tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42069297143114262452024-03-14T01:52:15.467+08:00TransFormers PhilippinesMark Cerbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06118656767408720101noreply@blogger.comBlogger447125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206929714311426245.post-24913460432472619842024-02-07T06:45:00.091+08:002024-02-08T15:02:59.714+08:00Legacy United | First Look: Sandstorm<table border="0"><tbody>
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<td valign="top">The Forty Years of Transformers started rolling for today’s ‘Transformers Tuesday” in the US reveals for upcoming figures that would be released for the summer season. Although the highlight for the release centered on two iconic characters getting a re-release in a comic book-inspired iteration.
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This one is for the upcoming second wave of the Legacy United toyline that some longtimne fans have been clamoring since the last one came out in the thirtiesth anniversary year.
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This bit of news was revealed on <a target=_blank href=https://sea.ign.com/transformers-1984/211815/preview/transformers-legacy-hasbro-reveals-triple-changer-sandstorm-figure><b>IGN</b></a> with the very first Leader Class version of an <b>Autobot Triple Changer featuring Sandstorm</b> is finally revealed. This character is not well-known to the collectors, but longtime fans have known this deep-cut character.
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Of course, there’s so much to unpack about what went into the design and the inspiration that put together the modern take on Sandstorm. The last figure based on this character was released way back in 2012/203 as part of the Transformers brand’s “Thrilling Thirty” and considering the <a href=https://officialtransformersph.blogspot.com/2013/11/generations-thrilling-30-sandstorm.html>previous toy</a> was heavily retooled from <a href=https://officialtransformersph.blogspot.com/2013/05/transformers-generations-springer-30th.html><i>another Triple Changer</i></a>, this one is not the case as an entirely new figure from the ground up.
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<a target=_blank href=https://www.instagram.com/protomangaming/><b>Protoman</b></a> of the <a target=_blank href=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thRcpZjfcCo><b><i>Transformers Slag Podcast</i></b></a> breaks down the looks, design, and concept behind it providing a mash-up of images between its animation model and the 1986 toy as well as what went to the final design that was unveiled today.
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It is impressive enough that it took more than a decade and another celebratory anniversary to bring back the “Original” Sandstorm as the last toy named after this character was a Generation Selects figure based on one of the Cone Heads that was released under the Generations Selects just to keep the trademark name for another five years.
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<b>Design inspiration from Floro Dery</b>
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Sandstorm only appeared in a couple of episodes in the third season of the Transformers cartoon aired in the US being revealed to be a native of Paradron, and becoming part of Rodimus Prime’s team living in Autobot City on Earth at the same time befriending Decepticon Triple Changer Octane.
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The look for Sandstorm based on the animation model is entirely different but the designers have taken some cues on some of the elements in the robot and <a href=https://officialtransformersph.blogspot.com/2013/05/vc-generations-sandstorm-vtol-revealed.html>dune buggy mode</a>. The packaging alone shows that this is a Voyager Class figure with a Leader Class budget similar to Siege Astrotrain and Kingdom Blitzwing with extra accessories to have that kind of cost to put this figure together.
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For a complicated figure that turns into three modes, this is quite challenging for both Hasbro and Takara Tomy's design team. Although some fans are, of course, very keen-eyed about the overall design, not everyone is thrilled about the design of his robot mode’s feet as something lacking.
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<b>Earthly Grounded Modes and Rescue Stretcher</b>
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For those who are genuinely excited about this figure’s reveal, some won’t even bother to look through the details and elements of the accessories that came with it. Most noticeable is the Rescue Stretcher with a working winch that also doubles as the dune buggy modes’ roll cage that appeared in the animation model, but not on the G1 vintage toy from 1986.
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Interestingly enough, aside from his signature Sand Blaster rifle, this figure also comes with the pistol that only appeared in the cartoons that round off the accessories that will be included. When it is about discussion regarding the vehicle modes it is the hope it would capture the original toy’s aesthetics.
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But design-wise, there would be some setbacks as despite having a Leader Class budget for a Voyager Class scale figure it is what you can get out of it. The vehicle mode is entirely inspired by the cartoon appearance of the buggy mode, while the helicopter mode leans on the vintage toy’s aesthetics.
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The robot mode is a Hodge podge of design cues matching both the animation and toy model that appears to be quite a challenge nailing the “Hoody Head” as well as how the look of the head has more details a la Gundam than the Floro Dery animation model minus the “battle mask” that is certainly more detailed than the vintage toy’s head design that was completely too simple as a white painted look.
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There are no official announcements for this release, but the speculation is sometime in late March or early April 2024 as part of the second wave for the Legacy United assortment with a pairing for a new unrevealed Soundwave figure.
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So, what do you think of this revelation for Sandstorm? This is a nostalgia kick for those who owned the vintage figure and finding out there’s a modern take to it despite the imperfections and nitpicks of the character’s design. This is surely another deep-cut character some longtime fans have waited for quite some time.
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<b>G1 Triple Changer Sandstorm</b> <u>has not set a release date</u> as of this news, but the typical <b>Leader Class price point for $ 54.99 USD ( $ 84.32 AUD | ₱ 3,078.15 Pesos **)</b> will be announced soon. The Leader Class sold in <b>the Philippines retail price is at ₱ 4,199.00 Pesos ($ 115.06 AUD | $ 75.01 USD **)</b>, and this will depend on the local distributor if they would import or skip this wave that includes this figure like the most recently released assortment that has been found only in specialty shops.
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<b>** - Philippine to Australian and US, and US to Australian and Philippine Currency Conversion via Google.com</b> TransformersPHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00426868850654735530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206929714311426245.post-17426403337483853522024-01-29T09:30:00.025+08:002024-01-29T17:04:31.568+08:00TF Sightings | SS86 Ratchet and Frenzy (Red)<table border="0"><tbody>
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Not even its store rival <a href=https://officialtransformersph.blogspot.com/search/label/Toy%20Kingdom><i>Toy Kingdom</i> flagship store</a> in SM Megamall, which was a few blocks away with a similar glass display, even gets a decent update with all the silent word of mouth going around that the local distributor is tightening their belts due to the rise of interest rate and price point hike going up TRU still gets new stock.
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The retail scene in the Philippines is changing most would rather get their toys online, but most traditional consumers would rather see them in person the reason they still make their way to the “most updated” retail store away from the nearest ones they have that do not even get the latest Transformers even though there a few months and a couple of wave assortments behind.
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Back in the day, the Philippines used to be ahead of other Asian countries when it came to Transformers being in the news through international message boards when it comes to sightings of the latest assortment. Now, it’s “all man from themselves” when most of the latest Transformers are now being sold at specialty stores for far more than the original retail price of the product that is already on clearance in the US.
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<b>New Arrivals, sort of</b>
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Despite having the local distributor “skipping waves” there are bittersweet updates with all the delays and you rarely see all retail stores having that same situation. But for those who are just hoping Hasbro would drop them at their nearest store that is not the case as the local distributor is “very selective,” which store deserves a new stock with them cutting cost post-pandemic era.
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TRU at Robinsons Galleria had new stock for two assortments for Studio Series including the SS86 range based on the classic 1986 animated film as well as the most recent live-action film from “Rise of the Beast” that seems a few months behind. But as they say “better than nothing” or you have to go through other proper channels to get these far higher than the actual cost.
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<b>The Lone Voyager</b>
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With all the Core Class for the Studio Series from both live-action films and Transformers: The Movie finally making its retail appearance for the last two waves it would be also a rare opportunity for some to ever get a hold of Autobot Ratchet from SS86 as this figure will be re-released as the “dead versions” similar to Ironhide and Prowl last year that will be packed-in with Deluxe Class Autobot Brawn as a two-pack that was announced a few weeks back.
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There are very few stocked at this store, and none of them are sold elsewhere is already not giving fans from other places the chance to acquire it. Some who don’t collect this series would go FOMO just to resell it, which has become a common practice to most collectors locally that some would even dare to flip it up priced way above the actual cost because of the scarcity.
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<b>Voyager Class</b> | Retailed at: ₱ 1,999.00 Pesos [$ 53.79 AUD | $ 35.49 USD]**
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It is not a good perspective for the fandom in general as not all have access to the latest items, and most are too dependent on local retail that can’t even deliver due to the local distributors' rumored financial challenges at the same time catering only to a very niche market that most who have been local to the franchise just immediate drops out because they can’t get access to the most recent releases.
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For those who have been fortunate to get them from other sources good for them, but for the general walk-ins who would be a potential returning customer it is not only the local distributor is suffering, but also the toy store that carries these items becoming nothing more just a store that carries older stock.
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So far no news of any newer product being stocked, and TRU and TK stores with foot traffic are the ones who get the most updates despite being a few months delayed. It is unfortunate indeed but for those longtime collectors and fans, it is best to find other resources as the retail market in the Philippines is changing.
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<td valign="top">The word “Game Changer” is getting thrown around too much it has become a common term for what’s been something new and different.
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Some may not agree with the way things have been brewing the past months with Skybound Entertainment acquiring the rights to produce comic books for G.I. Joe and Transformers, but the overall reception is a welcome thought for the first-timers who have started reading the series that began with <a href=https://officialtransformersph.blogspot.com/2023/08/void-rivals-1-beginning.html><b><i>Void Rivals</i></b></a>.
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With <b>Cobra Commander</b>, this mini-series has been teased several times as a four-page backup to the titles that are part of the Energon Universe.
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For those wondering if this and the <i>Duke</i> Mini-series have any connection to the main <b><i>G.I. Joe ARAH</i></b> series, the answer is a big NO as that series is still within the confines of its original universe that was first published by Marvel back in 1983 when IDW rebooted with <b><i>G.I. Joe issue no. 155 ½</b></i> published as an FCBD title in May 2010 is already running with the current issue continuation that began with issue no. 301 which is still written by the legendary <b>Larry Hama</b>. This take on Cobra Commander existing in the "Energon Universe" is unique from its original universe and it is something to look forward to.
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Published: <b>17 January 2024</b><br />
Age Rating: <b>Mature Audience</b><br />
Language: <b>English</b>
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This mini-series featuring Cobra Commander #1 is connected to the other series with Void Rivals, Transformers, and Duke Mini-Series seeing the after-effects of the Autobots and Decepticons crashing to Earth aboard the Ark. For those who have not followed, Duke makes a cameo after his appearance in Transformers issue no. 2, while the Cobra Commander mini-series touted as a sci-fi horror genre begins with the introduction of the Rise of Cobra.
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At the forefront of this newly established series is the mysterious Cobra Commander, and Joshua Williamson, Andrea Milana, and Annalisa Leoni carved their take on the leader of a terrorist organization that would become Cobra. From the four-page teaser, this is not your typical G.I. Joe spinoff from the Duke mini-series. It gives you the perspective that this Cobra Commander is not the bumbling leader from the Sunbow cartoon, but a character who “Never Retreats.”
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The aspect of his original did not shy away from addressing that he came from Cobra-La, a civilization of society that had been around for a thousand years before the evolution of man and its human society.
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Cobra-La as a longtime Joe fan was divisive because of its origins appearing in the G.I. Joe Movie those who grew up owning the toys and watching the cartoons on television only knew Cobra to be a terrorist organization, which was rarely or even acknowledged in the original comic books as Larry Hama have avoided that part of mythology and kept the comic book retain its perspective how Cobra started.
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Although the comic packs that celebrated the first 25 years of the G.I. Joe ARAH brand were written by Larry Hama featuring Falcon and Nemesis Enforcer that is another story for discussion.
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<b>A Different Kind of Commander</b>
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The Cobra Commander the readers will meet in this series is different from the one they have known for a long time. This version is human, not from Cobra-La as retconned and there’s even an Easter egg addressing the “other Cobra Commander” version that was revealed in the animated movie, which was immediately shot in the head only to be revealed this version’s <a target=_blank href=https://www.yojoe.com/action/91/cobracommander4.shtml><b>Cobra Commander</b> wearing his fourth version uniform</a> that was based on the action figure released in 1991 was the real deal.
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Williamson’s writing and Milana’s crisp artwork certainly bring out the best in the debut issue showing that the creative team of this book addressed the Cobra-La connection shaping up that this is a science fiction horror series giving readers their first glimpse into who Cobra Commander and his ascension to power in putting together the terrorist organization that G.I. Joe will face in the future.
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<b>Underlying Theme</b>
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The barebones origin of Cobra Commander this side of the Energon Universe certainly will be a force to reckon with aside from facing G.I. Joe, the good commander is putting together his gallery of familiar faces that have appeared in the original cartoons as well as the previous published comic books. It is worth noting how the future looks grim for the heroes out there either bot or human.
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It’s only the debut issue and there’s already a movement for the narrative to go forward, and expand the stories these writers and artists will tell about this character, namely Cobra Commander who is in the spotlight and how he will recruit and deal with the other familiar characters that you may have seen or have known in the past medium that adapted G.I. Joe beyond the animated series and live-action films.
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The creative team behind this mini-series is pulling out some of their best take on the franchise at the same time addressing those concerns and making them something spectacular, which is a good read for this mini-series. This is certainly not for the young kids, but a comic book for the fans who have an open mind for change and the way things have to move forward and never stuck from the original status quo.
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This is certainly, some of the best titles Skybound Entertainment has crafted and Joshua Williamson and his creative team behind this series are just beginning. With that said there are also connections too with Transformers.
