Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

[Nevermore]

There is absolutely no stock photo of the packaging for Leader Class Scourge, a figure that Hasbro has already officially announced and is available for preorder in multiple places, which Hasbro is asking fan sites not to report on for inexplicable reasons.

This is totally not happening. Because it would be absolutely silly.


What's this? Must be fake.

 

[Donocropolis]

There is absolutely no stock photo of the packaging for Leader Class Scourge, a figure that Hasbro has already officially announced and is available for preorder in multiple places, which Hasbro is asking fan sites not to report on for inexplicable reasons.

This is totally not happening. Because it would be absolutely silly.


What's this? Must be fake.
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The image shows spoilers that would totally ruin the movie-going experience of anyone who even briefly glanced in it's direction.

 

[Superomegaprime]

The image shows spoilers that would totally ruin the movie-going experience of anyone who even briefly glanced in it's direction.

Then they shouldn't of put spoilers on the packing to start with, but then the trailers haven't really given us any idea what the plot of the film is about, aside from Optimus prime meeting Primal, Mirge/Jazz knock off/Hound impersonator, meeting a human, driving a cross a bridge chased by the police and using his hologram abbilty and darkness is rising, so fans would like a bit of info about the film, I have a feeling that the film isn't going to do very well at the box office because the trailers aren't giving us a sense of what the plot is about!

 

[Nevermore]

Then they shouldn't of put spoilers on the packing to start with, but then the trailers haven't really given us any idea what the plot of the film is about, aside from Optimus prime meeting Primal, Mirge/Jazz knock off/Hound impersonator, meeting a human, driving a cross a bridge chased by the police and using his hologram abbilty and darkness is rising, so fans would like a bit of info about the film, I have a feeling that the film isn't going to do very well at the box office because the trailers aren't giving us a sense of what the plot is about!

The film is about TRANSFORMING GIANT ROBOTS FROM SPACE FIGHTING EACH OTHER. And explosions.

What more do you want?

 

[Donocropolis]

I did see pics of the box before they were taken down, and the box art revealed that:

<SPOILER>Some of the explosions take place at night</SPOILER>

Knowing something like that ahead of time would completely ruin the experience for me.

 

[Superomegaprime]

The film is about TRANSFORMING GIANT ROBOTS FROM SPACE FIGHTING EACH OTHER. And explosions.

What more do you want?

A story to get me exicited!!

 

[Dake]

It turns out Scourge is Optimus Prime's father.

 

[Glitch]

Spoiler: Not sure if this is really a spoiler, but I'm putting it in a tag

It goes that after The Last Knight Unicron destroyed Cybertron and Earth (by hatching from it) leaving Quintessa to flee as the only survivor, she found another world and seeded new Cybertronian life that became the Maximals who prospered until Unicron caught up with them. Primal's gorup have come back in time, the Autobots recognise them as a Cybertronian myth but the Terrorcons, a sub group of Earthborn Decepticon Seekers, claim they're meddlers who altered history and expose their transwarp ship Axalon as a time vehicle. Primal admits it and gets into a fight with Optimus.
Scourge kills Cheetor in battle and harvests his advanced technology gaining a dragon mode, then he raises the old base of the Primes and in a final battle he kills Optimus, this act releases Megatronus, elsewhere in the desert base the Prime matrix sends signals to Sentinel Prime on the moon and Megatron at Hoover Dam reactivating both setting up a sequel, Primal and the surviving Autobots and Maximals flee the scene. A teaser shows Starscream and the Nemesis in deep space setting a course for Earth, he tells Barricade not to crash it.

Edit: It's no spoiler, just me going nuts, there's literally nothing revealed of the plot or characters.

 

[Superomegaprime]

It turns out Scourge is Optimus Prime's father.

I presume Battletrap is his lost twin brother?

 

[Steevy Maximus]

The image shows spoilers that would totally ruin the movie-going experience of anyone who even briefly glanced in it's direction.

Unless I'm mistaken and there was a back of box image...that EXACT sequence is featured heavily the existing trailer for the film. More likely, Hasbro contracted someone for the "world exclusive REVEAL" for that.

But good thing retail remains backed up with Starscream (and to a far lesser extent, Sludge) so nobody accidentally sees this at retail.

 

[Lobjob]

I ordered Studio Series Airazor and Cheetor off Amazon, and despite the muted colors; they are beautiful.

Unfortunately my cheetor came with two right shins, so if anyone happens to get two left shins we can fix two cheetors, if willing.

 

[PrimalxConvoy]

I ordered Studio Series Airazor and Cheetor off Amazon, and despite the muted colors; they are beautiful.

Unfortunately my cheetor came with two right shins, so if anyone happens to get two left shins we can fix two cheetors, if willing.

Send it back for a replacement?

 

[Lobjob]

In robot mode he locks together perfectly, but his back thigh just doesn't close entirely in cat mode. The hassle of getting it replaced isn't something I'm going to bother with, but if anybody buys his mirror twin, i got you.

 

[PrimalxConvoy]

In robot mode he locks together perfectly, but his back thigh just doesn't close entirely in cat mode. The hassle of getting it replaced isn't something I'm going to bother with, but if anybody buys his mirror twin, i got you.

Hassle? Amazon Japan (for us over here) will pick it up from our house or we can send it back to them for free via a convenience store post service.

I think Amazon (US?) it's just as helpful, right?

All you have to do is use the Amazon website, contact customer service via a form online, print out a return address (once the return/refund is accepted), tape up the box and return it. Amazon will pay for the shipping.

It's probably less hassle than looking for another person you don't know or trust at a TF message board and trying to swap faulty pieces after messaging them and going through the hassle of sending each other the parts (which reminds me of the image below)

Anyway, here's how to return your item via Amazon:

- Amazon Returned Items Guide

 

[Dake]

Yeah, Amazon returns are just about the simplest thing to do these days.

 

[PrimalxConvoy]

Oh my...

 

[Soundwave2.0]

Have the test screening had positive feedback and reviews ?

 

[Steevy Maximus]

Oh my...

 

[Glitch]

Just got Airazor today, nice fig, very masculine. Now I'll just wait for the admission they watched the Japanese dub of Beast Wars first.

Seriously, it's a good update and trumps the original transmetal Airazor but I am very interested in the other one.

 

[The Phazer]

Arcee isn't bad in hand. The main thing that detracts is given how many paint apps are applied they're quite messy in places.

Edit: Just to elaborate a bit more on this, I think the big issue with how she looks is that because there are only three sprues used on the entire toy that a lot of paint has had to be used on the white sections, but because of the nature of the bodywork there are a lot of areas where that red paint should lap around on to the side of a part and it looks unfinished that they don't. But we know Hasbro's factories charge them more for doing that, so it's been skipped. Add to that that the paint apps aren't especially cleanly applied at the edges, and she just looks unfinished. If I have some time I might try and paint her myself, and I suspect it will improve the toy a lot.