I was jokingly hoping for Scrounge when the yellow hand leaking into Straxus's package art was pointed out, but Flame doesn't require a whole new mold, so it's not really surprising. Sigh, there really is none like it.
@@telaviefilms280They’re releasing a cosmos redeco in the go-bots 3 pack so it would be unlikely for them to reveal a retool at the same time. Cuz ya know business!
They were revealed quite early compared how reveals happened in the past. Probably someone higher up finally allowed them to do it earlier to beat the leakers.
I think the biggest difference between ML convoy, and Toy Prime, is that they weren't limited to what the toy had with Toy Prime. They look alike, but this one is designed from the ground up rather than ML which is G1 toy+
To me, the two are only similar in a general sense. As you say, the purpose of ML was to faithfully recreate the original toy design with the benefit of better articulation. This other toy is instead designed to be a new modern affordable version of G1 Optimus Prime. (Which is why the cheaper one can have better looking arms; it's goal was to be a good Prime/Convoy the character, instead of a "perfect" recreation of the original toy. Yeah, I never liked the original toy arm design.)
THE MOTOR MASTER APPRECIATES THIS HIGH QUALITY UPDATE TO HIS ORIGINAL DESIGN- AT GENERAL RETAIL, NO LESS! Armada Galvatron is the real surprise of this bunch- I’m actually kinda interested in the mold for once. Hopefully it’s not impossible to find in my area thanks to the swaths of Armada Megses that refuse to move.
Unfortunately Cy-Kill and Leader-1 were basically spot on identical to their toys, for which Bandai still owns the trademarks, so at best they'd get similar color schemes with not even the right heads on a repaint of some other motorcycle and jet. Legacy Animated Prowl or Crashbar, and Metalhawk or Needlenose, maybe.
@@dialNforNinja Actually if you look at legacy blitz wings mold it’s nearly perfect for Leader-1. And with most of the tank mode being attached on via one hinge, you could easily take it off and then have him “completely accurate” to the onscreen model of Leader-1.
The Legacy G1 Prime is actually filling in multiple roles at once. The biggest one being that it's a G1 Prime at the Deluxe price point, which he hasn't been available in over a decade. It provides a similar design philosophy as Missing Link, giving an affordable alternative to that. And it's an entirely new mold rather than ER without a trailer, so fans and collectors don't feel burned.
Mark my words: Once everyone buys up this Prime, and possibly a release with smaller trailer, THEN they'll give us the U.S release of missing Link Prime. Compelling you guys to double dip, back to back. Nope, i'm not falling for it.
@@Gametester110-qf8vs Except we already know that this Prime exists because Hasbro wants an affordable Prime at the deluxe price point. US release of Missing Link won't change either figure's price points, so if someone double dips, it's up to them.
I’m so glad that they went full stop for Armada Galvatron. I even appreciate the new head since it’s a very armada Megatron styled yelling face. You can hear David Kaye/Kiyoyuki Yanada screaming from it.
I think that the Legacy Missing Link is better in a sense because I missed out on the OG Missing Link, but this one has smokestack weapons, weapon storage, and an Ultra Magnus repaint that I’m waiting for. So looking at this and the other figures, I was surprised to see that *everything* is a retool.
It's clear they're going to give us a U.S release of Missing Link Prime....they're just going WAIT for everybody to buy this one FIRST. Aka: Hasbro back to it's ol'tricks.
Honestly I don’t know if I should wait for this soundwave or get the 40th reissue one. Love to hear your pros and cons about each figure to help sway me on the matter.
In defense of the Metalhawk recolor, the goldenrod orange is a better base color to apply gold paint to, since wear at friction points will make a dark spot instead of a light spot, which shows up less. Only really applicable to weirdoes like me who paint their toys, but maybe Toyhax will make some foil stickers to chrome his chest up?
24:00. Smallfoot had a similar robot and vehicle mode to Gears, so it's not that big of a deal/change other than colors and the face. Tbh, I wish they'd use a Seeker Mold to make Leader 1 with a head swap. Think the Gobot Tank had a similar body plan to Warpath too.
