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[LV!]

FWIW, I really like Studio Barricade, and his robot mode has a very stylish, predatory interpretation of the movie model - but his transformation is a major pain in the ass.

[MrBlud]

I just opened Sentinel Prime and he's really great. Both modes are very accurate, everything stores, and he's got a pretty simple transformation.

[Sprocket]

Final Japanese toy photos of Soundwave & Topspin are out

 

https://tformers.com...37897/news.html

Edited by Sprocket, 28 July 2020 - 11:19 AM.

[LV!]

Those appear to be the same samples as Hasbro's official photos, so there's still room for optimism about Topspin's final deco, based on the black-headed Blitzwing that showed up after the official promo photos with it unpainted.

 

Soundwave, why.

[Boss Borot]

"Hey, the fans are complaining that Soundwave doesn't have enough paint. What should we do?"

"CHEETAH SPOTS."

[Nevermore]

https://twitter.com/...4331701248?s=19

   

[MrBlud]

MY BOYS!

[LV!]

So much for optimism about Topspin's final deco. Still looks like a good toy, though.

[Nevermore]

Purchase options for European collectors thus far regarding Leadfoot:

 

Forbidden Planet (UK)

Zavvi (UK)

Star Action Figures (UK)

Kapow Toys (UK)

In Demand Toys (UK)

Actionfiguren24 (Germany)

Edited by Nevermore, 01 August 2020 - 02:03 PM.

[Blot]

Walmart's website price dropped their pre-order for Overload to $29.99.

https://www.walmart....rload/957852885

[TriBlurr]

Not 100% sure on lonewolf96's credibility. I seem to recall him relating info before. Someone correct me if so.

But he dropped off this bit of info on tfw2005 just now.

I was paged it seems

I haven't heard anything about a new 1986 devy but it's entirely possible.

If they did have plans for it I would think they would be shooting for a box set because as I understand it there's a couple more muti wave projects that they are considering before they go back to another constructicon combiner.

Junkheap - spanning two Voyager waves a one Deluxe wave - 3 bots total

Infernocus - muti wave Voyager except for the torso which I believe was rumored to be Leader.

There's suggestion that they want to try a hand at a new muti year / muti wave Dragonstorm but I haven't heard much of anything else on this one

[Noideaforaname]

I know we've been getting all sorts of impossible toys recently, but Voyager/Leader Infernocons would still be an amazing thing to see. All the bots look the same, combine into something that also looks the same, and there's no quirky alternate forms to add any kind of interest. I wonder if they'd go so far as to make separate left and right limbs, or if you'd be expected to just buy two Arm-Guys and Leg-Dudes.

[LV!]

Infernocus does look different from the Infernocons (I'm not clear on whether you were being literal, they're definitely all big lumpen black guys), but yeah. That''s...pretty believability-stretching.

 

I'd love that Junkheap, but I'm not holding my breath. Also it'd be a huge garbage truck.

[Steevy Maximus]

One possibility is that, if the 86 movie is a big part of next year's Studio Series, they could simply reissue the Unite Devastator as a premium item.  With minor deco changes, it would be distinct from the Combiner Wars release and be something "new" to the US market.  And being more than 5 years removed from its last availability, it would likely still be cheaper than the aftermarket going rates for the set.

It might not meet "modern" expectations for a Studio Series release, but it might be a more pragmatic option than tying up 6 Voyager slots over the next 12-18 months with very similar looking toys (even though the Movie Constructicons were all construction vehicles they at least had distinctive colors).

[Unit Eleven]

Junkheap makes me skeptical. How the hell you gonna sell three figures that each turn into 1/3 of a garbage truck?

 

A Voyager Infernocon that turns into an arm, leg, and torso that you have to army-build to form Infernocus sounds a lot more plausible.

[LV!]

Junkheap makes me skeptical. How the hell you gonna sell three figures that each turn into 1/3 of a garbage truck?

 

I mean, they did Reflector.

[Sean Whitmore]

With all the 86 movie talk, hearing "Junkeap" made me think, "Why the hell would a Junkion need to be that big?"

[Unit Eleven]

 

Junkheap makes me skeptical. How the hell you gonna sell three figures that each turn into 1/3 of a garbage truck?

 

I mean, they did Reflector.

 

One figure at a moderate/small pricepoint that turns into a spaceship that can also be a camera if you get three of them is a different kettle of fish to three distinct figures, two of which are at a larger pricepoint, who each turn into an incomplete vehicle, I think.

[LV!]

Presumably they would make the partial garbage trucks into some kind of halfassed non-vehicle like Reflector, is what I was suggesting.

[Unit Eleven]

I imagine that'd be trickier with the ass-end of a garbage truck than something that can be written off as "alien spaceship".