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Seems more likely that Inferno is a repack for Legacy
There's been rumours of a new ant Inferno for a while. But if it's just another Inferno we've just had, I wouldn't be surprised
Core class SS86 Ratchet doesn't make a lot of sense... Core clase SS86 Ratbat however (next to SE86 Rumble listing) makes more sense. Autocorrect error?Quote:
Originally Posted by Flukey
Rumours are that a whole set of Stunticons is coming. Spoilers Menasor was an easter egg the vision/flashes in the Kingdom cartoon which helps that rumour.
A Ratbat autocorrect makes some sense. Alternatively perhaps Hasbro wants to release more core class figures of Legacy characters and is splitting them between SS and the current CHUG line when possible, such as was the case with Kingdom Cyclonus and SS86 Scourge, in order to get stores to accept more product and to get more unusual style of characters(the tapes or RoTF Wheelie) trojan horsed on to shelves at the same time. Stores might not buy all 4-5 waves of core class figures from one subline but they might pick up 2-3 waves from two different successful sublines
The list from that TFW link, said to be either Legacy or Evolutions...
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• Leader Dragon Megatron ($49.99)
• Armada Starscream ($29.99)
• Soundwave ($9.99)
• Energon Monster ($9.99)
• Bulkhead ($29.99)
• Tarantulas ($22.99)
• Skids ($22.99)
• Dragstrip ($22.99)
• SS86 Ratchet ($8.49) (Ratbat?)
• SS86 Rumble ($8.49)
• Kickback ($22.99)
• Studio Series TF3 Laserbeak ($8.49)
• Studio Series TF7 Wheelie ($8.49)
• Blaster ($29.99)
• Ravage ($8.49)
• Inferno ($29.99)
• Arcee ($22.99)
Photos of the altmode of the rumoured official MP Cliffjumper from a few weeks ago. Alt-mode looks nicely animation accurate. If licensed, it'll pave the way for an MP Jazz.
Why would it be licenced? It's the squashed-balloon cartoon version, not a real car.Quote:
Originally Posted by High_Q
Super-deformed MP-45 Bumblebee was licensed even though the altmode does not sport a VW logo, as were the Q-Transformers line from a few years back. It makes the items more expensive but maybe Takara worries about IP infringement, and also perhaps putting the car logo on the toy packaging increases sales.Quote:
Originally Posted by JJJ
Some more store listings of what could be from next year's toyline...
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• Iguanus ($9.99)
• Shockwave ($8.49)
• Shockwave ($9.99)
• Skywarp ($9.99)
• Energon Monster ($22.99)
• Jhaxus (Jhiaxus) ($29.99)
• Wild Rider ($22.99)
Iguanus is ... intriguing.
That's the core class price point, so this'll be something tiny with relatively poor articulation. But why revive that character as a core class toy?
Pretenders were a stupid concept; even as a kid I could spot it. And it wasn't just the implementation that was limited by the technology of the day. But apparently lots of people have a soft spot for them.
Is there a plan to revive the pretender toys? Perhaps as a core class toy inside a toy of a larger class? If so, would it just be a shell, or would it be a fully transforming toy on its own? Perhaps if the core robot is sold separately, this is being done as a mix-and-match thing, much like the idea of being able to swap the titan-masters and prime-masters around (did anyone actually do that?).
As stupid as I think the 80s idea was, Hasbro these days does seem to know how to make toys that are playable and appeal to people. I really don't see the attraction of the fossilisers, but hey, look at them sell :)
Oh, okay, one of the leakers who works somewhere within Hasbro has confirmed that the core class toy is it, the entirety of pretender Iguanus. The robot will look like the old shell, and the alt-mode will look like the old vehicle mode. Really not sure how that'll work at core class size.
Heh. Oddly enough, now I'm a little disappointed that they didn't take the two-part option. Would at least have been interesting to see...
Time to throw out my POTP Pretenders. Also, Wildrider is a concern. Are they doing another full Menasor?
Yes, we've known about new Stunticons for something over 6 months now. Well, as much as we can know given our sources are leakers. Anyway, Motormaster is next year's commander class toy (because of the unique cars-on-a-frame nature of Menasor), and the rest of the team will be deluxes. This much appears to be certain at this point. The rest of the rumour is that there will be one combiner team per year, scattered throughout the waves.Quote:
Originally Posted by DELTAprime
And now apparently Crankcase and Pointblank.
Also in that thread, a flat out statement that the next titan will be Cybertron Metroplex. From a leaker, so take as you will.
So with the several retail listing threads, there's not much left to reveal in next year's line...
Core:
Soundwave probably a re-release of Kingdom
Optimus Prime could be a re-release of Kingdom or could be based on Prime OP
Skywarp probably a recolour of Kingdom Soundwave
Shockwave probably G1, to finish off the "main four" Decepticons in Core Class
Iguanus Beast Wars?
Energon Monster no idea, probably part of the theme for the next line
Deluxe:
Breakdown
Deadend
Wildrider
Dragstrip
These four must all be G1 to accompany the Commander Class
Skids G1
Energon Monster see above
Kickback G1 Insecticon
Crankcase G1
Elita 1 ?
Pointblank G1
Tarantulas BW
Arcee Prime
Voyager:
Soundwave Prime
Blaster G1, unless it's somehow a retool of Soundwave
Jhiaxus G1, but probably a retool of Armada Starscream
Bulkhead Prime
Armada Starscream
BW Inferno
Leader:
Dragon Megatron
Galvatron Kingdom re-release
Laser Optimus Prime
Blitzwing G1 but I hope they give it Animated's face changing gimmick
Commander:
Motormaster G1
Maybe this is why we are getting a Slammer as it did seem like a real random selection in the current line... and we already have six gun.Quote:
Originally Posted by JJJ
Wonder if a new scamper will come with it or if it might be a single release?
