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Sat Jul 13, 2013 10:38 am

It's disturbing that the MORE expensive figure has LESS paint apps, regardless if three pieces of the mold were dipped in chrome.

News Credits: 1 · Sat Jul 13, 2013 11:12 am

I will own this.

News Credits: 3646 · Sat Jul 13, 2013 11:35 am

I just realized that the "Starscream" decoy isn't Starscream. It's technically Thundercracker. All 6 of these figures are from the upcoming IDW comic packed Generations toys that should be out in the next month. Thundercracker is the 6th figure from that set. Semantics, I know, but I didn't realize that all 6 figures were from the upcoming IDW wave.

News Credits: 65 · Sat Jul 13, 2013 11:39 am

Rated X wrote:It's disturbing that the MORE expensive figure has LESS paint apps, regardless if three pieces of the mold were dipped in chrome.

Where are you seeing missing paint apps on the SDCC version? Are you sure you're not confusing the sticker applications? Seibertron hadn't yet applied the stickers to his SDCC sample in those comparison shots. The detailing on the retail sample is all stickers. The retail and SDCC versions should have identical sticker sheets, with the only difference being a "foil" finish on the SDCC ones.

News Credits: 6188 · Sat Jul 13, 2013 12:51 pm

After yesterday's teaser which detailed the unboxing of SDCC 2013 Metroplex, we can finally show you the full galleries for the SDCC exclusive Metroplex with Scamper figures! Click on any image below to view the whole lot. For further information about this item, please click here to read our news story from yesterday.

San Diego Comic-Con Exclusives Metroplex

San Diego Comic-Con Exclusives Scamper

News Credits: 251 · Sat Jul 13, 2013 12:57 pm

I like how there's virtually no discernible differences between regular-retail Scamper and SDCC Scamper. :lol:

Yeah, only differences I can pick up between the two is that SDCC Metroplex has shinier stickers and has his thighs and face chromed. Other than that, there doesn't really appear to be much difference from the paint apps.

Still bummed that regular-retail Metroplex doesn't have the extra gun like he should have, but it's a much cheaper alternative to SDCC.

News Credits: 402 · Updated Oct 21, 2022

I love the shot with the Popsicle!

Great gallery Seibs! Will you be displaying this behemoth somewhere in your house?

News Credits: 462 · Sat Jul 13, 2013 8:49 pm

Mkall wrote:I love the shot with the Popsicle!

Ha!

I didn't realize it at first, but that Popsicle is Gari Robo-kun. :APPLAUSE:

News Credits: 2 · Sat Jul 13, 2013 10:37 pm

Wow, he really doesn't seem to have been designed with that second rifle in mind. Besides the robot mode, it always looks tacked on and horrible.

News Credits: 20 · Sun Jul 14, 2013 12:11 am

Are there any different voice clips between the two releases? I love the look of the metallic stickers. Now for Takara to finally show theirs off including voice clips. I'd really like to make a final decision on one soon.

News Credits: 3646 · Sun Jul 14, 2013 1:01 pm

Flux Convoy wrote:Are there any different voice clips between the two releases? I love the look of the metallic stickers. Now for Takara to finally show theirs off including voice clips. I'd really like to make a final decision on one soon.

Just double checked for you ... the voice clips are identical in both.

News Credits: 3646 · Sun Jul 14, 2013 1:02 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
Mkall wrote:I love the shot with the Popsicle!
Ha! I didn't realize it at first, but that Popsicle is Gari Robo-kun.

I finally got one at a decent price ($30 shipped) and it arrived the same day as my the big box from Hasbro. Thought it'd be fun to have a few pics since I already did the Metroplex walking Trypticon with a dog leash pics in the last gallery.

News Credits: 3646 · Sun Jul 14, 2013 1:07 pm

Due to several requests, I have updated SDCC 2013 Metroplex's gallery with new pictures comparing the size of the SDCC box with the retail Generations Metroplex box. I also added a picture at the end of each SDCC gallery showing all of this year's SDCC Transformers exclusives together (excluding the G.I. JOE and the Transformers set which I will pick up next week at SDCC). Here are the new pictures to demonstrate just how big the SDCC version's box is, which measures approximately 27" x 22" x 8" versus the retail box which measures approximately 24" x 14" x 6" (give or take a 1/4 of an inch here and there).

FYI ... the Shockwave's Laboratory set featuring Voyager Class Shockwave and Commander Class Predaking will be posted later today.

News Credits: 10 · Sun Jul 14, 2013 1:32 pm

Hey, Seibertron, if you can only get one version of this toy, which would you recommend?

News Credits: 3646 · Sun Jul 14, 2013 1:36 pm

One last request fulfilled ... this time I pulled out my G1 Decoys to provide comparisons of them to the new "Decoy" like mini-figures that are included with SDCC 2013 Metroplex. Check out the following pictures of Megatron, Starscream, Orion Pax, Bumblebee, Hoist, and Trailcutter alongside their G1 Decoy counterparts.

