Oooh! That does seem what it's like. Chasing the 💰 instead of taking care of the fans. Or maybe they need a new creative team because these new creations of figures isn't working for some of us. Waiting to see general feedback on these releases.
I think when Hasbro revealed Studio Series Devastator, they said they were reducing the waves from four to three per year. There was some weird thing about how increasing the number of figures that get shipped in a wave, while reducing the number of overall waves, means fewer figures would be short packed.
I'm in for all of the Primes, I think. I love the story behind it and I'm really liking all of the figures so far. I was a hard pass on Star Convoy, but when I saw it in some more dynamic poses I did a complete 180. The figure is absolutely gorgeous. Yes, the alt truck mode is a mess, but it is accurate. lol. I love the base alt mode. But let's face it, I'll be keeping him in bot mode 99% of the time like all of my figures. This is going to be an expensive year with lots of overtime. 😆 Oh, and @ 10:18 I had a matching blanket and pillowcase with that box art as a kid. It was absolutely magical. The artwork was so different than the comics and cartoon. It was like an alternate universe or something. It made my imagination go crazy. :)
I know how you felt James when Bobby said "who" to Nosferatu.😂 My background other then Transformers is horror movies and underground music like metal:(black-war-bestial), industrial, etc. I love 70s and 80s Italian horror flicks. Bobby's love for G1 makes me relate to both of you. I appreciate the two points of view from you guys.
@@botvsconI may wait for Wasp when he comes out in retail. As for Red Alert, I never did like him in the series. And as for Megatronus, I know he was designed based off of the Dreamwave comic. But I wish Hasbro had given him a totally different design for him.
I am picking up 9 of the figures for my collection. I am going in with the Aerobots, 4 Primes, even Star Convoy for $149.99, Wasp, and Rex Alert Aramada.
I missed out on Menasor so I'm making sure to lock down the aerialbots and constructicons. They got me with the 13 primes. I'm usually an og cartoon bots only type of guy but I'm diggin the designs so I preordered them as well.
Surprising that there hasn't been a White version of Flame Toys Prime. We've had Standard, Nemesis, and Shattered Glass. I'd also buy a Magna Convoy version. Maybe the KO people will do one.
Mecha's Devi looks super impressive. Don't forget they have that Grimlock figure that swaps for the chest. And supposedly they're doing a Dinobots combiner next where you can use that Grimlock figure for it's torso/chest. Great time to be a fan and a collector.
I’m warming up to the Prima Prime too now that I can see some of those little blue accents breaking up all of that white… I’m starting to feel like I’m probably gonna be in on these primes 🫣
Star Convoy was a character from the undone Japanese series, Transformers Battlestars. This was supposed to be the series that followed Transformers Zone. The story focuses on the rediscovery of Convoy (Optimus Prime). Found in deep space in his funeral capsule. The Cybertron (Autobot) Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas, reactivates Convoy using the Legendary power source, The Zodiac. When the Zodiac is placed into Convoy’s spark chamber, not only is he reactivated, he is reformed into a new powerful being, Star Convoy.
@@darkscoutergamer6168I did some more research and you are right. Sky Garry was given the Zodiac by Dai Altas and, after finding the body of Convoy, placed the Zodiac into his chest. There by reviving and reforming Convoy into Star Convoy.
So for superion, I get what you guys are saying about the figure, but if you look at most depiction of superion, whether it's g1 or the Japanese depiction most of the arms are shown to separate as it is shown in this robot mode for superion. Look, i have my gripes about it as well, but it does represent the original character pretty damboxes. With the legs it they did use the bots to show the robots on the back it would hinders the articulation. I am getting it but I might wait to get the boxset.
I don't recall the arms separating in the G1 cartoon (I pulled up a couple of episodes and didn't see it) though they're were always animation errors. The toy didn't have it either so it bothers me. Also noticed that the Menasor didn't seperate as well in the arms.
@botvscon sometimes they did and sometimes they didn't. Menasor is that classic case, their were episodes where the cars just sat on the shoulders like pads. Lol
For the Mecha Invasion Devastator, the guns are the same for Scavenger and Bonecrusher because all the guns combined to become a bigger gun for Devastator. They are really into no part forming and no parts left behind. JAJAJA
in old Aligned continuity. some say the 13th is was a mysterious and become the spirit /spark of optimus prime. i guess hasbro/takara want Star Convoy to be the 13th. what i know Star Convoy lore is in japan gen1 the revive optimus prime again use “The Power of the Zodiac” and upgrade as star optimus prime.
