Newage Toys, via their Weibo account, have revealed images of the color prototype of their new Newage H26 Vanishing Point (Legends Scale G1 Cliffjumper).
As many of us should have imagined, this is a very smart retool and redeco of Newage H25 Herbie (Legends Scale G1 Bumblebee). This mold features a nice amount of remolded pieces to bring us a cartoon-accurate Cliffjumper in both modes giving him his own personality for display. Accessories include Cliffjumper’s bazooka and water skis. Newage has confirmed that Vanishing Point and Herbie will be sold as a two-pack. Each figure will stand just 4.5 cm in robot mode.
We still have no concrete information on price or release date, but stay tuned with TFW2005 for more updates. Now you can click on the bar to see the mirrored images on this news post and then join to the ongoing discussion on the 2005 Board!
deaculpa
id split this with you…
eMouse
It usually looks like a lot of the Optimus-sized figures are about the size of 1:18th scale figures, so a lot of items seem like they'd have the potential to work with them, just a matter of what makes sense. There's a diorama series for the Acid Rain line, some of which could probably be used as a ship/base interior scenery.
LorDZeeD
Wasn't aware of this. I wonder what else they're into that could work well with Transformers
eMouse
It's a ship from the toy line connected to the recent Lightyear movie. It's pretty popular with 1:18th toy collectors for looking realistic, yet not readily recognizable as being from any particular property.
TIKnTIN
answered here:
Show off your 3P legends scale figures here!
lilcarus
what is that blue ship thing they are driving into? it looks interesting to say the least.
TIKnTIN
yeah, mine might have been a little better in the face/head than yours. but i still think it was messy so i took some alcohol and tried to clean some off and it worked. especially happy i got rid of that big splotch on the right side of BB head.
however the alcohol didn't do much on the rest of rest of it. so i began "re-weathering" them. resorted to trying to "scrap" and reduce the amount of heavy "splatter" all around, and then applied a little bit of my own paint apps. so far so good i think!
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LorDZeeD
Agree with all of this. If anything, you seem to have got off a little lighter than me with the paint, my Bumblebee has all this crud on his face I wish they'd avoided.
Still, can't beat £7 each for these little lads:
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TIKnTIN
got my dirty duo. yeah, i still stand by my initial impression that NA is way to heavy handed with the paint apps in this series. particularly with all the black and brown splatter. still well worth the $20 for the pair. just hoping i can clean up and remove some of the paint and do some customizing to make it a little more refined looking. if not, the pair will still make a great pair of fiddle bots to travel around to toy with.
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TIKnTIN
i'll display them as diarrhea bots. i think i'll get one of those fake plastic dog poop, make some cut outs in it and have the pair crawling out of it!
RameezTheElite
I'll probably Display mine as dead bots lol.
TIKnTIN
i guess at $20 for the pair, they are now literally DIRT cheap, and not just in looks anymore!!!
i'm wondering if i pick these up, if i could remove some of the paint apps and tone down the heavy handedness that i feel is just over the top.
WhiteMocha
Thanks for the heads up on the sale! I got a set, despite not having picked up any of the other “rusty” versions of figures.
I’ve been wanting an extra Cliffjumper to go with my SG NewAge figures, per the original Botcon storyline. This one will do the job… maybe I can think of the weathered look as the result of passing through the portal.
As for the extra Bumblebee, I’ll probably keep him in car mode. A rusty little Beetle will feel like a Bumblebee Movie homage.
Mechman42
Yeah, $10 a bot is absolute highway robbery. This is a great set.
kokotronics
Haha I just ordered this duo. Normally, I would have steered cleared from these molds since a) I'm a Magic Square guy and b) the regular retail price for these two is absurd. That said, you bet I'll take a Mad Max Bumble Jumper at 50% off
TIKnTIN
tempting… but do i really want to spend even $20 for two bots that look like shit?!?!?!
Vrillon77
NewAge H25Z Herbie Bumblebee & H26Z Vanishing Point Cliffjumper Damaged Version Set of 2
TIKnTIN
i've always wanted to get SG CJ but i couldn't justify the price for the 2pack as i really had no interest in the black BB included.
fast forward to now and i managed to get a decent discount on the set. still hated the black BB, particularly the awkward gold on it. recently grabbed a spare hubcap from @magicube, another deco i kind of wanted but not enough to buy the 2pack. decided to create my own head canon characters by parts swapping to get different colour combos i like better for both.
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NEOLAB
We’ve been discussing this for quite a few posts already. The Bee is inaccurate, hence the discussion. The SG bumblebee would need to be white with purple windows.
*Edit – Here's what I was thinking. Not sure if I want to chance a $70 figure on the custom though…
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