Transformers Legacy Magmatron found at US Retail + Video Review

Razorbeast88 wrote:Got my legacy Magmatron in the mail last week and it's easily one of my favorite purchases I've made in awhile

Got so giddy and excited opening him up

I never had the original but always thought the character was so damn cool after getting Beast wars: the gathering at a book fair in elementary school

A killer robot that turns into three different dinosaurs at the same time is wicked awesome

It really is an excellent figure.

Ordered both, thanks for the heads up!

Emerje

o.supreme wrote:

Emerje wrote:Ordered both, thanks for the heads up!

Emerje

Anytime . Also, wasn't there supposed to be another G2 Stunticon in this sub-line, or was that somewhere else? I cant keep it all together anymore.

Not currently. There was speculation based on two blank spaces on the original leak, but one ended up being Cannonball and the other turned out to be just the assortment itself. Only G2 figure we know for next year right now is Grimlock in April in the 13 Primes line following Legacy.

Emerje

Sabrblade wrote:I don't know if we knew about this beforehand or not, but I just got an email from Hasbro Pulse that revealed that Legacy Evolution Deluxe class RID15 Strongarm is getting a package refresh in Legacy United.

Emerje wrote:

o.supreme wrote:

Emerje wrote:Ordered both, thanks for the heads up!

Emerje

Anytime . Also, wasn't there supposed to be another G2 Stunticon in this sub-line, or was that somewhere else? I cant keep it all together anymore.

Not currently. There was speculation based on two blank spaces on the original leak, but one ended up being Cannonball and the other turned out to be just the assortment itself. Only G2 figure we know for next year right now is Grimlock in April in the 13 Primes line following Legacy.

Emerje

There was an old listing for a "ROBO WLD RDR" that many took to being some kind of redeco of Wildrider, but that never came about, with the running theory being it was replaced by G2 Dead End instead.

Isn't Strongarm part of the Deluxe wave shipping now with Hot Shot and Nucleous?

I'm Canadian and got mine in early June.

Got my Mayhem sets in from Amazon, the bugs are pretty much perfect, but has anyone else received Windsweeper/Breakdown yet? Dunno if I just drew poorly in the QC lottery or if this is more than a one-off, but I feel like this set has the worst QC issues I've personally experienced on a figure since like pre-Siege.
-Windsweeper came with 2 of the double-barreled Targetmaster rather than one double and one single (although I kinda like this, not gonna lie)
-Breakdown's arms weren't fully pushed into place in his shoulders all the way, causing his shoulders to split open (I've managed to get the arms into the proper alignment, but the shoulders are still low-key trying to come apart)
-I swear something is just slightly misaligned enough that one of Breakdown's legs is slightly longer than the other? When I peg them together they aren't completely parallel with each other, and the pegs in his truck bed are visibly not symmetrical
-Both Breakdown and Windsweeper are considerably looser in the majority of their joints compared to Bulkhead and Needlenose
-I can hear a little bit of something rattling around inside Windsweeper's cockpit?

Emerje wrote:I completely forgot about wave 5. That wave is almost entirely repaints and PRs so you can't blame me.

Wouldn't dream of it.

Emerje wrote:Maybe Surshot will be new, but he'll probably be a Beachcomber retool (hopefully not!).

I'm basically expecting Sureshot and Core Dinobot to be new molds, considering they were originally slated for Wave 2 and historically Wave 2 is always either all new molds or all new molds save like 1 figure (which in this Wave 2 was already Chromia). I guess at worst he'd be a Beachcomber retool? But like, it'd have to be Skullgrin-to-Quake level of retool, I think, if for no other reason than we basically know he's getting his Targetmaster based on the other 3 Legacy Targetmaster updates (I guess 4 counting Selects Cyclonus).

Sabrblade wrote:

Nemesis Primal wrote:-Windsweeper came with 2 of the double-barreled Targetmaster rather than one double and one single (although I kinda like this, not gonna lie)

Oh dear. It seems you aren't the only one this happened to. As I've seen the same thing reported by others on Discord:

Had me open mine in a bit of a panic, but it's the correct partners. Not that it really matters, he wasn't a Targetmaster to begin with. I would have honestly been fine with just normal silver guns.



Emerje

Here’s a photo I found of another 2-pk.
I think Rukus looks good, except for the feet. But this is still a pass for me.

Quite an extensive retool for Ruckus.

Only things left from Beachcomber are his arms, crotch and tires I think.

Also, are those the incorrectly applied G1 waist stickers as arm detailing?
Did Hasbro reference our very own Seibertron gallery for this?



That's hilarious if they did.



As for Bludgeon, not a fan of the powdery green and yellow, but that head, that is a work of art.

I think a darker richer yellow and green would have worked a bit better, but I know that is not accurate to the comic book appearance.

In any case, I may just break down and get this set, since I don't own any of the previous uses of the Tarn mold.

We finally have a look at the upcoming Mayhem 2 pack of Bludgeon and Ruckus and it's a doozy. Bludgeonsports a yellow and green deco and has a new headsculpt and chest piece, based on his early IDW form seen in the Storm Bringer comic. So now you can create a before and after of that comic which ends in Bludgeon getting his more typical look. If you are wondering about the headsculpt, he has no lower jaw, so you are seeing the wiring behind his "skull".

Ruckus is rather interesting. While he is a very faithful representation to the G1 toy, using the Beachcomber mold, some of his detailing is precisely based on our very own gallery of him on Seibertron.

You see, the example in our gallery has misplaced stickers. The stickers meant for the hips are placed on his forearms. And it was that picture that was cropped and used by TFwiki for the past 4 years, which is where Hasbro often uses as a source. And now, we have this innacurate sticker placement recreated on the new Ruckus toy. You can see those referential images and gallery below.

TRA GEN MAYHEM VOY BLUDGEON & DLX RUCKUS
Product Number: G0182




Transformers G1 1988 Ruckus Gallery