New Video Review of Transformers Autobot Alliance Two Pack

Replacing the Siege versions? Nope, they'll be replacing the Universe 2.0 versions!

I wasn't interested in this before the video. I have Siege Ironhide, and he was enough for me. But now I really want that Earth Rise Ironhide just so I can give him Siege Ironhide's hammer. Ironhide strikes me as a hammer and shield type.

I'm kinda cold on that Prowl is the problem. I'm not really into the head design as much as the Siege one. Also: this might sound weird, but his vehicle mode is kinda boring. Much like the Siege Prowl. To be honest, I don't even think it's that there's anything wrong with the Earth Rise Prowl, if I had missed Siege Prowl and gotten Earthrise instead, damn skippy I'd like it as much as I like the Siege one. They're equal to each other to me I guess.

Do I need it? No. Am I going to get it? Yes, but only so I can have that Ironhide. Damn these two-packs.

I cannot wait for my set to come in the mail! I pre-ordered as soon as they went live! I'm happy I at least managed to pre-order this set, but upset I missed out on Soundwave set. Again... Wal-Mart exclusives let me down. No Soundwave set, no Gigawatt. :'(

Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:I'm kinda cold on that Prowl is the problem. I'm not really into the head design as much as the Siege one. Also: this might sound weird, but his vehicle mode is kinda boring. Much like the Siege Prowl. To be honest, I don't even think it's that there's anything wrong with the Earth Rise Prowl, if I had missed Siege Prowl and gotten Earthrise instead, damn skippy I'd like it as much as I like the Siege one. They're equal to each other to me I guess.

Do I need it? No. Am I going to get it? Yes, but only so I can have that Ironhide. Damn these two-packs.

I think Siege Prowl's car mode is pretty cool, and in some ways better than the ER car. But I definitely like the ER both mode better.
I didn't buy much of anything from the Siege line, but it would've been nice if there would've been some sort of heads-up as to which characters would be released in both lines.
Personally I'd be pretty unhappy if I had bought Siege versions but liked the ER ones better.

LordBludgeon wrote:I cannot wait for my set to come in the mail! I pre-ordered as soon as they went live! I'm happy I at least managed to pre-order this set, but upset I missed out on Soundwave set. Again... Wal-Mart exclusives let me down. No Soundwave set, no Gigawatt. :'(

I'm looking forward to this as well...
And don't give up hope on Soundwave yet, but there's a chance you may have to check out a couple stores to find him. I mean, keep an online eye out, but I won't be surprised if I end up getting him at the nearby Walmart. If I see the Netflix Bumblebee, I'll probably get him too.

Sowndwave76 wrote:Personally I'd be pretty unhappy if I had bought Siege versions but liked the ER ones better.

*Looks at seeker trio, Datsuns, Prime, Ironhide, Ratchet, 2 Megatrons, Soundwave, 2 Ultra Magnuses*
... Eh.

Some of these bother me more than others. I definitely feel like they did too many redecoes of the leaders, and I never would have gotten Bluestreak, Smokescreen, and Ironhide if I'd known slightly modified earth modes were coming. But Prowl and Ratchet have different visual designs that match their IDW2 comics and Siege versions, and even if they're not perfect, I like having a bunch of Tetrajets opposite the female Autobots. While I'll probably unload a few of the duplicates, most will have a permanent place in my collection as characters from other media while my ER lineup will be the definitive classic G1 collection.

I really want an earth mode Magnus, and though it might be in SS instead of ER, I'm guessing it'll happen. I don't regret the Netflix variant, but I never should have gotten the regular Siege one.

Sowndwave76 wrote:

LordBludgeon wrote:I cannot wait for my set to come in the mail! I pre-ordered as soon as they went live! I'm happy I at least managed to pre-order this set, but upset I missed out on Soundwave set. Again... Wal-Mart exclusives let me down. No Soundwave set, no Gigawatt. :'(

I'm looking forward to this as well...
And don't give up hope on Soundwave yet, but there's a chance you may have to check out a couple stores to find him. I mean, keep an online eye out, but I won't be surprised if I end up getting him at the nearby Walmart. If I see the Netflix Bumblebee, I'll probably get him too.

