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News Credits: 1 · by **Bumblevivisector** » Thu Jan 29, 2026 12:51 pm

megatran wrote:
Overcracker wrote:
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I am insanely pissed at the fact that this Optimus is $60 while Skybound Prime is $80

That Megatron arm is expensive. Megatron arms don't grow on trees you know. Ratchet had to scavenge it and carefully attach all the little wires.

It cost an arm & no leg, supposedly.

Swindle drove the price up when he traded one for that toaster, then apparently somehow exchanged that for his new trailer/cannon.

News Credits: 1 · by **Cheetron** » Fri Jan 30, 2026 9:30 pm

I haven't found Megatron or Prime in the wild at all. These might be my cheapest options. Not a fan of the battle damage even though I saw this movie in theaters when it came out.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Sat Jan 31, 2026 6:23 am

No doubt the upcoming "Sleep Mode Prime" is going to be using this mold.

Emerje

News Credits: 3633 · by **Seibertron** » Thu Feb 05, 2026 3:00 pm

Is anyone else bothered by SS 86 Thundercracker? It finally dawned on me that it's his chest that I don't like. It's just the wrong shape. He doesn't have the traditional Seeker pecs. They're too flat and at a weird angle. Man I really hope that Hasbro can fix it before they attempt to knock out 20+ Seekers from a mold that has the wrong chest!!! It also doesn't help that the box art of that toy has the correct chest which makes it stand out even more when in package.

News Credits: 1645 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Thu Feb 05, 2026 3:39 pm

Seibertron wrote:Is anyone else bothered by SS 86 Thundercracker? It finally dawned on me that it's his chest that I don't like. It's just the wrong shape. He doesn't have the traditional Seeker pecs. They're too flat and at a weird angle. Man I really hope that Hasbro can fix it before they attempt to knock out 20+ Seekers from a mold that has the wrong chest!!! It also doesn't help that the box art of that toy has the correct chest which makes it stand out even more when in package.

But isn't that how he is in the cartoon?

Besides, only thing that bugged me was I had to apply the autobot stickers myself

News Credits: 3633 · by **Seibertron** » Thu Feb 05, 2026 5:09 pm

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:But isn't that how he is in the cartoon?

The top of the chest is not at all how it is in the cartoon nor how it's ever been before. Look at the top of his chest in both of the images. The angle is incredibly off to the point that it's almost flat on the Studio Series toy versus how it's supposed to be like it is in the screen shot from the cartoon you posted. To be blunt, the new toy is shaped more like a standard male chest versus a female chest.

News Credits: 1645 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Fri Feb 06, 2026 9:24 am

Seibertron wrote:
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:But isn't that how he is in the cartoon?

The top of the chest is not at all how it is in the cartoon nor how it's ever been before. Look at the top of his chest in both of the images. The angle is incredibly off to the point that it's almost flat on the Studio Series toy versus how it's supposed to be like it is in the screen shot from the cartoon you posted. To be blunt, the new toy is shaped more like a standard male chest versus a female chest.

I see what you mean now.

I really don't mind, but I can see why you might.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Fri Feb 06, 2026 12:43 pm

I don't see how they could slope the chest and make it so his square shoulders fit inside without adding more hinges and more parts potentially straying away from the Voyager price point.

Emerje

News Credits: 12 · by **Overcracker** » Fri Feb 06, 2026 2:47 pm

Really liking Soundwave so far. Does everything he needs to do. Interesting bit: they went to the trouble of molding in the volume wheel and the slider switch on the back of his legs despite the fact you will not usually seem them in robot mode, and are entirely hidden in Tape Deck mode.