New English Video Review of Transformers Earthrise Race Track Patrol and Astro Squad Micromasters

Do we know if the Earthrise repacks of Micromasters Direct-Hit and Power Punch have new map pieces or if they're repeated from another release? For that matter have we seen any of the map pieces repeated? I don't think we have, but it doesn't hurt to ask. I don't mind buying them a second time, I just don't want to miss the map piece.

BTW Entertainment Earth has Micromaster wave 3 listed as just wave 1 again (Boo, those guys are peg warming at Target) and Power Punch and Direct-Hit which is good for those that missed the Siege line enders, though I really have to wonder what Hasbro has against Rumble and Ratbat being easy to get. A little alarming that these are showing up at Target now before wave 2.

Emerje

Sowndwave76 wrote:

aronjlove wrote:

sol magnus wrote:

aronjlove wrote:

TF-fan kev777 wrote:Coneheads have shipped and arrive tomorrow!!!!

What?!?! Mine says Wednesday

Mine, too.

My order updated and now says tomorrow. Looking forward to my first set of Coneheads.

I JUST got an order update saying delivery tomorrow!!
Can’t wait to have these new cone heads!!!!!!!!!!

I find it hilarious as they have the little cone on their heads which goes into the big cone of the jet. I don't know if that was a feature on the original toys but it is kinda cute

And I still can't believe I almost skipped this mold angrily because of the Siege Seekers. Maybe if a Seeker wasn't revealed until Wave 2 it wouldn't have been bad. But seeing Starscream revealed only a couple of months after completing the Siege trio irritated me.

My Coneheads are still showing Wednesday on Amazon. Hasn't even shipped yet.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:My Coneheads are still showing Wednesday on Amazon. Hasn't even shipped yet.

Same here. Hopefully that's an overestimation.

I just got notice that my Conehead 2-Pack should be delivered by Amazon on Sunday.

I finally got around to opening Ironworks and noticed something about his box art.



I guess the artist was given all of Greasepit's parts to draw as well.

My Coneheads still haven't shipped...

Emerje

Pulse just charged me for Scorponok today. A full 2 weeks before they said they would. Getting past the unexpected $170 bill, hopefully they actually ship the big guy out and I'll get him next week. And Amazon says the cone heads are unavailable now, so hopefully at least they filled my preorder, even though they haven't charged me and the order says 'not shipped.'

Found these 2 this morning at my usual Target. Appeared to be the only ones left. They also had a Scorponok which I left since I already have mine from BBTS.

FYI for those of you getting the Coneheads; three people as of this writing have gotten the set and Amazon just put a label on the packaging and shipped it like that. One of the three had the box come so damaged that Dirge was broken.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:FYI for those of you getting the Coneheads; three people as of this writing have gotten the set and Amazon just put a label on the packaging and shipped it like that. One of the three had the box come so damaged that Dirge was broken.

Care to share some links and pics?

william-james88 wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:FYI for those of you getting the Coneheads; three people as of this writing have gotten the set and Amazon just put a label on the packaging and shipped it like that. One of the three had the box come so damaged that Dirge was broken.

Care to share some links and pics?

Mine should be showing up in the next four hours according to the Amazon app, I'll definitely let you all know if mine shows up like that.

william-james88 wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:FYI for those of you getting the Coneheads; three people as of this writing have gotten the set and Amazon just put a label on the packaging and shipped it like that. One of the three had the box come so damaged that Dirge was broken.

Care to share some links and pics?

It's coming from the Amazon forum on the TFW2005 boards and the reviewer Baltmatrix's Twitter.

Image from Baltmatrix's twitter. This is some BS. I ordered all three of the Siege Amazon exclusives and none of them shipped this way. But, technically Amazon told us it would ship this way, look at the attachment for the ER Autobot two-pack. Amazon lists if the packaging is just the original box.

Needless to say, but I just canceled my order for the Autobot two-pack and re-ordered so I could choose the Amazon packaging option. It is still in stock so I suggest others do the same, just make sure to complete a new order before canceling the previous in case it goes out of stock.

I've had selects sent that way with just a label slapped on them but cant remember from where. Amazon uk usualy finds a box that is ten times the size of the itm and sends them in that (which will probably be down to staff having to meet targets/bonus). I'm half expecting scorponok to turn up in a box the size of a bungalow.

Ok, so a new shipment did indeed show up at my local Walmart this morning, however they were more Wave 1 deluxes.
Both Hasbro Pulse and my Target pre-orders still show 9/1 as the supposed release date for wave 2, just a little over 2 weeks away you would think some places might get them earlier...I guess with what's goin on it will be miracle if they show up on 9/1.

Also that makes everything else way more disproportionate. If wave 1 started showing up around March, then if we get Wave 2 in Sept, Wave 3 in Nov and Kingdom wave 1 by end of year.....

