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News Credits: 3 · Tue Sep 10, 2019 2:44 pm

Stargrave wrote:Shockwave stands in solidarity as the only Siege figure to not have red on him. I’m telling you Siege is like 70% red.

What about the Rainmakers?

News Credits: 174 · Tue Sep 10, 2019 2:49 pm

Skritz wrote:Man, I don't know what exactly changed but these renders made Apeface look way better...

That's cuz these aren't renders, they're production run figures being photographed

News Credits: 340 · Tue Sep 10, 2019 3:34 pm

Decepticon Stryker wrote:
Stargrave wrote:Shockwave stands in solidarity as the only Siege figure to not have red on him. I’m telling you Siege is like 70% red.

What about the Rainmakers?

With red eyes...like the devil’s eyes...
But really it’s kind of more orangey than red. Hmm. Ok well wave 1 Siege then :lol:

News Credits: 3 · Tue Sep 10, 2019 4:10 pm

Can't wait for Apeface!

News Credits: 131 · Tue Sep 10, 2019 4:24 pm

Apeface isn't wasn't on my radar, but damn it looks like a fun toy. And I love the brilliant double faced headmaster action, pretty clever.

For me Siege Springer blew T30 out of the water. I always found T30 fiddly (in all modes) and feel that Sandstorm wears the mold better with much tighter tolerances leading to both alt-modes pegging in nice and tight. Also just I love Sandstorm's VTOL backpack so much

T30 Springer lent his sword to Seige and slipped quietly into storage.

News Credits: 65 · Tue Sep 10, 2019 5:33 pm

blackeyedprime wrote:Doesnt look to be anything that pops up to make apefaces robot head look bigger like on the TR figures, not that its needed, but hoping figure size remains comparable.

Take another look. The whole beast mode "muzzle" is a separate piece that covers up the lower half of the "beast" side face of the Titan Master. With just the Titan Master, you only get the red visor of the gorilla face. The mouth and "nose" are attached to the main robot body and sit right in front of the Titan Master when in beast mode.

Tue Sep 10, 2019 5:38 pm

Wolfman Jake wrote:Take another look. The whole beast mode "muzzle" is a separate piece that covers up the lower half of the "beast" side face of the Titan Master. With just the Titan Master, you only get the red visor of the gorilla face. The mouth and "nose" are attached to the main robot body and sit right in front of the Titan Master when in beast mode.

blackeyedprime wrote:Doesnt look to be anything that pops up to make apefaces robot head look bigger like on the TR figures, not that its needed, but hoping figure size remains comparable.

Tue Sep 10, 2019 5:55 pm

These figures are awesome, but the battle damage paint...awful.

News Credits: 10 · Tue Sep 10, 2019 5:56 pm

Got my Omega Supreme today... damn the joints are tight!! I was worried that they were going to break during the transformation

News Credits: 340 · Tue Sep 10, 2019 8:31 pm

transformers_va wrote:Got my Omega Supreme today... damn the joints are tight!! I was worried that they were going to break during the transformation

Aye those be the ratchets of a Titan! :lol:

can’t wait to get Omega I can hear that crisp ‘chk!’ sound now...

News Credits: 462 · Tue Sep 10, 2019 8:39 pm

Stargrave wrote:
transformers_va wrote:Got my Omega Supreme today... damn the joints are tight!! I was worried that they were going to break during the transformation

Aye those be the ratchets of a Titan! can’t wait to get Omega I can hear that crisp ‘chk!’ sound now...

So long as that crisp 'chk!' never becomes a crisp 'ccrak!' sound. :oops:

News Credits: 10 · Tue Sep 10, 2019 9:01 pm

Stargrave wrote:
transformers_va wrote:Got my Omega Supreme today... damn the joints are tight!! I was worried that they were going to break during the transformation

Aye those be the ratchets of a Titan! can’t wait to get Omega I can hear that crisp ‘chk!’ sound now...

Thankfully the knees have a loosened up a bit, and seem a little better after a few transformations, but the hip ratchets still worry me.. definitely being very careful with them

News Credits: 101 · Tue Sep 10, 2019 9:13 pm

This Québécois got the forbidden fruit!
At first, I found that 100$CAN plus taxes set pricey, but it's just 10$ more expensive than 3 full priced figures for all the extra stuff.

Seriously, the box alone is shiny all over. Even inside! Plus, a full color instruction manual with extra tidbits of lore. Not only it have 4 extra camera parts, but there's also a :KREMZEEK:

because why not?

The spaceships are simple, but does the job. For a "bonus" mode, it's not too bad. It's unfortunate that the extra camera parts cannot be used at all in this mode.

The bots are absolutely fantastic and the extra parts are well used. Only the heads that have not be remolded keep the set from ultimate perfection.

