In Hand Pictures and Unboxing Video for Transformers Generations Selects G2 Sandstorm and Megatron

Sandstorm looks pretty cool, I'll probably just get him and the original trio and then I'm going to write off buying any more seekers. I can justify getting the same guy three times because I want Skywarp and why not get Starscream to complete the trio if I'm going to be forced to get Thundercracker because he's bundled with my favorite seeker. But I can't justify getting six of the same guy when I don't really care about the coneheads that much (I like Ramjet but Dirge and Thrust are kind of meh to me). So instead I'll just get Sandstorm and he can be my conehead. And Hasbro totally won't be able to rope me into any future seeker repaints.
Nope.
None whatsoever.
I especially wouldn't buy a Nacelle.
Nope.
I have more willpower than that.

Notimus Crime wrote:I have more willpower than that.

I wish I did!!!!


Transformers Club Exclusives G2 Ramjet Gallery

I really want to redo this shot when I finish the rest of the Classics Seekers galleries one day! I think there were 31 total ... but unfortunately no properly done Sunstorm, which has always bummed me out. I could totally go for a 32nd Classics Seeker as Sunstorm. Hell, I'd even be game for the G2 unproduced guys like Sunstorm at this point.

Megatron hits me in the nostalgia a little bit. That mold, though.

Sandstorm looks fantastic. I love the teeth on the nosecone. I wanted it as a Classics Seeker when those were a thing and I want it now. Preordered!

I wonder what a Neo G2 lineup looks like by now. Between Funpub, Combiner Wars and the various other releases it has to look pretty impressive.

Gauntlet101010 wrote:I wonder what a Neo G2 lineup looks like by now. Between Funpub, Combiner Wars and the various other releases it has to look pretty impressive.

Hm ...

I'm reeeal tempted to get that Sandstorm... But $40 seems like a bit much.

Seibertron wrote:

Notimus Crime wrote:I have more willpower than that.

I wish I did!!!!


Transformers Club Exclusives G2 Ramjet Gallery

I really want to redo this shot when I finish the rest of the Classics Seekers galleries one day! I think there were 31 total ... but unfortunately no properly done Sunstorm, which has always bummed me out. I could totally go for a 32nd Classics Seeker as Sunstorm. Hell, I'd even be game for the G2 unproduced guys like Sunstorm at this point.

I guess the Funpub Sunstorm (with Hotlink and Bitstream) isn't your thing?

Annnnnnd Sandstorm's already sold out... So there goes that figure. Hopefully Thrust is at least available for longer

Sentinel_Primal wrote:Annnnnnd Sandstorm's already sold out... So there goes that figure. Hopefully Thrust is at least available for longer

I just ordered him with EE. I have a feeling he'll be available again with Pulse. Red Wing is the only Selects figure that wasn't really easy to get at some point.

Why does the Entertainment Earth pic with Sandstorm and Megatron say "Decepticon Combiner"?

Sabrblade wrote:Why does the Entertainment Earth pic with Sandstorm and Megatron say "Decepticon Combiner"?

Maybe they're just reusing the background art from the G2 Combaticon set of WFC 1.0 Bruticus?

I preordered with BBTS. It still seems available there.

Bounti76 wrote:I guess the Funpub Sunstorm (with Hotlink and Bitstream) isn't your thing?

It's the wrong colors. Sunstorm is supposed to have white instead of black.

Seibertron wrote:

Bounti76 wrote:I guess the Funpub Sunstorm (with Hotlink and Bitstream) isn't your thing?

It's the wrong colors. Sunstorm is supposed to have white instead of black.

Yeah, the whole mix-up with e-HOBBY that inadvertently gave us Red Wing is to blame for that. Otherwise, Fun Pub would have colored that Sunstorm correctly.

Hasbro Pulse is sold out of G2 Sandstorm already, had to go with BBTS.

Since it's not due till February 2021 according to the site I placed a preorder on BBTS even if it's not the ideal price for a Canadian.

