#SDCC2019 Transformers Siege Rung Ratbat Rumble Micromaster Set Micromaster Combiners Revealed!

Well well, yesterday I bought Cybertron Optimus from Target as my first Siege figure. And oh man, he is CHUNK. He's amazing. Sure there are some goofy bits about him, but he is the funnest Optimus Prime figure I've ever gotten. (Also this picture was from when I immediately got him out of the box, so it's slightly mistransformed, sorry about that.) The thing that's amazing to me is how awesome the voyager form of him is as well. If you want an Optimus Prime that's super stop-motion friendly, this is a good one. His articulation is best of the Optimus Primes I have, even better than that of the Studio Series 38 BB movie Optimus. He's definitely the most solid one I have. Also his voyager form sports the most GORGEOUS modernized G1 toy Optimus Prime head I've EVER SEEN! I love this thing, and it makes me feel like a little kid again.



As much as I loved Studio Series before, feeling this as my first Siege figure makes me hope that the rest are this good, because if so, that means these are probably much more dense figures and would probably break less easily as well unlike my SS Jazz and Shatter. I also really am looking forward to that Hot Shot recolor of Hound, and really really hope they do a Clocker recolor with a new head of Sideswipe!

william-james88 wrote:RUNG??????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!????

Why do I feel like Warden was like "Who? IDW? That's not G1. Just crap something out and leave me alone."

Don't get me wrong I never thought we'd get one, and I'm darn sure gonna buy it, but this is so small it doesn't even scale with a legends collection. Is it better to have nothing than something you can't use?

Why is it they always release red rumble first and then never blue frenzy

That Titan class Primus looks great, ready to drop 575 for my Transformers God.

So Astrotrain will have 4 modes!!!

I bit confused about 10 pack minibot....are the same we have but repaint and in the same pack, the planes are all the same?

Great Apeface, Crossair, Astrotrain and spinster!!!

funny Ratbat and Rumble proportions

More news to came?

Are they seriously releasing Apeface but not Snapdragon? I hope it's not gonna be another Chop Shop where they never bothered to release the rest of the team.

Also Crosshairs just looks like Ironhide painted in Optimus Primes colors. Nice try Hasbro but NO!

Aimless Misfire wrote:Are they seriously releasing Apeface but not Snapdragon? I hope it's not gonna be another Chop Shop where they never bothered to release the rest of the team.

Also Crosshairs just looks like Ironhide painted in Optimus Primes colors. Nice try Hasbro but NO!

I'd imagine that Snapdragon will come in the next part of the trilogy. This is only the first part after all. I'd be more concerned about them not bothering to make a Frenzy/Rumble like they almost didn't in Titans Return

Microbot wrote:I bit confused about 10 pack minibot....are the same we have but repaint and in the same pack, the planes are all the same?

They're all redecos of previously released figures, yes. I am a bit surprised that it has two sets of the Air Strike Patrol, but one set may be retooled similarly to Red Heat, and the Sports Car Patrol members Hyperdrive and Blackjack. We'll have to wait and see at SDCC.

But rest assured, I'll be hunting for it

I’m confused as to who the two blue battlemaster/Micromaster guys are? The ones that combine into an onslaught type vehicle? Can anyone tell me who they are supposed to be? (Also Spinister is looking really good I think him and apeface are who I’m going to be trying to get)

*sighs* WHY DOES HASBRO WANT MY MONEY SO MUCH

Orionpaxg1 wrote:That Titan class Primus looks great, ready to drop 575 for my Transformers God.

What do you mean Primus? Unless you're making a joke.

Liking what I see, especially that Rumble/Frenzy & Ratbat pack. Also, is it me, or does Rung look like he could be recolored into Kaon? I mean, he even has lightning like blast effects. If a Kaon repaint is possible, I hope the rest of the DJD will follow.

Ratbat. Hasbro finally made a new Ratbat. And the Madmen made a new Frenzy mold too.

Rung.

And the Direct Hit and Power Punch Micromaster combiner.

Plus the unidentified long rumored Micromaster ten pack, The unidentified Targetmaster (Please for the love of god let it be a proper Fracas) and the rest of the reveals looking fine AF! I'm so in on this!

Bring on the new Commander, Titan and next chapter!!!!


Also Hasbro you better complete the Rescue
Patrol with a Seawatch and Fixit two pack or I swear to god

Rung actually turns into a Matrix maker I mean regardless of size I’m smitten. I’m smote.

Most of these are immediate buys...finally might get a ratbat in my collection!

