Transformers Collectors' Club Magazine Issue 61 Reveals Legends Class Warpath

That mold would have made a much better Slammer. Not giving up my deluxe Warpath. This guy is lucky I'm all in for Generations (non movie)

no thanks

Eh, no. Deluxe Warpath looks more true to the original character. It is a tad closer to Gutchruncher, but not by much:

He looks pretty good if I'm honest, and more Legends are always welcome.

A shame after repeatedly and consistently getting awesome figures like Cosmos, Powerglide, the Insecticons, etc. that the Legends line would go the "better than nothing" repaint route with Warpath. Especially so soon after doing the same with Huffer.

I'll take a Gutcruncher out of this. But Warpath? Nice try, but I'll stick with my Generations Deluxe.

I'm pretty sure this is for Legends displays, not Classics.

for some, like me, Legends are a part of Classics

Quake could use some love too.

I have RoTF Sparkcrusher as Gutcruncher in my C/G lineup. Had to get a whole five pack for him but he still is nice.

I dont have a deluxe warpath, and I like this mold so I'll probably get him.

tank mode! not shocking though as its just a red megatron.

Gee, another mold being retooled as a "new" product.

Looks like a Legends G3 Megs to me. Disappointing to say the least. But, it works. I would take it over the Classics style one as it actually is a mini bot like Warpath is supposed to be.

there is already a legends warpath and its much better looking

Ultra Markus wrote:

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there is already a legends warpath and its much better looking

Surely this one will be unscaled slightly to fit in the current size class. If not, they can keep it. No sense in paying $10 for a legends figure you can get at Family Dollar for $5.

shockblast2 wrote:Looks like a slightly upsized Legends G2 Megs to me. Disappointing to say the least. But, it works. I would take it over the Classics style one as it actually is a mini bot like Warpath is supposed to be. As long as it is slightly upsized to fit in with the other G3 legends.

Don't you mean "G3" Legends Megatron? The one with Chop Shop:



And he's not upsized at all: That's not what Hasbro does. Ever.

What a joke. Huffer was lazy but this is stupid.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

shockblast2 wrote:Looks like a slightly upsized Legends G2 Megs to me. Disappointing to say the least. But, it works. I would take it over the Classics style one as it actually is a mini bot like Warpath is supposed to be. As long as it is slightly upsized to fit in with the other G3 legends.

Don't you mean "G3" Legends Megatron? The one with Chop Shop:



And he's not upsized at all: That's not what Hasbro does. Ever.

Yes, thanks Goldrabbit! Eyes are getting tired. LONG week.

I wonder, if the rumor is true about Legends Shockwave, if they will reuse this mold again for it?

Why are we saying G3? Is that for IDWs G1 series? For reinterpretations of G1 characters? I'm sticking with g1 guys.

Optimizzy wrote:Why are we saying G3? Is that for IDWs G1 series? For reinterpretations of G1 characters? I'm sticking with g1 guys.

We really need to just start a thread for this. I really do not want to derail it explaining this and I won't again, out of respect for the other members here.

Do a google search on it, my friend. You will find what you are asking about.

We should call them IGW.

shockblast2 wrote:I wonder, if the rumor is true about Legends Shockwave, if they will reuse this mold again for it?

Probably not. There is a chance that Shockwave will be the rumored Bruticus weapon, following the trend of "Combiner + Legends accessory". That calls back the G1 episode "Revenge of Bruticus" in which he "hijacked" Shockwave in gun mode and shot at his forces... only to discard him moments later by putting him in the cannons on his back and blasting him away.

A straight up repaint (with new head sculpt) of legends class Megatron? for the CW Line?? Gosh and golly gee, I totally DID NOT see that one coming!

One more trip to TRU or Target and I'll have this whole line already before the 2nd wave hits the shelves. Seriously, I'm bored with Combiner Wars already and sick of the fact that I've already seen EVERYTHING thru the end of 2016. Bandai had better variety than this with the Power Rangers line FFS. That's pretty sad.

And the worst part is, we've already had enough Warpaths in the past few years. I'm looking at my two and even the previous Warpath in the old legend class size range looked better than this thing. Color was a tad off but the styling was decent and he looked a darn sight better in 'bot mode.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

shockblast2 wrote:I wonder, if the rumor is true about Legends Shockwave, if they will reuse this mold again for it?

Probably not. There is a chance that Shockwave will be the rumored Bruticus weapon, following the trend of "Combiner + Legends accessory". That calls back the G1 episode "Revenge of Bruticus" in which he "hijacked" Shockwave in gun mode and shot at his forces... only to discard him moments later by putting him in the cannons on his back and blasting him away.

LOL...I remember that. I love the G1 cartoon. Only in that series would you see something like that.

CrankyOldTruck wrote:A straight up repaint (with new head sculpt) of legends class Megatron? for the CW Line?? Gosh and golly gee, I totally DID NOT see that one coming!

One more trip to TRU or Target and I'll have this whole line already before the 2nd wave hits the shelves. Seriously, I'm bored with Combiner Wars already and sick of the fact that I've already seen EVERYTHING thru the end of 2016. Bandai had better variety than this with the Power Rangers line FFS. That's pretty sad.

