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News Credits: 4 · Fri Apr 17, 2015 12:39 pm

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Leader class Starscream confirmed?

I mean yeah, we all called it, but still.

News Credits: 668 · Fri Apr 17, 2015 12:57 pm

Starscream and Thundercracker are no brainers out of that mold. I'd imagine we'll see all three of them get released somehow. With Starscream receiving a rerelease of his MP at TRU (MP-11 mold), I'd imagine CW will get in on the action, too. I can't imagine them not doing so.

If the Leaders weren't quite so big in comparison to the rest of the CW molds, chances are I'd buy 'em, but with Hegemon as my Decepticon leader, these guys are just too out of scale.

News Credits: 101 · Fri Apr 17, 2015 1:06 pm

I'm eagerly awaiting that Starscream figure.

News Credits: 4 · Fri Apr 17, 2015 1:25 pm

Autobot032 wrote:Starscream and Thundercracker are no brainers out of that mold.

Starscream and Skywarp, you mean?

News Credits: 668 · Fri Apr 17, 2015 1:42 pm

That Bot wrote:
Autobot032 wrote:Starscream and Thundercracker are no brainers out of that mold.

Starscream and Skywarp, you mean?

Yes, yes I do. Too many names, words, posts, etc to keep everything straight in my head. I need a drink, loooooaaaaaded with alcohol.

News Credits: 226 · Fri Apr 17, 2015 4:19 pm

Spoilers much? Some of us were yet to read that issue.

Fri Apr 17, 2015 4:30 pm

Ironclaw wrote:I picked up CW G1 Megatron a little under a week ago and I freaking love it. I've the standard complaints of the ankle tilts, part of me wishes that the thigh-calf ratio was slightly different and that the elbows had more range but that's just me. It's a fantastic figure in terms of aesthetics and posability, and because I like fiddling with Transformers figures and making up other altmodes, I cobbled together a pseudo-Metal Gear thing. I could attempt some pictures if there's demand for them

I like the figure quite a bit. The modding done to Armada Megatron makes him just different enough from G1 Megatron that he's not obviously just a green repaint, and I suppose that my only complaint with them is that you can't move the arm cannon over enough to have it truly be on the outside of the arm. I guess I wish the forearms were a little longer as well, as his arms do seem kinda stumpy. I like that there are two viable options for the tank treads in robot mode so G1 can have them together and Armada can have them separate a bit to look a little more like the original.
All in all, I think they're good toys. I like them, at least, and they are a lot nicer than the official photos make them seem.

News Credits: 241 · Fri Apr 17, 2015 4:39 pm

I'd say no on Leader Starscream confirmed... for now. But that comic is the reason why we have that Leader mold, just not as Starscream: the red and white would have made him too similar to last year's Jetfire, he wouldn't stand out as NEW! to impulse or uninformed buyers. So we have the blue guy instead.

News Credits: 101 · Fri Apr 17, 2015 4:46 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:I'd say no on Leader Starscream confirmed... for now. But that comic is the reason why we have that Leader mold, just not as Starscream: the red and white would have made him too similar to last year's Jetfire, he wouldn't stand out as NEW! to impulse or uninformed buyers. So we have the blue guy instead.

I tought so too. Maybe next winther? :PRAY:

News Credits: 4 · Fri Apr 17, 2015 6:53 pm

Burn wrote:Spoilers much? Some of us were yet to read that issue.

It's been 3 entire days already, get on it, jeez Burn, stop being slow.[/joking]

Although it was presumed it would happen, since he was eyeing new bodies an issue or two ago and one of them was this one, and since the Thundercracker mold exists, and Hasbro likes to make all their seekers, it was a logical conclusion......
Nonetheless, it was technically a spoiler and I should have masked it. I'm sorry.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:I'd say no on Leader Starscream confirmed... for now. But that comic is the reason why we have that Leader mold, just not as Starscream: the red and white would have made him too similar to last year's Jetfire, he wouldn't stand out as NEW! to impulse or uninformed buyers. So we have the blue guy instead.

That may be why we got it as Thundercracker initially, but I'm confident we'll get a Starscream (and maybe Skywarp) out of this mold before too long. Botcon will tell us more.

News Credits: 332 · Fri Apr 17, 2015 11:10 pm

That Bot wrote:
Burn wrote:Spoilers much? Some of us were yet to read that issue.

It's been 3 entire days already, get on it, jeez Burn, stop being slow.[/joking]

Although it was presumed it would happen, since he was eyeing new bodies an issue or two ago and one of them was this one, and since the Thundercracker mold exists, and Hasbro likes to make all their seekers, it was a logical conclusion......
Nonetheless, it was technically a spoiler and I should have masked it. I'm sorry.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:I'd say no on Leader Starscream confirmed... for now. But that comic is the reason why we have that Leader mold, just not as Starscream: the red and white would have made him too similar to last year's Jetfire, he wouldn't stand out as NEW! to impulse or uninformed buyers. So we have the blue guy instead.

