Possible First Look at Legacy Evolution Bombshell

Looking forward to completing the Insecticon trio. Just the one version for me, thanks. I went out and got multiples of the Legends to be drones earlier. TBH, purple chest looks better with them so it works out for me, but I'd have gotten grey chest if that had come out first.

Vector Prime is tempting. I recall the old one was pretty good.

Something about that shade of purple on Bombshell just looks way too bright.

And, even though it's accurate, something about all that gray and silver makes the robot head look unfinished in its paint deco.

Weird Question:

Why does the legacy toyline already have more toyfigures in it then the Transformers prime toyline had, even though the prime toyline came with a succesfull tv-series, while legacy mostly seems to be a random assortement of figures without a specific medium to promote them?

Sculyblast wrote:Weird Question:

Why does the legacy toyline already have more toyfigures in it then the Transformers prime toyline had, even though the prime toyline came with a succesfull tv-series, while legacy mostly seems to be a random assortement of figures without a specific medium to promote them?

Easy.
The "medias (with an S) to promote them" exist since at the very least 40 years. The toys are from G1, Prime, all the RiD, Beast Wars, IDW, Armada, and more.
Legacy is the ultimate love letter to the fans who love ALL of Transformers since they began.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Sculyblast wrote:Weird Question:

Why does the legacy toyline already have more toyfigures in it then the Transformers prime toyline had, even though the prime toyline came with a succesfull tv-series, while legacy mostly seems to be a random assortement of figures without a specific medium to promote them?

Easy.
The "medias (with an S) to promote them" exist since at the very least 40 years. The toys are from G1, Prime, all the RiD, Beast Wars, IDW, Armada, and more.
Legacy is the ultimate love letter to the fans who love ALL of Transformers since they began.

Plus, Legacy isn't the media tie-in line, it's the mainline. Better comparisons would be Prime to Earthspark, and Legacy to Thrilling 30

Sculyblast wrote:Weird Question:

Why does the legacy toyline already have more toyfigures in it then the Transformers prime toyline had, even though the prime toyline came with a succesfull tv-series, while legacy mostly seems to be a random assortement of figures without a specific medium to promote them?

It doesn't. Prime had over 110 figures in it's retail line (including Beast Hunters, excluding First Edition and exclusives) while Legacy is currently at 70-ish (excluding exclusives). 2024 will probably surpass Prime, though it may be a three wave line so they can do something new in 2025.

Emerje

I was afraid they were going to retool Shrapnel into Bombshell and go lazy like they did with Wild Rider and Breakdown. The upper body works for the most part, but the lower body - not so much. It still looks like they jammed Bombshell's top half into Shrapnel's lower half. Sure I'll get it to complete the trio. But it's still disappointing that they refused to honor Bombshell by giving him an original mold, and instead made him Shrapnel's sloppy-seconds.

The head sculpt looks nice, and at least they gave him decent forelegs for the insect mode (though the partsforming rear legs are another disappointment). The original Bombshell's abdomen had always been sleeker and rounded, so it's jarring now to see it all boxy and angular. It looks like it's a mostly finished piece of work, so there's little hope that they'll fix him by making the back section rounder. If they were going to remold the entire upper half, why not remold the legs while they were at it, to help complete the make-over? I guess they were too busy making original molds for the Core Dinobots to devote much time to poor Bombshell.

Hoping Hasbro gets to finishing rest of the Deluxe Insecticons, happy with my little ones enough to avoid Legacys.

So if we're getting an Armada Galvatron repaint that means we're all but guaranteed to get a Powerlinx Prime repaint as well, right?

I_AM... MEGATRON! wrote:So if we're getting an Armada Galvatron repaint that means we're all but guaranteed to get a Powerlinx Prime repaint as well, right?

Not necessarily. Only one Commander class toy has ever gotten a redeco, and that was only as a Shattered Glass toy.

They couldn't make the deluxe able to hide the robot head in insect mode? The legends was even able to do that.

I wonder if figures like Shadowstriker would be better received if they were marketed like the early Generations and Reveal The Shield lines: no ties to a specific continuity outside the united design. Honestly, it seems like most of the criticism, my own included, is because the whole "X Universe Character" creates expectations regarding the character's design which eventually fall flat because of the unified aesthetic. Even the better ones have a little something missing, like Animated Prowl being too bulky or RID2001 Scourge not having the right colors. Honestly, the only ones safe so far are the UT and BW figures.

Also, I really hope they redo Armada Starscream in the future; the fact he's the only Legacy Armada without Mini-Con compatibility really stands out.

So, about the leaked listings:
- I hope UT Megatron ends up going through the same Megatron/Galvatron cycle from each series. And dear Primus, I don't even know if I'm being sarcastic or not!
- Guess the Rock Lord Weaponizers are practically confirmed. Now here's wondering if they're straight-up turn-into-rocks Rock Lords, or if they try to pull a twist in the alt-mode to make them more interesting (like, say, being regular Transformers with vehicle and/or beast modes but a golem-like design instead of regular metal robots, or Modulators with temple-like base modes). But, if I may suggest an out-of-left-field possibility:

I mean, they were originally meant to be rock beings, already have designed alt-modes, and even their names still reference rocks (lithos or stone -> Lithone, granite -> Granix -> Kranix, marble -> Marblus(?) -> Arblus).

I noticed today that EE has pushed Breakdown and Dead End from June to September. I almost ordered those two last month then unexpectantly spotted Dead End on Amazon so planned to wait a bit on the other one until I could add more to the order. Now this lol.

I don't really know what I was expecting as they have pushed several listing the past few months, but I was wanting to get Breakdown to finally complete the Stunticons. Sure three months isn't al that bad but when you have other items you were also planning to get around that time form other lines it all adds up, and I don't like getting everything at once then having a severely long dry spell.

Plus what does that mean for the July, August shipments?

Found these images on Instagram this morning.
This is a pass for me, but thought I’d share.

Damn. That looks.... not good. And I like and wanted dreadwing
Now idk

Razorbeast88 wrote:Damn. That looks.... not good. And I like and wanted dreadwing
Now idk

I figured it was a long shot but I was hoping to like this figure more as well.

The red cockpit canopy on the chest and the silver horns above the yellow face are giving me King Atlas vibes, which I truly hope doesn't mean that Hasbro intends for this figure to also sort of double as King Atlas in addition to Dreadwing (in lieu of giving the king his own toy with his own proper deco) in the same way that the Skyquake toy doubles as both the G1 and Prime versions of him.

Sowndwave76 wrote:Found these images on Instagram this morning.
This is a pass for me, but thought I’d share.

Not the shade of blue I was imagining, but he still looks decent. I do like the Skyquake mould and have been looking forward to Dreadwing. I'll definitely buy one when he's out.

Also, I got a shipping notice for my Armada Megatron pre-order, I'll have him by the end of this week, and I'm really excited to get my hands on him!

Munkky wrote:

Sowndwave76 wrote:Found these images on Instagram this morning.
This is a pass for me, but thought I’d share.

Not the shade of blue I was imagining, but he still looks decent.

It kinda reminds me of the Japanese toy's brighter blue.

This mold has a similar issue that I have with other molds;
Between the length and the bulk of the torso, the legs are too short.
And I understand the bot mode has the jive with the alt mode and transformation.
But even if these proportions are accurate to the character model, it doesn’t work well for me.

I think a lot more people would have enjoyed Dreadwing if they just retooled the head to be accurate to the Prime animated series. I give Skyquake a pass since he was in just a couple episodes, and the blending with the very late OG figure was an interesting meld.

Dreadwing should be all Prime however ( or at least the head sculpt). Sabre mentioned King Atlas. I guess you'd have to throw in MW Starscream as well. I hope they don't get released from this mold, but I guess we will see.

I may be the only one to like this, but I do like this.

Wasn't sold on Skyquake's green, but love the blue (even if it is a bit too Thunderacker-ey) and red even if it's not cartoon accurate.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

I don't get it. This figure seems to be a downgrade from the original.
There is some engineering that is slightly fancier, but which seems to come at the expense that nothing locks into place.

Sabrblade wrote:The red cockpit canopy on the chest and the silver horns above the yellow face are giving me King Atlas vibes, which I truly hope doesn't mean that Hasbro intends for this figure to also sort of double as King Atlas in addition to Dreadwing (in lieu of giving the king his own toy with his own proper deco) in the same way that the Skyquake toy doubles as both the G1 and Prime versions of him.

The yellow highlight and the red canopy on the cockpit? Wrong Dreadwing, Hasbro:

Hell yeah, Dreadwing got his cannon! He's gonna look great with Skyquake.

Sculyblast wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

I don't get it. This figure seems to be a downgrade from the original.
There is some engineering that is slightly fancier, but which seems to come at the expense that nothing locks into place.

The tank mode is solid, which is surprising for an H-Tank.

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:The red cockpit canopy on the chest and the silver horns above the yellow face are giving me King Atlas vibes, which I truly hope doesn't mean that Hasbro intends for this figure to also sort of double as King Atlas in addition to Dreadwing (in lieu of giving the king his own toy with his own proper deco) in the same way that the Skyquake toy doubles as both the G1 and Prime versions of him.

The yellow highlight and the red canopy on the cockpit? Wrong Dreadwing, Hasbro:

Was that a deluxe class figure?

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:The red cockpit canopy on the chest and the silver horns above the yellow face are giving me King Atlas vibes, which I truly hope doesn't mean that Hasbro intends for this figure to also sort of double as King Atlas in addition to Dreadwing (in lieu of giving the king his own toy with his own proper deco) in the same way that the Skyquake toy doubles as both the G1 and Prime versions of him.

The yellow highlight and the red canopy on the cockpit? Wrong Dreadwing, Hasbro:

Was that a deluxe class figure?

Yup, and an original mold among several retools to boot.

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:The red cockpit canopy on the chest and the silver horns above the yellow face are giving me King Atlas vibes, which I truly hope doesn't mean that Hasbro intends for this figure to also sort of double as King Atlas in addition to Dreadwing (in lieu of giving the king his own toy with his own proper deco) in the same way that the Skyquake toy doubles as both the G1 and Prime versions of him.

The yellow highlight and the red canopy on the cockpit? Wrong Dreadwing, Hasbro:

No, the face is supposed to be yellow. It's the horns being silver along with the yellow face that makes it look like the face of King Atlas.


Transformers Universe King Atlas Gallery

EDIT: I just noticed the little red square in the middle of the jet mode, which King Atlas also has too.


Transformers Universe King Atlas Gallery

I'm excited for new Rock Lord figures, honestly.

It's possible they're using some color apps here so they can recycle them later.

Emerje

Poor Bombshell's alt mode suffers because of those half-@rsed rear "leg" attachments. They're almost completely buried under the rear abdomen section, and they have no leg like protrusions.



As much remolding as they did for the upper body, they should have somehow molded extra 5mm ports into the panels on the lower/back sides for the weapons to plug into, then in the weapons, molded plastic insect legs that jut out in a more bug-like fashion so he has six proper insect legs.

And if the objection is 'but then the weapon accessories would look bulky and ugly'? Well, since when has that ever stopped Hasbro before? Especially with the Legacy line and their energon 'combiner' weapons - big, ugly, obtrusive accessories were what they were supposedly proud to make. This would just be carrying on with what they'd already been happily doing just a short while back.

It would be preferable to what it seems to be now, which is a completely legless backside so he looks more like a grub than a beetle.

An auction on eBay is giving us our first look at Legacy Evolution Leader Dreadwing. The Skyquake repaint doesn't have any new parts on the figure itself, but does replace the gatling gun with a proper canon just like the original toys. The colors are not cartoon accurate and there's a lot of debate within our Energon Pub Fourms about just where Hasbro got the colors from, but that's going to take an official reveal to get the truth about. Thanks again to Sowndwave76 for letting us know!

That shade of blue looks brighter than the one in the show but it might just be the camera. Mine used to make purples look bluer. The original Transformers Prime Dreadwing figure also seems to have a different shade of blue than the one he sports in the actual show, much drabber.

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:The red cockpit canopy on the chest and the silver horns above the yellow face are giving me King Atlas vibes, which I truly hope doesn't mean that Hasbro intends for this figure to also sort of double as King Atlas in addition to Dreadwing (in lieu of giving the king his own toy with his own proper deco) in the same way that the Skyquake toy doubles as both the G1 and Prime versions of him.

The yellow highlight and the red canopy on the cockpit? Wrong Dreadwing, Hasbro:

Was that a deluxe class figure?

Yup, and an original mold among several retools to boot.

What was he retooled into?

Of course, Dreadwing would be next.

I'll still wait for the Machine Wars Starscream version, most likely with a new head.

Not buying that mold until it's made into G1 Skyquake and/or MW Starscream.

TK415 wrote:

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:The red cockpit canopy on the chest and the silver horns above the yellow face are giving me King Atlas vibes, which I truly hope doesn't mean that Hasbro intends for this figure to also sort of double as King Atlas in addition to Dreadwing (in lieu of giving the king his own toy with his own proper deco) in the same way that the Skyquake toy doubles as both the G1 and Prime versions of him.

The yellow highlight and the red canopy on the cockpit? Wrong Dreadwing, Hasbro:

Was that a deluxe class figure?

Yup, and an original mold among several retools to boot.

What was he retooled into?

Nobody: what I meant was the majority of the Beast Hunters Autobots and Decepticons were retools of their Robots in Disguise figures, while he and a few others were original molds.

His vehicle mode reminds me of Beast Machines Jetstorm a little bit, hehehe.

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:

TK415 wrote:

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:The red cockpit canopy on the chest and the silver horns above the yellow face are giving me King Atlas vibes, which I truly hope doesn't mean that Hasbro intends for this figure to also sort of double as King Atlas in addition to Dreadwing (in lieu of giving the king his own toy with his own proper deco) in the same way that the Skyquake toy doubles as both the G1 and Prime versions of him.

The yellow highlight and the red canopy on the cockpit? Wrong Dreadwing, Hasbro:

Was that a deluxe class figure?

Yup, and an original mold among several retools to boot.

What was he retooled into?

Nobody: what I meant was the majority of the Beast Hunters Autobots and Decepticons were retools of their Robots in Disguise figures, while he and a few others were original molds.

Oh yeah that makes sense, and seems obvious now, my brain just interpreted it the other way when I first it.

Thanks!

My Armada Megatron arrived today, and he's mostly okay, nothing spectacular but not awful either. It's a shame that the arms don't have full range of motion below the shoulders so poseability is limited, but the transformation is nice and simple and he looks good on the shelf.

-Kanrabat- wrote:Of course, Dreadwing would be next.

I'll still wait for the Machine Wars Starscream version, most likely with a new head.

Yes man!!!

Wow... I don't know anymore.

My local Walmart finally caught up with current offerings... sorta. They basically skipped over anything past Deluxe Wave 1 and got Evolution Wave 2 on the shelves... but not in the system. Still no Core, which makes me

I'm almost warming up to the shade of blue on this guy
Wish he had more yellow/gold though, too much gray

Still holding out hope it's just bad pics like the first product shot I saw of wreckers Bulkhead

Dreadwing looks pretty good. I wish they had used translucent yellow though, the red doesn't really fit him for the chest. He is my favorite Prime Decepticon, and one of my all time favorite Decepticons in general, so I will buy him

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Dreadwing looks pretty good. I wish they had used translucent yellow though, the red doesn't really fit him for the chest. He is my favorite Prime Decepticon, and one of my all time favorite Decepticons in general, so I will buy him

Agreed on the translucent yellow
And on the favorite decepticon from Prime

Why does his decepticon symbol look slightly different? Is that a nod to something?

Razorbeast88 wrote:Why does his decepticon symbol look slightly different? Is that a nod to something?

Gotta be something related to a "Seeker" or something. Unless it is something related to King Atlas

Razorbeast88 wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Dreadwing looks pretty good. I wish they had used translucent yellow though, the red doesn't really fit him for the chest. He is my favorite Prime Decepticon, and one of my all time favorite Decepticons in general, so I will buy him

Agreed on the translucent yellow
And on the favorite decepticon from Prime

Tony Todd >>>> all others

Razorbeast88 wrote:Why does his decepticon symbol look slightly different? Is that a nod to something?

Looks identical to the one from the original toy to me...



Emerje

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:Wow... I don't know anymore.

My local Walmart finally caught up with current offerings... sorta. They basically skipped over anything past Deluxe Wave 1 and got Evolution Wave 2 on the shelves... but not in the system. Still no Core, which makes me

Yeah, I dont even search for Core or Deluxe at retail anymore. Neither my Walmarts, nor Targets are carrying them. Its all Amazon for me, unless I travel like I did a couple weeks ago and happen to find well stocked Targets far from my home that actually carry merch that isn't RotB or Earthspark.