Links: http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-toys--products-30/transformers-2010-voyager-strafe-lugnut-and-grapple-official-images-170732/
http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-generations-classics-30-35/transformers-generations-kup-170734/
Ok so lets get crackin on thses "official images".
Lugnut (the photo at the top by the text and the first one below the text): WOW, i am impressed, to anyone who follows me on here, i was really not digging the mistransformed lugnut we saw via a fuzzy cell phone camera from cybertoncon. But looking at these offical product shots, i am in love wiht this re-do of the character. i loved the animated version, but it had the flaw of being way to short. hopefully this guy doesnt have the same issue. The arms seem a bit long and i'm iffy on the two white teeth like protusions underneath his eye, but those ar minor issues at best. i love the deco and the charcater. Due out in decmeber, this figure went from inital pass to pre-order for me, as i'm sure he did for several other people.
Next up is grapple. Marketed under Solor Storm Grappel due to copyright lossage, this guys is a redeco/ remold of Inferno. Finally grapple gets a modern toy. Yeah, this figure was hotly anticiapted for me and so i've pre-ordered him from TFSource. HE's also due out in Decemeber. I love the charatcter and this mold. I'm intrigued to see how the crane is marketed as a weapon. loving the headsculpt too. cannot wait for this guy. the only gripe i have is thta i kinda wish he had a gun and that the black stripes were on both of the top panels in the back in the alt mode.
Third up is Strafe. He's a ROTF minwipe repaint. while i cont mind the reapint and i do like the mold. i just dont see Strafe in the headsculpt. they coulda at least given him a new head. and the colors dont work wiht "sunspot" (the skystalker repaint). Honestly, i think i;m gonna pass on this guy.
ok so now at the seocnd link we have mucho more awesomeness, so lets continue
Ok so with the photos at this second link, i'm just gonna comment on things we havent seen from the figures before. I believe most of these are gonna be Reveal the shield. so yea.
Jazz: We get photos of his robot and alt mode otu of package. i already have him pre-ordered because i seriously love me some classics Jazz. The flip out speakers are awesomely g1. i'm a bit iffy on the legs and the lack of paint apps on the gun, btut thats not enough to cancel my pre-order. I'm digging that they seemd to use the same bone white they used wiht TFA jazz on this guy. oh and theres a photo of the speakers folding out in alt mode too. AWESOME! sooo happy he's preordered
Perceptor: We finally have phtoo of both modes. they said at botcon that this would be a heavy homage to his TFA design from the allspark almanacs and that one episode of the show. and i have to say, i totally see it. i'm loving the cunkyness of the lower legs. the upper legs seem a bit spindly, but i dont mind that. i'm a bti worried that he has one fo those crotches that plugs together, and i'm not a big fan of that desgin, but i can overlook it. The thing that tickles my fancy the most though is the head. Just the amount of character in it and the design really grabs me. It defintily has a cartoony feel wihtout being overly cartoony. If hasbro can continue to engineer head like this, and the one on WreckGar, i'm going to be happy. once we get a pre-order for perceptor, consider me doing just that
Tracks: another shot of the robot mode. woo. he's preordered.
Wreck-Gar: I've loved this guy from the moment we saw him. both modes look amazing and the detail is incredible i love how g1 the crest on the head is and omg the face-sculpt on Wreckgar. I'm honestly speechless, and very impressed. and that spinny axe weapon looks deadly. Alt mode looks awesome. i think Wreck-gar might single handedly up the bar for Bike-formers. cant wait for a pre-order.
Transformers united Lugnut and Straxxus: Straxxus i'm mildly impressed by but i'm fine with the Generations hasbro version. Lugnut, i love the more TFA color scheme and all but i much prefer the update that Hasbro is doing.
And now the best for last, and the only one to get direct links this post. http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/attach/1/United-Kup-Vehicle_1286982376.jpg
http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/attach/1/United-Kup_1286982376.jpg
yeah, you can read in the URL there. Its Kup! granted this is the Transformers United (aka Henkei) version due for release in february, so the US version probably wont be exactly like this and probably wont see a release until march or so, but yea. so, lets go over the alt mode first. Nothing really bugs me about this mode other than it seems the panels arent lined up on one of the door, but then again, thats either a phtographer mistake, or it was purposefully done. Either way, thats my only gripe on this mode.
no for the robot mode. you might wanna hit CTRL and the plus key to zoom in. anyway, i do really dig the look of it,btu i can see a lot of people not likeing it. for me, i have thre niggling issues with this mode. 1) the wheels up be his shoulders. it seems the front wheels from alt mode just pull out and swiong up, or theyre attached to his arms. Either way, that desgin choice kinda irks me. i would preferred they do something wiht those wheels like they did with TFA rodimus' front wheels. somtehing about the strut that the pin joint is on sticking up where it does irks me. that and the actual shoulders and not the pads seems a bit low, btu i assume thats mistransformation 2) the amrs seems to be fixed into the door panels and i really am not a fan of that design choice. 3) the gun/rifle sticks a bit too far out to be underslung. i'm just hoping again this is mistransfomration and you can rotate the gun arm around. because it looks like he has a wrist swivel on the other arm. and if he doesnt on the gun arm and that hand is just molded to face down grabbing part of the gun, that is weaksauce and makes for some awkward posing.
Negatives aside though, i am digging Kup massively. he's gonna go fast, so i might pre-order him. we'll see.
Well thats all for me guys. comment below if you can.
--Zack
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