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Wolverine, Spider-Man 2, God of War 2... I'm starting to be glad I got a PS5.

Couple of things... 1. This month Target's doing a "Fall Geek Out" where they're revealing new toys for collectors every Friday. AFAIK, tomorrow the 10th is for Transformers. I'm expecting Road Rage will go on sale, since she's a Target-exclusive. I'm not sure if there will be anything else, but orders supposedly open at 8:00 Central. Works for me, since that's 9:00 here and a little after I put my daughter on the bus, but I do feel sorry for all my West Coast friends that have to be up at 6:00... 2. Star Saber's at around 67% with a month to go. I know they get a big boost near the end as retailers turn in their preorders, but I'm actually looking forward to this one and really want it to make it's goal so maybe go back it? If not for yourself, for me. 2. The Ark is shipping from Pulse. If they shipped from Philly like they used to I'd probably have it tomorrow, but lately my stuff's been shipping from Atlanta (perhaps they've been getting boat shipments at the port in Savannah, and that's their closest warehouse?), so with the weekend soon I probably won't have him in hand until early next week. BTW, that order was supposed to also have Rodimus, Tracks, Wingfinger, Galvatron, Rhinox, and Scorponok, all of whom I'd managed to find elsewhere long before now. But if you still had any of those preordered, I guess they'll be shipping soon, too. 3. So, those Walmart Retro Headmasters? I'd previously picked up Highbrown and Chromedome for their more cartoon-accurate heads. Then later I picked up Highbrow, Weirdwolf, and Skullcruncher, again mostly for the different heads that more closely resembled The Headmasters anime. But I passed on Mindwipe, whom I didn't feel was a big change from the Titans Return version, and Brainstorm, because I prefer the Sunbow/G1 toy's mask to The Headmasters' mouthed face. Well, I stopped at Walmart because I ran out of seemingly everything all at once, but I figured even though my local Walmart is the worst for toys I'd look for Transformers anyway, hoping to maybe find a Wreck-Gar. Nope. Just a few first-wave Kingdom Deluxes and two lone Retro Headmasters. And by coincidence the very two I'd passed on, so I went ahead and bought both despite my earlier decision to pass. I touched on this a bit when I go Highbrow, Weirdwolf, and Skullcruncher, but the most obvious difference between the Retro version and the Titans Return version is the head. The Titans Return version has the toy-style head, and the Retro version has The Headmasters head. It's an odd choice that seems to stem from the fact that all the Retro Headmasters used the Takara heads, and despite my preference for The Headmasters' fiction (where the heads are the actually robots, and the larger bodies are lifeless transtectors that they pilot vs organic aliens transforming into the heads of already living robots) that's a major strike against the Retro version for me. Otherwise, the Retro version is actually more similar to the G1 toy. The tampoed details on his shins and shoulders are more like the G1 stickers, and while the pale thighs are cartoon accurate the darker gray on the Retro version's thighs is toy-accurate. Indeed the darker gray used almost everywhere on him is closer to the G1 toy. He's just missing Autobot insignia's on his wings and some extra tampos on his chest above his cockpit. Weirdly, there's no visible Autobot insignia on the Retro version's bot mode at all, including the space behind the canopy designed especially for it. Oh, and he's still got the blue hands, which neither the toy nor cartoon had, but that's no worse than the blue hands on the TR version. Speaking of, the Retro version comes with the same accessories; the same gun as Blurr, and the same detachable nose. Of course, the reason he came with the same gun as Blurr is because he's a remold of TR Blurr in the first place, which just wasn't a smart decision. Yeah, he doesn't have wrist or waist articulation, he's taller than the other Headmasters, and his head isn't compatible with the the Titan Masters, but Generations Brainstorm is simply a much better robot than both of these. Speaking of Titan Masters, there's the difference in their little robot modes. The yellow paint is a little lighter, the gray plastic a little darker, but that's about it. Perhaps because TR Brainstorm was a store-exclusive and got a little extra paint. Either way, I think the lighter gray is more G1-accurate, but given how much they reused the handful of Titan Master molds accuracy was never a priority here, as neither matches the G1 in overall sculpt. Flipping them to "jet" mode and... you know, I thought (and still think) this mode was the Generations version's weak spot. The robot mode took a lot of inspiration from Alex Milne's art in More Than Meets the Eye, and while it made for a great robot the alt mode is generally less cohesive than I'd like. This is an area that the Retro/TR version should have been able to run away with it, but again Hasbro really hobbled themselves by choosing Blurr of all their molds to retool; I've seen a custom Brainstorm made from a TR Triggerhappy, and yeah, it's 1000x better. The Blurr mold's proportions are all wrong; too long at the main fuselage, too much stuff behind the cockpit, a single vertical stabilizer, too-short wings. So where does that leave us? If you have Generations Brainstorm, you already have the best modern official toy. If he's too big for you, consider Fansproject's Smart Robin for a much better Brainstorm at the Deluxe size. If Titan Master compatibility is important to you, though, well, I prefer the TR version. The Retro version is only the version to get if you really want this version of Brainstorm but missed your chance to get the TR version, of if you prefer The Headmasters-style head. I originally passed on Mindwipe because I didn't think there was a huge difference between the Retro version and the TR version. In-hand, I'm happy to see there's more differences than I'd originally thought. Most notably, the purple is a bit more blue and a bit less red. I think the redder purple is more cartoon accurate, but the bluer purple is more toy accurate and I prefer it. The Retro version goes with black biceps and purple forearms instead of purple biceps and black forearms; all purple would be the most accurate, but between the two I prefer the Retro version. The Retro version adds a G1 (toy and toon) accurate silver strip. It also looses the unnecessary red from the bottom of the shin, and swaps the knees from silver to black. While I think they could have gotten away with all-purple, the black is reminiscent of the knee joint on the G1 toy. Again, there's also the different headsculpt. This one I'm not entirely sure about. Both have the weird lines on the face, albeit with slightly different expressions. I kind of prefer the expression on the Retro version. The more squarish head shape is more accurate to every version, too. However, the separate eyes on the TR version conforms with Sunbow, The Headmasters, and the G1 toy (in shape, if not in color). Accessories are exactly the same, just with the bluer plastic. The Titan Master is basically the same. However, the Retro version has some silver paint on his face with red eyes. It's a small thing, but it makes a huge difference. As badly as Hasbro botched Brainstorm's alt mode, somehow I feel like they did worse on Mindwipe despite creating a mold just for him. The face is oddly organic, and the body is somewhat anemic without the arms and their speakers forming his sides. I think they thought they were being clever unfurling his legs into wings, but I'd prefer something a lot closer to a more-articulated version of the G1 toy. As bad as I think this mode is, the Retro version uses brown for the wings instead of purple, a shade of brown closer to the original for the head than the TR version, more accurate red eyes, and the black biceps turn into G1-accurate black bat feet. None of the TR/Retro Headmasters are really up to WfC-levels of quality, and while I do like some of them these two especially make me hope that Hasbro will one day return to the Season 4 well and redo these guys with better, more G1-accurate, Voyager-class figures. But between the Retro and the TR versions of Mindwipe the Retro version is a bit closer to G1 in overall colors, if not shape.

