Legacy Blitzwing is in the hands of the normal leakers. He looks good, but do I really need to replace my Takara Legends Blitzwing? Probably not.
https://www.seibertron.com/transform...gimmick/46765/
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Legacy Blitzwing is in the hands of the normal leakers. He looks good, but do I really need to replace my Takara Legends Blitzwing? Probably not.
https://www.seibertron.com/transform...gimmick/46765/
It looks more G1 accurate than the TR figure, but I don't necessarily think it does a better job of being both a jet and tank than that figure.
It does look like it has an interesting transformation though (wings wrapping around bot mode legs). I'll keep my eyes on it.
Blitzwing looks good but reminds me of a third party style rather than a Hasbro one. The purple IMO should be a bit brighter and the face is quite metallic. Looks like some compromises for both modes, but overall he looks good. Given a lot of other quite cartoon accurate figures we've recently though, I feel like they could have done a little better.
Looks a bit naff
I'd have just upscaled the G1 version and articulated that.
And those red boxing gloves. Lol
Legacy Blitzwing looks appealing, but does anyone know whether the two removable giant fists that the figure comes with are referenced in-fiction anywhere? I don't recall any Sunbow reference. Also, I don't understand the purpose they serve - partforming for altmodes?
I think the hands are part of the energon weapon gimmick. And now I'm wondering if the rumoured energon monster will actually be some sort of build-a-figure weaponiser spread across the waves... Anyway, not impressed by them. Waste of budget.
Blitzwing's bot mode looks very nice, certainly better than the previous toy. But the alt modes are a bit sucky, especially the jet (I'm hoping that it is just very poorly transformed due to being a stolen sample without instructions, but even then there just doesn't seem anywhere else for all that crap underneath to hide). That one's even worse than the previous toy. Guess I know what I'll be doing with my old Blitzwing once this new one turns up :)
I've been reading through TFwiki. The comics have G2 Road Rocket, Diaclone Burnout and G1 Blurr all doing things on Velocitron. So I'd guess that goes some way to explaining those characters being in that sub-line.Quote:
Originally Posted by griffin
I skipped TR Blitz, which was good, 'cause I think this is far superior.
More details on the Crankcase Legacy toy that was rumoured a while back. It looks like it will be based on the G1 Triggermaster.
https://www.seibertron.com/transform...ankcase/46781/
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Originally Posted by DELTAprime
Eeeeeeexcellent, confirmation of the leaks is nice.
But it makes me wonder then why the forthcoming Override toy is a Cybertron character instead of the G1 one. I'm hoping that someone got it wrong, but then we've had people naming the toy its a re-mould/re-paint of, and it isn't any sort of bike-former.
The description from Amazon...Quote:
Originally Posted by DELTAprime
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- TRANSFORMERS G1-INSPIRED DESIGN: This Transformers: Legacy 5.5-inch Crankcase robot toy is inspired by the animated series, The Transformers, updated with a Generations-style design
- UNIVERSES COLLIDE: Universes collide with Transformers: Legacy! This epic line of Transformers toys brings together fan-favorite characters from across the Transformers multiverse
- 2 EPIC MODES: Crankcase action figure converts from robot to off-road vehicle mode in 14 steps. Remove the front grill of vehicle mode to reveal a large blaster accessory
- HARNESS THE POWER OF ENERGON: Gear up with the most powerful substance on Cybertron, Energon! This Transformers Crankcase figure comes with an Energon blaster accessory that attaches in both modes
- SCAN THE CODE: Scan the code on each package to reveal character tech specs from across the multiverse! Collect other Legacy figures to reveal their character tech specs (each sold separately, subject to availability)
- Item model number F303
I think a third Movie toy has been found by one of the leakers, a Bumblebee that turns into a rally car.
Late to the BW discussion, but gotta say I'm... disappointed. I was expecting better. Sure bot mode looks pretty good, but those alt modes are deal breakers. Gens and TR do better alt modes.
And OMG what are those stupid hand things about?
Legacy is not looking great. Pass for me.
Leaked packaging images, of toys that I would expect are being officially revealed on the 12th by Hasbro, but images must have been sent out to online stores already and someone is already leaking them.
Legacy Commander Class Motormaster.
Legacy Leader class Blitzwing.
