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Tue Feb 06, 2024 12:41 pm

That Shockwave is a MUST, I WILL have that Optimus head.

News Credits: 17 · Tue Feb 06, 2024 12:44 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
AcademyofDrX wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:Disappointed that Shockwave's barrel is still purple instead of gray. Dramatic Capture Series got that one right.

The purple matches the color on the comic book cover and in the issue. It's accurate for this release.
He's in robot mode on the cover. You can't see his gun mode barrel.

Sorry, my mistake, I thought you were talking about his arm cannon barrel. Though again, it matches the source material. The barrel is purple in the comics.

News Credits: 56 · Tue Feb 06, 2024 12:55 pm

So I'm guessing Legacy United pre-orders are going to drop here in the next few minutes (around 10am PST/1pm EEST) ? I know they had the fan event last week for the Haslab. Too bad they couldn't have shown off wave 2 at that time as well. These are just going to be dropped with little fanfare, plus no Spacebridge teases for wave 3

News Credits: 1 · Tue Feb 06, 2024 1:18 pm

Looks like Sandstorm will have the best looking alt-modes out of all the triple changers we got so far, just like with the G1 figures. Really like the little cage, love those oddball accesories, like Cosmo's parakeet. I with we got more of those instead of guns, at least with the characters who aren't warriors.

Grimlock and Shockwave look incredible. Loving the comicbook accurate Optimus head, I know it will just be for display and not compatible with the upcoming commander, but I wish it was. Also, cheeky move giving Grimlock all the missing Dinobot swords.

EDIT: I meant Beachcomber's parakeet

News Credits: 462 · Tue Feb 06, 2024 1:36 pm

Rtron wrote:love those oddball accesories, like Cosmo's parakeet.

Never knew Beachcomber moonlighted as a wish-granting fairy godparent.

News Credits: 1 · Tue Feb 06, 2024 1:38 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
Rtron wrote:love those oddball accesories, like Cosmo's parakeet.
Never knew Beachcomber moonlighted as a wish-granting fairy godparent.

Yeah, I mixed them up because I was also thinking of Cosmo's flag

Tue Feb 06, 2024 1:41 pm

Really like what they did with grimlock - interesting addition of the swords. Will expect another version for them to include the toys rocket launcher.

Shockwave is interesting too. Have the original release but thats on my movie shelf… my decepticon season 1 shelf is a bit bare….

Sandstorm, definitely an excellent looking figure and was always a big fan of the original toy. Id still
Have preferred if they went with a more toon accurate head sculpt. Now i hope they have broadside in their sights. Also ss86 astrotrain and blitzwing would be nice aherm.

News Credits: 12 · Tue Feb 06, 2024 1:47 pm

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Some reveals!!!! Yesss!!!!!! I've been itching for this

Shockwave looks cool! I'm happy with my siege Shockwave though

Grimlock looks great! And I love that it comes with swords for slug and Sludge. I never got 86 Grimlock because the MP works fine for me, and I have the G2 tiger stripe one as well. But man this one is tempting!

Sandstorm! Bit of a mixed bag for me. I love that it has the toy accurate head, the toon head always looked derpy and boring to me. The alt modes look fantastic, those definitely took priority. Robot mode looks... okay. Sandstorm always had a backpack but this is quite a bit. Doesn't help that the arms and legs are pretty thin. But I'll be picking this up for sure!!!
Also, what's that cage about? It's awesome! But is that from an episode or they just did it for funsies?

Tue Feb 06, 2024 2:01 pm

So bloody beautiful

News Credits: 1646 · Tue Feb 06, 2024 2:02 pm

Something about that Grimlock looks super good to me, they may just get me to bite again.

Shockwave is skippable for me.

Sandstorm looks surprisingly good? Like, I was expecting Blitzwing level of disappointment, but he looks really solid, and I love the toy head. I may need to get him after all.

