So... UW Bruticus...

I'm happy I have him. He looks wonderful combined. Separately they're quite the mixed bag. (But do still feel a bit pissed over the price, which may be souring my mood on him, and it all boils down to shipping being so incredibly high.)

Vortex: I was one of those people who really wanted a four-bladed Vortex. And we got that. But I kind of understand now why Hasbro wouldn't do it. To be fair, I think it might be more manageable if the blades would fold up in robot mode like the official pictures and instructions indicate - the lower two very closely hugging the hinge of the top two. But mine is simply incapable of doing that. They aren't designed to collapse that far so they either start popping out of the hinge or the pressure forces them to spread back out. So that leaves the blades all around rather unwieldy and ugly. But hey, helicopter mode looks great because of them haha. And I do still prefer his colors.

Brawl: Brawl's still horrible. Waist flops around just like the Hasbro release. Nothing else to report here, though I did actually end up liking the paint scheme on his head in hand.

Blast Off: Here is, sadly, where most of my disappointment lies. The set in general has some tolerance issues with legs not really wanting to peg together, but my Blast Off is probably the worst. The tailfin really doesn't want to hold together either. And that's a real shame. Because I really do rather like him in shuttle mode and robot mode. But dealing with him in arm mode is annoying. I also wouldn't have minded a darker shade of brown, but the caramel he is is not the orange so many lambasted him for from preview pictures. Only thing I don't like about the color scheme is that damn splash of purple on the forehead. Really does look so dumb. EDIT: Totally forgot to mention his neck! A design flaw pretty much everyone's experiencing caused the neck and head to just completely pop out because it's under too much pressure from the combiner peg and the fin on it has to slide through at the perfect angle (though just moving the head sometimes is enough to do it, no touching of the larger part needed at all). That is super annoying.

Swindle: Oh man I like Swindle. Only thing wrong with mine are again some tolerance issues holding the legs together at times. But overall I like his look and just enjoy him as a toy. Excellent change to the Rook mold.

Onslaught: And Onslaught I have no issues with. Beautifully painted and still just a solid figure.

Bruticus: The real reason to get this set and yeah he's good. If I had one nitpick (ignoring the tolerance issues of the individual components) it's the white faceplate. It's more silver in the official pictures which looks fine, but the white it actually is just stands out and looks odd. As a whole package, Bruticus is up there as one of the better combiners in my book though.

Oh I also got the MP Wheeljack re-release (so cheap I caved). He's alright. Need to play with him more but presently tied with Tracks as the least favorite Masterpiece I own, but that isn't to say there's anything particularly wrong with him. He's just.. okay.

perfect Effect is making a third party Optimal Optimus that's in scale with the beast wars generations figures:

http://news.tfw2005.com/wp-content/u...-GORIRA-03.jpg

http://news.tfw2005.com/2016/07/01/p...-gorira-318239

This thing looks amazing. If no body does a Megatron head I'd be surprised.

That's neat, though admittedly, it's my least favorite version of Primal.
However, I'm really glad to see them tucking the guns away so he looks far more show accurate, so I'm down.

Wow. That's all kinds of gorgeous looking.

Same. Also, 3rd party prices. I can probably buy 3 medium sized MP's for the price this thing will cost.

Yeah as amazing as it looks, I know I won't bite because of the inevitably high price. Oh well. Will enjoy looking at pictures and (hopefully, if the ones I subscribe to get him) watching videos of him.

I have to admit that's a pleasant surprise after mom had surgery for breast cancer. I'm going to guess a Megatron head will be a first release bonus. While it's cool to have an OpOp that scales with Rhinox I'll never be able to buy this.

It's kind of a bit of bittersweet news for me. Mom got me Optimal Optimus for my birthday, but the GPS costed my copy the ability to form air guardian and roller modes. Seeing this makes me happy that we're getting a 3rd party Transmetal and sad since it reminds me of happier times.

OpOp has GPS?

No. Just a few weak points.
As an adult, it's easy to handle, but for a kid, it's not too difficult to break. My brother accidentally broke off the ape head, for example.

Given that Leonidas cost 200 bucks and this looks bigger than Leonidas...yeah I can picture this being pricey.

Can figures of the CW Legends motorcycle mold (Groove, Wreck-Gar, etc) plug into the chests of Optimus & Motormaster? I've been asking everywhere & no one's tried it. I doubt they're strong enough but the open hands on the mold made me think they could grip the chest ports or something like that.

So, how many Titan Masters can fit inside the Powermaster Optimus Prime trailer? Also is it true that he & CW Ultra Magnus are constructed from a fragile mold or weaker plastic? I keep hearing about how people worry they won't hold up well over time.

