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First-Aid wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Hero Alpha wrote:Did anyone ever mention an Animated Ratchet in any of the leaks or listings so far?

Yeas, Animated Ratchet is confirmed. It will, however, just be the SS86 with an "Animated" head. Click HERE to see the full report.

Is that the one he meant or is he talking about the crusty old bot from TF Animated?

Not exactly the one I meant. I do love how that video has 1.3 billion views lol

o.supreme wrote:I know there are many online options, but its still a little crazy to think that now, the only B&M option for U.S. fans to purchase Legacy Mainline Deluxe wave 2 and 3 is Target.

Did people even see deluxe wave 2 at Target, I never did?

Emerje

o.supreme wrote:It puzzles me why they kept re ordering that wave (after it initially came and went) as opposed to the standard Deluxe wave 2 or 3 of Legacy.

They don't keep reordering the same wave though, all the store does is reorder a SKU and it's up to the Vendor to ship whatever they have stock of. Which apparently was the same wave, and they won't usually get a new wave unless it's in stock at the warehouse.

Hero Alpha wrote:

First-Aid wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Hero Alpha wrote:Did anyone ever mention an Animated Ratchet in any of the leaks or listings so far?

Yeas, Animated Ratchet is confirmed. It will, however, just be the SS86 with an "Animated" head. Click HERE to see the full report.

Is that the one he meant or is he talking about the crusty old bot from TF Animated?

Not exactly the one I meant. I do love how that video has 1.3 billion views lol

Ans almost two and a quarter millions comments!

Emerje wrote:

o.supreme wrote:I know there are many online options, but its still a little crazy to think that now, the only B&M option for U.S. fans to purchase Legacy Mainline Deluxe wave 2 and 3 is Target.

Did people even see deluxe wave 2 at Target, I never did?

Emerje

I only ever saw Deluxe Wave 2 at Best Buy. Well, just Elita-1, But I presume that means the others were there at one point too.

Emerje wrote:Did people even see deluxe wave 2 at Target, I never did?

Emerje

Yep, plenty of pics online of wave 2 deluxes at Target, and even in the "Brag or Cry" thread on this site. I spoke a while back about my extremally frustrating experience getting Wildrider. But for the last month or so, the closest Target to me has had a peg full of 4 Elita-1 not moving.

I just got Dead End from Amazon, because I haven't seen any wave 3 in person yet, but again, others have at Target apparently. (My son *claims* to have seen them at a Target near us last week, but like anyone else, I say "Pics or it didn't happen") My daughter always takes pics for me if she is out somewhere, trying to get the boy to do the same .

I guess I just forgot about those posts, I've never seen Deluxe wave 2 at Target. So far all I've seen of wave 3 is a single Skullgrin at one Target and a lone Crankcase at another.

Emerje

God I'm loving the hell out of Megatron. Here he is with last year's Kingdom Leader Megatron, representing the same character. Legacy is bigger in both modes, and much smoother and more fun to play with. Kingdom was.... Not great, I felt that even at the time. He's a lateral move from his original figure. Transforming it for these pictures was unpleasant. I'm glad the Legacy figure can address the shortcomings and be such a great toy.

I will say they look good together though.






Maybe tomorrow I'll compare Legacy Megs to my POTP Optimal Optimus. Now if I can just track down a Transmetal 1 Megatron again I'll have the complete set of Beast Wars leaders.

....I took a few days off the site to adjust to my new apartment and job, and I miss the return of Animated?
....A bit rude on that leak timing's behalf, but I guess I'll manage.

Both those bike bots look spectacular, this wave so far seems like nothing but hits. Love the asymmetry on the Junkion (very IDW & Classics reminiscent), and Prowl looks way better than my low-hopes prediction of a Prime Arcee retool. Can't wait to get a better look at them both.

Emerje wrote:Think Animated fans would prefer Waspinator (or Wasp) from the Cliffjumper mold (because it wouldn't be Bumblebee!) thought I think Runabout / Runamuck would be a better mold choice to keep him as a more average height Deluexe.