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<b>The Big Bad Reveal: SPOILER!!!</b>
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Enough ramble, and in case you haven’t picked up the fourth issue of Transformers, this is where the last page of that book follows. Yes, Cobra Commander has Megatron and <a target=_blank href=https://yoshicast.com/g-i-joe-review-issue-139-realignments-a-prequel-to-marvels-transformers-generation-2/>this appears to have the same vibes</a> of the time Cobra Commander had a deal with Galvatron II to give him an upgraded body turning him into G2 Megatron that the story played out on G.I. Joe issue no. 139, which would turn out to be a crossover with Transformers Generation 2 #1 was published by Marvel back in the early 1990s before both series were canceled the following year.
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With Megatron nothing his right arm along with his fusion canon, and the other arm removed in his appearance in this issue here it mirrors what happened in the old comics that is causing everyone’s speculation of Megatron’s future. Could he be recreated into a “New Megatron” based on his G2 version that turns into a green tan with purple camouflage?
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It is too early to say, but this scene certainly was the surprising splash page toward the final act for this issue before delving into the next one that will arrive sometime at your local comic shops in February 2024. This is going to be an interesting read and fans have time to discuss it as their water cooler moment while the next issue gets published.
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Overall, Skybound Entertainment is chugging along as the Energon Universe slowly moves to the next stage of its expanding stories connecting with the aforementioned series and gives fans a jumping point to read a different kind of take from these beloved characters and the G.I. Joe franchise with Cobra Commander did not disappoint as highly recommended.
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NEXT: <b>Cobra Commander #2: Dreadnoks!</b>
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<td valign="top">The first few pages of the fourth issue continue, whereas the action-packed third issue has left readers reeling from the brutal action that Daniel Warren Johnson has brought to the Transformers comics. This is the best time to be a true Transformers fan catching up on Skybound Entertainment’s take on the franchise. The consistency of the narrative clearly shows that this series is one episodic tapestry that keeps on moving and gets ratcheted up (No Pun Intended) in every issue.
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Losing an arm and being chased by a deranged Decepticon is not all exciting when your beloved human companion is losing blood from a gunshot wound while evading everything that is being thrown shows the action is not over. This is not like in the original cartoon when Prime was damaged in the previous episode he comes back in this issue brand new. This series is so grounded that Starscream was either being beaten up or being run over by a semi-truck.
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The motion and action on how Cliffjumper in his vehicle mode screeched into the scene with Carly behind the wheel and kicking the Decepticon Air Commander like taking inspiration from the chase scenes from Japanese anime like Initial-D. There was plenty of high-stakes action to go around the few pages and the details with inks have been phenomenal with every issue getting released is impressive.
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Published: <b>10 January 2024</b><br />
Age Rating: <b>General Audience</b><br />
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This issue did not let up as the Decepticons continued to attack Prime with an injured Spike with his father Sparkplug at the same time low on energon and still hoping for a lot of luck with a helping hand from a surprise appearance by Jazz and not Wheeljack as you’ve hoped for that appears on the cover. Wheeljack appearance was in the first issue and was still being repaired by Ratchet when things started blowing up.
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The first few pages sum up the amount of work put in in every issue, and this one certainly did not let up when it comes to the action sequence. It gives you an idea of how this series would translate and not just tell a story for how it is.
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Of course, there is a minority who would hope for more robots with fewer humans. But the way this series is going it is well-grounded and some of the scenes work the way they should with continuity the struggles of the Autobots would still be the end of them having to deal also with the energy problem as well as finding a way to bring their comrades in arms back to life now that they are far away from the Ark.
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You can see the true nature of the Decepticons through Starscream being a maniacal leader who’s been all about death and destruction. This Decepticon certainly didn’t care for the “squishy” fleshlings when he started attacking the Firmingham Hospital. His shortsightedness would lead to his utter failure when backup for Prime and Cliffjumper arrives in the form of Jazz despite being cut short due to lack of Energon.
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This was a great scene to see how the Autobots manage to pull it off not only to protect the humans but also their comrades from the Decepticons. Starscream portrayed in the original cartoons as a bumbling ambitious Decepticon Leader who was not close enough to the version presented in this series and who had killed enough humans in his path including Carly’s father.
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The best part of the scenes is after the Decepticons escape, and Prime has no other choice but to use the Matrix to save Spike as he lies still with no backup generator when the hospital loses its power from the attack. This is where the connection of “Family” and human connection with these Autobots shows the narrative going forward with the relationship starts to form.
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You can see also this Cliffjumper is not the trigger-happy Autobot from the cartoon who just wants to bust some Decepticons. Cliff comforts Carly about the loss that made him decide to join the war and the image of the all too clear reality of how people lose a love a family or a friend. It is all laid out that set the tone for how the Autobots and Humans would come together in this series.
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<b>Armed for the Offensive</b>
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The last bit of the scene was something that Skybound Entertainment has been known for with shocking surprises and what to look forward ahead at the same time how the Energon Universe expands now that the revelation on what happened to Megatron has been revealed towards the last pages in this issue, which also reminds you what happened to the Megatron in the first live-action film.
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This issue also teases where Cobra Commander #1 will happen, which has been teased in its four-page preview in the previous issue of this series. Seeing Prime with a fashion canon and a ‘brand new’ arm seems something to look forward to while they also try to resolve their energy problem.
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Overall, this was still an “edge-on-your-seat” kind of read, and it continues to be interesting as the last issue. It is early on the fourth issue but this title has already been sold out going back to the time Void Rivals was released and fans had hope for a new direction with a fresh story making this a must-have to read.
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NEXT: <b>Transformers #5: Going Offensive</b>
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<b>Transformers #4</b> is an ongoing series published by <b>Image Comics</b> under <b>Skybound Entertainment</b>, and this is sold internationally for $3.99 USD ($ 5.37 AUD | ₱ 208.08 Pesos), but this was acquired at a local comic shop in the Philippines for ₱ 260.00 Pesos ($ 7.12 AUD | $ 4.58 USD). Please contact or visit your local Comic Shop for availability.
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And just that, The Wave 2 Deluxe and Commander Class has a subtle appearance in a place, where rarely is an off-grid place. But for those passionate enough they won’t let any stone unturned and this new world is certainly a challenging one to find these on display are most of the time do not make it to the display since TK has already shopping for their customers on Viber.
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Lately, Playkit has been silent about any further updates while specialty stores in Greenhills have already the latest Legacy United and Studio Series assortment. Even the Toys R’ Us flagship store in Pasig City has not been up-to-date recently with the most recent Transformers toys that most have been clamoring about.
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Playkit has been scaling back recently when it comes to the latest Hasbro products that also include Transformers. If you haven’t been an annual visitor of the Toy Kingdom Toy Warehouse Sale, which was held last month you won’t even find the older Legacy or any particular Transformers assortments on clearance as most of them are still in their original retail pricing.
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<b>Shinier Behind the Glass</b>
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It’s no surprise that even the TRU flagship store still has the last assortment from Legacy Evolution behind these glass displays along with other ‘premium’ Hasbro products from the last six months. It is quite a letdown, to say the least, that they’re all being on their retail price point shows Playkit is not going to have them on clearance.
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The changes in the reality of the economy and the environment that led TRU to put all their products in this type of display is because of the random theft that has happened during the height of the pandemic and most people, ’ve become desperate that local distributors lost an insane amount of money because nobody was around.
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<b>Questionable Future</b>
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There have been rumours that Playkit slowly will only distribute low-cost products, and will still retain the rights to be Hasbro’s local distributor. There have been questions and talks about another local distributor taking the Hasbro brand and becoming the new distributor.
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But that’s all up in the air what’s going to happen as the market looks to be shrinking due to poor sales and price hikes? It is quite a sight if you rarely visit this store just to discover that TRU still has Transformers and other Hasbro products in this part. But for the longtime fan and collector, this is not enough to keep up with interest when only those with deep pockets have access to it.
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This is the part Hasbro is not earning with a lack of support and enthusiasm for the brand to falter overseas because its representatives who distribute their product are not doing their job and cutting costs to skip waves due to unforeseen circumstances that include how the world changed in a matter of 2-3 years and why these are now behind glass displays than just in their shelves that were way different five years ago.
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It is unfortunate, that the future is not clear if Playkit is still the same company that would distribute a majority of the Hasbro products that include the Transformers. A random local toy collector won’t care to bother, and would just whine easily to give up on finding out what is happening to the brand.
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But in case you are in the area of Pasig City, the TRU flagship store has some that you might have missed out on when these assortments were being released. For now, this year is done and next will have optimism that whoever gets to be the new distributor let’s all hope they don’t repeat the same mistakes the last one has done.
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<b>** - Currency Converter via Google.com</b>TransformersPHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00426868850654735530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206929714311426245.post-55340438982525572802023-08-08T13:45:00.049+08:002023-08-21T18:10:44.113+08:00TF RPMs | Autobot Rachet<table border="0"><tbody>
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<td valign="top">Transformers have been universally a favourite brand, because of transforming mass-shifting robots battling out fighting for “Good versus Evil” Hasbro making it so popular that the brand needs to expand trying to capture a different market that they don’t even have a reach.
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Back in 2009, Transformers was already at its peak with a second film <i>“Revenge of the Fallen”</i> a follow-up to Michael Bay’s blockbuster phenomenon two years earlier that made Transformers explode in mass appeal, and with that, the products need to “go beyond” from just transforming toys into other markets that Hasbro doesn’t, and that’s is where the <a target=_blank href=https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Robot_Powered_Machines><i><b>“Robot Powered Machines”</b></i></a> came to be.
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Dubbed the “Transformers:” R.P.Ms” was produced, which is in its separate toy line not part of Hasbro’s core brand. They are 1:64 scale vehicles based on the characters from the live-action films.
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They can’t be considered to be die-cast, but they are not entirely similar in scale or even “on-brand” with the term “diecast car” although they can be similarly scaled from Jada and Mattel’s Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars.
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With the RPMs. Hasbro’s attempt to have a piece of the market on this side caught some collectors' attention. But the difference with this brand is the robots underneath their vehicle form are revealed despite not being a “transformable” vehicle for its concept and that’s where you get the name “Robot Powered Machines.”
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<b>Autobot Ratchet</b>
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The Autobot medic’s vehicle mode is a customized AM General Hummer H2 type for search and rescue. This 1:64 scale version takes the vehicle translation to be fairly accurate from its transforming Voyager Class figure. Despite the details of all the impressive deco, this is entirely made of plastic.
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It doesn’t have weight nor the heft of being acknowledged to be die-cast made, and at the same time with blue tinted windows, it does not even have an interior. But the way it was created they got all the details down pat as this is still a licensed product using the image of the Hummer H2 custom search and rescue unit’s aesthetic.
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The RPMs were released during the promotion for “Revenge of the Fallen” and this was not the only alternate colour for Autobot Ratchet. The second version was painted in black. The redeco of Ratchet essentially reversed his standard colour to produce this unique look for the character.
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In comparison to other brands that take the Hummer appearance, Ratchet’s vehicle form doesn’t appear to be the heavy-duty emergency response vehicle type. The side-by-side comparison with Mattel’s Matchbox clearly shows that it’s a smaller version of a Hummer vehicle that is more used for civilian-type rescue units.
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Overall, it is one of the few affordable products from Hasbro that had a short life span that was rebranding from RPMs to Speed Stars towards the late 2010s. Not all of the 1:64 scale vehicles are entirely made of plastic, but the majority of the toy line has inferior quality that some don’t even have interior parts compared to well-established brands that Mattel has with Hot Wheels and Matchbox.
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It might not be worth the admiration to even have it in anyone’s collection, but if you are into the 1:64 scale vehicles without no complaint about not having diecast metal parts in them, and you just want to have the Autobots’ vehicle forms, this might be for you. But for longtime Transformers fans, it depends if they have room on your display or a parking space on your 1:64 scale vehicle collection.
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They’re enough fun for younger kids, and they do fit on those orange Hot Wheels tracks, but not having diecast metal loses their weight to even compete to win a race.Mark Cerbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06118656767408720101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206929714311426245.post-15044385198354984722023-08-01T09:15:00.050+08:002024-01-25T15:43:47.110+08:00Void Rivals #1 | The Beginning <table border="0"><tbody>
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<td valign="top"><b>Void Rivals</b> sounded like a science fiction series that does not sound like <b>Transformers</b> because it was being kept as a secret project for almost a year “disguised as” an original (which is the idea) of a world-building concept from <b>Robert Kirman</b>, the founder of <b>Skybound Entertainment</b> and creator of <i>The Walking Dead</i> was a huge Transformers fan.
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After <a href=http://officialtransformersph.blogspot.com/search/label/idw%20publishing><i>IDW Publication</i></a> lost the rights for <i>G.I. Joe</i> and <i>Transformers</i> there was rumours that Skybound Entertainment had acquired the license. But everything was kept low key to the point Void Rivals was sort of a <i>Trojan Horse</i>.
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But there was never any indication, which is Kirkman’s way of marketing the books published extra special. This guy published the last issue of the Walking Dead comic book series and didn’t announce that it was the final issue. A week before the first issue's release leaked pages revealing a certain <a href=><i>Cybertronian Scientist</i></a> making an appearance in this series that would eventually happen.
