Seeing some of the previously-revealed guys from different angles makes me like them a bit more; even figures I wasn't too keen on to begin with.
This for instance really warms me up to Laserbeak quite a bit. I see the leaders rn as either bigger autobots like Magnus, Skyfire or Powermaster Prime (... Blaster I don't think I'll ever care for), or as a really, really,
really budget Masterpiece Decepticon line; like, with Soundwave and his cassettes upcoming this means the entire original 1984 cast of Decepticons (not counting reflector) + Titan Devastator is represented in Leader class format, which is a really cool display thing to me. And as I say, while I wasn't keen on Laserbeak before, this really sells it to me. This totally works for me.
Meanwhile, every new picture they show of Powermaster Prime just makes me want him more and more
He's just a Nightbeat head with a dumb little plane/drill thing. But I love Nightbeat. So much. Legit second favourite Transformers character period just behind Thundercracker; my love for him is enough to drop a fiver on his head.
We've got a better more close-up view of non-CGI Mindwipe's beast head now, and... oh man, is it a treat. That is beautiful molding if I've ever seen one (at least for deluxe standards). It legit looks like some sort of, I dunno, grotesque stone statue thing and is really working for me.
SKULLCRUNCHER! I
love this guy, man! I mean, he's a crocodile who has a little man piloting him in his mouth, how have they not made a new toy of him until now? Either way, the crocodile mode is looking even better from this angle; there's just so much personality in it and I'm liking that posability. I display most my guys in robot mode but screw it, crocodile dude with a pilot in his mouth. Need him.
Need.