Transformers Legacy toyline

[LordGigaIce]

It likely boils down simply to "Everyone has their own idea that they want to add in as their own personal contribution, but it turns out it's all the same idea because no one does checks and balances on each other."

Right. Like... there needs to be someone going "oh you want to include a US government agency that works with or keeps tabs on the Transformers? We have this, you should use it."

Again, not the biggest fan of the Bayverse but it seems like the franchise could solidify some of its mythology if they went "ok Sector 7 is going to be our secret government agency, MECH is for human baddies," etc...

It's not that I want everything to be the same but like.... Batman is always being reinvented and re-interpreted but it's not like every new version of Batman comes up with a new GCPD commissioner that just has the same basic character and function as Gordon.

The franchise can both grow in new directions and solidify its mythos at the same time.

It's probably because nearly all of those agencies aren't terribly interesting in and of themselves. Sometimes you get an interesting character, like Silas, but overall, they're treated as interchangable because they basically are.

It's a self-fulfilling prophecy. The EDC, Sector 7, Skywatch, GHOST, UNIT-E, and MECH aren't terribly interesting on their own, which is why there's always a new org that basically does the same thing in the next revamp.

At the same time though, none of them will be interesting enough to build on if someone doesn't take the time to make one of them memorable enough to become a reoccurring element in the franchise.

 

[Shadewing]

Everyone alsways forgets RAAT.

 

[unluckiness]

If we’re going by the Batman comparison, all these organizations are more like the dozens of generic, vaguely Mafia dudes Batman’s always beating up in between fighting The Joker or Bane or evil multiverse Batmen. They're not memorable enough or significant enough to warrant the writer to dredge up the back issues so they just make up a near-identical version. At the end of the day, all they need are some unambiguous bad guys to shoot at the protagonist for a few panels then get handily defeated in time for the proper supervillain to enact their latest doomsday plan.

 

[Sabrblade]

At least BotBots had the courtesy to reuse Sector Seven for its cartoon.

 

[wonko the sane?]

At least BotBots had the courtesy to reuse Sector Seven for its cartoon.

So... you got induction duty, yeah?

Yup.

So... pile of puke that transforms...

Yup... I've already put in an application for area 51. I am NOT paid enough for this crap. The giant ones were one thing, but having your hamburger scream when you try to bite it. Three friggen xeno incursions so far, and it was MY LUNCH that gave me PTSD.

 

[The Mighty Mollusk]

Everyone alsways forgets RAAT.

I prefer RATT, personally.

 

[Undead Scottsman]

I prefer RAD.

He's here to tell you about the Traaaaaaansformers!

 

[lastmaximal]

RIP, Kirby Morrow.

 

[LBD "Nytetrayn"]

I've said it before and I'll say it again: They are big guys, yes, but not as big as Cityformers like Fort Max and Metroplex. They're more like the height of Combiners.

In all fairness, Cityformers like Fort Max and Metroplex aren't as big as Cityformers like Fort Max and Metroplex, at least where the toys are concerned.

A Star Convoy in that size range would probably still be more accurate to scale than they are. Not to mention the Ark and the Nemesis.

And let's not even get into the likes of Unicron and Primus, whose earlier figures were smaller than Titan Class...

That said, there are smaller Titan class figures, too. I could see Star Convoy matching a Devastator or an Omega Supreme or even a Cybertron Universe Metroplex easily enough.

 

[RichardT519]

Imagine how crazy the IDW Hasbroverse would have been if they'd brought in Air Raiders...

(Aside from Starscream or Thundercracker inevitably getting a Hawkwind altmode)

 

[unluckiness]

Stores here are putting up preorders for a Siege Omega Supreme reissue.

 

[The Mighty Mollusk]

BBTS has it listed too. $200, due for next fall.

 

[wonko the sane?]

Oh my god! The local TRU finally got some new transformers in!

(they filled out the shelf space with transformers authentics.)

*head desk*

 

[Donocropolis]

Oh my god! The local TRU finally got some new transformers in!

(they filled out the shelf space with transformers authentics.)

*head desk*

*monkey paw curls another finger in*

 

[The Mighty Mollusk]

Guess which one is left!

 

[Sabrblade]

Guess which one is left!

Ha! Joke's on you! That's not a finger, it's a thumb!

 

[PrimalxConvoy]

 

[wonko the sane?]

Looks like a retooling of tarn... but I loved that mold so I am not complaining.

I also: I hope the plastic fire doesn't suck.

 

[Superomegaprime]

Looks like a retooling of tarn... but I loved that mold so I am not complaining.

I also: I hope the plastic fire doesn't suck.

He not a retool of Tarn, but likely just shares some similar desgin traits, as Tarn was a voyager and this is a leader class!

For me, he looks pretty good though, I wish they had gone for the Dreamwave look with the colour scheme with Black and orange, I guess we'll have to hope for a selects repaint to get that

 

[Rhinox]

I'm very pleased with how that looks. Bring it on!