The micro master combiners were great fun and the battle squad was one of my faves. In a way I’m a bit let down by the siege micromasters cause they have t greatly improved over the originals. Would’ve been nice to have more planes... didn’t manage to pick up the air strike patrol so might get this 10 pack if reasonably priced,

i was almost thinking astrotrain was going to be a real leader class size figure then i saw the launch pad he comes with i guess the new leader class is now voyager with accessories thats a shame

Is anyone else a bit underwhelmed with Rumble/Frenzy? The legs especially are kinda weak. The knees are too high and the feet aren't very distinct. I'm hoping it's mis-transformed and the thighs telescope up a bit more from the lower legs and that the feet flip out at the bottom. On the other hand, Ratbat looks great. I hope it's not too long until we see Buzzsaw and Blueguy.

Wolfman Jake wrote:Is anyone else a bit underwhelmed with Rumble/Frenzy? The legs especially are kinda weak. The knees are too high and the feet aren't very distinct. I'm hoping it's mis-transformed and the thighs telescope up a bit more from the lower legs and that the feet flip out at the bottom. On the other hand, Ratbat looks great. I hope it's not too long until we see Buzzsaw and Blueguy.

I agree but I love that they made it work enough to forgive it. Plus the awkwardness reminds me of both the Autobot and Decepticon cassette robots and their original quirkiness. I doubt they will have little weapons either that kinda bums me out but again, I can forgive it.

Dear everyone who said we weren't getting any more IDW designs/characters now that the comic run was over:
Kindly never talk to me again.

Sincerely,
~ Rong Wrong Wrung Oh forget it.

In all seriousness though, this is awesome. Rung is an immediate purchase, Spinister and Apeface still look amazing, I love that Astrotrain has somewhere to store his arsenal, and the Micromasters are alright I guess. Ratbat is my favorite cassette, so if I do get Soundblaster and they don't release any more niche cassettes I might grab him and Rumble there.

I'm absolutely willing to bet that Rung, that Firedrive repaint, the cassettes, and the combiner bros are the missing S44-47. Can anyone see any numbers on the box for the 10 pack?

Also heads-up, the article fails to mention the Micromaster combiner.

Now when's Tarn coming

I just realized that Spinister's second cockpit goes to the underside of his vehicle mode! After seeing it, I guess it should have been obvious that it wasn't going to end up on top behind the first one

Sentinel_Primal wrote:Astrotrain's tender turning into a rocket base is amazing! I'm definitely going to pick up the Rumble and Ratbat pack for Soundblaster. Hope they do a Frenzy set. Oh, and I'm a tad disappointed about the way they handled Apeface's beast mode face, but if it means a good Titan Master and robot mode face, I'm fine with it not being 100% like the G1 toy

That tender is glorious. It feels like the accessory the G1 toy was supposed to have but never got. SIEGE Astrotrain continues to be "SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!"

Ultra Markus wrote:i was almost thinking astrotrain was going to be a real leader class size figure then i saw the launch pad he comes with i guess the new leader class is now voyager with accessories thats a shame

That's just an effect of who they've been doing as Leader-class thus far.

Aimless Misfire wrote:Are they seriously releasing Apeface but not Snapdragon? I hope it's not gonna be another Chop Shop where they never bothered to release the rest of the team.

Also Crosshairs just looks like Ironhide painted in Optimus Primes colors. Nice try Hasbro but NO!

1. Be patient, willya? They're probably still hashing out how to handle Krunk.
2. Oh yes, because the red thighs, blue-and-black arms, and unique black headsculpt sooooo look like Optimus' color layout and Ironhide's head. Also, did you miss the initial renders of Crosshairs or something?

Cons galore!

Astrotrain will be a pass, if he had been a TRUE leader class (i.e. Magnus-size instead of Shockwave-size), I would have bought it. But the TR A-train is fine for me.

I'll definitely get Spinister and Apeface (there HAS to be a Snapdragon on the way!...right? RIGHT?)

Pass on both Ratbat and Rumble. They're fine, I just don't need them.

Pass on the 10-pack.

The new Targetmaster is a buy, providing we get a name...?

The Micromaster combiner is probably a pass.

I'll probably get Crosshairs, just because.

After the pics, the 10 pack of micromasters likely a pass as it doesnt complete any teams (I'll just have huge backlog and fun trying to track down any of the Siege micromasters if/when they release the team mates).
Pretty sure the orig combiner micromaster had two gun barrells if it's the G1 one I somehow had a part of. Will pick up when the price is lower.