I'm with James on Superion. Air Raid and Skydive should have been designed to slide into the leg assembly. It would show off the chests as is cartoon accurate and leave a lot less kibble hanging off the back of the leg. They probably could have done that cheaper, too, because they wouldnt have a spring loaded, multi-part assembly to worry about. It seems like they really missed the mark on this one... Buuuuuut I'm still getting it. It looks like it will be the best mainline, chug scale Superion Hasbro has ever given us.
I love star convoy so I’m getting him fr,I do understand for sure if the alts mode are something some people maybe aren’t a fan of cause it does looks “interesting” to say at least but it’s accurate and I do wanna get all the primes in my collection💙🙏🏻we’ll see and btw new the channel sup
Thank you very much for the support. I never had our even knew about Star Convoy until a couple years ago so much easier to pass on the "interesting" character though I like the bot mode. May look into other options for representation.
BobBot, JimCon . . . do either of you know the significance of "Specter General" in that Third-Party's name choice for their version of 'Shattered Glass' Ultra Magnus? James, you should know the underlying reference, especially. By the way, when sourcing info from "Insertus" and "Uranus," you should present it in that order: Insertus first, then Uranus.😜
So far, from what I've seen, the FH PM Prime is the best-looking one available. Probably because it isn't going for the toon look. I think the KFC will be superior to the TT. It will definitely be a great comparison between FH and KFC, but I'm very concerned about the knee joints in the KFC. TT isn't an option for me because apparently, they switched to only doing CHUG scale.
@botvscon unfortunately we've already seen about the knees. Even with the cardboard cab, they weren't strong enough. It's really bad now with Prime in there. Wait until you add the bomber. I hope they send replacement knee joints with Bomber.
We were reacting to the information that was out at the time of recording. Vortex was shown in the video. Sometimes the information that we talk about comes from multiple sources and in this case it is leaked information about Swindle.
I have FansHobby Power Baser & God Armor as well as the KFC Super Ginrai...I can say, I like both but KFC is definitely closer to the source material...if KFC has given their figure the blue hands with red fingers it would be spot on (hopefully someone will give us an upgrade)...both are big boys but the slim build of the KFC is more esthetically pleasing & accurate...KFC makes me want to buy 2 Ginrai's so I can have the combine mode & Ginrai alone without using that off color piece of cardboard (wish I could find that painted 3D combine mode Ginrai)...
Why do you hate on the combiner so much I loved Menasor After you get the DNA kit he is pretty awesome. I'm sure they'll come out with kids for these next combiners and are we getting Defensor and bruticus?
Exactly what you started off saying. You have to get a kit. I don't want to rely on a kit to make the figure look slightly better. The kit was $80 retail and the box menasor set scheduled to come out is $290 (I can't remember what the individual bots cost on initial release). So $370 for a very mid set is too expensive. Rather go 3rd party and get a great combiner. Just my opinion.
In on Waspinator, all aerialbots, g2 grimlock, solus, prima, megatronus. Waspinator and g2 grimlock look cool but i have 0 connection to the characters. The aerialbots have the toon look in bot mode I want. My fanstoys will be my combiner. Someday I'll get the alt mode from a 3rd company where the alt modes look good to me. Not in on the 13th Star Convoy, but the rest 100%
You will be the expert on this line then because you are definitely more interested in this wave than we are. Keep us posted in the comments as you grab them
Hasbro hasn't given me a convincing reason to give them my money for Transformers for almost 20 years. Takara had some good MP offerings, but that's about it.
That G-Creations Prime looks great but that transformation is the worst. For a 7 year old mold I'm surprised it took this long to get those recolors. After hearing reviewers say it's going to stay in certain modes and never transform it again I passed on it. I actually like transforming my figures but could understand getting it if it's just going on a shelf cuz it looks good.
As I said, I want my MP Super Ginrai to look like the original toy, not the cartoon or comic book. I don't think FH Power Baser looks like the cartoon or comic book, and that's why I prefer it
1:10:15 HOW DARE YOU. "Iron Man pose" are you serious? "Superhero pose" is already pushing it. Jokes aside. Really should be called the Blade landing as it was Blade who made that pose cool. Balde is responsible for making so many modern comic movie things cool that we now take it for granted 1:10:55 Did NBK make their own Devy or you referring to their stripped down KO of Generation Toy?
Superion, Bruticus, AND Menasor all had dull looking teams compared to all the other combiners. To get legacy menesor to look respectable I had to buy the DNA upgrade, a sticker sheet, and… it’s still just ok. I’m glad I got the giftset version, which looks a little bit more G1. I expect Superion to be equal to Menesor, no better.
I'm only getting the Primes. I've wanted them to do the primes for years. I'm pretty sure Optimus was the 13th Prime not Star Convoy and that base mode looks like the toy exploded. The combiners are disappointing i might pick them up if they come out in discounted box set.
I am hoping for some good figures to represent the Primes. Some of these are decent. I don't feel the need to grab them all "yet" but hopefully they come out and look good
So, I definately in for the 13 Primes, Superion however, I'm just not a fan at all of that combiner method. It looks OK with Menasor, but with Superion, it starts looking like the combiner Power Suits in Gobots. Just terrible. At least Motormaster had a place to hide the extra parts, his trailor. That booster mode has be wanting to play tennis.
Yeah that superion is FUGLY. Im kind of glad though after shelling out for fanstoys this year I need the savings lol. The hollowness and visible peg connections for the limbs of the smallest bots are out of control and keep getting worse from mainline since 2020 IMO
I skipped Star Convoy. Got all other Primes. I’m just not feeling the figure. Since they’re not going to be releasing Vector Prime, and using a pre-existing figure, I’ll be doing the same thing for the 13th prime slot and pick an alternate prime to be in my collection. Probably the Optimus Prime from Transformers Prime universe (where the 13th prime legend originated from), bayverse protoform Optimus Prime or one of the many Orion Pax.
I dont think this star optimus prime is the 13th in the collection , if you look at the golden primes in the promotional art that optimus is powermaster prime, I think they are placing Star optimus in here, one because he is a powered up version with the zodiac of the japanese and two because they wanna complete that collection of figures they already have deathsaurus and victory saber. in short they willl be trying to sell lyou 14 figures instead of 13
@@TimeOfTheEnd-z6v I’m pretty sure it was early concept going there yeah? Cause the rest of the body is star convoy in terms of how it looks but also onyx looks way different in the statue too compared to his box art
@@darkscoutergamer6168 star optimus is the product of resurrecting dead optimus using the zodiac, something that happened way later than the original primes, that is why I think they will sell you 13 primes then this titan zodiac powered up optimus, star optimus is not the ancient original Optimus prime form
I think that is a great idea. I'm going to stop buying higher priced Hasbro figures just to fill a gap when there are better alternatives in some cases.
Haven't been overly excited for any Hasblow releases in the last couple of years, but I more than likely will be getting Skybyte. I'll be pre-ordering Wasp and the Fallen as well, not much of a debate that the rest are meh.... Hasblow determines what comes through the Space Bridge next using a similar method that Robot Toys employs, it involves blindfolds, a dartboard and a lot of alcohol...... 😊 Will absolutely be passing on Crap-erion 💩. The first Aerialbots are listed as Deluxe but scream core class to me. I'm pretty sure the "hover mode" for Prima Prime (the primest of the Primes) became a feature when they realized the wheels don't peg in properly..... The Siyang Culture Trainbots and Scorponok are absolute buys for me. My wallet stopped talking to me after the Cang Toys announcements, so oh well 😊 Got to say the Mecha Invasion Construticons are super tempting, not James kneepads tempting, but.....lol. I think their weapons combine. I currently don't have an MP Ultra Magnus and am a bit torn between the XTB and FM... Great show guys
There has been some questionable releases lately. Lol at the hover mode. I'm waiting on Marge sorry I can't give honest feedback as if yet on the two. I'm curious. Siyang is going to be a problem for me. They look good.
Star Convoy is horribly priced. I will not yield to Hasbro down scaling Titan class figures, giving them extra bits and saying "I am okay with this price!". They can keep most of this line including Superion.
