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News Credits: 462 · Thu Oct 12, 2023 11:38 am

Yeah, it's not that Hasbro has a dislike for the Bay movies, it's that they're running out of characters from those movies that they think people will want to buy. The reason they've been so light on AOE and TLK characters is because their marketing research has told them that toys of characters from those two movies don't sell very well compared to those from the first trilogy.

News Credits: 1646 · Thu Oct 12, 2023 3:41 pm

I'll probably get Megatron, hope he actually looks good.

Still sad we are now getting a concept Megatron before a 2nd Leader Dinobot. And still no Que. And still no Frenzy. And still now TLK crew.

News Credits: 11 · Thu Oct 12, 2023 3:57 pm

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I'll probably get Megatron, hope he actually looks good.

Still sad we are now getting a concept Megatron before a 2nd Leader Dinobot. And still no Que. And still no Frenzy. And still now TLK crew.

Indeed, at the very least we're getting Mohawk and a new Drift next year. I'm still holding out hope that the characters you mentioned will happen eventually, but with every set of leaks I get more worried that the Bayverse stuff will stop before we do get them.
Even if new Bayverse toys aren't being planned, some more re-issues of older Studio Series toys in Buzzworthy Bumblebee or elsewhere would be enough to whet my appetite at least for a while. I'm still praying for an Ironhide with his DOTM weapons.

News Credits: 332 · Thu Oct 12, 2023 4:02 pm

Perhaps the designs that are left from the bay films are of characters that might be rather hard to make.

News Credits: 1646 · Thu Oct 12, 2023 4:17 pm

Munkky wrote:
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I'll probably get Megatron, hope he actually looks good.

Still sad we are now getting a concept Megatron before a 2nd Leader Dinobot. And still no Que. And still no Frenzy. And still now TLK crew.

Indeed, at the very least we're getting Mohawk and a new Drift next year. I'm still holding out hope that the characters you mentioned will happen eventually, but with every set of leaks I get more worried that the Bayverse stuff will stop before we do get them.
Even if new Bayverse toys aren't being planned, some more re-issues of older Studio Series toys in Buzzworthy Bumblebee or elsewhere would be enough to whet my appetite at least for a while. I'm still praying for an Ironhide with his DOTM weapons.

That would be a great way to get Ironhide back on shelves, and i am surprised they have not done that yet

Thu Oct 12, 2023 7:18 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:
steve2275 wrote:looking really good to me

What look good?

oh sorry
https://static.seibertron.com/images/to ... magnus.JPG

News Credits: 101 · Thu Oct 12, 2023 7:29 pm

steve2275 wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:
steve2275 wrote:looking really good to me

What look good?

oh sorry

Now that I see, yes, it is indeed nice. (You missed the /img brackets. So, fix'd.)

News Credits: 61 · Thu Oct 12, 2023 9:45 pm

Just finished my latest project, Rescue Ratchet!

I have to admit I'm generally not a huge fan of G1 colors on movie bots, but I wanted to try adapting the G1 color pallette in a way that suits the movie design a bit more. It was a fun one to work on!

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News Credits: 1 · Thu Oct 12, 2023 9:48 pm

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:Just finished my latest project, Rescue Ratchet!

I have to admit I'm generally not a huge fan of G1 colors on movie bots, but I wanted to try adapting the G1 color pallette in a way that suits the movie design a bit more. It was a fun one to work on!

RR bot blaster.jpg

RR bot 1.jpg

RR alt main.jpg

RR alt L back.jpg

That looks better than some official color schemes. Love the little "fake" lifeline detail in the inner calves.

News Credits: 101 · Thu Oct 12, 2023 10:01 pm

It's always really hard to make clean stripes on the vehicle without making them look thick with bumps. That's the flaw of doing it with a paintbrush. Masking tape and pray paint can be effective, but that still remains a challenge. I failed that often. The best would be a sticker sheet. The ultimate, a water decals sheet.

I would really love to have a printer that is specialised in making high quality stickers for models with the paper and ink to match. And the machine would be able to cut them too. As in, making your own Reprolabels at home. Man, this would make customising so much easier!

News Credits: 1646 · Fri Oct 13, 2023 6:31 am

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:Just finished my latest project, Rescue Ratchet!

I have to admit I'm generally not a huge fan of G1 colors on movie bots, but I wanted to try adapting the G1 color pallette in a way that suits the movie design a bit more. It was a fun one to work on!

RR bot blaster.jpg

RR bot 1.jpg

RR alt main.jpg

RR alt L back.jpg

Looks pretty good. Did you use NEST Ratchet as a base?

