Official Product Images of Robots In Disguise Reveals from Hasbro Panel

I'm increasingly torn by the Skylynx. I've wanted an updated Skylynx for years, and have even been toying with my own designs for what I envision it able to be at its utmost. Knowing that nothing can compare to my exact ideal, I find that this one while a esthetically pleasing doesn't mean that it meets the basic requirements for a Skylynx to me. The lack of two seperate pieces takes a lot of the play value I want and like about Skylynx away. ReplacING two pieces with one unasked for combiner mode is... interesting.

Skyreign's head gives me a Victory Leo vibe! Nice homage!

NuclearConvoy wrote:I'm increasingly torn by the Skylynx. I've wanted an updated Skylynx for years, and have even been toying with my own designs for what I envision it able to be at its utmost. Knowing that nothing can compare to my exact ideal, I find that this one while a esthetically pleasing doesn't mean that it meets the basic requirements for a Skylynx to me. The lack of two seperate pieces takes a lot of the play value I want and like about Skylynx away. ReplacING two pieces with one unasked for combiner mode is... interesting.

Yeah, I was hoping for an unrevealed possibility to pull him apart, but if such a thing was possible, it would probably have been featured in the just released official product shots. (After all, they just showed a third mode for Buzzsaw that I wasn't expecting!)

Every time I look at a photo of that Sky Lynx toy, I just think, "Gah! I want to be able to rip it in half, pull out a head for the lynx, and fold down some legs for the bird!" Also, in vehicle mode, it makes it hard for the shuttle to fly when it is permanently affixed to it's crawler-transporter.

Still, even though I am sad at this loss of functionality, I cannot help but think it is an awesome looking toy that must be mine.

Damn you, Hasbro, for making me want something, yet not making it perfect! (Now if you excuse me, I need to go cue up track 10 on Weird Al's most recent album...)

Rated X wrote:Why does vortex have a mouth ? Is that the blades head ? So many CW heads with faceplates that could have been used. And didnt fireflight have a faceplate? They should have used that head.

On figures that are pretty much just straight repaints, they kind of have to go with the head that is part of the mold. To use Fireflight's head, they'd have to make a toy with the Alpha Bravo/Blades mold, a toy with the Fireflight mold, throw out the heads on the first one, and throw out the rest of the figure on the second. It isn't like they can just take the Fireflight mold and say, "Only pour plastic into the part with the head!"

That being said, if a faceplate was that important, maybe they should have gone with the Alpha Bravo head rather than the Blades one?

Yotsuyasan wrote:

Rated X wrote:Why does vortex have a mouth ? Is that the blades head ? So many CW heads with faceplates that could have been used. And didnt fireflight have a faceplate? They should have used that head.

On figures that are pretty much just straight repaints, they kind of have to go with the head that is part of the mold. To use Fireflight's head, they'd have to make a toy with the Alpha Bravo/Blades mold, a toy with the Fireflight mold, throw out the heads on the first one, and throw out the rest of the figure on the second. It isn't like they can just take the Fireflight mold and say, "Only pour plastic into the part with the head!"

That being said, if a faceplate was that important, maybe they should have gone with the Alpha Bravo head rather than the Blades one?

So wait, who should and should not have a mouthplate? Vortex has one (a repaint of a/b) and should, if memory serves correctly; Blast Off does not and should, correct?

Maybe you put the wrong name into your comment X

In all honesty I wasn't interested in Skylynx until I saw that combined mode. I'm not getting any complete teams, only buying one of each mold due to money, and he makes a great torso. Plus, since I don't care about G1 accuracy at all, that thing is great as it is, and it is awesome.

ok a lot to react to here, where to start

i guess Bruticus is a good start, looks good, nice to have the true team there, and i think all of them look good. I am dissapointed that Blast off is a Quickslinger repaint, but a jet still fits the esthetic. so it could have gone much worse. Still im interested to see what Takara might do, I'd love to see Bruticus with a cartoon accurate chestplate

did they actually give Legends Shockwave his gun mode? sweet. he will go great with Bruticus.

Chop Shop, nice to get a full sized version. wheres my Kickback?

Buzzsaw, looks good, cant wait for the Laserbeak repaint

Wreck-gar, meh i have an awesome deluxe

Sky-Linx, Wow, that looks awsome, and there actually might be a way to get a linx mode that they arnt showing us. given how the linx combiner head is on the opposite side of the shuttle and how those legs have to have a swivel to get in that combined form, i wouldnt be surprised if the linx form was fan modded somehow.

combiner autobots, ok how many of these were actually needed. they look nice and i like how Trailbreaker has a gun arm, but the only one who really needed a new figure of the bunch was Ironhide, and even thats debatable, oh well, crazy combining updates if you want them. personally i would have preffered new combining characters. also i do hope we get a Slice out of that Wheeljack mold

Leader Seekers, again im a little meh on this. they wont be replacing my deluxe classic seekers since i want them to be smaller than Skyfire not the same size, may get them anyway though

i think that covers my reactions to Generations

You guys can treat that as G1 Wheeljack. He's gonna be Prime Wheeljack to me with that sword.

...Does anyone have a clue what Buzzsaw's vehicle mode is? It's a thing on wheels but past that I'm stumped.

Sky Reign is GLORIOUSLY random.

Man! Give me a black/purple/gold repaint of Sky-Lynx; really hate when Autobots look soooo much more epic than the Decepticons (not that Bruticus isn't a complete beast)

Also, anyone else notice if you put skydive's tail fins at a 45 degree angle he resembles Blast-Off's fall of cybertron shuttle mode?

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