Hasbro combiners, nothing good, all bad, and just plain ugly. My exception would be The Stunticons for I went through a lot to collect them from stores. Any and all combiners I'll get, will be third party, for some of them look so dang good. Than the Hasbro drab. I think a lot of Hasbro products will be hot today, Ross and Ollies tomorrow. You can't expect much from Hasbro's Accountants, when their design departments have gone down the toilet.
@@botvscon The Stunticons I have, are still in the box and displayed. I have a small shelf and nothing but 3RD party combiners will stand on it. Here's to the 3RD Party Fellowship.
Hey guys, thanks for having me on the channel. It was an honor to help out with the voice samples, and I wish you all much success in the future!
We really appreciate your support and you lending your voice to the channel.
Hasbro Transformers is a great example of a company that is run by accountants instead of creatives.
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Oooh! That does seem what it's like. Chasing the 💰 instead of taking care of the fans. Or maybe they need a new creative team because these new creations of figures isn't working for some of us. Waiting to see general feedback on these releases.
@@botvscon I think this line might be the last for Generations
Agreed, we collector's are our worst accountants
The shit eating grin on Bobby’s face when he made that “head” comment had me cryin! 🤣🤣
I have no idea what you are talking about lol
I think when Hasbro revealed Studio Series Devastator, they said they were reducing the waves from four to three per year. There was some weird thing about how increasing the number of figures that get shipped in a wave, while reducing the number of overall waves, means fewer figures would be short packed.
Thanks for the info.
I'm in for all of the Primes, I think. I love the story behind it and I'm really liking all of the figures so far. I was a hard pass on Star Convoy, but when I saw it in some more dynamic poses I did a complete 180. The figure is absolutely gorgeous. Yes, the alt truck mode is a mess, but it is accurate. lol. I love the base alt mode. But let's face it, I'll be keeping him in bot mode 99% of the time like all of my figures. This is going to be an expensive year with lots of overtime. 😆
Oh, and @ 10:18 I had a matching blanket and pillowcase with that box art as a kid. It was absolutely magical. The artwork was so different than the comics and cartoon. It was like an alternate universe or something. It made my imagination go crazy. :)
I had that sheet set as a kid as well I think.
I know how you felt James when Bobby said "who" to Nosferatu.😂 My background other then Transformers is horror movies and underground music like metal:(black-war-bestial), industrial, etc. I love 70s and 80s Italian horror flicks. Bobby's love for G1 makes me relate to both of you. I appreciate the two points of view from you guys.
Thank you. We really appreciate the support. We have such different opinions and that's what we love about transformers.so many options for everyone
22:32 I preordered Silverbolt, Slingshot, Air Raid, Prima and Solus Prime, and Star Convoy. I passed on Megatronus and Wasp.
Ahhh very interesting. Literally the complete opposite of us. Any specific reasons for ordering and not ordering?
@@botvsconI may wait for Wasp when he comes out in retail. As for Red Alert, I never did like him in the series. And as for Megatronus, I know he was designed based off of the Dreamwave comic. But I wish Hasbro had given him a totally different design for him.
I am picking up 9 of the figures for my collection. I am going in with the Aerobots, 4 Primes, even Star Convoy for $149.99, Wasp, and Rex Alert Aramada.
That's going to be a nice haul
I missed out on Menasor so I'm making sure to lock down the aerialbots and constructicons. They got me with the 13 primes. I'm usually an og cartoon bots only type of guy but I'm diggin the designs so I preordered them as well.
Dude, I'm in exactly the same boat. You took the words out of my mouth.
Nice you will have to let us know how they are
Great episode! When the heck are we going to find out how much the 4-foot Metroplex cost in total?!? The suspense is killing me…
I am glad we haven't seen it yet so it delays the release as long as possible. This is going to be killer for my wallet
Surprising that there hasn't been a White version of Flame Toys Prime. We've had Standard, Nemesis, and Shattered Glass. I'd also buy a Magna Convoy version. Maybe the KO people will do one.
Anything is possible
Good video guys. Thanks
Yo out are welcome. Thanks for watching
The blockez figures just seem so fun
I admit that they are
13:30 C’mon, Bobby! Y’know you want to get Elita. Don’t deny yourself. It gives you pleasure.
Haha. I have seen some....let's say different....poses with some of the fembots since we've started the channel and I scrub the internet for news.
