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News Credits: 101 · Posted by **-Kanrabat-** Sun Jan 12, 2020 10:08 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:This show that in the old movie lines, scale was not important at all.
Leader 2007 Megatron (preferably the Premium Series redeco) would have been a better match with Bumblebee, height-wise.

It would have been a better match for sure. However he's still be way too big. Anyone have still his old 2007 leader Megs to post comparison pictures?

News Credits: 462 · Posted by **Sabrblade** Sun Jan 12, 2020 10:26 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:This show that in the old movie lines, scale was not important at all.
Leader 2007 Megatron (preferably the Premium Series redeco) would have been a better match with Bumblebee, height-wise.

It would have been a better match for sure. However he's still be way too big. Anyone have still his old 2007 leader Megs to post comparison pictures?

Ryan's galleries have some pics.

News Credits: 101 · Posted by **-Kanrabat-** Sun Jan 12, 2020 10:29 pm

Less actiony poses would have been preferable, but here the scale work perfectly. OG 07 Bee is from the time were deluxes were big.

News Credits: 12 · Posted by **Sentinel_Primal** Mon Jan 13, 2020 3:53 am

I hope Sentinel comes with his Rust Gun. Hopefully he comes out looking fairly good because as much as I hate the character, the design was pretty good. It felt almost more Alpha Trion than Sentinel Prime to me. Then again, I feel like part of my reasoning for that is because of Leonard Nimoy's excellent voice work for Sentinel made him feel a bit older and wiser than the Sentinel Prime from Animated

News Credits: 42 · Posted by **TF-fan kev777** Mon Jan 13, 2020 1:15 pm

So I finally had some time to enjoy WWII Hotrod and Mixmaster over the weekend, which is the perfect time to give my thoughts since Scavenger arrived today. I'll post on him later this week.

I already have WWII Bee, so Hot Rod was as expected, except my copy appears to have some QC issues with the legs in bot mode and the roof panel in car mode. My legs just don'e seem to hold together as well on Hot Rod as they do Bee. It isn't horrible, but doe make posing him somewhat more difficult. The bigger issue is the roof panel in car mode. Mine is slightly warped just won't fit flush. But overall I like Hot Rod, especially paired up with Bee.

Now onto the real gem, Mixmaster. Man what a fantastic mold. I love how they used a traditional bipedal robot mode, but really stretched the proportions to make him a beautiful, gangly mess. In his case, I find that the large truck cab backpack actually helps act as a counterweight when you have the arms extended forward.

The real gem with Mixmaster is his truck mode. What an incredible job they did with the only real flaw being the visible hands at the back end. Everything else stays nice and tucked away and everything tabs in really well to form a really solid truck mode. This might be the nicest alt mode overall for my movie collection (very limited TLK and SS) as far as everything tabbing in together securely.

Now I just have to carve out some time this week to open up Scavenger. Can't wait.

News Credits: 1646 · Posted by **D-Maximal_Primal** Mon Jan 13, 2020 7:36 pm

These leaders are gorgeous! Scavenger has a special place in my heart as my first RotF figure (Demolishor) and he has always had a design I loved, and only this figure used it. It's great. and Shockwave is superbly painted.

News Credits: 1646 · Posted by **D-Maximal_Primal** Mon Jan 13, 2020 9:06 pm

Alt modes and some comparisons for size.

Scavenger has a nice big alt mode, and it is pretty cool to have this big excavator looming over the others. This figure is really good!

I actually like the shockwave tank more in person. This thing is pretty cool actually, and i love how the robot back becomes the tank back, that is pretty sweet. I love the paint work too. This figure is also pretty dang good

News Credits: 61 · Posted by **EvasionModeBumblebee** Mon Jan 13, 2020 9:28 pm

Shockwave just got delivered back home - It’ll be a while before I get to check it out but I’m glad it’s secured! Really excited about having DOTM Prime and Shockwave square off.

News Credits: 1646 · Posted by **D-Maximal_Primal** Mon Jan 13, 2020 10:03 pm

I hope you're prepared for the nightmares that await you, mortal

News Credits: 462 · Posted by **Sabrblade** Mon Jan 13, 2020 11:41 pm

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Reminds me of the altmode of the old ROTF Leader class Megatron figure.

News Credits: 42 · Posted by **TF-fan kev777** Tue Jan 14, 2020 5:35 pm

So I got Scavenger yesterday and finally had a little bit of time to open him up today, and pose him just a little. And first impressions are not good. He is just as fiddly a pain in the ass to pose as the RotF voyager was. I was really happy seeing that the treads collapse into the bottom wheel when he was first revealed and thought they had to include some way for him to be able to stand on only his wheel so you could use his hands. Fig fat nope unless I'm missing something.

We'll see if my opinion improves once I get a chance to transform him a bit, but as of right now, he is by far the worst Constructicon to me. For now, being a component of Devastator is the only real plus for this mold. I really hope that changes once I transform him and get a bit more used to posing him.

News Credits: 6 · Posted by **Sarahthecutevixen** Tue Jan 14, 2020 6:08 pm

Guess who has a bike mode

Scavenger does

News Credits: 6 · Posted by **Ig89ninja** Tue Jan 14, 2020 6:54 pm

TrypticonCarne wrote:

Guess who has a bike mode Scavenger does

The best part is, that mode is actually canonical, as Demolisher would slam his top wheel onto the ground to create massive damage.

