i don’t see the point about getting worked up over wave filler TBH.
People like to whine and complain about things. It's what we do, we're never satisfied.
Anyway, I preordered everyone that I wanted from Hasbro Pulse. Yay me!
What a wild time we live in that a previously convention-exclusive design is 'wave-filler'.
Whatever happened to "this is a different version of that character, and thus can have slightly different proportions of his standard three colours"? I think Motormaster looks great. As for the new core rock guy, they could have picked any colour and they picked one not very different from the first go, kindof disappointing. I wish all these 'izers were released in more colourways.
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TBH this says more about the exclusives than the current toyline.
I've always been a little surprise that no connection has been drawn between the two.
Then again, comics Hot Rod was purple, so...
Hmm… While the mold choices might not be stellar, I mainly want these for the characters. Xaaron also technically gives us a Primus figure too. Since he uses Xaaron as he avatar for a bit.
You know, til Unicron eat him.
You're misremembering...
I'm not really surprised, at this point. Hasbro is treating their whole business like a game of limbo at this point.
Somehow, it always comes down to feet.
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My favorite of these will always be Cybertron Downshift because he was a toy-only complete redesign of the Energon character that only retained the head from the previous look... and the Lancia Stratos front end feet, which someone decided were really important to the character.
I'd love to see his take on a Transformers film, lol! It would probably have a lot of dialogue, very little transforming, and would feature a scene in which Jazz and Blaster argue over the best music from the 70s.
What it comes down to for me, is that the whole thing with Animated Motormaster is that he aesthetically stupid looking, with a mismatching head and body. It looks like someone grabbed one of the headshots from the Almanacs and then just stuck it on a random body and called it a day. Nothing about the head feels like it actually belongs on that body; when the body is entirealy Black and Purple, and the head has a random gray box around it. There is no logical design cohesion between the body and the head.
Please do not take this as an insult to those who do like Animated, but I have just never liked the Motormaster design because I hate Animated aesthetics. The only animated toy I still have in my possession is a heavily customized Arcee figure that I turned into a new character with Prime Airrachnid's head.
That being said, I can respect what they were trying to do with him. They were trying to give him this big, bulky persona of a wrestler (which I despise wrestling as well so that's another negative against him) which I think they did a decent job with back with the original BotCon design. Hasbro was just trying to stay faithful to that original design, which even if you question the aesthetics, I think they did a good job of.
That being said, I can respect what they were trying to do with him. They were trying to give him this big, bulky persona of a wrestler (which I despise wrestling as well so that's another negative against him) which I think they did a decent job with back with the original BotCon design. Hasbro was just trying to stay faithful to that original design, which even if you question the aesthetics, I think they did a good job of.
The box kinda makes me think of Scott Steiner's chainmail hood. Wrong wrestler (and Steiner's a dick), but I can at least sorta make a connection.
Still not buying it because I don't care about the character, though.
Still not buying it because I don't care about the character, though.
I liked the design style at the time and thought it was a refreshing playful take on the usual G1 designs, and the epic cartoon series really helped make me enjoy the characters more. I ended up getting almost every toy in the line. However, this Motormaster is just not for me.
Animated Motormaster being Macho Man lets him stand alongside POTP Rodimus Unicronus Evil Lemmy. But i’m with on probably not buying it. Neat figure.
Bound by the original design sure, but bolting an MM box head onto Animated Prime looks odd. If he didn’t have the box hesd, he’d actually look better.
Of the Legacy Animated figures, i have both Prowl and Prime, undecided on Bee. The onky og Animacted figure I own is the Takara version of Hot Rod/Rodimus, because the metallic paint deco is beautiful.
Bound by the original design sure, but bolting an MM box head onto Animated Prime looks odd. If he didn’t have the box hesd, he’d actually look better.
Of the Legacy Animated figures, i have both Prowl and Prime, undecided on Bee. The onky og Animacted figure I own is the Takara version of Hot Rod/Rodimus, because the metallic paint deco is beautiful.
Also, Jazz would (as in Alternators) go by his Japanese name of Meister, because it is cool. And Japanese.
I have a feeling the viewpoint character would be someone typically viewed as minor like Daytrader or Transit, though. Watching them navigate (or possibly actively avoid in Transit's case) the conflict on Earth to provide a different perspective on the usual story.
I don’t mind the Animated look. If I had infinite space and money sure, but it’s just too idiosyncratic. To save on space and costs, I had to draw the line somewhere and cut Animated, Movieverse and MP.
Prime got saved from the purge because there’s only like a handful on each side lol.
Prime got saved from the purge because there’s only like a handful on each side lol.
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Got everything I wanted preordered.
While I wish Slipstream had either gotten her own dedicated Fem Seeker mold or at least a new wings, torso, shoulders and lower arms/legs retool/remold. This is probably the best we're gonna get for a long time and it'll be the first version of her that I'll have in my collection. So, didn't feel I could pass on her.
Already have Metalhawk but the metallic grey paint really does make a good figure even better. Got him.
GoBots! Must haves for me. Hope we get more. Waiting in a Leader 1 Seeker and Cy-Kill Junkion repaint/retool.
Rocklord? I've gotten all of them so far. May as well finish the whole team.
Quake. Another must buy for me.
BUZZSAW!! and his accessory pack? Mine!
Emirate Xaaron and Autobot Flame. Also ordered.
While I wish Slipstream had either gotten her own dedicated Fem Seeker mold or at least a new wings, torso, shoulders and lower arms/legs retool/remold. This is probably the best we're gonna get for a long time and it'll be the first version of her that I'll have in my collection. So, didn't feel I could pass on her.
Already have Metalhawk but the metallic grey paint really does make a good figure even better. Got him.
GoBots! Must haves for me. Hope we get more. Waiting in a Leader 1 Seeker and Cy-Kill Junkion repaint/retool.
Rocklord? I've gotten all of them so far. May as well finish the whole team.
Quake. Another must buy for me.
BUZZSAW!! and his accessory pack? Mine!
Emirate Xaaron and Autobot Flame. Also ordered.
I just want to see more of Not Missing Link Prime.
Come on, Mark. Show us how it looks with various trailers attached,
Come on, Mark. Show us how it looks with various trailers attached,