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News Credits: 101 · Thu Jul 14, 2022 8:04 am

That SS86 Wheelie may not be perfect, but I bet it will be much more enjoyable to handle than the previous TR Legends.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · Thu Jul 14, 2022 8:27 am

Sticking with the TT Legends figure for sure. Nothing about that figur looks appealing. I could settle with the wonky alt mode if the bot mode looked good but it doesn't even have that going for it. Maybe with a good discount but definitely not at full price.

Emerje

News Credits: 4877 · Thu Jul 14, 2022 8:33 am

Emerje wrote:Sticking with the TT Legends figure for sure. Nothing about that figur looks appealing. I could settle with the wonky alt mode if the bot mode looked good but it doesn't even have that going for it. Maybe with a good discount but definitely not at full price.

Emerje

The only thing going for it is a slingshot.

News Credits: 104 · Thu Jul 14, 2022 8:38 am

I'll get him for display only. The TR one IMHO looks better in both forms.

News Credits: 1 · Thu Jul 14, 2022 9:20 am

Can I get the TR mould in SS86 colours please?

News Credits: 1646 · Thu Jul 14, 2022 9:27 am

TALLY-HO SLUDGE-Y BOY!!!!

News Credits: 11 · Thu Jul 14, 2022 9:34 am

This looks more like a Legion class toy than a Core class. They could have saved money on molding and just re-released the TR mold with new colors, maybe throw in a slingshot for good measure.

News Credits: 1 · Thu Jul 14, 2022 12:08 pm

Aww. When I heard he had visible hand syndrome I was hoping for some goatse WFC Jazz action. Guess I'll stick with TR Wheelie.

News Credits: 30 · Thu Jul 14, 2022 12:25 pm

Never liked Wheelie much, the annoying little twerp! I have the TR version, which is light and floppy (they had to make him hollow so a Titan Master could park it in his belly). Don't think I'll go out of my way on this one. If I see one? Maybe. But why would anyone want to listen to his simpering, whiny little voice?

Thu Jul 14, 2022 2:08 pm

Rodimus Knight wrote:Dat ass!

It's the Wheelie we deserve. It got the '86 Movie look in the front for the G1 fans, and got the 21st century aesthetic update twerk-loving new fans are asking for for the side- & rear views. The BEST of both worlds I tell ya! Satisfying generations of fans, he's the Great Unificator!

Sticking to TR. It was not well executed (tabbing issues), but I love its concept & play value. Its different intrepretation of Wheelie make me forget the movie character's voice in my head too, that's a bonus.

News Credits: 12 · Thu Jul 14, 2022 2:11 pm

Really not a lot of love for Wheelie here I've seen

Don't get me wrong not my favorite character but I always somewhat liked him. Maybe it's nostalgia from watching the movie so much as a kid. Maybe its because I don't get annoyed as easily, I don't hate Jar Jar binks either so there's that lol

News Credits: 17 · Thu Jul 14, 2022 2:14 pm

Razorbeast88 wrote:Really not a lot of love for Wheelie here I've seen

Don't get me wrong not my favorite character but I always somewhat liked him. Maybe it's nostalgia from watching the movie so much as a kid. Maybe its because I don't get annoyed as easily, I don't hate Jar Jar binks either so there's that lol

Wheelie did nothing wrong, justice for Wheelie. Don't worry little guy, you can find a friend by looking behind, I got your back.

News Credits: 12 · Thu Jul 14, 2022 2:25 pm

AcademyofDrX wrote:
Razorbeast88 wrote:Really not a lot of love for Wheelie here I've seen

Don't get me wrong not my favorite character but I always somewhat liked him. Maybe it's nostalgia from watching the movie so much as a kid. Maybe its because I don't get annoyed as easily, I don't hate Jar Jar binks either so there's that lol

Wheelie did nothing wrong, justice for Wheelie. Don't worry little guy, you can find a friend by looking behind, I got your back.

Well said! Wheelie led dinobots to kup and hot rod -> dinobots save them -> hot rod becomes rodimus Prime and uses the matrix to defeat unicron (spoiler alert) -> Wheelie saved the transformers

News Credits: 462 · Thu Jul 14, 2022 3:59 pm

Razorbeast88 wrote:
AcademyofDrX wrote:
Razorbeast88 wrote:Really not a lot of love for Wheelie here I've seen

Don't get me wrong not my favorite character but I always somewhat liked him. Maybe it's nostalgia from watching the movie so much as a kid. Maybe its because I don't get annoyed as easily, I don't hate Jar Jar binks either so there's that lol

Wheelie did nothing wrong, justice for Wheelie. Don't worry little guy, you can find a friend by looking behind, I got your back.

Well said! Wheelie led dinobots to kup and hot rod -> dinobots save them -> hot rod becomes rodimus Prime and uses the matrix to defeat unicron (spoiler alert) -> Wheelie saved the transformers

Though, none of which would have happened if the Decepticons hadn't shot down their shuttle to crash-land on Quintessa.

