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ZeroWolf wrote:

Changewinds wrote:

Razorbeast88 wrote:What a time to be alive as a beast wars fan! Of course we'll see if im singing the same tune once we know pricing and availability but man am I excited! His forearms are a little scrawny but he's great!

I love that the reviewer got excited about the upper body transformation (if I interpreted that correctly) and that he added "Wakanda forever" haha especially because I like to make other teams out of transformers characters and ravage would definitely be my Black Panther. And maybe shadow panther as Shuri

I’m excited by the upper body transformation too!
Watching the review, I’m liking the way the arms fold in to fill the gap, the way the head has the extra piece to fill out the neck, the nice waist swivel, and just the overall aesthetic. It’s quite obvious that the head is a Tigertron repaint from the review so it’s interesting that we’ll see the “repaint” version before the actual version.

The head isn't Tigatron's as Tigatron is a Voyager in this line, more likely they've taken his transformation scheme and applied it to the cheetor retool

The head definitely looks like a black painted Tigertron head and it seems bigger than Cheetor’s head so I could still see it on a voyager sized body.

Also Tigatron's head is more robot like, ravages head it literally just the Beast mode head.

2 per case and he took the whole case.
This is why no one can ever find anything.

Did you people learn nothing from the toilet paper crisis?

khrome wrote:Did you people learn nothing from the toilet paper crisis?

One thing that I learned:
Wiping yourself with a Transformer is not comfortable.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

khrome wrote:Did you people learn nothing from the toilet paper crisis?

One thing that I learned:
Wiping yourself with a Transformer is not comfortable.

khrome wrote:2 per case and he took the whole case.
This is why no one can ever find anything.

Did you people learn nothing from the toilet paper crisis?

Yeah, stuff like this is why I order online anymore.

"They're in stores, guys! I mean, not this store now, because I took 'em all, but maybe where you are they'll show up soon!"

At least half of those are already on Ebay.

Spider5800 wrote::KREMZEEK:

khrome wrote:2 per case and he took the whole case.
This is why no one can ever find anything.

Did you people learn nothing from the toilet paper crisis?

Yeah, stuff like this is why I order online anymore.

"They're in stores, guys! I mean, not this store now, because I took 'em all, but maybe where you are they'll show up soon!"

At least half of those are already on Ebay.

Maybe he has a kid. I have a kid. Some characters (not all by any stretch) I have to get two of. It does happen legitimately.

sol magnus wrote:

Spider5800 wrote::KREMZEEK:

khrome wrote:2 per case and he took the whole case.
This is why no one can ever find anything.

Did you people learn nothing from the toilet paper crisis?

Yeah, stuff like this is why I order online anymore.

"They're in stores, guys! I mean, not this store now, because I took 'em all, but maybe where you are they'll show up soon!"

At least half of those are already on Ebay.

Maybe he has a kid. I have a kid. Some characters (not all by any stretch) I have to get two of. It does happen legitimately.

Do you really think he took ALL the copies of the new figures off the shelves for legit reasons? Because if so, I own a bridge you may be on the market for.

Come on, man, scalpers don't need you to defend them.

The pics originate from a Facebook group, something about buying and selling Transformers, so he grabbed an extra to sell in the group. There's a rather large difference between grabbing a couple and emptying the shelves.

Spider5800 wrote:

sol magnus wrote:

Spider5800 wrote::KREMZEEK:

khrome wrote:2 per case and he took the whole case.
This is why no one can ever find anything.

Did you people learn nothing from the toilet paper crisis?

Yeah, stuff like this is why I order online anymore.

"They're in stores, guys! I mean, not this store now, because I took 'em all, but maybe where you are they'll show up soon!"

At least half of those are already on Ebay.

Maybe he has a kid. I have a kid. Some characters (not all by any stretch) I have to get two of. It does happen legitimately.

Do you really think he took ALL the copies of the new figures off the shelves for legit reasons? Because if so, I own a bridge you may be on the market for.

Come on, man, scalpers don't need you to defend them.

I'm not defending him. I'm just saying there's room for someone to buy more than one and NOT be a scalper. maybe the guy just wants two. Or has a buddy who also collects. OR, maybe he is a scalper. I don't know that for certain, so I'm not sure how you do.

I don't like scalpers any more than you do, but generalizations are bad.

aronjlove wrote:The pics originate from a Facebook group, something about buying and selling Transformers, so he grabbed an extra to sell in the group. There's a rather large difference between grabbing a couple and emptying the shelves.

I'm not taking sides here. Just pointing out that my experience in the last year when it comes to new product; "grabbing a couple" = "emptying the shelves". But if you live in a place where they have tons of em', by all means go for it.

o.supreme wrote:

aronjlove wrote:The pics originate from a Facebook group, something about buying and selling Transformers, so he grabbed an extra to sell in the group. There's a rather large difference between grabbing a couple and emptying the shelves.

I'm not taking sides here. Just pointing out that my experience in the last year when it comes to new product; "grabbing a couple" = "emptying the shelves". But if you live in a place where they have tons of em', by all means go for it.

