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[SpikeyTigertron]

Part of me kind of hopes if they continue with the micromasters we'll get some of the smaller playsets/vehicle combos.

[Nexus Knight]

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha... Oh my gosh... that is the most ridiculous looking "gun" mode I've ever seen. I'm sorry to those that may think it looks fine, but it's my opinion and... hahahahaha

[sol magnus]

Do you think with Springer and Impactor we may get some other Wreckers? I was secretly hoping for a Siege Kup with the Cybertronian focus.

We just got a Cybertronian Kup in Titans Return.

Isn't he always (minus Generations)?

[Jelze Bunnycat]

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha... Oh my gosh... that is the most ridiculous looking "gun" mode I've ever seen. I'm sorry to those that may think it looks fine, but it's my opinion and... hahahahaha

I'll raise ya this:



Has anyone seen a resurgence of Wave 1 in their local area? I've seen Wave 2 Deluxe and Voyager only for a while, but now Wave 1 is back with a vengeance.

[Wolfman Jake]

The Micromasters are all about that "Carma Sutra."

[Stargrave]

Funny you mention that JelZe I just hit Target and Wal-Mart this morning and spotted Voyager Prime and Megatron and I haven't seen them for a while. Wal-Mart also had a couple Hounds and Skytreads.

The Micromaster Combiner Mega-Mega-Mega...Mega Missile Firefuseblaster (tm pending) is a fearsome force on the Cybertronian battlefield. Although it's ridiculous appearance induces peals of disabling laughter, once the fireblasts are attached the enemy is rapidly reduced to heaping piles of smoking Deceptiswiss cheese...Predacon Provolone...Combaticon Camembert...Terrorcon Teleggio…I could do this all day...

[Skritz]

You know, when we had our first reveal of Micromasters it was the Battle Patrol turning into some gun and those decepticon jet guys turning into a sword. Seeing those two made me think "Man, Micromasters not only look spot on they are also going to have a great bonus weapon mode!"

...then we saw the rest of that lineup and it was a wet fart.

[Stargrave]

The Micromasters are all about that "Carma Sutra."

Bwuhahahahaha!

[Wolfman Jake]

I think the battle damage paint applications have been rolled back on Barricade since the last time we saw him. There are only a few scratches on the driver's side bumper/fender. (The paint apps might mirrored be on the passenger side too, but you can't really tell from these pictures.) Maybe that was the compromise to add the "To Punish and Enslave" Cybertronian text to his doors? What's more interesting, though, is the story this tells through paint applications. It looks like Barricade is no stranger to using the PIT maneuver, just like police do in a high speed chase to stop a fleeing vehicle. That's exactly where you would see paint scraping on a real car trying to spin out another car along side them.

Anyone notice that Highjump has a bit of battle damage paint on his passenger side front fender? I thought the Micromasters and Battle Masters were to be spared the battle paint applications. This could just be some paint slop, but then again, there's another weird splotch of silver paint on his chest. Or maybe, that paint on the chest is supposed to be there...on Powertrain. If you look at the G1 toy and the initial renders of the Siege version, you'll see Powertrain has an offset silver rectangle decoration on his chest.

Maybe something got messed up at the factory level and people started putting the silver rectangle on Highjump instead? Then maybe the silver paint on the fender of Highjump is just paint slop/residue left over from the hand painting process...applied to the wrong toy.

[Stargrave]

https://toywiz.com/transformers/war-for-cybertron/
I just found some official images of Brunt and Red Alert have we seen these yet? It was posted 18hrs ago.

[Stargrave]

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[Wolfman Jake]

https://toywiz.com/transformers/war-for-cybertron/
I just found some official images of Brunt and Red Alert have we seen these yet? It was posted 18hrs ago.

We have already seen these, back on April 5. Keep looking for news, though. Never hurts to ask.

