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News Credits: 340 · by **Stargrave** » Mon Jul 15, 2019 11:03 pm

You know what, like it love it or hate it this is a landmark. A big chunk of Transformers legend made real and official. I can’t help but smile knowing this is a real thing that exists :lol:

I love this hobby.

by **Skritz** » Mon Jul 15, 2019 11:09 pm

Lore Keeper wrote:
Un_Chakal wrote:I just asked the seller where they got that Seeker pack from. She I believe it was said that their friend with a regional manager of Target who purchased some and then sold to her. Car issues made her sell it even though she didn't want to . I assume this means that it might be a Target exclusive even though it wasn't on the box?

Very possible. Red Wing's box didn't have a target logo on it either.

Is Redwing confirmed to be 100% exclusive to Target? Because this really, really **** sucks due to Target being stillborn and flopping in Canada

News Credits: 7 · by **TulioDude** » Mon Jul 15, 2019 11:16 pm

It would be nice to have this for having more seekers in a collection without them being Starscream,Thundercracker and Skywarp.

News Credits: 48 · by **Nemesis Primal** » Mon Jul 15, 2019 11:16 pm

More Decepticons! Yay!
More OBSCURE Decepticons even! Yay!
Proof that those rumors are real! Mixed Ehs/Yays!
More Siege number confirmations! YAY!
ACID STORM! YAY!

...ahem. So that means that only S44-47 and S55-63 are mysteries now, assuming the other 3 35th anniversary repaints come after Bluestreak like they should. That also means that of the now 7 uses of this Siege Seeker mold, 3 of them are characters who have never had actual figures before. That's pretty awesome. Do I wish they had a bit more varied paint? Absolutely, but what we're getting doesn't look bad by any means and I will absolutely grab it if I can.

...also I just really like Acid Storm, he's my favorite Seeker. Was that obvious?

by **ZeldaTheSwordsman** » Mon Jul 15, 2019 11:45 pm

I love the neon. I'm a sucker for that kind of thing. I do wish they'd improved on the cartoon by making them less monochrome (like, say, white chest/shoulder setups) but still.

News Credits: 3 · by **Wireless_Phantom** » Mon Jul 15, 2019 11:55 pm

Well...I'm glad it exists, for those who want it, but personally the confirmation of these existing is less important to me than the fact that this strengthens the possibility of us getting those power dashers I want so much, if only to have more weaponizers without having outright duplicates.

News Credits: 3 · by **Wireless_Phantom** » Mon Jul 15, 2019 11:58 pm

Can I just say that now, more than ever before, all of the seekers having the EXACT SAME "battle damage" layout is super egregious.

News Credits: 54 · by **Deadput** » Tue Jul 16, 2019 12:09 am

I can actually make an excuse for them being so bright here, they are rainmakers who do use weaponry like Acid Rain, some animals in real life are brightly colored to show that they are poisonous and such.

They might not be animals of course but their brightness can be about Radiation and other such energy's.

I'm going to make Nova Storm basically G1 Movie Divebomb in my collection, his name will still be Nova Storm but he will have the same sort of character of how he's just this really smelly guy who nobody likes despite him being an ideal soldier, with him only being turned down from Starscream's team because he leaks of radiation, actually I might just change their gender to female in my collection to make them standout from Sunstorm and be more like the Cyberverse character.

https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Divebomb_(Movie)

Colors are similar enough, just lacks banana brown.

by **ZeldaTheSwordsman** » Tue Jul 16, 2019 12:10 am

Wireless_Phantom wrote:Can I just say that now, more than ever before, all of the seekers having the EXACT SAME "battle damage" layout is super egregious.

Yeah, kinda makes me miss the randomized damage from Revenge of the Sith toys.

News Credits: 1 · by **The_Cryptid_Person** » Tue Jul 16, 2019 12:53 am

Normally I love seekers but this is atrocious. Like, seriously disappointing. Heck, I've been down with goofy geewun color schemes before, but this feels like a new low. Almost totally monochrome, with the same battle damage, all with the same constipated expression... and Hasbro probably wants $100+ for it. If I ever find him at a decent price, Redwing will likely be my only Siegeker, and that's a-ok. It looks like a solid mold, even though these decoes are bad.
I'm honestly more hyped for partsforming powerdashers than the all-voyager seeker armada; what a world we live in!

News Credits: 65 · by **Wolfman Jake** » Tue Jul 16, 2019 12:56 am

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:I love the neon. I'm a sucker for that kind of thing. I do wish they'd improved on the cartoon by making them less monochrome (like, say, white chest/shoulder setups) but still.

Or better yet, use two different tones of each color to break things up just a bit. It can look really cool when done right.

by **ZeldaTheSwordsman** » Tue Jul 16, 2019 1:16 am

Wolfman Jake wrote:
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:I love the neon. I'm a sucker for that kind of thing. I do wish they'd improved on the cartoon by making them less monochrome (like, say, white chest/shoulder setups) but still.

Or better yet, use two different tones of each color to break things up just a bit. It can look really cool when done right.