Galvatron saved the Transformers.

Thu Jul 14, 2022 4:04 pm

I personally like the TR version more (I enjoy the more "toyetic" look and the ability to store Titan/Prime Masters, plus the colours pop more to me), but I don't think this is bad at all for a lil to-scale Wheelie. It even comes with the slingshot accessory which is also neat.
Perhaps one could get the TR version for their toy-accurate(ish) collection and this one for their show/movie-accurate(ish) collection...if that's your kinda thing.

News Credits: 12 · Thu Jul 14, 2022 4:13 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
Razorbeast88 wrote:
AcademyofDrX wrote:
Razorbeast88 wrote:Really not a lot of love for Wheelie here I've seen

Don't get me wrong not my favorite character but I always somewhat liked him. Maybe it's nostalgia from watching the movie so much as a kid. Maybe its because I don't get annoyed as easily, I don't hate Jar Jar binks either so there's that lol

Wheelie did nothing wrong, justice for Wheelie. Don't worry little guy, you can find a friend by looking behind, I got your back.

Well said! Wheelie led dinobots to kup and hot rod -> dinobots save them -> hot rod becomes rodimus Prime and uses the matrix to defeat unicron (spoiler alert) -> Wheelie saved the transformers
Though, none of which would have happened if the Decepticons hadn't shot down their shuttle to crash-land on Quintessa.

Galvatron saved the Transformers.

Haha i love it. But Galvatron wouldn't have existed if it weren't for Starscream tossing him out of astrotrain. Starscrram saved the transformers

News Credits: 462 · Thu Jul 14, 2022 4:31 pm

Razorbeast88 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Razorbeast88 wrote:
AcademyofDrX wrote:
Razorbeast88 wrote:Really not a lot of love for Wheelie here I've seen

Don't get me wrong not my favorite character but I always somewhat liked him. Maybe it's nostalgia from watching the movie so much as a kid. Maybe its because I don't get annoyed as easily, I don't hate Jar Jar binks either so there's that lol

Wheelie did nothing wrong, justice for Wheelie. Don't worry little guy, you can find a friend by looking behind, I got your back.

Well said! Wheelie led dinobots to kup and hot rod -> dinobots save them -> hot rod becomes rodimus Prime and uses the matrix to defeat unicron (spoiler alert) -> Wheelie saved the transformers
Though, none of which would have happened if the Decepticons hadn't shot down their shuttle to crash-land on Quintessa.

Galvatron saved the Transformers.

Haha i love it. But Galvatron wouldn't have existed if it weren't for Starscream tossing him out of astrotrain. Starscrram saved the transformers

Starscream only tossed him because Megatron was in such a state where he couldn't fight back. And he was only in that state because of his fight with Optimus having gone so badly. And they only fought because Optimus showed up to fight him. And Optimus showed up because Megatron had attacked Autobot City. And the attack happened because the Decepticons had hijacked a shuttle. And the shuttle was hijacked because of Laserbeak spying on Optimus ordering the shuttle's launch. And Optimus ordered the shuttle launched because he needed a special run made to Autobot City on Earth, because the Autobots needed more energy on their moonbases, because they were fighting a losing war against the Decepticons, because they had finally taken full control of Cybertron, because... plot reasons. :HEADHURTS:

Yeah, the guys who couldn't make a dent in the Autobots for 4 million years somehow conquer the whole planet in just 20 years. Sure, movie, sure. :roll:

News Credits: 12 · Thu Jul 14, 2022 4:36 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
Razorbeast88 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Razorbeast88 wrote:
AcademyofDrX wrote:
Razorbeast88 wrote:Really not a lot of love for Wheelie here I've seen

Don't get me wrong not my favorite character but I always somewhat liked him. Maybe it's nostalgia from watching the movie so much as a kid. Maybe its because I don't get annoyed as easily, I don't hate Jar Jar binks either so there's that lol

Wheelie did nothing wrong, justice for Wheelie. Don't worry little guy, you can find a friend by looking behind, I got your back.

Well said! Wheelie led dinobots to kup and hot rod -> dinobots save them -> hot rod becomes rodimus Prime and uses the matrix to defeat unicron (spoiler alert) -> Wheelie saved the transformers
Though, none of which would have happened if the Decepticons hadn't shot down their shuttle to crash-land on Quintessa.

Galvatron saved the Transformers.

Haha i love it. But Galvatron wouldn't have existed if it weren't for Starscream tossing him out of astrotrain. Starscrram saved the transformers
Starscream only tossed him because Megatron was in such a state where he couldn't fight back. And he was only in that state because of his fight with Optimus having gone so badly. And they only fought because Optimus showed up to fight him. And Optimus showed up because Megatron had attacked Autobot City. And the attack happened because the Decepticons had hijacked a shuttle. And the shuttle was hijacked because of Laserbeak spying on Optimus ordering the shuttle's launch. And Optimus ordered the shuttle launched because he needed a special run made to Autobot City on Earth, because the Autobots needed more energy on their moonbases, because they were fighting a losing war against the Decepticons, because they had finally taken full control of Cybertron, because... plot reasons.

