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News Credits: 4838 · by **william-james88** » Thu Jan 14, 2021 5:51 pm

Transtopias Rodimus Prime wrote:What a horrible, sloppy retool. That's possibly the worst looking Magnus I've ever seen. A disgusting waste of plastic. I only see it's value in a video smashing it in protest of Hasbros complete failure. The design team should be fired immediately. This toy sucks...

What's so bad about kingdom Magnus in robot mode?

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Thu Jan 14, 2021 10:16 pm

william-james88 wrote:
Transtopias Rodimus Prime wrote:What a horrible, sloppy retool. That's possibly the worst looking Magnus I've ever seen. A disgusting waste of plastic. I only see it's value in a video smashing it in protest of Hasbros complete failure. The design team should be fired immediately. This toy sucks...

What's so bad about kingdom Magnus in robot mode?

Beats me, I'm pretty happy with him in all modes. I'm impressed how much they bothered to change that they probably could have gotten away with keeping, like the shoulder pilons and belt. They even improved the missiles! Glad I pre-ordered it on Amazon while it was $45.

Emerje

News Credits: 1 · by **just_aCloud** » Fri Jan 15, 2021 9:34 am

william-james88 wrote:While the raptor hands look terrible, I see where hasbro got the idea from. Dinobot was based on the 90s Jurassic park idea of what a raptor looked like and that's the hands position you see on many images which Hasbro probably took inspiration of.

My main problem with this Dinobot is the head / face. The thing just looks real silly to me...kind of a derpy expression going on there.

william-james88 wrote:Also, anyone else kinda sad that they didn,t stick to their initial ractonite design?

I agree--I'm sad about that. I think the version in the concept art feels more "90's Beast Wars" to me and I was pretty excited about seeing that image realized as an actual figure. I do kinda like the one they came up with and spent some time back on forth on whether or not to get it (chose not to). I think if they'd gone with that original look it'd have been more of a easy decision to say "yes" to.

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Fri Jan 15, 2021 9:55 am

I need to take more pictures, but right now, Cheetor is my favorite Kingdom figure so far. He is a lot of fun. The transformation is a lot of fun to do, and he's very posable despite the large pieces behind his shoulders. His butterfly shoulder joints help work around that some. And he's just really neat and well painted.

Easily my favorite so far

News Credits: 12 · by **Sentinel_Primal** » Fri Jan 15, 2021 11:18 am

Wait, I just realized that if Ractonute doesn't look like the poster, then the Ark Titan might not either. I hope it's close to how they look on the poster cause that actually looks really good

News Credits: 1350 · by **ZeroWolf** » Fri Jan 15, 2021 11:20 am

Sentinel_Primal wrote:Wait, I just realized that if Ractonute doesn't look like the poster, then the Ark Titan might not either. I hope it's close to how they look on the poster cause that actually looks really good

Best way to judge would be to look at how everyone else turned out (from what we've seen anyway)

News Credits: 4838 · by **william-james88** » Fri Jan 15, 2021 12:36 pm

ZeroWolf wrote:
Sentinel_Primal wrote:Wait, I just realized that if Ractonute doesn't look like the poster, then the Ark Titan might not either. I hope it's close to how they look on the poster cause that actually looks really good

Best way to judge would be to look at how everyone else turned out (from what we've seen anyway)

But the others aren't new characters unlike the dark and ractonite.

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Fri Jan 15, 2021 2:29 pm

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I need to take more pictures, but right now, Cheetor is my favorite Kingdom figure so far. He is a lot of fun. The transformation is a lot of fun to do, and he's very posable despite the large pieces behind his shoulders. His butterfly shoulder joints help work around that some. And he's just really neat and well painted.

Easily my favorite so far

Have some Cheetor to go with my love letter to him. He is EXCELLENT

News Credits: 42 · by **Autobot N** » Fri Jan 15, 2021 2:29 pm

Am I the only one who's starting to get a bit tired of massive leaks? It seems like we've known about basically every WFC figure before they came out, and in the case of Kingdom, we've had actual pictures of pretty much all of them pre-reveal. Sometimes I miss the days when all we had to go on for months was the blurry picture of the Bald Guy in front of Devastator.

News Credits: 19 · by **blackeyedprime** » Fri Jan 15, 2021 3:30 pm

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I need to take more pictures, but right now, Cheetor is my favorite Kingdom figure so far. He is a lot of fun. The transformation is a lot of fun to do, and he's very posable despite the large pieces behind his shoulders. His butterfly shoulder joints help work around that some. And he's just really neat and well painted.

Easily my favorite so far

Have some Cheetor to go with my love letter to him. He is EXCELLENT

Kinda looks like he's going to try for the hair in my meal trick...

but if he gets caught he wont be washing dishes... when he has those spatulas for hands.

