War for Cybertron Kingdom T-Wrecks More In-Hand Images
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While T-Wrecks is a robot head retool and redeco of Kingdom Megatron, the new colors really make him pop and give him a different feel than the Predacon leader. T-Wrecks will be a Target RedCard exclusive in the U.S., with potential distribution channels in other markets as yet unknown. Are you planning on picking him up when he's released? Let us know what you think, and if you're excited (or not) for this Kingdom addition.
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Posted by Jeddostotle7 on April 18th, 2021 @ 11:32pm CDT
Bounti76 wrote:Thanks to Seibertronian Actar, we have some new images of Kingdom Leader Class T-Wrecks in the flesh plastic! While there isn't really anything new here, we do get some different lighting and poses that show him off better in his beast mode. Take a look below!
While T-Wrecks is a robot head retool and redeco of Kingdom Megatron, the new colors really make him pop and give him a different feel than the Predacon leader. T-Wrecks will be a Target RedCard exclusive in the U.S., with potential distribution channels in other markets as yet unknown. Are you planning on picking him up when he's released? Let us know what you think, and if you're excited (or not) for this Kingdom addition.
Important to note, T-Wrecks isn't actually a new-head retool of Megatron. If you look closely at pictures of him, he actually has the closed-mouth headsculpt of Megatron (even though we know the open-mouth teeth-gritting alternate headsculpt exists), but with the tooth-color paint app intended for use with that alternate headsculpt, just painted onto the closed mouth like lipstick.
Posted by Emerje on April 19th, 2021 @ 12:46am CDT
Emerje
Posted by Lore Keeper on April 19th, 2021 @ 3:03am CDT
Emerje wrote:Hopefully Hasbro fixed the head sculpt issue. So far we haven't seen a T-Wrecks with the right head and I find that a little disconcerting.
Emerje
Given the way these "early previews" generally work, it's very likely all the images we've seen are of the same copy being passed around by several individuals.
Posted by -Kanrabat- on April 19th, 2021 @ 4:38am CDT
Oh well.
Posted by mech_dh on April 19th, 2021 @ 8:35am CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on April 19th, 2021 @ 9:06am CDT
That's an understatement. This new one is missing so many colors and shades from the original deco that they practically simplified it.-Kanrabat- wrote:T-Wrecks feel like an unpainted prototype.
Posted by Rodimus Knight on April 19th, 2021 @ 9:26am CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on April 19th, 2021 @ 9:30am CDT
So, you don't want T-Wrecks's head to look like T-Wrecks's head?Rodimus Knight wrote:I think they should have done a fully new head sculpt for T-Wrecks, or at least something what wasn't megatron based.
Posted by MeGrimlock78 on April 19th, 2021 @ 10:20am CDT
Jeddostotle7 wrote:Important to note, T-Wrecks isn't actually a new-head retool of Megatron. If you look closely at pictures of him, he actually has the closed-mouth headsculpt of Megatron (even though we know the open-mouth teeth-gritting alternate headsculpt exists), but with the tooth-color paint app intended for use with that alternate headsculpt, just painted onto the closed mouth like lipstick.
He looks like Apocalypse from The X-Men!
Posted by Seibertron on April 19th, 2021 @ 10:36am CDT
Posted by Nuclearxpotato on April 19th, 2021 @ 11:26am CDT
Seibertron wrote:He should get along nicely with Siege Netflix Megatron.
(Jerry Seinfeld impersonation): "But which one?"
*Canned Laughter, audience applause*
I really hope these copies were non-final. He doesn't pop like he should, and that mouth issue is just real awkward. Leakers said he should come with the new mouth, but we've yet to see that happen.
Posted by Jeddostotle7 on April 19th, 2021 @ 4:35pm CDT
Nuclearxpotato wrote:Seibertron wrote:He should get along nicely with Siege Netflix Megatron.
(Jerry Seinfeld impersonation): "But which one?"
*Canned Laughter, audience applause*
I really hope these copies were non-final. He doesn't pop like he should, and that mouth issue is just real awkward. Leakers said he should come with the new mouth, but we've yet to see that happen.
From what I remember, the word from leakers after a couple copies of Megatron with that alternate gritting-teeth headsculpt popped up was that for whatever reason, T-Wrecks wouldn't have it, and they seem to have been completely right about that so far. The paint app clearly intended for the teeth on the alternate headsculpt just makes it that much more aggravating.
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on April 19th, 2021 @ 7:35pm CDT
First-Aid wrote:chuckdawg1999 wrote:First-Aid wrote:Do you ever wonder if we nitpick too much?