News Credits: 1646 · Tue Feb 06, 2024 2:07 pm

Also just realized, it is hilarious that they need to put "G1 triple changer" for the universe title, seeing as how many sandstorms there are and, if you include Machine Wars as part of G1, G1 even has multiple sandstorms.

News Credits: 12 · Tue Feb 06, 2024 2:20 pm

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Also just realized, it is hilarious that they need to put "G1 triple changer" for the universe title, seeing as how many sandstorms there are and, if you include Machine Wars as part of G1, G1 even has multiple sandstorms.

Haha that's awesome, thank you for pointing that out I don't think I'd have noticed

I like the way the cage for the chopper integrates into the buggy mode. That's pretty neat, and those tires look sick

News Credits: 12 · Tue Feb 06, 2024 2:24 pm

AcademyofDrX wrote:Per JTPrime, there should be two other releases in the comic line.

https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/ ... t-22058761

Who do yall think they'll be?
Is there a chance those that wanted the purple Soundwave with a mouth will get it?

News Credits: 1 · Tue Feb 06, 2024 2:27 pm

Razorbeast88 wrote:
AcademyofDrX wrote:Per JTPrime, there should be two other releases in the comic line.

https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/ ... t-22058761

Who do yall think they'll be?
Is there a chance those that wanted the purple Soundwave with a mouth will get it?

I think purple Soundwave with Ratbat is a possibility, given how iconic the colourscheme for Soundwave is and Ratbat's big role in the comic makes him a perfect pack in. He could even get a new head, given they're clearly doing new tooling for this line.

No idea what the remaining set could be, but I'm thinking it could be Ratchet. I guess Megatron could be another possibility, but I suspect that they won't and that they're focused on making a new sculpt for Megs for next year or so.

News Credits: 4877 · Tue Feb 06, 2024 2:44 pm

o.supreme wrote:So I'm guessing Legacy United pre-orders are going to drop here in the next few minutes (around 10am PST/1pm EEST) ? I know they had the fan event last week for the Haslab. Too bad they couldn't have shown off wave 2 at that time as well. These are just going to be dropped with little fanfare, plus no Spacebridge teases for wave 3

Do we really need space bridge teases if we already know what's coming? Also, which pre-orders do you think would drop aside from Sansdtorm's ?

Tue Feb 06, 2024 3:13 pm

Sandstorm looks AWESOME! I LOVE the fact they used his toy head. This looks so much better than the old T30 version. Definitely picking this guy up and finally completing my Autobot triple-changer squad. ;)^

News Credits: 56 · Tue Feb 06, 2024 3:14 pm

william-james88 wrote:
o.supreme wrote:So I'm guessing Legacy United pre-orders are going to drop here in the next few minutes (around 10am PST/1pm EEST) ? I know they had the fan event last week for the Haslab. Too bad they couldn't have shown off wave 2 at that time as well. These are just going to be dropped with little fanfare, plus no Spacebridge teases for wave 3

Do we really need space bridge teases if we already know what's coming? Also, which pre-orders do you think would drop aside from Sansdtorm's ?

It didn't happen at any rate, just some rando SW stuff. I would have thought the entirety of wave 2 would go on pre-order as is normal. In the past, a day or two before a TF Fanstream, some sites like IGN might get a couple of images from Hasbro, but not the whole wave, which is revealed at the event. Also I like Spacebridge reveals. Leaked lists are ok, but they don't tell the whole story, and obviously there are changes. There was occasionally some surprises that were not leaked.

News Credits: 1646 · Tue Feb 06, 2024 3:18 pm

Razorbeast88 wrote:
AcademyofDrX wrote:Per JTPrime, there should be two other releases in the comic line.

https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/ ... t-22058761

Who do yall think they'll be?
Is there a chance those that wanted the purple Soundwave with a mouth will get it?

