That's just business as normal really They revealed Kup and Cliffjumper Yes they did, starting at 49:11 it was said by Bmac "you will be getting a classic Prime done from that Volvo VNR" when talking about the holiday Prime mold
That's not really how gang-molding works. All the parts are molded on to sprues and those sprues are cut down and assembled later. If Eject was molded with Twincast's blue, then Rewind would have had to be molded with Blaster's red. Additionally, there's a lot of parts shuffling involved with making these. The only sprue that likely had space left after Blaster's tooling was complete was his clear chest panel. Thus, that's where Eject's parts ended up.
Shrapnel is cool and all, but where's Chop Shop? I'm in for Crosscut, Twincast, and Metalhawk. I was wavering a bit on Metalhawk, but I'm all in now. His heroic look just screams BURNING JUSTICE. Taking the already excellent Cyclonus mold was a good choice. The best thing to come out of this was the pipeline reveals. Yes, if you follow the threads, we knew what was coming, but just getting that acknowledgement is nice. Come on Beachcomber!
Ok I gonna sound like a hypcrite but I'm starting to hate leakers now! I should of been way more excited for this but nope, I've seen most of them thanks to the leakers! For the "new" stuff- Ok we got glimpse of Freezer gun mode but it wasn't clear enough for me and they mention he can be store in Scourge back. Grimlook look like the Authentic/ Alpha Bravo version but in Core class. Ok that hald of them reveal and so far, I'm not impressed. For now I gonna skipped them unless the other three make up for it! Nemesis is cool but it's retool from the Kingdom version. I think the fist is new due to how the axe (also new) peg/ tab into the fist area? Glad that the insecticon fans got Shrapnel but I'm not interested in them. Cool that Junkion got a name now, Crossbar and I assume the muscule is Muscle Grease (or was it Grease Muscle). I think it was leak that Dirge will get a rerelease? Regardless it's cool they are doing that but I'm fine with my G2 Ramjet (not into buying similar molds unless I really liked the characters). Metal Hawk plane mode is kinda cool I guess? I mean I own Kingdom Cyclonus and I can see how the parts felt abit glue on like the rear wings to the rear legs parts. Nemesis Leo is cool for the fans but again not interested in him. Armada Megatron is same reaction as Nemesis Leo.
Very excited about all of this. Definitely going to continue to be a completionist for Legacy. As always, updated list:
When I first saw the Skyquake thumbnail I thought it was Cybertron Jetfire and I got unreasonably excited (no offense to you at all Skyquake my dude you look very cool).
Well, enjoyed this. Nothing too surprising, but I'm getting everything but Crashbar. I wanna see the Scraphook in hand first, but I'm not a Junkion guy nor do I have room on the shelf for more. Really liked that they are doing pipeline reveals. Only one I'm interested in is Beachcomber at this point, but so happy for the rest of you guys. Depending on how the exclusives pan out, looks like this will be a little bit of a breather year for me, which would be good.
Looks like Strongarm and Shadowstriker are wave four if they're even coming out at all. Don't even know what universe Strongarm will be. Godammit. Axlegrease and Beachcomber might be pretty interesting but I am really feeling the lack of gender variety. I hope Axlegrease isn't just a straight body copy of Lockdown and they use this opportunity for a new female character but I have serious doubts. Gotta love a line that gives you the ability to make TFP Skyquake and TFA Prowl have a throwdown while keeping a logical scale and avoiding aesthetic clashes. I must admit those two are going to be impossible to resist. I think that Crashbar not only has an amazing name but will also be a guaranteed pickup. Going to bug me how much easier these newbies and Beachcomber are going to be to get than Strongarm— whom I've been wanting for so long—and a rad femcon. No interest in Grimlock, Shrapnel, Crosscut, and Metalhawk has managed to have such a shitty alt mode that I'm confused if I would put it in the Cybertronian or Earth sections. That mini Nemesis and Thundercracker could be really fun. Don't have Starscream or Optimus, though...
Thank god the Volvo Optimus is going to get redecoed into his classic colours. I really cannot unsee the Santa outfit from the Christmas version even though that is the intention. Was going to get G2 Laser Prime as the reformatted body to ER Prime but this will do. Hopefully he comes with a better weapon rather than the repackaged ER Ion Blaster if they're not going to give him a trailer.
Shrapnel Metalhawk Twincast Thats what im going for personally. Great reveals and enjoyed the pipeline segment as well. Props the Hasbro team!
I do appreciate the pipeline reveals. (Wondering to myself: Do I sell my PotP Beachcomber and Timelines Devcon now before the official ones are revealed....?)
??? I am calm. Like I said, I just hate continuity warring in general. Heck, my personal continuity includes Gobots and other non-TF from the 80s, so I don't have a problem with animated, prime, etc. being added.
Smokey grey. Same color as Rewind, as those parts are gang-molded. Any red you're seeing is bounce-lighting off the diorama base.
Devcon and Beachcomber are only 2 of 4 deluxes said to come in the next few waves according to listings. It's possible the girls will be the other 2 for wave 3. Plus, the listing confirmed it's RID Strongarm
