Legacy Wreck N Rule Wreckers collection

[DELTAprime]

Is there any lore behind this release of Impactor?

[JJJ]

Looking at that picture on the Amazon page, that's Impactor as he was originally envisioned during Target: 2006.

Damn it. Want... But don't want another piece of junk alongside the toy I actually have some interest in. Again.

[snaketales]

I don't want to add a THIRD version of an official Impactor to my collection... so maybe when it's cheap

[Autocon]

So there are five packs! How many wreckers are there?

[Handsprime]

So there are five packs! How many wreckers are there?

Depends on the universe. Leadfoot, Topspin and Twin Twist are rumoured to appear in the line.

[Paulbot]

I'm kind of tempted to get Impactor, as this is the Impactor I first met in 1986, but it's a two pack and I've not interest in Spindle (so unless someone wants her and wants to split the pack...).

Impactor seems to have some remolding around the chest? And Spindle has new pieces.

[JJJ]

So there are five packs! How many wreckers are there?

The standard Wreckers, as invented by Furman in 1986, were:

Impactor (didn't last...)
Topspin
Twin Twist
Rack'n'Ruin
Springer
Sandstorm
Broadside
Whirl
Roadbuster
Ultra Magnus (but couldn't make his appointment)

Some variation on these characters, plus a scattering of new ones depending on the author, is the usual formula (such as Ironfist, Rotorstorm, Guzzle, and Pyro in Last Stand Of The Wreckers). Although the recent Tread and Circuits used none of these at all...

Interesting question, though, because it suggests we might be getting a new Whirl and Roadbuster (their last toys were from T30, almost a decade ago now), and I've not seen even a glimpse of their names on the leak lists. Also makes me wonder if there are new triple changers on the way, if there'll be re-issues (TR Broadside seems conceivable but remote, T30 Sandstorm seems out of the question), or if they'll just be skipped

[griffin]

From the leaks we have these potential Wreckers toys...

Legacy Wreckers deluxe Impactor
Legacy Wreckers deluxe Twintwist (saltman)
Legacy Wreckers deluxe Topspin (saltman)
Legacy Wreckers deluxe Leadfoot
Legacy Wreckers voyager Springer
Legacy wreckers voyager Bulkhead redeco

I would expect Topspin and Twintwist to be together in a 2-pack, which would leave the others to make up the five packs (with Impactor and Leadfoot having some other random unknown added to the pack).

I really don't see the point or need for adding a new unknown character to the iconic concept of the Wreckers, as if they couldn't think of releasing any other Deluxe redeco with Impactor that had some existing relationship to the classic Wreckers team. I guess if Hasbro wanted the Deluxe toys to be 2-packs to maintain the same price-point between them, they didn't really have any other classic Wreckers characters in Deluxe size. The Triplechangers, Roadbuster and Whirl were all Voyager sized toys in Generations... but I guess if they have Leadfoot and Bulkhead included, they could have grabbed Wreckers from any generation, and there have been LOTS of them over the years.

I guess Amazon likes having these themed sets, as we had the Golden Disk set and the Galactic Odyssey set... and each time the release was not handled very smoothly - either some didn't get released outside of America, or they had a sporadic global release making them scalper bait.

[griffin]

The CG official images make the toys look gold and purple, but the actual toys are yellow and purple, so I wonder if they were originally planned to be more golden colour.

I am still trying to work out what the toys are standing on... the colour makes me think of ER Scorponok, but the shapes make me think of TR Trypticon (I haven't had a chance to dig them out yet to look for those specific panels).
Never mind... apparently it is ER Scorponok's tail.

[Tha_Phantom]

From the leaks we have these potential Wreckers toys...

Legacy Wreckers deluxe Impactor
Legacy Wreckers deluxe Twintwist (saltman)
Legacy Wreckers deluxe Topspin (saltman)
Legacy Wreckers deluxe Leadfoot
Legacy Wreckers voyager Springer
Legacy wreckers voyager Bulkhead redeco

I'm here for a non-battle damaged Springer, Diaclone Topsin and Twin Twist and any of the fossilizer retools they do.