From TakaraTomy's Transformers 40th Anniversary Exhibition website and PR Times:
TL-EX Starscream Super Mode
This item is being sold exclusively at the Transformers Expo 2024 exhibition event in Tokyo, Japan.
Pink!?!
His face is red damnit! RED!!
Pink!?!
His face is red damnit! RED!!
Its not pink, its light-ish red.
Checking the Wiki, I found that apparently even his original packaging art is in black:
That's a dusty rose right there.
"I look like Thundercracker! And I feel pretty! Oh, so pretty-" (musical number begins...)
Mm. Still content to hold on to my T30/Legends era Armada Seekers.
That Dinoking feels a bit steep, but it's GORGEOUS. I wish there were a plastic tray though because I want to be able to play with them and return them to the packaging. (I wonder if one can order just a tray from someone.)
Also wonder if 3P makers are planning on shells and/or maybe snap on parts to change up the dino modes (there's no removing Slug's head I think but maybe there can be a new frill or armor to alter the silhouette or something).
That Dinoking feels a bit steep, but it's GORGEOUS. I wish there were a plastic tray though because I want to be able to play with them and return them to the packaging. (I wonder if one can order just a tray from someone.)
Also wonder if 3P makers are planning on shells and/or maybe snap on parts to change up the dino modes (there's no removing Slug's head I think but maybe there can be a new frill or armor to alter the silhouette or something).
I'm a shameless Victory mark so Dinoking will be a must get.
Hasbro might do their own version. But instead of painted silver limbs they'll be unpainted grey, so will his sword, and his Decepticon emblems will be the movie version for... reasons
BUT the face will be red.
And the dance begins again.
And the dance begins again.
I held off on getting the Core Class Dinobots, but I will absolutely try to get this Dinoking set (try being the operative word, because preorders will 100% go live at some random-ass time during the middle of my workday). He looks stunning, and I actually don't think that the price is too bonkers.
I think the price is pretty good for 6 things and new combiner pieces. It's just a lot for me under the circumstances.
BUT HIS HANDS MUST BE BLUE-...no....wait...wrong rant, sorry. Also, am I the only one who thinks the Core Dinoking bots work well to give Deathsaurus a runt mob to counter Star Sabers micromasters for a shelf fight? Or his chest beasts vs. the micromasters as Dinoking fights Leo. Thinking of setups.
It was one of JTPrime's leaks, yes, but it was in the same leak for Missing Link Sentinel Prime. JTPrime also noted they were Takara Imports, meaning it was a rare instance of JTPrime doing a Takara leak rather than a Hasbro leak.
Panel/Fanstream is done. Confirmed back end of the year/early next year is heavy on repaints and reruns. A notable change is that Hasbro is seemingly offering Origins Bumblebee in the mainline. No word on Core Class Dinobot
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They might be saving the Core Dinobot reveal for Pulsecon. I just hope that we haven't lost Sureshot.
“Super Robot Lifeform Transformers Micron Legend” Legacy Starscream Super Mode.
(Source: - https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000396.000073415.html )
Right now, the Core Class is rumored to be side lined. I guarantee Sureshot will make it out, even if they had to shuffle his slot.
If Sureshot got some significant new tooling (or is a new mold), they might have opted to bump him out of a tail ender assortment to open up a slot for Origins Bumblebee and save him for the higher buy in on Prime wave 1.
I just hope Core manages to live on in some form. The trailer set was fantastic. They eventually pulled off a nice combiner. The Core pricepoint wasn't working, but in boxed sets not bound by that pricepoint it's doing great stuff. It would be a shame to stop now.
Honestly? I'd be all in on two Core boxsets of the BW cast.
It even works in the larger canon if you think about it. Maximals and Predacons are supposed to be smaller than Autobots and Decepticons.
It even works in the larger canon if you think about it. Maximals and Predacons are supposed to be smaller than Autobots and Decepticons.