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News Credits: 191 · Tue May 03, 2016 7:13 pm

omg, Hasbro Strafe having a cockpit where the original had a black Rubsign is the most adorable thing ever

News Credits: 34 · Tue May 03, 2016 8:12 pm

Updated the FIRST POST

Victorion (Seibertron pics)

Pyra Magna (Voyager, Seibertron pics)

Dust Up (Deluxe, Seibertron pics)

Jumpstream (Deluxe, Seibertron pics)

Stormclash (Deluxe, Seibertron pics)

Skyburst (Deluxe, Seibertron pics)

Rust Dust (Legends, Seibertron pics)

Torchbearers

News Credits: 65 · Tue May 03, 2016 8:59 pm

Looks like there is a LOT of room for Takara to take another pass at Victorion and the Rust Renegades, the Hasbro toys and the IDW art color layouts really don't match at all.

News Credits: 1 · Tue May 03, 2016 9:13 pm

Wolfman Jake wrote:Looks like there is a LOT of room for Takara to take another pass at Victorion and the Rust Renegades, the Hasbro toys and the IDW art color layouts really don't match at all.

Looks like it will become common with characters based around new toys (as opposed to those based on classic characters).
First, Hasbro designs the character.
Second, IDW stylizes the character for the art.
Finally, we all talk about how Hasbro "screwed up" the "original" design. :roll:

The same thing happened with Windblade.

News Credits: 8 · Tue May 03, 2016 10:56 pm

Deadput wrote:Don't know about you guys but if I was getting both (If I would get any of the sets I would get both not just one) I would repurpose the Hasbro Strafe and Nosecone as the obscure Protectobots Skyfeather and Heatrock and the Lightspeed as Red Alert.

WIsh you hadn't have said that...

I was actually looking at CW Light Speed and thinking Red Alert. And as excited as I am for the Blast Off basemold, I do like CW Strafe better, It's the above mount gull wings and the cockpit.

And as much as I think the Unite Nosecone is a MUCH better figure I honestly feel like the Brawl Robot mode better captures Nosecone.

I'll do you one better though, CW Strafe, CW Nosecone as Heatrock and Sky feather, plus ROok (orphaned by Groove), and CW Mirage as the members of Big Rescue Force.

I also don't like all the deep red on Afterburner. I really don't like the Deep red on any of them, although points do get earned for the unified paint scheme. I'm not sure I like how patchwork CW Burner is, but I prefer his colors.

Dammit... looks like I am double dipping.

Tue May 03, 2016 11:23 pm

Still confused on this one... Don't feel like getting both.. Prefer the Harsbro UW colors, and general modern Computron look.. however the individual bots (esp. Strafe, light speed and nosecone) look exceptional from Takara. Ideally I'd have to get the Takara version, then get the Perfect Effect kit to swap the head and chest and add feet and hands. then I'd need stickers from reprolabels to be get it halfway right. Is it worth the effort?...I dunno

Wed May 04, 2016 8:43 am

I wish Hasbro would've went through with upscaling the Prime Terrorcons to deluxe size. At least we would've had AN Abominus to go with Computron.

News Credits: 3642 · Wed May 04, 2016 9:41 am

RiddlerJ wrote:I wish Hasbro would've went through with upscaling the Prime Terrorcons to deluxe size. At least we would've had AN Abominus to go with Computron.

We'll get a proper Abominus at some point. And the rest of the animal based Combiners. I'm fairly certain we'll see all of them based on what Hasbro has said to me in interviews over the past couple of years, and with them hearing all of the fan comments about those combiners, Hasbro asking if we wanted to see the animal combiners after Titans Return at BotCon, and so on.

If they can reverse engineer Chromedome out of the Dead End/Prowl mold, than I'm confident we can get Terrorcons, Predacons, and Seacons out of guys like Skullcruncher, Weirdwolf, Mindwipe, Doublecross, etc.

News Credits: 34 · Wed May 04, 2016 12:14 pm

Updated the FIRST POST

Seibertron G1 Toys: Comparisons (Masterpiece Ramjet)

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Wed May 04, 2016 1:25 pm

Victorion really doesn't match any of the drawings, whether IDW or even the poster that comes with her.
Some differences between her and the poster: red versus grey hands, a lot more green, the center of the torso is red not black. odd that Hasbro's artist could match the figure to their own artwork.

Wed May 04, 2016 4:17 pm

This might have been a little better...

News Credits: 34 · Thu May 05, 2016 10:30 am

Updated the FIRST POST

Masterpiece Shockwave

News Credits: 462 · Thu May 05, 2016 2:30 pm

These Shockwave pics remind me that Cheetimus recently revealed his customized take on MP Shockwave:

News Credits: 101 · Thu May 05, 2016 6:45 pm

MP Shockwave's purple is way too bright. :shock:

News Credits: 34 · Fri May 06, 2016 1:21 pm

Updated the FIRST POST

Ratchet

News Credits: 34 · Sat May 07, 2016 8:33 am

Updated the FIRST POST

Shockwave (Legends)

Long Haul (UW)

Sun May 08, 2016 5:11 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:MP Shockwave's purple is way too bright.

Still beats pink Hot Rod.

BTW, wow, a lot of work has gone into these things. Bravo, Logan79 :APPLAUSE:

News Credits: 34 · Mon May 09, 2016 2:26 am

Thanks Optimum Supreme^^

News Credits: 34 · Mon May 09, 2016 5:21 pm

Updated the FIRST POST

Powerglide (Legends)

Scrapper (Voyager, Unite Warriors)

News Credits: 34 · Tue May 10, 2016 3:29 am

Updated the FIRST POST

Mixmaster (Voyager, Unite Warriors)

News Credits: 34 · Wed May 11, 2016 5:11 am

Updated the FIRST POST

Cyclonus (Voyager)

News Credits: 34 · Thu May 12, 2016 8:20 am

Updated the FIRST POST

Brainstorm (Voyager)

News Credits: 462 · Thu May 12, 2016 9:47 am

While you got Brainstorm out, how bout some with his IDW MTMTE design? Since the Voyager was based on that one (the forthcoming Titans Return on is more the traditional G1 look).

News Credits: 34 · Thu May 12, 2016 10:51 am

Sabrblade wrote:While you got Brainstorm out, how bout some with his IDW MTMTE design? Since the Voyager was based on that one (the forthcoming Titans Return on is more the traditional G1 look).

A pleasure, please Sabrblade, could you give me a good IDW Brainstorm image for the comparison?^ ^

News Credits: 462 · Thu May 12, 2016 11:00 am

Logan79 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:While you got Brainstorm out, how bout some with his IDW MTMTE design? Since the Voyager was based on that one (the forthcoming Titans Return on is more the traditional G1 look).

A pleasure, please Sabrblade, could you give me a good IDW Brainstorm image for the comparison?^ ^

Certainly.

Couldn't find any altmode pics via Google.