More Details on New Transformers Premium Finish Lines and Comparison Images with Non Premium Figures
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We also see that the plan is to release one figure from each line per month starting in October 2021. While this initiative is started by Takara, they may be available through Hasbro Pulse or other venues in the west as previous Takara "exclusive" were.
We've received some details of the coming up Transformers Premium Finish (PF) Series. This will be the original Japanese series, by selective of characters from two popular series: "Studio Series" & "War for Cybertron". The PF will add original premium paint details to make it as close to the screen accurate as possible. The first two release will be SS Bumblebee from Bumblebee Movie & Optimus Prime from the Netflix WFC Trilogy. Premium Finish will start release in coming October and will have 2 characters release in each month until March 2022 which means total of 12 characters (6 each).
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Posted by -Kanrabat- on May 13th, 2021 @ 8:46am CDT
Posted by ZeroWolf on May 13th, 2021 @ 8:50am CDT
-Kanrabat- wrote:If I squint pass the GIANT WATERMARKS I can see some differences with the Optimus. Bee however, is just the same damn picture with lower contrast.
The best comparison is in Bee's head, they've added more paint for his eyes
Posted by Brutal brawl on May 13th, 2021 @ 9:03am CDT
last one is earthrise wheeljack, it has the same image as the website
Posted by Nemesis Reformatted on May 13th, 2021 @ 9:04am CDT
I wonder if they'll ever stop pushing Optimus Prime & Bumblebee on us. I wish they would stop trying to turn Optimus Prime & Bumblebee into Batman & Robin. They've been pushing Bumblebee hard since 2007, enough is enough already!
Gauntlet101010 wrote:Well, if there's ever a time to start saying no and changing collecting habits it's with this line.
I've already been doing that with Kingdom. And with more price hikes coming....
Posted by william-james88 on May 13th, 2021 @ 9:15am CDT
-Kanrabat- wrote:If I squint pass the GIANT WATERMARKS I can see some differences with the Optimus. Bee however, is just the same damn picture with lower contrast.
It's the opposite for me, that Bee seems to have all the differences. Look at the lower arms and lower legs. The detail is all painted now, it looks really good.
Posted by william-james88 on May 13th, 2021 @ 9:18am CDT
Nemesis Reformatted wrote:I wonder if they'll ever stop pushing Optimus Prime & Bumblebee on us. I wish they would stop trying to turn Optimus Prime & Bumblebee into Batman & Robin.
Great comparison. Would DC ever stop pushing Batman on us? Don't think so.
But I don't see what the issue is. It means that even though we are comparing 35 year old characters to 80 year old ones, in the eyes of today's kids, both are as popular. That is an amazing achievement for the Transformers brand we love so much.
Posted by william-james88 on May 13th, 2021 @ 9:21am CDT
Brutal brawl wrote:https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fhasbropulse.com%2Fproducts%2Ftransformers-generations-war-for-cybertron-deluxe-wfc-e6-wheeljack-action-figure&psig=AOvVaw3b3wFsCzDWOi8KvCBIaGow&ust=1621000851814000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAIQjRxqFwoTCIDfuZrnxvACFQAAAAAdAAAAABAD
last one is earthrise wheeljack, it has the same image as the website
They are all replicating poses of the previous stock images so we can guess quite a bit of them along with that wheeljack. So far we have:
SS
1: Bee
2.
3. Ratchet
4: 07 Megatron
5:
6: Shockwave
WFC
1. Optimus
2. Megatron
3.
4.
5.
6. Wheeljack
Posted by Spider5800 on May 13th, 2021 @ 10:05am CDT
william-james88 wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:If I squint pass the GIANT WATERMARKS I can see some differences with the Optimus. Bee however, is just the same damn picture with lower contrast.
It's the opposite for me, that Bee seems to have all the differences. Look at the lower arms and lower legs. The detail is all painted now, it looks really good.
