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News Credits: 462 · Sat Apr 01, 2023 9:46 am

Guys, think about what today is.

News Credits: 10 · Sat Apr 01, 2023 9:49 am

Sabrblade wrote:Guys, think about what today is.

I thought about that, but it's not like somebody's photoshop deal - if it is, I want that Legacy background so I can use it for Youtube thumbnails.

Anyway, I just report the news - I don't editorialize.

News Credits: 12 · Sat Apr 01, 2023 9:56 am

Sabrblade wrote:Guys, think about what today is.

Son of a biscuit eating bulldog, they got me

MyFigureCollection.net collection · Sat Apr 01, 2023 11:05 am

Come on guys, how could you fall for that? Everyone knows the real one is going to be pink. :lol:

Emerje

News Credits: 12 · Sat Apr 01, 2023 11:12 am

In my defense I'm running on 2 hours of sleep and I'm hungover lol I forgot what day it was

It does look off though, doesn't quite fit in with other legacy figures or look like a hasbro design. Looks very clunky if that makes sense

I do enjoy these April fools posts though because some of them are pretty cool ideas

News Credits: 11 · Sat Apr 01, 2023 11:14 am

sol magnus wrote:Just saw this on Facebook - it's using GBP, but I couldn't tell where it came from -

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I'd like a news credit please.

I just love how horrifically cursed this is. Even though it's an April fool I actually low-key want one.

News Credits: 56 · Sat Apr 01, 2023 2:03 pm

Sabrblade wrote:Guys, think about what today is.

Exactly, and as I've stated in the thread abut the 2023 Haslab, I never find these to be funny. In fact its made me overly skeptical regarding anything starting from mid day on March 31st, throughout the day every year. 2 years ago when Selects Black Zarak news first broke on some non-mainstream site, I was grilling other sites for information for hours because I was pretty convinced it was a fake until Hasbro themselves put it up on their Pulse site.

In fact, while Amazon is prone to be very erratic with their shipping dates, I dont think (yet at least) thy would resort to pranks. Deluxe Crashbar is supposed to be delivered Wednesday April 4th :DANCE:

. Still no updates on Core Grimlock. I was kind of hoping (for once) to have all the current releases before the next wave was revealed. But I guess it wont be happening. Still, I guess its better than being 2 or 3 waves behind.

News Credits: 2 · Sat Apr 01, 2023 8:08 pm

Yeah when first looking at it you can see its not the same sand/ground as normal Legacy photos. Also the paint is ok custom quality.

But for a quick look if I was on my phone, prolly would have been tricked for a minute, it does look pretty good. I would kinda actually want it as well lol.

News Credits: 4880 · Sat Apr 01, 2023 8:22 pm

The reason I didn't bite is because:
a) I remembered the day
b) we know what's coming already

News Credits: 1646 · Sat Apr 01, 2023 9:01 pm

Kind of a Legacy photo drop here. Bu first, some text.

I got Metalhawk and Soundblaster this week, found them at Walmart, they were the only 2 Legacy figures I did not have yet there. Soundblaster is just Soundwave again, but I am particular to the character of Soundblaster, so I like having him a lot. Metalhawk is interesting, I like him more than Cyclonus already, his robot mode is a definite improvement. I need to mess with him more and transform him.

Skyquake and Prowl continue to be really fun. I need to transform Prowl, but Skyquake has gone both ways several times already. They really did nail these 2, I am enjoying them a lot, and I am super stoked for Dreadwing, who is one of my favorite Decepticons across all universes.

I also took more pics of Lio Convoy. I hate to say it, but of the voyagers from Legacy so far, I think he is the weakest. He's sort of just difficult and fiddly in ways i don't like, and it's difficult to make him look good. He's not bad, just not really that fun to play with or look at.

Finally, took some photos of Armada Starscream and Hot Shot with Galaxy Prime and CD Hot Shot (forgot about Override, who was in a different box anyways). They look neat together.

News Credits: 101 · Sun Apr 02, 2023 9:25 pm

That Prowl is tempting, but only if I find it on sale.

News Credits: 2 · Sun Apr 02, 2023 10:10 pm

Am I really the only one that can see an IDW Grimlock head on this thing?

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Sun Apr 02, 2023 10:53 pm

william-james88 wrote:
BIGGUY007 wrote:I found them as well, just forgot to post them. Wish I could get some credit.

