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    Not a licensed one, anyway. Most likely because he'll be a heavy re-tool of Vortex, and the way he transforms makes it easier to make his heels and toes thrusters instead of making his toes each one and his heels each half of one with a hump for a smaller one. Wrist-mounted flamethrower. Anyway, my thought seeing this artwork is that I need Hasbro to tell me that they're doing toy colors sooner rather than later. While I prefer OX/toy decos of the Scramble City gang in combined mode in general, I can live with Sunbow for Superion, Menasor, and Defensor. I HATE Sunbow Bruticus, though. Blue legs and silver chest or bust.
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    I didn't have the original TF1 leader, just the Voyager. I had the RotF leader, though, which has a transformation that's kind of similar to the MPM. I'm curious to see how the new SS figure will turn out. I thought the original Voyager was just ok-ish, hoping that going leader will afford him more screen accuracy.
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    I asked Alexa earlier, but I double-checked and she was off by about a half an inch both ways. Regardless, I think that puts the Alpha/Legioss somewhere around tall Deluxe or short Voyager. I was never into the second and third arcs of Robotech or Mospeada, I just think it's a cool design. If the price isn't too bad I'll get one and stick him with my Transformers.
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    The next Hot Wheels Collab will be in 2026, and it'll be Twin Mill II. Which, after I Googled it, is more different than Twin Mill than I figured. Y'know how everyone's mad that Starscream's in that Anniversary capsule? So's Prowl. We're supposedly also going to get a box set of all three Insecticons. Finally, looking all the way ahead to 2027, in time for the 20th anniversary of the first Bay film, we're going to get a new Leader-class TF1 Optimus. Brand new mold.
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    5 and three quarters inches tall, little less than 6 and three quarters inches long.
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    Starscream is a hugely popular character; Target might be the only way to get him in 2026, but just like Crasher and Cosmos (and, spoilers for next year, Hound), I fully expect him to turn up in a regular retail line eventually. BTW, another Bayverse Dinobot in 2027. They're shooting for '28 and '29, too, but those years aren't set yet.
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    Happy Gilmore is my favorite of Sandler's films. HG2 isn't on that level, but it's probably the best film he's done in 20 years.
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    Slapping Roy's colors on something is a surefire way to guarantee I buy it.
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    Maybe, but can it run Crysis?
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    I'm not saying that he won't turn up in some fashion since other way, but yes, in 2026 there's going to be a 86 40th Anniversary capsule, it will be Target exclusive, and Starscream with the new 86 mold is in it. He's not a regular retail release for 2026, just TC and Skywarp.
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    TFormers.com did a interview with the Transformers team at SDCC. Here's the highlights... -The Hot Wheels Crossover will continue. According to Nate, there are three planned for 2026 and "some" planned for 2027. Bad to the Blade and Deora II, anyone? -Might not be soon, but Mark said Star Optimus was designed to connect to Generations versions of Sky Garry and Grandus. Evan pointed out that the interviewer didn't mention Dai Altas, to which Mark replied, "add him as well." -When asked if there'd be more Minicon releases like Nemesis Prime with the Star Saber, all three simultaneously said "Yes." Nate said that Mark has been trying to cram as many minicons as he can into one box, and we should expect it in 2026. -Evan claims that Studio Series 86 will never end, and that 2026 will be a big anniversary year with surprises to come. Evan didn't really say more than that, but honestly? I fully expect that every character that was in the film, no matter how little screen time they got, is a likely character for a Studio Series release, even if they already had a recent WfC/Legacy/AotP release. This goes double for the Decepticons, who scaled with Siege/Earthrise Megatron but are too small compared to 86 Megatron. Can't wait for the Leader budget to go toward better engineering and accuracy instead of goofy accessories