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The budget for SS has clearly been cut below the level required to make functional toys. That Prime looks dire.

I feel like this is a bit of an oversimplification - there was also the intersection of the UK fandom with the US one for the first time back then, which is way, way, way more comic focused than the US one (and the UK theatrical release also noted that Optimus wasn't permanently dead at the...

I am pleasantly surprised at how good that is.

They're reasonable enough. But it is difficult to commit without knowing if the others are going to have painted windows.

I'm sorry for him, that's a lame thing to happen. Hopefully new opportunities present themselves. I continue to doubt that Hasbro is being run in a sustainable fashion.

Paramount confirms the US streaming release to buy is October 22nd. Physical in the US December 17th. No announcements of international dates (and given Paramount's usual operating model I would not expect one imminently).

it must be said that Galvatron looks significantly less blue and more correct in the pictures from the Breakfast presentation. I dunno, I only ever bought one so maybe getting one without the battle damage/fixed shoulders and the correct colour might work, if I can find one on sale. But he...

The Takara Millennium Falcon was okay. And the Death Star Vader. Anyway, this? Hasbro "make silver or grey areas without a horrible, horrible finish" challenge? Impossible. Some shiny paint ala Gigawatt would have *really* helped here, especially at the price point.

Painted windows. Skip.

It is hard to see how you could make that work given the wheelbase is a standard HW size.

Literally nothing about Brawn's engineering is problematic for clear windows, indeed he was almost certainly engineered with them in mind.

For the love of god give retro Brawn clear windows.

Eh, it's generic enough it could really be anything without context. It might not even be a full reboot, but more of a in continuity but not so soft reset, as RID was to Prime. I imagine it will involve a pretty major art style shift though.

Shipping so many reissues next to each other when many of them were shelfsitters outside of the US does not feel especially wise for the long term survival of the line (not saying they shouldn't happen, just that bunching them together with a couple of lackluster repaints is unlikely to make...

That looks horrible.

The one that's the same or lighter than any other greys or silvers on the toy there, but inexplicably darker than every other grey on this new toy.

Looks like Hasbro screwed up the embargo date for Studio Series 86 Commander Optimus on Amazon for Europe. https://news.tfw2005.com/2024/07/15/studio-series-86-commander-optimus-prime-full-image-515563 There's some stuff I like - the alt mode is generally good, and the blast effects to...

If the retool had replaced the foot that becomes the front section of the bike that would have helped sell it a lot IMO.

What a weird thing. (I understand the Hot Rod KO from the same company has pretty ropey tolerances FWIW).

FWIW there are lots of people who run small home 3D printing services now who'll pretty much print any STL you send to them if you buy them from Cults3D etc. For cosmetic parts (heads etc) resin printing is pretty superior to the Shapeways plastic.