It would probably be best to ask TFW2005 or another one of the larger Transformers fan-forums for that question.
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It would probably be best to ask TFW2005 or another one of the larger Transformers fan-forums for that question.
Ovek
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Hegemon? It's the best Megatron figure you can currently buy.
Galvatron is also cool if you do buy one get the repaint with the laser in his gun well if you can... Just don't be shining that laser in to your eye, I have no idea what power laser they put in that thing but let's just say it's from China and rather powerful.
Assuming you mean Hegemon, he's pretty good, although a tad too large for CHUG and a tad too small for MP. His grey is also really dull and "plasticky," although some people have repainted him a more vibrant silver and he really looks nice that way.
Tizoc
Member
What's the BEst Overlord figure/model?
hEH Will do, I got said fan novel from TFW2005 anyways XD.
hEH Will do, I got said fan novel from TFW2005 anyways XD.
Currently you have 3 options.
The expensive as hell G1 release that had a limited release in the UK or limited release in Japan. Both will run ya 500-700 bucks complete
The 2012 Botcon toy which you can snag for under 70 bucks but is not exactly pretty body wise
The PVC figure. It has limited articulated, about 4 inches tall and can be gotten for 4-5 bucks. It got both a USA and Japan release. (Called Gigatron in the USA's Heroes of Cybertron line)
Also I recently reviewed the new Transformers tablet game that came out in Japan
It's......... well just as tough as the original Mystery of Convoy for the Famicom
http://youtu.be/3NMjdh48qXM?list=UUaUrPZFjl0cwKDuiG9fiMdg
I think a 3rd party figure is coming for Overlord, though I'm not 100% sure.
Tizoc
Member
Who cares it's a limited edition figure.
Mine is on the way...almost complete with a decent box. Only thing missing is a 3rd missile and the instructions booklet. Price I paid for is 75 Euros.
Can't wait for it to arrive
That stuff was for the Transmasters UK fanzine community, so it'll be listed at
http://www.theunderbase.co.uk/story_list.asp?view=a&all=y
Seems like some of it is available in PDF. Might be able to find others.
Hasbro have said everything short of an official announcement that there's a new Overlord leader toy coming in 2015, so you might want to wait.
There is 2 planned but.....
BTS Toys cancelled their planned Overlord, the other one is still up in the air on preorder on BTTS
Mine is on the way...almost complete with a decent box. Only thing missing is a 3rd missile and the instructions booklet. Price I paid for is 75 Euros.
Can't wait for it to arrive
Amazing price. I am jealous =P
There was no mention or preview of Botcon 2014's Hasbro preview panel. Not to mention the name Overlord can't be used so they will have to call it Gigatron or whatever if that does happen (Which is currently licensed under Hasbro)
That is always the best way to tell if they have plans to make a figure within the next year or so, check to see what names they have licensed, trademarked and registered.
HammerOfThor
Member
Is MP Megatron really as bad as people make it out to be? Should I stop wanting it?
It's pretty awful.
Well, it was a good effort at the time. Still, it has thin legs, is pretty complex and fragile, and has a problem with rusting. Though some might call the last issue a feature
It was actually engineered in a very limited time and suffered for it, the designer stated it was one of his best and worst jobs ever wrapped in one.
I would wait, another 3rd party company to do something like Hedgemon again.
Wait it out. Hasbro/Takara won't give ya your perfect "Gun Megatron"
If it's planned for late in the year (as Leaders often are), not mentioning it at BotCon isn't any kind of an indication. And they can use pretty much any name by slapping a faction in front of it. Decepticon Overlord is entirely possible for 2015.
I'd just wait for the inevitable new MP Megatron that Takara is bound to make eventually.
It's more the "Lord" part that Hasbro will avoid. They did Sky Shadow instead of Black Shadow for the J-G1 Victory character, they did called Car Robots Black Convoy, Scourge in Robots in Disguise and in the same series God Magnus into Ultra Magnus, God Fire Convoy as Omega Prime. In 2011 they had a Power Core Combiner called Spastic which a lot of groups in the UK felt was vulgar and thus Hasbro had to send stickers to all retailers worldwide (Not just the UK) to put all over the Spastic toys into Over-Run.
They try to avoid this kind of drama =P
HammerOfThor
Member
Right on I guess I'll wait and get the third party Megatron.
I'm pretty surprised that not a single vendor at Chicago Comic Con has any 3rd party Transformers.
At least in Oct Chicago gets a TF con
I'm pretty surprised that not a single vendor at Chicago Comic Con has any 3rd party Transformers.
