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News Credits: 48 · by **Nemesis Primal** » Mon May 27, 2019 9:35 pm

Doesn't it make more sense for a CYBERTRONIAN Ratchet to not have a Red Cross logo anyway? Or does the Red Cross secretly have a Cybertronian division?

by **IHaveQuestions** » Mon May 27, 2019 10:44 pm

Would it be possible to get a picture of Magnus wielding Smashdown?

News Credits: 2 · by **SpikeyTigertron** » Tue May 28, 2019 12:56 am

IHaveQuestions wrote:Would it be possible to get a picture of Magnus wielding Smashdown?

Not sure Smashdown is big enough for *the* hammer

News Credits: 19 · by **blackeyedprime** » Tue May 28, 2019 5:49 am

Wolfman Jake wrote:
AcademyofDrX wrote:
TAAO wrote:Anyone else hoping that Brunt will be recolored into a Slammer for Metroplex? I know he wouldn't necessarily be the "perfect" Slammer, but I think he would be close enough to fill out Metroplex's minions. Maybe in a 2 pack with a redecoed Sideswipe as Scamper?

A Slammer redeco would be close to the original comics inspiration.

(Source: https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Centurion_droid)

Wouldn't hold out hope for a two-pack with a Scamper based off Sideswipe, since we're already getting a two-pack with a black and red 'Swipe.

We don't really need another Scamper, though. We have a perfectly good Scamper that comes with Titan Class Metroplex already, and it's a unique mold, not a retool of Sideswipe. Nothing says Scamper, Slammer, and Six Gun all need to be the same size class. Let's just be happy with a retool/repaint of Brunt into Slammer.

Pretty sure one of the cyberverse figures with the vehicle armor has slammer covered so I'd rather see brunt repainted silver (battlestar galacticish) and maybe even have a red handprint on him

News Credits: 174 · by **Hellscream9999** » Tue May 28, 2019 6:23 am

I kinda want a gold repaint of sixgun so his hulk-fist mode could look like an infinity gauntlet :DANCE:

News Credits: 4858 · by **william-james88** » Tue May 28, 2019 9:57 am

AcademyofDrX wrote:Wouldn't hold out hope for a two-pack with a Scamper based off Sideswipe, since we're already getting a two-pack with a black and red 'Swipe.

Yeah but nothing is stopping anyone from using that Sideswipe as Scamper so it works for everyone.
Hasbro seems to have stopped with doing redecos of characters who kinda maybe work and now just focus on redecos no one would have issue with. Which I much preffer.

Nemesis Primal wrote:Doesn't it make more sense for a CYBERTRONIAN Ratchet to not have a Red Cross logo anyway? Or does the Red Cross secretly have a Cybertronian division?

yeah, that makes more sense either way.

News Credits: 459 · by **Sabrblade** » Tue May 28, 2019 10:06 am

william-james88 wrote:Hasbro seems to have stopped with doing redecos of characters who kinda maybe work and now just focus on redecos no one would have issue with. Which I much preffer.

People took issue with Slamdance being made from Skytread since it means his components lack cassette modes and inverts his robot mode deco.

News Credits: 4858 · by **william-james88** » Tue May 28, 2019 10:08 am

Sabrblade wrote:
william-james88 wrote:Hasbro seems to have stopped with doing redecos of characters who kinda maybe work and now just focus on redecos no one would have issue with. Which I much preffer.
People took issue with Slamdance being made from Skytread since it means his components lack cassette modes and inverts his robot mode deco.

From my vantage point it seemed there was more happiness than disdain. It also felt like a better effort to me for a redeco. But yeah, could go either way.

by **ZeldaTheSwordsman** » Tue May 28, 2019 10:59 am

Wolfman Jake wrote:We don't really need another Scamper, though. We have a perfectly good Scamper that comes with Titan Class Metroplex already, and it's a unique mold, not a retool of Sideswipe. Nothing says Scamper, Slammer, and Six Gun all need to be the same size class.

