New Galleries: Generations Magnificus and United Perceptor

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Earlier this month, we reported on e-Hobby Magnificus shipping from the TFCC store, and now we have a gallery of this fine piece for your viewing enjoyment. In case you didn't know, Magnificus is an e-Hobby Collector's Club Takara Tomy Generations exclusive.

Also included is a gallery of his mold mate, United Perceptor. (Both of these come from the Reveal The Shield Perceptor mold.)

Without further ado...

New Galleries: Generations Magnificus and United Perceptor

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Re: New Galleries: Generations Magnificus and United Perceptor (1544943)
Posted by Va'al on January 25th, 2014 @ 4:48am CST

You may have seen a video review around here, but now it's time for the full Seibertron.com gallery treatment. Yes indeed, it's Generations Voyager Whirl, an unvincible blend of G1, Classics and IDW elements comes with over 100 professional images, no known weaknesses and can all be found here. Click on any of the images below for the full gallery!

Generations Whirl

Re: New Galleries: Generations Magnificus and United Perceptor (1544964)
Posted by Super Megatron on January 25th, 2014 @ 7:55am CST

He's unvincible? But that's unpossible!

Re: New Galleries: Generations Magnificus and United Perceptor (1544966)
Posted by Va'al on January 25th, 2014 @ 8:02am CST

Super Megatron wrote:He's unvincible? But that's unpossible!

Not sure if you're in on the joke, but just in case anyone wants to point out the spelling..

From MTMTE #12:

Rewind: "D'you mind if I film this? If I die, I don't want my last recorded footage to be of Whirl punching himself in the face to prove he's 'super-unvincible.'"

Re: New Galleries: Generations Magnificus and United Perceptor (1544970)
Posted by parc.elohssa on January 25th, 2014 @ 8:41am CST

AMAZING toy.

Re: New Galleries: Generations Magnificus and United Perceptor (1544978)
Posted by Down_Shift on January 25th, 2014 @ 9:56am CST

Any meaning behind the stickers posted on the front page?

Re: New Galleries: Generations Magnificus and United Perceptor (1544996)
Posted by Seibertron on January 25th, 2014 @ 11:37am CST

Down_Shift wrote:Any meaning behind the stickers posted on the front page?

Do you mean the stickers on the first page of Whirl's gallery? If so ... that's his sticker sheet!

Re: New Galleries: Generations Magnificus and United Perceptor (1544997)
Posted by Va'al on January 25th, 2014 @ 11:39am CST

Seibertron wrote:
Down_Shift wrote:Any meaning behind the stickers posted on the front page?

Do you mean the stickers on the first page of Whirl's gallery? If so ... that's his sticker sheet!

I think he means the two stickers in this image:

Re: New Galleries: Generations Magnificus and United Perceptor (1545004)
Posted by bvzxa on January 25th, 2014 @ 11:48am CST

Va'al wrote:
Seibertron wrote:
Down_Shift wrote:Any meaning behind the stickers posted on the front page?

Do you mean the stickers on the first page of Whirl's gallery? If so ... that's his sticker sheet!

I think he means the two stickers in this image:

Reference to Wild Bill from GI Joe.

CW-4 stands for Chief Warrant Officer.

Re: New Galleries: Generations Magnificus and United Perceptor (1545011)
Posted by Down_Shift on January 25th, 2014 @ 12:30pm CST

Thanks guys! That was exactly what I was wondering.

Re: New Galleries: Generations Magnificus and United Perceptor (1545020)
Posted by Noideaforaname on January 25th, 2014 @ 1:34pm CST

As someone who grew up during Beast Wars and hasn't really ever seen a physical G1 toy, I'm always surprised to see their sizes compared to current toys. The ones I think are smaller always end up being much larger, and the ones that seemed big are actually pretty small...
'Course, I think here I simply assumed "Deluxe Vehicle" was the same as "Deluxe Class".

Re: New Galleries: Generations Magnificus and United Perceptor (1545030)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on January 25th, 2014 @ 2:14pm CST

Noideaforaname wrote:
As someone who grew up during Beast Wars and hasn't really ever seen a physical G1 toy, I'm always surprised to see their sizes compared to current toys. The ones I think are smaller always end up being much larger, and the ones that seemed big are actually pretty small...
'Course, I think here I simply assumed "Deluxe Vehicle" was the same as "Deluxe Class".

