Transformers War for Cybertron Fan Vote 3 Pack Video Review with Impactor, Holo Mirage, and Aragon

Hopefully Skydasher/Cromar is not far behind.

So, I got my Jetfire last night. I guess you can not love the cartoon take on the character, but hell if this isn't a great toy. Period. I love everything about it, down to how they worked the double-barrel mode of his gun into the design.

Roughly the same size as MP-22 Ultra Magnus, he absolutely towers over the other Siege figures, but doesn't look out of place.

I'm glad I spent the money (minus ten bucks from Amazon) on this great piece!

I found Jetfire at Wal Mart and almost got him until I realized I had some priorities that needed handling and could wait until Cyber Monday. *sigh* Adulting can be tough sometimes.

Roadbuster wrote:I found Jetfire at Wal Mart and almost got him until I realized I had some priorities that needed handling and could wait until Cyber Monday. *sigh* Adulting can be tough sometimes.

When you get the cash, hit up Amazon.com. If you have Prime, it's free shipping.

Roadbuster wrote:I found Jetfire at Wal Mart and almost got him until I realized I had some priorities that needed handling and could wait until Cyber Monday. *sigh* Adulting can be tough sometimes.

Whats the return window for Walmart?

I really need to hunt down a Ratchet.

william-james88 wrote:

Roadbuster wrote:I found Jetfire at Wal Mart and almost got him until I realized I had some priorities that needed handling and could wait until Cyber Monday. *sigh* Adulting can be tough sometimes.

Whats the return window for Walmart?

3 months or 90 days, depending on who's manning Customer Service and how he interprets the date.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Roadbuster wrote:I found Jetfire at Wal Mart and almost got him until I realized I had some priorities that needed handling and could wait until Cyber Monday. *sigh* Adulting can be tough sometimes.

Whats the return window for Walmart?

3 months or 90 days, depending on who's manning Customer Service and how he interprets the date.

Good, then anyone just has to buy Jetfire next week and then 3 months later its black friday. They can buy a cheaper one anywhere then and use their original receipt to return it to walmart. And everyone wins since by that time, it will be the holiday season and I am sure people wont mind seeing a Jetfire on the shelves at Walmart.

How do you know it’ll be on sale then?

sol magnus wrote:Roughly the same size as MP-22 Ultra Magnus, he absolutely towers over the other Siege figures, but doesn't look out of place.

Ultimately, I think this is the concern I have that will keep me from getting Siege Jetfire. I realize that the scale is cartoon-accurate and likely justifies the cost, but I don’t think I want Shaquille O’Neal on the battlefield with Oompa-Loopas unless it’s Omega Supreme.

RodimusConvoy13 wrote:How do you know it’ll be on sale then?

You dont. But at least you are hedging your bets that you own him and have 90 days to wait on a sale. The original user was talking about waiting to buy him on Back Friday, and I was just responding that buying him now wouldnt make a difference due to the the 90 day return window.

william-james88 wrote:

RodimusConvoy13 wrote:How do you know it’ll be on sale then?

You dont. But at least you are hedging your bets that you own him and have 90 days to wait on a sale. The original user was talking about waiting to buy him on Back Friday, and I was just responding that buying him now wouldnt make a difference due to the the 90 day return window.

That's what I did for my Jetfire. But I went for TrU and their Club R warrantee instead.

Honestly, even if they are no sale by the 3 following months, I don't regret paying (almost) full price for it. (I'm a Club R member for the SECOND time and I used my "first timer" 10% off coupon for Jetfire.)

So far, no regrets at all. Siege Jetfire is GLORIOUS and he's the perfect centerpiece for my Classic Jetfire collection.

Thanks to fellow Seibertronian bounti76 we have a sighting of the Transformers War for Cybertron SIEGE Micromasters Off-Road Patrol with Highjump and Autobot Powertrain! bounti76 spotted these at a Target in West Valley, Utah, and this writer has also spotted them at a local Target here in California as well. They're definitely out on the road and hitting the pegs so keep your optics peeled out there Seibertronians.

