Super7 Ultimates Wave 3 Gives us Another Non-Transforming Tarn and Alligaticon

And here I just recently tracked down a Junkion Blacksmith Optimus Prime headmaster to fully turn my Poison Dragon Skullcruncher KO into a "What if the Autobots had just decided to roll with Alligatormus Prime?" custom. Of course the colors don't quite match, and he's not complete until I find that Matrix sticker and put it under his tech-spec cover.

I was hoping one of G2 Megs' accessories would be the protoplasm stripper with an in scale Dr. Biggles Jones. Still might get him though.

NICKEL

I'm also excited for Nickel

While I'm glad for a (relatively) more accessible Tarn - with Nickel as a bonus! -, I can't help but be amused that the character portrayed as so addicted to transformation he keeps burning through T-Cogs...has so far only non-transformable figures.

True, that character trait didn't play that big a part after his introduction, but still.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

MaximalNui wrote:While I'm glad for a (relatively) more accessible Tarn - with Nickel as a bonus! -, I can't help but be amused that the character portrayed as so addicted to transformation he keeps burning through T-Cogs...has so far only non-transformable figures.

True, that character trait didn't play that big a part after his introduction, but still.

It's torturous. I keep hoping Cyberverse will give us a transforming toy of him. The iron is so strong!

It's over my friend, Cyberverse is over.

Those are basically MP Action Masters.
But the line works very well for pretenders too.

I pre-ordered Bludgeon and I hope a Thunderwing is in the works.

Hell yeah, I want these. I doubt they will, but I would love to see a Treadshot one and put it next to my G1 one!

william-james88 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:Those are basically MP Action Masters.
But the line works very well for pretenders too.

I pre-ordered Bludgeon and I hope a Thunderwing is in the works.

I wouldn't call them MP with their limited articulation.

MP-ish?

Hmm, unsure on these in hand shots. They look pretty good, but I was hoping for a bit more shoulder movement, and it looks a little weird in person? Starscream in particular came out looking odd.

I plan to get Tarn. I'm still thinking on Banzaitron and Bludgeon, but not sure with the price tag on those ones yet

For me, this line and RED just miss the mark for the most part. Making better Action Masters is a nice idea, but any TF really has to transform.

The Aligaticon is the only one of these kind of figures that's tempting. I have a 3rd party one, though, and I'm happy with that for this kind of character. They'd have to get that level of niche. Maybe I'd get more Quintessons.

I opened up my Banzai-tron, and he's basically exactly what I was looking for, a scaled-up Action Master. The articulation is more limited than I was expecting, but I think that's mostly due to the priority on the sculpt, which I can't find fault with. It still has the basics down, and I'm not planning to do anything too wild with him. I'm only getting one figure per wave, and due to the cost and the figure style, I think that's a good fit for my collection.

For those curious about scale, he's almost exactly the same height as Siege Megatron, just a smidge taller. His humanoid proportions are a little oversized--he has a bigger head, and some of his body segments are larger--so he feels scaled a little bigger even when he's not taller. He'll stand out in a Generations collection for his design much more than for his size.