Video Review of Transformers Legacy Needlenose

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

sol magnus wrote:

AcademyofDrX wrote:

sol magnus wrote:

AcademyofDrX wrote:It's still showing out of stock for me. Or it's sold out again?

Nope. It was just out of stock the first time.

They don't 'put up more' for non-Premium members...even if there was an issue affecting untold numbers of customers. But take heart - She's listed on Walgreens, and she was not as of Tuesday. Keep checking there, as she's 18.74 on their website.

Yeah, I haven't had any problems getting Walgreens exclusives for TF or Marvel, so I'm sure it'll be fine. Though Twitter is my primary source for drops and, well, *points at dumpster fire*.

Preternia said he's 'going to post here until they shut it down' so keep using him. He's the man.

I use him too, my wallet hates him.

As does mine

Am I the only one who thinks that Needlenose mold would make a good Cybertron Thundercracker?

Somebody pointed out that Needlenose has extra plastic on its nosecone and tailfin that match the Triggercon Windsweeper.

Pvp mentioned being curious about needlenose being a potential combiner or something down the line. Maybe if retooled into dreadwind?
It also makes pretty much no sense but it looks like he could make up part of the Armada starsaber. I guess with another deluxe jet bot down the line
But it makes no sense for this character to be part of that, and it'd be a ridiculously huge weapon. So.... just me with a dumb idea lol

Razorbeast88 wrote:Pvp mentioned being curious about needlenose being a potential combiner or something down the line. Maybe if retooled into dreadwind?
It also makes pretty much no sense but it looks like he could make up part of the Armada starsaber. I guess with another deluxe jet bot down the line
But it makes no sense for this character to be part of that, and it'd be a ridiculously huge weapon. So.... just me with a dumb idea lol

I kinda like the Windsweeper idea m'self.

sol magnus wrote:

Razorbeast88 wrote:Pvp mentioned being curious about needlenose being a potential combiner or something down the line. Maybe if retooled into dreadwind?
It also makes pretty much no sense but it looks like he could make up part of the Armada starsaber. I guess with another deluxe jet bot down the line
But it makes no sense for this character to be part of that, and it'd be a ridiculously huge weapon. So.... just me with a dumb idea lol

I kinda like the Windsweeper idea m'self.

I dont like either of the ideas I had haha those were just thoughts that popped into my head, I don't support them

Windsweeper does sound like a solid idea

I think since made amends to fans with Legacy Menasor over that pile of garbage from CW it only seems fair that they do right and improve Liokaiser. Maybe someday over that unknown horizon.

Nemesis Destron wrote:I think since made amends to fans with Legacy Menasor over that pile of garbage from CW it only seems fair that they do right and improve Liokaiser. Maybe someday over that unknown horizon.

In other words, you think he's intended as a premold for Hellbat?

And the last few posts suggested Dreadwind and Windsweeper (and no one loves Hasbro's '88 lineup more than myself!), plus Hellbat being a Dassault Rafale opens up the possibilities of Storm Cloud, Skyhopper, MW Tundercracker and Skywarp and BWII Dirge...

Well, in this new mold, Needlenose may finally live up to his function of fashion designer, if that many other 'Cons end up copying his style.

Or did you mean he could become LeoZack, since the torso is the biggest improvement CW LioKaiser begged for? I need to get going on making one out of PotP Starscream, and Jalagar out of...would it make more sense to have a missile-dune-buggy that turns into a big gun than one that tacks onto LioKaiser's butt?

Regardless, given his height for a deluxe, couldn't they have kept him a tad shorter and used the extra plastic to improve ZigZag and Sunbeam within budget? Oh well, he scales great with Spinister, and I can't pass up any '88 update.

Wave 3 sightings but my stores only have the wave 1 Core and Deluxe figures, wave 2 voyager, some Galvatrons, and the respective store exclusives. Studio Series is a little better but that's its own topic. I wound up buying everything online. I'm not entirely sure where the blame lies but I'm getting flashbacks to Earthrise where something similar happened. If history fully repeats itself, a deluxe Legacy assortment will show up at Aldi with no announcement for the holiday season.

william-james88 wrote:...

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So while wave 3 is just starting to make it's way into some areas. I guess I won't be seeing them at Any of my local stores any time soon

o.supreme wrote:So while wave 3 is just starting to make it's way into some areas. I guess I won't be seeing them at Any of my local stores any time soon

Yeah, my Target has had the same single Elita on the peg for at least a month now. As well as 4-5 Red Cogs and Galvatrons. But between Pulse and Amazon I got all the figures I needed so I'm giving up brick and mortar stores for a while, especially over the holidays.

Actually a little more complicated of a transformation than we thought. Looking forward to getting our hands on him

SynchroBunny wrote:

Please don't give him any attention.

Rodimus Prime wrote:

o.supreme wrote:So while wave 3 is just starting to make it's way into some areas. I guess I won't be seeing them at Any of my local stores any time soon

Yeah, my Target has had the same single Elita on the peg for at least a month now. As well as 4-5 Red Cogs and Galvatrons. But between Pulse and Amazon I got all the figures I needed so I'm giving up brick and mortar stores for a while, especially over the holidays.

Surprisingly with all the stackable coupons, all the Red Cogs sold at my Targets, but still plenty of old Buzzworthy Terrorsaur, Dinobot, and Kup clogging shelves, and yes Galvatron and Coronation SS ( which is why I have yet to still see Sludge). For some odd reason I was able to sneak in an order on Amazon for Dead End a couple of days ago, but it's always my backup just in case I see it at B&M first, but as you say, I doubt that will be the case.

Could it be that due her color scheme some people are mistaking her for just another Arcee release? lol
I mean we've had a very heavy dose of Arcee lately one right after another while she was still hanging around.

I've yet to see even a single Elita release at any of my stores. It's still nothing but Wave 1 Deluxes over here.

Sabrblade wrote:I've yet to see even a single Elita release at any of my stores. It's still nothing but Wave 1 Deluxes over here.

Same.

Nemesis Primal wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:I've yet to see even a single Elita release at any of my stores. It's still nothing but Wave 1 Deluxes over here.

Same.

Also the same at my Wal-mart; Full shelves, but full of wave 1 and every Velocitron figure except Cosmos and Hauler. SS Core class Ravage and Shockwave as well.

The above pics I posted were from Target. I've not heard reports of any Walmarts in the United States with Deluxe Legacy Wave 2. It's almost like they opted for Velocitron instead of standard Deluxe wave 2. Also, while Targets do have them, they are reduced to one peg instead of 2 ( can't even get a full case out) because Buzzworthy is clogging up all the other deluxe space with toy deco Terrorsaur and Kup.

In my area wave 2 and wave 3 were sparsely released, but Wa;marts are clogged with Wave 1, and ARE STILL GETTING WAVE ! in NOVEMBER. That's ridiculous. Even for Walmart.

sol magnus wrote:In my area wave 2 and wave 3 were sparsely released, but Wa;marts are clogged with Wave 1, and ARE STILL GETTING WAVE ! in NOVEMBER. That's ridiculous. Even for Walmart.

Same here.

Elita One at 3:00 AM

I've been checking for Minerva daily on walgreens.com the product page that appeared last week is now gone...

o.supreme wrote:I've been checking for Minerva daily on walgreens.com the product page that appeared last week is now gone...

That's really annoying. At no point could you actually buy the figure.

Seems typical for them to do, as happened with a few past releases. What's even further frustrating is that they keep sold out items listed for way longer than needed. I seriously doubt Red Alert is coming back into stock...

So I got my wave 3 deluxes, and I have some thoughts.

Pointblank: this is a surprisingly unique and good figure. For one thing, he is surprisingly big, i think to keep him consistent with Crosshairs since he used a big deluxe too. The arms are forgiveable in person, especially with as nice as he feels. He is solid and a lot of fun. I love the head sculpt. The transformation is logical but has some nice steps to make the car work. And the car mode is really fun. It is really slick and good. And the targetmaster also fits in nicely, looking decent as a gun and working nice in car mode. It is a nice package, I like him a lot. I'd rank him my 2nd favorite of the wave.

Crankcase: This one is also a surprise hit with me. I like him more than I thought, considering he's a Skids retool. There is a lot of new work done on the upper body, enough to make him almost feel new. I like how big and heavy his torso is and looks. He looks muscular, even if i wish his shoulder cannons were bigger. I would have accepted some bigger shoulder guns instead of that little skids handgun. Transformation is a bit clashy, but I think I just need to do it some more. I wish the alt mode was a little more "bossy" for lack of a better term, but he's still good. He is my favorite of the wave at the moment.

Skullgrin: this one is interesting. I like his old Generations toy a lot, and his one isn't really much better than that one. I love the head sculpt, but he feels a little too boxy for my liking, and a little too skinny too. I like all the weapons he has, and they make for some great weapon up stances, but he feels a bit lacking. Transformation is surprisingly complex, and the alt mode could be a little cleaner. I don't not like him, he just doesn't feel as polished as Crankcase and Pointblank. Not bad, but he could have used some improvement. He's my 3rd favorite of the lot.

