An aptly named Weibo user named Starscream has posted the first images of the upcoming Combiner Wars Leader Starscream figure! Leader Starscream is a recolored Leader class Thundercracker, though he also sports a brand new crown on his head inspired by the 1986 Transformers the Movie!
You may remember that the Combiner Wars Leader Starscream biography was leaked back in October.
Read on for more!
Nevermore
He's been out in the Philippines since late June:
Picture of CW Leader Starscream – Page 4 – Transformers Discussion – The Allspark Forums
"Here" being where exactly?
Zips Prime
Me too. The gray white and bronze looks a bit ugly! Lol
Zips Prime
I've been waiting years for a decent stars cream to come be released. Goes well with Masterpiece Megatron.
T-Hybrid
I'm going to keep my fingers crossed (despite what others may want) that one of the 2016 Voyager Waves is a retooled/painted CW Cyclonus that gives us Starscream with his crown/cape in combined mode.
At this point I don't care if he gets his own limbs…at least give us the torso. (And yes, it's entirely possible given we've got both Skywarp & Thundercracker with Legends/Leader versions in CW already)
ultramagnus1
Yeah hes out here too.
xdmisato
Looks like he is out already…saw him at retail at a local toy store here in Manila…
JohnRedcorn
I prefer his face being darker.
Raiyuki
The Supreme made sense because it actually appeared in the show. What didn't make sense was releasing it that early and not releasing the voyager (Takara also surprisingly didn't give the Supreme a proper release either). At this point I can't complain though as I recently got the original Voyager (having Thrustscream and Dirge already) so I've got both. Thanks to how Cybertron/Galaxy Force was so toy accurate, both figures scale the way they did in the show.
I'm probably alone in this but I'd be stoked if I found both at the same time. If nothing else the more budget oriented collector has the leader and the MP collector has the MP (hopefully without too much markup; Sunstorm should've been the cap).
I honestly like that they're around the same size and even better is that fact that if you have the Walmart version of MP3 you'll have two IDW bodies of Starscream in close scale.
EMP Starscream
I like it (quite a bit actually), but I just can't fathom how it's going to work with the Hasbro MP Starscream sitting on the shelves next to it…
Unless this is going to be out before the MP? What other Leader Class does Hasbro have up it's sleeves for late 2015?
jaws
Noooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Psychoshi
It would have been nice if the crown were chromed, or his cockpit windshield were translucent.
Bobbatronus
Starscream looks stoned.
jbvirus
Yay! I can't wait to find all 3 seekers! I will finally have in scale jet transformers plus they will be the seekers! I am definitely looking forward to owning this guy.
wtrz
I dig the FOC Seekers but they belong with my WFC/FOC collection. I understand that those were their appearances for a bit in the comics (I'm very particular about comic accuracy and such) but after seeing those same designs for over 5 years (next month, in fact) I've grown tired of them. Fingers crossed for voyagers somewhere down the pipeline.
artiepants
D'oh! i have that too. regardless, i would have bought every version if they'd done that, that molds about 10X better then the FOC Seeker mold and it's goofy legs.
wtrz
Dirge got a release here as well: Dirge (G1) – Transformers Wiki
On the fence about this. On one hand, the crown is neat. On the other hand, the null rays are a solid color, I'd have liked a little bit of paint to just set off the sea of beige/grey and blue and red. I just want a voyager trio of Seekers…
artiepants
i'd prefer to see the Voyager version, I can't believe they didn't milk that mold to death over the years ~ heck "Thrust" was the only one to get a US release. (that mold never made sense as a Supreme to me)
videriant
Speaking of, give me the Supreme Cybertron Starscream in the other five seeker deco for $50 and I'd be all over it.
Raiyuki
Honestly YOTH wasn't even as good as the original Cybertron Supreme Starscream's deco. I mean I still WANT YOTH Starscream as I just like that mold and Starscream in general but still, it was an inferior deco for more than twice the price.
I'd love to see Takara do these guys but I honestly dunno if they would. It's a bit hard to predict just WHAT Takara will and won't release as even during United they'd release cons that appeared in the US Marvel fiction like Thunderwing and Straxus yet they didn't release Black Shadow who was relevant to their fiction. I mean I'm totally with you and would love to see Takara release this figure (as well as Armada Megatron because at the very least I'm sure they'd paint stripes on his antlers).
In regards to making the mold "white" I've never quite understood why people call the color white. I guess maybe it's a subjective thing but Universe Starscream and the Hasbro MP always seemed light grey to me and still distinctly different from say Prowl or Red Alert.
As much as I love seeing complete trios of Seekers I'm probably gonna be irked by the lack of coneheads later. The movie lines actually made me happy with the fact that we DID end up getting all six seekers (although even there I feel like we're short a deluxe Ramjet). Also sadly Ramjet got murdered off in IDW (from what little I remember) so Hasbro probably won't care to do the cone buddies although if they randomly made a new mold for them I'd be stoked.
videriant
I love the Supreme Cybertron mold. Just wish YOTH was the old price point and not nearly $100. I think I ended up paying ~$50 for YOTH after slapping together a bunch of coupons. For that price, easily as good as or better then Leader Jetscream.