I think this must be some thing where Amazon fails to make the instructions about "ships in original packaging" clear enough to their employees, because every time there's an Amazon exclusive Transformers figure this happens to some amount; what "ships in original packaging" is supposed to mean is that is ships in the Hasbro shipper box (that has the product name on the outside, thus why the asking to ship in Amazon packaging option is framed as obscuring what's in the box), and a lot of people get it that way as they're supposed to, but there's always some amount who receive it and it's literally the actual figure box with a label slapped on, probably meaning either the wording to the employees about whst "original packaging" means is overly vague, or it arrives at some Amazon warehouses without the shipper box, and the employees aren't told in those circumstances to put it in an actual box.

Jeddostotle7 wrote:I think this must be some thing where Amazon fails to make the instructions about "ships in original packaging" clear enough to their employees, because every time there's an Amazon exclusive Transformers figure this happens to some amount; what "ships in original packaging" is supposed to mean is that is ships in the Hasbro shipper box (that has the product name on the outside, thus why the asking to ship in Amazon packaging option is framed as obscuring what's in the box), and a lot of people get it that way as they're supposed to, but there's always some amount who receive it and it's literally the actual figure box with a label slapped on, probably meaning either the wording to the employees about whst "original packaging" means is overly vague, or it arrives at some Amazon warehouses without the shipper box, and the employees aren't told in those circumstances to put it in an actual box.

You could be right. Mine showed up in an Amazon box. I checked my order and I did not select gift packaging. Interesting.

Jeddostotle7 wrote:I think this must be some thing where Amazon fails to make the instructions about "ships in original packaging" clear enough to their employees, because every time there's an Amazon exclusive Transformers figure this happens to some amount; what "ships in original packaging" is supposed to mean is that is ships in the Hasbro shipper box (that has the product name on the outside, thus why the asking to ship in Amazon packaging option is framed as obscuring what's in the box), and a lot of people get it that way as they're supposed to, but there's always some amount who receive it and it's literally the actual figure box with a label slapped on, probably meaning either the wording to the employees about whst "original packaging" means is overly vague, or it arrives at some Amazon warehouses without the shipper box, and the employees aren't told in those circumstances to put it in an actual box.

On what planet does slapping a label on the actual packaging make sense? More importantly how do the people who are supposed to deliver the packages accept them like that?

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Jeddostotle7 wrote:I think this must be some thing where Amazon fails to make the instructions about "ships in original packaging" clear enough to their employees, because every time there's an Amazon exclusive Transformers figure this happens to some amount; what "ships in original packaging" is supposed to mean is that is ships in the Hasbro shipper box (that has the product name on the outside, thus why the asking to ship in Amazon packaging option is framed as obscuring what's in the box), and a lot of people get it that way as they're supposed to, but there's always some amount who receive it and it's literally the actual figure box with a label slapped on, probably meaning either the wording to the employees about whst "original packaging" means is overly vague, or it arrives at some Amazon warehouses without the shipper box, and the employees aren't told in those circumstances to put it in an actual box.

On what planet does slapping a label on the actual packaging make sense? More importantly how do the people who are supposed to deliver the packages accept them like that?

It doesn't, at all, but given what conditions are like for Amazon warehouse workers, I really don't blame them for not thinking about it much.

"Earthrise? More like Earthfall! Seekers, escort Scorponok, and reduce this city to rumble!" - Megatron


Probably not canonical since ol' Scorpy and Megs are usually backstabbing each other but it makes for a cool pic.

Greetings Seibertronians! Fellow Seibertron user, Thundertron, has let us know of some new images of forthcoming Earthrise figures, have appeared on Walmart listings for the figures.

First up we have a new image of Deluxe Class Sunstreaker, showing his alt mode.



Next we have some new images of Voyager Class Megatron, offering a stark contrast to his recently leaked G2 deco in the Generations Selects line. The last of these images gives us a good look at Megatron's head.









Sunstreaker is part of the third wave of Deluxes while Megatron is part of the third wave of Voyagers.

What do you think of these images? Are you planning on picking any of these up? Let us know in the Energon Pub and stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest news and reviews!

I wonder how many people cancelled their Megatron preorder after the G2 version got leaked.

Lore Keeper wrote:I wonder how many people cancelled their Megatron preorder after the G2 version got leaked.

Me too, just to get a gauge on how nostalgic colors trump design flaws.

A better question would be how many people who weren't getting Earthrise Megs at all are now getting the Selects version

Apparently I’m in the minority, but I am eager to get Earthrise Megatron, and the G2 version.
Siege Megatron was great, and I have 3 different versions of him. But I hate the H tank treads, and the fact that he leans backwards when standing straight (a design flaw of the feet, that hopefully won’t carry over).

Wow you pick the factory defect with a chip in his eyebrow for your marketed headshot? Somebody in the marketing team needs to be fired.

ZeroWolf wrote:A better question would be how many people who weren't getting Earthrise Megs at all are now getting the Selects version

Right here.....

