Video Reviews for the 4 New Takara "Exclusive" Earthspark "Deluxes"

I finally got to share pics of my 4 Takara deluxes



Messing with them more, my original opinions have not changed much, though I like Aftermath more and feel more disappointed in Jawbreaker.

Also, have a nice pic of the idealized Terran siblings, minus one.

This line and all the figures are a huge pile of wasted plastic, plastic that could have been used for better figures. But from the pile of this plastic mountain comes a decent looking figure and that is Aftermath. A really impressive figure that should have been a voyager class but still awesome!

The only thing that could have been made better is the firing weapon, it's just too small IMO.

The fact the Takara figure looks worth my dollar takes me back when fans had that same option, to choose the version or the often superior version.

Messed around with Hashtag some more, this is s fun toy for a fun character






Also, my daughter loves Elita-1 and the itty bitty Hashtag

The Transformers Earthspark line isn't fully dead yet. We got a whole new batch of episodes last month or so and now we have word that there will be even more toys coming out in 2025. And better yet, these will be deluxes and one of them is Hashtag which means Hasbro will end up giving us deluxe figures of all Terrans. The other deluxes are Spitfire (redeco of Twitch), Cyber Glow Megatron (another redeco), Soundwave and Cosmos. Those last two are especially interesting, as Soundwave has quite the cool design on the show. Cosmos had some really odd proportions so we will see how that is rendered in toy form.

This news comes to us from JTPrime17.

Well, at least we'll get a second Weird Al Transformer toy.

Cosmos is an interesting choice. I haven't watched much of this season of Earthspark, but isn't he only in a few episodes, and mostly as a peripheral character?

Excellent! More Earhtrise deluxes that may (most likely not) randomly show up at Australian retail.

Last new Deluxe ES figure I saw at retail was Starscream last year, last Warrior was Shockwave, last year... Only new ES figures I've seen at retail this year was the Cyber Combiners and the Nerf gun. Good thing Amazon carries them somewhat reliably.

Emerje

I have ZERO interests in Earthspark.

But that Cosmos...

I hope his toy will be good and will look exactly like that screenshot. If yes on both accounts, it will be an instant buy.

Emerje wrote:Last new Deluxe ES figure I saw at retail was Starscream last year, last Warrior was Shockwave, last year... Only new ES figures I've seen at retail this year was the Cyber Combiners and the Nerf gun. Good thing Amazon carries them somewhat reliably.

Emerje

Nerf gun? The sword gauntlet thing?

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Emerje wrote:Last new Deluxe ES figure I saw at retail was Starscream last year, last Warrior was Shockwave, last year... Only new ES figures I've seen at retail this year was the Cyber Combiners and the Nerf gun. Good thing Amazon carries them somewhat reliably.

Emerje

Nerf gun? The sword gauntlet thing?

The Cyber-Sleeve Battle Blaster. It uses NERF darts:

As there's already a Deluxe class Hashtag, how high are the chances for another Hashtag with her surveillance van alt mode?
Or was that first one just the Takara release and this is the Hasbro release now?

Lunatic Prime wrote:As there's already a Deluxe class Hashtag, how high are the chances for another Hashtag with her surveillance van alt mode?
Or was that first one just the Takara release and this is the Hasbro release now?

Takara's deluxe was the Hasbro warrior retooled, much like elita. I don't think it takes a new pickup truck proper deluxe off the table, though it would be nice to get her in her van mode

Looks like we are getting even more Earthspark toys in 2025 than we thought. Thanks to JTPrime17, we now have images of the new Transformers Smash to Change toys. There will be Bumblebee, Optimus Prime, Megatron and Thrash. As the name goes, these will be toys for a younger audience that can easily convert when smashing them down.

These look nice, more like traditional one step Changers.

While we know there will be a new kid oriented line coming to shelves this year with Cyberworld, Earthspark has some new toys too and fellow Seibertronian Chuckdawg1999 has reviews of them for us. Those include Smash Changers Megatron, Optimus Prime, Bumblebee and Thrash along with Tacticon Starscream.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:It's funny that at what is probably the end of the line for EarthSpark we get something close to traditional One-Step changers. Smash Changers work the same way as a spring-loaded One-Step changer but all the transformations are activated by pressing down firmly on the rear of the vehicle. Of the four I enjoyed Megatron and Thrash the most, but all of them would make for fun desk toys.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:It took me long enough to get this guy!

