Transformers Siege Leader Galaxy / Cybertron Optimus Prime Found at US Retail

Just Got Leader Ultra Magnus...this must be a revision in the cases. Cool I will try to find one ASAP. Seeing how the base model Prime is in the IDW comic I want I want I want!!!

Wolfman Jake wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Well now, courtesy of Hasbro Pulse, we have the 2nd part to that interview, which includes some more details on how the figure got all the technical details as well as a size comparison to the Combiner Wars Devastator toy, who is pretty much dwarfed by his rival.

I wouldn't say that Omega Supreme "dwarfs" Devastator. He's just about a head taller, really. The height measurement of 24 inches that Hasbro is advertising is obviously referring to the wings on the back, which add a few inches in height. In terms of cartoon scale, again, looking at the height of the heads, this is actually pretty spot on.

Have you seen the bulk to Omega? It's not just the height difference, which is about 6" to the top of his rails, but also how much more bulky he is.

And dang, Galaxy Prime out already. He's like 3 or 4 months early

I found Soundwave and Starscream in a Walmart near my realm. But not "Galaxy" Optimus. Given all the other OP's I've had to review so far, I'd just as soon take a break from him for a while.

And yeah - I don't classify Omega Supreme's wing-dings as being part of his 'height'. Otherwise, I could make TR Trypticon even taller than Omega by taking the tower/backpack section, extending the guns from them, and turning them so they point up.

If I find him in store I'll buy him and not wait for the July 1st pre order. Unless you think Pulse and Amazon will have Prime in earlier.

I got Sixshot today. Haven’t messed with the weaponizer gimmick yet, but he makes an awesome Goblin Glider.

RodimusConvoy13 wrote:I got Sixshot today. Haven’t messed with the weaponizer gimmick yet, but he makes an awesome Goblin Glider.

I think you mean Sixgun. Sorry for correcting you

When you have a chance to utilize his weaponizer gimmick, post some pics, I'd love to see those

Nathaniel Prime wrote:

RodimusConvoy13 wrote:I got Sixshot today. Haven’t messed with the weaponizer gimmick yet, but he makes an awesome Goblin Glider.

I think you mean Sixgun. Sorry for correcting you

When you have a chance to utilize his weaponizer gimmick, post some pics, I'd love to see those

Ha! Yes, Sixgun. The real question is, was that a mistake on my part or did my phone autocorrect to Sixshot. I mean, it’s not like I haven’t texted that name a million times.

RodimusConvoy13 wrote:I got Sixgun today. Haven’t messed with the weaponizer gimmick yet, but he makes an awesome Goblin Glider.

Now he and Ironhide can fight Starscream on equal footing:

Sabrblade wrote:https://twitter.com/Peaugh/status/1103341320133840896

Nathaniel Prime wrote:When you have a chance to utilize his weaponizer gimmick, post some pics, I'd love to see those

Sixgun weaponizing? In that case here, have this again:
I greatly prefer using his torso bits as a Doomfist as opposed to guns and/or armor so far, I feel they work so much better that way.

Finally got my first batch of SIEGE figures. Haven't had the time to really play with them yet. But I have a question about Cog, does he seriously not have individual thigh moment?

Cyberpath wrote:Finally got my first batch of SIEGE figures. Haven't had the time to really play with them yet. But I have a question about Cog, does he seriously not have individual thigh moment?

What do you mean , Cyb? Thigh swivel? He's got that.
That point of articulation aslo serves as the peg and port to attach and detach his legs for weaponizing.

Cobotron wrote:

Cyberpath wrote:Finally got my first batch of SIEGE figures. Haven't had the time to really play with them yet. But I have a question about Cog, does he seriously not have individual thigh moment?

What do you mean , Cyb? Thigh swivel? He's got that.
That point of articulation aslo serves as the peg and port to attach and detach his legs for weaponizing.

Ninja'd as I got up to go check. But yup, he pretty much has just as much articulation as the rest of the Siege line.

carytheone wrote:

Cobotron wrote:

Cyberpath wrote:Finally got my first batch of SIEGE figures. Haven't had the time to really play with them yet. But I have a question about Cog, does he seriously not have individual thigh moment?

