As he was done, he is too big to scale with Sky Lynx. Hasbro needed to justify a Titan Class figure for that year. But a commander class would be too small.ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:No, it makes him too big to match Sky Lynx.william-james88 wrote:ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Here's my question: When are we getting a Commander-size Predaking to better match the new Sky Lynx?
I think the fact that he was already titan class works well enough to match Sky Lynx.
Unfortunately probably true... But a Commander-height combined robot mode (putting him on par with the regular CW and PotP combiners) would be just right. Would require a price point between Commander and Titan.Rodimus Prime wrote:As he was done, he is too big to scale with Sky Lynx. Hasbro needed to justify a Titan Class figure for that year. But a commander class would be too small.ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:No, it makes him too big to match Sky Lynx.william-james88 wrote:ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Here's my question: When are we getting a Commander-size Predaking to better match the new Sky Lynx?
I think the fact that he was already titan class works well enough to match Sky Lynx.
You got to talk to them directly? Tell me, please, what did they say, exactly, about the names of Scorponok's three components? Is it really true that the middleman is named "Lord Zarak" while the smaller guy is nameless? If so, that's unfortunate.Seibertron wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:I vote for MegaZarak.
That was my suggestion to the brand team at Toy Fair yesterday as well. Scorponok, Megazarak and Lord Zarak. Sounds great to me!
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Seibertron wrote:Sentinel_Primal wrote:Was anyone able to ask if Knok and Skar have any way to interact with Doubledealer outside of 5mm pegs? I hope they have slots that they can be inserted into, but if it's just pegging on, that's fine too
Doubledealer has a chest compartment, similar to Soundwave. It is demonstrated in the Earthrise video on Seibertron.com's Youtube channel. The feature is briefly shown around the 2:15 mark in the video.
Transformers War For Cybertron Earthrise video on Seibertron.com's YouTube Channel
Sabrblade wrote:You got to talk to them directly? Tell me, please, what did they say, exactly, about the names of Scorponok's three components? Is it really true that the middleman is named "Lord Zarak" while the smaller guy is nameless? If so, that's unfortunate.Seibertron wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:I vote for MegaZarak.
That was my suggestion to the brand team at Toy Fair yesterday as well. Scorponok, Megazarak and Lord Zarak. Sounds great to me!
And if so, did they say why they left the little guy without a name?
Ah, thanks. Haven't been able to watch any of the videos yet. Got a time stamp for that part of the conversation?Emerje wrote:Sabrblade wrote:You got to talk to them directly? Tell me, please, what did they say, exactly, about the names of Scorponok's three components? Is it really true that the middleman is named "Lord Zarak" while the smaller guy is nameless? If so, that's unfortunate.Seibertron wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:I vote for MegaZarak.
That was my suggestion to the brand team at Toy Fair yesterday as well. Scorponok, Megazarak and Lord Zarak. Sounds great to me!
And if so, did they say why they left the little guy without a name?
You can hear him asking about it for yourself in the Earthrise video above unless he had another conversation with them.
Emerje
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Sabrblade wrote:Ah, thanks. Haven't been able to watch any of the videos yet. Got a time stamp for that part of the conversation?
ZeroWolf wrote:I'd say devy is big enough to go toe to toe with his rival, omega supreme
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Unfortunately probably true... But a Commander-height combined robot mode (putting him on par with the regular CW and PotP combiners) would be just right. Would require a price point between Commander and Titan.Rodimus Prime wrote:As he was done, he is too big to scale with Sky Lynx. Hasbro needed to justify a Titan Class figure for that year. But a commander class would be too small.ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:No, it makes him too big to match Sky Lynx.william-james88 wrote:ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Here's my question: When are we getting a Commander-size Predaking to better match the new Sky Lynx?
I think the fact that he was already titan class works well enough to match Sky Lynx.
At least in Predaking's case, his original toy can fill that niche until a Generations version that size happens.
Tekka wrote:What she doesn't realize is that Springer actually loves Rodimus.
