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News Credits: 4 · by **King Kuuga** » Fri Jun 26, 2015 11:16 pm

You would think Hasbro would have talked about these toys at Botcon.

News Credits: 4852 · by **william-james88** » Fri Jun 26, 2015 11:22 pm

That Bot wrote:You would think Hasbro would have talked about these toys at Botcon.

Yeah, especially when their RID display had nothing new.

News Credits: 458 · by **Sabrblade** » Sat Jun 27, 2015 12:00 am

william-james88 wrote:
That Bot wrote:You would think Hasbro would have talked about these toys at Botcon.

Yeah, especially when their RID display had nothing new.

Maybe they were afraid of spoiling the season 1 finale.

News Credits: 4852 · by **william-james88** » Sat Jun 27, 2015 12:02 am

Sabrblade wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
That Bot wrote:You would think Hasbro would have talked about these toys at Botcon.

Yeah, especially when their RID display had nothing new.
Maybe they were afraid of spoiling the season 1 finale.

They could have shown them all except for toys pertaining to spoilers.

News Credits: 331 · by **chuckdawg1999** » Sat Jun 27, 2015 12:18 am

Those Mini-Cons are bricks? Really disappointed.

News Credits: 174 · by **Hellscream9999** » Sat Jun 27, 2015 12:29 am

Haven't they always been? They look to have about as much articulation as the deployers themselves, which is the really sad part, but they at least are equitable, interesting, and that shark is awesome

News Credits: 4852 · by **william-james88** » Sat Jun 27, 2015 12:34 am

Hellscream9999 wrote:Haven't they always been? They look to have about as much articulation as the deployers themselves, which is the really sad part, but they at least are equitable, interesting, and that shark is awesome

I find the shark awesome too, high five!

And yeah, I also thought they were always bricks, so that they can get that one step transformation.

News Credits: 174 · by **Hellscream9999** » Sat Jun 27, 2015 12:45 am

william-james88 wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:Haven't they always been? They look to have about as much articulation as the deployers themselves, which is the really sad part, but they at least are equitable, interesting, and that shark is awesome

I find the shark awesome too, high five!

And yeah, I also thought they were always bricks, so that they can get that one step transformation.

Well the mini-cons of old were mostly bricks due to various limitations, and these ones seem to be bricks due to being assemble-able (which if they aren't even detached from the sprue would probably explain the low price-point)

But yeah, that shark is soooo awesome looking

News Credits: 4 · by **TRozok21** » Sat Jun 27, 2015 1:06 am

Dare I saw that Shark is... Jawsome?

News Credits: 174 · by **Hellscream9999** » Sat Jun 27, 2015 1:08 am

TRozok21 wrote:Dare I saw that Shark is... Jawsome?

News Credits: 458 · by **Sabrblade** » Sat Jun 27, 2015 1:23 am

TRozok21 wrote:Dare I saw that Shark is... Jawsome?

Ah, Street Sharks, now there's some history.

News Credits: 4 · by **TRozok21** » Sat Jun 27, 2015 1:30 am

Sabrblade wrote:
TRozok21 wrote:Dare I saw that Shark is... Jawsome?
Ah, Street Sharks, now there's some history.

Yeah, I watched it again after a couple of decades, so it came back to me

News Credits: 652 · by **ScottyP** » Sat Jun 27, 2015 11:36 am

I'm really enjoying this line so good to see new product making its way out. Now to wait a month for the TRUs here to stock it.

News Credits: 4852 · by **william-james88** » Sat Jun 27, 2015 2:58 pm

ScottyP wrote:I'm really enjoying this line so good to see new product making its way out. Now to wait a month for the TRUs here to stock it.

Which of those are you thinking of buying Scotty?

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Sat Jun 27, 2015 5:41 pm

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Those Mini-Cons are bricks? Really disappointed.

Well, they need to be due to the playability. they need to launch. and they're pretty small. But the energon add-ons look so amazing. That Shark is "Jawsome" as was mentioned :lol:

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Sat Jun 27, 2015 5:43 pm

william-james88 wrote:
ScottyP wrote:I'm really enjoying this line so good to see new product making its way out. Now to wait a month for the TRUs here to stock it.

Which of those are you thinking of buying Scotty?

I don't know about him, But I may (very big may) get the deployers drift and Slipstream and Jetstorm (mainly so I have both minicons to go with a drift)

News Credits: 4852 · by **william-james88** » Sat Jun 27, 2015 6:52 pm

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
ScottyP wrote:I'm really enjoying this line so good to see new product making its way out. Now to wait a month for the TRUs here to stock it.

Which of those are you thinking of buying Scotty?

