Video Review of Walmart Exclusive Deluxe Hot Rod from Transformers: The Last Knight

william-james88 wrote:Youtuber Chefatron has a review of the Walmart exclusive Transformers: The Last Knight deluxe Hot Rod. It confirms that he indeed does not come with any weapons. This review is far from ideal though since the comparison of the robot mode to Lockdown's is done with Lockdown still in his box. Still, we have a great series of photos showing all comparisons to both toys if that is what you are seeking.

Do I get a News Credit for posting that Video ?

Just wondering.

ALSO : What Bumblebee varient ?

Darth-Badguy wrote:I was struck by something I read in a review: the lack of paint on the new movie one step turbo changers makes them look less like retail products and more like prototypes.

I feel like a lot of the TLK have a cheap look, especially the one steps and legions. Do you guys think it's the same as previous movie lines or is it worse in this regard

I think this guy got the really short end of the stick:

RAR wrote:Do I get a News Credit for posting that Video ?

Just wondering.

ALSO : What Bumblebee varient ?

There is a bumblebee deluxe variant which has more black paint in the alt mode

https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... ion/38158/

And Maverick Prime sent us the video first through e-mail, which is our default channel of news submission, so he got the credit. We can only give a news credit to one person at a time.

G1OPT1MU5PR1M3 wrote::HEADHURTS:

Uh... wrong thread?

I didn't know about that Bumblebee variation - i;ll have to check to see which is the most Movie accurate (relatively speaking since it's the wrong body) but in general terms - it's interesting though as both of them are different to the AOE deluxe stripe pattern.

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Also Just a little heads up there is a Knock off TLK Megatron Voyager out already - if buying one on eBay - check carefully.

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I'm saying this here for warning purposes and as NO ONE ever reads the KO threads so If I say it there no one would ever see it.

Wouldn't tlk wave 3 have been better if it had consisted of slug strafe slash aoe repaint bee Voyager grimlock and scorn.

And all the good stuff in waves 1 and 2 so we could already have wave 2 out

Thanks to Seibertronian AzT, we have a new sighting for the Mission to Cybertron 2-packs of legion class figures. The figures were found at a Toys R Us in San Diego, California and were retailing at $15.00. The 2-packs consisted of Optimus with Grimlock, and Megatron with Bumblebee. With the movie upon us like some vast predatory bird, the toys are sure to be hot, so keep looking out for the new figures, report your sightings, show off your new figures, and get movie hyped!

Remember those slightly blurry images of the first leak of The Last Knight's Infernocus combiner set? Courtesy of Toys "R" Us Singapore, we now have official stock images of the Infernocons and Quintessa! These images give us our first good look at the individual Infernocons that make up the beastly Infernocus. As a reminder, the limbs of Infernocus (Rupture, Thrash, Gorge, and Glug) are redecoes of the Prime: Beast Hunters Abominus limbs (Windrazor, Twinstrike, Blot, and Rippersnapper, respectively), while Hun-Gurr is replaced by the set's sole new mold, Skulk.









Additionally, we have new images of Cybertron (a luminescent redeco of Cybertron Primus that gives Generation 2 a run for it's money) as well from the same source, which can be viewed below.

Infernocus: looks amazing, instant buy on sight.

Primus: since when is a split in half planner with guns on the back a starship mode?

Dear God That set looks cool I love how they all look that were forged from the depths of a Volcano and look like Fire Demi-Gods the deco really reflects that it's so nice to see a good some good legion repaints after the flop that was TLK legion wave 1 not to discount Skulk in any way though. Skulk looks freaking awesome he looks like the Grim Reaper cross RID Twinferno cross Fire God But it does kinda suck he's got no alt mode

Terrsolpix wrote:Infernocus: looks amazing, instant buy on sight.

Primus: since when is a split in half planner with guns on the back a starship mode?

Infernocus: Indeed.

Primus: Since 2006.