Ratbat pack, will pick up if/when I get Soundwave/Soundblaster, hopefully soon.

Spinister, definitley even though it looks like a power drill has been taken to him to give him parts to plug in weapons.

Ape face, still a big yes.

Astro train, should be a yes but I dont really need to replace the TR one. Maybe when the line starts getting figures with earth modes then he will be bought to go with them. Size wise, no way is it worth £46, even £30 would be pushing it.

Crosshairs is slowly going from yes, to a maybe at some point. I wanted to have the mold (happy with third party Ironhide) but I'm not understanding it being a 'large deluxe' with it being the same size as TR Kup.

The target masters are maybes.

blackeyedprime wrote:Pretty sure the orig combiner micromaster had two gun barrells if it's the G1 one I somehow had a part of.

nope it's this one - https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Power_Punch_(G1) - one of his team mates did have a double barrel turret though

10 pack seems to have Ironworks, Airwave, Nightflight, Tote, Groundshaker, and Skyhopper, at least what I can see.

TFanPage101 wrote:10 pack seems to have Ironworks, Airwave, Nightflight, Tote, Groundshaker, and Skyhopper, at least what I can see.

sounds right as some of those were repaints in the g1 era - would still love a full set of air patrol figures tho

Wolfman Jake wrote:Is anyone else a bit underwhelmed with Rumble/Frenzy? The legs especially are kinda weak. The knees are too high and the feet aren't very distinct. I'm hoping it's mis-transformed and the thighs telescope up a bit more from the lower legs and that the feet flip out at the bottom. On the other hand, Ratbat looks great. I hope it's not too long until we see Buzzsaw and Blueguy.

I am underwhelmed by it too.

These are looking nice, though the biggest suprise is definitely Rung. I wonder if this means he's going to reappear in the new IDW comics then?

I really like Astro train, he was one of the G1 figures I wanted most but could never find at carboot sales as a kid.

Astrotrain is a possible buy, if I ever find him at clearance prices that bring him down in price to his proper size class.


Rung I will buy two of, one to play with, one to keep MISC.



The rest is a pass.

Chromia tires of Triggerhappy's nonsense.

Wow, Astrotrain's shuttle-mode looks unfinished.

Pretty cool that this Spinister guy has two cockpits in robot mode but only one in alt-mode. (Yes, I know, like the box-art, you-know who-you-are.)

I still have those combiner microrobots it's amusing to see them redone.

Apeface is definitely the star here.

(Still no Skyfire btw. So much for pre-orders or Amazon.)

WTF is happening with Transformers right now?
There's a limit in how many times I can come in an hour you know.

I mean, seriously, it's fan service overkill! All of our wishes are coming true all at once!

-Kanrabat- wrote:WTF is happening with Transformers right now?
There's a limit in how many times I can come in an hour you know.

I mean, seriously, it's fan service overkill! All of our wishes are coming true all at once!

True that!

Gotta pick and choose wisely!

Well there’s our Primus to go with Unicron

Well that's awesome. Guess I can cancel my flight this morning from ORD to SAN.

It is getting harder to keep secrets and reveals these days. Though I'm wondering if there's still more to come. Companies can take all the precautions they want but human nature will mean someone will leak it just to get the accolade.

Sentinel_Primal wrote:

Aimless Misfire wrote:Are they seriously releasing Apeface but not Snapdragon? I hope it's not gonna be another Chop Shop where they never bothered to release the rest of the team.

Also Crosshairs just looks like Ironhide painted in Optimus Primes colors. Nice try Hasbro but NO!

I'd imagine that Snapdragon will come in the next part of the trilogy. This is only the first part after all. I'd be more concerned about them not bothering to make a Frenzy/Rumble like they almost didn't in Titans Return

Rodimus Prime wrote:(there HAS to be a Snapdragon on the way!...right? RIGHT?)

We'll see but when they released Chop Shop I was excited for the other 3 deluxe Insecticons & I'm STILL Waiting. I'm still waiting for any updated version of Ransack, my favorite of the 4.

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:

Aimless Misfire wrote:Are they seriously releasing Apeface but not Snapdragon? I hope it's not gonna be another Chop Shop where they never bothered to release the rest of the team.

Also Crosshairs just looks like Ironhide painted in Optimus Primes colors. Nice try Hasbro but NO!

1. Be patient, willya? They're probably still hashing out how to handle Krunk.
2. Oh yes, because the red thighs, blue-and-black arms, and unique black headsculpt sooooo look like Optimus' color layout and Ironhide's head. Also, did you miss the initial renders of Crosshairs or something?