That Springer looks great. I really wish MFT would make stuff that scales with Hasbro's. Oh, and I caved and preordered Mocha with ShowZ.

Thanks for the love, @sh9000 I've got the Ark pre-ordered at Pulse, but they don't seem to be in a hurry to ship it.

Just one? That's tough... There were so many good movies made in the '80s and I feel like whatever I answer I could maybe a case for a dozen others. But the first one that came to mind was Robocop.

Well, at least they shipped your Wreck-Gar. Amazon doesn't seem to be in a hurry to send mine...

Seems like Pulse is starting to get some stuff out, so how about a quick weekend Repaint Roundup? We'll open with Shattered Glass Blurr. I'm not exactly sure what the thought was, here... there was a random SG Optimus and Ratchet 2-pack last year, then at some point IDW, Hasbro, or both decided to push hard on Shattered Glass. So now IDW has a 5-issue mini-series coming out that you can get through the regular methods of comic book acquisition, but Hasbro is doing a 5-figure Pulse-exclusive SG line where each figure is packaged with a retail-exclusive cover of one of the comic books. Now, for those of you unfamiliar, Shattered Glass goes back to Botcon 2008, a time when the Transformers Collector's club would put out Botcon-exclusive repaints that revolved around a theme. The theme for that year was an homage to Star Trek's Mirror Universe, introducing an alternate universe where the Decepticons were heroic freedom fighters battling the tyranny of the evil Autobots. Now, a part of me kind of wanted to ask, "why Blurr?" Major characters like Bumblebee/Goldbug, Megatron, Optimus, Starscream, sure. But one of my least-favorite season 3 characters? I wasn't exactly jumping for joy, here, but to be fair Blurr was one of the first Shattered Glass figures, a recolor based on his Cybertron toy. So... ok. Well, as a toy, Hasbro went for a repaint of the Studio Series 86 figure, and from the neck down the differences are all just the deco, which tries to emulate the Botcon toy's. Of course, being based on G1 instead of Cybertron means that, aside from colors, he doesn't really look anything like that toy. That is, except for one critical area; SG Blurr has an entirely new head sculpt based on the original SG Blurr's. I dig it. Blurr comes with the exact same accessories as the SS86 toy, just in gray instead of white. And the alt mode has the same basic issue the bot mode does- it's colored like the old SG toy orange window, darker blue and black, the blue "cracks", and the bits of silver. But it's still G1 Blurr's alt mode, which is nothing like the Cybertron version. Oh well. Bottom line, unless you're going all-in on the Shattered Glass mini-series and figures I'd give this one a pass. Next up we have Grimlock. Like SG Blurr, Grimlock's Beast-era fiction seems to come from the Botcon story "Beast Wars Uprising," but his design in that comic was based on a 1997 repaint of Dinobot named Grimlock. And like SG Blurr, for better or for worse Grimlock is Dinobot from the neck down, just in different colors. I'm not totally clear if the 1997 toy had a very different head than the original Dinobot toy, but the head on this version is similar to both the Botcon comic and the original BW Grimlock toy. It's not bad... there's shades of G1 Grimlock there, but on the whole I think it looks a bit Optimus-y. Now, I had to cut Blurr some slack because Hasbro was taking the color scheme from a very different toy and adapting it work with SS86 Blurr. Grimlock, though, is a repaint of Kingdom Dinobot trying to emulate his repaint of the original Dinobot, so I feel like I can better call out the discrepancies. Namely, I don't like the gray hands and forearms (should be white, nor do I like the half-bronze on his feet and thighs (also should be white). Plus there was no red on the original, and the faux eyes on his torso aren't green. As was the case with Blurr, Grimlock comes with the same accessories as the figure he's a repaint of. Dinosaur mode. He's got the same problems as Dinobot- missing front teeth, bad limp dino hands, limited leg articulation, leg panels that don't want to stay closed, and visible robot kibble on his underside. And he's got deco issues again; grays where the original was almost totally white. Plus, the black on the original was like leopard spots. Here we've got a few half-hearted spots on his back and an entire skullcap of black. That said... while I'd prefer more accuracy, I don't actually hate it. I think the colors look better on Grimlock than Dinobot. Grimlock himself is probably another figure you could live without, but I do think he's a better