Either way, the head will be the dumb old -timey TV antennae head instead of the 100% superior toy head
I think the transclear weapons are the line gimmick outside of the OR code thing they got going on
The QR Code bios are the Packaging Gimmick, like the black-light codes, the puzzle map, and the peel cards in WFC.
The mix-and-match combinable Energon Weapons are the unifying Toyline Gimmick.
And The Multiversal Portal(s?) is what is passing for the Toyline Concept.
-ZacWilliam, they're a bit scattered conceptually, but if we ever get a stronger statement of the last one it could unify them all.
The mix-and-match combinable Energon Weapons are the unifying Toyline Gimmick.
And The Multiversal Portal(s?) is what is passing for the Toyline Concept.
-ZacWilliam, they're a bit scattered conceptually, but if we ever get a stronger statement of the last one it could unify them all.
I am forever grateful that RID 2015 did some pretty fun things to shake up the Stunticons' personalities, with Honeymooners Dragstrip and Wildbreak, snooty upper class Slashmark, and scary mob boss Motormaster.
Heetseeker, sadly, was less interesting. Seen one weapon-obsessed boisterous brute, seen them all.
I had been operating under the assumption that the "Iguanus" listing was definitely going to be Beast Wars Iguanus for a whole variety of reasons. The original Pretender Iguanus was one of my go-to toys as a kid, so I was totally down for a new version of him, it just didn't seem likely.
Damned if that isn't Pretender Iguanus on the poster, though.
Damned if that isn't Pretender Iguanus on the poster, though.
I just like Menasor. I can't pinpoint any particular reason for it. I love his stupid rectangle of a toy. I love his stupid cartoon design with the stupid generic arms.
once you buy the toy, you can do with it what you want. want dragstrip to be female? make it female and name her fluffy mcsexy or something! your toy, your world, your rules!
My quick thoughts on these reveals:
- Laser Optimus Prime looks cool, but I'm more looking forward to the potential repaints/reuses of RID Scourge/Black Convoy, Laser Magnus, and Toxitron!
- Dragstrip looks absolutely fantastic! Can't wait to see the rest of the team. I really hope we get more combiners later down the line, but I want them to make other combiners like Rail Racer, a proper Liokaiser, Magnaboss, Landfill, Road Caesar, Dinoking and Monstructor to name a few, before they dive back into remaking the teams that we already got in Combiner Wars or Power of the Primes.
- Arcee looks okay. Like Laser Optimus, I'm more excited for a potential Flamewar redeco or hell an Energon Arcee repaint!
- Kickback looks nice. I'll happily add him to my existing Insecticon hive/horde. I'm really hoping Hasbro finally gives us some proper updates to the Deluxe Insecticons this time around.
- Bulkhead is a nice looking toy, not perfect, but I'll take it. Wish he were a bit stockier/shorter. Other than that, he's pretty much Bulkhead and Movie Hound as seen through the lens of G1.
- Skids is not that great, but will probably be way more fun than the old Generations toy. That toy is a PITA and I'll be more than happy to "replace" him with this version for now.
And here we have it, the heart of the matter straight from Mark Maher himself:
"I mean, Transformers, we have such rich history. It's like forty years of just characters from all different, like, universes. I mean, the style and design aesthetics of each universe has its own feel and look. So, you know, early on, John Warden put the seeds in the ground for this and, uh, our design director, Michelino, actually really took the team together and was was like, 'We need something fresh and new for Generations.' So we're taking all of these characters from all of these different continuities, and we're trying to, like, almost like, place them into a universe of their own, which is basically Legacy. And, of course having, like, a heavy G1 influence because, you know, I love G1, so."
"I mean, Transformers, we have such rich history. It's like forty years of just characters from all different, like, universes. I mean, the style and design aesthetics of each universe has its own feel and look. So, you know, early on, John Warden put the seeds in the ground for this and, uh, our design director, Michelino, actually really took the team together and was was like, 'We need something fresh and new for Generations.' So we're taking all of these characters from all of these different continuities, and we're trying to, like, almost like, place them into a universe of their own, which is basically Legacy. And, of course having, like, a heavy G1 influence because, you know, I love G1, so."
It’s bullshit that (for example) G1 Shockwave gets to be noseless and grandfathered into the G1 aesthetic because “that’s how he looked before!” but the same courtesy is not extended to the Prime characters.
The body construction is definitely enough. No nose isn’t suddenly going to make them too jarring to fit in. Just like adding a nose to the old Prime molds wouldn’t make them Generations style either.
These are robots so a little bit of style differential is ok.
The body construction is definitely enough. No nose isn’t suddenly going to make them too jarring to fit in. Just like adding a nose to the old Prime molds wouldn’t make them Generations style either.
These are robots so a little bit of style differential is ok.
Cherry picking the guy who doesn't even have a face for your comparison feels a little unfair.
Wait, what pic?
I keep seeing this sentiment, but I never had the original mold. What makes this worse?
When, oh when will Transformers start including swappable heads like other toys?
This “poster image” that will adorn the opposite side of the packaging.
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That is the one diorama of Hasbro's that I just don't like.
So I have Dragstrip, G2 Optimus, and Skids on Pre-order from Pulse. I have Kickback on Pre-order from BBTS as he was sold out on Pulse way too quickly.
The only one I Pre-Ordered was Kickback. Because as an army builder he might be hard to get. Otherwise wave 1 of a new line tend to be super easy to get for a long time and none of them are guys that are gonna break my heart to miss.
-ZacWilliam, I have good toys of Skids and Drag Strip even if i'm interested in these.
-ZacWilliam, I have good toys of Skids and Drag Strip even if i'm interested in these.