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I’m assuming it’s small, can’t say I’ve ever paid attention to town in New Jersey

If this is coming out in April and Wonderman is next week, is there anything on D+ between those two shows?

Nice. Did they ever do the one for Cheech and Chong?

That and maybe some new moderoid kits of those designs

At least with 1 he’s playing an old guy. As far as 2, I have no doubt, but might be longer than five years. Probably gonna wait til the hype for the cartoon fades a little and all those boys spin off projects to end and eventually prime will need a live action series to replace that empty spot. Also still wishing they’d do a new Spawn series since hbo whatever has gotten cold feet with animation

Just like with the previous Timelines set, in a move that I assume is to keep forcing people to buy both sets, Optimus is once again paired with Starscream instead of the more obvious Megatron. One would think that doing a Transformers set themed around late Feudal/early Edo Japan all you really need to do is give all your robots a look that suggests samurai armor and call it a day. But, it's not like samurai wore their armor constantly. And, obviously, not everyone was a samurai. Some of the important and influential figures during that time period were merchants, ninja, warrior monks, pirates, and peasant-soldiers called ashigaru. Starscream here is probably still a samurai, but rather than armor he's sculpted to look like formal wear called kashimono. Kashimono consists of three parts. On the top is the dougi, which is like a short kimono. We can see elements of the dougi in the overlapping bands on Starscream's chest, creating the illusion of the sides of the dougi folded across his torso, as well as the biceps that look a bit like loose fabric. Worn over the dougi is the kataginu, a type of vest with broad, stiff shoulders that often bore family or clan crests. This gives Starscream his triangular shoulders and the sides of his torso, with round elements inside his chest intakes standing in for clan crests. Lastly, there's pants called hakama. This one's a bit subtle. Hakama are usually loose, however, they could be bound at the lower legs for riding a horse. So I think that's the idea here, with puffier thighs but skinny calves. Likewise, the loose sleeves of the dougi appear to be bound up under gauntlets called kote. The look is finished off with silver paint on Starscream's feet suggesting he's wearing traditional zori sandals. In terms of size and paint, Starscream compares a bit more favorably to his Hearts of Steel counterpart. I think my biggest gripe though is that all the paint and color seem confined to the front of him. The red on his wings is only visible from the front; from the back he's a sheet of gray plastic with bits of blue limbs. Starscream comes with three accessories instead of the usual two. First, we have a pair of guns designed to look like hinawajū, a Japanese flintlock rifle. He also comes with a fan. Starscream's head is on a ball joint, with basically no sideways tilt but pretty good up/down tilt. His shoulders swivel and move laterally 90 degrees. His biceps swivel, his elbows bend 90 degrees, and like Prime his wrists are on ball joints so they both swivel and bend inward. You have to lift a flap on his butt, but he does have a waist swivel. His hips can move about 90 degrees forward, laterally, and just a little short of that backward. His thighs swivel, and his knees bend about 160 degrees. He's got an additional near the bottom of his hinge that you can use to fake a more extreme upward foot tilt, otherwise his ankles are ball joints that swivel and provide a small up/down tilt and limited ankle pivot. Like most rifles, you'd expect a hinawajū to be held with two hands... But this is Starscream we're talking about, where you're used to seeing null rays attached to his arms. And sure enough, there are 5mm ports on the sides of his biceps, allowing you to plug the hinawajū in. This frees up his hands for him to fan himself by popping the 5mm peg on the end into either of his fists. Or, for storage, you can plug it into his butt flap, which is where it goes in alt mode. There are definitely elements of Kingdom Airazor in the transformation here. Spread his wings, open his back to tuck the robot head in and bring the alt head out. Scrunch up the legs, use the extra shin joint to get the feet under him, and spin the feet 180 degrees so that the talons are facing forward. Where things get different is also where things start to go wrong. There's no torso shift to stretch him out and create a gap for the hands to tuck into. Instead, the entire pelvis simply hinges down. The arms do tuck into the sides pretty tightly, but the forearms and wrists bend to curl up behind and under his biceps. His thighs don't really tuck up and blend with the bird's body the way Airazor's do, either. The end result, let's face it, is not a very good bird. His robot torso makes for a fairly thick and blocky bird torso already, but having his pelvis and thighs below his torso completely throws off the silhouette. You can't help but think it would have worked better if they could have gotten more of his mass in line with his torso, then you see the massive gap between his elbow thrusters, tail, and pelvis. I'm not saying Airazor's transformation was perfect and not a bunch of obvious robot parts stuffed up into a bird-ish shape, but that shape is a lot better than this mess. Oh, and why a bird at all? Falconry, know in Japanese as takagari, was a sport enjoyed by the most elite in feudal Japanese society. Samurai during the Kamakura era established distinct schools. During the Edo period it was promoted as a military art that only samurai were allowed to engage in. Starscream makes for a crappy hawk, but his knees, mid-shin joints, and ankles do give him a little poseability. Also, his beak can open and there are a few joints in the bird's neck that allow it to look downward, but not really up, no rotation, and no side-to-side. The wings have two flapping hinges, and one swivel for fanning out the last section of his wings. Oh, and there's no partsforming necessary. You can simply spin the hinawajū 180 degrees in their arm ports, and that's where they go in alt mode. Likewise, if you already had the fan stored in his butt flap it stays there, becoming the hawk's tail. This one's tough, you guys. I do kinda like Starscream's robot mode, and I do kinda like the feudal Japanese theme. I liked Prime's alt mode for the sheer uniqueness of it. But Starscream's alt mode is straight trash. And once you remove the novelty, we're really talking about $68 for two mediocre-to-ok Deluxes, which is a good $12 more than two regular Deluxes even after the recent-economic-factors-induced 2026 price hikes on Transformers. And, you know, if you can afford it and you like these designs, then by all means go for it, but should you? Probably not. I mean, I'm always in it for Optimus, but realistically I'd have preferred they packaged him with Megatron, not Starscream, and then I would probably skip the second (still unreleased) set. But that's how they get you.