I really don't regret paying extra to get the special set. Next to my G1 original, this set is just glorious! Beside, Maketoys Visualizer had already filled the "cartoon accurate" spot. The Siege Refraktor 3 pack is very worth getting.

News Credits: 340 · Tue Sep 10, 2019 11:50 pm

I don't think I saw this elsewhere here and it's not so substantial to news really but if anyone was like 'if only Ultra Magnus was like five bucks off I totally would get him...' well right now at Amazon he's 11% off which is a hair over five bucks.

Here's the link if anyone's interested.

News Credits: 340 · Tue Sep 10, 2019 11:52 pm

Just about the same deal for Galaxy Prime on Amazon too, just like five bucks off if anyone's game.

Here's the link for Galaxy Prime.

News Credits: 340 · Wed Sep 11, 2019 12:01 am

Leader Class Shockwave just $38.55 dang that's a steal. Deal breaker for anyone who said he wasn't worth the $50 pricetag for sure.

Here's the link at Amazon if anyone's interested.

News Credits: 12 · Wed Sep 11, 2019 1:14 am

So, I just had a thought: What's Apeface's little symbol going to be? Is it going to be proudly similar to Starscream's, or will it be a new one that he'd share with Snapdragon if/when they release him?

News Credits: 340 · Wed Sep 11, 2019 1:33 am

G1 Apeface and Snapdragon are similar but very different in how they transform.

I was just looking at the new Siege Apeface images and you know, just a bit...that image of him from the back, if you had different arms for that ape, like if they were dino legs, then made the rear ape legs little dino arms...the jet nose would work as a tail...

I hope Snapdragon is a whole new robot for sure but I can actually see how they could retool this version of Apeface into a Snapdragon. Swap in a few new parts maybe a new front end for the jet mode.

News Credits: 340 · Wed Sep 11, 2019 1:40 am

Sentinel_Primal wrote:So, I just had a thought: What's Apeface's little symbol going to be? Is it going to be proudly similar to Starscream's, or will it be a new one that he'd share with Snapdragon if/when they release him?

Do you mean like his military insignia? You know I had wondered if Springer would have a specific triple changer division rank or something like that.

Still, he's a jet, and Starscream does rule the skies. In my head anything with a purple badge that flies answers to Starscream then Megatron.

He's a Seeker, pshh, of bananas. :lol:

Wed Sep 11, 2019 2:23 am

Apeface looks like a cheap, crappy Cyberverse figure.

Wed Sep 11, 2019 5:16 pm

What Deluxe or Voyager class figure is a can’t-miss in the Siege line for you?

News Credits: 101 · Wed Sep 11, 2019 5:37 pm

emlit wrote:What Deluxe or Voyager class figure is a can’t-miss in the Siege line for you?

Voyager: Starscream or any other seeker is a MUST. This is the new Classic Mold for a reason.

Deluxe: Ratchet, Ironhide, or the upcoming Crosswise. That mold is fantastic and fun to play with.

News Credits: 4877 · Wed Sep 11, 2019 6:28 pm

emlit wrote:What Deluxe or Voyager class figure is a can’t-miss in the Siege line for you?

Ironhide and ratchet. We just dont have any good alternatives for that scale.

News Credits: 101 · Wed Sep 11, 2019 6:33 pm

william-james88 wrote:
emlit wrote:What Deluxe or Voyager class figure is a can’t-miss in the Siege line for you?

Ironhide and ratchet. We just dont have any good alternatives for that scale.

You sound like those are just "good enough". Something you don't like about them?

I don't say the Ratchet/Ironhide mold is a "perfect" mold, but I was still blown away. The bots are very "Geewun" cartoon and the vehicles are the perfect hybrid of Earth and Cybertronian. This new siege mold certainly nuke the awkward classic version.

News Credits: 42 · Wed Sep 11, 2019 6:34 pm

emlit wrote:What Deluxe or Voyager class figure is a can’t-miss in the Siege line for you?

Voyager, I can't decide between the Seeker mold or Optimus Prime. I went into Siege thinking I didn't need another prime. Siege is now my favorite and I'm selling off a few others. And I have all 7 Voyager seekers so far, so toss-up for me.

Deluxe, Sideswipe for me, but purely for nostalgia reasons, he was my very first transformer that I paid for all on my own as a kid in G1, and this really hits all the right nostalgia buttons for me while also having all the modern engineering benefits. I had the Universe version in a previous collection then sold it off and got out of collecting for a bit. T30 and CW pulled me back in, but that crappy WFC Sideswipe was the only affordable option and I was certain they would eventually repaint/retool one of the cars into Sideswipe in Prime Wars. With Siege, the wait was soooo worth it and we get Red Alert and a G2 color clone to boot. :DANCE: