Toyfair Australia part three - official images

[griffin]

This third part of the Australian Toyfair Transformers reveals are some new official CG images from the WFC Siege toyline from Hasbro, to share with the fandom.

Micromaster Sports Car Patrol - Blackjack & Hyperdrive - wave 3
Micromaster Off Road Patrol - Highjump & Powertrain - wave 4
Deluxe Barricade - wave 4

Sports Car Patrol - Blackjack & Hyperdrive - wave 3
http://www.toycollectors.com.au/toyfair/401805_TRA_GEN_WFC_MICROMASTER_F19_WV3_SPORTS_CAR_ PATROL_RENDER_1.png
http://www.toycollectors.com.au/toyfair/401805_TRA_GEN_WFC_MICROMASTER_F19_WV3_SPORTS_CAR_ PATROL_RENDER_BLACKJACK_1.png
http://www.toycollectors.com.au/toyfair/401805_TRA_GEN_WFC_MICROMASTER_F19_WV3_SPORTS_CAR_ PATROL_RENDER_BLACKJACK_2.png
http://www.toycollectors.com.au/toyfair/401805_TRA_GEN_WFC_MICROMASTER_F19_WV3_SPORTS_CAR_ PATROL_RENDER_HYPERDRIVE_1.png
http://www.toycollectors.com.au/toyfair/401805_TRA_GEN_WFC_MICROMASTER_F19_WV3_SPORTS_CAR_ PATROL_RENDER_HYPERDRIVE_2.png
http://www.toycollectors.com.au/toyfair/401805_TRA_GEN_WFC_MICROMASTER_F19_WV3_SPORTS_CAR_ PATROL_RENDER_XSELL.png

Off Road Patrol - Highjump & Powertrain - wave 4
http://www.toycollectors.com.au/toyfair/401806_TRA_GEN_WFC_MICROMASTER_F19_WV4_OFF_ROAD_PA TROL_HIGHJUMP_1.png
http://www.toycollectors.com.au/toyfair/401806_TRA_GEN_WFC_MICROMASTER_F19_WV4_OFF_ROAD_PA TROL_HIGHJUMP_2.png
http://www.toycollectors.com.au/toyfair/401806_TRA_GEN_WFC_MICROMASTER_F19_WV4_OFF_ROAD_PA TROL_POWERTRAIN_1.png
http://www.toycollectors.com.au/toyfair/401806_TRA_GEN_WFC_MICROMASTER_F19_WV4_OFF_ROAD_PA TROL_POWERTRAIN_2.png
http://www.toycollectors.com.au/toyfair/401806_TRA_GEN_WFC_MICROMASTER_F19_WV4_OFF_ROAD_PA TROL_RENDER_1.png
http://www.toycollectors.com.au/toyfair/401806_TRA_GEN_WFC_MICROMASTER_F19_WV4_OFF_ROAD_PA TROL_XSELL.png

Barricade - wave 4
http://www.toycollectors.com.au/toyfair/402633_TRA_GEN_DLX_WV4_F19_BARRICADE_RENDER_1.png
http://www.toycollectors.com.au/toyfair/402633_TRA_GEN_DLX_WV4_F19_BARRICADE_RENDER_2.png

[i_amtrunks]

Loving the purple windshield and wheel rims on barricade.

[Jetfire in the sky]

I love the little touch of having the "screw" in the chest, I'm sure there were alternatives for this design in look and functionality.

[Autocon]

Are powertrain highjump autos or dcons?

[GoktimusPrime]

I think I'm the only one a bit disappointed that Barricade isn't based on G1 when everything else in Siege (and most of CHUG) is G1-based. Plus the fact that Siege is giving us Micromasters which would've been the perfect opportunity to have a Siege G1 Barricade. :(

Having said that, I must admit that Siege Barricade does look good and appears to inspired by the fan art by Guido Guidi (https://img00.deviantart.net/34ba/i/2015/199/9/e/g1_barricade___retro_style__80_by_guidoguidi-d4msi2e.jpg). Not sure why Barricade's doors say "POLICE" in Autobotese rather than Decepticonese. And if the idea is to make him disguise himself as an Autobot, then that's completely defeated by the Decepticon insignia on his bonnet! :D

Anyway, I hope this won't stop Hasbro from giving us a proper G1 CHUG Barricade. Por que no los dos, Hasbro? LOS DOOOOOSS!!

[Sinnertwin]

I'm a bit huh as to why they went with Barricade rather than Smokescreen first, but then again, Siege does seem to be Autobot heavy from memory.

[DELTAprime]

Hasbro, can I please have a Micromaster Barricade next time???

[Tha_Phantom]

I think I'm the only one a bit disappointed that Barricade isn't based on G1.

*raises hand* Me too!


Plus the fact that Siege is giving us Micromasters which would've been the perfect opportunity to have a Siege G1 Barricade. :(


Exactly right. Personally I wouldn't care if they had brought Bayverse Barricade over to any other CHUG line, but Siege just seems super inappropriate as this should have been G1 Barry's time to shine.

