The first of The War For Cybertron Earthrise as arrived at US retail! Shoutout to Megatronus for his find tonight at Target in Portland Oregon. Micromasters Wave 1 consist of Trip-Up with Daddy-O and Bombshock with Growl. DPCI seems to be the same a Siege, 087-16-3983.
Remember to share your findings in your local sightings thread!
TFfangeek
So apparently Bombshock, the green tank in the Decepticon Miliatry Patrol has a "design flaw." There are two flat rectangular shaped green posts at the base of the peg that holds his tank turret in place, and they are too high, by about 2 millimeters.
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These two posts are keeping the tank turret stationary and unable to rotate, and unfortunately you are required to rotate the turret 360 degrees to get Bombshock transformed from robot to tank mode. I will be shaving/filing down these pegs to allow the tank turret to rotate correctly. I highly recommend doing this mod, since someone reported seeing severe stress marks while rotating the turret and hitting these two pegs. Good luck to others with this mod, and I hope you will be able to enjoy Bombshock without breaking him.
Dinobot Snarl
A proper Powermaster Prime in the works? Zoinks!
Venixion
I'm sorry. But that last sentence cracked me up.
Flash1087
I would be thrilled with a mainline Thunderclash, especially if he leads to a Generations Selects repaint that turns him into Machine Wars Optimus.
Great, now I made myself sad that this totally isn't happening.
TFfangeek
Maybe Hasbro will surprise us and release Thunderclash!
Flash1087
While I would be sort of bitter to see Fire Convoy get passed over again (he has a base mode, DAMMIT ) I would love to see what Earthrise could do with Black Convoy, especially if he can hang out with Micromasters.
Foster
There was an upcoming rumored RID/CR character with a base mode. Maybe this is Scourge/Black Convoy?
Dirge121
hopefully not a leak of an ‘Earth Mode’ ultra magnus. Maybe a Battle Convoy?
Dexatronic
He was pretty into it!
AutobotMirage
Anybody recognize this holding the weapon modes of both Micromaster Patrols? It looks like Siege Ultra Magnus' core robot, but it has a more Prime-esque chest to it
Venixion
I like your Ratbat and Frenzy.
ziltama
EE had Soundbarrier briefly in stock but sold out quickly.
Dirge121
Just picked up both sets at Target here, a significant improvement over the Siege micromasters I’ve handled. Joints are tight and the parts solidly tab into place for the alt mode. The weapon modes are still garbage but who’s buying them for that?
Bass X0
Compared to Siege Megatron, I still feel like Soundwave needed a free cassette to be of equal worth.
CheggyChonkers
Just got the Military Patrol today. Be careful when you\'re turning Bombshock\'s turret, it can get stuck and develop stress marks underneath if you try to force it
Diamondback
This is why I proposed a TFW group project collecting scans, sorting out the pieces and splicing them in Photoshop. I *only* do MM's and related (Astrotrain hasn't made the cut unless he has a usable cargo bay I don't know about, and Hoist's ramp is "why is this even here?"), so that's most of the line I'm sitting out…
rikaldomario
I'm kinda glad this is the map they advertised when they first presented ER. I was really intrigued about that and had me considereing going full completionist on the line. With space and money running low I'm glad I can resist thar urge a little bit more.
Nickster563
I really hope the battle masters don’t follow this with the map pieces. I want to go full completionist with this map but not enough that I’m gonna buy another smash down or rung.
Diamondback
Sighted in the Puget Sound area today! Got my set, looked like there was a full case. No Soundbarrier or anything else Earthrise though.
As I look at the map pieces, the Hotrod Patrol's appears to go top-left of the Military Patrol's.
Un_Chakal
View attachment 28518591 View attachment 28518592 Parts of the map for earthrise from bombshock/growl and Trip-Up/Daddy-O's cards.