First Look at Gamerverse Sideswipe and More Images of Concept Sunstreaker

That Sideswipe looks beautiful. Really eager to pick him up whenever he releases. The Sunstreaker does look pretty interesting, though I still think the car mode just isn't really selling it for me. I think I'll pass on that, but hey, he still looks like a really cool figure otherwise!

I do not like that Sideswipe. At all. He look like some fat uncle or something.

Sunstreaker, however, look absolutely amazing.

-Kanrabat- wrote:I do not like that Sideswipe. At all. He look like some fat uncle or something.

Sunstreaker, however, look absolutely amazing.

Fat uncle describes us well . Prefer Sideswipe.

Sideswipe looks a bit off, but I think it's definitely an improvement over the original deluxe.

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:Sideswipe looks a bit off, but I think it's definitely an improvement over the original deluxe.

You mean, the one based on the FOC game, that old one?

That Sideswipe was a repaint/remold of the garbage FOC Jazz mold. A toy so bad that it's the poster-girl of the toys downward spiral of cheapness and hollowness until forced an almost 50% price increase to get things back on track. The only good thing about the old FOC Sideswipe is that at least, unlike Jazz, this one came with a HUEG gun.

TlDr; for this new Sideswipe to b an improvement over the original FOC deluxe is not a serious challenge. And if that Sideswipe is its own mold and an upcoming Jazz would have its own, the improvements would be indeed light years better than the FOC originals.

Still waiting for a SS Gamer Bruticus set with an Onslaught that is at the very least a voyager. A leader would be even better.

Sideswipe: robot 6/10 vehicle 7/10

Sunstreaker: robot 8/10 vehicle 5/10

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:Sideswipe looks a bit off, but I think it's definitely an improvement over the original deluxe.

Still better looking than sunstreaker

steve2275 wrote:

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:Sideswipe looks a bit off, but I think it's definitely an improvement over the original deluxe.

Still better looking than sunstreaker

Don't let Sunstreaker hear you say that

I'm not really a fan of how either of those look

Well it seems we may only get 1 bayverse figure this year, but damn is it a good! I have really been having a lot of fun messing with Mohawk! Come on hasbro, finish TLK crew! I need an Onslaught!

Holy cow! That guys looks amazing! TOtally buy on sight!

Mine should arrive tomorrow!

Did we ever get an explanation for these two figures?

Wave 4: December 2024
Core MV6 Frenzy
Deluxe HM Megatron
Deluxe Next Gen Bumblebee
Voyager WFC Ratchet
Leader 86 Springer

Specifically what "HM" and "Next Gen" meant.

Human Megatron?
Headmaster Megatron?
Home Movie Megatron?
He-Man Megatron?
HotMail Megatron?
Heavy Metal (War) Megatron?

Emerje

Emerje wrote:Did we ever get an explanation for these two figures?

Wave 4: December 2024
Core MV6 Frenzy
Deluxe HM Megatron
Deluxe Next Gen Bumblebee
Voyager WFC Ratchet
Leader 86 Springer

Specifically what "HM" and "Next Gen" meant.

Human Megatron?
Headmaster Megatron?
Home Movie Megatron?
He-Man Megatron?
HotMail Megatron?
Heavy Metal (War) Megatron?

Emerje

Hair Metal Megatron! (FOr those about to rock, I'll destroy you!)
Hot Mama (Bishoujo) Megatron! (giggity!)
His Majesty's Megatron Agent 0038 (Why not? He was a Walther to start with!)
Howling Mad Megatron! (I pity da foo..!)
Hit Me Megatron (transforms into a slot machine...yes, I know that's blackjack, but turning in to playing cards would suck)

Home Made Megatron.

-Kanrabat- wrote:Home Made Megatron.

Clearly, it's a new transformable version of Hero Mashers Megatron.

Emerje wrote:Did we ever get an explanation for these two figures?

