Transformers Selects Kraken, Lobclaw, Encore Big Convoy Up For Pre Order in Australia

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:did you see me? I just waved at you.

You and I have the exact same mind path, Hopefully you enjoy it!

I'm sure I will, I have low standards and a healthy imagination

Have a feeling Hot Shot will be on pre-order same time as Powerdasher Cromar

TFanPage101 wrote:Have a feeling Hot Shot will be on pre-order same time as Powerdasher Cromar

That would be my guess, and likely starting during NYCC in a few weeks. My other guess is that since we sort of knew about Hot Shot since Hound packaging, that he will end up being WFC-GS04 with Cromar as WFC-GS09.

OK, at this point I honestly feel like I'm being trolled by HasbroPulse. It took them a week for their customer service to respond to a single e-mail inquiry of mine. Fortunately i took the plunge and ordered Zetar and the second wave of Seacons prior to Zetar's cut-off or else I would have been SOL again.

Next, I get a notice of a shipping delay until next Monday for Zetar (I figure OK, I was late but at least I'm getting it), then I get an e-mail in the middle of the night saying it actually shipped, so ok I guess...

I made my pre-order as a guest, but wanted to actually sign up so I can track the status of my order. It took a full 24 hours to get a sign-up confirmation e-mail.

Lastly, I look at my order confirmation and it says: Payment method : Submarine ???

o.supreme wrote:Lastly, I look at my order confirmation and it says: Payment method : Submarine ???

It's actually an upside-down gun which translates to "trigger pulled", so you're all good

o.supreme wrote:Lastly, I look at my order confirmation and it says: Payment method : Submarine ???

Whew, man you got hosed, it only cost me $20, but they are gouging you for a whole sub? Wait, maybe they meant a sub sammich, but didn't have enough room for the sammich part? That would make more sense, but for $20 value it had better be one damn good sammich.

Damnit, now I want a sammich. What were we talking about again?

here ya go!

https://www.jerseymikes.com/menu

evidently they opened up ones of these shops near my work so I got a coupon for a free sammich. Maybe I could sent that to HP and get a free toy?

o.supreme wrote:Lastly, I look at my order confirmation and it says: Payment method : Submarine ???

Believe it or not, that isn't the first Hasbro Pulse order to say that.

Submarine payment strikes again!

^ I mean I tried to look online to see if it was *code* for something else. I found nothing, unless its an internal term Hasbro Pulse uses exclusively.

*edit* OK, so I called Pulse, just for my own edification.

Apparently *Submarine* payment is what happens when you pre-order multiple items that have different shipping/release dates (exactly what I did). The original order has to be *cancelled* and then *Submarined* (I would think parceled would have been a simpler term but whatever).... so you are not charged the whole amount, and you get the items as they are released.

I'm glad for this system, its just an odd little thing. Oh well.

Nightbird and Zetar got delivered a little while ago. I have to say, I'm impressed with Nightbird. The paint job/deco is amazing and looks great.



Definitely an improvement over Moonracer and especially the slightly simplified Greenlight/Lancer. The backpack is much better and I don't see any negatives form lacking a combiner peg. Even though there is still some big chunks on the legs, it's still an improvement to move them higher up and to the back. They come off as some type of turbo boosters for quick dashes.

The car mode is all kinds of sexy Vehicon Batmobile. Again, an improvement over the Moonracer mold.



She does have a few negatives. The hips and thigh swivels are a little loose, but not to the point where she can't hold a pose. She also shares the same issue Chromia has with her panty drawers falling off. I may have to permanently glue those on. Having the vestigial second waist/crotch swivel isn't helping matters.

Overall quite pleased and happy with Nightbird

Now to open Zetar <-- um wut? that's supposed to be the cool sunglasses <-- that's not correct either?

carytheone wrote:Now to open Zetar <-- um wut? that's supposed to be the cool sunglasses <-- that's not correct either?

Shows up as the cool sunglasses guy on my end.

Sabrblade wrote:

carytheone wrote:Now to open Zetar <-- um wut? that's supposed to be the cool sunglasses <-- that's not correct either?