That may be why we got it as Thundercracker initially, but I'm confident we'll get a Starscream (and maybe Skywarp) out of this mold before too long. Botcon will tell us more.

If there's one thing I've learned from this fandom, any and all jet molds are fair game to be Starscream and maybe the other seekers.

News Credits: 101 · Sat Apr 18, 2015 6:19 am

chuckdawg1999 wrote:If there's one thing I've learned from this fandom, any and all jet molds are fair game to be Starscream and maybe the other seekers.

Why not? Dare I say, why not?

News Credits: 241 · Sat Apr 18, 2015 7:20 am

-Kanrabat- wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:If there's one thing I've learned from this fandom, any and all jet molds are fair game to be Starscream and maybe the other seekers.

Why not? Dare I say, why not?

Funnily enough, that guy, Breakaway, was in fact retooled for a Seeker homage, namely Thrust:

Mon Apr 20, 2015 4:16 pm

I wouldn't mind if that's what Starscream looked like in the movie instead of what we actually got.

Tue Apr 21, 2015 2:50 pm

Does anyone else find Megatron a little limited in his posing? His thighs and shoulders both suffer from restrictions keeping them from going far. It's not horrible, but is there a workaround I'm not seeing?

News Credits: 101 · Tue Apr 21, 2015 4:42 pm

RiddlerJ wrote:Does anyone else find Megatron a little limited in his posing? His thighs and should both suffer from restrictions keeping them from going far. It's not horrible, but is there a workaround I'm not seeing?

His posability IS limited. The leg's ratchets should have been softer, he should had some sort of ankle tilt, and the knees a a bit sacrificed due to the working threads.
Is it a big issue? HELL NO!
Megs is way too awesome as he is and I LOVE the working rubber threads! Plus, Megatron is a WARRIOR, not a ballet dancer.

News Credits: 41 · Tue Apr 21, 2015 5:13 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote: Megatron is a WARRIOR, not a ballet dancer.

Ya, his pose-ability is a little limited, but he makes up for it in so many ways. I find the position of his shoulders to be a little funky too. They're too low. Again nothing I can't forgive.

One detail I think is real nice, is the way the thighs are constructed. It's cool how the plate extends up in the front of the thigh to cover the pivot joint. Good little bit of design problem solving.

Ya know at first I was all about flipping the canon around so it looked more old school, but now I'm all into the ridiculous extend-o-canon. :lol:

News Credits: 293 · Tue Apr 21, 2015 6:52 pm

Cobotron wrote:Ya know at first I was all about flipping the canon around so it looked more old school, but now I'm all into the ridiculous extend-o-canon.

Right there with ya brother!

News Credits: 41 · Tue Apr 21, 2015 7:07 pm

shajaki wrote:
Cobotron wrote:Ya know at first I was all about flipping the canon around so it looked more old school, but now I'm all into the ridiculous extend-o-canon.
Right there with ya brother!

And when a long day of a$$ kickin' is over, he likes to go fishin'. :lol:

Tue Apr 21, 2015 8:37 pm

RiddlerJ wrote:Does anyone else find Megatron a little limited in his posing? His thighs and shoulders both suffer from restrictions keeping them from going far. It's not horrible, but is there a workaround I'm not seeing?

Yes but it's his restrictions are very minor and easy to overlook

Tue Apr 21, 2015 9:25 pm

Normally the poseabilty wouldn't bother me. I think I have the same issue I did with Jetfire. They're good enough figures but for the class and price point, little thing bugs me more. They would be great Voyager classes.

I do like Megatron. In fact, I have both the G1 and Armada version. They're both on my desk, plotting.

News Credits: 3 · Wed Apr 22, 2015 4:20 am

Cobotron wrote:
Ya know at first I was all about flipping the canon around so it looked more old school, but now I'm all into the ridiculous extend-o-canon.

I use the extendo mode for the Armada version, and other way around for the G1 version.

News Credits: 25 · Thu Apr 23, 2015 8:17 am

The longer I have leader Megatron, the more disappointing it becomes. I can't get over the crappy cannon, and now the legs are starting to bother me. I really loved this figure at first, but as the newness wears off, the flaws are really taking over. :-(

News Credits: 6188 · Fri Apr 24, 2015 12:35 pm

Anyone care for a new video review to entertain their Friday? Fellow Seibertronian PaxCybertron has posted a look at the retool and repaint of Generations Leader Jetfire - the wonderfully blue, screenwriting, handsome as an F-22 jet fighter Combiner Wars Thundercracker! Check it out embedded below and let us know what you make of it in the Energon Pub.