Courtesy of Planet Iacon – Singapore Transformers Fans Unite Facebook we can share for you an extensive in-hand gallery of the upcoming War for Cybertron: Siege Apeface.
Siege Apeface is the new Voyager class incarnations of the G1 Horrocon warrior recreating his three modes: jet, gorilla and robot as well as his Headmaster gimmick (now Titan Master). It’s a very nice modern update for the character. The new modes look great, while the jet may not be the best of them, but we are sure this figure will look great in your Siege collection.
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T-Hybrid
That was a great trick by the designers. I also think, but don't quote me, this is the first application of this particular leg transformation (similar to deluxe Aerialbots) being used on a Voyager.
MrUniqZ
It’s interesting how they switched up the Apeface transformation. The G1 toy had the ape pretty much mounted as the backpack and 3rd party copied the same scheme. The defining feature of him before Siege was that big backpack.
But the integration of the ape arms into the leg is clever, and the profile becomes more animation style than based on the original toy by doing so.
Kazimir
Got Apeface, and I am super happy with him! I never had Aperface as a kid; I was just losing interest in toys around this time of G1. That pearly plastic is -OK- and not terrible but definitely reminds me of teeth which aren't quite white, but not yellowed enough to be whitened.
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rattrap007
Ordered one from Amazon. Should be here tomorrow.
Gumblor Gimbles
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GizmoTron
Eh. I still give him the edge over Broadside's from a few years ago, since at least with Apeface he's meant for a line of toys with Tetra Jets and whatever Soundwave turns into, so they aren't trying to pass off his jet as supposed to resemble something that you would ever find on Earth.
Pun-3X
Nice! That's a selling feature considering the rear cockpit is pretty much useless. At least, if that was the only thing it had. More importantly, it can be ignored.
Oniconvoy
He can, and can look out the windscreen quite well.
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Pun-3X
I checked this thread and didn't see. Has anyone confirmed if the headmaster can stay in the gorilla face/combiner thing while in jet mode?
I knew he'd be short, so not surprising. I think the only reason I'll be okay with it was because years ago I was going to be perfectly okay with getting what it looked like Fansproject was going to make of him. And that thing was going to be as small as their other headmasters. (Of course, that bot mode would have been a hell of a lot more articulated…)
I'll have to get this in hand and really make up my mind. I still have my original Apeface, who was one of the last TFs I ever bought. And I loved the hell out of that toy when I was a kid.
barrelks
Well, good news, I didn't get a chance to break my shield. Mine came pre-broken from Amazon. Slapped it in a bubble mailer and looked to have been kicked around pretty well in transit. Nice dent in the top of the box and also right where the shield sits in there. Heard something rattling around in the package. At least they are replacing it. I think I still have a damn Jetfire lost in space somewhere that they never delivered. I just may be a test subject for Amazon because about 50% of my limited orders are either lost (not stolen, but tracking just shows missing/damaged in transit) or arrive jacked up.
mute
My copy from Amazon is pretty good. Pretty solid in all modes once you sweet talk all the tabs into working for you instead of against you. The pegs that are intended to hold the hind legs next to the robot chest are a little bit too short. And yeah, the white color isn't so great, but still. Probably my #2 siege voyager behind OP.
Outside of the butt-cockpit I'm fine with the jet mode, though I do thing it loses something with the all-pink fuselage instead of just the nose cone itself being pink.
Skullhammer
Bot mode looks best, don't care for the other modes, if the price is right, I will buy him.
gbm
Yep.
Along with some of the most lackluster attempts to try and transform it; resulting in running to Youtube or the Interwebs to complain that it's a terrible transformer.
It laughingly is the EXACT opposite. An amazing transformer with one of the most solid tabbing and securing alt modes I've ever handled.
D307
Got Apeface yesterday via Amazon! Love Him! Hopefully his partner Snapdragon will come soon so that the two will be reunited! Keep up Hasbro/Takara with the obscure characters!
G1Prowl
I'm discovering that a lot of the "breaks while transforming" alerts I've seen on here seem to be people suffering from HamFistitis.
Fallout
eh, g1 integrates the cockpit/nosecone a lot better into the general block of jet behind it. plus the real cockpit n general angularity of the old one bring it up a notch in my book.