At least in Oct Chicago gets a TF con
BattleMonkey
Member
So many cool dinobot 3rd party figs coming out left and right. But are they all being scaled to go with the MP Grimlock? I know one of them comes with feet extensions to make Grimlock taller as the fig is a bit larger than it should be. Kinda would like size consistency if I tried to collect a whole Dinobot team
Regeneration was more just Simon Furman wanted to finish G1 as he intended. The problem for him was he never got to flesh out his stories in the face of "We have to introduce new toy to sell new toy because this is a toy book".
So originally he was put into the G2 Marvel book situation after Marvel G1 #80 and had to roll with that.
This is him weaving his story, without any back door Hasbro intent. It's a fun book and really puts a nice cap on the whole continuity and yet....... still leaves us something in the end.
I really don't think using a very well established term for a ruler is going to get Hasbro in trouble with religious people.
Tizoc
Member
Man James Roberts is a freakin' genius.
I am re-reading Transformers MTMTE #28, which is after Dark Cybertron.
In the page where we see Nightbeat and Skids go to Chromdome's Hab Suite, in the VERY FIRST PANEL, there is an arrow that read 'Fuel Furnace'.
Go to the very last panel? Some of the letters disappeared
Then I will, I'd prefer a figure that closely resembles the comics one, but either way hope it'll look good
I am re-reading Transformers MTMTE #28, which is after Dark Cybertron.
In the page where we see Nightbeat and Skids go to Chromdome's Hab Suite, in the VERY FIRST PANEL, there is an arrow that read 'Fuel Furnace'.
Go to the very last panel? Some of the letters disappeared
Then I will, I'd prefer a figure that closely resembles the comics one, but either way hope it'll look good
The Fansproject Dinobots are classics scaled, roughly Voyagers.
Barrow Roll
Member
A jet and an aircraft carrier. It makes no sense at all.
It makes all the sense. Triple Changers are awesome like that (Sixshit is a poser though). Have there been any third party Blitzwings? To whoever willing to greenlight this project, I will buy two, nay, three.
Tizoc
Member
Wow...
Dunno about you guys but I like the green in this
...for that matter, there were a lot of seeker colorations lol.
I picked him up this weekend, only the instruction manual and one missile missing. Also quite impressed with the powermasters, the gold and silver is still in excellent condition. There's another one I'm bidding on at the moment, I wonder if I can get it at a decent price.
Transformers weren't that big in Belgium in the 80s as in say the Netherlands and in the French speaking part I don't remember it to be distributed on TV.
Also, if you could only get one Transformer it would be either Optimus Prime or Overlord.
Barrow Roll
Member
That's the best part about the TFWiki! I laughed so hard when I found the page about the Holy Frijoles.
BattleMonkey
Member
I love the picture captions because they are true
BattleMonkey
Member
It's odd finding masterpiece figs at TRU still. They had 8 Sunstorms and 6 Prowls still at my local store.
And oh man discovered the Kre-O micro changer mystery packs.... I'm addicted, such cool little figs
And oh man discovered the Kre-O micro changer mystery packs.... I'm addicted, such cool little figs
HammerOfThor
Member
MP 23 is Exhaust, then comes Star Saber
HammerOfThor
Member
Man, just give me an MP Beast War character. Any one will do.
I'd kill for an MP Transmetal 1 Megatron.
Hasbro's cable TV channel "The Hub" is no more.
http://www.multichannel.com/news/news-articles/discovery-hasbro-modify-hub-partnership/383946
Discovery is kicking Hasbro out of the Hasbro-led partnership, because they think they can lead better. Hasbro can still produce shows for Discovery's new channel, but only from 9am to 3pm. Expect Robots in Disguise to be looking for a new home.
http://www.multichannel.com/news/news-articles/discovery-hasbro-modify-hub-partnership/383946
Discovery is kicking Hasbro out of the Hasbro-led partnership, because they think they can lead better. Hasbro can still produce shows for Discovery's new channel, but only from 9am to 3pm. Expect Robots in Disguise to be looking for a new home.
Overall, the Hub death is good news for TF cartoons. As poorly as Nick and Cartoon Network treats their shows, Rescue Bots and whatever older TF cartoon hasbro will make will have far more chance with their install base. Trying to sell a big name kids show on a premium kids channel was doomed to fail.
I ran into MP Prowl and Sunstorm(?) at TRU by chance. Prowl was 70 dollars which surprised me. I guess the days of getting a Hasbro MP in the US for half or less the original price is over. I was looking forward to Wheeljack too, and I might as well preorder the Japan release now.