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by **Starseeker** » Wed Jun 17, 2020 6:24 pm

Just want to say how much I love these toys! I love the detail in them, and I'm fine with the prices and sizes of these guys. I love how you can arm them up to the max, and I like the war torn theme of it all. I'm really enjoying the Cybertronian jet modes of the seekers, and the camo look on combat Megatron. I really dig Spinister's color scheme. Astrotrain has been my favorite figure. I love putting him in his shuttle mode in the upright launch position and arming him up with all of his guns. Makes sense he'd be so armed up is he's transporting a shipment of Energon or troops, and I can sort of connect him to city mode Trypticon which looks really cool.

I'm late to the party on this line, but thought I'd share how much I love it.

by **M. Spector** » Wed Jun 17, 2020 7:12 pm

Starseeker wrote:Just want to say how much I love these toys! I love the detail in them, and I'm fine with the prices and sizes of these guys. I love how you can arm them up to the max, and I like the war torn theme of it all. I'm really enjoying the Cybertronian jet modes of the seekers, and the camo look on combat Megatron. I really dig Spinister's color scheme. Astrotrain has been my favorite figure. I love putting him in his shuttle mode in the upright launch position and arming him up with all of his guns. Makes sense he'd be so armed up is he's transporting a shipment of Energon or troops, and I can sort of connect him to city mode Trypticon which looks really cool.

I'm late to the party on this line, but thought I'd share how much I love it.

Being late is better then never showing up! ;)^

There is a lot to love about Siege. And Im with you on Spinister, its such a lovely update to the old toy, its amazing hes only gotten two figures ever (not counting wacky repaints or exclusives). Real deal tetrajet seekers are also a treat, I keep seeing Hotlink at my local walmart and it makes me think he'd look preeetty nice alongside Thundercracker

News Credits: 42 · by **TF-fan kev777** » Wed Jun 17, 2020 7:20 pm

M. Spector wrote:
Starseeker wrote:Just want to say how much I love these toys! I love the detail in them, and I'm fine with the prices and sizes of these guys. I love how you can arm them up to the max, and I like the war torn theme of it all. I'm really enjoying the Cybertronian jet modes of the seekers, and the camo look on combat Megatron. I really dig Spinister's color scheme. Astrotrain has been my favorite figure. I love putting him in his shuttle mode in the upright launch position and arming him up with all of his guns. Makes sense he'd be so armed up is he's transporting a shipment of Energon or troops, and I can sort of connect him to city mode Trypticon which looks really cool.

I'm late to the party on this line, but thought I'd share how much I love it.

Being late is better then never showing up! There is a lot to love about Siege. And Im with you on Spinister, its such a lovely update to the old toy, its amazing hes only gotten two figures ever (not counting wacky repaints or exclusives). Real deal tetrajet seekers are also a treat, I keep seeing Hotlink at my local walmart and it makes me think he'd look preeetty nice alongside Thundercracker

Do it! Seriously, he has the best paintjob out of them all (I have all 8 so far, RedWing is second).

by **Starseeker** » Wed Jun 17, 2020 7:58 pm

Agreed. I picked him up and he is a nice stand in for Skywarp.

News Credits: 1641 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Thu Jun 18, 2020 6:52 pm

Still waiting on my Hotlink to ship. Still haven't seen him in stores either

News Credits: 22 · by **Rodimus Prime** » Thu Jun 18, 2020 8:14 pm

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Still waiting on my Hotlink to ship. Still haven't seen him in stores either

My Wal-Mart has 5 or 6 of them. I could have bought and shipped one to you by now. :-P

News Credits: 17 · by **AcademyofDrX** » Thu Jun 18, 2020 8:18 pm

I called Wal-Mart online customer service today and they said the new ship date for Hotlink and Megatron is July 3rd.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Fri Jun 19, 2020 1:06 am

AcademyofDrX wrote:I called Wal-Mart online customer service today and they said the new ship date for Hotlink and Megatron is July 3rd.

You'd think they'd update us on this automatically. My order was supposed to arrive 6/17, but by Wednesday night it still hadn't shown up and the order still said 6/17. It wasn't until 6/18 that it finally changed to "Delayed—check back later for status update" with no date. If I hadn't already paid for these I'd just cancel them and buy them in stores.

Emerje

News Credits: 17 · by **AcademyofDrX** » Fri Jun 19, 2020 5:52 am

My area Walmarts have been packed for months, and though our local infection rate is quite low, I haven't gone there for some time. I might venture out to see if they're in stores even though the website shows them out of stock locally.

by **ThunderThruster** » Fri Jun 19, 2020 6:20 am

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:I know. I'm poking fun at people still missing that step.

How do you know it was a mistakenly missed step and not a deliberate one?

News Credits: 18 · by **blackeyedprime** » Sat Jun 20, 2020 11:07 am

Picked up a scrap face today wooop, I think refractor is now competing for the highest number I have of the same mold especially if I pick up another siege or netflix one so he can make the camera.

News Credits: 2 · by **Nemesis Destron** » Sat Jun 20, 2020 12:19 pm

That pesky Shockwave, why the hell hasn't he been marked down? It seems to me that it's been long enough to clear shelf warming! :-P

News Credits: 55 · by **o.supreme** » Sat Jun 20, 2020 5:22 pm

Target tried to with BOGO 50% off back in February, but that wasn't enough. Need to mark those Schockwaves at both Walmarts and Targets to like $15 if they want to really get rid of them

News Credits: 20 · by **Tuned Agent** » Sat Jun 20, 2020 5:36 pm

My Target still had eight Shockwaves last I checked. But don't Siege and ER leaders use the same product codes or something? That would make it really hard to put just Shockwaves on sale without putting the new product on sale too.