Shows up as the cool sunglasses guy on my end.

Sounds like an issue with my browser/OS.

Thanks for the feedback, I just won't sweat it then.

carytheone wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

carytheone wrote:Now to open Zetar <-- um wut? that's supposed to be the cool sunglasses <-- that's not correct either?

Shows up as the cool sunglasses guy on my end.

Sounds like an issue with my browser/OS.

weird_smileys.jpg

Thanks for the feedback, I just won't sweat it then.

Oh, I see, you meant the other cool sunglasses guy.

Sabrblade wrote:

carytheone wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

carytheone wrote:Now to open Zetar <-- um wut? that's supposed to be the cool sunglasses <-- that's not correct either?

Shows up as the cool sunglasses guy on my end.

Sounds like an issue with my browser/OS.

weird_smileys.jpg

Thanks for the feedback, I just won't sweat it then.

Oh, I see, you meant the other cool sunglasses guy.

That's the one, seems like several are broken. Guess it's right click, copy image address, click 'img' button, ctrl-V ... oof so much work


How 'bout dat Nightbird eh?



Man I'm loving this figure, so much paint. Almost all black surfaces are painted, silver on the shins, chest and shoulders, purple torso with yellow accents and the weapons have a splash of color.

Articulation is a little limited in the legs, but the fenders can be moved around a bit. As pictured, I only do stoic A poses anyway The collar does hard limit the crazy amount of available neck movement as well.

Has anyone ever noticed the rear wheels seem like they are on backwards? Even though the wheels are mostly obscured in alt-mode the hollow inside just peeks out a bit.



They look good in bot mode, so I'm considering trying to flip them around. Also afraid of breaking my new play pretty

carytheone wrote:That's the one, seems like several are broken. Guess it's right click, copy image address, click 'img' button, ctrl-V ... oof so much work

You should see how much work it is to fix them, only for them to fuck up again.

Decided to free Zetar and give him a spin. Really nice and fun deco and the drill is just great. His face is so funny and friendly looking.


"Well howdy partner?"

Go big or go home



Or just keep it weird

If you've got Jetfire (and if you don't, you're dead to me) use his blast effects on him. They work great on Brunt as a Super Saiyan power up, they'd look just as good on this guy.

Burn wrote:If you've got Jetfire (and if you don't, you're dead to me) use his blast effects on him. They work great on Brunt as a Super Saiyan power up, they'd look just as good on this guy.

I'm confused, why would I be dead to you if I don't have Jetfire?

I'm not sure exacly how Super Saiyans look all powered up, but hows this float your dingy?



or this?

Burn wrote:If you've got Jetfire (and if you don't, you're dead to me) use his blast effects on him. They work great on Brunt as a Super Saiyan power up, they'd look just as good on this guy.

So that's why you never respond to my messages

Zetar is fantastic, he is basically a gobot, and he is so fun

Burn wrote:If you've got Jetfire (and if you don't, you're dead to me) use his blast effects on him. They work great on Brunt as a Super Saiyan power up, they'd look just as good on this guy.

What if I have him, but I left all that extra junk in the box?

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Zetar is fantastic, he is basically a gobot, and he is so fun

The Gobot face is what sold me. They were great even if they were a little doofy, adorably doofy. Because of the price, I had way more Gobots than Transformers.

Ironhidensh wrote:

Burn wrote:If you've got Jetfire (and if you don't, you're dead to me) use his blast effects on him. They work great on Brunt as a Super Saiyan power up, they'd look just as good on this guy.

What if I have him, but I left all that extra junk in the box?

Ha, I had to dig the box out for the effect parts in my pics. Played with them all the first day and immediately put them back.

Ironhidensh wrote:

Burn wrote:If you've got Jetfire (and if you don't, you're dead to me) use his blast effects on him. They work great on Brunt as a Super Saiyan power up, they'd look just as good on this guy.

What if I have him, but I left all that extra junk in the box?

HA! I did the same.