Thank you. Yes, Scamper is already covered, and Metroplex's guys were never the same size originally anyway.

Wolfman Jake wrote:Let's just be happy with a retool/repaint of Brunt into Slammer.

However, I really don't see that fitting. Slammer looked much more like a conventional tank than Brunt did, so there wouldn't really be any resemblance. The Classics Deluxe or Universe Legends Megatron molds would be much more suited to Slammer IMO (not that a reuse of either during WFC is very likely):

Plus, with Six-Gun we already have a Metroplex minion who becomes a Weaponizer, so why do we need another one?

Personally I think it would be much more fitting to redeco Brunt either as a Cylon (like blackeyedprime suggested) or in a somewhat different purple with gold accents and turquoise spots to reference Gigastorm, who was cheated of his own Brunt redeco back in the day:

blackeyedprime wrote:Pretty sure one of the cyberverse figures with the vehicle armor has slammer covered so I'd rather see brunt repainted silver (battlestar galacticish) and maybe even have a red handprint on him

Ooh? Which one?

Nemesis Primal wrote:Doesn't it make more sense for a CYBERTRONIAN Ratchet to not have a Red Cross logo anyway? Or does the Red Cross secretly have a Cybertronian division?

Indeed, really.

I finally got hold of Ultra Magnus on Friday, and I'm liking him:

I look forward to Wave 3. Springer looks very promising (although it's a bit disappointing he doesn't have a transforming sword. Hm...), Thundercracker would be a nice addition to my CHG Decepticon ranks, Brunt would be especially nice given someone who will be joining my collection very soon, Refraktor is "Shut up and take my money!" thrice over, and despite having Generations Red Alert I might get the new one, if only to free him up for customization.

News Credits: 2 · by **Microbot** » Tue May 28, 2019 11:23 am

I want to know if I'm the only one crazy that will buy 3 Refraktor instead of one for being more classic cartoon accurate :oops:

by **ZeldaTheSwordsman** » Tue May 28, 2019 11:39 am

Microbot wrote:I want to know if I'm the only one crazy that will buy 3 Refraktor instead of one for being more classic cartoon accurate

You're not. I also plan to buy 3 - got to complete the team and the camera mode, after all!

News Credits: 10 · by **sol magnus** » Tue May 28, 2019 12:07 pm

People are gonna be beating each other up in the aisles over Refraktor.

News Credits: 56 · by **o.supreme** » Tue May 28, 2019 12:17 pm

Wasn't it initially stated that Deluxe Wave 3 of siege would be 4 Refraktor 2 Brunt & 2 Red Alert? (or something like that??)

by **ZeldaTheSwordsman** » Tue May 28, 2019 12:17 pm

Well, from what I hear Hasbro is apparently packing him like he was a Bumblebee, so there's that at least.

News Credits: 10 · by **sol magnus** » Tue May 28, 2019 12:22 pm

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Well, from what I hear Hasbro is apparently packing him like he was a Bumblebee, so there's that at least.

Yeah. Still gotta get to that box first, though.

News Credits: 4858 · by **william-james88** » Tue May 28, 2019 1:01 pm

sol magnus wrote:
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Well, from what I hear Hasbro is apparently packing him like he was a Bumblebee, so there's that at least.

Yeah. Still gotta get to that box first, though.

No different to any other release, right?

News Credits: 10 · by **sol magnus** » Tue May 28, 2019 1:28 pm

william-james88 wrote:
sol magnus wrote:
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Well, from what I hear Hasbro is apparently packing him like he was a Bumblebee, so there's that at least.

Yeah. Still gotta get to that box first, though.

No different to any other release, right?