To ere is human, to complain is Fanboy.
To err*
SO you're saying I erred? See what I did there?
Posted by o.supreme on April 19th, 2021 @ 7:55pm CDT
Posted by sol magnus on April 19th, 2021 @ 7:58pm CDT
o.supreme wrote:I was just curious, has anyone purchased any Kingdom toys missing the golden disk collector cards? Ractonite was only my 2nd Kingdom purchase. The card was missing and I was totally oblivious to it.
Not so far.
Posted by Rodimus Prime on April 19th, 2021 @ 8:13pm CDT
Posted by Emerje on April 19th, 2021 @ 8:17pm CDT
Rodimus Prime wrote:Which figures are supposed to have it? Just the beasts? I have Dinobot, Ultra Magnus and Cyclonus opened so far, and they only had instructions. My Inferno and Rattrap are still sealed.
It should be tucked in a little pocket on the side of the inner packaging.
Emerje
Posted by Rodimus Prime on April 19th, 2021 @ 8:26pm CDT
For all of them?Emerje wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:Which figures are supposed to have it? Just the beasts? I have Dinobot, Ultra Magnus and Cyclonus opened so far, and they only had instructions. My Inferno and Rattrap are still sealed.
It should be tucked in a little pocket on the side of the inner packaging.
Emerje
Also, did anyone ever find a Megatron with that alternate head at retail?
Posted by Sabrblade on April 19th, 2021 @ 8:27pm CDT
Deluxes, Voyagers, and Leaders, so far.Rodimus Prime wrote:Which figures are supposed to have it?
Posted by Seibertron on April 19th, 2021 @ 8:35pm CDT
Rodimus Prime wrote:For all of them?Emerje wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:Which figures are supposed to have it? Just the beasts? I have Dinobot, Ultra Magnus and Cyclonus opened so far, and they only had instructions. My Inferno and Rattrap are still sealed.
It should be tucked in a little pocket on the side of the inner packaging.
Emerje
Yes, all Deluxes, Voyagers and Leaders have the cards on the lower left side of the insert to which the figure is attached (as shown below).
Please make sure to check for their parts and accessories on the lower backside of the insert. I have a feeling a lot of people are going to be missing accessories for these figures that end up getting tossed in the trash unfortunately.
Posted by Rodimus Prime on April 19th, 2021 @ 8:37pm CDT
Posted by -Kanrabat- on April 19th, 2021 @ 8:54pm CDT
Seibertron wrote:Please make sure to check for their parts and accessories on the lower backside of the insert. I have a feeling a lot of people are going to be missing accessories for these figures that end up getting tossed in the trash unfortunately.
I got a few too many close calls for comfort.
It's also valid for the recent Netflix figures like Sparkless Bot.
Posted by o.supreme on April 19th, 2021 @ 8:59pm CDT
Posted by Seibertron on April 19th, 2021 @ 9:17pm CDT
o.supreme wrote:I've been careful to check for the accessories, just no card with my Ractonite, I even got the white sheet with the legal verbiage. oh well no big deal.
There was no card on the side of the insert, as shown above? Its not with the instructions and legal white sheet.
Posted by sol magnus on April 19th, 2021 @ 9:31pm CDT
Rodimus Prime wrote:Which figures are supposed to have it? Just the beasts? I have Dinobot, Ultra Magnus and Cyclonus opened so far, and they only had instructions. My Inferno and Rattrap are still sealed.
Everything above Core Class should have a card. They are kind of hidden in the cardboard, not loose in the box.
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on April 20th, 2021 @ 10:50am CDT
sol magnus wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:Which figures are supposed to have it? Just the beasts? I have Dinobot, Ultra Magnus and Cyclonus opened so far, and they only had instructions. My Inferno and Rattrap are still sealed.
Everything above Core Class should have a card. They are kind of hidden in the cardboard, not loose in the box.
They're in a special sleeve on the back of the insert, the non-straight side. Took me a while to find them.
May I say how the cards and loose accessories are packaged is counterintuitive?
Posted by blackeyedprime on April 20th, 2021 @ 11:15am CDT
Jelze Bunnycat wrote:sol magnus wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:Which figures are supposed to have it? Just the beasts? I have Dinobot, Ultra Magnus and Cyclonus opened so far, and they only had instructions. My Inferno and Rattrap are still sealed.
Everything above Core Class should have a card. They are kind of hidden in the cardboard, not loose in the box.
They're in a special sleeve on the back of the insert, the non-straight side. Took me a while to find them.
May I say how the cards and loose accessories are packaged is counterintuitive?
Not just that, now we have loads of annoying plastic circles. That plastic could have gone to making the packaging windows a bit bigger and way less messier to open the figure.
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on April 20th, 2021 @ 11:24am CDT
blackeyedprime wrote:Jelze Bunnycat wrote:sol magnus wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:Which figures are supposed to have it? Just the beasts? I have Dinobot, Ultra Magnus and Cyclonus opened so far, and they only had instructions. My Inferno and Rattrap are still sealed.
Everything above Core Class should have a card. They are kind of hidden in the cardboard, not loose in the box.
They're in a special sleeve on the back of the insert, the non-straight side. Took me a while to find them.
May I say how the cards and loose accessories are packaged is counterintuitive?
Not just that, now we have loads of annoying plastic circles. That plastic could have gone to making the packaging windows a bit bigger and way less messier to open the figure.
I hear you about the circles. I get why, they're like washers, and with how those tight plastic ties can cut (I think that's how my Paleotrex got chipped)...
Posted by Overcracker on April 20th, 2021 @ 12:04pm CDT
He's heavier than SS 86 Grimlock. The softer rubbery skin adds heft I guess. The side clip on the side of his waist is surprisingly tight to get in.
The T-Rex mode is a bit too panel, but it works over all. The robot mode is great. The Transformation is a bit annoying to get everything lined up properly, and only a few panels actually tab in. Tail arm is just sitting there....
Also, he's a bit hard to pose, his knees are a tad loose se he bends backwards.
Overall he's a good figure, but not. one I can see myself messing with too much. Unlike SS Hot Rod and Grimlock which are tons of fun, or even Kingdom Primal.
Posted by just_aCloud on April 20th, 2021 @ 2:15pm CDT
Posted by aronjlove on April 20th, 2021 @ 2:21pm CDT
just_aCloud wrote:Does Rhinox have 5mm hard points? Hard to tell from the pix. I know Primal doesn't (right?) so I don't want to end up unhappily surprised.
None of the beasts do
Posted by o.supreme on April 20th, 2021 @ 2:28pm CDT
aronjlove wrote:None of the beasts do
I assume you mean the BW characters in their alt modes? I believe in their robot modes they do have a couple 5mm ports, although far fewer than the original series characters. I've seen pics of Paleotrex armored up on Blackarachnia, Cheetor, and Optimus Primal.
Posted by aronjlove on April 20th, 2021 @ 3:26pm CDT
o.supreme wrote:aronjlove wrote:None of the beasts do
I assume you mean the BW characters in their alt modes? I believe in their robot modes they do have a couple 5mm ports, although far fewer than the original series characters. I've seen pics of Paleotrex armored up on Blackarachnia, Cheetor, and Optimus Primal.
Yes, sorry. There's a couple on the bots but they are hidden in beast mode.
Posted by TF-fan kev777 on April 20th, 2021 @ 3:28pm CDT
just_aCloud wrote:Does Rhinox have 5mm hard points? Hard to tell from the pix. I know Primal doesn't (right?) so I don't want to end up unhappily surprised.
Depends on what you mean by 5 mm hard points; particularly 3mm vs. 5mm and hard point versus port. They do not appear to have the 3 mm hard points used for attaching the blast effects other than on the tips of any guns. They also do not have the 5 mm ports on the beast modes, but do have some on their bot mode wherever it doesn't interfere with the beast mode.
So I guess the answer would be no regardless of what you meant.
Posted by just_aCloud on April 20th, 2021 @ 4:05pm CDT
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on April 20th, 2021 @ 4:12pm CDT
Jelze Bunnycat wrote:sol magnus wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:Which figures are supposed to have it? Just the beasts? I have Dinobot, Ultra Magnus and Cyclonus opened so far, and they only had instructions. My Inferno and Rattrap are still sealed.
Everything above Core Class should have a card. They are kind of hidden in the cardboard, not loose in the box.
They're in a special sleeve on the back of the insert, the non-straight side. Took me a while to find them.
May I say how the cards and loose accessories are packaged is counterintuitive?
Sell more toys that way.
Posted by -Kanrabat- on April 20th, 2021 @ 4:21pm CDT
just_aCloud wrote:Thanks for all the responses everyone. I was considering myself uninterested in Kingdom until I saw Tricranius, which for whatever reason looks like a really awesome toy to me, but I would want another beastformer to go along with it for Fossilizer usage. Looks like that's not really an option! Oh well.
If I find an Optimus Primal on super clearance, I'll double dip and drill some holes in him so that he can wear BONE ARMOR like in the promo pics.