News Credits: 22 · by **Rodimus Prime** » Sat Jun 20, 2020 11:21 pm

I wonder why they did that. Did they do it so they wouldn't have to wait until Siege was all sold? They had to know that stores weren't gonna give shelf space to ER until Siege was gone.

News Credits: 1641 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Sun Jun 21, 2020 7:58 pm

I'm not surprised about Shockwave, he's still clogging my Target shelves too.

But on the plus side, my small hometown Walmart continues to provide the hard to find missing pieces.

He is a glorious piece. And my pre-order was cancelled

by **ZeldaTheSwordsman** » Mon Jun 22, 2020 3:31 am

Meh. For me, "Hotlink" is a total writeoff. The battle damage effects don't normally bug me, but in his case they erase my desire for him because of how excessive his are and what was done to get them.
I don't care AT ALL for how he's practically more burnt black than the purple that should be his main color, and even less for the fact to achieve that they actually cast him in black plastic instead of purple (meaning you can't just strip the excessive damage) :-x

Wrong, Hasbro. Just.. wrong. Send out stickers to rename him something else, and try it again.

The way they did him, I may as well just get an extra Starscream and repaint that.

News Credits: 20 · by **Tuned Agent** » Mon Jun 22, 2020 3:29 pm

Nice haul D-Max!

As head-scratching as his robot mode deco is (though it makes for a great budget Skywarp :twisted:

), I absolutely adore the alt mode deco. The "scorched" battle damage is exactly what I wanted the other seekers to have. It really looks like he's seen some battles and flown through some explosions, instead of having just been pooped on by a space seagull.

News Credits: 54 · by **Deadput** » Mon Jun 22, 2020 4:15 pm

The deco really works as a flamethrowing wielding Seeker, so Hotlink's scorch marks work I think.

News Credits: 1641 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Mon Jun 22, 2020 6:32 pm

I personally think Hotlink is a really great figure. The paintwork is incredible, and I think they finally nailed a great battle damage figure. He is definitely my 2nd favorite Seeker after Redwing now.

I need to assemble my seeker squad for a photo, it's a pretty mixed bag for the most part.

So, looking at the seekers, we still need:

Thrust
Ramjet
Dirge (the one i think i want the most)
Nacelle
Bitstream
Sunstorm
Blackout
Sandstorm

I really want to see WFC finish the seeker ranks. I want to complete that nice range of seekers.

by **ZeldaTheSwordsman** » Mon Jun 22, 2020 6:43 pm

I find the extent of the battle damage on him excessive, and loath that you can't reduce it because the burnt black is actually the base plastic color.

News Credits: 174 · by **Hellscream9999** » Mon Jun 22, 2020 6:49 pm

Tuned Agent wrote:My Target still had eight Shockwaves last I checked. But don't Siege and ER leaders use the same product codes or something?

They do, biggest miscommunication I've ever seen for this brand; hasbro has always gone to great lengths in the past to differentiate the lines, even during the last trilogy; between that and splitting the springer/thundercracker case into two revision waves, my local target has 10 cases of the megs/thundercracker case (guess how well that's selling) :BANG_HEAD:

by **Starseeker** » Wed Jun 24, 2020 11:37 am

Does anyone have Siege Nemesis Prime that was the TT mall exclusive? I see some on ebay but I'm wary of having stuff shipped from China right now for obvious reasons. BBTS is sold out.

News Credits: 48 · by **Nemesis Primal** » Wed Jun 24, 2020 11:43 am

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I personally think Hotlink is a really great figure. The paintwork is incredible, and I think they finally nailed a great battle damage figure. He is definitely my 2nd favorite Seeker after Redwing now.

I need to assemble my seeker squad for a photo, it's a pretty mixed bag for the most part.

So, looking at the seekers, we still need:

Thrust
Ramjet
Dirge (the one i think i want the most)
Nacelle
Bitstream
Sunstorm
Blackout
Sandstorm

I really want to see WFC finish the seeker ranks. I want to complete that nice range of seekers.

And Slipstream. :-D

I still really hope we get Sunstorm and Bitstream from the Siege mold specifically, both to match Hotlink and just because I like the mold better, and seconded on Hotlink being awesome.

News Credits: 23 · by **aronjlove** » Wed Jun 24, 2020 11:59 am

Nemesis Primal wrote:
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I personally think Hotlink is a really great figure. The paintwork is incredible, and I think they finally nailed a great battle damage figure. He is definitely my 2nd favorite Seeker after Redwing now.

I need to assemble my seeker squad for a photo, it's a pretty mixed bag for the most part.

So, looking at the seekers, we still need:

Thrust
Ramjet
Dirge (the one i think i want the most)
Nacelle
Bitstream
Sunstorm
Blackout
Sandstorm

I really want to see WFC finish the seeker ranks. I want to complete that nice range of seekers.

And Slipstream.

I still really hope we get Sunstorm and Bitstream from the Siege mold specifically, both to match Hotlink and just because I like the mold better, and seconded on Hotlink being awesome.

We definitely need a new Slipstream. With the love she is getting in the new IDW comic the Decepticons need a female or two in this Trilogy, especially since the Autobots have a few.