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That's it, that's the perfect name. SKULLGRIM. wait

That doesn't seem to work, because Megazord and Ultrazord each refer to different combined modes (and were typically parsed that way in print.) The main outlier is Mega-Dragonzord, which seems to be better for the Dragonzord In Fighting Mode as opposed to Megazord with Dragonzord poncho. (Iirc...

I'm a bit baffled to, after all this time, still the Thunder Megazord referred to on the packaging as Mega Thunderzord. Why did that ever happen (I remember the hype of The Mutiny being somewhat undercut by it back in the day)?

Mm, of those, Animated works best. The other two are in that realm of flat Peter Cullen approximations for me. But we'll each like different ones.

The in hand pictures of it make the purple look much bluer than before, closer to my preferred shade for show Cyclonus. That, the retooled face (could be better, still an improvement), and the hopefully corrected plastic supply avoiding the terrible yellowing, are all working in its favor. The...

There is some kind of out-of-body experience of it all when accompanied by good-faith new audiences, to see the shock of 1986 kind of playing out in real time with this kind of distance from/positioning relative to it.

Some pretty neat gets here. I'm not fond of how so many are in the same trap as Hemsworth was in where "just get the voice super low, and then do some acting if you can after that". Bailey does a pretty good Hemsworth OP, but I wish he'd gotten to just do a different take because that's another...

I'm not going to go so fast as to Both Sides it, partly because I'm also weary of the discourse devolving into "now it's fans complaining about fans complaining about fans complaining" and partly because things aren't really even. And that's where I'll leave it, because I am still uninterested...

Same here actually. The blue one looks good to me too, but mostly next to this one.

Don't talk to me or my shoe ever again.

It's just leaning into the main thing the movie IS known for. For better or worse, while this was a key moment for the toy commercial industry in establishing some ideas for using their IP, it's mainly remembered for the surface level Oh My God They Killed Optimus, and that's what's going to be...

Per TFW, these TRU China exclusive ones are supposedly not the same as the TaoBao ones from late 2025? I have no idea. But it looks to be the same Pat Lee artwork. In any case, they least don't seem to be in their original boxes within a bigger box; to facilitate the G1 style giftset box...

I wonder if some kind of mobile runway/base/airport/refueling station they could each "take off" from might have been better than Yo Why That Jet Got A Big Ass. Do it Metroplex style where the runway track/s are panels atop the proper limbs.

Four deluxes, one Commander. In any case, these both seem to be more "bundles" than "giftsets", but that's somewhat splitting hairs with semantics. Although it IS closer to the latter (in the sense that there's special packaging and even some exclusive stickers/decals) than the former, which is...

Ah, that is clearer, thank you! But given there already is precedent for a multipack, it still seems to be a good venue for a combiner giftset (especially since that's a significant production expense up front (and iirc the Legacy Evolution Menasor giftset was a Pulse exclusive as well)...

The Nexus situation continues to be so complicated, mostly because of the frame system. It's harder to complete a combiner with its central base relying on a specific format that is harder to slot into a line/waves, even with the current expanded number of Commander class releases. I'm sure...

The weird deep leg stretches from the dino mode aside, this is one of those releases that makes me sad I can't actually collect this whole line. Great execution on a design that was already very good. I'll definitely be saving up for if and when they get around to Snarl.

It's a pretty good thing to add. Now the jet pants don't just let this Optimus fly; they also give him the boost he needs to qualify for the REAL baddies with the height specifications on their Tinder profiles. True wingman.

Huh. Thanks. No Ukrainian fan-colored animation model striking this time? Or was that what happened with the Bailiff from the set?

I'm content to just skip it, too. Glad others who might want one can get one. So of the releases this mold and its relatives have had, which one/s are show-accurate? I remember this from Earthrise, the Quintesson Pit set, and the Buzzworthy troop-builder set.