Yeah, I wouldn't worry too much yet, I'm sure the Soundwave set will make it's way to stores in the next couple months, just like Megs and Hotlink.

As for the two-pack, I don't really care about Ironhide. I have the Siege version and I really like him, and this version doesn't have a great alt mode. Prowl isn't perfect either, his doors could use "highway patrol" on them, his pelvis could use a little paint detailing to break up all the solid black, and he has Bluestreak's headsculpt. But the more I look at Prowl, the more I like him. His deco is otherwise very nice, I especially like the black detailing around the windows in alt mode. I don't have a Prowl in my collection, so I might get this set just for the Prowl (before the secondary market prices skyrocket, as Amazon exclusives tend to do).

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Why give him Smokescreen's head, when Prowl has his head? I call bs.


I still think if / were smartER they would use CW Club Subcription Bluestreak's colors for this mold. I would so throw my money for that...'nuff said!

Tuned Agent wrote:But the more I look at Prowl, the more I like him. His deco is otherwise very nice, I especially like the black detailing around the windows in alt mode. I don't have a Prowl in my collection, so I might get this set just for the Prowl (before the secondary market prices skyrocket, as Amazon exclusives tend to do).

Dude, that's a good call. I don't think these ER figures are the best there will ever be, but taking in consideration both the past and what's been recently available, they're really pretty good, at least in terms of appearance.
I have one opened figure from the Siege line, so I can't really speak to transformation enjoyment, overall QC, etc., because I have very little personal frame of reference.
So maybe there are issues that will make it easy for some to pass on a lot of these ER figures.

But if you don't have a Prowl in your collection, I'd go for the 2 pack. Even though you like your Siege Ironhide, the ER version's bot mode is pretty on point. Not sure how you display your collection, but maybe have the Siege IH in alt mode since it's relatively unique, and have the ER IH in bot mode.

These are already overpriced imo. All of them. Yeah Ironhide's a large deluxe, so I'll call that a win.
But when all the other deluxes are $20+, assuming you already have your favorite character(s) it will sting quite a bit to have to buy any later on when getting them for original release price is either a hassle or just not likely. Wait for a sale and who knows if you'll get what you want.
I buy what I really like, but I can't imagine paying anywhere close to $30+ for one of these deluxes.
The average price for Siege Skywarp on the 'bay is $70 (& in most cases that's not including the shipping cost you're covering).

When Amazon runs dry, I'm betting the price for Prowl & Ironhide is $65-$80.
I'd bite now.
Oh, and don't forget you'll have until November to cancel if you change your mind.

Today online I saw that a Walmart 7 miles from where I work had Airwave as being in stock and with a tag saying "pick up today." I excitedly went over there to find none on the shelves, but they had a bunch of pallets on the floor loaded with toy boxes ready for pack out.
I asked a guy that had an assistant manager tag on if someone could help me get the figure and showed him the webpage that showed in stock. The guy looked at me like he didn't want to be bothered and said, "see all these pallets? We're just unloading the truck. I don't know if it'll be here today or tomorrow, but if you check back tomorrow you'll probably find it, so thats why it says that."
If I really wanted to be a jerk, I would have asked for the store manager and demanded not to leave without the toy. But I took the high road and I'll check back tomorrow.
The service at these retailers is getting worse and worse though. Don't have it in your website that the figure can be picked up today and then have some wise guy tell you to come back tomorrow.

I had the same experience last weekend. There is something seriously screwed up with Walmarts website. If you go directly to it, you can't even find wave 2 deluxes, but if you look them up independently starting with Google for example,it says several stores in my area have them in stock, which is completely false.

They may be coming sooner than later, bit I'll be shocked if the first sighting is tomorrow. I thought for sure it would be last weekend being the beginning of the month, but was proved wrong. I had a lady tell me at one store thenext shipment of deluxe's was coming 8/12, another store said 8/14, but I think it could just be more siege Netflix....do all deluxe's have the same item number now? I can't remember....