Posted by Sabrblade on April 20th, 2021 @ 4:25pm CDT
Apparently, Optimus can wear the bone armor like in the picture but with the Fossilizer's limbs wrapped around the neck like a necklace, or around the torso like shoulder straps.-Kanrabat- wrote:just_aCloud wrote:Thanks for all the responses everyone. I was considering myself uninterested in Kingdom until I saw Tricranius, which for whatever reason looks like a really awesome toy to me, but I would want another beastformer to go along with it for Fossilizer usage. Looks like that's not really an option! Oh well.
If I find an Optimus Primal on super clearance, I'll double dip and drill some holes in him so that he can wear BONE ARMOR like in the promo pics.
Posted by o.supreme on April 20th, 2021 @ 4:36pm CDT
just_aCloud wrote:Thanks for all the responses everyone. I was considering myself uninterested in Kingdom until I saw Tricranius, which for whatever reason looks like a really awesome toy to me, but I would want another beastformer to go along with it for Fossilizer usage. Looks like that's not really an option! Oh well.
There's also the Fossilizer Combiner, that is pretty awesome.
I will be substituting Transmutate and Tricranius on mine. Also hoping for a Predacon repaint of Wingfinger to have Two solid-faction combiners.
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on April 20th, 2021 @ 4:47pm CDT
o.supreme wrote:just_aCloud wrote:Thanks for all the responses everyone. I was considering myself uninterested in Kingdom until I saw Tricranius, which for whatever reason looks like a really awesome toy to me, but I would want another beastformer to go along with it for Fossilizer usage. Looks like that's not really an option! Oh well.
There's also the Fossilizer Combiner, that is pretty awesome.
I will be substituting Transmutate and Tricranius on mine. Also hoping for a Predacon repaint of Wingfinger to have Two solid-faction combiners.
One small warning about that Combiner. I tried to make some pieces of it with Paleotrex and Ractonite, but some of the latter's pegs have a bit of a hard time sliding into the ports of the former. To be precise the T-Rex head and the Styraco torso have a hard time connecting, not helped by the peg being so short and folding into Ractonite's head.
Posted by Hellscream9999 on April 20th, 2021 @ 9:35pm CDT
Jelze Bunnycat wrote:o.supreme wrote:just_aCloud wrote:Thanks for all the responses everyone. I was considering myself uninterested in Kingdom until I saw Tricranius, which for whatever reason looks like a really awesome toy to me, but I would want another beastformer to go along with it for Fossilizer usage. Looks like that's not really an option! Oh well.
There's also the Fossilizer Combiner, that is pretty awesome.
I will be substituting Transmutate and Tricranius on mine. Also hoping for a Predacon repaint of Wingfinger to have Two solid-faction combiners.
One small warning about that Combiner. I tried to make some pieces of it with Paleotrex and Ractonite, but some of the latter's pegs have a bit of a hard time sliding into the ports of the former. To be precise the T-Rex head and the Styraco torso have a hard time connecting, not helped by the peg being so short and folding into Ractonite's head.
I tried that too, only problem I had was that ractonites ball-jointed neck can't support the weight of the torso
Posted by o.supreme on April 20th, 2021 @ 9:39pm CDT
Nemesis Primal wrote:Welcome back to another episode of "I pay way more attention than Hasbro does too much attention to the WFC numbering system"! On today's episode: We've now seen every figure from WFC-K01 to WFC-K30...and then we jump to Tricranius as WFC-K39, meaning K31-K38 are unaccounted for. Theoretically 6 of those 8 numbers could be the Wave 4 figures, but Hasbro tends to put exclusives in a middle chunk of the numbering system and then end with the last retail wave, so those 8 are presumably exclusives (assuming Hasbro doesn't SKIP A NUMBER AGAIN).
In terms of exclusives that should be coming, we've had a mix of rumors/leaks for (not including the Golden Disc figures, in case they aren't numbered like the Galactic Odyssey sets):
-Sideswipe & Nightprowler
-Mirage & BW2 Skywarp
-Whatever the Kingdom 4-pack contains
-BW Grimlock? (He was initially rumored to come with Sideswipe, whether he's still in the cards we don't know)
If those 3 multipacks individually number the figures they come with (like the Siege Target exclusives & Fan Vote set), then that's all 8 figures. If at least one of them has one number for the whole set, not each figure (like the Earthrise exclusives), then we've for certain got exclusive figures coming we still don't know about.
I could be totally off but my initial guess is that 31-32 will be wave 4 Core Class ( no leaks as far as I know). 33-36 are wave 4 Deluxe (Pipes, Shadow Panther, Slammer, Waspinator) 37- Voyager Tigatron, and 38;the Walgreens exclusive Sideswipe. Some of the numbers may be variable, but that's my guess
All other exclusives will be 40 and up.
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on April 20th, 2021 @ 9:44pm CDT
Hellscream9999 wrote:Jelze Bunnycat wrote:o.supreme wrote:just_aCloud wrote:Thanks for all the responses everyone. I was considering myself uninterested in Kingdom until I saw Tricranius, which for whatever reason looks like a really awesome toy to me, but I would want another beastformer to go along with it for Fossilizer usage. Looks like that's not really an option! Oh well.
There's also the Fossilizer Combiner, that is pretty awesome.
I will be substituting Transmutate and Tricranius on mine. Also hoping for a Predacon repaint of Wingfinger to have Two solid-faction combiners.
One small warning about that Combiner. I tried to make some pieces of it with Paleotrex and Ractonite, but some of the latter's pegs have a bit of a hard time sliding into the ports of the former. To be precise the T-Rex head and the Styraco torso have a hard time connecting, not helped by the peg being so short and folding into Ractonite's head.
I tried that too, only problem I had was that ractonites ball-jointed neck can't support the weight of the torso
Eh, once I get Wingfinger or a redeco of that mold I'll fix up something less... messy?
Posted by Sentinel_Primal on April 20th, 2021 @ 10:21pm CDT
Posted by just_aCloud on April 21st, 2021 @ 10:08am CDT
-Kanrabat- wrote:If I find an Optimus Primal on super clearance, I'll double dip and drill some holes in him so that he can wear BONE ARMOR like in the promo pics.
I weep over the lack of built-in BONE ARMOR compatibility!! And not getting a sabertooth Maximal either.
Posted by Sabrblade on April 21st, 2021 @ 10:16am CDT
Posted by -Kanrabat- on April 21st, 2021 @ 10:59am CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on April 21st, 2021 @ 11:09am CDT
The article doesn't say.
Posted by -Kanrabat- on April 21st, 2021 @ 11:15am CDT
Sabrblade wrote:The article doesn't say.
If Paleotrex get on clearance before Transmutate comes out, I'll see for myself.
Posted by Wolfman Jake on April 21st, 2021 @ 11:33am CDT
o.supreme wrote:Nemesis Primal wrote:Welcome back to another episode of "I pay way more attention than Hasbro does too much attention to the WFC numbering system"! On today's episode: We've now seen every figure from WFC-K01 to WFC-K30...and then we jump to Tricranius as WFC-K39, meaning K31-K38 are unaccounted for. Theoretically 6 of those 8 numbers could be the Wave 4 figures, but Hasbro tends to put exclusives in a middle chunk of the numbering system and then end with the last retail wave, so those 8 are presumably exclusives (assuming Hasbro doesn't SKIP A NUMBER AGAIN).
In terms of exclusives that should be coming, we've had a mix of rumors/leaks for (not including the Golden Disc figures, in case they aren't numbered like the Galactic Odyssey sets):
-Sideswipe & Nightprowler
-Mirage & BW2 Skywarp
-Whatever the Kingdom 4-pack contains
-BW Grimlock? (He was initially rumored to come with Sideswipe, whether he's still in the cards we don't know)
If those 3 multipacks individually number the figures they come with (like the Siege Target exclusives & Fan Vote set), then that's all 8 figures. If at least one of them has one number for the whole set, not each figure (like the Earthrise exclusives), then we've for certain got exclusive figures coming we still don't know about.
I could be totally off but my initial guess is that 31-32 will be wave 4 Core Class ( no leaks as far as I know). 33-36 are wave 4 Deluxe (Pipes, Shadow Panther, Slammer, Waspinator) 37- Voyager Tigatron, and 38;the Walgreens exclusive Sideswipe. Some of the numbers may be variable, but that's my guess
All other exclusives will be 40 and up.
Just a small correction, but the Walgreens 2021 exclusive is said to be Earthmode Red Alert, not Sideswipe.
I do wonder if we're going to get any more uses of the Earthmode Sideswipe mold, like another release of Tigertrack and Deep Cover, or will those characters have to make do with the "Cybertronian" version of the mold? For that matter, since we know we're also getting an Earthmode repaint of Siege Mirage, can we get the same for Hound? I love the Siege mold, but he's one of last odd bots out for a proper Earth mode with no battle damage and screen accurate paint detailing. The only retooling Siege Hound really needs would be new wheels, I think. Everything else can pass as a terrestrial military jeep as is.