Gamestop Now Has the First Wave One Steps from Transformers: The Last Knight Updated with Location

Remember when people went to Games Stop/Eb Games and other video game stores to buy toys?

Me neither.

william-james88 wrote:I think you arent going cheap enough. We know Onslaught is a reuse of Long Haul's character model (they even copy the chest and everything):



So wouldnt a reuse of that toy be more appropriate, with just changing the alt mode parts? They end up independent of the robot mode and end up on his back anyway (in both the toy and model) so retooling ROTF Longhaul makes much more sense.

Well it's not like Long haul was a major character or anything.

Also Canopy's body is a Long haul reuse as well with his head design being a combination of his and Jolt's actual movie that looks nothing like the toys head which was never seen that clearly anyways.

Deadput wrote:Remember when people went to Games Stop/Eb Games and other video game stores to buy toys?

Yes. I did it back in the day when EB Games was originally Electronics Boutique (ever wonder what the "EB" part was short for?). They had RiD 2001 toys, Digimon toys, Pokemon toys, imported Japanese Pokemon merchandise, Gundam Wing model kits and toys, Dragon Ball Z toys, a section for VHSs and DVDs, and more.

Alas, now it is all strictly video games and video game-related memorabilia.

Sabrblade wrote:

Deadput wrote:Remember when people went to Games Stop/Eb Games and other video game stores to buy toys?

Yes. I did it back in the day when EB Games was originally Electronics Boutique (ever wonder what the "EB" part was short for?). They had RiD 2001 toys, Digimon toys, Pokemon toys, imported Japanese Pokemon merchandise, Gundam Wing model kits and toys, Dragon Ball Z toys, a secition for VHSs and DVDs, and more.

Alas, now it is all strictly video games and video game-related memorabilia.

I think I was still watching Thomas the Tank engine and building Bionicles back in 2001 man I miss Bionicle that was the definition of my Childhood.

Deadput wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Deadput wrote:Remember when people went to Games Stop/Eb Games and other video game stores to buy toys?

Yes. I did it back in the day when EB Games was originally Electronics Boutique (ever wonder what the "EB" part was short for?). They had RiD 2001 toys, Digimon toys, Pokemon toys, imported Japanese Pokemon merchandise, Gundam Wing model kits and toys, Dragon Ball Z toys, a secition for VHSs and DVDs, and more.

Alas, now it is all strictly video games and video game-related memorabilia.

I think I was still watching Thomas the Tank engine and building Bionicles back in 2001 man I miss Bionicle that was the definition of my Childhood.

Though I too experienced those two in my own youth, it was the former, rather than the latter, that defined my preschool years.

I want both of these but I will probably have to make a choice at some point. I'll probably wind up getting Megatron because he looks a lot cooler.

On the other hand Hound would be helpful to perform medical treatment on my wallet once these toys hit the shelf.

william-james88 wrote:

breacher wrote:After seeing this stuff... I can definitely see Has/Tak cheaping out and using the hound mold for an onslaught toy. The alt-mode definitely looks like something Onslaught would turn into. I know he has a different alt-mode in the movie, but come on, given how cheap last line was, what with them reusing molds from Prime for the smaller guys, they probably would do something dumb like this.

Hope I'm wrong.

I think you arent going cheap enough. We know Onslaught is a reuse of Long Haul's character model (they even copy the chest and everything):



So wouldnt a reuse of that toy be more appropriate, with just changing the alt mode parts? They end up independent of the robot mode and end up on his back anyway (in both the toy and model) so retooling ROTF Longhaul makes much more sense.

Funny, I missed out on Long Haul much to my regret (though I'll admit I never liked his sickly pale green very much, the yellow redeco looked much better IMO)- if they do retool him into Onslaught I'd be down for that. We'll probably get a new, simpler mold that simply looks like Long Haul ala Berserker (I can't imagine them taking a mold from 2009 and completely reshelling it) but either way it should be cool. Long Haul is one of my favourite on-screen Movie designs and the opportunity to see more of it is a plus in my book.

Sabrblade wrote:

Deadput wrote:Remember when people went to Games Stop/Eb Games and other video game stores to buy toys?

