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King Kuuga wrote:Well, I checked 8 Walgreens stores in my general area over 2 days and found all of wave 2 in multiples, at various prices from $18-$20 (only time I've seen them so far), but no Brainstorm. Maybe I should have asked some employees if he was in the back but I felt foolish enough going into a drug store just to buy a toy. I'm northeast of Atlanta, checked Lawrenceville, Duluth, Suwanee, and John's Creek areas. Still need to head up to Buford and Sugar Hill but I'm not holding my breath. The website says they have the figure at some of the stores I checked, which has not been true, so consider their locator to be bunk.

Precisely the reason I ordered it online I tried 2 stores that supposedly had stock and didn't.

Super excited for Megatron. The mold looks really good for the most part. The deco, not so much. I'm still hoping Takara does their own version but they'll probably just release Blitzwing. I may get the Reprolabels set whenever that comes out and I'll definitely do some repainting.

SureShot18 wrote:Super excited for Megatron. The mold looks really good for the most part. The deco, not so much. I'm still hoping Takara does their own version but they'll probably just release Blitzwing. I may get the Reprolabels set whenever that comes out and I'll definitely do some repainting.

There is one result. . . . . .
AH I know!
It's Super Megatron!

I think I am going to fold the shoulder pylons on Optimus back in jet mode to help make him look less like he has truck cabs on the side of the plane.

Overall, I am looking forward to both of these. I don't need a new Blitzwing or Octane, so I will get Optimus and Megatron. Hopefully Reprolabels makes an upgrade for Megatron with Autobot symbols so this can be my Lost Light Megatron.

These would be so much better if they stopped headmastering characters that are not.

Kinda was doubtful about the TR Voyager Megatron, but I definitely love it after seeing the review. I also am curious to see how it will look when/if it is retooled into Blitzwing.

These both look absolutely amazing. I don't have an Optimus-Megatron pair in scale with each other, so these will definitely fill that hole in my collection. Maybe I'll have MP-10 and MP-36 standing behind them...

Sigma Magnus wrote:These both look absolutely amazing. I don't have an Optimus-Megatron pair in scale with each other, so these will definitely fill that hole in my collection. Maybe I'll have MP-10 and MP-36 standing behind them...

The Classics Voyagers didn't quite do it for you? Or were you never able to get ahold of them

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Ahem, anyway I can think of some other annoyances as bad as hollow toys.

1) Removing joints that previous version of a mould had - for example the hinge on Leader Jetfire's back that Starscream etal don't have.

2) Using the same piece on both sides instead of making a left and right part - 3rd parties like Fansproject are getting into the bad habit of doing this especially.

3) Stickers used to add decoration can be a good thing or a bad thing some could argue that the stickers should be included or that the details should be painted on or tampographed on. - Personally I just wish the special stickers Hasbro Asia makes were easier to get.

RAR wrote:1) Removing joints that previous version of a mould had - for example the hinge on Leader Jetfire's back that Starscream etal don't have.

2) Using the same piece on both sides instead of making a left and right part - 3rd parties like Fansproject are getting into the bad habit of doing this especially.

3) Stickers used to add decoration can be a good thing or a bad thing some could argue that the stickers should be included or that the details should be painted on or tampographed on. - Personally I just wish the special stickers Hasbro Asia makes were easier to get.

The first isn't really that common and sounds like a problem exclusive to the Jetfire mold. What exactly did that hinge do?

What do you mean by the second exactly

Kurona wrote:

Sigma Magnus wrote:These both look absolutely amazing. I don't have an Optimus-Megatron pair in scale with each other, so these will definitely fill that hole in my collection. Maybe I'll have MP-10 and MP-36 standing behind them...

The Classics Voyagers didn't quite do it for you? Or were you never able to get ahold of them

I was six when those were released, so...yeah, couldn't get 'em. I'd love to have those too, though. Specifically the Henkei versions. The Platinum re-release doesn't really tickle my fancy.

Sigma Magnus wrote:

Kurona wrote:

Sigma Magnus wrote:These both look absolutely amazing. I don't have an Optimus-Megatron pair in scale with each other, so these will definitely fill that hole in my collection. Maybe I'll have MP-10 and MP-36 standing behind them...

The Classics Voyagers didn't quite do it for you? Or were you never able to get ahold of them

I was six when those were released, so...yeah, couldn't get 'em. I'd love to have those too, though. Specifically the Henkei versions. The Platinum re-release doesn't really tickle my fancy.

Lol, tell me about it - I was 10. Only ended up getting Classics Optimus because there was a heavy sale on that TRU-exclusive Classics/Evasion Optimus 2-pack - it's still my favourite CHUG Optimus and I wanna see if this one's any better. Seeing they were about the same size was pretty surprising though considering the Classics Voyagers feel a tad small compared to most modern Voyagers.

MEgatron maybe only figure I buy from this series with some modifications to his gun like to see third part make better canon for him in bot mode prime not liking if I buy megatron I be buying blitz wing as well if Hess made.

I never like stickers on my figures make them look sometimes tacky and cheap looking it work for generation one toys but not toys pf today having them peel up over time he forgot to mention generation one blitzwing figure has jet parts showing in tank mode and jet mode, they should make octagons wings longer make plane mode look little better

That is a bit odd, isn't it? But, to be honest, I don't mind that. I feel like Prime and Megs shouldn't be the biggest guys around, as long as they aren't dwarfed by their entire armies.

