Transformers Legacy toyline

[Sabrblade]

I figured that "melting" was a direct reference to a Starscream that crumbles to ash and then reassembles. Either that or an Indiana Jones crossover.

Hmmm....

The Ark of the Covenant...

The Covenant of Primus...

The next line after Legacy United is themed around the Thirteen, Primus's first creations...

I guess it could be Primus in some form.

BUT, it doesn't necessarily have to be a Primus that turns into Cybertron. It could be some other form of Primus, throwing us a curveball by subverting our expectations.

 

[lastmaximal]

Let it be Primus. I'll gladly sit that one out and it won't need me and my fellow broke-ass fools in the least because that'll sell well regardless. Have a little alcove in the torso be a "Primal Scream" scene space for teeny minifigures, haha.

Or let him turn into a Matrix instead of the planet Cybertron, fulfilling a wonky version of the decades-old He Tell Me prophecy from before Armada...

 

[Blot]

seems kind of fucked up for them to include a feature that automatically shoots acid into your face in the next haslab transformer

Ah, Masterpiece Airachnid.

 

[Platypus Prime]

But for copyright reasons it will be called 'Acid Storm'.

 

[lastmaximal]

...Blast.

 

[PrimalxConvoy]

Peanut butter and strawberry jam is the usual way in the UK, or maybe, if you're a savage, with blackcurrant jam. We can also get premixed pb & strawberry jam and/or chocolate spread in a jar in some supermarkets too. I've also had the US Southern "PB & M" sandwich, but usually, I like to pop a bit of tabasco or siracha sauce and mix it into the peanut butter.

 

[LordGigaIce]

I don't think that "melt people's faces" was meant to imply the figure would have anything to do with melting.
Just something out there and crazy that people would be blown away by.

My guess is RiD Megatron. We got Deathsaurus right after Star Sabre. RiD Megatron right after RiD Optimus would make a lot of sense and could "melt people's faces" if they could manage the ten modes convincingly.

 

[Sabrblade]

I don't think that "melt people's faces" was meant to imply the figure would have anything to do with melting.
Just something out there and crazy that people would be blown away by.

I'm reminded of when we were first teased by Andrew "Hydra" Hall about Thrilling 30 Titan class Metroplex, describing his forthcoming reveal as "pants-pooping news".

And once the figure was revealed, "poop" became a synonym for "awesome" on here for a while.

 

[LordGigaIce]

I just think RiD Megs makes a lot of sense. They just did RiD Prime so there's some RiD hype in the air they can capitalize on, the character design with so many modes may prove challenging budget wise at retail, and HasLab RiD Prime is a big boy and probably towers over the original RiD Megatron figure so redoing Megs so he's big enough for a proper RiD display would be a big selling point.

 

[ZacWilliam1]

I think RiD Megatron makes sense to do, but he doesn't seem quite big/important enough for a Haslab to me. Not that I wouldn't buy him if they did him, but he feels more like a good Commander imo.

But who knows. There are a number of decent possible choices.

-ZacWilliam, I could honestly imagine Star Convoy... a better Metroplex... a Grandus... if I want to get out of the realm of "likely" a Spanner or Smelting Pool with Scrounge...

 

[Platypus Prime]

The biggest trouble would be the two colors, simple for a normal release, but problematic for any HazLab unless they made it a really expensive two-pack. Prime/Magnus did it, but they were different and mutually compatible and supporting molds that combine.

 

[unluckiness]

RID Megs would probably have to be a Has Lab if only to compete with RID Optimus/Omega Prime. That dude’s huge and the big wings would probably cut into the mass and engineering. Releasing Galvatron might be a problem but having a straight recolor might reduce costs or backers and make a twopack feasible.

 

[Exatron]

I can see the reasons for doing Gigatron as a HasLab to match Omega Prime, but this is one of the rare instances where I'd prefer not having a matching rival. I just don't like how big the new Omega Prime is. I'd really like a good Commander Gigatron who scales well with all the other RiD updates they've done, like Scourge, UW Ruination, and the upcoming Sky-Byte. HasLab Omega Prime is already a one-off that isn't going to scale to any of his contemporaries. Better to keep Gigatron firmly in the Legacy realm rather than compound that discrepancy, IMO.

