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Rodimus Knight wrote:Seeing Megs next to star, the scale is a little disappointing. I like it when Megatron is bigger and maybe beefier then Prime, which has made it a shame that we haven't gotten a leader class Megatron in such a long time.

Indeed.
Megatron deserve to be able to have a "super mode".
Leader Megs could even be a heavy retool of Leader Shockwave or follow the same kind of concept.

Rodimus Knight wrote:Seeing Megs next to star, the scale is a little disappointing. I like it when Megatron is bigger and maybe beefier then Prime, which has made it a shame that we haven't gotten a leader class Megatron in such a long time.

You can blame the cartoon scale for that. Last time we got a megs that was bigger then Prime in that fashion was Animated. Other than that they've been mostly the same size.

ZeroWolf wrote:

Rodimus Knight wrote:Seeing Megs next to star, the scale is a little disappointing. I like it when Megatron is bigger and maybe beefier then Prime, which has made it a shame that we haven't gotten a leader class Megatron in such a long time.

You can blame the cartoon scale for that. Last time we got a megs that was bigger then Prime in that fashion was Animated. Other than that they've been mostly the same size.

Well there was also Combiner Wars, but many people didn't like Voyager OP for being a torso and Leader Megs for being too skinny.

Man, that picture is disappointing....

TF-fan kev777 wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:

Rodimus Knight wrote:Seeing Megs next to star, the scale is a little disappointing. I like it when Megatron is bigger and maybe beefier then Prime, which has made it a shame that we haven't gotten a leader class Megatron in such a long time.

You can blame the cartoon scale for that. Last time we got a megs that was bigger then Prime in that fashion was Animated. Other than that they've been mostly the same size.

Well there was also Combiner Wars, but many people didn't like Voyager OP for being a torso and Leader Megs for being too skinny.

Yeah I should have specified that I meant fiction though CW megs and op is interesting as megs is bigger then stand alone op but op combined is bigger.

Is it possible that Super/Ultra Meg's forehead swaps independently of his face? Because if both modes have separate faces, it's kind of disappointing that both faces are identical other than the color of his forehead thingy.

Zeedust wrote:Is it possible that Super/Ultra Meg's forehead swaps independently of his face? Because if both modes have separate faces, it's kind of disappointing that both faces are identical other than the color of his forehead thingy.

Yes, since we have seen his red forehead with the regular face and the battle mask. Logically he can do the battle mask with the regular forehead.

Ironhidensh wrote:Man, that picture is disappointing....

To be fair, it is accurate to the height difference between the two in the original Battlestars manga, as pointed out by Takara on twitter IIRC. Their stated heights are 45m for Star Convoy and 35m for Super Megatron, and although they're not always depicted as that tall compared to like people and buildings and whatnot, that height difference ratio between then seems to stay the same.

Jeddostotle7 wrote:

Ironhidensh wrote:Man, that picture is disappointing....

To be fair, it is accurate to the height difference between the two in the original Battlestars manga, as pointed out by Takara on twitter IIRC. Their stated heights are 45m for Star Convoy and 35m for Super Megatron, and although they're not always depicted as that tall compared to like people and buildings and whatnot, that height difference ratio between then seems to stay the same.

Exactly. Super Megs looks pretty much perfect compared to Star Convoy according to the manga to me. I am super pumped to have this Megs be my main current Megatron, after Galvatron, in my headcanon collection. Along with Earthrise Optimus it works out great in my timeline. Thinking about making some kinda time warp thing so Galvatron can exist as well, like Marvel UK.

Moonshot wrote:Exactly. Super Megs looks pretty much perfect compared to Star Convoy according to the manga to me. I am super pumped to have this Megs be my main current Megatron, after Galvatron, in my headcanon collection. Along with Earthrise Optimus it works out great in my timeline. Thinking about making some kinda time warp thing so Galvatron can exist as well, like Marvel UK.

Personally, I think this is the PERFECT Megatron. Because not only for the looks, but being a triple changer into a space-thank and a spaceship are the perfect altmodes for him.

Now, if only he was not so absurdly expensive...

Jeddostotle7 wrote:

Ironhidensh wrote:Man, that picture is disappointing....

To be fair, it is accurate to the height difference between the two in the original Battlestars manga, as pointed out by Takara on twitter IIRC. Their stated heights are 45m for Star Convoy and 35m for Super Megatron, and although they're not always depicted as that tall compared to like people and buildings and whatnot, that height difference ratio between then seems to stay the same.

Yeah, TT seem pretty reverential towards scale/accuracy, if they chose this mold, it wasn't without reason; plus, from a thematic standpoint, isn't it a big trope that the good guy has to go 'super mode' to contend with the sheer evilness/power of a more powerful enemy in anime? so this kinda fits, doesn't it

It does in Japanese fiction I think the scale works for the story they've presented. It's only personal quibbles that say otherwise

Looks like a Certain Wholesaler (The OP blocked out the info but it's still kind of obvious where it came from) is starting to solicit the next 3 Hasbro Selects figures.