If you ever come across soemthign else you thinkis new, let us know and if we news it, we will give you a news cred

Came across these today while doing some recon work on AEW Figures. These are the first time seeing these figures. Found Crashbar at my GameStop in my home town of London, KY. Then coming home from seeing the new John Wick Movie I found Starscream and Inferno still on the pallet at the Walmart in my home town.

News Credits: 12 · Sun Apr 02, 2023 11:23 pm

Hero Alpha wrote:Am I really the only one that can see an IDW Grimlock head on this thing?

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No youre not alone. I saw it too and the artwork is cool but chose not to get my hopes up in thinking this will be anything more than a repaint

MyFigureCollection.net collection · Mon Apr 03, 2023 12:48 am

Razorbeast88 wrote:
Hero Alpha wrote:Am I really the only one that can see an IDW Grimlock head on this thing?

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No youre not alone. I saw it too and the artwork is cool but chose not to get my hopes up in thinking this will be anything more than a repaint

I need to see the actual figure before rather than some rather abstract box art. It wasn't that long ago that we got burned by T-Wrecks.

Emerje

MyFigureCollection.net collection · Tue Apr 04, 2023 8:31 am

I was surprised to see this at Walmart this morning.

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Finally stocked Legacy Deluxe wave 3. Already got them all but it's nice to see them at Walmart. Shame they decided to also restock Core wave 1 AGAIN and completely packing the pegs including the SS pegs. Guess I wont be seeing new Core figures for a long time. :roll:

Emerje

News Credits: 56 · Tue Apr 04, 2023 8:44 am

Yeah one of my local Walmarts did the exact same thing. Odd that it is so random. If I'm getting any core figures from retail, it will be at Target, but Amazon seems to be getting them to me first.

News Credits: 10 · Tue Apr 04, 2023 8:46 am

Emerje wrote:I was surprised to see this at Walmart this morning.

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Finally stocked Legacy Deluxe wave 3. Already got them all but it's nice to see them at Walmart. Shame they decided to also restock Core wave 1 AGAIN and completely packing the pegs including the SS pegs. Guess I wont be seeing new Core figures for a long time.

Emerje

I grabbed a second Dead End from my 2nd closest Walmart last night. Maybe, just maybe I can find another Motormaster at some point.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · Tue Apr 04, 2023 10:06 am

My thoughts, off to bed as soon as it's over.

So the War Dawn two pack found in Canada at Gamestop is going to be an SDCC exclusive in the US according to the live stream. :BANG_HEAD:

The new Beachcomber looks really good. He comes with a Parrot "slug" accessory. His roll bar folds up and his front bumper becomes his gun.

Devcon's bot mode is really nice, he is based on SS86 Blur, but can't tell immediately which parts he shares.

Axelgrease is a female Decepticon Junkion partial of Scraphook, but very heavily tooled up (looks to be a stock car instead of a toe truck). Love the colors!

Single retail Dirge is battle damage free.

Nemesis Leo Prime is exactly what you'd expect. They painted the cat head with pupils and it looks so much better than regular Leo Prime!

Armada Megatron looks very cool! Has many of the same features as the original. Teased compatibility with something later in the line! (Tidal Wave??)

Armada Prime we've seen a bunch of times. There's a video of Hasui talking about the figure and showing him next to Megatron. They look really good together. The box is nice with art showing him mid transformation. Pre-orders open 4/18.

Nemesis Previewed, unfinished. They wanted to show it before it got leaked. Bottom fin and split so it can actually land, that's really great! Bot mode "Last Decepticon" is very lanky and feminine. Comes with some seeker jet slugs. Lots of hidden handheld weapons on her, that was really lacking from the Ark, I guess that's in exchange for not having a Deluxe figure built into her like the Ark. Pre-orders 5/2.

New "Spacebridge" previews (stuff we already know about), all Studio Series stuff: SS Core Bumblebee, SS86 Brawn, SSGE Cliffjumper and Megatron (side note, they've been thinking about this since 2018!), SS RotB Rhinox and Optimus Prime (OP is a Target Buzzworth Bumblebee exclusive, heavy partial of the original Voyager)

Emerje

News Credits: 17 · Tue Apr 04, 2023 11:12 am

Did they say if the Titan Nemesis will have an all-purple alt-mode? I actually really liked the colors, but if they specifically called it "unfinished," I assume the final product will be more screen-accurate.

