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News Credits: 23 · Sat Feb 25, 2017 9:22 pm

australians always get stuff early
might move there :-P

just have to watch out for hoop snakes

News Credits: 419 · Sat Feb 25, 2017 9:36 pm

Bumblebee21 wrote:australians always get stuff early
might move there
just have to watch out for hoop snakes

Obligatory

Sat Feb 25, 2017 10:15 pm

Ouch. A bit pricey for two-step changers... >:oP

News Credits: 9 · Sun Feb 26, 2017 2:54 am

Bumblebee21 wrote:australians always get stuff early
might move there
just have to watch out for hoop snakes

Don't forget about the drop bears

:MAXIMAL:

News Credits: 241 · Sun Feb 26, 2017 4:35 pm

"2 Step Changers"? That's a misnomer, Optimus Prime has 4, according to the box. I think those are the "Knight Armor Turbo Changers", maybe even the Titan Changers :shock:

News Credits: 295 · Sun Feb 26, 2017 6:38 pm

Transformers The Last Knight Turbo Changers Blind Bags are now available at Smyths. There will be 12 different figures in this set, each blind bag contains one figure that will convert in 1-3 steps. These mini figures should stand roughly 4cm tall. They are only available in store but if you wish to read about them you may do so on Smyth's website.

News Credits: 241 · Sun Feb 26, 2017 6:43 pm

"Series 1"? Will there be more?

News Credits: 295 · Sun Feb 26, 2017 8:52 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:"Series 1"? Will there be more?

I have not heard anything, but I assume if they sell well there will be. I think the Kreo minifigs were a success so there might be a correlation here.

News Credits: 332 · Mon Feb 27, 2017 5:51 pm

Anybody in Australia see those figures?

Mon Feb 27, 2017 7:54 pm

Ok so Megs was called Megatron in the first three movies and then he was called Galvatron in the fourth and now he's back to Megatron again.Is there a reason for this or is Micheal Bay that inconsistent. :-?

News Credits: 14 · Mon Feb 27, 2017 9:20 pm

Megatronformayor wrote:Ok so Megs was called Megatron in the first three movies and then he was called Galvatron in the fourth and now he's back to Megatron again.Is there a reason for this or is Micheal Bay that inconsistent.

Technically Galvatron in Age of Extinction was not Megatron. He was engineered from the remains of Megatron, but was not supposed to be him.

Megatron's consciousness however re-emerged, and took over the new Galvatron body.

He was called Galvatron, because the humans that created him in the movie called him that. At the end of AOE Megatron's persona had completely returned and he was once again Megatron.

So there is an in story reason for why he was Galvatron, and is now again Megatron. Though how they will write away the Transformium from AOE, since he doesn't seem to be able to turn into a cloud of tiny cubes now, is yet to be seen. Or maybe I've missed that explanation somewhere.

News Credits: 4880 · Mon Feb 27, 2017 9:22 pm

We have some new info regarding the Transformers: The Last Knight toyline from TFW2005 regarding the case breakdown of each wave and the product SKUs. We also have some official images of one step Grimlock, Turbo Changer Megatron and the tiny Turbo Changers. All the product listings are still coe names but we will tell you who is in the wave for you to maybe piece it together. Let us know what you come up with.

All this info comes from the now taken down listings found on Southernhobby's website.

The case breakdown shows that no toy is shortpacked. All cases are evenly spread.

Transformers: The Last Knight Toyline Wave 1

Armor Up Turbo Changers* (SKU: HSBC0886AS00)

C1317AS00 TRA MV5 TURBO CHANGER JUPITER x 1
C1318AS00 TRA MV5 TURBO CHANGER MOON x 1
C1319AS00 TRA MV5 TURBO CHANGER SATURN x 1

This includes Optimus, Bumblebe and Megatron (pictured below)

1-Step Turbo Changers (SKU: HSBC0884AS00)

C1311AS00 TRA MV5 1 STEP GAS GIANT x 2
C1312AS00 TRA MV5 1 STEP FOUR MOONS x 2
C1313AS00 TRA MV5 1 STEP MARS x 2
C1314AS00 TRA MV5 1 STEP SUPERNOVA x 2

This includes Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Barricade, Hound

Tiny Turbo Changers (SKU: HSBC0882AS00)

C0882AS00 TRA MV5 TINY TURBO CHANGERS x 24

Deluxe Class (SKU: HSBC0887AS00)

C1320AS00 TRA MV5 PRE DLX GAS GIANT x 2
C1321AS00 TRA MV5 PRE DLX MARS x 2
C1322AS00 TRA MV5 PRE DLX GAMMA RAY x 2
C1323AS00 TRA MV5 PRE DLX SHOOTING STAR x 2

This includes Bumblebee, Barricade, Beserker and Slash

Legion Class (SKU: HSBC0889AS00)

C1326AS00 TRA MV5 LEGION FOUR MOONS x 2
C1327AS00 TRA MV5 LEGION GAS GIANT x 2
C1328AS00 TRA MV5 LEGION LUNAR ECLIPSE x 2
C1329AS00 TRA MV5 LEGION MARS x 2

This includes Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Grimlock, Barricade

Voyager Class (SKU: HSBC0891AS00)

C1333AS00 TRA MV5 PRE VOYAGER LUNAR ECLIPSE x 1
C1334AS00 TRA MV5 PRE VOYAGER JUPITER x 1

This includes Optimus Prime and Grimlock

We also have these listings from Takara which show that in their line, deluxe Barricade has the Mars codename.

It is unknown if the codenames for the Takara line line up with the Hasbro line and if the code name remains the same for the same character throughout all classes and toy lines. We know it is not the case with Optimus since he is both Four Moons and Jupiter (we assume). But if you assume that Mars for Takara is also Mars for Hasbro and that it is also Mars for the MPM line, then it could very well be that the MPM release we do not know about yet is Barricade. Let us know what you think.

Here are the latest official images:

News Credits: 462 · Mon Feb 27, 2017 11:10 pm

Overcracker wrote:
Megatronformayor wrote:Ok so Megs was called Megatron in the first three movies and then he was called Galvatron in the fourth and now he's back to Megatron again.Is there a reason for this or is Micheal Bay that inconsistent.

Technically Galvatron in Age of Extinction was not Megatron. He was engineered from the remains of Megatron, but was not supposed to be him.

Megatron's consciousness however re-emerged, and took over the new Galvatron body.

He was called Galvatron, because the humans that created him in the movie called him that. At the end of AOE Megatron's persona had completely returned and he was once again Megatron.

So there is an in story reason for why he was Galvatron, and is now again Megatron. Though how they will write away the Transformium from AOE, since he doesn't seem to be able to turn into a cloud of tiny cubes now, is yet to be seen. Or maybe I've missed that explanation somewhere.

He called himself "Galvatron" in the movie, though.

"I am Galvatron!"

News Credits: 4880 · Mon Feb 27, 2017 11:28 pm

Sabrblade wrote:He called himself "Galvatron" in the movie, though.

"I am Galvatron!"

I always felt that was piss poor writing or the branding team trying way too hard. Why would he call himself what the humans call him, he hates them.

News Credits: 462 · Mon Feb 27, 2017 11:33 pm

william-james88 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:He called himself "Galvatron" in the movie, though.

"I am Galvatron!"

I always felt that was piss poor writing or the branding team trying way too hard. Why would he call himself what the humans call him, he hates them.

Well, we're never actually told how the humans came up with the name. Suppose that Megatron secretly fed them the name behind the scenes, without their knowing of his influence in crafting the name. After all, Joshua wanted to make Galvatron look like Optimus, but why would he give an Optimus lookalike a name that is vaguely reminiscent of Megatron?

News Credits: 191 · Mon Feb 27, 2017 11:35 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:He called himself "Galvatron" in the movie, though.

"I am Galvatron!"

I always felt that was piss poor writing or the branding team trying way too hard. Why would he call himself what the humans call him, he hates them.
Well, we're never actually told how the humans came up with the name. Suppose that Megatron secretly fed them the name behind the scenes, without their knowing of his influence in crafting the name. After all, Joshua wanted to make Galvatron look like Optimus, but why would he give an Optimus lookalike a name that is vaguely reminiscent of Megatron?

... bad writing?

Mon Feb 27, 2017 11:42 pm

Overcracker wrote:
Megatronformayor wrote:Ok so Megs was called Megatron in the first three movies and then he was called Galvatron in the fourth and now he's back to Megatron again.Is there a reason for this or is Micheal Bay that inconsistent.

Technically Galvatron in Age of Extinction was not Megatron. He was engineered from the remains of Megatron, but was not supposed to be him.

Megatron's consciousness however re-emerged, and took over the new Galvatron body.

He was called Galvatron, because the humans that created him in the movie called him that. At the end of AOE Megatron's persona had completely returned and he was once again Megatron.

So there is an in story reason for why he was Galvatron, and is now again Megatron. Though how they will write away the Transformium from AOE, since he doesn't seem to be able to turn into a cloud of tiny cubes now, is yet to be seen. Or maybe I've missed that explanation somewhere.

Ok makes sense.

News Credits: 11 · Tue Feb 28, 2017 4:21 am

UK store Smyths put a bunch of listings up for Movie toys :

(With the names and images)

http://www.smythstoys.com/uk/en-gb/sear ... profile=UK

It's strange how we saw Barricade so early when he's not in the 1st wave.

News Credits: 6188 · Tue Feb 28, 2017 6:02 am

RAR wrote:UK store Smyths put a bunch of listings up for Movie toys :

(With the names and images)

http://www.smythstoys.com/uk/en-gb/sear ... profile=UK

It's strange how we saw Barricade so early when he's not in the 1st wave.

As I went to news this up, the images were taken down. Again. Huh.
Really not good with embargo dates, are we, online retailers..? :-$

News Credits: 295 · Tue Feb 28, 2017 6:10 am

I clicked that link too and all I see are video games.

News Credits: 2 · Thu Mar 02, 2017 7:56 am

I'm just waiting for the voyager Optimus. I don't know about Megatron, we'll have to see how he is later on. This might be the first voyager Megatron/Galvatron I've skipped since the first film.

And I too am dissapointed in Galvatron going back to Megatron. As a Galvatron fanboy, I was expecting him to change bodies, but at least keep the name for this trilogy. Please let him still be voiced by Frank Welker though.

News Credits: 19 · Sat Mar 04, 2017 5:00 pm

Argos has the voyagers listed for £32.99 each?
http://www.argos.co.uk/product/6734349
http://www.argos.co.uk/product/6735702
http://www.argos.co.uk/product/6734909

and £24.99 for that crappy repaint Bee (and the other deluxes)? The good version only cost me £9.99 a couple years ago and included a lil generations G1 Bee as a bonus.
http://www.argos.co.uk/product/6735575
http://www.argos.co.uk/product/6734837
http://www.argos.co.uk/product/6735939

What is 'Premier Edition' other than rip off prices?

News Credits: 462 · Sat Mar 04, 2017 11:58 pm

Carnivius_Prime wrote:What is 'Premier Edition' other than rip off prices?

It just refers to the normal, non-simplistic toys of the line.

News Credits: 19 · Sun Mar 05, 2017 3:29 am

Sabrblade wrote:
Carnivius_Prime wrote:What is 'Premier Edition' other than rip off prices?
It just refers to the normal, non-simplistic toys of the line.

So it's like when AoE used 'Generations'?

WHY ARE THESE TOYS SO EXPENSIVE?

News Credits: 241 · Sun Mar 05, 2017 3:37 am

Carnivius_Prime wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Carnivius_Prime wrote:What is 'Premier Edition' other than rip off prices?
It just refers to the normal, non-simplistic toys of the line.

So it's like when AoE used 'Generations'?

WHY ARE THESE TOYS SO EXPENSIVE?

Economics, you're paying more for the packaging, especially since the Deluxe Class figures come in boxes too instead of on cards.