Transformers: Age of the Primes Thread: ll First Post All Listings II Update : April 12th, 2027 Bonus Wave: Repaint fun, Beast Wars, G2, Machine Wars
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I'd be fine with just straight reissues of the TR figures. They're still really good toys.
Yeah, it's a custom SG Haywire made from Armada Blurr's minicon partner Incinerator with the wheels and spoiler removed, and the gun barrel from Universe Nightstick grafted on the front, and then all the non-gray bits painted black.
I'm not really that concerned with official fiction, I like what I like, and repurpose the rest.
While the pack-in manga does what it wants with the toys, the toy bios themselves reflect the classic/traditional versions of the characters (for instance, the toy bios for Optimus Primal and Rattrap describe them as the Beast Wars characters proper instead of the office workers that they were in the manga).Technically, that was a Legends release and packed with Doublecross, and officially White Lune, so I'm not sure if I can count it?
The Titans Return figures hold up. I'm not surprised about the lack of updates, although I'd love to see what can be done with the current design style.
The main thing I want is a Mindwipe whose wings/legs aren't doomed to eat themselves or stick to other stuff or both. Also, Weirdwolf got the hinge problem on his back panel retooled out for Carnivac; I'd like a working Weirdwolf that avoids the same. I haven't heard much about whether the Retro version avoids the problem the TR/LG one has, but I don't hear much about those in general.
The main thing I want is a Mindwipe whose wings/legs aren't doomed to eat themselves or stick to other stuff or both. Also, Weirdwolf got the hinge problem on his back panel retooled out for Carnivac; I'd like a working Weirdwolf that avoids the same. I haven't heard much about whether the Retro version avoids the problem the TR/LG one has, but I don't hear much about those in general.
I always wind up leaving the mouths of the headmaster crocs open. Otherwise they stick shut, same issue as the back flaps. The TR 'big-3' Decepticon Headmaster molds were cursed...
As far as accessory-bots, I've always found it easier to ignore fiction/packaging/etc and just do whatever you want for your personal setup. That's why my Encore Cerebros shares a pretender shell with Megatron and Spacewarp. If anyone needs a good explanation, "Rent Control".
As far as accessory-bots, I've always found it easier to ignore fiction/packaging/etc and just do whatever you want for your personal setup. That's why my Encore Cerebros shares a pretender shell with Megatron and Spacewarp. If anyone needs a good explanation, "Rent Control".
I should check on mine.
Hasbro, just stop using rubber. I don't care if you think you've found the right formula this time. Just don't even chance it.
Hasbro, just stop using rubber. I don't care if you think you've found the right formula this time. Just don't even chance it.
Hasbro: "Tell you what. To make up for Mindwipe's rubbery wings, we'll do a brand new run of the figure with all of the soft, rubbery plastic swapped out and replaced with rigid, translucent plastic. Won't that be a nice trade-off?
"Who keeps using that damned monkey’s paw?!
Apeface, of course.
I don't even know why Mindwipe needed the soft plastic. Just tone down the ears and scalloped wing edges and hard plastic would do. Same with the Skullcruncher mold, with no really egregiously pointy parts on it.
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They were an example just because someone had mentioned them recently, and thus they were on my mind, and I didn't want to bother with thinking of others. I could have named any of the recent combiners (perhaps without getting into the design philosophy bit, true, but definitely as regards informed decision-making. By the time I decide I want a combiner, one or more of the members is already likely to be unattainable. Yes, you're right that it's better than it was a few years ago, but it's STILL terrible IMHO. And don't get me started on the G2 Stunticons...).
Oh, I REALLY hate how they do multipacks these days, often inserting ONE must-buy character into a pack with three others I don't even want!
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I do relate with both those concerns, more the former than the latter (I've had somewhat good luck with the multipacks in that the contents range from "must have" to "not bad"). Idk about "these days", as that seems to be a tale as old as time with multipacks, at least more often the case than not.
I've been suffering through the same issue backtracking to complete a combiner, and oof that is not easy. But even given that, it's not really on Hasbro to make things easy for when I belatedly make the decision to go after them.
I've been suffering through the same issue backtracking to complete a combiner, and oof that is not easy. But even given that, it's not really on Hasbro to make things easy for when I belatedly make the decision to go after them.
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I've had pretty good luck getting the one thing I want from a multipack, but I do tend to want a thing no one else does.
Same. I've been lucky so far where the multipacks (especially the 4-packs) are generally cases of me liking the "we saddled even the expectedly popular thing with these" parts, even to the point of just wanting the entire pack.
But not everyone is like that, nor should they be. For one thing, it's pretty annoyingly pricey, and for another, these packs tend to have additional "we're exclusive to __" complications.
I'm nervous about the upcoming -storm Seeker 4-pack for precisely that reason.
But not everyone is like that, nor should they be. For one thing, it's pretty annoyingly pricey, and for another, these packs tend to have additional "we're exclusive to __" complications.
I'm nervous about the upcoming -storm Seeker 4-pack for precisely that reason.
Agreed.
Great, one more thing to check on.
Seriously, Hasbro, just stop. I'm sure things like Kingdom Megs/T-Wrecks are also still ticking time bombs and whatnot. But things are better now; you've remade the jets without bendy tailfins (CW vs. AOTP), and an entire Big Convoy without succumbing to the temptation to make a bendy trunk. Just stop trying to be cute and "oh, let's do rubber tires, that's a nice touch, eh" or "nah we can totally make all the fine, pointy bits, just use this instead of redesigning them out". Let it go, Indiana. It will always betray you.
Looks like hasbro is teasing the next crossover figure to likely be the Mystery Machine
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11K likes, 184 comments - transformersofficial on July 6, 2026: "A mystery arrives tomorrow 👀".
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Pics have leakedLooks like hasbro is teasing the next crossover figure to likely be the Mystery Machine
TRANSFORMERS on Instagram: "A mystery arrives tomorrow 👀"
11K likes, 184 comments - transformersofficial on July 6, 2026: "A mystery arrives tomorrow 👀".
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Though now I want to see the Scooby Gang, having captured Scooby himself, pull off his mask to revel he was Jabber Jaw...and then pull off HIS mask to show he was Speed Buggy...whose mask is pulled off to show HE was- Joseph Barbera?!!!!!
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If they want people to buy them all, then they do themselves a disservice by disincentivising it. Does it "disincentivize" worse to have them all at once vs. the piecemeal way it's done now? I guess that's a reasonable place for differing opinions. I certainly can't cite any studies (presumably Hasbro DOES base at least some of their decisions on data, although it's sometimes hard to figure out how).