I just got interested in collecting Transformers again, in the lead up to Rise of the Beasts, and the LEGO Optimus Prime coming out. I haven't collected since 2008 or so, and come to find out I've missed a golden age of Transformers the past few years. Prices have gone up like crazy since back then, so I can't go all in like I used to, but there's still a few I want to get. I bought Blitzwing on sale, and I have the Autobot 5-pack pre-ordered. I might get that Soundwave, since he is one of my favorite characters. That G1 Optimus Prime is surreal. Price is much more reasonable than Missing Link, but I don't like that it's smaller.
I like the coloration on the new Metalhawk. Not enough to buy it or replace my Evolution figure, but I might have preferred the new one ever so slightly.
The whole point of doing G1 Toy Prime is to have an Optimus at the Deluxe price point in Generations, something that hasn't happened since Fall of Cybertron. (or Thrilling 30 if we're counting Orion Pax) And rumor has it that we're due for an '86 Optimus Prime as a Commander class.
I guess that would be me. I already have the previous Metalhawk, but I like the look of this one as well, and really wanna get it too. Also, that deluxe Optimus is a must for me. I've always like a more toy accurate look better, specifically the yellow eyes, they just look better in my opinion. But to also have the figure build to resemble the original toy instead of animation? I am sold!!!
Sorry to pick you up on this but Xaaron is actually a retool of Reflector/Refraktor just with LOTS of kibble added to make the crappy tank mode. Feels a bit of a weird choice but I guess a surfboard is the easiest generic figure to make into him given he is very robotic with no visible alt mode kibble on him in the comics.
I love the Windblade mold, but it is NOT Slipstream (and definitely not her Cyberverse incarnation like the figure is supposed to be). She really should’ve been an ER Seeker redeco, then she’d look closer to her CV self and she’d be in scale with all the other Seekers.
I definitely did not have "Siege Refraktor into Emirate Xaaron" on my bingo card. Granted, I don't think I expected Xaaron to begin with, but it does make sense with the comic packs. As for Flame, I'm alright with the Gamer Edition Megatron mold here. It was never going to be comic-perfect for such a relatively obscure character, but he's got spiky limbs, the toy's got spiky limbs, it's not like it's a Masterpiece, so I'm fine with it. And I figure some 3P group is going to come up with a cannon upgrade kit. The one GoBot homage in the current era I've missed out on is Bad Boy; I actually got Road Ranger because I also wanted Puffer for the novelty of Puffer and figured, why not? We really do need a Deluxe-class Powerglide so we can also have a Bad Boy. The Optimus figure might be nice to have as a desk bot, but I don't think it's a must-have for me.
Speaking of Gobots, i'm making a small objection that why you refer Pathfinder as a Boy when it's actually a Girl, noted by you said "His" on her when referring to the Guardian Sigil.
I'm really excited for that Deluxe Prime. I won't be surprised if there's a repack of it with a trailer in the future, which I hope isn't a reuse of the ER trailer and also comes with Roller. I'll probably get it too and if the Primes are identical I can see myself customizing one with some chrome paint and maybe the inevitable Toyhax stickers.
I was wondering when they were going to turn warpath into treads it’s been several years since that was released and I was wondering if the mold was still intact
I want Core Galvatron & Geocron, Deluxe Optimus Prime and Quake. Undecided on the rest. Optimus Prime is just so good. Great Articulation, more accessories than I originally though, Rubber tires! What isn't to like!?
Is Geocron supposed to be earth animated by dark energon kind of like Unicron avatars in Transformers prime? I mean they even have “cron” in their name
I was championing Metalhawk's repaint the moment they mentioned last stream it would be toy based. But I was imagining not just the darker grey plastic, but more importantly, a golden torso (darkened metallic yellow)... Instead, what we're getting is as TJ said: based on the shell. How disappointing. But at least his weapons look nicer! I'll consider getting him on clearance. Only one I want from these lacklustre reveals is core Energon Galvatron. He'll be a neat addition. Wish there was more I'd like, but I don't care about G1 Optimus, nor much of the comic-centric characters.. and I too, was never fond of Armada Galvatron colour scheme. Was really highly anticipating Slipstream, what all the retooling lengths they've been doing lately. But they dropped the ball hard. If I can't even have her wielding her ARM cannons properly, that's an instant no for me. I'll just stick with Legends Slipstream. Edit: Geocron is starting to gain my interest; only rock to do so, besides Shard.
