MS wins this battle, apparently.

 

Well, that looks like another double configuration team. Wallet be ready.

 

Wow, I thought NA would win the robot modes but it looks like MS is just killing it with this Devastator all around. Love how these are looking muscled up. Wish we could get some of this in MP

 

That's a bit too soon, but it's looking really good so far!  

 

great post and judging the pics. these guys look fantastic and thanks for posting these here.

yeah that is what i am thinking as well. look how big they look infront of mags 2.0 i cant wait for these to drop.

 

Long Haul has a perfect chest,very G1 toy and toon head but for me the most important battle will be Scrapper vs Scrapper,is one of my favorite Transformers.NA Scavenger is perfect but MS proportions as legs ,not counting G1 toy seem even better.NA Hook legs instead are a good point by them.

 

Magic Square just out here collecting dubs

Megatron, Menasor, Prime 2.0, now these guys

 

They look like brutes. Imo Magic Square wins the aesthetics for these guys.

 

They nailed the aesthetic. The NA ones looked like cell drawings and these look like warriors!

 

Yep, that's what I love about MS figures. Headsculpts aside, they're always imposing in stature with robust frames, like you'd expect the characters to be.

NA is really good at capturing the playful cartoon aesthetic, but I like these guys to look like they're actually up for fighting a millions of years war.

 

They definitely have the bulky/heroic appearance Magic Square is known for. Good to know they'll look good as individual robots unlike Hulkie.

 

Yeah, its an interesting choice. I think its cool, and appropriate given their Construction vehicle alt modes, though I'm guessing it will upset some scale purists who will think they're too big. Well, I think the size will work great with their Grapple and Hoist for folks want to re-create The Master Builders ep. But since the scale was all over the place in the cartoons, that's already too tall against the rest of the MS Decepticons. So I think between the two sets, there's something catering to everyone's tastes.

 

gotta say i like the sculpt/propertions of the MS bots over NA, similar to how i liked their soundwave. combiner i'm also giving it to MS. now all that's left is the alt modes which they tend to falter on. but given construction vehicles are fairly blocky without too many sophisticated curved features. they did alright with the first two pairs, so hopefully they won't stray too far from the mark with the rest and they will have me hooked.

 

Devy is my favorite combainer from g1 cartoon. When it comes to Devy as toy I looking for all his 3 modes (Constructicons, vehicles and Devastator) to look as best as it can be for me. Cartoon looks are mostly appreciated here but I will consider a more realistic appearance of the vehicle so then the rest of 2 modes. For now both versions Constructicons are good, some are more toon precise or less but they are still good. Now it's too early for me to judge which version I like better but for now MS is looking promising.

 

Look pretty good, although I don't like Scavenger's chest at the moment, and they unwisely put a slot right where the Decepticon emblem is supposed to go.

 

Yeah that's bugging me too. Chest might look fine when painted, but that slot is definitely a bummer. I like to place faction logos in their cartoon accurate spot whenever possible.

 

Didn't think about MS's tendency towards blockiness with their alt-mode designs; it really is a strength for figures like the Constructicons.

I wonder how Magic Square's designer would handle the Dinobots? They aren't as blocky in alt-mode, but they aren't slavishly faithful to real dinosaurs.

 

MS figures always look nicer and are sized better, but NewAge usually puts more thought into the overall packages with accessories, stands for the seekers, and increased articulation.

Ive purchased a few NewAge figures and while impressed, I wound up selling them for not scaling well. Im MS for pretty much everything except larger characters (NewAge does your Megatrons and Shockwaves and such at a decent size)

 

On the far right behind the last figure you can see their Dragstrip's shoulder behind that one for another known reference point.

New Age is more accurate in almost all places (Mixmaster and Scrapper's arm wheels and Mixmaster's lack of windshield go to MS for accuracy, maybe how low Scrapper's scoop gets I'm not sure if NA can go lower), but at the same time Magic Square just looks better. I really like Long Haul's legs being filled out instead of thinned.

It isn't what I would want, but the animation model for Scavenger looks like it needs Magic Square's lower body with New Age's upper body for accuracy.

I find it interesting that Scrapper was blurred out on one of the new images instead of Scavenger or Long Haul since he had a full reveal before. Makes me wonder if it either got redesigned (if it is an old pic that just came out now) or is being redesigned now (if it is a current picture).

 

Def MS for me, since I do not collect NA and IMO they do look a lot better.
Hope we see it finished this year