ThunderThruster wrote:ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Unfortunately probably true... But a Commander-height combined robot mode (putting him on par with the regular CW and PotP combiners) would be just right. Would require a price point between Commander and Titan.Rodimus Prime wrote:As he was done, he is too big to scale with Sky Lynx. Hasbro needed to justify a Titan Class figure for that year. But a commander class would be too small.ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:No, it makes him too big to match Sky Lynx.william-james88 wrote:ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Here's my question: When are we getting a Commander-size Predaking to better match the new Sky Lynx?
I think the fact that he was already titan class works well enough to match Sky Lynx.
At least in Predaking's case, his original toy can fill that niche until a Generations version that size happens.
SO a CW/POTP sized combiner Predaking, which is what some of us were arguing for to begin with.
Leonardo wrote:Take your lips off my pipe!
Yep. That was the whole agenda for the old brand team's making Metroplex that big. They wanted to make the "tallest Transformer ever" for the 35th anniversary, which meant making 'Plex taller than G1 Fort Max... only for the next team to reshell the same mold into a slightly taller Fort Max, thus robbing 'Plex of his new title and giving it back to Max (and which will later be taken again by Planet class Unicron).Ironhidensh wrote:ThunderThruster wrote:ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Unfortunately probably true... But a Commander-height combined robot mode (putting him on par with the regular CW and PotP combiners) would be just right. Would require a price point between Commander and Titan.Rodimus Prime wrote:As he was done, he is too big to scale with Sky Lynx. Hasbro needed to justify a Titan Class figure for that year. But a commander class would be too small.ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:No, it makes him too big to match Sky Lynx.william-james88 wrote:ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Here's my question: When are we getting a Commander-size Predaking to better match the new Sky Lynx?
I think the fact that he was already titan class works well enough to match Sky Lynx.
At least in Predaking's case, his original toy can fill that niche until a Generations version that size happens.
SO a CW/POTP sized combiner Predaking, which is what some of us were arguing for to begin with.
I always said that CW/UW Devastator would have been much better with six deluxes instead of voyagers as well. I feel the Titan class line is simple big for the sake of being big.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Burn wrote:Agamemnon wrote:Let's get back to talking about Burn's mammoth snout flopping...
Well I am Australian. It's kinda what we're known for.
Leonardo wrote:Take your lips off my pipe!
No fair! You got the ones with Spider-Man powers!Ironhidensh wrote:I’m pretty freaking happy with this line so far!
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Well, for my money it works really well for the citybots since they're supposed to be dollhouses for normal-size Transformers. They kinda need to be Titan class to pull that off, especially with the Legion size class having fallen by the wayside for now.Sabrblade wrote:Yep. That was the whole agenda for the old brand team's making Metroplex that big. They wanted to make the "tallest Transformer ever" for the 35th anniversary, which meant making 'Plex taller than G1 Fort Max... only for the next team to reshell the same mold into a slightly taller Fort Max, thus robbing 'Plex of his new title and giving it back to Max (and which will later be taken again by Planet class Unicron).
If they hadn't made Metroplex so ridiculously tall and just let G1 Fort Max keep the tallest TF title, then maybe the Titan class could have stood to be less ridiculous in height.
Well, Titan Class is good for Omega's base mode, so there's that. And it does make him his full cartoon size relative to the regular bots. Which the regular CW/PotP Combiners are not, because of the "Mario mushroom" effect combining had in the cartoon. The combined forms end up with the same dilemma the Gigantion character toys from Cybertron had. And I think the solution Takara came up with there works just as well (and is more practical than having Titan-class versions of all the combiners): Put them next to Legion-class versions of everybody.Sabrblade wrote:Although, people seem to love Titan class Omega Supreme, but if they also want Devastator and Predaking to scale better with the CW/UW/Potpie Combiners, then Omega would need to be smaller too since he's also Combiner-sized.
Nah, it wouldn't require that. He's as big as he should be next to the regular bots. And as big as the combiners would be without magically enlarging when they combine.Sabrblade wrote:And which would probably also require Commander class Jetfire to be smaller too since he's big but not Combiner big like how his Commander class toy currently is (he's more "near-Combiner big").
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