Hear me out: A Seeker retool that's mostly grey with bits of dark blue, combining colors from the first two color schemes; red wing stripes and a new head for Leader-1 Two pack with a red and black redeco of Scrapheap to make Cy-Kill Note: Pathfinder's a female character.
Yeah, purple Soundwave would've been so much more ideal at I got dramatic capture. Buzzsaw looks nicer in the renders. Hoping to see him in hand first before making a move on him.
I am definitely excited for the Slipstream, Galvatrons, Quake, Optimus, and Soundwave. Not a huge Gobots guy, and I would have preferred a Pathfinder that actually looks like her, but laws stand in the way of that. Anyway, I have been collecting all of the Modern Unicron Trilogy stuff and those two Galvatrons look really good, especially the Armada one. Now we need Powerlinx Optimus Prime to recreate the epic finale. I don't care about the Slipstream's inaccuracies, I still want my little enigma of Starscream's personality trait. I love the vibe of that Optimus so much, even though I wish he were bigger. Honestly if they just cut out Metalhawk there'd be enough budget for a voyager scaled Optimus Prime, some more new bits for Slipstream, and maybe another repaint, but eh, at least he'll look nice with the Earthrise trailer.
Pretty whelming news, but likr you said, this is late-line stuff. I'm still torn between this Soundwave and the Takara one. But I'm probably getting that leader Galvatron repaint, just because I'm probably going completionist on the Unicron Trilogy stuff. It and RID2001 were my childhood, so I want to support them. Plus... the toys have been really good for the most part.
I'm really interested in this Optimus & like how it looks more than the ML version and glad i can finally get this version of Soundwave with the Rumble as a bonus.
Weird to think we're getting two Galvatrons in one line. Slipstream just needs a new chest and shoulders, and tbh if they did that, I'd probably not move the wings. I look forward to upgrade kits, but at the same time, I would prefer not having to get them just to get an accurate mode
I suspect that the Metalhawk was done because he's a heavy retool of Cyclonus and Hasbro couldn't think of anything else to repaint the toy into but wanted it to be a little different from the original. Personally fine with the original. To be honest, I'd kind of hoped Soundwave would've come with Laserbeak, Ravage, and Buzzsaw.
When I see metalhawk on clearance I might pick it up and frankenstein the two figures together. Also I really hope we get a new Bugbite out of the 86 Bee, instead of white cliffjumper
I 100% agree with TJ that the Optimus shouldn’t have just said, “G1 Universe.” Because Gears, for example is marked, “G1 Universe” since he’s a G1 character. He’s based off of the original cartoon, and he’s G1 cartoon accurate. This figure is made to look like the toy, he doesn’t even have colors that are based on the toy deco, the new toy is exactly designed to be from the old toy. It’s the “G1 Toy Universe” Optimus. They really screwed the pooch imo. 😅
Since we are getting a Deluxe G1 Optimus Prime, is it possible to get a Deluxe G1 Megatron, Deluxe G1 Starscream , Deluxe G1 Skyfire , Deluxe G1 Soundwave , and Deluxe G1 Scorponok .
I like to think the deluxe Optimus is a minibot Optimus due to Saturday morning one episode shenanigans. It's cool and even though I have missing link I'll still get it
For Geocon they should’ve went all in with the purple/amethyst like have it being half of the left side and it’s bleeding into the right side going on an angle (like start with at the left shoulder and go on an angle to the right leg) Quake would it of been better if it was a new mold cause a new deluxe tank could get mileage with repaints/tools and the tank mode could look more tank like Voyagers there’s a clear winner motor master looks very nice the colours just pop and the head is spot on then metal hawk is metal hawk but different grey idk why he got a reissue. The soundwave it’s nice that mold is coming to retail but kinda disappointing, like the arms still have the bits hanging off and this is how we get a buzzsaw idk leader is a reach. The comic pack I’m interested in Zaron not flame that gamer megatron isn’t that good and doesn’t fit Flame that well but Zaron does look tempting. The Go Bots are a definite grab they look great in the colours and it doubles as shattered glass cause I think the colours are the same, ballsy to have the logo on the box too
I swear it feels like Hasbro is allergic to giving major female characters their own molds, especially if you want anything bigger than a deluxe. She deserved to be a voyager with her own mold, which is unfortunate.