Wave 4: December 2024
Core MV6 Frenzy
Deluxe HM Megatron
Deluxe Next Gen Bumblebee
Voyager WFC Ratchet
Leader 86 Springer

The rumors I’ve heard say Megatron is from TF: One and Bumblebee is Reactivate. The weird thing though is that we have another listing we know is from Reactivate (Lifeline), and it doesn’t have the “next gen” name. Same with Megatron, I’m pretty sure we have a “MV8” Optimus coming in A-line. No clue! Would love if Next Gen Bee was the AOE concept Camaro design, but if it was it would most likely have a MV4 tag on it.

The current rumor (and evidence of it) is that Bumblebee Concept Megatron got pushed back. I know my Amazon order was for after Feb 1st, but now the listing says "We'll email you with a date" which is frustrating. I was looking forward to this one. I dropped by Hasbro Pulse and the date for fulfillment is May, which is all sorts of ouch as I was hyped about getting it this month. Does anyone know the reason for the delay or if it's just online retailers? I know Target's listing says "Find in store" which is about as helpful as a Kremzeek.

Tyrannacon wrote:The current rumor (and evidence of it) is that Bumblebee Concept Megatron got pushed back. I know my Amazon order was for after Feb 1st, but now the listing says "We'll email you with a date" which is frustrating. I was looking forward to this one. I dropped by Hasbro Pulse and the date for fulfillment is May, which is all sorts of ouch as I was hyped about getting it this month. Does anyone know the reason for the delay or if it's just online retailers? I know Target's listing says "Find in store" which is about as helpful as a Kremzeek.

I'd love to know how Japan does it. They almost always release on specific dates, things don't just show up like they do everywhere else in the world. And when they're late they get a new date that they usually hit. I'm pretty sure both Takara Tomy and Hasbro ship from the same factory, maybe they just give themselves a lot of time to make sure things are in place in time for release, I know some companies are very strict about street dates.

Emerje

The warehouses in Japan are all centrally located, everything can leave and be delivered by trucks in the same day. That way when a new character or gizmo is introduced on a show the next day it's in stores.

Emerje wrote:

Tyrannacon wrote:The current rumor (and evidence of it) is that Bumblebee Concept Megatron got pushed back. I know my Amazon order was for after Feb 1st, but now the listing says "We'll email you with a date" which is frustrating. I was looking forward to this one. I dropped by Hasbro Pulse and the date for fulfillment is May, which is all sorts of ouch as I was hyped about getting it this month. Does anyone know the reason for the delay or if it's just online retailers? I know Target's listing says "Find in store" which is about as helpful as a Kremzeek.

I'd love to know how Japan does it. They almost always release on specific dates, things don't just show up like they do everywhere else in the world. And when they're late they get a new date that they usually hit. I'm pretty sure both Takara Tomy and Hasbro ship from the same factory, maybe they just give themselves a lot of time to make sure things are in place in time for release, I know some companies are very strict about street dates.

Emerje

For some reason, Mattel is strict about it too with Jurassic World. They'll have street dates for specific toys (some that are for things over 20 years old no less!) that have a specific date. I've had Target tons of times block me from getting something they put on the shelf and it sucks. I wish Hasbro did gibe us dates, because it makes timing hunts a lot easier.

I got Starscream and the cores yesterday. Rumble is rumble. Mohawk is awesome. Starscream is pretty good.

I especially love that they gave Mohawk a removable head, it's hilarious



"Over here you dumb body!"

chuckdawg1999 wrote:The warehouses in Japan are all centrally located, everything can leave and be delivered by trucks in the same day. That way when a new character or gizmo is introduced on a show the next day it's in stores.

I get that (though I don't thing the example actually happens), but that's no different from when Hasbro or Mattel or anyone else puts a specific street date on certain things and they're in stores that day. But that's only half the problem. Takara or Bandai or whoever does this with everything and it'll all be in stores and online in stock that day. Best Hasbro can do is give us a ballpark estimate and if you're lucky it'll show up within A YEAR of it if at all.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:The warehouses in Japan are all centrally located, everything can leave and be delivered by trucks in the same day. That way when a new character or gizmo is introduced on a show the next day it's in stores.

