Super7 Transformers Beast Wars ReAction Figures Inbound

I'm still waiting for that damn Bludgeon to come out.
Whats up with that pre-order limbo?

Being ReAction there isn't a lot I would want, but if they could make a decent Transmutate or the Vox with stands or even some primitive kids I'd be all over them.

Emerje

-Kanrabat- wrote:I'm still waiting for that damn Bludgeon to come out.
Whats up with that pre-order limbo?

This is what their newsletter said last week:

Transformers

Wave 2 (Grimlock in Dino Mode, Tracks, Megatron, Bludgeon) - In production. Scheduled to leave the factory middle of February and ship to customers in early-April 2023.
Wave 3 (Alligaticon, Megatron G2, Tarn, Wreck-Gar) - Approved 3D outputs from factory and in tooling. Scheduled to leave the factory end of June and ship to customers mid-August 2023.
Wave 4 (Starscream, Fallen Leader Optimus Prime, Soundwave) - Reviewing 3D engineered outputs with the factory. Scheduled to leave the factory middle of December and ship to customers end of late-January 2024.
Wave 5 (King Starscream Fallen, Megatron G1 Reformatting) - Engineering 3D outputs with the factory.

star action figures has had preorders up for a bit now (no pics). Others up for preorder/Wave 7 is megatron, optimus primal and black arachnia £20 each.

A great chance for show accurate Ravage and Tripredacus council.

Definitely interested in seeing what Brian is putting out for Beast Wars. The part I'm really interested to see is the backing card art / design since that can make or break a reaction line. Part of the fun with The Worst is fun because of the Basil Gogos/Famous Monsters style art; and while I like the Dune line the packing art leaves a lot to be desired. Hopefully its a bit more interesting than a straight rehashing the 1996 backing cards.

TulioDude wrote:A great chance for show accurate Ravage and Tripredacus council.

Not really sure this is the way you would want them

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

TulioDude wrote:A great chance for show accurate Ravage and Tripredacus council.

Not really sure this is the way you would want them

Don't think we even have full body shots of them.

Still waiting for Ultimate Bludgeon to come out.
The date have been pushed back to May.

Is the thing made out of Moon rock and unicorn hair or what?

-Kanrabat- wrote:Still waiting for Ultimate Bludgeon to come out.
The date have been pushed back to May.

Is the thing made out of Moon rock and unicorn hair or what?

No idea what's going on with these, the dates are constantly being pushed back. Is Super7 always like this? Ultimates Banzai-Tron and ReAction Unicron are the only figures I have from them.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:Still waiting for Ultimate Bludgeon to come out.
The date have been pushed back to May.

Is the thing made out of Moon rock and unicorn hair or what?

No idea what's going on with these, the dates are constantly being pushed back. Is Super7 always like this? Ultimates Banzai-Tron and ReAction Unicron are the only figures I have from them.

Emerje

Yes they are. I have yet to see ReAction Unicron on Amazon as well as most of that wave which I surprisingly wanted.

I want Faticron as well but no dice everywhere.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Emerje wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:Still waiting for Ultimate Bludgeon to come out.
The date have been pushed back to May.

Is the thing made out of Moon rock and unicorn hair or what?

No idea what's going on with these, the dates are constantly being pushed back. Is Super7 always like this? Ultimates Banzai-Tron and ReAction Unicron are the only figures I have from them.

Emerje

Yes they are. I have yet to see ReAction Unicron on Amazon as well as most of that wave which I surprisingly wanted.

I got my Unicron from BBTS a month or so ago, he's in stock at Entertainment Earth, too.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:I got my Unicron from BBTS a month or so ago, he's in stock at Entertainment Earth, too.

Emerje

Thanks for the heads-up!

BTW, they say that Bludgeon is for July...

At least they have Faticron (he's expensive) and they have the big Banzaitron, Bomshell, and Ghost Starscream on heavy discount too.

EDIT:
In the end, I ordered Faticron from eBay instead. To soak up the shipping cost, there was nothing else that interested me at E-A and the total cost was around a whopping 10$CAN cheaper at eBay.

I found these two at a local Target (Springfield, MO) today. The Hyper Steel variant of Optimus Primal and Beast Wars Megatron. They happen to have one of each version of the Optimus Primal. They didn’t have the BWs Megatron in his show colors, only the translucent.
Unfortunately, i didn't take the time to take a photo of both Optimus Primal's for a color comparison.