Fry cook cheetor or maybe salad server cheetor. No wonder Hasbro doesnt give the figures prefixes anymore XD

News Credits: 12 · by **Sentinel_Primal** » Fri Jan 15, 2021 4:13 pm

Found Primal, Black Arachnia, Cheetor, and Rattrap at Target while I was running errands, only picked up Primal and Rattrap though. Primal is definitely my most hyped figure and so far he's living up to my hype. Rattrap was mostly a "Well, he's only $10, and I have the remaining holiday cash. Why not?", but he's pretty good. I think only thing that annoys me about Rattrap is the ratchets for his rat head/chest, but otherwise he's pretty okay. Definitely think the Beastformers pop much better in hand compared to the online pics. Though, I might be biased :lol:

News Credits: 42 · by **TF-fan kev777** » Fri Jan 15, 2021 4:32 pm

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Looks like he's sitting on a curve ball to me.

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Fri Jan 15, 2021 4:37 pm

I'm incredibly happy that Cheetor has the butterfly joints to make these 2 handed poses worthwhile and good looking

News Credits: 65 · by **Wolfman Jake** » Fri Jan 15, 2021 4:42 pm

I got some more Kingdom goodness today! I was able to find the rest of the Deluxe Class figures I didn't find before (Cheetor, Blackarachnia, and Paleotrex). I already found Warpath earlier, along with Core Class Rattrap and Vertebreak. I'm skipping the Core Class Optimus Prime. I wasn't able to get either of the Kingdom Voyagers yet, nor Leader Megatron, though I did see the repack of Leader Optimus Prime a couple of times already. I really hope this year is a LOT better with the distribution of the Generations toys. 2020 was an atrocious fail, which is a shame, because Earthrise was such a good line-up of figures.

News Credits: 42 · by **Autobot N** » Fri Jan 15, 2021 5:31 pm

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Finally got my first Kingdom figure. If the rest of the line is this good, it's shaping up to be a good year for me.

News Credits: 31 · by **bacem** » Sat Jan 16, 2021 12:12 pm

Regarding kingdom magnus, considering he is a retool of siege mold, i wish that they at least change the lower arm, so that his fist can tuck away inside his arm in truck mode, especially since there are more gap between the cab and trailer, which makes that part more visible compared to siege.

by **M. Spector** » Sun Jan 17, 2021 11:08 am

Hey! Did anyone else catch the classic Beast Wars Dino eye from the old art hidden in the top inside flap of the new Kingdom packaging?

I thought it was pretty neat

News Credits: 23 · by **aronjlove** » Sun Jan 17, 2021 11:55 am

Maximals, beast mode!

I left Blackarachnia out of the photo as she is technically still a Predacon.

News Credits: 56 · by **o.supreme** » Sun Jan 17, 2021 12:24 pm

Finally got my first opportunity to see BW Megatron on Friday. I didn't know if upon seeing him I'd be convinced to get it...l let him go. He is a great looking toy for sure, and if my son showed any interest I'd have got it. But I passed, better to let someone who really wants it have it. If he ever goes on sale maybe....But even me, with my relatively small collection am starting to see space become an issue, gotta save it for what I really want.

News Credits: 7 · by **TulioDude** » Sun Jan 17, 2021 12:27 pm

aronjlove wrote:Maximals, beast mode!
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I left Blackarachnia out of the photo as she is technically still a Predacon.

You can put Blackarachnia with them and pretend it's the Beast Machines first episode.

News Credits: 3 · by **SGMLordMirage** » Sun Jan 17, 2021 12:50 pm

I was finally able to spot Warpath, Paleotrex, Cheetor, and Black Arachnid at my local Walmart. I honestly hadn’t been looking too hard but always a nice surprise we you get to see something new on the shelf. I ended up snagging Warpath and Black Arachnid and passed on the other two.

SGM

News Credits: 22 · by **Rodimus Prime** » Sun Jan 17, 2021 2:38 pm

aronjlove wrote:Maximals, beast mode!
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I left Blackarachnia out of the photo as she is technically still a Predacon.

What happened to Primal's knees...?

News Credits: 23 · by **aronjlove** » Sun Jan 17, 2021 2:48 pm

Rodimus Prime wrote:What happened to Primal's knees...?

To make him shorter since it looks more monkey-like to me.

Here he is with the legs fully extended and as Peaugh said in his video, this looks more like a Sasquatch.

With the double-jointed knees collapsed he isn't so tall and is more gorilla-like in stature.

News Credits: 23 · by **aronjlove** » Sun Jan 17, 2021 2:50 pm

TulioDude wrote:You can put Blackarachnia with them and pretend it's the Beast Machines first episode.

As a CGI nerd, that first episode blew me away. The jump in graphics technology between the two was significant.

by **Rogue-Primal** » Sun Jan 17, 2021 3:40 pm

aronjlove wrote:
TulioDude wrote:You can put Blackarachnia with them and pretend it's the Beast Machines first episode.

As a CGI nerd, that first episode blew me away. The jump in graphics technology between the two was significant.

Beast Machines looked ridiculous and simplified, i preferred the metallic/shiny effects from beast wars.