Looks like Earthspark is going out with a bang as Hasbro will be releasing 2 new molds for their deluxe line up: Soundwave and Hashtag. While Hashtag does look similar to the Takara warrior upgrade, it is a new mold. The similarity is only due to the fact that the toys represent the same character in their new truck alt mode. Soundwave is a nice blend of the G1 character and his Cybertron self. This comes to us from In Demand toys, let us know what you think.

Typical of E.S, #'s face is uncanny and creepy. Soundwave look good enough, but his "bell-bottom pants" look weird and rad at the same time.

This makes me want buy it to make a groovy-soul Soundwave custom.

I wonder who will get them first, Japan or America.

And neither of these will actually be sold in stores because brick-and-mortar stores have just given up on EarthSpark as the excess of 2022/2023 toys continue to clog the shelves going unsold.

Nice see Soundwave in the deluxe scale.

Still haven't found a Thrash to go with my Twitch. These both look good, but I have to wonder if they'll even be available anywhere.

-Kanrabat- wrote:Typical of E.S, #'s face is uncanny and creepy. Soundwave look good enough, but his "bell-bottom pants" look weird and rad at the same time.

This makes me want buy it to make a groovy-soul Soundwave custom.

look at Soundwave's knees, his lower legs have been turned to fit in the packaging

william-james88 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:Typical of E.S, #'s face is uncanny and creepy. Soundwave look good enough, but his "bell-bottom pants" look weird and rad at the same time.

This makes me want buy it to make a groovy-soul Soundwave custom.

look at Soundwave's knees, his lower legs have been turned to fit in the packaging

Oh yeah. So in the right way his legs will really look like bell-bottoms.
Nice.

I'll get both. Most of the brand-new (i.e. not recycled from Cyberverse) EarthSpark Deluxe molds have been surprisingly well engineered for a toon line, haven't bothered getting toys from the "kiddy" lines since Prime.

Not sure if Cyberworld can beat EarthSpark.

Soundwave looks cool.

Hashtag, not sure on yet

Earthspark is a toyline that just keeps on truckin. While we had the first wave of Smash Changers released in 2025, there will be a second wave with a release date of May. This wave repackages Bumblebee and Optimus Prime but also has Twitch and Jawbreaker which are brand new toys. There is no image of them yet, all we have is a listing of the second wave on Entertainment Earth:

Transformers EarthSpark 1-Step Smash Changers Wave 2 Set:

Transformers action figure converts from toy car to robot mode in 1 easy, exciting step! Tap the toy on a flat surface in car mode to see it pop up into robot mode. Each robot stands about 4-inches tall.

Set includes 4 individually packaged toys:
1x TRA EARTHSPARK 1 STEP SMASH OPTIMUS
1x TRA EARTHSPARK 1 STEP SMASH BB
1x TRA EARTHSPARK 1 STEP SMASH TWITCH
1x TRA EARTHSPARK 1 STEP SMASH JAWBREAKER
(subject to change). Ages 6 and up.

Interested in seeing what the designers can come up for Twitch & Jawbreaker.

I didn't realize that was still on.

FFS, why?

Earthspark still has some gems to give us this year. Fans were excited for the new Soundwave deluxe but there was still question about the alt mode. Well, turns out it looks great too. Unlike many other plane transformers, this stealth bomber is very flat and has a nice wingspan. The Images from Omega The Real on Twitter also show waist articulation and the size, which is the standard deluxe size in the line.

Let us know what you think of this soundwave!

I really dig this Soundwave design. I may well try to pick this figure up! Great alt-mode with one hell of a wingspan!

~ Grim

Obviously not squeaky clean on the underside, but for a deluxe, it pull it off very, very well.

I'll keep an eye out for that Soundwave in case I ever sees it in store.

