Legacy Metalhawk in Stock at North American Collector Stores + In Hand Images

I can understand that time frame for an all new mold, but for a retool it shouldn't take as long as they only need to adjust the new to fit the old. A repaint it should be even far less.

Oh, and rubbing it in that he's got a copy of Cosmos? That's just cruel...

Wow great pics. Even side by side I see very little similarities to Kingdom Cyclonus. I'm glad I pre ordered him. I wonder if I can request a picture with him next to ER Prime and Kingdom Rodimus.

That original Skyquake concept design isn't a bad design overall, but it also definitely isn't Skyquake, so I guess I'm glad now that people complained so much about Bulkhead and Arcee even though I don't have problems with either of them. Shame it came too late to fix Knock Out though. I am confused what exactly he's saying is inaccurate about the current deco though, since the leaks and the samples shown here and on Tuesday all match the box renders & art as well?

Also, Metalhawk arriving already?! Guess I might seriously consider putting in a BBTS preorder at this rate.

william-james88 wrote:

Nemesis Primal wrote:Also, is Axlegrease gonna be the remaining Deluxe Junkion or the Voyager....

Pretty sure it will be the remaining deluxe Junkion

Did they say Deluxe Class when they confirmed the name and I missed it, or is this just an assumption? It'd make their comment about the pipeline stuff not all being 1 wave make sense if they revealed 3 Voyagers between Dirge, Nemesis Leo, and Axlegrease being our mystery Voyager Junkion, if Axlegrease is the "Junkion 3" Deluxe I'm confused why they felt the need to say that (and that'll lead to a kinda-short Lockdown if all that "the muscle car Junkion is a Lockdown pretool" speculation pans out).

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Twincast is... a mixed bag for me.
While it's interesting to know that I was wrong and that the Eject mold is apparently completely separate from his sprues (since the tape window is red while Rewind is black)... that means that they didn't have to include Rewind with him and could have given us the expanded tape door instead, with Rewind being sold in a pack or something.

...or it just means they used switch-gating (I think is the right term?) to get all the parts the correct color despite still technically sharing the sprue, like how Minerva came out with 3 different colors of clear plastic parts.

Nemesis Primal wrote:That original Skyquake concept design isn't a bad design overall, but it also definitely isn't Skyquake, so I guess I'm glad now that people complained so much about Bulkhead and Arcee even though I don't have problems with either of them. Shame it came too late to fix Knock Out though. I am confused what exactly he's saying is inaccurate about the current deco though, since the leaks and the samples shown here and on Tuesday all match the box renders & art as well?

He mentioned "candy metallic" so I'm thinking the red is supposed to be metallic as well to match the silver and green paint details instead of dark gloss red. They also could have decided to add a metallic coating to all the green similar to What Takara Tomy used to do with a lot of their figures.



Emerje

Here is a review for the newly revealed Transformers Legacy Evolution voyager Metalhawk. This item is out at specialty retailers, along with Twincast. The review below compares the mold to Cyclonus, showing how it is less complex in certain places. So, with this toy available at collector retailers in Canada and the US, are you going to be getting it now? Or wait to see if Walmart or Target stock it sufficiently in stores?

Can his wing tips also take blast effect parts?

I think we can thank his simplicity for getting us two guns and a sword instead of just one very hollow gun like on Cyclonus.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:Can his wing tips also take blast effect parts?

Indeed

I just transformed Metalhawk and he's just 50% Cyclonus. The transformation is much more simple, with less steps. Also this time around, the arms turn to the front of the jet instead of the back.
Metalhawk is still pretty massive and he got a LOT of paint. It's just too bad that he doesn't have a gold plated chestplate, but that would have been overkill.

As for Rewind, he's pretty awesome. But man, they really overdid it with his accessories.

Nemesis Reformatted wrote:What is up with Hasbro & their jet modes lately? Jhiaxus, Skyquake & now Metal Hawk have absolutely godawful alt modes. I'm all about jet & spaceship Transformers but I won't touch any of these. I was really looking forward to this one because there haven't been many jet transformers recently but I almost puked when I saw that jet mode. What the hell happened to Hasbro? They're not even trying anymore.

3/4 of your posts are just about being negative and depressing over nonsensical things.

Please just go outside and touch grass. Dig through the snow if you have to.