What do you mean , Cyb? Thigh swivel? He's got that.
That point of articulation aslo serves as the peg and port to attach and detach his legs for weaponizing.

Ninja'd as I got up to go check. But yup, he pretty much has just as much articulation as the rest of the Siege line.

That doesn't sound like what he's talking about, it sounds like when he moves one leg forward both move at once, but I could be wrong

Hellscream9999 wrote:

carytheone wrote:

Cobotron wrote:

Cyberpath wrote:Finally got my first batch of SIEGE figures. Haven't had the time to really play with them yet. But I have a question about Cog, does he seriously not have individual thigh moment?

What do you mean , Cyb? Thigh swivel? He's got that.
That point of articulation aslo serves as the peg and port to attach and detach his legs for weaponizing.

Ninja'd as I got up to go check. But yup, he pretty much has just as much articulation as the rest of the Siege line.

That doesn't sound like what he's talking about, it sounds like when he moves one leg forward both move at once, but I could be wrong

Yep, that's what I thought he meant too

Nathaniel Prime wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

carytheone wrote:

Cobotron wrote:

Cyberpath wrote:Finally got my first batch of SIEGE figures. Haven't had the time to really play with them yet. But I have a question about Cog, does he seriously not have individual thigh moment?

What do you mean , Cyb? Thigh swivel? He's got that.
That point of articulation aslo serves as the peg and port to attach and detach his legs for weaponizing.

Ninja'd as I got up to go check. But yup, he pretty much has just as much articulation as the rest of the Siege line.

That doesn't sound like what he's talking about, it sounds like when he moves one leg forward both move at once, but I could be wrong

Yep, that's what I thought he meant too

Well, I'm at work and no longer in the Collect-O-Tron. I can't remember off the top of the noodle. Are Cog's hips fused? I still think they move independently.

Cobotron wrote:

Nathaniel Prime wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

carytheone wrote:

Cobotron wrote:

Cyberpath wrote:Finally got my first batch of SIEGE figures. Haven't had the time to really play with them yet. But I have a question about Cog, does he seriously not have individual thigh moment?

What do you mean , Cyb? Thigh swivel? He's got that.
That point of articulation aslo serves as the peg and port to attach and detach his legs for weaponizing.

Ninja'd as I got up to go check. But yup, he pretty much has just as much articulation as the rest of the Siege line.

That doesn't sound like what he's talking about, it sounds like when he moves one leg forward both move at once, but I could be wrong

Yep, that's what I thought he meant too

Well, I'm at work and no longer in the Collect-O-Tron. I can't remember off the top of the noodle. Are Cog's hips fused? I still think they move independently.

They're supposed to, I think Cyb got a lemon

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Cobotron wrote:

Nathaniel Prime wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

carytheone wrote:

Cobotron wrote:

Cyberpath wrote:Finally got my first batch of SIEGE figures. Haven't had the time to really play with them yet. But I have a question about Cog, does he seriously not have individual thigh moment?

What do you mean , Cyb? Thigh swivel? He's got that.
That point of articulation aslo serves as the peg and port to attach and detach his legs for weaponizing.

Ninja'd as I got up to go check. But yup, he pretty much has just as much articulation as the rest of the Siege line.

That doesn't sound like what he's talking about, it sounds like when he moves one leg forward both move at once, but I could be wrong

Yep, that's what I thought he meant too

Well, I'm at work and no longer in the Collect-O-Tron. I can't remember off the top of the noodle. Are Cog's hips fused? I still think they move independently.

They're supposed to, I think Cyb got a lemon

Maybe? I checked mine and erryting moves independently. I wonder if the torso can be cracked open to take a look?