News Credits: 6 · Posted by **Sarahthecutevixen** Tue Jan 14, 2020 7:38 pm

Ig89ninja wrote:
TrypticonCarne wrote:

Guess who has a bike mode Scavenger does

The best part is, that mode is actually canonical, as Demolisher would slam his top wheel onto the ground to create massive damage.

Thats why I did it

News Credits: 42 · Posted by **TF-fan kev777** Tue Jan 14, 2020 9:43 pm

TrypticonCarne wrote:

Did you do anything particular to the bottom wheel to allow him to stand without using his hands for support? Or do you really just have to carefully find the balance point and cross your fingers?

News Credits: 6 · Posted by **Sarahthecutevixen** Tue Jan 14, 2020 9:44 pm

TF-fan kev777 wrote:
TrypticonCarne wrote:

Did you do anything particular to the bottom wheel to allow him to stand without using his hands for support? Or do you really just have to carefully find the balance point and cross your fingers?

Nothing but physics once you find his center it's easy to get him to balance

News Credits: 1646 · Posted by **D-Maximal_Primal** Tue Jan 14, 2020 9:46 pm

Holy crap am I loving these Leaders! this whole wave has been joy after relentless joy to me.

First up, Scavenger. I don't know what it is, but I love the non-traditional Constructicons, and it's now a race between Scavenger and Rampage for my favorite mold. I frikkin love both! Have a group shot, with only 2 to go!

And then there is Shockwave. This guy is just utterly intimidating and terrifying, and he works so well with dark filters. I frikkin love the paint work and sculpting, they captured that movie look spot on.

Have a Dark of the Moon group shot, minus hatchet and Sentinel Prime, as well as another image of the devil opening the gates of hell

News Credits: 6 · Posted by **Sarahthecutevixen** Wed Jan 15, 2020 12:19 am

Guess what time it is, Unconventional Constructicon pose-ability time

News Credits: 4877 · Posted by **william-james88** Wed Jan 15, 2020 12:41 am

Gotta say DMax, you are the first to capture how nice Shockwave's alt mode can be.

News Credits: 101 · Posted by **-Kanrabat-** Wed Jan 15, 2020 5:42 am

Now that it's been mentioned, it piss me off that SS '07 Megatron's chest is the exact same one as the ROTF one. Was it that impossible to mold a new chest plate so that's it's accurate?
....Unless they want to milk the mold and once again, they'll release a repaint/remold of a more accurate '07 Megs. As they did for ROTF Megatron and Optimus.

News Credits: 1 · Posted by **Rtron** Wed Jan 15, 2020 11:59 am

-Kanrabat- wrote:Now that it's been mentioned, it piss me off that SS '07 Megatron's chest is the exact same one as the ROTF one. Was it that impossible to mold a new chest plate so that's it's accurate?
....Unless they want to milk the mold and once again, they'll release a repaint/remold of a more accurate '07 Megs. As they did for ROTF Megatron and Optimus.

The chest thing drives me nuts. Maybe they'll remold it for some sort of exclusive, with an icy deco and/or the fusion cannon? Kinda like Battle Damaged ROTF Megatron.

News Credits: 42 · Posted by **TF-fan kev777** Wed Jan 15, 2020 12:56 pm

Thanks everyone on the photos and advice on posing Scavenger. Yesterday was a crappy day for other reasons and I should have waited until I had more time to really play around with him. Today went much better as I started with getting the top and bottom wheels lined up over each other so they would balance well. I also found that rotating the bottom wheel so that the nubs from the end of the excavator treads can sort of help against forward or backward lean. I can now pose him much better, and just have to figure what botbot he will be playing in the constructicon band Wrecking Balls (more on this in the Awesome pics and poses thread in the future).

The transformation was both a little scary, but ultimately very satisfying. A little scary at times because some of those tabs just didn't want to let go, and being my first time transforming him I wasn't always sure which pieces were supposed to move or let go. But after the first transformation everything went smooth the second time. I really like how everything tabs in nice and snug on mine, very satisfying.

Can't wait for the last 2 constructicons to be available so I can get the big boy put together.

News Credits: 101 · Posted by **-Kanrabat-** Wed Jan 15, 2020 3:19 pm

Rtron wrote:The chest thing drives me nuts. Maybe they'll remold it for some sort of exclusive, with an icy deco and/or the fusion cannon? Kinda like Battle Damaged ROTF Megatron.

I'm not usually a fan of KO and bootlegs. But the fact that the chest plate is pinned to hell and back make replacing just that part impossible. I'd like a 1:1 KO of SS Voyager Megatron with the correct chest if HasTak don't make it.

However, the best of both worlds would be to have a just the KO torso with the correct chest. Meaning the chest and all the pinned parts on it only. Then, take apart your official Megatron and assemble the ultimate SS '07 Megs.

Posted by **RK_Striker_JK_5** Wed Jan 15, 2020 5:14 pm

I got Scavenger.

I want Overload. I want him to be mostly complete. Oh god this guy is so cool and he's only 75% complete.

News Credits: 174 · Posted by **Hellscream9999** Wed Jan 15, 2020 5:46 pm

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:I got Scavenger.

I want Overload. I want him to be mostly complete. Oh god this guy is so cool and he's only 75% complete.

I know how you feel, I just have to keep reminding myself that I'd rather get overload way at the end and get a good devastator, than first and have a combiner with weak thighs; but it isn't easy :BANG_HEAD: