Movie Legions revealed (as US Walmart exclusives)
From the official Transformers Facebook page comes images of Movie Legions and some multi-packs that include them.
The Legions are all redecos, and the multi-packs with other size-class toys are also all redecos, but the interesting thing is a couple of Beast Moulds being dug up from the past... one is Basic Terrorsaur from 1995/6, and Deluxe Guildard (JP Beast Wars) from about 1998.
These might appear here, but since we don't have Walmart here, they could show up at any store-chain.
Legion single packs -
Bumblebee (minor redeco ROTF Bumblebee)
Stinger (minor redeco TFPrime Knockout)
Optimus Prime (minor redeco ROTF Optimus)
Grimlock (redeco Beast Hunters Rippersnapper)
2-packs with a Legion and another size-class figure -
Bumblebee & Strafe (Legion Bumblebee from above with a different deco + blue Beast Wars Basic Terrorsaur)
Optimus Prime & Grimlock (Legion Optimus from above with different deco + Energon Basic Cruellock)
Stinger & Slug (redeco ROTF Legion Sideways + purple Deluxe BWNeo Guildart)
(note - this is a different Legion Stinger mould to the single pack)
3-pack -
Bumblebee & Strafe Vs Stinger (Legion DOTM Bumblebee & (unchanged?) AOE Deluxe Strafe Vs Legion TFPrime Knock-Out)
(note - this is a different mould Bumblebee to the two above, and a different deco Stinger to the single pack Stinger)
Cruellock kinda works for Grimlock (with a big sword too), but I'm not sure that BH Rippersnapper works as Grimlock.
Not sure why they are using two different moulds for Bumblebee and Stinger though.
If the 2-packs are all the same price, the Slug pack will be the better value pack, as it is a Deluxe, compared to the other two packs just having Basics.
AOE Walmart Exclusive Cyberverse redecos
From TFW2005:
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At last another piece of the puzzle has been revealed! On the leaked Hasbro toy list some time ago, there were a series of listings for something called "Age of Extinction Legion class" in both single releases and two-pack releases. Via the Transformers Facebook page, we now know these releases are a mix of previous Cyberverse Legion figures (both past Movie Legends and Legion Cyberverse, and Prime Cyberverse). The two packs feature some larger toys from Transformers Energon and Beast Wars. It's a very odd assortment! Check out the images attached to this post, 16 in total.
Releases seen for this assortment so far:
Legion Single Packs
Bumblebee (from Revenge of the Fallen Legends Bumblebee)
Stinger (from Transformers Prime Cyberverse Legion Knock Out)
Optimus Prime (from Revenge of the Fallen Legends Optimus Prime)
Grimlock (from Beast Hunters Cyberverse Legion Rippersnapper)
Legion Two Packs
Bumblebee and Strafe (Bumblebee as above, Strafe is a redeco of Beast Wars Basic Terrorsaur)
Stinger and Slug (Stinger is a redeco of Revenge of the Fallen Legends Sideways, Slug is a redeco of Beast Wars Neo Guiledart / Dinobots Triceradon)
Optimus Prime and Grimlock (Optimus Prime as above, Grimlock is a redeco of Transformers Energon Cruellock)
Legion Bumblebee VS Stinger set - Bumblebee is the Dark of the Moon Cyberverse Legion Bumblebee with a Prime Cyberverse Bumblebee blaster. Stinger is the Prime Legion Knock Out as before, with a Prime Cyberverse Ratchet blade weapon. Strafe is the Age of Extinction Generations Deluxe toy.
A pretty random selection of figures: Grimlock from Cruellock is utterly incongruent with the other two larger-sized redecos, and it's strange to see Energon and BW molds being used when we've been told they're too expensive.
I have to wonder if, given the odd pricing, these might be what TRU over here are expecting for the Then and Now packs - although that would also raise its own questions.