Yeah, the guys who couldn't make a dent in the Autobots for 4 million years somehow conquer the whole planet in just 20 years. Sure, movie, sure.

Ah yes, plot holes. The great staple in all the most successful franchises. Beautiful haha

News Credits: 10 · Thu Jul 14, 2022 8:27 pm

It's the rare case (IMO) of an older toy being 'better' than a newer toy. I'll probably still get it because it's just a Core, but I won't be getting rid of the Titans Return one.

News Credits: 42 · Thu Jul 14, 2022 8:37 pm

sol magnus wrote:It's the rare case (IMO) of an older toy being 'better' than a newer toy. I'll probably still get it because it's just a Core, but I won't be getting rid of the Titans Return one.

Pretty much same here, except I'm going to wait out a sale. Every core so far has dropped to at least $9.99 on Amazon, so I won't go any higher than that.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · Thu Jul 14, 2022 9:19 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
Razorbeast88 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Razorbeast88 wrote:
AcademyofDrX wrote:
Razorbeast88 wrote:Really not a lot of love for Wheelie here I've seen

Don't get me wrong not my favorite character but I always somewhat liked him. Maybe it's nostalgia from watching the movie so much as a kid. Maybe its because I don't get annoyed as easily, I don't hate Jar Jar binks either so there's that lol

Wheelie did nothing wrong, justice for Wheelie. Don't worry little guy, you can find a friend by looking behind, I got your back.

Well said! Wheelie led dinobots to kup and hot rod -> dinobots save them -> hot rod becomes rodimus Prime and uses the matrix to defeat unicron (spoiler alert) -> Wheelie saved the transformers
Though, none of which would have happened if the Decepticons hadn't shot down their shuttle to crash-land on Quintessa.

Galvatron saved the Transformers.

Haha i love it. But Galvatron wouldn't have existed if it weren't for Starscream tossing him out of astrotrain. Starscrram saved the transformers
Starscream only tossed him because Megatron was in such a state where he couldn't fight back. And he was only in that state because of his fight with Optimus having gone so badly. And they only fought because Optimus showed up to fight him. And Optimus showed up because Megatron had attacked Autobot City. And the attack happened because the Decepticons had hijacked a shuttle. And the shuttle was hijacked because of Laserbeak spying on Optimus ordering the shuttle's launch. And Optimus ordered the shuttle launched because he needed a special run made to Autobot City on Earth, because the Autobots needed more energy on their moonbases, because they were fighting a losing war against the Decepticons, because they had finally taken full control of Cybertron, because... plot reasons.

Yeah, the guys who couldn't make a dent in the Autobots for 4 million years somehow conquer the whole planet in just 20 years. Sure, movie, sure.

So basically Optimus Prime started a butterfly effect that eventually lead to the destruction of Unicron('s body). See, he was the hero all along.

Emerje

Thu Jul 14, 2022 9:51 pm

The last half dozen posts should have a Spoiler Alert, LOL. That's like 4/5 of the whole movie plot right there!

News Credits: 22 · Fri Jul 15, 2022 12:25 am

cloudballoon wrote:The last half dozen posts should have a Spoiler Alert, LOL. That's like 4/5 of the whole movie plot right there!

Yeah, it's only been 36 years, not everyone has seen it yet. :lol:

The whole war led to Rodimus being in position to take out Unicron. The war was started by Megatron.

Megatron saved the Transformers.

News Credits: 462 · Fri Jul 15, 2022 12:51 am

Rodimus Prime wrote:
cloudballoon wrote:The last half dozen posts should have a Spoiler Alert, LOL. That's like 4/5 of the whole movie plot right there!
Yeah, it's only been 36 years, not everyone has seen it yet.

The whole war led to Rodimus being in position to take out Unicron. The war was started by Megatron.

Megatron saved the Transformers.

But the Constructicons built Megatron.

News Credits: 51 · Fri Jul 15, 2022 2:54 am

Sabrblade wrote:
Rodimus Prime wrote:
cloudballoon wrote:The last half dozen posts should have a Spoiler Alert, LOL. That's like 4/5 of the whole movie plot right there!
Yeah, it's only been 36 years, not everyone has seen it yet.

The whole war led to Rodimus being in position to take out Unicron. The war was started by Megatron.

Megatron saved the Transformers.
But the Constructicons built Megatron.

Neither Megatron nor the Constructicons would have existed if the Quintessons hadn't created the first Cybertronians, the Quintessons saved the Transformers. :michaelbay: