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[william-james88]

Monday the 24th is the street date

[Autobot Roadburn]

Monday the 24th

Great, thanks WJ! I've got a Target in walking distance I can check out. Hopefully cheaper than Toys R Us.

[Burn]

I can see myself not getting much of this line. Which is fine, as far as movie figures go I've become VERY selective.

Space and money are also deciding factors. Money is not a problem for me, but SPACE is the real issue. Now, I even skip things that are non sale!

The days of grabbing everything in sight are clearly over for me.

Yeah, three bedrooms and none of them are overly big, which is why the collection fills an entire room. I've actually gone through and reduced my movie line, so now I'm very selective of what I want. They have to really impress me and a lot of the movie figures simply don't do that.

[william-james88]

Monday the 24th

Great, thanks WJ! I've got a Target in walking distance I can check out. Hopefully cheaper than Toys R Us.

Not to be a downer, but we already know the prices for Target, same as TRU (its a new MSRP from Hasbro themselves)

[Autobot Roadburn]

Monday the 24th

Great, thanks WJ! I've got a Target in walking distance I can check out. Hopefully cheaper than Toys R Us.

Not to be a downer, but we already know the prices for Target, same as TRU (its a new MSRP from Hasbro themselves)

Oh I knew about the increase, I just assumed they'd cost even more at TRU. The one I go to is always a few dollars more expensive than Target. That increase is why I'm probably going to end up with around 4 Last Knight figures (5 if I end up unable to resist Leader Megs)

[william-james88]

Oh I knew about the increase, I just assumed they'd cost even more at TRU. The one I go to is always a few dollars more expensive than Target. That increase is why I'm probably going to end up with around 4 Last Knight figures (5 if I end up unable to resist Leader Megs)

Ok cool then
But I think due to the increase, all shops will be pretty much equal (aside from collector shops which might charge more) so I think your TRU will charge $30 like Target.

Which toys do you plan on getting?

[Autobot Roadburn]

Oh I knew about the increase, I just assumed they'd cost even more at TRU. The one I go to is always a few dollars more expensive than Target. That increase is why I'm probably going to end up with around 4 Last Knight figures (5 if I end up unable to resist Leader Megs)

Ok cool then
But I think due to the increase, all shops will be pretty much equal (aside from collector shops which might charge more) so I think your TRU will charge $30 like Target.

Which toys do you plan on getting?

Just Optimus from wave one, then at least voyager and maybe leader Megatron, the new mold for deluxe Bee and Scorn. Those are the only ones I've seen that appeal to me so far - I've bought most of the ones that are now repaints/remolds from AoE and wasn't a fan of most of them (only ones I still have from that whole line are High Octane Bumblebee and Evasion Prime from the 5 pack). If they make Hot Rod and Onslaught I might grab them, especially since one of my favorite movie designs was Long Haul. Barricade I might get later on discount if only to paint up a lot. I love those brass knuckles and some silver drybrushing could make them look amazing. I plan to do the same on Prime's head and smokestacks, those are the parts of him that really needed extra work.

The rest I'll wait to look into until the movie's out, but I want to keep it minimal. I'm running out of collecting space and money fast ever since I started collecting Lego Star Wars.

[william-james88]

I plan to do the same on Prime's head and smokestacks, those are the parts of him that really needed extra work.

I have him in hand and I would say the part that really needs the most work would be his feet. The smokestacks arent great but at least the grey is a full colour. The feet have a very unfinished look to them like they are leftovers of a prototype.

And thanks for answering my question, I hope you get all the figures you want at the right price

[Autobot Roadburn]

I plan to do the same on Prime's head and smokestacks, those are the parts of him that really needed extra work.

I have him in hand and I would say the part that really needs the most work would be his feet. The smokestacks arent great but at least the grey is a full colour. The feet have a very unfinished look to them like they are leftovers of a prototype.

And thanks for answering my question, I hope you get all the figures you want at the right price

You bet, and thanks! I guess I forgot about the feet, most of the pictures I've seen tend to focus on his upper half. I'll probably paint those too. As far as price I live 15 minutes away (walking) from a Target and Fred Meyer and my job at a Lego Store has me within walking distance of a second Target and a Toys R Us, plus a short bus ride away from a Walmart. I've got pretty good retail access where I am right now, I'm sure I'll be able to track everything down eventually.

Which figures are you most interested in?