"But Bayverse Barricade is more popular" Yes, I've been getting this counter-argument a lot and it's true that Bayverse Barricade is more popular than G1, but so what? There have been heaps of obscure characters/toys redone in CHUG in the last few years. Clones, Cog, Brunt, Duocons, Jumpstarters, other Micromasters, and many more we never thought would get the CHUG treatment have been given modern updates.

Bayverse Barry has had numerous toys over the last ten years. Meanwhile, G1 Barry hasn't had a toy since 1990, so can't we just let him have one teensy tiny update?

[GoktimusPrime]

I'm a bit huh as to why they went with Barricade rather than Smokescreen first, but then again, Siege does seem to be Autobot heavy from memory.
To be fair, it's because G1 was Autobot heavy. One thing that really impressed me when Beast Wars came along was how the two sides suddenly became evenly matched. :) But yeah, it's the reason why writers often had to fill in the Decepticon ranks with generic gumbies like those purple Jets etc. - what we would now call Vehicons I suppose. You rarely saw "Vehibots." ;)

P.S.: It'll also be interesting to see how TakaraTOMY markets the Siege Micromasters, because in Japan almost every Micromaster was an Autobot, and that includes the Air Strike Patrol. Off memory I can only think of 5 Japanese Micromasters who were Decepticons - and yes, Barricade was one of them!

[dirge]

I think I'm the only one a bit disappointed that Barricade isn't based on G1 when everything else in Siege (and most of CHUG) is G1-based. Plus the fact that Siege is giving us Micromasters which would've been the perfect opportunity to have a Siege G1 Barricade. :(


I take your point. But hey, it’s $40 less I’ll be shelling out that I can put towards my Reflector pre-orders :D

[DELTAprime]

P.S.: It'll also be interesting to see how TakaraTOMY markets the Siege Micromasters, because in Japan almost every Micromaster was an Autobot, and that includes the Air Strike Patrol. Off memory I can only think of 5 Japanese Micromasters who were Decepticons - and yes, Barricade was one of them!

The Takara Siege toys are identical to Hasbro's. They just have Takara Tomy printed on the box/card and Japanese stickers over the English descriptions and bios. I would take a picture of the Siege figures I got last week but they have already been picked up by the recycling truck.

[Sinnertwin]

That'd be cool if TT switched alliances for the applicable characters and marketed them as such to add some variety to the line. With the Global unification though, it'll probably just be the same.

[GoktimusPrime]

Yeah, that's definitely a possibility but it would be unfortunate. Repainting the Siege Micromasters in their Japanese colours would just make more sense for TakaraTOMY's market. And yeah, it would drive a lot of overseas fans nuts too.

Siege Hyperspeed and Blackjack ought to be repainted as Gingham and Blackheat -- and to milk more money out of the mould they could further repaint Gingham as Clipper (https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Clipper_(Victory))! Then just include her in a 2 pack with Powertrain repainted as Ironworks.

[BigTransformerTrev]

I think I'm the only one a bit disappointed that Barricade isn't based on G1 when everything else in Siege (and most of CHUG) is G1-based. Plus the fact that Siege is giving us Micromasters which would've been the perfect opportunity to have a Siege G1 Barricade. :(


Hasbro, can I please have a Micromaster Barricade next time???


*raises hand* Me too!


I'd love one as well but it seems unlikely. Movieverse Barricade is just too well-known now, whereas G1 Barricade is incredibly obscure except to your knowledgeable G1 fans. If they released a version of the G1 character you would get all the young'uns going 'Thats not Barricade - Barricade is a cop car!'

It's the same reason to a lesser extent that we are unlikely to ever see a new version of the G1 Micromaster Blackout released.

[FatalityPitt]

Nemesis Prowl looks dope :p

Yeah, it's a shame that the 'real' G1 Barricade has been shunted for a G1-adaptation of a movie character. But in his defence, Movie Barricade had become quite popular and well-known over many years. Young casual fans probably know more about Barricade than they know about Prowl. So it kind of makes sense to make the cop car as the 'definitive' Barricade.

I must admit though, I do like the look of Barricade. He looks vaguely like a Stunticon.

[tinyJazz]

I think G1 Barricade is pretty forgettable. Guido’s design is much more interesting.

Hey, maybe it’ll turn out to be a name swap grudge like Swoop/Divebomb and well get a G1 esque Barricade yet! Only with a goofy name like “Witches hat” or “Gumball”

[Bidoofdude]

To be fair, it's because G1 was Autobot heavy. One thing that really impressed me when Beast Wars came along was how the two sides suddenly became evenly matched. :) But yeah, it's the reason why writers often had to fill in the Decepticon ranks with generic gumbies like those purple Jets etc. - what we would now call Vehicons I suppose. You rarely saw "Vehibots." ;)

P.S.: It'll also be interesting to see how TakaraTOMY markets the Siege Micromasters, because in Japan almost every Micromaster was an Autobot, and that includes the Air Strike Patrol. Off memory I can only think of 5 Japanese Micromasters who were Decepticons - and yes, Barricade was one of them!

Animated did it well too. Though there were less core Decepticons, they were portrayed as much bigger and built for war than the Autobots. It added a lot to Megatron being almost a god in the eyes of the Autobots, who had greater numbers though in more civilian bodies.