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AcademyofDrX wrote:

Zordon wrote:Will this lead to Transformers mini figures? This is why they discontinued the Kre-o line??

No and no

AcademyofDrX wrote:(...) Kre-O never fit.

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:I'm actually quite curious about the design process of this set. It must have been pretty difficult to plan a converting model like this one. Who were the people behind this?

AcademyofDrX wrote:

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:I'm actually quite curious about the design process of this set. It must have been pretty difficult to plan a converting model like this one. Who were the people behind this?

https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Joe_Kyde

o.supreme wrote:

AcademyofDrX wrote:

Zordon wrote:Will this lead to Transformers mini figures? This is why they discontinued the Kre-o line??

No and no

Yeah I don't think an explanation was ever given as to why Kre-o just ended. But I'm kind of glad in a way this Optimus Lego set is a one off. It looks amazing...

But to start a whole new line of Lego TF Minifigures would be detrimental to my wallet. I still have somewhere between 350-400 unique Kreons, and that is enough.

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Emerje wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Emerje wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:tallneck lego set

Wow, I had no idea this was even a thing! Looks like it just come out a little over a week ago and already sold out everywhere but eBay for double the price. I'll have to check a few local stores and see if ones around, I don't exactly trust store local stock checkers online.

I might get Optimus, not sure, maybe just as an investment.

Emerje

it was sold out in the first 30 mins. I believe they are both exclusive to lego stores and the site.

I found regular retail listings for the Tallneck at Walmart, Target, Amazon and B&N, all sold out. I haven't seen anything suggesting it's an exclusive.

Emerje

Did you? That's cool, I didn't see anything on target when I went looking, will have to double check.

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Emerje wrote:Dan at Toy Galaxy said he'll likely be live streaming a build since he got a sample as well.

Emerje

primalxconvoy wrote:

Emerje wrote:Dan at Toy Galaxy said he'll likely be live streaming a build since he got a sample as well.

Emerje

I take it he was given one by Lego/Hasbro?

Emerje wrote:

primalxconvoy wrote:

Emerje wrote:Dan at Toy Galaxy said he'll likely be live streaming a build since he got a sample as well.

Emerje

I take it he was given one by Lego/Hasbro?

He said on his most recent Friday Twitch live stream he got it from Hasbro and he's unboxed Hasbro's promotional boxes before (not just Transformers though he did get a box of Legacy stuff from Pulse a few weeks ago). He also isn't a reviewer, he's a collector and figure photographer and part time toy adjacent pop-culture historian. A couple years ago he turned his Toy Galaxy channel into a place where he uploads videos on the history of various movies, TV shows, comics, cartoons and other things that got toy lines or were so bad their toys were never released. Meanwhile his Toy Galaxy Too channel is where he now does figure stuff, usually unboxings or his quarterly 10 favorite figure purchases. Why Hasbro would send him free swag probably has a lot to do with him having over 324K subscribers TG (plus another 25K on TGT) making him one of the bigger independent toy channels on YouTube if not the biggest, not to mention nearly 37K followers on Instagram.

Emerje

ZeroWolf wrote:

Emerje wrote:

primalxconvoy wrote:

Emerje wrote:Dan at Toy Galaxy said he'll likely be live streaming a build since he got a sample as well.

Emerje

I take it he was given one by Lego/Hasbro?

He said on his most recent Friday Twitch live stream he got it from Hasbro and he's unboxed Hasbro's promotional boxes before (not just Transformers though he did get a box of Legacy stuff from Pulse a few weeks ago). He also isn't a reviewer, he's a collector and figure photographer and part time toy adjacent pop-culture historian. A couple years ago he turned his Toy Galaxy channel into a place where he uploads videos on the history of various movies, TV shows, comics, cartoons and other things that got toy lines or were so bad their toys were never released. Meanwhile his Toy Galaxy Too channel is where he now does figure stuff, usually unboxings or his quarterly 10 favorite figure purchases. Why Hasbro would send him free swag probably has a lot to do with him having over 324K subscribers TG (plus another 25K on TGT) making him one of the bigger independent toy channels on YouTube if not the biggest, not to mention nearly 37K followers on Instagram.

Emerje

Ironically I've just subbed to him and started diving into his videos. Managed to resurface some old toy memories thanks to hom

sol magnus wrote:PvP has a video of Lego Optimus Prime up. In it he states that Hasbro gave him a first look at it. Does that make sense?

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

sol magnus wrote:PvP has a video of Lego Optimus Prime up. In it he states that Hasbro gave him a first look at it. Does that make sense?

Not even remotely

sol magnus wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

sol magnus wrote:PvP has a video of Lego Optimus Prime up. In it he states that Hasbro gave him a first look at it. Does that make sense?

Not even remotely

Yet that's what he implicitly claims when he thanks Lego and Hasbro 'for an early look.' Doesn't pass muster.

sol magnus wrote:PvP has a video of Lego Optimus Prime up. In it he states that Hasbro gave him a first look at it. Does that make sense?