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News Credits: 462 · Sat Jul 04, 2020 10:47 am

ZeroWolf wrote:As long as they don't have Starscream possessing Scorponok ala the Titan's Return cartoon

Instead, he'll possess Bumblebee.

News Credits: 1350 · Sat Jul 04, 2020 10:57 am

Sabrblade wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:As long as they don't have Starscream possessing Scorponok ala the Titan's Return cartoon
Instead, he'll possess Bumblebee.

Now that's a twist!

News Credits: 6 · Sat Jul 04, 2020 11:03 am

I think he's gorgeous but I just don't like Scorponok as a Titan-sized character. I ended up using my ebay earnings to finally buy PE Warden and Botcon Scorponok - they'll be repping the characters in my collection now.

News Credits: 462 · Sat Jul 04, 2020 11:05 am

ZeroWolf wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:As long as they don't have Starscream possessing Scorponok ala the Titan's Return cartoon
Instead, he'll possess Bumblebee.

Now that's a twist!

Then he'll jump around and possess Optimus, Megatron, Arcee, Soundwave, Shockwave, Ultra Magnus, and more.

And with Starscream being Starscream, he won't wisen up to realize that he could have just stayed inside Megatron and taken over the Decepticons that way. :roll:

News Credits: 56 · Sat Jul 04, 2020 11:16 am

Scorponok looks great! Nice to finally have a Decepticon Titan that scales well with his Autobot counterpart. ASo...whay are some areas getting this now, and U.S. has to wait until September (the fans in Japan have to wait until November...). I know regional packaging may have something to do with it, but I believed most countries that have multilingual packaging should theoretically all get it about the same time...Oh well....*patience*

News Credits: 251 · Sat Jul 04, 2020 11:22 am

o.supreme wrote:Scorponok looks great! Nice to finally have a Decepticon Titan that scales well with his Autobot counterpart. ASo...whay are some areas getting this now, and U.S. has to wait until September (the fans in Japan have to wait until November...). I know regional packaging may have something to do with it, but I believed most countries that have multilingual packaging should theoretically all get it about the same time...Oh well....*patience*

BBTS’s preorders have Scorponok pegged for a mid-July release. Then again, they also said that SS Overload was supposed to be last month and still no word on him so.....

News Credits: 11 · Sat Jul 04, 2020 12:02 pm

Sat Jul 04, 2020 12:11 pm

Lore Keeper wrote:

Couldn't have said it better myself. It's becoming extremely frustrating.

News Credits: 10 · Sat Jul 04, 2020 12:36 pm

Yesterday I was talking trash about Maryland stores not getting any Battlemasters. Hit up Target last night to try and score another Seeker Elite pack for a good buddy of mine, and walk right into a display of Smashdown and Soundbarrier. I was unsuccessful on the Seekers, but I picked up Soundbarrier.

Sat Jul 04, 2020 12:59 pm

sol magnus wrote:Yesterday I was talking trash about Maryland stores not getting any Battlemasters. Hit up Target last night to try and score another Seeker Elite pack for a good buddy of mine, and walk right into a display of Smashdown and Soundbarrier. I was unsuccessful on the Seekers, but I picked up Soundbarrier.

I picked up the both seekers from the shelf in Brandywine the other day. No sign of battle masters in MD for me tho

News Credits: 1350 · Sat Jul 04, 2020 1:08 pm

Dr. Caelus wrote:I think he's gorgeous but I just don't like Scorponok as a Titan-sized character. I ended up using my ebay earnings to finally buy PE Warden and Botcon Scorponok - they'll be repping the characters in my collection now.

Ah so you prefer the comics interpretation of the character then instead of the toon

News Credits: 1350 · Sat Jul 04, 2020 1:31 pm

Greetings Seibertronians! This news is for our fellow transformers fans down under! According to the Facebook page for Ozformers, Wave 2 of the Battlemasters class have been found in Australian retail. The wave consists of Slitherfang and a re-release of Siege Rung in Earthrise packaging.

