First Look At Upcoming Netflix Sparkless Barricade and Spoiler Box Clear Paleotrex

And if Cobotron is reading this, well, here is the Bandai skeletal clear Dinosaur homage you were hoping we'd get

Another Voyager Megatron... Just as soon as they redeem the spoiler packs with Nemesis Prime, they're going to throw another repeat character at us. What's more, Megatron has already had a figure within Netflix's line. Le sigh...

Barricade looks like he just went mudding. Like he just needs to go through the car wash and he'll be back to normal. With that head and without colors and an allegiance symbol, that could be either Smokey or Barricade.

That paintjob is certainly unique on Barricade, I actually quite like it since I'm a fan of brown as a mundane-character color. (The equivalent to a character with a nice simple "farmer" outfit, etc)

Might make for good Decepticon troop building with one normal Barricade as their Captain provided getting multiple copies of the figure is possible.

Got to say, I do like the paint effect on Barricade, makes him almost look like he's made of wood.

william-james88 wrote:And if Cobotron is reading this, well, here is the Bandai skeletal clear Dinosaur homage you were hoping we'd get

I miss Cobo

This paleotrex is sick, I love it

Hellscream9999 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:And if Cobotron is reading this, well, here is the Bandai skeletal clear Dinosaur homage you were hoping we'd get

I miss Cobo

Cobo will return one day

That clear-purple Paleotrex is really creepy looking, even more so than the normal version. What’s spoilery about it though, I wonder. Are these the skeletal remains of BW Megatron? Do BW Transformers even have bones?

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:That clear-purple Paleotrex is really creepy looking, even more so than the normal version. What’s spoilery about it though, I wonder. Are these the skeletal remains of BW Megatron? Do BW Transformers even have bones?

I think this is just like the redeco'ed Rung and Slitherfang that came in the other sets, a neat little extra. Really the true spoiler is the text that comes in the box.

ZeroWolf wrote:

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:That clear-purple Paleotrex is really creepy looking, even more so than the normal version. What’s spoilery about it though, I wonder. Are these the skeletal remains of BW Megatron? Do BW Transformers even have bones?

I think this is just like the redeco'ed Rung and Slitherfang that came in the other sets, a neat little extra. Really the true spoiler is the text that comes in the box.

Ah, gotcha!

Really like Barricades paint but I really dont like the figure so it will be one less of the list to get. Wil be interesting to see the others in the the line as I got four from first series (Scrapface, Hotlink, Megatron, Mirage) and eventually two from the second (Bee and still wanting Prime. Likely Elita if she ever goes on sale which is very doubtful)

Having got the first Netflix Megatron it looks like it will be my third spoiler pack to pass on. Money saved and no complaints with alll the product that is available/coming out anyways.

Lore Keeper wrote:Another Voyager Megatron... Just as soon as they redeem the spoiler packs with Nemesis Prime, they're going to throw another repeat character at us. What's more, Megatron has already had a figure within Netflix's line. Le sigh...

It's not like the Nemesis Prime set really had much of anything to do with the show, itself.

Oh boy! Barn Find Barricade! My favourite!

All joking aside, the purple Paleotrex looks kinda neat. Barricade is nicely painted, and if I gave a slag about the Netflix series I'd probably be far more hyped. That being said though? He does look cool and I'd almost be tempted to get him and repurpose him as a new character.

Also there is something darkly ironic about the totally-not-a-Datsun toy getting a rusty, beat-up redeco considering how badly the poor old Datsuns tend to suffer from corrosion.

Evil Eye wrote:Oh boy! Barn Find Barricade! My favourite!

All joking aside, the purple Paleotrex looks kinda neat. Barricade is nicely painted, and if I gave a slag about the Netflix series I'd probably be far more hyped. That being said though? He does look cool and I'd almost be tempted to get him and repurpose him as a new character.

Also there is something darkly ironic about the totally-not-a-Datsun toy getting a rusty, beat-up redeco considering how badly the poor old Datsuns tend to suffer from corrosion.

It really is reminding me of the zombie 's from tf prime

blackeyedprime wrote:Really like Barricades paint but I really dont like the figure so it will be one less of the list to get. Wil be interesting to see the others in the the line as I got four from first series (Scrapface, Hotlink, Megatron, Mirage) and eventually two from the second (Bee and still wanting Prime. Likely Elita if she ever goes on sale which is very doubtful)

Having got the first Netflix Megatron it looks like it will be my third spoiler pack to pass on. Money saved and no complaints with alll the product that is available/coming out anyways.