I get that (though I don't thing the example actually happens), but that's no different from when Hasbro or Mattel or anyone else puts a specific street date on certain things and they're in stores that day. But that's only half the problem. Takara or Bandai or whoever does this with everything and it'll all be in stores and online in stock that day. Best Hasbro can do is give us a ballpark estimate and if you're lucky it'll show up within A YEAR of it if at all.
Emerje

This is just me, but it seems like retailers here in the US have WAY too much control and say over product, that might have something to do with it too.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Emerje wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:The warehouses in Japan are all centrally located, everything can leave and be delivered by trucks in the same day. That way when a new character or gizmo is introduced on a show the next day it's in stores.

I get that (though I don't thing the example actually happens), but that's no different from when Hasbro or Mattel or anyone else puts a specific street date on certain things and they're in stores that day. But that's only half the problem. Takara or Bandai or whoever does this with everything and it'll all be in stores and online in stock that day. Best Hasbro can do is give us a ballpark estimate and if you're lucky it'll show up within A YEAR of it if at all.
Emerje

This is just me, but it seems like retailers here in the US have WAY too much control and say over product, that might have something to do with it too.

You aren't wrong there. I wonder if retailers in Japan have better self control? The biggest reason we can't find new stuff on time (if at all) is because there's so much old stock lingering on pegs. I can't picture that being the same in Japan. It would really be nice if physical stores would cycle their inventory. When new stuff comes in take down the old stuff and when that sells put the old stuff back. It's a lot of work so it won't happen, but at least make use of the overhead shelves.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Emerje wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:The warehouses in Japan are all centrally located, everything can leave and be delivered by trucks in the same day. That way when a new character or gizmo is introduced on a show the next day it's in stores.

I get that (though I don't thing the example actually happens), but that's no different from when Hasbro or Mattel or anyone else puts a specific street date on certain things and they're in stores that day. But that's only half the problem. Takara or Bandai or whoever does this with everything and it'll all be in stores and online in stock that day. Best Hasbro can do is give us a ballpark estimate and if you're lucky it'll show up within A YEAR of it if at all.
Emerje

This is just me, but it seems like retailers here in the US have WAY too much control and say over product, that might have something to do with it too.

You aren't wrong there. I wonder if retailers in Japan have better self control? The biggest reason we can't find new stuff on time (if at all) is because there's so much old stock lingering on pegs. I can't picture that being the same in Japan. It would really be nice if physical stores would cycle their inventory. When new stuff comes in take down the old stuff and when that sells put the old stuff back. It's a lot of work so it won't happen, but at least make use of the overhead shelves.

Emerje

The obvious answer is that Japan is considerably smaller than the US. Japan is just a bit bigger than California. I think that size makes a HUGE difference in distribution, especially when you consider how densely populated Japan is compared to the wide open spaces in the US. "Flyover Country" dramatically impacts distribution because of the cost for transport.

Just finished up my custom Studio Series Jetfire! This is one of my favorites I've worked on, the Studio Series figure captures the CGI detail extremely well and made working on it a blast!

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:Just finished up my custom Studio Series Jetfire! This is one of my favorites I've worked on, the Studio Series figure captures the CGI detail extremely well and made working on it a blast!

Jetfire bot main.jpg

Jetfire bot cane 2.jpg

Jetfire bot back.jpg

Jetfire alt main.jpg

Jetfire alt back L.jpg

Very nice! Well done!

I have been debating de-combining my SS Prime and Jetfire. All of my Jetfire's are combined with a Prime (old leader, new leader, ThreeZero), and I think one should stand alone

First-Aid wrote:The obvious answer is that Japan is considerably smaller than the US. Japan is just a bit bigger than California. I think that size makes a HUGE difference in distribution, especially when you consider how densely populated Japan is compared to the wide open spaces in the US. "Flyover Country" dramatically impacts distribution because of the cost for transport.

As they say, size doesn't matter. California's population is around 39M, Japan's population is 125M, more than a third of the entire US population. That density should mean more of a bottleneck since stores can only sell so much at a time but have more people to sell to and therefore take longer to get everything sold, yet they make it work.

