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Tue Aug 24, 2021 2:34 pm

Finally received my Optimus Primal on Saturday 14 of August. Took 4 months and 3 weeks of overseas and painful waiting. But the boss monkey is in the house. Without a doubt Kingdom Primal is a amazing figure and a must have for any Transformers fan. I'm still surprised they managed to compress so many features into a voyager and keep it up the size height scale with siege voyager optimus prime

Be careful with his fists if you turn them for posing his swords. Those pegs aren't sealed and they can pop off. The fists aren't easy to re-attach.

News Credits: 51 · Thu Aug 26, 2021 5:09 pm

A shot of what appears to be the Golden Disc Collection "Puffer" from the "Puffer/Ranger" 2-pack has surfaced:

Puffer maybe.png

Interesting that he looks to actually be a Pipes repaint instead of Huffer like everyone speculated, I guess that set is gonna be 1 repaint each of both toolings for that mold then. I can't really tell from the angle and the head being mostly white though, is that a new head, do we think, or did they just paint the Pipes head to look like it has a visor?

News Credits: 42 · Thu Aug 26, 2021 5:21 pm

I think it is the Pipes head. The almost all white coloring and lighting from the photo washes out the shadows you see on the Pipes version's mouthplate from those photos. The ovreall shape is the same and the forehead details also appear to be the same.

News Credits: 51 · Thu Aug 26, 2021 5:31 pm

TF-fan kev777 wrote:I think it is the Pipes head. The almost all white coloring and lighting from the photo washes out the shadows you see on the Pipes version's mouthplate from those photos. The ovreall shape is the same and the forehead details also appear to be the same.

Okay it's not just me then, I'm pretty sure it's the same head too but 98% of the TFW comments are people going "THE NOSE IS GONE, NEW HEAD" and I don't get it.

News Credits: 12 · Thu Aug 26, 2021 5:35 pm

Nemesis Primal wrote:
TF-fan kev777 wrote:I think it is the Pipes head. The almost all white coloring and lighting from the photo washes out the shadows you see on the Pipes version's mouthplate from those photos. The ovreall shape is the same and the forehead details also appear to be the same.
Okay it's not just me then, I'm pretty sure it's the same head too but 98% of the TFW comments are people going "THE NOSE IS GONE, NEW HEAD" and I don't get it.

There were also people on TFW trying to say that Doubledealer was a Magnus retool. TFW isn't always the most sane :lol:

News Credits: 51 · Thu Aug 26, 2021 5:52 pm

Sentinel_Primal wrote:TFW isn't always the most sane

Oh, I'm aware. There's a reason I don't have an account over there despite all the leak-lurking I do. :lol:

News Credits: 56 · Thu Aug 26, 2021 7:18 pm

I have to say I'm fairly impressed... while the rest of wave 4 has leaked, nothing of Slammer other than promo art has been shown. I'm also kind of sad because it's really the only wave 4 character I'm interested in. Hopefully tomorrow Hasbro's FFF doesn't disappoint, (unlike 2 weeks ago) and they actually officially reveal Kingdom Wave 4. I know the premier reveal will be Victory Haslab, but hopefully it is more than just that (and I don't mean games and accessories nobody is interested in).

News Credits: 4877 · Thu Aug 26, 2021 8:06 pm

This is the day for first looks since we have not one but two new toys being seen for the first time. Both were part of that long list of exclusives found on Amazon Australia's page (which doesn't by definition mean they will be Amazon exclusives everywhere). The first is a retool of Pipes to homage the G1 Pipes European variant known as “Puffer”.
The second is an image of the leader Galvatron mold in a deco resembling (or attempting to resemble) when Megatron was being reformatted into Galvatron. That set was rumoured to come with many little accessories that scale with the Haslab unicron and we see all those accessories in the images including itty bitty figures of various characters and ships.

The iamges were shared across different areas online so if anyone knows the correct source to credit, let us know. But for now, here are the images of these two upcoming exclusive toys.

News Credits: 4877 · Thu Aug 26, 2021 8:08 pm

By the way this proves that the nemeses ships that come with Galvatron are not actually in scale with Unicron

Thu Aug 26, 2021 8:19 pm

They should of given us enough micro figures to fill up the spots in the Titan Ark , not just the Optimus Prime.

News Credits: 56 · Thu Aug 26, 2021 8:33 pm

I count 14 Micro figures

1.Grimlock
2.Slag
3.Snarl
4.Swoop
5.Arcee
6.Kup
7.Ultra Magnus
8.Springer
9.Cyclonus
10.Scourge
11.Hot Rod
12.Perceptor
13.A Seeker Maybe (Starscream) ??
14??

Odd that Sludge was left out, unless he is in Robot Mode for some reason.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · Thu Aug 26, 2021 9:29 pm

o.supreme wrote:I count 14 Micro figures

1.Grimlock
2.Slag
3.Snarl
4.Swoop
5.Arcee
6.Kup
7.Ultra Magnus
8.Springer
9.Cyclonus
10.Scourge
11.Hot Rod
12.Perceptor
13.A Seeker Maybe (Starscream) ??
14??

Odd that Sludge was left out, unless he is in Robot Mode for some reason.

And Megatron on the right, his canon stands out.