Then thanks to our other fellow Seibertronian Thundertron we now know the Off Road Patrol is available at Amazon. Just click on any of the images below to head to Amazon to purchase this new Micromasters 2-pack.









Happy hunting out there Siebertronians. Let us know about your finds in the forums, update your home state's sightings page, and stay tuned to Seibertron for the ultimate in Transformers news!

Grabbed my Off Road Patrol at Amazon. I remember someone in the forum mentioning them being on Amazon, but I couldn't find the post later and couldn't find them searching Amazon so I'm glad these turned up in the news. I also picked up Soundwave, I've only seen him in stores twice when he first came out and haven't seen him since in stores. Prices online (when you can find one) haven't been good so it was nice to see Amazon finally selling them for MSRP.

I do wonder what's going on with Amazon's prices. Not the Amazon sellers, but actual Amazon. They're usually really good about keeping prices at MSRP, but they've been selling Soundwave at $32.99 for the longest time and they've never had Sideswipe for less than $24.53 for no real reason.

And I really have to wonder what Hasbro is thinking only putting Soundwave in one wave even though there are more tapes coming. So far Soundwave and Apeface (for obvious reasons) are the only ones in only one wave so maybe they'll get a revision wave after wave 4?

Wave 1: Optimus Prime and Megatron
Wave 2: Soundwave and Starscream
Wave 3: Thundercreacker and Springer
Wave 3 Revision 1: Starscream and Springer (only seen this one myself)
Wave 3 Revision 2: Thundercracker and Megatron
Wave 4: Optimus Prime and Apeface
Hopefully Wave 4 Revision 1: Apeface and Soundwave

Emerje

Will they have time for a revision wave before the next part of the trilogy hits?

Emerje wrote:Grabbed my Off Road Patrol at Amazon. I remember someone in the forum mentioning them being on Amazon, but I couldn't find the post later and couldn't find them searching Amazon so I'm glad these turned up in the news. I also picked up Soundwave, I've only seen him in stores twice when he first came out and haven't seen him since in stores. Prices online (when you can find one) haven't been good so it was nice to see Amazon finally selling them for MSRP.

I do wonder what's going on with Amazon's prices. Not the Amazon sellers, but actual Amazon. They're usually really good about keeping prices at MSRP, but they've been selling Soundwave at $32.99 for the longest time and they've never had Sideswipe for less than $24.53 for no real reason.

And I really have to wonder what Hasbro is thinking only putting Soundwave in one wave even though there are more tapes coming. So far Soundwave and Apeface (for obvious reasons) are the only ones in only one wave so maybe they'll get a revision wave after wave 4?

Wave 1: Optimus Prime and Megatron
Wave 2: Soundwave and Starscream
Wave 3: Thundercreacker and Springer
Wave 3 Revision 1: Starscream and Springer (only seen this one myself)
Wave 3 Revision 2: Thundercracker and Megatron
Wave 4: Optimus Prime and Apeface
Hopefully Wave 4 Revision 1: Apeface and Soundwave

Emerje

I believe Springer/Thundercracker case was cancelled no?

https://www.entertainmentearth.com/prod ... e/hse3418c

Stargrave wrote:Always beware of what you try but a hairdryer or warm water would probably be enough to soften it to where you could hold it straight and let it cool. They’re all like that but fortunately all the ones I have are straight they did a pretty good job with them I think. Best QC in ages.

Thanks! Tried it now, it worked immediately. Held it in a glass of hot water pushed to the side for a few seconds and voilà!

Cyberpath wrote:

Stargrave wrote:Always beware of what you try but a hairdryer or warm water would probably be enough to soften it to where you could hold it straight and let it cool. They’re all like that but fortunately all the ones I have are straight they did a pretty good job with them I think. Best QC in ages.

Thanks! Tried it now, it worked immediately. Held it in a glass of hot water pushed to the side for a few seconds and voilà!