Wheelie wild boy is the origin story version told by the comics.
Gotcha, thanks for the info
Waiting for the prices to drop on Combiner Wars Superion in the future
These new Superion figures are a Ross or Ollie's pick up for me
Mecha's Devi looks super impressive. Don't forget they have that Grimlock figure that swaps for the chest. And supposedly they're doing a Dinobots combiner next where you can use that Grimlock figure for it's torso/chest. Great time to be a fan and a collector.
That's going to be another problem for my wallet
I’m warming up to the Prima Prime too now that I can see some of those little blue accents breaking up all of that white… I’m starting to feel like I’m probably gonna be in on these primes 🫣
We like the idea of new molds
Star Convoy was a character from the undone Japanese series, Transformers Battlestars. This was supposed to be the series that followed Transformers Zone.
The story focuses on the rediscovery of Convoy (Optimus Prime). Found in deep space in his funeral capsule. The Cybertron (Autobot) Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas, reactivates Convoy using the Legendary power source, The Zodiac. When the Zodiac is placed into Convoy’s spark chamber, not only is he reactivated, he is reformed into a new powerful being, Star Convoy.
Wasn’t it sky garry who did that btw? And yeah spot on with the lore🙏🏻😎btw doing well today?
@@darkscoutergamer6168Maybe. It has been over 30 years since I saw the image of Convoy getting the Zodiac.
@@kaonreviews haha no worries and doing good goat?😎
@@darkscoutergamer6168I did some more research and you are right. Sky Garry was given the Zodiac by Dai Altas and, after finding the body of Convoy, placed the Zodiac into his chest. There by reviving and reforming Convoy into Star Convoy.
Thank you for the information. Personally, I'm not up on most of the Japanese series in general.
I’m definitely getting that Flame Toys KO of Nemesis
Nice
So from my understanding the powermaster prime looking bot is a original Prime that star convoy and God ginrai are decent of.
That's interesting. I can dig it.
~The Con
So for superion, I get what you guys are saying about the figure, but if you look at most depiction of superion, whether it's g1 or the Japanese depiction most of the arms are shown to separate as it is shown in this robot mode for superion. Look, i have my gripes about it as well, but it does represent the original character pretty damboxes. With the legs it they did use the bots to show the robots on the back it would hinders the articulation.
I am getting it but I might wait to get the boxset.
I don't recall the arms separating in the G1 cartoon (I pulled up a couple of episodes and didn't see it) though they're were always animation errors. The toy didn't have it either so it bothers me. Also noticed that the Menasor didn't seperate as well in the arms.
@botvscon sometimes they did and sometimes they didn't. Menasor is that classic case, their were episodes where the cars just sat on the shoulders like pads. Lol
Great show guys
Thank you
For the Mecha Invasion Devastator, the guns are the same for Scavenger and Bonecrusher because all the guns combined to become a bigger gun for Devastator. They are really into no part forming and no parts left behind. JAJAJA
Yes I saw that after we recorded. Pretty cool
It's like a bark box for transformers collectors
Yeah. These are very popular among various product lines. I did it with watches several years ago. I don't want to do it with toys.
in old Aligned continuity.
some say the 13th is was a mysterious and become the spirit /spark of optimus prime. i guess hasbro/takara want Star Convoy to be the 13th.
what i know Star Convoy lore is in japan gen1 the revive optimus prime again use “The Power of the Zodiac” and upgrade as star optimus prime.
Thanks for the info. That is interesting, but I like Optimus being a man of the people, not spiritually destined.
~The Con
I'm with James on Superion. Air Raid and Skydive should have been designed to slide into the leg assembly. It would show off the chests as is cartoon accurate and leave a lot less kibble hanging off the back of the leg.
They probably could have done that cheaper, too, because they wouldnt have a spring loaded, multi-part assembly to worry about.
It seems like they really missed the mark on this one...
Buuuuuut I'm still getting it. It looks like it will be the best mainline, chug scale Superion Hasbro has ever given us.
There are little things that would have made it way better. But, it is fairly decent in combined mode for what it is.