[william-james88]

Which figures are you most interested in?

Thanks for asking

I am interested in all the figures that arent redecos except for Steelbane. He will have to be pretty cheap for me to want him since I really dont like that Dragon mode. Barricade was quite disappointing though. Voyager OP is fine but the deco is off, as you have realized. Really looking forward to Hound, Scorn and Leader Megs.

[Autobot Roadburn]

Which figures are you most interested in?

Thanks for asking

I am interested in all the figures that arent redecos except for Steelbane. He will have to be pretty cheap for me to want him since I really dont like that Dragon mode. Barricade was quite disappointing though. Voyager OP is fine but the deco is off, as you have realized. Really looking forward to Hound, Scorn and Leader Megs.

He does have a pretty funky dragon mode, I really don't like that his robot feet are stuck on him like a pair of hats. That and you can see his hands on his back legs just like voyager Grimlock. I do like Hound too, I actually completely forgot about him - John Goodman made him amazing and the new mold looks MUCH better than the AoE one. I'll have to see where money is when he comes out. Also I am thankful you put up a review of Barricade. I was really tempted to pick him up but he's really short and simple. Again, maybe I'll grab him later (ideally marked down a lot) to paint as a custom movie Prowl or something - I don't hate the mold entirely and the simplicity should make him easier to avoid paint scratching off, but he's too short to really represent the character next to Bee and he doesn't really look anything like movies 1-3 Barricade. At all.

[durroth]

I like barricade, but I am disappointed that the huge backpack is only removable by construction and not as say, a riot shield. 3rd party opportunity there. He's otherwise a pretty good looking figure. could only find grimlock or I'd have snagged a voyager. I'm kinda waiting for the deluxe megs too. I have a love-hate relationship with that mold and its stupid godawful chest pegging but I can't resist adding another to my collection.

[chuckdawg1999]

For those that are interested Amazon has preorders up for the Wave 1 figures.

[Autobot Roadburn]

For those that are interested Amazon has preorders up for the Wave 1 figures.

Thanks, Chuckdawg! Snagged me an Optimus. I don't like that he's $35, but if I find him in the next couple weeks myself I can cancel and if not it'll cost me the same in bus fare anyway.

The deluxes are all going for $20 and Grimlock for $30, for anyone else interested. Looks like they just bumped up Prime because they could.

[chuckdawg1999]

For those that are interested Amazon has preorders up for the Wave 1 figures.

Thanks, Chuckdawg! Snagged me an Optimus. I don't like that he's $35, but if I find him in the next couple weeks myself I can cancel and if not it'll cost me the same in bus fare anyway.

The deluxes are all going for $20 and Grimlock for $30, for anyone else interested. Looks like they just bumped up Prime because they could.

The Optimus Prime you ordered is NOT sold by Amazon, but by a third party vendor. Watch the listing and make sure it reads shipped and sold by Amazon.

[Autobot Roadburn]

For those that are interested Amazon has preorders up for the Wave 1 figures.

Thanks, Chuckdawg! Snagged me an Optimus. I don't like that he's $35, but if I find him in the next couple weeks myself I can cancel and if not it'll cost me the same in bus fare anyway.

The deluxes are all going for $20 and Grimlock for $30, for anyone else interested. Looks like they just bumped up Prime because they could.

The Optimus Prime you ordered is NOT sold by Amazon, but by a third party vendor. Watch the listing and make sure it reads shipped and sold by Amazon.

Good catch, thanks - again! I cancelled him, I'll keep an eye out in case he pops up again at the right price.

[william-james88]

For those that are interested Amazon has preorders up for the Wave 1 figures.

Thanks, Chuckdawg! Snagged me an Optimus. I don't like that he's $35, but if I find him in the next couple weeks myself I can cancel and if not it'll cost me the same in bus fare anyway.

The deluxes are all going for $20 and Grimlock for $30, for anyone else interested. Looks like they just bumped up Prime because they could.

The Optimus Prime you ordered is NOT sold by Amazon, but by a third party vendor. Watch the listing and make sure it reads shipped and sold by Amazon.

Good catch, thanks - again! I cancelled him, I'll keep an eye out in case he pops up again at the right price.

They were up on walmart.com for cheaper yesterday, dont know if still there.