@H3N51N: I think your questions would be better answered over at a TF site. A forum about tokusatsu can only say so much on those matters.

our first look at The Last Knight.

http://i67.tinypic.com/2rw2umr.jpg

I'm so unenthusiastic that I'm surprised I spent a minute thinking of who Prime is fighting.
So, have they given a reason for why he's back on Earth?

Blue eyes white dragon. :lolol

Looks like it's 3 headed.
Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon!

Holy Prism Equine Goddess!

It's official. Yugioh teaser on end credits. :lolol

well. Congratulations, "Energon-" you are no longer the worst animated TF show on record.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gq1oufLvDV0

What about RiD15 though? Do we give that a pass because "artistic vision" or...?

Wait, what's going on? Is this a show about Windblade or something?

RID2015 is a pretty fun show. Far cry from good, but I don't have the heart to call it a bad show.

It's nowhere near brilliant, but the episodes are enjoyable, and you can uderstand what's happening in them. Miles ahead of Energon

I actually enjoyed and liked this trailer. The animation is better than some of the more recent examples I've seen, IMO. It's like they finally took the original designs and did a good 3D CGI rendering of them. I mean this is something I know an old friend of mine and I have been wanting to see since we were kids. I'm all on board for this.

really enjoy the trailer cant wait I don't think this show going to take energeon spot as worst that all depends on in worst you mean. cause energeon fall under Japanese version better then the dub

Just watched this along with all three of the character profile trailers.

The character ones were all HORRIFICALLY dull. I don't think I've ever seen more boring trailers in my life.

This new one was better. Not expecting this mini-series to be especially impressive but it looks like it'll be a decent time waster I guess. However if you want people to take your trailer seriously, getting the Honest Trailers guy to do the voiceover is NOT the way to go :lol

Having that guy voice the trailer still makes no sense, especially when he has to present everything straight. It's an odd twist :lol

Super Link is better than Energon.
But it's still a horrible show. Just because some lines make more sense doesn't mean it's not all nonsense.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CoGEIh7VUAA9gd1.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CoGEIkAVMAAobYt.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CoGEImqUAAAtFBf.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CoGEItqUIAEEvCz.jpg

He looks so good! And I'm glad that this seems to do the usual way of a MP announcement cycle instead of the endless teasing they did with Primal.

If it continues to go well we might get pre-orders for Cheetor next month.

I hear fans don't like having RID 2015 on CN because CN does a bad job on marketing the show. Would RID 2015 work better if it was on normal Nickelodeon? TMNT and Power Rangers seem to do pretty fine on Nick (despite the whole two seasons issue with PR).

Wow Japan is shit at naming Transformers:lol

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/p...07&mode=retail

Have you read the bio for her? The whole set just reeks of fanfiction. :lol

But call me crazy, I kinda like those colours on victorion better than the hasbro one.

Heh. You must have not seen the name of such classic G1 transformers such as Meister, Bumble, Ligier(they must have been lazy or tired by this point to blatently name him after the company that made his alt mode), oh yeah and Cliff. :lolol

I agree with ya, the names used in Japan for the Transformers can sometimes make a person blank out for a second or two.

MP-35 has been revealed... AND IT'S STILL NOT GALVATRON WHY?!?!?!

http://static.seibertron.com/images/...mp-grapple.jpg

30th anniversary of the '86 movie and still no Masterpiece Galvatron! WHY TAKARA?!?!

You’re pulling this crap again? Really? Do we need to tell you for a third time how annoying and stupid this is?

Wow. It's a nice remold of a mold they've already got, lowering costs, and a 84/85 character, which are always the most popular. It's no surprise it's not Galvatron, who would require new molding, and who's just gotten a new toy, so why spilt the market.

Also, you do realise the movie came out in 1989 in Japan, right? So maybe wait another three years or so before screaming "BUT MY ANNIVERSARY" at them.

If you're referring to the Titans Return Galvatron, it's too small.

I like my figures Leader-Class size. (Which reminds me, I still need Combiner Wars Leader Ultra Magnus, Skywarp and Thundercracker)

Well that's you choosing to be picky rather than Hasbro/Takara trying to screw you out of a Galvatron then.

Takara priorities VS your priorities are obviously going to be quite different.

Sorry, but just to reiterate my point from the last time you brought this up: if you want an MP Galvatron that badly the option to buy one from a third party company with similar engineering and design aesthetics still exists, and it won't be any cheaper than buying an official Takara release. No body is forcing you to buy these, so complaining that Takara is not meeting YOUR needs is quite selfish, don't you think? Nobody is screwing you over anything here.

Also for future reference, as someone already stated: it's completely unnecessary to repeat this disscussion every time a new masterpiece comes up. So in the future, please either keep it yourself or bring it up elsewhere.

OK, first off the Masterpiece line is meant for all fans, not just you.

It makes sense to get as much out of a mold as possible and Grapple, Road Hauler and Artfire make business sense to make using the new Inferno mold. Galvatron will come when the time is right. Be patient.