First in hand images for the Platinum Autobot Intel Ops Perceptor and Blaster set

Um....Also Leader Class StarScream next to Thundercracker.

Who is this guy posting these pics? Starscream wasn't even announced yet.

I'm here every day. I'm talking official listings.

Something just seems weird here. But I guess I'm just partially jealous that I can't gank free toys off the assembly line and post pictures of them.

PaxCybertron82 wrote:I'm here every day. I'm talking official listings.

Something just seems weird here. But I guess I'm just partially jealous that I can't gank free toys off the assembly line and post pictures of them.

Oh, ok. But official listings are a bit wonky. Here's a one up on that Leader Starscream: RID legends toys that were actually found in store while there is still no official listing for them

Also, glad to hear you are here everyday

Super Megatron wrote:I don't know if he "gank" it or not - most likely the stuff he gets are rejects that can't be sold because it doesn't meet standards or there is something wrong with the toy during manufacturing.

I see the guy also got his hands on a yet to be released Marvel Legends Blizzard as well...

I don't know about that. Usually if something is "defective" or "not to be sold" its destroyed. I work in an industry where that is a rule. First production is never to be sold, it's to be tested, refined, and then destroyed. It's very likely that this guy is just taking them or obtaining them from someone stealing them. It's nothing new. Hell, Peaugh made his start as a reviewer getting stolen animated prototypes. It used to be a very big thing when stolen protos wre getting out past 5 years it has died down but it does seem to be coming back lately.

I'm sure the materials are recycled. Never want to believe a toy is thrown away.

All that aside I can't wait for this guy. I own Maketoys Green Giant but I am totally getting this. Though I do own 3rd party items I always get official figures and and usually they replace 3rd party stuff, I don't get rid of them, they just go in a shelf FP Menasor is a great figure but i can't stop playing with CW menasor.

Serves to remind me of just how much toy tech has advanced since the 80s. The classics/generations seeker mold totally blows the G1s out of the water....

They come with DIE-CAST?!?

RiddlerJ wrote:It would've been nice if they included extra seeker style guns for Dirge and Ramjet in addition to the bombs they were stuck with in robot mode.

You willing to pay for the extra cost? And the default, machine guns/missiles launchers have been neutered.

Shockwave7 wrote:Serves to remind me of just how much toy tech has advanced since the 80s. The classics/generations seeker mold totally blows the G1s out of the water....

In the points of articulation an improvement but as "K" previously mentioned, the original Diaclones who would eventually become Transformers, the robots were built around the vehicles in mind. Unlike today hence when you compare the Seeker sizes in robot modes, they stand just about the same but in vehicle mode, the size difference really shows.

Personally, I like the jet mode of the G1 Seekers best over the modern henkei molds.

I am already the proud owner of the G1 original release of a Trypticon with working electronics and all his accessories. As much as I want this one because of the gorgeous box art, sadly I'll have to pass. Even the storage is getting full and the wife is beginning to lose her patience. But a Generations Titan Class Trypty to go along with the Titan Class Metroplex would be worth the argument and subsequent week long silent treatment. IJS