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Got my shipping soon notices as well for the sets.

Based on those in the UK who have got them so far, I am excited. They are involved, well painted, and apparently have some good mass and height to them. They have been appearing to be superior to current retail figures at the moment

Watching Emgo’s review of the Prime and Soundwave set, and ohhh my Primus….
All those pictures we got are so misleading. Soundwave is tiny.

Its border line false advertising.

Overcracker wrote:Watching Emgo’s review of the Prime and Soundwave set, and ohhh my Primus….
All those pictures we got are so misleading. Soundwave is tiny.

Its border line false advertising.

Hasbro told us upfront that he is a Deluxe. They showed off all four Reactivate figures together when they first presented them in the fanstream.

Sabrblade wrote:

Overcracker wrote:Watching Emgo’s review of the Prime and Soundwave set, and ohhh my Primus….
All those pictures we got are so misleading. Soundwave is tiny.

Its border line false advertising.

Hasbro told us upfront that he is a Deluxe. They showed off all four Reactivate figures together when they first presented them in the fanstream.

"Deluxe," "voyager," and "leader" don't mean jack-shit as far as size is concerned nowadays. You should know that.

Even as a deluxe, Soundwave could have had a much bigger bot mode if all that backpack would have been used for the legs and a longer torso. His overall proportions would have been a bit better too instead of looking like Doctor Eggman.

Sabrblade wrote:

Overcracker wrote:Watching Emgo’s review of the Prime and Soundwave set, and ohhh my Primus….
All those pictures we got are so misleading. Soundwave is tiny.

Its border line false advertising.

Hasbro told us upfront that he is a Deluxe. They showed off all four Reactivate figures together when they first presented them in the fanstream.

Still tiny though. And somehow in the fan stream it didn't look as egregious, or it just wasn't such a straight comparison.

They also used the super out of proportion official product image.

Sabrblade wrote:

Overcracker wrote:Watching Emgo’s review of the Prime and Soundwave set, and ohhh my Primus….
All those pictures we got are so misleading. Soundwave is tiny.

Its border line false advertising.

Hasbro told us upfront that he is a Deluxe. They showed off all four Reactivate figures together when they first presented them in the fanstream.

Why anyone is surprised is beyond me. This was known.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Overcracker wrote:Watching Emgo’s review of the Prime and Soundwave set, and ohhh my Primus….
All those pictures we got are so misleading. Soundwave is tiny.

Its border line false advertising.

Hasbro told us upfront that he is a Deluxe. They showed off all four Reactivate figures together when they first presented them in the fanstream.

Why anyone is surprised is beyond me. This was known.

Some of us are old and forget shtuff...

First-Aid wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Overcracker wrote:Watching Emgo’s review of the Prime and Soundwave set, and ohhh my Primus….
All those pictures we got are so misleading. Soundwave is tiny.

Its border line false advertising.

Hasbro told us upfront that he is a Deluxe. They showed off all four Reactivate figures together when they first presented them in the fanstream.

Why anyone is surprised is beyond me. This was known.

Some of us are old and forget shtuff...

The word is "experienced".

Sabrblade wrote:

First-Aid wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Overcracker wrote:Watching Emgo’s review of the Prime and Soundwave set, and ohhh my Primus….
All those pictures we got are so misleading. Soundwave is tiny.

Its border line false advertising.

Hasbro told us upfront that he is a Deluxe. They showed off all four Reactivate figures together when they first presented them in the fanstream.

Why anyone is surprised is beyond me. This was known.

Some of us are old and forget shtuff...

The word is "experienced".

Once the first digit of your age is a 5, unless its a single digit number, 'experienced' doesnt fit. Just 'old'.

I Got the Screamers / Bee 2 pack.

Bee is amazing looking in both modes , but he's fiddly to transform.

Starscream is excellent all over, but mine have the classic QC issue of having the exact same gun twice.
My local geek shop is closed until the 26th so I'll be able to exchange the "clone" gun for the correct one next Tuesday.

Anyone else got that issue?

I got the Reactivate toys, and have had a blast playing with them. These are easily some of the most fun toys to come out this year.

Some thoughts:

Soundwave: this has become my new favorite Soundwave toy, of any Soundwave. This guy is good. I love how stocky his torso is, the backpack and stocky stature give him the look of a communications guy who is carrying a lot of crucial gear. The limbs are good. His head is beautiful, though I wish his eyes were yellow like the box. Truck mode is very solid. Transformation is also good, I enjoy the way it wraps out and around. He's good.

