List of Global Retailers to carry the X-Men Transformers Collaboration Figure with New Preorders

Just waiting for a coupon from Target to come along. $10 off $50+ would be perfect.

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Well, that one horrible looking and absurdly EXPENSIVE toy.

Still, any Canadian who want the damn thing can preorder it at E.B. Games for a whopping 90$CAN plus taxes.

https://www.ebgames.ca/Toys-Collectible ... ader-class

Will this sucker spawn all over the place like Gigawatt?

partholon wrote:WHOO HOO !

Just seen that this is up to go on sale in SMYTHS in Ireland circa March - so i presume it the same in the UK TOO.

https://www.smythstoys.com/ie/en-ie/toy ... e/p/197048

NOW its worth remembering smyths have a history of slapping up characters on their site that in the end DONT hit the shelves BUT it is a good sign that we may get this on our side of the Atlantic a bit more freely than others.

its a hefty price tag at €85 though !

Yeah the international prices have been rough on this guy

Completely forgot about this figure

I find it tempting since I like the 90s X-Men. Even with the price.

Mine came in the mail today! Not particularly pleased it got banged up. But I'm not in the reselling market anytime soon and I'm sure I'm going to open it down the line.

Fans are either getting shipping notices of the Transformers x Uncanny X-Men Collaboration figure called Ultimate X-Spanse. Fans are already taking images so below you'll see a bunch of in hand images. They come from TF fan JD who posted them on Facebook.

They show just how different this toy is to Studio Series Jetfire, making it look like a completely new mold practically. Are you still waiting for yours and if not, will you be getting it? Let us know!

This post will focus on the altmode, especially in comparison to SS Jetfire, who he shares surprisingly few parts, almost all of them from the central fuselage panels. I can't attest as to the altmode's accuracy, having not seen the X-Men cartoon in question, but it does compare rather favorably with Jetfire as a more cartoony, stylized take on the iconic SR-71 silhouette.

X-guy is slightly shorter than Jetfire in length, due to the blunter nose. You can also see nearly every shared part, almost all of them part of the kibble backpack. There's the fuselage tail, the central fuselage and it's two 'wings', the shoulder wings, the vertical tailfins and the chunk of fuselage between the wings and the nose. Not seen is the connector that lets the central fuselage fold over the tail panel.

He's noticeably less hefty than Jetfire in hand, owing to having significantly less robot undercarriage. Not having a giant bobblehead, hunchback, and digitigrade legs will do that. This results in a much cleaner undercarriage, both from below and the side.



Probably the biggest real weak point of the figure is the side wings. The friction pegs holding them on aren't as good as they need to be. They wobble in place when touched, and pop off very easily when pressure is put against them. Fortunately, this same flaw means they are easy to reattach. Again, this might be a qc thing on my copy, but that remains to be seen.

Now for the accessories. He comes with 5 accessories: two pink blast effects compatible with 5mm ports (but not 3mm pegs like wfc blasts) resembling psyonic copies of Psylocke's psiblade and Wolverine's claws respectively, two plastic slugs of Wolverine and Sabretooth, and a small piece resembling Psylocke's 'psionic butterfly' aura. I didn't bother photographing anything other than the blast effects, because there isn't anything the stock photos don't show that's worth/easily photographable. The figurines are flexible enough that I suspect they are molded from the same pink flexplastic as the blast effects. but given that they are literally completely coated in paint, this is unverifiable without doing irreversible damage. Despite resembling the aura that surrounds Psylocke's face, the small plastic piece is too small to do the same for X-guy, and is only good as a belt for the slugs, as seen in stock photos. I also did not bother photographing the packaging or instructions.

The blast effects are meant to tab in to 5mm ports on the back of each hand. His hands themselves are not sculpted in a way that lets him hold weapons. Due to the pliable plastic used, the effects are uncooperative in being pegged in anywhere. Also of note is the correct orientation of the arm panels, mistransformed in stock photos.

There is storage for the two blast effects in both modes. In altmode, there are two 5mm ports in the armpits where the instructions tell you to put them. There are also 2 5mm holes on each foot, allowing for these or wfc effects to be used as thruster fire. (not shown) There are also 3mm holes on the side of each effect, allowing them to peg onto the 3mm posts on the landing gear at his waist.


All in all, a fairly large and fairly respectable leader class figure, with above and beyond articulation, marred by qc issues. If you were able to get him at discount for standard leader price or below as I was, it is definitely worthwhile. Whether it is worth the 30% Collaborative markup is up to personal preference.

Thanks for the review!
Look pretty decent but yeah, worth normal leader price max.

I had one on preorder via Target but it got canceled a few months ago because it wouldn’t let me change my card info since I had gotten a new card afterwards. Oh well, maybe I can find one in stores, but then again it’s Target...