Even as someone with Missing Link, I'm going to get the Deluxe G1 Prime as a pocket bot. My C-01 is already showing some chrome wear, and I need a version I can be less precious with.
16:38 Finally Hasbro remembered Buzzsaw exists, only took them 6 years to do so.
I want Buzzsaw to add to my cassette collection. Only problem is now I have two Soundwaves and I don't need a third just for Buzzsaw.
The fact that all of this didn’t get visually leaked early is great, and I am very excited for a flame
I was jokingly hoping for Scrounge when the yellow hand leaking into Straxus's package art was pointed out, but Flame doesn't require a whole new mold, so it's not really surprising. Sigh, there really is none like it.
They could heavily retool cosmos
@@telaviefilms280They’re releasing a cosmos redeco in the go-bots 3 pack so it would be unlikely for them to reveal a retool at the same time. Cuz ya know business!
Flame looks awesome man agreed
They were revealed quite early compared how reveals happened in the past. Probably someone higher up finally allowed them to do it earlier to beat the leakers.
I think the biggest difference between ML convoy, and Toy Prime, is that they weren't limited to what the toy had with Toy Prime. They look alike, but this one is designed from the ground up rather than ML which is G1 toy+
To me, the two are only similar in a general sense. As you say, the purpose of ML was to faithfully recreate the original toy design with the benefit of better articulation. This other toy is instead designed to be a new modern affordable version of G1 Optimus Prime. (Which is why the cheaper one can have better looking arms; it's goal was to be a good Prime/Convoy the character, instead of a "perfect" recreation of the original toy. Yeah, I never liked the original toy arm design.)
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THE MOTOR MASTER APPRECIATES THIS HIGH QUALITY UPDATE TO HIS ORIGINAL DESIGN- AT GENERAL RETAIL, NO LESS!
Armada Galvatron is the real surprise of this bunch- I’m actually kinda interested in the mold for once. Hopefully it’s not impossible to find in my area thanks to the swaths of Armada Megses that refuse to move.
Never thought I would live in a world where we are getting a toy of a toy
The Emirate Xaaron mold looks like it could be a possible Inner Robot Bludgeon retool in future. If only the shell wasn't the more popular design.
A Go bot themed set I'd love to see them do if possible. Wreck-Gar Repaint as Cy-Kill and the Earthrise Ramjet or Dirge as Leader-1.
Unfortunately Cy-Kill and Leader-1 were basically spot on identical to their toys, for which Bandai still owns the trademarks, so at best they'd get similar color schemes with not even the right heads on a repaint of some other motorcycle and jet. Legacy Animated Prowl or Crashbar, and Metalhawk or Needlenose, maybe.
Blitzwing as Leader-1.
@@k.w.pillsbury4070 Only ig it's the Combiner Wars one, Legacy Blitzy was more the dumpster than the garbage and not even on fire.
@@dialNforNinja Actually if you look at legacy blitz wings mold it’s nearly perfect for Leader-1. And with most of the tank mode being attached on via one hinge, you could easily take it off and then have him “completely accurate” to the onscreen model of Leader-1.
The deluxe OP took the whole wave budget, the retool/repaints of the others are ok at best, galvatron at least looks good because is a literal recolor
Both galvatrons lol
The Legacy G1 Prime is actually filling in multiple roles at once. The biggest one being that it's a G1 Prime at the Deluxe price point, which he hasn't been available in over a decade. It provides a similar design philosophy as Missing Link, giving an affordable alternative to that. And it's an entirely new mold rather than ER without a trailer, so fans and collectors don't feel burned.
Mark my words: Once everyone buys up this Prime, and possibly a release with smaller trailer, THEN they'll give us the U.S release of missing Link Prime. Compelling you guys to double dip, back to back. Nope, i'm not falling for it.
@@Gametester110-qf8vs Except we already know that this Prime exists because Hasbro wants an affordable Prime at the deluxe price point.