Dead End: this one disappoints me some. The upper torso transformation is interesting, but the lower body does not like to tab together, in alt mode or in arm armor mode. The lower body is a frustrating affair. I like the robot mode paint work and sculpt as well, but the alt mode, I'm not really a fan of this car. CW and Cyberverse did better with the car mode to me. He's the weakest of the lot to me.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:So I got my wave 3 deluxes, and I have some thoughts.

Pointblank: this is a surprisingly unique and good figure. For one thing, he is surprisingly big, i think to keep him consistent with Crosshairs since he used a big deluxe too. The arms are forgiveable in person, especially with as nice as he feels. He is solid and a lot of fun. I love the head sculpt. The transformation is logical but has some nice steps to make the car work. And the car mode is really fun. It is really slick and good. And the targetmaster also fits in nicely, looking decent as a gun and working nice in car mode. It is a nice package, I like him a lot. I'd rank him my 2nd favorite of the wave.

With those arms? Really???

Crankcase: This one is also a surprise hit with me. I like him more than I thought, considering he's a Skids retool. There is a lot of new work done on the upper body, enough to make him almost feel new. I like how big and heavy his torso is and looks. He looks muscular, even if i wish his shoulder cannons were bigger. I would have accepted some bigger shoulder guns instead of that little skids handgun. Transformation is a bit clashy, but I think I just need to do it some more. I wish the alt mode was a little more "bossy" for lack of a better term, but he's still good. He is my favorite of the wave at the moment.

Skullgrin: this one is interesting. I like his old Generations toy a lot, and his one isn't really much better than that one. I love the head sculpt, but he feels a little too boxy for my liking, and a little too skinny too. I like all the weapons he has, and they make for some great weapon up stances, but he feels a bit lacking. Transformation is surprisingly complex, and the alt mode could be a little cleaner. I don't not like him, he just doesn't feel as polished as Crankcase and Pointblank. Not bad, but he could have used some improvement. He's my 3rd favorite of the lot.

Dead End: this one disappoints me some. The upper torso transformation is interesting, but the lower body does not like to tab together, in alt mode or in arm armor mode. The lower body is a frustrating affair. I like the robot mode paint work and sculpt as well, but the alt mode, I'm not really a fan of this car. CW and Cyberverse did better with the car mode to me. He's the weakest of the lot to me.

I only have Dead End and haven't opened him as yet. But I'll get back to you.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote: Skullgrin: this one is interesting. I like his old Generations toy a lot, and his one isn't really much better than that one.

Do you think so? Maybe as toys they can be considered equal, but this Skullgrin is much more himself than the original. I appreciated the effort back in the day, but it really is just Straxus with a new head. This is a true mixture of Skullgrin's Pretender shell and his inner robot mode. As someone who had the original I really appreciate this new take. It's a shame the Autobot Pretenders are so vanilla. Maybe we'd see more of them if they had more interesting shells.

As a toy ... I don't get the rubber plastic and it weakens it overall.

sol magnus wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:So I got my wave 3 deluxes, and I have some thoughts.

Pointblank: this is a surprisingly unique and good figure. For one thing, he is surprisingly big, i think to keep him consistent with Crosshairs since he used a big deluxe too. The arms are forgiveable in person, especially with as nice as he feels. He is solid and a lot of fun. I love the head sculpt. The transformation is logical but has some nice steps to make the car work. And the car mode is really fun. It is really slick and good. And the targetmaster also fits in nicely, looking decent as a gun and working nice in car mode. It is a nice package, I like him a lot. I'd rank him my 2nd favorite of the wave.

With those arms? Really???

Yeah, I like him. He's fun. I'll share more later.

Gauntlet101010 wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote: Skullgrin: this one is interesting. I like his old Generations toy a lot, and his one isn't really much better than that one.

Do you think so? Maybe as toys they can be considered equal, but this Skullgrin is much more himself than the original. I appreciated the effort back in the day, but it really is just Straxus with a new head. This is a true mixture of Skullgrin's Pretender shell and his inner robot mode. As someone who had the original I really appreciate this new take. It's a shame the Autobot Pretenders are so vanilla. Maybe we'd see more of them if they had more interesting shells.

As a toy ... I don't get the rubber plastic and it weakens it overall.

I do think so. They're about equal in playability, and while Legacy is more himself, the old one had a better shape and I liked that head proportion better. The new one is a bit too square for my liking, especially compared to the core Pretenders. He's my favorite Pretender, and I own every toy of his, so I speak this from that perspective.

