The Icepick and Searchlight repaints look great. We'll see if I can rationalize getting them.

 

And Pre-orders cancelled, That is way too much for PCC's. For me anyways...

 

was really hoping takara would have gone with a g1 themed maybe with the combiners so no need to repurchase any of these. thank god.

 

I wonder what the last unrevealed micron looks like. Hmmmmm. Hoping the $75 price tag someone mentioned is high.... I'd love to find a cheaper deal on them and pick them up.

BUT wow. For ONE transforming BASIC sized figure and drones, $75 is WAAAAY too high. That would be like $35 for the figure, and $10 for each drone, if you broke it up kinda logically.

 

Love that military green.

Anyone else reminded of Cobra? Too bad there's no A-10s in this team...

The two Commanders don't seem to exactly match-up in color with their drones, at least in the non-combined pics (the Bombshock repaint seems to be army green combined but more of a forest green by himself, odd).



Finally, something that's totally different from the original version.


I was kinda hoping they'd mix up the drones and whatnot, as opposed to being more or less the same with slight color changes.

 

I want that Icepick, but the rest are kind of meh and not worth the high price point.

I might just pick up the ones that come out that only got one mold release stateside, ie Icepick, Sledge, Skyhammer, Grimstone, Double Clutch, Steamhammer, Heavy Tread and Undertow. Unless the new decos are so awesome I have to buy a third version of these guys.

 

Better color schemes than the U.S. releases? Yes, for the most part.

Do the new paintjobs make them worth buying? Not for me. No amount of re-coloring can save these molds, in my opinion (especially at import prices).

(The Icepick repaint is the most tempting of the lot; his mold is actually not bad, and the purple and gold looks pretty nice.)

They DO unquestionably look better with the unified schemes. As for Bruticus, I wonder if we'll see a G1-ish repaint of the FOC set coming from Takara. Or maybe they'll just go for game accuracy.

 

Yeah, the real plus about this line WAS the price point. Hasbro worked to bring us an affordable combiner with a lot of play value. You take away the affordable bit, and you have a seriously flawed toy line. :-(

Hey. I'll have to get an Icepick repaint... you know, for the next time I'm playing in purple snow.

 

I will get all of them but I am stuck with the Searchlight redeco which is a lame mold because he is part of the 2-pack with Icepick mold

 

look at the bright side,atleast his color scheme matches with the unreleased reveal the sheild bodyblock figure. if only it wasn't a unreleased toy.

 

The Searchlight redeco looks a lot like the Beast Wars Seacon redecos, at least in pics. I'd like to see that deco on Undertow.

 

These look worse than the US versions. I don't like how they all have the same colors.

 

Easy pass, I didn't buy into these when they were cheap!  

 

"Prime Mode" is what the two combiners are referred to as. I'm guessing that is the name of any of them combined - so Chopper Force is Chopper Force Prime Mode when combined.

I'm curious to see what is done with some of the other releases in the line such as Huffer or Double Clutch. Potential for some very nicely done recolours here.

 

I was wondering if they wanted Icepick to be a Goryu hommage, but... nope, missing the white.

 

while I enjoy the more uniform deco I think I will stick with the Hasbro Ice pick

 

What's your opinion on what Hasbro pulled with the movie toy lines?

 

PASSS!!!! but if he PCC limbs are out i will buy it !

any word on that too!

 

This.

 

They look... surprisingly nice! Love them to be honest!