In both cases, "Deluxe" means "larger than the standard toys" and it shows. The current "Deluxe Class" name stems from Beast Wars, when Hasbro first used fixed prices and toy sizes. The lowest was "Basic", the next "Deluxe", up to "Mega" and "Ultra". Nowadays, the main line starts with "Deluxe" so it kinda lost meaning.

Re: New Galleries: Generations Magnificus and United Perceptor (1545031)
Posted by Seibertron on January 25th, 2014 @ 2:17pm CST

Noideaforaname wrote:
As someone who grew up during Beast Wars and hasn't really ever seen a physical G1 toy, I'm always surprised to see their sizes compared to current toys. The ones I think are smaller always end up being much larger, and the ones that seemed big are actually pretty small...
'Course, I think here I simply assumed "Deluxe Vehicle" was the same as "Deluxe Class".

I've always wondered why they called those "Deluxe Vehicles". I'm assuming the term "deluxe" when applied to Transformers toys has a different connotation than it means to most toys or it lost its original meaning through the years. In the case of G1 Whirl and Roadbuster, I'm assuming "deluxe" referred to their significantly larger size than figures like Prowl, Shrapnel, and Bumblebee as well as the inclusion of many weapons and accessories. G1 Whirl comes with 4 large guns and Roadbuster has about 10 accessories from missiles, guns, vehicle attachments, etc. The term "deluxe" still gets applied to other toy lines, most notably action figure toy lines, where you usually see the same basic figure but with additional accessories, flight packs, outfits, armor, or whatever.

Now that we got a balls-to-the wall update for Whirl, I can't help but wonder how long it will be before we get a proper Generations Voyager Roadbuster.

I'm surprised that we got a Whirl that is so faithful to the G1 version. While I like the toy, it's almost too faithful to the G1 version ... it even includes a loose ball joint shoulder just like the original!

While I like the new version of Whirl, I wish they had done something different with the legs to make them more poseable (that or I'm doing something wrong with his poses that seems to limit what he can do).

My surprise favorite of the new arrivals yesterday? Armada Starscream. I haven't really cared much for him up until I opened him. He's a great toy ... very poseable. It's a very nice figure. My surprise disappoint yesterday? Scoop. I was very excited about him when I saw him last year at SDCC. I thought he looked awesome. Unfortunately, his vehicle mode isn't very sturdy and it's a really basic transformation. Plus the light yellow is odd ... I wish they had used a darker yellow. Hopefully Takara Tomy does something better with his color scheme.

Re: New Galleries: Generations Magnificus and United Perceptor (1545034)
Posted by Seibertron on January 25th, 2014 @ 2:25pm CST

Noideaforaname wrote:

Sidenote about my G1 Whirl toy. His stickers were pretty bad. So I had removed them a few years ago ... probably the last time I had to pull him out for a gallery comparison (maybe Movie Whirl or Universe Whirl or something). I removed the stickers with the intention of getting repro labels or something to spruce him up. I forgot that I had done this and had put Whirl back in storage years ago without ever doing this and long before we ever got wind of a new Whirl toy. The toy itself is in great condition (except for the very loose ball jointed shoulders). I was surprised when I pulled him out of storage yesterday to see that he was missing all of his stickers! I ordered an original set of stickers off eBay yesterday from wheeljackslab so that I could make him look perfect. I'll have to ponder what to do about the ball joints. I don't want to use super glue. I have one on eBay that I'm selling currently in the Seibertron.com store that I tried to fix by taking him apart and applying a few layers of clear coat but that didn't do the trick either. Maybe it just needed even more layers of clear coat.

Re: New Galleries: Generations Magnificus and United Perceptor (1545038)
Posted by kirbenvost on January 25th, 2014 @ 2:44pm CST

Looks amazing! And an excellent gallery as always. :APPLAUSE:

I can't wait to get mine, just waiting for BBTS to fill my Skids preorder so I can ship.

Re: New Galleries: Generations Magnificus and United Perceptor (1545078)
Posted by EunuchRon on January 25th, 2014 @ 7:08pm CST

I was going to pass on this guy, but after seeing the gallery, especially his guns and walking mech alt mode, I'm totally digging it! Nice job, St.com, you convinced me to buy something I wasn't wanting originally. :BOWDOWN:

Re: New Galleries: Generations Magnificus and United Perceptor (1545178)
Posted by Sodan-1 on January 26th, 2014 @ 7:28am CST

This might be inspired by elements of G1, Classics and IDW, but I think the end result is distinctly G1 so I'll be skipping this guy. I suppose it is a nice looking figure though.

