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o.supreme wrote:I understand, if money is no concern, why someone would pay top dollar to have an item before others. However, I've never understood paying a crazy amount for a pre-order that will likely ship not long before (or at the same time) that most other people will be getting them anyway.

Still a cool source for the pics. Just never understood 3rd party pre-orders on eBay for astronomical prices.

Most likely for people who just can't wait and have too much money to burn, or some video reviewers desperate to be "first."

Sabrblade wrote:

Emerje wrote:

Sowndwave76 wrote:Lasercycle..:

Imagine if they came out with a new Transformer named "Headmaster" or "Pretender". Not sure I'm crazy about replacing their name with their team name. Insecticon and Dinobot are one thing, but Lasercycle feels a little bit more generic.

I suppose we'll be seeing these go up for order Tuesday?

Emerje

There was that one time that the Turbomaster Scorch was renamed "Turbomaster".


Transformers Convention & Club Exclusives Turbomaster Gallery

Ah, I kept thinking that happened but my brain kept going back to Elite Turbo Master which predated the sub group.

But you know, if they're going to go so far away from the original G2 prototype, going from a male Jazz to a female "Lasercycle" they should have just taken it a step further and gone G2 Decepticon. Leave the figure as is and just call it G2 Ransack. Sure, we already have a G2 Ransack, but we already have most of this line as G2 figures. This'll likely be my headcanon.




Emerje

Not feeling the lazer cycle, I'd rather have a black version to complete the duo.

I'll try picking sideswipe up even though it has mismatched panels again but might wait for sales. Same with mirage as he needs decals.

-Kanrabat- wrote:Most likely for people who just can't wait and have too much money to burn, or some video reviewers desperate to be "first."

But that's the point. These specific auctions are for a pre-orders that won't ship for a couple of months, so they won't be *first* to get them. The toy reviewers that do that know where to go, and it isn't eBay. These auctions will ship around the same time as the items normal release.

I read some of the sellers negative feedback, from customers who didn't read all the details, thinking these items were shipping right away, when they aren't.

o.supreme wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:Most likely for people who just can't wait and have too much money to burn, or some video reviewers desperate to be "first."

But that's the point. These specific auctions are for a pre-orders that won't ship for a couple of months, so they won't be *first* to get them. The toy reviewers that do that know where to go, and it isn't eBay. These auctions will ship around the same time as the items normal release.

I read some of the sellers negative feedback, from customers who didn't read all the details, thinking these items were shipping right away, when they aren't.

Wow.

Just...

Wow.

Man, I am so down for these!

Laser cycle AKA Lady Jazz looks really good, and may be my favorite of the bunch. I just love her colors! They made her look really nice! Now we need a Road Pig retool from another cycle so we can get Soundwave.

Sideswipe has such obnoxious colors, and I love it. Why they used the Red Alert head, I don't know, but those colors RULE!

Mirage continues to look wonderful, I love the watermelon colors!

Dead End looks good, super glad I decided to go purely for G2 Stunticons!

All in all, this subline is tickling my fancy so hard. I love G2, and it's great to see more stuff like this happening.

I really like sideswipe's sunset on his chest
Looks cool

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Man, I am so down for these!

Laser cycle AKA Lady Jazz looks really good, and may be my favorite of the bunch. I just love her colors! They made her look really nice! Now we need a Road Pig retool from another cycle so we can get Soundwave.

Sideswipe has such obnoxious colors, and I love it. Why they used the Red Alert head, I don't know, but those colors RULE!

Mirage continues to look wonderful, I love the watermelon colors!

Dead End looks good, super glad I decided to go purely for G2 Stunticons!

All in all, this subline is tickling my fancy so hard. I love G2, and it's great to see more stuff like this happening.

What's odd to me is that they used the Sideswipe head on the box art, but not the actual toy.

o.supreme wrote:But that's the point. These specific auctions are for a pre-orders that won't ship for a couple of months, so they won't be *first* to get them. The toy reviewers that do that know where to go, and it isn't eBay. These auctions will ship around the same time as the items normal release.

I read some of the sellers negative feedback, from customers who didn't read all the details, thinking these items were shipping right away, when they aren't.

There is another reason to pay those high prices, these are walmart exclusives, their track record is dogshit and there are some places in the world that never got the previous ones. So preordering this guarantees you don't have to hunt for it in vain, or simply get it at all.

People have been burnt too many times by exclusives and these e-bay sellers take advantage of that.

I'm hoping to just find them! I wanted toxitron but never saw him or a website that had him in stock. Walmart failed the velocotron wave 2. So I'm crossing my fingers for these guys - minus bike. I know arcee had waist issues and no recolor or remold fixed it yet.

"Laser Cycle"? You have got to be kidding me! First you use a mold that has already failed! Then you give it a name no one could possibly like!

Sweet Lord, what a batch of eye-sores. Robots in disguise my ass.

Bounti76 wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Man, I am so down for these!