The sighting was made at the Gepps Crossing Toyworld in South Australia. The photo was supplied to Ozformers by a member of their community.

If you want to see more of Slitherfang, check out this video review here.

While these are now making their way to the shelves in Australia, it remains to be seen when they'll reach other places given current global developments. Rest assured though that we here at Seibertron will try and bring you the latest sighting news as we get it.

Are you wanting to pick these up? Let us know in the Energon Pub and stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest news and reviews!

News Credits: 332 · Sat Jul 04, 2020 1:52 pm

For what it's worth somebody on Facebook did a tear down of Scorponok and apparently the internals are the same as Omega Supreme.

News Credits: 32 · Sat Jul 04, 2020 1:56 pm

ZeroWolf wrote:
Skritz wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:I noted that Megatron was firing on Scorponok back when we had the box reveal I wonder what the angle is with it. Afterall according to the Japanese G1 timeline, Megs and Optimus did ally together for a while (the truce broke down in the lead up to the Japanese G2 release), megs became a good guy in the IDW stories, Transformers Prime had him renouncing evil at its end. I can't remember what happened with megs in the prime wars trilogy though, other than he was snarky as hell but wasn't the bad guy. Are we about to see a twist in this tale?

It would be so weird if the mandatory Megatron of the next line was an Autobot.

Well there's plenty speculation that the next line will have a... Different sort of Megatron, of the purple dinosaur sort.

News Credits: 22 · Sat Jul 04, 2020 4:14 pm

I remember from way back when that FoC Grimlock had a prototype with Beast Megatron's head. I wouldn't mind seeing that, even if the mold is 8 years old.

Sat Jul 04, 2020 4:24 pm

Maybe he'll be a brown dinosaur instead of a purple dinosaur.

Sat Jul 04, 2020 4:48 pm

Imagine if he's a more scientifically-accurate Tyrannosaurus?

a.k.a.

imagine if he's a badass purple feathered T-Rex

Sat Jul 04, 2020 5:40 pm

Smokescreen looks cheap, those wheels...horrid, i think i will stick to my old CHUG Datsun brothers.

News Credits: 56 · Sat Jul 04, 2020 5:52 pm

Jeddostotle7 wrote:Imagine if he's a more scientifically-accurate Tyrannosaurus?

a.k.a.

imagine if he's a badass purple feathered T-Rex

Nah, these are toys. Besides in another 30 years when scientists think they have still "more accurate" data for the appearance of Dinosaurs, people will complain then how inaccurate they appear now.

On another note. Remember way back in February when Target had a crazy BOGO free sale on mane Earthrise wave 2 and 3 voyagers and deluxe's? So where does anyone think wave 2 will appear first.

Well logically it appears they will show up in other places long before the U.S. But for U.S fans who wants to guess.... Target, Walmart, Amazon, Hasbro Pulse, or some other online retailer?

Sat Jul 04, 2020 5:55 pm

o.supreme, the only thing stopping them from sculpting feathers onto a toy is show-accuracy. That and the fact that they might want to go with Transmetal Megs. Regular Megs has been done before, even if it was a while ago, plus aside from the MP his toys don't have major breakage issues. Unlike TM Megs' infamous waist.

Jeddostotle7 wrote:Imagine if he's a more scientifically-accurate Tyrannosaurus?

a.k.a.

imagine if he's a badass purple feathered T-Rex

You know, WaywardInsecticon actually drew that.

DMSL wrote:Smokescreen looks cheap, those wheels...horrid, i think i will stick to my old CHUG Datsun brothers.

Aside from the visible snap pegs, these wheels look more like actual Datsun wheels They're not painted, but that's because other things have gobbled his paint allowance. The photos make the wheels look worse than they will in-hand, he's like 2-3 times his real size in the pics.

Consider also that ER Smokescreen will actually be properly distinct from Prowl and Bluestreak in altmode, unlike the Universe versions.

