New Images of Upcoming Studio Series Toys with SS 48 Universal Studios Megatron and More

william-james88 wrote:This is also, notably, the first time Elita-1 will be represented in toy form with her own screen and vehicle accurate robot modes- all her previous toys were recolors of either Chromia or Arcee.

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:This is also, notably, the first time Elita-1 will be represented in toy form with her own screen and vehicle accurate robot modes- all her previous toys were recolors of either Chromia or Arcee.

Or colored as Chromia, in the case of Robot Heroes Chromia using Elita's base design.

Zeedust wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:This is also, notably, the first time Elita-1 will be represented in toy form with her own screen and vehicle accurate robot modes- all her previous toys were recolors of either Chromia or Arcee.

Or colored as Chromia, in the case of Robot Heroes Chromia using Elita's base design.

Technically, wouldn't that be a toy of Chromia and not a toy of Elita-1?

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Look closely at the packaging and y'all will see that the official full name of this figure is "As Seen In Parks Megatron".

ZeroWolf wrote:"I was just showing him my cannons..."

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:All the studio constructicons have been pretty great! Long Haul is the weakest, but in no way bad. the other 3 are very strong though, love all 4 so far.

Devastator is a dream come true for me, I cannot wait for him!

william-james88 wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:All the studio constructicons have been pretty great! Long Haul is the weakest, but in no way bad. the other 3 are very strong though, love all 4 so far.

Devastator is a dream come true for me, I cannot wait for him!

I have a really tough time forgiving the visible arms especially when the original version pulled thst part off.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:All the studio constructicons have been pretty great! Long Haul is the weakest, but in no way bad. the other 3 are very strong though, love all 4 so far.

Devastator is a dream come true for me, I cannot wait for him!

I have a really tough time forgiving the visible arms especially when the original version pulled thst part off.

Original was also during the RotF peak era of movie toys, and also didn't have to combine, as a leg supporting 6 other figures.

they are the same character but doing 2 very different things. It's like comparing universe Onslaught to combiner wars Onslaught. same character, 2 very different engineering goals and time periods

ZeroWolf wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:All the studio constructicons have been pretty great! Long Haul is the weakest, but in no way bad. the other 3 are very strong though, love all 4 so far.

Devastator is a dream come true for me, I cannot wait for him!

I have a really tough time forgiving the visible arms especially when the original version pulled thst part off.

Original was also during the RotF peak era of movie toys, and also didn't have to combine, as a leg supporting 6 other figures.

they are the same character but doing 2 very different things. It's like comparing universe Onslaught to combiner wars Onslaught. same character, 2 very different engineering goals and time periods

That is a very good point D-Max, it would have been interesting to see how this would have been achieved (without doing what the supreme Devesator did) back at that point, especially given the quality of other molds we got back then.

ZeroWolf wrote:Was there any reason why he felt that way?

Deadput wrote:Aaron's team not really delving into gimmicks

Sabrblade wrote:

Deadput wrote:Aaron's team not really delving into gimmicks

They most certainly did. They were the brains behind the Unicron Trilogy lines (Mini-Con activation gimmicks, Energon stars, Autobot Powerlinx, Decepticon Hyper Modes, Cyber Key activation gimmicks), the first three movie lines (Automorph, Mech Alive, MechTech), the Animated toyline (the Automorph gimmick of the first Movie line carried over into a number of this line's figures), the Power Core Combiners line (a gimmick in and of itself), and the Prime toyline (Deluxe class "Revealer" gimmick, Voyager class "Powerizer" gimmick).

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Deadput wrote:Aaron's team not really delving into gimmicks

They most certainly did. They were the brains behind the Unicron Trilogy lines (Mini-Con activation gimmicks, Energon stars, Autobot Powerlinx, Decepticon Hyper Modes, Cyber Key activation gimmicks), the first three movie lines (Automorph, Mech Alive, MechTech), the Animated toyline (the Automorph gimmick of the first Movie line carried over into a number of this line's figures), the Power Core Combiners line (a gimmick in and of itself), and the Prime toyline (Deluxe class "Revealer" gimmick, Voyager class "Powerizer" gimmick).

Can they also be credited with the amount of new characters they introduced? Not talking just the UT cast, but the characters in later series that did not (completely) originate from G1 or BW like Lockdown, Lugnut and Bulkhead.

Sabrblade wrote:

Deadput wrote:Aaron's team not really delving into gimmicks

They most certainly did. They were the brains behind the Unicron Trilogy lines (Mini-Con activation gimmicks, Energon stars, Autobot Powerlinx, Decepticon Hyper Modes, Cyber Key activation gimmicks), the first three movie lines (Automorph, Mech Alive, MechTech), the Animated toyline (the Automorph gimmick of the first Movie line carried over into a number of this line's figures), the Power Core Combiners line (a gimmick in and of itself), and the Prime toyline (Deluxe class "Revealer" gimmick, Voyager class "Powerizer" gimmick).

Ig89ninja wrote:Looks cool right now, thou I wish the person who took the photo captured the rest of Devastator and added Rampage and Long Haul to the picture as well.

Deadput wrote:

Ig89ninja wrote:Looks cool right now, thou I wish the person who took the photo captured the rest of Devastator and added Rampage and Long Haul to the picture as well.

Probably not possible Overload seems to be the one who attaches the legs to Devastator.

Ig89ninja wrote:

Deadput wrote:

Ig89ninja wrote:Looks cool right now, thou I wish the person who took the photo captured the rest of Devastator and added Rampage and Long Haul to the picture as well.

Probably not possible Overload seems to be the one who attaches the legs to Devastator.

I realize that, but I still want to have some idea what he’ll look like with his legs, even if they are not properly attached.

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Ig89ninja wrote:

Deadput wrote:

Ig89ninja wrote:Looks cool right now, thou I wish the person who took the photo captured the rest of Devastator and added Rampage and Long Haul to the picture as well.

Probably not possible Overload seems to be the one who attaches the legs to Devastator.

I realize that, but I still want to have some idea what he’ll look like with his legs, even if they are not properly attached.

We've seen that already, hasbro showed off the completed form, albeit standing a little straighter rather than hunched over

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Considering the SS line gave us 3 Primes this year, I think that line has done great with Primes. And all 3 were different packages that gave their own unique look to Prime.

and Devastator is looking so good, I am ready to see him in color hunched over complete

william-james88 wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Considering the SS line gave us 3 Primes this year, I think that line has done great with Primes. And all 3 were different packages that gave their own unique look to Prime.

and Devastator is looking so good, I am ready to see him in color hunched over complete

I dont mean giving us a new one but maybe repackaging prime in a voyager wave forbthe holiday season.

Zeedust wrote:I think Hasbro might have done some sort of running change to Long Haul. Mine does not seem to suffer the same waist looseness all the reviews mention. While it's possible I just won the qc lottery, I severely doubt it (I managed to get four defective Rampages in a row, so I'm clearly NOT a lucky person). Can anyone else who's gotten a Long Haul recently or is gets one in the near future tell me if they have a fixed waist in order to help me confirm? Or is this old news and everyone's Long Hauls are turning out fine now?

TF-fan kev777 wrote:I got mine pretty early on but haven't had any waist issues. No idea how widespread the issue was, but I don't recall it being much of a topic at all.