New Earthrise listings!

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by Jtprime17, Dec 28, 2019.

  1. orangeitis

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    That was my initial impression too, but then I saw the 5mm hole on the backpack.

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    I was with you until that. =/

    "Runamok" was just the poll hashtag.

    How do we know it transforms?

    Wheeljack: Slicer, Exhaust, Lockdown

    Sunstreaker: Cordon, Tracks, Lockdown
     
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  2. RedQueen

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    That doesn’t make sense because there’s a port on his back both before and after the “”””””””shield”””””””””” is placed in his back

    I really hope the powermasters aren’t “functional” if included. I’m not a huge fan of requiring separate parts to initiate a transformation. I would like small partners that transform and connect, however. Just let Doubledealer be able to transform on his own
     
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  3. Robogeek28

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    Mirage already got his 2nd use
     
  5. Shin Densetsu

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    I meant functional as in the Powermasters themselves transform, not in the sense of unlocking Doubledealer to enable him to transform. This rather than faux pieces molded on Doubledealer meant to resemble the Powermasters as engines.
     
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  6. Rakzo

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    So what? Ironhide's mould got its third use in Crosshairs (And there are going to be more probably in Selects).

    Also, I'm pretty sure that Mirage is also going to be repainted into Crasher eventually (And I can't wait for it).
     
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    No, he should just come with Knok and Skar as power masters with his big ass rocket.
     
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    Leader Doublebealer is big surprise
     
  9. Fenrys

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    each mold on average gets 2 uses, more than that is the exception and not the rule. in addition to that hasbro (not funpub, not takara, hasbro only) has a pattern of only using new mold fan vote characters as the character from the vote, even when repainted or remolded. there are 2 exceptions to this, victorion (the one time we knew the vote would be for a remold rather than a new mold) and trypticon (titans usually dont get repaints in general). windblade got combiner hunters windblade (slipstream was takara and airazor was funpub), optimal optimus got throne of primes, impactor got decepticon impactor and mirage got holo mirage.

    none of this says it is 100% impossible that the mirage mold will get used again, however the trend does say that it is unlikely to be used as anyone other than mirage by hasbro
     
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    Is it? After seeing Astrotrain it became even more likely.

    That missile is going to be huge, and his wingspan can now in all it's glory.

    I'm rooting for a Voyager Micromaster base that turns into the dunk tank/throne from the movie.

    Whatever the case, it'll be a pretool of someone...
     
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    Quints are troop builders by nature, it doesn’t necessarily need to be a pretool of anything because people will inevitably buy multiples
     
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    2 quintesson listings... hope 1 is the g1 judge. F--k it transforming, I just want the 5 original faces!
     
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    It's cool to see Sunstreaker, although I'm still pretty happy with Combiner Wars Sunstreaker. CW figures didn't often make good use of the hand/foot/gun imo, but Sunstreaker using it as his exposed engine was pretty clever. I'd only be interested in upgrading to the Earthrise version if they gave him an alt mode to match Seige Sideswipe but that seems unlikely.
     
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    That's a generous take on it, but as others have pointed out, CJ has a 5 mm port with or without the back end. The partsforming was most likely a design shortcut/cheat and they're calling the detachable part a "shield" to justify the engineering.

    If the designers can't figure out a way to get both sets of wheels onto Runamuck's feet with integrated transformation, just watch. The rear wheels will be detachable and Runamuck can wield them on his fists/arms as "wheel blades" or on his feet as "hyper skates" or something.
     
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    Same. I rather like the...idea behind the Cyberverse figure out now, but I'm curious to see what they do with a voyager class Quint. I'm hoping for five titan masters/head masters in there and bendy tentacles, lol
     
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    Off the topic a bit, but I’d really like to see Siege Mirage and Earthrise Hoist repainted as RiD2K Skid-Z and Tow-Line.
     
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    Personally I want it to be a weaponizer like I've been wishlisting for months, though being a Voyager class might make that less likely. Imagine it separating so that the faces became shields and armor, (imagine if the faces could be used as masks! Though given how past weaponizers have worked that's unlikely)and the tentacles could be whip/flail weapons, ideally with quite a bit of poseability. The body section could become armor or extra guns or something.
     
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  18. Rocka5438

    Rocka5438 why yes i can deal with that right now

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    Coneheads and earth-mode remakes of EVERY SEEKER IN SIEGE when now?
     
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    Personally I’d rather see coneheads and slipstream over repeats of the rainmakers and redwing
     
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