Looks nice, looking forward to any new labor designs they may have in store.

As far as hero changes, this one didn’t bug me as much as Teela’s outfit. It’s tough to justify her wearing pants when the main character is still running around in a furkini. Also Kristen Wiig as roboto is an odd choice. But I guess I’m sorta ok with Man At Arms since so many big franchise characters that are strong mentors usually get expectedly played by Idris Elba and often they’re a race swapped character as well. Kinda to be expected I guess. But I like him in that kind of role and he’s got the mustache to pull it off here. I really liked Skeletor’s look here and curious about the voice. I want to know if his voice can match anything close to the iconic character

@pengbuzz Sorry for the sad news, you and the Mrs. have our thoughts and prayers. We are with you in spirit; you are not alone. It's gotta be a better year! 🙏

We're nearing the half way point of the comic, finally getting to the real meat! I'm excited to see evil, buff space Freddie Mercury, and Dinosaurus, one of the best characters in the comic.

I think it looks really fun, I grew up with He-Man but never watched it, this looks fine to me, everyone looks on point, I'll probably check it out with some buddies one weekend while it's out. Skeletor looks really good, that's pretty funny, very accurate.

And, because I can never stay on task, here is yet another head version for the 24. Another lunchtime special based on the sketch in the background of one of the rejected heads for the 25. Don't know that I've got my version where it needs to be yet, but I like that it's at least a design from the man himself. I'm calling it the 24B for the moment, but if I can get it dialed in, this may displace my weird hybrid helmet thing from before. Comments, suggestions, or requests to give it a rest and move on all welcome. 😉

Yeah that's the armor from Bad Batch the Empire started using on the clone trained normal human troops. I like Filoni, and his characters, only thing I thought was a bit mediocre was the Ashoka series, other than that I enjoy pretty much all his work. I'll definitely be watching this one, love me some Maul, and I still enjoy seeing stories and characters in this era, I'm absolutely in.

Judging by the Stormtrooper armor, this looks to be following the end of Bad Batch.

Pretty gnarly that the helldiver and zero will also make appearances in the show

Mehhh--- Looks cool enough, I love Maul so I'm in for something new to watch, (on my brother in law's D+ account) --- LOL

Best thoughts and wishes going to the Mrs. and you, Peng. Hopefully they won't have to do anything invasive, and they can get started on the chemo. Try and keep your spirits up, for her as well as for yourself.

I'd call him more of a Villain Protagonist at this point... and he's not so much against the Empire as just Palpatine's most dedicated hater.

Dude tried to set up an underworld empire with some Mandalorians as his primary muscle/back-up. But this was during the later seasons of Clone Wars. I wouldn’t call him an anti-hero necessarily. More like a pissed-off cast-off. So, this series most likely takes place while he’s trying to set-up/continue his criminal enterprises (like what we saw at the end of the Solo movie). But will most likely be set before the Rebels timeframe.

Yes. Basically Maul wants revenge against everyone that did him wrong. Obi-Wan for cutting him in half, Palpatine for abandoning him, and Lola who blocked him on Instagram.

Question for everyone, I have four SDFM cels that are currently in a binder and I want to frame and display them around my home. However, looking online can be daunting as to what material I should and shouldn't be using. Also these materials tend to be on the expensive side. Can someone tell me what I can use to frame my cels that will keep them safe and doesn't hurt them in the long run and won't hurt my wallet. Ideally, they will stay in these frames forever. Thanks for your help.

Admittedly, I know little of the lore surrounding Darth Maul but is he now an anti-hero? Is he now against the Empire too?

I got to say, I don't dislike this. If it has the right story with heart like Bumblebee did, and with the visuals I'm seeing it could be a fun movie. This doesn't seem to be heading to the theaters but streaming it will likely do very well. Also as I child of the 80s I do have a soft spot for IPs that seem to hit the mark visually. I'll reserve judgement till I actually see it.

There gonna be any cameos from Dolph Lundgren, Tom Paris’ actor, and Courtney Cox?

My thoughts and prayers are with you and Mrs. Pengbuzz my friend! 🙏