News Credits: 56 · Sat Jul 04, 2020 6:31 pm

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:o.supreme, the only thing stopping them from sculpting feathers onto a toy is show-accuracy.

I think you and I interpret things differently, which is fine. I never stated feathers couldn't be done. I'm just stating my opinion that I don't think it's necessary.

News Credits: 2 · Sat Jul 04, 2020 7:30 pm

Maybe I missed the debate but id Siege and Earthrise are attempting scale, which one is more official at this point. Side by side it’s quite dramatically different. Other than ER Screamer’s beautiful jet mode. I do feel siege is more fun....

News Credits: 17 · Sat Jul 04, 2020 7:30 pm

DMSL wrote:Smokescreen looks cheap, those wheels...horrid, i think i will stick to my old CHUG Datsun brothers.

The Siege versions of the Datsuns and the Countachs are much better than the old Classics and Universe figures imho. I don't begrudge anybody for not wanting to buy everything over again, and I'm glad everyone likes different things, but I can't imagine preferring the earlier ones. WfC is everything I ever wanted from Generations.

Sat Jul 04, 2020 7:58 pm

AcademyofDrX wrote:
DMSL wrote:Smokescreen looks cheap, those wheels...horrid, i think i will stick to my old CHUG Datsun brothers.

The Siege versions of the Datsuns and the Countachs are much better than the old Classics and Universe figures imho. I don't begrudge anybody for not wanting to buy everything over again, and I'm glad everyone likes different things, but I can't imagine preferring the earlier ones. WfC is everything I ever wanted from Generations.

IMO it's a tradeoff with the Datsuns. The Universe versions have more paint, altmode weapon storage, Prowl has an actual transparent red lightbar instead of the SIEGE toy's cheater version, and all of them come with the shoulder cannons since they're integrated. But they all turn into a bland modern car mode, the only distinction with said car mode is lightbar/no lightbar, and they have Alternators-style legs instead of G1-accurate legs.

News Credits: 17 · Sat Jul 04, 2020 8:31 pm

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:
AcademyofDrX wrote:
DMSL wrote:Smokescreen looks cheap, those wheels...horrid, i think i will stick to my old CHUG Datsun brothers.

The Siege versions of the Datsuns and the Countachs are much better than the old Classics and Universe figures imho. I don't begrudge anybody for not wanting to buy everything over again, and I'm glad everyone likes different things, but I can't imagine preferring the earlier ones. WfC is everything I ever wanted from Generations.
IMO it's a tradeoff with the Datsuns. The Universe versions have more paint, altmode weapon storage, Prowl has an actual transparent red lightbar instead of the SIEGE toy's cheater version, and all of them come with the shoulder cannons since they're integrated. But they all turn into a bland modern car mode, the only distinction with said car mode is lightbar/no lightbar, and they have Alternators-style legs instead of G1-accurate legs.

The paint deco is terrible, especially on Smokescreen, I could not care less about the lightbar, and the shoulder cannons are tiny and unlike their toy or cartoon counterparts.

I remember this was a big deal when Punch/Counterpunch came out, but I literally don't understand the appeal of weapons storage. I would much prefer weapons that can mount on the alt-mode, and I'm perfectly fine with baggies or bins to store weapons when they're not in bot mode. There's nothing wrong with people liking it, I literally can't imagine considering weapon storage as part of the overall value of a toy. I just can't understand it.

I'm G1 from youth, so obviously the toy and show accuracy is a big part of the appeal, but my favorite part of WfC, especially the '84/'85 group, if transforming. The Datsuns and Countachs have simple, intuitive, tactile, fun transformations that are head and shoulders above anything in the Classics era--except for the Seekers.

One of the reasons I'm not too upset double-dipping on Smokescreen is the engineering seems practically identical, so I know the new one will be fun. And at least with Prowl I'll be getting a new deco compared to Siege.