Wreck N Rule News with Twin Twist Preorder Up, Papercraft Hammer Shown, New Combiner Head and More

So instead of a BAF like Marvel does they're going with BAA(Build An Accessory) but in expensive two packs requiring you to buy several! Genius lol

william-james88 wrote:

Razorbeast88 wrote:He has more figures planned as in more wreckers or more bulkheads? Sorry if dumb question lol

More wreckers. I'd assume TopSpin in the least.

Not doing topspin would be a big middle finger for a lot of people id assume haha
Here's to crossing fingers for a wreckers tigatron! And spider arcee, f it. Prime version wheeljack. Packrat. Apelinq, Primal Prime. Id say roadbuster, racknruin and whirl but that would mean new molds as opposed to repaints and remolds of existing figures. Sandstorm?

Till-all-R1 wrote:So instead of a BAF like Marvel does they're going with BAA(Build An Accessory) but in expensive two packs requiring you to buy several! Genius lol

But it's not even am accessory, it's a papercraft dusplay with a base. Like the throne piece in Theone of the Primes.

Yeah, a lot of people are overlooking the word "display" in the description of the Wreckers hammer.

william-james88 wrote:

Till-all-R1 wrote:So instead of a BAF like Marvel does they're going with BAA(Build An Accessory) but in expensive two packs requiring you to buy several! Genius lol

But it's not even am accessory, it's a papercraft dusplay with a base. Like the throne piece in Theone of the Primes.

Yeah, and as a Marvel Legends X-Men collector, BAFs are THE WORST. This is like, neat bonus if you happen to buy them all, maybe a friend can mail you a part if you need.

BAF is, hope you want to drop $200 and get two guys you already have and this jerk no one likes, otherwise you can order the arm off eBay for more than the original figure.

This is fine.

Well that was fast lmao. Primevsprime just released a review of camo bulkhead

Having seen the review im a little more torn now as to which version I should get. The Wrecker Bulkhead has a better looking alt mode, plus cool hammer and wrecker insignia. But prime bulkhead seems to have a better robot mode with the paint on the shoulders and knees

Autobot N wrote:

primalxconvoy wrote:

Rtron wrote:

primalxconvoy wrote:Nice G2 figure; shame Hasblo seems to want to bulk up the price with unwanted fluff like Fossilizers. I'll probably slap a Maximal/G2 symbol over the "incorrect" Wrecker ones and paint some more metallic/black paint over some of the bone coloured areas to improve them both.

This might mean that Springer, like Arcee, will get a Studio Series release, minus the cr@pple-damage paint?

Unwanted fluff for you, maybe. Fossilizers are the main draw for some.

I doubt it in those two packs as it's obviously the G1/G2 figs that are the main figures, with the fossilizers tacked-on.

Nah, the only ones I really want from the subline are the Fossilizers

Well, welcome to the minority, I suppose?

Razorbeast88 wrote:Well that was fast lmao. Primevsprime just released a review of camo Bulkhead

Even more surprising he actually had the packaging. Hopefully that means we may see these before November.

o.supreme wrote:

Razorbeast88 wrote:Well that was fast lmao. Primevsprime just released a review of camo Bulkhead

Even more surprising he actually had the packaging. Hopefully that means we may see these before November.

I hope so!

Razorbeast88 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Razorbeast88 wrote:He has more figures planned as in more wreckers or more bulkheads? Sorry if dumb question lol

More wreckers. I'd assume TopSpin in the least.

Not doing topspin would be a big middle finger for a lot of people id assume haha
Here's to crossing fingers for a wreckers tigatron! And spider arcee, f it. Prime version wheeljack. Packrat. Apelinq, Primal Prime. Id say roadbuster, racknruin and whirl but that would mean new molds as opposed to repaints and remolds of existing figures. Sandstorm?

I don't think we'd need new molds. We still have T30 versions of Whirl and Roadbuster that to my knowledge, have never been reused outside their Japanese counterparts (and their weird Cloud incarnations). Rack'n'Ruin might be the only one who'd need a new mold.

Bounti76 wrote:

Razorbeast88 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Razorbeast88 wrote:He has more figures planned as in more wreckers or more bulkheads? Sorry if dumb question lol

More wreckers. I'd assume TopSpin in the least.

Not doing topspin would be a big middle finger for a lot of people id assume haha
Here's to crossing fingers for a wreckers tigatron! And spider arcee, f it. Prime version wheeljack. Packrat. Apelinq, Primal Prime. Id say roadbuster, racknruin and whirl but that would mean new molds as opposed to repaints and remolds of existing figures. Sandstorm?

I don't think we'd need new molds. We still have T30 versions of Whirl and Roadbuster that to my knowledge, have never been reused outside their Japanese counterparts (and their weird Cloud incarnations). Rack'n'Ruin might be the only one who'd need a new mold.

