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Metalhawk looks great, to me they nailed what an updated, upsized inner robot should look like.

Twincast is awesome. I need him!

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:Skyquake has my attention, because I really like Prime Dreadwing's design. I may wait for redecos though, especially if a G1 EU colored one is in the pipeline.

I hope and pray we get a G1 deco - I'd buy that in a heartbeat as Skyquake was one of my childhood figures.

A lotta lotta passes for me. I'll look out for Skyquake in a sale though.

Metalhawks jet mode looks like they did a 'complete' version of TR returnds broadside which still wouldnt be a good thing and Metalhawk proves it.

Core Grimlock just shows that it was never meant to be Grimlock in the first place with that bot mode.

junkion repaints should be a good thing especially if they can do them with out autobot symbols on them.

Fixed it LOL

RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:Fixed it LOL

Screenshot 2023-01-31 3.11.49 PM.png

Like I said before:

Sabrblade wrote:Grimlock is mistransformed in the official stock photography. Here's how he's supposed to look:

So much pass here. Feels a lot like the 90's when the brand was dying off and there was just no reason to get anything they were putting out.

Now that I have seen metalhawks alt mode, I still really like thr figure but I don't like the light Grey in the jet like that. Jet looks very swooshable but a small part of me still thinks I prefer the TR redeco overall. But that Cyclonus mold is awesome.

Nemesis Primal wrote:Surprised by how hench Shrapnel looks. I was kinda expecting/pulling for electricity blast effects, but bug leg guns are cool too. I can't find any eyes on his alt mode though, which is weirding me out (although not enough that I intend to skip him, it's my only real critique).

He essentially does the same thing as the G1 toy, where the shoulders are the eyes, but it works less well here due to the visible cutouts for the joints.

Sabrblade wrote:Shockwave's the one who does experiments. It's apparently a Dreamwave reference.

Nice, I'll take any DW reference we get.

blackeyedprime wrote:A lotta lotta passes for me. I'll look out for Skyquake in a sale though.

Is that still a strategy in today's era of piss poor distribution/retail ordering?

Sabrblade wrote:

RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:Fixed it LOL

Screenshot 2023-01-31 3.11.49 PM.png

Like I said before:

Sabrblade wrote:Grimlock is mistransformed in the official stock photography. Here's how he's supposed to look:

I was wrong, it is worse.

That was a good show, I enjoyed it.

Nemesis prime looks good, I love the axe. He will be mine.

Grimlock is hilarious, I adore the THICC chonk boy. Looking forward to him.

Thundercracker is OK, he exists.

Crashbar is real neat, I am liking how the junkions are coming along.

Crosscut is ok, he exists. I will pass because I have the T30 and like it.

Shrapnel is ok, I think he is better than Kickback at least. i hope he looks good with the FOC Kickback since that is my Kickback.

Prowl continues to look good. He is one of the 2 I am most excited for.

Twincast is neat, pretty much what I expected. Nothing wrong with him or anything, he's solid.

Metalhawk looks better in full body, and I am impressed with the alt mode differences between him and Cyclonus. Not sure on him though, I like my TR one a lot.

Skyquake still looks fantastic. They did a good job fusing Prime and G1.5. He is the other figure i am most excited for here.

Well, with my "most wanted list" consisting of only 4 characters, it's no surprise everything is a pass for me except Shrapnel and Core Thundercracker.
I put two Shrapnels on preorder through Amazon. But I'm not paying $12+ for Thundercracker...
I'll take my chances in waiting for a sale to happen somewhere.
Still not sure how Core class figures at Target are $8.49... But hopefully that continues.

I will say the correctly transformed Grimlock is a big improvement.
Who knows... I may get him and hope that Snarl and Swoop are both good even though I'm still never getting Slag or Sludge.


Either way, I really am starting to see the light at the end of my collecting career tunnel.

Grimlock in leg mode reminds me of the Go-Bot monster combiner (Monsterous) legs.

Just realized he's called Shrapnel again, not "Decepticon Shrapnel" or "Skrapnel". Also the box artist didn't seem to know what to do with Shrapnel's arms in bug mode so they're just hanging awkwardly off his sides. I really like them doubling the "feet" as guns.

