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TF-fan kev777 wrote:

o.supreme wrote:Just curious who is shipping him...Pulse, Amazon?

Amazon for me, from the wish list trick.

Same, mine arrived today.

Tigatron takes all of the best parts of Cheetor and makes them even better. He's more solid and stiff jointed, they've filled some of his gap issues, in bot mode his cat legs hide better in his bot legs, and his front cat feet are double hinged and fold up better.

There are some negatives, though. The back of the tiger's neck is molded into the back of Tigatron's head greatly restricting movement, he basically can only move left and right. Because his arms transform differently from Cheetor he doesn't have the extra parts on the back of his hands that cover his crotch in tiger mode, he would have benefitted with something like Siege/ER Ultra Magnus where it can be popped out and spun around. It's also really unfortunate that the gun doesn't have any real integrated storage in tiger mode, you're supposed to just peg it underneath him, it's not a good look, really feels like an afterthought.

But the detractions really don't take that much away from him, he's a fantastic figure that really fixes the size issues of the original.

Emerje

Sabrblade wrote:

Autobot N wrote:Reminds me of the CW vote when Hot Spot/Groove won the torso section when they were put on the poll before they were officially announced

I feel like that was also to prevent the unpopular Optimus/Motormaster mold

True

and the abundantly-used Silverbolt mold from winning.

This was before wave 3 was officially revealed so at most we would have known about Silverbolt himself and Cyclonus, who I'm pretty sure got leaked from that Battle Tactics game.

I voted for Hot Spot, but with the benefit of hindsight I would vote Silverbolt since he makes an overall better torso.

I'm very pleased with my latest 2 Kingdom additions. After passing on Waspinator the first 4 times I saw him in stores and pulling out my T-30 Waspinator to see how he looks with the Kingdom crew, I decided to give Kingdom Waspinator a chance. I'm really glad I did. The T-30 mold is a really good mold, so I wasn't sure how much Hasbro could improve it, but they did just fine. Helping my decision was realizing after owning him for years, my T-30 Waspinator has 2 left feet. It doesn't affect posing or transformation, but will drive my OCD crazy, so he'll be going on ebay.

Honestly, the updates from T-30 Waspinator to Kingdom Waspinator are the exact type of thing that should have been done for ER Arcee, take the solid T-30 mold as your basic design and improve it with better articulation.

The other arrival was Tigatron and man he is a really nice figure. The weapon storage isn't great, but any storage on the outside of a beast mode is going to look bad (Primal, Rattrap). I did notice a few odd things on the gun though that makes me think they wanted to integrate it somehow, maybe even had some preliminary designs. There is an odd tab on only 1 side of the gun that looks like it was intended to go into a slot somewhere. I tried seeing if it would fit into the beast leg shoulder sort of how Rattraps gun does, but no luck. Also the gun is actually 2 pieces and the barrel is removable on a 5mm post, so you can have Tigatron fight someone with an ice pick if you want.

Yeah I also debated between T-30 and Kingdom Waspinator, but for me the deciding factor was size. T-30 is just too big to go with the other Kingdom beasts. So Kingdom Waspy it is. Hopefully yours doesn't have the loose waist connection that mine does. It's kinda annoying. Otherwise he's a good figure.

Rodimus Prime wrote:Yeah I also debated between T-30 and Kingdom Waspinator, but for me the deciding factor was size. T-30 is just too big to go with the other Kingdom beasts. So Kingdom Waspy it is. Hopefully yours doesn't have the loose waist connection that mine does. It's kinda annoying. Otherwise he's a good figure.

I lucked out on the waist, no issues there. For me T-30 isn't bad and would have fit in good enough as being a little out of scale doesn't both me at all. But 2 things stood out on the Kingdom figure to me that swayed me. The Wasp head and the wasp legs.

The legs are an odd one in that aesthetically I think the thicker legs on Kingdom are uglier than the thinner ones on T-30, as well as the fact that they get in the way of the robot arms on bot mode. They were one of hte things that turned me off the first few times I saw him. However, in Wasp mode, they make for a much more stable set of legs to stand on than T-30. My T-30 wasp legs aren't really loose, but just enough that the wasp will sink down over time until the body is also touching the ground.

The wasp head is where they really improved things. The smaller size overall makes all the difference in both modes. The T-30 wasp head looks huge in alt mode by comparison and partially obscure's the bot head in bot mode.

TF-fan kev777 wrote: I did notice a few odd things on the gun though that makes me think they wanted to integrate it somehow, maybe even had some preliminary designs. There is an odd tab on only 1 side of the gun that looks like it was intended to go into a slot somewhere. I tried seeing if it would fit into the beast leg shoulder sort of how Rattraps gun does, but no luck. Also the gun is actually 2 pieces and the barrel is removable on a 5mm post, so you can have Tigatron fight someone with an ice pick if you want.

The pelvic piece is also on a hinge and can be moved for no use whatsoever. There are quite a few vestigial parts to this TF which make me very curious.

