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The pictures are not visible in the full news story and he's a cheetah, not a gorilla.

And I think the color for Toxitron here is too much on the constructicon side , it’s the highlighter pen color which is very flat looking. TF Animated’s Toxitron was more of a “pea green” with abit of brownish gradient to the green making it have more depth .

Feels like toxitron works best with the Animated mold.. this one is really lacking in the orange paint splashes that are supposed to be on his shoulders, pylons, hood, chest etc . I don’t want to buy stickers , someone please address it

I'm not really sure how everyone missed this. I couldn't find anything about it on any other big news websites, and it was posted on BotCon's website two days ago! The convention will be held at American Dream in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Anyways, here is the post with all the details and hotel registration links:

Wait, when did the news story get updated? Before or after my full predictions? Most likely when I was looking everything up and typing it out. Oh man that's so funny that Mirage, Sideswipe and Dead End all showed up. I swear I didn't see that update before I began typing everything out. It was just pretty obvious to predict what else was in the works seeing the molds and decos used. Now to wait until they unveil the decos. I hope I'm right as I really don't want another standard G2 Sideswipe but from the Kingdom mold instead. Yeah the yellow will make him look a bit like Tigertrack but if they use a different shade and make sure the teal/blue is prominent, it should be fine. Damn, if only there was molds available for the Firecons. They could technically qualify for this as well since only Sparkstalker and Flamefeather got "G2" decos officially but only in Europe and Cindersaur only had one unofficially for Botcon. I always loved the Firecons and would very much like some updates to their G1 and "G2" colors. I'd also like them as beastial Weaponizers but not fossils like the Fossilizers. And for them to have a dedicated combined form. The Sparkabots as well for that matter. Fizzle and Sizzle got their "G2" colors only in Europe again. Poor Guzzle though didn't even get one for Botcon like Cindersaur did.

Like me, you were probably wondering how the Transformers Rise Of The Beasts Giant Robot Statues going on tour would be done. Thanks to Mulderville on YouTube, we can get an idea of how these massive forms are put together, and conversely taken apart for transport. Watch the time-lase video of Optimus Prime and Optimus Prime being build below. - Read the Full News Story

Just out on the SNS is word of the found at Target in Leesburg, Virginia. Thanks to harrisongibb who's shared images of the package and figure. Those of you who are hunting for the figure will be glad to know the numbers. - Read the Full News Story

Barricade's hands are some of the worst hands I've ever seen on a Transformer. That pose is so unnatural and hurt my hand when I tried to emulate it. What were they going for there lol. And while I get that the photographers don't know how to transform them but did they actually think that leaving those huge chunks of vehicle kibble up next to the robot hips was a good look. Regardless, it just baffles me as to how they don't realize that those pieces can still move. They're messing with it while posing so they know those pieces move. Just keep moving them until they're either out of the way, in a place that looks "natural" or just look better in general. Yeah I get that core class Sludge looks like that too but it's a core class...and a combiner so it has an excuse to have huge pieces hanging off the hips as it's needed for the articulation and robot mode in general to work. I don't know what I was expecting as I never actually played the games but he doesn't look all that good otherwise though. It's fine enough I guess but it's nothing amazing or it's just not "wowing" me in any way. The vehicle mode looks good though. I never picked up the other WFC Bumblebee but I did just get a NIP Cliffjumper last year for cheap so I'm at least somewhat familiar with the mold. That being said, this is not better than the older one. That torso is unfortunate looking. I'd rather have the well proportioned torso form the original with the huge turtle shell on the back than this extra wide and stubby short and portly one. He looks like a Chrono Q Transformer. The legs are horrible too. Why do Hasbro designers in general continue to think that thighs are the shortest part of a humanoid's body? It's like all of their lines too. The femur is the longest single bone in the human body. Yes the spine is longer but that's comprised of multiple pieces. So the thigh should be the second longest part on any figure that resembles a human. Be it an actual human from Marvel Legends, GI Joe, Power Rangers and so on to alien humanoids from Transformers, Power Rangers, Star Wars and so on. So this has short and tiny thighs that have huge hollow gaps on the backs to accommodate these huge kibble spikes on the backs of the lower legs. At least they're thicker though which is nice. I have no complaints about the arms though. Those look good in general and look better overall than the original since there's no Mega Blastoise turtle shells on the forearms. I'm going to miss the flip out blades though. Optimus though. I don't know what to think about that. The original deluxe is going to be hard to beat. I need to see a bit more before deciding. I do like that this voyager is a beefy bot. LIke CW Optimus but "better". I do regret not getting that oversize KO of the deluxe. I only picked up the SG version but not the Optimus, Nemesis or Nova Prime colors. Just when I was ready to buy them I couldn't find them anymore. It looks like the right arms all come off at a 5mm peg. Cool in theory but I don't like that too much in the long run as it looks like that's the only way to actually use the guns. I don't want to set an arm to the side just to have the figure interact with their gun. This isn't G1 anymore. Sure some previous movie Bumblebees and Squeaks do that too but I don't like those either. While it's cool that the WFC and possibly the FoC games are being made as Studio Series figures, I still do wish they'd make some Transformers Prime: Predacons Rising and Beast Wars II: Lio Convoy's Close Call! figures. At least those are movies. Yeah they already made Leo Prime in Legacy but they could always do the Flash version of SS. It's not like they haven't moved molds from SS86 to WFCT, GS and Legacy before. I brought that up on another site years ago back before SS86 was first revealed. People laughed and said the 86 movie would never be part of Studio Series and look how that turned out. Then people also laughed when someone brought up the games being part of it as well and yet here we go. Those same people also laughed about the other two movies being made for Studio Series and I hope they're wrong. Just like they were when they laughed when I said T30 Rattrap would make for a good Tazmania Kid but these same people think that Kingdom Rattrap will be used for Legacy Evo Tazmania Kid.