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Local retailers didn’t order that many books and there were no details or even descriptions of what Void Rivals is all about other than it takes inspiration from two warring societies in a conflict similar to another popular graphic novel series titled <a target=_blank href=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saga_(comics)><b>Saga</b></a> minus the romance.
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Published: <b>19 July 2023</b><br />
Age Rating: <b>General Audience</b><br />
Language: <b>English</b>
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The initial story is about two worlds in conflict living in the <i>“Sacred Ring”</i> send two of their best people to end up crash landing outside their quadrant on a deserted asteroid-type planet, where an <b>Agorrian</b> named <b>Darak</b> and <b>Zertonian</b> named <b>Solila</b> are stranded taking a truce and trying to find a way to leave this planet until their discovery of a lost ship that crashed there had its own mystery.
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A new series that would build together an established franchise is a fresh take and disguised as a series to introduce Transformers and G.I. Joe was a stroke of genius and at the same time shock for longtime readers of Transformers comic books. Robert Kirkman is infamous for this type of secrecy certainly what made Skybound Entertainment a force to reckon with.
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It clearly shows that Void Rivals is the series to look at not in terms of a connection to the world of Transformers and G.I.Joe, but also to the original idea to its core, the story of the conflict between two worlds grounded in science fiction is worth the read without spoiling the details on what’s to come next.
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But it is clear that this series opens its doors by introducing Transformers, which spins out into their upcoming title set for October 2023 release followed by Duke #1 for 2024. The two characters introduced in the book are also the eyes of the readers, and where they’ll take the next chapter in their adventure as well as trying to resolve the conflict that reveals its true nature.
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<b>Jetfire, not the Side Character</b>
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In the scene in which Solila discovers a downed alien ship that’s been there before both her ship and Darak end up they found an old one aging in rust. There are no markings whatsoever with no information on both their database. They clearly inspect the damaged ship with no information other than their plans to strip it for parts.
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Of course, they are desperate and running out of time, and they use what little power cell they have to see if they can activate the ship and use it to escape this barren rock. But it suddenly awakens and turns into a giant robot named Jetfire, you know, the Cybertronian Scientist? It might appear to be a cameo scene, but it gives readers the chance to see and confirm that Skybound Entertainment has plans, but just like Jetfire he had to go back to his home planet without any explanation leaving both characters an air of mystery and no ship to use to escape.
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At the end of the final act in their desperation breaking sacred laws and revealing themselves by taking off their helmet was the cliffhanger. Both are the same species and that leaves more questions than answers for the next issue.
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Overall, nobody has seen Void Rivals coming, and any Transformers fan would want to get their hands on the first issue. But they were in limited copies, which produced a Second Print Edition due to the popular demand. The writing of course is superb as Robert Kirkman did so well as always, which is accompanied by the art of Lorenzo De Felici that nailed that “indie” style aesthetics of this book that was really subtle and revealed itself in the end.
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By this time, a third print edition will be released, and accompanying this second print edition is the second chapter of their daring escape from that barren rock that will change their lives is certainly More Than Meets the Eye.
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Bravo Kirman, Bravo.
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NEXT: <b>Void Rivals #2: The Sacred Ring</b>
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<b>Void Rivals #1</b> (Second Print Edition) is brand new ongoing series published by <b>Image Comics</b> under <b>Skybound Entertainment</b>, and this is sold internationally for $3.99 USD ($ 5.37 AUD | ₱ 208.08 Pesos), but this was acquired at a local comic shop in the Philippines for ₱ 260.00 Pesos ($ 7.12 AUD | $ 4.58 USD). Please contact or visit your local Comic Shop for availability.
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And just that, The Wave 2 Deluxe and Commander Class has subtle appearance in a place, where rarely is an off-grid place. But for those passionate enough they won’t let any stone unturned and this new world is certainly a challenging one to find these on display are most of the times do not make it to the display since TK has already shopping it to their customers on Viber.
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Lately, there have been places left with no more Transformers brands on their shelf. It is not only with the strategy due to foot traffic it is the places that gets the amount of theft despite some of these stores are now fully staffed post-pandemic. There’s not much Transformers to go around these days because some of the retail store that carry them don’t control the One-Per Customer item.
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But alas, there’s not much anyone can do about it since the local distributor is taking A LOT of hit due to the recent incidents in the past months since the global pandemic, and the rise of theft has resulted to scaling down the amount of product they have to selected few stores that continue to be consistent with the amount of customers.
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The problem is there are not enough to go around, and if there’s enough they don’t control the people getting multiples, which creates an artificial shortage when these stores getting the new items should control the selling of these assortments for equal viable opportunity instead of the challenging difficult of getting newer Legacy assortments to everyone than in a specific community or group.
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With that out of the way, the following assortment from Legacy Deluxe and Commander Class was sighted at Toy Kingdom at the posh and mostly out of way location in the city of Taguig…
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<b><u>Legacy | Wave 2</u></b>
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<b>Deluxe Class</b> | Retailed at: ₱ 1,899.00 Pesos [$ 49.05 AUD | $ 33.80 USD]**
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<li>Prime Universe Knockout [2x Piece]</li>
<li>Predacon Tarantulas [2x Piece]</li>
<li>Decepticon Wild Rider [SOLD OUT]</li>
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<b>Commander Class</b> | Retailed at: ₱ 6,899.00 Pesos [$ 167.87 AUD | $ 115.68 USD]**
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It’s not surprise despite carrying all-new Wave 2 assortments from the Legacy toyline having handful of stock is not enough to give enough collectors, and casuals the opportunity to get their hands on these items. It is really difficult to get them with the price change that took effect prior to the release of Legacy.
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Back then in pre-pandemic levels it is not that challenging to track the new wave, and everyone still get to have the assortments. But with specialty shops offering pre-orders and some of those items that was purchase from retails shows up in other stores with a heftier price tag is literally changed the local landscape of toy collecting.
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The local distributor should take a look at the numbers on who’s really collecting not just from local communities, but those who are casuals hoping to get their hands on the ones that are not actually rare.
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For now, keep an eye on the local stores outside your area, and hopefully the distributor should not speak to just one community. But there are a majority out there at the same time put a clamp on those getting multiples.
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Mark Cerbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06118656767408720101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206929714311426245.post-42858001501839329242022-08-06T23:00:00.029+08:002024-01-29T15:40:56.804+08:00TF Sightings | Megatron H.I.S.S. Tank & Baroness<table border="0"><tbody>
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Not all retail stores are carrying all these new assortments, and the local distributor is more strategic with the locations with more foot traffic than just stocking up every branch that’s not getting enough people to pass by, and the term ‘hole in the wall’ seems like a thing of the past if you notice some stores with no new Transformers.
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But not everything is gloom and doom because the retained shops with updated assortments have some surprising assortments that were also sighted, and that’s where Toy Kingsdom is up with their assortments with the Velocitron and Shattered Glass assortment that also includes some Core Class figures from Legacy.
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Deluxe Class | Retailed at: ₱ 1,899.00 Pesos [$ 72.92 AUD | $ 50.39 USD]**
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<li>Diaclone Universe: Clampdown [1x Piece]</li>
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Though Cosmos is the one that got away that doesn’t mean you may not find Clamdown unlike the previous store. In fact they had that last figure in case you missed that one. But surely you won’t miss on the latest Transformers collaborative figure with Megatron that comes with Cobra’s Baroness!
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That’s right, Cobra’s Intelligence Officer teams up with the Decepticon Leader taking the form of the iconic Hiss Tank. Surely, the Hasbro Pulse pre-orders have not been released until late 2022/early 2023, and yet Toy Kingdom in SM Makati had TWO on their shelf since Thursday (4 August 2022).
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As of this writing they only have one left, and despite the price point it sure is going to vanish soon enough.
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<b>Megatron H.I.S.S Tank and Baroness | Retailed at: ₱ 5999.00 Pesos [$ 156.28 AUD | $ 107.99 USD]**</b>
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There’s no further news if Toy Kingdom will ever get a restock following the immediate sold out of the Velocitron Spedia 500’s most sought after characters. This goes the same for the collaborative for the Megatron HISS.
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Surely, the local distributor is paying attention for the product’s movement, and the demand is not enough to put in just a set of the particular assortment. Most determined enough. For now, keep an eye for more sightings and updates!
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<tr><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiaIVEteRgN-clg5h0gcI1hNUyvJ3cR4NEUUyJ_PVhK7VzPmrLlN9v74g3kiI8CwlODV7clYwsazLZFmz0bmdWgoXrc8nO96hrC0hgoQo7PhQqCUwWZrvDpeFCvOy9ZBU7zX5eiVgLbHL2djV7VJyj7QkACANsp3fO9a1y_B4RbLVkgiX8xWc4t33CDQ/s1800/truglo22aug2k22001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiaIVEteRgN-clg5h0gcI1hNUyvJ3cR4NEUUyJ_PVhK7VzPmrLlN9v74g3kiI8CwlODV7clYwsazLZFmz0bmdWgoXrc8nO96hrC0hgoQo7PhQqCUwWZrvDpeFCvOy9ZBU7zX5eiVgLbHL2djV7VJyj7QkACANsp3fO9a1y_B4RbLVkgiX8xWc4t33CDQ/s320/truglo22aug2k22001.jpg" width="320" /></a><td valign="top">Just when you thought <i><b>Transformers Legacy</b></i> will be the only assortment that would be seen in Philippine retail this popped up unexpectedly at one of the selected Toys R’ Us Stores that still getting new assortments once in a while comparable to the other branches that haven’t seen the light of day.
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The <b>Velocitron Speedia 500 Collection</b> was one of those assortments that is only for <i>Walmart Exclusive</i> stores has been on display for the last few couple days, but they’re not as plentiful as most new Transformers toys displayed in the past. They fly off the shelves and rarely get any new stock…
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But this is your chance to get that opportunity to get the characters from this sub-theme under the Legacy toyline as you’ll never know if Playkit will ever restock these as the usual thing that happens on local retail is the first two waves are the usual staple on the shelves, and this hasn’t happened in a very long time.
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Aside from the Velocitron assortment you also get to see Shattered Glass, which is another sub-theme to ever be sold on retail. The past assortments were usually found as pre-orders from specialty stores and there’s light at the end of the tunnel hoping previous assortments would still make it on this display shelf.
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Also, the ones sighted at Toys R’ Us in Gloretta branch features the Legacy Core Class assortments, which might be up for grabs too
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<b>Leader Class | Retailed at: ₱ 4,499.00 Pesos [ $ 117.29 AUD | $ 80.99 USD]**</b>
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<li>Robots in Disguise 2000 Universe: Scourge (2x Pieces)</li>
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<b>Voyager Class | Retailed at: ₱ 2,299.00 Pesos[ $ 72.92 AUD | $ 50.39 USD]**</b>
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<li>Road Hauler [1x Pieces]</li>
<li>Cybertron Universe Override (1x Pieces)</li>
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<b>Deluxe Class | Retailed at: ₱ 1,899.00 Pesos [$ 49.34 AUD | $ 34.09 USD]** </b>
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<li>Diaclone Universe: Clampdown [SOLD OUT]</li>
<li>Diaclone Universe: Burn Out [2x Pieces]</li>
<li>G2 Universe Road Rocket [2x Pieces]
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<b>Leader Class | Retailed at: ₱ 4,499.00 Pesos [ $ 117.29 AUD | $ 80.99 USD]**</b>
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<b>Core Class | Retailed at: ₱ 899.99 Pesos [$ 23.19 AUD | $ 17.26 USD]**</b>
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<li>G2 Universe Megatron [2x Pieces]</li>
<li>Shockwave [2x Pieces]</li>
<li>Optimus Primes (Package Refresh from Kingdom Optimus Primes)[2x Pieces]</li>
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With all the interest shifting to Velocitron Spedia 500, the one that’s not entirely new that has been sold out was <b>Clampdown</b>, which compliments <i>Deep Cover</i> that was released previously as part of the <i>Generations Selcts</i> assortment.
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There’s not much beyond what is on the shelves as not enough stock to go around as having one or two on the display shelves is not enough to sustain local Transformers fans and would-be collectors to get their hands on these assortment. But surely Playkit is taking notes that the interest in this toyline is unwavering and for those losing hope missing out there will be more where that came from.
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<b>** - Currency Converter via Google.com</b>Mark Cerbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06118656767408720101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206929714311426245.post-57373001690530491452022-07-22T22:33:00.043+08:002022-07-28T14:47:58.343+08:00TF Sightings | MicroMachines: Playsets<table border="0"><tbody>
<tr><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinORMREooLHO5crOosopEbWgmpqcNK6XeImHM6s-4sYZsZV2nfwkLH072OrYV45gdxATEANXqmbVtdig_GTU5VwcQ8Odx-_InGmjYl8GydRn07wvH-lgeUfzBXQmxnUNUqLqXuil3_UikGPZ5iP-4Sbm72NYyuRLYMnURgLhA_abqjcgtvOOM8knDrkQ/s1800/tkmkti22jul2k22001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinORMREooLHO5crOosopEbWgmpqcNK6XeImHM6s-4sYZsZV2nfwkLH072OrYV45gdxATEANXqmbVtdig_GTU5VwcQ8Odx-_InGmjYl8GydRn07wvH-lgeUfzBXQmxnUNUqLqXuil3_UikGPZ5iP-4Sbm72NYyuRLYMnURgLhA_abqjcgtvOOM8knDrkQ/s320/tkmkti22jul2k22001.jpg" width="320" /></a><td valign="top"><b>Micro Machines</b> is one of the popular properties in the 1980s and 1990s, which was originally manufactured by <i>Galoob</i> (now part of <b>Hasbro</b>) has been known to produce micro scale vehicles and playsets and has been popular with its original TV commercial by <b>John Moschitta Jr.</b>, who became known as the <b>Micro Machine Man</b>, and also voiced <a href=http://officialtransformersph.blogspot.com/2021/02/tf-animated-autobot-blurr.html><b>Blurr</b></a> in the 1986 <b>Transformers Movie</b>.
