Transformers Legacy toyline

[unluckiness]

Eh the matrix chamber doesn’t affect too much overall. I won’t use it more than once but I can take it or leave it.

Now, the floating shoulderpads design looks godawful when raising the arms more than 30 degrees, restricts articulation and is just plain silly with the flap at the front trying its best to pretend to be a cohesive whole. There’s a reason the myriad robot franchises have shoulders that don’t work like that.

 

[Gizmoboy]

I am very excited for both of the Origin sets. They are exactly the kind of thing we used to get from BotCon in the most delicious way.

 

[ZacWilliam1]

I'm a little frustrated by them because I love Senator Shockwave and like Ratbat but Orion and Megatron would absolutely end up in a box never looked at or thought of again,


-ZacWilliam, Mostly I'd just like the Shockwave for the colors.

 

[Gizmoboy]

Ratbat has been the one I've been debating about whether to keep or not because I already have the Takara deluxe version of the character.

 

[Lobjob]

I love me some Ratbat so he is a borderline must own for me, and miner Megatron imo is how that mold should have been deco'd a long time ago.

The caution stripes just work for me.

 

[Undead Scottsman]

Yeah, the Senators are neat but not must haves and I already have one Orion Pax, so these sets are primarily about Miner Megatron, who looks fantastic and is going to look so good next to the War Dawn guys.

 

[Lobjob]

I love the idea that Megatron's flying won over Orion and he still turns in to a tank thing.

 

[Undead Scottsman]

It was robot mode flight that was new, wasn't it? Skyfire and Starscream were fliers who explicity predated the autobot/decepticon war.

 

[Haze Arquebus]

I won't experience Megatron's shoulders 'til Galvatron exists, but Scourge's are fine to me, I've never liked the tall stacks moving along with rest of the arm on their designs.

 

[Princess Viola]

Yeah I've honestly no problem with Legacy Laser Prime's shoulders. I feel if the tall parts moved with them, that'd just be more frustrating than anything else.

 

[NovaSaber]

Visually, they still look like they're attached to his shoulders and not his torso anyway, so the fact that they don't move with the arms makes no sense.

 

[Sabrblade]

The static shoulder pylons prevent the Laser Prime mold from raising his whole arm directly upward and fully lifting his sword triumphantly overhead.

This would also prevent the Armada Megatron mold from being able to do the same with his arms and any version of the Star Saber one places into his hand.

 

[CoffeeHorse]

It would have been entirely possible to just add joints to the original shoulder designs, so we'd have both possibilities. I understand the budget, but that couldn't have been more costly than the reworked transformations they came up with.

 

[Superomegaprime]

It would have been entirely possible to just add joints to the original shoulder designs, so we'd have both possibilities. I understand the budget, but that couldn't have been more costly than the reworked transformations they came up with.

If they had thought about it in the desgining stage, then it wouldn't cost anything beyond a few min

 

[Sunstorm]

Concerning design, is Aaron Archer involved in this at all? I follow him on social media, and I'm a fan of his art and what he created with Armada, but I'm not sure what all he is involved with these days.
I really enjoyed what previous designers did with his concepts in the T30 line, and am looking forward to seeing more. I just hope corporate cost cutting doesn't take overall beautiful concepts, and turn them into less than meets the eye.

 

[Sabrblade]

Concerning design, is Aaron Archer involved in this at all?

He left Hasbro ten years ago.

 

[Sunstorm]

He left Hasbro ten years ago.

Wait....What decade is this, and who played Marty McFly in Back to the Future? I may have to go consult Vector Prime, excuse me please.

 

[Blot]

Ask Vector Prime was a mistake.

 

[LBD "Nytetrayn"]

I love the idea that Megatron's flying won over Orion and he still turns in to a tank thing.

It was robot mode flight that was new, wasn't it? Skyfire and Starscream were fliers who explicity predated the autobot/decepticon war.

I... don't think any of that applies to these versions? Except the tank part, that is.

I'm digging Orion and Megatron, but Ratbat and Shockwave, less so. Not that I don't like them, but...

 

[Lobjob]

I mean I only joked because Undead Scotsman talked about putting him with his War Dawn guys.