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Razorbeast88 wrote:Haha sorry I had to say something, I've been following this website since I was 8-9 years old and first getting into collecting transformers. I used to use the galleries here to decide whether I wanted a figure or not, and started with getting Beast Wars figures on eBay. Its been about 13 years since then and just wanted to express appreciation! These discussion forums are great

That means a lot to me to hear. It's amazing how this site has impacted so many people in so many ways over the years. Hard to believe I was just a tad bit older than you when I started this website back in 2000. My how time flies!

All of this talk about Beast Wars makes me want to get back into doing Beast Wars galleries again soon.

Rodimus Prime wrote:And Sabrblade, I agree that Magnus's cab looks very plain up front and a red bumper would not only be accurate but would liven it up a bit. If I had my way, he'd have a huge chrome grille guard on there, even if it wasn't accurate.

I'd be game for either!

Seibertron wrote:

Razorbeast88 wrote:Haha sorry I had to say something, I've been following this website since I was 8-9 years old and first getting into collecting transformers. I used to use the galleries here to decide whether I wanted a figure or not, and started with getting Beast Wars figures on eBay. Its been about 13 years since then and just wanted to express appreciation! These discussion forums are great

That means a lot to me to hear. It's amazing how this site has impacted so many people in so many ways over the years. Hard to believe I was just a tad bit older than you when I started this website back in 2000. My how time flies!

All of this talk about Beast Wars makes me want to get back into doing Beast Wars galleries again soon.

It makes me want to go back and watch the show for the umpteenth time. It's been a couple of years since I've seen it.

But Razorbeast88 is right, this is really what you advertise it as, the ultimate Transformers resource. (I wish you had the TF:TM screen caps back, though.)

Back to Kingdom, have you heard anything regarding reveals of The Ark titan?

Im tempted to rewatch the show as well, i believe its still on tubi. And with this dinobot reveal im feeling more inclined to watch Code of Hero for a good 5 times in a row haha

Rodimus Prime wrote:But Razorbeast88 is right, this is really what you advertise it as, the ultimate Transformers resource. (I wish you had the TF:TM screen caps back, though.)

I really want screen caps back. Gotta figure out how to get those up at some point again. It's a tedious process to go through each episode. One day!

Ooh, the entire wave revealed overnight? Yes please, let's see...

Cores: I'm still not interested in the Cores that are just G1 guys but small, so these two aren't for me, but that Megatron still looks impressive to me despite that, considering them working the pistol in and still getting a fully rotating turret via transformation on a $10 figure.

Arcee: Not worth discussing.

Ractonite: The hands are...certainly weird, at least without his drill-lance-tail, but he looks like an absolute unit and his head is still reminiscent of the Witch-king of Angmar, and that alt mode is badass, so yes please.

Huffer: Not a character that interests me, but a solid looking figure, I look forwards to seeing the Pipes version later though. The way his gun partsforms to make the edges of the truck bed is pretty cool.

Inferno: Looks like I was right about the hoses, but was the thing I though was a blast effect just a second small gun the entire time? That's a bit disappointing if so...but I'm still on-board for an Artfire from this, just not interested as is (this is NOT the Inferno I'm looking for).

Also, I didn't catch this yesterday, but the price on these Deluxes is back to the current retail price rather than that $3 price increase the Wave 1 Deluxes have, and these are supposed to be out in April when Wave 1 is listed by Hasbro as coming out in February-March, curious to see just which dates and pricing will end up prevailing here...

At least we now know who they sized Prime's trailer for.

ZeroWolf wrote:Yesssss, love the core figures (like the mini megatron gun), and huffer looks spot on as well, though my brain keeps interpreting his shield as a giant fist for some reason.

I thought the very same thing regarding that fist.

Rodimus Prime wrote:Overall, wave 2 looks to be a lot of fun. When is The Ark coming?

Not before mid summer 2021

o.supreme wrote:Lastly...Magnus not having an earth mode trailer=FAIL.

How is that trailer not an earth mode trailer? It looks like the scaffolding of real trailers, more so than the G1 toy did (which, like all movie vehicle modes, wasn't based on anything real)

Seibertron wrote:Glad I'm not the only one who thinks the raptor hands on Dinobot look "off" to put it politely. Is it too late to remold the hands? The artwork got it right, but the toy itself looks like he's got broken wrists or something with his hands hanging oddly and not very threatening.

