D-Maximal_Primal wrote:william-james88 wrote:D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Except in the Earthrise case, Siege wave 5 WAS 2020 wave 1. Earthrise wave 1 is wave 2 2020, and so on. Wave 3 of Earthrise coming around the holidays makes sense since it is Wave 4 2020.
For Studio Series, they seem to be only doing 3 waves a year, with leaders in the first and last wave per year to spread them out appropriately. Overload coming out in September/October almost mirrors the wide release of DotM Prime from last year
Seige Wave 5 was given the official release date within 2019, made to ensure stock for the 2019 holiday season due to the line's popularity (aka more orders from retailers):
https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... irs/43489/
Which is the 2020 wave 1 timeline: early release to get stuff out for holidays, but many will not see stock until the new year.
It is how Siege wave 1 was, Siege wave 5, and PotP Wave 1. it follows the pattern
Ig89ninja wrote:Gah, I need that Shatter, but I can’t leave my house in order to get her thanks to the quarantine!
william-james88 wrote:If ever Sabrblade decides to go on vacation, I am glad to know we can rely on you.
Hellscream9999 wrote:Ig89ninja wrote:Gah, I need that Shatter, but I can’t leave my house in order to get her thanks to the quarantine!
She's still in stock on pulse, or is that not an option for you?
william-james88 wrote:If ever Sabrblade decides to go on vacation, I am glad to know we can rely on you.
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Let's Wreck n' Rule, Bayverse Style
-Kanrabat- wrote:TF-fan kev777 wrote:First-Aid wrote:Okay, did anyone else notice that we all get a wonderful shot of Starscreams crotch anytime he sits in that throne? That's unnerving. Couldn't they have put n extra flap in there? It's....weird.
Its kind of like Basic Instinct, but not in a good way...
Goddammit, now I can't unsee it.
Triple-changing and the movie style do not mix.First-Aid wrote:D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Let's Wreck n' Rule, Bayverse Style
I Can't say how impressed I am with this figure. As for the Bumblebee villains,it seems that each of them got one good figure and one bad figure.
Heck, even Triple Changing and G1 style don't mix. The only recent Triple Changer I can think of that didn't have at least one sub-par mode was T30 Springer (and Sandstorm, for that matter).ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Triple-changing and the movie style do not mix.First-Aid wrote:D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Let's Wreck n' Rule, Bayverse Style
I Can't say how impressed I am with this figure. As for the Bumblebee villains,it seems that each of them got one good figure and one bad figure.
First-Aid wrote:D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Let's Wreck n' Rule, Bayverse Style
I Can't say how impressed I am with this figure. As for the Bumblebee villains,it seems that each of them got one good figure and one bad figure.
LeAwesome1 wrote:To those who have Offroad Bee, is he worth the price? I'm really on the fence about it, as I don't have the space for it currently but if its worth it then I can make it!
Well, I find both of SIEGE Springer's altmodes good, and both of Cybertron Megatron's, but both those figures are using future/alien altmodes so they have wiggle room that most don't.Autobot N wrote:Heck, even Triple Changing and G1 style don't mix. The only recent Triple Changer I can think of that didn't have at least one sub-par mode was T30 Springer (and Sandstorm, for that matter).ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Triple-changing and the movie style do not mix.First-Aid wrote:D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Let's Wreck n' Rule, Bayverse Style
I Can't say how impressed I am with this figure. As for the Bumblebee villains,it seems that each of them got one good figure and one bad figure.
And two of the four still sucked anyway! A real shame, since Dropkick and Shatter are easily some of the coolest Movie designs we've gotten.ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:The G1 style does have issues with triple-changing, yes. But the movie style is even worse due to both the higher realism standard and the much greater complexity of the aesthetic. It's so unfriendly to triple-changing, that not only did it hurt the robot mode on one version of each figure... they had to give each altmode its own figure in the first place!
Autobot N wrote:And two of the four still sucked anyway! A real shame, since Dropkick and Shatter are easily some of the coolest Movie designs we've gotten.ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:The G1 style does have issues with triple-changing, yes. But the movie style is even worse due to both the higher realism standard and the much greater complexity of the aesthetic. It's so unfriendly to triple-changing, that not only did it hurt the robot mode on one version of each figure... they had to give each altmode its own figure in the first place!
Apparently Toyworld is doing them as actual Triple Changers. I wonder how that will work out...
To be fair, that's an extension of the general design process for the Diaclone Car Robots and Micro Change robots - they started with the real thing and built a bot into the pieces. I'd say another part of the problem is just the sheer difference between the altmodes (which impacts the movie characters too). G1 Blitzwing probably suffers the most of all Transformers on that account; his wings end up super chunky. The absolute worst though was the jet-helicopter design - that one was so janky Hasbro scrapped their plan to sell it as a Transformer.Emerje wrote:The biggest problems and differences between G1 and Movie Triplechangers is that the G1 characters start with two convincing alt modes and then try to build a bot somehow out of the in between transformation.
Given some of the other redecoes from AoE, I'm still surprised they didn't redeco T30 Springer into Drift.Emerje wrote:Movie Triplechangers start with a bot mode that has elements of their alt modes and then fake the transformations. of course then you've got Movie Drift who is like, "yeah, I also turn into a helicopter" even though he doesn't have any visible helicopter parts (aside from the swords on his back). Never understood why they didn't just repaint a Springer figure, I guess they don't like crossing lines like that and are really attached to his realistic car alt mode.
Emerje
And then they could have renamed Dropkick into Battletrap.Rodimus Prime wrote:I wonder if they could have been Duocons. The car transforms into the legs and crotch while the jet transforms into the torso, arms and head. 1 car, 1 flying vehicle, 1 bot for each of them.
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