Time for another Photo Bomb of recent releases from the Transformers War for Cybertron Trilogy! Today we have a mix of retail and exclusive items, plus an overview of a recent Hasbro promotional mailer geared around Earthrise. These have all been out somewhere already depending on where you are in the world and how you are looking for them. Distribution has been sporadic all year for multiple brands. I got a hold of Earthrise wave 1 in February, caught some of the exclusives through the year, Sky Lynx and Scorponok mid year, and am just now getting a hold of later waves for retail Deluxe and Voyager. I like having stuff near when it first drops globally, and usually fail on that front. This year has been even worse for that, with some stores getting it at one time, and others later. I know the pandemic is partially to blame, but this is something that should be addressed at each stage of the chain going forward. WFCT has been great, dug most of Earthrise, and the only negative feedback I have for any of it is the distribution angle. And exclusives roll-outs, but that’s a whole other bag of hammers…
Read on to check out some select shots from each of the below figures. You can click the links below to go to full gallery pages for each of them. Since we are at year’s end I’ve kept the galleries short. Most have just basic shots showing them off, with a couple fancies mixed in. Just did what I felt like running, rather than being comprehensive or super fancy for each.
Out of all these – for me the winner is Netflix Soundwave. Really sharp, well done figure. Tight joints, great colors, paint applied well. It’s a significant upgrade from Siege, which I also thought was great. It has a very baby MP vibe going on. If you had to pick up one this year just for fiddling around – that’s the one. New tech, retro feels.
• Earthrise Autobots
• • Arcee
• • Paradron Medic
• • Ratchet
• • Smokescreen
• • Sunstreaker
• • Trailbreaker
• Earthrise Decepticons
• • Allicon
• • Fasttrack
• • Megatron
• • Quintesson Judge
• • Runabout
• • Runamuck
• • Soundwave with Ravage and Laserbeak
• Siege Autobots
• • Springer
I was in progress on most of these, courtesy of TFSource. Hasbro then sent out a promotional mailer to fan site and press contacts, containing most of the same items. I would like to thank them both for sending them through to review. The exclusives – I bought at the stores they are exclusive to. Still waiting on Elita-1 and Bee from Walmart…
Related TFSource Links: Sky Lynx, Megatron, Sunstreaker, Trailbreaker, Arcee, Quintesson, Alicon, Bluestreak, All WFC Trilogy