And the worst part is, we've already had enough Warpaths in the past few years. I'm looking at my two and even the previous Warpath in the old legend class size range looked better than this thing. Color was a tad off but the styling was decent and he looked a darn sight better in 'bot mode.

Or what? Are you going to send them an email like this one if not?

CrankyOldTruck wrote:One more trip to TRU or Target and I'll have this whole line already before the 2nd wave hits the shelves. Seriously, I'm bored with Combiner Wars already and sick of the fact that I've already seen EVERYTHING thru the end of 2016. Bandai had better variety than this with the Power Rangers line FFS. That's pretty sad.

I'd gladly take your boredom with the line over the utter lack of any real CW stuff to hit my area yet.

I'm gonna say I like it, just to be the edgy kid.

In truth, I really do. One, I'll take all my mini-bots as legends now. Frankly I feel, like with Huffer, had we gotten these modes as Huffer and Warpath first, and then Prime/Megatron second, I doubt there would be much talk about them. Yes, I like Deluxe Warpath, love him, but I like the idea of having mini-bots again.

I feel like the base mold wasnt a terrible choice, but they could have molded a different chest and arms piece to make him look more like warpath and less like someone's filler custom. As it is I'll ebay the deluxe unless the universe legend is re released with 5mm hands.

look better if gun was coming out of his chest without gun popping out of his chest looks another megatron repaint with new head

Shoulda been Emirate Xaaron. No other besides him and Megatron fit this mold's body.

Pretty lack luster figure there. Easy pass.

dragons wrote:look better if gun was coming out of his chest without gun popping out of his chest looks another megatron repaint with new head

Without running to have a look at the figure I don't it would be hard for someone to create a kit that will swap out the current chest and replace it with one where the gun (or a modified one) can be attached and removed accordingly.

Burn wrote:

dragons wrote:look better if gun was coming out of his chest without gun popping out of his chest looks another megatron repaint with new head

Without running to have a look at the figure I don't it would be hard for someone to create a kit that will swap out the current chest and replace it with one where the gun (or a modified one) can be attached and removed accordingly.

The chest forms the base of the tank turret. It kinda needs to be flat for the shoulders to rest on top of it.

When this first got rumored, I was staunchly against it, but dammit, this looks pretty cool. The plastics and paint apps just look a little nicer than the Legends Megatron does. So, yea, much like Huffer, while it's not the toy I want, it is a toy I like.

Sabrblade wrote:

Burn wrote:

dragons wrote:look better if gun was coming out of his chest without gun popping out of his chest looks another megatron repaint with new head

Without running to have a look at the figure I don't it would be hard for someone to create a kit that will swap out the current chest and replace it with one where the gun (or a modified one) can be attached and removed accordingly.

The chest forms the base of the tank turret. It kinda needs to be flat for the shoulders to rest on top of it.

Drill a hole where the Autobot symbol is, modify the gun so it plugs in ... wouldn't take much modification at all really.

Burn wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Burn wrote:

dragons wrote:look better if gun was coming out of his chest without gun popping out of his chest looks another megatron repaint with new head

Without running to have a look at the figure I don't it would be hard for someone to create a kit that will swap out the current chest and replace it with one where the gun (or a modified one) can be attached and removed accordingly.

The chest forms the base of the tank turret. It kinda needs to be flat for the shoulders to rest on top of it.

Drill a hole where the Autobot symbol is, modify the gun so it plugs in ... wouldn't take much modification at all really.

The center of the chest is taken up by the rotating swivel joint that rests flush up against the chestplate piece. Said hole wouldn't be deep enough to adequately grip the gun.

Sabrblade wrote:

Burn wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Burn wrote:

dragons wrote:look better if gun was coming out of his chest without gun popping out of his chest looks another megatron repaint with new head

Without running to have a look at the figure I don't it would be hard for someone to create a kit that will swap out the current chest and replace it with one where the gun (or a modified one) can be attached and removed accordingly.

The chest forms the base of the tank turret. It kinda needs to be flat for the shoulders to rest on top of it.

Drill a hole where the Autobot symbol is, modify the gun so it plugs in ... wouldn't take much modification at all really.

The center of the chest is taken up by the rotating swivel joint that rests flush up against the chestplate piece. Said hole wouldn't be deep enough to adequately grip the gun.

You've taken the figure apart then and know what it's all like inside?

Burn wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Burn wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Burn wrote:

dragons wrote:look better if gun was coming out of his chest without gun popping out of his chest looks another megatron repaint with new head

Without running to have a look at the figure I don't it would be hard for someone to create a kit that will swap out the current chest and replace it with one where the gun (or a modified one) can be attached and removed accordingly.

The chest forms the base of the tank turret. It kinda needs to be flat for the shoulders to rest on top of it.

Drill a hole where the Autobot symbol is, modify the gun so it plugs in ... wouldn't take much modification at all really.

The center of the chest is taken up by the rotating swivel joint that rests flush up against the chestplate piece. Said hole wouldn't be deep enough to adequately grip the gun.

You've taken the figure apart then and know what it's all like inside?