Would it being Earthrise Megatron sweeten the deal?

william-james88 wrote:Would it being Earthrise Megatron sweeten the deal?

For me, yes. I know a lot of folks on here have other Megatron figures they like more but for someone whose collection is all recent releases, heck yeah I'd like another of that mold. I'll take some more Energon cubes too, thank you very much.

william-james88 wrote:Would it being Earthrise Megatron sweeten the deal?

Just thought of this: if the rumors turn out to be true, in the WFC line, we will get:

Core class Megatron
Siege voyager
Netflix voyager
35th anniversary voyager
Selects G2 (all 4 same mold)
Earthrise Megs
Selects G2
Selects SG
Netflix spoiler (all 4 same mold)

Considering the Siege voyager was shelf warming, and then so did the 35th anniversary one, is this really a good strategy?

william-james88 wrote:

blackeyedprime wrote:Really like Barricades paint but I really dont like the figure so it will be one less of the list to get. Wil be interesting to see the others in the the line as I got four from first series (Scrapface, Hotlink, Megatron, Mirage) and eventually two from the second (Bee and still wanting Prime. Likely Elita if she ever goes on sale which is very doubtful)

Having got the first Netflix Megatron it looks like it will be my third spoiler pack to pass on. Money saved and no complaints with alll the product that is available/coming out anyways.

Would it being Earthrise Megatron sweeten the deal?

Only if it were a version with no battle damage paint apps and included all the details to G1 Megatron that the Earthrise release was missing. I'm not at all expecting that, though, and predict this will be a massively battle damaged version, if not a "corpse" like Netflix Spoiler Pack 1 Ultra Magnus.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Would it being Earthrise Megatron sweeten the deal?

Just thought of this: if the rumors turn out to be true, in the WFC line, we will get:

Core class Megatron
Siege voyager
Netflix voyager
35th anniversary voyager
Selects G2 (all 4 same mold)
Earthrise Megs
Selects G2
Selects SG
Netflix spoiler (all 4 same mold)

Considering the Siege voyager was shelf warming, and then so did the 35th anniversary one, is this really a good strategy?

Shouldn't selects SG use the leader galvatron mold?

Why, oh why on earth would they go back to using the cybertron mold for barricade? Maybe it ties better into the show continuity or something, but I just don’t care. I’ve rarely seen such a world of difference between two remold counterparts for the same character, but I have to say that the earthrise remold versions of the datsuns look SO much infinitely better for these characters in every way, that I went from hating the mold in siege to literally owning every version of the exact same characters when released in the earthrise mold. So why, again, would they turn back to that horrendous siege barricade?

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Would it being Earthrise Megatron sweeten the deal?

Just thought of this: if the rumors turn out to be true, in the WFC line, we will get:

Core class Megatron
Siege voyager
Netflix voyager
35th anniversary voyager
Selects G2 (all 4 same mold)
Earthrise Megs
Selects G2
Selects SG
Netflix spoiler (all 4 same mold)

Considering the Siege voyager was shelf warming, and then so did the 35th anniversary one, is this really a good strategy?

Excuse me, say what now? Is there potentially a Shattered Glass Megatron coming to go with the SG Prime already on the way? If so, I am so down for that!

william-james88 wrote:Shouldn't selects SG use the leader galvatron mold?

Nope, leakers explicitly said SG would be ER repaint, which helps account for the massive dumb sword/gun thing on the ER mold: homage to Energon Megatron's tank weapon that SG Megatron used as well.

Galvatron is getting his toy deco for Selects, not a SG one.

jtanimator wrote:Why, oh why on earth would they go back to using the cybertron mold for barricade? Maybe it ties better into the show continuity or something, but I just don’t care. I’ve rarely seen such a world of difference between two remold counterparts for the same character, but I have to say that the earthrise remold versions of the datsuns look SO much infinitely better for these characters in every way, that I went from hating the mold in siege to literally owning every version of the exact same characters when released in the earthrise mold. So why, again, would they turn back to that horrendous siege barricade?

They never adopted Earth modes. The datsuns in the show AKA Prowl and Barricade only use the Siege mold. And anyone who uses an ER mold (like Wheeljack) never transforms anyway.

aronjlove wrote:Excuse me, say what now? Is there potentially a Shattered Glass Megatron coming to go with the SG Prime already on the way? If so, I am so down for that!

