Ugh, thats a good point. :/ I had been hoping that Mini-cons would be sold in multipacks for either $15, $20, or $25. Or even just packed in with Voyagers and Leaders. But with the failing of the Micromasters... it’s not looking to good for them.


That said, a new figure of an Armada character does not need to include their Mini-con to be complete. A Hot Shot is a Hot Shot, Blurr is Blurr, etc. If they included Mini-con ports, that would be enough.

 

I might be few pages late to this thread, however I would I completely agree with what has been said before referring to all the "references" we see as the fans here and there are nothing but results of rushed due diligence research. There is no way it is an actual Armada Thrust reference, it’s is reference to a 10 second google images search. It’s painful to release how these people are completely careless with what they are doing and how their small mistakes make people happy, or judging by this thread not really "happy".

And I’m saying this while being a diehard Armada fan who would do inaudible things for MP Armada Starscream. People who got mad that this character named "Thrust" is not in burgundy colors therefore is not representing a completely characterless deception from G1 should not get mad as it is not an Armada Thrist either. It’s just a result of a 10 second google search.

 

Why do people think it's an accidental rather than an intentional reference exactly? It's in a movie, it got past a rigorous design phase in which I'm sure there were people saying thrust should be red but we got the green armada reference anyway. It honestly seems to me like an accidental reference would be far less likely than an intentional one.

 

The main villians of the movie are based off the Gobots(something Travis Knight mentioned several times) Crasher and Coptur for fucks sake. If you don’t know that, your the one who doesn’t do your research.

Shatter was named Fracture in her concept art.


Her colors are based directly off of Fracture’s movie figure.



Fracture herself, was a homage to the Gobots character Crasher, who was partnered with Cop-Tur, who turned into a Blue Helicopter.



Now who else turns into a blue Helicopter??????


Director Travis Knight Takes Us Inside The Making Of ‘Bumblebee

Watching you people cry that Thrust isn’t an intended homage when you don’t even realize who the two main characters are based off of, and how deep a cut that is, is absolutely painful. But the again, I see people on these forums say that characters like Hot House and Ironworks aren’t obscure, so I know you’ll believe whatever you want regardless of it makes any sense.

 

Off topic, but: Did the prime day Amazon truck Optimus ever get revealed? Or was that all a hoax?

 

That's...actually interesting not gonna lie
"Oh we based Shatter and Dropkick on two of the most famous Go-bots." Missed opportunity to do Cy-kill 0/10

 

Not yet. Also it has its own thread: Product Description for Amazon x Transformers Optimus Prime

 

I think they are doing skywarp and thundercracker next. For cone-heads:Red Wing(only one i can think of)