Blackout is properly huge. I'm so happy! 11 years to get a GOOD Pave Low III transformer figure!

 

This is the stuff right here.

 

At first I was miffed Megatron, Prime and Brawl were only Voyagers, but knowing it was for the sake of robot mode scale makes me genuinely thrilled for this line.

Very rarely do they attempt deliberate scale (outside of stuff like Alternators, Alternity and Human Alliance), so I'm quite pleased that they're doing a Grimlock and Blackout who tower over their faction members.

 

I'm bothered less by the deco and more by the smoke stacks, or rather, lack of smoke stacks. it just looks pathetic in alt mode.

 

Y E S .

 

Megatron is pretty large for a voyager though

 

Agreed. That's one big-ass Voyager.  

 

A very large, unpainted voyager.

 

Ooooohhhh more product you can buy at Walmart right now on clearance even!

 

Wish the online stores would just put these up for preorder already 

 

Not that I'm complaining, but how is Megs not a Leader? He's frigging huge.

Seems pretty painted to me. See some gold paint all up his chest, some black of the treads. Got some nice detailed apps for the face. Cannon's got some gunmetal in there.

You sound so insecure the more you tout this narrative of yours that somehow these toys aren't popular.

 

Kind of a waste when they used such a shitty grey. they really should have just painted him in silver or at least casted him in a nicer grey.

 

Scale be damned, I think I already have plenty of movie Optimi and Ratchets, but there are some definite purchases here. Other than wearing hip-waders, Grimlock looks great, but still considering passing on him since the character really didn't do anything for me. But as a movie fan, it is great to be getting some upgraded figures and characters we never got.

 

Now that's a fun promo!

 

In hand starscream is a head and some taller than prime and if they really are going with the “official” scale chart does that mean megs will be taller than blackout? Meg’s is stated to be 34 feet tall and blackout as 33.

 

Curious they call him Optimus Prime and not Convoy.

 

They've called him Optimus Prime ever since the 2007 movie. Same with Bumblebee instead of Bumble, Jazz instead of Meister. Same with Animated and I think Prime/RID.

 

TakaraTomy have used the international names for the TFs (and subsequent cartoons series - Animated, Prime etc) since the first film in 2007.

 

Seeing those transformations totally hyped me for this line. Cant wait to have these guys in my collection.

 

Well hell - now I gotta buy both...