Yep, a whole SG subline is rumored in Selects next year, but don't get too excited yet, one of the leaks called for a SG Commander Jetfire, which I have extreme doubts that they would do a Selects Commander repaint and have it just be SG, and I saw this as a SG fan.

william-james88 wrote:Shouldn't selects SG use the leader galvatron mold?

A second SG Megatron based more on the cartoon was created at the very end of Fun Pub's run:

william-james88 wrote:Would it being Earthrise Megatron sweeten the deal?

No. Also if they are going to charge $60 for a 3rd spoiler box, it would have to have a ton of accessories to justify, or another battlemaster repaint included as well ($30+$20+$6). I really want the Paleotrex repaint, but I have the first Netflix Megatron, and of all the 8 uses of this mold so far (I count Siege and ER as the same)I don't need another.

I hope the Voyagers still come with 2 Battlemasters, and not a core class toy as rumored. I Really want a Primal with 2 Smashdown repaints (Smashdown and Doublecrosser are the Only BM's with one release so far). And Whatever the "Zombie" seeker is , if it came with 2 Doublecrossers in any color, I'd be more than happy.

Crystal Paleotrex looks cool, and the Sparkless looks better than I expected, but I dunno that I need either of these based on first impression alone. Hopefully the rest of the wave leaks though, I would love to get to see Netflix Cheetor sooner rather than later to see if I like it better than his retail deco.

Also worth noting: all of the leakers who have said that this Spoiler Pack contains the Megatron mold have also made it clear that they have not SEEN said Megatron, meaning that we don't know how unique of a repaint it'll be, for all we know it could still be at Nemesis-level of unique rather than Dead Magnus-level by being mid-reformat into Galvatron, or BW Megatron (with Paleotrex being the fossil he scans), or a Megatron-X deco or something (depending on just how the Kingdom story is gonna play out, which right now has options).

Or maybe it'll just be another Sparkless, who knows.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Shouldn't selects SG use the leader galvatron mold?

Nope, leakers explicitly said SG would be ER repaint, which helps account for the massive dumb sword/gun thing on the ER mold: homage to Energon Megatron's tank weapon that SG Megatron used as well.

It also aligns with how they treated SG Ratchet, with Hasbro just slapping the SG color scheme on the existing WFC ER Ratchet rather than repainting a mold that was more accurate to his actual appearance in SG (which, for SG Ratchet, would have been Grapple, since he used Energon Roadblock as a base).

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:...but don't get too excited yet, one of the leaks called for a SG Commander Jetfire, which I have extreme doubts that they would do a Selects Commander repaint and have it just be SG, and I saw this as a SG fan.

Counterpoint, the leaker who accurately leaked about 2/3's of Earthrise via clues prior to it's NYCC reveal (including the title being Earthrise even) did say a month or 2 ago that we would be getting a subline-exclusive Commander repaint this year, well before this leak actually happened...

Nemesis Primal wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:...but don't get too excited yet, one of the leaks called for a SG Commander Jetfire, which I have extreme doubts that they would do a Selects Commander repaint and have it just be SG, and I saw this as a SG fan.

Counterpoint, the leaker who accurately leaked about 2/3's of Earthrise via clues prior to it's NYCC reveal (including the title being Earthrise even) did say a month or 2 ago that we would be getting a subline-exclusive Commander repaint this year, well before this leak actually happened...

I am still very skeptical. It just seems so odd that SG Jetfire, who was a very minor SG character, would get that repaint. That seems like a lot to ask for for $80

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I am still very skeptical. It just seems so odd that SG Jetfire, who was a very minor SG character, would get that repaint. That seems like a lot to ask for for $80

Fair enough, it did seem like a weird choice when I first read it too, I would have expected Sir Soundwave, Wheeljack, or Rodimus before we saw an SG Jetfire.

Nemesis Primal wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I am still very skeptical. It just seems so odd that SG Jetfire, who was a very minor SG character, would get that repaint. That seems like a lot to ask for for $80

Fair enough, it did seem like a weird choice when I first read it too, I would have expected Sir Soundwave, Wheeljack, or Rodimus before we saw an SG Jetfire.

I would expect a lot before a SG Jetfire, but maybe they're banking on a black jet Commander class figure.

Soundwave is the SG bot I would love to see actually happen. I count Rodimus Unicronus as SG Rodimus, and I don't think a toy could properly beat him anyway

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Soundwave is the SG bot I would love to see actually happen. I count Rodimus Unicronus as SG Rodimus, and I don't think a toy could properly beat him anyway

Agreed, and agreed. I picked up TR Soundwave and that made me appreciate the PotP leaders a bit more lately.