~The Con
I can see Hasbro using the Airealbot molds in making the technobots
Oh that is scary
oh god please no, maybe the bots won't be all squished
@@christophersteen1873 It will definitely be square-ish
Where is g2 wild rider and g1 thrust on those release lists, oh man
We didn't see any updates
I love star convoy so I’m getting him fr,I do understand for sure if the alts mode are something some people maybe aren’t a fan of cause it does looks “interesting” to say at least but it’s accurate and I do wanna get all the primes in my collection💙🙏🏻we’ll see and btw new the channel sup
Thank you very much for the support. I never had our even knew about Star Convoy until a couple years ago so much easier to pass on the "interesting" character though I like the bot mode. May look into other options for representation.
BobBot, JimCon . . . do either of you know the significance of "Specter General" in that Third-Party's name choice for their version of 'Shattered Glass' Ultra Magnus? James, you should know the underlying reference, especially.
By the way, when sourcing info from "Insertus" and "Uranus," you should present it in that order: Insertus first, then Uranus.😜
Hopefully we answered your question on the latest show. We were told in the comments it's a band that had a song on the 86 soundtrack.
@@botvscon Yes, I saw some of those comments. But I also left my own which I hope you got a chance to read. It explains the answer more fully.
theres also the maketoys version of God Ginrai but why doesnt anyone talk about that?
Not familiar with it. Will have to look it up
buy the replacement heads that will eventually.
You are buying the heads?
So far, from what I've seen, the FH PM Prime is the best-looking one available. Probably because it isn't going for the toon look. I think the KFC will be superior to the TT. It will definitely be a great comparison between FH and KFC, but I'm very concerned about the knee joints in the KFC. TT isn't an option for me because apparently, they switched to only doing CHUG scale.
We shall see about the quality of the knees. I'm not happy with the size of Takara. Unfortunate
@botvscon unfortunately we've already seen about the knees. Even with the cardboard cab, they weren't strong enough. It's really bad now with Prime in there. Wait until you add the bomber. I hope they send replacement knee joints with Bomber.
Maybe it's my eyes but I see all Ariel bots except for silverbolt
Hmmm
1:17:23 Insert YOU where?
I thought the same thing.
I missed it
It’s Skybyte (and The Fallen and shockingly kinda Solus Prime) I will also get Grimlock cause it’s Grimlock and ….. Dinobots. 🤷🏻♂️
Nice choices
Wasn't Swindle swapped out for Vortex? Didn't they show pictures of Vortex on the Hasbro Pulse video? Are you guys reacting to an outdated list?
Yeah that screenshot is the older set of leaks
We were reacting to the information that was out at the time of recording. Vortex was shown in the video. Sometimes the information that we talk about comes from multiple sources and in this case it is leaked information about Swindle.
I have FansHobby Power Baser & God Armor as well as the KFC Super Ginrai...I can say, I like both but KFC is definitely closer to the source material...if KFC has given their figure the blue hands with red fingers it would be spot on (hopefully someone will give us an upgrade)...both are big boys but the slim build of the KFC is more esthetically pleasing & accurate...KFC makes me want to buy 2 Ginrai's so I can have the combine mode & Ginrai alone without using that off color piece of cardboard (wish I could find that painted 3D combine mode Ginrai)...
That's what I was thinking as well. Thanks for the input. I haven't received the KFC yet
Why do you hate on the combiner so much I loved Menasor After you get the DNA kit he is pretty awesome. I'm sure they'll come out with kids for these next combiners and are we getting Defensor and bruticus?
Exactly what you started off saying. You have to get a kit. I don't want to rely on a kit to make the figure look slightly better. The kit was $80 retail and the box menasor set scheduled to come out is $290 (I can't remember what the individual bots cost on initial release). So $370 for a very mid set is too expensive. Rather go 3rd party and get a great combiner. Just my opinion.
The head episode!
It wasn't intentional
Oh yeah another Devastator. This is the 98th right?
This one had been announcer for awhile now so I think it was number 74
29:15 I am NOT liking that base mode. Why didn’t Hasbro model the base mode after the original version of this figure?
Isn’t it based on that though?
@@darkscoutergamer6168I guess. But it seems hollow.
