Additional piece under the monoeye?

 

More pics from Heat Toy FB. Sets looking great so far.

 

The wheels look almost identical to those on Smash.

 

Man, that guy looks great.

Sadly, I decided to go with the Hasbro version, as Target had them for $30 when they first came out (pre-street date, but a buddy of mine convinced a store rep to override. Yay $30 leader figures!) and since buying all of them/combining them was never a goal for me, I'm pretty good with him.

But this does look awesome. I'll be watching for pictures as people get him in once he ships out. The guy definitely has a lot of presence.

I'm still in for Landslip, though.  

 

3 or 4 months

 

Glorious!

 

This is so cool. Compresor, Landslip and Split really take it to the next level for me. Can't wait for the rest of them!

 

No video of Smash & Compressor combined.... or pics of them beside each other in vehicle mode.

 

Compressor looks good, but all of these figures so far look like big chugs. None of them exude "Masterpiece" energy

 

Whut?

Well... to each his own I guess...

But what do you need for something to be MP then? The paintapps, aesthetics and transformations all look MP style to me. Only the scale is questionable.

 

That's probably intentional to preserve the stability of the combiner. Bayverse characters get that "Masterpiece" look by having a lot of greebles and small parts, which don't lend themselves well to supporting a lot of weight.

I find the sacrifices to be reasonable. Nobody has made proper high-budget figures of the Constructicons before to take notes from, and Devil Saviour chose to focus more on the combiner than the accuracy of the individual bots. I would love to see the characters done justice with non-combining figures if some company decides there's a big enough hole in the market. A 6-pound Masterpiece Scavenger and a spider Overload would be a sight to behold.

 

That is overall a very nice-looking toy.

 

I can't be the only one who thinks Axe and Compressor are direct upgrades from the ROTF Legends Devastator.

 

You're not. Influence in conversion and combination is clearly there.

 

Honestly I think the two are too different to really compare. It's like the difference between a cyberverse figure and a WFC figure. Which one you should buy depends on what you're looking for.

 

You're not, it has been mentioned countless times in this thread. Countless times...
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Verry pleased with overload look in all mods (I prefer this regular bot design compared to the studio series gorilla shape)
It makes me a little sad that I will go to combine mode and never ever making them in bot mode again.
Funny that there are no pictures with longhaul leg yet.

 

Compressor and Axe share the basic engineering from their Legends counterparts, while Smash pills from the RotF Voyager.

Compressor looks pretty great overall. The combined mode looks like it's going to be very top heavy, so hopefully Smash and Rampage are strong.

 

So my Giant Axe showed up today.

He is stunning (although they sent the wrong guard rails).

But be aware, the guard rails are VERY fragile. Managed to break the tabs insering them even though I was being careful on one set.

Since they sent the wrong ones (2 rights and no lefts), maybe I can get e replacemnt of the broken piece as well. If not I'll glue it. Just be aware.

None the less WOW!