My opinions
Fangry: Woo! a Wilder to join Cancer and Bullhorn for the full masterforce decepticon junior squad. A better looking beastie mode than any of the other titan masters so far IMO. Or at least more faithful.
Ptero: Neat? I feel like he's missing the obligatory command horn dealie of your traditional swoop. Good vehicle mode, but doesn't really fit anywhere for me, so he's an easy Pass
KICK-EFFING-BACK: About GOD DAMN TIME. I'm a little sceptical of the bot mode, but this is an absolute instant buy. Nice of hasbro to listen to my responses in the feedback survey from Auto Assembly last year!
Hot Rod: Neat. Not WOW AMAZING, but definitely a better effort than the current classics deluxe mold. Will definitely pick him up. Might hold out for a takara version in a nice magenta if that surfaces at any point.
Octanimus Prime:
Gorgeous. I really like Octane as a character and I'm dying for this to get a good retool into him. I will probably skip the Prime version, as there's not really a slot for it in my collection. Doesn't tick the right boxes for me. Still looks like a brilliant figure. I would definitely pick it up in a RiD scourge or a Lazer Prime decco.
I might have been more convinced to pick it up if it didn't totally miss the opportunity for a handsome nod to action master prime in the jet mode decco.
Six Shot:
SOLID looking. The original was already a really well proportioned figure. This looks like it's just more of the same, but with more articulation. Though it does look slightly less sturdy than the original, at least to my eyes, but that's probably a judgement best held over until I have him in hand. Which I will definitely be doing!
older reveals:
Megatron: Needs more silver paint. Whether I repaint him myself though is entirely dependent on what takara offers up in terms of decco. Literally cannot figuratively wait for the inevitable blitzwing.
Bumbles: Cool. Major repaint mileage potential, but will definitely replace the FOC styled bee currently residing on my '84 CHUG autobot shelf.
Gnaw: I'm going to be buying at LEAST 3 of those mischeivous looking little buggers.
Lione: Instabuy for his Steeljaw homage mode. Love the obscure headmasters character reference of the head mode. What's not to love here.
Overboard: Instabuy for obscure soundwave tape homage. Will look killer sitting next to FOC Soundblaster & Masterpiece Ratbat on the old Headmaster Era Decepticon shelf.
All-in-All TR is shaping up to be an absolute wallet destroyer of a line. Every mold has looked fantastic and has been another "OOH I NEED HIM" moment. I have actually been motivated to reorganise my shelves ahead of time for all the junk I intend to buy.
Though that said, I could do without the wallet pain. At least Combiner wars had a fair few 'Take it or leave it' figures to give me a moment to catch my breath financially. But so far there's a list of 9 deluxes, 6 voyagers, 2 leaders, at least 8 titan masters, 6 legends figures and another god damn titan on the horizon that I want, and I need to find the money for. I do NOT want to do that math.
