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I can't see myself really biting for either of those two, but maybe some others, even assuming that only repaints are on the table. Purple Soundwave? Galvatron II? Magenta Hot Rod? Red helmed Ratchet? Much more interesting. It is genuinely weird that half the Shockwave toy isn't included...

TF toys are far too expensive nowadays at this point for random heads glued on a body that doesn't really resemble them. Easy pass. Don't really care for the rock copter either, wish that neat transformation had been used on a more traditional design.

TBF they basically have, they're just calling one SS86 for now.

I wonder if Bluebolts can still form his individual "shotgun" modes. Lol that the sword is just as unable to support it's own weight as the original.

As expected character wise. To be fair they have done quite a good job of one of my favourite ever designs, but I still am not sure if I really feel the need to own this. A few minor things it does better. But likewise a few things are worse (all the headsculpts are off). It must also be said...

Woof, gamer series Sideswipe might actually be worse than the last one, and that was *dire*.

I think any suggestion that Optimus was off the table for a Haslab was just a working assumption by the team that if they wanted to do an Optimus they'd just put in him the main line rather than Haslab, but I can see how a RID Prime/Magnus back would be unlikely to fit inside retail price points...

We've been told by specialist retailers like Kapow Toys that Hasbro UK are soliciting heavily discounted Nemesis to UK retailers right now for what it's worth.

Omega Prime seems to fit the clues so far. And I think is a pretty bad idea to the extent I'd be a bit concerned it wouldn't get funded. Hasbro aren't capable of making an Omega Prime as good as the original toy, so it's very hard to see what the appeal would be.

Stick a new head on that Sunstreaker and you've got a nice new Speedia resident. The wheels even kinda fit.

Kapow are roughly the UK equivalent of BBTS for non-UKers. They were the retailer for Haslab Unicron in Europe since Pulse didn't exist at the time, so this is a non-trivial thing. But I can't blame them - nothing Transformers is selling at full price any more for any retailer because they will...

A toy with painted windows is broken inside the box.

Given we probably won't get another one for twenty years I'm so sad about what a mess that toy is. Ugly painted windows and pram wheels 30% too big for the chassis. The current design team has obviously just given up on alt modes.

I know it doesn't literally need it but the effect is to look like it does, and it looks jive.

Eh, I think him not needing the tail to stand up properly and being a weird third leg is an improvement tbh.

SS Magnus is just night and day better than the Earthrise one in person. You wouldn't regret it at all. Motormaster is fine but honestly you're not going to get the best out of it without chasing down the other three Stunticons.

Ratchet. Ratchet is lovely, and is going to be a pain in the ass to get six months from now, and none of the others will.

Didn't stop them releasing Studio Series Soundwave or, well, the other Studio Series Soundwave.

I remain a bit grumpy about Hasbro UK once again completely cocking up delivery logistics.

Volumes 3 & 4 have just arrived for me, and include another (very much dropped and couldn't have fit with the actual ending they went with) idea that I remember from TMUK too, so it's interesting how more of this stuff was percolating in Roberts' brain at the time.