I have all his toys too. Although there's only four of them.

Different strokes for different folks, I guess.

Trying to get out as many as I'm able before Star Saber gets here -

The Legacy Pretenders



So, circling back around to Pointblank, I still really like him, and consider him my 2nd favorite of the wave's deluxes. He has presence, and he can still throw some good poses, and I adore his alt mode handling it more. This is a good figure, not perfect, but he's still really good.






In other Legacy news, I got Starscream, and Megatron should be arriving today. Starscream is real neat. This is my first Armada Starscream figure, and I like the design. It's a fresh take on the classic Starscream transformation. I wish the wings were a little bigger, and the joints a little tighter, but he's still good. I love the shoulder cannons, they are neat. I wish the weapons were a bit bigger too, but they're servicable. He is good, i like him.

Went out to the Target where I found Motormaster and snagged Dead End. I can definitely see the QC issues he had. A shame since the robot has a nice design. He also does not attach as snug as Dragstrip does to his Menasor arm. You can see a slight gap between the arm piece and Dead End.

This is what a Target near by looked like this afternoon after the Black Friday chaos. Bunch of lousy Misogynists in my area....(j/k)

Oh wow. Shelf/peg-warmers used to be all yellow. Now they're pink.

Rodimus Prime wrote:Oh wow. Shelf/peg-warmers used to be all yellow. Now they're pink.

I don't call ONE of each remaining on the pegs "peg-warmers".
Those pegs looks pretty bare and cold.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:Oh wow. Shelf/peg-warmers used to be all yellow. Now they're pink.

I don't call ONE of each remaining on the pegs "peg-warmers".
Those pegs looks pretty bare and cold.

I wasn't referring to quantity, more like the figures themselves. Where I live the situation is mostly the same, only Arcee and Elita on the shelves, along with Bulkheads and Bee Soundwaves.

Rodimus Prime wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:Oh wow. Shelf/peg-warmers used to be all yellow. Now they're pink.

I don't call ONE of each remaining on the pegs "peg-warmers".
Those pegs looks pretty bare and cold.

I wasn't referring to quantity, more like the figures themselves. Where I live the situation is mostly the same, only Arcee and Elita on the shelves, along with Bulkheads and Bee Soundwaves.

It still doesn't count which characters it is. If the shelves barely have anything, we just can't call them "peg-warmers".

Now, this classic picture I took years ago of The Hive at Toys R Us is a clear example. Those pegs remained full of bees for months. Enough that the Prime 1st Edition Bee was discounted down at 5$CAN and even then, it took weeks for the pegs to clear.



Still, those prices... How things has changed... Now deluxes are 44$CAN at TrU.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:Oh wow. Shelf/peg-warmers used to be all yellow. Now they're pink.

I don't call ONE of each remaining on the pegs "peg-warmers".
Those pegs looks pretty bare and cold.

I wasn't referring to quantity, more like the figures themselves. Where I live the situation is mostly the same, only Arcee and Elita on the shelves, along with Bulkheads and Bee Soundwaves.

It still doesn't count which characters it is. If the shelves barely have anything, we just can't call them "pegwarmers."

If the same damn figure(s) stay(s) on the shelves/pegs for weeks or months, I'm calling it a warmer, whether there's 1 or 10.

Rodimus Prime wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:Oh wow. Shelf/peg-warmers used to be all yellow. Now they're pink.

I don't call ONE of each remaining on the pegs "peg-warmers".
Those pegs looks pretty bare and cold.

I wasn't referring to quantity, more like the figures themselves. Where I live the situation is mostly the same, only Arcee and Elita on the shelves, along with Bulkheads and Bee Soundwaves.

It still doesn't count which characters it is. If the shelves barely have anything, we just can't call them "pegwarmers."

If the same damn figure(s) stay(s) on the shelves/pegs for weeks or months, I'm calling it a warmer, whether there's 1 or 10.

Me:
*glances at one of my local meijer that still has Absorbing man wave Marvel Legends from literally 5 years ago on the rack*

M. Spector wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:Oh wow. Shelf/peg-warmers used to be all yellow. Now they're pink.

I don't call ONE of each remaining on the pegs "peg-warmers".
Those pegs looks pretty bare and cold.

I wasn't referring to quantity, more like the figures themselves. Where I live the situation is mostly the same, only Arcee and Elita on the shelves, along with Bulkheads and Bee Soundwaves.

