There's no way Star Convoy's only 7.5 inches tall
Transformers: Age of the Primes toyline discussion || update: Wave 1 Box Art
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It was a bit surprising to me simply because we just got the mold in the Toxitron set which omitted him. Given general “cost concerns”, it would NOT have surprised me if Hasbro had opted not to include Wheelie.Grimlock's original releases included Wheelie, so it's no shock a repaint would too.
Also they're doing Grimlock again because people like G2 repaints. This ain't a hard nut to crack, chief
But let’s be honest here:
G2 Grimlock is being done because he’s a popular character in a simple alteration in a higher margin segment with high sales potential. I don’t feel out of line saying that more effort probably went into the glorified accessory Wheelie than in the complex leader-class figure
I almost wonder if the decision to release him in a mass retail assortment (instead of Selects where his “wave mates” are scheduled to be done) didn’t come about due to some of the “pullbacks” Hasbro has been doing with the brand this past year (more package refreshes and fewer new products or waves per year).
Star Convoy looks amazing still. My onky real nitpick is the ‘base’ mode. I know it’s on og Star Convoy thing, and that they look like they tried valiantly to make it not just ‘exploded Prime doing the splits’. I guess I’d have just preferred they put that budget into something else, since the whole ‘Micromaster style interaction’ just isn’t’t A thing at the moment. Shame we didn’t get a Trailer unit instead. Though getting Micro Hot Rod And a Micro Trailer is pretty cool. Also, I kinda like his Matrix Blade and the inclusion of the Zodiac.
Still not a fan of Optimus being the Thirteenth Prime, but ah well.
Red Alert looks great and will go nicely with Prime and Hot Shot to complete my Armada game trio. However, now Hasbro REALLY needs to crank out a Mini Con boxset or something to give all these bots and cons their partners.
Prima and The Fallen are instant buys. Solus looks pretty good, but I’m on the fence for now. And while I’m actually really liking the Aerialbots (I do like Silverbolt booster pack use of the Combiner kibble), I’m a little cautious of them, because i’m kindof expecting an eventual redeco(ish) boxset like Menasor.
Still not a fan of Optimus being the Thirteenth Prime, but ah well.
Red Alert looks great and will go nicely with Prime and Hot Shot to complete my Armada game trio.
However, now Hasbro REALLY needs to crank out a Mini Con boxset or something to give all these bots and cons their partners.Prima and The Fallen are instant buys. Solus looks pretty good, but I’m on the fence for now. And while I’m actually really liking the Aerialbots (I do like Silverbolt booster pack use of the Combiner kibble), I’m a little cautious of them, because i’m kindof expecting an eventual redeco(ish) boxset like Menasor.
Regarding the argument that Star Convoy's micromaster play features seem out of sync with what's being released in the line:
The line is about the Thirteen Primes and "their descendants". Micronus is one of the Thirteen Primes. It stands to reason that more micro Transformers might be coming down the pipeline in the near future in some form....
The line is about the Thirteen Primes and "their descendants". Micronus is one of the Thirteen Primes. It stands to reason that more micro Transformers might be coming down the pipeline in the near future in some form....
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It's just fun. This is Optimus Prime's ultimate form. It's fun that Roller didn't get left out of the big upgrade. It's fun that the trailer is still usable despite turning into legs now. I've never bought any additional Micromasters to go with my reissue Star Convoy but it's still fun.
Fair point. It is fun in the goofy way every ‘base’ mode is. Star Convoy is going to look damn good next to Victory Saber.
Maybe new MiniCons and newer Micromasters could be rolled in together.
Maybe new MiniCons and newer Micromasters could be rolled in together.
It's obvious Hasbro is aiming this Star Optimus release at people who have been at this long enough to have already bought and still own the Siege toys.
Dude's clearly Armada Unicron-sized, at least!
I hate the "Optimus is the Thirteenth" thing, but if they're going to do it then using his canonically ultimate form from G1 as his "Original Thirteenth" form is spot on.
I have no specific qualms with the design, but… it’s okay to redesign things. Classics revamped lots of character visuals, while still being reconcilable as those characters. I love the G1 Star Convoy aesthetic, but I would hope for at least a slight stylistic update for a Generations version.
We already got that from the Takara Selects version.
Meh, if they're going for Star Convoy go for Star Convoy. For every Classics Optimus that reinvented a design in a good way you have stuff like RtS Perceptor that falls flat. As someone who lived through the Classics, Universe 2.0, RtS, and T30 years... sometimes you just need to hit the nail on the head, ya know?
I think this goes to show you that whatever we fans think we know about how these are budgeted, we don't know anything except what we're told.
We think we know because of the Toxitron capsule but there could be any number of factors we're just not aware of re: why Wheelie is included here and wasn't there.
I think you may be overthinking things a tad.
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Rodimus looks to be between core and the smallest deluxes of late. He threw me off when I saw what he looked like in the official pics in that he resembles a much smaller figure. This is yet another adherence that is annoying but fortunately I can replace that figure with the Kingdoms and Legacy one.
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Something just hit with Star Convoy the moment I saw him that just "hit" better as the big upgrade to G1 Prime. Like I love Powermaster, don't get me wrong, but Star Convoy just hits the marks more on what I imagine "Optimus Prime but better than ever". Maybe it's the sweeping lines and more prominent attenae. Maybe even just having those gentle baby blue eyes. Either way, I'm such an easy mark for Star Convoy.
It's the Brave-adjacent aesthetic. The early 90s were the peak of super robot design.
Agreed.
Hehe. Thinking of Selects Super/Ultra Megs going up against this Star Convoy is very funny. Actually, a new Titan class Super/Ultra Megs designed with modular parts so you can have one or the other could (hypothetically) be an awesome figure to go up against this guy. You know, when he isn’t fighting bigger guys like Scorpy/Black Zarak or any other Titan.
My hopes if they do get to Grandus and Sky Garry. Dai Atlas and his squad. But mostly, a new take on New Rodimus. So he can go from Micro to bulk again.
SS86 Grimlock with Wheelie was a retail-budgeted release. Toxitron Grimlock with swords was an exclusive-budgeted release. AotP Grimlock is a retail release, so it uses the retail-budgeted version. I think it's really just that simple.
We can speculate all we want about how much each accessory is worth, but like LordGigaIce pointed out, we really don't know how it works. I doubt they can just swap stuff around, or especially mix and match, as simply as we'd like to believe they could.
We can speculate all we want about how much each accessory is worth, but like LordGigaIce pointed out, we really don't know how it works. I doubt they can just swap stuff around, or especially mix and match, as simply as we'd like to believe they could.
If anything I'm kinda miffed they're wasting a great deco on that static Wheelie accessory
Liege Maximo's feet in the Age of the Primes image look suspiciously similar to the Skullitron/Steelbane/Crimson Flame mold. Hopefully not, I can't say I'd be particularly happy with a deluxe. I wasn't expecting G2 comics eldritch-horror-huge, but not small.
Maybe he shares parts with some currently unrevealed Studio Series Voyager or Leader class Guardian Knight? Or it's just the artist pulling random stuff to cobble together placeholder art? I dunno, I was just really hoping for a Liege Maximo with shelf presence.
Maybe he shares parts with some currently unrevealed Studio Series Voyager or Leader class Guardian Knight? Or it's just the artist pulling random stuff to cobble together placeholder art? I dunno, I was just really hoping for a Liege Maximo with shelf presence.