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The toyline has been revived several times throughout the 2000s and a few years back, but popularity sometimes not on every 1980s property until they get mashed together with another popular brand like <b>Transformers</b>.
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Several months ago someone has sighted the basic assortment sets for MicroMachines + Transformers playsets. There was no major official announcement, but they were sighted in local US discount stores. But there never was any news surrounding this toyline until it was already displayed at Toy Kingdom in SM Makati.
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These Micro Playsets that include a mystery vehicle/character is also accompanied with three larger playsets that features Optimus Prime and Bumblebee with a third playset featuring a red corvette (possibly unnamed to be Road Rage).
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Also, newly restocked second wave of Leader Class Blitzwing and Voyager Class G2 Universe Jhiaxus and a ‘clean version” of Siege Soundwave were also sighted.
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<b>Micro Playset + Vehicle | Retailed at: 699.00 Pesos [$ 17.94 AUD | $ 12.56 USD]**</b>
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<b>Optimus Prime Hauler Playset | Retailed at: 1,399.00 Pesos [$ 35.91 AUD | $ 25.13 USD]**</b>
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<b>Bumblebee Action Playset | Retailed at: 2,799.00 Pesos [$ 71.82 AUD | $ 50.27 USD]**</b>
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<b>Corvette Raceway Playset | Retailed at: 2,999.00 Pesos [$ 53.87 AUD | $ 50.27 USD]**</b>
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<b>Leader Class | Retailed at: ₱ 4,199.00 Pesos[ $ 108.36 AUD | $ 80.63 USD]**</b>
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<li>Blitzwing (Triple Changer) [1x Pieces]</li>
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<b>Voyager Class | Retailed at: ₱ 2,299.00 Pesos [$ 46.41 AUD | $ 34.54 USD]**</b>
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<li>G2 Universe Jhiaxus (2x Pieces)</li>
<li>Siege Soundwave (2x Pieces)</li>
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These new assortment is not available in all stores, but only selected Toy Kingdom stores that have enough foot traffic to find them.
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The assigned store staff advised to connect with their Viber account for updates as they mostly post the new arrivals on their thread. But they also mentioned some of the items no longer announced once the customers picks them up.
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TransformersPHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00426868850654735530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206929714311426245.post-52986505828541726862022-04-18T21:45:00.038+08:002022-04-19T14:05:34.335+08:00TF Sightings | Legacy at TRU Glorietta<table border="0"><tbody>
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Finally, <b>Toys R’ Us</b> has gotten their allocation as most countries have started to report their local sightings. The Legacy has arrived and let’s hope plenty more to will make it to the shelves as this latest sighting takes you to the Glorietta branch for TRU, where the ones never seen in the previous report will be updated here…
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Immediately, you’ll see the colourful 90’s style boxes from a far and surely there you see those gorgeous artworks, and how the current boxes have evolved from the ones that used to have plastic windows. To keep things environmental friendly everything that hold the figure is also made of cardboard eliminating the majority of plastic material for the current boxes.
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Besides the highly discussed Legacy, there are also new Buzzworthy Bumblebee that continues to add some interesting characters. Of course, the RED range of assortment of figures are available at TRU, though there are no major sightings aside from the assortments that weren’t seen in the previous news this one was quite a surprise too.
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You may see the sane assortments that were sighted prior, and some those that did not make it on display previously has been spotted in this particular Toys R’ Us store in <i><b>Glorietta Mall</b></i> that is usually an empty shelf of its previous self, but this time around they filled up the empty parts with the latest assortment.
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<b>Generations Selects | Retailed at: ₱ 1,799.00 Pesos [ $ 46.41 AUD | $ 34.54 USD]**</b>
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<li>Lift Ticket</li>
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<b>Core Class | Retailed at: ₱ 899.99 Pesos [$ 23.19 AUD | $ 17.26 USD]**</b>
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<li>Iguanus</li>
<li>Skywarp</li>
<li>Hot Rod (Package Refresh from Kingdom Hot Rod)</li>
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<b>Deluxe Class (US Walmart Exclusive) | Retailed at: ₱ 1,799.00 Pesos [$ 46.41 AUD | $ 34.54 USD]** </b>
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<li>Buzzaw</li>
<li>Nightprowler</li>
<li>Sandstorm</li>
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<b>Voyager Class | Retailed at: ₱ 2,299.00 Pesos[ $ 59.44 AUD | $ 43.85 USD]**</b>
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<li>Prime Universe Bulhead</li>
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<b>Buzzworthy Bluestreak</b>
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Interesting enough “Bluestreak” is released under the Buzzworthy Bumblebee subline, and interesting enough the character’s colours are based from the origina Diaclone toy, and the price point is a little bit premium in comparisons to the other Deluxe Class assortment released under the Legacy and Generations Selects.
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Interesting enough, this is the only assortment that has arrived under this subline. There’s a possibility that Cliffjumper and Kup did not make it on the display shelves due to high demand. For now, those who missed out the Earthrise Silverstreak, this might the alternative to get.
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<b>Buzzworthy Bumblebee | Retailed at: ₱ 2,149.00 Pesos [ $ 55.58 AUD | $ 40.97 USD]**</b>
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<li>Bluestreak</li>
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So far the main Makati stores has slowly starting to have new assortments, but some of them doesn’t make it on the display due to high demand. Hopefully, there’s more restock for the first wave before they discontinue it and bring in Wave 2.
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<b>** - Currency Converter via Google.com</b>TransformersPHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00426868850654735530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206929714311426245.post-33005666730471002462022-04-13T22:20:00.075+08:002022-04-15T04:36:43.628+08:00TF Sightings | Legacy at TK Makati <table border="0"><tbody>
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Legacy is an entirely new toyline expanding the Generations branding, and also have some carry over from the previous trilogy that has been a ‘shoo-in’ until the brand's new range assortments has been officially released for retail consumer. This was expected to arrive in the local scene since the announcement of the April 2022 street date.
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It would come to a bittersweet surprise that a major change in retail price point has made a jump that is considered for some unattainable, but more of this later, the first wave of Legacy has been spotted at local store Toy Kingdom in Makati City. It may appear that Wave 1 has been seen in their shelves that is lacking some of the major favourites since it has been on display since Monday (11 April 2022).
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There are some even did not make it to the shelves as immediately customers scooped up some of those major favourites. With the <a tareget_blank href=https://bwtf.com/news/legacy-wave2-official-info-images><i>recent additional reveals</i></a> during Hasbro’s live streaming this recent Tuesday the new wave of Transformers is becoming scarce in general retail that most can now be found being sold at specialty shops.
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With the recent price increase on essential goods, it also affected those non-essentials like collectibles, namely toys. For that reason why toy collecting in the Philippines has gradually changed and showed who has the deep pockets to continue collecting this popular toyline, as the currently price point from Core Class, Deluxe Class, Voyager Class, and Leader Class have significantly increased.
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Listed below is a list of characters from the first wave of Legacy that is broken down their classes with their Philippine price point and converted to Australian and US dollars to give our overseas friends have an idea how much they are now.
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Also, the ones sighted at Toy Kingdom in SM Makati featuring the Deluxe Class assortment are the ones Exclusive to Walmart in the US.
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<b>Core Class | Retailed at: ₱ 899.99 Pesos [$ 23.19 AUD | $ 17.26 USD]**</b>
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<li>Iguanus [1x Pieces]</li>
<li>Skywarp [Sold Out]</li>
<li>Hot Rod (Package Refresh from Kingdom Hot Rod) [Sold Out]</li>
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<b>Deluxe Class (US Walmart Exclusive) | Retailed at: ₱ 1,799.00 Pesos [$ 46.41 AUD | $ 34.54 USD]** </b>
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<li>Nightprowler [2x Pieces]</li>
<li>Buzzaw (2x Pieces)</li>
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<li>Galvarton (Modified Package Refresh of Kingdom Galvatron) [1x Pieces]</li>
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<b>Generations Selects | Retailed at: ₱ 1,799.00 Pesos [ $ 46.41 AUD | $ 34.54 USD]**</b>
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<li>Lift Ticket (2x Pieces)</li>
<li>DK-2 Guard (2x Pieces)</li>
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There are no further details on what were the assortments that has arrived along with these wave, but based from the staff most of the new ones were immediately sold out. Also, R.E.D toyline makes its first retail appearance despite with the most recent wave released, and previously being solely available at local special shops
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<b>R.E.D. now on PH Retail</b>
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Besides the Legacy range of assortments that made it to Toy Kingdom, the non-transforming <i>Marvel Legends-esque</i> toyline known as R.E.D. (Robot Enhanced Design) was also sighted at this Toy Kingdom store. But it is obviously a later wave featuring a majority of the characters from the 1986 animated movie.
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There’s a saying, <i>better late than never</i> and this four-figure assortment was sighted, which they are listed below including their Australian and US dollar converted currency price point to better give overseas readers an idea how much they are here.
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<b>R.E.D. | Retailed at: ₱ 699.00 Pesos [ $ 18.04 AUD | $ 13.42 USD]**</b>
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<li>Ultra Magnus (1x Pieces)</li>
<li>Shockwave (1x Pieces)</li>
<li>Galvatron (1x Pieces)</li>
<li>Reformatting Megatron (1x Pieces)</li>
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They do not have any idea if they will get a restock soon for the Legacy wave, but news travel fast and possible that Toy Kingdom’s flagship store might have more than the select branches that were given allocation.
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The staff’s advised to connect with their Viber account as they mostly post the new arrivals on their thread. But they also mentioned some of the items no longer announced once the customers picks them up.
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TransformersPHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00426868850654735530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206929714311426245.post-11912317164046679122021-11-11T14:35:00.004+08:002022-03-11T21:23:56.341+08:00Generations Selects | Hubcap<table border="0"><tbody>
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<td valign="top">Transformers are a big franchise not only for its expanded universe spilling over various media from graphic novels and videogames, but also a plethora of characters that rarely gets a spotlight. Some of them are just background characters that in the original G1 animated series are also mistaken error.
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But since most of the characters never got screen time in the original cartoon their stories are told in the comicbooks originally published by Marvelm its UK piblication, then by Dreamwave, and now with IDW Publishing. Hubcap is one of these characters are considered deep cut from this expanding TF universe.
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Hasbro & Takara Tomy has produced its most recent figure for the Generations Selects toyline. Hubcap is a retool character based on the penny racer toy that was originated by Bumblebee and Cliffjumper. There’s not much Hubcap to go around as the character was not even shown in the original G1 series, and if he did it might have been a non-speaking cameo appearance.
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But in the comicbooks and compiled graphic novels it’s another story that reveals Hubcap’s personality as a practical joker with a dark personality that most Autobots won’t even put their trust on. In short, Hubcap is a a mini bot who is just trying to get by and that like society he just needs a little respect and some attention.
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<b>Packaging | Brown Box Mailer</b>
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The Hubcap figure is a retooled version of the regular released Cliffjumper from the first wave of Earthrise, and Hubcap is an add-on to this series. He was an online retail exclusive at the same time an alternative in case you missed out Cliffjumper.
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Generations Selects started as a unified toyline between Hasbro and Takara Tomy that first started appearing in 2018 and this comes in a brown mailer box that says the Transformers War for Cybertron Trilogy branding. It was released in the Philippines sold as a general retail appearing in all local stores like Toys R’ Us, Toy Kingdom, and selected Rustan’s Department stores.
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But most of these Gen Select assortments can be found at both TRU and TK stores. Though TRU gets the most bulk of the variety and consistent stock where Hubcap was found including the most recent releases for 2021.
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<b>Robot Mode | Yellow-faced Mini Bot</b>
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When you open the brown boxed mailer it reveals the figure in robot mode with all the accessories tied up in the translucent plastic tray while the instructions reveals this is from the Earthrise range of assortments some of the next ones would carry over the “Earthrise” branding despite that the current toyline is now part of <i>“Kingdom.”</i>
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Like all the figures from the WFC Trilogy they’re all trying to be scaled together unlike the previous trilogy, and it’s surprising that Hubcap despite his diminutive size he falls into the Deluxe Class category. Hubcap is also a unique character not because he was a retool of Cliffjumper or Bumblebee dating back to his original toy this bot’s toy form has a very dark yellow face.
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Featured Articulation:
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<b>Deluxe Class | Size Matters</b>
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Hasbro has been labeling small characters with their own size class from Scout, Legends, and currently Core Class. But Hubcap doesn’t fall into these category since they’re trying to streamline the characters in their characters Hubcap and his other contemporaries that were produced before him using the same body and size is a Deluxe Class assortment figure.
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Size comparison with previous classes will give you an idea why Hubcap and his contemporaries are now the basis for this size. But would it be better to bring back that “Scout Class” assortment label for these mini bots instead? The price point is a bit steep for a Deluxe Class, but that’s also the same challenges in understanding Optimus Prime for being a Voyager Class now bumped up to Leader Class because he comes with his trailer could make some sense.