Did you mean to post this in the MP-44 thread?

sol magnus wrote:

Cyberpath wrote:

Stargrave wrote:Always beware of what you try but a hairdryer or warm water would probably be enough to soften it to where you could hold it straight and let it cool. They’re all like that but fortunately all the ones I have are straight they did a pretty good job with them I think. Best QC in ages.

Thanks! Tried it now, it worked immediately. Held it in a glass of hot water pushed to the side for a few seconds and voilà!

Did you mean to post this in the MP-44 thread?

No, this in reference to one of Skyfire's jet effects.

Cyberpath wrote:

sol magnus wrote:

Cyberpath wrote:

Stargrave wrote:Always beware of what you try but a hairdryer or warm water would probably be enough to soften it to where you could hold it straight and let it cool. They’re all like that but fortunately all the ones I have are straight they did a pretty good job with them I think. Best QC in ages.

Thanks! Tried it now, it worked immediately. Held it in a glass of hot water pushed to the side for a few seconds and voilà!

Did you mean to post this in the MP-44 thread?

No, this in reference to one of Skyfire's jet effects.

Oh. My bad. Somebody was talking about crooked antennas over there...

To that end, though, my blast effects weren't crooked. My BOX was a bit mashed, but the blast effects were fine.

sol magnus wrote:Oh. My bad. Somebody was talking about crooked antennas over there...

To that end, though, my blast effects weren't crooked. My BOX was a bit mashed, but the blast effects were fine.

That was me, too!

MP-44 hasn't arrived yet, but if the antennas come defective I don't think I will try to fix them myself. It's too precious a piece, Takara or Amazon will have to make it right.


Skyfire is so awesome, I don't understand the light-piping though. He's got a backpack behind his head, better they had painted them.
And since he's kind of made like a Masterpiece I would have liked a smiling face plate, too.

Cyberpath wrote:

sol magnus wrote:Oh. My bad. Somebody was talking about crooked antennas over there...

To that end, though, my blast effects weren't crooked. My BOX was a bit mashed, but the blast effects were fine.

That was me, too!

MP-44 hasn't arrived yet, but if the antennas come defective I don't think I will try to fix them myself. It's too precious a piece, Takara or Amazon will have to make it right.


Skyfire is so awesome, I don't understand the light-piping though. He's got a backpack behind his head, better they had painted them.
And since he's kind of made like a Masterpiece I would have liked a smiling face plate, too.

I THINK they were hoping the clear panel in his forehead would allow light intovthe head, but that didnt work. They needed to do what thwy did woth Shockwave and put it on top of his noggin.

Flashwave wrote: I THINK they were hoping the clear panel in his forehead would allow light intovthe head, but that didnt work. They needed to do what thwy did woth Shockwave and put it on top of his noggin.

Shockwave's is the only light-piping I like, really. It's almost as though he's got an actual light-bulb in his head.

Cyberpath wrote:

sol magnus wrote:Oh. My bad. Somebody was talking about crooked antennas over there...

To that end, though, my blast effects weren't crooked. My BOX was a bit mashed, but the blast effects were fine.

That was me, too!

MP-44 hasn't arrived yet, but if the antennas come defective I don't think I will try to fix them myself. It's too precious a piece, Takara or Amazon will have to make it right.


Skyfire is so awesome, I don't understand the light-piping though. He's got a backpack behind his head, better they had painted them.
And since he's kind of made like a Masterpiece I would have liked a smiling face plate, too.

Honestly, I hadn't noticed. I've just been having him blast Megatron over and over with his double-barrelled Particle Beam Cannon (not whatever idiotic name is on the instruction sheet).

I could have gone for extra faces. He did tend to smile or crack jokes a lot on the show, so yeah...I could see that.

My only beef is my Skyfire’s faceplate won’t stay on. The spring won’t stay it just pops it back off. God I want to take him back for like this one reason but I’ve always loved just sticking with the one I got I’m sentimental like that.

If I don’t love this poor Jetfire who will? and it’s like sonic welded too I can’t unscrew it and fix it I’m left resorting to a clear rubber band. Can’t really notice it but of course I do. It’s like a Rambo vibe. At least it’s not totally broken.

