And that's the bottom line...…CAUSE STONE COLD SAID SO!

 

Octane definitely needs a voyager-leader if just for the extra tooling to get a decent two forms.

 

Would have liked the BM Maximals' designs more if the faces didn't provoke uncanny valley vibes. Some even looked like they had plastic surgery, but that's probably the fault of the CGI at the time. Plus trying to balance the "techno" and "organic" of the techno-organic look. They were trying something new so of course it would be either a hit or a miss. For me it was miss, but if people liked the designs that's okay.

Personally I prefer the S1 BW forms and the Fuzors, but that's because I love mythology, they were on ancient Earth, and mythology/folklore is full of talking shape shifting animals. I like the Fuzors because mythology is also full of mix and match critters.

This doesn't mean I dislike the Transmetals though. Would have loved to see TM Waspinator in the show. Dude looks like a Kamen Rider. I just prefer the S1 Forms more for the previously stated reasons.

Plus some mythology speaks of monstrous animals that have metal like hides.

"The sixth labour was to defeat the Stymphalian birds, man-eating birds with beaks made of bronze and sharp metallic feathers they could launch at their victims"

 

I hope we get a new Megatron to go with g2 prime, the selects version looks alright but I new or remold would be nice

 

So, then... I must ask. If you had to choose, which version would you prefer? TR or Legacy Blitzwing? And yes, your opinion is valued and valid, so we definitely want to hear. Me, personally, I kind of like the TR version a lot. I don't care that he's a Headmaster. The Legacy one will have to do everything the TR version does and keep the head intact to win me over. If it feels like a step-down, I don't know that I'll race right out and grab a Legacy Blitzwing.

 

See this is probably why Hasbro do what they do, they know we'll eat it up  

Regarding @darqen's point - having seen the new Blitzwing, I feel he's more a sideways move compared to the TR version, similar to how Kingdom Rhinox/Waspinator are to their T30 versions. As opposed to the significant upgrade Siege/ER Astrotrain was compared to his TR version.

If Octane was made at leader class without significant improvements on the TR mold it just seems like a waste of a leader class slot to me personally....

He doesn't appear to be, but I wouldn't put it past the engineering team at Takara Tomy.

 

But he wouldn't be a headmaster, that makes it worth the price increase because it's more accurate right?

 

the idea of him being like a sidegrade sounds disappointing if there demanding a leader price

 

This is partly why I feel the way I do.

But he does have some additional weapon pieces that can be used to make 'Hulk hands' in bot mode, and add some bulk and menace to his Tank mode. They can also be added to his jet engines as 'boosters' of some kind but it's a bit of a stretch tbh.

 

Maybe they're for space travel, so he can keep up with Astrotrain on those all important energon runs between Cybertron & Earth!

 

Ultimately it'll still probably be the best blitzwing given that the lack of ankle tilts was one of my biggest issues with the tr figure as well as the sticker details. The Hulk hands sound interesting but I'll probably just leave them in the box, wish they would've went with blast effects

 

You say that in blue text, but your heart says it in black.

Or is that my heart?

Whatever....either way....YAY! No Headmaster gimmick!!

 

@Apollux As far as Motormaster's block proto... would that have happened to include his combiner mode?

 

Ha ha for real. I didn't actually start collecting until after TR, & while Octane is one of my big character gets, once WFC started up & I saw Astrotrain was being done, I figured I would be patient and wait. No way people were going to let them get away with just one triplechanger ha ha.

If he is redone at leader, I hope that budget goes more to engineering, & less to parts forming/giant weapons. I feel that of the 3 Decepticon triplechangers, he really needs that more, as his transformation between alt modes to me always seemed to be trickier to pull off.

 

Honestly, I find Astrotrain and the upcoming Blitzwing to both be a waste of a Leader slot anyway, so Hasbro may as well make it three for three so I can at least get them all on my shelf finally.  

 

Nah, it's just the parasite stuck to your pancreas saying that. Don't listen to it, blasted thing will tell you MP-44 is worth the $450-500 price tag if you give it the time of day.

 

Well, don't buy it then? Problem solved. Frankly, I prefer not to have a headmaster gimmick on him. I didn't collect much of Titans Return for that very reason. If you're fine with the previous version, like I said, don't bother with it.

 

We arguing about toys we’ve not even seen yet, boys? Peak TFW 2005 dot com.

 

I'm making a joke because he said it was a more lateral update with Blitzwing, but sold at the leader price, and was responding to his comments that he felt that Octane at the leader price without decent improvements would be a waste of a slot.
Didn't find the joke funny? Don't respond, it's not like it was hurting anyone. Problem solved.

 

Sorry, since blue text only denotes sarcasm, I thought you were one of those assholes that liked to spout about how "something like that is a wasted slot" and "it should be something you think is more important or deserving".