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News Credits: 12 · Mon Mar 22, 2021 4:54 pm

He's looking pretty schwole

The proportions definitely look awkward. Still getting him though, he's pretty cool. The battle damage doesn't bother me either

News Credits: 14 · Mon Mar 22, 2021 4:59 pm

I think I'll wait for the inevitable dark grey repaint. Netflix Spoiler pack or something.

News Credits: 1350 · Mon Mar 22, 2021 5:02 pm

Overcracker wrote:I think I'll wait for the inevitable dark grey repaint. Netflix Spoiler pack or something.

Already leaked for Selects

News Credits: 19 · Mon Mar 22, 2021 5:04 pm

It kinda makes me want Optimus Primal* in purple but doesnt make me want the Galvatron figure. TR will more than do for now, unless Kingdom has a gun mode (that isnt crap)

*might also be cool to get a BW Megs or SS Grimlock repainted in Optimus colours for a Rescue Bots nod.

News Credits: 11 · Mon Mar 22, 2021 5:56 pm

I got Dinobot today, while he isn't as great as Optimus Primal, Megatron or Blackarachnia, it's still an okay toy. The robot mode is really well done, and I don't dislike the raptor mode as much as I thought I would, it looks decent when posed certain ways.
I also pre-ordered Airazor alongside Dinobot from Kapow Toys, but when I got the delivery Ractonite was in there instead of Airazor. I've contacted Kapow to ask if I can return Ractonite and have Airazor sent out, their website says she's still in stock so it should be fine.

News Credits: 462 · Mon Mar 22, 2021 7:19 pm

blackeyedprime wrote:Kapows added some opics to their facebook of Galvatron...he doesnt look like he could find a fatsuit to fit him. Definitely chonky.

https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/03/22/tra ... fFUJOxDy1k

Wait a sec. Looking at that pic, I think I get what the battle damage is supposed to resemble: paint scratches. Like, imagine that all of Galvatron's purple is actually a paint job he's wearing. Now look at the battle damage like it's where his purple paint has been scraped off, revealing gray/silver metal underneath his purple paint job, as though to say his true color is gray (like the 1986 toy) and that the purple is merely covering his toy-colored true appearance. :-B

News Credits: 22 · Mon Mar 22, 2021 7:20 pm

blackeyedprime wrote:Kapows added some opics to their facebook of Galvatron...he doesnt look like he could find a fatsuit to fit him. Definitely chonky.

https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/03/22/tra ... fFUJOxDy1k

He looks like he was designed with the cannon mode as the priority. The robot mode is definitely too fat. I'm waiting to see some comparison pics with the TR voyager.

As for the 'battle damage' I thought it might represent the Matrix reflections from the TF:TM scene where Hot Rod finally opens it after ripping it off the chain.

News Credits: 101 · Mon Mar 22, 2021 7:46 pm

I'd be down for a G1 toy colored Galvatron in the Select line.

But I'll get this Fatlatron day one anyway.

News Credits: 4877 · Mon Mar 22, 2021 7:50 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:I'd be down for a G1 toy colored Galvatron in the Select line.

But I'll get this Fatlatron day one anyway.

That pic is terrible due to the angle and lens, looks very different in proportions from the earlier pic we saw.

News Credits: 22 · Mon Mar 22, 2021 7:54 pm

william-james88 wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:I'd be down for a G1 toy colored Galvatron in the Select line.

But I'll get this Fatlatron day one anyway.

That pic is terrible due to the angle and lens, looks very different in proportions from the earlier pic we saw.

How can the angle be disputed? It's a straight shot of the front.

News Credits: 101 · Mon Mar 22, 2021 7:55 pm

william-james88 wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:I'd be down for a G1 toy colored Galvatron in the Select line.

But I'll get this Fatlatron day one anyway.

That pic is terrible due to the angle and lens, looks very different in proportions from the earlier pic we saw.

Hmmmm.................

