Yeah it makes me nervous just looking at it lol.

 

They've gotta be made of soft material for safety reasons.

 

This time, yes, it lead to him being a HasLab. But we don't know what kind of success Hasbro would need to see from this Saber's project to decide it's worth trying at retail. If he makes it all the way to 20k preorders, then they may consider it a viable option down the road.

If it's similar to the material on Superion's antennae that'd work. Also it appears they may be on ball joints inside the helmet. So even if they're not completely bendable they'd at least have some give.

 

Just backed mine  

 

As expected, the "visible fist syndrome" was just a mistransformed backpack. Leo's forearms tuck up, behind, and out of view.

 

Oftentimes, "we don't need figure x" comes across as "I don't want figure x and if I don't want it, it shouldn't get made and screw everybody else who would want it." I'm not saying that's your intention. But that's sort of how it comes across.

 

To counter it though they've forgotten to fold out Vic's wings lol.

 

Interesting that Victory Leo's legs split at the thigh and are actually connected to the waist through the chain guns. This helps with the proportions in boots mode, but seems to means that the chain guns cannot be posed independently from the legs.

 

Too bad we don’t get certificates saying what backer we are, it would be kinda cool.

 

If the head antenna are a softer material, they better be made of whatever Unicron's equator was made of. Anything softer and all it will do is warp, and that would piss me the hell off.

Unicron's equator strips were fine though, they were softer and flexible, but the tower spikes stay straight.

 

The only counter to this is that G.B stated he wants a rerelease. Which I get as there are some figures that I think don't need updates just a rerelease

 

More articulation. Show accuracy. In addition to a new deco.

 

Not necessarily. The fact that they're hinged at the base means they have give.

Even then, I'm not quite sure what to make of those so-called safety standards, when we now have the Earthrise Seekers and their solid nosecones that sort of defy our conventional understanding of those.

If they put them on a nylon or POM sprue, they'll be strong enough to stand up to handling.

 

The prototype is looking great so far

 

Man the more pics of this I see the more excited I am getting

 

The fact that this won’t come out for at least a year sucks lol.

 

I'm really on the fence about ordering a second one... I don't want to share with my son...

 

I mean, you can hide your copy in the closet or something.

 

The deadline is October 11-October 12

 

I've tried.. he knows when I kick the bucket he will inherit all of them. All the Titans, Unicron, the G1 figures and chugs and the MPs. I fear the day he Starsceams me and pulls the plug saying I've fallen and he is the new leader of the toys collected lol.