For the Netflix wave 3, has there been any mention of what the pack-in will be? The Teletraan-1 is complete so I'm thinking something Golden Disc related, maybe? If it is the same as waves 1 and 2, it would have to be something that can be split into five. Or maybe they do something completely different.

aronjlove wrote:For the Netflix wave 3, has there been any mention of what the pack-in will be? The Teletraan-1 is complete so I'm thinking something Golden Disc related, maybe? If it is the same as waves 1 and 2, it would have to be something that can be split into five. Or maybe they do something completely different.

No mention of one yet, and if there is, whatever it is would have to be split in four, not five, since only 4 Deluxes have been leaked every time so far (Cheetor, Sparkless Datsun, Sparkless Lambo, Quint Ironhide drone).

Nemesis Primal wrote:

aronjlove wrote:For the Netflix wave 3, has there been any mention of what the pack-in will be? The Teletraan-1 is complete so I'm thinking something Golden Disc related, maybe? If it is the same as waves 1 and 2, it would have to be something that can be split into five. Or maybe they do something completely different.

No mention of one yet, and if there is, whatever it is would have to be split in four, not five, since only 4 Deluxes have been leaked every time so far (Cheetor, Sparkless Datsun, Sparkless Lambo, Quint Ironhide drone).

That's not quite right. The "Quintesson" has now been said to be a redeco of the Earthrise Deluxe Allicon/Bailiff figure. The "Sparkless Lambo" is actually going to be Deep Cover. The Ironhide repaint was cancelled to instead release VW Beetle Bumblebee and Elita One.

Nemesis Primal wrote:

aronjlove wrote:For the Netflix wave 3, has there been any mention of what the pack-in will be? The Teletraan-1 is complete so I'm thinking something Golden Disc related, maybe? If it is the same as waves 1 and 2, it would have to be something that can be split into five. Or maybe they do something completely different.

No mention of one yet, and if there is, whatever it is would have to be split in four, not five, since only 4 Deluxes have been leaked every time so far (Cheetor, Sparkless Datsun, Sparkless Lambo, Quint Ironhide drone).

Or nothing at all. Cyberverse had Maccadam as a Build-A-Figure for the first 2 Waves, but Wave 3 has nothing.

Wolfman Jake wrote:

Nemesis Primal wrote:

aronjlove wrote:For the Netflix wave 3, has there been any mention of what the pack-in will be? The Teletraan-1 is complete so I'm thinking something Golden Disc related, maybe? If it is the same as waves 1 and 2, it would have to be something that can be split into five. Or maybe they do something completely different.

No mention of one yet, and if there is, whatever it is would have to be split in four, not five, since only 4 Deluxes have been leaked every time so far (Cheetor, Sparkless Datsun, Sparkless Lambo, Quint Ironhide drone).

That's not quite right. The "Quintesson" has now been said to be a redeco of the Earthrise Deluxe Allicon/Bailiff figure. The "Sparkless Lambo" is actually going to be Deep Cover. The Ironhide repaint was cancelled to instead release VW Beetle Bumblebee and Elita One.

No,it's right if the leaks are right (which these pictures do support), the Selects Deep Cover is said to actually be Deep Cover while the Netflix one is a Sparkless, and the only leaker that has said the Quint is the Alicon has since said they were incorrect and that it is the Ironhide repaint from the show that the other leakers have been talking about, with one of said different leakers even giving more details about said Ironhide earlier today (which also makes it sound like the cancelled Ironhide was a different deco than this one).

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:Or nothing at all. Cyberverse had Maccadam as a Build-A-Figure for the first 2 Waves, but Wave 3 has nothing.

Exactly, that's why I said if there is one.

Wow, I like that Sparkless figure. I have the ER mold, but not the Siege one.

If I see it in stores, I just may get it.

Candy Paleotrex look pretty meh. I got AoE Dinobots flashbacks.

But that REALLY rusty Barricade is neat as hell! I want it.

i get an end of the world or mad max style barricade look here he needs more weapons and spikes though

My wish for more leaks came true (taken from TFW boards, who got them from a leak Discord apparently?):
Shame we can't get a clear look at Quint Ironhide's face and his weapon is missing, but so far that looks better than expected, especially since some of the leakers today were talking up how ruined it was by battle damage. Cheetor....I really like the darker blue and the green cheetah eyes, but he looks like he's lacking paint elsewhere, so I'm not making a decision until we get a proper look (also I think his torso is mistransformed, parts of those panel wings are supposed to flip in under his cheetah head, right?).