Yay! Doublecrosser - another neat Battlemaster for Hasbro to NOT put in stores anywhere for anybody to find! Yet more grist to feed the scalping websites and mess over collectors everywhere through utterly incompetent production and distribution! Whee, whee!

Well since I cant find Slitherfang anywhere, I just went ahead and put together all the AIRLOCK Transformers I have so far, pretty cool, but now I realize my even more ambitious project (all the TR and Legends bases), will require more space. I finally have them, all, just working out the logistics of how I can display them all in base modes for photos down the line...

Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:I'm kinda cold on that Prowl is the problem. I'm not really into the head design as much as the Siege one.

It's actually Bluestreaks cartoon head design, not Prowl's: the "ear muffs" are missing. Payback for Siege Bluestreak reusing Prowl's head?

Starseeker wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Sky Lynx is seriously an incredible figure, he is so much fun! And has so much play value!



Also, I put my engineering degree to good use and built a spaceport! Omega is currently buried in one of my upper shelves at the moment, otherwise he would be there too

Looks awesome, nicely done!
I have some designs in mind for a big Decepticon city/spaceport built around Trypticon/Overlord/Sky Shadow which incorporates these Earhrise guys once I get them. I'd also like to build a "pen" for the beast mode 'cons that factors into it somehow, but I'm still working on it in my head.

Yes, I'm absolutely loving Sky Lynx too. It has a lot of detail, so many modes and endless possibilities

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:

Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:I'm kinda cold on that Prowl is the problem. I'm not really into the head design as much as the Siege one.

It's actually Bluestreaks cartoon head design, not Prowl's: the "ear muffs" are missing. Payback for Siege Bluestreak reusing Prowl's head?

All that head talk remind me of a light custom I'm about to make. Turning Combiner Wars Prowl into CW Red Allert by painting his helmet black and using a Repro sheet of G1 Red Alert.

If anyone is looking to pre order Airwave, Gamestop has him listed for $19.99 with an arrival date of 8/24. I jumped on that after my experience at Walmart yesterday. Snagged Greasepit on Gamestop as well for the same price. Looks like they're more ahead of the curve than BBTS who has all these things listed as pre order for the last couple months with no change and they want to charge $2.00 more for a deluxe.
Easy decision for me to make about which route to go.

I got very lucky this morning. Stopped by the local Target and found the big guy sitting there on the shelf. What a find! Cannot wait to pose him with the rest of my Titans I have. In addition, I picked up Slitherfang as well. Was hoping to see Sky Lynx but no luck.

SGM

SGMLordMirage wrote:I got very lucky this morning. Stopped by the local Target and found the big guy sitting there on the shelf. What a find! Cannot wait to pose him with the rest of my Titans I have. In addition, I picked up Slitherfang as well. Was hoping to see Sky Lynx but no luck.

SGM

You're lucky, seems there's only one target in a large part of illinois that is carrying him

I know, in the southern part of Missouri, seems between Springfield and Branson there is only two stores. For some that's more than what they have. When I was stationed in Virginia, shoot there was five Targets within 50 mille radius.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:

Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:I'm kinda cold on that Prowl is the problem. I'm not really into the head design as much as the Siege one.

It's actually Bluestreaks cartoon head design, not Prowl's: the "ear muffs" are missing. Payback for Siege Bluestreak reusing Prowl's head?

All that head talk remind me of a light custom I'm about to make. Turning Combiner Wars Prowl into CW Red Allert by painting his helmet black and using a Repro sheet of G1 Red Alert.

That sounds cool! And also very weird that Hasbro didn't think of first.

I was wondering if someone would be willing to do a test for me. If you have a Target store that you know for sure has Slitherfang, can you check it against brickseek? DPCI 087-26-2641 . I want to know if the sites data is faulty, or is there really just none in the nearly hundreds of stores I've checked, many in CA, but also random locations across the is as well, people seem to be finding it pretty easy, but I've not seen one in person, not have I got a positive results on brickseek yet

Edit: Ok I did a search in SGMLordMirage's area of MO and they all came up negative, must be an error with brickseek. Oh well, at least I have my BBTS pre-order, who knows who that will be in stock though....