US release of Missing Link won't change either figure's price points, so if someone double dips, it's up to them.
@@PrincessMatrix The point still stands: Typical Hasbro con-job. Giving us this FIRST, instead of the figure they KNOW fans REALLY want instead.
I’m so glad that they went full stop for Armada Galvatron. I even appreciate the new head since it’s a very armada Megatron styled yelling face. You can hear David Kaye/Kiyoyuki Yanada screaming from it.
The gobots are by far the one I’m most excited about
I think that the Legacy Missing Link is better in a sense because I missed out on the OG Missing Link, but this one has smokestack weapons, weapon storage, and an Ultra Magnus repaint that I’m waiting for. So looking at this and the other figures, I was surprised to see that *everything* is a retool.
Oh man, I'd love a Voyager Ultra Magnus using this core robot with G1 Plus Joints trailer.
It's clear they're going to give us a U.S release of Missing Link Prime....they're just going WAIT for everybody to buy this one FIRST.
Aka: Hasbro back to it's ol'tricks.
26:33 I feel like Legacy Crashbar might work as a new Cy-Kill, he does have shoulder ports to attach any wheels.
Also genuinely hope more gobots come out. Strictly so I can save *SO* much money. They are the easiest skip in the world.
Super excited for that deluxe prime!
I remember seeing a Digibash of Flame from the original WFC Megatron mold over 10 years ago.
Quake's tank mode! Is wrong but in all the right ways! LOVE it!
Honestly I don’t know if I should wait for this soundwave or get the 40th reissue one. Love to hear your pros and cons about each figure to help sway me on the matter.
If hasbro ends up doing a Marvel soundwave, I hope he's purple...and has a mouth
Here’s something absurd regarding the Bad Boy dilemma
We have NEVER have gotten a Powerglide released at Deluxe Class
I may be wrong but i’m pretty sure that there are 5m ports on the bottom of Slipstream’s arms
In defense of the Metalhawk recolor, the goldenrod orange is a better base color to apply gold paint to, since wear at friction points will make a dark spot instead of a light spot, which shows up less. Only really applicable to weirdoes like me who paint their toys, but maybe Toyhax will make some foil stickers to chrome his chest up?
I'm also glad we're getting a re-release of that toy since I never saw it in any of the stores in my area. And I actually do want to get it
You got me i really like the redeco of metalhawk. The white plastic tooks too unfinished. The colors also look more heroic
Yeah, purple Windblade and Quake look like afterthoughts.
24:00. Smallfoot had a similar robot and vehicle mode to Gears, so it's not that big of a deal/change other than colors and the face. Tbh, I wish they'd use a Seeker Mold to make Leader 1 with a head swap. Think the Gobot Tank had a similar body plan to Warpath too.
Hi, it is me. Im the Metalhawk guy. I just think he is neat.
That G1 Optimus I get the feeling will be probably fairly hard to come by
Amazon preorders aren't sold out YET, but I wouldn't wait much longer...
I just got interested in collecting Transformers again, in the lead up to Rise of the Beasts, and the LEGO Optimus Prime coming out. I haven't collected since 2008 or so, and come to find out I've missed a golden age of Transformers the past few years.
Prices have gone up like crazy since back then, so I can't go all in like I used to, but there's still a few I want to get. I bought Blitzwing on sale, and I have the Autobot 5-pack pre-ordered. I might get that Soundwave, since he is one of my favorite characters.
That G1 Optimus Prime is surreal. Price is much more reasonable than Missing Link, but I don't like that it's smaller.
Hopefully they fixed the yellowing problem on Netflix soundwave mold
I like the coloration on the new Metalhawk. Not enough to buy it or replace my Evolution figure, but I might have preferred the new one ever so slightly.
G1 Prime should have been a Voyager, because he’s such a kid next to the OG. And also needed more paint.
He's fine as is. Deluxe class is better for accessibility.
The whole point of doing G1 Toy Prime is to have an Optimus at the Deluxe price point in Generations, something that hasn't happened since Fall of Cybertron. (or Thrilling 30 if we're counting Orion Pax) And rumor has it that we're due for an '86 Optimus Prime as a Commander class.