Prime Target wrote:Skulk looks freaking awesome he looks like the Grim Reaper cross RID Twinferno cross Fire God But it does kinda suck he's got no alt mode

He does, the torso. Its enough of an alt mode for most Power Ranger or Voltron toys. He just so happens not to be a triple changer unlike the others. But yeah I know what you mean.

william-james88 wrote:

Prime Target wrote:Skulk looks freaking awesome he looks like the Grim Reaper cross RID Twinferno cross Fire God But it does kinda suck he's got no alt mode

He does, the torso. Its enough of an alt mode for most Power Ranger or Voltron toys. He just so happens not to be a triple changer unlike the others. But yeah I know what you mean.

in transformers fandom, a torso mdoe isn't considered as a real alt mode.
i honestly not too big on infernocus. i get the appeal and why many people would love him, just that it doesn't work that well on me. this combiner finally has a coherent color throughout, compared to the other variants, which is a good thing, and the fact that they give him new mold for the torso bot. but the fact that the torso bot don't have actual alt mode bummed me, especially when all the limb guys did. it just feels incomplete. therefore, i don't think i will pick him up.

but then again, i've been wrong many times before, and ended up picking up things that i said i won't, so, who knows.

Hasbro forgot to show the new torso bot´s alt mode...

Primus looks great in those colors. But the price blows. Nobody buy one so TRU puts him on clearance...

Rated X wrote:Hasbro forgot to show the new torso bot´s alt mode...

they don't he don't have alt mode to begin with, other than the torso mode.

just picked up berserker and he is awesome in robot mode. Mine appears to have stress marks on the shoulders right out of the box. I could be wrong and I'll try to get a pic up in the morning just wondering if this has happened with anyone else's copy.

Damn, the Throwback hit me in Unicron Triology

Overcracker wrote:

MGrotusque wrote:Oh my lord Skullitron has the worst paint apps I've seen. It looks like he explosively vomited all over himself.....
Not to mention all those blatant hack job brush strokes all over the armor. It's a total garbage paint job. It's shockingly bad actually.

I think that's the point.

He's supposed to be old, rusted, and decayed. The entire point is he looks damaged. Its intentional. This is also an extreme closeup. In reality the paint on the face should probably look fine to naked eye, disfigured sure, but that's the point.

It gets across the disfigurement he's suffered. He's not supposed to have a nice pristine face.

You can suspend disbelief and pretend all day long about anything you want it to be but nothing changes the fact that its a terrible paint job. Not just on the face but on the armor as well.That sloppy mess of a ham handed attempt at paint application destroys any of the details designed into the head sculpt with big fat blobs of green paint. At the price they're asking these days for these figures i'd expect a lot more effort into the details. It looks more like cheap dollar store knock off garbage.

Rated X wrote:Hasbro forgot to show the new torso bot´s alt mode...

Primus looks great in those colors. But the price blows. Nobody buy one so TRU puts him on clearance...

He doesnt have an alt mode aside from becoming a torso.

What if the infernocus torso doesn't have an alt mode in the movie.

Bumblebee21 wrote:What if the infernocus torso doesn't have an alt mode in the movie.

I'm guessing none of the Infernocus members have alt-modes in the movie and that the toy's limbs only have them because they are just re-using the Prime: Beast Hunters Abominus limb molds. Just a guess though

Giant Purple Griffin wrote:

Bumblebee21 wrote:What if the infernocus torso doesn't have an alt mode in the movie.

I'm guessing none of the Infernocus members have alt-modes in the movie and that the toy's limbs only have them because they are just re-using the Prime: Beast Hunters Abominus limb molds. Just a guess though

One of the trailers shows Optimus fighting one big Infernocus whom Prime slices apart with his sword, and the five components then attack him together, but each of them just looks like a smaller-sized Infernocus.

william-james88 wrote:

Rated X wrote:Hasbro forgot to show the new torso bot´s alt mode...

Primus looks great in those colors. But the price blows. Nobody buy one so TRU puts him on clearance...

He doesnt have an alt mode aside from becoming a torso.

Wow? No alt mode?

They repurposed the limbs and made an action master for a torso?

Just another example of how they will do anything to cut costs and increase profits.

Rated X wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Rated X wrote:Hasbro forgot to show the new torso bot´s alt mode...

Primus looks great in those colors. But the price blows. Nobody buy one so TRU puts him on clearance...

He doesnt have an alt mode aside from becoming a torso.

Wow? No alt mode?