Yes. I did it back in the day when EB Games was originally Electronics Boutique (ever wonder what the "EB" part was short for?). They had RiD 2001 toys, Digimon toys, Pokemon toys, imported Japanese Pokemon merchandise, Gundam Wing model kits and toys, Dragon Ball Z toys, a section for VHSs and DVDs, and more.

Alas, now it is all strictly video games and video game-related memorabilia.

Yes!!! And they had not hit stores at the time if I remember...got me a Prowl and Sideburn...awesome recall people!

Deadput wrote:Remember when people went to Games Stop/Eb Games and other video game stores to buy toys?

Me neither.

It's always interesting when a company tries to branch out into things away from what they're good at, it doesn't do well-and lessens what they're good at, but they keep on going with it anyway. I wonder how soon they'll be on clearance there...

It's not exactly like they're making half of their shop Transformers; these are just a few simple things on the side that they know are popular and they know will sell well. Game shop I went to all the time had a few Pokémon and Sonic plushies at the counter - this is basically the same thing. Strange that this is where it shows up first, but...

Kurona wrote:Strange that this is where it shows up first, but...

It would be stranger if it was at a more established toy store first. Hasbro has sent out all the TLK figures to most stores by now but there is a street date that Hasbro has asked not to be broken. Bigger stores know this. Gamestop doesnt get toys from Hasbro too often, so they are probably unaware and thus have put these in their stores simply because they have them.

So in the end, its not about getting the toys first (all stores have them), its about putting them up for sale first, and thats just due to inexperience.

Kurona wrote:It's not exactly like they're making half of their shop Transformers; these are just a few simple things on the side that they know are popular and they know will sell well. Game shop I went to all the time had a few Pokémon and Sonic plushies at the counter - this is basically the same thing. Strange that this is where it shows up first, but...

To be fair, Pokemon and Sonic plushes do technically count as "video game memorabilia". Had it been plushies of non-video game characters, that'd stand out more towards your point.

Yeah moving on...

Sabrblade wrote:

Kurona wrote:It's not exactly like they're making half of their shop Transformers; these are just a few simple things on the side that they know are popular and they know will sell well. Game shop I went to all the time had a few Pokémon and Sonic plushies at the counter - this is basically the same thing. Strange that this is where it shows up first, but...

To be fair, Pokemon and Sonic plushes do technically count as "video game memorabilia". Had it been plushies of non-video game characters, that'd stand out more towards your point.

Fair, though Transformers does get its fair share of video games. And, well, with both video games and Transformers being big parts of nerd culture; the two have a somewhat similar market. Especially with a big movie coming out - you see this all the time in a ton of shops; getting in merchandise they usually wouldn't sell because they know there's a lot of hype around a movie tied to it. Just look at all the Frozen stuff that's still around...

Has anyone in Britain seen these. TFW2005 has reported finding these new ads for Transformers: The Last Knight Toys in printed media in the UK. We see the CG models of Bumblebee, Sqweeks, Optimus Prime and Drift as well as renders of their toys, which include a bew render for Drift.

Television and Online Commercials will soon appear to promote the toys for their release date of April 24th, 2017. If you come across other commrcials/ads like these, be sure to let us know!

That's just a red deco of his old toy I believe.

I kinda feel like I have to apologise to RiD Windblade now for making fun of how overwhelmingly red she was...

Am I the only one that wants to buy an AOE Drift and a TLK Drift and have them as a "Red Oni/Blue Oni" pair of OCs? I still want to track down a Generations Drift at some point, but the Movieverse toys do look cool with their fusion of modern sports car and ancient samurai armour aesthetics.

LE0KING wrote:That's just a red deco of his old toy I believe.

check out the chest. Also, the car mode is different.

LE0KING wrote:That's just a red deco of his old toy I believe.

Nope, new mold, or at east heavily retooled. His new toy is a Mercedes AMG, his old toy was a Bugatti Veyron.

Substantially different alt modes, and robot mode parts.
Old Deluxe mold, Bugatti:



There are some similarities sure, but it looks like a different mold to me.

There's a ton of similar details though, even for the same character. I think this is a retool or at least there's shared parts.

Carnivius_Prime wrote:Yep I'm having that Megatron. You richer folk can get the lovely Leader but this Voyager will do for me. Hound looks great too. I missed out on his AoE toy so may pick this one up instead.