Generations selects Deluxe Earthrise Exclusive Deluxe Greasepit -Release August
Generations selects Deluxe Earthrise Exclusive Deluxe Exhaust -Release August
Generations selects Deluxe Earthrise Exclusive Deluxe Hubcap -Release September


https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/ ... 0.1191863/

Jtprime17 wrote:Looks like a Certain Wholesaler (The OP blocked out the info but it's still kind of obvious where it came from) is starting to solicit the next 3 Hasbro Selects figures.

Generations selects Deluxe Earthrise Exclusive Deluxe Greasepit -Release August
Generations selects Deluxe Earthrise Exclusive Deluxe Exhaust -Release August
Generations selects Deluxe Earthrise Exclusive Deluxe Hubcap -Release September


https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/ ... 0.1191863/

YES! Getting me an Exhaust

Greasepit will be nice. Exhaust and Hubcap are a bit meh. Especially as Hubcap is unavoidably similar to Bumblebee. Exhaust though will depend on how good the deco looks

Oh, so Exhaust and Greasepit are Selects, interesting. I'm curious to see exactly what Greasepit will look like now, I was hoping for more retooling than what we've seen from Selects so far. I also just want to see Hubcap in general, given my Machine Wars theory and Wreckers reasons.

When Siege took the 3 retail Weaponizers and repainted them and gave them new heads to be modern updates of the Powerdashers, that was novel, I admit.

However...to turn Ironworks (or Airwave...which seems more plausible) into Greasepit, hopefully it will have different parts other than just a new head and new color.

o.supreme wrote:When Siege took the 3 retail Weaponizers and repainted them and gave them new heads to be modern updates of the Powerdashers, that was novel, I admit.

However...to turn Ironworks (or Airwave...which seems more plausible) into Greasepit, hopefully it will have different parts other than just a new head and new color.

See, this has me thinking, with a base type modulator, they could potentially mix and match some parts from both Ironwors and Airwave along with a new head.

They certainly could. I was just envisioning the straight across nature of Airwave as more of a gas station, but mixing the 2 would be neat as well.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Moonshot wrote:Exactly. Super Megs looks pretty much perfect compared to Star Convoy according to the manga to me. I am super pumped to have this Megs be my main current Megatron, after Galvatron, in my headcanon collection. Along with Earthrise Optimus it works out great in my timeline. Thinking about making some kinda time warp thing so Galvatron can exist as well, like Marvel UK.

Personally, I think this is the PERFECT Megatron. Because not only for the looks, but being a triple changer into a space-thank and a spaceship are the perfect altmodes for him.

Now, if only he was not so absurdly expensive...

i think its fitting that they use the TR Galvatron mold for the new figure since super megatron was revived from galvatron in the story anyway

o.supreme wrote:They certainly could. I was just envisioning the straight across nature of Airwave as more of a gas station, but mixing the 2 would be neat as well.

The prevailing theory is that Airwave will become Hot House because he has tank treads for no reason and Hot House's fire station turns into a tank. Ironworks and Greasepit both turn into towers.

Emerje

Greetings Seibertronians! Fellow Seibertron user and YouTube reviewer, PrimeVsPrime has stopped by to let us know that he's done a new video review on the recently released Transformers Generations Selects Seacons in their combined form, King Posideon!

In the review, he talks about the QC issues that buyers may face when combining him. Check out his review below!



What do you think about this series of releases? Is King Posideon something that you already have? Let us know in the Energon Pub and stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest news and reviews!

ZeroWolf wrote:Greetings Seibertronians! Fellow Seibertron user and YouTube reviewer, PrimeVsPrime has stopped by to let us know that he's done a new video review on the recently released Transformers Generations Selects Seacons in their combined form, King Posideon!

In the review, he talks about the QC issues that buyers may face when combining him. Check out his review below!



What do you think about this series of releases? Is King Posideon something that you already have? Let us know in the Energon Pub and stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest news and reviews!

Was worried there for a second, am I the only one with a turtler with really nice, tight ratchets? he has no problem posing, or holding a pose, now maybe it is the combiner knee joints on the limbs, but they work just fine as arms, so I'm guessing not? the elbows aren't the strongest in the world, but they can hold the sword up just fine; the price you pay for getting first production run figures I guess

None of these figures were first production run and were all preordered months in advance like the majority of figures I review. I’ve been talking to a few people who have completed this and they all have ran into similar issues. Just something to bare in mind when completing him

Hellscream9999 wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:Greetings Seibertronians! Fellow Seibertron user and YouTube reviewer, PrimeVsPrime has stopped by to let us know that he's done a new video review on the recently released Transformers Generations Selects Seacons in their combined form, King Posideon!

In the review, he talks about the QC issues that buyers may face when combining him. Check out his review below!



What do you think about this series of releases? Is King Posideon something that you already have? Let us know in the Energon Pub and stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest news and reviews!

Was worried there for a second, am I the only one with a turtler with really nice, tight ratchets? he has no problem posing, or holding a pose, now maybe it is the combiner knee joints on the limbs, but they work just fine as arms, so I'm guessing not? the elbows aren't the strongest in the world, but they can hold the sword up just fine; the price you pay for getting first production run figures I guess

I actually have the opposite problem. My Turtler's shoulder joints are so tight, I'm worried the ratchet is going to tear itself apart, TR Trypticon style!