Re: New Galleries: Generations Magnificus and United Perceptor (1545275)
Posted by Mindmaster on January 26th, 2014 @ 1:53pm CST

Well, I know one mode I won't be utilizing (hint: it's the Heliped/GERWALK mode). The chance of me getting Whirl has increased after viewing the gallery, though, so there's that.

Re: New Galleries: Generations Magnificus and United Perceptor (1545391)
Posted by JaffleMaker on January 27th, 2014 @ 1:27am CST

Sooo.. since Takatoku went under in the 80's, who owns the rights to the Dorvack?

And wouldn't the owners be a little upset about this release since it so closely resembles the original toy? I might be missing something here, can anyone enlighten me?

Re: New Galleries: Generations Magnificus and United Perceptor (1545432)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on January 27th, 2014 @ 9:18am CST

JaffleMaker wrote:Sooo.. since Takatoku went under in the 80's, who owns the rights to the Dorvack?

And wouldn't the owners be a little upset about this release since it so closely resembles the original toy? I might be missing something here, can anyone enlighten me?

In a nutshell: Takatoku Toys was bought out by Bandai, so they own the original toy designs and molds. Bandai subsequently licensed some molds to Hasbro for Transformers as it wasn't a major player in the US market at the time.
About it resembling the original toy so much, my theory is that by law, it's not completely based on the original, therefore not a complete ripoff. Instead, the design comes more directly from other sources including the comics commissioned by Hasbro. By law, this would render Hasbro the owner of the design of the toy. The same can be said for Megatron's little Chop Shop.

We actually had a nice little discussion about it in a different thread.

Re: New Galleries: Generations Magnificus and United Perceptor (1545459)
Posted by spark crusher on January 27th, 2014 @ 10:22am CST

hes mistransformed here! i found that you can collapse his arms into his shoulders tightening the joints and fixing his proportions. spread the word!

whirl.jpg

Re: New Galleries: Generations Magnificus and United Perceptor (1545470)
Posted by Dead Metal on January 27th, 2014 @ 10:56am CST

He looks cool, but I think he would look better if you would flip the legs by 180° in bot-mode so he has normal knees. I think the inverted knees are only for the Valkyre mode, as they make no functional sense in the humanoid bot-mode.
Plus I believe that's what's supposed to be done.

Re: New Galleries: Generations Magnificus and United Perceptor (1545488)
Posted by Seibertron on January 27th, 2014 @ 12:34pm CST

spark crusher wrote:hes mistransformed here! i found that you can collapse his arms into his shoulders tightening the joints and fixing his proportions. spread the word!
whirl.jpg

Can you show a close-up of the shoulder joint? I can't tell what you did to "collapse his arms into his shoulders".

Re: New Galleries: Generations Magnificus and United Perceptor (1545496)
Posted by spark crusher on January 27th, 2014 @ 1:47pm CST

yeah, sure. you just push the black post with the ball on into the torso. sorry for the crap pictures, its difficult to show. just make sure the bumpy bit on the black shoulder bar (see pic 2) is facing down so he still has shoulder articulation.

1whirl.jpg

whirl2.JPG

whirl3.JPG

Re: New Galleries: Generations Magnificus and United Perceptor (1545501)
Posted by Seibertron on January 27th, 2014 @ 1:59pm CST

spark crusher wrote:yeah, sure. you just push the black post with the ball on into the torso. sorry for the crap pictures, its difficult to show. just make sure the bumpy bit on the black shoulder bar (see pic 2) is facing down so he still has shoulder articulation.
1whirl.jpg

whirl2.JPG

whirl3.JPG

Wow! Thanks for the pics. The "ball joint" literally does push in. That's hilarious. No wonder why the left shoulder "ball joint" is loose because there's very little friction because the ball is supposed to be pushed in and is only there for transformation. The instructions do not show this step, which I just double checked.

As for Dead Metal's comments about Whirl's legs ... they are supposed to be inverted knees like that because that's how he looks in the current comics. I figured out something with his knees though that allow for additional poseability (it's basically a double jointed knee which I didn't realize in my initial photographs). Taking advantage of this double joint system allows for some addition poseability that you can't really do with just one knee joint.

