Grahf: I don't care how good this figure is. I'm not spending that kind of money on that piece of shit Griffith. lol

Grahf: FINALLY!!!!!

I'm ALL for third party companies making stuff that fit in with the current REAL Transformers lines.

I'll be looking forward to supporting this depending on price. Which has me worried from this company. It's already $60 for a core class sized Megatron. I imagine a leader class sized Megatron that's designed to be on par with a commander class Optimus total package is going to cost the same as a tian class figure.

However, I'm so over alt modes that don't do anything. This won't "swoosh", it won't "splosh", it won't "vroom", it won't "squawk", it won't "growl", it won't "roar". It won't do anything other than go "bang bang" in my hand once and then go back to robot mode and never again be transformed.

This will be a glorified Action Master.

Might as well just make one at this point.

Maybe they'll throw us a curve ball and give this a third mode but doesn't suck like that Bold Forms Gladius figure.

If you want to actually realize just how stupid inanimate object formers are, go watch that 40th anniversary Studio Trigger trailer thing that literally just came out.

There's this awesome scene of Transmetal Primal flying alongside G1 Prime's truck cab. They both transform to robot mode, turn to sparks and then merge to form Optimal Optimus.

Then there's Transmetal Megatron flying but G1 Megatron is in his mouth. They then transform into robot mode, turn into sparks and then merge to form Transmetal II "Magmal" Megatron. Which is cool and all but let's not get past the fact that the fucking T-Rex has a fucking gun in its mouth. It was so stupid. All seriousness and coolness went right out the window. So absolutely lame.

But seriously though, not calling TMII Megatron, "Magmal Megatron" to go alongside Optimal Optimus was a waste. It was a fire (and ice) breathing dragon that rose up from a pool of magma (yes magma, they were in a cave and it's only lava when it's on the surface). Oh yeah, and the alliteration is on point too.

Grahf: I've stated on several other listings that there's so many other options for Optimus redecos almost all these companies do the same boring ones over and over and over and over and over and over and over again. Magna Convoy, Shining Magnus cab, "Sentinel Prime" now, Toxitron, golden lagoon, Fire Guts Ginrai, Beast Tracker, Predacons Rising (Thunderclash), BAPE, Ghostbusters, Evangelion and so on. But nope, Optimus colored Optimus, even more Optimus colored Optimus, Nemesis, Shattered Glass and maybe if we're lucky, Ultra Magnus cab colors instead. Sometimes a "dead' one will sneak in too.

Grahf: The market is people who won't give up inanimate object alt modes because that's what it originally was. There's a vocal minority of fans who just won't admit to themselves that transforming into a gun is lame. I grew up with G1 Megatron, I loved his toy as a kid too but even then I knew it was lame that all he did was turn into a gun. I had dinosaurs, jets, cars, trucks, tanks, motorcycles, monsters and beasts of all sorts and then a gun, a space gun, a camera, a tiny boombox, a micro cassette recorder and a bunch of micro cassettes and regular cassettes the size of micro cassettes. At least the Microscope had the sense to also turn into a tank. Even still, I'm somewhat interested to see what they do here but only due to it being a third party figure that's supposed to fit with actual Transformers in the main line.

Grahf: Reminds me of Bingo Toys Windgirl...

but you know...

with a complete alt mode.

Looks pretty good so far. Price should be pretty decent too. I'm going to wait a bit to see more before putting a preorder in though.

Grahf: I no longer understand Takara's Masterpiece line.

Super Ginrai and pretty much every other standard MP figure for a while has had the hyper toon aesthetic. Raiden, MPM and BW being the exceptions.

Now this Godbomber is revealed and it might as well be a CHUG figure.

What is going on?

I like the aesthetic for Godbomber here but hate Super Ginrai and the rest of the G1 MP figures. It's just so odd that two figures meant to combine have two completely different aesthetics. They clash.

What's more odd is that this figure isn't accurate. There's several places where the colors are completely wrong. There's a bunch of extra parts that make the figure even less accurate too.

What's up with those shoulder flaps things hanging off the chest anyway? This is God Ginrai not God Fire Convoy. DNA made these things for their Legacy Armada Optimus kit also. It's bad enough when pelvis flaps get in the way all the time. So why make shoulder flaps that get in the way all the time? Leave that shit to Sixshot and Overlord.

It's great that you can ignore them but why are they there? Why make an already inaccurate set that has conflicting aesthetics even less accurate? They're not show or toy accurate. So where do these things come from?

Grahf: So what's everyone's take on Emily as the new singer for Linkin Park?


Don't just downvote this comment if you don't like it, actually leave a comment because comments get deleted at four dislikes and this is to try and open an actual conversation.


Let me start by saying that Chester wasn't the first lead singer of Linkin Park to begin with. He replaced Mark Wakefield after he left the band. He also replaced Scott Weiland after he was fired from Stone Temple Pilots and continued to replace him after Scott's death. So Chester has replaced at least two other singers himself and has since been replaced by two other singers as well since LP and STP both have new lead singers replacing Chester now.

Black Sabbath, Genesis, Journey, No Doubt, Faith No More, Blind Melon, Fleetwood Mac, Iron Maiden, Foreigner Slipknot, AC/DC, and so many other bands also replaced singers for different reasons too. Some have even replaced singers multiple times.

As for what I think though.

I don't hate it. I don't love it. It's going to take some getting used to for sure. It's going to suck not hearing Chester on the new songs but at least they're making new songs again.

Not much of an opinion to start but oh well.

Grahf: It's a cute little baby version of that one missile truck figure from a few months ago.

But then you realize just how big Movie Starscream should've been when seeing this next to the jet. Starscream just could've stepped on Sentinel Prime in DotM. Granted Sentinel Prime would've been a bit bigger than this being an airport fire truck but still, it's not THAT far off size wise I would think. Even the short stocky Dorito that is Movie Starscream should've been gigantic compared to the Autobots, Sentinel Prime, Barricade and Bonecrusher. Probably even Brawl.

Grahf: 3rd quarter of 2024.

Yet another preorder that's past due. What's that, like 120 or so now? These companies, be it the ones making the figures or Show Z itself, need to stop opening up all these unrealistic preorders.

Grahf: Wow, so insightful. I never would've thought of that. Why's that you ask? Because due to Michael not liking it, the Bayverse movie designs were intended to be made without mass shifting. Which is something they obviously failed at and is why I made that comment. This was major discussion back then but you're free to look all that up yourself though just in case you're new to Transformers. You're welcome..