Ultra Magnus's hips/legs want to move together when you only move one (forward/backwards), but they are not fused. Feels like the connections are just squeezed together really tight. If that is the case with Cog might just require a little brute force to break the grip.

carytheone wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Cobotron wrote:

Nathaniel Prime wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

carytheone wrote:

Cobotron wrote:

Cyberpath wrote:Finally got my first batch of SIEGE figures. Haven't had the time to really play with them yet. But I have a question about Cog, does he seriously not have individual thigh moment?

What do you mean , Cyb? Thigh swivel? He's got that.
That point of articulation aslo serves as the peg and port to attach and detach his legs for weaponizing.

Ninja'd as I got up to go check. But yup, he pretty much has just as much articulation as the rest of the Siege line.

That doesn't sound like what he's talking about, it sounds like when he moves one leg forward both move at once, but I could be wrong

Yep, that's what I thought he meant too

Well, I'm at work and no longer in the Collect-O-Tron. I can't remember off the top of the noodle. Are Cog's hips fused? I still think they move independently.

They're supposed to, I think Cyb got a lemon

Maybe? I checked mine and erryting moves independently. I wonder if the torso can be cracked open to take a look?

Ultra Magnus's hips/legs want to move together when you only move one (forward/backwards), but they are not fused. Feels like the connections are just squeezed together really tight. If that is the case with Cog might just require a little brute force to break the grip.

IIRC, when I first opened my Cog, his thighs were stuck moving only in conjunction with each other at first. I had to kind of wiggle them in opposing directions to get them to move freely and independently.

Sabr's right. I just didn't want to force it before checking with you guys. Thanks everyone!

I had time over the weekend to open up Siege Starscream and Soundwave. I love 'em both! I can't wait to get Thundercracker and Skywarp later. Starscream in robot mode looks fantastic standing next to Siege Megatron, Shockwave, and Soundwave. The tetra jet mode looks fine to me. The arms and legs tuck up underneath in person a little better than pictures have suggested. In particular, the wings come down almost flush with the bottom of the shins. Soundwave is great too, obviously. Robot mode is his best mode, far and away. The space barge is fine, but the lamppost is more just a cute nod to fans. It's barely transformed compared to the robot mode. My season 1 Decepticon shelf really starting to take shape now. I've got the Unite Warriors Constructicons lined up behind Megatron and his "generals." With the slight downsizing of Voyager size lately, the Constructicons all look nice and beefy compared to Megatron, Starscream, Soundwave, and Shockwave, cementing them as the "enforcers" or "brutes" of the Decepticon army.

Hey Wolfman, pieces dont fall off of your Starcream?

new WFC figures coming (well confirmation of the ones we saw)

Soundblaster
Bluestreak
Nicer megs and Optimus
MicroMaster 10 pack

https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... ore/43121/

william-james88 wrote:new WFC figures coming (well confirmation of the ones we saw)

Soundblaster
Bluestreak
Nicer megs and Optimus

https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... ore/43121/

I'm curious about the 10 Pack. I hope its not a reissue bundle of thr first 2 waves or something.

Also, isnt that the first offical confirmation for WFC Ratchet? We've known about the Database listing, but this is the first actual word about it?

Wireless_Phantom wrote:

Omegatron. wrote:Turns out, Combiner Wars combiner pegs fit very snugly into the prime master sockets of POTP combiner hands, so your combiner limbs are now 5mm compatible.

Oh boy I do love chaos with 5mm pegs. I think I'm going to have to get an extra Cog now that I know I can make combiner limbs 5mm compatible.

That gives me an idea...

Behold, ACOGINUS!

william-james88 wrote:Hey Wolfman, pieces dont fall off of your Starcream?

The chest piece will fall off. It doesn't have a pin to secure it to that hinge, unfortunately. However, knowing of the issue ahead of time, I was able to transform it back and forth with it only falling off completely once and partially another time. It's about the only objective flaw of the figure for me, honestly. There are, of course, some deco difference I would have preferred, such as leaving the nosecone gray (not blue), painting Starscream's face a darker shade of silver, putting a little bit more of the red striping on the underside of the wings, etc.

