Yeah, the worst we get nowadays is "Not at this time."
Transformers: Age of the Primes toyline discussion || update: stock renders of upcoming Alpha Trion, Micronus, Flatline, Fireflight, Skydive, ++
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Even that is nice because it's like "ok they're not looking to do that right now"
Which is still a step up from "we can't discuss that at this moment."
Yeah, but I'd have to see the vehicle mode first.
Age Of The Primes Deluxe Sureshot Behind The Scenes
Hasbro Transformers designer Mark Maher is starting up the behind the scenes looks at 2026 Age Of The Primes figures on his Instagram, beginning with Deluxe Sureshot! "SURESHOT! Sure to make a bot body drop!! But don’t you dare forget his Target Master buddy SpoilSport! Feels good to finally get...
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"Mom, can we have Sandstorm?"
"No, we have Sandstorm at home."
*Sandstorm at home*
"No, we have Sandstorm at home."
*Sandstorm at home*
Not to mention he doesn't have his Targetmaster buddy. No sense doing the Autobot Targetmasters without their Targetmaster partners.
Spoilsport looks great, and Sureshot looks pretty good, too!
Mine does, courtesy of the Netflix Megatron 3-pack that came with Pinpointer and Lionizer.
Redone Crosshairs can be in a 2-pack with redone Crankcase or Windsweeper. Put them in a line with a new Side Burn and Minerva and Strongarm. Compromises to fudge an nth retool out of a mold can be rough. Sometimes things work out and it's a Devcon with enough new parts to capture the character well, and sometimes sacrifices of various sizes have to be made.
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Toys - New Age of the Primes Behind the Scenes Has a "Sureshot" to Turn Some Heads
"I can do the 'Superhero Landing' pose, now that I have knees for it to ruin!" I know what you're thinking: "Oh Primus, why are they letting him do this again?!" To which I say: Don't be such a SpoilSport. That's the Targetmaster's job. Anyway, Markclonus is back, showing off what to expect...
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He looks nice and I plan on picking him up. As @lastmaximal jokingly (or not so jokingly) pointed out, it would be nice to have a proper Crosshairs. I passed on that retool because it lacked the Targetmaster and because I never cared much for that mold. But he looks really out of place in those promo shots.
It's amazing how fast the standard is rising. That Crosshairs isn't that old.
Yeah, Crosshair's vehicle mode stuck me as an all-terrain assult/recon buggy, not an armored truck. I'd be fine with a redo on him.
It's really their fault for releasing a half ass Crosshairs while doing such a better job with the rest of the "team".
Crosshairs came out at the tail end of the "give the mould a new paint scheme and head" era of reuse. And sometimes we didn't even get a new head.
I don't think it's anyone's "fault," I just think the brand has moved in some very positive directions since. It wasn't long after Crosshairs came out that the teams at Hasbro and TT began to push for more extensive remoulds when it came to reuse.
Crosshairs just came out a bit too early for his own good.
I wouldn't say it was the tail end of that era. That's still happening five years [oh my GODDDD] later. More like he came out toward the end of a LINE, at which point the budget mojo had already been worked.
I mean, Sureshot has the benefit of being (mostly? entirely? they've done such wild stuff with partials) a new mold. Pointblank was all-new. To look at another "gimmick trio" end -- all retools this time -- Rukus got a lot of retooling, while Windsweeper just got a new head. Crankcase got a lot of little things, some literally, that don't quite add up to the effectiveness of Rukus' re-realization of the gimmick.
In another universe Crosshairs gets made early in a new line like the other two, and he gets to "own" the mold like Pointblank and (I assume) Sureshot. (Frankly I'm surprised we haven't seen the Pointblank mold reused yet.) And then there's a Mudslinger retool (using the back as the chest), because I had a Mudslinger as a kid and I'm imagining this universe.
Crosshairs was basically a not-bad idea done at a point in the line's life cycle when all that was doable (I presume) was a new head. And really the Siege Ironhide mold is a good mold, and the Crosshairs colors look nice and crisp on it. I just miss the big monster truck wheels, and have on-and-off eyed some of the upgrade kits (between the cost and question of durability I've always passed, but they look nice).
I mean, Sureshot has the benefit of being (mostly? entirely? they've done such wild stuff with partials) a new mold. Pointblank was all-new. To look at another "gimmick trio" end -- all retools this time -- Rukus got a lot of retooling, while Windsweeper just got a new head. Crankcase got a lot of little things, some literally, that don't quite add up to the effectiveness of Rukus' re-realization of the gimmick.
In another universe Crosshairs gets made early in a new line like the other two, and he gets to "own" the mold like Pointblank and (I assume) Sureshot. (Frankly I'm surprised we haven't seen the Pointblank mold reused yet.) And then there's a Mudslinger retool (using the back as the chest), because I had a Mudslinger as a kid and I'm imagining this universe.
Crosshairs was basically a not-bad idea done at a point in the line's life cycle when all that was doable (I presume) was a new head. And really the Siege Ironhide mold is a good mold, and the Crosshairs colors look nice and crisp on it. I just miss the big monster truck wheels, and have on-and-off eyed some of the upgrade kits (between the cost and question of durability I've always passed, but they look nice).
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The changeover to the current Hasbro Transformers team happened during the development of Kingdom, after John Warden left Transformers to go over to Ghostbusters and Power Rangers. Crosshairs was made back during his era. The current era of Mark, Evan, and BMac being the faces of the brand really began with Legacy Year 1, three lines after Crosshairs's release at the end of Siege.
Personally, I'm okay with Siege Crosshairs. Him being a Cybertronian vehicle helps.