Anyone else have a super loose right wrist for Jetfire?

william-james88 wrote:

Ironhidensh wrote:

Burn wrote:If you've got Jetfire (and if you don't, you're dead to me) use his blast effects on him. They work great on Brunt as a Super Saiyan power up, they'd look just as good on this guy.

What if I have him, but I left all that extra junk in the box?

HA! I did the same.

Anyone else have a super loose right wrist for Jetfire?

Yes, and its quite annoying.

Ironhidensh wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Ironhidensh wrote:

Burn wrote:If you've got Jetfire (and if you don't, you're dead to me) use his blast effects on him. They work great on Brunt as a Super Saiyan power up, they'd look just as good on this guy.

What if I have him, but I left all that extra junk in the box?

HA! I did the same.

Anyone else have a super loose right wrist for Jetfire?

Yes, and its quite annoying.

Super annoying and it really pisses me the F off on a toy that sure as hell wasn't cheap. I like the transformation and bot mode look but I am not impressed by the overall toy.

carytheone wrote:

Burn wrote:If you've got Jetfire (and if you don't, you're dead to me) use his blast effects on him. They work great on Brunt as a Super Saiyan power up, they'd look just as good on this guy.

I'm confused, why would I be dead to you if I don't have Jetfire?

I'm not sure exacly how Super Saiyans look all powered up, but hows this float your dingy?



or this?

I don't have a dingy, we checked and made sure we were above flood level before we bought the house. We just have a lot of hills to get over to get to the stores.

Looks more like Brunt is exploding to me

I like it

Just got my Nightbird figure.

Her robot mode is actually quite nice, and her alt-mode looks very slick, thanks to all that glossy black paint.

Mine did come with a couple of issues. Her bicep swivels were both rather loose and wanting to pop off. It looked like the rod coming from the shoulder was just a hair too wide for the socket on the upper arm (maybe from the added layer of paint?), and her right shoulder rod had a quarter-millimeter of sprue flashing sticking out. After lightly sanding down the whole thing and adding just a drop of Krazy glue for friction, the problem seems to be solved.

Second issue, and the one I can't fix, is that her "grenades" don't want to attach to the posts on her neck rig where they're supposed to go in vehicle mode. They just won't stick on, no matter how much I fiddle with them. They look good popped into the 5mm ports near her front wheels, but it leaves the rear section looking even less complete than it already did. I'm not too fussed about it since she'll be displayed in 'bot-mode, but it is frustrating.

She isn't perfect, but I think I got my money's worth.

I'm now officially fully on board the Seacon hype, what with all the revealed Seacons on pre-order. It will cost an arm and a leg but I'm a sucker for beast modes and combiners.

My attempts at a less Brunty more G1-y drill tank mode for Zetar.




This feels a little better.




Unfortunately some of the asymmetrical aspects of the mold are really limiting.

carytheone wrote:My attempts at a less Brunty more G1-y drill tank mode for Zetar.

Question, would Zetar be in a top 5 drill vehicles list? Would he be on top or is that still reserved to Unite Warriors Nosecone?

william-james88 wrote:

carytheone wrote:My attempts at a less Brunty more G1-y drill tank mode for Zetar.

Question, would Zetar be in a top 5 drill vehicles list? Would he be on top or is that still reserved to Unite Warriors Nosecone?

Until I read Nosecone I couldn't even think of any other drillformers. Even though I've never handled UW NC, I'm going to give it to him because of his big honking ass drill. Zetar is kind of a half-assed goofbot at best. Still love the partsforming dunce cap wearing doofus though

I'm sure WJ88 has a list cookin' . Other than Original Nosecone, CW & UW, I don't know why but Cybertron Menasor comes to mind, I'm sure there's a slough of others, it's just drill bots aren't a high priority search in my brain

Drillhorn and BotCon 2016 Ramhorn, as well.

o.supreme wrote:I'm sure WJ88 has a list cookin' . Other than Original Nosecone, CW & UW, I don't know why but Cybertron Menasor comes to mind, I'm sure there's a slough of others, it's just drill bots aren't a high priority search in my brain

I smell what the WillyJ is cooking. I poked around the wiki a bit and found Drillhorn.

carytheone wrote:

o.supreme wrote:I'm sure WJ88 has a list cookin' . Other than Original Nosecone, CW & UW, I don't know why but Cybertron Menasor comes to mind, I'm sure there's a slough of others, it's just drill bots aren't a high priority search in my brain

I smell what the WillyJ is cooking. I poked around the wiki a bit and found Drillhorn.