Jet Megatron looks sweet. I think AoE Hound looks waaaaay better than this new version. (Also I happen to have an extra still in the box never opened AoE Voyager Hound.)

Guys (and girls), Drift is a retool:









The new parts are in the chest, head and the car shell.

Kurona wrote:There's a ton of similar details though, even for the same character. I think this is a retool or at least there's shared parts.

it is a retool. all they did was change the backpack and the front car symbol

Yep retool, although one that detracts a bit from the original. The car shell was replaced and now reversed, but now there is also a fake car front instead of the actual car front.

The head is the same as well, I'm pretty sure.

And I would be tempted to get him for the red oni/blue oni, but I don't need him. His AoE self looks better and I may get the legion just for the color change and it looks somewhat good

Bumblebee21 wrote:

Kurona wrote:There's a ton of similar details though, even for the same character. I think this is a retool or at least there's shared parts.

it is a retool. all they did was change the backpack and the front car symbol

There's also new tires, and new ankle panels. They retooled the car shell, Robot mode is apparently the same robot with a new chest.

Though that begs the question of where the car front ends up now, since in the original it was his actual chest piece. Now it probably just hangs off the back.

Overcracker wrote:

Bumblebee21 wrote:

Kurona wrote:There's a ton of similar details though, even for the same character. I think this is a retool or at least there's shared parts.

it is a retool. all they did was change the backpack and the front car symbol

There's also new tires, and new ankle panels. They retooled the car shell, Robot mode is apparently the same robot with a new chest.

Though that begs the question of where the car front ends up now, since in the original it was his actual chest piece. Now it probably just hangs off the back.

Pretty much does. Just folds up back there somewhere

Is the head really the same? Looked different to me, like it was his face rather than a mask like the AOE one hinted at.

william-james88 wrote:Is the head really the same? Looked different to me, like it was his face rather than a mask like the AOE one hinted at.

I think it's the same, but it's hard to tell.

Also, I just found the car front: look at the back of his feet. You can see the front grill complete with the circle where the emblem goes (facing backwards but the circle where it goes is visible) sitting there.

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Is the head really the same? Looked different to me, like it was his face rather than a mask like the AOE one hinted at.

I think it's the same, but it's hard to tell.

Also, I just found the car front: look at the back of his feet. You can see the front grill complete with the circle where the emblem goes (facing backwards but the circle where it goes is visible) sitting there.

Makes sense, he is reversed after all. Thats kinda clever. I think I will get this guy afterall, I do like samurai TFs.

william-james88 wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Is the head really the same? Looked different to me, like it was his face rather than a mask like the AOE one hinted at.

I think it's the same, but it's hard to tell.

Also, I just found the car front: look at the back of his feet. You can see the front grill complete with the circle where the emblem goes (facing backwards but the circle where it goes is visible) sitting there.

Makes sense, he is reversed after all. Thats kinda clever. I think I will get this guy afterall, I do like samurai TFs.

I love knights, so much of this line will hopefully make it to my hands

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Is the head really the same? Looked different to me, like it was his face rather than a mask like the AOE one hinted at.

I think it's the same, but it's hard to tell.

Also, I just found the car front: look at the back of his feet. You can see the front grill complete with the circle where the emblem goes (facing backwards but the circle where it goes is visible) sitting there.

Indeed it appears that's it. The Mercedes Emblem ends up on his heel.


As to the face, looks a bit happier than the old one, and, forgive me for this: has more defined cheekbones...

Also the helmet seems to be slightly different.

While I think I prefer the AoE chest on Drift I think I like his red colouration more. Are people still gonna say his gold/yellow face is racist though?

Carnivius_Prime wrote:While I think I prefer the AoE chest on Drift I think I like his red colouration more. Are people still gonna say his gold/yellow face is racist though?

Only if they said so back when it was still gold/yellow for AOE

Well the backwards shell on the car is certainly something I've never seen before.

I wish they would have changed the legs alittle i dont like the aoe's for some reason. Oh well, thats a great reshell.

Sabrblade wrote:

Carnivius_Prime wrote:While I think I prefer the AoE chest on Drift I think I like his red colouration more. Are people still gonna say his gold/yellow face is racist though?