Flashwave wrote:

william-james88 wrote:new WFC figures coming (well confirmation of the ones we saw)

Soundblaster
Bluestreak
Nicer megs and Optimus

https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... ore/43121/

I'm curious about the 10 Pack. I hope its not a reissue bundle of thr first 2 waves or something.

My hope is that the 10-pack will include missing members for the Micro Master team 2-packs released already. In other words, this might be how we get the likes of Free Wheeler, Tailspin, Sidetrack, Sunrunner, Nightflight, Tailwind, Fixit, Seawatch, Detour, Road Hugger, Mudslinger, Tote, Buzzsaw, Rumble, or Frenzy.

Since the 10 pack is listed as a "Mega Value" I suspect it's just five 2 packs bundled together. I'd like to be wrong, but I'm not getting my hopes up.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:Since the 10 pack is listed as a "Mega Value" I suspect it's just five 2 packs bundled together. I'd like to be wrong, but I'm not getting my hopes up.

Emerje

My guess would be something more like this:

william-james88 wrote:"Nicer" megs and Optimus

I fixed it for you

william-james88 wrote:new WFC figures coming (well confirmation of the ones we saw)

Soundblaster
Bluestreak
Nicer megs and Optimus
MicroMaster 10 pack

https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... ore/43121/

Do we really have any new information about what these "Special Edition" versions of Siege Optimus Prime and Megatron will really be? We can speculate that they won't have battle damage paint apps, but I don't think we know for absolutely sure.

Flashwave wrote:

william-james88 wrote:new WFC figures coming (well confirmation of the ones we saw)

Soundblaster
Bluestreak
Nicer megs and Optimus

https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... ore/43121/

I'm curious about the 10 Pack. I hope its not a reissue bundle of thr first 2 waves or something.

Also, isnt that the first offical confirmation for WFC Ratchet? We've known about the Database listing, but this is the first actual word about it?

This is also simply a database listing, so not any more official than the previous news.

Wolfman Jake wrote:

william-james88 wrote:new WFC figures coming (well confirmation of the ones we saw)

Soundblaster
Bluestreak
Nicer megs and Optimus
MicroMaster 10 pack

https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... ore/43121/

Do we really have any new information about what these "Special Edition" versions of Siege Optimus Prime and Megatron will really be? We can speculate that they won't have battle damage paint apps, but I don't think we know for absolutely sure.

Based on the photoshopped cut-outs shown briefly at Toy Fair, we can probably assume they'll be decoed to look cel-shaded, but we can't really say for sure until we get more info.

So, has anybody tried weaponizing your weaponizers yet? Who wears who better? My vote is for Cog and his boob guns.

Wolfman Jake wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Hey Wolfman, pieces dont fall off of your Starcream?

The chest piece will fall off. It doesn't have a pin to secure it to that hinge, unfortunately. However, knowing of the issue ahead of time, I was able to transform it back and forth with it only falling off completely once and partially another time. It's about the only objective flaw of the figure for me, honestly. There are, of course, some deco difference I would have preferred, such as leaving the nosecone gray (not blue), painting Starscream's face a darker shade of silver, putting a little bit more of the red striping on the underside of the wings, etc.

Flashwave wrote:

william-james88 wrote:new WFC figures coming (well confirmation of the ones we saw)

Soundblaster
Bluestreak
Nicer megs and Optimus

https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... ore/43121/

I'm curious about the 10 Pack. I hope its not a reissue bundle of thr first 2 waves or something.

My hope is that the 10-pack will include missing members for the Micro Master team 2-packs released already. In other words, this might be how we get the likes of Free Wheeler, Tailspin, Sidetrack, Sunrunner, Nightflight, Tailwind, Fixit, Seawatch, Detour, Road Hugger, Mudslinger, Tote, Buzzsaw, Rumble, or Frenzy.

I did try to paint the face myself but the paint on Starscream kinda comes off easily. I have a second one on the way so now my current Starscream has a black face. Also the screw in the back of the head is in very tight so I lost most of the light piping lol

Jeddostotle7 wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:

william-james88 wrote:new WFC figures coming (well confirmation of the ones we saw)

Soundblaster
Bluestreak
Nicer megs and Optimus
MicroMaster 10 pack

https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... ore/43121/

Do we really have any new information about what these "Special Edition" versions of Siege Optimus Prime and Megatron will really be? We can speculate that they won't have battle damage paint apps, but I don't think we know for absolutely sure.

