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First Look and Hands On Video with Legacy Origin Wheeljack

Posted by Emerje Dec 9, 2023 at 12:17am CST 137,703 views
When a YouTuber also gets to help set up the displays at a toy show it also comes with the perks of being able to handle figures early. That's what happened with Ben Custom Toys was able to work the Hasbro booth at Cybertron Con 2023 in Singapore this weekend giving us early access and our first look at the newly revealed Transformers Legacy United Origin Wheeljack. Surpassing expectations, Voyager Wheeljack does not appear to share any parts with the previous Deluxe Origin Jazz and for the most part seems to be on par with the previous Origins releases. As with the previous releases he's expected to be a Target exclusive, but an image of the box shared on Baidu appears to be a normal United box rather than Buzzworthy Bumblebee. The package also shows that much of the alt mode shell can be removed and probably isn't required to be hung off his back.

Also handled in the video are Studio Series Bumblebee Movie Megatron and Rumble, United Tiger Hawk, Thundertron, Animated Optimus Prime, Animated Bumblebee, Cyberverse Windblade, Rescue Bots Chase, Gamer Edition Starscream, 86 Scrapheap, Reactivate Soundwave, Optimus Prime, Bumblebee and Starscream, and closeups of others.



Transformers News: First Look and Hands On Video with Legacy Origin Wheeljack

Transformers News: First Look and Hands On Video with Legacy Origin Wheeljack

Transformers News: First Look and Hands On Video with Legacy Origin Wheeljack

Transformers News: First Look and Hands On Video with Legacy Origin Wheeljack

Transformers News: First Look and Hands On Video with Legacy Origin Wheeljack

Transformers News: First Look and Hands On Video with Legacy Origin Wheeljack

Transformers News: First Look and Hands On Video with Legacy Origin Wheeljack

Transformers News: First Look and Hands On Video with Legacy Origin Wheeljack

Transformers News: First Look and Hands On Video with Legacy Origin Wheeljack
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Comment by -Kanrabat- Dec 9, 2023
That Wheeljack will be a must!

Also, is it just me or it also works as ROTB Pablo's origin?
Re: First Look and Hands On Video with Legacy Origin Wheeljack (view post)
Comment by Dino-Snarl Dec 9, 2023
Honestly love this line. More please ... :BOWDOWN:
Re: First Look and Hands On Video with Legacy Origin Wheeljack (view post)
Comment by Stormshot_Prime Dec 9, 2023
I’ve been waiting for this Wheeljack forever!! He is what I thought the Seige line was going to be about, I was sorely disappointed when we didn’t get our boxy pre-Earth boy. Haven’t snagged Origin Bee yet, but I certainly am gonna try now.
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Comment by Cyber Bishop Dec 9, 2023
I seem to be one of the few that just isn't feeling the box look of this fig. easy pass for me just like Jazz was (yes I skipped origins Jazz).
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Comment by Rodimus Prime Dec 9, 2023
Cyber Bishop wrote:I seem to be one of the few that just isn't feeling the box look of this fig. easy pass for me just like Jazz was (yes I skipped origins Jazz).
I didn't like Jazz either, but this WJ looks pretty good. It'll be an in-hand decision just like Bee was.

Then again, I'm still high from seeing Tidal Wave...
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Comment by Sabrblade Dec 9, 2023
The combining parts for Megatron look a bit tinier than I was expecting.
Re: First Look and Hands On Video with Legacy Origin Wheeljack (view post)
Comment by Rodimus Prime Dec 9, 2023
Sabrblade wrote:The combining parts for Megatron look a bit tinier than I was expecting.
I'm curious if there is enough to make a small version of Tidal Wave's warship alt mode, if not a smaller robot mode.
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Comment by o.supreme Dec 9, 2023
Sabrblade wrote:The combining parts for Megatron look a bit tinier than I was expecting.


I think there was little choice, which is why it was a mistake to make Tidal Wave a Titan in the first place. Should have been CC. Hasbro did their best to serve BOTH purposes, and maybe it will work, but maybe it wont.

Still, I was secretly hoping they'd try to have the entirety of Titan Tidal Wave as weapons for Leader Class Megatron.... :lol:

You can never have enough (starts at 1:10)

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Comment by Rodimus Prime Dec 9, 2023
o.supreme wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:The combining parts for Megatron look a bit tinier than I was expecting.


I think there was little choice, which is why it was a mistake to make Tidal Wave a Titan in the first place. Should have been CC.
If there was a mistake, it was trying to incorporate the dumb combining gimmick in the 1st place. Tidal Wave is much better as a Titan than he would have been as a commander.

But I also would have loved to see the titan try to be weapons for Megatron. They probably even tried and just couldn't make it work.