Emerje

The first wave of 2024 Studio Series core class figures has been popping up in the US starting at the very end of January and we wanted to give you a heads up. This wave includes Mohawk (the only 2024 figure of a character from the Michael Bay movies), Concept Art Rumble (based on concept art for the Bumblebee film's G1 styled sequence), and a repack of 86 Frenzy (Red) which is great news since that figure has been very hard to find for some. The wave has been found at Target.
While Canada is one wave behind, these two latest core class figures can be purchased on Amazon.ca:

Rumble: https://www.amazon.ca/Transformers-Toys ... 124&sr=8-6?tag=seibertron0b-20&

Mohawk: https://www.amazon.ca/Transformers-Toys ... 124&sr=8-1?tag=seibertron0b-20&

Here are reviews of these figures:

I got Blue Rumble and it's much simpler than I expected. But no matter what I try, I can't insert him completely inside Soundwave's chest in "block" mode.

Still no sighting of Leader Megatron? My order is still pending on Amazon. Also saw on EE and BBTS the expected date is still Feb so maybe? Hopefully?

Then again, I have sort of resigned myself to the idea it will be released in May like it says on Pulse or hopefully sooner.

Tyrannacon wrote:Still no sighting of Leader Megatron? My order is still pending on Amazon. Also saw on EE and BBTS the expected date is still Feb so maybe? Hopefully?

Then again, I have sort of resigned myself to the idea it will be released in May like it says on Pulse or hopefully sooner.

My Amazon order is delayed from 1 to 2 months.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Tyrannacon wrote:Still no sighting of Leader Megatron? My order is still pending on Amazon. Also saw on EE and BBTS the expected date is still Feb so maybe? Hopefully?

Then again, I have sort of resigned myself to the idea it will be released in May like it says on Pulse or hopefully sooner.

My Amazon order is delayed from 1 to 2 months.

Ooof. I know mine still doesn't have a date, but if your order is any indication it'll probably be the same for me. Bah! I was looking forward to this one!

Scorponok came yesterday, delayed from last Thursday but earlier than this Thursday. I gave up on Amazon for Megatron and ordered it from CMDStore.

Good news. I got an update from Amazon saying they expect to send me the new Megatron on the 25th or sooner. Here's hoping they stick to it!

Hey everyone,

I see Walmart has a listing for a leader class "AST".

Would this be Astrotrain?

EdgeXL wrote:Hey everyone,

I see Walmart has a listing for a leader class "AST".

Would this be Astrotrain?

No, it just means "assortment"

The hotly anticipated leader class Concept Art Megatron from the Studio Series line has been found in Canada. The sightings started in Quebec Walmarts but have spread across the country since. The release date for the US is still March, at the moment. Below you will find comparison shots for scale along with a review that compares this toy with past examples of leader class Transformers to see how the leader class budget is spent on this toy, and for you to see if it is worthwhile or not.

Thanks for the review! It's beaten into us to death by Hasbro & fans alike that class is a price point now. It's something's I've come to accept after a few false start by Hasbro (Shockwave, Astrotrain, ER Prime) that hurts their case but there are also a few that made it (Hot Rod, Megatron here).

Some people argue this is a bad Megatron for its poor alt-modes. I can see their point but in-hand I don't quite agree. It still IS kind of the worse tank mode since CW, I don't like that triangular hollowness in the tank turret and its obvious "folded bot arms" look, but the tabbing is solid and that made it a fun tank to play with. I also like the jet's odd look that feels like it belong to the modern Diaclone universe, and it's a fan-mode dream. People have come up with the requisite Gun mode, alt-tank modes that's closer to the sleeker concept art look. It can also do a Gerwalk and I've come up with a Robocop's ED-209-like attack drone mode out of it. It's a legit Six-changer.