Everything else is so much win. Yes it’s expensive but you definitely get what you pay for. Absolutely. It’s totally an MP Skyfire to me.

With Ratchet being out in Canada, I figured I could take some images to show just how different this mold is from Ironhide. The retool connotation has been outdated for ages now and the advent of computer aided drawing meansthe actual mold doesn't need to be retouched to give something new. You can some parts at the design level and then mix and match the existing and new molding. Which is why while Ratchet may look similar to Ironhide at first glance, the amount of new parts outweighs the amount of parts shared with Ironhide (which is mainly the chest, feet and back of the legs).

Below you will see the difference in parts for Ratchet's head, shoudlers, chasis, wheels, pelvis, vehicle "grill", front of legs (inner molded detail is different as well), hands and forearms. The later are asymetric since one of his forearms has four extra tools molded in as detail for the medeical bay mode.

If my Walmart would bother stocking Transformers, maybe I'd be able to get a Ratchet too.

Stargrave wrote:Thanks to fellow Seibertronian bounti76 we have a sighting of the Transformers War for Cybertron SIEGE Micromasters Off-Road Patrol with Highjump and Autobot Powertrain! bounti76 spotted these at a Target in West Valley, Utah, and this writer has also spotted them at a local Target here in California as well. They're definitely out on the road and hitting the pegs so keep your optics peeled out there Seibertronians.

Then thanks to our other fellow Seibertronian Owen we now know the Off Road Patrol is available at Amazon. Just click on any of the images below to head to Amazon to purchase this new Micromasters 2-pack.









Happy hunting out there Siebertronians. Let us know about your finds in the forums, update your home state's sightings page, and stay tuned to Seibertron for the ultimate in Transformers news!

Picked this up in Lincoln, Nebraska a little over a week ago. Gotten all the new stuff here except for Battlemasters - Still on Wave 1 of that.

Also, all of our Galaxy Primes disappeared overnight. We HAD a bunch of them. Now they're just gone. And right before Target canceled my (5x delayed) preorder.

-Kanrabat- wrote:If my Walmart would bother stocking Transformers, maybe I'd be able to get a Ratchet too.

You will never find him at Walmart, he isnt sold there.

Thanks William-James! I’m so excited for Ratchet I can’t wait to get him. I didn’t know about the tools on the forearm that’s so cool.

Back 35 years ago Ironhide and Ratchet were two I dreamed of having with the sled/bay and the chrome I thought they were so awesome but I never got them. Time to rectify

-Kanrabat- wrote:If my Walmart would bother stocking Transformers, maybe I'd be able to get a Ratchet too.

Wouldn't do you any good if your Walmart did stock Transformers, since Ratchet is a Walgreens exclusive.

william-james88 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:If my Walmart would bother stocking Transformers, maybe I'd be able to get a Ratchet too.

You will never find him at Walmart, he isnt sold there.

wolverinetodd wrote:Wouldn't do you any good if your Walmart did stock Transformers, since Ratchet is a Walgreens exclusive.

-Kanrabat- is Canadian, I don't think there are Walgreens there. Instead, Ratchet was found there at EB Games:

Transformers War for Cybertron Siege Exclusive Ratchet out at Canadian Retail

wolverinetodd wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:If my Walmart would bother stocking Transformers, maybe I'd be able to get a Ratchet too.

Wouldn't do you any good if your Walmart did stock Transformers, since Ratchet is a Walgreens exclusive.

He's in Canada, though. Still, Ratchet is an EB Games exclusive there.

Pretty stoked to see that my favorite Autobot isn’t just a straight redeco. I honestly would have still bought him on sight, even if he were, but this is so much better. The new sculpting is enough to differentiate him from Ironhide, while still looking like his moldmate.

Here’s hoping he pops up at my Walgreens.

makes me wish crosshairs was a mix n match of both molds to create something more unique instead of being jus ironhide

I love this Ironhide. I have to do my Ironhide impression every time I look at him...every time I look into a monitor Prime my circuits sizzle...