In my newest Video, I take a look at the Toyhax Decal Set for Transformers Legacy Crankcase.

Just in from the deepest darkest reaches of the retail inventory world we have news and product information on the possible Transformers Reactivate Voyager Optimus prime and Deluxe Soundwave listings. These are said to be outcome of the previously leaked Tra Shine listings. So it appears there will be some toys for the Transformers: Reactivate game line. - Read the Full News Story

JMO, but Turbomaster ideas is really great. I already have the Ace Hitter and Nitewalker, so its not likely I will get one with it being an exclusive and all.

One could say, that's pretty...boss. Don't worry, I hate myself for that one too. It is a fairly inspired reuse though. I was going over in my head potential retools for Legacy Pointblank, if they redid the shoulders in particular, and Boss was one of the ones I came up with. It could even use the budget from the Targetmaster for the giant gun. That gun could then either go up front to be held in by the slots in the shoulders/fenders that go unused since the filler there was budgeted out but then also go in the back where the Targetmaster would go if you wanted to as well. I actually came up with fourteen potential retools and redecos for those retools for Pointblank if they just changed the shoulders so that they could point either way and also retool that small piece of windshield kibble on the robot back to have two other hinges on the sides of it so that it can store away into the chest. That way you can use the back of Pointblank as the front by simply placing a new chestplate there by pegging it into the 5mm port.

Time again for the Rejecticons with a side of BaCon to cover the 10 biggest news items for September 2022! Tune in Thursday, March 2, 2023 at 8pm ET / 5pm PT for the full rundown of all the greatest hits of the month in our live stream on Enewtabie's YouTube channelThis month's Top 10 news stories include the following in chornological order:Legacy Evolution Skyquake Concept Design Images & Detailshttps://tformers. - Read the Full News Story

Thanks for having me.

Also what a lot of people do not know is the animation for Armada is actually better in Micron Legend also. Big differences....

I'm sorry to ask you this, but could you delete the Studio Series scourge package post? Hasbro requested deletion. I'm sorry, but please delete it as soon as possible.

Glad they came up with a new name for the Micromaster, I was really expecting them to slap Dion on it...

Any one else think that if this is called Power Master Optimus Prime, the bonus part should be Hi-Q?

I actually don't mind this at all. I appreciate the real-world aspects of "the why" we only get a recolor, but I also really appreciate that they make the extra effort to give the figures a new head or accessories for the retool/recolors now. With 2 figures from RID 2000, I wonder how possible it is that a new Optimus and Magnus are on the way, and what I most want, a new Build Team.