Ah crud, I misremembered and had that setup backwards. The swivel's further back inside his torso rather than in his chestplate. So it might very well be possible for a drilled-in hole to hold the gun.

You could cut into it and embed a small earth magnet, and again, modified gun (someone could design it for Shapeways) and embed an earth magnet on it and attach it that way.

Those earth magnets don't let go easily.

Either way, it wouldn't take much for a customiser to do this.

It's the Warpath we deserve, but not the one we need.

Objectively, it's not a bad figure or reuse of that mold at all. The deco looks very good, and it's a solid sculpt. It's just that with a LITTLE more effort, it could have been a great figure. Even if the chest cannon were relegated to a faux part with a little retooling of the arms and chest plate, it would make all the difference give Warpath his distinctive character and visual flare. The same could be said of the Huffer redeco. They could have retooled the wind vane on top of the truck cab to become a little "scoop" behind Huffer's head instead of bulking up the shoulders like on the Prime use of the mold. It would have been a small change that makes a big difference differentiating a character from the base mold and adding that certain "G1" charm. Oh well.

Balls.

You know, weren't we supposed to get a deluxe sized Hardhead somewhere down the line? Whatever happened to that?

Nemesis Maximo wrote:Balls.

You know, weren't we supposed to get a deluxe sized Hardhead somewhere down the line? Whatever happened to that?

The scale for Deluxes changed.

We never got the Ratbat from Scourge either (from Hasbro, that is).

Bought on sight. It works realy well, I can live without chest cannon

Sabrblade wrote:

Burn wrote:

dragons wrote:look better if gun was coming out of his chest without gun popping out of his chest looks another megatron repaint with new head

Without running to have a look at the figure I don't it would be hard for someone to create a kit that will swap out the current chest and replace it with one where the gun (or a modified one) can be attached and removed accordingly.

The chest forms the base of the tank turret. It kinda needs to be flat for the shoulders to rest on top of it.

But it and the arms are also a separate piece from the main body to enable the turret's rotation. They could have made an entirely new chest and arms for the purpose of making warpath. Think of this: the chest (the part with the cannon) flips down on a hinge (possibly a double hinged piece to allow it to extend further forward, the arms fold up, possibly with the fists hinging down into hollows, the shoulders unplug and rotate up to fill the space the chest was occupying. The leg transformation remains standard, because at that point who the hell cares that it's not a quad tank get over it.

you know, I'm starting to think hasbro doesn't even plan to release the rest of the combiner parts to turn Leader Megatron into Overmegasixwave.

I like it. But as a collector's club toy, it's never gonna show up on my toyshelf.

Edit- derp. It's a reveal, not a club exclusive. Haven't had enough coffee yet.

durroth wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Burn wrote:

dragons wrote:look better if gun was coming out of his chest without gun popping out of his chest looks another megatron repaint with new head

Without running to have a look at the figure I don't it would be hard for someone to create a kit that will swap out the current chest and replace it with one where the gun (or a modified one) can be attached and removed accordingly.

The chest forms the base of the tank turret. It kinda needs to be flat for the shoulders to rest on top of it.

But it and the arms are also a separate piece from the main body to enable the turret's rotation. They could have made an entirely new chest and arms for the purpose of making warpath. Think of this: the chest (the part with the cannon) flips down on a hinge (possibly a double hinged piece to allow it to extend further forward, the arms fold up, possibly with the fists hinging down into hollows, the shoulders unplug and rotate up to fill the space the chest was occupying. The leg transformation remains standard, because at that point who the hell cares that it's not a quad tank get over it.

Has Hasbro done that extent of retooling to a Generations Legends mold before? I can't see them doing so now if there hasn't been one to set a precedent.

durroth wrote:you know, I'm starting to think hasbro doesn't even plan to release the rest of the combiner parts to turn Leader Megatron into Overmegasixwave.

That's probably for the better. It would be more cruel of them to release the rest of those characters as toys since Leader Megatron wouldn't be able to combine with them.

My initial reaction to Legends Warpath was disappointment...but now it's starting to grow on me a bit, just like Legends Huffer. I'm trying to mentally place them in the same category as some of the original "Classics" releases which were meant to update and modernize G1 characters instead of meticulously recreate their original aesthetics.

Meh... It isn't a bad looking figure, and to people still needing a Warpath, this should be a good addition to their collections! But... well... I certainly don't mind a wee bit of revisionism in my "Classics" style figures. (Heck, I came to accept a Perceptor that wasn't a microscope!)But sometimes there are just little visual bits that I feel are iconic to a character, making a figure not work quite right without them. And on Warpath, his chest cannon is such an iconic element. And so, I shall stick with these guys:

Meh

Lol. That looks like crap. I'm not often one to just flat dismiss repaints, but this doesn't even look like anyone tried.

Burn, don't you or haven't you done some customization in the past? I'm looking at the Megatron version now, and what you're talking about with drilling through the chest does seem like it would be a difficult idea, but I'd be more inclined to listen to someone with some experience in the area than people who just repeat "No" like they're experts. It looks like a Warpath with a chest cannon from this figure would end up parts forming a bit, but from my inexperienced appraisal, it seems like your idea could work.