Emerje

...Bumblebee and Wasp were the smallest Autobots in the show, why would you want either of them at a more average height?
Also after how Prowl came out I would just prefer a new mold be made that those two can share, rather than try to force more uses out of the ER Cliff mold (unless those uses are Glyph and Tap-Out, we still need them).

Sabrblade wrote:How about multiple digibashes that several people have made?


Cryotek

Really hoping for more of a breakup of colors than this digibash, like the original figure, but I'll take what I can get. I will be annoyed if they deprive Cryotek of his purple just to "help differentiate him" from Megs though, I'm still not over them intentionally screwing Clampdown with that nonsense.

Hero Alpha wrote:Did anyone ever mention an Animated Ratchet in any of the leaks or listings so far?

No tangible leaks of Animated Ratchet thus far, but at the most recent SDCC one of the designers was asked about Animated figures and namedropped Prime, Ratchet, and Lockdown as the Animated designs he most wanted to tackle...and since then we've seen a leaked store listing for Prime and an art rendition of a Junkion with a suspiciously Lockdown-looking alt mode....

Y'know, now that I think about it, if we are getting Lockdown and/or Ratchet, then a mold of the EMP generator will be made that both of them and Prowl can all actually use for the first time, hooray for standardized 5 mm ports.

I think the animated prowl shows a translation to g1 style done far better than they did the prime figures.

I hate Walgreens. Every single Walgreen in my area is out of the way of anywhere I go to and then when I go to one, they have nothing.

Sorry to be skeptical, but without a name of the item on the receipt (only a random number), how do we know that it just wasn't just *any* Gen Deluxe purchased at Walgreens? The item has been removed from their website, so it cant exactly be cross-referenced.

A picture of the item (or multiples if there were) on the store shelf would have been more convincing.

*edit*

was provided this from another fan, to appreciatively confirm it was a valid sighting

King Kuuga wrote:God I'm loving the hell out of Megatron. Here he is with last year's Kingdom Leader Megatron, representing the same character. Legacy is bigger in both modes, and much smoother and more fun to play with. Kingdom was.... Not great, I felt that even at the time. He's a lateral move from his original figure. Transforming it for these pictures was unpleasant. I'm glad the Legacy figure can address the shortcomings and be such a great toy.

I will say they look good together though.

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Maybe tomorrow I'll compare Legacy Megs to my POTP Optimal Optimus. Now if I can just track down a Transmetal 1 Megatron again I'll have the complete set of Beast Wars leaders.

Does anyone think Megatron had any issues going from being a lefty to a righty when his hands switched sides?

Rodimus Knight wrote:

King Kuuga wrote:God I'm loving the hell out of Megatron. Here he is with last year's Kingdom Leader Megatron, representing the same character. Legacy is bigger in both modes, and much smoother and more fun to play with. Kingdom was.... Not great, I felt that even at the time. He's a lateral move from his original figure. Transforming it for these pictures was unpleasant. I'm glad the Legacy figure can address the shortcomings and be such a great toy.

I will say they look good together though.

Maybe tomorrow I'll compare Legacy Megs to my POTP Optimal Optimus. Now if I can just track down a Transmetal 1 Megatron again I'll have the complete set of Beast Wars leaders.

Does anyone think Megatron had any issues going from being a lefty to a righty when his hands switched sides?

Fortunately he went through a phase where he had TWO free hands in the middle so he had a chance to get used to having a right hand before he lost his left.


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King Kuuga wrote:

Rodimus Knight wrote:

King Kuuga wrote:God I'm loving the hell out of Megatron. Here he is with last year's Kingdom Leader Megatron, representing the same character. Legacy is bigger in both modes, and much smoother and more fun to play with. Kingdom was.... Not great, I felt that even at the time. He's a lateral move from his original figure. Transforming it for these pictures was unpleasant. I'm glad the Legacy figure can address the shortcomings and be such a great toy.

I will say they look good together though.