for Astrotrain and Blitzwing. -Nate let slip that 86 "alive Prowl" could be coming. To be clear, I expect it to basically be Earthrise Prowl, with some of the minor changes included on the dead version. -Nate also said they will do a Studio Series 86 Unicron "someday," but wants to prioritize characters without a modern toy before replacing the HasLab one. -Mark didn't outright say, but implied, that we may see toys of other versions of Unicron (Prime maybe?) before 86 Unicron. -The team really tries to figure out what character they want to do, and how much budget they need to do it right, when deciding who goes in what class, rather than start with a budget/class and try to make a character fit it. Now, personally, I don't think they always succeed, and I'm positive that budgets and class slots do affect the final product, but I respect that they're trying. I don't know a lot about Nate, but Mark and Evan are both clearly fans. -That budget reality is why some releases wind up like they do. When they repackaged Netflix Soundwave with Rumble and Buzzsaw as a Leader-class release, they absolutely knew it was because people wanted Buzzsaw. Likewise, with the recent Studio Series version of Perceptor, they're not simply trying to reissue a Deluxe at a Voyager price, they're doing it because Core-class is dead but they know fans want Ramhorn. EDIT: Oh yeah, it wasn't in the interview, but my sources are telling me that in addition to Onslaught the other AotP Commander in 2026 will be Armada Jetfire. Probably not as interesting as more Combiner torsos to you old geewunners, but I know a Jetfire that combines with Legacy Armada Optimus has been high on a lot of people's wishlists (I myself don't own Overload, but I do have a Jetfire to go with my original Armada Prime, and while I would still love to hear news on a Commander Hot Spot, Hun-Grr, Scattershot, or Razerclaw Armada Jetfire's not a bad option either. EDIT 2: Got a little more info on the new 86 Seeker mold. Looks like it'll have at least some waist articulation, and the canopy will open. To achieve cartoon accurate, stab-free legs the stabs partsform and are stored on the backs of the wings in bot mode.
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    His acting is fine, it's just that in the last few years he went from, "hey, who's this, he's pretty good?" to being everywhere. I feel like Marvel casted him because only because he's the flavor of the month, never mind the fact that he sports a mustache that looks more Tony Stark than Reed Richards, or that the age gap between him and Vanessa Kirby is pretty noticeable and slightly distracting. Nothing personal, he's just not my ideal casting choice for the role (though better than Miles Teller).
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    Just saw it with my family. Would have been better if the family with the trio of really young kids would have realized that they probably should have left them with a sitter because they didn't shut up the entire time, but hey. I really liked the comic-accurate Galactus. Alternate universe or not I wish they'd kept Norrin Radd as the Surfer. Getting a little tired of Pedro Pascal being in everything these days, liked the rest of the cast.
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    Kinda. Hook's backpack shifts, so there actually is a gap and his head is inside it. I don't disagree, and it's a common complaint. The designers explained that it was necessary to leave enough space between Scrapper and Mixmaster and have Devastator stand in a neutral pose. All that said, while I won't do a full review and get into all the pros and cons until he's finished, I did put together the one-armed, one-legged Devastator myself, and it feels much more solid than the Combiner Wars one. Don't know really yet if it's fair to say he has better articulation, but quality of the joints is better, the connections between Hook and Long Haul are better, I think the connections between Bonecrusher and the rest of the torso are a bit better, and the whole gestalt should be much easier to pose.
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    The Hot Wheels guys are up for preorder on Pulse. $30 each, shipping in January.
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    If I'm not mistaken even though they showed it at SDCC it's going to be their Pulsecon exclusive. So while I don't know for certain, I'm guessing September. If I find out for sure I'll pass it along. I'd be down. I'm not a fan of the dark blue on this version- yeah, it's cartoon accurate, but the way a lot of black stuff was colored gray in the G1 cartoon.