I don't either. Not sure about the accuracy to the original figure but not a fan
@@kaonreviews oh yeah kinda but we’ll see then yeah
lol talkin bout he*d all episode lol. I’m dying lol
Need a late night show
In on Waspinator, all aerialbots, g2 grimlock, solus, prima, megatronus. Waspinator and g2 grimlock look cool but i have 0 connection to the characters. The aerialbots have the toon look in bot mode I want. My fanstoys will be my combiner. Someday I'll get the alt mode from a 3rd company where the alt modes look good to me. Not in on the 13th Star Convoy, but the rest 100%
You will be the expert on this line then because you are definitely more interested in this wave than we are. Keep us posted in the comments as you grab them
Hasbro hasn't given me a convincing reason to give them my money for Transformers for almost 20 years. Takara had some good MP offerings, but that's about it.
Not liking the new stuff?🙏🏻
Have you been collecting 3rd party in it's place or just not buying anything?
Metroplex is Going to be shipped in a big coffin.
The big motorcycle that's is Shaquille O'neal motorcycle.
Metroplex is going to need a credit check to rent a room in my house.
That G-Creations Prime looks great but that transformation is the worst. For a 7 year old mold I'm surprised it took this long to get those recolors. After hearing reviewers say it's going to stay in certain modes and never transform it again I passed on it. I actually like transforming my figures but could understand getting it if it's just going on a shelf cuz it looks good.
I prefer the Generation Toy release of that Prime. Much easier to transform and better proportions, in my opinion
Well said
@@botvscon thanks
As I said, I want my MP Super Ginrai to look like the original toy, not the cartoon or comic book. I don't think FH Power Baser looks like the cartoon or comic book, and that's why I prefer it
That makes sense. Wanted to give you props for the debate
@@botvscon Thanks, I guess. Normally people hate it when I express an opinion. Thanks for indulging me 🙂
I pre-ordered Solus, Prima, Red Alert, and Megatronus. I skipped the rest of wave 1
I can see some picking and choosing coming from this wave
@@botvscon Yeah, the Aerialbots just look cheap, and I already have that Grimlock mould in SG colors
@@botvscon I'm skipping Star Optimus Prime because I have the Generations Selects Star Convoy, and I never really like the design of the G1 toy
Haha James just hating on Evan. Mark did do a good job. Bmac was alright
Hate is a strong word, I just prefer Mark's personality. Evan looks like he's been through the trenches at Hasbro, poor guy.
~The Con
@botvscon Evan is the guy you'd find at a Dungeon and Dragons table. Mark is a guy youd have a beer with and talk any topic and have some laughs lol
Not into not seeing the bots on the legs of combiners.
Right! It defeats the purpose of a combiner!
~The Con
1:10:15 HOW DARE YOU. "Iron Man pose" are you serious? "Superhero pose" is already pushing it. Jokes aside. Really should be called the Blade landing as it was Blade who made that pose cool. Balde is responsible for making so many modern comic movie things cool that we now take it for granted
1:10:55 Did NBK make their own Devy or you referring to their stripped down KO of Generation Toy?
Lol. Blade was very cool. We are referring to the KO version for NBK.
Superion, Bruticus, AND Menasor all had dull looking teams compared to all the other combiners. To get legacy menesor to look respectable I had to buy the DNA upgrade, a sticker sheet, and… it’s still just ok. I’m glad I got the giftset version, which looks a little bit more G1. I expect Superion to be equal to Menesor, no better.
That is my gripe. Way to much needed to just get ok. I am not going to spend all the money to just get ok when there are better options from 3rd party
I'm only getting the Primes. I've wanted them to do the primes for years. I'm pretty sure Optimus was the 13th Prime not Star Convoy and that base mode looks like the toy exploded. The combiners are disappointing i might pick them up if they come out in discounted box set.
I am hoping for some good figures to represent the Primes. Some of these are decent. I don't feel the need to grab them all "yet" but hopefully they come out and look good
fanshobby wins because i have three and paid less than 100 for each. i only need delta for the whole set
Come on that doesn't count. I need the Shattered Glass version for the whole set.
So, I definately in for the 13 Primes, Superion however, I'm just not a fan at all of that combiner method. It looks OK with Menasor, but with Superion, it starts looking like the combiner Power Suits in Gobots. Just terrible. At least Motormaster had a place to hide the extra parts, his trailor. That booster mode has be wanting to play tennis.
Yes the Gobots power suits. That is crazy. Not looking at Hasbro combiners now.
