Takara Tomy 1/13/2022 Product announcement

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by Gamerlingual, Jan 12, 2022.

  1. Mister D

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    I started out liking him, but Wheeljack just looks worse the more I see of him. Hopefully there will be some non-stolen reviews soon.

    Brawn on the other hand I am still inclined to purchase.
     
  2. TF Hot Rod

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    I think he still looks good personally, but I think the poses they got him in is part of the problem.
     
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    Can we see a Studio Series REDUX of the HighMoon Studios War for Cybertron line? I see these figures and wonder what it would take to fix the Optimus Prime mold to remove the carhood kibble.
     
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    Wheeljack's deco is what I love most about the design and a lot of it seems to be missing from this robot mode.
     
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    I wasn’t really interested in the bumblebee movie Cybertron characters, but they actually look pretty neat. If it weren’t for the aesthetics these could’ve passed as extra Siege figures.
     
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    I agree. BUT...

    They appear to be trying to find a middle ground between his G1 Lancia mode and his MTMTE "glass van" cybertronian mode. Whether they succeeded is up for debate, but if we apply as much logic as one can to this franchise, the odds that his pre-earth mode would have the exact same coloration/markings as a specific Earth vehicle from 4 million years later makes no sense at all. I think it's a good compromise.
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    I still hope they do concept art stuff so we can this design or a version of this design with the truck parts.
    Cause he basically has his WFC alt mode.
    BB Cybertron Optimus CA.jpg Cybertron Prime CA WFC alt mode.jpg Screenshot 2022-01-20 10.43.47 AM.png

    I get what your saying, but looking at the CGI model/concept art minus some black and the inner green on his shins not being red he's mostly accurate to his deco in the film
    Studio Series SS-84 Wheeljack-01.jpg BB Wheeljack CGI.png
     
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    I get that, but there's a difference between "what is screen accurate" and "what I like". If I'm going to expand outside WFC (well, Legacy now), I need a figure to seduce me. Wheeljack isn't there yet.
     
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    Wheeljacks alt mode is really nice. It has a lot of potential for all sorts of ideas. I can see a Jazz and a Rod being made with that vehicle with really nice color palettes
     
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    I wish some of the bots got these kinds of alt modes instead of alt modes looking like Earth vehicles in WFC.
     
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    Honestly, Studio Series is so successful it be foolish NOT to revisit past iterations and make bank off of it.
     
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    Agreed. These alt modes are perfect.
     
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    They will absolutely go back and do other stuff. "86" and the Bee Movie stuff is already stretching the premise as it is. At some point they'll pivot to "screen accurate" and drop "silver screen" and then you'll start seeing guys from all over the franchise show up.

    Hell, two of the figures (Thundercracker and the Universal Studios Megatron) are already based on stuff that either doesn't exist or wasn't in a movie.
     
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    Glad to see the offical in hand products from Hasbro, and not from PvP or any of the thief channels.

    These figures look fantastic and are deffinatly on my "must grab" list.
     
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    I'm praying and hoping SS does OG takes on characters in this BBM style like give me a Jazz so I have the 07 crew in a G1 LA form, give me sideswipe, give me Hot Rod, give me anything you want in this style.
     
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    I feel like any of the speed car g1 characters could have this exact mold and theyd all still look unique enough with the right color coordination. Im all for it, itll give me time before Rise of the Beasts gets here
     
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    Beautiful renders for a beautiful toy.
     
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