits, so when they scanned Kurama and Gamakichi they thought they were those same characters instead of themselves. Like how Tigatron couldn't remember he was a Cybertronian and identified more with a real tiger.

That's gonna be my headcanon anyway.

I got my naruto set and got to enjoy it. They stand on my beast wars shelf now, but these are so cool. I love the 4 arm version of the bigger guy.