No he was the same colors he's always been. He was meant to be Fireflight but for whatever reason his name was changed to Air Raid. TakaraTomy has kept the Air Raid name but created a color scheme more aligned with that character rather than Fireflight.

Randy

 

Sweet. As bad as I want Magnus, Starscream, and Sideswipe, I can wait until retail release over here though. get them at half the asking price on RK.

 

Unfortunately not; He was only listed as Fireflight in his first reveal, every previous convention and the Takara version all listed him as Air Raid.
I think its stupid; He is CLEARLY Fireflight.

 

OK, thanks! I was too lazy looking for the old pictures. I have to say that, from what I remember, I like the Takara version better. I might be tempted to get that one later maybe.

But first I'm waiting for Takara's Ultra Magnus. Or maybe he should better be called Infra Magnus. He's a bit short for being called Ultra Magnus  

 

It's safe to say at this point that Hasbro purposely does this. Magnus and Starscream are very popular characters so why get them right the first time when you know people will by him anyway....?

Take WFC Soundwave for instance... Personally most felt that he should've been a voyager class figure in the first place or at least a larger deluxe mold.

Now enters the voyager FOC class Soundwave with gimmick who throws everything else in the CHUGS lot out of scale (it's even larger than Classics Prime, then so was G1 but we should be past this stage by now)

But they know people are going to buy it regardless since it's Soundwave. So it's safe to say that they'll eventually do the same thing with Optimus, Magnus, Megatron and Starscream.

Thus it's not in good business to get it right the first time so enjoy the munchkin versions for now...(prices may increase)

 

The poor plastic quality and smallness of the figures in the previous waves has put me off these figures.

 

I'm pumped.

 

What is up with the artwork? Almost all of them are the character grabbing for something..

 

Looks cool, but a BIG pass for me!

 

I'd have been happy to see Soundwave as a Voyager from the outset as long as Megatron, Shockwave and Optimus had been too. But as that was not the case having Soundwave as a stand alone voyager (with Blaster & Soundblaster) makes them seems little more than an excuse to release new minions for them all. I'd play with the new ones but not with the other FOC/WFC toys but with Unicron trilogy /Universe Voyagers which they are more in keeping with perhaps. If only as it means you have the option of Blaster and Soundwave not being the same mould now.

At least the Old Deluxe FOC Soundwave is an OK size and isn't a tiny Deluxe. I do hope that Takara make Soundblaster as a deluxe or Hasbro do it as part of a boxed set. as That would have lots of a appeal to me - more so than the Voyager ones which I'm not overly bothered about them - I'll buy them for the minions but i'll perhaps try to get them as sale items. I might not even bother with the Takara FOC/WFC toys shiny as they are - Starscream has some merit to me but the others I'll have to decide if I want to spend my pennies on them or on more interesting 3rd party toys.

Even odder The Japanese one is actually the same sort of colour as Airraid so it looks like names aside the Hasbro one is Fireflight and the Takara one Airraid if you want them to be.

But I guess we will know for sure how similar they are when they actually ship.

 

I only want Magnus and Starscream, but Sideswipe's head doesn't look as bug-eyed as it did in the initial pics. I may still try to do a head swap with the classics version. Does anyone know if FOC Jazz's head will fit on the classic Lambo bros body?

 

Loose photos are now online.

Fall of Cybertron Deluxe 2013 w1 Photos Update! | Facebook

 

Robot Kingdom's Facebook page has some pretty awesome posed shots up. All the weapons seem to disassemble into multiple smaller ones, except Sideswipe's which "only" reconfigures a bit.

I've been going back and forth on "Fireflight" but I may get him and let his awesome swords, given to other figures, make up for his own mediocrity.

 

Starscream, Magnus and Air Raid shall be mine.

 

I personally think these look great and am excited for there release, I have my case on pre-order. If Air Raid and Fire Flight are supposed to be the same mold with different paint I'm thinking I may pick up an extra and repaint him into Air Raid so I can have both.

Here is what BBTS has to say about it.

 

Wow, the art on Magnus' box shows the smokestacks angled up, just like I was going to do  
And why no front image for Starscream? :c

Aggghhhhh, new pics make me happy but also make me want these MORE. And I ALWAYS get the new toys last, I just found my first Magnus and Thundertron day before yesterday, and I haven't seen Airachnid.
I LOVE that Starscream and Kickback, though.

Honestly, does anyone else believe Hasbro is going to make ANY more FOC toys? It's been a LONG time since there's been any news of new ones. I've lost hope for the rest of the insecticons, or the Dinobots, or Megatron, etc.

Kickback's back packaging is there, but not Starscream's front.

 

Still can't get over SS and his BFG!  

 

FOC Wave 3 In Hand Images

Ultra Magnus, Starscream and more, courtesy of Seibertron and Robot Kingdom.

In-Hand Images: Transformers Generations: Fall of Cybertron Deluxe Wave 3

I'm really digging these guys and their big-arse weapons!

 

They look pretty cool.

 

Me want.... very nice.

I like the fact that Hasbro finally is putting thought back into the weapons.

BTW, is SS coming in a voyager size? Why do I feel like I saw that at one point. I mean, I guess it doesn't really make sense, since all the FoC/WFC figures have been deluxes till now, but still with the release of Grimlock and the SoundWaves/Blasters, I thought he would as well.