This was where Hasbro dropped the ball. Looking at Siege's first few leaders...there's no reason why they couldn't come up with a leader Megatron that was modeled after his G1 toy/cartoon appearance...and instead of turning into a tank he just turned into the barrel/turret. Then you'd have the accessories that could turn him all the way into a tank...and in bot mode he'd have some weaponizer bits that depending on how you arranged them could make him look like IDW, or G2, or maybe even Armada...etc. You know, something creative.
More stuff! And most intriguingly... seems we might get the SECOND half of some Micro groups! Earthrise Megatron (he HAS to be a gun, right? Given how accurate Earthrise OP is...), Battle Squad (could we be getting Sunrunner and Sidetrack now?), Snapdragon, Quintesson, and the previously leaked Race Track Patrol and Astro Squad. SS has Blitzwing aka not-Starscream from the Bee movie - I expect it will look better than that really sad attempt by third parties I have seen so far. Skipjack was the in-credits name for Rampage in RotF, so I assume that'll be a yellow repaint of him for those wanting a screen accurate Devastator. Scrapper and Sentinel Prime we had listed before. Curious how they can make Sentinel's alt mode as long as in the movie when he is just a voyager... but after DotM Megatron being freakishly long, I will believe anything. Cyberverse has some... strange listings. Skullcruncher, Thunderhowl and... Iaconus??? A whole city? Maybe they are getting Titan size too? They cannot get away as easily with Megs as they did with Shockwave's "spaceship" mode. He is a real life earth gun, not a space laser. They could potentially hide it as a third mode... like with TR Galvatron.
Rung I can see why, since he was in the last wave. But why re-release something that was from Wave 1 and saw tons of distribution? We have gotten most of the waves so far in Hungary, so I am not afraid of missing out. I only get Leaders and Commanders (and of course Titans) from other countries, and I do buy the Generations Select from HasbroPulse via an US friend. But the situation is better now than ever - especially PotP was something we almost totally missed in Hungary, we barely had a few toys appear. Müller's carrying TFs really helped but other stores are selling them too.
I’m super curious what E Megs will be because, as much as I want him to be a gun- he won’t! I’m thinking he’ll end up as a realistic earth tank with G1 robot mode design. If we’re super duper lucky, there will be an unofficial third gun mode. I don’t think it’ll be a Galvatron design because that breaks the whole earth aesthetic design. I was initially not excited for another Megatron figure in ER but if the alt mode is as good as Starscream’s and Optimus’ then I’m all in. Siege Megs had a pretty bad alt mode too, so this should be a nice upgrade.
another thing to hope for megs is that he come with a accesory that allows him to be holding his gun mode(since that the only way it appearing)
Ugh, no, please NO more Cyclonuses. I cannot justify buying a new one when the old Generations one is perfect, even has Nightstick who looks fine next to the new Battlemasters. I got the CW Voyager but only because he looks more like the G1 toy, while the deluxe looks more like the cartoon model. The version in the Hot Rod/Galvatron 3-pack is pretty much the most cartoon accurate deco of that mold, and I don't need any more versions. Same with Scourge - I now have Titanium, Generations flying wing, and both TR and Legends Scourge - I use the latter with a Sweep head. I can at least justify all the extras as Sweeps. What e-tailor is that? With Brexit happening (maybe this time for good?) I need to find a non-UK webshop in Europe. Cliffjumper, Wheeljack and upcoming Battlechargers, AND Sunstreaker, I expect will all be re-decoed into various Throttlebots. But I'd prefer if it was just Cliffjumper, so they would be small and not stand out next to Chase whom we got in PotP. I keep seeing in international sightings that lot of countries ARE getting Selects stuff at retail.
I have seen many weird measurements, especially the UK still using pounds, but... what the heck is a "floz"?
It's probably the worse figure of the Siege line. I could have skipped it and not really fell like I missed anything. I only bought her because I was planning to possible complete the whole line, and when she came out, I figured that she might be that single "off-one". Between the giant backpack, the tiny legs/arms, being a remold (or shares a huge part of her engineering) of the Combiner wars female autobots, and the flat pastel colour, she doesn't even look like she is part of Siege whatsoever. The car mode is ok-ish, again, remold so noting really new. She's the one that shelfwarmed the most here.
Given that we're never going to get Megatron as a Walther P-38, Siege Megatron is as close to G1 Sunbow Megatron as we're going to get, especially the 35th Anniversary version. Personally, I hope Earthrise Megatron is a straight up green/purple G2 Megatron.
With all of these back to back Megatron's releasing. Here's hoping they finally share the mold with Tarn.
It's a rare moment when I'll agree that a repaint looks so much better, and this one is one that I agree with. I didn't bother with her but I never came across a store that had it in stock.
Hey, I just realized the listing says Battle Squad, not Battle Patrol... That means the Decepticon Micro Combiners. Here is hoping it is another 2 team members, maybe Fireshot and Vanquish? LOL! But... How can you measure weight in fluids???
I'm not American. Online shopping is prohibitively expensive because the only places that allow for preorders of specific figures are based in America or somewhere else overseas, and even if they weren't then I've still gotta deal with markups and postage compared to my local Kmart or Big W.
Never thought about that but only if it is a very good retool and is very close to Deathsaurus's usual appearance. Him having an extra mode, as a missile carrier, is a cool thought.
