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Pre orders in November. Megatron and Bumblebee will be revealed in upcoming London event.
Optimus is Ox and cart, Starscream Tengu yokai. Megatron also possibly based on a yokai.

Love the Optimus, it's almost like a pre-tool Deluxe Powermaster Optimus Prime. Just a shame we have to buy yet another Airrazor retool to get him. Megatron has to be an oni with a club that doubles as his cannon. Bumblebee is probably a horse cart or something since Bee and Prime were both trains.

Emerje

Lemme guess. Pulse exclusive, again?

-Kanrabat- wrote:Lemme guess. Pulse exclusive, again?

Yes, Timelines is a Pulse exclusive line.

Emerje

Any mention of price???

megatran wrote:Any mention of price???

A kidney and your firstborn.

Official images for the Transformers Timelines Feudal Japan two pack featuring Optimus Prime and Starscream have been released. This set is the first of two that will be released in 2026, continuing where 2025's Hearts of Steel Inspired sets left off.
the 2026 set is inspired by Feudal Japan and Samurai.
This time the Optimus Prime takes the form of a bull- complete with a cart to fulfill the trailer requirement. Starscream on the other hand is taking the form of a monstrous bird. This set will be followed by a second set of Bumblebee and Megatron, but no images and little information has surfaced on these two.

Optimus Trail: You have died of dysentery

Emerje wrote:Just a shame we have to buy yet another Airrazor retool to get him.

That's not the Airazor mold. It's a new mold.

Too bad that line is a Pulse Exclusive.

I will not pay those prices. Especially with taxes and shipping on top.

Next year 2026 is Lunar Zodiac Year of the Horse. Wonder if there will be a legitimate HORSE Transformer? And not those half baked ideas. Perhaps the Ox be replaced with a Horse???

Sabrblade wrote:

Emerje wrote:Just a shame we have to buy yet another Airrazor retool to get him.

That's not the Airazor mold. It's a new mold.

Sorry, should have said "shared engineering". To be fair I call Terrorsaur an Airrazor mold, too.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Emerje wrote:Just a shame we have to buy yet another Airrazor retool to get him.

That's not the Airazor mold. It's a new mold.

Sorry, should have said "shared engineering". To be fair I call Terrorsaur an Airrazor mold, too.

Emerje

Oh, but, Terrorsaur is the Airazor mold, just retooled.

Sabrblade wrote:

Emerje wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Emerje wrote:Just a shame we have to buy yet another Airrazor retool to get him.

That's not the Airazor mold. It's a new mold.

Sorry, should have said "shared engineering". To be fair I call Terrorsaur an Airrazor mold, too.

Emerje

Oh, but, Terrorsaur is the Airazor mold, just retooled.

Ok, I think we should stop right there

Pretty interesting set, tho I'm getting a bit... I don't know... with the colors?

Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Optimus Prime's alt mode hind legs/thigh swivels out ways but no forwards/backwards motion. There is however pin joint for the knee.

Optimus Prime is NOT a parts former?

megatran wrote:Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Optimus Prime's alt mode hind legs/thigh swivels out ways but no forwards/backwards motion. There is however pin joint for the knee.

Optimus Prime is NOT a parts former?

The hind legs can't move at all, they're connected to the bot legs (both modes share hips) which form the bottom of the cart keeping them fixed in place.

He doesn't parts form, the harness brings the top of the cart over the ox to form the rest of the body and arms. The legs fold over the rear ox legs.

Emerje

At the London MCM event, Hasbro has unveiled the remaining entry in the 2026 Transformers Timelines set. Megatron and Bumblebee will be the second two pack.
Megatron now transforms into a boar--- armed to the teeth.
Bumblebee is a flying squirrel complete with a dagger and sword. These two figures will be part of the deluxe size class, and similar to Optimus Prime and Starscream will be released in Samurai stylized packaging. These will be available exclusively through Hasbro Pulse. There has not been a date for release or preorders as of yet.

Having not seen any official commentary from Hasbro, Megatron being a boar demon might be loosely inspired by the pig creature Cho Hakkai from Journey to the West, who was likewise a loose inspiration for Ganon from The Legend of Zelda.

flying Squirrel Bee is ugly as sin.

Boar Megs is sinfully nice.

Regardless, I have to skip on these. I'm not paying leader price for deluxes.

Megatron missing out on weapon accessories is a shame. The figure is bad ass. Definitely NOT boaring...

Sabrblade wrote:Having not seen any official commentary from Hasbro, Megatron being a boar demon might be loosely inspired by the pig creature Cho Hakkai from Journey to the West, who was likewise a loose inspiration for Ganon from The Legend of Zelda.

I was thinking along the same line. We call it Monkey Magic in Australia. We'll I do, anyway.

Wasn't there a Monkey Magic transformer previously??? I may be getting confused with early onset dementia.

I am pretty sure that Bumbleebee is not a flying squirrel. I think he is a Tanuki.

https://youtu.be/YFPaSIy--50?si=fmc-TbF5ZfFMSQyE

The youtube is fantasized version where it can fly. I think there was one in beast wars II? or neo?

edstarmd wrote:I am pretty sure that Bumbleebee is not a flying squirrel. I think he is a Tanuki.

https://youtu.be/YFPaSIy--50?si=fmc-TbF5ZfFMSQyE

The youtube is fantasized version where it can fly. I think there was one in beast wars II? or neo?

Definitely a flying squirrel since tanuki flew by stretching their massive scrotum out and gliding rather than a membrane of skin connecting the limbs. The BWN tanuki was Heinrad.

Anime has taught me far too much about tanuki balls.

Side tangent, when it comes to names, I'm on team HeinLAD. This lines up with previous BWII names like Tasmania Kid and Scissor Boy.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:Side tangent, when it comes to names, I'm on team HeinLAD. This lines up with previous BWII names like Tasmania Kid and Scissor Boy.

But he's not a young character like those two are, though.