Cool, Slipstream sold out before Xaaron/Flame were open for non-premium preorders.
Getting real tired of this garbage, Hasbro.
Getting real tired of this garbage, Hasbro.
Finally saw a tigerhawk in the wild!
But it was at a TRU, so 10$ more expensive than the other options, and I am not dropping a C note on a leader. So... empty handed.
But it was at a TRU, so 10$ more expensive than the other options, and I am not dropping a C note on a leader. So... empty handed.
Oh dude Speaking of Road Ranger he has a Nemisis Prime Version in Machine Robo just found this out
Hasbro got caught up in a little FIRRIB moment 
So, Soundwave comes with a cassette guy named Rumble who is in the toy colors of FRENZY. Even Mark Maher failed to catch that when he posted his comments lol. Could have saved all the headache by just throwing in comic colors Lazerbeak and Howlback instead of the cassette bot...
I'm not overly concerned given recent trends in Studio Series. I'm sure we'll get a nice Lazerbeak as a Core Class with some nifty extra accessories, along with a better Ravage.
Armada Galvatron is another case where I wish they had leaned more into the TOYS rather than the animation. Hasbro's original Armada Galvatron had a GORGEOUS lavender, black and white/light grey with gold highlights. The purple here is too dark and I'll NEVER be a fan of that "warm grey"...which almost always comes across as "yellowed plastic".
So, Soundwave comes with a cassette guy named Rumble who is in the toy colors of FRENZY. Even Mark Maher failed to catch that when he posted his comments lol. Could have saved all the headache by just throwing in comic colors Lazerbeak and Howlback instead of the cassette bot...
I'm not overly concerned given recent trends in Studio Series. I'm sure we'll get a nice Lazerbeak as a Core Class with some nifty extra accessories, along with a better Ravage.
Armada Galvatron is another case where I wish they had leaned more into the TOYS rather than the animation. Hasbro's original Armada Galvatron had a GORGEOUS lavender, black and white/light grey with gold highlights. The purple here is too dark and I'll NEVER be a fan of that "warm grey"...which almost always comes across as "yellowed plastic".
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Yeah, I feel like if I can get an order in through Pulse, then it's an extra bonus. I did manage to get Legacy Prime today though, so that was cool.
I stopped trying to rely on them as my primary preorder source a couple of years ago and have had more fun collecting ever since. For now, I do still see the membership as worth it though, because I generally back Transformers HasLab projects (and sometimes their sales are nice). But yeah, Amazon and BBTS are definitely the way to go. I did a preorder through TF Source earlier this year, but I get so much junk mail from them that I'm not sure I would catch it if/when it comes in stock.
Hasbro got caught up in a little FIRRIB moment
So, Soundwave comes with a cassette guy named Rumble who is in the toy colors ofFRENZYRumble. Even Mark Maher failed to catch that when he posted his comments lol. Could have saved all the headache by just throwing in comic colors Lazerbeak and Howlback instead of the cassette bot...
Fixed that for you
I ended up submitting my Quake pre-order as a separate order from Xaaron/Flame because of concerns of that. Since I have a membership there's no difference in shipping, taxes will always apply, so it's just a convenience thing in the end at that point. Stuff does sell out way too fast though, as I've forgotten several times that preorders were coming up and remember halfway through lunch only to find it already sold out.
Spread your lies elsewhere!Fixed that for you
Besides, I got MY Rumble in Studio Series. Where he's PURPLE.
Also, I'm trying to find some clarification (and don't have Instagram to pester the design team) on the Deluxe Optimus Prime...
What is his accessory loadout? Marketing material only says one accessory (a "blaster"), the marketing team/designers are pointing to FOUR (2 blasters, matrix and ax), and the packaging only depicts the toy blaster and ax. I'm inclined to lean to the Hasbro people, but the packaging ALSO omitting mention of 2 accessories is unusual.
It's rare to see so many sources conflict on something like this.
That's how Hasbro's going to get us....
Leader 2026 Soundblaster, includes Laserbeak, Howlback, and Enemy.
I wish I could get the Flame and Xaaron set, but Takara rarely stock such exclusive figures these dates and the Japanese Yen is considerably weaker than the Dollar...