Shattered Glass Blaster, and Rewind.
I should be surprised that we are getting more Shattered Glass toys, but in reality it can be done with every Generations toy, so who knows how many they will end up doing.
And it will be interesting to see if Rewind is a regular black to be the non-SG Gen1 toy, or be a Shattered Glass colouring to match SG Blaster. (it is not included in the packaging art)
Motormasters package leak was from here, some some Korean safety thing.
http://www.koreannet.or.kr/home/hpis...=8809315410014
More pics for other toys are down the bottom on this page:
http://www.koreannet.or.kr/home/hpis...1=EDU&kan2=TOY
and some more here on this page:
http://www.koreannet.or.kr/home/hpis...1=EDU&kan2=TOY
That has been an interesting and random location for some toy leaks in the last few years... but never consistent, so I wonder if they only do some random samples every few months to cover the entire line.
I had to scroll through several pages to find some Transformers (I guess new toys keep getting added, pushing down older ones), and the ones I could see are...
Shattered Glass Blaster
Buzzworthy DLX Silverstreak
Legacy LDR Blitzwing
Legacy DLX Kickback
Legacy VOY Bulkhead
Studio Series DLX mv6 Ratchet
Legacy DLX Skids
Buzzworthy DLX Cliffjumper
Legacy VOY Blaster
Legacy DLX Dragstrip
Legacy CDR Motormaster
It's an odd mix that doesn't cover everything, and yet, that won't be the entire release of Transformers for Korea.
Image/Photo of Motormaster on the box looks good.
Optimistic about this one.
The leakers have been fighting over the unreleased toys again, with one getting their hands on a redeco of Kingdom Core class Megatron tank (painted bright green to homage the Gen2 Megatron toy) and the other one getting their hands on a minor redeco of Golden Disk Terrorsaur (painted more like the original BW toy, with blue robot parts and no yellow beak).
The Terrorsaur redeco is being labelled as a Buzzworthy toy, so if that is true, I don't like its chances of coming here (but fortunately the Golden Disk Terrorsaur did eventually come here, and is still in stock at Amazon Australia).
(I think it was funny that these newbies who are fighting over unreleased toys just to get youtube hits, don't have the original toys to refer to, with this person needing to look up the 1996 toy on a phone.)
Meanwhile, the Core class Megatron tank might have the right colours to homage the Gen2 Megatron tank, but the size and kibble make it seem like it is just milking the mould, as the brightly coloured Gen2 toys are really niche in the fandom, and have less demand to them than Beast Wars toys.
I'm not sure what the original source is for these, and they appear to be incomplete or mis-transformed... so could be from anywhere.
One is a red/blue redeco of Titans Return Twintwist (in either pre-Transformers colours or South American colours), and one is a purple redeco of Kingdom Waspinator that could be homaging the Horrorcon Transmetal Waspinator that was never released (it would have been a 2-pack in around 2004 with a grey Cheetor toy, which itself has now been homaged in the Legacy toyline as a Walmart exclusive).
Okay then. I was a little surprised by the SG Ultra Magnus / Powered Convoy toy, but upon giving it some thought it came to make sense if you assumed that someone, a couple of years ago, made a policy decision at Hasbro to do as much Diaclone stuff in Generations as possible (probably justifying it with maximal mould usage).
But I'm still surprised to see a Diaclone Twintwist, even after the leak/rumour of the Salt Man Z release. And if this is a custom, then it's an amazingly well done one...
But assuming it is real, and a future release, then I have to wonder if we'll get a) Diaclone Topspin, and b) all four colour combinations from the original Diaclone line. Oh, and c) some sort of widely available re-release given how poorly distributed the 2017 toy was.
I was just looking at this listing from last year (originally posted in September, and hasn't been edited since November), and it is worth noting that the Studio Series and Legacy toys revealed since the beginning of this year have been pretty much spot on (especially the wave 2 Legacy toys last week, which was officially revealed 7 months later, which is pretty impressive)... which gives some reliability to the rest of the 2022 items that are also listed.
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LEGACY:
- Core:
- Wave 1:
- Skywarp x2
- Hot Rod x3
- Iguanus x3
- Wave 2:
- Iguanas x1
- Optimus Prime Pr x1
- G2 Megatron x2
- Shockwave x2
- Wave 3: contents may change
- Soundwave Pr x2
- Energon monster x3
- Skullgrin x3
?
