New Official Transformers: Age of Extinction Leader Class Grimlock Images Reveal New Chrome Applications

PrymeStriker wrote:At least those pictures make Scorn look good. Slug got the short end of the stick this time around.

XDMan wrote:Could these chrome appps make Grimmy a little more accurate???

Shockwave7 wrote:As I suspected. Portrayed as lithe/flexible/dynamic in movie. Actual toy: nearly unposeable brick.

Pass.

After getting Voyager Grimlock I had really high hopes that Leader Grimlock would make up for some of his shortcomings, this proved to be wrong. The figure while engineered to obviously be much bigger is in many ways more simplistic than the voyager mode and overall I was not particularly happy with him.



One huge call out to start us with… the chrome, my god the chrome! If you feel that Hasbro hasn’t been using chrome enough then this is the guy for you because he’s covered in it. And in a lovely turn of events it begins chipping pretty much right out of the box. I have several spots on mine (mostly on the T-Rex head) where chrome has already flecked away. Such a pain!

Box:



Bot Mode:

Fresh out of the case he is in his bot mode, his directions however have him in T-Rex mode and it can be a bit of a pain to follow them backwards, but that’s jumping ahead.



Leaders have apparently gotten smaller. Grimlock is dwarfed by every other movie leader I own and while height wise he looks just slightly shorter, you can tell when holding him that there is much less mass in the figure then there have been in the previous movie leader-size figures.



He has 17 points of articulation, depending on how you’re counting. His head turns, but cannot be moved in any other way. His arms… are a pain for posing! Here are his shoulders folded all the way down:



Here are his arms the very next click outwards:



Let me make this clear, there is no in-between on these two points! You’re left trying to pose his forearms as much as possible to make up for this. Speaking of his forearms, the kibble from his feet is much less than that of Voyager Grimlock , but it in turn leads to the legs of T-Rex mode looking much more simplistic.

I have some good news for you if you’re not a fan of the whole elf shoe thing that Grimlocks have been sporting. Here is how the directions say his feet should be:



Here is how I believe 95% of the fandom will choose to keep theirs:



Weapons, he comes with his big mace thing and a shield that clips on to his forearm. The mace grips in very tight with his hands you shouldn’t have trouble posing it. Both combine to form the tail in his T-Rex form.



Some comparison shots:





T-Rex Mode:



I would not call this a T-Rex anymore. He is clearly an Asian themed dinosaur/dragon thing. Unlike the voyager, his horns/ears cannot be folded down or in any way covered up. They are out there permanently.



Size wise he is maybe 30%-40% larger than the voyager in this mode, but much less poseable. His arms fit so high on his body that when fully extended they barely clear his chest, let alone his head. His tail has no articulation at all. In fact his tail is so short it’s almost funny.



His jaw is poseable, unlike the voyager one, but that’s really one of the few areas where he is superior.



Are those his bot fists clearly sitting on the back of his feet? Why yes they are!



My original plan was to keep voyager in T-Rex and leader in bot mode. Then when I saw how weak the voyager T-Rex was I planned on doing the opposite. Now however I have switched back again and Leader will be remaining in his bot mode. So long as it is very far away from every other leader I own so that he doesn’t look tiny in comparison!





Overall:

I’d still get him, because I’m a hardcore Grimlock fan, but I see a lot of fans passing on him and/or being disappointed with him.

MightyMagnus78 wrote:IMO he looks much, much better without the chrome.

Movie Advanced AD-20 Black Night Grimlock.
(-Big different from Hasbro version
-Movie accurate color
-Metallic silver on head and back, and black body!)
Pre-order, available July 2014.
US$62.9
http://www.robotkingdom.com/ad20.html

Movie Advanced AD-21 Galvatron.
(-Small different from Hasbro version, additional blue line on robot mode and orange eye
-Same vehicle color mode)
Pre-order, available July 2014.
US$37.9
http://www.robotkingdom.com/ad21.html

Movie Advanced AD-22 Hound.
(-Different from Hasbro version
-Movie accurate color (camouflage) on his body)
Pre-order, available July 2014.
US$37.9
http://www.robotkingdom.com/ad22.html

Movie Advanced AD-23 Drift.
Pre-order, available July 2014.
US$23.9
http://www.robotkingdom.com/ad23.html

Movie Advanced AD-24 Strafe.
(-Different from Hasbro version
-Blue metallic body)
Pre-order, available July 2014.
US$23.9
http://www.robotkingdom.com/ad24.html

Movie Advanced AD-25 Dinobot Slash.
(-Different from Hasbro version
-Metallic green on body)
Pre-order, available July 2014.
US$23.9
http://www.robotkingdom.com/ad25.html

Movie Advanced AD-26 Lockdown.
(-Different from Hasbro verison, metallic dark brown body.
-Same vehicle color mode)
Pre-order, available July 2014.
US$23.9
http://www.robotkingdom.com/ad26.html

Movie Advanced AD-27 New Bumblebee.
Pre-order, available August 2014.
US$23.9
http://www.robotkingdom.com/ad27.html

Movie Advanced AD-28 Dinobot A.
Pre-order, available August 2014.
US$23.9
http://www.robotkingdom.com/ad28.html

Movie Advanced AD-29 Dinobot B.
Pre-order, available September 2014.
US$37.9
http://www.robotkingdom.com/ad29.html

Movie Advanced AD-30 Autobot B.
Pre-order, available September 2014.
US$37.9
http://www.robotkingdom.com/ad30.html

fenrir72 wrote:Will he use his original voice actor? Sorry on a somewhat unrelated question?