News Credits: 462 · Sun Jul 14, 2013 1:43 pm

Seibertron wrote:Check out the following pictures of Megatron, Starscream, Orion Pax, Bumblebee, Hoist, and Trailcutter alongside their G1 Decoy counterparts.

I think that's very probably supposed to be Thundercracker instead of Starscream since the rest of the mini-figures are all based on the Thrilling 30 Wave 1 and 2 Deluxes, which Thundercracker (but not Starscream) was a part of.

News Credits: 3646 · Sun Jul 14, 2013 1:45 pm

Trikeboy wrote:Hey, Seibertron, if you can only get one version of this toy, which would you recommend?

I have to go with the retail version of these two. The chrome is nice, and I'm very happy to have it in my collection, but for a regular budget-minded collector I don't think it's worth at least an extra 50 bucks for chromed upper legs and a face and an extra big red gun with a missile, that I feel were really tacked on (I can't figure out where the extra weapon is supposed to attach in vehicle and city modes).

I also had a lot of problems with the stickers on the SDCC version, which kind of soured my experience with him a little bit. The stickers would "cling" to the toy as soon as you get them close, I'm assuming because of their chrome foil nature. I don't recall having that much difficulty with the retail version's regular stickers. Because the stickers kept clinging, I feel like I had a much more difficult time to apply the stickers. It took me about 1 hour 40 minutes to 2 hours to put all of the stickers on. I don't recall it taking that long on the regular retail version. That one might have taken me an hour or so, but the SDCC version definitely took longer because of all the problems I kept having with the stickers not lining up properly. I even managed to damage two of the stickers.

News Credits: 241 · Sun Jul 14, 2013 1:48 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
Seibertron wrote:Check out the following pictures of Megatron, Starscream, Orion Pax, Bumblebee, Hoist, and Trailcutter alongside their G1 Decoy counterparts.

I think that's supposed to be Thundercracker instead of Starscream since the rest of the mini-figures are all based on the Thrilling 30 Wave 1 and 2 Deluxes, which Thundercracker (but not Starscream) was a part of.

He already knows, Sabrblade.

But how would you be able to tell single-colored Seekers apart aside from looking at their number (Starcream is #35, Thundercracker is #34 and Skywarp is #33)? Besides, the design is the same so any Seeker would do for comparisons.

News Credits: 462 · Sun Jul 14, 2013 1:52 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:He already knows, Sabrblade.

News Credits: 462 · Sun Jul 14, 2013 1:58 pm

Seibertron wrote:(I can't figure out where the extra weapon is supposed to attach in vehicle and city modes).

Hope this can help. Here are some photos from the Tokyo Toy show of how Takara managed to fit both guns on their version:

News Credits: 3646 · Sun Jul 14, 2013 2:51 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Seibertron wrote:Check out the following pictures of Megatron, Starscream, Orion Pax, Bumblebee, Hoist, and Trailcutter alongside their G1 Decoy counterparts.

I think that's supposed to be Thundercracker instead of Starscream since the rest of the mini-figures are all based on the Thrilling 30 Wave 1 and 2 Deluxes, which Thundercracker (but not Starscream) was a part of.

He already knows, Sabrblade. But how would you be able to tell single-colored Seekers apart aside from looking at their number (Starcream is #35, Thundercracker is #34 and Skywarp is #33)? Besides, the design is the same so any Seeker would do for comparisons.

Thanks for catching that. I had said yesterday that the mini-figure was supposed to theoretically represent Thundercracker, since the other 5 are part of the IDW Generations comic-packed wave. Slipped my mind today while I was pulling out these decoys. I updated the pics to show the "Thundercracker" decoy instead. Just force a refresh and you'll see the new pictures.

In the meantime, I'm trying to figure out how to get the gun to attach like it does in those pictures. I'm not having any luck yet.

http://www.youtube.com/user/KirbyForce1 · Sun Jul 14, 2013 2:56 pm

That's Thundercracker.

Trust me. I'm a doctor.

News Credits: 462 · Sun Jul 14, 2013 3:00 pm

Seibertron wrote:In the meantime, I'm trying to figure out how to get the gun to attach like it does in those pictures. I'm not having any luck yet.

A thought just occurred to me. What if Takara's remolded new ports for the guns to attach to? I'd hope not. :-s

News Credits: 241 · Sun Jul 14, 2013 3:07 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
Seibertron wrote:In the meantime, I'm trying to figure out how to get the gun to attach like it does in those pictures. I'm not having any luck yet.
A thought just occurred to me. What if Takara's remolded new ports for the guns to attach to? I'd hope not.

Then the retooling should have been carried over into the SDCC one, since it would be considered an "update" of the mold. But Hasbro has messed up in the past...

News Credits: 3646 · Sun Jul 14, 2013 3:24 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
Seibertron wrote:In the meantime, I'm trying to figure out how to get the gun to attach like it does in those pictures. I'm not having any luck yet.
A thought just occurred to me. What if Takara's remolded new ports for the guns to attach to? I'd hope not.

Alright, I figured out where the red gun attaches in city mode. One of the gray guns attaches to the red gun. How it attaches is really weak. If you bump into it, it falls off. Works for pics though!

On to battle station vehicle mode ...