Big anniversary year.
40th anniversary of the franchise and G1 Optimus Prime is probably the iconic Transformers toy.
So good you had to say it twice.
Precisely I got him on my 8th?? Birthday cake he been with me ever since as a Prime stand in
Mark posted stock images of Metalhawk.
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I DO like the more muted yellow, but I like the brighter grey on the original. By and large, I appreciate the effort for a package refresh, but I don't see any need to get him. Good for those that missed him the first time around.
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I DO like the more muted yellow, but I like the brighter grey on the original. By and large, I appreciate the effort for a package refresh, but I don't see any need to get him. Good for those that missed him the first time around.
Not to mention there's that upcoming SS86 Commander class figure to still look forward to.
Stupid crummy airplane wifi.
Rubber tires are eh, if they really wanted to push the nostalgia buttons, chrome’s where it’s at.
Missing Link Convoy is the same height as the average Voyager toys of today.
The last Core Class wave for 2024, from Evan Brooks. Galvatron is expected and Geocron is a retool of Bouldercrash.
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I always appreciate a differentiating head sculpt, so Geocron gets points for that. And I see the homaging to the Daira residents, nice touch. But I'm not sure the colors work all the way. LOVE the metallic purple, but the base brown just isn't jiving with me. I see the intention, but I'm not sure it completely works here.
I have to say I'm a little disappointed in Galvatron. Probably some personal bias (I have strong memories of the original Energon release and my hunt and finding him for the first and last time on clearance), but I was hoping for something more evocative of the US toy, not the diverging animation colors. They did a decent job replicating those colors for a $10-13 toy, however. And I skipped Megatron, so I'll probably end up with this one instead.
Legacy United Core Class Infernac Universe Geocron & Energon Galvatron Revealed
The Hasbro team keeps the flow of official reveals! This time, Hasbro designer Evan Brooks has updated his Instagram account with images of the upcoming Legacy United Core Class Infernac Universe Geocron & Energon Galvatron. Read on for Evan's comments on these neele toys: Hi Transformer fans...
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I always appreciate a differentiating head sculpt, so Geocron gets points for that. And I see the homaging to the Daira residents, nice touch. But I'm not sure the colors work all the way. LOVE the metallic purple, but the base brown just isn't jiving with me. I see the intention, but I'm not sure it completely works here.
I have to say I'm a little disappointed in Galvatron. Probably some personal bias (I have strong memories of the original Energon release and my hunt and finding him for the first and last time on clearance), but I was hoping for something more evocative of the US toy, not the diverging animation colors. They did a decent job replicating those colors for a $10-13 toy, however. And I skipped Megatron, so I'll probably end up with this one instead.
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I'm all in on the Rock Lords. so I'll definitely be buying Geocron. I do kind of wish that they had gone with a color scheme that wasn't so similar to his mold-mate, though.
Yeah, I was trying to think of a color that might work and I think a dark purple for the base with metallic blue/teal would have popped. Something a bit Dark Energon, y'know?
Despite the inherent issues, I'd actually welcome translucent plastic on one of these.
Agreed. I wish it were the right size. I wonder if they didn't want us to compare it too much to the original toy. Making it a Deluxe meant it was never going to do the Missing Link idea 100% even if the sculpt and colors were perfect, and maybe they wanted that so they'd feel free to take other liberties. This was free to be whatever it could manage to be.
One of the earlier ideas for Shard was to make her look like she was made out of Dark Energon, with translucent purple plastic instead of the opaque Death Crystal green that they went with.
Yes to Geocron, yes to the Gobots, and I will pass on G1 toy-styled Optimus. Looks neat, and I commend the effort, but it's not my speed.