On the plus side, being smaller will mean we've finally got a cab that's in scale to the WFCE trailer
What is going on with the core class beast wars dinobot?
When is the bumblebee Core class Starscream going to be released?
I preordered 5 copies of Geocron, I can’t wait to pose them out with Sixshot to recreate that episode 😂
Quake reminds me of "The Tonk". Look it up for a quick chuckle. 😅
Im hyped for the Go-bots. Hopefully, we get Crashbar remolded into having two removable wheels, so that he can be Cy-Kill.
Think we might see a future G1 Gobots subline based on FunPub's Renegade Rhetoric illustrations?
Hasbro finally remembered Buzzsaw exists lol.
I guess that would be me. I already have the previous Metalhawk, but I like the look of this one as well, and really wanna get it too.
Also, that deluxe Optimus is a must for me. I've always like a more toy accurate look better, specifically the yellow eyes, they just look better in my opinion. But to also have the figure build to resemble the original toy instead of animation? I am sold!!!
Pre ordered Wave, G2 comic, and the GoBots. Everything else can wait. Wish they had worked on Wave at least to make him as tall as Blaster.
On top of the lazy retool of Windblade into Slipstream, I'm still wondering why these 2 are the only Jet-formers that are deluxe class and not Voyager
Am I alone in wanting a new Cryotek ? I mean, of all the repaints, this should be a no brainer.
I am excited about the Toy Version of Optimus known as the missing link at home prime and Gobot's 3-pack!
I'm totally buying LDR Soundwave JUST for Buzzsaw.
Sorry to pick you up on this but Xaaron is actually a retool of Reflector/Refraktor just with LOTS of kibble added to make the crappy tank mode. Feels a bit of a weird choice but I guess a surfboard is the easiest generic figure to make into him given he is very robotic with no visible alt mode kibble on him in the comics.
Bugger hit submit and then 2 mins later you correct this, my bad.
The name Infernac is actually a reference to inhumanoids btw.
Flame and Emirate Xaaron is a splendid surprise, though a lot of people called it might be Flame.
I'm counting on a 3P upgrade kit for Flame.
Quake should have been a repaint of Kingdom Slammer. They haven't used that mold for anything else, and that would have looked way better.
I love the Windblade mold, but it is NOT Slipstream (and definitely not her Cyberverse incarnation like the figure is supposed to be). She really should’ve been an ER Seeker redeco, then she’d look closer to her CV self and she’d be in scale with all the other Seekers.
I definitely did not have "Siege Refraktor into Emirate Xaaron" on my bingo card. Granted, I don't think I expected Xaaron to begin with, but it does make sense with the comic packs. As for Flame, I'm alright with the Gamer Edition Megatron mold here. It was never going to be comic-perfect for such a relatively obscure character, but he's got spiky limbs, the toy's got spiky limbs, it's not like it's a Masterpiece, so I'm fine with it. And I figure some 3P group is going to come up with a cannon upgrade kit.
The one GoBot homage in the current era I've missed out on is Bad Boy; I actually got Road Ranger because I also wanted Puffer for the novelty of Puffer and figured, why not? We really do need a Deluxe-class Powerglide so we can also have a Bad Boy.
The Optimus figure might be nice to have as a desk bot, but I don't think it's a must-have for me.
And there's still one more United wave to go!! Sureshot!!
God I'm totally going to bore out holes in slipstreams shoulders to mount the nul rays. I don't fuckin care.
The must buys for me are Deluxe G1 Optimus Prime, Deluxe Quake , Deluxe Slipstream, and Leader Class Soundwave.
I wonder if they'll do a Leader Class G1 Toy Magnus in then next line
her nullrays can be under the arms which isnt great but she doesnt have to just hold them
Bear witness to the Quake Semple tank 7:14, probably more effective than Bob's tank
It was good to exercise patience all this while...
New Metalhawk here I come! 😂🎉
Speaking of Gobots, i'm making a small objection that why you refer Pathfinder as a Boy when it's actually a Girl, noted by you said "His" on her when referring to the Guardian Sigil.
I'm really excited for that Deluxe Prime.
I won't be surprised if there's a repack of it with a trailer in the future, which I hope isn't a reuse of the ER trailer and also comes with Roller.