Love the colors on Axlegrease and Beachcomber's little buddy.

News Credits: 11 · Tue Apr 04, 2023 11:14 am

Nice set of reveals there, a few things of note:

- Beachcomber actually looks really good, I love the little green parakeet he comes with. He was a low priority for me before, but now I'm definitely pre-ordering him.
- The first thing I thought when Axelgrease was revealed is "Yeah, that mould is going to be Lockdown at some point", but even so she looks good on her own. The colour scheme reminds me a lot of Shadowstriker, which surprises me because we know from leaks that a Shadowstriker is comig in wave 4, so I'm interested in seeing how different she'll be from Axelgrease.
- Armada Megatron looks fantastic, especially next to Optimus, I can't wait to have both of them!
- The Nemesis looks a bit different from what I imagined, but I still like her just fine. I have the Ark, so I'm definitely getting her anyway. I like how the lower wing folds so you can display the ship horizontally.

News Credits: 4880 · Tue Apr 04, 2023 11:23 am

Hasbro just had its live stream, revealing several bots. Here are the reveals along with some notes:

-The War Dawn two pack: while it was found in Canada at Gamestop, it is going to be an SDCC exclusive in the US according to the live stream.

- Beachcomber: He comes with a Parrot "slug" accessory. His roll bar folds up and his front bumper becomes his gun.

- Devcon: based on SS86 Blur, but can't tell immediately which parts he shares.

- Axelgrease is a female Decepticon Junkion partial of Scraphook, but very heavily tooled up (looks to be a stock car instead of a toe truck).

- Single retail Dirge was shown.

- Nemesis Leo Prime is exactly what you'd expect. They painted the cat head with pupils this time.

- Armada Megatron looks very cool! Has many of the same features as the original. Teased compatibility with something later in the line! (Tidal Wave??)

- Armada Prime was finally revealed. There's a video of Hasui talking about the figure and showing him next to Megatron. They look really good together. The box is nice with art showing him mid transformation. Pre-orders open 4/18.

- They previewed the Titan Class Nemesis, by showing an unfinished version. They wanted to show it before it got leaked. Bottom fin and split so it can actually land. Bot mode "Last Decepticon" is very lanky and feminine. Comes with some seeker jet slugs. Lots of hidden handheld weapons on her, that was really lacking from the Ark, I guess that's in exchange for not having a Deluxe figure built into her like the Ark. Pre-orders 5/2.

New "Spacebridge" previews (stuff we already know about), all Studio Series stuff: SS Core Bumblebee, SS86 Brawn, SS Games Cliffjumper and Megatron (side note, they've been thinking about this since 2018!), SS RotB Rhinox and Optimus Prime (OP is a Target Buzzworth Bumblebee exclusive, heavy partial of the original Voyager from the Bumblebee movie).

News Credits: 1 · Tue Apr 04, 2023 11:25 am

AcademyofDrX wrote:Did they say if the Titan Nemesis will have an all-purple alt-mode? I actually really liked the colors, but if they specifically called it "unfinished," I assume the final product will be more screen-accurate.

Love the colors on Axlegrease and Beachcomber's little buddy.

They said on-stream that those are just random colors for Nemesis because it's a test shot, and pointed to a specific part that had the actual plastic color for the ship mode, which was a deep, dark but saturated purple. I would put the video with timestamp here, but apparently you can't do that with livestreams. It's approximately at the minus 15:37 mark.

News Credits: 17 · Tue Apr 04, 2023 11:28 am

Rtron wrote:
AcademyofDrX wrote:Did they say if the Titan Nemesis will have an all-purple alt-mode? I actually really liked the colors, but if they specifically called it "unfinished," I assume the final product will be more screen-accurate.

Love the colors on Axlegrease and Beachcomber's little buddy.

They said on-stream that those are just random colors for Nemesis because it's a test shot, and pointed to a specific part that had the actual plastic color for the ship mode, which was a deep, dark but saturated purple. I would put the video with timestamp here, but apparently you can't do that with livestreams. It's approximately at the minus 15:37 mark.

Thanks very much for the detailed confirmation.