My thought is that the G1 re-uses were just place holders until the new figures could be made.
My thought is that the G1 re-uses were just place holders until the new figures could be made.
Got a notice today that Shrapnel is getting ready to ship from Pulse. That typically means he’ll be going out in the next week.
Either this Legacy stuff is hitting fast, or I’ve just gotten used to a jacked up distribution where we get, like, 3 waves in the back 5 months of the year.
Btw, still haven’t got notification about Metalhawk, despite him shipping from some retailers.
Either this Legacy stuff is hitting fast, or I’ve just gotten used to a jacked up distribution where we get, like, 3 waves in the back 5 months of the year.
Btw, still haven’t got notification about Metalhawk, despite him shipping from some retailers.
I've also gotten word about Prowl and Crashbar, plus Skyquake a couple days ago. Still no shipping notice for my Omega Sentinel, alas.
I bet they are having a hard job waking the sentinel up from its billion year slumber!
Got a notice that my Metalhawk and SS Rumble are shipping from Amazon. A little more notice would have been better since I wanted to switch them over to a gift card but still cool.
-ZacWilliam, much as I'm looking forward to Crashbar and Sheappnel I hope I have a little time before Amazon gets to them...
-ZacWilliam, much as I'm looking forward to Crashbar and Sheappnel I hope I have a little time before Amazon gets to them...
How come Lio from Japan is in the Legacy line?
Because he's part of the legacy of Transformers?
Is he popular in the west?
any Optimus Prime based variant is popular in all of Transformers in general. And Lio Convoy/Leo Prime has had a good number of US releases, back to the original toy being sold by Hasbro online.
-ZacWilliam, and Legacy is about celebrating the whole history of TFs so his popularity isn't really a factor anyway, a lot of Obscure characters/toys have gotten Legacy treatment.
-ZacWilliam, and Legacy is about celebrating the whole history of TFs so his popularity isn't really a factor anyway, a lot of Obscure characters/toys have gotten Legacy treatment.
Alright, so I finally got around opening tarn last night.
Perfect figure. The end. Great range of motion and articulation, nothing is wasted in either mode, and despite his size he is imposing. They absolutely nailed the character and his personification.
Perfect figure. The end. Great range of motion and articulation, nothing is wasted in either mode, and despite his size he is imposing. They absolutely nailed the character and his personification.
What does popularity matter? I think he's known in the west and that kids love animals. He seems like a perfect fit into the Legacy line to me.
I really would love to see some additional Beast Machines characters in the Legacy line though. I know I've talked about this far in the past in this thread, but a Commander Class Tankor would just make my decade. Deluxe Thrust and Voyager Jetstorm would only make my dream even more magical.
I know I wanted a lio convoy when I saw it back in the beast wars days. Couldn't afford the import though.
I agree it's one of the big holes in Legacy IMO. I don't need everyone from the show, but a show design Jetstorm (non-existent outside of McDonalds) a Botanica and Core Class Nightscream would be great representation and fill in some big collection holes.
-ZacWilliam, I'd also love to ask for a Voyager or Leader Class Beast Machines Silverbolt but I feel like that pretty unlikely...
Beast Machines is one of the lines where I'd actually want the RED series to cover it. The Vehicons are one thing, but no physical toy will ever be able to capture the transmorphing of the Maximals (and given the plot, I kinda see show-accuracy as important here; the Maximals were something completely new, not just another line of folded-up-robots).
I'd be perfectly happy with articulated figures in beast/robot two-packs.
I'd be perfectly happy with articulated figures in beast/robot two-packs.
FWIW, and YMMV, but our 2 nearest Walgreens both finally got some Minerva stock in. Oddly (or not so oddly) enough, the price tag was for Kingdom Red Alert, but one store had 5 Minervas stocked there. The other store had 5 Red Alerts and 3 Minervas. Neither store had these at Christmas time, and the first store had them in a "seasonal" aisle with summer goods, while the second had them on an end cap near the pharmacy, several aisles away from the normal toy aisle. If you're still trying to get Minerva, you might check your local Walgreens again, and just kind of look around...
Which is not an illogical spot for Minerva.
Meanwhile I just ordered her off the website this morning for in-store pickup.
With my luck, whenever she arrives at my local Walgreens for pickup, they'll have 50 of her on the shelves.
With my luck, whenever she arrives at my local Walgreens for pickup, they'll have 50 of her on the shelves.