- Deluxe:
- Wave 1:
- Skids x2
- Dragstrip x2
- Prime Arcee x2
- Kickback x2
- Wave 2:
- Prime Knockout x2
- Elita 1 x2
- Tarantulas x2
- Wildrider x2
- Wave 3:
- Pointblank x2
- Crankcase x2
- Energon monster x2
- Deadend x2
- Wave 4: contents not final
- Breakdown
- Voyager:
- Wave 1:
- Blaster x2
- Bulkhead x2
- Wave 2:
- Prime Soundwave x2
- Jhaxus x1
- Wave 3:
- Armada Starscream x2
- Beast wars Inferno x1
- Leader:
- Wave 1:
- Lazer Optimus Prime x2
- Wave 2:
- Galvatron Pr x1
- Blitzwing x1
- Wave 3:
- Dragon Megatron x2
- Commander:
- Motormaster
- Titan:
- Cybertron Metroplex
STUDIO SERIES
- Core:
- Wave 1:
- TF6 Ravage x4
- TF6 Shockwave x4
- Wave 2:
- TF6 Ravage x2
- TF6 Shockwave x2
- 86 Spike x4
- Wave 3:
- 86 Wheelie x4
- 86 Ratchet x4
- Wave 4:
- 86 Wheelie x2
- TF3 Laserbeak x3
- 86 Rumble x3
- Deluxe:
- Wave 1:
- 86 Perceptor x2
- TF6 Ratchet x2
- TF6 Wheeljack x2
- TF6 Brawn x2
- Wave 2:
- TF6 Wheeljack x1
- TF6 Ratchet x1
- TF6 Arcee x3
- TF6 Ironhide x3
- Wave 3:
- 86 Arcee x3
- TF2 Sideways x3
- TF3 Bumblebee x3
- Wave 4:
- 86 Perceptor x1
- 86 Arcee x1
- TF5 Hot Rod x3
- TF4 Crosshairs x3
- Voyagers:
- Wave 1:
- TF6 Soundwave x2
- 86 Hot Rod Variant x1
- Wave 2:
- TF6 Soundwave x1
- 86 Junkyard x1
- Wave 3:
- TF6 Thundercracker x1
TF4 Galvatron x2- Wave 4:
86 Ironhide x? (edited on 11/07/21)
- Leaders:
- Wave 1:
- 86 King Starscream cape x2
- Wave 2:
- 86 Sludge x2
- Wave 3:
- TF2 The Fallen x2
LEGACY GENERATIONS SELECTS
- Titan Black Zarak x2
- Deluxe Clampdown (sideswipe police) x24
- Voyager Cyclonus’ Armada x8
- Deluxe Lift-ticket x24
- Deluxe DK-3 x24
- Deluxe Guard x24
STORE EXCLUSIVES
- Walgreens
- Tra Gen legacy Dlx Minerva x8
- Target
- Tra Gen Dlx Red Card 1 x8
- Tra Gen Dlx Red Card 2 x8
- Tra MPM Blackout x2
- Walmart
- Deluxe:
- Tra Gen velocitron Burnout x2
- Tra Gen velocitron Road Rocket x2
- Tra Gen velocitron Blurr x2
- Tra Gen velocitron Clampdown x1
- Tra Gen velocitron Cosmos x1
- Voyager:
- Tra Gen Velocitron Override x2
- Tra Gen Velocitron Road Hauler x1
- Leader:
- Tra Gen Velocitron Black Convoy x2
- R.E.D
- Wave 1:
- G1 Galvatron x2
- G1 Shockwave x2
- Redeco Megatron x1
- Redeco Optimus Prime x1
- Wave 2:
- Prime Optimus Prime x2
- Prime Megatron x2
- G1 Shockwave x1
- G1 Galvatron x1
- Wave 3:
- G1 Thundercracker x2
- Nemsis Prime x2
- Prime Optimus prime x2
- Wave 4:
- Prime Dark Energon Megatron x2
- G1 Cliffjumper x2
- G1 Thundercracker x2
- Tra Gen BW vintage Terrorsaur x6
- Tra Gen BW vintage Tarantulas x6
- Tra Gen BW vintage Cybershark x6
- Tra Gen BW vintage K-9 x6
?