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<b>Transformation | 3 out of 5</b>
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Despite the size class it will also come with extreme care to be careful with Hubcap’s transformation. There are some tabs not only in how the placement of the kibble goes it’s also where the accessory goes that uses these things and plastic doesn’t last sturdy forever when you’re keeping them even though in storage.
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There are a lot of things to consider and why the instruction manual is your best friend even though some of the details are not clear or sometimes confusing. Sometimes ‘blind transformation’ (not using the manual) could be the only way and just use the instructions as just a guide and to figure it out.
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<b>Vehicle Mode | Mitsubishi Starrion</b>
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Hubcap inherits the same vehicle mode Cliffjumper had a mix of licensed cars, but mostly familiar as a Mitsubishi Starrion. The bright yellow clearly catches your eye eve in robot mode, but the vehicle mode is where you see it how bright it is and quite a narrow small car it was compared to the other cars before.
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The same features that Cliffjumper had, Hubcap can reassemble the bazooka to be store in car mode where it mimics the ski mode by tabbing the weapons separately underneath. But overall Hasbro and Takara Tomy could have figured out other weapons for this character than recycling the same one.
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Earmode Car Features:
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<li>Weapons stores as front under skis and side boosters</li>
<li>Tinted Dark Windows</li>
<li>Detailed Wheels</li>
<li>Unpainted Rear Tail Lights</li>
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Overall Hubcap fills the gap in someone’s collection that missed out the Cliffjumper or even the heavily coveted Bumblebee from the Netflix series. But this is just for the average non-completest fan that had known the character. Hasbro definitely is known for this in bringing the character and at the same time maximizing the use of the mold.
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For a Generations Selects character it is pricey most definitely for non-fans who just collect them and hardly known the character ever had a backstory in the first place. But for the true fans it’s something you never expected to get a modern update, and also at the same time renew the trademark in hoping it would be reuse again in the next five years.
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Generations Selects | Deluxe Class Hubcap is now on clearance in general retail in the Philippines and also availabe in select markets and from onlimne retailers across Australsia and Southeast Asia. This was acquired at Toys R'Us in Glorietta in Makati City originally retailed at:
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<b><i>₱ 1,499.75 Pesos | $ 43.54 AUD | $ 30.10 USD</i></b>
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Currently on Clearance Retail at:
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<b>₱ 900.00 Pesos | $ 26.13 AUD | $ 18.06 USD</b>
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<b>Product Rating:</b>
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Transformation (Difficulty): 3<br />
Aesthetics: 8<br />
Quality: 8<br />
Robot Points: 8.0
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<td valign="top"><b>Megatron</b> is the baddest Cybertronian that others emulate his villainy in the next iteration of the <i>Transformers</i> series. In <i>Beast Wars</i>, there was a new Megatron, though not as brutal as the original this one had personality and idolized him to the point taking the name meant more than just mere influence.
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In the last part of the <i><b>Unicron Trilogy</b></i> there was also a Megatron, but this one was supposed to be taking the form of a “<i>Beast Wars character</i>” when the Decepticons reached the Jungle Planet.
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At that time Hasbro was set to celebrate Beast Wars 10th Anniversary by producing an all-new Beast Megatron, which resulted in this figure that didn't get notice only BW fans would know.
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This figure was a non-show character inspired its colors and aesthetics from another non-show character named Predacon that was released in the Armada series. The olive green color T-Rex reuses the Beast Wars Metals Megatron with minor alterations to have Minicon ports is some sort inspiration to the color scheme for this Megatron, which was released towards the tail end of the Cybertron series.
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In case the Beast Wars Anniversary did not pan out this figure was added to the mainline of the current series as sort of ‘transformation’ of Cybertron Megatron to blend in with the locals of the Jungle planet. The same idea was used for the Optimus Primal mold as Cybetron Optimus Prime would take a nod to the original Primal.
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But this Megatron was not popular with those getting into the Cybertron series, though long time Beast Wars fans who could not acquire the 10th Anniversary Edition at that time was thrilled enough to get their hands on this all-new version of Beast Megatron as sort of consolation as those anniversary editions did not make it to some markets. But only was exclusively available to special toy shops.
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<b>Beast Mode | Mean Green Killing Machine</b>
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Just like all the US released Cybertron Deluxe Class assortment, Megatron is packed in his beast mode while the others in their vehicle modes. He comes with instructions, Jungle Planet Key, and a missile that is stored in his tail. Of course, when you use the Jungle planet key it activates the gimmick that reveals the missile hidden inside its tail that is also removable in robot mode (more of this later).
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But the key activation is not pleasantly placed what would be underneath the tail, which would be on Megatron’s butt in beast mode. It does look unpleasant and it leaves no explanation how the design team between Hasbro and Takara made this kind of an unexpected joke for it look this way.
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However, the beast mode for a Deluxe Class figure looks menacingly look good. The aesthetics of Tyrannosaurus Rex with a balance of organic and cybernetic in appearance makes this beast looks like it’s ready to hunt for Autobots and Maximals. It doesn’t look like Megatron from the Cybertron series, but a modern take of the Beast Wars Megatron if he was more of a hunter than a lumbering dino.
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<b>Transformation | Old & New Concept</b>
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The original Ultra Class Megatron transforms as his chest rotates to brcom the belly of the t-rex and when you do it on reverse to turn him into that feisty Predacon it also follows this Deluxe Class version as you open up the halves of the beast to reveal the robot chest and popping up the head.
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There’s not much complication in the flow of how the beast to robot mode process it still follow how the original Beast Megatron transforms. The only difference now is you can now remove his tail.
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<b>Robot Mode | Menacing Decepticon</b>
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Cybertron Megatron is not bulky, but more athletic in robot mode with the design more like a Velociraptor that evolved into a T-Rex. The olive green matching the gold and maroon accent makes the new look more stands out. His head design still mimics the original Beast Megatron but doesn’t have the mutant head gimmick, though he takes design inspiration from the CG animation design with that grin in his face.
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But this Megatron is not your BW Megs, but an inspiration from that popular character that David Kay has voiced. Thought, David did also voice this Megatron for this Cybertron series but not as posh as the one that takes a bath with a rubber ducky. This is one looks more of an entirely new character inspired from the BW Megs and incorporating a new identity that can be fleshed out in the comicbooks.
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Just like the original BW Megs this Deluxe Class figure is articulated with more details like the removable tail revealing this Megs has a left hand with three fingers and the tail’s gimmick canal be activated by the Jungle planet key to reveal the spring loaded missile. There are no other accessories with this figure aside from that removable tail and planet key.
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<li>Removable Tail to Reveal Left Hand</li>
<li>Jungle Planet Key Activates Hidden Missle Launcher</li>
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<li>Swivel Waist & Knees</li>
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Overall this Megatron is an underrated figure hardly noticed by Transformers fans who like G1-ish characters than Beast Wars. But despite being a shelf warmer in some markets it is a nod to Beast Wars fans that this character is not completely forgotten that this figure exist although not the BW Megs you thought.
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The modern take on Beast Wars with a pseudo-techno organic-style on the beast design is something that worked for this figure due to the time the Cybertron series was still airing internationally. It was never meant for it to be included in the series but as a modern creation to celebrate 10 years of Beast Wars along with Optimus Primal in case the popularity of Beast Wars has been forgotten.
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But in the end, there are still BW fans out there if not for that series the Transformers brand won’t be in this stage of continued resurgence, and how the mythology has built it to become the franchise it has become. Even though there are still G1 fans out there you can still expect Hasbro will continue to produce memorable characters like Beast Megatron to be part of the series.
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Transformers Cybertron | Deluxe Class Megatron was sold in Philippine retail in 2006.
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Transformation (Difficulty): 2<br />
Aesthetics: 9<br />
Quality: 8<br />
Robot Points: 8.0
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<td valign="top">The Autobots has taken form of cars, trucks, boats, and aircraft. Mostly, they are also recognizable as emergency crews and rescue vehicles with the exception of Barricade that changed the dynamic as the first Decepticon to be able to disguise as a law enforcement vehicle in the movies and now with Siege.
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But despite all that there are still Autobots that continue to take the form of Police and Fire Rescue like these two Micromasters introduced in the second wave of <b>War for Cybertron: Siege</b> in 2018-2019 release. The <b>Rescue Patrol</b> Team has been known for not only its name, but the team behind it. They make their return as part of the characters introduced in this new trilogy from the franchise.
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The Rescue Patrol team is consist of two Micromasters similar to the modern iteration of these fuel efficient Cybertronians they are not just two robots. They also have special abilities that enhance the bigger robots by either be extra hands on taking down the Decepticons, but also becomes something more.
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Their price point is retailed similar to the Legends Class (formerly Scout Class) from the previous trilogy, which is the Power of the Primes. But instead of a single robot they came packed on a blister carded with two new moulds of the Micromasters Rescue Patrol team based from the original released at the tail end of Headmasters.
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<b>Then & Now | From Four to a Duo</b>
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Packaged in robot mode the Rescue Patrol team is a two-bot crew of Stakeout and Red Heat (Originally, “Red Hot” but due to trademark changes were made) consist of a Cybetronian-type Police Car and Fire Rescue Truck. These two Micromasters are entirely new moulds based from the original with added articulation.
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Besides the upgrade on their articulation the figures are more muscular if you compare it to their vintage counterparts. Stakeout looks different from his vintage counterpart being more skinny than muscular, which the same goes with Red Heat that now has an upgraded head sculpt that used to cover with his mouth plate.
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Hasbro & Takara Tomy’s designers and engineers made sure to modernize these two characters similar to the Air Strike Patrol released from the first wave. With the changes and upgrade and cost the Rescue Patrol tear are no longer the four original Micromasters of old, which no longer have Fixit and Sea Watch.
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Their modern take are not close to perfection either, both figures have issues with flimsy joints and sometimes they tend to detach when you try to make them do action poses. Comparing to the vintage counterparts they’re more durable with the breakaway parts that you only need to attach their limbs back. With the modern take on these characters come some nifty gimmicks like attaching fire blast effects as you can see with Red Heat and Stakout in action.
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Featured Articulation:
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<b>Transformation| Robot to Rescue Vehicles</b>
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As mentioned above the issues of joints detaching for action poses also happens when you transform them both to vehicles modes. Though simple transformation, you don’t to read the manual also let you encounter this issue, since they do not have tighter joints and solid joint connections.
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<b>Vehicle Mode | Rescue Crew</b>
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These two take forms of Cybertronian Rescue Vehicles don’t really emphasis on their alien alt modes, and still carry the old school Police and Fire Truck aesthetics. With comparison to their vintage counterparts the old Red Heat/Red Hot does look more alien while Stakeout becomes two different characters.
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The Siege version has more details than simple lines and liveries that say “Police” or looking like a Fire Truck. Though the Cybertronian text on Stakeout clearly shows they are from an alien planet of robots where both works as the Rescue Patrol team.
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You can also attach blast effect on vehicle mode, most notably with Red Heat/Red Hot at the tip of his ladder when you unfold it. The side-by-side comparisons with their vintage counterpart show in vehicle mode the difference. But the comparisons end there with the robot to vehicle aesthetics.
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Their special use what really makes them stands out, but not as impressive as the Air Strike Patrol. Stakeout and Red Heat becomes a special weapon to larger Siege characters as seen with Sideswipe using them as an all-powerful weapon. But not as solid as you expected, for the assortment that became a shelf warmer in late 2019 and on clearance they’re not as the favourite Micromasters in this wave.
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Alternate Rescue Vehicle Features:
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<li>Fold Out Extending Ladder/Nozze (Fire Truck)</li>
<li>Detailed Light Bar (Police Car)</li>
<li>Weapon can be Attached Externally</li>
<li>Lower Arms can't be tabbed properly</li>
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Overall the new take on the Rescue Patrol team looks overwhelming, but turns out a slight disappointment on their special gimmick not tabbing properly and becoming a shelf warmer that’s on clearance recently. It is a great pair; you can never go wrong picking up the Rescue Patrol team to bolster the Autobot ranks.
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But in the end this depends now on your preference if you have previously owned an original Rescue Patrol. This pair is a quick pass for those unfamiliar with these non-show characters. But for those who have grown up to the original Micromasters this takes you back to your childhood how popular they are. Notably this is due to John Moschitta lending his voice to the TV commercials.
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War For Cybertron Siege | Micromasters Rescue Patrol is now on available in general retail across Australasia and Southeast Asia. This was acquired at Toys R' Us which is originally retailed at:
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<b>PhP 649.75 Pesos | $ 16.96 AUD | $ 511.15 USD</b>
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<b><u>Now on Clearance</u></b> at:
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<b>PhP 300.00 Pesos | $ 8.06 AUD | $ 6.17 USD</b>
<b>Product Rating:</b>
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Transformation (Difficulty): 1<br />
Aesthetics: 10<br />
Quality: 6<br />
Robot Points: 7.0
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Mark Cerbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06118656767408720101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206929714311426245.post-30429191022268222492021-02-25T17:30:00.085+08:002021-03-01T10:00:46.308+08:00TF Animated | Autobot Blurr<table border="0"><tbody>
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<td valign="top"><b>Blurr</b> is a fast-talking and quick moving Autobot appearing in various parts of media beginning with the 1986 animated <i><b>Transformers: The Movie</b></i> voice by <b>John Moschitta</b> well known for <i>Galoob’s Micromachines</i> and <i>Federal Express</i> commercials in the 1980s. To sum up Blurr is what <i>DC Comics</i>’ <i>The Flash</i> to <i>Marvel</i>’s <i>Quicksilver</i>. But the character’s appearance in the animated film won’t end there.