Yeah, same here, the 'Bee looks like the one with the extra paint, added to his head, arms, face and ankles. Optimus looks like they just made his battle damage darker on his thighs, put some cracks on the windshield, and called it a day. Not seeing the huge differences on that one.
william-james88 wrote:They are all replicating poses of the previous stock images so we can guess quite a bit of them along with that wheeljack. So far we have:
SS
1: Bee
2.
3. Ratchet
4: 07 Megatron
5:
6: Shockwave
WFC
1. Optimus
2. Megatron
3.
4.
5.
6. Wheeljack
Gonna be shocked if movie Optimus isn't on that list somewhere. Which means the usual suspects are probably left for the remaining movie slot (Ironhide, Jazz or Starscream).
WFC could be more interesting, but there's a good chance Starscream takes one of those slots (because there's ALWAYS a seeker mold anymore), and probably a high chance of Soundwave or Shockwave taking one of the others. Really just a question of which popular Autobot(s) have a chance (Ironhide, Ratchet, 'Bee, Mirage, etc).
No movie Wheeljack yet, so I don't think they're going to just mirror casts between the two lines...
Posted by ZeroWolf on May 13th, 2021 @ 10:36am CDT
Nemesis Reformatted wrote:All I want is for somebody to make VENOM, BARRAGE, RANSACK & CHOP SHOP. But they'd rather waste time with this kind of thing.
I wonder if they'll ever stop pushing Optimus Prime & Bumblebee on us. I wish they would stop trying to turn Optimus Prime & Bumblebee into Batman & Robin. They've been pushing Bumblebee hard since 2007, enough is enough already!Gauntlet101010 wrote:Well, if there's ever a time to start saying no and changing collecting habits it's with this line.
I've already been doing that with Kingdom. And with more price hikes coming....
They push Bee because he sells, otherwise they wouldn't bother making something they know wouldn't sell.
Posted by EvasionModeBumblebee on May 13th, 2021 @ 11:06am CDT
Studio Series:
1. VW Bumblebee
2. 1976 Camaro Bumblebee (This one is a little more ambiguous, I've seen someone claim it's BB Prime)
3. 07 Megatron
4. Ratchet
5. SS-32 Optimus Prime
6. Jetfire
WFC (All appear to be Siege except Wheeljack)
1. Optimus Prime
2. Megatron
3. Ultra Magnus
4. Soundwave
5. Springer
6. Wheeljack
Interested to see what 1976 Bee, Ratchet, and SS Prime will look like!
Posted by Spider5800 on May 13th, 2021 @ 1:06pm CDT
Posted by william-james88 on May 13th, 2021 @ 1:58pm CDT
Spider5800 wrote:Bleh, going to be really disappointed if they put multiple 'Bees in the movie line. This is already looking kind of meh, at least give us unique characters or molds that are harder to obtain now.
Yeah, that's how I feel "movie the best" won many over. Not only were they the best painted toys yet but they were also toys some of us had trouble getting for a good price like Buster Prime and HA Soundwave.
Posted by Mindmaster on May 13th, 2021 @ 2:06pm CDT
Posted by M. Spector on May 13th, 2021 @ 3:31pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on May 13th, 2021 @ 6:17pm CDT
Wishful thinking would be Takara retooling the chest to be Movie 1 accurate since it was just ROTF Megatron's chest, but I doubt it.M. Spector wrote:The thing I miss curious about is, how much more fancy will 07 Megs be?? I have the SS one so far and think it's the bomb diggity!
Posted by -Kanrabat- on May 13th, 2021 @ 6:18pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Wishful thinking would be Takara retooling the chest to be Movie 1 accurate since it was just ROTF Megatron's chest, but I doubt it.M. Spector wrote:The thing I miss curious about is, how much more fancy will 07 Megs be?? I have the SS one so far and think it's the bomb diggity!
If they'd did that, they'd have my money.
But I highly doubt they ever will.
No 3P upgrade kit either.
Posted by Sammythekat on May 13th, 2021 @ 9:27pm CDT
Spider5800 wrote:william-james88 wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:If I squint pass the GIANT WATERMARKS I can see some differences with the Optimus. Bee however, is just the same damn picture with lower contrast.