I don't know about him, But I may (very big may) get the deployers drift and Slipstream and Jetstorm (mainly so I have both minicons to go with a drift)

So you want every minicon? Nice! I will only get the 8 you need to make the extra figures. And even though they are tru exclusives, I will not be getting those 3 steps.

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Sat Jun 27, 2015 8:26 pm

william-james88 wrote:
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
ScottyP wrote:I'm really enjoying this line so good to see new product making its way out. Now to wait a month for the TRUs here to stock it.

Which of those are you thinking of buying Scotty?

I don't know about him, But I may (very big may) get the deployers drift and Slipstream and Jetstorm (mainly so I have both minicons to go with a drift)

So you want every minicon? Nice! I will only get the 8 you need to make the extra figures. And even though they are tru exclusives, I will not be getting those 3 steps.

I do want every minicon, but my wallet and my Mother will not let me :lol:

If I get ANY, it would be the 2 from the show though. those guys are funny

by **Fox Thiagarajan** » Sat Jun 27, 2015 8:40 pm

Really want that 5 step Megatronus. Also, I really want a Nightstrike figure of some kind for this line.

News Credits: 331 · by **chuckdawg1999** » Sun Jun 28, 2015 12:33 am

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:Those Mini-Cons are bricks? Really disappointed.

Well, they need to be due to the playability. they need to launch. and they're pretty small. But the energon add-ons look so amazing. That Shark is "Jawsome" as was mentioned

Yeah but the arms can't even move on the robot ones? Kinda makes having weapons pointless.

News Credits: 4852 · by **william-james88** » Sun Jun 28, 2015 12:46 am

chuckdawg1999 wrote:
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:Those Mini-Cons are bricks? Really disappointed.

Well, they need to be due to the playability. they need to launch. and they're pretty small. But the energon add-ons look so amazing. That Shark is "Jawsome" as was mentioned

Yeah but the arms can't even move on the robot ones? Kinda makes having weapons pointless.

Not entirely sure. If there was 0 articulation, that gorilla one couldnt hold the pose.

News Credits: 4852 · by **william-james88** » Sun Jun 28, 2015 3:20 am

With Toysrus Exclusive 5 Step Megatronus recently found at retail, it was a matter of time before we had some in hand images of this figure. Griffin from Ozformers was the man for the job and he has a slew of in hand images showing how big this toy is. It appears to be Leader size just like the Mega One Step Optimus which interacts with minicons (they are pictured side by side below). He also gave a few tips after handling the toy:

It comes with two accessories - a spear and turret barrel (attaches to forearm).

Packaging shows the spear on the tank turret, but it looks too stupid up there... and even looks stupid on the treads, so I now prefer to not have it plugged into the vehicle mode at all.

If you get this, be careful with transforming it. There seems to be a lot of internal gears like the old Movie Auto-morph toys, and after an unusual loud cracking noise while transforming it, I'm now having trouble transforming it back to tank mode.

by **budmaloney** » Sun Jun 28, 2015 4:00 am

Why did Hasbro go with Megatronus as the villain in RID. Why did Hasbro go Megatronus name at all, even in TFPrime? Is it a trademark thing, is their Megatron trade mark about to expire? You could say that it's better story, but it doesn't have to be that name. I mean in ROTF we established that the Fallen was the first Decepticon, so they have that lore just sitting on the shelf. It has to be some legal shortcut. Or perhaps their focus groups have been saying that Megatron as an Autobot was received much better and therefore Megatron is going to be a "hero" in the near future in most future Tf lore.

Design wise Megatronus is very similar to Megatron. Fusion cannon, helmet, tank, even black and purple styling from IDW stealth bomber megs.

It's odd. I like Megatronus, I think he was neat in the cartoon. But why is the question? What are they after with this name direction?

News Credits: 101 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Sun Jun 28, 2015 5:04 am

Once again, how much did that big 5 steps Megatronus cost?

News Credits: 3 · by **prjkt** » Sun Jun 28, 2015 6:31 am

budmaloney wrote:Why did Hasbro go with Megatronus as the villain in RID. Why did Hasbro go Megatronus name at all, even in TFPrime? Is it a trademark thing, is their Megatron trade mark about to expire? You could say that it's better story, but it doesn't have to be that name. I mean in ROTF we established that the Fallen was the first Decepticon, so they have that lore just sitting on the shelf. It has to be some legal shortcut. Or perhaps their focus groups have been saying that Megatron as an Autobot was received much better and therefore Megatron is going to be a "hero" in the near future in most future Tf lore.

Megatronus =/= Megatron

The Fallen's name before it was taken from him was Megatronus