Huh, I was expecting Xaaron to be an Impactor retool, for some reason. (Hilarity, if nothing else.) Both of them being based on molds I've never bought before adds an extra temptation.
I like that Buzzsaw, and toy colors Frenzy is great, but that Ravage...ugh. Just ugh. I don't know that I've seen a mainline Ravage update that truly improves on the original figure.
Enemy and Silver (movie) Frenzy when, Hasbro?
There are only so many ways you can do a red and orange robot with flaming decals.Flame is interesting since he’s twisted Autobot scientist. Also, hasn’t he always had a weirdly Hot Rod/Rodimus look?
Well it's a must buy and I'll immediately snap it up for those two characters. I do think the logic of retooling Refraktor so much over just reworking Cyberverse Megatron is weird personally. And Gamerverse Megatron is a *terrible* toy, but I do struggle to think of a base mold that would have fit Flame better.
The Ravage and condor molds are gangmolded, just like every single other Siege Micromaster duo. So if you want a set with both Buzzsaw and Laserbeak, you'd end up getting two Ravages in the same set too.The Soundwave set is pretty shitty and exploitative way to put out Buzzsaw, but it's flat out unbelievable that they put in Rumble/Frenzy instead of Laserbeak. That means to have a full set of the Earth mode tapes you *had to* buy Netflix Soundwave too, and those who missed that set have no sourcing for Laserbeak.
That's pretty low even for Hasbro.
Agreed in general, but just wanted to point out that Earth mode Laserbeak is also available in the Dramatic Capture set. Still a case of having to buy another Soundwave plus other stuff at way above normal retail pricing, so still a really poor way of releasing them all. This practice of bundling one new and desirable figure with a bunch of other minor variations has gotten very old, very quickly.The Soundwave set is pretty shitty and exploitative way to put out Buzzsaw, but it's flat out unbelievable that they put in Rumble/Frenzy instead of Laserbeak. That means to have a full set of the Earth mode tapes you *had to* buy Netflix Soundwave too, and those who missed that set have no sourcing for Laserbeak.
That's pretty low even for Hasbro.
The aforementioned Dramatic Capture set indicates this isn't necessarily so set in stone. For that matter, Shattered Glass might indicate the gang molding on these was eliminated some time ago. SG Laserbeak and Ravage don't appear to share any plastic colors, unless they did a really thorough and unobtrusive job painting over everything.The Ravage and condor molds are gangmolded. So if you want a set with both Buzzsaw and Laserbeak, you'd end up getting two Ravages in the same set too.