He looks cool with every gun in the line too and he’s huge. So much awesome.

My wife snagged this photo of Powertrain & High Jump at our local Target in Virginia.

SGM

william-james88 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:If my Walmart would bother stocking Transformers, maybe I'd be able to get a Ratchet too.

You will never find him at Walmart, he isnt sold there.

Where? TrU?
If it is, it's the same story. My TrU barely stock anything beside TLK voyagers and Cyberverses.


EDIT:
So, Ratchet is a EB Games exclusive. GOOD! Because now I have my chances.

That's pretty cool, the difference would really stand out with custom paint jobs highlighting the different mold details.

william-james88 wrote:With Ratchet being out in Canada, I figured I could take some images to show just how different this mold is from Ironhide.

Can you post some pics of Ratchet beside some other Deluxes?

Toys R Us (Canada) sent me a shipping notice for Siege Omega Supreme on Friday (Aug.30), which means I should be getting it sometime next week after Labor Day!!

Not sure if it was mentioned ( I tried looking back through) but Walmart has preorders up for the 35th anniversary figures..


https://www.walmart.com/ip/Transformers ... /536493233?wmlspartner=FYAGeMjDX6c&=&affs=p&wid=5b6b4213e4b0bcb699adeb9f&u1=&oid=223073.10006940&sourceid=37141976172661509211&affillinktype=3&veh=aff

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Transformers ... /729788753?wmlspartner=FYAGeMjDX6c&=&affs=p&wid=5b6b4213e4b0bcb699adeb9f&u1=&oid=223073.10006940&sourceid=37141976172661509211&affillinktype=3&veh=aff

Did anyone have Impactor on order from Amazon.com? It said he’d be available today, but now it says “Temporarily out of Stock.” Just curious if anyone got a shipping confirmation.

That’s the same with Mirage, in fact on Hasbro Pulse, the “pre order” for Mirage is sold out as well.

SGM

STngAR wrote:Not sure if it was mentioned ( I tried looking back through) but Walmart has preorders up for the 35th anniversary figures..


https://www.walmart.com/ip/Transformers ... /536493233?wmlspartner=FYAGeMjDX6c&=&affs=p&wid=5b6b4213e4b0bcb699adeb9f&u1=&oid=223073.10006940&sourceid=37141976172661509211&affillinktype=3&veh=aff

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Transformers ... /729788753?wmlspartner=FYAGeMjDX6c&=&affs=p&wid=5b6b4213e4b0bcb699adeb9f&u1=&oid=223073.10006940&sourceid=37141976172661509211&affillinktype=3&veh=aff

Yeah over a month ago

RodimusConvoy13 wrote:Did anyone have Impactor on order from Amazon.com? It said he’d be available today, but now it says “Temporarily out of Stock.” Just curious if anyone got a shipping confirmation.

I have Mirage on pre-order and am in the same boat. Pre-orders were open on both figures as of just before midnight last night and then changed to temporarily out of stock. My Mirage order (skipping Impactor for the fan vote 3 pack) still says arriving Sept 5th, by 8:00, but hasn't shipped yet.

No shipping confirmation for me either. But no change in delivery date. Still Sept 5th estimated delivery.

mordhelm wrote:No shipping confirmation for me either. But no change in delivery date. Still Sept 5th estimated delivery.

Ditto or is it tritto? Anyway this is the second pre-order from the big winter/spring dump that didn't release when first announced.

Hasbro Pulse just charged me for my Reflector 3-Pack preorder

You know, I love TF video reviews. I even watch them for bots I already own you never know maybe you missed a step or two.

But I’ve seen a couple for Jetfire that I’m not tons happy with. This is going to sound more snobby than it’s intended but sometimes there is value in reading the instructions.

Despite some flaws mine has the jet mode holds together when pegged together properly the exhausts don’t hang there.

And the backpack holds two additional Titan/Prime masters which I don’t see getting pointed out.

Just thought I’d point out those bits and reiterate it’s a great well designed toy it’s a melding of MP and Generations mentalities that has to be the current cherry of the Siege line.