I think doing the differently-colored outer chest and shoulder (faux) intakes would be more Seeker-y

by **frogbat** » Tue Jul 16, 2019 1:42 am

After the great job they did with red wing and skywarp’s paint jobs, these do come off as a bit bland... the packaging too... maybe it needs a giant flap over the front with some nice artwork.

I do however thoroughly recommend anyone who hasn’t picked up a version of this mould to do so. I have starscream, and in spite of his chest popping off, he’s probably my fave figure thus far. G1 robot accuracy, a more cybertronian alt mode than most other figures, great posability and articulation. And the chest issue seems to have been remedied in other iterations.

News Credits: 18 · by **leokearon** » Tue Jul 16, 2019 1:45 am

Still waiting for Sunstorm

by **Jeddostotle7** » Tue Jul 16, 2019 2:20 am

I definitely understand the "boring" complaints, but I personally kinda love the bright monochromatic color schemes, it's silly in a good way and they look like they'll pop on the shelf.

News Credits: 19 · by **blackeyedprime** » Tue Jul 16, 2019 4:37 am

Voyager Sized Keshi figures/decoys

I think the amount of 'detailing' on the wings is more noticable with these bright colors in that the figures are missing the defining decepticon symbols on the wings in robot mode. So the G1ness color scheme isn't really the problem, it's the lack of G1ness.

I need to pick up starscream and see if I like him before thinking about getting the others.

Edit:
Whilst redwing hides the no faction logos pretty well in robot mode, his bright red plastic enhances the visible screw syndrome on his inner legs. the bright colors on these will really make these look like KOs :/ and its enough for me to skip Starscream and just use the Cybertron figures. Fingers crossed the line after siege shows some improvements.

News Credits: 54 · by **Deadput** » Tue Jul 16, 2019 5:20 am

leokearon wrote:Still waiting for Sunstorm

I hope that if they make him that they now have a good reason to give him an actual orange color scheme, like a more dark creamsicle color.

Besides what's already revealed and the Coneheads (The latter with hopefully optional cone heads), the only Seekers I really want out of mold is Sunstorm and Slipstream/G2Ramjet, anything else would be a nice bonus.

News Credits: 13 · by **steals_your_goats** » Tue Jul 16, 2019 5:47 am

leokearon wrote:Still waiting for Sunstorm

I have a feeling that a Sunstorm would come in another 3 pack with Hotlink and Bitstream.

News Credits: 12 · by **Evil Eye** » Tue Jul 16, 2019 6:04 am

If these had actual colour breakup (biceps and thighs in silver maybe?) or otherwise took more liberties with the absurdly bland cartoon decos ala the MPs or Classics Acid Storm, then I'd be on board. As is they look...well, terrible.

News Credits: 54 · by **Deadput** » Tue Jul 16, 2019 6:10 am

steals_your_goats wrote:
leokearon wrote:Still waiting for Sunstorm

I have a feeling that a Sunstorm would come in another 3 pack with Hotlink and Bitstream.

Ah man how did I forget about those guys?

Add those two to the want list, their color schemes would be much appreciated to have. (Nacelle would be cool as well bit I'd rather have him as a remold of Thrust if he's ever made.)

News Credits: 4868 · by **william-james88** » Tue Jul 16, 2019 6:34 am

Skritz wrote:
Lore Keeper wrote:
Un_Chakal wrote:I just asked the seller where they got that Seeker pack from. She I believe it was said that their friend with a regional manager of Target who purchased some and then sold to her. Car issues made her sell it even though she didn't want to . I assume this means that it might be a Target exclusive even though it wasn't on the box?

Very possible. Red Wing's box didn't have a target logo on it either.

Is Redwing confirmed to be 100% exclusive to Target? Because this really, really **** sucks due to Target being stillborn and flopping in Canada

He is exclusive to target in the US only. Canada will have its own exclusive channel.

by **Coptur** » Tue Jul 16, 2019 6:37 am

I wish that people wouldn't buy items like that (blatantly stolen from the factory).
sad one upmanship between collectors unfortunately doesn't help.

Just wait and save that extra $100 for your family, a charity or more toys :HEADHURTS:

Like another poster i hope that Nacelle is given the hybrid starscream/thrust treatment

News Credits: 1 · by **durroth** » Tue Jul 16, 2019 7:18 am

well, at least they'd be easy to clean the battle damage off without a bunch of paint decos getting in the way

News Credits: 654 · by **ScottyP** » Tue Jul 16, 2019 7:29 am

Stargrave wrote:even if you think you saw this coming, you couldn't have seen it coming.

I saw it coming and kept the receipts

It was my "sure thing easy layup prediction" here: https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... axy/42824/ Everything about it fits Siege. Won't be surprised at all to see Nightbird, Autobot X, Devcon, etc as we continue through WFC.

News Credits: 15 · by **galvatron00** » Tue Jul 16, 2019 7:56 am

So, the "Battle Damage" apps have moved over to the exterior packaging now? That box looks ROUGH!!

BUT!! This set is exactly what I wanted! I want all three of those bots (the Rainmakers), I could throw them on the G1 Season 1 Decepticon shelf with Siege Refraktor and consider that shelf done. And I can't believe it. Holy cats. The days are numbered!