I never mentioned the color "LAYOUT". I only mentioned the colors RED & BLUE. It looks like Ironhide is painted in OP's colors. It reminds me of that lame Cloud Roadbuster/Energon Ironhide repaint.

I don't know what you're talking about "initial renders of Crosshairs", I'm just looking at the G1 toy of Crosshairs & this Ironhide repaint doesn't work for me. I want an actual G1 update that looks like the G1 toy. Same goes for Doubledealer. I don't want lazy half-assed repaints of molds that look nothing like the original G1 toy. If Hasbro can give us molds like Apeface & Springer that look exactly like their G1 toy then I'm not settling for that horrible 30th Doubledealer or this crappy Crosshairs.

PLEASE let "frenzy" just be mistransformed. Ratbat looks sick and he's not a favorite of mine but I do not like the arms and legs of "frenzy" at all.
Astrotrain looks good. That launchpad base is a nice touch, but I'm wondering what other function does it have other than what's shown?

I think Astrotrain's tender also transforms into a gun. So it should have a use for all three modes.

That HUGE launch pad? A gun?

G1OPT1MU5PR1M3 wrote:That HUGE launch pad? A gun?

Yup

There's no picture but this news here says that it all combines
https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/new-wfc-siege-products-reveals-voyager-apeface-leader-astrotrain-deluxe-spinister-and-crosshairs/43489/

G1OPT1MU5PR1M3 wrote:PLEASE let "frenzy" just be mistransformed. Ratbat looks sick and he's not a favorite of mine but I do not like the arms and legs of "frenzy" at all.
Astrotrain looks good. That launchpad base is a nice touch, but I'm wondering what other function does it have other than what's shown?

It’s a $5 micromaster dude. You’re a not getting MP quality cassette. You’re getting the same articulation as the rest of the micromasters

Sabrblade wrote:

Randomhero wrote:

G1OPT1MU5PR1M3 wrote:PLEASE let "frenzy" just be mistransformed. Ratbat looks sick and he's not a favorite of mine but I do not like the arms and legs of "frenzy" at all.
Astrotrain looks good. That launchpad base is a nice touch, but I'm wondering what other function does it have other than what's shown?

It’s a $5 micromaster dude. You’re a not getting MP quality cassette. You’re getting the same articulation as the rest of the micromasters

Honestly, looking at the way "Frenzy/Rumble" is in cassette mode, it looks like almost the exact same transformation as a G1 "Frenzy/Rumble". Something that explains the weird high knees that the figure has, as it is SO G1. The only difference being that instead of hiding the hands to hold the spring loaded head into the body, you use the racheted shoulder joints to hold the head down and the hands flip into the forearms. The questions are how strong are those pins in holding the hands into the forearms so you can actually flip them back out, how easily could those hands snap off around the pin trying to get them back out, and do those hands flip up or down into the forearms to affect the visibility when the figure is a cassette.

Otherwise, the only figures I'll definitely buy out of this group of is Astrotrain, as a gift for my steam engine loving father, and Lancer, to complete the fembiner. Rung would be a possibility if I could sneak him past my hubby, but that is a big if.

I'll get the new Rumble, but I plan to keep using TR Rumble and Frenzy for any robot mode displays. I think the Siege versions are fine for the scale, but like @Randomhero said, there's only so much you can do at that size.

I wanted a Wingthing, but I'm guessing instead we'll see Frenzy and Buzzsaw.

Astrotrain continues to look amazing, the launch pad tender idea is great.

Spinister is looking really nice, though honestly I'd rather they'd made one of his legs into a sort of engine detail for helicopter mode and just let him have asymmetrical legs. Still, I do want him somewhat.

Apeface looks cool but I don't really care that much about Apeface as a character. Nice that he exists though.

Rung, well, it's cool that people that want a Rung can get one. I don't care about him at all but I don't begrudge his existence in the line (though I'd prefer a Nickel).

Crosshairs actually looks really cool. I don't think I'll buy him but the colours look wonderful on that mold.

The two-parter Micromaster pair look sweet. No clue who they are but I like them.

Ratbat looks cool but that Fremble mold, yikes! I get there's limits to how good you can make something at that scale but honestly I think I'll track down the United figures. I don't mind them not actually fitting inside Soundwave's chest, and they look really nice toys, especially with those tank modes.