Idk much about t30 whirl but id heard that t30 roadbusters legs get really loose. Id hope those molds would get the ss86 arcee treatment but that might be too much to ask

Razorbeast88 wrote:

Bounti76 wrote:

Razorbeast88 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Razorbeast88 wrote:He has more figures planned as in more wreckers or more bulkheads? Sorry if dumb question lol

More wreckers. I'd assume TopSpin in the least.

Not doing topspin would be a big middle finger for a lot of people id assume haha
Here's to crossing fingers for a wreckers tigatron! And spider arcee, f it. Prime version wheeljack. Packrat. Apelinq, Primal Prime. Id say roadbuster, racknruin and whirl but that would mean new molds as opposed to repaints and remolds of existing figures. Sandstorm?

I don't think we'd need new molds. We still have T30 versions of Whirl and Roadbuster that to my knowledge, have never been reused outside their Japanese counterparts (and their weird Cloud incarnations). Rack'n'Ruin might be the only one who'd need a new mold.

Idk much about t30 whirl but id heard that t30 roadbusters legs get really loose. Id hope those molds would get the ss86 arcee treatment but that might be too much to ask

Last time I checked, both of those were still available at reasonable prices on eBay. If we're going to see them again, I hope we get something new instead of a slight update to a toy from an earlier decade.

AcademyofDrX wrote:

Razorbeast88 wrote:

Bounti76 wrote:

Razorbeast88 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Razorbeast88 wrote:He has more figures planned as in more wreckers or more bulkheads? Sorry if dumb question lol

More wreckers. I'd assume TopSpin in the least.

Not doing topspin would be a big middle finger for a lot of people id assume haha
Here's to crossing fingers for a wreckers tigatron! And spider arcee, f it. Prime version wheeljack. Packrat. Apelinq, Primal Prime. Id say roadbuster, racknruin and whirl but that would mean new molds as opposed to repaints and remolds of existing figures. Sandstorm?

I don't think we'd need new molds. We still have T30 versions of Whirl and Roadbuster that to my knowledge, have never been reused outside their Japanese counterparts (and their weird Cloud incarnations). Rack'n'Ruin might be the only one who'd need a new mold.

Idk much about t30 whirl but id heard that t30 roadbusters legs get really loose. Id hope those molds would get the ss86 arcee treatment but that might be too much to ask

Last time I checked, both of those were still available at reasonable prices on eBay. If we're going to see them again, I hope we get something new instead of a slight update to a toy from an earlier decade.

Id prefer something new as well, for roadbuster, whirl, and sandstorm. And it'd be nice for racknruin to get an update

Pre ordered all of them. These look cool. Love the decos!

I remember Roadbuster shelf warming for a long time, even on clearance, not sure if Hasbro will ever do another figure of him. Whirl didn't sell all that great either, but at least he had an appearance in Cyberverse and that figure sold well so maybe he could get a new figure (without the chicken legs). I really want to see Sandstorm done again, the T30/IDW version is just completely unrecognizable to me, only having the colors in common with his original design. Hopefully we've seen the last of that, time for him to get the Siege Springer treatment.

primalxconvoy wrote:They would be much better suited being colour coordinated to go with a BW figure instead, IMO.

Well that would be a dumb move since most of the Kingdom Beast Wars figures only have ports in their feet and aren't really compatible with Fossilizers. As for popularity, under normal circumstances the leader of the Wreckers would be the figure at the top of the tower sold on his own, not an unfamiliarly colored random Jumpstarter from five lines ago. They had to stick him in a box with a Fossilizer just to get the fourth release of the character in that mold to sell and they knew it. The majority of people seem much more excited about the Spindle figure than that guy that nearly nobody in America grew up with in the 80s and probably already have at least one of.

As for Leadfoot, he's such an obscure character to most people he may as well be a new character. Seen a few people here poking fun at his color layout.




That said, if I were to rank my excitement over these reveals:

7. Bulkhead
6. Springer
5. Impactor
4. Twin Twist
3. Spindle
2. Masterdominus
1. Leadfoot

Emerje

PrimevsPrime says a review for Jhiaxus is coming out tomorrow

Autobot N wrote:PrimevsPrime says a review for Jhiaxus is coming out tomorrow

Same with chris mcfeelys the basics video
Coincidence? I think not!

Emerje wrote:I remember Roadbuster shelf warming for a long time, even on clearance, not sure if Hasbro will ever do another figure of him. Whirl didn't sell all that great either, but at least he had an appearance in Cyberverse and that figure sold well so maybe he could get a new figure (without the chicken legs). I really want to see Sandstorm done again, the T30/IDW version is just completely unrecognizable to me, only having the colors in common with his original design. Hopefully we've seen the last of that, time for him to get the Siege Springer treatment.

primalxconvoy wrote:They would be much better suited being colour coordinated to go with a BW figure instead, IMO.