Purple Soundwave would be really cool.

william-james88 wrote:
o.supreme wrote:So I'm guessing Legacy United pre-orders are going to drop here in the next few minutes (around 10am PST/1pm EEST) ? I know they had the fan event last week for the Haslab. Too bad they couldn't have shown off wave 2 at that time as well. These are just going to be dropped with little fanfare, plus no Spacebridge teases for wave 3

Do we really need space bridge teases if we already know what's coming? Also, which pre-orders do you think would drop aside from Sansdtorm's ?

I prefer space bridge teases, more fun and more straightforward as well.

News Credits: 1 · Tue Feb 06, 2024 3:20 pm

Grimlock and Shockwave look pretty good, but Sandstorm is what I'm really looking forward to.

News Credits: 17 · Tue Feb 06, 2024 3:23 pm

This is the modern Sandstorm I've been waiting for all my life. The T30 one was fine for what it was, but I was never going to track it down from the secondary market when it didn't remotely resemble the original toy. This is it.

News Credits: 18 · Tue Feb 06, 2024 4:17 pm

interesting to see grimmy coming with the swords that were missing from our studio series dinobots. However, I cant help but notice how warped they look in the promo images. Made from a gummy material? Also, if the molds exist, maybe we might see these weapons released another way?

Sandstorm is interesting. The two vehicle modes look very good imho, it looks like neither was sacrificed for the other. Robot mode on the other hand, defiantly got hit bad. still, it looks good. May have to get it.

Tue Feb 06, 2024 4:24 pm

Well there goes the idea of the swords coming with Swoop.

I don't want to get that Grimlock but I guess I'm going to now.

It's kind of funny that this will be the fourth Grimlock release and we have yet to even see Swoop. Shame there's no gun or launcher looking gun for Snarl though so they can all have a sword and a gun of some sort. I wonder if this means that Swoop will come with his two launchers AND his sword as there seems to only be three swords here (Grimlock's, Slag's and Sludge's). Just when I was thinking about getting a new sword for Sludge since the one I have has no storage options too. The one I have now has an updated design with a 5mm peg on the side of the hilt so it can store somewhere. Now I don't have to worry about it for the most part.

Shockwave looks good and I want one in that particular shade but I don't like the shading effects. I don't need that Optimus head setup either so that's going to be a pass from me. I wonder if this means that the leader Soundwave that's rumored to be comics colors is also going to have the shading. I might just get them anyway and take the shading off if it doesn't bother any other paint on the figures. The shading just isn't my thing as it doesn't match anything but I like the alternate colors...except for Grimlock. I don't like his comic colors.

Sandstorm looks really good in both vehicle modes. The robot mode looks pretty good as well from the front. The backpack doesn't look TOO bad either. Or rather, it looks fairly well contained. Shame about those ankle wheels though. It's nice to get an official look of a figure before an unofficial look.

News Credits: 101 · Tue Feb 06, 2024 4:47 pm

Sandstorm is PERFECT. Better than Astrotrain and a far cry from Blitzwing.

Comic Grimmy, why not? And that Shockwave won't have the Seige bits, making him a voyager? Both feels like some sort of "exclusive."

News Credits: 332 · Tue Feb 06, 2024 5:23 pm

Ok, I'm more confused than a baby in a topless club. If Grimlock and Shockwave are using their most recent molds that means it's the SS86 Leader Grimlock mold and the Siege Leader Shockwave mold, then why is there such a price difference? Are the swords with Grimlock toy or comic-accurate? I'm a little disappointed that's going to be the way to get the swords. When I first saw these I thought they were repainted RED figures.

News Credits: 1 · Tue Feb 06, 2024 5:25 pm

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Ok, I'm more confused than a baby in a topless club. If Grimlock and Shockwave are using their most recent molds that means it's the SS86 Leader Grimlock mold and the Siege Leader Shockwave mold, then why is there such a price difference? Are the swords with Grimlock toy or comic-accurate? I'm a little disappointed that's going to be the way to get the swords. When I first saw these I thought they were repainted RED figures.

Shockwave does not come with the extra pieces that made him Leader priced, just the little optimus head device, which is apparently cheaper, so he's more expensive than a voyager but cheaper than a leader.