I have the original. I don't mind weird, but I hope this one's a little easier to transform. I rarely transformed him before as a result.
Blanker eh? Should've just went full Headmasters.
Crankcase, can't say I care about him, unless I ever want to do a Scavengers team.
Dead End, yup that looks like Dead End.
Skullgrin looks a bit weird, like he's wearing bits of his pretender shell on top of his robot mode? But I kinda dig it, a second head would do wonders though. I wonder why they made him deluxe, I thought Iguanus next to my Prime Masters was going to bug me.
Here we go, Transmetal 2 Megatron! Uh... From Prime universe? Seriously Hasbro? Anyway he looks tall and imposing on the slide photo. His face does look off, but remember it turned grey when he got that form it was no longer the grape purple, or is there something else I'm not seeing? I wish it wasn't the usual sneering/growl face.
Alpha Trion/Orion Pax two pack, looks good I've wanted Trion from Scourge for a long time but I don't know if I want that for $66.
Crankcase, can't say I care about him, unless I ever want to do a Scavengers team.
Dead End, yup that looks like Dead End.
Skullgrin looks a bit weird, like he's wearing bits of his pretender shell on top of his robot mode? But I kinda dig it, a second head would do wonders though. I wonder why they made him deluxe, I thought Iguanus next to my Prime Masters was going to bug me.
Here we go, Transmetal 2 Megatron! Uh... From Prime universe? Seriously Hasbro? Anyway he looks tall and imposing on the slide photo. His face does look off, but remember it turned grey when he got that form it was no longer the grape purple, or is there something else I'm not seeing? I wish it wasn't the usual sneering/growl face.
Alpha Trion/Orion Pax two pack, looks good I've wanted Trion from Scourge for a long time but I don't know if I want that for $66.
Perhaps it's a hint that this guy will be retooled into Prime Universe Predaking? 8D /hopium
More likely somebody at Hasbro hit ctrl+f “predaconlogo.png” and inserted the first search result
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Feels more like "This is a Predacon whose a Dragon, this will be a cute wink.." to me.
-ZacWilliam, too on the nose to feel like a mistake.
-ZacWilliam, too on the nose to feel like a mistake.
Megatron looks... okay? He just seems to be lacking in presence a bit, and the dragon has a very awkward transition from it's shoulders to it's neck. But otherwise it seems fine. It helps that the original toy is really not very good, trapped between a dozen half finished gimmicks as it was.
Pointblank worries me. The legs are very hollow, they've just completely screwed up his waist and the boxy chest section suggests his alt mode is going to be as much of a mess as Override's. Pointblank has by far the best design of the Autobot targetmasters and it's a shame to see such a halfassed effort.
I really do despair at showing off a non-entity like Crankcase without his guns, surely the only interesting thing about Crankcase. But as far as a Skids retool goes it looks fine?
I am also a bit worried that I cannot see any clear sections for Dead End's windows. Apart from that he's serviceable, but the toes etc don't look brilliant.
Skullgrin... just what are they trying to do here? They said that this is the format for Pretenders from now on, but you literally did Iguanus differently in the previous wave and... this direction isn't very good? The OG Pretenders are generally pretty wretched robot designs, and keeping 85% of that and then grafting on a bad monster head just makes him look like someone wearing a bulky cosplay outfit. He has none of the imposingness of the pretender shell, but also can't function as an inner robot. It just doesn't work. And the alt mode might be even worse and lower effort than the G1 toy, and that's saying something. The Pretenders are hard to do well, but this isn't it.
I'm really worried about the drift with Legacy in general. Everything feels like the cost cutting has become too significant for the line to be sustainable in doing what it's trying to do, and it's just a disinterested coast of stuff that you shrug at and think "well, I guess it could be worse" but none of it is good.
On a slightly more positive note, the Trion/Orion two pack looks pretty great. Just enough remolding to really sell what they're going for, and we've needed a decent Alpha Trion for decades.
Pointblank worries me. The legs are very hollow, they've just completely screwed up his waist and the boxy chest section suggests his alt mode is going to be as much of a mess as Override's. Pointblank has by far the best design of the Autobot targetmasters and it's a shame to see such a halfassed effort.
I really do despair at showing off a non-entity like Crankcase without his guns, surely the only interesting thing about Crankcase. But as far as a Skids retool goes it looks fine?
I am also a bit worried that I cannot see any clear sections for Dead End's windows. Apart from that he's serviceable, but the toes etc don't look brilliant.
Skullgrin... just what are they trying to do here? They said that this is the format for Pretenders from now on, but you literally did Iguanus differently in the previous wave and... this direction isn't very good? The OG Pretenders are generally pretty wretched robot designs, and keeping 85% of that and then grafting on a bad monster head just makes him look like someone wearing a bulky cosplay outfit. He has none of the imposingness of the pretender shell, but also can't function as an inner robot. It just doesn't work. And the alt mode might be even worse and lower effort than the G1 toy, and that's saying something. The Pretenders are hard to do well, but this isn't it.