SGM

Nice find, SGM. Those are the last 2 i need to complete but nothing in my area for the last month or so.

Thanks @triKlops, i will be honest it was more of a surprise seeing them. That Target rarely stocks any figures from the Super 7 line. Sure once in while you will find one but its one of those things if do find one, buy it, you wont see it again. Hopefully you will be able to find them at some point.


SGM

My BBTS POL arrived last night, and it included 2 more Super7 figures. I got Pumpkin Prime because I enjoy holiday repaints, and the Quint, well, I just needed him for my Quintesson display. I like the pumpkin prime colors, it speaks to me for no real particular reason. The Quint is OK, but really, every quint toy is just OK.

I got Pumpkin Prime as well and that scheme really suits. It's like pseudo Fire Guts, lol. The Burning Red Primal that is on deck is my next one i am keeping an eye out for.

So, it looks like Target exclusive Tigatron exists now as well.
It has been spotted in store but no online listing yet.

I bought a GI Joe Cobra trooper and a Joe generic soldier to go with the Joe X-Over Megs and Bee respectively.

These are the right size and have the right proportions to go with them. I tried finding something that would have been more on par with the "vintage" figures that came with the bots, but there's too many Joe collections, lines, and scales to make heads or tails.

The ReAction Joes are relatively well priced, are in the perfect scale, and mostly, are readily available. So, they are the perfect complimentary figures to go with the bots.

Hell, I'm still waiting for the G2 Megatron. Just got Banzai-Tron yesterday on clearance from BBTS. Can't wait to crack him open

Amazon has a few of the reaction figures but for full retail. They'll get me for Unicron but I doubt any of the others.

Got some Super7 stuff lately. First up, just to finish it, the ReAction Quint works well with the Pit of Judgement.



As part of the EE sale, I got the big Tarn and G2 Megatron as well. Tarn is a bit of a letdown, but Nickel has much more to her than i thought, including butterfly ball joint arms, ball joint waist, and ball joint head, plus accessories! She is good.

G2 megs however, he truly shines. He is the best of the Super7 figures I have got, and hot damn he is so strong. He is so fun! He is one I can recommend full throat.





Nickel went to the Lost Light crew, while Tarn went to Cyberverse. I am not sure where G2 Megs will go yet

G2 Megatron just rules so hard. I love this guy!

If anyone is curious, the Super7 guys scale pretty well with Yolopark items

So many retailers get Transformers exclusives in some shape or form, from Costco to the Universal Studios gift shop. And Macy's will be getting in on the action too with this new Super 7 Optimus Prime figure. The listing on Macy's website states that this figure was created for Macy's. It is the special VHS edition which is a new subline of the ReAction line. Soundwave is also getting a VHS edition, but is an Amazon exclusive, we have images of both these figures below.

Transformers Deluxe Wave One Optimus Prime (VHS) Action Figure, Created for Macy’s

There is no way to roll out a new collection of Transformers than with the leader of the Autobots, Optimus Prime Based on his look from the original G1 cartoon, this 7″ highly-articulated deluxe action figure comes equipped with Optimus’ signature Ion Blaster and arrives packaged in a unique VHS style cassette box. This Macy’s exclusive is the perfect addition to any Transformers collection, so head on over to a Macy’s near you with Toys “R” Us back at all locations

WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Contains small parts. Not for children under 3 years.
Ages 14+
Optimus’ appearance is based on his look from the original G1 cartoon.
Figure is 7″ scale and highly articulated, and features intricate sculpt and premium paint detailing
Plastic
Spot Clean
Imported

And they went with the style of the Rhino VHS releases that started in 2000. Huh.

I guess those did mean a lot for the few years until their DVD box sets came out (and Evolution Revolution's inclusion of 'Heavy Metal War' arguably still does), and heralded the '80s nostalgia boom, but you'd think the good ol' FHE boxes would hit deeper nostalgia notes. Is there some legal reason that's not possible?

william-james88 wrote:So many retailers get Transformers exclusives in some shape or form, from Costco to the Universal Studios gift shop. And Macy's will be getting in on the action too with this new Super 7 Optimus Prime figure. The listing on Macy's website states that this figure was created for Macy's. It is the special VHS edition which is a new subline of the ReAction line. Soundwave is also getting a VHS edition, but is an Amazon exclusive, we have images of both these figures below.