Decepticon Stryker wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:

Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:I'm kinda cold on that Prowl is the problem. I'm not really into the head design as much as the Siege one.

It's actually Bluestreaks cartoon head design, not Prowl's: the "ear muffs" are missing. Payback for Siege Bluestreak reusing Prowl's head?

All that head talk remind me of a light custom I'm about to make. Turning Combiner Wars Prowl into CW Red Allert by painting his helmet black and using a Repro sheet of G1 Red Alert.

That sounds cool! And also very weird that Hasbro didn't think of first.

IKR? A line where the main purpose is remolds and repaints, no Red Alert. Especially when Sunstreaker and Sideswipe are there.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Decepticon Stryker wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:

Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:I'm kinda cold on that Prowl is the problem. I'm not really into the head design as much as the Siege one.

It's actually Bluestreaks cartoon head design, not Prowl's: the "ear muffs" are missing. Payback for Siege Bluestreak reusing Prowl's head?

All that head talk remind me of a light custom I'm about to make. Turning Combiner Wars Prowl into CW Red Allert by painting his helmet black and using a Repro sheet of G1 Red Alert.

That sounds cool! And also very weird that Hasbro didn't think of first.

IKR? A line where the main purpose is remolds and repaints, no Red Alert. Especially when Sunstreaker and Sideswipe are there.

There was no CW Sideswipe.

Meanwhile, Hasbro CW Lightsteed is pretty close to Red Alert's colors as-is.

Sabrblade wrote:There was no CW Sideswipe.

Uh? That's even worse!

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:There was no CW Sideswipe.

Uh? That's even worse!

I will say that most of the CW Autobots that I can remember weren't that great at all.
I've recently seen photos of CW Smokescreen and Hound, and they're nothing impressive.

But speaking of Sideswipe, now I'm kind of wishing Hastak was releasing an ER version.
I haven't been a fan of the battle-damaged paint apps, but he's one of my favorite Autobots.

Here's who I'm looking to get as of now:
Netflix Soundwave
Conehead 2-pack
Smokescreen
Prowl & Ironhide
Netflix Bumblebee

Maybe's:
Wheeljack
Bluestreak
Grapple
Sunstreaker (especially if we're not getting an ER Sideswipe)
Ratchet (if he's ever released)
Cliffjumper: I'm still on the fence even though I bought him (not opened yet)

I'm hoping sooner than later we get some word on both the Kingdom waves and the SS '86 Movie line...
That would definitely help me figure out what's going on with my "maybe" list.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:There was no CW Sideswipe.

Uh? That's even worse!

The plan for CW Sideswipe was that Hasbro would have had Fun Pub release one instead of doing it themselves since they were making Fun Pub release Hasbro's unused leftover work at the time, but Fun Pub didn't get to it before Hasbro pulled the license from them. And it would have ended up being just a straight redeco of CW Breakdown with no new head since Hasbro made Breakdown's head able to work for both him and Sideswipe without the need of a new one.

Well, my Target definitely did a reset of the toy section as the Transformers area was pretty full. Picked up Scorponok and now I can cancel my Amazon pre-order. They also had bikes in stock so my god-daughter is getting the Spider-Man bike she's been asking for. Now I just gotta figure out where the heck I'm gonna display Scorponok...

aronjlove wrote:Well, my Target definitely did a reset of the toy section as the Transformers area was pretty full. Picked up Scorponok and now I can cancel my Amazon pre-order. They also had bikes in stock so my god-daughter is getting the Spider-Man bike she's been asking for. Now I just gotta figure out where the heck I'm gonna display Scorponok...

ugh, everyone on here talking 'bout their local target having scorponok, and the nearest store to me that has one is 200+ miles away (I live in chicago-land)

