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Sabrblade wrote:It's possibly also a Japanese exclusive rather than a normal Hasbro item.

Supposedly we;re getting it on Pulse.

sol magnus wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:It's possibly also a Japanese exclusive rather than a normal Hasbro item.

Supposedly we;re getting it on Pulse.

As usual with most Japanese exclusives.

But for this here Canadian, my only real option is to pre-order from Amazon.jp if it appears over there.

Pulse charge a premium and their shipping costs are ludicrous.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:I look forward to SIEGE Shockwaves being dumped on eBay by people who get the set.

Why would they? It's the exact same toy but without the extra bits. Plus, Siege Shockwave is basically worthless because it was over-produced.

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AAaaaaannnnnnnnndddddd eBay proves me wrong.

I'm actually counting on Megatron from this set being dumped on eBay!

Sowndwave76 wrote:I’m interested in that Decepticon 3-pack.
Although I still really don’t like the ER Megatron head sculpt…. It’s too small/narrow…. Or I guess the face sculpt should’ve been smaller.
I don’t know that I like the metallic paints on Soundwave.
And with this, I’m completely convinced this character needs a new mold—
for the love of God that stupid-ass landing gear on the forearms and lack of covers…
I mean that’s not the only issue I have with this mold, but for me those forearms are such eyesores.

I never bought Siege Shockwave…
So if I do get this set, I may end up being one who sells off that Megatron.

I agree so much on the need for forearm covers. That, plus no wrist-swivels on a lot of figures, and budget be damned, the extra nickel or even dime it would cost them is not an excuse. The bean counters have gotten out of hand with the hollowness, lack of paint and lack of articulation. Most of these figures could be near perfect with those things. I would bet the designers are frustrated as well. Now the clear plastic on joints or even windows needs to go too, and that may be on the designers. It doesnt look good to see a bunch of kibble crammed in there through the windows. Maybe I am in the minority, but I do not like the clear windows.

Hero Alpha wrote:

Sowndwave76 wrote:I’m interested in that Decepticon 3-pack.
Although I still really don’t like the ER Megatron head sculpt…. It’s too small/narrow…. Or I guess the face sculpt should’ve been smaller.
I don’t know that I like the metallic paints on Soundwave.
And with this, I’m completely convinced this character needs a new mold—
for the love of God that stupid-ass landing gear on the forearms and lack of covers…
I mean that’s not the only issue I have with this mold, but for me those forearms are such eyesores.

I never bought Siege Shockwave…
So if I do get this set, I may end up being one who sells off that Megatron.

I agree so much on the need for forearm covers. That, plus no wrist-swivels on a lot of figures, and budget be damned, the extra nickel or even dime it would cost them is not an excuse. The bean counters have gotten out of hand with the hollowness, lack of paint and lack of articulation. Most of these figures could be near perfect with those things. I would bet the designers are frustrated as well. Now the clear plastic on joints or even windows needs to go too, and that may be on the designers. It doesnt look good to see a bunch of kibble crammed in there through the windows. Maybe I am in the minority, but I do not like the clear windows.

EDIT: Sorry, I clicked quote instead of edit.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

sol magnus wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:It's possibly also a Japanese exclusive rather than a normal Hasbro item.

Supposedly we;re getting it on Pulse.

As usual with most Japanese exclusives.

But for this here Canadian, my only real option is to pre-order from Amazon.jp if it appears over there.

Pulse charge a premium and their shipping costs are ludicrous.

That sounds like some suck ass crap to deal with. I've never ordered from Pulse, is the shipping pretty fair here in the states?

Nemesis Destron wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

sol magnus wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:It's possibly also a Japanese exclusive rather than a normal Hasbro item.

Supposedly we;re getting it on Pulse.

As usual with most Japanese exclusives.

But for this here Canadian, my only real option is to pre-order from Amazon.jp if it appears over there.

Pulse charge a premium and their shipping costs are ludicrous.