Ultimates, not ReAction. And removing virtually all of the accessories and knocking off $15 doesn't feel like a great savings on what was already pretty overpriced figures.

Compare:

$55


$40


$55


$40


Yeah, no thanks. These are a bad deal. Stripped down to one accessory and in packaging that probably didn't cost as much to produce as the regular releases.

Emerje

And most of the OG Ultimates are discounted to prices below these new VHS releases.

A listing had shown up for an Arc Playset from Super 7, the company that makes the ReAction figures. At $75, we couldn't expect too much, but it turns out people had to set their expectations real low. The "ark" element of the playset is just a piece of carboard for the background, no different than what comes free with Studio Series figures. The bulk of the $75 goes to the Megatron and Optimus figures that come in the set along with the base acting as terrain. This is similar to previous Super 7 playsets, being a callback to toys from the 70s. It is currently available for preorder on Walmart.com.

You can check it out below.

At that price, might as well make the playset yourself.

Well it's more accurate than Hasbros ark toy wakka wakka wakka

Tbf I'll be buying this as I didn't get optimus or megatron in the uber cheap load of reaction transformers I picked up a long while back. I'm under no illusion it will look as good as the hasbro/kenner star wars display stand looks or have that nostalgia.

transformnerd114 wrote:

At first, upon seeing the "diorama", I was dismayed by the absurdity of its price. But when I thought about the set's individual components, it started to make quite a fair bit more sense.

Here's what I'm thinking:

Optimus Figure = ~$20

Megatron Figure = ~$20

Diorama Itself = ~$35*

(*Higher price resulting from 2 backdrops and inclusion of 3D "terrain".)

There is only one double sided backdrop

The terrain mold is a reuse from other sets, iirc the Planet of the Apes set

In case anyone was wondering
I just thought it was funny seeing ape dudes on this exact terrain too lol

william-james88 wrote:

transformnerd114 wrote:

At first, upon seeing the "diorama", I was dismayed by the absurdity of its price. But when I thought about the set's individual components, it started to make quite a fair bit more sense.

Here's what I'm thinking:

Optimus Figure = ~$20

Megatron Figure = ~$20

Diorama Itself = ~$35*

(*Higher price resulting from 2 backdrops and inclusion of 3D "terrain".)

There is only one double sided backdrop

Plus they've proven they can sell the figures for $15 through their blind boxes bringing the diorama to $45 for a sheet of printed cardboard and a cheap vacuform base.

It's less of an Ark playset and more of a mountain playset. To me an Ark playset would have been orange floors and walls and maybe some computers.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

transformnerd114 wrote:

At first, upon seeing the "diorama", I was dismayed by the absurdity of its price. But when I thought about the set's individual components, it started to make quite a fair bit more sense.

Here's what I'm thinking:

Optimus Figure = ~$20

Megatron Figure = ~$20

Diorama Itself = ~$35*

(*Higher price resulting from 2 backdrops and inclusion of 3D "terrain".)

There is only one double sided backdrop

Plus they've proven they can sell the figures for $15 through their blind boxes bringing the diorama to $45 for a sheet of printed cardboard and a cheap vacuform base.

It's less of an Ark playset and more of a mountain playset. To me an Ark playset would have been orange floors and walls and maybe some computers.

Emerje

Yeah, that's what I wanted to get across by posting the news. It's not that this ark set is expensive for what it is, it's that the Arc element (what the title advertises) is just a sheet of printed cardboard

william-james88 wrote:

Emerje wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

transformnerd114 wrote:

At first, upon seeing the "diorama", I was dismayed by the absurdity of its price. But when I thought about the set's individual components, it started to make quite a fair bit more sense.

Here's what I'm thinking:

Optimus Figure = ~$20

Megatron Figure = ~$20

Diorama Itself = ~$35*

(*Higher price resulting from 2 backdrops and inclusion of 3D "terrain".)

There is only one double sided backdrop

Plus they've proven they can sell the figures for $15 through their blind boxes bringing the diorama to $45 for a sheet of printed cardboard and a cheap vacuform base.