We have news that Transformers Kingdom voyager wave 4 has been found at US retail. This is great news since wave 4 is usually a tough wave to find in stores. It consists of Tigatron and Rhinox. TF fan MattNvk found this at a Walmart in Edison, New Jersey. Tigatron is also being shipped from various online stores so more than one retailer is getting that stock in. Great news for what fans were scared would be a tough holiday season.

If you have found them, share your sightings with our community in the sightings section and on our boards in your region related thread.

This sighting was originally posted here.

I guess I'll swing by my walmarts and Target on the way home from work. None of them has had voyager Kingdom stuff, so hopefully Tiggy came in. Who is his wavemate?

Rodimus Prime wrote:I guess I'll swing by my walmarts and Target on the way home from work. None of them has had voyager Kingdom stuff, so hopefully Tiggy came in. Who is his wavemate?

Rhinox

Rodimus Prime wrote:I guess I'll swing by my walmarts and Target on the way home from work. None of them has had voyager Kingdom stuff, so hopefully Tiggy came in. Who is his wavemate?

I wrote it all in the article in case people would ask.

Hellscream9999 wrote:Yes, now, that's an amazing deal for a great figure

sol magnus wrote:I did. It's too good a price to pass up (and I already have one).

william-james88 wrote:Yes

Emerje wrote:I was tempted to a buy a second one just to have a spare. I didn't, but I might actually regret that later, it's that good

The people have spoken

Neato, now I just need to find one. Last Beast Wars S1 Maximal character I need. Already got Terrorsaur on preorder, and hopefully we get those Tarantulus and Inferno reveals soon in the new line (and they're actually good), and I'll have the whole cast.

So BBTS just charged me for slammer and pipes

william-james88 wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:I guess I'll swing by my walmarts and Target on the way home from work. None of them has had voyager Kingdom stuff, so hopefully Tiggy came in. Who is his wavemate?

I wrote it all in the article in case people would ask.

Oh yeah it's right there. I did read the article but for some reason I didn't see that. Maybe I was thinking too hard about finally being able to get one.

Rodimus Prime wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:I guess I'll swing by my walmarts and Target on the way home from work. None of them has had voyager Kingdom stuff, so hopefully Tiggy came in. Who is his wavemate?

I wrote it all in the article in case people would ask.

Oh yeah it's right there. I did read the article but for some reason I didn't see that. Maybe I was thinking too hard about finally being able to get one.

I hope you do find one. Take care

My orders for the golden disk figures of Jackpot and the Puffer pack say they should be to me on Friday the 3rd. Much earlier than the march 2022 release date before. Very excited to get these in!

LinaNui wrote:My orders for the golden disk figures of Jackpot and the Puffer pack say they should be to me on Friday the 3rd. Much earlier than the march 2022 release date before. Very excited to get these in!

Got the same email from Amazon. Looks like we really are going to get the exclusive repaint before Pipes.

Emerje

Yup. Just got charged for Golden Disc Puffer and Road Ranger. Was not expecting them so soon.

Emerje wrote:

LinaNui wrote:My orders for the golden disk figures of Jackpot and the Puffer pack say they should be to me on Friday the 3rd. Much earlier than the march 2022 release date before. Very excited to get these in!

Got the same email from Amazon. Looks like we really are going to get the exclusive repaint before Pipes.

Emerje

Hellscream9999 wrote:So BBTS just charged me for slammer and pipes

Guess its a race to see who gets which version first

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Emerje wrote:

LinaNui wrote:My orders for the golden disk figures of Jackpot and the Puffer pack say they should be to me on Friday the 3rd. Much earlier than the march 2022 release date before. Very excited to get these in!

Got the same email from Amazon. Looks like we really are going to get the exclusive repaint before Pipes.

Emerje

Hellscream9999 wrote:So BBTS just charged me for slammer and pipes

Guess its a race to see who gets which version first

Sadly this is a race I'm not gonna win, I just got Rodimus today so I'm gonna wait a bit before I ship Pipes, Slammer, and Artfire

The Golden Disk sets are coming in. Various places in the world are getting these sets with Puffer and Ranger being sent to our UK friends and Terrorsaur appearing in Asia. That means we have reviews and images for these toys. In the US, it seems Jackpot and the Puffer set will be in fans hands soon, as well as the wave 5 deluxes from Kingdom. So it's exciting news. Hasbro did state the dates stipulated for release included a buffer and with how well things turned out for our hobby it seems we are getting many toys a whole quarter earlier than expected.

Terrausaur look good properly transformed.

Yeah, he looks good. Wish he was taller, but he'll work fine on the modern BW shelf.

Amazon just charged me for the road ranger/puffer set. So I guess it's on it's way. Wish they would have told me it was coming early and given me the option to say yes/no like they have in the past. They just took my rent money, and my apartments have a zero-tolerance late policy. Meaning if I don't have my rent friday, they will file eviction monday. Thanks amazon