Or they could have been slick and made a deluxe Ramjet and have that partsform into weapons and armor for Megatron. Win-win-win.
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Comment by Overcracker Dec 9, 2023
Rodimus Prime wrote:
Overcracker wrote:Don’t see Ramjet there. At Titan class, I do expect a Ramjet. Though Metroplex did not get his, I guess it makes sense.
Maybe we'll get it separately like Brunt or Cog. But considering none of the Armada figures got their mini-cons I'm not expecting it. Doesn't matter much.

Tidal Wave will have removable faux parts to combine with Megatron.


It appears there’s an entire Tidalwave in a smaller size, that stores in his torso, and its this that combines with Megs.
Interesting approach.
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Comment by Rodimus Prime Dec 9, 2023
Overcracker wrote:
Rodimus Prime wrote:
Overcracker wrote:Don’t see Ramjet there. At Titan class, I do expect a Ramjet. Though Metroplex did not get his, I guess it makes sense.
Maybe we'll get it separately like Brunt or Cog. But considering none of the Armada figures got their mini-cons I'm not expecting it. Doesn't matter much.

Tidal Wave will have removable faux parts to combine with Megatron.


It appears there’s an entire Tidalwave in a smaller size, that stores in his torso, and its this that combines with Megs.
Interesting approach.
Yes, I noticed yesterday. I wonder if this smaller faux-TW is just parts or if it can form a smaller version of his alt mode warship as well.
Re: First Look and Hands On Video with Legacy Origin Wheeljack (view post)
Comment by bluecatcinema Dec 9, 2023
So the origins set is finally complete.

And that Tidal Wave looks awesome. Though it's pretty obvious there'll be no combo with Legacy Armada Megatron...
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Comment by ZeroWolf Dec 9, 2023
bluecatcinema wrote:So the origins set is finally complete.

And that Tidal Wave looks awesome. Though it's pretty obvious there'll be no combo with Legacy Armada Megatron...

Actually there's a little tidal wave it comes with that's perfect size for the combination.
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Comment by DeathReviews Dec 9, 2023
Hmm. Looking at those things on his arms, it would seem that Wheeljack has become the new "Gears"... The minions never found Origin Jazz, and I expect Origin Wheeljack will be equally hard/impossible to find based on past instances of Hasbro and Target's 'exclusive' offerings. We shall see!

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Comment by Sabrblade Dec 9, 2023
bluecatcinema wrote:And that Tidal Wave looks awesome. Though it's pretty obvious there'll be no combo with Legacy Armada Megatron...
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Comment by -Kanrabat- Dec 9, 2023
DeathReviews wrote:The minions never found Origin Jazz, and I expect Origin Wheeljack will be equally hard/impossible to find based on past instances of Hasbro and Target's 'exclusive' offerings. We shall see!


If it's the same thing in Canada as it in the USA, all of the overflow of the BWBB, Walmart G2, and Pulsecon "exclusives" are finding their way into independent online or brick&mortar geek shops. Just look them up over there.

Or bite the bullet and pay extra shipping to import them from Canada.
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Comment by ZeroWolf Dec 9, 2023
Sabrblade wrote:
bluecatcinema wrote:So the origins set is finally complete.

And that Tidal Wave looks awesome. Though it's pretty obvious there'll be no combo with Legacy Armada Megatron...
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That last photo is the money shot for me. Far better proportioned. I'm also seeing a lot of hinges there, are they solely to fold the components up or is there more going on :-?
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Comment by -Kanrabat- Dec 9, 2023
ZeroWolf wrote:That last photo is the money shot for me. Far better proportioned. I'm also seeing a lot of hinges there, are they solely to fold the components up or is there more going on :-?


It would be very fun and hilarious if the combine parts would be able to transform into a Mini-Me Tidalwave.
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Comment by Rodimus Prime Dec 9, 2023
Sabrblade wrote:Image
Every time I see that shot my very first thought is a flashback to the moment Scorponok jumped out of Blackout's back in the 07 movie. I'm just waiting for TW Jr. to hop out of dad's back. :lol:
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That last photo is the money shot for me. Far better proportioned. I'm also seeing a lot of hinges there, are they solely to fold the components up or is there more going on :-?
Aren't we supposedly getting a whole smaller Tidal Wave? 1 that could be its own bot? So I assume he can transform.
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Comment by chuckdawg1999 Dec 9, 2023
Rodimus Prime wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:Image
Every time I see that shot my very first thought is a flashback to the moment Scorponok jumped out of Blackout's back in the 07 movie. I'm just waiting for TW Jr. to hop out of dad's back. :lol:
Image
That last photo is the money shot for me. Far better proportioned. I'm also seeing a lot of hinges there, are they solely to fold the components up or is there more going on :-?
Aren't we supposedly getting a whole smaller Tidal Wave? 1 that could be its own bot? So I assume he can transform.


Apparently the components that combine with Megatron do not transform or at the very least combine for the carrier mode.
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