Beachcomber looks very cool. But Devcon? I know nothing of the character, but damn he looks nice. Captain America vibes.

Megatron looks lovely. Will pre order.

Shame there weren't any real RotB reveals, but hearing that Prime is a retool of BB prime will save me some money!

 

Hard agree, OP and Megatron look like amazing updates of their OG toys, which is exactly what I wanted in the first place. And yeah tease for tidal wave and potentially mini cons as well, damn, just keep the Armada stuff coming

 

Nothing for me in that stream other than the Dirge repack, but some cool new reveals nonetheless. Beachcomber does look good in bot mode,dune buggy is a bit meh; POTP remains good enough for my shelves. Despite the bird accessory  

I'm now certain the Armada Optimus leak was at some level allowed to happen, i.e. for guerilla marketing purposes, because they've successfully kept so much else under wraps. Beachcomber, Devcon, Axlegrease, Armada Megatron, Nemesis - sure, we had the listings, but the actual products were kept well hidden.

Internet issues kept me from the live stream, but a fun one nonetheless.

 

I might be the lone voice that isn't loving Devcon.

But Axelgrease and Nemesis look awesome.

Beachcomber is cool.

Armada Megatron and Prime are musts.

Loving that SS Brawn and WFC Megatron are confirmed.

 

Armada Megs and Axelgrease are definites...and I think I'll skip Dirge. I have the mold with Sandstorm and G2 Ramet, and and I have the Classics cone heads. I think I'm good.

Skipping the rest.

 

It's not a retool, they said it started as one but ended up being a new figure

 

I'm loving Nemesis! I didn't have any expectations when I heard they were going to release as a Titan but I really like the design for the size   Will be on my list when it comes down to current Ark price lol

 

Disappointed that there is no mention of a companion figure to go with Nemesis. Had hoped for something.

Hopefully its just too early to reveal? And not a case of Hasbro giving us less for more.

 

I am absolutely hyped for the line BUT for me Beachcomber is the only "Must" there.
Devcon just looks way better than I expected, I was lined up for a light partialling of SS86 Blurr, and it is but i have a hard time telling that when I look at him. Incredible work!

Totally forgot that Bombshell is Wave 4/7 EVO/LGC but at least that's easier on the ol' wallet. Which is handy for the bloke who just bout another £12 or so of 3P LEGO bits to further arm up his Classified Joes! D'OH!

I hope I'm wrong, Brian, but looking at all the greebling, deployable gadget weaponry, what looked like turning turrets compared to the Ark's fused ones, and ramps with tiny deploying mini-maquette seekers, just the sheer additional functionality compared to her Autobot titan Predecessor, that it's likely she got the whole budget and the chance's of an included companion figure are likely stone dead.
I have to admit my heart sank a little when Sam said he was getting into the weaponry, and then pulled off a shin instead of popping out a Core or Deluxe Vos "Targetmaster".
Although TBH not coming with a smol sniper rifle purple dude is handy for my wallet because I would have had to get her, AND then a Tarn if the DJD were represented!

 

Oh yeah, I hadn't thought about that! Maybe they are keeping that back as a surprise hopefully   One can live in hope!

 

I’ll be sellingthe trio of ER Conehead Seekers if that affects anyone’s decision making process around preorders.

Just need to settle on a price…. 

 

Beachcomber is a yes.
War dawn pack is a maybe if cheap. Same with Devcon. As the cartoon is mostly a mystery to me the characters just don't have the same feels.
Nemesis is a probable.

The rest? I can cope without. This works well along downsizing.

 

Waah! At work and can't watch the livestream. Watching a microwave boil agarose solution instead. No targetmaster DJD for Mommy Nemmy? Drat and double drat!

 

Beachcomber looks good - not sure he’s much of an upgrade on the PotP one, though. Devcon much better than I thought he’d be, he’s absolutely a possible. Don’t care about Junkions, but I know others do so glad there’s more. Too early to say with the Ark Nemesis (does anyone actually care about the Nemesis like they might the Ark, though?).

Armada Megatron… feels really quite disappointing. Not entirely sure why, but the silhouette doesn’t look good to me. The arms look tiny - same issue as Laser Prime/ RiD Scourge, or looks like it, tiny arms, shoulders spaced a bit too far meaning the sticky-up bits don’t look quite right. Almost looks like a retool of that mould. To me, anyway, at first glance - it’s not like I’ve had a properly in-depth look.

 

Huffer by Brendan Mitchell, on Flickr

 

What did surprise me was the colour differences on the figures.

The ark prototype was a far better colour - and they seemed to acknowledge that too.
The Junkions colours seemed very different in the promo shots to the actual figure. Something is changing in the system with Hasbro. G1 Retro hound seems to show this too, with the box artwork very different to the final figure.

 

I am also gonna be selling my trio of seekers, let me know what you decide price wise as I'm having a bit of trouble with that


Also, I have been out of the pre order game for a while, I have previously gone InDemand or Pulse, is 1 better than the other at the moment? Does 1 get stuff first? Who does everyone else go with when trying to get stuff ASAP??

 

Indemand and Kapow generally have things first and decent prices

 

IDT have some ROTB gear in.
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I noticed all that too, and lol at the Ark being a super success!