Via X-Transbots Weibo we have a nice surprise for all Legends sized collectors. X-Transbots is showing renders of their upcoming Legends Sized G1 Sideswipe.
The 3P Legends market is becoming more and more competitive. X-Transbots is bringing an impressive take on classic G1 Sideswipe. According to the description, this figure will be 8 cm. tall and will feature great poseability, clear windows, die-cast, top quality finishing and opening doors and hood in vehicle mode.
The renders look very promising, and we are sure many fans would keep their attention on the next updates. Still no information or release date, but you can click on the bar to see the mirrored images and then join ot the ongoing discussion on the 2005 Boards!
pilot00
Κind of this. Its kinda like misplaced hype.
Curium
I expect this should probably be merged with this thread X-Transbots legend size Sideswipe
Scourgatron
Could be Blackjack, for Menasor.
Snaku
It depends. It could be the designers who create the resin prototypes aren't needed for finalizing the figures. If that's the case, they have no reason not to go on to other designs – they're not slowing anything down. And I gotta say this is so much better than the old silhouette reveals that didn't show anything.
Or do you just mean that you'd rather the figures aren't revealed until they're closed to being released? I can kind of see that – why reveal something if it's going to be years before we actually get it. But at the same time, why not?
Nightwing
Legends Sideswipe -> Baby Sideswipe -> Babyside.
Pun-3X
Just want to know its height so I can go yay or nay.
pilot00
I dont like where this is going….We had FTs throwing 500000 renders a day, and now we have XTB throwing 500000 resin prototypes a day…
Chill out and realease some figures on the backlog first guys.
eyescovered
is this their legends Sideswipe?
Napalm
Looks Sideswipe-esque.
JSix
Isn’t this their mini sideswipe?
Kero
Scale looks much small than their Quintesson judge (pic in other thread)
mikeszekely
Interesting. FF-01, so it's a new series and not the Master Made/Master Mini series. Maybe Keith's dipping his toes in the Legends well?
Chrisola
From SGC display.
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What do we think this is?!
@ibot please can you tell us?!
edgecrusher
1000% this. Please don't go dipping into an entirely other scale/product line before wrapping up the MP Stunticons and hopefully the other Season Two combiners. =\
luckyman76
This has to happen.
I'm afraid this 100%. I think this is the crappy part of the hobby for me because I see them going into combiner only territory like the Devy/Predaking wars for the the next couple of years and interspersing releases like this in between. Unfortunately for all of the damn 6 Trailbreakers and stuff like this we are going to miss out on figures that would have sold well and could have completed collections. They toyed with Bayverse characters and now this mess that they will all make to shift now away from MP when they could have not screwed around and made the shift in 2020 and gotten a lot done. We might get Sureshot, Crosshairs, Misfire, Triggerhappy, and Slugslinger but I doubt MP goes into completing the full Headmaster, Masterforce, Victory lineup. Imagine if someone did a Violen Jiger with 3 components and full combinable Dai Atlas, Sonic Bomber, and Road Fire. Star Convoy, Sky Garry, etc. I have doubts about Omnibots, Top Spin/Twin Twist and so on. If people can get excited over Repugnus you have a captive audience. The industry is talking about new characters later. I like the look of Warden and a couple of other things Fansproject did but personally screw that when you have an almost endless ton of characters you could make that already have an amazing design and known character but are going to become lost to time. I absolutely despised Pretenders and look what we got with Thunderwing and Bludgeon that are amazing. This wonderful hobby has restored my fondest memories but also enabled me to learn so much new about the past that I never dreamed was available.
HanDy
Seems that Legends are the new MP..
Please finish prior teased products first: Menasor and Springer specially.
Thanks
autobot prowl
I'm not a fan of this design, but I am curious about what else they have planned
Avon
Nice to see more legends producers. Not totally sold on the robot mode, but I prefer it to the magic square version (narrower chest and some better articulation decisions to my mind).
My default opinion about die cast is also ‘hmm’.
pilot00
No…I refuse to start collecting another line.
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Why the heck do I get the feeling that I will be screaming: "I accept your terms, I acceeeeeeptt…arrgh….." before long?
GrimLocke
We could also not use HasTak’s size branding, just call them mini figures or minis and demand of ourselves that we remember the exact height of every figure… until we inevitably lapse back into the branded size categories.
So, when in doubt, call it a “Mini” and just wait until you see it in comparison to some other figure to make an estimation… like in the Papa Toys Rodders thread! =P