toy than Blurr. Which is good! Because you can't buy Grimlock alone, and indeed you have to buy him if you want... ...Earth mode Mirage. I'm guessing that he's the figure most of you are most interested in. He is a surprisingly extensive retool of the Siege toy. They have the same feet, thighs, hips, pelvis, hands, biceps, and heads, but pretty much everything else is new. In robot mode, you're going to see a lot of those differences but you're probably not going to really see how they make for a better cartoon-accurate robot. Indeed, in some ways he's worse; the cartoon didn't have the 26, nor did it say "orc" (a clever-ish replacement for "elf"). His white-painted forearms no longer match his gray biceps, and the black used on Siege's shoulders is more correct than the blue on this one. Finally, he doesn't have the silver kneepads. I don't think any of those things are major issues, though. I have a bit more of an issue with his accessories. He comes with the same gun and shoulder launcher that the Siege figure did, except all the pieces are gray. If you want cartoon-accurate black for the shoulder launcher you'll have to swap with the Siege toy or paint it yourself. Worse, this Mirage lacks the shoulder ports that the Siege toy has, so he actually can't put the shoulder launcher on his shoulder! Here's hoping a third party comes up with a solution to fix that. Instead, this Mirage has ports on the backs of his shoulders that the instructions helpfully point out can be used for weapon storage... but why? On the flip side, though, differences in engineering mean that this version of Mirage has an ab crunch. Get your pelvic thrust on, Mirage! Mirage's legs transform the same as the Siege version, but the torso transformation is much different. The result is a car that seems a bit longer and better-proportioned than the Siege version. In reality, the cars are about the same length. The difference is that, due to the different transformation, the rear spoiler sit all the way at the back instead of of leaving a big chunk of his robot chest sticking out behind it. But some of those differences in engineering created a few new issues. I'm having a harder time keeping the alt mode tabbed together- the seem in the middle of the cockpit seems bigger than I'd like, and the arms like to pop out of place if you look at them funny. I'll also note that the racing livery they put on the robot-mode chest is absent here. Perhaps you have a different thought on this than I, but to me this is a really backwards move on Hasbro's part. They should have kept the robot chest clean and cartoon-accurate, and the racing livery would have been appreciated in alt mode. Well... you can see that those nose is the same, but the wheel struts, the front spoiler, and pretty much the rest of the car is different. Even the area behind the cockpit, made from Mirage's arms, is a different mold despite having a very similar shape. Unfortunately, the robot-accurate white isn't so accurate for alt mode. The new design gives him a more accurate open cockpit, and it chances the way his arms sit so that while there is still a bit of shoulder jamming up the space under the rear spoiler you can still imagine that some air could flow around it. As I mentioned, there's no robot chest sticking out the back, which further sells the notion that this is a more-accurate earth mode. The knee pads were probably left blue so they'd blend in better in car mode, but you can see they added new 5mm ports there instead of the spoiler for alt-mode weapon storage. On the whole, it's definitely not perfect, but I think it does achieve the goal of being a better earth mode than the Siege toy. But, maybe that's the frustrating thing. Half the engineering is new. Over half the parts are new. They put so much effort into altering the Siege toy to get here... why didn't they just go that extra bit and just design a 100% new figure? Surely Hasbro could have come up with something that kept the rear of the car as his legs and the front of the car as his actual chest and his arms the sides, and made something that's even more cartoon-accurate in both modes? Anyway, I think most of the changes from the Siege mold are for the better, and I'd recommend Mirage on that note. However, it does kind of suck that you have to take Grimlock with him, and that he still has so many problems. So I wouldn't blame you if you figured the Siege version was good enough and wrote this one off. That said... I think Hound is now the only Siege figure with a Cybertronian alt mode that had an earth mode in the cartoon. I really hope he gets a retool, too, with a more accurate Willys mode.