One other thing Warden mentioned in the interview kinda took me aback. He mentioned he's interested in a Titan-class Overlord. I mean, I'd love a good Overlord update that fully incorporates his Godmasters, and he is pretty big, but Titan? I guess I can get it based on his G1 toy being as big as or bigger than Scorponok, but from any other perspective, that just seems like massive overkill. I think they could make an excellent Overlord as a Commander.

 

[unluckiness]

Overlord could probably be done at Commander but Tidal Wave sets precedent for promoting characters who weren’t previously enormous to Titan. Having a base mode may be enough for the team to Titan class him.

Another factor is if they also plan to make a Ginrai/PMOP with a core robot around the size of the various Optimuses, that’d be around Commander class without Godbomber. Presumably, Overlord would have to be bigger than that and outside of Haslab, Titan is the next size class.

 

[CoffeeHorse]

Speaking of the interview, I'm still not over how open things are now. For years the dreaded "Will you make this toy?" question was a complete waste of a slot in Q&A sessions, because toys are serious business and any potential plans are super top secret. But this crew will just tell us "Yeah we totally want to make that but we're not sure how. These are the considerations we're weighing. We're listening to feedback."

It's so endearing.

 

[The Mighty Mollusk]

My guess is RiD Megatron. We got Deathsaurus right after Star Sabre. RiD Megatron right after RiD Optimus would make a lot of sense and could "melt people's faces" if they could manage the ten modes convincingly.

As convincingly as RiD Megatron's alt modes ever were, anyway.

 

[lastmaximal]

Speaking of the interview, I'm still not over how open things are now. For years the dreaded "Will you make this toy?" question was a complete waste of a slot in Q&A sessions, because toys are serious business and any potential plans are super top secret. But this crew will just tell us "Yeah we totally want to make that but we're not sure how. These are the considerations we're weighing. We're listening to feedback."

It's so endearing.

I think this is about as useful as an answer anyway (and therefore the question is about as useful as it was). These questions remain a waste of a slot regardless of the kind of answer they get, because it's the same question just Mad Libbed with different requests (which is really what they are).

But as boilerplate answers go, I agree that these warmer, more insightful responses are very welcome. In general I like that the teams in recent years have been so much more personable. That comes through in so many other aspects too like the livestreams and the Instagram behind-the-scenes stuff, which is one of my favorite things about this era.

 

[lastmaximal]

Overlord could probably be done at Commander but Tidal Wave sets precedent for promoting characters who weren’t previously enormous to Titan. Having a base mode may be enough for the team to Titan class him.

Another factor is if they also plan to make a Ginrai/PMOP with a core robot around the size of the various Optimuses, that’d be around Commander class without Godbomber. Presumably, Overlord would have to be bigger than that and outside of Haslab, Titan is the next size class.

Star Convoy, Overlord, and at least Super Ginrai/PMOP would all be doable at Commander, I feel, and I'd rather they get released in that format than anything else. The Titan bit is an unnecessary plussing up for even Overlord, as Tidal Wave got that because of his video game level (for a long time the most memorable thing about that character, topping the already-cool design).

Unless they expand Titan Class to be less about just "one ginormous figure with possibly some pack-ins" and allow for a box set of maybe two Commanders or so (and some budgetary wiggle room), which could allow for some interesting combos.

I can really picture these all working at that regular retail price point, but this is also partly informed by a lingering bit of buyer's remorse with Deathsaurus (through no fault of Deathsaurus' or Hasbro's, just timing and the format).

 

[Shadewing]

Overlord could probably be done at Commander but Tidal Wave sets precedent for promoting characters who weren’t previously enormous to Titan. Having a base mode may be enough for the team to Titan class him.

TBF Tidal Wave's most memorable appearance wasn't the anime, it was the Video Game.

Of course he's going to be Titan class.

 

[Sabrblade]

And even in his first episode debut in the cartoon, he was also pretty enormous there.