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Aaaaaaaand already sold out, wasn’t even up for two minutes. Literally had it in my cart, went to go get a GI Joe Beachhead, came back and it was gone. Looks like we got another Gigawatt problem.

I was there refreshing the page at 8:00 cst, and it let me add to cart. I went right to my cart after that to increase it to 2 and then purchase but it was already sold out by the time that page loaded (not even 8:01 yet). I really hope that it was just a glitch and it pops back up. This whole pre-order selling out before they are even up is really getting annoying.

LinaNui wrote:I was there refreshing the page at 8:00 cst, and it let me add to cart. I went right to my cart after that to increase it to 2 and then purchase but it was already sold out by the time that page loaded (not even 8:01 yet). I really hope that it was just a glitch and it pops back up. This whole pre-order selling out before they are even up is really getting annoying.

When they don't set purchase limits we don't stand a chance against re-sellers running automatic buying programs/scripts/etc. At least these will presumably be in stores later on, and most Target exclusives are eventually easy to grab that way.

£20 at indemand https://www.indemandtoys.co.uk/product/ ... -leadfoot/

kind of weird how some target exclusives are easier for us to get in the UK than others.

Leadfoot looks pretty good!

Shame he sold out so fast. That is agonizing. I couldn't even add him to the cart.

Argh.

I was really[ looking forward to Leadfoot. To quote Sherman T. Potter from MASH, this is horse hockey!

This particular Leadfoot looks to have feet that I cannot agree with. Very wonky looking.

Leadfoot looks great, shame I have no chance of obtaining him. Oh well.

On an unrelated note, something's occurred to me regarding Blitzwing. The SS team have recycled transformations from pre-existing figures before (see Starscream from the DOTM Deluxe as the most obvious example) so it makes me wonder why they didn't at least take inspiration from ROTF Breakaway for Blitzwing. He has a VERY similar transformation to BW's onscreen model (Engines and wings form backpack, cockpit disassembles and compresses into chest etc) and with the larger "working space" they could easily have made the cockpit suck in enough to be movie accurate. I dunno, seems like a missed opportunity that would have given us a better robot mode and a MUCH better jet mode.

Studio Series' engineering is all over the place. On some figures it's good, on others it's a step or more backward from what we had before.

Black Hat wrote:Leadfoot looks great, shame I have no chance of obtaining him. Oh well.

On an unrelated note, something's occurred to me regarding Blitzwing. The SS team have recycled transformations from pre-existing figures before (see Starscream from the DOTM Deluxe as the most obvious example) so it makes me wonder why they didn't at least take inspiration from ROTF Breakaway for Blitzwing. He has a VERY similar transformation to BW's onscreen model (Engines and wings form backpack, cockpit disassembles and compresses into chest etc) and with the larger "working space" they could easily have made the cockpit suck in enough to be movie accurate. I dunno, seems like a missed opportunity that would have given us a better robot mode and a MUCH better jet mode.

Considering jet Shatter gets pretty close to a Harrier without being licensed while Blitzwing doesn’t look anything like an F-4, I wonder if the jet mode is the way it is because it’ll be remolded to the cybertronian seekers. Not something I’d be interested in, but a Skywarp remold would be kinda neat just because we’d have different molds for Starscream, Thundercracker, and Skywarp.

I’m curious why Topspin doesn’t reuse engineering from the DOTM deluxe, especially after other DOTM molds (Ratchet and Starscream) were upgraded for SS. I’m eager to have SS Topspin in hand so I can compare it to the original.

We be Roadbustin'

I'm so disappointed that I missed out on this guy. He looks really good!

Regardless of the films themselves, I don't think anyone can argue that the Movie Wreckers are not probably some of the absolute coolest and unique things that have come from the franchise in general.

Deadput wrote:Regardless of the films themselves, I don't think anyone can argue that the Movie Wreckers are not probably some of the absolute coolest and unique things that have come from the franchise in general.

Seconded. If you think about it, we got a ton of really unique ideas from the live action movies: wheels for feet, having no legs at all, different and unique body structures that went out of the norm for previous Transformers.

Deadput wrote:Regardless of the films themselves, I don't think anyone can argue that the Movie Wreckers are not probably some of the absolute coolest and unique things that have come from the franchise in general.

Agreed. While I prefer IDW's treatment of the Wreckers story-wise, A special heavily armed squad of foul mouthed/tempered, Armored (officially licensed) NASCAR cars was a pretty interesting idea.
Plus the designs look really cool.

Deadput wrote:Regardless of the films themselves, I don't think anyone can argue that the Movie Wreckers are not probably some of the absolute coolest and unique things that have come from the franchise in general.

On the other hand, one could make a case for their designs (Leadfoot's especially) being a tad stereotypical in that they're beer-bellied redneck mechanics who turn into NASCAR cars. Though, strangely, they were given mock Australian accents rather than Southern American accents to complete the depiction.

Sabrblade wrote:

Deadput wrote:Regardless of the films themselves, I don't think anyone can argue that the Movie Wreckers are not probably some of the absolute coolest and unique things that have come from the franchise in general.

On the other hand, one could make a case for their designs (Leadfoot's especially) being a tad stereotypical in that they're beer-bellied redneck mechanics who turn into NASCAR cars. Though, strangely, they were given mock Australian accents rather than Southern American accents to complete the depiction.

Fun fact.
In the Canadian French dub, the Wreckers talked in QUÉBÉCOIS!

h, I want Leadfoot so damned badly! I missed out on every other version of the guy. I want one complete set of the movie Wreckers.

The Wreckers are looking great together! Hopefully getting Leadfoot isn't a big problem.

Speaking of Wreckers, I just finished painting SS Roadbuster! Had a blast painting it, and I'm really excited to paint the others now.

I just hope they get here soon, because I think Prime's getting impatient.

Aah! Cables! My one weakness!