They repurposed the limbs and made an action master for a torso?

Action Masters don't transform at all. Skulk at least transforms from robot to torso, with separate heads and configurations for each.

Granted, that doesn't make it GOOD, but he at least can do what Action Masters wish they could do.

The Torso mode is as much a mode as the Inner robot of a Pretender is when stored in the shell - technically it is one - but is usually overlooked as being one.

You know what would be nice - to sell Legion Hungrr on his own as one of the Legion single packs - or put him in a gift set so people can make an all black original design combined body too if they want too.

I attached a pic of berserkers shoulder. The left and right are both like that. It looks like stress mark to me but it appears to be on the inside of the joint and can only be seen at certain angles due to the semi transperancy of the plastic. Is anyone else's like this or did I just get a bad copy?

beastwarsbrah wrote:I attached a pic of berserkers shoulder. The left and right are both like that. It looks like stress mark to me but it appears to be on the inside of the joint and can only be seen at certain angles due to the semi transperancy of the plastic. Is anyone else's like this or did I just get a bad copy?

I've played extensively with Berserker and I don't have those marks. They may also just be molding imperfections and not stress marks, I can't really tell.

also, I am really liking Skulk because Infernocus' head is in his rib cage. It is properly creepy and awesome

Are Dragonicus and Stormreign voyager, or deluxe size?

Plus, is there any hope that RID warrior class Thundercracker will come to existence?

robotcaveman wrote:Plus, is there any hope that RID warrior class Thundercracker will come to existence?

Probably not in this thread either (TLK)
Perhaps try the RID thread?

robotcaveman wrote:Are Dragonicus and Stormreign voyager, or deluxe size?

They should be roughly Voyager Class-sized. The set they come in, Dragonstorm, is Leader Class.

Kotori_Sonoda wrote:
I think this guy got the really short end of the stick:

Yeah, that all blue legion Optimus is really bad. It does look they enlarged the peg that keeps his legs together. Legion Bumblebee's unpainted windows are pretty awful but I feel like that's a tradition that goes back to both Jazz from the 2007 movie and 2008 Universe. The reused one steps from AoE somehow have less paint operations than the same toy three years ago.

I wonder if Hasbro has seen that the movie stuff sells no matter what so they don't put as much effort into it as stuff like Titans Return. Or maybe they get the movie designs so late that they can't make them as well. I don't know how it works behind the scene.

I wouldn't be surprised if the larger toy-buying crowds attracted by the movie hype played into Hasbro's decisions this line concerning money. It would explain the higher prices and the reduced paint apps -- they're more willing to take risks like that because they can be assured more people will buy them regardless.

Have a review of the TrU exclusive MTC Optimus 2 pack:



Both figures are excellent, but dat price...

Stopped in my local TRU today, probably first time in over a year, and was surprised to see the entire TF section was half a shelf. That's RID, TR, and TLK all on half a shelf.

Darth-Badguy wrote:

Kotori_Sonoda wrote:
I think this guy got the really short end of the stick:

Yeah, that all blue legion Optimus is really bad. It does look they enlarged the peg that keeps his legs together. Legion Bumblebee's unpainted windows are pretty awful but I feel like that's a tradition that goes back to both Jazz from the 2007 movie and 2008 Universe. The reused one steps from AoE somehow have less paint operations than the same toy three years ago.

I wonder if Hasbro has seen that the movie stuff sells no matter what so they don't put as much effort into it as stuff like Titans Return. Or maybe they get the movie designs so late that they can't make them as well. I don't know how it works behind the scene.

That's the Optimus Prime I had that broke after having it for a while, except that it was the traditional colors that Optimus Prime has. What series is he from, Transformers Prime?

Kurona wrote:reduced paint apps

I am still struggling to see how paint apps are an issue. The 4 figures I have actually have lots of paint, on par or greater than the TR counterparts standing right next to them

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

Kurona wrote:reduced paint apps

I am still struggling to see how paint apps are an issue. The 4 figures I have actually have lots of paint, on par or greater than the TR counterparts standing right next to them

Agreed. I dont get it either. The only one so far which I felt lacked paint was deluxe drift in alt mode. The rest have good paint. And that voyager megs use paint so well to give you a gorgeous subtle pallet of different armour pieces.

