I think I saw one of each (there's four deluxe and thundertron at voyager, right?) at a local walmart the other day. But I don't have almost 300 bucks to throw around on toys right now.
Then ferak wasn't there that I saw: but it was an unholy mess, so I guess I was lucky to find what I did.
As has mine.
Mercy is not dispensed here. Only Straxuses (Straxi? Straxusses? I'm not sure on how to pluralize it)
Mercy is not dispensed here. Only Straxuses (Straxi? Straxusses? I'm not sure on how to pluralize it)
It could be Fourth Declension and be Straxus with a long U [like 'goose'].
Or if it's originally Greek, Straxes.
(I am certain Straxus was not Greek. His palm tree suggests he or his forbears migrated from somewhere more tropical.)
I wish money were dispensed here, so I could get a Straxussss.
Straxoose it is, then!
So, I watched an in-hand video on YT with the new deluxe G1 Optimus. I'm just perplexed why they made him a deluxe and not voyager. It's obvious there were a bunch of compromises, why not make him a voyager? The only thing I can think of is they're planning a leader class set for him with the trailer (and roller I assume) at some point, and they want the mold to be resistant to cost inflation for a few years.
I'm sure we'll be getting a pack like that, but I think they also tend to like having some of the "big names" in multiple price point options. A kid who really wants an Optimus Prime might not be able to talk his parents into a $50+ Leader (much less the Commander), but a Deluxe may be on the table.
Could be a budget thing. TT gave their "modern take on the G1 toy" the premium treatment.
Hasbro, though, has different priorities and higher ups may not have been super enthusiastic about budgeting Voyager money for a 40+ year old toy with joints.
They made him a Deluxe so that he would scale better with the undersized Earthrise trailer.
I skipped Armada Megatron to wait for the Galvatron redeco (the only time so far this has paid off... hopefully, MW Starscream/Euro G1 Skyquake, RID Cryotek, and Universe Razorclaw are due at SOME point), but I'm not totlly sold on it. I wish there were a version of it that was more toy colored than cartoon colored. I underestimated how attached was to that more pastel pink. The darker purple just seems... bland.
That was the original point of price points like Legends and Core: Offer major characters at affordable prices. The first two waves of Legends (composed of Optimus, Bumblebee, Megatron and Starscream) basically shipped for a YEAR before Hasbro started introducing other characters. And I still view the Core Class mains in Kingdom to be a highlight of the year.
Agreed, for sure. I'm a sucker for tiny robots.
My Straxus arrived today. I'll be double-checking the shipping notices to see about the other stuff that shipped at the same time.
Toyhax's latest update has an out-of-left-field set I had never thought of, but now find myself pretty strongly considering. They've made a set of stickers to turn Cyberverse Tarn from the Multipack into Stalker:
I don't really need two Tarns, so this is pretty tempting. The only thing that keeps me from jumping on it is that I've been hoping for a repaint/remold of Doubledealer. Hasbro has been putting out all the molds that they need to do a proper group of Predators (or even a whole European Market late-G1 subline!) and it really does feel like something the current design team would do.
I don't really need two Tarns, so this is pretty tempting. The only thing that keeps me from jumping on it is that I've been hoping for a repaint/remold of Doubledealer. Hasbro has been putting out all the molds that they need to do a proper group of Predators (or even a whole European Market late-G1 subline!) and it really does feel like something the current design team would do.