Metalhawk looks great, glad they actually did work his twin guns into it, really wasn't expecting that. My one nitpick is I wish the cockpit was bigger and sat further back, more comparable to a Seeker Jet.

william-james88 wrote:

Emerje wrote:Interesting, they're actually confirming some of the computer listing leaks right now on the stream: Beachcomber, Devcon, Junkion "Axelgrease", Dirge repack, Nemesis Leo Prime, Armada Megatron.

Also confirmed a normal classic colored Holiday Optimus Prime.

They also joked around about a Optimus Prime as a firetruck but not confirming anything.

Emerje

We are getting a firetruck Prime next year with the Voyager animated Prime. So more of a hint than a joke.

I will be shocked if that's anything at all resembling a fire truck when the original Animated Voyager Prime wasn't.

Emerje

william-james88 wrote:

blackeyedprime wrote:A lotta lotta passes for me. I'll look out for Skyquake in a sale though.

Is that still a strategy in today's era of piss poor distribution/retail ordering?

It is for stuff that isn't a must have, at least for me anyway. And if I never see it in the wild or on sale no loss either way as it was a maybe.

Actuality I've only gotten about a handful of more on a sale here and there of one's I wouldn't have bought otherwise, like grapple and Inferno were almost 50% off. Saved $5 on Lift-Ticket and a couple other oddball ones I didn't need. Helps balance out when I have to overpay for ones like Cosmos. But pretty much all the main G1 Bots I've bought were full price from EE or BBTS because it was the only way to get them.

Crosscut is nice, but we already knew that thanks to leaks. I don't mind the red tires, I'm definitely snagging him at some point.
Skyquake is also neat, although I may wait for the redeco.

Shrapnel looks nice; I may actually end up having to get him and Kickback now.

Twincast is... a mixed bag for me.
While it's interesting to know that I was wrong and that the Eject mold is apparently completely separate from his sprues (since the tape window is red while Rewind is black)... that means that they didn't have to include Rewind with him and could have given us the expanded tape door instead, with Rewind being sold in a pack or something. So even though including Rewind didn't force the tape window to be the wrong color... it's forced a mandatory upgrade tape door in a different way. Still getting him though, I'll just be annoyed about it.
Did they give any comments about why they chose Rewind over the expanded door?

Metalhawk is SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY. Although I would still like a 3P kit to give him a Titan Master neck port, just so I can use the PotP figure to make him a pretender by swapping the Prime Master core with a faceplate (I want to do similar with Skullgrin).

Emerje wrote:Grimlock in leg mode reminds me of the Go-Bot monster combiner (Monsterous) legs.

Wait, we have pics of that?

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:

Emerje wrote:Grimlock in leg mode reminds me of the Go-Bot monster combiner (Monsterous) legs.

Wait, we have pics of that?

It was shown in the video.

Sabrblade wrote:Minerva's FINALLY in stock at Walgreens.com!!! Go GO GO!!!

Thank you for sharing that!

transformers_va wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Minerva's FINALLY in stock at Walgreens.com!!! Go GO GO!!!

Thank you for sharing that!

Ditto, I just checked this morning's and it still wasn't available. I signed up for an email alert, apparently that dosen't work either. After shipping and tax for that one item it was $33 and change ...more than I paid for Leo Prime at Target Yesterday. But whatever...at least its done. Thank you Sabre.

o.supreme wrote:

transformers_va wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Minerva's FINALLY in stock at Walgreens.com!!! Go GO GO!!!

Thank you for sharing that!

Ditto, I just checked this morning's and it still wasn't available. I signed up for an email alert, apparently that dosen't work either. After shipping and tax for that one item it was $33 and change ...more than I paid for Leo Prime at Target Yesterday. But whatever...at least its done. Thank you Sabre.

I went with ship-to-store for in-store pickup since that made the shipping free.

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:it's forced a mandatory upgrade tape door in a different way. Still getting him though, I'll just be annoyed about it.
Did they give any comments about why they chose Rewind over the expanded door?.

Is n expanded door really necessary though?

Honestly speaking, with Twincast's deco I think Flipsides would have made a better choice as the pack-in. Because if they ever did bring back the 2-pks Rewind and Steeljaw would be a perfect fit and a solid pack, one repaint and one all new figure.

With Devcon eventually on the way, maybe I'll have core Iguanus hang out with him to pass as Slizardo

Sabrblade wrote:I went with ship-to-store for in-store pickup since that made the shipping free.

There are at least a dozen stores near me, the ship to store option wasn't active when I checked out...oh well

Hmm...do I get Twincast just to have Rewind? He's the only 1 I want.