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For the last decade or so, I've been pre-ordering everything online. I can't find jack shit at retail anymore due to eBay scalpers. I use BBTS mostly. Sometimes Amazon. Hasbro Pulse only as a last resort.
As i speculated over Takara doing a new Star Saber, it actually happened. A bit disappointed it's not the G1 version, but since Adamas Machina is a line about highly detailed figures, i'm not too surprised and i still think it looks great, since this one has Autobot logos, i won't have to think about the awful interpretation from the IDW comics. Overgear Optimus and Beast Wars 2 Galvatron are also solidified purchases from me. I wish Gigastorm was smaller since getting him would give me no reason to get AOTP Trypticon, or the other way around. Suppose i'll make a finalized decision if there'll be more images of Gigastorm
gigastorm only having the horn as a retool is lame, but god damn it triggers something in me how sick it is(and why they never did this before is beyond me)
will galvatron release in our line or will it remain a japanese exclusive?
gigastorm only having the horn as a retool is lame, but god damn it triggers something in me how sick it is(and why they never did this before is beyond me)
will galvatron release in our line or will it remain a japanese exclusive?
More often than not, yes. Amazon usually has preorders available at the same time Hasbro reveals them, BBTS comes a little later. Both are usually MSRP, but obviously Amazon has free shipping if you're a prime member versus the $6 flat rate for BBTS.
I think he was only a Autobot in the reboot universe of idw and also had a different personality. Before that, he had no affiliation with either Autobots or Decepticons, because the old IDW version of Star Saber was actually based on james robert's awful fanfiction days, where Star Saber was a insane religious fanatic. Not that this matters much at all, because the Adamas Machina Star Saber seems to be doing its own thing while also taking inspiration from the G1 design/Flame Toys version. Really the only thing this has in common with the IDW design is the shoulders. I still want him
More often than not, yes. Amazon usually has preorders available at the same time Hasbro reveals them, BBTS comes a little later. Both are usually MSRP, but obviously Amazon has free shipping if you're a prime member versus the $6 flat rate for BBTS.
I make the most out of that $6 shipping with the pile of loot feature. I just wait out the full 90 days and let the loot pile up to maximum and then ship it. Patience pays off well.
a bit more anime styled with bigger claws and bigger theeth, but that would be nearly impossible to do.
what would make this impressive if they shrunk him down to a commander class to scale better with galvatron.
Surprised he's a heavy tarn retool instead of another variant of magnus. Isn't the orange look supposed to be like magnus-esque power armor for him?
Anyways weird shoulderpads and lack of ankle aside the one from years ago that got retooled into astrotrain kinda captures the look better.
New one's closer to the IDW shade of yellowy-orange but his legs are yellow and him being tarn means he's gonna be a shorter figure. Still kinda kicking myself for not getting the SDCC clear variant of him when it was still cheap. FUCK it doesn't feel like it's been ten god damn years.
Kinda a wet fart that the "combining" aspect of the prime artifacts is just gonna be "you can add them to his shield" but it's also kind of better than the prime masters combining gimmick being "you can put them on an SDCC exclusive cardboard stand that comes with a repaint of optimus primal and the 4 remaining ones we decided to also make exclusive because fuck you"
EDIT: It's 70 dollars... fuck.
Anyways so then a whole extra decade before we see an official g1 inspired sentinel then?
I just want to see a version that combines these two into a single figure instead of just making optimus the colors on the right one or making a twist bad guy based vaguely on the left one is that so fucking hard
Kinda hoping someone makes a version without the holes in it because it's a genuinely kinda neat little shield design. Yeah it looks like the center can be popped off and used alone but it's cooler with all the symbols and names on it IMO.