Laser cycle AKA Lady Jazz looks really good, and may be my favorite of the bunch. I just love her colors! They made her look really nice! Now we need a Road Pig retool from another cycle so we can get Soundwave.

Sideswipe has such obnoxious colors, and I love it. Why they used the Red Alert head, I don't know, but those colors RULE!

Mirage continues to look wonderful, I love the watermelon colors!

Dead End looks good, super glad I decided to go purely for G2 Stunticons!

All in all, this subline is tickling my fancy so hard. I love G2, and it's great to see more stuff like this happening.

What's odd to me is that they used the Sideswipe head on the box art, but not the actual toy.

They used the right head on the back of the box, too. I guess it's another case of them using the wrong alternate head on a mold.

Also something I've noticed about him and Mirage. On the original 90s prototypes both of them had their heads all done in one color. For new Mirage they painted his face silver and the art on the box has him with a silver face, but with Sideswipe they kept his head all one color (with white eyes) like the original prototype, but the art on the box has his face painted silver(?) and only his eyes are blue. Looks like they were going to paint his face as well so I wonder why they only did Mirage? Also weird that they decided to do two tones of blue. And his head looks like it's painted blue, it doesn't look like colored plastic, looks too glossy and the details are too soft, but it should already be part of one of the blue sprues so that's very confusing.

Emerje

I think the Powers should have kept the color of Sideswipe's tires black and the image off the hood and on the doors only....'nuff said!!!

Nemesis Destron wrote:I think the Powers should have kept the color of Sideswipe's tires black and the image off the hood and on the doors only....'nuff said!!!

Nah, it rocks as is.

This Sunset scheme on Sideswipe is pretty cool. I might get it to bolster the troops. I would prefer a sale though. I like the Laser Cycle colors but the name doesn’t roll off the tongue. Watermelon Mirage is growing on me but… eh. Dead End looks great. Let me give him a new name and the Stunticon army shall grow again!

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Nemesis Destron wrote:I think the Powers should have kept the color of Sideswipe's tires black and the image off the hood and on the doors only....'nuff said!!!

Nah, it rocks as is.

Agrees, it's really nice and throws me back to that time period.

ZeroWolf wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Nemesis Destron wrote:I think the Powers should have kept the color of Sideswipe's tires black and the image off the hood and on the doors only....'nuff said!!!

Nah, it rocks as is.

Agrees, it's really nice and throws me back to that time period.

That Sideswipe is PURE '90's CRINGE!
...and I love it.

I just hope that wave will not go the Cosmos/Shadowstrip/Crasher route and be just a blip on the sites and in stores, thus making them scalper fodder once again.

Emerje wrote:

Bounti76 wrote:
What's odd to me is that they used the Sideswipe head on the box art, but not the actual toy.

They used the right head on the back of the box, too. I guess it's another case of them using the wrong alternate head on a mold.

You sure it's not the original stock photo recolored?

I was out of town for a week, so I'm catching up... but "Laser Cycle" (can't have two versions of the same character in the same line... unless it's Optimus Prime): CALLED IT!

Emerje wrote:And his head looks like it's painted blue, it doesn't look like colored plastic, looks too glossy and the details are too soft, but it should already be part of one of the blue sprues so that's very confusing.

Emerje

Maybe it's painted a slightly different shade of the blue, like the 3 different colors on Jazz's head, and it just isn't photographing right like what we just saw with the Buzzworthy Seeker?

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:

Emerje wrote:

Bounti76 wrote:
What's odd to me is that they used the Sideswipe head on the box art, but not the actual toy.

They used the right head on the back of the box, too. I guess it's another case of them using the wrong alternate head on a mold.

You sure it's not the original stock photo recolored?

The image on the back of the box is the CAD, but between that and the art on the side of the box they definitely used the wrong head in the figure stock photo. The question is if they'll actually fix that on the final figure or if it's already locked in like when they screwed up T-Wrecks.

Nemesis Primal wrote:

Emerje wrote:And his head looks like it's painted blue, it doesn't look like colored plastic, looks too glossy and the details are too soft, but it should already be part of one of the blue sprues so that's very confusing.

Emerje

Maybe it's painted a slightly different shade of the blue, like the 3 different colors on Jazz's head, and it just isn't photographing right like what we just saw with the Buzzworthy Seeker?

I wondered about that, but I also wondered if anyone would care if the head was the darker blue instead of the lighter blue.

Apparently as of yesterday the Deluxe wave is out in Canada, seems like Dead End and Sideswipe are the shortpacked ones based off Robot Kingdom's case breakdown and in-store availability:
And on top of that, a TFW user bruteslayer101 found G2 Grimlock in Florida, looks like the IDW head on the box art was not indicative of the actual figure:
So I guess the hunt is on for those looking for these?

The box art head for Grimlock was cool but it's not the end of the world for me that it's the same head

But having the stripes only on the legs is super lame. With some better paint I wouldve wanted this guy

Damn if that yellow and stripes isn’t calling to me. already own the original, but this just tickles me in all the right places.