You can reverse the legs if you want but the feet look really awkward with one support in the front and two supports in the back. I do think that the upper legs are misassembled. Hasbro and Takara are usually really good about making sure the front and sides of the robot modes don't show hollow plastic. The way the legs are show hollow spots on the sides of the upper legs but the upper legs look much better when turned around 180 degrees. Just the knees are awkward as are the feet when you do this.

I might have to take a few more pics of his robot mode to show off both of these things.

Re: New Galleries: Generations Magnificus and United Perceptor (1545504)
Posted by Seibertron on January 27th, 2014 @ 2:10pm CST

I'm swapping the legs ... knocking pins out now.

Re: New Galleries: Generations Magnificus and United Perceptor (1545505)
Posted by Dead Metal on January 27th, 2014 @ 2:16pm CST

Seibertron wrote:
spark crusher wrote:yeah, sure. you just push the black post with the ball on into the torso. sorry for the crap pictures, its difficult to show. just make sure the bumpy bit on the black shoulder bar (see pic 2) is facing down so he still has shoulder articulation.
1whirl.jpg

whirl2.JPG

whirl3.JPG

Wow! Thanks for the pics. The "ball joint" literally does push in. That's hilarious. No wonder why the left shoulder "ball joint" is loose because there's very little friction because the ball is supposed to be pushed in and is only there for transformation. The instructions do not show this step, which I just double checked.

As for Dead Metal's comments about Whirl's legs ... they are supposed to be inverted knees like that because that's how he looks in the current comics. I figured out something with his knees though that allow for additional poseability (it's basically a double jointed knee which I didn't realize in my initial photographs). Taking advantage of this double joint system allows for some addition poseability that you can't really do with just one knee joint.

You can reverse the legs if you want but the feet look really awkward with one support in the front and two supports in the back. I do think that the upper legs are misassembled. Hasbro and Takara are usually really good about making sure the front and sides of the robot modes don't show hollow plastic. The way the legs are show hollow spots on the sides of the upper legs but the upper legs look much better when turned around 180 degrees. Just the knees are awkward as are the feet when you do this.

I might have to take a few more pics of his robot mode to show off both of these things.

I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that the inverted knees where an option. Which makes sense, since if you turn them around, you get his "ski" feet the G1 toy has.
The current comic version having inverted knees isn't really a good argument, considering that it's a completely different design, including leg design.

The leg design is closer to Movie Starscream than this Whirl, since it's based on the G1 toy and not the comics bizarrely enough.
But I have no idea what the toy would look like with the legs turned that way, because nobody ever takes pics of them that way, and just goes off of the stock photos, which is hilarious considering the track-record those have with accurately portraying the toy's intended look.

Re: New Galleries: Generations Magnificus and United Perceptor (1545506)
Posted by Seibertron on January 27th, 2014 @ 2:23pm CST

Seibertron wrote:I'm swapping the legs ... knocking pins out now.

Doh! No need to knock out any pins. You can just pop off the upper legs, but that doesn't work because the legs won't be in the right position for transformation. I have to think about this some more.

Re: New Galleries: Generations Magnificus and United Perceptor (1545510)
Posted by Seibertron on January 27th, 2014 @ 2:37pm CST

Dead Metal wrote:
Seibertron wrote:
spark crusher wrote:yeah, sure. you just push the black post with the ball on into the torso. sorry for the crap pictures, its difficult to show. just make sure the bumpy bit on the black shoulder bar (see pic 2) is facing down so he still has shoulder articulation.
1whirl.jpg

whirl2.JPG

whirl3.JPG

Wow! Thanks for the pics. The "ball joint" literally does push in. That's hilarious. No wonder why the left shoulder "ball joint" is loose because there's very little friction because the ball is supposed to be pushed in and is only there for transformation. The instructions do not show this step, which I just double checked.

As for Dead Metal's comments about Whirl's legs ... they are supposed to be inverted knees like that because that's how he looks in the current comics. I figured out something with his knees though that allow for additional poseability (it's basically a double jointed knee which I didn't realize in my initial photographs). Taking advantage of this double joint system allows for some addition poseability that you can't really do with just one knee joint.

You can reverse the legs if you want but the feet look really awkward with one support in the front and two supports in the back. I do think that the upper legs are misassembled. Hasbro and Takara are usually really good about making sure the front and sides of the robot modes don't show hollow plastic. The way the legs are show hollow spots on the sides of the upper legs but the upper legs look much better when turned around 180 degrees. Just the knees are awkward as are the feet when you do this.

I might have to take a few more pics of his robot mode to show off both of these things.