[william-james88]

Any of you looking to pick up the new Voyagers from Transformers The Last Knight at MSRP right now without getting out of the house? Walmart has got you covered. They currently have both wave 1 voyagers, Grimlock and Optimus. Grimlock is a redeco of the Age of extinction voyager toy with a more accurate deco and Optimus is a brand new mold with 30 steps, bringing the engineering closest to the ROTF era than ever. Both are being sold for $29.84, just shy of the $29.99 MSRP.

[Evil Eye]

That Prime looks really, really good actually. I don't need another Voyager Prime at the moment, but if they do him in Nemesis Prime colours I'll definitely buy that (and if they don't I'll repaint a regular one into him).

[Bronzewolf]

The Asian Transformers Fan Page Transformers Never Die has revealed That there will be a giveaway Lucky Draw campaign for Transformers The Last Knight! The giveaway will be a Toys R Us promotion, and consists of special repaints of three TLK toys; Voyager Optimus Prime, Wave 1 Deluxe Bumblebee and an Optimus Prime role-playing helmet done up in silver with purple eyes, inspired by his appearance in the beginning of the most recent trailer!

To qualify for Bee, you have to spend 6,999 NT And 9,999 NT for Prime. The Helmet will be a lucky draw.
The promotions run from the 28th to the 30th of April.

Check out some mirrored images below and find the full gallery by clicking on any of the images or by going here!

[william-james88]

Voyager Optimus has ROTF level of engineering and a decent amount of paint (just in the wrong places).

Oh? That's interesting to know. I look forward to your expanded thoughts on him.

Here are my thoughts (started a draft yesterday)

That Voyager Optimus is a very good mold but somehow I still feel a bit underwhelmed. He definitely has the complexity I search for and I wouldn’t want something more complex than this. My problem is that it all feels incremental at this point. Unlike say TR Kup or Topsin or even CW Blackjack who give us new transformations I wouldn’t have thought of, this voyager Optimus has a bit of everything we have seen before. He is like a mix of AOE Galvatron and Powerizer Optimus Prime and somehow combining them made him more complex. I don’t mind it, but there is a slight added frustration with panel lining that wasn’t there before (and reminds me of the ROTF one). And the robot mode doesn’t really peg together well especially the arms and the backpack. He’s better than the leader that came before, but I would rather just have had this guy first (leader sized) instead of the previous leader. And it cost quite a bit too. Plus, the deco is odd. There is paint where we don’t need it but some parts badly need paint, like his feet and the flames on his chest.
Also, there are 2 pieces that keep coming off when transforming and they freaken knew that, hence why they give them these really easy ball joints that can be clipped back on. Doesnt make it less annoying.

So this toy is fine, but feels like an incremental step towards a great optimus toy, with odd deco choices and a robot mode that doesn’t clip together all that well.

[Evil Eye]

Interesting indeed. I've just watched Peaugh's review on it, and I'm getting the following from it:

The paint is definitely a shame. There is quite a lot of it but it's poorly applied in some bits (those eyes...) and he seriously needs more of it, especially the thighs. The actual transformation is cool and the overall silhouette is great- he's bulkier than the film model but he actually looks cool in his own right, and his backpack is well-integrated. The build quality looks...questionable. He looks kinda wibbly wobbly in places, which concerns me. The articulation looks OK- wrist swivels would definitely have been nice for a sword wielding character, and the knees are pretty poor.

On the plus side the actual sculptwork is nice, and with a good paintjob for the inevitable "Premium" release he should look much better.

[william-james88]

The build quality looks...questionable. He looks kinda wibbly wobbly in places, which concerns me.

I would say this is his biggest fault (you know, asie from the price )

Newsing some cool new TLK toy news soon

[Bumblebee21]

hey wj88.
do you like aoe galvatron.
since hes a shellformer

[william-james88]

The only stock image we had of Legion Megatron from Transformers: The Last Knight was of him in his box so it is a real treat to get some new official images showing the finished toy in both robot and vehicle mode. We also see new images for his wave 2 wavemates Drift and Crosshairs which show us taht these Legion class toys have more articulation than usual thanks to some much needed knees. We also have new promotional images for Deluxe Drift and Steelbane in box as well as Voyager Hound and One Step Berserker. Its actually the very first image we ever had of One Step Berserker's robot mode. The listings, found on Toywiz and Forbidden Planet, also informs us that the release date of Transformers: The Last Knight wave 2, which includes most of these toys, is May 15 2017. So just one month away.