Tansformers War for Cybertron: Earthrise Doubledealer and Allicon Stock Photos Found

Alicons alt suffers with the arms and no tail but still have to have a few of them.

Doubledealer looks good, not so sure on the arms folded the way they are in vehicle mode. GUess I'll have to get tak legends insecticon for clouder. The chest plate looks as tho it could open so it might have some unshown features yet.

I get the feeling that the sad excuse Blitzwing redeco is going to get a lot more common on eBay soon.

I have to shake my head at the bird mode photo. They should have the gun on top. The missile, meanwhile, is supposed to go on the underside like it's a big salmon the bird caught.

blackeyedprime wrote:Alicons alt suffers with the arms and no tail but still have to have a few of them.

Hm... Don't call "no tail" until we get a look from behind.

Primus that Doubledealer is fantastic. I'm not getting rid of the T30 one because I'm just going to use that as his pre-Powermaster upgrade body. Bird mode looks great despite the boxiness, but I'm still hoping that we see Knok and Skar as actual figures. That Ratbat and Rumble set would make a decent starting point for Hasbro. Only issue I have so far is the head looking so small, and that might be fixed when we see actual in hand pictures

Edit: Actually, it vaguely looks like the molded detail of Knok in DD's Autobot mode looks like it might be on a panel, with the engine block being a separate piece, so that might mean there's hope? Though, I also fully admit I'm trying desparately to think of a way that HasTak worked them in as an included set of figures instead of them just being molded on

Earthrise is feeling like a real mixed bag for me so far. It’s got some amazing looking figures, but that’s tempered by also having some real disappointing ones. I suppose that does mean that I’ll get to save a little money in the long run though.

Megatron and Smokescreen are definitely let downs. Arcee is half great, half copout. The latter kind of stings more because, like a lot of other board members here, I was left pretty underwhelmed by her MP reveal. Not to mention that she’s had some amazing figures in the past, so everything is feeling like two steps back for her character at the moment. Her Thrilling 30 toy is near perfect. Her Titan Master figure is still one of my favorites out of that entire line. And her Animated toy is pure joy (easily breakable hands notwithstanding). I do realize that her MP reveal is not a finished product though, so I’m really banking on seeing what her actual retail product will look like later on down the line.

But whoooh boy! I am blown away by Doubledealer. Consider me super hyped for his release. I think I’m in love with every mode. I’m fully expecting Doubledealer to be this year’s Ultra Magnus for me.

I’ll have to take the money I’m not spending on Megs and SS and put it towards triple dipping on those Alicons. Their altmode, while not exactly being the bees knees, is still plenty good. However, that bot mode is to die for.

Snapdragon is going to be a must, simply because I love the character’s design, and I have a lot of blind love for anything Headmasters related. Runamuck is a very pleasant surprise.

The Quints are in all likelihood must buys for me, but I’d really like to see their bot mode. I definitely wasn’t expecting them to have a base mode, but I’m not complaining. It’s interesting.

And of course every parts-forming/base mode/weapons system bots are all instant buys for me. Some of them I may decide to double dip on, because they are looking so spiffy.

I wonder if Doubledealer's faction symbols are reversible?


I couldn't spot any on either alt mode.

I posted that photo already.

OK, so my thoughts on the new reveals:

Battlemasters: those shield guys look pretty cool. The 2-headed one is really cool, I love the fact that they are embracing the 2-headed designs this year. Will only get 1 each since they are still kinda lazy designs to me, but they are cool.

Micromasters: shuttle dudes look really awesome, Will buy!

Smokescreen: forgettable, should've been the Prime or Armada Smokescreen. Pass.

Airwave: my favorite reveal, I love it. That robot mode is a cross of IDW Ironfist, Guzzle, and Broadside maybe, and i adore it.

Alicon looks OK, but that beast mode isn't very good to me. Will still buy.

Megatron: see Smokescreen.

Doubledealer: that is the good stuff right there, wonderful. Buy on sight.

Sky Lynx: perfection, I love it! Everything about him is fantastic.

Scorponok: a wonderful end to the main city bots, he looks really good

carytheone wrote:I love me a good "Gobot mode".



This begs the question of how much re-engineering will it take to make a conehead that doesn't look doofy?

I used to do this with the Henkei version.

carytheone wrote:I wonder if Doubledealer's faction symbols are reversible?

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I couldn't spot any on either alt mode.

DD always have been a in bot mode and a in vulture mode, while the vehicle is factionless.

Snapdragon will likely have a Headmaster/Titan Master like Siege Apeface, right?