I'm interested to see what's in that Ultra Magnus Netflix pack. Apparently the box mentions Rung in Cybertronian.
HD Trailer for the WFC Netflix show:
Looks like a significant step up from the Machinima garbage, at least in terms of lighting/design/etc. The Optimus voice is still a Cullen impression, but an actually passable one compared to Cyberverse. Almost sounds younger.
If the story turns out well, I think it'll be pretty good.
Dope box art and Coneheads!
Also on Hasbro Pulse Sky Lynx's description mentions an Astroscope figure. Neat that they're getting some Minicons in the Micromaster format.
I remember a number of years ago, when Amiibo had just come out and they were flying off the shelves, I think it was Michael Pachter who said that Hasbro would be crazy to not be putting little plastic cards with NFC chips into their Transformers toys, so that if you bought a toy you could eventually use the card to unlock that particular toy for use in a Transformers videogame.
Just something that popped into my head when I thought "Transformers game for Switch".
I can't fault Hasbro though. I understand it must be hard to market your products to a demographic almost evenly spread between 5 to 50 years old.
Can you imagine being the unlucky kid whose parents bought them a Quintisson?
Hahah, ouch. Although to be fair they sometimes featured in modern cartoons too, right?
Conversely, it's kind of surprising how little they've been featured in the IDW comic, considering the deep cuts regularly featured there.
I'm not sure if they showed up in anything other than Energon in the last two decades.
And besides, with all those cool bots do you really think kids would want a metallic kinder egg with masks attached to the side that transforms into a pip with a drawbridge leading to a tiny prison over just about... anything else?
I remember a few small teases and appearances in the IDW series but they didn't really do much.
I'm trying to find anywhere in Europe that has a good selection of Transformers to get Hoist, Grapple and the Powertrain/Highjump set, but one or two of them are always out of stock (or not available yet). I've had to pay ridiculous import fees recently so I'd hope for a local alternative, but that just doesn't seem to work out. I think I missed my shot at Omega Supreme too, he's around €250+ everywhere I look and I'm just not paying that much for him.
After two toy shops here closed down there's not many actually local places either, and one mostly does stupid knockoffs rather than actual Transformers. They occasionally bring in Generations but it's super unreliable.
Since I'll need to get the Seacons off The Chosen Prime anyway I might just add some more to the import taxes on that order.
I also picked up Smashdown, as you can see, and he's a really fun war-hammer weapon with a neat little blast effect, but it's insane that Ironhide (the best match for this battle master, imo) can't hold him because his hand ports are too large in diameter. So that was a bummer.
I gave Smashdown a try with my own Ironhide, and it was fine. I'm sure some floor polish would fix things for you.
Hey All,
I hit up the NYC Toy Fair today and while I was at the Hasbro showroom I took a pretty detailed video of their upcoming and current releases for the Transformers line. I have to say that Skorponok looks amazing in person, and I am super excited for the Quintesson that is finally coming out.
Let me know what you think and if you have any questions, I might be able to answer the, for you.
Yeah compared to the renders his toes should be extended in bot mode. Otherwise hollowness aside, it is nice to have a titan size that has both side to side ankle tilt and front to back tilt. I think Warden also said he had waist articulation so probably the most bendy titan yet.I'm assuming Scorp's feet are mistransformed? Otherwise he does look really cool.
You know a third-party company's gonna make an upgrade kit with wrecking balls.
Is there really a dedicated fanbase for the movies that are clamoring for super accurate versions of those characters? I don't understand this whole Studio Series thing.
I'm not into SS in general but movie Devastator is such a unique design that for a long time was never really realized in toy form (outside the legends). I had to have him. He can go on the shelf with Bumblebee Optimus and that can be my movie collection :PIs there really a dedicated fanbase for the movies that are clamoring for super accurate versions of those characters? I don't understand this whole Studio Series thing.
I forget that it has been such a long time already that the pain of these movies has been forgotten ;).
I'm not into SS in general but movie Devastator is such a unique design that for a long time was never really realized in toy form (outside the legends). I had to have him. He can go on the shelf with Bumblebee Optimus and that can be my movie collection :P
Wish they'd revisit the Transformers Prime designs. I didn't get those while they were available and now after a rewatch of the show I'm kicking myself.
There has been rumors of a gift set going around, so it may be simpler to pick up that if it happens. 2 of the set just went up for preorder, and one of the feet is getting rereleased as a different color. That still leaves 5 to track down though, and just judging from my area Long Haul, Scrapmetal, and Scavenger are the hardest to find.I'm kind of interested in movie Devastator (despite never actually making it through the entire movie) but it seems like a PITA to track all the figures down at this point.
Transformers: War For Cybertron Trilogy
It is the final hours of the devastating civil war between the Autobots and Decepticons. The war that has torn apart their home planet of Cybertron is at a tipping point. Two leaders, Optimus Prime and Megatron, both want to save their world and unify their people, but only on their own terms. In an attempt to end the conflict, Megatron is forced to consider using the Allspark, the source of all life and power on Cybertron, to "reformat" the Autobots, thus "unifying" Cybertron. Outnumbered, outgunned, and under SIEGE, the battle-weary Autobots orchestrate a desperate series of counterstrikes on a mission that, if everything somehow goes right, will end with an unthinkable choice: kill their planet in order to save it.