Newage Toys, via their Weibo account, have shared images of the color prototype of their NA H50 Scott (Legends Scale G1 Hound).
This impressive cartoon-accurate rendition of G1 Hound for the Legends scale is just 7.6 cm tall. According to the information shared, it will be fully painted, with die-cast parts and several extra accessories including Ravage’s cage and an extra H54 Frankenstein limb with all pre-orders.
See all the mirrored images after the jump and then sound off on the 2005 Boards!
chuckcjc
Just got Detritus yesterday, and my goodness do I love his tampos. He even has a well done Junkion Goatee!
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Zentropy
Yes, I still have my childhood Jetfire, and the NA EX is a respectable nod in its direction, though I’ve never been a fan of the flying brick that is the toon Skyfire jet mode. I like the twin “jet packs” of the Iron Factory toy better than the single box on top of the NA one. Granted, neither design truly homages the Macross-derived Valkyrie, but that’s understandable. And while I agree that there’s a precision and craftsmanship to Newage stuff that IF doesn’t quite match, aesthetically I like Stormbringer Jetfire better than toy-deco Sunbow Skyfire.
Regardless, I still want EX Firefox.
Phase Sixer
I have the IF Jetfire and the EX. IF Jetfire is still something special and the EX didn’t diminish how much I love it. Although I will admit the EX alt mode is better.
zfarsh
If you do get the EX Jetfire, i think you just may not like your IF as much anymore. The finish and colours and beauty are just too good. Very nice mold, i love playing with it. If you had the original Jetfire Toy, heck, even better.
And i had the IF Jetfire and currently have 2 of the OS KO version too (one in my macross collection, one in my TF collection).
Zentropy
Sounds like a solid purchase. Maybe I should move it up on my priority list.
I don’t think I own any Newage figures that aren’t EX, except molds for which they didn’t offer one. If not for the toy-styled decos, I wouldn’t own many NA figures at all. Right now my 3PL collection is probably 50/45/5 respective to IF, NA, and MST. Without the EX decos, the overwhelming majority of what I own would be Iron Factory. In fact, I like IF’s Jetfire a lot.
zfarsh
I would recommend saving your money for the EX version of Jetfire…
It has fixed tolerances and backpack doesnt come undone
Also, my personal favorite figure, and i am usually the Toon guy, not the EX, but this case, EX all the way baybe.
Fenrys
Just ordered the Detritus version of this guy to go with my Legends scale Mercenaries. Was gonna pass on him but recently realized he'd go perfect with that group.
Zentropy
Glad Firefox is a winner for you— that paint does look nice. I really need to look for a deal on an EX one, but there are a few on my list (both NA and IF) that I want before it.
Illustratorbot
Thanks!
I know what you mean about Bee/Cj's faux chests, but I suppose I can accept visible seams on something so tiny. I'm generally okay with faux parts if a figure is going for 'toon-accuracy given that mass- and/or shape-shifting aren't actual things, so long as the 'real' parts are hidden away well enough as they (mostly) are here – XTB's Runawhosit who has a fake windscreen on his chest and brazenly sports the real windscreen as a backpack is where the faux approach goes too far for me.
Oh, and I've just opened Skyfire/Jetfire/Firefox (I went for the EXR version with the chameleon paint) and he looks and feels fantastic! Also great value when you consider he's basically MP carbot size, and quality-wise on a par with Takara. Alternate faces would have been nice, but now I'm being nitpicky. Going to have a go at transforming him later.
Zentropy
I really enjoyed Mirage and Soundwave, though I got the EX ones and part of my “buzz” from playing with these is the nostalgia that those toy details rekindle. Same with EX Hound— I really like the mold, but I honestly wouldn’t have bought the figure if it had only been released in the toon deco. But, different strokes for different folks.
I don’t enjoy Newage’s Bee and CJ molds. Part of it is the faux chest— which looks worse because it’s so cut up with very obvious seams that advertise its falseness— but mostly I think it’s the small size and the design of the feet/legs. I just don’t find them fun to play with or transform.
Jetfire is still on my want list, and I’ve nearly bought it many times but not pulled the trigger. Everyone seems to like it, making it a (seemingly) sure bet, so I don’t know what exactly I’m waiting for.
Have fun with the delayed gratification!!
Illustratorbot
I've splurged on some Newage Legends in the last week or so and most of them have turned up in the past couple of days. I'm slowly making my way through them rather than opening them all at once, and have Skyfire, Starscream, Soundwave and Mirage still to open. Bumblebee and Cliffjumper are so good for such tiny figures (amazing that Bee is so much cleaner than MP-45!), and Ironhide is fantastic (again, way better than the Takara Masterpiece), but the one that has really wowed me so far is this fella – what a stellar little figure!
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tilallaresundry
I mean, kinda tempting, but I rather think that theres an entire forum for that sort of thing haha
TIKnTIN
yeah, unfortunately it's only the standard toon version. otherwise i may have opted to pick up EX versions of both hound and wheeljack instead.
Clyde the Jackal
EX doesn't have the part.
eMouse
Correct on both.
Mechman42
Yes, the Autobot X parts only come with the toon decos. Hound has one leg and Jack has one arm. Trailbreaker will presumably have another.