It still doesn't count which characters it is. If the shelves barely have anything, we just can't call them "pegwarmers."

If the same damn figure(s) stay(s) on the shelves/pegs for weeks or months, I'm calling it a warmer, whether there's 1 or 10.

Me:
*glances at one of my local meijer that still has Absorbing man wave Marvel Legends from literally 5 years ago on the rack*

You could flip that venom online and make a nice sum

We share with you a report of the first wave of Transformers Legacy Evolution deluxe figures found in the Philippines. These were found at a Toysrus. The wave includes Needlenose, Breakdown, Hotshot and Scraphook. The sighting comes from the Cybertron Philippines Facebook page. This is good news, it means these toys are ready for international distribution so they could make it to the west sooner rather than later.

So that means Canada should be getting them shortly, correct?

...and wave 3 has yet to show up in my area. . Additionally I am curious. Because starting with PotP Hasbro changed their strategy with Transformers to refresh the brand every year to avoid retailers not stocking waves beyond 4 or so. (Although this hasn't effected SS for some reason). But while the line did change slightly from Legacy to "Legacy Evolution", I wonder if the UPC's changed such that retailers like Target abd Walmart will still want to stock them, perceiving them as "new"?

william-james88 wrote:

M. Spector wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:Oh wow. Shelf/peg-warmers used to be all yellow. Now they're pink.

I don't call ONE of each remaining on the pegs "peg-warmers".
Those pegs looks pretty bare and cold.

I wasn't referring to quantity, more like the figures themselves. Where I live the situation is mostly the same, only Arcee and Elita on the shelves, along with Bulkheads and Bee Soundwaves.

It still doesn't count which characters it is. If the shelves barely have anything, we just can't call them "pegwarmers."

If the same damn figure(s) stay(s) on the shelves/pegs for weeks or months, I'm calling it a warmer, whether there's 1 or 10.

Me:
*glances at one of my local meijer that still has Absorbing man wave Marvel Legends from literally 5 years ago on the rack*

You could flip that venom online and make a nice sum

An excellent point but alas its all Speed Demon And Lady Beetle
And i realize this is old news by now, but i picked up Core Shockwave out of my box again today and was remind what an absolute delight he is. Similar to the ol Combinar Wars one, special in the legs, but truer to the Siege Voyager just teeny

Rodimus Prime wrote:So that means Canada should be getting them shortly, correct?

Odds are no. Canada doesn't get stuff first often. That Earthspark stuff was a fluke. Asia usually gets stuff first due to proximity of the manufacturing.

I got Transmetal II Megatron this weekend, and I want to gush about him some, because he is really good. He is by far my favorite Legacy leader so far.

He has a great presence to him to start. When you flush out his wings like they were meant to be out, he takes up so much space and casts a hell of a shadow. And the paint work on his wings is really good. i love the fading effects on them, and the translucent plastic was used great.

I am OK with the face, I know the problems with it, but I am OK with it.

I love the ponytail still being there, even if head articulation is a little hindered by it. But the entire sculpt with the ponytail is really good.

I do wish the arms had a little more beef to them, but considering the original had that look to it, I'm not that bothered.

His components in both modes tab in pretty solid, so you can manipulate him and mess with him a lot without fear of having him come apart.

The transformation is pretty logical, but it is a fun thing to do. I love how the arms work to get his torso solid and dynamic.

His dragon mode, PHEW! I LOVE IT! It has such a great presence to it, even better than robot mode. He can throw some great shapes, and he looks fierce. The flame effect works well in this mode too, I appreciate that accessory.

So yeah, Megatron gets my seal of approval. He is really damn good. I love him.






Also, Armada Starscream is still pretty good.

A surprisingly find today at my local Walmart. Wasn’t sure if I’d see Cosmos again, especially in a store but apparently they had a restock. Ive seen restock on the Voyagers from this line but nothing with any of the deluxes. This is my 2nd time finding him in the store. The first one was for a friend but now i have a copy for myself.

SGM

SGMLordMirage wrote:A surprisingly find today at my local Walmart. Wasn’t sure if I’d see Cosmos again, especially in a store but apparently they had a restock. Ive seen restock on the Voyagers from this line but nothing with any of the deluxes. This is my 2nd time finding him in the store. The first one was for a friend but now i have a copy for myself.

SGM

Nice. Hopefully he becomes more widely available after all. I also saw him twice in store, the 1st time I grabbed him for myself and the 2nd time for a fellow collector in my area. He really is a fun mold. I hope Hasbro finds another use for him somehow. SG Cosmos would have been a no-brainer IMO.