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[IronRaptor]

On 12/16/2024 at 7:19 PM, Radioguy said:

They really ought to re-release the transformable one. That would print a lot more money.

I got the transformable one, It's really cool. though I paid way to much money for it.

[sh9000]

1 hour ago, IronRaptor said:

I got the transformable one, It's really cool. though I paid way to much money for it.

Is it 1/64 scale or smaller?

[Radioguy]

2 hours ago, IronRaptor said:

I got the transformable one, It's really cool. though I paid way to much money for it.

I missed out completely. Don't even wanna look at what I'd have to pay now.

[IronRaptor]

1 hour ago, sh9000 said:

Is it 1/64 scale or smaller?

not sure about the exact scale. It's scaled to be in scale with other hot wheels I guess?

[tekering]

48 minutes ago, IronRaptor said:

It's scaled to be in scale with other hot wheels

Hot Wheels are rarely in scale with each other... unless every car, truck, van and motorcycle are actually the same size. 😅

Hell, they claim this Enterprise is 1:64 scale. 🙄

More like 1:6400, Mattel. 😤

[Radioguy]

1 hour ago, tekering said:

Hot Wheels are rarely in scale with each other... unless every car, truck, van and motorcycle are actually the same size. 😅

Hell, they claim this Enterprise is 1:64 scale. 🙄

More like 1:6400, Mattel. 😤

I think you mean this series?

They had a few of those awhile back, but they keep reissuing the standand carded size.

[tekering]

9 hours ago, Radioguy said:

I think you mean this series?

Actually, the Hot Wheels classification system claims those boxed ships are 1:50 scale. 😂

Their "Track Fleet" Optimus Prime isn't a particularly accurate Kenworth K100C cabover, but it's a lot closer to 1:64 than most Hot Wheels semi-trucks...

...but still way off, of course. 🤕

[sh9000]

The Mattel Creations Optimus Prime is a nice piece to have in the collection but IMO for $80, it should have included a trailer and painted in normal G1 toy colors instead of spectraflame red and blue.

The Track Fleet version seems to be the same size as the Mattel Creations version so it is definitely not 1/64 scale.

[sh9000]

New previews.

[mikeszekely]

Not the clearest look, but Long Haul is definitely looking a lot better than his Combiner Wars counterpart.

[sh9000]

Here's the video.

[Scyla]

Devastator is odd looking. The gap (?!?!) in his chest is even more off-putting now in color compared to the gray prototype.

And why are the leg robots off center on the thighs? Is it a reference to the off center feet on the G1 combiners? 

[mikeszekely]

8 hours ago, Scyla said:

The gap (?!?!) in his chest is even more off-putting now in color compared to the gray prototype.

Isn't that just the top of Hook's head? 

9 hours ago, Scyla said:

And why are the leg robots off center on the thighs? Is it a reference to the off center feet on the G1 combiners?

Best guess? Just to keep Scrapper and Mixmaster from banging together when Devy's standing stock straight. Yeah, I think it's a tad odd myself (and opinions seem sharply divided on him in general), but I think he mostly looks better than Combiner Wars, I like that he scales better when other Combiners (need a new Predaking now, too, Hasbro), and I expect he'll be more stable and use better than Combiner Wars.  Plus Long Haul's not a massive chonker. That's really all I expected from Hasbro.

[Scyla]

43 minutes ago, mikeszekely said:

Isn't that just the top of Hook's head? 

Best guess? Just to keep Scrapper and Mixmaster from banging together when Devy's standing stock straight. Yeah, I think it's a tad odd myself (and opinions seem sharply divided on him in general), but I think he mostly looks better than Combiner Wars, I like that he scales better when other Combiners (need a new Predaking now, too, Hasbro), and I expect he'll be more stable and use better than Combiner Wars.  Plus Long Haul's not a massive chonker. That's really all I expected from Hasbro.

Don‘t know about the chest gap. Was Hook‘s head black on the gray proto?

It seems like a gap on the toy itself to me:

[mikeszekely]

24 minutes ago, Scyla said:

Don‘t know about the chest gap. Was Hook‘s head black on the gray proto?

It seems like a gap on the toy itself to me:

It does look like a gap on the prototype, but that's definitely where  Hook's head should be. Maybe Hook didn't have a head in the prototype yet?

[Black Valkyrie]

 

https://news.tfw2005.com/2024/12/24/transformers-mpg-09-super-ginrai-in-hand-images-528778

 

[M'Kyuun]

On 12/21/2024 at 6:38 PM, sh9000 said:

Here's the video.

 I didn't get CW Devy due to the lack of articulation and some wonky proportions among the various Constructicons, as well as the odd decision to change Mixmaster's cement truck design. This team of Constructicons and their Devastator combination is looking much better to my eyes. I see Has/Tak are taking a note from the third-party playbook insofar as combining the extra bits into a trailer, albeit a typically odd looking one. But hey, 'A' for effort. I'm a little disappointed that Long Haul's dumper bed isn't hollow and that it can't properly dump. Even among third party toys, Long Haul always gets shorted his real-world vehicle mode's ability to dump, with XTransbots' recent version being the only exception- kudos to XTransbots. While it appears that some of the Constructicons' proportions are still going to be a bit wonky like the CW toys before them (looking at Legacy Bonecrusher's ridiculously short forearms) and ball joints are in evidence for major points of articulation on deluxe figs, overall I think these are shaping up to be better figs that the CW toys and Devastator looks great.

