First Image of Packaging for Upcoming Legacy Velocitron Line

From what we can see she seems like a bit of a rip off. There's nothing about the figure that really looks like it needs to be sold as a Voyager. With Hot Rod he's got a high level of engineering and still came with a bunch of accessories to pad the price. Override just looks like a Deluxe. She still has visibly hollow arms, doesn't seem all that complex, and we haven't seen any signs of extra accessories. So what exactly are we paying extra for that makes her more worthy of being a Voyager on her own than Hot Rod?

Emerje

Emerje wrote:From what we can see she seems like a bit of a rip off. There's nothing about the figure that really looks like it needs to be sold as a Voyager. With Hot Rod he's got a high level of engineering and still came with a bunch of accessories to pad the price. Override just looks like a Deluxe. She still has visibly hollow arms, doesn't seem all that complex, and we haven't seen any signs of extra accessories. So what exactly are we paying extra for that makes her more worthy of being a Voyager on her own than Hot Rod?

Emerje

Maybe you could wait for the actual reveal before playing seat toy designer with only going off leaked photos and reviews from people who buy stolen toys from warehouses.

The shape of the box is evocative of 1980s G1, but the color scheme reminds me the most of Earthrise.

Hauler time: There's that screaming face that PrimevsPrime mentioned, but also it looks like they maybe retooled the claw to remove the Airlock connection?

I would say the name is designed to be like race names today (like the Le Mans 24 Hours, the Indy 500 etc) which makes sense given the line.

What I wonder is, why is Hauler in a race?

Nemesis Primal wrote:Hauler time:

The one Velocitron I really needs to get.

More Velocitron news for you. While we had our look at the fastest member yesterday, now we have what is sure to be the slowest, Hauler. Not only is this a look at him in packaging but it is also our best look at the toy yet. Then again, we all knew what he would look like. He isn't exactly like Grapple though, he does come with a new screaming head, so he isn't a straight redeco. As with all toys in this collection, he comes packaged in alt mode. Now we've seen both voyagers in the line in their box.

Here is the complete list of toys in this line: https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... own/46923/

Emerje wrote:From what we can see she seems like a bit of a rip off. There's nothing about the figure that really looks like it needs to be sold as a Voyager. With Hot Rod he's got a high level of engineering and still came with a bunch of accessories to pad the price. Override just looks like a Deluxe. She still has visibly hollow arms, doesn't seem all that complex, and we haven't seen any signs of extra accessories. So what exactly are we paying extra for that makes her more worthy of being a Voyager on her own than Hot Rod?

Emerje

I tend to agree. Unless there's something else in the box that we cannot see and has not been shown anywhere yet (unlikely) to push her into Voyager class territory, it seems Hasbro is playing fast and loose with the definition of a Voyager now.

There's nowhere near the level of engineering Hot Rod had here. Granted the car mode is a bit bigger than Hot Rod's, and the robot mode ends up just a tiny bit taller than Hot Rod, but it still seems a bit off to price her as a Voyager.

Don't think her gun / spoiler is enough to bump her up a price class.

Flashwave wrote:I think I prefer Road Hauler, but this would have been a good opportunity for Cybertron Mudflap.

And for those wondering why he is in a race, maybe he is "crash recovery"

I was thinking that too, but I think HasTak probably had flashbacks of all the Mudflaps from Transformers past shelfwarming like crazy...although I don't know if a fourth reuse of this mold will be any better.

(Crash recovery does make sense for his inclusion here at least!)

Flashwave wrote:I think I prefer Road Hauler, but this would have been a good opportunity for Cybertron Mudflap.

And for those wondering why he is in a race, maybe he is "crash recovery"

We don't have to speculate, it was in the Wreckers: Tread and Circuits miniseries. Take a look, it's in a book!