Doesnt look like the head hides on cassette guy, it just turns around like on the old 80's watches. I'd only be getting it for scaling with Siege soundwave otherwise KO MPs are perfect for display with any line (I got Hasbro MP soundwave so I've not needed the kos but will eventually get the buzzsaw just for the different shade of yellow). Im not sure if size is that much of a restriction if worlds smallest ravage looks better than siege ravage.

Having just watched Everything wrong with bumblebee, the ravage in that film still looks awesome but is as close to being a Zoid as can be (Please let there be a live action Zoid film, not done by any Baynus crew).

These all look really fun!

Aimless Misfire wrote:

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:

Aimless Misfire wrote:Are they seriously releasing Apeface but not Snapdragon? I hope it's not gonna be another Chop Shop where they never bothered to release the rest of the team.

Also Crosshairs just looks like Ironhide painted in Optimus Primes colors. Nice try Hasbro but NO!

1. Be patient, willya? They're probably still hashing out how to handle Krunk.
2. Oh yes, because the red thighs, blue-and-black arms, and unique black headsculpt sooooo look like Optimus' color layout and Ironhide's head. Also, did you miss the initial renders of Crosshairs or something?

I never mentioned the color "LAYOUT". I only mentioned the colors RED & BLUE. It looks like Ironhide is painted in OP's colors. It reminds me of that lame Cloud Roadbuster/Energon Ironhide repaint.

I don't know what you're talking about "initial renders of Crosshairs", I'm just looking at the G1 toy of Crosshairs & this Ironhide repaint doesn't work for me. I want an actual G1 update that looks like the G1 toy. Same goes for Doubledealer. I don't want lazy half-assed repaints of molds that look nothing like the original G1 toy. If Hasbro can give us molds like Apeface & Springer that look exactly like their G1 toy then I'm not settling for that horrible 30th Doubledealer or this crappy Crosshairs.

1. True, you didn't mention layout. But given the prominent presence of BLACK and the absence of white/gray (save for the silver windows), it doesn't really look like "Optimus colors". It looks like Crosshairs colors. And whether you mentioned it or not, layout does play a role in the distinction. And again, new headsculpt.
2. What do I mean by "initial renders of Crosshairs"? I mean the initial renders of Crosshairs. As in, the renders of SIEGE Crosshairs that were posted here a few weeks ago. As in, we've known about this for a while already, why did it take you this long to voice your complaints?
3a. I disagree with you about this Crosshairs "look[ing] nothing like the original G1 toy":

He's got the sloped windshield chest (the one in the display is mistransformed) with a red frame, the boxy blue arms.. The vehicle mode has less of a resemblance, true, but the tires at least look suitably big even if they don't protrude and the body shape is quasi-similar. Finding a perfect match for Crosshairs would be kinda hard, because of the fact that the rear half of his altmode is just his lower legs elevated onto his thighs without a big gap in the center.
3b. Springer does not look exactly like his original G1 toy, certain things like the paldrons are changed for cartoon accuracy.

Randomhero wrote:Well there’s our Primus to go with Unicron

In 2024, to celebrate the brands 40th anniversary, ONLY if the Unicron Haslab project is successful Of course Primus will cost $725 and Hasbro will want 12K backers...

As for the Micromaster combiner shown...I wonder if this will come in the standard packaging we've seen now, or new packaging. I mean all the micromasters have had a *combined form* up until this point, but we all know the original Micromaster combiners were a subset after the original Micromasters came out. I would think they would have saved those for the next line (which they may). This may be a similar case, such as when CW Legends Buzzsaw was released prior to TR, though it was obviously designed for the TR line.

These reveals are cool, and round out that late 4th/5th (depending on the size assortment) we were expecting. I'm still a bit concerned about Hasbro's stance to keep these lines to 12 months. maybe they are *testing* the waters to see if they can push the next line off until Spring, instead of revealing it in January.

I guess we'll know come end of year, if stores have ordered a glut of wave 4 stuff, or if the new wave 5 items are actually available at retail. Still, with all of this, I'll be more excited for any reveals of the 2020 line.

Is it weird that it’s the little guys that have me the most excited? Like I’d’ve never expected them to do Rung, yet here he is. Super happy that they managed to pull off Frenzy, I was afraid that they’d only do Laserbeak and Ravage and leave it at that. I’m calling it right now; when they get around to doing Rumble, they pack him with either Buzzsaw or (thanks to the precedent started by Masterpiece) Wingthing. The Micromaster 10-pack is disappointing, but I’d still probably get to help round out the teams. Hope they do more Micromaster Combiners too!