I too wish they changed it, it's a pretty big flaw, I wonder why no one would think twice about it during production.

Seibertron wrote:All of this talk about Beast Wars makes me want to get back into doing Beast Wars galleries again soon.

Speaking of which, the gallery I spent most time on when I was younger was the Optimal Optimus gallery. I wanted to make sure I had all the modes right.

As for these reveals here are my thoughts:

Huffer is the stand out and I don't even know the character that well. He just looks great in both modes and has the functionality that fans care about.

I don't get the excitement for the core class figures revealed here. That Megatron is an eye sore in both modes with some really bad kibble (compared to the artwork, it's pretty laughable). What makes the least sense to me is how they already achieved a decent Megatron of that same size class before. Same goes with Starscream.

I was excited for Ractonite but his hands leave me really dissapointed.

Really like Airrazor and I will buy Dinobot regardless, he has his pros and cons.

I found the site through the galleries too when I first started collecting in 2008...took me 6 years to finally make an account

@Will which small scale megs do you mean?

Now repacking Arcee, two thoughts occur:

1) Hasbro thought that her Earthrise release would be scarce so sought to remedy it.

Or

2) hasbro wanted Arcee to be on the shelves the same time as the Studio Series 86 figures...Same as why Ultra Magnus earth mode is here.

ZeroWolf wrote:I found the site through the galleries too when I first started collecting in 2008...took me 6 years to finally make an account

@Will which small scale megs do you mean?

Now repacking Arcee, two thoughts occur:

1) Hasbro thought that her Earthrise release would be scarce so sought to remedy it.

Or

2) hasbro wanted Arcee to be on the shelves the same time as the Studio Series 86 figures...Same as why Ultra Magnus earth mode is here.

For Arcee, I think it's both. And she is scarce in a way since many are still reporting that they havent seen wave 2 and a lot of that stock has not gone to the wider retailers.

As for the smaller Megatron, here's the one:



I mean, just look at that tank mode compared to this:



It gave a very sleek bot mode by comparison to the one we have now with that ridiculous kibble in the back (looks shellformer esque).



We never did get it in a good G1 colour scheme aside from the very silver deco from Takara



For comparison:

Okay, the little Megatron is cool, and it’s adorable that he comes with a mini-me. Definitely a step up from the old 2014 Legends one, will definitely get him.

On the fence with Starscream despite me being a Seeker junkie. If I see him in stores, sure why not. But I’m not going to go out of my way to get him.

Inferno and Huffer are good looking as expected, glad I didn’t bite for the low-effort retools of Legends Optimus and Hot Spot.

Ractonite... meh. Like I can take or leave it but like Starscream I’m not going to go out of my way for it.

Did... did they really just describe Arcee’s alt mode as an Earth sports car???

Ah yeah, always wanted that one but never found it when hunting, almost got the Warpath redeco but never pulled the trigger in the end.

Not that impressed with the core class, I think the old ikkle anniversary starscream did a pretty good job for a small figure.

Huffer looks machine robo good! Def a buy though the earthrise trailer still ooks way too small with him let alone Prime.

Infernos grey parts need to go for a dip in white paint, I'll probably pick him up as I never got the classics version.

Doesnt look like the fossiliser has any secret weapon to pair up with another bots that might be missing a thing or two so I'll pass on it.

I'm sure at this point this Q has already been answered but, is the "unarmored" Magnus mis-transformed?

The Siege version takes the front bumper and slides it up to make more of a backpack. The way this one looks in the pix, it's forming more of a...big buttocks...

I can't be the only one who's seeing that right?

To comment on Dinobot's dino mode - it looks just as terrible good as the original's. The legs are just going the other way now. It's easy to made a car look good in both modes, but a raptor is more difficult. I like it for what it is. It's not great, but it won't ever be while still having a screen accurate robot mode.

Magnus still looks disappointing, but I may get it since I'm getting all the other movie guys in this line. Airazor does look great. But there's just no more room, so the Beast Wars guy may not make the cut for me. But I really like what they're doing with all of them.