I like the new Junkions even though the torsos don't seem to be able to do anything for a combined mode. Unless we just need all of them to find out. I very much want a new RiD Tow-Line as I want new versions of like every character ever. However I very much DO NOT want a new RiD Tow-Line made from using one of the new Junkions. I'd rather they didn't even bother honestly. Not only does the mold look horrible in those colors but it does nothing to match the character in any way. Hoist would've been a better choice even though the mold isn't that good to begin with. It's just that at least it would've looked the part somewhat better. The torso would've looked similar and the legs and arms could've been made to look more accurate. Studio Series Battletrap would've been better. Honestly I think a heavy reshelling of Sideswipe would've worked pretty well or at least better than Scraphook. That Sideswipe mold can be used for like a third of the characters from the RiD 2001 toyline. All ten G2 Spychanger molds and all four Machine Wars molds if they retooled them enough as two are jets and one is Tow-Line. Tow-Line could've been a further retool of Ironhide. Using one base mold that already has a dozen reuses for fourteen more retools and each of their at least 4 redecos would've been a bit overkill but it could've saved a ton of money in the long run. Especially for characters that don't really matter in the grand scheme of Transformers. But seriously, that Sideswipe mold's skeleton and transformation is really versatile. And that's not going into any of the Cyberjets and Predators that could've been made from the Machine Wars jets retools either as it's not difficult to go from one to the other. Oh yeah, and Armada Wheeljack and his many reuses.

i changed my mind on this guy, he looks great! also i LOVE how they did the combination sequence like in the show! that was soooo cool

Finally some actually good, meaningful shots and comparisons. Now that we have a clear look at how that front skirt works for super mode; yeah, it needs to be replaced. I really wish Hasbro would stop thinking that it's okay to have the entire front skirt be one piece instead of three. It looks so stupid when you move one leg up and the entire skirt has to move with the leg. Admittedly they tried to mitigate this by having a swivel in the middle but it's still dumb. I fixed SS86 Ironhide's skit by cutting it into three pieces so that the whole thing doesn't move all at once. I want to try something with the Earthrise Seeker but it wouldn't be simple and I wouldn't want to mess up some of the more expensive versions of that mold. I really think things like this are what DNA should be upgrading when it comes to certain figures. I'd pay for every single ER Seeker to have a better skirt. And now that I see some size comparisons I think the super mode is perhaps a little too tall. It's taller than Star Saber, Super Ginrai, Star Convoy, Dai Atlas, Optimal Optimus, PotP Rodimus, PotP Optimus, TR PMOP and CW Ultra Magnus but not as tall as Victory Saber and God Ginrai. I'd want it to have been slightly smaller to match those other Autobot leaders. Or just be as tall as God Ginrai and Victory Saber. Just not in between. I even have enough kits on my Siege GUOP to make him as tall as the rest as well. So that makes it worse when Armada Optimus being taller than Cybertron Optimus. With the better look I see that they could've given the super mode some nice forward butterfly joints had they done something with the translucent side windows of the cab on the chest. There's more than enough room between the red roof/chest and the gray parts of the shoulder assembly that should allow those to swing forward quite a bit instead of stopping where they are for the standard shoulder position. It's just that the windows are the only things in the way and since they're pretty small, it's not like there's much to move out of the way. Being translucent plastic though, I doubt they would've put hinges on them to get them out of the way. But since it's not like there's anything to even see inside the cab, the windows never needed to be made of translucent plastic to begin with. It just kind of bothers me that it's such a small piece that's preventing a major boost in articulation. But even getting rid of the windows wouldn't allow for the forward movement as there's other things preventing it too since it was never conceptualized to move that way to begin with. Once I get it in hand I'll see if it's actually possible by shaving down a few other pieces. I like the overall look better than Naval Commander. Naval Commander looks puffy like a Pat Lee drawing whereas this Legacy version doesn't. Also the core robot has the giant shoulder pads unlike Naval Commander. However, they's still something off. That Takara prototype was the best looking update. Shame that will probably never get made now. I think there's something I don't like about the core robot's torso but it's nowhere near as bad looking as Naval Commander. I also don't like how long the pelvis is. It looks kind of like Titanium Soundwave aka Diaperwave. So yeah, the Legacy core Optimus kind of looks like he's wearing a droopy diaper. I'm nitpicking now though as I really do like it and very much want it now. I also hope Cybertron Optimus Prime gets a commander figure too. I know supposedly Hasbro considers him "done" because Siege GUOP exists but I hope they reconsider like they have with Ultra Magnus and his rumored SS86 commander figure.