We had our first look at wave 3 of the Netflix toys really early today with Sparkless Barricade and a clear purple Paleotrex (both of which you can see here) and now we have more deluxes. We have the Ironhide redeco which is supposed to be a troop builder in the Quintesson army and Cheetor who is a slight redeco of the Kingdom deluxe figure. The main difference is the blue which is far more show accurate than the powder blue colour he was given in the main line. We will be getting more sparkless characters in wave 3 including a sparkless Seeker and a sparkless red alert mold. The images below were sent to us by a source asking to remain anonymous.

Let us know what you think of these.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Considering the Siege voyager was shelf warming, and then so did the 35th anniversary one, is this really a good strategy?

He wasn't shelf warming everywhere which is probably why Hasbro doesn't mind him going back to retail again. Siege Megatron never stayed in stock more than a month around me (at Walmart or Target), even the second and third restock they would eventually sell out. The Walmarts around me never got the 35th line so no shelf warming there. Earthrise Megatron never showed up here either so that was never an issue. Netflix Megatron was restocked at least three times, the most recent being a few weeks before wave 2 came out, and both my local Walmarts are completely sold out of Netflix figures of all sizes and waves. The demand is definitely not past the saturation point everywhere for Megatron.

Emerje

You know that mindset people have about repaints forcing you to buy the second release because it'd be better? It rings true wuth Cheetor because that's what the figure shouldh've looked like.

Emerje wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Considering the Siege voyager was shelf warming, and then so did the 35th anniversary one, is this really a good strategy?

He wasn't shelf warming everywhere which is probably why Hasbro doesn't mind him going back to retail again. Siege Megatron never stayed in stock more than a month around me (at Walmart or Target), even the second and third restock they would eventually sell out. The Walmarts around me never got the 35th line so no shelf warming there. Earthrise Megatron never showed up here either so that was never an issue. Netflix Megatron was restocked at least three times, the most recent being a few weeks before wave 2 came out, and both my local Walmarts are completely sold out of Netflix figures of all sizes and waves. The demand is definitely not past the saturation point everywhere for Megatron.

Emerje

Plus that Megatron have one hell of a SEXY paint job.

-Kanrabat- wrote:Plus that Megatron have one hell of a SEXY paint job.

If the all but confirmed spoiler box megatron is just the earthrise version of the mold, but with the netflix deco scheme, I would be incredibly happy, because both of those versions fall just short of being different enough from siege mainline to be worth the price of double dipping, but I know I'm getting box 3 for the paleotrex alone anyways.

Darn, I was hoping the Ironhide Quint would be the all white version. Maybe later.

Emerje

Really wish that Paleotrex was sold separately. I'd rather not get another Megatron.

It may be because the picture is small but I don't see any difference between this Cheetor and the standard one.

o.supreme wrote:It may be because the picture is small but I don't see any difference between this Cheetor and the standard one.

Looks like a darker blue (more accurate) for the plastic on the shoulders and matching darker paint on the face and legs, but fewer paint apps overall.

I like the darker blue better than the lighter blue, but the more paint apps overall more than I like the better blue, so I'm probably sticking with the regular release.

Ironhide no!

Pretty sure the sparkless are different to Quint troops but hey.

Ironhide quint just looks bad, doesnt help that the alt is pretty bad but now the robot mode looks dull in the way it is painted.

Cheetor, making the blue better still can't improve the figures flaws for me and it looks like the blue crotch desnt match the plastic but this may not be final production figure. Hope it looks a bit better for those that are after him and that the deco doesnt frustrate those that have already picked up Kingdoms.

No doubt this line will have one figure I want but the chances are getting slimmer

TF-fan kev777 wrote:

o.supreme wrote:It may be because the picture is small but I don't see any difference between this Cheetor and the standard one.

Looks like a darker blue (more accurate) for the plastic on the shoulders and matching darker paint on the face and legs, but fewer paint apps overall.

I like the darker blue better than the lighter blue, but the more paint apps overall more than I like the better blue, so I'm probably sticking with the regular release.

I might be in the same boat as you, im still on the fence
The regular release has the blue on the shins and this one doesn't, and I prefer the red cheetah eyes over the green ones even if green is more accurate