It's the opposite for me, that Bee seems to have all the differences. Look at the lower arms and lower legs. The detail is all painted now, it looks really good.
Yeah, same here, the 'Bee looks like the one with the extra paint, added to his head, arms, face and ankles. Optimus looks like they just made his battle damage darker on his thighs, put some cracks on the windshield, and called it a day. Not seeing the huge differences on that one.
with prime, it looks like they made all the grey this yellowish cream color, added the darker cracks/damage to his thighs, and completely changed his window color from blue to lime green, something the threezero toy did.
Posted by Emerje on May 14th, 2021 @ 12:39am CDT
Emerje
Posted by -Kanrabat- on May 14th, 2021 @ 3:30am CDT
Look like they are far from done with the Tetrajets!
Posted by TF-fan kev777 on May 14th, 2021 @ 7:27am CDT
-Kanrabat- wrote:Siege Sandstorm it seems.
Look like they are far from done with the Tetrajets!
Oh Hasbro. On the one hand, yay another tetrajet!!! On the other hand, where the hell is Bitstream and Sunstorm!!!
Posted by Sabrblade on May 14th, 2021 @ 9:10am CDT
It's a heavily desaturated Nova Storm.Emerje wrote:BBTS has opened orders. Who's this?
Emerje
It's to make him look dead after the blow. The desaturated pic comes from TTM, while Dengeki Hobby used this unedited photo.
Posted by -Kanrabat- on May 14th, 2021 @ 1:47pm CDT
Posted by -Kanrabat- on May 14th, 2021 @ 4:25pm CDT
Thanks to the Canadian store Age 3 & Up we now have Canadian prices for both the Premium Finish Bumblebee and Optimus Prime. We also have a HUGE lot of CLEAR pictures that are unobstructed by any obnoxious watermarks.
First, we got the Optimus Prime on preorder at 70$CAN. He's based on the voyager Siege mold and he come with his gun and his axe weapon accessory that can also be a shield. Notable differences with the regular release are his green and cracked windshield, plus more battle-worn details. Feast your eyes on the pictures below!
Next is Bumblebee on preorder for 45$CAN, based on the Studio Series 18 Bee Movie Bumblebee. This Bumblebee come with all the accessories of the original SS18 version. Notable difference in deco is a more "natural" yellow color scheme with more mechanical details highlighted in metal paints of various colors. Look how surprisingly well it turn out with the following pictures!
What do you think of these releases? Are you exited for these fancier toys, or is it just "more of the same"?
Please leave a comment below!
Posted by Overcracker on May 14th, 2021 @ 4:44pm CDT
-Kanrabat- wrote:Greetings Seibertronians!
Thanks to the Canadian store Age 3 & Up we now have Canadian prices for both the Premium Finish Bumblebee and Optimus Prime. We also have a HUGE lot of CLEAR pictures that are unobstructed by any obnoxious watermarks.
First, we got the Optimus Prime on preorder at 70$CAN. He's based on the voyager Siege mold and he come with his gun and his axe weapon accessory that can also be a shield. Notable differences with the regular release are his green and cracked windshield, plus more battle-worn details. Feast your eyes on the pictures below!
Next is Bumblebee on preorder for 45$CAN, based on the Studio Series 18 Bee Movie Bumblebee. This Bumblebee come with all the accessories of the original SS18 version. Notable difference in deco is a more "natural" yellow color scheme with more mechanical details highlighted in metal paints of various colors. Look how surprisingly well it turn out with the following pictures!
What do you think of these releases? Are you exited for these fancier toys, or is it just "more of the same"?
Please leave a comment below!
Whoever setup Prime, clearly has no idea how an axe is supposed to be held. Why would you attack with the spike at the back, rather than the full blade.
Anyway, bee looks nice, makes me want a Premium Finish Camaro Bee now.