News Credits: 61 · Fri Oct 13, 2023 7:46 am

Rtron wrote:That looks better than some official color schemes. Love the little "fake" lifeline detail in the inner calves.

Thank you! That’s one of my favorite details I added.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Looks pretty good. Did you use NEST Ratchet as a base?

Thanks, yes I did! Found an extra one on clearance a little while ago

Sat Oct 14, 2023 2:11 pm

Didn't end up finding SS86 Ratchet at Target, but stumbled upon him at Meijers a moment ago.

Finally have a Ratchet in my collection!

News Credits: 332 · Mon Oct 16, 2023 7:00 pm

-Sunstreaker- wrote:Didn't end up finding SS86 Ratchet at Target, but stumbled upon him at Meijers a moment ago.

Finally have a Ratchet in my collection!

Core or Voyager?

News Credits: 4877 · Mon Oct 16, 2023 9:27 pm

Hasbro will soon be unveiling the first wave of 2024's Studio Series figures. There was a big question mark as to what the MV 6 Leader Megatron listing referred to. Was this a mistake for a SS 86 listing or was it referring to what Megatron would have looked like in the Bumblebee movie (MV 6). Well turns out it's the latter with our first image at this Megstron which looks like the CG model we saw used in some ROTB box art. This will be a leader class figure and leaders on the web have said this toy should be a triple changer of sorts with two cybertronian vehicle modes. The alt modes have not been leaked yet and the triple changing aspect is still just a rumour.

Tue Oct 17, 2023 1:33 am

Two cybertronian alt modes? Does anybody what exactly those are :-?

? Don't think Megs even transformed in the Bumblebee movie. Been a long while since I last watched it :oops:

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News Credits: 1646 · Tue Oct 17, 2023 6:05 am

Lain Iwakura wrote:Two cybertronian alt modes? Does anybody what exactly those are ? Don't think Megs even transformed in the Bumblebee movie. Been a long while since I last watched it .

Megatron wasn't in the Bee movie at all. He was only in an early draft on Cybertron, before not showing up at all. He only appeared in a Bee movie pack in comic frozen ala the 2007 movie.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · Tue Oct 17, 2023 10:53 am

His most defining feature.

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News Credits: 56 · Tue Oct 17, 2023 12:12 pm

Well if they are doing conceptual characters, I guess there's a possibility of RotB Transit? I just watched the deleted scene on the Blu Ray for the first time last night. It's a shame that was cut from the film.

News Credits: 1646 · Tue Oct 17, 2023 12:17 pm

o.supreme wrote:Well if they are doing conceptual characters, I guess there's a possibility of RotB Transit? I just watched the deleted scene on the Blu Ray for the first time last night. It's a shame that was cut from the film.

I agree, I hope Transit ends up getting a toy.

Although, once again, I am annoyed we are getting concept characters before Que or a 2nd Dinobot.

News Credits: 4877 · Tue Oct 17, 2023 12:50 pm

With Studio Series Nightbird out now, fans can compare it to the previously released mainline Rise of the Beasts Nightbird toy. And we have images for you below. The Studio Series version is the smaller of the two, and the one with the larger backpack. However, it has a more accurate car mode, colours, headsculpt and chest. So it's give and take here, depending on your taste. But at least we have options, so let us know which of these two options you prefer for your collection. The images are courtesy of Franz from Cybertron Philippines

News Credits: 101 · Tue Oct 17, 2023 1:27 pm

I thought Mainline Nightbird was tiny.
Holy crap the SS!
And, man, she carry a whole scrapyard on her back.

I may still get SS Nightbird, but only on sale.

News Credits: 2 · Tue Oct 17, 2023 2:45 pm

That is why I dont collect movie figures. Not enough, if any, cooperation between the CGI guys and toy designers. I love Nightbird's car mode as the Skyline is one of my fav cars, but that bot mode, damn.

News Credits: 1646 · Tue Oct 17, 2023 3:04 pm

I still do not understand how they dropped the ball so badly on Mirage and Nightbird. Nightbird literally had wings to help with kibble, and they basically did nothing with it.

News Credits: 30 · Tue Oct 17, 2023 3:58 pm

I'm cautiously optimistic. They've messed over the leader figures pretty badly lately, making them glorified voyagers with a few badly-planned accessories tossed in to fool customers into thinking they're not being gypped. If they make it a decent G1 tribute, it could be good. But I keep asking myself - are there any Triple changers has Hasbro really done well lately...?