The Seekers are that important to me to collect that I'm not gonna lose out on him like I possibly have with Red Wing and Hotlink, I'll cancel the order if a better deal pops up else where.

Seibertron wrote:

Notimus Crime wrote:I have more willpower than that.

I wish I did!!!!


Transformers Club Exclusives G2 Ramjet Gallery

Never feel bad about taking pics of awesome group shots.

Deadput wrote:Since it's not due till February 2021 according to the site I placed a preorder on BBTS even if it's not the ideal price for a Canadian.

The Seekers are that important to me to collect that I'm not gonna lose out on him like I possibly have with Red Wing and Hotlink, I'll cancel the order if a better deal pops up else where.

Hotlink is available here in the States still if you need help getting one.

Seibertron wrote:

Deadput wrote:Since it's not due till February 2021 according to the site I placed a preorder on BBTS even if it's not the ideal price for a Canadian.

The Seekers are that important to me to collect that I'm not gonna lose out on him like I possibly have with Red Wing and Hotlink, I'll cancel the order if a better deal pops up else where.

Hotlink is available here in the States still if you need help getting one.

I get payed on the first of September, I presume you mean on Seibertron Ebay or something?

If Hotlink would still be available then I would appreciate help getting him.

Deadput wrote:

Seibertron wrote:

Deadput wrote:Since it's not due till February 2021 according to the site I placed a preorder on BBTS even if it's not the ideal price for a Canadian.

The Seekers are that important to me to collect that I'm not gonna lose out on him like I possibly have with Red Wing and Hotlink, I'll cancel the order if a better deal pops up else where.

Hotlink is available here in the States still if you need help getting one.

I get payed on the first of September, I presume you mean on Seibertron Ebay or something?

If Hotlink would still be available then I would appreciate help getting him.

I just bought Hotlink from Walmart in-store a few days ago.

One thing I just noticed.....Sandstorm has the G1 Decepticon symbol on him, and Megatron has the G2 Decepticon symbol. Shouldn't they both be G2 symbols?

Sabrblade wrote:

Deadput wrote:

Seibertron wrote:

Deadput wrote:Since it's not due till February 2021 according to the site I placed a preorder on BBTS even if it's not the ideal price for a Canadian.

The Seekers are that important to me to collect that I'm not gonna lose out on him like I possibly have with Red Wing and Hotlink, I'll cancel the order if a better deal pops up else where.

Hotlink is available here in the States still if you need help getting one.

I get payed on the first of September, I presume you mean on Seibertron Ebay or something?

If Hotlink would still be available then I would appreciate help getting him.

I just bought Hotlink from Walmart in-store a few days ago.

I haven't been lucky in my city with the few times I've actually been able to go out since the whole pandemic unfortunately, that and I've been recovering finances for a little bit so I wasn't able to jump the gun on deals until this month.

Deadput wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Deadput wrote:

Seibertron wrote:

Deadput wrote:Since it's not due till February 2021 according to the site I placed a preorder on BBTS even if it's not the ideal price for a Canadian.

The Seekers are that important to me to collect that I'm not gonna lose out on him like I possibly have with Red Wing and Hotlink, I'll cancel the order if a better deal pops up else where.

Hotlink is available here in the States still if you need help getting one.

I get payed on the first of September, I presume you mean on Seibertron Ebay or something?

If Hotlink would still be available then I would appreciate help getting him.

I just bought Hotlink from Walmart in-store a few days ago.

I haven't been lucky in my city with the few times I've actually been able to go out since the whole pandemic unfortunately, that and I've been recovering finances for a little bit so I wasn't able to jump the gun on deals until this month.

Well, he should still be out there. All of them should. Except Scrapface, he's the only hard one to find. But the rest are pretty much shelfwarmers and pegwarmers at this point.

Sabrblade wrote:Well, he should still be out there. All of them should. Except Scrapface, he's the only hard one to find. But the rest are pretty much shelfwarmers and pegwarmers at this point.

