Newage Toys have just shared images of their first Dinobot for the competitive Legends scale market: H44 Ymir (Legends Scale Grimlock).
This a very impressive new mold of the Dinobot commander for such a small scale featuring a great cartoon-accurate design in both modes plus a wide range of poseability (even in dino mode) as we can see from the images. Ymir/Grimlock comes packaged with some nice accessories: a gun, a flaming sword, 2 pairs of interchangeable hands and a fish. The last one from one of the scenes of the G1 episode “Grimlock’s new brain”.
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er4smiths
Watching SOS Dinobots with my son this evening and one of the scenes reminded me of something – wow NA nailed it !
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GrimLocke
Yeah, I’m gunna keep saying Yim-meer in my head.
Snaku
The first one: Ymir – Wikipedia
ICEPnguin
Ymir =yummier
Autobrat Leader
Your-mom.
bignick1693
I think it’s pronounce Grim-Lock
But I say it as yuh-meer.
Daelo88
Ok, how do you pronounce his name? I have seen
E-meer and Yuh-meer.
zfarsh
The latest video / pics of toon version look much more plain / dull then the promo pics…
I would prefer a darker grey like that used by Fansproject that did the chug scale, which looked pristine eventhough not painted. Maybe some sparkles in it (as they actually had in their original pic of him bending his arm of the prototype) so it doesnt look so cheap plain plastic…
The eyes are not clear enough in bot mode… Wish it was more vibrant and visible.
The yellow looks okayesh on either promo or new pics, eventhough promo is much more rich.
The red looked better on the promo, but okay. Black is okayesh too i guess, but again looked better in promo pics..
Really, i hope they improve on the dark grey and the eyes of the toon at the very least before release…
TF Hot Rod
It varies, in some photos the yellow look good in others it looks kind of plain. I wish they (while not cartoon accurate) had the window piece on his chest that he normally has (MP, SS86, G1 toy).
Autobrat Leader
You could use a gray panel lining marker to bring out the details. I prefer grey over black on light colored plastic because it's not as over the top.
Delduwath
I wish the yellow chest were less plain. I know it's got the molded detail, but it's all just one piece of yellow plastic; the details don't stand out. I think it would really benefit from a wash to outline the sculpted bits, but I'm not confident enough in my abilities to risk it.
Jaguaratron
Right, though Sunbow was all over the place and we can all find examples of widely varying sizes, I used the term approximate as, to me, Ymir seems to be going for the "feel" like here
All that being said, I personally dont care about size discrepancies so long as they are within a reasonable variant, going from what we have seen I would probably prefer Ymir to be a little smaller but its no big deal.
IronMachine
In my opinion first ver MST UM in bot mode is the best for scale ..
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NA UM and MST UM 2.0 they are both big in bot mode, and I don’t like that. In toon UM is not so much bigger than Optimus Prime, and he is shorter than Grimlock in dino mode ( the pictures are not mine ).
er4smiths
well if it’s any consolation, MFT is also shorter than Magnus in Dino mode
Destron1
What a simple, yet impressive, display.
htquyet
Shared on Weibo, looks like it's shorter than Magnus in dino mode.
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er4smiths
NA H44 Ymir is the same height as SS86 HotRod
Daelo88
I have this on PO, but also whichever company first to MP size this gets my money too.
htquyet
That's actually a smart and original step for me. It serves many purposes. One is like TIK&Tin said. Also, the hand rotates to a position where it acts like a tab even when the arm being reversed and still has room for the other side tabs in. The Dino legs also look less hollow.
Edit: It's 124g, about NA Magnus' weight (~130g). Pretty hefty for its size, which is nice.
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