Super 7 Transformers Ultimates Wave 2 & 3 Line Up And Pre-Order Schedule

Primacron

A Marvel style Fangry could work well as an Ultimate, possibly with a removable Grimlock’s fist shaped hole in his chest to recreate his death!

I would kill for an Andrew Wildman Artist's Collection Series. Give me Scorponok, Bludgeon, Prowl, and Fangry all in his style and I'd be a VERY happy man.

Darkstone

oh!

KJ_81

I just got reminded of something rather important about Emiliano. Remember, I said He-Man is his first love, and I've seen fan art of his from as far back as 1989. You've obviously seen reams of Transformers fan art he supposedly did all the time before joining Hasbro, could you please post links, I'm sure we'd all love to see them. As an Emiliano fan, I'd genuinely like to see his early takes on them.

But Transformers was absolutely NOT his long-term plan, and here's proof that I'd forgotten about. Circa 2009, he and some of the other guys from his previous defunct comics company (which produced He-Man comics, naturally) worked extensively on a new bible for an all-new comic series for He-Man. It of course featured a tonne of drawings and all-new redesigns by Emiliano, a hell of a lot of work. It was presented to Mattel, but was rejected, it was simply not the direction they had in mind.

Emiliano went on to talk about all this in Toyfare magazine (magazines, remember those?) and Mattel gave him a shiny reward for that. Wanna guess what it was? It was a Cease And Desist notice. So that embittered him slightly, though to my knowledge he still kept buying the toys, so still remained/remains a He-Man fan.

Had his comics pitch been approved back then, things could have turned out very differently, and he may never have ended up at Hasbro. In some alternate universe he's probably designing He-Man toys as we speak. So yes, I think that adds to the story, and tells us exactly where he wants to be, but that he's probably also quite happy where he is too. We all have dreams of the grass on the other side.

…What does any of this have to do with whether or not he's a Transformers fan? He can be very into He-Man, and have it as his first love, and still be very into Transformers.

This whole discussion of trying to "prove" he's not """a true fan""" or whatever is really weird.

B’Bantor

Shogun Warriors was called Jumbo Machinder in Japan and featured Super Robots from different properties within the line.

I guess Kamen Riders originally being cyborgs somehow makes them qualify.

AnnoyedRobot

The definitive Optimus Prime for reminding people that G1 does not have to be taken so G.D. seriously.

Just found out how much this is going to cost. Never mind.

Greenspan

If you're making non-transformable transformers, then make them Jumbo Machinder Shogun Warriors style and SIZE.

Or don't.

There were Shogun Warriors Kamen Riders in Japan?!

I'm excited to see that t-Rex mode Grimlock!

People crawling out from under their rocks I see….

THE-TRANSFORMER

I'm really excited for these.

I was hoping for more Action Master characters, however there is some gold in here.

Really hoping for Mainframe, always loved his design. However there are plenty of Action Masters I would flip out over if made.

Beachcomber would be good given the way they accessorise – Toy head/Anime head, Golden hand, golden seeker weapon, Animals. Could even do a full gold repaint if they were looking to maximise profits.

"Five Faces Of Darkness" – It's the episode name.

Plus a flower and his firearm/small pistol of course. Maybe even a small pool of golden lagoon electrum with a swap out hand that's inside it. Oh also thanks! Yeah I know that episode. I watched it as a 9 year old quite memorable on my 3 channel TV back in day. It's the amalgam I was unsure of.

No not "confirmed" @SmokePants unfortunately, your not wrong. Unwaivering as it is to think they'd keep the mattel level of engineering your not wrong. However I bet they will surprise us & they'll be a upgrade in development. I got Prime, I'll be in for Tracks possiby Wreck Gar, Megs, & I'm thinking about Screamer. Pretenders are definitely cool. For Action Masters I'll stick with smaller phones.

SmokePants

The basketball and surfing shots are BS. His shoulders do not operate as shown in those pics. There's no butterfly to cross his arm over his torso and the only way his arms can raise laterally is if his shoulders shrug, but those photos are all shrug-free. They're just physics-ignoring CG renders.

Yeah, I only realised after the video that the pics can’t be showing actual articulation. Doesn’t seem a wise thing to do from their POV, given how many articulation questions they’ve had.