This is very true, and I am extremely lucky to live in an area with good distribution. I can't toss a brick without hitting a Walmart.

aronjlove wrote:This is very true, and I am extremely lucky to live in an area with good distribution. I can't toss a brick without hitting a Walmart.

Lots of stores does not equate to great distributing either unfortunately. I can drive to 20 Walmarts in a 30 mile radius of my home, but they have very little Transformers in stock most times. I also have probably 10 Targets. They do a little better, but not much. Ironically, more often than not I am able to find what I'm looking for at the closest ones, but it is always random.

I am starting my vacation later this week, which will entail 8 day road trip across most of the western US (CA, NV, UT, ID, MT, WY, WA, OR). I'm sure I'll be hitting plenty of Walmarts and Targets along the way to stock up on provisions, it will be interesting to see what they have/don't have as far as Transformers.

Primevsprime put up a review of the Mirage and grimlock set
Looks like I was wrong, grimlocks fake eyes on the chest are unpainted sadly

Razorbeast88 wrote:Primevsprime put up a review of the Mirage and grimlock set
Looks like I was wrong, grimlocks fake eyes on the chest are unpainted sadly

It's an early sample (he doesn't show the box, so it's not a production run). It's possible that the production run will include the extra paint ops on the faux eyes.

Nuclearxpotato wrote:

Razorbeast88 wrote:Primevsprime put up a review of the Mirage and grimlock set
Looks like I was wrong, grimlocks fake eyes on the chest are unpainted sadly

It's an early sample (he doesn't show the box, so it's not a production run). It's possible that the production run will include the extra paint ops on the faux eyes.

I hope you're right!!

I got my T-Wrecks preorder in, looking forward to a red Rex. He looks sweet and I am excite.

Ravage looks incredible. That is a set I will get. Thank Primus I went for Pulse Premium.

aronjlove wrote:The pics originate from a Facebook group, something about buying and selling Transformers, so he grabbed an extra to sell in the group. There's a rather large difference between grabbing a couple and emptying the shelves.

That just sounds like scalping with extra steps.

Razorbeast88 wrote:

Nuclearxpotato wrote:

Razorbeast88 wrote:Primevsprime put up a review of the Mirage and grimlock set
Looks like I was wrong, grimlocks fake eyes on the chest are unpainted sadly

It's an early sample (he doesn't show the box, so it's not a production run). It's possible that the production run will include the extra paint ops on the faux eyes.

I hope you're right!!

Forget the green faux eyes on Grimlock’s beast mode! I’d rather the production run fix the shoulder cannon snafu with Mirage.

Wolfman Jake wrote:

Razorbeast88 wrote:

Nuclearxpotato wrote:

Razorbeast88 wrote:Primevsprime put up a review of the Mirage and grimlock set
Looks like I was wrong, grimlocks fake eyes on the chest are unpainted sadly

It's an early sample (he doesn't show the box, so it's not a production run). It's possible that the production run will include the extra paint ops on the faux eyes.

I hope you're right!!

Forget the green faux eyes on Grimlock’s beast mode! I’d rather the production run fix the shoulder cannon snafu with Mirage.

Selfishly, I don't want that change. I'm happy to be skipping at least one of the WfC earth mode updates. I already repurchased Datsuns and Lambos, this is $50 I don't have to spend.

Wolfman Jake wrote:

Razorbeast88 wrote:

Nuclearxpotato wrote:

Razorbeast88 wrote:Primevsprime put up a review of the Mirage and grimlock set
Looks like I was wrong, grimlocks fake eyes on the chest are unpainted sadly

It's an early sample (he doesn't show the box, so it's not a production run). It's possible that the production run will include the extra paint ops on the faux eyes.

I hope you're right!!

Forget the green faux eyes on Grimlock’s beast mode! I’d rather the production run fix the shoulder cannon snafu with Mirage.

To be honest I don't really care about Mirage enough to care about the shoulder thing. He was always just kind of a bonus to getting grimlock since I never got siege version. I was just gonna put Deep Cover's shoulder cannon on Mirage's back and use the port to mount Mirages shoulder cannon like I've seen on instagram from kremzeekreviews and a couple others. Easy fix, and not a big deal. Mirage at least has a good paint job

I don't get all the drama about Mirage's shoulder cannon. It's just ONE missing feature, lost because of how the improved transformation works. And you can fix it pretty easily.

Rtron wrote:I don't get all the drama about Mirage's shoulder cannon. It's just ONE missing feature, lost because of how the improved transformation works. And you can fix it pretty easily.

People need something to complain about

Rtron wrote:I don't get all the drama about Mirage's shoulder cannon. It's just ONE missing feature, lost because of how the improved transformation works. And you can fix it pretty easily.

It’s because the figure lost functionality with this Earthmode “upgrade.” The remolded parts also look less on model to the G1 cartoon than the Siege version. They went out of their way to “fix” something that was never broken. All they needed to do was ditch the clear plastic and change some tampographs.

Rtron wrote:I don't get all the drama about Mirage's shoulder cannon. It's just ONE missing feature, lost because of how the improved transformation works. And you can fix it pretty easily.

I'm sorry, what was improved? The word implies something better, and this ain't it. Of course, that's just my opinion.