Transformers Legacy toyline

[Cybersnark]

Mainly the Buzzsaws, Torpedoes, and Cyclones; the ones that transform into inanimate objects (and which appear to be nigh-invulnerable when transformed).

The Weaponizers and Activators are more similar to the classic Armada-style Minicons, so I don't feel any real need to justify them (though some of the Weaponizers could easily be more advanced versions of Ferak's little pets --as could the melee-based Battle Masters like Lionizer, Smashdown, or Pteraxadon).

 

[CoffeeHorse]

Transformers Legacy United Animated Optimus Prime Behind the Scenes

We had a bunch of reveals at Pulsecon and you know what that means. Mark Maher is sharing

www.allspark.com

 

[ZacDeath]

I was really hyped up for this wave, but after seeing pictures I am disappointed in all of these. I was hoping for a better beast mode for Tigerhawk, but this one looks just as awkward as the original. The hawk feet are also missing the back toes which looks strange.

 

[CoffeeHorse]

I'm not an Animated fan. I'm someone who still just can't get into the aesthetic. The designs are brilliant. The transformations have as much personality as the two (or three) modes. I'm impressed. I want to love them. I just can't get over the funhouse mirror filter. It's just too far. It's not even trying not to be too far. It embraces being too far. It's not for me.

This Optimus is for me. This is the best looking of the Animated redos so far. By a mile. It's not just an Animated head Frankenstein'd onto a blocky body. It's a blend, but a much more successful blend than Prowl. They just gave the design enough angles and straight lines to fit outside an Animated collection, without overthinking it, and without destroying the things that made me wish I could love the design in the first place.

 

[Dake]

See for me, the Prime still looks way too Animated to fit in with the Legacy aesthetic. And it kind of has to be, otherwise it'd mostly just be another Prime but without a face plate. It's not a bad thing; I honestly wish they'd done all the Animated updates like this vs the weird head on a G1'ish body.

That being said, I probably wouldn't buy those either because I still have my whole Animated collection. It'd be a nice chance for people that came along later to build one though.

 

[Sciflyer]

I liked the Animated show. I thought that some of the characters were well thought-out, and the actual stories were good. However, I really didn't warm up to the designs and as a result, did not seek out the toys. It's cool that they are referencing this period in TF history for the new line, but I am not in a hurry to buy updates of toys that I didn't like to begin with.

 

[CoffeeHorse]

It looks like Legacy to me. It's obviously not G1, but for me it's now on the same level as something like the Unicron Trilogy. It's still its own thing. It's a different direction. Just not a whole different universe. Divergent evolution vs an alien.

 

[Spin-Out]

i love the animated aesthetic to pieces but i totally admit the hybrid aesthetic legacy TFA prime is going for is kinda my ideal TF aesthetic. dynamic lines and proportions like animated, but with added details and a bit more anime-ish.

honestly, he kinda looks like what i think a TF cartoon done by studio trigger would look like.

 

[CoffeeHorse]

There is some speculation about this Prime at some point getting released as a Leader with armor pieces like the abandoned season 4 design. I don't know if they are planning on doing that, but if they decide to do it at some point, this thing does have ports in all the right places to make it easy.

 

[The Mighty Mollusk]

If that's what it takes to get a decent Powermaster, so be it.

 

[Superomegaprime]

I liked the Animated show. I thought that some of the characters were well thought-out, and the actual stories were good. However, I really didn't warm up to the designs and as a result, did not seek out the toys. It's cool that they are referencing this period in TF history for the new line, but I am not in a hurry to buy updates of toys that I didn't like to begin with.

Animated leader Megatron is a pretty cool figure, it was certainly the best of the Megatrons and still stands as the best leader class Megatron from before they seriously were focused on scale!

 

[CoffeeHorse]

It just occurred to me that not only do the feet have the necessary ports for super mode boots, but the weird new leg transformation places those ports right where the super bits would need a place to attach in vehicle mode.

 

[Superomegaprime]

It just occurred to me that not only do the feet have the necessary ports for super mode boots, but the weird new leg transformation places those ports right where the super bits would need a place to attach in vehicle mode.

Um, Animated OP never got a height boost, he got a pair of gloves to aid wielding the Magnus hammer and a jetpack with wings, that's it, animated went a different route compared to the previous Optimus prime toys and character

 

[Sabrblade]

Um, Animated OP never got a height boost, he got a pair of gloves to aid wielding the Magnus hammer and a jetpack with wings, that's it, animated went a different route compared to the previous Optimus prime toys and character

They're talking about the Season 4 design that never came about, not the Season 3 winged design.

This:

Not this:

 

[Andrusi]

There is some speculation about this Prime at some point getting released as a Leader with armor pieces like the abandoned season 4 design. I don't know if they are planning on doing that, but if they decide to do it at some point, this thing does have ports in all the right places to make it easy.

That sounds like the kind of "speculation" that amounts to "this would be cool, and since Hasbro has been doing unlikely-sounding things, every cool thing is probably happening."

 

[CoffeeHorse]

Could be. The port placement is pretty standard nowadays.

 

[Sabrblade]

I'm curious if there might be any potential backwards-compatibility with this figure and the upgrade parts that came with the Takara figure. Normally I wouldn't think so, but they made Commander class Armada Optimus backwards-compatible with the original Armada Overload, so who knows?

The gauntlets might be possible to fit onto the arms since they were just attached by 5mm pegs slotted into the fist holes. The winged backpack, however, is a bigger mystery.

 

[Superomegaprime]

I'm curious if there might be any potential backwards-compatibility with this figure and the upgrade parts that came with the Takara figure. Normally I wouldn't think so, but they made Commander class Armada Optimus backwards-compatible with the original Armada Overload, so who knows?

The gauntlets might be possible to fit onto the arms since they were just attached by 5mm pegs slotted into the fist holes. The winged backpack, however, is a bigger mystery.

The Gauntlets are a maybe but the wings, I doult it, because that connected on by OP's light bar and from what I can see, looking at the pictures, there doesn't appear to be a means to connect the wings to him, but then Hasbro & Takara might be planning to release a remold further down the line where OP comes with modern verisons of the upgrade and likely a alterative head where he has the face plate and likely a more shiny paint deco!

I do kind of hope with these animated style in legacy, they try and do Shockwave from animated, the original is still awesome to this day and it would present the desginers a challange as they got to do, two robot modes and two vehicle modes, all as one figure, animated Shockwave is one of my favourte figures from that line, he such a AWESOME figure and as Shockwave, he towers above pretty much every modern voyager class and leader figure, thou he shorter than commander class Jetfire, but then Jetfire is a big fella to start with, thou I would also like for Legacy to try their hand at a modern RID2001 Megatron/Galvatron, having all ten modes, as it stands, that is the figure with the most modes in a single figure and its a unbroken record for over twenty years now!!

 

[CoffeeHorse]

I think it's very unlikely that this was designed for backwards compatibility with a set Hasbro never released. At least Hasbro released an Overload.

As for how a new set of wings would attach, the light bar does have a port. But better yet, the whole light bar is removable. The wings could just peg directly to this toy's back.

 

[unluckiness]

The armor stuff might also be too big for a contemporary Voyager. I mean, yeah, technically the wingblade parts were designed to be compatible with the deluxe Animated Optimus too but they were clearly too big to fit the smaller figure.