Bone Age wrote:I'm sure at this point this Q has already been answered but, is the "unarmored" Magnus mis-transformed?

Yes, there's a mistransformation in pretty much all of the Magnus pics between what you just said, the crotchplate, and some of the armor being missing from the trailer.

Nemesis Primal wrote:

Bone Age wrote:I'm sure at this point this Q has already been answered but, is the "unarmored" Magnus mis-transformed?

Yes, there's a mistransformation in pretty much all of the Magnus pics between what you just said, the crotchplate, and some of the armor being missing from the trailer.

Uggh dang it when do we got some accurate pix then? Guess we'll just have to wait.

Mindmaster wrote:Okay, the little Megatron is cool, and it’s adorable that he comes with a mini-me. Definitely a step up from the old 2014 Legends one, will definitely get him.

On the fence with Starscream despite me being a Seeker junkie. If I see him in stores, sure why not. But I’m not going to go out of my way to get him.

Inferno and Huffer are good looking as expected, glad I didn’t bite for the low-effort retools of Legends Optimus and Hot Spot.

Ractonite... meh. Like I can take or leave it but like Starscream I’m not going to go out of my way for it.

Did... did they really just describe Arcee’s alt mode as an Earth sports car???

Don't be shocked. A lot of those late G1 cars were based on concept designs like Hot Rod.

TulioDude wrote:Wonder if the Kingdom cartoon will use Ultra Magnus?

Optimus:I thought Megatron had killed you!

Ultra Magnus:Yeah,but I got better.

Day 336 of waiting for Transformers Armada Masterpiece news.

Just wrong man, just wrong. We should've seen more of that Armada Prime by now, heard it had to be pulled.

Oohh new reveal! Huffer is definitely the star here. I was never a big fan for huffer's g1 design, but i warmed up to it lately, and the kingdom verdion here just looks tempting. Never cared about him towing OP's trailer, but i'm glad they included that for those who does care.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

TulioDude wrote:Wonder if the Kingdom cartoon will use Ultra Magnus?

Optimus:I thought Megatron had killed you!

Ultra Magnus:Yeah,but I got better.

Day 336 of waiting for Transformers Armada Masterpiece news.

Just wrong man, just wrong. We should've seen more of that Armada Prime by now, heard it had to be pulled.

Yeah, whatever happened to that Armada Prime Takara teased with the Star Convoy retool or PotP Prime?

Overcracker wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

TulioDude wrote:Wonder if the Kingdom cartoon will use Ultra Magnus?

Optimus:I thought Megatron had killed you!

Ultra Magnus:Yeah,but I got better.

Day 336 of waiting for Transformers Armada Masterpiece news.

Just wrong man, just wrong. We should've seen more of that Armada Prime by now, heard it had to be pulled.

Yeah, whatever happened to that Armada Prime Takara teased with the Star Convoy retool or PotP Prime?

I believe TT reps said it was dead in the water until further notice

Overcracker wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

TulioDude wrote:Wonder if the Kingdom cartoon will use Ultra Magnus?

Optimus:I thought Megatron had killed you!

Ultra Magnus:Yeah,but I got better.

Day 336 of waiting for Transformers Armada Masterpiece news.

Just wrong man, just wrong. We should've seen more of that Armada Prime by now, heard it had to be pulled.

Yeah, whatever happened to that Armada Prime Takara teased with the Star Convoy retool or PotP Prime?

I'm wondering whatever happened to MP Raiden.

Bone Age wrote:

Nemesis Primal wrote:

Bone Age wrote:I'm sure at this point this Q has already been answered but, is the "unarmored" Magnus mis-transformed?

Yes, there's a mistransformation in pretty much all of the Magnus pics between what you just said, the crotchplate, and some of the armor being missing from the trailer.

Uggh dang it when do we got some accurate pix then? Guess we'll just have to wait.

When people get it in hand.

So has anyone else noticed that core Megatron's number if F0666? Anyone think that is intentional?

It looks like Ractonite has a flip-down visor to give an alternate knight's-helm-esque appearance, continuing the trend of fossilisers homaging the original mutant masks gimmick.