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Kurona wrote:Since I got him, might as well add my thoughts on...

Sentinel Prime: Really, really cool figure. Very good triple changer - though imo not on the level of Megatron - with some cool accessories, a hugely intimidating Titan Master and a colour scheme that actually works quite well. I know some have a problem with his vehicle modes, but I love them -- the train mode is a bit thin and could use some extra bulk but it still works very well, and that spaceship mode? I've caught myself swooshing it and Megatron's jet mode around with each other in a firefight multiple times now. These are the only two Voyagers I've got for this line so far but if they're any indication of the others, I'm gonna have an awesome time when I get Laser Prime

Laser prime is very good. Not necessarily as a triple changer but as a voyager transformers toy. he does everything right in robot mode and truck mode. The plane is a bit weak but it doesnt hinder anything and its very impressive how a bot which has 2 great looking modes can also hide a third mode with dedicated parts. Also, I just realized something Kurona, since there wont be any new voyagers after wave 5 (from everything we have been told), I guess we can solidify which triple changers were the best as of now.

So TFW just posted their interview with John Warden and Titans return might not end with just Slugslinger. While his wave is still the last one in the line Warden said that there's still some exciting reveals for Titans return yet to come.

steals_your_goats wrote:So TFW just posted their interview with John Warden and Titans return might not end with just Slugslinger. While his wave is still the last one in the line Warden said that there's still some exciting reveals for Titans return yet to come.

so we'll still get Scorpy & Omega ect....

i don't think that was ever gonna be doubted tbh

Stuartmaximus wrote:

steals_your_goats wrote:So TFW just posted their interview with John Warden and Titans return might not end with just Slugslinger. While his wave is still the last one in the line Warden said that there's still some exciting reveals for Titans return yet to come.

so we'll still get Scorpy & Omega ect....

i don't think that was ever gonna be doubted tbh

Yeah we'll get them... In time. Those are Titan figures and we only get one a year with Trypticon being this year and predaking being next year.

What I meant was that all hope may not yet be lost for new Titan masters, legends, voyagers and a leader in the sixth and final wave.

Stuartmaximus wrote:

steals_your_goats wrote:So TFW just posted their interview with John Warden and Titans return might not end with just Slugslinger. While his wave is still the last one in the line Warden said that there's still some exciting reveals for Titans return yet to come.

so we'll still get Scorpy & Omega ect....

i don't think that was ever gonna be doubted tbh

I think we might get Apeface and Snapdragon.

I only remember it being said that Slugslinger was the only deluxe in wave 6.

Or he could be referencing the box set characters like Ultra Magnus and Arcee being repurposed in a two pack or part of the Transformers Tribute line.

Deadput wrote:Or he could be referencing the box set characters like Ultra Magnus and Arcee being repurposed in a two pack or part of the Transformers Tribute line.

This is what I think he was referncing. Maybe not in the tribute line, but as store exclusives somewhere.

william-james88 wrote:

Deadput wrote:Or he could be referencing the box set characters like Ultra Magnus and Arcee being repurposed in a two pack or part of the Transformers Tribute line.

This is what I think he was referncing. Maybe not in the tribute line, but as store exclusives somewhere.

Yes, I think this is likely. Of the TM cereal name list, Backwards Daniel for Arcee and the presumably diecast Ultra Magnus had the card photos leaked. All the other names are accounted for except Scorponok (presumably diecast) and Refractor(???). Either one or both could still end up happening along with Arcee and Magnus under the Titan's Return line as an exclusive(s).

After this wave being out in Asia, it has finally reached the west and we have a pictorial review of one of the most anticipated figures in this wave, Windblade.

This new Windblade sits at different extremes makes her end up quite average in the end. Compared to previous 1 blades I would say this is the best-looking one. She has as much paint as I would need especially in her face, which is gorgeous, with a really nice Sarah Stone look and the best detail we have seen so far in the west.





I like how slender yet tall she is, she stands perfectly fine and has a decent heft to her. She is four more fun to pose than any of the previous Winblades and her alt mode is also slender (unlike the chubby RID one) and doesn't have gaps the same size as the first one (yet there are some gaps still there). So in all these points she is definitely the best of the three so far.















However when it comes to other aspects she ends up at the end. For instance, the weapons. I know that Hasbro really wants to integrate the Titan Masters into these but adding that to a sword takes away the slender aspect of the weapon. They end up looking much bigger than you would be used to and definitely odd. Plus, that you can do with a Titan master doesn't look good anyway as you can see in the image below. that combined form which sits on top of the cockpit just ends up looking silly.










I also have a major issue with the fact that this is the third wind blade and they are still sticking to a very similar transformation where once again to hands are left in the open. I realize that it's because they want more slender four arms for a female robot which means that you can hide yours within the within the forearm you can try something else. That would have added a lot of innovation to a toy which ends up being very plain in the transformation department.