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There have been many interpretations of the character during the <i>Unicron Trilogy</i>, but none of them even have a semblance or inspiration based from the original character that Moschitta has voiced. No until in 2008 when Hasbro and Cartoon Network collaborated in producing <b>Transformers: Animated</b>.
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In the series, Blurr was introduced as a member of the <b>Autobot Elite Guard</b> under the Supreme Command of Ultra Magnus, which has a subordinate bumbling field commander in Sentinel Prime where Blurr reports to for his missions. This character deviates from the original Blurr from G1, but still have some elements and designs inspired from which was also voiced by John Moschitta.
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The action figure was released as part of the fifth wave of Deluxe Class assortments for the Transformers: The Animated range of toys. The designs were heavily designed from Derrick J. Wyatt’s art, which is a different take on how the toys were created. Back then the toys where released first and then the cartoon followed suit. For Animated it was more of a different concept.
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<b>Transforrmers: Animated</b> was aired on Cartoon Network, and the toys followed its release, where the process was different and was a team effort between Hasbro, Cartoon Network, and Takara engineers putting together some of the best designed toys ever to jump from 2D animation to action figure form.
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<b>Car Mode | Sleek Futuristic Car</b>
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With all the Deluxe Class toys released beginning in 2008, Blurr was a later wave figure and was one of the sought after characters as his portrayal in the series. It was packaged in car mode, the carded bubble with details and techspecs describing his personality. Blurr transforms from a sleek futuristic car aching to some elements of Speed Racer’s Mach 5 with sharp lines and sleek angles.
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There’s a bit of Tron-like engineer as well with the rear wheels appears to not roll, but only its middle part. There’s so much light piping on the headlights, where the windows are tinted in black. The tail fin which is hardly seen is made of rubber, which goes the same with the front edge of the car for child safety purposes.
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On broad daylight you can definitely the headlights are translucent blue and with combination of dark colors make up the car’s aesthetics. Its impressive how it appears way better than his G1 original counterpart when it comes to the angles and edges of representing a modern futuristic concept car.
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In vehicle form there’s a button on top of the hood, which reveals a gimmick that activates a spring-loaded translucent blue saw underneath that also have its use in robot mode (more of this below).
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<li>Sleek Futuristic Styling</li>
<li>Translucent Blue Headlights</li>
<li>Rolling Plastic Wheels on Flat Surface</li>
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<b>Transformation | Futuristic Car to Robot Mode</b>
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There are some careful ways to transform Blurr into that formidable robot mode, and it takes some careful steps. Since the toy is from 2008 it hadn’t aged properly with one part of the car’s side has revealed a stress fracture due to several times it was transformed.
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The toy is thirteen years old and since this one was stored in a ziplock-type bag and stored away from sunlight, which were not openly displayed. Careful movements of the parts in transforming it from vehicle to robot mode must be gently executed than heavy handed like being arm wrestled might cause further damage to the figure.
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<b>Robot Mode | Intelligence Agent</b>
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For a Deluxe Class figure, Blurr looks skinny and tall for its size assortment, but back to more than a decade ago scale was not the issue how these figures where put together. Blurr looks the way he was designed based from the cartoon model with blue matte finish that doesn’t show any shiny detail like most figures prior to this one and the current toys that’s been available on retail.
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The head design is impressive incorporating the light piping gimmick that lights up his optics. The tailfin from the car mode is actually part of his made of rubber, which is good if it was made with a plastic material this has been broken off a long time ago. Blurr’s shoulders are ball-jointed and can execute a running pose due to his ball-joined toes and have swivel waist. His accessory is also part of his car mode that doubles as his shield with a hidden weapon when you press the square button that you activate it to reveal the saw. You can store the shield through two pegs at the back or a single peg on both of his forearms.
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Though his aesthetics does not fit with the G1 characters his appearance defines a generation of TF fans who grew up watching the show. In comparison to his fellow Elite Guardsmen, he stands taller even with Jazz and Sentinel Prime. But just as portrayed into a Cybertronian Speedster his design aesthetics fits with his personality.
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As mentioned with the toy’s age it did not look well having a stress fracture that can be seen in his car mode, which also seen in his robot mode near his knees. You can see how thin Blurr’s legs are and this pose an issue to the one that showed the great amount of stress and it might be long that this is an evident damage to the figure if not given extreme care as this is better stored in vehicle mode to avoid that crucial issue.
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Featured Articulation:
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<li>Shoulder Ball-Joints</li>
<li>Ball-Jointed Head</li>
<li>Swivel & Ball-Jointed Elbows</li>
<li>Double Jointed Hips</li>
<li>Swivel Waist & Knees</li>
<li>Ball-Jointed Toes & Heel</li>
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Overall TF Animated Blurr is its own a character from that TF Animated series, that was unfortunately cancelled at the end of its third season run. If they kept it going by the fourth season it reveals the true fate of Blurr, which was confirmed a long time ago that he lives. The toy shows how design and engineering is pushed to how cartoon model can be translated to 3D form namely the action figure.
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This was a great design and creation of a character not largely appreciated in the G1 series, and carries some elements from its later inspiration, which was also voiced by John Moschitta that certainly makes this clearly not just another Blurr.
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Transformers Animated | Deluxe Class Autobot Blurr was sold in Philippine retail in 2008.
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<b>Product Rating:</b>
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Transformation (Difficulty): 2<br />
Aesthetics: 10<br />
Quality: 8<br />
Robot Points: 8.5
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Mark Cerbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06118656767408720101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206929714311426245.post-36348881004098410582021-02-25T10:35:00.027+08:002021-02-25T17:22:45.599+08:00TF Sightings | Kingdom Update at TRU Glorietta<table border="0"><tbody>
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<td valign="top">The past few days have been quite a surprise if you’re keeping eye on the <b>War for Cybertron: Kingdom</b>. Local retail is slowly ramping up their shelf displays and for the stores that gets a complete assortment it is a rarity. Though it might be too early to celebrate surely there’s more where that came from. In the case of Toys R’ Us they’re the store that get most out of the new stuff.
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As mentioned before not all stores get their shelves updated this is due to the strategic location of the stores for the reason they’re getting new stuff while the others aren’t. Though it appears to be unfair but at the end of the day it is a business tactic why these stores are updated compared to the others even if the store carries the same name. If you’re not from Makati City you’ll be surprised.
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<b>Sighting Update as of 24 February 2021</b>
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The past weekend update at Toys R’ Us Glorietta shows that they’re one of thestores fortunate enough to get restocks for WFC: Kingdom. It is located at the Bridgeway connecting Glorietta Mall and SM Makati. It is where collectors go first since it easily seen in a Transformers fan perspective a ‘space bridge’ that is accessible to almost everyone working and residing in this area.
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In the recent days both TRU and its rival Toy Kingdom has been getting significant amount of restocks compared to nearby stores in Landmark, Rustan’s, and even TRU Greenbelt. The ramp up on the first wave arrival for Kingdom was rough at the end of January 2021 and slowly ‘normalized’ for some, but to those casual into selectively acquiring their favourites it would still be not enough when second wave gets released locally on general retail.
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<b>Cyclonus of Both Toylines</b>
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With the release of <b><i>Studio Series 86</i></b> many would wonder if there would be another Cyclonus for this range, but clearly with this character’s absences in the toy isle it is evident that this same figure would also be part of Kingdom since it was released under this series than the later.
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<i><b>TRU Glorietta</b></i> has not have Cyclonus on the toy shelves and largely the only character that they have available while the rest from the first wave is on display including Warpath and both <b>Optimus Primal</b> and <b>Megatron (Beast)</b>.
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This is probably the first time TRU Glorietta ever had a complete assortment, almost. So far Cyclonus is the hottest commodity right now and not have been seen in stores with the exception that the <i>very last figure</i> was already bought at <a href=https://officialtransformersph.blogspot.com/2021/02/tf-sightings-toy-kingdom-in-sm-makati.html><i><b>Toy Kingdom</b></i></a> in SM Makati last night as of this update.
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In case you haven’t been passing by TRU Glorietta you’ll probably in for a good treat if you haven’t pick up any of the assortment for the first wave as the new set would arrive in handful as most of the local toy reviewers has them already in-hand, but not acquired from retail stores. Just keep an eye for those too, right now if you haven’t got any of the ones that keeps being sold check the updated details below:
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<b>WFC: Kingdom Core Class | Wave 1 [Retailed at: ₱649.75 Pesos | $13.38 USD | $16.90 AUD]**</b>
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<b>WFC:Kingdom Deluxe Class | Wave 1 [Retailed at: ₱1199.75 Pesos | $24.70 USD | $31.22 AUD]**</b>
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<b>WFC:Kingdom Voyager Class | Wave 1 [Retailed at: ₱1799.75 Pesos | $24.70 USD | $46.77 AUD]**</b>
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<td valign="top"><b>War for Cybertron: Kingdom</b> is slowly getting restocked in selected retail stores in Metro Manila. But is it enough to give the market the demand it needs? Well, depends on which area you’re located, but the local distributor continues to make sure there are enough for everyone despite growing numbers of interest for the toy brand that made Hasbro continue to make toys for the big boys.
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Despite the challenging logistic demand is it enough? The third installment of the War Far Cybertron Trilogy in Kingdom has had a rough start being stocked late in January 202i making them fly off the shelves instantaneously not even lasting a week. For those who had limited access to this product there is hope.
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Toy Kingdom in SM Makati recently had updated their stocks, though the first wave is not complete missing in the range are Core Class <b>Rattap</b>, Deluxe Class <b>Warpath</b>, Voyager Class <b>Cyclonus</b>, and Leader Class <b>Megatron (Beast)</b> you still might see these in other areas if you’re the adventurous kind.
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You may get a little breather yourself since the world is still in the middle of the pandemic as not anyone can cough up funds for everything. Surely, Playkit Philippines is taking notice of the huge demand as compared to how <i><b>Richwell</b></i> (aka RichPrime, also as Europlay, the local distributor for the <b>Mattel</b> brand in the Philippines) had not even made the revival or Mattel’s <b><i>Masters of the Universe: Origins</i></b> that nostalgic, which only ends up in the selected hands of a very few consumers. It is not an excuse not to ramp up the quantities to suit the big demand in making it available for the general retail in these current global crises unlike the Transformers brand and other Hasbro products.
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<b>Kingdom Come</b>
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Recently reported restocks of WFC:Kingdom at other retail stores clearly shows that the local distributor is taking notes about the demand for this toyline. Of course, this is just the first wave and just like its initial offering the demand for it would put more at toy shelves in selected retail stores that has huge foot traffic.
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The second wave would have a smaller demand just like what Siege and Earthrise have. But rest assured Playkit Philippines would answer the call to bring them to general retail. With that said, for those unaware of the WFC:Kingdom price point there was a slight increase between the Deluxe and Voyager Class assortment.
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Every listing and available quantity for Toy Kingdom in SM Makati will be listed below for you to get an idea how many are still available, which also includes the price point for you to get the heads up.
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<b>WFC: Kingdom Core Class | Wave 1 [Retailed at: ₱649.75 Pesos | $13.38 USD | $16.90 AUD]**</b>
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<li>WFC-K1 Optimus Prime (2x Pieces)</li>
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<b>WFC:Kingdom Deluxe Class | Wave 1 [Retailed at: ₱1199.75 Pesos | $24.70 USD | $31.22 AUD]**</b>
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<li>WFC-K4 Cheetor (2x Pieces)</li>
<li>WFC-K5 Blackarachnia (4x Pieces)</li>
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<b>WFC:Kingdom Voyager Class | Wave 1 [Retailed at: ₱1799.75 Pesos | $24.70 USD | $46.77 AUD]**</b>
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<li>WFC-K8 Optimus Primal (4x Pieces)</li>
<li><s>WFC-K9 Cyclonus (1x Pieces)</s></li>
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<b>WFC:Kingdom Leader Class | Wave 1 [Retailed at: ₱2999.75 Pesos | $61.70 USD | $77.93 AUD]**</b>
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<li>WFC-K11 Optimus Prime (unchanged re-release of Earthrise Optimus Prime) (4x Pieces)</li>
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<b>Ten Percent Off & Clearance</b>
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In case you haven’t been in the loop for Toy Kingdom’s ‘New Year Promo’ they are currently having all their Hasbro products at 10% off until 28 February 2021. This has been running since the start of January and if you’re keen to make the effort to save up on spending more this might be your chance to get the necessary figures you need less than the regular retail prince point.
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Besides that if you’re also into the Cyberverse range there also figures on clearance like the one with a ‘Black’ Hot Rod with those teeny tiny Sharkticons. They’re already been on sale since December 2020 and this might be a good opportunity to pick up this pack just for the little sharks to feed on poor old Kup.
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Evidently, Toy Kingdom is not only the retail store in Makati City. There’s Landmark, Toys R’ Us, and Rustan’s. But not all stores get the same amount of stock as the store in discussion. But just enough to keep all collecting consumers updated which store has and have not.