Nemesis Primal wrote:
TF-fan kev777 wrote:I think it is the Pipes head. The almost all white coloring and lighting from the photo washes out the shadows you see on the Pipes version's mouthplate from those photos. The ovreall shape is the same and the forehead details also appear to be the same.
Okay it's not just me then, I'm pretty sure it's the same head too but 98% of the TFW comments are people going "THE NOSE IS GONE, NEW HEAD" and I don't get it.

I'm not convinced they're the same. It's not just the nose, the eyes are gone, too. I'm zooming in on the picture and playing with the lighting and contrast and I can make out every detail in the head sculpt, but I'm just not seeing the eyes or nose. The overall head appears to be the same, but I wonder if it's made in two pieces and maybe they just replaced the eye section and plugged in the red vizor? It'd be really weird and very lazy if they just painted over the eyes in read.

Emerje

News Credits: 17 · Thu Aug 26, 2021 9:35 pm

william-james88 wrote:By the way this proves that the nemeses ships that come with Galvatron are not actually in scale with Unicron

None of these accessories are properly to scale with each other or to Unicron. I'm not sure how these scale with the Autobot shuttle with WfC Unicron, though I suspect Galvatron's guns are closer than the new Revenge accessory. Won't know for sure until they're all in-hand.

Any rumors on price for this set? I'd guess $75, but that's a shot in the dark. We may know as soon as tomorrow.

News Credits: 4877 · Thu Aug 26, 2021 9:40 pm

AcademyofDrX wrote:
william-james88 wrote:By the way this proves that the nemeses ships that come with Galvatron are not actually in scale with Unicron

None of these accessories are properly to scale with each other or to Unicron. I'm not sure how these scale with the Autobot shuttle with WfC Unicron, though I suspect Galvatron's guns are closer than the new Revenge accessory. Won't know for sure until they're all in-hand.

Any rumors on price for this set? I'd guess $75, but that's a shot in the dark. We may know as soon as tomorrow.

I don't think you are far off. It's over 100$ in CA ada so 75$ USD makes sense.

News Credits: 42 · Thu Aug 26, 2021 9:46 pm

AcademyofDrX wrote:None of these accessories are properly to scale with each other or to Unicron. I'm not sure how these scale with the Autobot shuttle with WfC Unicron, though I suspect Galvatron's guns are closer than the new Revenge accessory. Won't know for sure until they're all in-hand.

Unicron turns into a planet, nothing is in scale with him

News Credits: 2 · Thu Aug 26, 2021 10:00 pm

That seriously puts the "Tron" in Galvatron. Can we somehow get a light-cycle Wreck-Gar?

News Credits: 101 · Thu Aug 26, 2021 10:01 pm

Those tiny characters that come with Reformatting Galvatron are also in scale with Kingdom Ark, based on that tiny Optimus that comes with it.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · Thu Aug 26, 2021 10:16 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:Those tiny characters that come with Reformatting Galvatron are also in scale with Kingdom Ark, based on that tiny Optimus that comes with it.

Shame it's none of the pre-movie crew.

And yeah, $75 sounds right, but it could maybe even go as low as $62.99 seeing as how the Centurion Drone and Tricranius come with about the same amount of stuff for only $10 extra.

Emerje

News Credits: 101 · Thu Aug 26, 2021 10:21 pm

Emerje wrote:Shame it's none of the pre-movie crew.
Emerje

Sigh.
Well, let's hope some 3D printer artist is making the OG cast in miro form!

News Credits: 402 · Updated Oct 21, 2022

Wow that Puffer looks great! I'm excited for it.

News Credits: 22 · Thu Aug 26, 2021 10:51 pm

First-Aid wrote:That seriously puts the "Tron" in Galvatron. Can we somehow get a light-cycle Wreck-Gar?

If Wreck-Gar had been reformatted as well, that's exactly what he would have looked like.

Personally, I don't see the point of this deco, I don't recall Galvatron looking like that in the reformatting scene. I just remember a lot of horizontal lines. But it's been a while since I've seen the movie.

News Credits: 462 · Thu Aug 26, 2021 11:11 pm

Emerje wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:Those tiny characters that come with Reformatting Galvatron are also in scale with Kingdom Ark, based on that tiny Optimus that comes with it.

Shame it's none of the pre-movie crew.

The Dinobots and Perceptor did at least live at the Ark on Earth, prior to the movie.

News Credits: 4877 · Thu Aug 26, 2021 11:34 pm

Rodimus Prime wrote:
First-Aid wrote:That seriously puts the "Tron" in Galvatron. Can we somehow get a light-cycle Wreck-Gar?
If Wreck-Gar had been reformatted as well, that's exactly what he would have looked like.

Personally, I don't see the point of this deco, I don't recall Galvatron looking like that in the reformatting scene. I just remember a lot of horizontal lines. But it's been a while since I've seen the movie.

He doesn't. Horizontal lines is what I remember too.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · Thu Aug 26, 2021 11:43 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
Emerje wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:Those tiny characters that come with Reformatting Galvatron are also in scale with Kingdom Ark, based on that tiny Optimus that comes with it.

Shame it's none of the pre-movie crew.
The Dinobots and Perceptor did at least live at the Ark on Earth, prior to the movie.

Yeah, but they're more like passengers than crew. I sure wouldn't want the Dinobots on the bridge.

Emerje

News Credits: 19 · Fri Aug 27, 2021 1:14 am

Galvatron looks awful, not much they can do to rescue that figure but I want it for the little guys and the other bits. Hopefully sludge is in there then it can be the comics dinobots protecting the arc when it crashed.