Haven't we already had a Metroplex Titan? Because I clearly remember buying one before Fortress Maximum, and it was from the War for Cybertron game, right?Quote:
Originally Posted by JJJ
From Transformers Cybertron the tv show.Quote:
Originally Posted by reillyd
Unicron Trilogy Metroplex, not quite as titanic as standard Metroplex :)Quote:
Originally Posted by reillyd
No, confirmed to be a modern version of the 1980s pretender toy. The robot mode looks like the old shell, the alt-mode looks like the old inner bike. No inner robot mode, as there isn't an inner anything.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zommael
Energon Monster could be some G1 homogenised version of an Energon series Terrorcon
Further Target listing and what looks to be TF7 SS rise of the beast names but could be sporting code-names?..https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/08/21/...-series-439747
Deadend popping up would mean another G1 stunticon for the menasor combiner..plus a new Blitzwing which I would assume would be G1 and to be in scale with the current line
list...Quote:
Originally Posted by Flukey
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• Transformers Alpha ($15.99, ROTB)
• George Transformers ($9.99, ROTB)
• George Transformers ($21.99, ROTB)
• Spike Transformers ($8.49, Studio Series)
• Safari Transformers ($10.99, ROTB)
• Blitzwing Transformers ($49.99, Legacy)
• Journey Transformers ($10.99, ROTB)
• Orion Transformers ($10.99, ROTB)
• Orion Transformers ($15.99, ROTB)
• Cyclops Transformers ($21.99, ROTB)
• Pluto Transformers ($10.99, ROTB)
• Megatron Transformers ($9.99, Legacy)
• Transformers Barcelona ($15.99, ROTB)
• Cyclops Transformers ($31.49, ROTB)
• George Transformers ($31.49, ROTB)
• Oscar Transformers ($21.99, ROTB)
• Hotrod Transformers ($9.99, Legacy)
• Warrior Transformers ($10.99, ROTB)
• Mv7 Deluxe Outlaw ($22.99, ROTB)
• Alpha Transformers ($9.99, ROTB)
• Deadend ($22.99, Legacy)
• Warrior ($31.49, ROTB)
• Mv7 Deluxe Pluto ($22.99, ROTB)
• Mv7 Deluxe George ($22.99, ROTB)
• Mv7 Deluxe Barcelona ($22.99, ROTB)
• Mv7 Deluxe Titan ($22.99, ROTB)
• Mv7 Role Play Blaster Alpha ($20.99, ROTB)
• 2pk Transformers Bb Mv7 Energon ($26.99, ROTB)
I know it's not gonna happen but I'd love it if George was the actual name of the figure and it's just random Autobot.
"I'm Optimus Prime, this is Bumblebee, Hot Rod, Ratchet, and.....*sigh*....George"
Probably a Curious George X Optimas Primal collaboration. 100%
They made me a Target exclusive Jerry, it's Red Card only Jerry, I don't like that! They're scalping me, Jerry! Scalpin me!
The world's are colliding!
Just seen a pic on FB... showing what is probably the "Galvatron Unicron" listing we had on Amazon...
Purple "Grid lined" Galvy
Normal accessories
3 mini Ships - Quint, Junk, Galvatrons
And a heap of mini bot slugs
I think they missed the mark on this one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Krayt
RED was a much better execution of the reformatting concept.
https://i.ibb.co/CnJnJ5g/239448324-8...99904876-n.jpghttps://i.ibb.co/v3nZTyv/RED-figures07.jpg
Amazon cancelled my preorder for Unicron Galvatron. After seeing him I really need to find an alternative place to order him if for no other reason than to complete my Unicron.
They cancelled for being an early/bad listing. It should come backQuote:
Originally Posted by DELTAprime
Agreed. I was ready to give this a miss, but I want the damn plastic spaceships!Quote:
Originally Posted by Tha_Phantom
I had a quick look a clip of the reformatting online - the outline detail is somewhat consistent with what happened for Scourge and Cyclonus, but not for Galvatron, who was horizontal lines and interior mechanics
Yeah. I hope that was all it was. But there is the chance they oversold. They said they could not source it, which is generic and could really mean anything.Quote:
Originally Posted by Krayt
Finally more micro-figures and ships for the Unicron stand that has been waiting almost 6 months to have something fill all those extra slots.
A shame that they are all grey... I wonder if these are still pre-production and will have some colour on the final figures.
The lines on Galvatron are wrong, as people have noted, as the reformatting lines in the Movie were parallel horizontal lines, which highlighted Galvatron being a rounded figure compared to the blocky Megatron.
Again, I hope that this is just a pre-production figure that isn't how it will actually be released.
Meanwhile, the "Puffer & Ranger" leaked listing on Amazon... this could be Puffer, who was likely to be a Pipes coloured Huffer, to homage the actual Gen1 toy that was sold as Pipes in Mexico and Europe.
(Ranger is therefore likely to be a homage to Road Ranger, which is the black/orange redeco of Huffer, and if true, it would make it a 2-pack of the same mould, similar to Cordon/Spinout 2-pack last year)
People are claiming that this robot mode picture is Slammer from wave 4 or 5.
It's hard to tell because Slammer never had a robot mode... like Roller, who ended up getting one during Combiner Wars.
Could be legit, looks like it could make a tank.
Another note, didn't know of the other roller. Damn, that looks like an expensive figure to chase down.
The Road Ranger and Puffer 2-pack was leaked about 6 months ago, and an image has surfaced of what the two toys might look like, or is a very good custom job.
In-hand images of what could be Puffer and Road Ranger.
Look good. Can never say no to more minibots
The first step is admitting you have a problemQuote:
Originally Posted by 1AZRAEL1