The transformation is my main beef with toy, it is very very simple. The fact that the head does not need to be hidden removes some steps and ingenuity. And since the hands are not hidden you end up losing that transformation step to making both Scourge and Highbrow, who have a similar transformation, seem a tad bit more complex. So the added fact that this is a reused and simplified transformation along with the fact that if uses a similar transformation to previous Windblades make that aspect of the toy very dull.









But I won't fault that the final toy looks good I just wish there was a little bit more to her

Her eyes look spooky at certain angles but what an amazingly detailed figure. The alt mode is perfect and those swords are awesome!

I gotta have that TR Windblade -- lovely face.

The rid one was fine but this is the Windblade for my collection!

It might just be bias for my love of Headmasters.

RIP TR you were a great line while you lasted.

I don't care about specials anymore. I just want TR Windblade and Kup at RETAIL price. No 30$ each plus shipping bullcrap.

william-james88 wrote:

Deadput wrote:Or he could be referencing the box set characters like Ultra Magnus and Arcee being repurposed in a two pack or part of the Transformers Tribute line.

This is what I think he was referncing. Maybe not in the tribute line, but as store exclusives somewhere.

And TM Optimus Primal and Toraizer. Well, whatever he's referring to it'll be leaked before it's officially announced.

Windblade looks great! Can the swords be mounted backwards in jet mode to look more like guns?

Emerje

I agree about the swords. They are far too chunky for her slender figure.

And now I desperately need her T30 sword. That just looks perfect on her.

Doctor Wu. Make some swords supposedly designed for Windblade, the "Drift" sword just about every Maketoys came with for a while might work too.

Speaking of those swords though - anyone know why they are selling a pair of normal looking swords as accessories for her - does she use them in a comic or something ?

Otherwise lending her the RID or Generation's toy's sword seems quite logical. I may buy the white Dr. Wu Swords anyway as they might suit Bludgeon or Drift pretty well too.

Assuming I ever find a Warrior Class Bludgeon that is.

Nah, she hasn't used them in the comic -- or anything else for that matter. It's been quite a confusing point for a while.

I can only imagine they're going to be some ultra-powerful super-duper weapon she gets in the Titans Return Machinima cartoon.

Windblade looks pretty good! The jet mode looks absolutely great, and the robot mode is nice looking too. Her shoulder/neck area looks a bit weird but that could just be certain photos. The transformation looks annoyingly simple but hey, if it works, it works.

The thing that annoys me the most is those swords. Quite aside from the fact they look nothing like her normal sword, who puts a seat on a sword!?!?. They'll be going to someone else methinks.

It's so you can plug them into Fortress and have them as manned turrets that shoot swords.

How much you wanna bet that at some point in power of the primes, the voyager elita one mold will be redecoed as Windblade?

They can even redeco Nitro Zeus mold red and black with the titans head as movie Windblade.

She is definitely on her way to becoming the new Bumblebee.

Rated X wrote:She is definitely on her way to becoming the new Bumblebee.

Why not. I'm really tiered of Bumblebee. too much Bumblebee.

I realize we havent seen Bumblebee on the POTP leaks. What a great line it seems to be.

ExciKaiser wrote:

Rated X wrote:She is definitely on her way to becoming the new Bumblebee.

Why not. I'm really tiered of Bumblebee. too much Bumblebee.

I realize we havent seen Bumblebee on the POTP leaks. What a great line it seems to be.

Plenty of movie Bumblebee to come, no doubt. Maybe there's a POTP BUMBLE PRIME on the way too!

Bbts just got wave 5 deluxes in today, and wave 5 tm(s). Now we just need the Overlord preorder to come about.... Any time....

ExciKaiser wrote:

Rated X wrote:She is definitely on her way to becoming the new Bumblebee.

Why not. I'm really tiered of Bumblebee. too much Bumblebee.

I realize we havent seen Bumblebee on the POTP leaks. What a great line it seems to be.

Not really a fan of Windblade just because of the whole "fan vote" aspect...

anyway, I hope there is no BB in PotP, he's getting his own flippin' movie. TBH , I don't know how they can make a whole toy line out of this, I guess a dozen or so different BB's? But there's been no indication that there will be any other bots or cons in the film, so not exactly sure how that's going to work.

o.supreme wrote:

ExciKaiser wrote:

Rated X wrote:She is definitely on her way to becoming the new Bumblebee.

Why not. I'm really tiered of Bumblebee. too much Bumblebee.

I realize we havent seen Bumblebee on the POTP leaks. What a great line it seems to be.

Not really a fan of Windblade just because of the whole "fan vote" aspect...

Heh, if you can even call it that, since Hasbro misconstrued the results of the vote into something that no fan ever voted for.

o.supreme wrote:I guess a dozen or so different BB's?

No difference with previous movies then.