Third party company Dr Wu, via their Weibo account, have shared images of the color prototypes of their new DW-E11 Acid Rain, DW-E14 Purple Lightning & DW-E17 Solar Wind (Micromaster Scale G1 Rainmakers).
These are new entries in Dr Wu’s Extreme Warfare line which offer us a very small scale, around the size of War For Cybertron Micromasters figures. These figures are just 5.5 cm tall and they are direct redecos of DW-E08 Star Fear/G1 Starscream now in the G1 Rainmakers. These figures will be a limited run available by the end of March this year.
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IronMachine
I like more colors on Dr Wu ver Acidstorm than NA AS ver
magicube
I actually also ordered from Bombusbee. Not sure how it is calculated but more than 5 sets in one order enables sea freight for shipping.
TurtleCaps
Wow that's expensive, where did you get them from? I got 4 of those from BBB and shipping was $22 so I guess the 3 extra sets put it in a different weight class?
magicube
I've got all 7 sets of coneheads + their repaints coming which despite their size, apparently warrants the slowboat. I did not want to pay for the standard shipping when it cost more than 2x the price of one of these sets.
TurtleCaps
Great info right there, thank you for making note of that!
I too like the white nullrays, I would've picked all 3 those up if Acid & Hot weren't paired with random repaints. Would've tipped the scale for me if acidstorm came with a bit of design like the universe deluxe version. But black seaspray? Grey powerglide. Lol.
Also, did you order some big figures with the Dr Wu micros? Why are they on the slow boat?
magicube
I’m sure people have noticed since these three have been released for nearly a year but considering Dr. Wu never made a statement addressing it, and no one commented about it here, I thought I would post about it for documentation and posterity.
The three Seeker repaints (Hotlink, Acidstorm, Sunstorm) all had slightly altered decos than the ones they were announced with. Even the prototypes that Golden Zhen received are different than the release versions.
Announced:
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Release:
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Hotlink:
Acidstorm:
Sunstorm:
Acidstorm is obviously the only major change (and I prefer the black imo) but I did prefer the white null rays on Hotlink and Sunstorm.
I’m still waiting for my Coneheads + crew to arrive off the slow boat but I am still hoping to see more Seeker repaints. SG Dirge was an interesting decision considering we don’t have an SG Starscream so I would love to see something like the following suggestions:
Coldiron
I got my blue thunder in.
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ICEPnguin
I think I like arms pointing backwards more. Hides them a little better
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ICEPnguin
So I bought from tfsafari and I ordered the bundle at the discounted price and prime. But got soundwave/beachcomber and no prime sent an email. Fingers crossed
Seaspray is so amazing lol
NemiMonkey
Pretty much any of them will have them.
Bigbadtoystore – Mostly sticks with the main releases but they do have a minimal selection of the variants
Dr. Wu Action Figures, Statues, Collectibles, and More!
Tfsource – have the main and a decent selection of the variants
https://tfsource.com/category/view/category_id/222/manufacturer/198/
RK – has a much larger selection but don't seem to be shipping to the states right now
Dr.Wu
Showz – good selection of the main and variants
Show.Z Store
Bababobo00712 – pretty much the same as Showz but not as large a selection
Fourth Party Transformers Manufacturer DR. WU
Hell even Sirtoys has some of these mini guys
Search – SirToys.com
Of course there's also ebay where I'm personally look at 6hk666666 a well known and trusted seller
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The bigger issue is a lot of things were limited releases or just older releases that sold out. That's mostly Prime related and the early Soundwave/Galvy sets.
Diamondback
Color me stupid, but what all retailers sell DW? May have to take a look at them to pick up where Hasbro left off on MM's…
kingmob75
Seriously man, I am DYIN' for MFT Gobot Micromasters!! Can't believe they teased them then left us hanging. Maybe they will see the popularity of these Dr. Wu figures [especially since they now seem to be in some collaboration?] and take another look at jumpstarting that line.
I would love if they did the same format as Wu – a series of 2-packs [1 Guardian / 1 Renegade]. I would love some recolors too… If I'm not mistaken, Crasher was released in a couple of different colors, and they could always re-color Cy-Kill to look like a Junkion.
So many possibilities!
autobot prowl
Yeah these guys are perfect fiddle bots. They look great beside a micromaster army. Really hoping MFT actually makes those Gobot Micromasters now!
idkwdya
I seriously underestimated how tiny these guys would be but I totally love them!
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idkwdya
Woo!
Just ordered all three on an impulse buy.
Can’t wait!
zeroblue2099
I definitely appreciate these more in hand. These seeker transformations are complex enough more Micromaster cons and bots than I imagined are possible.
autobot prowl
I'm sure those will be our best options
ICEPnguin
Think we might get tapes for Soundwave and Blaster? MS Rumble for scale haha
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sdmacleod
That last picture belongs in the The Boudoir Thread! Hawt!