Takara Tomy Legacy & Studio Series Listings For November 2022

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by Gamerlingual, Jun 7, 2022.

  1. AutobotTurbine

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    Wh- what are these poses? Why does he look like he’s gonna enter the ring with Rocky?
    The more I look at Galvatron, the more… off.. he looks. I’m not gonna cancel my preorder as I’m hoping he’ll be better in hand but I really hope he can pull off something better than whatever this is.

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    I take back what I said about the previous stock images. What the hell is this pose? I haven’t seen all of Age of Extinction, in fact I haven’t seen it at all but does he do this? Does he adjust his suspenders or something? Why do all the other stock photos from today look great but Galvatron just falls flat?
     
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    Obvious. He's doing The Chicken Dance.
     
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    i just watched aoe fully just today and no he never does that in movie. which is funny because his articulation doesnt look bad at all so its beyond me why they chose to display him like this. tho ironically enough this might be the best picture for pancake boi despite the pose
     
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  4. cloudballoon

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    I don't mind the Combiner ports, it can be solved even if they aren't tight. My main gripe is the lower legs. Too short, and Hasbro should've engineered a ratcheted swivel that can turn the feet 180%. The engineering isn't that complicated, and allows fans to display Menasor in toon OR toy accurate modes.
     
  5. Starpilot949

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    Do we have UPC's for the voyagers?
     
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    Oh my... does Galvatron not have wrist rotation?
     
  7. POSSESSED_DIGIT

    POSSESSED_DIGIT WE ARE NUBBY THUMB!!

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    Probably. I was wondering if they considered the toon animations where the whole cars hang off the upper arm. So you can choose how you want to combine them
     
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    Metroplex looks so damn fun. I can’t wait to have him stomping around my Cybertron display.
     
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    Shmoptimus Prime Za Warudo!

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    These are all looking great. I do really wish Galvatron had better arms, as those blades are sad, but overall he looks good. I'm still really on the fence about Menasor, cause so far he looks awesome, but I really don't want to invest in a whole combiner team now especially since I just completed Devil Saviour Devastator.
     
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    There are more inconsistencies in the toons. We got everything between the carbot IS the arm (à la Combiner Wars), the whole car attached as a single armorpiece in the upper OR lower arm, and the car split into two armorpieces to the gray arm (Legacy), that's 4 configurations total. Hasbro's not gonna put effort in giving us all 4 possibilities.

    Your wish is the cooler of the 4 though. Giving Menasor an armored Shogun vibe.
     
  11. octobotimus

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    Nope. they starting to cut back and remove wrist articulation on a lot of SS figures. Even BB Soundwave had none despite his transformation being insanely simple.
     
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    Welp, Galvatron looks terrible. Looks like the grey doesn't actually work with the Silver as well as it does in Hasbro's more touched up images. On the bright side, Thundercracker and Metroplex are growing on me. Still doubt I'll buy either, but hey, at least they look nice.
     
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    I might buy Galvatron, these pics make him look better. I just wish he had better arms, those arms are too small imo. Thundercracker is a definite buy.
    As for Legacy, Motormaster is looking great! I'm not getting all the Stunticons (just want Dragstrip, Dead-End and MM), so the trailer will be in trailer mode on the shelf.
     
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    Even a lot of WFC and Legacy figures don't have wrist articulation (mostly the Deluxes).
     
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    That Galvatron is looking worse and worse with every new image.
     
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    Hopefully a review can change my mind because I think he's not that great.
     
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    Everyone’s putting down Galvatron, but he looks like a fun toy. His arms are a little spindly but so was the original. I don’t see the hate..
     
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    Yeah I agree with you, I like what I'm seeing. Can't wait for the insane transformation
     
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    If I had unlimited space (and more importantly; money) that there Cybertron Metroplex would be quite tempting. One of those things I have no connection with (was too busy being A Cool Teen™ during the Unicron Trilogy) but, damn, he looks like fun. Plus, as someone who wants to see more Transformers come with unique melee weapons rather than boring old guns I'm a big fan of the massive bucket wheel as a hand-held weapon!

    Also as someone who doesn't collect Studio Series I really don't get why so many people think Galvatron looks terrible. It looks tons better than the original toy at the very least!
     
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    As an engineer, any time I hear a customer say this I cringe.