It's less of an Ark playset and more of a mountain playset. To me an Ark playset would have been orange floors and walls and maybe some computers.

Emerje

Yeah, that's what I wanted to get across by posting the news. It's not that this ark set is expensive for what it is, it's that the Arc element (what the title advertises) is just a sheet of printed cardboard

Ah. Well. That changes things a little. Firstly, I should probably clarify that I never intended on purchasing this set, but I still wanted to try putting some minds at ease if anyone was on the fence. And while I don't want to seem as though I'm defending the price, having so much more information on the set as a whole is making more and more sense.

The figures are probably still around $20 USD to compensate for licensing fees due to their respective legacy media roots (by which I mean "brand-recognition/notoriety").

And while the backdrop may be a singular piece, you still have to account for the cost(s) of design(s), printing fees, material, ROI, IP fees, and one I think we can ALL relate to if nothing else: the ink.

Regardless, with all that being said, I still can't justify buying this for that price, not only because I know that I could definitely get something better for the same price, but also, because it doesn't factor in the added cost of shipping, sales tax, potential customs inspection fees, ect.

Well forget SS86 Optimus, this right here is Toy of the Year!

Okay don't care for Super 7's prices either, but the point of reaction is to give other franchises the feel of the original Kenner Star Wars line and that line has a lot of playsets that where in this plastic base with cardboard backdrop style. So this is doing what it Reaction was always meant to do. I do think they maybe should looked into the direction of like the Star Destroyer playset where it is more of a solid piece, but I get them doing this instead.

Super 7 will have a reveal today for 6 new figures and this will probably be one of them. Found through Diamond by Crazybarkz, we have our first good look at what appears to be Diaclone Devastator. What makes him Diaclone as opposed to G2 is the fact that not all Constructicons are yellow. We have an image of the artwork for the original Diaclone figure for you to compare.

The other reveals we should get later are
Rumble (red)
Ghost of Starscream
Grimlock Metallic
Arcee (prototype)
Optimus Prime (Nucleon Quest Special Mission)

I wonder if metallic Grimlock is the exclusive that BBTS is revealing tomorrow.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:I wonder if metallic Grimlock is the exclusive that BBTS is revealing tomorrow.

Emerje

Almost definitely just another batch of the SDCC one that's been out for months.

I'm still gonna activate wishful thinking and hope for turquoise G2 (it won't be)

Despite Proto G1 Arcee getting the Missing Link treatment, I'm down for a small ReAction figure of her on card.

Someday I'd really wish to see the Diaclone Constructicons being officially integrated within the Transformers' franchise. I'd even stick to past incarnations of the Constructicons, back from the day when they were BFF with Omega Supreme... although that would kind of make pointless Load Hauler's color scheme. So having some "Constructibots" would definitely be better (and they could be used to introduce G1 counterparts of characters such as RiD's Wedge, Hightower and Heavy Load).

ScottyP wrote:

Emerje wrote:I wonder if metallic Grimlock is the exclusive that BBTS is revealing tomorrow.

Emerje

Almost definitely just another batch of the SDCC one that's been out for months.

I'm still gonna activate wishful thinking and hope for turquoise G2 (it won't be)

Turns out we were both right and wrong at the same time. It's both the Metallic Grimlock and SDCC Prototype Unicron, but in G1 style boxes.

Emerje

All through October Big Bad Toy Store has been celebrating their 25th anniversary with a month of weekly exclusives ending on the 25th. There have been silhouettes teasing some obvious Super7 ReAction figures for today in the even more obvious shapes of Unicron and Grimlock on the site all month. The reveal is at once disappointing and intriguing.

Grimlock is the same metallic Grimlock that was revealed this week as part of the regular retail line while Unicron is the same figure released at this past SDCC. The catch here is that both figures come in G1 style boxes that look pretty nice compared the usual card backs. Grimlock is $25 and Unicron is $30, both are available right now. It is kinda cute that they think if Unicron was released in 1986 he'd come in a window box.

Also, following up with the previous story on new ReAction figures we now have pictures to go with the listing.

• Rumble (red)
• Ghost of Starscream
• Grimlock (metallic)
• Arcee (prototype)
• Optimus Prime (Nucleon Quest Special Mission)
• Ultra Magnus

Prototype Arcee is just a repaint of the normal Arcee.