Based on the photoshopped cut-outs shown briefly at Toy Fair, we can probably assume they'll be decoed to look cel-shaded, but we can't really say for sure until we get more info.

I'd have to look back to be sure, but I think those "cel-shaded cutouts" were nothing more than existing stock art of G1 Optimus Prime and Megatron. In other words, someone at Hasbro grabbed something at hand and didn't include something that is a mock-up directly of what either of these figures will actually be.

Wolfman Jake wrote:

Jeddostotle7 wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:

william-james88 wrote:new WFC figures coming (well confirmation of the ones we saw)

Soundblaster
Bluestreak
Nicer megs and Optimus
MicroMaster 10 pack

https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... ore/43121/

Do we really have any new information about what these "Special Edition" versions of Siege Optimus Prime and Megatron will really be? We can speculate that they won't have battle damage paint apps, but I don't think we know for absolutely sure.

Based on the photoshopped cut-outs shown briefly at Toy Fair, we can probably assume they'll be decoed to look cel-shaded, but we can't really say for sure until we get more info.

I'd have to look back to be sure, but I think those "cel-shaded cutouts" were nothing more than existing stock art of G1 Optimus Prime and Megatron. In other words, someone at Hasbro grabbed something at hand and didn't include something that is a mock-up directly of what either of these figures will actually be.

The art standing on top of the boxes were stylized stock art, but the cut-outs inside the boxes were photoshops of the stock renders of Siege Optimus and Megatron, made to look cel-shaded and colored more like the cartoon (note cel-shaded shine on Optimus' chest windows and white legs instead of gray).

Jeddostotle7 wrote:

The art standing on top of the boxes were stylized stock art, but the cut-outs inside the boxes were photoshops of the stock renders of Siege Optimus and Megatron, made to look cel-shaded and colored more like the cartoon (note cel-shaded shine on Optimus' chest windows and white legs instead of gray).

That's a much higher res picture than I remember seeing weeks ago. Thanks for that! I wouldn't be too sure that the figures themselves will be "cel-shaded" just because of the white streaks on Optimus Prime's windows. That's just to show transparency on an opaque image, like that cardboard cutout. The windows themselves on the figure proper may simply be translucent light blue plastic as usual. Likewise, Megatron's legs might be done in a shiny gun-metal gray paint. I do agree that we're likely getting the Sunbow animation colors on these guys, which I am all for.

Thanks to Twitter user Tristan Dauer, we have a massive new batch of images to share with you of the upcoming Transformers War for Cybertron Siege Galaxy Upgrade Optimus Prime!

During the course of this Twitter thread, we get some awesome new shots of the Leader Galaxy Prime, which include some in box shots, a nice look at the packaging, some vanilla robot mode and super powered up robot mode shots, and some comparisons to both the Siege Voyager Prime, and also to some of the Unicron Trilogy Prime figures.

While the figure is a bit smaller than its Cybertron daddy, it certainly appears to line up well with the Unicron Trilogy aesthetic, granting the Unicron Trilogy Prime some long awaited love that hopefully continues to expand as the War for Cybertron progresses.

Check out some of the images below, and click either the link above or the images below to check out the entire batch of images!

Hmmm, Cybertron Upgrade Prime might just be my first pass from Siege. Just not feeling it for regular full price.

Seeing them side by side, I might just get the Voyager Prime after all. It's fine for Ultra Magnus, but the Prime doesn't quite hit the spot for me with the armor upgrade.

I'll give it some more thought.

If I can't take the wings off the torso armor bit non-damagingly (aka without removing pins or anything), I'm hoping someone makes a chest piece w/o the wings and with the non-powered-up head (either as a Shapeways thing or as a finished third-party accessory) so I can put that on with the shoulder bits and leg pieces to have a non-powered-up Siege Cybertron Optimus.

