First Look at MP Rhinox and Legacy Silverbolt

blackeyedprime wrote:Rhinox better be able to recreate the too many beans action. Still wondering what happened to MP Rattrap unless they are waiting for another year of the rat.

Forget MP Rattrap, I'm still wondering whatever happened to MP Cliffjumper- we've seen test shots, painted samples, etc, for a couple of years now, it seems like, but no reveal or announcement.

Back on topic, I'm a little surprised that Kingdom came and went with no BW Silverbolt, Legacy and Legacy Evolution both came and went. Even a three episode figure (Tigerhawk) was announced and shown before a main character like Silverbolt.

Bounti76 wrote:

blackeyedprime wrote:Rhinox better be able to recreate the too many beans action. Still wondering what happened to MP Rattrap unless they are waiting for another year of the rat.

Forget MP Rattrap, I'm still wondering whatever happened to MP Cliffjumper- we've seen test shots, painted samples, etc, for a couple of years now, it seems like, but no reveal or announcement.

Back on topic, I'm a little surprised that Kingdom came and went with no BW Silverbolt, Legacy and Legacy Evolution both came and went. Even a three episode figure (Tigerhawk) was announced and shown before a main character like Silverbolt.

might have something to do with beast wars metals not being popular in Japan. they really wanted to focus on the core beasties to maximize profit on both sides of the pond I would wager.

Seeing both of these guys on the horizon though gives me the warm fuzzies. keep bringing the mp beasts hastaktom

Stormshot_Prime wrote:YES! Please, more Fuzors and Transmetals. I can almost smell the Depth Charge and Rampage On the horizon. Knew Silvie would be made from Tigerhawk the second I saw him, still want both.

My ultimate hope is a Maximal Transmetal 2 Blackarachnia, and ultimately an Arcee out of that!

I wouldn't be sure about a Tigerhawk retool as there is a whole class size of difference between them (I belive leaks put him at Voyager level to Tigerhawk's leader class). There may be shared engineering however but it could also be its own thing entirely (not like it doesn't have repaint potential).

Emerje wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:

Stormshot_Prime wrote:YES! Please, more Fuzors and Transmetals. I can almost smell the Depth Charge and Rampage On the horizon. Knew Silvie would be made from Tigerhawk the second I saw him, still want both.

My ultimate hope is a Maximal Transmetal 2 Blackarachnia, and ultimately an Arcee out of that!

I wouldn't be sure about a Tigerhawk retool as there is a whole class size of difference between them (I belive leaks put him at Voyager level to Tigerhawk's leader class). There may be shared engineering however but it could also be its own thing entirely (not like it doesn't have repaint potential).

yeah, just comparing the two there's no obvious parts in common. Tigerhawk has plenty of repaint potential like toy colors and Universe Razorclaw so it's not necessary to retool it to get the most out of the mold.



There is that theory that Tigerhawk will be somehow retooled into the Leader Thundertron from the Star Seeker capsule at Walmart, but I'm very doubtful of that.

Emerje

I was always doubtful about that one but we'll see eventually. Though to think that a character like Thundertron would get a release in two different size classes in the space of 12 months is a bit amusing.

MP Rhinox does look good! I'm impressed they went with a new mould. Given MP Tigatron was the last Mainframe BW release Three Years ago. I expected MP Tarantulas to follow suit as a shared engineering, upscaled Blackarachnia. This creates an even further disparity between the number of remaining Predacons and Maximals. But, that just means the last few will all be Preds.

Even with a raised profile in recent years. I still think Airazor and Scorponok will likely be the last two MP’s. Given their popularity during the show.

Munkky wrote:While the wings look a bit odd, overall Silverbolt doesn't look too bad, and I will definitely pick one up once he's out. As far as beasts go, I'm still hoping we get Depth Charge and Rampage one day, Quickstrike I can take or leave because I never really liked the character in the show, and maybe in a few years I'd like another go at Scorponok, because that Kingdom Deluxe isn't very good.

Oh hell yes. For some reason I'd totally forgotten this was a possibility.

BW Rampage is my personal nostalgia champion (had one of the dopest intro episodes ever on the show and was the first action figure I ever remember being properly hyped for) so that'd be an auto-buy for me. I thought the original figure was pretty cool but with modern engineering they could improve soooo much on it.

MP-59...
Have their really been nine Masterpiece releases since Tigatron??

Rhinox looks fantastic. Damn the need to complete the Maximals.

Also, I know it's just the Rhino mouth's upper palate behind his head, but it totally looks like Rhinox has long blonde hair and a mohawk.

Looks fantastic. Though it's a shame they couldn't include a way to replicate his "evil" look from "Dark Designs".