Official Images of Wave 3 Netflix Transformers Figures Found on Singaporian Contest Flyer

Yeah, uh, scroll up a few posts.

Taking a little time to think about it, how can these be fake? The only pictures we've seen are from leaks, but the flier is clearly using stock photos that we've never seen before. So if these are fake then where did the person get the photos from? Doesn't add up.

As for Crystallux being alone instead of packed with Megatron, that may not mean anything. If it's an official contest, packaging rules don't necessarily apply, they could be polybagged for all we know. Likewise Rusticon doesn't have a lightbar in the leak we saw or a visible one in this official image so maybe it isn't Barricade, maybe it's someone else, maybe the leaks were just wrong?

I don't know, I need more information to write it off as fake. More I look at it the more real it seems, especially the use of never before seen stock photos.

Emerje

Deadput wrote:

Emerje wrote:Taking a little time to think about it, how can these be fake? The only pictures we've seen are from leaks, but the flier is clearly using stock photos that we've never seen before. So if these are fake then where did the person get the photos from? Doesn't add up.

Photoshopping images of the toy for printing, if the whole "Some other leaker is making it up" thing is true, they might of used their own photos.

Possible, but seems like an awful lot of work just to troll people. Acquire leaked figures, take convincing photos that nobody has ever seen before, photoshop a fake flier and take it to a store to photograph. Seems far fetched. If they're going to go to that kind of effort then why not do something more convincing?

Emerje

I actually have a different question, don't the Netflix figures get released there anyway? If so then the claim of limited edition isn't true as two of the three will be receiving normal release anyway, and the other will hit shelves with the third spoiler pack. Then of course is the fact that this contest is being launched before any of the three is revealed officially

Bottom line: this one should be easy to confirm or debunk for fans in that region, just ask the shop/Hasbro Asia representative

MeGrimlock78 wrote:"For every $100 spent will enter you..." isn't proper grammar.

I wouldn't take that to mean anything in a country where English isn't the primary language.

Nuclearxpotato wrote:That flier's been said to have been a fake by leakers.

That's not what was said. The leaker simply said the names are not the same they heard. That doesn't mean the flyer is fake. And nowhere was it said the the images were fake, which is all that matters with the news right now for anyone outside Singapore.

TF-fan kev777 wrote:

MeGrimlock78 wrote:"For every $100 spent will enter you..." isn't proper grammar.

I wouldn't take that to mean anything in a country where English isn't the primary language.

English is the primary language of Singapore but their own dialect, which is different from the one spoken in the US.


All in all, what matters is the new pics, not much else. And if this whole affaire has taught me anything (especially in the discussion found on other boards) is that many americans assume the rest of the world is the same as them, which is not the case.

william-james88 wrote:

Nuclearxpotato wrote:That flier's been said to have been a fake by leakers.

That's not what was said. The leaker simply said the names are not the same they heard. That doesn't mean the flyer is fake. And nowhere was it said the the images were fake, which is all that matters with the news right now for anyone outside Singapore.

No, Wreckgar39 on TFW2005 clearly stated that "It's fake, meant to be a prank by another leaker/early seller".

khrome wrote:Is it me or do the Netflix figures feel cheaper plastic than the main seige lines?
I got Hotlink.. and his arm keeps falling off, whereas my Starscream -basically the same model- is pretty solid.

That's one of the symptoms of mold degradation. The more a mold is used, the more it's worn down, to the point sculpted detail is lost and, more importantly, parts get misshapen and don't fit right any more.

The Siege Seeker mold has been used for a good number of figures:

• Starscream
• Thundercracker
• Skywarp
• Decepticon Red Wing
• Seeker Acid Storm
• Seeker Ion Storm
• Seeker Nova Storm
• Hotlink

Yours may be a one-off, but any mold used for like 5 figures may get pretty iffy.

-Kanrabat- wrote:You may have landed a lemon because my Hotlink is rock solid.

I feel that, mine is just above average, being used that much in a year does feel like its taken its toll on this mold

Emerje wrote:I thought it was proven a while ago that mold degradation was not really a thing anymore thanks to more efficient molding practices and it all came down to quality control? None of my Seekers have any issues, be it Siege or ER molds and I have them all, likewise some of the CW molds that were used a ridiculous number of times felt fine from start to finish. Meanwhile Selects Swoop and Ricochet are floppy messes despite being only the second use of the molds. And we've all experienced brand new first run figures that could hardly stand up on their own. If figures have issues it's almost certainly the factory's fault, not the molds.

Emerje

Emerje hit the nail on the head.

To go with this, my Hotlink is nice and tight, but my red swoop is a floppy mess that can't even hold a pose as an arm to a combiner, so it's QC over degradation