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These days you don’t need to go to the store physically as most of these retail stores have set up online shops through Lazada, Shoppee, and other options you may find through social media. Toy Kingdom is on Viber app and you can inquire directly for what is available just inquire which branch and they will give you the access to keep you updated in what they have on their shelves to not miss out.
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<td valign="top">By now everyone is getting the first wave of WFC: Kingdom, which started appearing in local retail at the tail end of January 2021. But not all stores have it as most that get the stock are the ones that get foot traffic. With the pandemic continues in 2021 there will be stores that receive restocks. Though, not enough to fulfill the market in areas that still needs to have them.
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In the stores in Makati City, there are quite a few that gets them on the shelves. Most of the first wave for WFC: Kingdom is broken up. Some of the highly sought after characters don’t actually make it to the display it is either that the product gets bought online or it was not included in the delivery. This is just an update on both stores with Landmark and Toys R’ Us in Glorietta...
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The Transformers brand is still the hottest selling toyline for Hasbro globally with War for Cybertron: Kingdom slowly making it to retail and specialty shops there are not enough to fill up a complete wave for everyone. But that doesn’t mean Playkit Philippines is not trying. Surely, they know the demand is not only in Metro Manila but also in provincial areas in the country.
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In Makati City alone, there are numerous stores that carry them, but not entirely complete as you’d expect. There are chances you’ll find all of them, but the ones you’re hoping to get are either limited per case or it’s that popular.
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<b>The Landmark</b>
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This department store never got much stock of the latest WFC: Kingdom, but if they do certainly the shelves gets immediately emptied out. However, there are still some Earthrise assortments that hardly noticed in area. But interest now is the first wave of Kingdom that is not in quantities.
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Leader Class Optimus Prime, the carry-over from the Earthrise range gets repackaged in a WFC:Kingdom is considered the shelf-warmer for this assortment that came with Megatron (Beast). There’s no difference from the previous release other than the packaging and the special trading card that reveals the character’s future.
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The usual suspects of being sold out for the Deluxe Class is Warpath and Cheetor, while for the Core Class is <a href=http://officialtransformersph.blogspot.com/2021/02/war-for-cybertron-kingdom-rattrap.html><b>Rattrap</b></a>, which has already been sold out. <a target=_blankhref=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0L-RHWtL3nY><b>Vertebreak</b></a> or Optimus Prime doesn’t much get the adoration. But these two figures are considered underrated if you have watched the reviews by US-based toy reviewer <a target=_blank href=https://www.youtube.com/user/peaugh><b>Peaugh</b></a> on <b>Youtube</b>.
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<b>Toys R’ Us Glroeitta</b>
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This store had the most restock of War for Cybertron: Kingdom and Earthrise, but recent updates don’t happen immediately. Deluxe Class Warpath is already sold out even though this assortment had a price point increase. There is hope that Playkit Philippines would update this store due to the foot traffic location connecting to the Bridgeway going to Toy Kingdom.
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The update so far is that Deluxe Class Cheetor is available again in this stores the same with Leader Class Megatron (Beast). You can still find an abundance of Leader Class Optimus Prime both in Earthrise and Kingdom packaging. You just have to pick which one you prefer. On the Earhtrise you get a piece of the map, while if you get Kingdom you get a special trading card. Previous Earthrise assortments can also be found here like Deluxe Class Trailbreaker. But for those still in the hunt for Rattrap you’ll be surprised that there are five of them here as of this report.
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<b>Generations Selects</b>
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Generation Select doesn’t get much attention as the mainline series, but if you’re still looking for Deep Cover you can find this character too as well as previous releases like Rotorstorm, Grease Pit, Exahust, and the Netflix Spoiler Pack featuring Ultra Magnus as these are rarely available in smaller TRU branches.
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Hopefully, Playkit Philippines will continue to fill up the shelves for those that get sold out like the Voyager Class assortments for Cyclonus and Optimus Primal as well as a restock of Deluxe Class Warpath and Leader Class Megatron (Beast). These are the ones that move the first wave. In some regions outside the Philippines, there are already sightings of the second wave.
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<b>Studio Series 86</b> hasn’t made it yet to retail and only Leader Class Grimlock has been available, but has been immediately sold out. The specialty shops in Greenhills have been reported to have the first wave of Deluxe and Voyager Class, which were pre-orders. That’s really a tall order for the local distributor to ramp up, but slowly but surely everyone will get what they need amidst this pandemic.
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<td valign="top"><b>Beast Wars</b> is 25 years in 2021 and that means Hasbro and Takara Tomy is celebrating the series in a subtle way by including some of its iconic characters to the current toyline, namely, War for <b>Cybertron Trilogy</b>’s third series <b>Kingdom</b>. It’s no surprise that these characters have been added or being sneaked into the toyline going as far back to Unicron Trilogy.
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In the past, they were never part of the main narrative or just added to bolster the toyline. But in recent years with the last story in the <i>Prime Trilogy</i>, which is <i><b>Power of the Primes</b></i> it was <i>Optimus Primal</i> becoming main protagonist. For War for Cybertron: Kingdom, a slew of Beast Era characters have been produced and one of them is the Maximals smelliest rodent, <b>Rattrap</b>!
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The first wave of WFC Kingdom has started appearing in the Philippine retails stores in late January 2021. Majority of the characters being sold out for Core Class includes Rattrap’s latest iteration since the last version was produced all the way back from 2014’s Generations Thrilling Thirty anniversary year.
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With Transformers Earthrise streamed in December 2020 there was not much a teaser for Rattrap to be included in the upcoming third series finale. But Dinobot’s reveal in the later part of the sixth episode clearly shows Beast Wars is happening in the world within War for Cybertron Trilogy.
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<b>Packaging | Bubble Carded-Type</b>
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The <b>Core Class</b> assortment is what in the past known as Basic, Scout, and Legend Class assortment. Hasbro keeps changing the names of the assortment sounds confusing, but when you look at the past releases it is the same size class. It depends now on the scale of the character/figure included in the series.
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Rattrap is included in the first wave along with a more overly complicated, well-detailed, and downsized-for-your-pocket <b><i>Optimus Prime</i></b>, a new character named <b><i>Vertebreak</i></b>, and the most iconic Maximal Saboteur. With the Deluxe, Voyager, and Leader Class assortments having changes in retail price points the slight changes also on the packaging. The Core Class still retains the carded with plastic bubble packaging just like in the previous series with Siege and Earthrise.
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The only changes is the card art, and like every artwork feature it is something to keep if you’re a fan of the works done by these talented masters. Rattrap’s organic rat mode is featured on top of the card bubble and the background features the crashed Ark on top of Mount St. Hilary while the main product is in robot mode.
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At the back of the carded packaging features the image of the product in both robot and organic rat mode. Other details feature multi-language warnings for kids 8 years old and product details for country and region where it is distributed.
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<b>Robot Mode | Maximal Saboteur</b>
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The figure is 3.5 inches tall (almost 4-inch) and has details for this scale based from the original toy and animation model. Rattrap has ball-jointed shoulders, elbows, knees, and down to his rat-like feet. His head is on a swivel that can turn 360 degrees as part of the transformation (more of this below). The figure includes his fusion blaster that can be stored on its back via tab slot. Comparing it to the previous size class related to the current Core Class this Rattrap is slightly smaller than its original Beast Wars Basic Class and previous toyline, which was Power of the Prime Legends Class assortment.
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The comparison doesn’t stop there, which also pits it side-by-side with Generations Thrilling Thirty Deluxe Class Rattrap. Scale-wise Core Class Rattrap is suitable scale with the Kingdom characters than the previously released characters. Standing beside Ultra Class Tenth Anniversary Beast Megatron and Optimus Primal makes Rattrap smaller, which is either a good scale or too small for your display.
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This depends on your preference and not yet having the current iteration of some of the Beast Wars characters from Kingdom or if you’re already content having the older figures in your display it’s all up to your interest.
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<b>Transformation | Solid Tabbing & Folding Robo-Rat</b>
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The designer from both Hasbro and Takara Tomy clearly have innovated from its past creations and has produced some of the best ways to transform their characters from their robot form to their alternate modes. Rattrap’s transformation starts with his arms that tab to the sides of the body of the rat mode.
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This is followed with folding of the chest and before that rotating his head to his back and the transformation appears to be complicated, but easily solid with its folding and tabbing its parts to cleanly compact into its alternate mode.
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Though, it is not perfect the forearms don’t lock up that much in this copy. But surely, this is a rare case to other figures. You just have to be patient and follow the process that is depicted in the instructions manual included in this figure. But it best to observe and see the flow of transformation as you can find the process better compared to its wave-mate Core Class Optimus Prime.
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<b>Beast Mode | Organic Rat-a-stic</b>
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The appearance in Rattrap’s organic mode looks more realistic compared to its past iterations though the only comparison you’ll see in the photos (see images included) is the 2014 Generations version that appears cartoonish than realistic. Side-by-side with the vintage Beast Wars Basic Class, Ratrap stands out.
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It appears though lack in articulation compared to the Deluxe Class version this Maximal really grows on you. The Fusion Blaster has this piece that you also tab it to its hunch it doesn’t appear spectacular that the designers could have made it just hide the weapon underneath. But with budget constraints Hasbro/TakaraTomy made sure the weapon can still be stored elsewhere externally.
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Overall verdict, Rattrap in this scale is great value for your money though if you look back the price point of today used to associate with the Deluxe Class. For those had renewed interest in Beast Wars this is a great figure scale for other characters from the same series appearing on Kingdom.
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The only thing that is not flawless is the tabbing of the arms to tuck it underneath its rat mode. The rest is just great and this figure gets immediately sold out for those who grew up in the 1990s and getting the nostalgic factor from seeing Beast Wars, Rattrap is the starter pack to get before hunting down the other members of the Axalon crew.
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War For Cybertron Kingdom | Core Class Rattrap is now on available in general retail across Australasia and Southeast Asia. This was acquired at Toy Kingdom during its two-month 10% off in all Hasbro products in SM Makati which is retailed at:
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<b>PhP 649.75 Pesos | $ 17.65 AUD | $ 13.37 USD</b>
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Transformation (Difficulty): 2<br />
Aesthetics: 10<br />
Quality: 9<br />
Robot Points: 9.0
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As the Chinese Lunar Year inches close by here’s a spotlight for an unsung character that is typically unknown and immediately forgotten. If you haven’t heard of Longhorn then you only know what’s popular with <b>Beast Wars</b> that gave a renewed interest for the Transformers brand, but with Beast Machines then you’ll be surprised.
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Longhorn only appeared in the bits of comicbook panels and not really the character that changed the narrative or the story, but was given a spotlight that for new Beast Wars fans would barely notice his impact. But for long time Transformers fans that eat, live, and, breathe all about the brand Longhorn’s presences in their collection display would give him a rare space for its significance.
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<b>IDW Publishing</b> featured him in <b>Beast Wars: Uprising</b>, a side story connecting the CG animated TV series as part of the canon. Though not impactful it gives a look about the character. Longhorn is considered a non-show character that deserves a spotlight despite its not-so favourable design concept, and since 2021 is the year of the Ox its fitting that this Maximal is front and center to represent this New Year.
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<b>Technorganic Features:</b>
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<b>An Organic Bull with a Metal Ring</b>
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Released as part of the Second Wave under the Basic Class assortment in 1999, Longhorn came packaged in a blister bubble in his beast mode. Longhorn transforms into the organic bull with translucent teal green eyes and that includes a metal ring in its bull nose. Hasbro designers definitely had given us Transformers that change into a bull that is in dark red, gold, and translucent teal green accent.
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Longhorn could have been a Deluxe or even a Voyager Class, but around that time Hasbro has not established yet the uniformed class assortment. Basic Class is considered the Scout, Legends, and presently Core Class designation for small figures that seems out of scale for a transformers that turns into a bull, but for those who have grew up owning this character is thankful to have him in their collection.
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The details of Longhorn in his beast mode are not just about the color accents, but the design incorporating an organic bull with cybernetic aesthetics as not entirely an organic animal. But it merges the best of what Lognhorn would become even though small for its size Hasbro design team incorporate the little things from the design of his rib cage down, the hidden spark crystal (that reveals his allegiance) to that signature nose-ring.
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<b>Charging Action Feature</b>
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In beast mode, Longhorn has this action feature by pressing down on his "mane" in beast mode raises up his head as a "ramming" attack on a spring-loaded "see-saw" mechanism. Though over time that spring mechanism gets too loose (as explained in robot mode) but that doesn’t make any hindrance to the aesthetic of the animal form.
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<b>Quickand Basic Transformation</b>
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The transformation is fairly simple and basic as the entire chest folds down, but you have to rise up the head to unfold the shoulders. The face of the bull becomes his chest while the upper part of the bull’s head reveals Longhorn’s head with the horns. Its lower part doesn’t make any change by the lower front legs rotates to the back and unfolds his robot feet while the tail folds to the rear part.
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<b>Featured Articulation:</b>
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<li>Ball-Jointed Shoulder</li>
<li>Swivel Ball-Jointed Elbows</li>
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<b>Robo-Bullish Maximal</b>
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In robot mode Longhorn seemed to appear like the devil with the bull’s horn as part of his head design. The face appears to have Native American design inspiration. The light piping in the bull mode also gives the robot eyes some effect as you see Longhorn grins in anger ready to charge in battle.
