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News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Wed Oct 27, 2021 7:18 pm

Munkky wrote:Ravage arrived today, and he is nice. He looks good in a lot of different poses, I love the guns he comes with, and the head being on a ball joint and having a wide range of motion is a great touch. Granted, he's probably be better as a Tigatron retoll rather than a Cheetor one, because the skinny cheetah legs from Cheetor don't suit his panther mode. I've never owned a G1 Ravage so it's nice to have a version of that too.

Did the front legs of your Agent Ravage were inverted as seen in my review?

News Credits: 17 · by **AcademyofDrX** » Thu Oct 28, 2021 10:54 am

-Kanrabat- wrote:
Munkky wrote:Ravage arrived today, and he is nice. He looks good in a lot of different poses, I love the guns he comes with, and the head being on a ball joint and having a wide range of motion is a great touch. Granted, he's probably be better as a Tigatron retoll rather than a Cheetor one, because the skinny cheetah legs from Cheetor don't suit his panther mode. I've never owned a G1 Ravage so it's nice to have a version of that too.

Did the front legs of your Agent Ravage were inverted as seen in my review?

Mine are inverted that way. The joints were stiff so I didn't pop them off, and I'll rarely transform him, so I'm not sure it will matter. The instructions show the correct orientation, but does it change how they slot into his robot back?

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Thu Oct 28, 2021 11:14 am

AcademyofDrX wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:
Munkky wrote:Ravage arrived today, and he is nice. He looks good in a lot of different poses, I love the guns he comes with, and the head being on a ball joint and having a wide range of motion is a great touch. Granted, he's probably be better as a Tigatron retoll rather than a Cheetor one, because the skinny cheetah legs from Cheetor don't suit his panther mode. I've never owned a G1 Ravage so it's nice to have a version of that too.

Did the front legs of your Agent Ravage were inverted as seen in my review?

Mine are inverted that way. The joints were stiff so I didn't pop them off, and I'll rarely transform him, so I'm not sure it will matter. The instructions show the correct orientation, but does it change how they slot into his robot back?

It does change the backpack a bit. Plus the beast legs bend the wrong way if kept inverted.
You can pop the legs easily from the ball joints. If they are "stiff" a couple of rotations will loosen them up just enough.

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Thu Oct 28, 2021 1:40 pm

Got Pulsecon ravage. Lots of love went into that toy.

News Credits: 17 · by **AcademyofDrX** » Thu Oct 28, 2021 2:03 pm

william-james88 wrote:Got Pulsecon ravage. Lots of love went into that toy.

I would add the love went into the whole set. The backdrop and packaging may not be worth $30, but it definitely makes it feel special like the Quintesson Pit.

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Thu Oct 28, 2021 2:11 pm

william-james88 wrote:Got Pulsecon ravage. Lots of love went into that toy.

So you finally got yours!

Are the front legs of the beast mode reversed too?

News Credits: 4 · by **King Kuuga** » Thu Oct 28, 2021 3:49 pm

Got my Ravage. $53 still feels a bit much, $40 would have been a fair price IMO, but it's a solid set. And the legs are reversed on mine.

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Thu Oct 28, 2021 4:23 pm

King Kuuga wrote:Got my Ravage. $53 still feels a bit much, $40 would have been a fair price IMO, but it's a solid set. And the legs are reversed on mine.

Looks like it's indeed a running factory mistake and all copies are like this. At least it's just easily swappable balljoints, not pins.

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Thu Oct 28, 2021 5:05 pm

King Kuuga wrote:Got my Ravage. $53 still feels a bit much, $40 would have been a fair price IMO, but it's a solid set. And the legs are reversed on mine.

Agreed and same for me.

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Thu Oct 28, 2021 5:13 pm

william-james88 wrote:
King Kuuga wrote:Got my Ravage. $53 still feels a bit much, $40 would have been a fair price IMO, but it's a solid set. And the legs are reversed on mine.

Agreed and same for me.

Sure, the set is expensive. But the fact that we paid the same price as the Americans makes me quite forgiving.

Especially compared to the X-Over toys like Draculus.

by **Rogue-Primal** » Thu Oct 28, 2021 5:48 pm

How do you know the legs are reversed? Is this known to happen on cheetor?

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Thu Oct 28, 2021 5:58 pm

Rogue-Primal wrote:How do you know the legs are reversed? Is this known to happen on cheetor?

Instructions.

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Thu Oct 28, 2021 6:01 pm

Rogue-Primal wrote:How do you know the legs are reversed? Is this known to happen on cheetor?

Go see the REVIEW.

News Credits: 4 · by **King Kuuga** » Thu Oct 28, 2021 6:32 pm

Rogue-Primal wrote:How do you know the legs are reversed? Is this known to happen on cheetor?