I would imagine not, now that I'm doing this Generations thing. >:oP

News Credits: 65 · by **Wolfman Jake** » Tue May 28, 2019 1:33 pm

Microbot wrote:I want to know if I'm the only one crazy that will buy 3 Refraktor instead of one for being more classic cartoon accurate

I'd say most collectors are going for the Reflector trifecta. The better question would be, who is happy with just ONE Reflector for their collection?

by **PushYouDown** » Tue May 28, 2019 2:07 pm

I gotta say.....Springer is my favorite character, I hate the colors on this one.
That main body green is...like 90s neon.
I am excited for Brunt and Thundercracker still.

by **Skritz** » Tue May 28, 2019 2:10 pm

Wolfman Jake wrote:
Microbot wrote:I want to know if I'm the only one crazy that will buy 3 Refraktor instead of one for being more classic cartoon accurate

I'd say most collectors are going for the Reflector trifecta. The better question would be, who is happy with just ONE Reflector for their collection?

A kid whose parents buy him Transformers?

Bah! who am I kidding. Kids don't buy Generations, only manchildren. :lol:

News Credits: 65 · by **Wolfman Jake** » Tue May 28, 2019 2:14 pm

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:
blackeyedprime wrote:Pretty sure one of the cyberverse figures with the vehicle armor has slammer covered so I'd rather see brunt repainted silver (battlestar galacticish) and maybe even have a red handprint on him

Ooh? Which one?

I would like to know this as well!

News Credits: 65 · by **Wolfman Jake** » Tue May 28, 2019 2:22 pm

PushYouDown wrote:I gotta say.....Springer is my favorite character, I hate the colors on this one.
That main body green is...like 90s neon.

Springer was just ahead of his time, maybe? :lol:

Seriously, though, SIEGE Springer's greens and yellow are closer to the original G1 toy in terms of brightness or "saturation" than the G1 cartoon and movie character models, which were duller, more desaturated tones. Brighter colors work better on toys. This has been Hasbro's method of operation for decades. Toys are more attractive to casual buyers on the shelf, especially kids, when they're bright and colorful. The recent in-hand photos we got may be a bit over-saturated, hence the blue coming out in the "gray" legs much more strongly than in previous stock photos. The colors on Siege Springer, minus the gray, look to be pretty on point to those of Thrilling 30 Springer from 5 years ago.

News Credits: 56 · by **o.supreme** » Tue May 28, 2019 2:38 pm

Skritz wrote:Bah! who am I kidding. Kids don't buy Generations, only manchildren.

True story...One of my friends bought his 10 year old son PotP Inferno, because he is a firefighter, and of course our kids are friends and both like Transformers. My son had to explain to his son about the Combiner gimmick, (because of course they didn't read the instructions) :lol:

. Of course I got an angry response from my friend because now his son said he wanted 4 deluxes to finish the combiner. They ended up getting a Dinobot, Jazz, and 2 Terrorcons... I didn't wan to crush his contentment by explaining team symmetry and all the combiner possibilities, so I told my son just not to say anything

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News Credits: 4858 · by **william-james88** » Tue May 28, 2019 3:19 pm

o.supreme wrote:
Skritz wrote:Bah! who am I kidding. Kids don't buy Generations, only manchildren.

True story...One of my friends bought his 10 year old son PotP Inferno, because he is a firefighter, and of course our kids are friends and both like Transformers. My son had to explain to his son about the Combiner gimmick, (because of course they didn't read the instructions) . Of course I got an angry response from my friend because now his son said he wanted 4 deluxes to finish the combiner. They ended up getting a Dinobot, Jazz, and 2 Terrorcons... I didn't wan to crush his contentment by explaining team symmetry and all the combiner possibilities, so I told my son just not to say anything .

Parents for sure buy generations Optimus Prime toys for their kids. That's why they are all sold out while Megatron stays on shelves.

News Credits: 65 · by **Wolfman Jake** » Tue May 28, 2019 3:41 pm

Skritz wrote:
Wolfman Jake wrote:
Microbot wrote:I want to know if I'm the only one crazy that will buy 3 Refraktor instead of one for being more classic cartoon accurate

I'd say most collectors are going for the Reflector trifecta. The better question would be, who is happy with just ONE Reflector for their collection?

A kid whose parents buy him Transformers?

Bah! who am I kidding. Kids don't buy Generations, only manchildren.

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