Next, we have something that’s been floating around the net recently as a rumor – Miner Megatron, a retool of Siege Megatron! He’s shown here in robot mode though is unfortunately lacking his head, plus his hands haven’t been flipped out and he’s lacking any accessories.
Let us know your first impressions in the discussion thread!
Optimus1138
Sometimes they just add stuff because it's cool. In his case, I'm guessing they're meant to match the red helmet markings.
primetimeguy
Why does toyhax have red markings on miner Megatron I'm about unfamiliar with that one
fartsniffer42
There's a more subtle example from WFC/Legacy as well.
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JasonTFW
Arrived today from Amazon. Looks great.
emlit
LOL – true enough.
C16
Seekers don't maximize use of the mold, they obliterate the mold.
emlit
Five uses is maximized?
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I hope you get a new figure. I’m not putting any money on it, though.
C16
They already got 5 uses out of that mold. It's been maximized. I don't think they're shy about what kind of characters they'll do anymore, especially a Prime.
Dinobot Snarl
Leader One really is overdue…. Maybe when they do Cyberjets
emlit
I‘ll be really surprised if Hasbro creates a new mold at the leader class spot for an IDW comics character, especially given 1) the GUOP mold is so recent and screams easy retool and 2) Hasbro’s penchant for maximizing mold uses. Regardless, if a toy gets made, new design or old, chances are I’ll pick it up.
IgnikaMarcus
But they only did that for a handful. Rest were just straight from the toys.
Ravewind
I don't think it should be too difficult, especially since the Hanna Barbara designed heads for Gobots are very different from their Machine Robo counterparts. Cy-Kill is a good example and Eagle Robo had that weird facemask (likely a stylized aviator oxygen mask) while Leader One doesn't.
Turbo however needs to be a Legacy Dragstrip remold, giving him a cover for the back of the head area to close it off and a plastic cockpit cover.
C16
Nova should be his own mold since it's such a unique design and I think the way Leader class was limited for Earthrise Optimus and his trailer would actually work in Nova's favor. His trailer doesn't need to do anything since he never did anything with it in the comic and could be simple enough to fold up to make a backpack with wings to attach to his back for his iconic look. A simple trailer means they can focus most of the budget on the robot mode and wings to really make him impressive.
For Zeta he had a more normal looking robot mode in the Optimus Prime series that works probably also need its own mold, or a heavy retool to make those wing things work.
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Dinobot Snarl
I think expecting an exact likeness is unreasonable, they have to be careful as they only have the names and not the models.
Optimus1138
Yeah, the best case would be if they could actually retool him themselves to lose all the tank parts and give him new filled in lower legs so that you can leave the wings extended without his legs being super hollow (and without the extra accessories he could probably be sold at the Voyager pricepoint at that point too), but if they can't do that, just a straight repaint would be good enough since it's supposed to be pretty easy to remove the tank backpack yourself, and there'd probably be third party parts to fill in the legs.
Dinobot Snarl
Yeah I noticed too, there's a fantastic jet former in there hiding under tank parts…. none of which are necessary for transformation.
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A straight repaint works too
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Jinray20
Now there is a challenging thought for you Hasbro designers!! Let's see if you can do a titan size Starscream that transforms into this!! View attachment 29940539
Kupp
ok, that looks very nice, hypothetically speaking. I’m still using the Universe Ratbat that was a redeco of Galaxy Force/Cybertron Sideways/Noisemaze, as well as his recent Cassette.
I honestly like that a lot more as Ratbat than as a Sweep.
Cataraks
He's titan sized, griebled out the wazoo, has the aura, and a creepy head.
IgnikaMarcus
How would you go about that though?
From what I can see, UnderScream is just Marvel/regular Starscream with a yellow aura around him.