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Thu Sep 05, 2019 9:00 pm

The autobot symbol graphic on their left hand side indicate something further because not all of them have the same base form. I'd like an even further breakdown and complete explanation for what each piece means

News Credits: 340 · Thu Sep 05, 2019 9:02 pm

This is tech spec level awesome for me. Old school G.I.Joe filecard level of awesome.

I LOVED reading this. Subtle nuance and backstory, I don’t care if it’s on the toys or not whether everyone noticed it or not I have loved these since I got my first Cog. If any of the designers read this then thanks because I’ve totally been geeking out over the rank insignias you made it for guys like me.

Thanks Kev and William-James!

Siege is my favorite line since Thrilling 30.

Thu Sep 05, 2019 9:06 pm

Literally need all the designs now because imma be messing with this for a long long time... I live for this kinda thing!

News Credits: 3 · Thu Sep 05, 2019 9:19 pm

Who are the Sea Command Transport Captains? Are these just little extras, or are the teases of upcoming figures? Hopefully, a Commander Class Tidal Wave.

Thu Sep 05, 2019 9:19 pm

Stargrave wrote:This is tech spec level awesome for me. Old school G.I.Joe filecard level of awesome.

I LOVED reading this. Subtle nuance and backstory, I don’t care if it’s on the toys or not whether everyone noticed it or not I have loved these since I got my first Cog. If any of the designers read this then thanks because I’ve totally been geeking out over the rank insignias you made it for guys like me.

Thanks Kev and William-James!

Siege is my favorite line since Thrilling 30.

what we need is a application that we can make our own custom rankings out of

News Credits: 340 · Thu Sep 05, 2019 9:41 pm

I would totally buy shirts with those designs. I love how a lot of the Autobot ones look like they have a flame theme going on.

News Credits: 340 · Thu Sep 05, 2019 9:43 pm

Decepticon Stryker wrote:Who are the Sea Command Transport Captains? Are these just little extras, or are the teases of upcoming figures? Hopefully, a Commander Class Tidal Wave.

Totally noted that! What does it mean??? Is that Turtler’s rank maybe? Seaspray? Just entries in their bible??? I must know! I want the comic with all the profiles and ranks like a DC Who’s Who type deal :lol:

News Credits: 241 · Thu Sep 05, 2019 10:51 pm

Stargrave wrote:
Decepticon Stryker wrote:Who are the Sea Command Transport Captains? Are these just little extras, or are the teases of upcoming figures? Hopefully, a Commander Class Tidal Wave.

Totally noted that! What does it mean??? Is that Turtler’s rank maybe? Seaspray? Just entries in their bible??? I must know! I want the comic with all the profiles and ranks like a DC Who’s Who type deal

Likely they're made in advance before any characters to appear in the lines were decided upon. Not a whole lot of marine characters in the line as a whole, in fact they're quite the rarity in G1/G2:

- Seaspray
- Broadside
- Seacons (Note that Selects Turtler is not Siege)

- Waverider
- Submarauder
- Splashdown
- Finback
- Octopunch
- Longtooth (shell)

- Quickswitch

- Seawatch
- Strikedown & Power Run
- Flattop's carrier

- Waver

- Tidal Wave (Armada import)
- Manta Ray

News Credits: 1 · Fri Sep 06, 2019 12:15 am

Actually if you notice, the TCG actually uses those symbols. For example, Major Soundwave. Neat!

News Credits: 12 · Fri Sep 06, 2019 12:56 am

So since Apeface is getting a proper update, I was wondering what other later characters could do with a proper update and I'm hoping we see some Powermasters in the next part of the trilogy. Canonically, they shouldn't be on Cybertron, but neither should Spasma given his Nebulan origin. Plus, the engine modes could be little micromaster sets like the cassettes if Hasbro doesn't want to include them with their partner

News Credits: 3 · Fri Sep 06, 2019 1:07 am

Sentinel_Primal wrote:So since Apeface is getting a proper update, I was wondering what other later characters could do with a proper update and I'm hoping we see some Powermasters in the next part of the trilogy. Canonically, they shouldn't be on Cybertron, but neither should Spasma given his Nebulan origin. Plus, the engine modes could be little micromaster sets like the cassettes if Hasbro doesn't want to include them with their partner

I don't see why they can't do this. Canonically, the battle masters and Jetfire aren't supposed to be on Cybertron, yet there they are.

