Yeah EB Games up here has the voyagers still at thier original release date. Everything else has been bumped back to later in January.

 

A question for those with Primal in-hand: Can his shoulder cannons fold away in bot-mode?

 

From what I’ve seen of the figure , Yes.

 

I can't unsee that now.

 

Got my Warpath from BBTS yesterday.
While he is a great figure, he is just about a head taller than I had hoped.

However since he is so nice, and still a head shorter than the carbots…

 

Yes. They've also been shown in video reviews.

 

Great response, thanks.

But why do I love this though???

 

Now, I am going to go into speculation mode, here. I believe that like how Paleotrex has a partsformation scheme that is like a combination of the transformations of G1 Grimlock and Dinobot with his head resembling Optimus Primal's Mace and how Ractonite has a partsformation scheme similar to the transformation of Killer Punch with the aesthetic of the Bayverse Dinobots' Knight aesthetic, I am going to suspect that Wingfinger could be heavily similar to either G1 Swoop or BW Terrorsaur in partsformation. Does anyone concur in this idea?

In fact, Paleotrex and Ractonite are heavily inspired by the G1 Dinobots, BW Dinobot and Terrorsaur, BW Neo Killer Punch, and the Bayverse Dinobots, with the WFC Trilogy Weaponizer/Modulator gimmick. Interesting.

 

I think it is well within the realm of possibility for the designers to do some easter-eggish homages in the vein of the things you are mentioning. However I don't feel like the Fossilizers are like, overtly referencing the characters you are mentioning...? Haven't held one in-hand though so I might be wrong on that. But really, I think they are making an effort to have these characters stand on their own, without having to lean so heavily on references to older characters. On top of that, sure--Paleotrex and Grimlock are both robots that transform into (the likeness of) a T-Rex, and seeing as how Hasbro / Takara don't tend to make decisions that are too risky in terms of transformation, then those two characters are just going to be similar by nature of the thing, ya know? Those are my thoughts.

 

If beast wars continues, would you guys mind a voyaguer cheetor, ala studio series hot rod, with extra blast effects and other accesories, it seems they cant do a good cheetor, sadly is so sad specially since the original was so good i think they put too much focus on the beast mode while the robot mode end up looking terrible, i got the mp it is amazing but i cant touch him without feeling something would break

 

Personally - I'd love something closer to the Titanium Beast Machines Cheetor in a Voyager.

 

Honestly, yeah, I'd love a more heavy duty Cheetor that allows for more weapons and a "body sculpt" that truly feels like Cheetor. I think I am really becoming a fan of the new voyager class and all that they are able to do with the amount of plastic allocated to it. They could really do Cheetor justice as a Voyager, and I don't necessarily think that would mean he'd have to be out of scale, either (looking at ER Cliffjumper, of course).

 

I'd really like another crack at BM Cheetor, one that matches the robot mode in the show with its absurdly lithe proportions and those awesome fins on the shoulders and biceps.

 

i was thinking more on the original design but wouldnt been against the bm version, but i prefer first another shot on the original

 

I doubt they’d make another figure of the og cheetor design any time soon. Prob gonna have to settle with kingdom cheetor. Although who knows really.

 

I dunno the animation model looks pretty identical

Whats this for

 

@BlaminisPrime that's WFC: Kingdom information.

It's the two packs and Selects figures that I'm reserving my monies for at this point. Guess it's just more exciting right now since we don't actually know anything about those items yet.