Hellscream9999 wrote:

aronjlove wrote:Well, my Target definitely did a reset of the toy section as the Transformers area was pretty full. Picked up Scorponok and now I can cancel my Amazon pre-order. They also had bikes in stock so my god-daughter is getting the Spider-Man bike she's been asking for. Now I just gotta figure out where the heck I'm gonna display Scorponok...

ugh, everyone on here talking 'bout their local target having scorponok, and the nearest store to me that has one is 200+ miles away (I live in chicago-land)

That's how it was with the Seekers when they first dropped. Scorponok surprised me as there was a couple on the shelf plus a lot of Earthrise, both Voyager and Deluxe. This is my first city bot so I had to grab him.

aronjlove wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

aronjlove wrote:Well, my Target definitely did a reset of the toy section as the Transformers area was pretty full. Picked up Scorponok and now I can cancel my Amazon pre-order. They also had bikes in stock so my god-daughter is getting the Spider-Man bike she's been asking for. Now I just gotta figure out where the heck I'm gonna display Scorponok...

ugh, everyone on here talking 'bout their local target having scorponok, and the nearest store to me that has one is 200+ miles away (I live in chicago-land)

That's how it was with the Seekers when they first dropped. Scorponok surprised me as there was a couple on the shelf plus a lot of Earthrise, both Voyager and Deluxe. This is my first city bot so I had to grab him.

Well, that's the thing, the seekers are being sold at every store, but it looks like only 1 out of every few districts is gonna stock scorponok right now, so they have fewer stores to spread their volume out to, so it makes sense that the stores that are gonna get it would get a couple

Hellscream9999 wrote:

aronjlove wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

aronjlove wrote:Well, my Target definitely did a reset of the toy section as the Transformers area was pretty full. Picked up Scorponok and now I can cancel my Amazon pre-order. They also had bikes in stock so my god-daughter is getting the Spider-Man bike she's been asking for. Now I just gotta figure out where the heck I'm gonna display Scorponok...

ugh, everyone on here talking 'bout their local target having scorponok, and the nearest store to me that has one is 200+ miles away (I live in chicago-land)

That's how it was with the Seekers when they first dropped. Scorponok surprised me as there was a couple on the shelf plus a lot of Earthrise, both Voyager and Deluxe. This is my first city bot so I had to grab him.

Well, that's the thing, the seekers are being sold at every store, but it looks like only 1 out of every few districts is gonna stock scorponok right now, so they have fewer stores to spread their volume out to, so it makes sense that the stores that are gonna get it would get a couple

Sometimes, actually most times, I do not understand retail decisions. I'm sure there are some analytics somewhere that informs decisions but they don't make sense to me.

aronjlove wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

aronjlove wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

aronjlove wrote:Well, my Target definitely did a reset of the toy section as the Transformers area was pretty full. Picked up Scorponok and now I can cancel my Amazon pre-order. They also had bikes in stock so my god-daughter is getting the Spider-Man bike she's been asking for. Now I just gotta figure out where the heck I'm gonna display Scorponok...

ugh, everyone on here talking 'bout their local target having scorponok, and the nearest store to me that has one is 200+ miles away (I live in chicago-land)

That's how it was with the Seekers when they first dropped. Scorponok surprised me as there was a couple on the shelf plus a lot of Earthrise, both Voyager and Deluxe. This is my first city bot so I had to grab him.

Well, that's the thing, the seekers are being sold at every store, but it looks like only 1 out of every few districts is gonna stock scorponok right now, so they have fewer stores to spread their volume out to, so it makes sense that the stores that are gonna get it would get a couple

Sometimes, actually most times, I do not understand retail decisions. I'm sure there are some analytics somewhere that informs decisions but they don't make sense to me.

I'm guessing that, since this is the first time a titan has been sold at retail since TrU closed, target's testing to see if it'll sell at all; they carry a large selection of high-priced items during christmas, so they might be seeing if it'll sell, and if it does (which it is) they might make it a standard item for all stores later, I think it being at certain stores has to do with the 'collectors corner' thing they launched a little while back.
It's also possible that hasbro can't produce enough to stock every target in the US right now due to current circumstances

aronjlove wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

aronjlove wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

aronjlove wrote:Well, my Target definitely did a reset of the toy section as the Transformers area was pretty full. Picked up Scorponok and now I can cancel my Amazon pre-order. They also had bikes in stock so my god-daughter is getting the Spider-Man bike she's been asking for. Now I just gotta figure out where the heck I'm gonna display Scorponok...

ugh, everyone on here talking 'bout their local target having scorponok, and the nearest store to me that has one is 200+ miles away (I live in chicago-land)

That's how it was with the Seekers when they first dropped. Scorponok surprised me as there was a couple on the shelf plus a lot of Earthrise, both Voyager and Deluxe. This is my first city bot so I had to grab him.

Well, that's the thing, the seekers are being sold at every store, but it looks like only 1 out of every few districts is gonna stock scorponok right now, so they have fewer stores to spread their volume out to, so it makes sense that the stores that are gonna get it would get a couple

Sometimes, actually most times, I do not understand retail decisions. I'm sure there are some analytics somewhere that informs decisions but they don't make sense to me.

Doesn't make sense to me why a huge population area like Chicago and its surroundings wouldn't be well stocked with something like Scorponok so they could make a killing with sales.
On my side of Connecticut I never saw the seekers at all in any Target I've been in, but don't plan on getting them anyway. But definitely agree the distribution has been spotty and doesn't make sense.

I pulled down Omega and made an even bigger city-spaceport. I am really happy with the results

The Titan Master that comes with Scorponok is cool but I think the middle stage figure, Mega Zarak(?), looks interesting with the Titan Master Scorponok that came with the Titans Return Grotusque NYCC 2017 figure. This way all three stages have Scorponok's face.

D-Maximal_Primal, those pictures are pretty cool. You got a whole Autobot city going on with all the A.I.R. lock stuff connected. I need to put Astrotrain back into shuttle mode and get him ready for lift off.

SGMLordMirage wrote:I know, in the southern part of Missouri, seems between Springfield and Branson there is only two stores. For some that's more than what they have. When I was stationed in Virginia, shoot there was five Targets within 50 mille radius.

That's nothing! Minnesota is the Motherland of Target. In and around the Twin Cities area, you are never more than 10 miles from another Target store. They are EVERYWHERE.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I pulled down Omega and made an even bigger city-spaceport. I am really happy with the results

Colors mismatch non-wistanding, the theme of that setup work very well!

All it need are Trypticon, leader Overlord, and leader Black Shadow for some overkill.

Scorponok needs a booster seat!

Sowndwave76 wrote:

Tuned Agent wrote:But the more I look at Prowl, the more I like him. His deco is otherwise very nice, I especially like the black detailing around the windows in alt mode. I don't have a Prowl in my collection, so I might get this set just for the Prowl (before the secondary market prices skyrocket, as Amazon exclusives tend to do).

Dude, that's a good call. I don't think these ER figures are the best there will ever be, but taking in consideration both the past and what's been recently available, they're really pretty good, at least in terms of appearance.
I have one opened figure from the Siege line, so I can't really speak to transformation enjoyment, overall QC, etc., because I have very little personal frame of reference.
So maybe there are issues that will make it easy for some to pass on a lot of these ER figures.

But if you don't have a Prowl in your collection, I'd go for the 2 pack. Even though you like your Siege Ironhide, the ER version's bot mode is pretty on point. Not sure how you display your collection, but maybe have the Siege IH in alt mode since it's relatively unique, and have the ER IH in bot mode.

These are already overpriced imo. All of them. Yeah Ironhide's a large deluxe, so I'll call that a win.
But when all the other deluxes are $20+, assuming you already have your favorite character(s) it will sting quite a bit to have to buy any later on when getting them for original release price is either a hassle or just not likely. Wait for a sale and who knows if you'll get what you want.
I buy what I really like, but I can't imagine paying anywhere close to $30+ for one of these deluxes.
The average price for Siege Skywarp on the 'bay is $70 (& in most cases that's not including the shipping cost you're covering).