Fri Sep 06, 2019 2:59 am

It's new canon so they can include whoever they want tbh.(that and i qyuite like Apeface being about during the early days etc)

I was hoping Tidalwave would be a titan but the next slot must be Scorponok :-D

and now i think of it Broadside would be a great Commander class but he's only just been done (albeit very poorly).

Octopunch counts as an aquatic character and Longtooth inner robot is a amphibious transport vehicle. I've done a list of aquatic characters there's quite a few as we all know seafaring character often suffer and get the superfriends aquaman treatment LOL.

News Credits: 12 · Fri Sep 06, 2019 8:57 am

Coptur wrote:It's new canon so they can include whoever they want tbh.(that and i qyuite like Apeface being about during the early days etc)

I was hoping Tidalwave would be a titan but the next slot must be Scorponok and now i think of it Broadside would be a great Commander class but he's only just been done (albeit very poorly).

Octopunch counts as an aquatic character and Longtooth inner robot is a amphibious transport vehicle. I've done a list of aquatic characters there's quite a few as we all know seafaring character often suffer and get the superfriends aquaman treatment LOL.

Well, Tidalwave and Broadside could share a mold if Hasbro wanted to do both like TR. But I think what's holding them back from doing that is they might be worried about the demand for either character

News Credits: 1 · Fri Sep 06, 2019 9:11 am

Coptur wrote:I was hoping Tidalwave would be a titan but the next slot must be Scorponok and now i think of it Broadside would be a great Commander class but he's only just been done (albeit very poorly).

Astrotrain was just done too...

News Credits: 101 · Fri Sep 06, 2019 9:25 am

People have been enjoying their Seige Refraktors and Springer for weeks or even months.

And here in Canada, we are still stuck at Wave One. :HEADHURTS:

News Credits: 19 · Fri Sep 06, 2019 9:34 am

At least you get shiny coins

I just picked up soundwave and even the box is too embaressed to mention what he turns into (I liked the alt in photos, in hand, it is a literal thing). Robot modes great apart from forearm junk and the hollows.

News Credits: 4877 · Fri Sep 06, 2019 9:48 am

-Kanrabat- wrote:People have been enjoying their Seige Refraktors and Springer for weeks or even months.

And here in Canada, we are still stuck at Wave One.

We've had wave 2 for a while now.

News Credits: 340 · Fri Sep 06, 2019 10:12 am

Coptur wrote:It's new canon so they can include whoever they want tbh.(that and i qyuite like Apeface being about during the early days etc)

I was hoping Tidalwave would be a titan but the next slot must be Scorponok and now i think of it Broadside would be a great Commander class but he's only just been done (albeit very poorly).

Octopunch counts as an aquatic character and Longtooth inner robot is a amphibious transport vehicle. I've done a list of aquatic characters there's quite a few as we all know seafaring character often suffer and get the superfriends aquaman treatment LOL.

Totally

News Credits: 10 · Fri Sep 06, 2019 10:32 am

Just lucked up and got the *last* Thundercracker on Amazon.com. (Whew) These things restock and sell out quick!

While I passed on the Rainmakers and Redwing, I was always going to get the O.G. Three. Looks like I'll have a break while I wait on Impactor and Mirage to be in stock.

News Credits: 101 · Fri Sep 06, 2019 1:03 pm

william-james88 wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:People have been enjoying their Seige Refraktors and Springer for weeks or even months.

And here in Canada, we are still stuck at Wave One.

We've had wave 2 for a while now.

My local TrU have just barely begun getting Wave 2 deluxes and voyagers. There was so much Wave 1... As for my local Walmart, they are up-to-date with Siege Wave 2, but they barely keep any stock.

At least EB Games have plenty of Ratchets.

I LOVE his looks and the fact that he basically transform like a Go-Bots.
We sure came a long way since 30 years!

News Credits: 2 · Fri Sep 06, 2019 1:30 pm

Ratchet is one of my favorite of this wave! :BOWDOWN:

News Credits: 101 · Fri Sep 06, 2019 1:41 pm

Microbot wrote:Ratchet is one of my favorite of this wave!

I don't think he's part of a "wave", being an exclusive and all. But yeah, this mold is fantastic in it's simplicity.

Plus, Six-Gun is the PERFECT partner for Ratchet!