I'm really worried about the drift with Legacy in general. Everything feels like the cost cutting has become too significant for the line to be sustainable in doing what it's trying to do, and it's just a disinterested coast of stuff that you shrug at and think "well, I guess it could be worse" but none of it is good.
On a slightly more positive note, the Trion/Orion two pack looks pretty great. Just enough remolding to really sell what they're going for, and we've needed a decent Alpha Trion for decades.
You mentioning it is the first time that I actually realized that Skullgrin IS a deluxe, not core. I still like the design, but now I wish Iguanus had been a deluxe. It does always bother me when "team members" are the wrong scale in regards to each other.
The Alpha Trion/Orion pack is a get for me.
Blanker too, although I wonder what kind of "captive battle master" shenanigans we'll have to put up with this time to get Peacemaker.
Skullgrin is a likely pass, at least for now. The execution on this is not as good as with Iguanus; more of the shell would have been better for both modes (a non-boxy bone-spike laden tank would be great).
Dragonmegs looks pretty solid, but I agree that he lacks a bit of oomph. Still, well executed overall. If they make a Cryotek, I'm likely to get that instead of the red.
Crankcase I'm kind of baffled by, especially the execution on that chest. Might get, but after the others.
Blanker too, although I wonder what kind of "captive battle master" shenanigans we'll have to put up with this time to get Peacemaker.
Skullgrin is a likely pass, at least for now. The execution on this is not as good as with Iguanus; more of the shell would have been better for both modes (a non-boxy bone-spike laden tank would be great).
Dragonmegs looks pretty solid, but I agree that he lacks a bit of oomph. Still, well executed overall. If they make a Cryotek, I'm likely to get that instead of the red.
Crankcase I'm kind of baffled by, especially the execution on that chest. Might get, but after the others.
I'm in for Pointblank and Dead End. I'm used to buying the occasional Nonnef upgrade, and I imagine one will be coming eventually for Pointblank. (Also, "Blanker"? Did they lose the rights to "Autobot Pointblank"? The name "Blanker" makes him sound like he's the Autobot who's always swearing.)
Crankcase is pretty likely, too. I've always liked the Scavengers.
Megatron and Inferno, I'm holding off judgment until I see them in store. About 75-80 percent sure I'll snap 'em up.
Same for Skullgrin. . .I actually kind of like this robot mode. Holding off any hate until I see an alt-mode.
Crankcase is pretty likely, too. I've always liked the Scavengers.
Megatron and Inferno, I'm holding off judgment until I see them in store. About 75-80 percent sure I'll snap 'em up.
Same for Skullgrin. . .I actually kind of like this robot mode. Holding off any hate until I see an alt-mode.
I always thought original TM2 Megs was pretty rad
my main problems with it were
1. dragon neck is a bit unwieldy
2. the show model had a more organic design which made the toy even more inaccurate than just having a typical beast wars scowling toy head(which this still has but even more so?)
and having seen Skullgrin's alt mode
oof, that's just a rectangle with a turret, isn't it? shame cause I really like the robot mode myself
my main problems with it were
1. dragon neck is a bit unwieldy
2. the show model had a more organic design which made the toy even more inaccurate than just having a typical beast wars scowling toy head(which this still has but even more so?)
and having seen Skullgrin's alt mode
oof, that's just a rectangle with a turret, isn't it? shame cause I really like the robot mode myself
I think it's amusing that we went from the huge pelvis of G1 Pointblank to....whatever that is on Legacy Blanker. Other than that, it seems like a solid update, and having had the original as a kid, I'm definitely in for the new one.
That Skullgrin alt-mode, though....yikes.
Plus the whole "robot mode" only reveal at the presentation itself...Hasbro's just asking for the leakers to eat their lunch, aren't they?
That Skullgrin alt-mode, though....yikes.
Plus the whole "robot mode" only reveal at the presentation itself...Hasbro's just asking for the leakers to eat their lunch, aren't they?
Hmm...yeah, that is a disappointing hover tank. I'm still a big fan of the robot mode, but I think that they somehow managed to make his altmode a DOWNGRADE from the original pretender inner robot. Not an easy task!
it's the front legs that really ruin it
just sticking out there barely transformed
just sticking out there barely transformed
Yes, if they had made some effort in the toes turning into some form of cockpit it would have sold it a lot better.
Agreed. The original was the classic "robot folds in half and stick on accessories" pretender transformation, but the end result was actually a fairly interesting looking sci-fi combat vehicle::
I feel like just some additional molded tank-looking bits on the side of the legs would have helped this new one. It wouldn't have detracted from the robot mode any and would have helped the alt mode not just look like a pair of tucked-up legs.
20 steps to lie down?
Hey man. He's 4 million years old. I'm barely over 40 and it takes me a good 15 steps to lay down.
From what I've heard the Skullgrin image is a box left on the stand somewhere, so so far of the nine toys (including AT/OP), Hasbro have shown off the alt modes and accessories of six of them themselves. Leakers don't even need to bother.
I'll be honestly surprised if we don't see images of the others today just by sheer right hand not knowing what the left is doing.