That sounds like some suck ass crap to deal with. I've never ordered from Pulse, is the shipping pretty fair here in the states?

Yes. It's only Canadian shipping that costs extra when ordering from Pulse.

Sabrblade wrote:

Nemesis Destron wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

sol magnus wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:It's possibly also a Japanese exclusive rather than a normal Hasbro item.

Supposedly we;re getting it on Pulse.

As usual with most Japanese exclusives.

But for this here Canadian, my only real option is to pre-order from Amazon.jp if it appears over there.

Pulse charge a premium and their shipping costs are ludicrous.

That sounds like some suck ass crap to deal with. I've never ordered from Pulse, is the shipping pretty fair here in the states?

Yes. It's only Canadian shipping that costs extra when ordering from Pulse.

Only going on anecdotal evidence from here and a few other places, it seems like is leaving money on the table. Surely they would make more working out, at least, a discount for Pulse collectors club or whatever its called.

Hero Alpha wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Nemesis Destron wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

sol magnus wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:It's possibly also a Japanese exclusive rather than a normal Hasbro item.

Supposedly we;re getting it on Pulse.

As usual with most Japanese exclusives.

But for this here Canadian, my only real option is to pre-order from Amazon.jp if it appears over there.

Pulse charge a premium and their shipping costs are ludicrous.

That sounds like some suck ass crap to deal with. I've never ordered from Pulse, is the shipping pretty fair here in the states?

Yes. It's only Canadian shipping that costs extra when ordering from Pulse.

Only going on anecdotal evidence from here and a few other places, it seems like is leaving money on the table. Surely they would make more working out, at least, a discount for Pulse collectors club or whatever its called.

Taking that money and putting it in my pockets to say that only Americans living in continental America can be a Pulse Club member.

I'll be looking for sellers looking to part ways with Ghost SS. I need one for my Ghostbusters TFs.

Hero Alpha wrote:It doesn't look good to see a bunch of kibble crammed in there through the windows. Maybe I am in the minority, but I do not like the clear windows.

Initially I liked them because, well real windows are clear, not to mention the fact the OG toys had them as well. But I do agree it's a bit of an ugly view inside when all you see are hunks of plastic, so I have come around to the shaded windows more and more. It'd be different if what you saw inside were actually a vehicle's interior but that not likely to happen unless we want to add an extra $5 to the price in addition to body thickness.

I finally decided to get Skyquake and Dreadwing.

While my wallet was crying tears of blood, I played with them a bit. The ship does not hold itself very solidly. Just a bit of a shake and it's "breaking up". At least the ships look good and feel dense in hand.



The transformation was easy enough to figure out, but the nosecone connecting onto the waist is not very solid. The overall bots looks very nice at least.



I'll be looking forward a possible Machine Wars Starscream repaint. Or why not a Dai Atlas?

Still, anyone who own these gotta admit. 15 years ago, those two would have been sold as Ultra Class at the very most.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:I look forward to SIEGE Shockwaves being dumped on eBay by people who get the set.

Why would they? It's the exact same toy but without the extra bits. Plus, Siege Shockwave is basically worthless because it was over-produced.

Exact same toy?




If the colors stay like that through to production then it's more of a toy accurate figure than the Siege version. I think the new one is a much better looking figure. It is weird that they're selling this as a cartoon set, but going for toy colors on all 3.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:I look forward to SIEGE Shockwaves being dumped on eBay by people who get the set.

Why would they? It's the exact same toy but without the extra bits. Plus, Siege Shockwave is basically worthless because it was over-produced.

Exact same toy?




If the colors stay like that through to production then it's more of a toy accurate figure than the Siege version. I think the new one is a much better looking figure. It is weird that they're selling this as a cartoon set, but going for toy colors on all 3.

Emerje

When I said "exact same", I mostly meant mold-wise. It was obvious that the deco would be somewhat different.

