Platinum YOTG (Goat) Masterpiece Soundwave and G2 Optimus Prime.

[Trent]

i see where you're coming from, Gok, but an actual tiny little Ram, Rat or Horse figure isn't going to have nearly the same impact as a great big honking red & gold box

Nothing stopping them from putting a tiny little Ram, Rat or Horse figure in a great big honking red & gold box

Man they are seriously ugly.

I see Soundwave has 4 cassettes in one picture and five in another. Ratbat?

Laserbeak, Buzzsaw, Ravage, Frenzy and Rumble.

[griffin]

Man they are seriously ugly.

I see Soundwave has 4 cassettes in one picture and five in another. Ratbat?

Five in both - one is in Soundwave when he's in cassette-player mode.

Having Ratbat would help this set sell... and I wonder if they didn't show the alt-modes of the cassettes because they look really bad.

[Zommael]

Five in both - one is in Soundwave when he's in cassette-player mode.

Having Ratbat would help this set sell... and I wonder if they didn't show the alt-modes of the cassettes because they look really bad.

Either that or they haven't bothered to change them at all.

ETA: As white Soundwave is apparently Shattered Glass Soundwave, I am assuming this redeco is Shattered Glass Soundblaster. Come on FunPub, you know it makes sense...

[griffin]

Come on FunPub, you know it makes sense...

Hey, you're not allowed to use the "F" word here...

(I'm just kidding people )

[Bidoofdude]

Five in both - one is in Soundwave when he's in cassette-player mode.

Having Ratbat would help this set sell... and I wonder if they didn't show the alt-modes of the cassettes because they look really bad.

The metallic paint looks nice on the cassettes. Do we have robot mode pics?

[FruitBuyer]

I meant in terms of choice of alt mode. A Peterbilt 379 ain't no dragon.
Sure, he had a dragon painted on him, and YotS Omega Supreme's box has snakes embedded in the packaging logo, and YotH Optimus Prime's Autobot logo is a horse blended with the G1 Autobot symbol. It'd be nice if Hasbro actually selected toys that transform into that lunar calendar animal for a change.

While that makes sense thematically wise, that would never reach the same amount of sales as having the flagship Transformers in the spotlight. While most collectors will still pick up both, they'll do little as incentives for newcomers.

[GoktimusPrime]

i see where you're coming from, Gok, but an actual tiny little Ram, Rat or Horse figure isn't going to have nearly the same impact as a great big honking red & gold box

So just stick a small toy into a massive box.

[Sinnertwin]

So just stick a small toy into a massive box.

There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again.

[SkyWarp91]

You know why they call it Year of the Goat?

Cos it looked like a goat came up with this paint scheme!!

*I'll let myself out now*...

[Kapryiath]

Im really keen for these I am quite fond of both of these moulds , though the chrome on g2 primes trailer looks a little miss placed imo . I'll be picking these up as soon as I can