Yup, there's Drillhorn who has 2 toys out there, Nosecone has 3, and there's indeed Menasor. Plus more, but I wont give away too much.

Unofficially, there's also the GoBots Renegade Screw Head and his Machine Robo counterpart, Drill Robo (or Rod Drill, as per Revenge of Cronos).

Sabrblade wrote:Unofficially, there's also the GoBots Renegade Screw Head and his Machine Robo counterpart, Drill Robo (or Rod Drill, as per Revenge of Cronos).

Love Screw Head, in fact Zetar reminded me a LOT of him . Also, would Devastator's alternate hands count...or is that just more of an accessory?

o.supreme wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Unofficially, there's also the GoBots Renegade Screw Head and his Machine Robo counterpart, Drill Robo (or Rod Drill, as per Revenge of Cronos).

Love Screw Head, in fact Zetar reminded me a LOT of him . Also, would Devastator's alternate hands count...or is that just more of an accessory?

Up to you.

Screw Head is on top of my list.

I'm going to assume Twintwist would count, both G1 and TR.

But out of everyone I've heard, UW Nosecone for the top spot

Edit: Zetar does make the list for me though (just to keep things on topic-ish)

TF-fan kev777 wrote:I'm going to assume Twintwist would count, both G1 and TR.

But out of everyone I've heard, UW Nosecone for the top spot

Edit: Zetar does make the list for me though (just to keep things on topic-ish)

Yeah, there are lots out there. I really do like the Brunt mold.

carytheone wrote:

Gonna try this one out myself, looks a lot better

Finally got myself a Red Wing. Bypassed the whole Red Card exclusivity and ordered one from Action Robo. He's a pretty neat figure, and I really love the shade of red used for most of his body.

Nice Find. I've seen a couple pictures online which aren't that great, but was wondering if you (or anyone else) had seen some good group shots of all Seven Seekers together?

o.supreme wrote:Nice Find. I've seen a couple pictures online which aren't that great, but was wondering if you (or anyone else) had seen some good group shots of all Seven Seekers together?

I may know a guy. Lemme check.

o.supreme wrote:Nice Find. I've seen a couple pictures online which aren't that great, but was wondering if you (or anyone else) had seen some good group shots of all Seven Seekers together?

Sort of, I can get some better photos when I'm home from my business trip on Thursday. For now I can leave this, Siege vs. Classics Seeker standoff.

I believe this was right before they broke into the dance routine from "Beat It".



Here is another, but Redwing is a bit cut off. (Spoiler alert, the Siege seekers won)

Thanks all! Man that pool table comes in handy! I have to put towels down on the dining table, not sure what type of wood it's made out of...but the wifey was none to happy with a couple scratches I left.....

Collected my Redwing yesterday, he's a nice figure and the battle splodges look better or suit him better in robot mode some how.

Artic Megatron, whilst never going to be a thing of beauty, the backpack is tight and the unmatching whites (which on Red Alert look ugly and cheap) do the same for megs but in a good way. A definite lack of paint tho, would have been nice for lower half of the hover tank to have the orig toys greys. It's not convinced me to need a regular megs over the TR toy but the weapons are great.
One of the feet went really loose when I tried for an ankle tilt, to the point it was a floppy mess but it seems to have locked back in place.

Redwing is the best of the seekers. His colors make that mold so worth it, he looks spectacular.

Really glad he finally got a toy like this. His colors are worth it

Sabrblade wrote:

o.supreme wrote:Nice Find. I've seen a couple pictures online which aren't that great, but was wondering if you (or anyone else) had seen some good group shots of all Seven Seekers together?

I may know a guy. Lemme check.

He got back to me with this pic: