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Sowndwave76 wrote:Oh, here's one thing I don't really like-- the blaster is kind of lame.
I have no intention of using the "battle station" mode. Ever. So maybe it works best for that mode.

I complained before I got Motormaster in-hand that how much more engineering & cost it take to make the knees bending 180 degree (to accomodate both toon & toy looks)? But in-hand, I'm also impressed by the engineering effort made to the whole package, and I'm OK without that feature. Besides, cutting out the little extra plastic at the white Combiner Port will make the legs switchable, so the toy look is possible but that'll remove the knee bend so it's like the recent Lego G1 OP. THAT will be my display mode (cars in front), toon accurate will be my play mode.


As for the gun... I made some simple mod with Lego pieces and a 5mm plastic peg. Looks better IMO and it can be held upside down or vice versa.

I got my Red Cog set this weekend. I like him in these colors, it looks neat. He also feels nice and tight, which is good.

The weapons are neat, but I feel like we needed another gun for the pink silencer and maybe something else to go with the arcee mold adaptor. As is, it ends up making a few less guns than I would have liked. Wrecker Bulkhead is not going to get as many weapons in his upgrade as I had kinda hoped he would once weaponed up

I really want the figures I skipped out on now... except springer. I will still pass on him. His vehicle mode looks like someones prototype of a heavy retool. No shade to anyone who likes it, thats just my opinion of the color scheme. too much grey in vehicle mode with nothing really tying it in. If they had doubled down on the grey and made it cover pretty much the whole vehicle mode I would have bought it in a heartbeat... but I dont know that they could justify that as springer anymore if they did that.

Motormaster might be the first figure I buy an upgrade kit for because the sword and gun look way too small for Menasor, which was a problem with the G1 figure but not as bad as I remember.

For anyone who has Motormaster, I know some of the extra base parts weren't designed to integrate with Menasor, so as a result, there are pieces left out. However, through use of 5mm ports, and some imagination,is there any way, even a goofy convoluted one of using all the parts, to perhaps "weapionize* Menasor with his own spare parts?

o.supreme wrote:For anyone who has Motormaster, I know some of the extra base parts weren't designed to integrate with Menasor, so as a result, there are pieces left out. However, through use of 5mm ports, and some imagination,is there any way, even a goofy convoluted one of using all the parts, to perhaps "weapionize* Menasor with his own spare parts?

I have seen photos of the gun and gun stand being able to connect to his arm ... but I can no longer find the pictures.

o.supreme wrote:For anyone who has Motormaster, I know some of the extra base parts weren't designed to integrate with Menasor, so as a result, there are pieces left out. However, through use of 5mm ports, and some imagination,is there any way, even a goofy convoluted one of using all the parts, to perhaps "weapionize* Menasor with his own spare parts?

Well, if you look up a few posts above yours, you might notice I stucked the extra base parts at Menasor's back using the 5mm port that the trailer hook up to Motormaster in truck mode. Looks like Menasor got wings like Jetpower Prime It's not canon of course, but it's kind of cool, I imagine all the 5mm holes (5 on each sides) can be used to store the car-bots' weapons.

In yet another case of a figure being found at retail before ever being officially announced by Hasbro or Takara, Deluxe Class Legacy Minerva has been spotted in the wild. But what makes this sighting a bit strange is that it was found at a Walmart in Colorado, rather than at Walgreens, where it's been assumed she will be that chain's exclusive toy this year.

Check out the images below, courtesy of TFW2005 user Blaster Mister, as well as @HailKingCrimson on Twitter, where the in package image was originally posted.







Minerva is a character formerly exclusive to Japanese G1 continuity, and is noteworthy for being the first Transformers toy ever to be released as a female character. This marks not only her first transforming toy in 34 years, but her first ever toy to be released in Western markets. She's a redeco and new head retool of Legacy Deluxe Class Wave 2's Elita One (who as of this writing, hasn't been found at retail).

As can be seen from the images above, we have the first look at Minerva in her packaging, as well as the barcode on her box, and the assortment box she came in.

What do you make of these images? Is this an aberration that she's shown up at Walmart instead of the rumored Walgreens? Have things possibly changed, and she'll be coming to a different chain? Let us know what you think or speculate below!

f I recall correctly, the Walgreens exclusive Brainstorm was also found at Walmart once, randomly, then only at Walgreens again during the holiday season.

william-james88 wrote:f I recall correctly, the Walgreens exclusive Brainstorm was also found at Walmart once, randomly, then only at Walgreens again during the holiday season.

Didn't somebody find a Buzzworthy Bumblebee figure or set at Walmat last year, too?

Bounti76 wrote:Is this an aberration that she's shown up at Walmart instead of the rumored Walgreens?

...having read the TFW thread these pics came from, it is absolutely a mistake, yes. The figure isn't listed in the Walmart systems and was only able to be rung up by scanning a general Deluxe assortment code, and JTPrime says that shipping manifests still blatantly call her a Walgreens figure. This is just like the few sporadic Worlds Collide sets that got found at Walmart last year despite being a Target exclusive.

It’s funny how other retailers’ exclusives keep popping up at Walmart and not the other way around. It’s also funny how Walmart demands their own exclusive Transformers toys to sell year after year, but they can’t seem to order them correctly, fulfill preorders, distribute them properly, stock shelves on time, etc.

