I can also accept Powerglide as bigger if he succesfully portrays the feel of G1 Powerglide.
Refering to character not toy as an Ultra with the engineering of a minibot would suck :p
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I can also accept Powerglide as bigger if he succesfully portrays the feel of G1 Powerglide.
Refering to character not toy as an Ultra with the engineering of a minibot would suck :p
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To put the Ultra size into perspective:
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Powerglide's toy in 7 cm long in jet mode. An actual A-10 is 1626 cm long. That's a scale of 1:232. With an 8.5 cm robot mode, Powerglide should stand 19.7 metres tall.
G1 Starscream (and the other Seekers) are 21cm long in vehicle mode. An actual F-15 is 1944 cm long. This gives us a scale of 1:93. With a robot mode of 14 cm, Starscream should stand 12.9 metres tall.
Until this picture is released by Hasbro publically, I won't have it posted here. If you aren't a member or haven't been able to see it from someone else, you will see it eventually. It will just be a bit annoying to have to wait.
It's the main incentive for joining the official club, and if it works this time, Hasbro may be willing to release more advance images in the future.
I don't want to risk losing my membership by offering copies privately, or endorsing the posting of a picture here. Probably within a month or two, this image will be released publically anyway. And by April at BotCon, we should have heaps of images (if Hasbro allow photos to be taken).
As a verbal description, the figure is mostly yellow (expected), with black from the windows, tyres, feet and head. There is some silver on the forearms and thighs, plus a little blue on the thighs. The legs look almost identical to the BT/ALT Mirage/Hot Rod (which form the rear end of the car), while the chest is pretty much the entire roof of the car mode. The robot head tries to reflect the classic Sunstreaker head, but the side pannel/horns are too big, making him look evil like Unicron or (Energon) Bruticus Maximus.
The arms are the car doors, while the bonnet of the car mode is sitting on the back. A fairly simple transformation, but for a Deluxe Classics, it's better to be playable than be time consumingly challenging.
All i wanna know is when are they coming?
Plus are we going to see them in stores here?
They are general release toys so we should get them later in the year.
Man I'm glad this thread has remained civil, no big complaints about the OTCC at all (unlike an international site I frequent).
After seeing a small pic I can see where the comparisons to Alt Mirage come from, he looks alright, I know I'll pick him up, and I expect him to be about as difficult to transform as Hot Rod.
Seems Ultra Powerglide is a new mould, as all the Classics are supposed to be, which relieves me somewhat.
I'd be happy with a new mold if it's Ultra Powerglide (I quite liked the character), but if they just repaint Wing Saber from Cybertron (owing to similar alt modes) I think I might boycott the figure.
Considering this is being dubbed as classics 2.0 not just the next wave of classics series 1 I would think they would make a new mould. Either way I'm excited, although like most a bit thrown off by Tankor.
its actually Universe not Classics 2.0 isn't it? Hence Tankor is sadly a usable name :(
Hmmm, I just had me a look see at the picture of Mr Sunsteaker..... I think I prefer the concept pic to be honest. As Griff said, the "ears" look a bit shady and it's a little bit "off" in general feeling. The engine part doesn't seem to sit behind his head anymore...
I liked the way the silver engine transformed into his weapons, whereas here they look kind of different.
As usual though, I will reserve judgment until I have played with it (which means I have resigned myself to getting it coz it isn't all that bad really). Damn my obsessive compulsive-like need to get cool robot toys....
I have seen it too.
Although I do prefer the concept art more than the figure shown in the pic, I am somewhat relieved that it is still a good representation of G1 Sunstreaker. The Altmode resembles the original and the robot mode is unmistakably him.
On that note, the ridges of the roof are not to my liking and the engine block sitting on the roof appears to be mistransformed, as if its not supposed to be there. Hopefully that's the case and the Engine does fit on the back and can be transformed to be attached to the back of the robot mode for a more classic Sunstreaker look.
The color scheme is a nice lemony yellow like the original Sunstreaker and the windows look to be clear but very dark but that may be lighting. I personally don't mind the head, it is umistakably Sunstreaker.
Now from a techinical point of view, it is not apparent at first but I can see a lot of the concept art still within this figure. It seems as if the legs have been mistransformed slitely for the Altaernator look and the hood of the car is now on his back. So if we twist his legs and feet little bit and turn his head 180 we would get something that resembles the concept art more. It also appears as if what I mentioned above will be done to make the official Transformation for Sideswipe as all they need to do is change/modify the head and swap the arms.
My real fear is that Sideswipe may be made into a Botcon Exclusive as he is not mentioned in the first 2 waves. We shall see.
Overall, I don't mind this toy. It is not as good as the concept art and a bit generic looking in its design but it looks okay to me.
I will wait till more pics are released and when I am finally holding it in my hands for a more conclusive opinion but so far, I am satisfied.
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:(I worry when things are made yellow, I always wonder is this toy going to turn into a lemon:p:D.
just look up classics sunstreaker on google images
So (bearing in mind I haven't seen it yet) is this the final version? Or is it just a prototype? Will it change, or is this the sculpt we're going to get?Quote:
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Edit: I just saw the image! It's not bad at all actually... totally different transformation than the concept pics.
He is quite likely to be in Wave 3 or 4 - Hasbro like spreading their repaints out.Quote:
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I've seen it! I've seen it!
not a fan...
Bring On Octane!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OK i am getting really annoyed, why no pics yet?
I did that and got an image that looked like a repaint of Classics Rodimus. Thats not it is it?Quote:
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No, it's an entirely new mould.