When Amazon runs dry, I'm betting the price for Prowl & Ironhide is $65-$80.
I'd bite now.
Oh, and don't forget you'll have until November to cancel if you change your mind.

I usually only have one figure per character in my collection (with a few exceptions), and Siege Ironhide was the first figure I'd bought new in-store in 10 years, so it has a sentimental value that ER Ironhide could never match. So I'll probably just end up selling ER Ironhide and making some of my money back, because as you said, these figures aren't particularly cheap. And given what usually happens to Amazon exclusives, maybe I'll hold on to him for a few months and let my investment mature a bit.

Tuned Agent wrote:

Sowndwave76 wrote:

Tuned Agent wrote:But the more I look at Prowl, the more I like him. His deco is otherwise very nice, I especially like the black detailing around the windows in alt mode. I don't have a Prowl in my collection, so I might get this set just for the Prowl (before the secondary market prices skyrocket, as Amazon exclusives tend to do).

Dude, that's a good call. I don't think these ER figures are the best there will ever be, but taking in consideration both the past and what's been recently available, they're really pretty good, at least in terms of appearance.
I have one opened figure from the Siege line, so I can't really speak to transformation enjoyment, overall QC, etc., because I have very little personal frame of reference.
So maybe there are issues that will make it easy for some to pass on a lot of these ER figures.

But if you don't have a Prowl in your collection, I'd go for the 2 pack. Even though you like your Siege Ironhide, the ER version's bot mode is pretty on point. Not sure how you display your collection, but maybe have the Siege IH in alt mode since it's relatively unique, and have the ER IH in bot mode.

These are already overpriced imo. All of them. Yeah Ironhide's a large deluxe, so I'll call that a win.
But when all the other deluxes are $20+, assuming you already have your favorite character(s) it will sting quite a bit to have to buy any later on when getting them for original release price is either a hassle or just not likely. Wait for a sale and who knows if you'll get what you want.
I buy what I really like, but I can't imagine paying anywhere close to $30+ for one of these deluxes.
The average price for Siege Skywarp on the 'bay is $70 (& in most cases that's not including the shipping cost you're covering).

When Amazon runs dry, I'm betting the price for Prowl & Ironhide is $65-$80.
I'd bite now.
Oh, and don't forget you'll have until November to cancel if you change your mind.

I usually only have one figure per character in my collection (with a few exceptions), and Siege Ironhide was the first figure I'd bought new in-store in 10 years, so it has a sentimental value that ER Ironhide could never match. So I'll probably just end up selling ER Ironhide and making some of my money back, because as you said, these figures aren't particularly cheap. And given what usually happens to Amazon exclusives, maybe I'll hold on to him for a few months and let my investment mature a bit.

This is why I've chosen to purchase the exlusives even if I ain't feeling it at the time. I can always hang on to it and sell if need be. Transformers are practically an investment when you see some of the prices on eBay.

Also, I totally would have missed out on the Decepticon clones if they weren't an exclusive. Had no desire for them at all then once I had them in hand they were so friggin' cute I had to open the box right up.

SGMLordMirage wrote:Scorponok needs a booster seat!

Don't you think it's dangerous to allow someone like Zarak access to the internet?

I can't wait until my Scorpy shows up. Come on Pulse...

Could be dangerous!

One more fun shot. I unfortunately don’t own Omega Supreme and my Trypticon is packed deep in some boxes.

SGM

Edit: dug out my G1 Fort Max for a pose for size comparison to ER Scorponok

I still think Scorponok is the best Titan yet, and I haven't even handled him. Just looks solid, proportionate and accurate. I think that about Omega as well, but compared to Scorponok Omega looks kinda boring, even if he's fun to pose and play with.

SGMLordMirage wrote:Could be dangerous!

One more fun shot. I unfortunately don’t own Omega Supreme and my Trypticon is packed deep in some boxes.

SGM

I see that your Metroplex is in base mode.
Nice!