Purchased Blaster last saturday. Still not liking that in my store the deluxes are starting to cost just as much as a voyagers but deluxes are small. The pricing is getting weird.


Blaster is great but i'm keeping Eject inside...with toy prices rising i'm not gonna risk cracking or fracture him.

Rogue-Primal wrote:Purchased Blaster last saturday. Still not liking that in my store the deluxes are starting to cost just as much as a voyagers but deluxes are small. The pricing is getting weird.


Blaster is great but i'm keeping Eject inside...with toy prices rising i'm not gonna risk cracking or fracture him.

I have Blaster. Same with Eject. He WILL shatter eventually though . Someone please tell me when a solid eject upgrade kit comes out!

Got emails from pulse today saying that wreckers bulkhead, wreckers springer, motormaster and metroplex have come in and will be billing/shipping soon, so those should be shipping out this week or next for those who ordered through pulse.

alekese wrote:Got emails from pulse today saying that wreckers bulkhead, wreckers springer, motormaster and metroplex have come in and will be billing/shipping soon, so those should be shipping out this week or next for those who ordered through pulse.

For me it was Twin Twist and Motormaster, but yes. I too got that email.

I hope we see pics of the Shadow Striker soon. I hope she's based on Cyberverse. Even if she isn't, she'll be fighting Elita One on my shelf.

RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:

Rogue-Primal wrote:Purchased Blaster last saturday. Still not liking that in my store the deluxes are starting to cost just as much as a voyagers but deluxes are small. The pricing is getting weird.


Blaster is great but i'm keeping Eject inside...with toy prices rising i'm not gonna risk cracking or fracture him.

I have Blaster. Same with Eject. He WILL shatter eventually though . Someone please tell me when a solid eject upgrade kit comes out!

My Eject hasn't been transformed once, just chest filler and it's ok. TF wiki is the reason i knew about it.
My carefulness stems from to PotP Landmine who bad quality control with super loose shoulder pegs making the arms unable to stay up posed. I had to get mine replaced by a Submarauder the same day. And later went on a hunt for a different Landmine at a different store just to be sure avoid it.

They're no longer in stores but the prime armor shoulder peg have a gap, but bad shoulders will look bent or crushed together instead normal.

Rogue-Primal wrote:

RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:

Rogue-Primal wrote:Purchased Blaster last saturday. Still not liking that in my store the deluxes are starting to cost just as much as a voyagers but deluxes are small. The pricing is getting weird.


Blaster is great but i'm keeping Eject inside...with toy prices rising i'm not gonna risk cracking or fracture him.

I have Blaster. Same with Eject. He WILL shatter eventually though . Someone please tell me when a solid eject upgrade kit comes out!

My Eject hasn't been transformed once, just chest filler and it's ok. TF wiki is the reason i knew about it.
My carefulness stems from to PotP Landmine who bad quality control with super loose shoulder pegs making the arms unable to stay up posed. I had to get mine replaced by a Submarauder the same day. And later went on a hunt for a different Landmine at a different store just to be sure avoid it.

They're no longer in stores but the prime armor shoulder peg have a gap, but bad shoulders will look bent or crushed together instead normal.

My POTP Slash'es shoulders are made of transparent gold plastic. They were tight and could hold up the dino mode when I first opened her, but very loose now. Fixable?
Note: I couldn't resist the temptation to transform eject a few times. He already has stress marks

I regularly mess with my Eject and he's fine, no stress marks or anything

Sentinel_Primal wrote:I regularly mess with my Eject and he's fine, no stress marks or anything

really? I already see stress marks on Eject's knees. Check my collection on the first page. ctrl+f Eject.

TF-fan kev777 wrote:

RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:

Sentinel_Primal wrote:I regularly mess with my Eject and he's fine, no stress marks or anything

really? I already see stress marks on Eject's knees. Check my collection on the first page. ctrl+f Eject.

Same as Sentinel here, transformed mine at least 20 times, no stress marks.

Hmmmmmm?

Bounti76 wrote:

That box is weird. First off Walgreens doesn't get cases shipped to the store, their distribution center breaks them up based on the individual needs of each store. Then there's the writing describing it simply as Tra Gen W 1 (Transformers Generations wave 1). There's the WK 28 sticker which means week 28 which was two weeks ago. And finally it was delivered air mail which means this was probably dropped off by a UPS or FedEx truck which is how the Target Worlds Collide set was found at Walmart. I can understand how this would happen, a box shows up in the back, it says wave 1, it has an assortment number similar to what's already on the shelves, dated for two weeks ago, of course a random stock person would try to quickly get it on shelves.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

Bounti76 wrote:

That box is weird. First off Walgreens doesn't get cases shipped to the store, their distribution center breaks them up based on the individual needs of each store. Then there's the writing describing it simply as Tra Gen W 1 (Transformers Generations wave 1). There's the WK 28 sticker which means week 28 which was two weeks ago. And finally it was delivered air mail which means this was probably dropped off by a UPS or FedEx truck which is how the Target Worlds Collide set was found at Walmart. I can understand how this would happen, a box shows up in the back, it says wave 1, it has an assortment number similar to what's already on the shelves, dated for two weeks ago, of course a random stock person would try to quickly get it on shelves.

Emerje

Tra Gen W 1 is the short version of the following longerusting found on the shipping doc: Transformers Generations Walgreens 1