Yeah, much like Magmatron; I can't see RiD Megatron/Gigatron being done justice as anything other then a Commander class.
People want show accuracy in these things. BW was already generally pretty toy-accurate aside from some added details and proportion fudging. This is the logical outcome.
Powerlink Hotshot will be available in Japan in March 2024, exclusively via the Takara Tomy Mall site here.
More pics at the link above.
Below: - A comparison with the previously released American and Japanese versions of this character.
Also, orders for Amazon Japan are available. Be sure to check the other sellers, as "Ships and Sold by Amazon Japan" isn't usually the default seller (and Amazon Japan will usually, at a later date/after we pre-order, match, if not sell at a cheaper price, the prices offered by private sellers).
Transformers Dramatic Capture Series Nemesis Bridge
Transformers BWVS-08 Phantom Showdown
Transformers Legacy Silverbolt
More pics at the link above.
Below: - A comparison with the previously released American and Japanese versions of this character.
Also, orders for Amazon Japan are available. Be sure to check the other sellers, as "Ships and Sold by Amazon Japan" isn't usually the default seller (and Amazon Japan will usually, at a later date/after we pre-order, match, if not sell at a cheaper price, the prices offered by private sellers).
Transformers Dramatic Capture Series Nemesis Bridge
Transformers BWVS-08 Phantom Showdown
Transformers Legacy Silverbolt
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So this is late but why not? I feel like talking about it.
In 2007 Nova Prime debuted in the comics. And everything about him- from being one of Optimus' predecessors to being a Prime gone bad to just his character design being awesome- made me want a toy of him.
FP's offering just didn't do it, and the third party options all felt off in one way or another.
So Hasbro's finally official Nova Prime for real he exists and you can buy him figure? I've waited since 2007 for this thing and I felt pure joy opening that box.
Just awesome.
In 2007 Nova Prime debuted in the comics. And everything about him- from being one of Optimus' predecessors to being a Prime gone bad to just his character design being awesome- made me want a toy of him.
FP's offering just didn't do it, and the third party options all felt off in one way or another.
So Hasbro's finally official Nova Prime for real he exists and you can buy him figure? I've waited since 2007 for this thing and I felt pure joy opening that box.
Just awesome.
The repaint of Hot shot is pretty cool, Jolt is a nice little figure as well, but you cannot attach him in robot mode, only vehicle mode, with the guns, when you put the blast effects on, his arms become rather floppy because the joints aren't strong enough to hold the guns up with the blast effects on, at least all of them!
Legacy Nova Prime, is ok, thou I wish the guns on the back could be completely removed to make a better general look as its plainly obvious that he just a mid retool of WFC Siege Leader OP
Legacy Nova Prime, is ok, thou I wish the guns on the back could be completely removed to make a better general look as its plainly obvious that he just a mid retool of WFC Siege Leader OP
Technically Nova Prime was originally Prime Nova in the Marvel comic, though I don't recall him getting a visual apperance, just a namedrop.
IDW definitely fleshed the character and created the design we know to this day.
IDW definitely fleshed the character and created the design we know to this day.
I just got an e-mail from Pulse this morning saying my pre-order for Bombshell has been canceled. Coming so soon after having Nacelle get canceled, I'm more than a little irritated. I'm aware of the issues with Nacelle, so I can understand that one at least. I haven't seen anyone talking about Bombshell, though. Have other people run into this, or did I just get to be the unlucky one?
I'm guessing that they ran out of copies of the figure or something happened to the shippment during transit
People over on TFW are apparently removing the pin enough to remove those guns...and the pins in question are not too difficult...?
I've attempted to remove pins before and I've succeeded now and then, but it's been a disaster more times than not. And while Nova isn't a hard to come by exclusive he's still an exclusive, so I'd rather not risk it. Especially on a figure I've been waiting sixteen years for.
Besides I don't mind them. They give him extra presence when they're up behind his wings.
I mean... that's what he is?
Though I'll say he's the best of the two GF remoulds. The GF/Cybertron Prime version always felt... off... while Nova makes enough changes to feel like his own thing.
I think the Nova Prime toy is pretty neat in robot mode (I have no strong affinity for Cybertron Prime so it doesn't bother me that they look similar)
I now understand why people don't like this mold for Ultra Magnus, though.
I now understand why people don't like this mold for Ultra Magnus, though.
Thing is, I like Kingdom UM too. Like... Commander UM is a pass for me because I'm happy with the Kingdom version. It seems like everyone wants something different for Magnus. For some people he has to be a functional car carrier. For others he needs to have the inner robot and the armour. Others have their preferences re: shades of red and blue, or visor vs no visor, etc...
And between Siege, Kingdom, the new Commander class version, and even SG... people have options. For me, what I want out of UM is provided by the Kingdom version. So I'm saving some cash there.
The Cybertron Prime design always kinda bugged me because he has faux chest windows, despite having his real vehicle windows on his shoulders. So he's got duplicates that are clearly visible in robot mode. The Siege remould of the UM mould made it worse because the truck's front windows are JUST visible under the armour, and he has fake shoulder windows to mimic the original toy. So he's got three sets of front truck windows visible in super robot mode, and that always makes the back of my brain itch
Nova avoids that because neither his chest piece or his shoulder pieces attempt to mimic front cab windows.
Upset enough to start crying "G1 with knees" like it was an insult.
But on the original toy, the chest windows were actual vehicle mode windows, in that they folded out to the sides of the truck and became a pair of side windows instead of the windshield like on more traditional Optimus designs. So they weren't fake windows; they were just "different" windows.
Cybertron Prime is a pretty cool design. They should make a new one.
I wouldn't mind as I didn't bother with the latest one due to the cr@pple damage paint and the feeling that the original version I already have is better.
Commander Class 2026!
If "G1 with knees" is wrong then I don't wanna be right.
My mistake. It's been a while since I had my hands on an original Cybertron Optimus.
Regardless, the Siege remould had faux windows everywhere and it bugged me. Nova sidesteps that issue entirely with his remoulded parts.
Please, I'd do some horrendously indecent things for a re-take on Cybertron Prime if Mark and Hasui-san worked together on it like they did Armada Prime. (And also an Energon Prime if I'm being super greedy, but correcting that soulless Siege mistake comes first.)
