TFW2005 Coverage Of Toy Fair 2019 Hasbro Investor Preview Event

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by SilverOptimus, Feb 15, 2019.

  1. Ektris

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    The arms look thicker to me than the rocket? So maybe the ends open a bit and the rest collapses in. Very well could just be camera angles/proximity or whatever.
     
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  2. C16

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    Wake me up when they finally make an Omega Supreme (official or otherwise) that's actually Classics sized.
     
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    Isn't this one?

    It's not MP scale.
     
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  4. WishfulThinking

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    You have a 14" YotS version and you have this 22" Titan-class version. I mean...what other size are you looking for?
     
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    It's the same size as the MP third party Omegas, so yeah it is MP scale.

    Omega Supreme is only a little over a head or two taller than a combiner. That should come out to around 14-15 inches, not 24.

    The Year of the Snake isn't really G1 styled even with the new parts since it's a retool of the Energon version. I just want a Classics Omega that isn't a Titan.
     
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    Man, I hope that clear plastic claw isn't going to be prone to breaking, or there are going to be a lot of cheesed-off collectors.
     
  7. ssjkazer

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    I would argue just like CW Devastator its just to big for some people liking, for me he is to big he should be a little bigger than a combiner, for me this would end up as a MP toy, if i get him money is tight
     
  8. denebian

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    Where? All I'm seeing is the normal black/gray one.
     
  9. WishfulThinking

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    Well, Classics series was always about modernized updates of G1 (and occasionally other) characters. So, YotS Omega DOES fit Classics series.

    What you are wanting is a full-on G1 NON-modernized update (more like what we've been getting since Titans Return) that's the about the same size as YotS. Okay, you know you can get YotS and add on 3P parts by Maketoys to pretty much get you there.
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    Also this!
     
  11. C16

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    Classics has not always been about modernization, especially at the expensive of the character's design. There's definitely been plenty of figures on both sides. That Omega is not good enough for either though. The color is off, the alt mode is wrong, the head is tiny. It's definitely an Omega Suprme, but it's not a good G1 Omega Supreme and I'm not sliding my standards down just to have that box checked off. The quality of Classics has moved beyond using then-10 year old mold.

    As for this one, there was no reason to make it Titan sized. He's not a city bot character and shouldn't have been pushed up to that size with the rest of the Titans. It's way too big for Classics.
     
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    I think it’s iist the lighting.

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    You mean Weijang Omega?
     
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    I think that's lighting unfortunately. :( 
     
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    Yeah, it pretty much was, with few exceptions. I think we need an understanding here, though. Classics is over. We're in Generations - and it was only since Titans Return that we REALLY got a full line of faithful updates. You're asking for Classic Series...but I think you mean modern Generations.

    Yea, you're not asking for Classic Series. You're asking for a shrunk-down Siege Omega Supreme.

    Again, you are pushing the scaling motif of a 13-year-old series on a modern Generations figure. Siege is a scale unto itself and it works well with Siege - you'll need to make that mental disconnect of voyager-sized Universe Sideswipes and deluxe Seekers...what we were getting in 2006 through 2012...to what we're getting now.
     
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    Obviously when I say Classics, I mean the entire retro G1 line throughout the different name changes it's gone through over the last 10+ years. Classics Universe, Generations. It's really all semantics. Most people who collect these lines display them all together as an ongoing collection.

    But ok, fine. Siege Omega is still way too big for other Siege figures. And 2 feet tall towers over the combiners they released just a couple lines ago.

    You mean the Omega that's the same size as all the other third party Omegas and the new official one?
     
  17. Autobot Burnout

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    Maybe he is a city bot now, according to Hasbro. His alt. mode is literally a rocket base so maybe compared to other city bots he's a bit on the short side, but he always was an outlier even in the 80s given he's one of the few molds not from microchange/diaclone or originally developed for Transformers in the first place.

    Plus, what other size could Hasbro even make after having pushed out Titans for years at this point? Supreme? That's largely reserved for Unicron and Primus re-issues...which pretty much cost the same as titans anyway if my recollection of 'G2 Primus' being $150 is any indication.
     
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  18. Calabask

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    Yeah, but is chunky as well and more massive in width, presumably, and can probably pick stuff up. Also, I'm pretty sure combiners are supposed to be on a scale smaller than /CITY/ bots.
     
  19. Metroplex[IH]

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    It feels like the right scale to me, but I'm mostly just wanting it to scale with Devastator. In any event, this thread has a pretty convincing scale chart. Though it only has Predaking and Devastator on it, it seems to fit what Hasbro is doing now.

    Introductory: - The *Definitive* Sunbow Scale Chart
     
  20. Sammael

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    I just got YOTS Omega with Armageddon upgrade last year and it's a great fit for CHUG. He is much bigger than my CHUG Devastator (Green Giant), but not so big that he towers over him as much as this would. I will still probably buy this Omega and have him and UW Devastator on a separate display.