The official Transformers social media channels have revealed our first look at the new Transformers Collaborative: Marvel Comics X-Men Mash-Up: Ultimate X-Spanse.
TRANSFORMERS-X-MEN MASH-UP: When the mutants need a lift to their next mission, Ultimate X-Spanse is the ultimate ally
INSPIRED BY X-JET FROM 90s ANIMATED SERIES: This Ultimate X-Spanse figure converts into a licensed Lockheed Martin jet in 34 steps and features deco and details inspired by the X-Men animated series
Robot mode shows details and parts inspired by Cyclops uniform, and includes three blast effects (one of them is a triple blast similar to Wolverine’s claws), and a Wolverine and Sabertooth figurines. To top it all, Ultimate X-Spanse comes in a very nice retro-packaging that will sure catch your 90’s nostalgia.
Ultimate Spanse is ready for pre-order now at Target ($64.99) or at the following retailers on 3/1/2021: GameStop and Hasbro Pulse. Click on the bar to see the mirrored images and the product description attached to this news post and then join to the ongoing discussion on the 2005 Board!
Transformers Collaborative: Marvel Comics X-Men Mash-Up: Ultimate X-Spanse.
Description
Transformers robots have always been — More Than Meets the Eye — but now, through the Transformers Collaborative, fans can experience these larger than life characters as they team-up, mash-up, and meet up with other characters, teams, and people who share this same special quality.
Worlds collide in this Transformers-X-Men mash-up pack! The iconic X-Jet from the X-Men animated series is now a Transformers robot, called Ultimate X-Spanse! Unlike the Sentinels, this robot is the ultimate mutant ally. This figure converts into a licensed Lockheed Martin jet in 34 steps and features deco and details inspired by the X-Men animated series. This figure comes with Wolverine and Sabretooth mini figures that can ride on figure in both modes and 3 energy blast effects: claw and slash effects to attach to figure’s hands in robot mode and an aura effect to attach around Wolverine mini figure.
Transformers and all related characters are trademarks of Hasbro.
Lockheed Martin® SR-71 Blackbird®, associated emblems and logos, and body designs of vehicles are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Lockheed Martin Corporation in the USA and/or other jurisdictions.
• Includes: 3 figures, 3 accessories, and instructions.
• Figure scale: 8.5 inches
• Ages 8 and up
• Warning: Choking Hazard – Small parts. Not for children under 3 years.
Specifications
Street Date: March 1, 2021
TCIN: 81262964
UPC: 5010993782451
Item Number (DPCI): 087-16-4478
primalxconvoy
This is basically how I thought the original MP figures were, and they were all the better for it.
Aberration
I never noticed until it was brought up here, but technically none of the Collaboratives are Autobots. I'm looking now and none of them have faction symbols, and their on-package bios don't mention anything about Transformers lore. If you don't read the comics, there's nothing indicating that these are Cybertronians, probably so the other fandom can enjoy these without having to know anything about TFs.
And I don't know how likely a tie-in comic for this would be. IDW had the licenses for Ghostbusters and Back To The Future already, so having all those properties under one roof made it easy. For this, they'll have to battle it out with Disney/Marvel over how to split revenue. It could happen, but I'm not going to get my hopes up. (I'd LIKE for it to happen, of course. Anything to make me forget the awful New Avengers vs. Transformers, ugh…)
Thundershot
A KITT vs KARR two pack would be sweet!
Smelt
not yet. If i had to choose a few:
-KARR (redeco of a potential KITT, retooled from Kingdom Tracks)
-Recognizer (either use the 1982 or Legacy design)
-HISS Tank (stupid obvious)
Nickster563
Hopefully soon I'd like some.
weevil
So Ultimate Synapse is not Autobot at first time.
Are there Decepticon robots in collaborative line?
Nickster563
Usually they announce the comic the same time the figure is shown off tho.
AzT
https://twitter.com/ChrisAHassan/status/1330975428220243971
Smelt
a comic seems inevitable. plus, he looks exactly as much like an autobot as the other two crossovers, a simple reprolabel should fix him up.
Nickster563
I'm thinking this is the first collaborative I'm skipping. Not really a fan of x-men and he's not an autobot or anything so it really wouldn't fit with my Generations collection. I was hoping he'd get a comic or something to place him somewhere in transformers lore but doesn't look like it.
Movie Convoy
I like all of the sculpted detail on this figure because I prefer having my Transformers look like they stepped out of a modern Live-Action Sci-Fi Action-Adventure movie playing in Imax 3D at a modern movie theater or a modern 3D CGI animated series playing on a modern HD TV over having them be so blandly sculpted that they look like they stepped out of an old 1970s or 1980s Super Robot Anime as they used to play on old obsolete tube TVs.
Psychoshi
The way he was originally colored, makes him look bald, like Prof. X
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Rated X
I hear you. But its still going in the direction that I thought crossovers were moving away from after Gigawatt. Although Top Gun was a fail too because they tried to make the robot head look like a movie character. (Helmet) Gigawatt seems to be the one time they didnt do that which was what made it cool. Ectotron would have been cooler with a proton gun instead of a proton pack cuz really he is not a damn human.
AzT
Transformers Collaborative Ultimate X-Spanse: David Nakayama Interview – Transformers News – TFW2005
Smelt
don't be silly, that's just what his chest is shaped like.
Rated X
The only thing worse than a man in underwear wearung a harness is a robot wearing a harness.
Deltron Magnus
Heh. X-pants sounds like a term they'd use if they did a campy Adam West Batman style version of the X-Men.
Hopefully that is the case.
Thundershot
Fairly certain “ultimate” isn’t part of his name. I think they’re just trying to do something akin to Uncanny X-Men
Ejector369
Just preordered my copy from Target! I just hope it doesn’t get cancelled.