One amusing comparison I just noticed about Cybertron Optimus Prime vs. Siege WfC Galaxy Optimus Prime is that in the original, the shoulder pads are the real truck front and the chest is faux windows. In the remake, the shoulder pads are the faux parts and the chest is the real truck front.

This looks nice but not one I'll be getting. I have the original one and he still looks fantastic. Voyager Prime looks good and I want to get Ultra Magnus. Just too many fake parts on this to warrant picking him up

JazZeke wrote:One amusing comparison I just noticed about Cybertron Optimus Prime vs. Siege WfC Galaxy Optimus Prime is that in the original, the shoulder pads are the real truck front and the chest is faux windows. In the remake, the shoulder pads are the faux parts and the chest is the real truck front.

Eh, the original's chest windows weren't fake per se. It's just that, rather than them being from a windshield, they were instead windows that came from the sides of the truck. The person who took the above photos merely forgot to fold the windows out to the sides for the truck mode.

Here's an example of the windows folded out correctly on the old toy:

Normally a few bits of pseudo-kibble don't bother me, but sweet Primus do those fake tires ever kill the entire wing assembly from behind. And that's the side exposed in truck mode too?!? I've seen garage kits fruit-roll-ups with perforated shapes that looked better...though that does make him the second Op in Siege to tack another random red bit of my childhood onto his body, after ViewMaster Optimus Prime. So the comparison pic is juuuust interesting enough to...



...NO, no, I know 13 years of inflation have happened since 2006, but for $10 more than the original I still have? Absolutely not. Taking the wait-for-a-sale-and-see approach. If none occurs, this will likely be the only Siege toy I pass on.

The side profile pic of Optimus makes the head and arms look to be set unnaturally far back, didnt notice that on the Magnus figure.

blackeyedprime wrote:The side profile pic of Optimus makes the head and arms look to be set unnaturally far back, didnt notice that on the Magnus figure.

Just picked up y copy and they are set back a little, but in the pics above o/p is also leaning backward, so that's exaggerating it a little

Really dont like it. Even when it was announced I wasnt happy and now seeing it compared to Voyager Prime its just gash. Plus the extra 20-30 quid aint worth it.

blackeyedprime wrote:The side profile pic of Optimus makes the head and arms look to be set unnaturally far back, didnt notice that on the Magnus figure.

The top half slides forward and back, other in hand photos have had it slid forward slightly line up his shoulders with his hips. These photos have him slid all the way back and leaning back.

Emerje

Wow these pictures just illustrate how much quality had dropped over the last decade.

Siege Cybertron Prime looks like a poor knockoff compared to the original. The plastic on the original looks better, the sculpt is cleaner and more defined and everything appears to peg together much better on the original. Plus the original has more accessories and light and sound gimmicks.

I can't help but feel a little sad that Siege Cybertron Prime is 2/3rds the size of the original with lower quality and basically the same price tag.

whacko wrote:Wow these pictures just illustrate how much quality had dropped over the last decade.

Siege Cybertron Prime looks like a poor knockoff compared to the original. The plastic on the original looks better, the sculpt is cleaner and more defined and everything appears to peg together much better on the original. Plus the original has more accessories and light and sound gimmicks.

I can't help but feel a little sad that Siege Cybertron Prime is 2/3rds the size of the original with lower quality and basically the same price tag.

These are different toys though, and one is not meant to replace the other. Its just a new toy of that design (the third one, in fact). The whole point of this toy is that you can include this design within one's generations collection with the same level of articulation and scale at the rest of the line.

TF-fan kev777 wrote:So, has anybody tried weaponizing your weaponizes yet? Who wears who better? My vote is for Cog and his boob guns.

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Nice. If I ever see wave 2 Siege in my area, I'll let you know, but yeah, I wanted to weaponize my weaponizes . Ideally though, I cant wait to finally put these guys with the Titans they were meant to be with. Haven't seen anyone post pics of that yet. Hopefully I can if I ever see Six-Gun