I'll probably get it too and if the Primes are identical I can see myself customizing one with some chrome paint and maybe the inevitable Toyhax stickers.
Xaaron in idw was apart of the lost light
I was wondering when they were going to turn warpath into treads it’s been several years since that was released and I was wondering if the mold was still intact
I'm not defending it, but I haven't gotten a Metalhawk yet, so that one is as good as the other for me. Same for Soundwave.
I definitely prefer the TR Colors for Quake. Would love a TR repaint for that mold
I want Core Galvatron & Geocron, Deluxe Optimus Prime and Quake. Undecided on the rest. Optimus Prime is just so good. Great Articulation, more accessories than I originally though, Rubber tires! What isn't to like!?
That deluxe Prime is very interesting, definitely gotta keep an eye out for it.
Is Geocron supposed to be earth animated by dark energon kind of like Unicron avatars in Transformers prime? I mean they even have “cron” in their name
Xaaron being a reflector remold is great, because every part of that vehicle middle can be removed for a more accurate, untransformable look.
I was championing Metalhawk's repaint the moment they mentioned last stream it would be toy based. But I was imagining not just the darker grey plastic, but more importantly, a golden torso (darkened metallic yellow)... Instead, what we're getting is as TJ said: based on the shell. How disappointing.
But at least his weapons look nicer! I'll consider getting him on clearance.
Only one I want from these lacklustre reveals is core Energon Galvatron. He'll be a neat addition.
Wish there was more I'd like, but I don't care about G1 Optimus, nor much of the comic-centric characters.. and I too, was never fond of Armada Galvatron colour scheme.
Was really highly anticipating Slipstream, what all the retooling lengths they've been doing lately. But they dropped the ball hard. If I can't even have her wielding her ARM cannons properly, that's an instant no for me. I'll just stick with Legends Slipstream.
Edit: Geocron is starting to gain my interest; only rock to do so, besides Shard.
Ah yes, Core class Galvatron with his lethal 🧀 canons.
Hear me out: A Seeker retool that's mostly grey with bits of dark blue, combining colors from the first two color schemes; red wing stripes and a new head for Leader-1
Two pack with a red and black redeco of Scrapheap to make Cy-Kill
Note: Pathfinder's a female character.
I might get this, and then do a then VS now display with both this figure and the EarthSpark Optimus prime
Aren’t we getting a Wave 5, including the postponed Core Dinobot and Deluxe Sureshot?
Yeah, purple Soundwave would've been so much more ideal at I got dramatic capture. Buzzsaw looks nicer in the renders. Hoping to see him in hand first before making a move on him.
I am definitely excited for the Slipstream, Galvatrons, Quake, Optimus, and Soundwave. Not a huge Gobots guy, and I would have preferred a Pathfinder that actually looks like her, but laws stand in the way of that. Anyway, I have been collecting all of the Modern Unicron Trilogy stuff and those two Galvatrons look really good, especially the Armada one. Now we need Powerlinx Optimus Prime to recreate the epic finale. I don't care about the Slipstream's inaccuracies, I still want my little enigma of Starscream's personality trait. I love the vibe of that Optimus so much, even though I wish he were bigger. Honestly if they just cut out Metalhawk there'd be enough budget for a voyager scaled Optimus Prime, some more new bits for Slipstream, and maybe another repaint, but eh, at least he'll look nice with the Earthrise trailer.
Picking up optimus and go bots 100%
Pretty whelming news, but likr you said, this is late-line stuff. I'm still torn between this Soundwave and the Takara one. But I'm probably getting that leader Galvatron repaint, just because I'm probably going completionist on the Unicron Trilogy stuff. It and RID2001 were my childhood, so I want to support them. Plus... the toys have been really good for the most part.
I'm really interested in this Optimus & like how it looks more than the ML version and glad i can finally get this version of Soundwave with the Rumble as a bonus.
I REALLY like the fact they're Finally recognizing Go-Bots
However, those Are just reskins of previous transformers.
Ps: Pathfinder was a Fembot lol
Weird to think we're getting two Galvatrons in one line.