The plane underside is pretty terrible, but otherwise it looks really good. The wing-boots looks kinda cool.

Soundwave looks great! That wingspan would be impressive at any price point.
Emerje

As a stealth aircraft fan I'll probably pick up this Soundwave. Seeing the undercarriage the one thing I'd wish for is that the feet rotated to cover up the hands. It would slightly improve his stealth geometry and decrease his radar cross section.

Has Soundwave hit store shelves?

Nemesis Destron wrote:Has Soundwave hit store shelves?

Allegedly. By which I mean I've seen a small number of people posting in-hand photos of the figure and sounding like they purchased him from a store, so I would think so, but I haven't been to Target in a while yet to see for myself (all my Walmarts have given up on stocking any new EarthSpark toys released after 2023, so I would think Target would be the best bet to find Deluxe Soundwave).

Apparently he is popping up around here, I hope I find him soon, he is a cool looking mold.

Sabrblade wrote:

Nemesis Destron wrote:Has Soundwave hit store shelves?

Allegedly. By which I mean I've seen a small number of people posting in-hand photos of the figure and sounding like they purchased him from a store, so I would think so, but I haven't been to Target in a while yet to see for myself (all my Walmarts have given up on stocking any new EarthSpark toys released after 2023, so I would think Target would be the best bet to find Deluxe Soundwave).

Yeah, I've seen at least one post on Reddit. My store has reduced Earthspark to only Cyber-Combiners which had been on clearance a few months ago, and at some point this year got a package refresh in white.



Emerje

While a staple of the 80s and 90s, the glow in the dark gimmick has not been used much with Transformers. While there have been some examples, it's been sporadic and minimal to the point where Hasbro never released a glow in the dark Transformers figure outside of the crossover line. UNTIL NOW!
Yup, not only is the Earthspark toyline still around but it will be breaking new ground with the brand by giving us a Glow in the Dark Megatron toy. All we have is this image here below of Cyberglow Megatron. It is a glow in the dark version of the deluxe Megatron toy, and the image comes to us from In Demand Toys.

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=724 ... 2086644534

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Apparently he is popping up around here, I hope I find him soon, he is a cool looking mold.

I'm happy to hear this and it's a cool looking figure indeed!!! Now I'll definitly hold from paying more than $50 right now on eBay...'nuff said!!!

It feels like earthspark just got removed from shelves. Now hasbro brings them back for a higher price in new packaging? I'll admit, glow in dark megs could be a buy, but after seeing the rest of the regular pickings on another website, no thanks. I passed on earthspark the first time, here comes round 2

I wonder which parts of Mr McGloomface is glow-in-dah-dark?

Glow in the Dark is indeed awesome stuff. But NOT awesome enough to trick me into buying an Earthspark Megatron figure...

-Kanrabat- wrote:I wonder which parts of Mr McGloomface is glow-in-dah-dark?

That's the question I'm asking myself, almost as much of a question as why didn't we get a ghost Starscream instead? That would be neat and collectors would eat it up.

RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:I wonder which parts of Mr McGloomface is glow-in-dah-dark?

That's the question I'm asking myself, almost as much of a question as why didn't we get a ghost Starscream instead? That would be neat and collectors would eat it up.

Yeah, THAT.
A GITD Starscream would make perfect sense as a ghost.

Oh, also, a Rocklord. A glowing Rocklord would be dope.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:I wonder which parts of Mr McGloomface is glow-in-dah-dark?

That's the question I'm asking myself, almost as much of a question as why didn't we get a ghost Starscream instead? That would be neat and collectors would eat it up.

Yeah, THAT.
A GITD Starscream would make perfect sense as a ghost.

Moreso for a toy of G1 Starscream, not EarthSpark Starscream.

Sabrblade wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:I wonder which parts of Mr McGloomface is glow-in-dah-dark?

That's the question I'm asking myself, almost as much of a question as why didn't we get a ghost Starscream instead? That would be neat and collectors would eat it up.

Yeah, THAT.
A GITD Starscream would make perfect sense as a ghost.

Moreso for a toy of G1 Starscream, not EarthSpark Starscream.

Obviously.