 

On 12/22/2024 at 12:00 AM, Scyla said:

Devastator is odd looking. The gap (?!?!) in his chest is even more off-putting now in color compared to the gray prototype.

And why are the leg robots off center on the thighs? Is it a reference to the off center feet on the G1 combiners? 

I agree with @mikeszekely that the "gap" in Hook's backside (Devastator's chest) is the top of Hook's head. As to the legs' connecting a bit off-center, again I defer to Mike's answer as it's likely to prevent the legs from colliding if they're placed perfectly straight. The CW toy did the same; it only looks like it's more filled in because of the big tires on Long Haul's thighs which are canonically not present on this version given the intention to make it look like the Movie animation.

[pengbuzz]

On 12/22/2024 at 3:00 AM, Scyla said:

Devastator is odd looking. The gap (?!?!) in his chest is even more off-putting now in color compared to the gray prototype.

And why are the leg robots off center on the thighs? Is it a reference to the off center feet on the G1 combiners? 

The arms and head are too small for the torso.

Edited December 25, 2024 by pengbuzz

[M'Kyuun]

12 hours ago, pengbuzz said:

The arms and head are too small for the torso.

The head is a tad small, but I can live with it. I do wish the forearms were about an inch longer, though, and it's odd that they kept them short considering they're add-on pieces unaffected by any design considerations for Scavenger or Bonecrusher. They could have been any length. Ah well, third party will likely address it along with other nitpicks. Since this figure isn't going to have a frame system to rely on for stability and all mechanisms to that end are going to have to be designed into the Constructicons themselves, with the exception of the waist and thigh section, of course, stability is a greater concern than proportions. I'm hoping lessons were learned from the Combiner Wars era and this thing benefits by being solid.

[mikeszekely]

Speaking as someone who was aspiring to draw comic books at one point, yes, his head's a little small... so was CW's, and it's a consequence of trying to fit it on Hook.  But no, his arms aren't too short, they're about right where they should be.

I have to say, I'm pretty stoked for 2025.  No, they're not perfect, but I'm pretty jazzed for Studio Series Devastator and AotP Superion, and Star Convoy having all the gimmicks of the G1 toy (including the little truck and Micromaster Hot Rod) but actually having articulation is a dream come true.

[sh9000]

Trypticon reissue.

[David Hingtgen]

Trypticon was never pink.  

[tekering]

2 hours ago, David Hingtgen said:

Trypticon was never pink.  

Lavender...?  🤔

The reissue is certainly a more accurate color scheme overall. 😐

[mikeszekely]

Missed opportunity to do Gigastorm. More cartoon accurate or not, the original raise looks better to my eye.

[Hikuro]

I'm a lil bummed out by a Trypticon re-release considering I bought him I think last year at a slightly inflated price at a game store that someone traded him for probably a copy of COD. I mean I got him after years of putting him aside so really I got no interest in a color accurate release.

 

As for Devastator being showed off, I do have one lil thing I wish they would include with these and that's an alternate faceplate seeing how he's been depicted famously with both a pair of eyes and a solid visor. 

[davidwhangchoi]

is this motorized and can walk on it's own?

[Hikuro]

19 minutes ago, davidwhangchoi said:

is this motorized and can walk on it's own?

no motors. I don't even think they do motors anymore on any of the modern takes. 

[pengbuzz]

50 minutes ago, Hikuro said:

no motors. I don't even think they do motors anymore on any of the modern takes. 

Hmmm... strip the motor out of the original and install into the new version. Sounds like a challenge....

[sh9000]

A new Metroplex to go with Trypticon is long overdue.

[davidwhangchoi]

5 hours ago, Hikuro said:

no motors. I don't even think they do motors anymore on any of the modern takes. 

damn, i was thinking of the old commercial:

 

[Hikuro]

On 12/29/2024 at 12:53 PM, sh9000 said:

A new Metroplex to go with Trypticon is long overdue.

I still got my FOC Metroplex, the first Titan class 😛 I don't think I've transformed him in a decade! 

[mikeszekely]

54 minutes ago, Hikuro said:

I still got my FOC Metroplex, the first Titan class 😛 I don't think I've transformed him in a decade! 

Same.  But he and Fortress Maximus are missing articulation and are a bit more stylized than the post-Siege stuff.  As not sorry as I am to be getting Star Convoy, I'd open my wallet for a new more G1 Metroplex with proper ankles in a heartbeat.

[JB0]

Yeah. The existing Game Metroplex is sort of gangly and lanky. In my mind, Metroplex should be the opposite of that.

Maybe a faithful G1 Metroplex is TOO boxy, but... meh. I like what I like.