Posted by -Kanrabat- on May 14th, 2021 @ 4:56pm CDT
Overcracker wrote:Anyway, bee looks nice, makes me want a Premium Finish Camaro Bee now.
Bee look more than nice. Now that I can see SOMETHING with the pictures, the differences are stellar with against the regular release. So much paint details added in both the car mode and the bot mode! Plus the price difference is not much considering deluxes are now 33$CAN. So, 12$ more is not much. A bummer that I'll have to pay the 14$CAN of shipping but eh.
I always skipped on the original because it look so cheap. But THAT Bee was an instant preorder for me.
As for the Optimus, big WUT on that 70$CAN price tag. Even if voyagers are now 45$CAN, that's a whopping 25$CAN extra. Plus that Optimus don't add much from the many, many re-releases of that mold.
Posted by william-james88 on May 14th, 2021 @ 8:47pm CDT
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on May 14th, 2021 @ 9:53pm CDT
Overcracker wrote:Whoever setup Prime, clearly has no idea how an axe is supposed to be held. Why would you attack with the spike at the back, rather than the full blade.
That spike is for piercing armor, while the main blade is for heavy slicing, something that armor may be able to resist. The total force between the two may be same, but the pressure (force per square inch) is greater with the spike.
Anyway, bee looks nice, makes me want a Premium Finish Camaro Bee now.
Which year?
william-james88 wrote:The Bee mold wont be improved though, so it means it will be just as unpleasant to transform.
Hopefully better to pose with improved tolerances.
Posted by -Kanrabat- on May 15th, 2021 @ 12:49am CDT
william-james88 wrote:The Bee mold wont be improved though, so it means it will be just as unpleasant to transform.
That, I'm well aware. After seeing Emgo's video review, the only unpleasant part is to deal with the top shell of the car. Appart that, it doesn't seem too bad.
Posted by william-james88 on May 15th, 2021 @ 8:47pm CDT
-Kanrabat- wrote:william-james88 wrote:The Bee mold wont be improved though, so it means it will be just as unpleasant to transform.
That, I'm well aware. After seeing Emgo's video review, the only unpleasant part is to deal with the top shell of the car. Appart that, it doesn't seem too bad.
That's right, but it was more than enough for me to hate.
Posted by Emerje on May 16th, 2021 @ 12:10am CDT
Sabrblade wrote:It's a heavily desaturated Nova Storm.
That's such a strange thing to do. Nobody is going to care if he looks dead and there is that other dark yellow Seeker in the show that looks a little like this. You'd think they'd realize that pic would just cause confusion.
Anyway, decided to go with BBTS, the price is only slightly higher than AmiAmi and for some reason Amazon Japan isn't reducing prices like they usually do.
Emerje
Posted by william-james88 on May 16th, 2021 @ 10:02pm CDT
Emerje wrote:Sabrblade wrote:It's a heavily desaturated Nova Storm.
That's such a strange thing to do. Nobody is going to care if he looks dead and there is that other dark yellow Seeker in the show that looks a little like this. You'd think they'd realize that pic would just cause confusion.
Anyway, decided to go with BBTS, the price is only slightly higher than AmiAmi and for some reason Amazon Japan isn't reducing prices like they usually do.
Emerje
The reduced Amazon japan prices sometimes only kick in a week later
Posted by Emerje on May 17th, 2021 @ 12:15am CDT
william-james88 wrote:Emerje wrote:Sabrblade wrote:It's a heavily desaturated Nova Storm.
That's such a strange thing to do. Nobody is going to care if he looks dead and there is that other dark yellow Seeker in the show that looks a little like this. You'd think they'd realize that pic would just cause confusion.
Anyway, decided to go with BBTS, the price is only slightly higher than AmiAmi and for some reason Amazon Japan isn't reducing prices like they usually do.
Emerje
The reduced Amazon japan prices sometimes only kick in a week later
Yeah, but usually they wont take international orders until then, and they're currently taking orders. We'll see.
