I always liked the design, but not so much as Starscream. It always felt too big and brutish for a conniving opportunist. Maybe I'll just head canon it as a Seeker Heavy or something.
Now there's a handsome bastard.
It's based on his The War Within design, and a lot of the TWW designs were bulkier and beefier than the "normal" G1 bodies.
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The War Within. Now that brings back some memories......
That is exactly what they are in my canon.
I'm aware. I still have the trade paperbacks of both War Within series (and the two or three issues of Age of Wrath that actually saw print). It didn't stand out so much there because Dreamwave bulked everyone up like that.
The Seekers use similar, but sleeker, designs in Megatron Origin. That was more or less how I figured it would look without the DW inflation.
I do wish they would produce offical toys based upon the old Drewamwave War Within desgins, OP had a awesome look, I know they did the Micro Machines verison with metal along with Megatron, they are good display pieces but you can't really mess around with them to much due to their limitions, I do have the third party MP verisons but I want offical verisons of their desgins in mainline, there something about that Optimus that screams bad ass, to me!!
First look at the Star Raiders (formerly Star Seekers) subline for Walmart.
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First images of Cannonball, Lockdown, Filch and Ferak.
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Walmart Star Raider Capsule.
Thanks to @HyperShauta for the help. Yes the Star Seekers are now being called Star Raiders according to the listing titles. So far these are the...
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First images of Cannonball, Lockdown, Filch and Ferak.
I guess they wanted to avoid confusion with the Starscream repaints?
Man, that Lockdown is making nobody happy.
Well, except the future person who's going to respond to this post to contradict me.
Well, except the future person who's going to respond to this post to contradict me.
Oh sure, give the $30 voyager figure a faux Cyber Key but give the $200 titan class Metroplex jack jive!
*grumble grumble not even a clip to hold an og if one should have it and don't even get me started on the lack of minicon ports grumble*
Wait, is Ferak wearing weaponizer pieces on his wingtips? Was a weaponizer part of the leak list?
*grumble grumble not even a clip to hold an og if one should have it and don't even get me started on the lack of minicon ports grumble*
Wait, is Ferak wearing weaponizer pieces on his wingtips? Was a weaponizer part of the leak list?
Need that Filch!
-ZacWilliam, others are cool too, but Filch.
-ZacWilliam, others are cool too, but Filch.
I like it, but then I love love live the Junkion Cadet molds and want so, so many redecos.
Meanwhile, Cannonball looks good but this is what, the sixth use of that mold? Hope he's not as flippy-floppy and fally-aparty as Medix.
AND AND AND I really need to see Thundertron compared to the mass-release one. I kinda think I only want one of them, and it's nice to have options.
Okay, I'm all over that batch of Deluxes and Ferak. Except maybe Lockdown.
I wonder if you can store cannonball's accessories in those giant leg gaps, haha.
I hope they take another stab at SG Starscream with this mold, hopefully with a better batch of plastic.
I wonder if you can store cannonball's accessories in those giant leg gaps, haha.
I hope they take another stab at SG Starscream with this mold, hopefully with a better batch of plastic.
Maybe they straight up retooled the wings; the wing edges have serrations rather than the ribbed panels from Cyclonus. The head seems new too (i wish one of the Cyclonus releases had had a new head tooling; not this necessarily but something better than the original).
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Those are Jetfire's accessories.
Okay, the Star Raiders aren't bad looking...but with the exception of Filch, they aren't really grabbing my attention.
Seriously, I'm making grabby-grabby motions at Filch, and it's very appropriate. SHINY!
Seriously, I'm making grabby-grabby motions at Filch, and it's very appropriate. SHINY!
Cybertron Starscream just looks better and better with the in hand images. LOVE all the ports he's got for extensions.
The Star Raiders are fine, in general. I really need to see what changes are done to Thundertron.
Cannonball is fine, I guess. Yet another Skids retool, I'm not sure of any off hand options...but I'm not sure anyone was really clamoring for another iteration of that mold.
Lockdown is EXACTLY what I expected him to be, and that's fine. I think the head sculpt for Revenge of the Fallen iteration was more evocative of the Animated iteration, but I DO like the general vibe going on. But it's not as good a representation for Animated Lockdown's look as I think many want.
Filch is another Airrazor, but lots of retooling, and a nice change up from the usual eras for representation. She's nice.
Ferak is a surprise to me, though. Hasbro could have been completely fine (and expected) to just phone in a Cyclonus repaint. Instead? I see AT LEAST a new face, new chest, and new wings. Who knows what else got retooled in jet mode. I wasn't overly interested in the listing, but the new elements have certainly caught my attention.
The Star Raiders are fine, in general. I really need to see what changes are done to Thundertron.
Cannonball is fine, I guess. Yet another Skids retool, I'm not sure of any off hand options...but I'm not sure anyone was really clamoring for another iteration of that mold.
Lockdown is EXACTLY what I expected him to be, and that's fine. I think the head sculpt for Revenge of the Fallen iteration was more evocative of the Animated iteration, but I DO like the general vibe going on. But it's not as good a representation for Animated Lockdown's look as I think many want.
Filch is another Airrazor, but lots of retooling, and a nice change up from the usual eras for representation. She's nice.
Ferak is a surprise to me, though. Hasbro could have been completely fine (and expected) to just phone in a Cyclonus repaint. Instead? I see AT LEAST a new face, new chest, and new wings. Who knows what else got retooled in jet mode. I wasn't overly interested in the listing, but the new elements have certainly caught my attention.
It’ll depend on how they’re priced/distributed for me. They’re all neat but nothing mind-blowing.
Definitely skipping Filch though. That mold’s been nothing but a headache to me
Definitely skipping Filch though. That mold’s been nothing but a headache to me