Transformers Legacy Needlenose Additional Secret Functionality Possibly Revealed

This will probably mean that Needlenose will get retooled into one of the Predator jets, huh? I wonder if the Targetmasters will be redecoed if that's the case, maybe into Quake's partners?

First-Aid wrote:SO, I'm confused. Is this supposed to be Prime Universe Skyquake or G1 Skyquake? i thought it was supposed to be Prime Universe

This is G1-ified Prime Skyquake, not to be confused with the Prime-ified G1 Skyquake redeco expected to come later.

Sabrblade wrote:

First-Aid wrote:SO, I'm confused. Is this supposed to be Prime Universe Skyquake or G1 Skyquake? i thought it was supposed to be Prime Universe

Remember how de-Primed the Prime Universe Bulkhead, Arcee, and Knock Out toys were? This is that for Prime Universe Skyquake.

Ok. that justifies my depression then. Thanks.

SpaceEagle wrote:This does make me wonder what they'll do with the Animated figures, while I didn't mind the Prime offerings, I can definitely see why Prime fans don't like them.
But I am intrigued to see if they'll lean harder into the Animated style or if they'll do spliced designs like this. Judging how this figure is a head retool away from being a stylised G1 Skyquake, I feel like it could be the latter...

It's been confirmed by Hasbro that the Animated designs will be G1-ified too.

First-Aid wrote:SO, I'm confused. Is this supposed to be Prime Universe Skyquake or G1 Skyquake? i thought it was supposed to be Prime Universe

That is Prime Universe Skyquake. But it has so many G1 nods that it is assumed by all that it will be redeco'd into G1 Skyquake.

Sabrblade wrote:

SpaceEagle wrote:This does make me wonder what they'll do with the Animated figures, while I didn't mind the Prime offerings, I can definitely see why Prime fans don't like them.
But I am intrigued to see if they'll lean harder into the Animated style or if they'll do spliced designs like this. Judging how this figure is a head retool away from being a stylised G1 Skyquake, I feel like it could be the latter...

It's been confirmed by Hasbro that the Animated designs will be G1-ified too.

This ticks me off. Part of what Animated so awesome was that they managed to pull of some really hard bot designs really well in toy form; maybe more distinct and unique than any other line. So changing the bots and Geewunning them would remove any sense of uniqueness to those figures. I dread how horrific this is going to be.

First-Aid wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

SpaceEagle wrote:This does make me wonder what they'll do with the Animated figures, while I didn't mind the Prime offerings, I can definitely see why Prime fans don't like them.
But I am intrigued to see if they'll lean harder into the Animated style or if they'll do spliced designs like this. Judging how this figure is a head retool away from being a stylised G1 Skyquake, I feel like it could be the latter...

It's been confirmed by Hasbro that the Animated designs will be G1-ified too.

This ticks me off. Part of what Animated so awesome was that they managed to pull of some really hard bot designs really well in toy form; maybe more distinct and unique than any other line. So changing the bots and Geewunning them would remove any sense of uniqueness to those figures. I dread how horrific this is going to be.

I second this, especially if they do toys for the dozens of show characters that never got them, like the remaining Starscream clones and Constructicons. If the resulting toys are a series of compromises that aren't accurate to anything, then there's no way to send Hasbro the right message about how they should be done, via good sales or bad; shelfwarming will probably just result in Animated not being revisited for another decade.

Hopefully APC Toys' 3P Prime figures will include Skyquake soon, as that's apparently the only hope for TF Prime die-hards. And I actually like this new official Skyquake.

On another note, shouldn't any mention of Skyquake's Super Sight gimmick include a warning to never actually do that if you're lucky enough to acquire the original toy intact? There's gotta' be one fan out there somewhere that doesn't know about the GPS, and is just about to get their hands on one.

Dr. Caelus wrote:Well, now I wonder if Dreadwing will be a Prime/G2 mashup with a recolor of Needlenose as G2 Smokescreen.

Had not thought about this, that is actually a neat thought

Emerje wrote:

First-Aid wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

SpaceEagle wrote:This does make me wonder what they'll do with the Animated figures, while I didn't mind the Prime offerings, I can definitely see why Prime fans don't like them.
But I am intrigued to see if they'll lean harder into the Animated style or if they'll do spliced designs like this. Judging how this figure is a head retool away from being a stylised G1 Skyquake, I feel like it could be the latter...

It's been confirmed by Hasbro that the Animated designs will be G1-ified too.

This ticks me off. Part of what Animated so awesome was that they managed to pull of some really hard bot designs really well in toy form; maybe more distinct and unique than any other line. So changing the bots and Geewunning them would remove any sense of uniqueness to those figures. I dread how horrific this is going to be.

At the same time Hasbro also said they acknowledge the complaints about the Prime Universe figure designs and will be taking that into consideration for Animated toys. Skyquake looks to be the best of the Prime Universe figures so they do seem to be listening

Skyquake is too early to know that since it's not past the 2 year cycle of design to market.

william-james88 wrote:

Emerje wrote:

First-Aid wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

SpaceEagle wrote:This does make me wonder what they'll do with the Animated figures, while I didn't mind the Prime offerings, I can definitely see why Prime fans don't like them.
But I am intrigued to see if they'll lean harder into the Animated style or if they'll do spliced designs like this. Judging how this figure is a head retool away from being a stylised G1 Skyquake, I feel like it could be the latter...

It's been confirmed by Hasbro that the Animated designs will be G1-ified too.

This ticks me off. Part of what Animated so awesome was that they managed to pull of some really hard bot designs really well in toy form; maybe more distinct and unique than any other line. So changing the bots and Geewunning them would remove any sense of uniqueness to those figures. I dread how horrific this is going to be.

At the same time Hasbro also said they acknowledge the complaints about the Prime Universe figure designs and will be taking that into consideration for Animated toys. Skyquake looks to be the best of the Prime Universe figures so they do seem to be listening

Skyquake is too early to know that since it's not past the 2 year cycle of design to market.

I do agree, this does feel more in line with worrying about double-duty like Prime Arcee was (that Road Rocket retool was very predictable) and this very much looks like it's just one head away from also being G1 Skyquake/MW Starscream, which is probably exactly what HasTak wanted since it means at least 5 potential mold resuses.

It's why while I personally like how this design looks a lot (and I do enjoy the "double duty" vibe), it's also exactly why I can understand Prime fans feeling frustrated with it.