Slipstream just needs a new chest and shoulders, and tbh if they did that, I'd probably not move the wings. I look forward to upgrade kits, but at the same time, I would prefer not having to get them just to get an accurate mode
The Gobot 3-pack!
Mark @ Hasbro posted the Deluxe G1 Optimus Prime with the Earthrise trailer.
Hot take: I genuinely would have preferred slipstream to be an Earthrise seeker retool at this point
I was thinking about getting Missing Link but getting the deluxe optimus is probably better
Emerate Zauron has me wondering if it’s a possible pre-tool for a G1 Megs?
Why are we acting like Quake's tank mode is so strange and unconvincing when the original Skullgrin just exists. it's really not that bad
I suspect that the Metalhawk was done because he's a heavy retool of Cyclonus and Hasbro couldn't think of anything else to repaint the toy into but wanted it to be a little different from the original. Personally fine with the original.
To be honest, I'd kind of hoped Soundwave would've come with Laserbeak, Ravage, and Buzzsaw.
19:58 seige refractor not bludgeon
Geocron is great. It's the ONLY rock guy I want.
In fact I want 6 of them so I can customize them into a combiner just like in the show.
If I get the Go-Bots set I'll use them as Diaclone characters instead.
I prefer to make customs of the Machine Robo based characters.
When I see metalhawk on clearance I might pick it up and frankenstein the two figures together.
Also I really hope we get a new Bugbite out of the 86 Bee, instead of white cliffjumper
Finally, a metal hawk redeco.
Why would they release Soundwave in the Legacy United toyline, when they're going to need to do a Soundwave for Studio 86?
It is I the one who thinks this version of metal hawk looks better than the original and am kinda interested in it
I 100% agree with TJ that the Optimus shouldn’t have just said, “G1 Universe.” Because Gears, for example is marked, “G1 Universe” since he’s a G1 character. He’s based off of the original cartoon, and he’s G1 cartoon accurate. This figure is made to look like the toy, he doesn’t even have colors that are based on the toy deco, the new toy is exactly designed to be from the old toy. It’s the “G1 Toy Universe” Optimus. They really screwed the pooch imo. 😅
I would’ve gone with 1984 universe
@@majinlifestyle not bad, that could technically still be the cartoon from 84, which it doesn’t look like, it looks specifically like the toy.
Shouldve called it either diaclone or diakron
Convoy Universe
I think saying they really screwed the pooch is taking it a bit far
The null rays on slipstream can fit into her forearms it’s just too far down the arm to be correct technically
Since we are getting a Deluxe G1 Optimus Prime, is it possible to get a Deluxe G1 Megatron, Deluxe G1 Starscream , Deluxe G1 Skyfire , Deluxe G1 Soundwave , and Deluxe G1 Scorponok .
I like to think the deluxe Optimus is a minibot Optimus due to Saturday morning one episode shenanigans. It's cool and even though I have missing link I'll still get it
For Geocon they should’ve went all in with the purple/amethyst like have it being half of the left side and it’s bleeding into the right side going on an angle (like start with at the left shoulder and go on an angle to the right leg)
Quake would it of been better if it was a new mold cause a new deluxe tank could get mileage with repaints/tools and the tank mode could look more tank like
Voyagers there’s a clear winner motor master looks very nice the colours just pop and the head is spot on then metal hawk is metal hawk but different grey idk why he got a reissue.
The soundwave it’s nice that mold is coming to retail but kinda disappointing, like the arms still have the bits hanging off and this is how we get a buzzsaw idk leader is a reach.
The comic pack I’m interested in Zaron not flame that gamer megatron isn’t that good and doesn’t fit Flame that well but Zaron does look tempting. The Go Bots are a definite grab they look great in the colours and it doubles as shattered glass cause I think the colours are the same, ballsy to have the logo on the box too
12:48 if the chest was metallic gold yeah this would be worth it but as is its a Netflix-style sidegrade
I swear it feels like Hasbro is allergic to giving major female characters their own molds, especially if you want anything bigger than a deluxe. She deserved to be a voyager with her own mold, which is unfortunate.
Even as someone with Missing Link, I'm going to get the Deluxe G1 Prime as a pocket bot. My C-01 is already showing some chrome wear, and I need a version I can be less precious with.