The legs bend the wrong way.

News Credits: 17 · by **AcademyofDrX** » Fri Oct 29, 2021 12:18 pm

Blaster officially confirmed for Kingdom Wave 5
https://twitter.com/BWTF_Ben/status/145 ... qC2pQ&s=19

"Blaster will be part of a January 1, 2022 (scheduled) "Kingdom" Wave 5. This will hit stores and online retailers with no online advance orders on Pulse planned. #Transformers #toys #actionfigures #Hasbro"

News Credits: 17 · by **AcademyofDrX** » Fri Oct 29, 2021 12:20 pm

Pics included, see his account for more
https://twitter.com/BWTF_Ben/status/145 ... QxcEw&s=19

News Credits: 10 · by **sol magnus** » Fri Oct 29, 2021 12:22 pm

AcademyofDrX wrote:Blaster officially confirmed for Kingdom Wave 5
https://twitter.com/BWTF_Ben/status/145 ... qC2pQ&s=19

"Blaster will be part of a January 1, 2022 (scheduled) "Kingdom" Wave 5. This will hit stores and online retailers with no online advance orders on Pulse planned. #Transformers #toys #actionfigures #Hasbro"

This is Blaster blastin' atcha! Can't wait.

News Credits: 17 · by **AcademyofDrX** » Fri Oct 29, 2021 12:23 pm

Eject features translucent parts as rumored.
https://twitter.com/BWTF_Ben/status/145 ... 9KGlA&s=19

News Credits: 56 · by **o.supreme** » Fri Oct 29, 2021 12:45 pm

Hmm...I could be wrong, but it does appear to be a very heavy Soundwave retool, or at least something shared between them, but unlike TR, Blaster is defintely unique enough to look great on its own. Also including the minicon cassette Eject without up charging is kind of neat. I wonder with the very strict budget allotment for the line they were able to pull that off? Or is it going to be some store exclusive and cost $37 instead of $32 MSRP.

Kind of odd Pulse is not taking pre-orders (But then again, they didn't for Pipes or Slammer either). I'm sure other retailers (BBTS TF Source etc...) will have it up shortly.

At the very least, even if it is in short supply (Ala Siege Astrotrain), then it's already been confirmed to be repackaged in Legacy correct?

News Credits: 10 · by **sol magnus** » Fri Oct 29, 2021 12:50 pm

o.supreme wrote:Hmm...I could be wrong, but it does appear to be a very heavy Soundwave retool, or at least something shared between them, but unlike TR, Blaster is defintely unique enough to look great on its own. Also including the minicon cassette Eject without up charging is kind of neat. I wonder with the very strict budget allotment for the line they were able to pull that off? Or is it going to be some store exclusive and cost $37 instead of $32 MSRP.

Kind of odd Pulse is not taking pre-orders (But then again, they didn't for Pipes or Slammer either). I'm sure other retailers (BBTS TF Source etc...) will have it up shortly.

At the very least, even if it is in short supply (Ala Siege Astrotrain), then it's already been confirmed to be repackaged in Legacy correct?

He looks like a totally new figure that has similar engineering to Soundwave, same as they did back in the 1980s. I don't see a single shared part between them.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Fri Oct 29, 2021 12:51 pm

Ben Yee, TFU.info, Vangelus, and Allspark.com are so far confirmed to have been in the conference call. Wonder who else?

News Credits: 10 · by **sol magnus** » Fri Oct 29, 2021 12:54 pm

Sabrblade wrote:Ben Yee, TFU.info, Vangelus, and Allspark.com are so far confirmed to have been in the conference call. Wonder who else?

What conference call?

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Fri Oct 29, 2021 12:55 pm

sol magnus wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:Ben Yee, TFU.info, Vangelus, and Allspark.com are so far confirmed to have been in the conference call. Wonder who else?

What conference call?

The one that all these Blaster Tweets are about. These guys were in a private conference call with Hasbro where Blaster was unveiled to them.

News Credits: 19 · by **blackeyedprime** » Fri Oct 29, 2021 12:56 pm

I kind of need blaster for my movie figures shelf where as TR Billy can stay with my Headmasters figures. Not so sure on eject though but its not looking as bad as the previous cassettes in the bad photos even with the cthru plastic.

News Credits: 56 · by **o.supreme** » Fri Oct 29, 2021 1:05 pm

sol magnus wrote:He looks like a totally new figure that has similar engineering to Soundwave, same as they did back in the 1980s. I don't see a single shared part between them.

The original Soundwave and Blaster that came from Micro Change Casette Man & Radi-Casse Robo shared absolutely nothing, not even engineering.

You could be right, this Kingdom Blaster could be all new, just something about the backs look similar to me