Titan Class METROPLEX

[griffin]

I'm in the minority, in that I feel disappointed.
It pretty much copies the transformation of the original Metroplex in both modes, so hasn't utilised 25 years of engineering and design advances, to make something out of such big square limbs (as mentioned above, the city mode should have had stuff folding out to fill up space, instead of just looking like a robot doing the splits).
If anything, it has made Gen1 Metroplex look better, because this one has a "stomach" section added in to make the robot look more humanoid in proportions, but has then ruined the other two modes by not collapsing that - it looks wrong having the top half sticking up so high with a huge gap in the middle. The Gen1 version had no gap, so both alt modes sat lower as one block.
We know Hasbro (TakaraTomy actually) can engineer giant toys well (look at Primus and Unicron)... this is like a step back, almost like they've sacrificed a good transformation just to make the robot mode look good.
I think they are trying to provide an interactive "playset" (especially in the city mode), but it is still a transforming toy, so I think it should still have a bigger emphasis on the conversion element, so that the different modes, look more different than a robot sitting down or doing the splits.
Optimus Maximus is a good example of Hasbro producing a "playset", that totally sucks as a convertible toy.

I'm also disappointed that all these FOC toys are coming out so long after the game, which will make them harder to sell - lines that don't have a cartoon, movie or game out don't do well. This could leave us with shelf-warming, making it less likely we see later waves, or this big one that's still six months away.
Hasbro should have had the toys coming out in the 3-4 months before the game release while all the hype was out there and the promotion of the game, so that these sort of bigger ones (Metroplex and triple-changers) were out soon after the game, and then sold out by Christmas.

Pricing is likely to be close to $200 here, which is cheaper than Fort Max reissue (which has a more complicated transformation into city mode than this), so I think this one will be compared to that when it comes out.

[i_amtrunks]

I'm also disappointed that all these FOC toys are coming out so long after the game, which will make them harder to sell - lines that don't have a cartoon, movie or game out don't do well. This could leave us with shelf-warming, making it less likely we see later waves, or this big one that's still six months away.
Hasbro should have had the toys coming out in the 3-4 months before the game release while all the hype was out there and the promotion of the game, so that these sort of bigger ones (Metroplex and triple-changers) were out soon after the game, and then sold out by Christmas.

I wonder if the new third game could be out/ getting some media attention by the time this get released? The pictures make that seem doubtful, they look like the figures are ready to be mass produced but you never know how long the local branch will make us wait.

(Now I've said that, this will be one of the toys we get here before the rest of the world )

[Starscream77]

One word..... YES !!!!!

[KalEl]

I would love to see a shelf full of these!

And then empty shelves of people buying them.

Shelf of these would look insane! Like when Unicron was in shelf, looked crazy insane.

So, that makes 1x Fort Max + 1x Metroplex + 3x Datsun's + 2x Cassette's + 2x Voyager Triple Changers + 4x Deluxe Generation's still to come this year. In other words, I'm going to be broke.

Get in line with the rest of us lol

Wow bigger than Fort Max...thats impressive enough.

Taller maybe, but not by sheer mass.

[Lint]

I'm in the minority, in that I feel disappointed.

I have to agree. The alt modes on this guy are crap-tastic. I understand that it's probably designed to be some kind of cyberverse legends playset but G1 Metroplex does a better job of looking like a city. I expected much better after 25 years of engineering advances. There are scout-class toys that feature a greater transformation complexity.

That said, I really do appreciate the commitment from Hasbro behind making a toy of this scale and hope it is a success so that better things may follow.

[GoktimusPrime]

just saw the updated pics on tfw2005 for the actual toy...my god looks amazing! Yes for me

Although I agree with Griffin, the alt modes are a little underwhelming...but who displays them like that anyways?

Regardless of which mode you display it in, you'd play with it in both modes! So while I would display it in robot mode, having a poor alt mode would suck each time I transform it while fiddling or full on playing with it. If alt modes didn't matter then I'd probably have a more favourable opinion of Action Masters, Revoltech, Robot Replicas and other such non-transformable rubbish^toys.

BBTS has just announced they have FOC Omega Supreme. Checked it out, and it is essentially the Energon Omega they recoloured for the Year of the Snake version with a slightly changed claw. Strangely, that does not make it FOC for me - make one that turns into the massive cool spaceship he flew about as and THAT will be FOC Omega Supreme - not the train/crane/battleship thing that Energon Omega turned into.

Gah... that's disappointing. The Energon Omega Supreme mould is so supremely crap IMHO. Suddenly Metroplex looks really REALLY good now.