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News Credits: 19 · Sat Sep 26, 2020 11:32 am

If packaging was an amp, the dials on 11. Not my favorite packaging but it's really nice and loud.

Primal looks really good and it's the one figure I thought I wouldn't be interested in with having the MP and how good the original toy was.

Cheetor still doesn't do it for me, but rather than modding universe or kingdoms tigertron at least RED seems to be good.

News Credits: 27 · Sat Sep 26, 2020 11:37 am

And here's the weird part, Scourge is 86 Series but i do wonder if he'll get the Siege support tabs just like Kup and Rodimus?

Annd can't wait for Leader Galvatron of what's going to be his Vehicle mode.

News Credits: 19 · Sat Sep 26, 2020 11:46 am

Albatross250 wrote:And here's the weird part, Scourge is 86 Series but i do wonder if he'll get the Siege support tabs just like Kup and Rodimus?

Scourge will likely not have WFC holes either as Kup is ss86 no wfc holes, hotrods ss86 and looks like it has 2 wfc holes but I'm thinking that SS86 hotrod plus trailer = Kingdoms Rodimus.

News Credits: 31 · Sat Sep 26, 2020 11:53 am

Assuming primal's size is standard voyager size (close to ER optimus prime), that means megatron's size is back to actual leader size, not just voyager with accessories.

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News Credits: 42 · Sat Sep 26, 2020 11:55 am

Primal, Megatron, and Cylconus look awesome. Definitely getting them.

News Credits: 6 · Sat Sep 26, 2020 11:56 am

Polar Claw is completely unexpected, but very welcome. Galvatron.. there is something about his proportions that looks very G1-Toy, in Sunbow colours. That could be interesting when it comes to the size of his Kingdom figure.

I can't place the two behind Polar Claw and Scorponok though (not the Fossilizer). Someone in purple/green and the arm of someone next to Blackarachnia that looks like the rifle of Soundwave???

News Credits: 19 · Sat Sep 26, 2020 12:00 pm

That artwork cant really be relied on for design of the toys look, cheetors legs dont look like folded vice clamp or whatever the toys really looks like.

If Megatrons back to true leader sized and Cyclonus is way tall fingers crossed Kingdoms Ultra Magnus is the same. I have hope again. Woop

News Credits: 1350 · Sat Sep 26, 2020 12:03 pm

bacem wrote:Assuming primal's size is standard voyager size (close to ER optimus prime), that means megatron's size is back to actual leader size, not just voyager with accessories.

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Where did this picture come from?

News Credits: 23 · Sat Sep 26, 2020 12:13 pm

ZeroWolf wrote:
bacem wrote:Assuming primal's size is standard voyager size (close to ER optimus prime), that means megatron's size is back to actual leader size, not just voyager with accessories.

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Where did this picture come from?

I found these circulating on Twitter, aren't they from the stream? Been busy so I couldn't tune in. Really dig the Baby Prime.

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News Credits: 42 · Sat Sep 26, 2020 12:33 pm

As much as I hate to be a killjoy, one of the reliable leakers on TFW said that one of the only toy-only figures in Kingdom got scrapped. And we didn't see Polar Claw in the leaked listings like everyone else...

News Credits: 372 · Sat Sep 26, 2020 12:34 pm

New toys look amazing.. Hot Rod, Scourge, Cyclonus, Warpath, etc. With the added articulation, accessories and cartoon-accuracy this is basically Masterpiece at a lower scale (and before they got very complex.)

News Credits: 23 · Sat Sep 26, 2020 12:37 pm

You can see the shield piece on Warpath that leakers mentioned but TonTon was missing from his assumed-stolen review unit. And I think this Baby Prime should get the over-sized blaster from the Centurion pack :lol:

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News Credits: 23 · Sat Sep 26, 2020 12:42 pm

ZeroWolf wrote:
bacem wrote:Assuming primal's size is standard voyager size (close to ER optimus prime), that means megatron's size is back to actual leader size, not just voyager with accessories.

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Where did this picture come from?