I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that the inverted knees where an option. Which makes sense, since if you turn them around, you get his "ski" feet the G1 toy has.
The current comic version having inverted knees isn't really a good argument, considering that it's a completely different design, including leg design.

The leg design is closer to Movie Starscream than this Whirl, since it's based on the G1 toy and not the comics bizarrely enough.
But I have no idea what the toy would look like with the legs turned that way, because nobody ever takes pics of them that way, and just goes off of the stock photos, which is hilarious considering the track-record those have with accurately portraying the toy's intended look.

I took some pics for you of the legs inverted and with the shoulders properly transformed. I'll upload the pics later tonight.

Re: New Galleries: Generations Magnificus and United Perceptor (1545515)
Posted by BumbleAndBee on January 27th, 2014 @ 2:57pm CST

I was sort of unsure as to getting this figure but I've always liked Whirl as a character and this figure looks super sharp so I will be scooping this one.

I was stoked when I got Sandstorm and Springer so I'm pretty sure this guy won't disappoint!

Re: New Galleries: Generations Magnificus and United Perceptor (1545518)
Posted by Dead Metal on January 27th, 2014 @ 2:59pm CST

Awesome, thanks Ryan

Re: New Galleries: Generations Magnificus and United Perceptor (1545573)
Posted by Seibertron on January 27th, 2014 @ 6:06pm CST

spark crusher wrote:hes mistransformed here! i found that you can collapse his arms into his shoulders tightening the joints and fixing his proportions. spread the word!
whirl.jpg

Thanks to spark crusher pointing out that Generation Voyager Class Whirl's arms are mis-transformed due to incomplete instructions, the gallery for Generations Voyager Class Whirl has been updated to include a few new pictures with the shoulders properly transformed. The step that the instructions leaves out is that the shoulder ball joint should be pushed in toward Whirl's head. This tightens up the upper arms tremendously and makes the toy look even better. In addition, the double jointed nature of Whirl's knees was not fully taken advantage of in many of the original photos in this gallery so you can now get a better sense of how his legs should be posed. Due to a request from Dead Metal, a few pictures were also added with Whirl's legs reversed so that he has more traditional looking knees. Enjoy!

Re: New Galleries: Generations Magnificus and United Perceptor (1545575)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on January 27th, 2014 @ 6:15pm CST

Going the extra mile is always a good thing to do, good job! :APPLAUSE:

Re: New Galleries: Generations Magnificus and United Perceptor (1545591)
Posted by welcometothedarksyde on January 27th, 2014 @ 6:41pm CST

Looks WAY better with the proper shoulder transformation

Re: New Galleries: Generations Magnificus and United Perceptor (1545602)
Posted by RiddlerJ on January 27th, 2014 @ 7:02pm CST

Are we sure that the knees aren't supposed to bend back like normal knees? The hollow part of the thighs is hidden when the legs are posed more traditionally. Maybe they're meant to bend forward just in Gerwalk mode and Hasbro screwed up the instructions.

Re: New Galleries: Generations Magnificus and United Perceptor (1545606)
Posted by durroth on January 27th, 2014 @ 7:34pm CST

as suspected,it looks so much better with the arms in proper place. The backward knees don't look half bad either

Re: New Galleries: Generations Magnificus and United Perceptor (1545612)
Posted by Ultra Markus on January 27th, 2014 @ 8:18pm CST

so much posability! :KREMZEEK:

Re: New Galleries: Generations Magnificus and United Perceptor (1545615)
Posted by MINDVVIPE on January 27th, 2014 @ 8:23pm CST

Wicked. Def on the list. I prefer the digitigrade leg arrangement, as it somehow looks more natural to me.

Re: New Galleries: Generations Magnificus and United Perceptor (1545620)
Posted by Mindmaster on January 27th, 2014 @ 9:15pm CST

Even if he's got teeny little feet, I prefer the backwards configuration of his legs over the IDW way. Nothing against the IDW character (he's completely awesome, several laughs were had when I read the comic that came with Trailbreaker), but the chicken legs don't look right on the original Generation One body.

Re: New Galleries: Generations Magnificus and United Perceptor (1545621)
Posted by MINDVVIPE on January 27th, 2014 @ 9:22pm CST

Mindmaster wrote:Even if he's got teeny little feet, I prefer the backwards configuration of his legs over the IDW way. Nothing against the IDW character (he's completely awesome, several laughs were had when I read the comic that came with Trailbreaker), but the chicken legs don't look right on the original Generation One body.