Well, it just mean one thing. Were's still waiting for the true official pictures and especially high quality in hand pictures of people who know how to transform Transformers and how to take photos. No fluff, not amateur montage, the REAL thing.
:-?

News Credits: 1 · Mon Mar 22, 2021 8:15 pm

Rodimus Prime wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:I'd be down for a G1 toy colored Galvatron in the Select line.

But I'll get this Fatlatron day one anyway.

That pic is terrible due to the angle and lens, looks very different in proportions from the earlier pic we saw.
How can the angle be disputed? It's a straight shot of the front.

It's clearly not. It looks like it was taken a bit from above, and too close for the lens they were using to not deform the picture.

News Credits: 23 · Mon Mar 22, 2021 8:17 pm

Rtron wrote:
Rodimus Prime wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:I'd be down for a G1 toy colored Galvatron in the Select line.

But I'll get this Fatlatron day one anyway.

That pic is terrible due to the angle and lens, looks very different in proportions from the earlier pic we saw.
How can the angle be disputed? It's a straight shot of the front.

It's clearly not. It looks like it was taken a bit from above, and too close for the lens they were using to not deform the picture.

Like this...

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News Credits: 101 · Mon Mar 22, 2021 8:21 pm

Yup. That picture above is certainly not taken from "dead front".

News Credits: 42 · Mon Mar 22, 2021 10:01 pm

Sabrblade wrote:

Mom said it's my turn on the Xbox

Rtron wrote:It's clearly not. It looks like it was taken a bit from above, and too close for the lens they were using to not deform the picture.

Correct, it's a bad picture. See here:

Galvatrons.png

https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/kingdom-galvatron-first-look.1210189/page-130#post-18949957

Amazing how every picture of him is messed up in some way

News Credits: 241 · Mon Mar 22, 2021 10:04 pm

I'm... just gonna wait for the official reveal here. >:oP

News Credits: 5 · Mon Mar 22, 2021 10:33 pm

And this is why I was hoping Galvatron wouldn't be leaked. Can you imagine how terrible BW Megs would've looked if leakers got to him first??
You'd think people who pay big bucks for insiders to steal samples would know how to transform and properly photograph the things. :-?

News Credits: 174 · Mon Mar 22, 2021 10:42 pm

william-james88 wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:I'd be down for a G1 toy colored Galvatron in the Select line.

But I'll get this Fatlatron day one anyway.

That pic is terrible due to the angle and lens, looks very different in proportions from the earlier pic we saw.

this, was trying to figure out what was going on with the picture :-?

News Credits: 19 · Tue Mar 23, 2021 7:54 am

Sadly the picture and angle makes the waist look better than it actually is on the figure.

News Credits: 65 · Tue Mar 23, 2021 8:36 am

Fools! Galvatron can be any shape he wants!

News Credits: 23 · Tue Mar 23, 2021 8:56 am

IMG_20210323_065125.jpg

This is a better shot from a much better angle with a decent attempt at lighting. Definitely a "buy on sight" figure for me.

News Credits: 101 · Tue Mar 23, 2021 9:12 am

Galvy is a THICC boy.

Nice.

News Credits: 19 · Tue Mar 23, 2021 9:16 am

TFW has updated pics and yep, Im just gonna wait for the next one, maybe SS86s fifth or seventh wave will have a decent Galvatron.

News Credits: 17 · Tue Mar 23, 2021 9:29 am

blackeyedprime wrote:TFW has updated pics and yep, Im just gonna wait for the next one, maybe SS86s fifth or seventh wave will have a decent Galvatron.

I wouldn't hold your breath!

News Credits: 101 · Tue Mar 23, 2021 9:57 am

blackeyedprime wrote:TFW has updated pics and yep, Im just gonna wait for the next one, maybe SS86s fifth or seventh wave will have a decent Galvatron.

If you want to play that game, compare TR Astrotrain with Siege Astrotrain. TR is much taller but he's paper thin. Siege is much more THICC and his train mode is MASSIVE even without the tender.

It will be the same thing with this Galvatron.