84everfan wrote:Wow you pick the factory defect with a chip in his eyebrow for your marketed headshot? Somebody in the marketing team needs to be fired.

I think that's paint. Really hard to get those details right in such a small piece without the use of magnifying glasses.

Am I the only one who tries Snapchat filters with his figures?

aronjlove wrote:

Am I the only one who tries Snapchat filters with his figures?

that looks sick, like an actual viking with his cone head, I think beards look tremendous on tf's; unicron, thundertron, they look great

Hellscream9999 wrote:

aronjlove wrote:

Am I the only one who tries Snapchat filters with his figures?

that looks sick, like an actual viking with his cone head, I think beards look tremendous on tf's; unicron, thundertron, they look great

Would be quite interesting to see a Seeker with a beard, given how standardized they generally are normally.

NTESHFT wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:A better question would be how many people who weren't getting Earthrise Megs at all are now getting the Selects version

Right here.....

Same. Damn you glorious purple and green...

Hellscream9999 wrote:

aronjlove wrote:

Am I the only one who tries Snapchat filters with his figures?

that looks sick, like an actual viking with his cone head, I think beards look tremendous on tf's; unicron, thundertron, they look great

That's why POTP Rodimus Unicronus, and by extension SG Rodimus, are a couple of my favorite looks.

TF-fan kev777 wrote:

NTESHFT wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:A better question would be how many people who weren't getting Earthrise Megs at all are now getting the Selects version

Right here.....

Same. Damn you glorious purple and green...

*raises hand

aronjlove wrote:

Aha! So it was Dirge who became Scourge in TFTM!




...Wait.

aronjlove wrote:"Earthrise? More like Earthfall! Seekers, escort Scorponok, and reduce this city to rumble!" - Megatron


Probably not canonical since ol' Scorpy and Megs are usually backstabbing each other but it makes for a cool pic.

Damn it


This single picture has convinced me to get the Earthrise Seekers if only for vehicle mode purposes, those jets look so good.

aronjlove wrote:

Am I the only one who tries Snapchat filters with his figures?

Emerje

Dirge always was the second best Seeker.

That silly sword could redeem itself if it were a an axe. Straxus/Darkmount's axe that is...

I'm done with Magatrons (the SIEGE version is fine) but this mold could make tons of other Decepticon Tyrants if HasTak would quit BSing! Straxus, Tarn, The Fallen and even a decent Bludgeon if done right.

There's just something about that 'sword' accessory for Earthrise Megatron that drags down the entire figure. It's so.... lazy. They didn't even try to do anything with it.

The face of ER Megatron is very off... I'm not saying the Siege version is perfect either.
But here are the differences I've spotted:
The helmet comes down to too much of a point above the forehead.
The face itself in some ways looks too big for the helmet/head... It just doesn't look proportional.
Basically it makes the helmet/head look too small for his face.
Also, the black line above his eyes is much too thick, even if those paint apps in the photo were more accurately applied.
Omitting the two black triangles on his forehead that help emphasize the "brow" area was a mistake. That's an important part of his face imo.
Lastly, after looking at my Anime paint apps Megatron, the ER version's face is lower in the helmet... Which is maybe what's making his face look to big and the helmet too small.

The lame sword and other flaws don't even weigh-in simply because once I saw the face/head he as an instant and absolute 'pass' for me.

Too many Megatrons. I really enjoy the Siege Megatron, looks good and is a lot of fun. I really like the combat exclusive Megs too, so all these other ones coming out, I have no interest in getting.

Now if they were to come out with Straxus I'd be all over that.

Sowndwave76 wrote:The face itself in some ways looks too big for the helmet/head... It just doesn't look proportional.
Basically it makes the helmet/head look too small for his face.

I disagree.. I think the helmet proportions look good, but I think his chin is a bit too big

Looking at that comparison, the chin is too wide

ER Megatron is not that bad for someone who don't own the Siege.
For everyone else, that ER mold was truly meant for the stellar G2 Select.

transformers_va wrote:

Sowndwave76 wrote:The face itself in some ways looks too big for the helmet/head... It just doesn't look proportional.
Basically it makes the helmet/head look too small for his face.

I disagree.. I think the helmet proportions look good, but I think his chin is a bit too big

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The point of the helmet above the eyes (which why is that pointed/angled) has forced his facial features downward. Probably making his chin look too big as well. But look at the illustration and notice where his facial features are compared to the inside edges of the helmet.

My conehead 2 pack showed up in a Hastak mailer.
It even had an insert to support the angeled side of the packaging.

Haven't opened it yet... But will soon.

Now you have to wonder why someone at Amazon would open that box just to slap a shipping label on the contents.

Emerje

Sowndwave76 wrote:Here's how my conehead 2-pack showed-up:

Photobucket is still a thing?

Man, if you're thinking about getting this set, imo it's well worth it.
Not saying there's tons of small details to get right, but these paint apps are freaking tight and clean...







This makes me even more anxious for the release of Thrust!!