Sabrblade wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:Will he use his original voice actor? Sorry on a somewhat unrelated question?

Peter Cullen is the only voice actor we know about.

Rated X wrote:Im still undecided if I want to buy the dinobots and slap some con symbols on them. They might make a good faction of predacons to go with the BH preds. But I have no interest in using them for theyre intended purpose. Ive turned my back on the non classics lines unless its a figure that can be repurposed on a classics shelf. And for the record, im sick of grimlock always getting a larger figure than other dinobots in his last 3 toy incarnations. Theyre not a scramble city team and never were.

craggy wrote:edit: has no one digibashed these guys into their G1 colour schemes yet? It'd be interesting to see how different the impression they'd give in more traditional colours, because right now, there's only the barest hint of them being related by the kind of similar alt modes.

craggy wrote:edit: has no one digibashed these guys into their G1 colour schemes yet?

Delta Magnus wrote:Myself, if I get them, I'll probably treat them as separate characters from the "original" Dinobots

Manterax Prime wrote:Takara you idiots! Lockdown doesn't have a brown robot mode.
I can only wonder what other crap colors they'll use to make them more "accurate" as they're saying.

fenrir72 wrote:Will he use his original voice actor? Sorry on a somewhat unrelated question?

Spleenzorio wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:Will he use his original voice actor? Sorry on a somewhat unrelated question?

I think this is Grimlock?

Sabrblade wrote:

Manterax Prime wrote:Takara you idiots! Lockdown doesn't have a brown robot mode.
I can only wonder what other crap colors they'll use to make them more "accurate" as they're saying.

Where the slag do you see Lockdown anywhere?

Manterax Prime wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Manterax Prime wrote:Takara you idiots! Lockdown doesn't have a brown robot mode.
I can only wonder what other crap colors they'll use to make them more "accurate" as they're saying.

Where the slag do you see Lockdown anywhere?

In the listing from robotkingdom in the last post on page 13 of this thread.
Movie Advanced AD-26 Lockdown. Metallic brown body. Why?

Sabrblade wrote:

Spleenzorio wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:Will he use his original voice actor? Sorry on a somewhat unrelated question?

I think this is Grimlock?

That's his electronic toy voice, not his movie voice.

TimothyR wrote:here's hoping hasbro gets their heads out of their asses and gives us an ultimate grimlock or something.. something that'd be larger than a leader figure.. something that a voyager prime could ride.. i mean, how cool would that be.. a giant transforming t rex.. the leader is FAR from giant.

it's a shame that these figures clearly don't fit in with the rest of the movie collection.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

TimothyR wrote:here's hoping hasbro gets their heads out of their asses and gives us an ultimate grimlock or something.. something that'd be larger than a leader figure.. something that a voyager prime could ride.. i mean, how cool would that be.. a giant transforming t rex.. the leader is FAR from giant.

it's a shame that these figures clearly don't fit in with the rest of the movie collection.

There is one coming up actually: Chomp & Stomp Grimlock, at 24cm tall (or 9.4 inches) it's fun for kids of all ages!

Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

TimothyR wrote:here's hoping hasbro gets their heads out of their asses and gives us an ultimate grimlock or something.. something that'd be larger than a leader figure.. something that a voyager prime could ride.. i mean, how cool would that be.. a giant transforming t rex.. the leader is FAR from giant.

it's a shame that these figures clearly don't fit in with the rest of the movie collection.

There is one coming up actually: Chomp & Stomp Grimlock, at 24cm tall (or 9.4 inches) it's fun for kids of all ages!

I think you mean 24 INCHES tall, not centimeters.

Spleenzorio wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Spleenzorio wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:Will he use his original voice actor? Sorry on a somewhat unrelated question?

I think this is Grimlock?

That's his electronic toy voice, not his movie voice.

And it's been confirmed they don't have the same voice actor?

Va'al wrote:Ok, been thinking about the toys for a bit now, and am expecting Ryan's galleries to show up soon too.

I am really intrigued by all the dinoknights. Voyager Grimlock is the least appealing, but.
But.

Scorn looks pretty good, Slug is actually pretty fun - will be very interesting to see Strafe and Slash in their Generations version rather than the simplified versions!

(Curse you, plastic crack.)

Henry921 wrote:

Va'al wrote:Ok, been thinking about the toys for a bit now, and am expecting Ryan's galleries to show up soon too.

I am really intrigued by all the dinoknights. Voyager Grimlock is the least appealing, but.
But.

Scorn looks pretty good, Slug is actually pretty fun - will be very interesting to see Strafe and Slash in their Generations version rather than the simplified versions!

(Curse you, plastic crack.)

I have a pet theory that it's easier to tolerate the simplified designs of a deluxe when it's a beastformer, where the kibble can be integrated in interesting ways (Grimlock's shoulder pauldrons, Scorn's "wings"). And these Dinobots do look like the strongest aspect of the line.

I'm planning on matching them up against Beast Hunters Predacons for an all new 'beast wars'...