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His chest now clearly shows the translucent teal green color, while the arms and upper hip are colored in gold. The head and shoulder has a huge gap that doesn’t lock together since there’s no tab or any way to connect for a stable look, which doesn’t give credence to the robot aesthetics.
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Longhorn doesn’t even have weapons although his front hooves are sculpted as permanently-attached melee weapons in his robot mode hands. It must be the budget constraints at that time design-wise it is better that his melee weapons are permanent to avoid it being lost and having a front leg-less bull. In today’s standards that would be unacceptable, but the longer you look at it does make a little of sense of the way the weapon was incorporated at the same time part of the alternate form.
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Overall Longhorn is one of the non-show characters that can be easily forgotten due to the limited exposure in other forms of media with comicbooks and animation. But for a Basic Class figure he stands out despite the lack of scale as something you’ll never see in the present Transformers brand. But since 2021 is Year of the Ox this might be Longhorn’s year to take a look at how Hasbro run with it and made it one of the interesting characters in the Beast Machines series.
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<b>Product Rating:</b>
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Transformation (Difficulty): 1<br />
Aesthetics: 8<br />
Quality: 8<br />
Robot Points: 8.5
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That doesn’t say there will be haters and those still have disdain for this part of the brand’s history, but without Beast Wars the techno babble and toy design won’t make the present toyline like the <b>War for Cybertron Trilogy</b> a popular product in the toy shelves.
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In hindsight after <i><b>Beast Machines</b></i>, the Beast Era never really disappeared as Hasbro slowly tested the waters of interest putting a 10th Anniversary re-release of popular classic characters from that series in 2005, and had produced one-off characters by some of the crew from Axalon with Cheetor in Transformers Universe 2.0 (2008), Rhinox and Rattrap in Generations (2013/2014), and representing Black Arachnia as a different character in TF Animated (2007/2008) show they were around in other shape of form.
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But by the late 2010s Hasbro and Takara Tomy slowy continue to include Optimus Primal in the <i>Prime Wars Trilogy</i> in the later part of the series shows there’s more to come. With <i>War for Cybertron Trilogy</i>’s <b>Kingdom</b>, the Beast Wars characters play a key part in this side of the narrative. In the comics, Beast Wars was around too as part of the TV series side stories in The Gathering and The Ascending written by Simon Furman and art by Don Figureroa.
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After 25 years Beast Wars is still strong with the 1990s nostalgia and so IDW Publishing has rebooted it into a new series a fresh take retelling of the very first episode with a new creative and a couple of ‘exclusive only’ characters.
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<b>SPOILER WARNING: Some scenes and content of the comicbook will be revealed in this issue. If you haven’t picked a copy, the best advice is to avoid reading the complete article. But if you’re ‘okay’ with the revelations please proceed!</b>
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<b>Erik Burnham</b> and <b>Josh Burcham</b> lead the creative team with Letterer Jake M. Wood in the fresh take of the new Beast Wars series that was released recently. It takes you deep into the mythology about the familiar faces fleshed out with their backstories as well as their reason of becoming who they are. There are so much revelation unpacked in the first few pages that Burnham weaves into the narrative that wasn’t revealed in the original series.
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The revelation of who was Megatron (yesss, that Beast Megatron) before and what his original name is revealed in this comicbook to be GALAVAR. It gets intense from the revelation and what he has in mind with the Golden Disk, which was the mysterious object that has been playing a big part of the series. Of course, long-time fans who have watched the entirety of the original broadcast of the show on television have shown what that artifact holds that connects Beast Wars to its predecessor.
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<b>Exclusive Comicbook Characters</b>
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Even prior to its publication release Beast Wars was already being teased with new characters that are based from pre-existing “non-show” toys represented or re-branded as new characters added to the narrative and what they’re role in this retelling of the Beast Wars. This was some of the highlights of the new series with renewed look on the story as well as adding two new characters.
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<b>Nyx</b> and <b>Scold</b> obviously based on the Basic Class assortment of the <i>“Bat” Optimus Primal</i> (from the two-pack with <i>“Crocodile” Megatron</i>) and “Evil in a Half Shell” Snapper with designs by Josh Burcham.
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Speaking of <b>Josh Burcham</b>, if you have come across his name before then you’d be surprised that he also had a hand in working with the previous Beast Wars titles (The Gathering/The Ascending) as its colorist to Don Fugueroa’s pencils. This time around he is the main artist and the take on his art style also has the “Transformers Animated” vibe with its teaser reveals prior to its release.
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There are some deep cuts that takes you back to the very first episode of Beast Wars, but also adds more layers to the familiar characters like Megatron and who he was known before. It also gives you a look at his agenda and why he has gone rogue from the Tripredacus Council. Though this is just the first issue surely there’s more than meets the eye what to look forward to in the next few issues.
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For now, this is something to look forward to those fans who have grown up watching the series, and for those just recently got into the toys via WFC Kingdom this is a good starting point to catch up on reading the series aside from re-watching the now-classic episodes that re-defined Transformers in a whole new way.
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Overall <b>Beast Wars #1</b> is something to look forward to about a retelling of the classic CG animated series in more detail that has more revelations of the familiar characters and who they were before. Beast Megatron was Galavar, hopefully there will be more back stories fleshed out on David Kaye’s character and yesss it is so good to terrorize!
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NEXT: <b>Beast Wars #2: Savage Landing Part 2</b> Mark Cerbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06118656767408720101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206929714311426245.post-23430780620611147322020-09-27T15:30:00.051+08:002021-02-22T16:10:09.708+08:00TF Sightings | Earthrise Wave 2 at Toys R' Us!<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GxBhZA4-Rn0/X3haosRw5fI/AAAAAAABd1A/T148ZwtIZe856c16J3NY61K4YcFgtxLWgCNcBGAsYHQ/s1800/trugb5092702020001.jpg" style="clear: left; display: block; float: left; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="1800" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GxBhZA4-Rn0/X3haosRw5fI/AAAAAAABd1A/T148ZwtIZe856c16J3NY61K4YcFgtxLWgCNcBGAsYHQ/s320/trugb5092702020001.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><table border="0"><tbody>
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<td valign="top">There has been a slow build of updates of new Transformers toys in the retail front that some might not be updated. Lately, with the pandemic there was a pushback on the release of new case assortment of succeeding wave from <i><b>War For Cybertron: Earthrise</b></i>, though the allotted quantities were not enough they still keep arriving in spurts with all that they are still good news.
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In the past weeks the figures has arrived like the <i>Commander Class Sky Lynx</i> and the <i>Titan Class Scorponok</i> is fully stocked now in major retail stores. This includes the Hasbro Selects exclusives that is only sold online can be seen on retail like Grease Pit, Exhaust, and the Micromaster Cassette which gives the locals this special opportunity.
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With all that said the updates keeps rolling slowly but surely and reports not seeing some of them in retail stores is understandable due to the high demand that most consumers are now ordering and purchasing them online.
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It’s a change in the dynamics on how consumers acquire these collectibles is not that new in other countries, but in the Philippines this is a major boom in the business that some in-demand items other than Transformers allotted to this rising digital marketplace that builds a bigger demand for local distributors to export them locally.
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<b>Selected Wave 2 Assortment</b>
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Local Toys R’ Us in the Philippines is usually the first retail to ever receive some of the selected assortments from Wave 2 namely the new Micromasters and Battle Masters that has already been available a few months sighting in countries sighted as far back in late August 2020 and as mentioned the slowdown was the obvious reason for the delay of availability in the Philippines.
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There were no new Deluxe or Voyager Class assortments, but surely they will appear sooner than some think similar to how the second and third wave of SIEGE just suddenly appeared in TRU shelves as this was not the norm five years ago. But as the sayings, “Better late than never” seeing them.
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<b>Battle Masters and Micromasters</b>
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The first few waves of Battle Masters for EARTHRISE were basically a repackaging from SIEGE with no difference on the figure. But that doesn’t mean they’re just bridging the gap of the sub-series like Smashdown (tail end release from SIEGE) and the introduction of Soundnarrier.
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Of course, this will happen again for Wave 2 with Rung, which was a fan favorite character from the IDW Comics that would be a second chance to acquire for this series when it was sighted along with new character Slither Fang.
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This is different for the Micromasters as a new set of teams like the Race Track Patrol and Astro Squad has also been sighted that is a fresh new look of classic characters from the G1 vintage versions is a welcoming update to the TRU shelves.
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<b>Battle Masters</b> | ₱449.75 Pesos ($12.95 AUD | $9.28 USD **)
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WFC-E13 Slither Fang<br />
WFC-E14 Rung
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<b>Micromasters</b> | ₱649.75 Pesos ($18.70 AUD | $13.40 USD **)
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WFC-E15 Race Track Patrol (Roller Force & Decepticon Ground Hog)<br />
WFC-E16 Astro Squad (Fuzer & Autobot Blast Master)
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<b>Double Dealing Deception</b>
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There’s no surprise Double Dealer will be available to the local shores in the Philippines and his sighting certainly will give you some intimidation for the appearance and aesthetic of this character being at the front of the teaser trailer for Netflix’s War For Cybertron: EARTHRISE.
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Some locals has already acquired this character and given a proper toy review a few weeks prior to its retail availability. It’s unfortunate that you can only find this figure assortment in single quantity meaning one per store. Surely, the Hasbro distributor for this country would bring in more as this character would certainly play an important role in the upcoming EARTHRISE series and expect Double Dealer to be sold out.
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<b>Leader Class</b> | ₱2,999.75 Pesos ($86.38 AUD | $61.88 USD **)
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WFC-E23 Double Dealer
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If you’re in the hunt chances are you’ll find these already by now and this was just recently became available at Toys R’ Us yesterday (26 September 2020) until supply last. Hopefully, there will be more for everyone to those still having difficulty without any commute surely they will be also available to be sold online go check them out!
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<td valign="top">If you’re still living in the bubble or no access to commute from one city to another or unaware of the toy shops in Makati City here’s a bit of update for those who are just passing through Landmark Makati and still wondering when the third level part of the department store’s toy section will be accessible for everyone.
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Well, you’re in a bit of good news that it has finally re-opened after all non-essential stores were closed in the middle of March 2020. It is the only toy section of Makati that has been closed since all stores started opening by June 1st. The third level of the Landmark department store has been off-limits since they started serving customers again with the general re-open of businesses in the area.
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Most of the stores that re-opened have massive restocks of the Transformers Earthrise as well as the price slash on the Siege range of figure assortment that has already been sold out at the beginning of June 2020. All these stores now have tapped out and drained all their stocks leaving the unfavorable characters taking up what’s left of the shelves.
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For the Landmark toy section, there haven’t been any changes since they closed down during the pandemic. But they were aware of the changes on their stock if they have them on sale or still currently carrying their original price tag.
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Here are some of the notable assortments that might surprise you that are no longer available in major stores in Makati that they still have them on the shelf.
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<b>Massive Shockwave</b>
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This Leader Class assortment figure has been sold out as the last two stocks at Toys R’ Us in Glorietta has been sold out since late in June. Since the re-open of retail stores this figure was immediately snapped from their toy shelves since it is now 505 off from its original retail of <b>₱2,999.75 Pesos ($85.62 AUD | $61.00 USD**)</b> which is now at <b>₱1,499.75 Pesos ($42.80 AUD | $30.50 USD**)</b>.
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There are TEN of these figures sharing shelf space just up top of the Transformers display that no one has been noticing since the toy section reopened on 15 July 2020. But once this news gets out as of this writing it will surely fly off the shelves that will definitely give you a Shockwave.
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<b>An Army of Chromia</b>
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The lease favorable character from the second wave release in the Siege range from the Deluxe Class assortment that definitely needs love as this femme bot is currently stocked with fourteen of these figures. For those unaware Chromia’s Siege figure is based on the Power of the Primes femme bot template with slight retool removing the combiner port option in giving her fresh look and waist articulation.
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A regular Deluxe Class assortment figure goes for <b>₱999.75 Pesos ($28.53 AUD | $20.30 USD**)</b> and it is now at <b>₱500.00 Pesos ($14.25 AUD | $10.15 USD**)</b> which is quite tempting pick up for those who never got her when it was released. Of course, collectors would ignore her since the body she is using is the same ones used by previous femme bots from the PotP toyline.
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But for those who never got her or the debut figure from 2014’s Generation toy line, this one would be good enough alternative to build your femme bot cast of characters.
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<b>Vintage G1 Optimus Prime</b>
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Lastly, the Vintage G1 Walmart Exclusive Optimus Prime minus the iconic trailer that he comes with from the previous reissues. This was already on clearance in North America and in Australia if you can still find one in stores with a fraction of its current retail price that’s quite a deal.
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The Landmark still has two of these on their current retail that would give non-Filipinos ignoring it like it never existed due to its retail at <b>₱3,499.75 Pesos ($99.89 AUD | $71.10 USD**)</b> that is even way overpriced compared to international price points in North America and Australasia region or even in its neighboring Southeast Asian region.
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If you’re keen to make the travel or have the chance to pass by The Landmark in Makati City this is your chance to snap up some of the figures for the stores to stock up on the latest Earthrise and Cyberverse assortment that still churning up new figures that were recently announced during Hasbro Pulse streaming reveals.
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What are you waiting for? Get going and make the visit!
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