These are production samples from Takara Twitter

News Credits: 12 · Sat Sep 26, 2020 12:45 pm

On the topic of Megatron being a "return to form" leader, I would not put money on it. IGN's listing had him at 7.5 inches, and Primal has a ton of detail, and accessories/gimmicks so I'd put him at just over Ironhide's height, but more dense

News Credits: 19 · Sat Sep 26, 2020 12:49 pm

I'm just glad one of the planets releases is the autobot clones. Watch it be the only set amazon uk actually stocks, just three more planets to worry about.

News Credits: 4877 · Sat Sep 26, 2020 1:10 pm

Hasbro PulseCon 2020 is on and the entire first wave of Transformers Kingdom was revealed today. While we wrote an article here, we will post the images below as well. What we want to highlight in this article though, are some comparison images between Kingdom Blackarachnia and Cheetor and their Masterpiece Counterparts. While of course the MP has a lot more to offer, it's still cool to see what they could still give us at one fifth of the price for Blackarachnia. Fellow Seibertronian Sentinel_Primal informed us of this on our boards.

Sentinel_Primal wrote:Actar Raikit on Facebook just uploaded these comparison shots of Blackarachnia from Kingdom and the MP and HOOOOO boy, I love Kingdom's version.

News Credits: 19 · Sat Sep 26, 2020 1:26 pm

They could have transformed cyclonus properly, visible fists haha. His legs look like they can double as pencil holders in the bot mode photos - other than that, it is doing really well for not having hollow parts. Some third party company is cursing that they can't make fillers for him.

News Credits: 4877 · Sat Sep 26, 2020 1:38 pm

sol magnus wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Which is a shame, that is the best Cyclonus character we have ever gotten

IDW Cyclonus is the best Cyclonus of any type to bear the name we have ever gotten.

That is a hill I would definitely die on

Same

Guess you guys are finished, then.

When outside of IDW did Cyclonus ever have a hint at a personality?

News Credits: 462 · Sat Sep 26, 2020 1:45 pm

william-james88 wrote:
sol magnus wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Which is a shame, that is the best Cyclonus character we have ever gotten

IDW Cyclonus is the best Cyclonus of any type to bear the name we have ever gotten.

That is a hill I would definitely die on

Same

Guess you guys are finished, then.

When outside of IDW did Cyclonus ever have a hint at a personality?

Season 3 of the G1 cartoon.

News Credits: 54 · Sat Sep 26, 2020 1:45 pm

william-james88 wrote:
sol magnus wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Which is a shame, that is the best Cyclonus character we have ever gotten

IDW Cyclonus is the best Cyclonus of any type to bear the name we have ever gotten.

That is a hill I would definitely die on

Same

Guess you guys are finished, then.

When outside of IDW did Cyclonus ever have a hint at a personality?

G1 Cartoon? It wasn't "super in-depth" or anything but Cyclonus was distinct by being one of the more honorable Decepticons and was actually pretty loyal to Galvatron.

Hasn't Cyclonus had somewhat notable roles in other non-idw comics?

Kinda the wrong question to ask since Cyclonus tends to be some of the few "non generic" Decepticons more often then not, he's certainly beyond the types of Skywarp where that's a genuine question.

Regardless I think IDW 2005 Cyclonus got hit with the bad writing pan later down the line (but then again who didn't get hit with it in that mess of the last several years of IDW continuity/writing)

News Credits: 4877 · Sat Sep 26, 2020 1:47 pm

Lots of Transformers War for Cybertron Kingdom news out today, most of which came from Hasbro's PulseCon 2020.

One of the big highlights is a poster for the War for Cybertron Kingdom toy line showing the Titan Class Ark transformed into robot mode (which appears to have the Last Autobot's head design from the last issues of the Marvel Transformers comic books! You can see the images below, it was shared in Seibertron.com's screen capture gallery of the Hasbro PulseCon 2020 videos.

I wouldn't take the entire poster as a proof that all these characters are coming out though since this is probably concept art, before the toyline was finalized. Polar Claw, for instance, is not said to be part of the line, according to those who know what's coming.

We also have new packaging. while the boxes retain the same shape as the previous entries in the trilogy, the window component is made smaller, to minimize plastic. Of course, we can still see the figure inside though.