VSE Solarbot revealed

all i see when i look at him is XAARON

It's more or less what I expected. Looks nice but I can't help but think it looks like a KO to a degree due to having seen a number of translucent cassettebot KOs over the years.

This is however, the part of the set I want the most. The robots are cool, but I don't need a third SW/BL, and the SG cassettes are nice if a little bland.

However, if they end up releasing more pack of SG cassettes on their own, I will have to come back for these. If I hadn't had my hours cut recently, I would throw down a preorder without a thought, now I'm constantly worried about every purchase.

Originally Posted by Smasher It's just so cool to hate your passions these days. I'll be glad when liking something is the new cool.

While I couldn't care less for the rest of these bizarre SG repaints, Solarbot here looks alright...

What's VSE stand for anyway?

Originally Posted by Smasher It's just so cool to hate your passions these days. I'll be glad when liking something is the new cool.

Nothing in particular, but the VS sets in G1 were called VS(followed by a letter). So Skids, Sunstreaker, and Buzzsaw was VSZ, Grimlock VS Soundwave & Frenzy was VSY, VSX was Optimus VS Megatron. So this follows in that pattern but uses E (not sure why).

Randy

It's a reference to Takara's G1 VS (versus) sets. The 'E' is for ehobby.

HA. In your face G1 collectors. Now you have to buy the set, too, along with us die-hard Shattered Glass collectors. :-D

Actually, he'd be more "unreleased G2 character", but yeah.

Which is why I want him so much. Two of my favorite things are (unreleased) G2 and cassettes. Comebine them and I'm almost willing to buy the set just for Solarbot.

Originally Posted by Smasher It's just so cool to hate your passions these days. I'll be glad when liking something is the new cool.

Looks good and is pretty much what I thought it'd be.