And this Megatron's hands... OMG I think that's the most articulated pair of hand for a mass retail figure. I always hated how Hasbro ignored the engineering of their figures' hands. They always looks bad & lazy unless a figure comes with 2 weapons accessories. An open 5mm hole for a hand is just ugly (one of the worse is SS86 Blurr/Kup mold due to the thinness of the fingers). I just wish Hasbro will do this for all Leader & higher class figures.

The price of a Titan/Commander/Leader here in Canada is such that I rarely do pre-orders anymore for these classes (unless they're Dinobots and this Megatron). It's such a big jump in price difference from a Voyager to Leader, and Leader to Commander. I feel in general Hasbro would put more effort into a Voyager than a Leader. Tarn & Jhiaxus got fingers and superb articulation while most Leader don't. Every Dinobots got a missing weapon. Why? How!?

Commanders are so much more expensive (without deep discounts like we saw from Skyfire, Skylinx to Rodimus, prices I haven't seen drop below $100CAD since) now but at least in-hand, I feel Hasbro designers have put near maximum effort into making the best version of the characters as possible (the lack of hand engineering is still a constant issue) and I'm happy I got every single one of them.

SS Leader Fallen is a joke. Next to no improvement on articulation and transformation from the old Voyager. Only good for its size. Not worth it at all.

I transformed CBBM Megatron into his tank mode and I had to look up the instructions for a single step. Otherwise, the thing is tighter than a nervous newlywed on her first married night. You can also feel the density of everything, without any hollows anywhere. He also look better in tank mode in person than in videos.

I'll do the jet soon and after that, I'll improvise some fan modes.

Yeah, he's small, but he's meaty and I like it.
Worth the full price? I guess it is.

-Kanrabat- wrote:I'll improvise some fan modes.

Yeah, he's small, but he's meaty and I like it.
Worth the full price? I guess it is.

I called it a Six-changer Plus, the "Plus" being him having 2.5 tank variants.

So far, he's a:

Bot
Tanks (1. official, 2. Emiliano's concept (legs twisted sideways), 2.5 Emiliano's concept but the front of legs facing up so the treads are on the ground. I'm not spoiling the fun for you to experiment)
Jet
Gun
Gerwalk
MEG-209 Attack Mech (think Robocop's ED-209)... I like this mode the best.

Extra Bonus tank modes: Have the jet's cockpit half-folded out like Blitzwing. Another is have Megs' head pop out to pay homage to his ROTF Tank mode. Both are worth a chuckle.

As for the price, I look at it this way: he doesn't look out of place next to Yolopark's AMK or next to ThreeZero MDLX, in both looks & articulation. Dude's a gymnast! Only thing really missing is an ab crunch and cost less than half of an MDLX. He's solid. No hollowness. He's a steal looking at it from that perspective. Take half an hour to do a weathering and little detailing touch up and he'll look like a $100~$150 dollar 3P figure.

I hope his hands' articulation is the next standard for Leader & up, while Tarn/Jhiaxus for Voyager.

Another try at a robot that turns into a tank and a jet, and another fail.
Seems it’s just hard to make a tank turn into a jet.

G1 Blitzwing is still surprisingly the best at it.

Overcracker wrote:Another try at a robot that turns into a tank and a jet, and another fail.
Seems it’s just hard to make a tank turn into a jet.

G1 Blitzwing is still surprisingly the best at it.

But hopefully not the last.



The unproduced Animated Megatron figure that everyone wants to see appear in Legacy or whatever replaces it and the design team didn't say no to.

Emerje

If they are now doing Concept art figures, does that mean we can get those Transtech figures we saw for the sequel to Beast Machines?

First-Aid wrote:If they are now doing Concept art figures, does that mean we can get those Transtech figures we saw for the sequel to Beast Machines?

Probably not in Studio Series since they didn't actually get any media behind it (outside of some club stuff), but they could probably do something in the main line.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

First-Aid wrote:If they are now doing Concept art figures, does that mean we can get those Transtech figures we saw for the sequel to Beast Machines?

Probably not in Studio Series since they didn't actually get any media behind it (outside of some club stuff), but they could probably do something in the main line.

Emerje

I LOVED those Transtech designs. I want to see those in the worst way.