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    The Bayformer crowd has been pretty vocal about wanting more accurately scaled Dinobots, and they've been SUPER vocal about every Studio Series Commander being 86. I didn't know for sure that it was Grimlock, but I did know that Studio Series was getting the Titan next year, and that it was going to be a Bayformer. The flip side is that Hasbro sees the Deluxe-Voyager-Leader thing as distinct waves between the lines, but two Commanders and one Titan is kind of set in stone for now. Traditionally that's been each line gets a Commander, and the Titan's been the Generations line. But the divide is actually two for Generations, one for Studio Series, regardless of size, and that means AotP will have two Commanders in 2026. So who's the other one? I'm tempted to predict that, with the Dinobots potentially eating more future Titan slots, that Hasbro could keep shoveling out Combiner torsos. I know I'm personally still down for Hot Spot, Razorclaw, Hun-Grr, and Scattershot as Commanders at minimum. That said... I haven't heard anything about any other combiners in 2026 (though I suspect Defensor, at least, in 2027). And I also can't help but notice that, at this point, we've seen every member of the Thirteen except Nexus Prime and Liege Maximo (assuming that Legacy Vector Prime is all the Vector Prime we're getting). I've been told that Nexus will be a Voyager and be based heavily on his Covenant design (which is disappointing a lot of people who thought he might use AotP Aerialbots and Combaticons like the old Timelines toy), but I haven't seen a listing for Liege Maximo. Supposedly they're leaning into his G2 design rather than the Loki-esque Covenant version, and in the G2 comics Liege Maximo was huge... I have a hunch that Liege Maximo might be a Commander.
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    I'm in for Armada Nemesis, just for the dang minicons. The Hot Wheels Collab actually looks really good. AOTP Sureshot was supposed to come out some time during Legacy. Glad to see that they found a slot for him. Yeah, Blastoff's a retool of Vortex, but he looks good. Minus the animation error visor. Maybe the Combiner Wars head will fit. Don't give a crap about Jalopy, and I'm really disappointed that Hasbro's cut down on the number of figures that they release in a year but they wasted a slot on another one of these crappy guys. Quickstrike is... fine, I guess? I'll pick him up, but I'm guessing that bigger Beast Wars fans are more excited than I am. Quintus reminds me of the mainline TFOne Quintesson toy. It'll do, I think. Brawl looks pretty sick. I could have got excited for Animated Wreck-Gar... if he wasn't also another retool. Legacy Evolution wasn't a great line. Amalgamous Prime looks pretty cool. For the guy who's artifact is the origin of Transformer T-cogs he's kind of not very out there. Doesn't look like the Covenant version, looks mostly like TFOne. Razorclaw's a pass. Give me G1 Razorclaw! Big Convoy! Need him for my Prime shelf! Interesting that they're not calling him "Big Prime" or something, they're keeping the Japanese name. Commander Onslaught looks cool... as a render. Hopefully he turns out good. Bruticus is my favorite combiner. STUDIO SERIES Airachnid... I guess that's about as good as we can expect from a Habsro Deluxe. TF5 Barricade's a big want for me. And they licensed the alt mode! '86 Windcharger isn't a surprise to me, but I'm very glad to see him. I do believe that he completes the Season 1 cast. TFOne Alpha Trion doesn't look too shabby. Thundercracker... surprised they're not starting with Starscream. Brand new mold! Bot mode looks great, need to see more angles of the jet. Confirmed that Skywarp and Starscream are coming, and each one will have a different face. Hopefully they'll scale with '86 Megatron better than the Earthrise ones. TF5 Nemesis Prime probably isn't different enough from Optimus for me, but I might check him out for the new accessories. Titan TF4 Grimlock. Should technically scale better. 15"... that's closer to Star Prime than the bigger Titans, so hopefully he'll be $150 and not $200. They made sure Prime can ride him. More TF4 Dinobots are coming. I'll check him out.
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    My number one rule for Transformers is "must transform." If they want to make a repaint of Tigatron that transforms from Battle Cat into He-Man I'll put money down on a preorder. But I'm not opening my wallet for a non-transforming Man-At-Arms in Bumblebee cosplay.
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    I won't say a word of complaint if they put out an Evil-Lyn wearing that Kotobukiya Bishoujo Starscream outfit...
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    Uh... 🤨
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    This is what I want them to do. Bandai already makes expensive stuff that's too delicate to play with. I'd love something I could leave on my desk and transform more than once in a blue moon.
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    And yet, I'm going to wind up buying it for the minicons, aren't I?
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    However you feel about who he became, as an '80s kid I'm gonna remember him as the babyface who helped turn the WWF from a local thing into a nationwide sensation. Rest in peace, Hulkster.
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    Looks like Pulse put up a few more, got an order in.
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