I'll see If I can find them next time I'm out before I try online stuff, the Netflix figures that have been released that I'm looking to grab are Hotlink, Mirage, 1 Scrapface and maybe Megatron depending on how I feel if I see him in person.

Sad to hear about Scrapface though, I suppose that with him being a "new character" with a vastly different color scheme compared to the other Netflix sets it only makes sense.

Deadput wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Well, he should still be out there. All of them should. Except Scrapface, he's the only hard one to find. But the rest are pretty much shelfwarmers and pegwarmers at this point.

I'll see If I can find them next time I'm out before I try online stuff, the Netflix figures that have been released that I'm looking to grab are Hotlink, Mirage, 1 Scrapface and maybe Megatron depending on how I feel if I see him in person.

Sad to hear about Scrapface though, I suppose that with him being a "new character" with a vastly different color scheme compared to the other Netflix sets it only makes sense.

And he's shortpacked.

I managed to find only one only once and never saw him again.

Sabrblade wrote:And he's shortpacked.

I managed to find only one only once and never saw him again.

Huh

You would think that they would prefer to have more of the guy marketed to make a camera with 3 in a case.

Deadput wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:And he's shortpacked.

I managed to find only one only once and never saw him again.

Huh

You would think that they would prefer to have more of the guy marketed to make a camera with 3 in a case.

Camera mode is not advertised for Scrapface.

Sabrblade wrote:Camera mode is not advertised for Scrapface.

Makes sense.

Well that's cool. I'm not interested in either of these, but this presumably opens up a couple more surprises for the 3 remaining TF Tuesdays. Roritchi will be one of them..... But looks like we have 2 unknowns now. I enjoy surprises

Sandstorms a want, always like shark faces on a plane. I might skip G2 megatron to save money with having the orig figure.

I feel Sandstobrm's weapons should have been black instead. And after looking at images of G2 Megatron his feel are okay BUT his hands should have matched the paint on his feet after all.

I think G2 Megatron was a missed opportunity. He could have been all green (BWII Megastorm) with a sticker set to make him G2 Megatron for those that wanted to.

WiseMan wrote:I think G2 Megatron was a missed opportunity. He could have been all green (BWII Megastorm) with a sticker set to make him G2 Megatron for those that wanted to.

That's because Takara Tomy Mail will release a Megastorm of their own. Just you wait.

WiseMan wrote:I think G2 Megatron was a missed opportunity. He could have been all green (BWII Megastorm) with a sticker set to make him G2 Megatron for those that wanted to.

Megastorm wasn't all-green, he had camo too, but it was olive camo.

Hrmmm, not sure whether to print the speculation here, or in Kingdom proper, but it seems odd because while several of the BW molds were reused (in both show and non show characters), I'm not sure if we will see them in selects or not, also the opportunity to revisit past botcon entries because of the unusual way these are being released. So far... Selects have all been deluxe, Voyager, or the occasional leader. I was thniking Packrat from Rattrap would be a slam dunk, but he is the smaller size class, so probably not. Also Fractyl or Laserbeak from Terrorsaur, but oddly enough, Terrorsaur isn't anywhere on the list.

Then the obvious ones. There is BA, but no Tarantulas. Cheetor & Tigatron are different sizes, so obviously different toys, probably Shadow panther will be a Cheetor repaint though.

At any rate, it seems like the Selects line is getting more entries, (at least during ER) not less, and are no longer tied to a specific line, although repaints of the current line make the most sense, which is a good thing. I'm hoping Hasbro/TT use Selects as an opportunity in the future to focus on more original series characters that haven't had a proper release since before 2015 because Kingdom is focusing mostly on BW.

o.supreme wrote:At any rate, it seems like the Selects line is getting more entries, (at least during ER) not less, and are no longer tied to a specific line,

What do you mean? Selects has always accompanied whatever the current Generations line is. The first two Selects releases were for Power of the Primes, then we got a lot of Siege ones, and soon we'll be getting Earthrise ones.

o.supreme wrote:So far... Selects have all been deluxe, Voyager, or the occasional leader. I was thinking Packrat from Rattrap would be a slam dunk, but he is the smaller size class, so probably not.

