Early Reports Show that Commander Class Optimus Prime has Missassembled Toes

Pat Lee Optimus taillights strike again!

SkyFire Prime wrote:Correction heals right?

Yes, heels

chuckdawg1999 wrote:I watched the video twice and even a fix video, and I still don't know what the issue is or which way is right.

The right way is to have the blue outline be at the top of the heels, not below them.

Emerje wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

SkyFire Prime wrote:Correction heals right?

Yes, heels

You wrote both heels and toes in the article. I blame Kanra.

Emerje

That's confusing because since the G1 toy, most G1 style Optimusses have the rear lights as toes, not as heel. It's the opposite on the cartoon model and on the SS86.

Switching topics ofr a bit, looking ahead to next years SS86 Constructicons. We wont see anything for a while, but we do know they are 2 deluxe for the arms, 2 voyager for the legs, and a CC Set for Long Haul & Hook.

Now , it doesn't take a 12th level intellect to deduce, they will likely be released later in a Gift set at some point. However, I didn't jump at the Legacy Stunticons Gift set (as pretty as it was) because I didn't think the toy deco was enough of a difference to buy them all over again. I am getting the G2 Legacy versions, because they are being released slowly over time.

At any rate however... I thought about something rather cool that TT did with MPG Raiden. They had an option to purchase the last member Kaen as an individual, or in a Gift set that contained spaces for the other 5 Trainbots, so you could have all 6 in their original packaging, in the box with all the extras!. Despite the toys themselves being a rather mixed bag, I thought the concept was neat...


Now, I seriously doubt Hasbro would do this but...what if, they released the CC offering (Long Haul and Hook) in an oversize giftset-style box, with spaces for the other 4 constructicons? I think it would be really cool, perhaps as a pulse exclusive or something? I realize retail shelf space is tough especially now. I'm shocked my daughter actually saw Magmatron at Target once! (of course she was the same one that found Motormaster, also only on one occasion, at that same Target 2 years ago) .

But instead of some fans/collectors feeling taken advantage of, once the inevitable Gift-Set is revealed, I think the partial-giftset idea is a nice compromise, and shows more goodwill towards the collectors.

-Kanrabat- wrote:Just imagine how huge such a box would be!

It would be smaller than the SS69 (RotF) Devastator Box, probably smaller than the MPG Raiden one as well. Probably similar in size to the Pulse Exclusive Legacy Menasor set. The OG Box formatting wouldn't work because those 6 were roughly the same size, but now you have 2 of the 6 members at 3 different sizes

I don't see Hastak doing any sort of special packaging for the Constructicons; while anything is possible, that's super niche... The vast majority of people who want those figures aren't buying them to display in the box, no matter how retro or cool it looks.
Hell, I'm most likely buying a second set, but it's to have those six figures individually in bot modes, and in a diorama.

Hasbro says they have no plans to make a Devastator box set, but how many times have we heard that before.

Thing is, it's unlikely that a box set would be SS86, it would more likely be in toy colors.

On that note, it's a little weird that Hasbro didn't do their own version of Encore 20A, maybe Walmart didn't want to do him again.

Emerje

Sowndwave76 wrote:I wouldn’t doubt it if this new Devastator is never released as a box set…
No matter which deco it involves, the fact is that it’s a $210-ish set when you consider the classes of the figures included. And sure, knock that down to $199 to make it slightly more appealing for some…
But even being Devastator, a $200 toy is not an easy sell.

SS69 proved otherwise.

SS86 Leader class SWOOP is up for home delivery off Smyths website in Ireland now .

https://www.smythstoys.com/ie/en-ie/toy ... e/p/233785

which leads me to believe the lad himself will make an appearance on the shelves in brick and mortar stores on the 5th like they mooted .

so thats 2 days time from posting.

its gotta be the same in the UK for you lads so heres a chance to get him and finish the set at last.