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Post for magneous is up! Cool that you can give crashbar rock arms
And I like the head sculpt

So my LG Windblade WAS my stand in figure but "there can be only one" so I will be picking this up it looks like a great figure indeed...'nuff said!

I want to see Silverbolt next to the other Maximals,to see how close is scale.

Nemesis Destron wrote:


So my LG Windblade WAS my stand in figure but "there can be only one" so I will be picking this up it looks like a great figure indeed...'nuff said!

Roid-Rage Windblade, the VTOL brick.

Amazon Japan listings, they haven't been reduced yet:

Dramatic Capture Series, currently $137 USD after shipping: https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/gp/produc ... UTF8&psc=1
Beast Wars VS08 Phantom Showdown, currently at $86 USD after shipping: https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/B0C ... UTF8&psc=1

Emerje

For this here Canadian, this Screamers-n-Wasp set will be a 140$CAN purchase. If it weren't for the shipping that cost a whopping 40$CAN, I would have bitten, but I won't for simple repaints of these.

I'm still not ruling out that set tho.
I'll wait for what other options will be available.

Emerje wrote:Exact same toy?




If the colors stay like that through to production then it's more of a toy accurate figure than the Siege version. I think the new one is a much better looking figure. It is weird that they're selling this as a cartoon set, but going for toy colors on all 3.

Emerje

1. As stated, Kanra was talking about mold.
2. Uh, Emerje?



In the case of Shockwave the shades of purple used, and especially the gray gunbarrel, are in fact closer to the cartoon than the SIEGE release was.




With Megatron... While the toy's silver chrome was usually approximated as flat gray due to the cartoon's cheap coloring, the cartoon did shade him as shiny now and again. And let's face it, the flat gray looks dull and ugly in toy form.




As for Soundwave, how exactly did you get it in your head that he was toy deco?

Some aspects are definitely toy-informed, but overall they are in line with the cartoon.

When I was talking about toy colors I wasn't looking at any one specific thing. For Shockwave it was the purple, the lighter Siege colors are closer to the cartoon than the darker "Capture" colors that look more toy accurate. For Megatron it really comes down the shininess, at best cartoon Megatron looked like a well polished gray, not the chrome appearance of the original and new figures. And for Soundwave, yes, the purple isn't toy accurate, but the use of metallic gold and silver instead yellow and gray like the cartoon feels specifically toy based.

Granted, animation limitations and all that, but I see what I see.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:When I was talking about toy colors I wasn't looking at any one specific thing. For Shockwave it was the purple, the lighter Siege colors are closer to the cartoon than the darker "Capture" colors that look more toy accurate. For Megatron it really comes down the shininess, at best cartoon Megatron looked like a well polished gray, not the chrome appearance of the original and new figures. And for Soundwave, yes, the purple isn't toy accurate, but the use of metallic gold and silver instead yellow and gray like the cartoon feels specifically toy based.

Granted, animation limitations and all that, but I see what I see.

Emerje

Wait.

Did we just finally got "Marvel Comics G1" Soundwave?

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Emerje wrote:When I was talking about toy colors I wasn't looking at any one specific thing. For Shockwave it was the purple, the lighter Siege colors are closer to the cartoon than the darker "Capture" colors that look more toy accurate. For Megatron it really comes down the shininess, at best cartoon Megatron looked like a well polished gray, not the chrome appearance of the original and new figures. And for Soundwave, yes, the purple isn't toy accurate, but the use of metallic gold and silver instead yellow and gray like the cartoon feels specifically toy based.

Granted, animation limitations and all that, but I see what I see.

Emerje

Wait.

Did we just finally got "Marvel Comics G1" Soundwave?

Marvel Soundwave was a pinkish purple.



Dramatic Capture Soundwave is dark blue.

Sabrblade wrote:
Dramatic Capture Soundwave is dark blue.

So close... Maybe one day.

How about as the next Walmart Exclusive line? A line dedicated with Marvel Comics in their G1 printed comic books appearance? With these printed dots texture shading and everything?
That would be cool.