Technically we did get Selects Micromasters in the form of the cassettes, they just put 2 pairs in the box to bump it up to Deluxe price. Core class is replacing the Micromasters price point, so 2 Cores in a box would lead to the same result, and given how Hasbro has been repainting all their partsforming gimmick bots at least once in this trilogy and there's 2 Fossilizers in Core class, plus a tiny Starscream they could crank out repaints of, I wouldn't necessarily write Packrat off yet.

Sabrblade wrote:

o.supreme wrote:At any rate, it seems like the Selects line is getting more entries, (at least during ER) not less, and are no longer tied to a specific line,

What do you mean? Selects has always accompanied whatever the current Generations line is. The first two Selects releases were for Power of the Primes, then we got a lot of Siege ones, and soon we'll be getting Earthrise ones.

As in, made from Earthrise molds, but not labeled as "Earthrise": they're labeled as "War for Cybertron Trilogy" instead.

wow sold out fast

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:As in, made from Earthrise molds, but not labeled as "Earthrise": they're labeled as "War for Cybertron Trilogy" instead.

Exactly. It also gives them freedom if they wanted (as TT has shown) to use older concepts to release new toys

We need to have the quote "Peace Through Tyranny" for this Megs either from / or Toyhax...'nuff said!

Nemesis Destron wrote:We need to have the quote "Peace Through Tyranny" for this Megs either from / or Toyhax...'nuff said!

Funnily enough, it would work for both Megatron and Megastorm because that sticker was carried over without changes

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:

Nemesis Destron wrote:We need to have the quote "Peace Through Tyranny" for this Megs either from / or Toyhax...'nuff said!

Funnily enough, it would work for both Megatron and Megastorm because that sticker was carried over without changes

Oh wow!!!

To be frank, I was surprised yet not at G2 Sandstorm. I'm very aware Hasbro can be "cheeky" with that sorta thing, but I never know when they're planning a magic trick like that.

Oh, Smokescreen's preorder came and went, huh? Guess I'll have to buy it at stupid prices. Geez.

Edit: Never mind, I'm just getting confused.

Is the Head issue on Megatron fixed in Earthrise ?

This is definitely how I intend to pose G2 Megatron.


Being able to do that with his tank canon will set him apart that little bit more from the other WFC Megatrons.

Usually I miss out out Pulse pre-orders because I'm sleeping in the middle of the day, but this is the first time I missed out on a figure because I was doing a night shift (Sandstorm). Oh well, Friday night I was still able to get Megatron on Pulse from my phone while I was on break and Sandstorm on BBTS (even though Pulse was still saying to pre-order and then removing it on checkout ).

I like this little G2 revival hidden inside Generations, makes me wish I picked up more G2 Combiner Wars sets while they were only $100.

Emerje

I still feel Bug Bite should have been Earthrise Bumblebee mold...hello? It's a VW bug...Bug Bite!

Nemesis Destron wrote:I still feel Bug Bite should have been Earthrise Bumblebee mold...hello? It's a VW bug...Bug Bite!

Apparently it's because Hasbro can't use the mold for them due to the way VW views war products and thus can't use the mold for an evil character.

So it's less of a "they chose not to" but rather a "they can't do so even if they wanted to"

Nemesis Destron wrote:I still feel Bug Bite should have been Earthrise Bumblebee mold...hello? It's a VW bug...Bug Bite!

The first TF Bug Bite wasn't a VW Bug either, but rather a hatchback Eh, what's in a name... Also, is the Bumblebee mold actually licensed? That would be a first since RiD 2001 Side Burn

Bombshell0001 wrote:Is the Head issue on Megatron fixed in Earthrise ?

Supposedly fixed with the 35th Anniversary one.

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:Also, is the Bumblebee mold actually licensed? That would be a first since RiD 2001 Side Burn

Alternators? Alternity? Some of the MPs? The recent Walmart reissue of Bumblebee?