Thirst party company Newage Toys have updated their Weibo and Facebook accounts with images and information about their new Hardcore Scene Series Set D — Volcano Base.
We have the first color renders of this G1 Volcano base diorama planned for Legends scale figures. Read on for some details:
- 2603 pieces of ABS high-quality bricks.
- 60 cm wide and 26 cm depth (flat back).
- The gate can be opened or closed by turning the Ark’s turbine in the middle.
- There’s an early bird pre-order bonus: H27H Scanning David. A clear blue “scanning” version of Newage Legends scale Optimus Prime.
See the images after the jump and then share your impressions on the 2005 Boards!
Craigmcgowan1984
I cancelled, unfortunately funds are short and this didn't make the cut off for things to keep
deaculpa
Welp, approaching September. They’ll surely miss the august release but I’m buoyed by the July update saying they had some remaining tweaks. Hopefully we get some updates over the next 30 or so days. For some reason I’m very excited for this diorama… pew pew!
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Destron1
Not to be an ass, but we've known since May.
4249david
Cheers, I hadn't clocked the date there. I had seen the price and shipping info comments, and Omegalock told me similar, i.e. that they won't know their price until they can plan in shipping costs (and obviously it's a tad volatile right now still, so they can't guess way out from shipping)
deaculpa
Bombusbee has an estimated arrival date of august 2023, for what it’s worth. We also know the before pre-shipped price from bombus as $167, however the set is pretty at heavy 10lbs, so …
【Pre-order】Newage Hardcore Scene Series SETD Base Hill Ark Autobot Headquarters
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4249david
Cheers. As I don't collect Legends, I'm not familiar with Newage's rep on timeliness or turnarounds.
Just wondering how late I can leave it to PO with omegalock. At £40 down, I'd like to leave it as close as I can without missing it. But we also don't have a full picture of cost here either…
Ryan F
NewAge’s lead times do vary from figure-to-figure, making predictions tricky. Usually it’s around 6-8 months from initial reveal to first release, although there are exceptions. I believe Powerglide was only 3-4 months from reveal to release, whereas Breakdown was first unveiled in 2020 and still hasn’t released (although that particular figure is a bit of an outlier).
If I were a betting man I’d say Q4 this year?
4249david
Do we know when we're expecting this? Not the optimistic release dates that just move continually, but the realistic, likely-to-be-pretty-accurate, one?
TFC201482
Not sure if this is helpful to all as I know not everyone might have FB, but here's the link to the Newage FB post that shows the video if anyone is interested. It's a test shot and they say colors are not final.
"Assembled a test shot and everything is Okay. The color of some parts are not right cause some pigments are not ready for now."
Bosserbot
As much as I want the hologram-blue Optimus, I think I'm gonna pass on this one. The money would go better toward Devastator or the next Dinobots.
deaculpa
I’m disappointed but holding out hope, and thus my preorder.
Dutchy79
So cheap, would have tought they would have used molded rock parts to stack together, not this.
Better off to buy mock bricks on aliexpress and make your own in this style, little technic blocks for the door.
You can get led light very cheap for bricks.
I am not wasting money on this, to bad could have been so much better
Ryan F
It might go better with a TF Kre-O collection, I guess?
I thought it might be okay but seeing an actual working version with the figures within it has put me right off. Modern 3P legends figures are well-detailed mini-masterpieces and they really look out of place amongst all that blocky geometry of the diorama.
The Lego style is great as its own thing, but the two aesthetics are horribly jarring.
BairdimusPrime
I'm 100% with you on this, I'm going to take the weekend to sleep on canceling or not
TIKnTIN
clunky… too much dial turning for too little door opening/closing.
should be motorized, just like the tank is for omega supreme!
Stryker729
reading is key
MegaMoonMan
The "mountain" parts look like actual vomit.
Hobart Paving
That's… er… it's… hmm…
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…anyway, moving on…
kshaps
I have this pre-ordered but not sure if I’ll keep it. I was afraid the Lego style would not mesh with the aesthetic of NewAge bots and this test sample confirms my thoughts. Really wish they went with high quality painted diorama style instead of building bricks.
it’s still cool for the scale but it clashes for me personally
htquyet
Test video, updated link with a playable video, the door gimmick seems pretty smooth: 微博视频
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