Well that would be a dumb move since most of the Kingdom Beast Wars figures only have ports in their feet and aren't really compatible with Fossilizers. As for popularity, under normal circumstances the leader of the Wreckers would be the figure at the top of the tower sold on his own, not an unfamiliarly colored random Jumpstarter from five lines ago. They had to stick him in a box with a Fossilizer just to get the fourth release of the character in that mold to sell and they knew it. The majority of people seem much more excited about the Spindle figure than that guy that nearly nobody in America grew up with in the 80s and probably already have at least one of.

As for Leadfoot, he's such an obscure character to most people he may as well be a new character. Seen a few people here poking fun at his color layout.

r-HOMER-SIMPSON-403xFBcredit.jpg

That said, if I were to rank my excitement over these reveals:

7. Bulkhead
6. Springer
5. Impactor
4. Twin Twist
3. Spindle
2. Masterdominus
1. Leadfoot

Emerje

I think it was even dumber for Hasbro to not include more ports for the Beast Wars figures to interact with the Fossilizers as they seem to work aesthetically the best with them. I will stand by my statement though, that the fossilizers are simply tacked-on to the more mainstream G2/G1 character releases. The G2 figure isn't that "unknown" in the fandom these days, thanks to a little thing called the internet (which is why Japanese and European figures are popular/known the world-over with collectors, and get American/Western release or vice-versa in Japan). The Fossilerz, be they good or bad figures, are definitely the underdogs in this fight. Thus, it was the fossilizers that were plopped in the box with the likes of Leadfoot, so it could sell. It's why other, perhaps more popular Fossilizers were also sold this way, such as they nice, transparent purple one that came with BW Megs, etc.

It's a shame, as I think with a little more paint/materials, better interaction with BW figures (via some tastefully placed holes in them), and say, a whole line called,say "Beast Wars - Fossilizers", they could have become a lot more relevant/popular in the fandom than their current state.

primalxconvoy wrote:

Emerje wrote:I remember Roadbuster shelf warming for a long time, even on clearance, not sure if Hasbro will ever do another figure of him. Whirl didn't sell all that great either, but at least he had an appearance in Cyberverse and that figure sold well so maybe he could get a new figure (without the chicken legs). I really want to see Sandstorm done again, the T30/IDW version is just completely unrecognizable to me, only having the colors in common with his original design. Hopefully we've seen the last of that, time for him to get the Siege Springer treatment.

primalxconvoy wrote:They would be much better suited being colour coordinated to go with a BW figure instead, IMO.

Well that would be a dumb move since most of the Kingdom Beast Wars figures only have ports in their feet and aren't really compatible with Fossilizers. As for popularity, under normal circumstances the leader of the Wreckers would be the figure at the top of the tower sold on his own, not an unfamiliarly colored random Jumpstarter from five lines ago. They had to stick him in a box with a Fossilizer just to get the fourth release of the character in that mold to sell and they knew it. The majority of people seem much more excited about the Spindle figure than that guy that nearly nobody in America grew up with in the 80s and probably already have at least one of.

As for Leadfoot, he's such an obscure character to most people he may as well be a new character. Seen a few people here poking fun at his color layout.

r-HOMER-SIMPSON-403xFBcredit.jpg

That said, if I were to rank my excitement over these reveals:

7. Bulkhead
6. Springer
5. Impactor
4. Twin Twist
3. Spindle
2. Masterdominus
1. Leadfoot

Emerje

I think it was even dumber for Hasbro to not include more ports for the Beast Wars figures to interact with the Fossilizers as they seem to work aesthetically the best with them. I will stand by my statement though, that the fossilizers are simply tacked-on to the more mainstream G2/G1 character releases. The G2 figure isn't that "unknown" in the fandom these days, thanks to a little thing called the internet (which is why Japanese and European figures are popular/known the world-over with collectors, and get American/Western release or vice-versa in Japan). The Fossilerz, be they good or bad figures, are definitely the underdogs in this fight.

It's a shame, as I think with a little more paint/materials, better interaction with BW figures (via some tastefully placed holes in them), and say, a whole line called,say "Beast Wars - Fossilizers", they could have become a lot more relevant/popular in the fandom than their current state.

Honestly, based on most people's reactions, I think you might just have to accept that you're the one in the minority about not liking the Fossilizers cause a lot of the fans I've seen are more disappointed more Fossilizers weren't included in this line, and some people are more disappointed they have to buy another Impactor for Spindle

I'd love to get Impactor and Leadfoot and have no desire for the Fossilizers - I keep seeing folks who are of the opposite inclination and I'm wondering how to make it work!

As for future figures, I'm dearly hoping for a G1(IDW) Universe Rotorstorm...with secret combiner mode...