Like I said when I wrote about the
upcoming Ninja Turtles line, the only toys I’m anticipating more right now
than the new TMNT figures are the various Transformers that Hasbro has
announced in the past few months. Included in those is a new Fall of Cybertron line to help out my War for Cybertron guys and a whole mess
of new Transformers: Prime figures.
I mean just look at these bad boys! It’s stupid how awesome these
things are!
Yessiree, Bob! That there is Optimus, Jazz and Shockwave (insert fanboy
squeal here) is their killer new threads for the Fall of Cybertron line.
I like how Hasbro’s going back to the BIG portrait shot of each
character on the front, and the more visceral red (it reminds me of the old G1
boxes). I think these are really going to pop on the shelves at Toy Kingdom
when they eventually arrive here. The toys are being released under the “Generations”
moniker, so completists of that line will probably be scrambling as well.
But, wait! It’s not over. That’s just Wave 1 of the Generations Fall of Cybertron toys. There are a ton
of other figures being released as
well! Aside from the boxset Bruticus (which I’m not including here because of
personal bias: I hate the way it looks) in Wave 2, we’re also going to get an
Ultra Magnus, Sideswipe, and Fireflight (all re-tools of the three above), and
two new figures, Kickback and Starscream!
I so happy, I do the Dance of Joy!
With the Sideswipe announced, you know we’ll get Sunstreaker. Likewise
the rest of the Seekers now that Starscream’s already been tooled. I would not
put it past Hasbro to milk the Prime mold and come out with a Nemesis Prime,
but I’m definitely looking forward to more of the Insecticons.
In addition to the Fall of
Cybertron figures, I’m also looking forward to the Transformers: Prime “Robots in Disguise” Waves 4 and 5,
having just opened Wheeljack and Ratchet from the previous assortments.
Wave 4 includes the new figure Airachnid, the helicopter/spider that
kicked Arcee’s tail in season 1.
We’ll also see two re-paints, a stealth version of Bumblebee,
and another Stunticon to keep Knockout company, Dead End (a re-paint of
Wheeljack).
For Wave 5, we’re looking at a very nice Decepticon Rumble who will
inevitably be re-made into Frenzy down the line, and Sergeant Kup who looks as
if he could mow down a battalion with those cannons!
Hell yes, Hasbro!
According to the write-ups, he’s going be re-done in red to become the Transformers: Prime version of one
of my favorites, Ironhide. Just looking at the concept art has me jizzing in my
shorts.
At a suggested retail price of $12.00 or so in the US, I’m hoping that
these will still be around the Php 700.00 mark when they hit stores in the
Philippines. With the round of price hikes in other lines, though, it’s
possible that they might be getting a jump as well. Paired with the smaller size
of recent Deluxe Class (roughly 5” to 6” in height when in robot mode) figures,
I’m not sure how many of these will be on my buy list.
It’s a hard choice, too, since the product coming out of Hasbro for the
Transformers: Prime property has
been consistently fantastic, while those new Generations figures look pretty
bad-ass.
I’m thinking I’d better find some stuff to sell, and quick.
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