Emerje
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on May 19th, 2021 @ 8:38pm CDT
Posted by -Kanrabat- on May 19th, 2021 @ 10:09pm CDT
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I'm not really interested in this line yet, but I am curious to see what ends up in here and what it looks like.
No interests because you already own the molds, or the molds are not interesting enough to pay extra?
On my end, I skipped on SS18 because it looked too bland but this version here is just what I needed.
Posted by Wolfman Jake on May 20th, 2021 @ 9:41am CDT
Soundwave would be interesting, but only if it’s the Netflix mold with better paint apps, like restoring the red pin stripes on his batteries and wrists and color matching his yellow/gold paint on his chest and tape door. Or, if he comes with a Buzzsaw figure at last. I hope Wheeljack’s Netflix version is already close enough to the show that his Premium Finish figure will instead feature a brighter white plastic, his correct racing numbers, and more sponsorship logos and paint details to really make it “premium.” I’d also love a redo of Springer, even if still the Siege mold, without battle damage and with a few more G1 screen accurate touches and on-model color choices, like gray instead of bluish gray plastic, but I’m not getting my hopes up.
Posted by alekese on May 21st, 2021 @ 12:16pm CDT
Posted by william-james88 on May 21st, 2021 @ 6:01pm CDT
alekese wrote:Premium finish Bee and optimus preorders went up on pulse today, June 3 estimate, $35 bee, $54 optimus.
YOWSE
Posted by TF-fan kev777 on May 21st, 2021 @ 6:55pm CDT
Edit: Actually seeing the price of deluxe and voyager, the rest of the line is also "no way in hell" for me.
Posted by Sowndwave76 on May 22nd, 2021 @ 12:03pm CDT
The decos... I can't decide if I think they're boring... Or just lame.
It's going to be very interesting to see how long this line lasts.
Posted by -Kanrabat- on May 22nd, 2021 @ 3:26pm CDT
Sowndwave76 wrote:I wouldn't buy any of these figures even if the price wasn't ridiculous...
The decos... I can't decide if I think they're boring... Or just lame.
It's going to be very interesting to see how long this line lasts.
Maybe for Optimus. But if you genuinely say that Bee's paint is "lazy" and "boring", you're not paying attention at all.
Posted by Sowndwave76 on May 22nd, 2021 @ 4:16pm CDT
-Kanrabat- wrote:Sowndwave76 wrote:I wouldn't buy any of these figures even if the price wasn't ridiculous...
The decos... I can't decide if I think they're boring... Or just lame.
It's going to be very interesting to see how long this line lasts.
Maybe for Optimus. But if you genuinely say that Bee's paint is "lazy" and "boring", you're not paying attention at all.
It looks better than the previous version. So if that means it's 1-2 steps above "lazy" or "boring", cool, I guess.
Posted by Nemesis Reformatted on May 23rd, 2021 @ 4:03am CDT
william-james88 wrote:Nemesis Reformatted wrote:I wonder if they'll ever stop pushing Optimus Prime & Bumblebee on us. I wish they would stop trying to turn Optimus Prime & Bumblebee into Batman & Robin.
Great comparison. Would DC ever stop pushing Batman on us? Don't think so.
But I don't see what the issue is. It means that even though we are comparing 35 year old characters to 80 year old ones, in the eyes of today's kids, both are as popular. That is an amazing achievement for the Transformers brand we love so much.
The issue is that Transformers is about 2 massive armies. Not just 1 character. Same with GI Joe. GI Joe is about 2 armies, not just 1 character Snake Eyes. If DC wants to push Batman that's fine, Batman is just 1 character. But even if Snake Eyes, Wolverine & Bumblebee are popular, that doesn't mean they have to take over the entire franchise. They all became popular as members of a team & they should stay that way. We don't need this artificial PUSHING that Hasbro keeps doing. Bumblebee, Wolverine & Snake Eyes shouldn't have their own movies. My favorite Autobot is Wheeljack, when am I going to get a Wheeljack movie? Why doesn't Hasbro push Wheeljack? He's popular too.
Hasbro has been releasing 50 million toys of Bumblebee every year since 2007. But they refuse make 1 Ransack, Venom, Barrage, Squeezeplay, Fangry, Horri-bull, Joyride, Pointblank or Slapdash. Or any of the Pretenders. And what about 3rd party? They won't make those characters either.
The direction Hasbro took the franchise is just plain stupid! Now everything revolves around Bumblebee. He has his own movie, he has his own toy line, Bumblebee Adventures, now he has another toy line, Buzzworthy Bumblebee. When is this insanity going to end??? There will come a time when everybody finally gets sick & tired of Bumblebee. And I can't wait!
Posted by ZeroWolf on May 23rd, 2021 @ 6:19am CDT
Nemesis Reformatted wrote:william-james88 wrote:Nemesis Reformatted wrote:I wonder if they'll ever stop pushing Optimus Prime & Bumblebee on us. I wish they would stop trying to turn Optimus Prime & Bumblebee into Batman & Robin.
Great comparison. Would DC ever stop pushing Batman on us? Don't think so.
But I don't see what the issue is. It means that even though we are comparing 35 year old characters to 80 year old ones, in the eyes of today's kids, both are as popular. That is an amazing achievement for the Transformers brand we love so much.
The issue is that Transformers is about 2 massive armies. Not just 1 character. Same with GI Joe. GI Joe is about 2 armies, not just 1 character Snake Eyes. If DC wants to push Batman that's fine, Batman is just 1 character. But even if Snake Eyes, Wolverine & Bumblebee are popular, that doesn't mean they have to take over the entire franchise. They all became popular as members of a team & they should stay that way. We don't need this artificial PUSHING that Hasbro keeps doing. Bumblebee, Wolverine & Snake Eyes shouldn't have their own movies. My favorite Autobot is Wheeljack, when am I going to get a Wheeljack movie? Why doesn't Hasbro push Wheeljack? He's popular too.
Hasbro has been releasing 50 million toys of Bumblebee every year since 2007. But they refuse make 1 Ransack, Venom, Barrage, Squeezeplay, Fangry, Horri-bull, Joyride, Pointblank or Slapdash. Or any of the Pretenders. And what about 3rd party? They won't make those characters either.
The direction Hasbro took the franchise is just plain stupid! Now everything revolves around Bumblebee. He has his own movie, he has his own toy line, Bumblebee Adventures, now he has another toy line, Buzzworthy Bumblebee. When is this insanity going to end??? There will come a time when everybody finally gets sick & tired of Bumblebee. And I can't wait!
If Bumblebee toys didn't sell, they wouldn't get made kids love Bumblebee, end of story, Transformers are made primarily for kids after all. Also as for the direction hasbro took things, I'd say it worked out brilliantly for them and made a ton of money.
Posted by -Kanrabat- on May 23rd, 2021 @ 6:39am CDT
ZeroWolf wrote:If Bumblebee toys didn't sell, they wouldn't get made kids love Bumblebee, end of story, Transformers are made primarily for kids after all. Also as for the direction hasbro took things, I'd say it worked out brilliantly for them and made a ton of money.
Exactly. I'm so sick an tired of hearing people complaining about Bumblebee that I'm actually at the Hospital on my deathbed.
Bumblebee is the "gateway drug" for Transformers. Get the kid interested in the franchise first. Then the kid will notice the rest of that universe and get interested in other characters. Same thing for the Bay movies.
It's thanks to Bumblebee and the Bay movies that we are now in the BEST Transformers times since ever with all these "mini Masterpieces" in both the Generations and Studio Series lines. That includes Movie toys as well. Plus most exclusive repaints are now easy to access and there's more than ever thanks to the Select line.
Jesus. It's like complaining that "dad is never home and always at work" when he's the only one working and supporting the ungrateful family by giving them their super comfortable lifestyle.
Posted by ZeroWolf on May 23rd, 2021 @ 6:54am CDT
-Kanrabat- wrote:ZeroWolf wrote:If Bumblebee toys didn't sell, they wouldn't get made kids love Bumblebee, end of story, Transformers are made primarily for kids after all. Also as for the direction hasbro took things, I'd say it worked out brilliantly for them and made a ton of money.
Exactly. I'm so sick an tired of hearing people complaining about Bumblebee that I'm actually at the Hospital on my deathbed.
Bumblebee is the "gateway drug" for Transformers. Get the kid interested in the franchise first. Then the kid will notice the rest of that universe and get interested in other characters. Same thing for the Bay movies.
It's thanks to Bumblebee and the Bay movies that we are now in the BEST Transformers times since ever with all these "mini Masterpieces" in both the Generations and Studio Series lines. That includes Movie toys as well. Plus most exclusive repaints are now easy to access and there's more than ever thanks to the Select line.
Jesus. It's like complaining that "dad is never home and always at work" when he's the only one working and supporting the ungrateful family by giving them their super comfortable lifestyle.
Well put. I get being angry that your favourite characters don't get updates but there's a very large group like that, every toy reveal will disappoint someone. However, this isn't the fault of Bumblebee. Bee sells so we get more figures (better designs, better engineering) across the board. These figures may not be for everyone, but they are for someone. If that leads them to want more. Then I say, good job Bee.
Posted by TF-fan kev777 on May 23rd, 2021 @ 12:18pm CDT
There have been a total of 2 Bumblebee toys in generations/selects since Combiner Wars. TR Legends and Netflix Deluxe. That is it. That is all the competition the deluxe insecticons are getting from Bee.
Instead the real barrier to getting any deluxe insecticons would be the availability of deluxe slots/molds in gnerations/selects and the designs teams insistence of cramming "cybertronian" and "earth" models for as much of the season 1 cast into WFC as possible even though many of those same characters had deluxe combiner wars figures. Many had 3 deluxe figures since Combiner Wars in generations, while Bee has only had 1 legend and 1 deluxe.
Posted by EvasionModeBumblebee on May 23rd, 2021 @ 6:46pm CDT
Sowndwave76 wrote:It looks better than the previous version. So if that means it's 1-2 steps above "lazy" or "boring", cool, I guess.
That's why I'm curious to see how they handle some of the other figures from this line, because VW Bee is missing a lot of details. No silver trim on the armor pieces in robot mode, its missing the yellow on the hands and under the headlight chest pieces in robot mode. Also not fond of the brownish plastic. Definitely more detail than the standard one, but still not a ton.
I'd like to pick up an SS 07 Ratchet, and at the prices the normal one is currently going for, getting the premium version probably isn't much more. Interested to see how it looks!
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on May 26th, 2021 @ 8:04pm CDT
-Kanrabat- wrote:D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I'm not really interested in this line yet, but I am curious to see what ends up in here and what it looks like.
No interests because you already own the molds, or the molds are not interesting enough to pay extra?
On my end, I skipped on SS18 because it looked too bland but this version here is just what I needed.
I have the molds already, and they haven't done a mold I like in colors that are worth the price. I'll wait and see what kind of colors they do on the later SS figures
Posted by Emerje on June 10th, 2021 @ 1:45am CDT
A little less exciting is PF WFC-02 Megatron. This is by no means a rerelease of the Netflix based figure, but it is another Netflix battle damaged figure which we've already seen twice-over in that line. It does do a better job with the battle damage, giving it a little more depth and realism rather than being a bright silver figure with some black marks on its chest. It'll be a hard sell for many people when he too is released in November for ¥6,380.
Keep in mind that Takara Tomy Mall is once again desaturating their Seekers for these photos, that's just a standard Studio Series Starscream above.
So what do you think, are the new decos enough to get you to add these to your collection or replace your previous versions? Or is that Megatron mold now well past its expiration date and no amount of paint can make it better? Let us know in the Energon Pub Forum!
Posted by Autobot Roadburn on June 10th, 2021 @ 2:10am CDT