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I never liked the Animated Motor Master desgin, its mainly down to two things:
1. His head looks like a box just stuck on top of OP body
2. The body doesn't suit him, its just feels extremely lazy, as if they couldn't be bothered to shake up the overall body desgin a outside of the paint job
1. His head looks like a box just stuck on top of OP body
2. The body doesn't suit him, its just feels extremely lazy, as if they couldn't be bothered to shake up the overall body desgin a outside of the paint job
I mean, that's just how Botcon exclusives worked.
I do see what you're saying Supermegaprime, but Undead Scottsman is correct on this one.
I mean: botcon had at least the excuse of a limited run that needed to be accessibly priced for con-goers. I know repaints are a cultural thing in japan, but it's a main line toy with a general release. At least remold him a bit.
If they unnecessarily remolded him just to make him different when even the original figure was not, then I'd be pretty annoyed because that budget could have been put towards Slipstream or one of the other "misses the mark" figures we've gotten this year.
I'm still one of those that feel they used the wrong body for him. Motormaster being a black Optimus has never been right to me, and its not just Animated where it's happened. I'd have preferred they done Toxitron and remold his weapons as well.
Animated Optimus is kind of a hard figure to redeco:
*Ultra Magnus looks nothing like Optimus in Animated, so that deco is kind of a non-starter.
*Nemesis Prime and/or Scourge, while technically possible, is there really any demand for a not-quite-Animated version?
*Shattered Glass might have some fans...
*Toxitron would be a straight redeco, but we just got a whole Toxitron capsule line, so they might want to shy away from that
So that just leaves:
*The Motor Master: Existing character, remold the head, still an 'evil' Prime redeco, but also fairly eye-catching. Probably the best option they had, reasonably faithful to the Botcon figure, though certainly not everyone's cuppa tea.
*A new, previously unused deco. I would like to see a Prime in green with silver accents, or yellow with gray. Or, there's Powered Convoy blue. Problem is, outside of the rock dudes, it seems like we aren't getting much in the way of new characters, and the redecos tend toward the 'safe' or 'expected' end of the spectrum.
In the end, I think The Motor Master was probably the best choice of the existing redeco characters they had. I'm not sure I like it enough to get one, but if every Transformer offering catered to me, it would be called Gobots Legacy...
*Ultra Magnus looks nothing like Optimus in Animated, so that deco is kind of a non-starter.
*Nemesis Prime and/or Scourge, while technically possible, is there really any demand for a not-quite-Animated version?
*Shattered Glass might have some fans...
*Toxitron would be a straight redeco, but we just got a whole Toxitron capsule line, so they might want to shy away from that
So that just leaves:
*The Motor Master: Existing character, remold the head, still an 'evil' Prime redeco, but also fairly eye-catching. Probably the best option they had, reasonably faithful to the Botcon figure, though certainly not everyone's cuppa tea.
*A new, previously unused deco. I would like to see a Prime in green with silver accents, or yellow with gray. Or, there's Powered Convoy blue. Problem is, outside of the rock dudes, it seems like we aren't getting much in the way of new characters, and the redecos tend toward the 'safe' or 'expected' end of the spectrum.
In the end, I think The Motor Master was probably the best choice of the existing redeco characters they had. I'm not sure I like it enough to get one, but if every Transformer offering catered to me, it would be called Gobots Legacy...
And besides, the fiction and bios justified The Motormaster having that body because he and his team were going undercover posing as Autobots. He's supposed to have an Autobot body.
Plus, IIRC, Derrick J. Wyatt may have made it intentional that no Animated Decepticons turn into cars and trucks unless there was an in-story reason (e.g. - Lockdown and Swindle implied to be former Autobots, and the Stunticons posing as Autobots), so The Motormaster's original Decepticon body that he had before undergoing the body change to grant him his Autobot body probably wasn't even a car or truck to begin with.
Plus, IIRC, Derrick J. Wyatt may have made it intentional that no Animated Decepticons turn into cars and trucks unless there was an in-story reason (e.g. - Lockdown and Swindle implied to be former Autobots, and the Stunticons posing as Autobots), so The Motormaster's original Decepticon body that he had before undergoing the body change to grant him his Autobot body probably wasn't even a car or truck to begin with.