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HasLab Reveal 2/7/2025
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There are only two 3P Liokaisers as far as I know- TFC's version and Iron Factory's.
TFC's works the legs, thighs, and feet into the individual robots with only the hands being extra pieces... but overall the set is trash. I owned it, I know.
Iron Factory's has even more faux combiner parts than Hasbro's offering.
Iron Factory Killbison:
I'm half surprised there isn't a "tank mode" included in that, since they removed all the other elements of the toy.
For areas that don't have Hasbro Pulse, select retailers will be listing Liokaiser on Monday. For the first time, even Brazil is listing this.
They consistently mispronounce Liokaiser's name as "Leokaiser".
Each individual bot is roughly 5.5 inches tall.
The terms they're using are "Chest Animal" and "Chestforce". For obvious reasons. "That's how we got away with that."
The decos in the renders are not final. They want to be animation accurate and there might be a deco update later.
The original Liokaiser had very little combiner kibble, so they wanted to recreate that as closely as possible. The only thing they had to add to make the combiner was the pelivs piece, everything else is completely built in and integrated into the individual figures, including the combiner head, which was a kibble piece on the original toy but is now completely stored inside Leozack. The hands are all stored inside Guyhawk, "Ellbat", and Deathcobra.
They HAD to call him "Ellbat". So, everybody just play it cool. If you say it real fast, it sounds like how it's supposed to sound. "It's in canon, now, he's British." The pose in the render is a reference to his hypnosis ability from the animation.
"Jaruga". This one was a bit contentious on how to spell the name, just because of the fun translations of L to R in Japanese. They shifted things around here and there, but they settled on "Jaruga" because Evan is from the Kre-O team and that's what they did back when he was on the Kre-O team. (NOTE: The Kreon's name was actually spelled "Jarugar".)
He turns into a dune buggy, but they didn't think that sounded cool enough, so they instead called it an "off-road race car".
Evan snuck in the "meme pose" for Killbison's render and no one called him out on it. He means this:
One of the combiner feet is built into him. One of the things they learned from Combiner Wars Predaking was about how the combiner thighs were built into them and that made the bots really chunky, so that's kind of the reason they made the separate pelvis piece.
They're really confident about hitting the 10,000 backers for this set since the previous HasLab hit a whopping 27,000 backers (seemingly ignoring the facts that the last HasLab was both an Optimus Prime toy and based on one that actually appeared on American television).
They were insistent about doing Deathcobra. In addition to making him a spare arm for the combiner, they considered going the Seacon route by making him a blaster for the combiner, but because he's so heavy they decided to make him a shoulder cannon instead. In arm mode, the helicopter blades can act as a shield, taking inspiration from other Japanese anime shows that Evan is a fan of (he doesn't specify which but acts like if you know, you know).
The electromagnetic nunchaku were very difficult to turn into a toy since they can take any shape they want in the animation. They're actually using the Masterpiece Megatron chain piece to make it a combining element, so all the pieces can go together to form the long version. Six pieces included and can all combine together so you can make it as long as you want. They all store underneath the vehicle modes.
I don't always agree with their design choices or their rationales, but I truly appreciate this design team.
And that Iron Factory thing is hilariously bad.
And that Iron Factory thing is hilariously bad.
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I meant combiners in general. There are two unofficial Devastators coming out currently that have everything integrated. I think it’s a close enough comparison with the way the team is six members with two forming the torso.
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You either die a hero or live to see etc.
I was thinking of the "Fell Beast" sense, but that's interesting.
It's a real shame. I can't imagine there were no improvements that could've been feasibly made on a CW style combination with the torso bots going up TWO price points. But despite that sizeable upgrade, we went from "connect five bots together add fists and feet" to "connect five bots to like 60% of the actual combiner body".
He's stolen Cy-Kill's wheels-on-shoulders look! How about Renegade? Or Mega-Kill?
Sorry, but nobody's started a Timelines or Hearts of Steel thread yet and the convo's already here?
More on-topic, though, the pants thing is frustrating, but I'm not sure I'd be displaying these guys as Liokaiser anyway? Also, put me in as someone who would support an extra Clipper unlock!
Can bring the discussion about the Timelines packs to this thread now.
So, uh. Three hundred bucks, you say.
There's definitely enough things wrong with that set that makes the already high $300 price tag especially galling. I'm considering canceling my order to be honest, now that my hype has died down a bit.
Well, that's one way to avoid happy hollowness.
I'm not helping my own cause here, but that is actually an improvement over the original design.
Why are you shitting on Liokaiser’s patented 360 degree security system? It’s works so well that Star Saber’s still paying royalties for using it despite being on the opposing faction.
Looks like there are hinges on the panel sticking up though. Might be possible to close it over the face
Looks like there are hinges on the panel sticking up though. Might be possible to close it over the face
I think that's his breast partner.