Yeah that superion is FUGLY. Im kind of glad though after shelling out for fanstoys this year I need the savings lol. The hollowness and visible peg connections for the limbs of the smallest bots are out of control and keep getting worse from mainline since 2020 IMO
Completely agree. It is a shame because I would like to support hasbro but I can't
Well I copied BvC and preordered the Megatronus and Waspinator from Hasbro.
We will have to ask share our thoughts once we get them in hand
Aaron Archer stole my name
What name?
@@botvscon Safeguard
I skipped Star Convoy. Got all other Primes. I’m just not feeling the figure. Since they’re not going to be releasing Vector Prime, and using a pre-existing figure, I’ll be doing the same thing for the 13th prime slot and pick an alternate prime to be in my collection. Probably the Optimus Prime from Transformers Prime universe (where the 13th prime legend originated from), bayverse protoform Optimus Prime or one of the many Orion Pax.
I dont think this star optimus prime is the 13th in the collection , if you look at the golden primes in the promotional art that optimus is powermaster prime, I think they are placing Star optimus in here, one because he is a powered up version with the zodiac of the japanese and two because they wanna complete that collection of figures they already have deathsaurus and victory saber. in short they willl be trying to sell lyou 14 figures instead of 13
Other primes in pre order now?
@@TimeOfTheEnd-z6v I’m pretty sure it was early concept going there yeah? Cause the rest of the body is star convoy in terms of how it looks but also onyx looks way different in the statue too compared to his box art
@@darkscoutergamer6168 star optimus is the product of resurrecting dead optimus using the zodiac, something that happened way later than the original primes, that is why I think they will sell you 13 primes then this titan zodiac powered up optimus, star optimus is not the ancient original Optimus prime form
I think that is a great idea. I'm going to stop buying higher priced Hasbro figures just to fill a gap when there are better alternatives in some cases.
Enjoyed the new movie. Didnt care for the transformations
TF ONE was good
First 😎
Hey, Blu. They need to fix your name on the members screen with your new name
Good catch
I must have missed the race
Haven't been overly excited for any Hasblow releases in the last couple of years, but I more than likely will be getting Skybyte. I'll be pre-ordering Wasp and the Fallen as well, not much of a debate that the rest are meh....
Hasblow determines what comes through the Space Bridge next using a similar method that Robot Toys employs, it involves blindfolds, a dartboard and a lot of alcohol...... 😊
Will absolutely be passing on Crap-erion 💩. The first Aerialbots are listed as Deluxe but scream core class to me.
I'm pretty sure the "hover mode" for Prima Prime (the primest of the Primes) became a feature when they realized the wheels don't peg in properly.....
The Siyang Culture Trainbots and Scorponok are absolute buys for me. My wallet stopped talking to me after the Cang Toys announcements, so oh well 😊
Got to say the Mecha Invasion Construticons are super tempting, not James kneepads tempting, but.....lol. I think their weapons combine.
I currently don't have an MP Ultra Magnus and am a bit torn between the XTB and FM...
Great show guys
There has been some questionable releases lately. Lol at the hover mode. I'm waiting on Marge sorry I can't give honest feedback as if yet on the two. I'm curious. Siyang is going to be a problem for me. They look good.
The crossover figures are becoming less and less interesting to me. Agent Knight is good, but the Sonic ones are just kinda w/e.
I am not that big into sonic as I was as a kid so I was not really looking forward to these but I agree with you.
Aerialbots looks worse than Combiner Wars.
Agreed
Star Convoy is horribly priced. I will not yield to Hasbro down scaling Titan class figures, giving them extra bits and saying "I am okay with this price!". They can keep most of this line including Superion.
Thumbs down for the whack corporate complacency "I am okay with this price"
I agree
Hasbro combiners, nothing good, all bad, and just plain ugly. My exception would be The Stunticons for I went through a lot to collect them from stores. Any and all combiners I'll get, will be third party, for some of them look so dang good. Than the Hasbro drab. I think a lot of Hasbro products will be hot today, Ross and Ollies tomorrow. You can't expect much from Hasbro's Accountants, when their design departments have gone down the toilet.
All 3rd party combiners for me and maybe Ross /Ollie's like you said if I want to partially support hasbro
@@botvscon The Stunticons I have, are still in the box and displayed. I have a small shelf and nothing but 3RD party combiners will stand on it. Here's to the 3RD Party Fellowship.