Sigma Magnus wrote:That is a bit odd, isn't it? But, to be honest, I don't mind that. I feel like Prime and Megs shouldn't be the biggest guys around, as long as they aren't dwarfed by their entire armies.

Yeah, especially when Optimus is usually surrounded by Deluxes (autobot cars) or guys that are supposed to be bigger than him anyway like Jetfire and Magnus.

For Megatron though... it's a bit difficult especially if Soundwave's a bit bigger than him. It's one of the things that puts me off the Classics figure, but this new one is just perfect. I'm so excited for him

Just watched the video reviews for these new OP and Megs molds, but I'm not convinced... I think they'd do great for Octane and Blitzwing, but not so much as OP and Megs. I don't like the tank mode much, nor the OP jet mode. Too much kibble that distracts from the vehicle mode. They can do SO much better imo. Maybe I've been spoiled, and triple changers are more difficult of course, but these two aren't gonna make my wanted list.

Megatron mold really deserves to be BW! Prime too, Octane...........will wait for the Takara versions.

Megatron does nothing for me as Megs. But I'm sure I'll pickup Blitzwing.

Prime on the other just presses all the right buttons. Plane mode is not all that good, but I doubt I'll transform him into the plane more than twice so its not that big of a deal. I have no attachments to Octane / Tankor so i'll likely skip that retool.

I do hope for a Scourge repaint with a lot of chrome.

Though nothing can beat the original.

Peaugh has a review up for Legends Kickback and Bumblebee as well.

After watching the reviews, I feel very happy but also just the slightest bit disappointed.

Megatron is a really good looking bot. I'm still going to wait to see if the Blitzwing version can go with Skytread's head or if they make a real Flywheels before I get him, but at the same time I feel he is one that I really do need to get no matter what. The T30 Blitzwing is still good for me, so I won't be picking up that version for him as Blitzwing, only Flywheels if they work. The only bad thing about that mold is the stickers. They don't look any good to me. Those chest stickers have the background colors that should have gone on the CW Leader figure, and look daft on this version. Plus, I had really hoped for optional Autobot symbols...

Optimus looks good as well, but I most likely will not be getting him. I'll be waiting for Octane. I already have the BC Prime voyager and I will be getting the leader version of him if he comes in that boxset that is being rumored so that way I can get Godbomber with him and that will be my titanmaster Prime. Though maybe down the road, maybe I will get him, maybe...

Kurona wrote:

Sigma Magnus wrote:

Kurona wrote:

Sigma Magnus wrote:These both look absolutely amazing. I don't have an Optimus-Megatron pair in scale with each other, so these will definitely fill that hole in my collection. Maybe I'll have MP-10 and MP-36 standing behind them...

The Classics Voyagers didn't quite do it for you? Or were you never able to get ahold of them

I was six when those were released, so...yeah, couldn't get 'em. I'd love to have those too, though. Specifically the Henkei versions. The Platinum re-release doesn't really tickle my fancy.

Lol, tell me about it - I was 10. Only ended up getting Classics Optimus because there was a heavy sale on that TRU-exclusive Classics/Evasion Optimus 2-pack - it's still my favourite CHUG Optimus and I wanna see if this one's any better. Seeing they were about the same size was pretty surprising though considering the Classics Voyagers feel a tad small compared to most modern Voyagers.

Huh, for a while I thought I was the youngest guy on here. I figured most people here were G1ers in their late thirties.

Anyway, Hasbro has really made a smart move with the pretool releases. If Blitzwing had come out first, there's no way I'd buy that Megatron, I have Megasteel's Origins Megatron and I love it. That said, I really like that grey jet mode and am afraid that if Blitzwing comes out looking like crap, Megatron will be unobtainable by then. So, I may buy it and put a different head on it.

Optimus is a pass from me. Missed out on G2 so no love lost, no love found.

LE0KING wrote:Huh, for a while I thought I was the youngest guy on here. I figured most people here were G1ers in their late thirties.

I'd much rather be talking to competent adults who share my interests than with many people my age, honestly. But I'm glad to find people of my generation here as well. I sometimes feel like my school is filled with idiots...

But enough about that! I was originally was going to go all in on this line, and I still want to. But, because I am a sixteen-year-old with no disposable income, plans had to be changed. Therefore, the only thing I'll be getting everything of are the deluxes, because those as a whole are relatively cheap and easy to come by, and seem to be consistently of good quality.

Thanks to several Seibertronians over the past few hours, we have yet more Titans Return videos for you to view, this time in the form of the 3 Wave 3 Legends class figures of Gnaw, Kickback, and Bumblebee! Youtuber Peaugh was responsible for the reviews of all 3, which give us a good look at what the new legends class figures are to look like. Check out the 3 reviews below, and stay tuned to Seibertron.com for all your latest Transformers News and Galleries!

This is my first post here, so I'm super excited. I liked the CG renders of Bumblebee, but I'm not a fan of how he looks in hand. Gnaw looks awesome though!

I'm hoping that Takara does a Generation 2 themed pack with both of the triple changing voyagers from this wave.

So having watched reviews and stuff, my updated list of figures I plan to get from wave 3 include:

Titan Masters:
-Ptero
-Sawback
-Maybe Fangry

Legends:
-Gnaw

Deluxe:
-Hot Rod
-Triggerhappy
-Twinferno

Voyager:
-Megatron

Leader:
-Sixshot