Maybe tomorrow I'll compare Legacy Megs to my POTP Optimal Optimus. Now if I can just track down a Transmetal 1 Megatron again I'll have the complete set of Beast Wars leaders.

Does anyone think Megatron had any issues going from being a lefty to a righty when his hands switched sides?

Fortunately he went through a phase where he had TWO free hands in the middle so he had a chance to get used to having a right hand before he lost his left.

And he'd already had two free hands in his original body before he scanned he T-Rex one, so maybe he was always ambidextrous.

They're robots, right? He probably just went "COMPUTER! Make me right handed, my pet has changed hands" or something.

Went to 3 Walgreens that form a triangle around my home:

Store 1: Nothing
Store 2: Had a whole bunch of Kingdom Red Alert (probably at least 8 ), and 1 each of Scorponok, Wheeljack, and Wingfinger
Store 3: Nothing

Well at least now I can say I've actually seen Red Alert at retail . I'll probably check out a couple more stores that are a bit further tomorrow afternoon, but seems likely I'll find Minerva in store this time next year.

Also, all those deluxes were at the 25% off sale price of $18.74 (or whatever it is). To put things in perspective, Back in 2016, I went into a Walgreens for the first time looking for Transformers after the TR Brainstorm sightings started. At the time I passed because I thought $18 was way too much for a deluxe. Man times have changed.

Nemesis Primal wrote:

Hero Alpha wrote:Did anyone ever mention an Animated Ratchet in any of the leaks or listings so far?

No tangible leaks of Animated Ratchet thus far, but at the most recent SDCC one of the designers was asked about Animated figures and namedropped Prime, Ratchet, and Lockdown as the Animated designs he most wanted to tackle...and since then we've seen a leaked store listing for Prime and an art rendition of a Junkion with a suspiciously Lockdown-looking alt mode....

Y'know, now that I think about it, if we are getting Lockdown and/or Ratchet, then a mold of the EMP generator will be made that both of them and Prowl can all actually use for the first time, hooray for standardized 5 mm ports.

Thank you for giving me some info on Animated Ratchet. I was beginning to wonder if I would get an answer. I remember seeing that Junkion and first thing I thought of was Lockdown.

Dammit. I already have siege Magnus with dna upgrade but if that commander Magnus is good I'll have to get it!!! lol

I skipped 86 grimlock because I have MP but SG version would be cool if it's anything like the customs and digibashes I've seen. Probably gonna cost an arm and a leg though

Razorbeast88 wrote:Dammit. I already have siege Magnus with dna upgrade but if that commander Magnus is good I'll have to get it!!! lol

I skipped 86 grimlock because I have MP but SG version would be cool if it's anything like the customs and digibashes I've seen. Probably gonna cost an arm and a leg though

Commander Magnus? SG Grimlock? What?

william-james88 wrote:It's a Christmas miracle!!!!!!!! While we are very adamant about not checking desperately at Walgreens for transformers exclusives until they have been reported, we are happy to now report that Minerva was found there. Specifically at a California location. We knew this toy was in the US for a long while but Walgreens always puts up their toys later, with this year really pushing it far into the holiday season. But it's been found, that's what matters. So maybe checking your nearby Walgreens might not be a wasted trip anymore. The image of proof of purchase comes from Zombie F Body who posted their find on the TFW2005 board.

Here is a review of the toy if ever you want to see it more in depth.

Funny thing, I almost forgot I reviewed Minerva.

sol magnus wrote:

Razorbeast88 wrote:Dammit. I already have siege Magnus with dna upgrade but if that commander Magnus is good I'll have to get it!!! lol

I skipped 86 grimlock because I have MP but SG version would be cool if it's anything like the customs and digibashes I've seen. Probably gonna cost an arm and a leg though

Commander Magnus? SG Grimlock? What?

Scroll up.

Magnus is just a rumor, but who else could be commander-sized in SS86? A proper Astrotrain maybe?

I'm definitely intrigued by the Nemesis, hopefully they will give him an intimidating, menacing robot mode.