-Kanrabat- wrote:

SGMLordMirage wrote:Could be dangerous!

One more fun shot. I unfortunately don’t own Omega Supreme and my Trypticon is packed deep in some boxes.

SGM

I see that your Metroplex is in base mode.
Nice!

You know a figure is a failure when simply sitting down is "base mode." I know we can say that about figures from the 80s and even the 90s, but it's inexcusable for a figure from 2013, especially a Titan that's supposed to be complex.

Anyway, let's get back to Earthrise talk, Titan Metroplex belongs in the Titan thread.

This is my first city bot but I'll probably keep him in titan mode for a bit. His right shoulder ratchet is a lil loose compared to the left. He can hold Siege Prime in his left hand with the arm straight out but with the right arm, I gotta bend at the elbow and then he can carry Prime at waist level, like a dude walking around the party with a beer can he knows he isn't going to finish but doesn't want someone to give him another.

Orthia for scale

Sweet! Love it!

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Tuned Agent wrote:

Sowndwave76 wrote:

Tuned Agent wrote:But the more I look at Prowl, the more I like him. His deco is otherwise very nice, I especially like the black detailing around the windows in alt mode. I don't have a Prowl in my collection, so I might get this set just for the Prowl (before the secondary market prices skyrocket, as Amazon exclusives tend to do).

Dude, that's a good call. I don't think these ER figures are the best there will ever be, but taking in consideration both the past and what's been recently available, they're really pretty good, at least in terms of appearance.
I have one opened figure from the Siege line, so I can't really speak to transformation enjoyment, overall QC, etc., because I have very little personal frame of reference.
So maybe there are issues that will make it easy for some to pass on a lot of these ER figures.

But if you don't have a Prowl in your collection, I'd go for the 2 pack. Even though you like your Siege Ironhide, the ER version's bot mode is pretty on point. Not sure how you display your collection, but maybe have the Siege IH in alt mode since it's relatively unique, and have the ER IH in bot mode.

These are already overpriced imo. All of them. Yeah Ironhide's a large deluxe, so I'll call that a win.
But when all the other deluxes are $20+, assuming you already have your favorite character(s) it will sting quite a bit to have to buy any later on when getting them for original release price is either a hassle or just not likely. Wait for a sale and who knows if you'll get what you want.
I buy what I really like, but I can't imagine paying anywhere close to $30+ for one of these deluxes.
The average price for Siege Skywarp on the 'bay is $70 (& in most cases that's not including the shipping cost you're covering).

When Amazon runs dry, I'm betting the price for Prowl & Ironhide is $65-$80.
I'd bite now.
Oh, and don't forget you'll have until November to cancel if you change your mind.

I usually only have one figure per character in my collection (with a few exceptions), and Siege Ironhide was the first figure I'd bought new in-store in 10 years, so it has a sentimental value that ER Ironhide could never match. So I'll probably just end up selling ER Ironhide and making some of my money back, because as you said, these figures aren't particularly cheap. And given what usually happens to Amazon exclusives, maybe I'll hold on to him for a few months and let my investment mature a bit.

This is why I've chosen to purchase the exlusives even if I ain't feeling it at the time. I can always hang on to it and sell if need be. Transformers are practically an investment when you see some of the prices on eBay.

Also, I totally would have missed out on the Decepticon clones if they weren't an exclusive. Had no desire for them at all then once I had them in hand they were so friggin' cute I had to open the box right up.

I'm realizing more and more that TF collecting is like the stock market, some figures hold value, some gain value and some lose value. The tricky part is predicting it; I bought Siege Thundercracker as soon as I saw him because I thought (for whatever reason) he would be harder to find later, and boy was I wrong.

D-Maximal_Primal, not sure if you saw my pics on the previous pages, but once you get Scorponok, that table won't work for you anymore .

I feel odd now that I own every TR/Legends leader class figure with a base mode and every Titan so far, I don't have adequate floor space to build the ultimate city....As Megatron would say...How Ironic....

I have a covered patio outside. I may just have to take a whole day and plan a photo shoot.