Only if they said so back when it was still gold/yellow for AOE

Shane McCarthy who created IDW Drift said movie Drift is a racist stereotype (according to what I'm reading on TFWiki and I seem to recall him commenting in a tweet about the face colour). I don't really know much about the guy except I bought the first couple of issues of All Hail Megatron and no more. And I didn't much like IDW Drift (apparently he got more likable?) and I like movie Drift.

Come to think of it I have figures of both but IDW Drift is missing a leg and came in a big bundle of broken Transformers I got from charity shop. Oh I could have it posed so it looks like movie Drift been slicing and dicing him but I'm much too busy right now about to play new map on Uncharted 4 multiplayer.

Drift was a bit of a non-entity in AHM. Which is a bit weird, since it was his debut... he had like two lines but that's it. You could've removed him and no-one would notice. I suppose his movie counterpart shares that in common at least

In any case let's not get into that little debate again. We've already gone through it on the actual movie thread, no need for the toy thread to have it too.

Oh ok but I did the pic anyways cos Uncharted 4 had to download update for that new map so I had a few mins to kill.

And jeebus, IDW Drift is such an awkward kibble-high figure to pose even getting slaughtered...

Anyways I'll shush now.

Kurona wrote:Drift was a bit of a non-entity in AHM. Which is a bit weird, since it was his debut... he had like two lines but that's it. You could've removed him and no-one would notice. I suppose his movie counterpart shares that in common at least

In any case let's not get into that little debate again. We've already gone through it on the actual movie thread, no need for the toy thread to have it too.

Well Movie Drift at least made himself a better character in his debut with his stoic humor and had a lot of lines but the problem is that none of those stand out compared to Crosshairs and Hound.

"I was expecting a giant car."

Carnivius_Prime wrote:Shane McCarthy who created IDW Drift said movie Drift is a racist stereotype (according to what I'm reading on TFWiki and I seem to recall him commenting in a tweet about the face colour). I don't really know much about the guy except I bought the first couple of issues of All Hail Megatron and no more. And I didn't much like IDW Drift (apparently he got more likable?) and I like movie Drift.

Come to think of it I have figures of both but IDW Drift is missing a leg and came in a big bundle of broken Transformers I got from charity shop. Oh I could have it posed so it looks like movie Drift been slicing and dicing him but I'm much too busy right now about to play new map on Uncharted 4 multiplayer.

Ah Shane... he is one to talk he created that stereotype edgy oc in the first place.


Especially for literally butchering Hunter and ruining Simon Furman's long term plans

Found on facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/DaimChocReport ... 2857008147

Instruction sheets for :

-TLK Voyager class Megatron


-TLK Voyager class Hound

The more i see Squeeks the more is see a two wheeled custom character FR4G-TP (Fragtrap) from Borderlands the pre-sequel

MadProject wrote:Found on facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/DaimChocReport ... 2857008147

Instruction sheets for :

-TLK Voyager class Megatron

istruzioni megatron.jpg

-TLK Voyager class Hound

istruzioni hound.jpg

Dang spoilers. I like to figure these things out before I look at the instructions.

Le Danh just uploaded two new videos to his youtube page which show him transforming Transformers: The Last Knight Voyagers Hound and Megatron. Remember that their release is still far away since these are wave 2 voyagers, with wave 1 voyagers being Grimlock and Optimus Prime, the later of which already had a video review posted back in February.

Hopefully these will hold you over until the figures come out!

Dangit I didn't resist temptation and watched the Megatron vid even though I wanted no spoilers on transformation. But I gotta say I like how it transforms and it's so tidy in both modes which I don't often find with TFs that turn into jets. Ok his feet are there under the wings but even that doesn't look too bad to me. Overall I'm really looking forward to adding him to my collection.

I wonder if that Megatron could be an engineering inspiration to a new Voyager Jetfire toy at all ?

RAR wrote:I wonder if that Megatron could be an engineering inspiration to a new Voyager Jetfire toy at all ?

We'll have to try and connect him to Voyager Prime to find out.

I don't know if this has been reviewed or not but it just popped up on my suggestions feed with new next to it : Dlx TF5 Barricade review.

RAR wrote:I don't know if this has been reviewed or not but it just popped up on my suggestions feed with new next to it : Dlx TF5 Barricade review.

All of wave 1 deluxe and voyagers was first reviewed a while ago.