[Stargrave]

I couldn’t remember seeing that Brunt ok ok coolness derrrr my bad
You got it chief always keeping my optics peeled. Gross as that sounds.

[Microbot]

The review of Brunt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFJ_Wc-AJqQ

[Stargrave]

I must have him.
So rad!
Thanks Microbot!

[Stargrave]

Trypticon ...you shall now be complete...Mwa-hahaha

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Enhance. Zoom. Enhance.

Yes. I.... I do believe that is the movie version of the Decepticon Symbol that was also present on Starscream.

Unexpected consistency...

What is the big deal with movie vs classic symbols? It took me until 2014 to learn there was a difference, and even then, it is so subtle and hardly a thing to be concerned with.

[Jeddostotle7]

Enhance. Zoom. Enhance.

Yes. I.... I do believe that is the movie version of the Decepticon Symbol that was also present on Starscream.

Unexpected consistency...

What is the big deal with movie vs classic symbols? It took me until 2014 to learn there was a difference, and even then, it is so subtle and hardly a thing to be concerned with.

It's more just that Hasbro can't seem to keep it straight themselves, frequently mixing up the two versions of the Decepticon symbol within a line, or even within a boxset.

[Nemesis Destron]

That's a terrible thing to say.....a wet fart.

[Bounti76]

Thanks to fellow Seibertronians Nemesis Primal and Lord Gigatron for pointing our attention to another video review by TonTon Reviews, who often reviews figures that haven't been released anywhere, and this one is no exception. He takes a look at the upcoming figure of Brunt, from Wave 3 of the Siege line, the first Decepticon Weaponizer in the toyline. TonTon shows off several size comparisons for Trypticon's (former?) drone in both robot and tank mode, as well as how he splits apart to gear up other 'bots.



Those hoping for a bruiser of a 'bot, like Ironhide, will likely be disappointed- Brunt is barely taller than Prowl. Given that this is the first time he's ever had a robot mode (though his tank mode is fairly faithful to his G1 toy), and the fact that he adds to the Decepticon ranks, this is likely something that can be overlooked. Brunt should be showing up in Wave 3, along with his wavemates, Reflector Refraktor and Red Alert, sometimes in late June or early July.

Let us know what you think of the first look at Brunt's first toy in 32 years, and comment down below with your thoughts!

[TF-fan kev777]

That's a terrible thing to say.....a wet fart.

Much more terrible thing to have.

[Skritz]

That's a terrible thing to say.....a wet fart.

I could have used a sex metaphor to describe the micromasters reveal: that they blew the load early.

[Stargrave]

Enhance. Zoom. Enhance.

Yes. I.... I do believe that is the movie version of the Decepticon Symbol that was also present on Starscream.

Unexpected consistency...

What is the big deal with movie vs classic symbols? It took me until 2014 to learn there was a difference, and even then, it is so subtle and hardly a thing to be concerned with.

I used to not be able to tell and thought super fans were being way too scrutinizing and I’d be chastised were my secret ever revealed...then one day I saw it, and now I can’t unsee it, and the eyes are funky why the hell did they change it in the first place.

[Stargrave]

It looks like the G1 symbols slightly chunkier slightly tired uncle.

[Emerje]

Has anyone seen a resurgence of Wave 1 in their local area? I've seen Wave 2 Deluxe and Voyager only for a while, but now Wave 1 is back with a vengeance.

Yeah, one of my local Walmarts restocked with Deluxe wave 1, enough to fill the pegs. Both stores have been restocking wave 1 of everything else pretty regularly, but Deluxe had moved on to wave 2 a while ago.

Maybe something got messed up at the factory level and people started putting the silver rectangle on Highjump instead? Then maybe the silver paint on the fender of Highjump is just paint slop/residue left over from the hand painting process...applied to the wrong toy.

Good eye! That does seem to be the case. I hope they fix that on release. What I do like about these two is they both look like they'd form acceptable guns on their own, especially Powertrain.

Emerje