- Hasbro Pulse
- Tra Gen SG Dlx Wheeljack x8
- Tra Gen SG Voy Soundwave x6
- Tra Gen SG Voy Blaster x6
- Tra Gen SG Ldr Ultra Magnus x2
- Tra Shine:
- Soundwave vs Optimus Prime x2
- Bumblebee vs Starscream x2
I'm still curious as to why the leak said this was Prime Soundwave, when the figure turned out to be a spotless repackage of Siege Soundwave.Quote:
Originally Posted by griffin
Because the listing that was leaked said "Soundwave PR". Plenty of people recognised that as "package refresh", particularly those who are involved with the retail world (and really, after the last couple of years with quite a lot of re-packed toys, it should be a well-known thing by now). Plenty of other people, though, latched onto it as "Prime", and no matter how many times it was explained that it was "package refresh" people just clung to the Prime Soundwave thing. I expect, even after the official Hasbro announcement and reveal of the toy in question, to see people asking in a few months "where's Prime Soundwave? It was in the leaks...".
Also, that listing that Griffin links to may be the only one left that hasn't been fixed to remove "Prime" :)
I nabbed TR Blitzwing for $15 on clearance at Big W, so I'll be hanging onto mine. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by KELPIE
One of the leakers has the rumoured "Parasite" purple redeco of Kingdom Waspinator.
And the other primary leaker got the other toy that we only saw parts of - red/blue redeco Titans Return Twintwist, which could be Diaclone colours.
Apparently there might be a redeco BW Dinobot coming in original toy colours, and if that is true, this could be it.
Photo of dubious origins floating around of Studio Series Sideswipe (RotF) with gun from the RotF game
https://media.discordapp.net/attachm...40/unknown.png
Sideways... which was rumoured somewhere, but yeah, you can never quite tell when it comes from unknown sources.
You know, I actually really like that.
Looks to be a licensed Audi, has the right proportions, and actually bothers to use a transformed front grill for the robot mode chest instead of a fake part. Could be my first purchase this year.
The whole design seems to be based on the RotF video game model, rather than any of the visualisations for the actual movie itself
They'll do characters from the movie video games or the 1986 animated movie before they'll do ROTF Skids and Mudflap! :D
In-hand images of what could be SS Sideways, from one of the regular leakers.
Possible MP-56 Trailbreaker, which would mean Hoist too eventually.
Edit: changed link to TFW2005 in case FB link fails.
Sure is weird we're seeing another MP before Cliffjumper given all those leaked test shots of him we saw months ago
Sure is, and i was looking forward to an MP CJ with a chibi alt mode.Quote:
Originally Posted by Other
However, it is nice to have MP news and rumours after months of nothing since the Raiden news.
This Trailbreaker seems like a return to the mainline MP aesthetics with faux parts in bot mode. I think the chest is not the bonnet. The bot proportion is perfect.
Don't forget that TakaraTOMY have wanted to do the Toyota Hilux MP for years now. It was mentioned in a magazine interview ages ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by Other
Also, I don't think any evidence has emerged of Porsche having agreed to grant licence for TFs, so it's possible that the MP Cliffjumper prototype was made, but they're awaiting Porsche to come to the table before proceeding. Don't forget that Takara also made a prototype for a Porsche Binaltech Meister, but Porsche refused to grant licence, so the toy ended up being a Mazda RX-8 instead.
Time to reignite my hatred of Porsche's idiotic licensing. VW needs to step in and stop giving its divisions so much autonomy. They keep getting Porsche and Audi competing against each other instead of helping each other. Their next battlefield is going to be the 2026 F1 season.
After TakaraTomy tweeted out some teaser images for their May additions to their pre-orders page, it included some Studio Series figures that haven't been officially revealed by Hasbro yet - ROTF Sideways, DOTM Bumblebee, 1986 Arcee.
A leaked image on facebook of the 2013 GEN Arcee toy is claiming to be one being used for Studio Series, instead of the more recent Earthrise Arcee toy. If true, there must have been enough backlash towards the newer toy to go back to using the older one.
We will find out for sure tomorrow, as the May pre-orders will be added to the TakaraTomy site.