Bumblebee: This guy is probably a top 10 toys of the year, and maybe top 5 Bumblebee toys ever. The reinvention of him as an armored Dune buggy is flawless, and the toy is so strong in both modes. Transformation is also really damn good. He lacks a wrist and waist joint, but those don't really take away from how good he is. This guy rocks.

Optimus: This is also a solid toy. there is some fiddle factor with the backpack components, and I think the axe was done a bit weird, but he's still very good. Not as Classics-Prime as i was expecting but still good. I really wish he had more max maxness besides the cowcatcher though.

Starscream: another banger right there. All the black looks really good on him, gives him a true illusion of being shot down and crashed. I love the headsculpt, the transformation is good, and the alt mode is pretty sleek. This clears the recent Siege and ER seeker molds to me.

If I had to rank them, I'd rank them:

1) Bumblebee
2) Soundwave
3) Starscream
4) Optimus Prime

Have some pics:

A friend and I purchased both sets, as he wanted Bee and Soundwave so I took Prime and Screamer. I'm happy with both my figures, though the bottom of Prime in truck mode could have been tidier. As for Starscream, he's near perfect in jet mode, though I had a hard time keeping his back panels in place. Overall I still prefer the ER figure in both modes, but not by much. These will now become the IDW representatives on my shelves.

Took some more photos, because all 4 figures are great

I hope this seeker mold can be considered for some worthy repaints....Red Wing comes to my mind...'nuff said!

Nemesis Destron wrote:I hope this seeker mold can be considered for some worthy repaints....Red Wing comes to my mind...'nuff said!

Not all seeker molds get repaints. If we forget the usual gimmicky "kids lines" and stick to the main Generations line. For example, CW Starscream.
And if a Starscream get repainted, Skywarp and Thundercracker will always have priority.

Anyway, if they keep their words and the two Reactivate packs will be the only time we will ever see these molds used, no repaints all all will ever be made.
Even if some repaints could be easy to do like the usual Cliffjumper from Bee, Nemesis Prime from Optimus, and Blaster from Soundwave.

Nemesis Destron wrote:I hope this seeker mold can be considered for some worthy repaints....Red Wing comes to my mind...'nuff said!

Rumor is Reactivate gets 23 figures total. Only rumored character from the game that could be a seeker repaint is Slipstream so far

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Nemesis Destron wrote:I hope this seeker mold can be considered for some worthy repaints....Red Wing comes to my mind...'nuff said!

Rumor is Reactivate gets 23 figures total. Only rumored character from the game that could be a seeker repaint is Slipstream so far

I guess that explains why they didn't put Reactivate in Studio Series Gamer Edition despite the line feeling like it was tailor made for this game, it would be all they did in Studio Series for the next two years!

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Nemesis Destron wrote:I hope this seeker mold can be considered for some worthy repaints....Red Wing comes to my mind...'nuff said!

Rumor is Reactivate gets 23 figures total. Only rumored character from the game that could be a seeker repaint is Slipstream so far

I guess that explains why they didn't put Reactivate in Studio Series Gamer Edition despite the line feeling like it was tailor made for this game, it would be all they did in Studio Series for the next two years!

Emerje

That also killed me theory on GE Sunstreaker, but then we got concept Megatron and Rumble, so maybe it could be a BB movie concept Sunstreaker.

Emerje wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Nemesis Destron wrote:I hope this seeker mold can be considered for some worthy repaints....Red Wing comes to my mind...'nuff said!

Rumor is Reactivate gets 23 figures total. Only rumored character from the game that could be a seeker repaint is Slipstream so far

I guess that explains why they didn't put Reactivate in Studio Series Gamer Edition despite the line feeling like it was tailor made for this game, it would be all they did in Studio Series for the next two years!

Emerje

I mean some Reactivate is coming in Studio Series, we already have the listing for a Lifeline, just not these four since these two-packs have been sitting around ready to go since before the game got delayed.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:That also killed me theory on GE Sunstreaker, but then we got concept Megatron and Rumble, so maybe it could be a BB movie concept Sunstreaker.

The listing has said Movie 6 the entire time, Sunstreaker being a scrapped/concept BB design has always been the easiest answer, people just didn't want to hear it.

Well, Amazon finally decided to ship my prime and Soundwave set. Will see if have time to get them out of the box later today.



Later….