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Jason5billion wrote:That's the Optimus Prime I had that broke after having it for a while, except that it was the traditional colors that Optimus Prime has. What series is he from, Transformers Prime?

It's originally from Revenge of the Fallen.

Via fellow Seibertronian Barricade.it and yours truly, we have confirmed sightings of the Transformers: The Last Knight first waves of One-Step, Knight Armour, Legion, Voyager, and Deluxe class toys in Italy! Found at LeClerc-Conad and Coop supermarkets across the country, the prices seem to range as follows:

Warrior class: 9,90 Euros (11 USD)
Deluxe: 27,90 Euros (31 USD)
Voyager: 29,90 Euros (33 USD)
One step: 16,90 Euros (19 USD)
Knight Armor 27,90 Euros (31 USD)

As always, make sure to use our updated Sightings Database to help out other fans, and happy hunting!

william-james88 wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

Kurona wrote:reduced paint apps

I am still struggling to see how paint apps are an issue. The 4 figures I have actually have lots of paint, on par or greater than the TR counterparts standing right next to them

Agreed. I dont get it either. The only one so far which I felt lacked paint was deluxe drift in alt mode. The rest have good paint. And that voyager megs use paint so well to give you a gorgeous subtle pallet of different armour pieces.

Oh I wasn't referring to the whole line; just a few choice figures like the re-used AOE Bumblebee and that Legion Optimus. Not to mention figures like Skullitron which might not be low on paint apps, but are pretty bad and have been criticised by others.

It's not all of the figures certainly, might even be a majority of the line that's good with paint; but there's a very noticeable amount of figures with terrible and/or few paint apps.

One question about the movie optimus prime i bought Are there any detailed instructions for how to disassaemble him and display the vehicle kibble separately? i cant find it in the manual.

Rogue-Primal wrote:One question about the movie optimus prime i bought Are there any detailed instructions for how to disassaemble him and display the vehicle kibble separately? i cant find it in the manual.

no, there are not. You technically are not supposed to and I would not recomend it since it is attached by pins.

william-james88 wrote:

Rogue-Primal wrote:One question about the movie optimus prime i bought Are there any detailed instructions for how to disassaemble him and display the vehicle kibble separately? i cant find it in the manual.

no, there are not. You technically are not supposed to and I would not recomend it since it is attached by pins.

I didn't have to remove any pins. Just a couple screws to get the roof part out and the screws went right back in.

As I have said before - I'd actually not mind that Proto-form Optimus if he was another colour - also the Optimus might have been nice in something similar to Laser Prime colours.

They are to much money to be so similar as they are - they are like one of those endless ROTF Sideways slight repaints that got made.

future waves and playsets i think that would really improve this toyline and it wouldnt be costly

wave 3:
ww2 bumblebee (remold)
galvatron (optimus remold)
slug (new sculpt)
scorn (new sculpt)
strafe (new sculpt)
drift (aoe remold)
stinger (bumblebee remold)
onslaught (new sculpt)
daytrader (new sculpt)
dreadbot (new sculpt)
nitro zeus (shockwave remold)
sentinel prime (new sculpt)

wave 4:
mowhawk (new sculpt)
topspin (leadfoot remold)
roadbuster (new sculpt)
bonecrusher (new sculpt)
jetfire (megatron remold)
dino (remold)
ironhide (new sculpt)
ratchet (new sculpt)
the fallen (new sculpt)
ravage (new sculpt)
brawl ( new sculpt)

Playsets:
Lockdown's ship storage: storage ship for all the tiny turbo changers. comes with Lockdown and Optimus Prime

Battle of chicago: stackable buildings with a battle terrain background. Comes with Optimus Prime, Sentinel Prime, bumblebee and Soundwave

Via an email notification from a fellow Transformers fan, we have confirmation that the second wave of Transformers: The Last Knight toys are current available over on HasbroToyShop.com! The wave, we'll remind readers, includes voyagers Megatron and Hound, and Deluxe Drift, Sqweeks, Steelbane, and Slug.

Found on facebook page planet iacon, stock images of deluxe class cogman.

PAINTED RIMS? WHAT IS THIS?