Once again Hasbro designer Mark “Markclonus” Maher, via his Instagram account, has treated us with our first official in-hand images of the recently revealed Transformers Legacy Deluxe Class Beachcomber, as well as his write-up about the development of this modern rendition of the G1 Autobot pacifist.
The best boogie down beach comber in the bot business friends, he is finally here, Legacy Evolution Deluxe Minibot BeachComber and his fine feathered forest friend Paradise Parakeet are ready to be maxing and chillaxing in your TF collection.
I had mentioned in the livestream, we made sure to put PVC, a rigid and flexible plastic like rubber, for the dune buggies tires. As a kid, I was absolutely fascinated with the way the rubber tires on the G1 figure’s rolled so well and it was cemented in my brain as a must for this figure. It also opened up the possibility to get the 5mm posted bird in the mold which, obviously, brought a huge smile to my face. It just really highlighted the light hearted nature loving character BeachComber is.
On the flipside, BeachComber is an autobot who is essentially ready for battle, I had always envisioned a cool machine gun on top of the dune buggy due to my love for GIJOE. With the Evofusion capability it also provided an opportunity to add in a gloss blacked out grill that makes the front of the vehicle look alot more fierce and complete.
Its always a pleasure working with Shuhei Umezu san, his abilities and ideas I feel work very complementary with mine. We have some really insane figures we are working on now that are really making my head spin!
To note, I did do some extra rounds of making sure the head sculpt was right, the POTP (power of the primes) toy had this soul patch sculpted on its chin which always confused me.
Oh, one last thing, the g2 metallic green version has been a desktop bot for a very many years, no clue if we will be able to do one but I might just get back in the spraybooth and do one for myself. Not sure Ill be able to replicate the vacmetal but “Oh My! Ba ba bu bud du bee its paradise” 😉
Jtprime17
Not yet.
Lazerwave
@Jtprime17 Do you know if Legacy wave 3 Deluxe has already hit US port?
jrod1019
Oh gotcha I forgot about this thought it was a manufacturer error or small mistake quantities like the rumored Blaster deco head where he was smiling. Never saw that one though.
Q Prime
This is what I’m referring to: Possible Transformers Legacy Breakdown Variant Discovered
jrod1019
Very true, but hopefully Hasbro restocks him not sure what the deco version might look like.
Lazerwave
@Jtprime17 Sorry to be a bother. I know you said Armada Megatron, 86 Snarl, Studio Series wave 2 Deluxe and Some Exclusives were at US port recently. Have you heard anything about Legacy wave 3 Deluxe being at US port?
Fblthp
I wish I did though, it would have made for a good punching bag for the Legacy Armada characters.
Tetratron
deceptioncon
Yeah I completely forget. I was going to watch it again but I did re watch it 5-10 years ago and I can't remember exactly where I remember well into the series or not.
Bass X0
I’m glad I never had the Combiner Wars Megatron.
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Q Prime
You could always wait and get him that seemingly upcoming toy deco version if you don't manage to come upon the original.
jrod1019
I do too but was working on a second one for my son and haven't had luck at Target or Hasbro out of stock.
TF Hot Rod
Cannot wait for Megatron, and the inevitable Galvatron repaint.
Megatronwp38
The Armada guys and the Nemesis look great! I can't believe how much I am actually liking the Armada updates. The originals never really did much for me following RID 2001, I thought they were a step backwards but these new updates make them pop! Love the colors or Armada too.
firmpulse
It's a cryin' shame Armada Megs has those hollow forearms. It's bad (but expected) on a Deluxe and terrible on a Voyager. On a Leader Class it's anathema.
Foster
Breakdown? Got him from Amazon in January. I've had Menasor completed almost half a year!
jrod1019
Dang Armada Prime looks like he could bear hug a ship down!
Like Armada Megatron's look too will pick him up when available.
Menasor just need to pick up his upgrade kit for perfect completion; side note anyone else having trouble getting Breakdown?
This is still one of my favorite Meg's once you add the upgrade kit.
PrimalFury
That figure may not come for quite some time, the premium finish line appears to move very slowly which is not uncommon for some Japanese lines / releases etc
MintCondition
All that unpainted gray plastic on Prime is inexcusable. Might as well skip it and wait for the inevitable Premium Finish