I def don't mind the tiny feet either. It's great that we have the option.

Re: New Galleries: Generations Magnificus and United Perceptor (1545663)
Posted by durroth on January 28th, 2014 @ 3:35am CST

Seibertron wrote: I do think that the upper legs are misassembled. Hasbro and Takara are usually really good about making sure the front and sides of the robot modes don't show hollow plastic. The way the legs are show hollow spots on the sides of the upper legs but the upper legs look much better when turned around 180 degrees. Just the knees are awkward as are the feet when you do this.

What it's looking like to me is they had to compromise for the inverted legs and chose to sacrifice the upper legs of the robot mode for looking better in vehicle mode. Any other side would have been the top/side of the upper leg piece in vehicle mode or the front in robot mode, so they chose to ignore it being on the outside in robot mode rather than redesign the thigh... which would have probably necessitated a game of "Which side do we put the screws on" ... actually I think the whole thing could have been solved if they designed the waist/hips piece to be rotatable 180 degrees in its slider (basically ending up with it "upside down" in one configuration. Really you can't see it in robot mode anyway, but it would reverse which side of the thigh is "outward" in robot mode and all we'd lose is the landing skiff c-clip points being on the outside... If I'm picturing this right in my head)

Re: New Galleries: Generations Magnificus and United Perceptor (1545678)
Posted by Doubledealer93 on January 28th, 2014 @ 6:21am CST

finally! his legs are properly transformed! They are not chicken legs! :DANCE:

Re: New Galleries: Generations Magnificus and United Perceptor (1545689)
Posted by GuyIncognito on January 28th, 2014 @ 8:21am CST

I don't mind the "hollow spots" on the thighs because they're not completely hollow; it almost looks like it could be a natural part of the design. I wouldn't have even noticed if people hadn't been talking about it.

Re: New Galleries: Generations Magnificus and United Perceptor (1545690)
Posted by Dead Metal on January 28th, 2014 @ 8:28am CST

Thanks, fantastic, looks much better with the legs turned properly around.

The chicken legs are deffo just there for the Gerwalk mode.

Re: New Galleries: Generations Magnificus and United Perceptor (1545816)
Posted by durroth on January 28th, 2014 @ 2:21pm CST

I kinda wish takara/hasbro would consider springing the little extra for dry transfer (rub on) decals. Or some chinese 3rd party would start making water sliders. at least for this whirl where the stickers would all look better as decals to begin with.

Re: New Galleries: Generations Magnificus and United Perceptor (1545856)
Posted by Stormrider on January 28th, 2014 @ 4:28pm CST

It seems like Whirls thighs were misassembled. The outside of the thigh ought to be the inside.

Re: New Galleries: Generations Magnificus and United Perceptor (1545877)
Posted by AnnaChristine on January 28th, 2014 @ 5:09pm CST

Stormrider wrote:It seems like Whirls thighs were misassembled. The outside of the thigh ought to be the inside.

I would be more inclined to believe it was designed with the G1 "ski" legs in mind with originally and the chicken-legs a legacy of the Gerwalk mode. We already know the shoulder transformation instructions were wrong, so why not the legs too? The thighs look fine with the G1 legs.

Re: New Galleries: Generations Magnificus and United Perceptor (1545888)
Posted by Autobot032 on January 28th, 2014 @ 5:44pm CST

Seibertron's camera has been hard at work again, producing yet another fantastic gallery! Wait, what's that? Four new galleries? Well, alright then!

This set of galleries showcases the newly released Generations Starscream (based on Armada Starscream), Scoop (based on Targetmaster Scoop), Skywarp (redeco of the FOC Starscream mold) and last, but not least... The Mini-Con Assault Team!

To see any of the galleries in full, click on any of the pictures below to be taken to that figure's gallery. To see all of our galleries, click the link at the bottom and take some time to go through them all, it's quite extensive. We hope you enjoy!

Generations Centuritron

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Re: New Galleries: Generations Magnificus and United Perceptor (1545892)
Posted by Sabrblade on January 28th, 2014 @ 5:52pm CST

I'm a child of the 90's who has almost little-to-no real interest in the post-1987 G1 characters who neither appeared in any of the cartoons (American or Japanese) nor had any particularly notable role in the comics (Marvel, Dreamwave, IDW, etc.), but of the four Deluxes in this wave, it is Scoop who I find myself looking forward to the most.