See, I passed on Nicee because I wasn't really feeling her as an Arcee. But as a spear-wielding robo-maid that turns into a mostly-black, closed-cabin race car I really dig Mocha. Maybe I'll pick her up.

Tfsource has him on sale today for $260.

Here's the link for Zavvi France.

Well, I don't know about the rest of you guys, but I backed Victory Saber. I'm hoping if he does well Hasbro will consider more Japanese characters, including Deathsaurus, Liokaiser, Raiden, Road Caesar, and improved versions of God Ginrai, Super Megatron, and Star Convoy.

Yeah, it's a bummer. Between having just of the characters I want in an MP-style and Hasbro's mainline stuff finally giving me what I wanted I'm kind of kidding interest in 3P. MMC are the only ones reliably putting out stuff I want.

It's FT stuff getting expensive on the aftermarket and FT figuring that if people are going to pay that much for their stuff that they should pay them that much for their stuff. It's also why I don't do much FT anymore.

Lemme know if you don't find a better/cheaper option, but if nothing else I'd be willing to order an extra and send it to you at cost + shipping.

OK, I missed the stream because my wife took the day off so I got distracted and forgot about it. But apparently the entire FFF stream was to announce a HasLab crowdfund for a WfC-scaled Victory Saber. The set will include a 1" Brainmaster (slightly smaller than a Titan Master, I guess), a 5" Saber figure (about the size of a the Siege/ER Sideswipe mold), the V-Star to combine into Star Saber (not sure how big the combined mode will be, but the V-Star is listed as 8.5", similar to the length of Rodimus' trailer and a bit shorter than Sky Lynx's shuttle), a 7.5" Victory Leo (slightly taller than Kingdom Galvatron, close to the height or Kingdom Rodimus to the tip of his wings), and the Sword of Justice. The set needs 11,000 backers to get made. The Tier 1 unlock at 14,000 has been announced as the V-Lock Cannon and some blast effects, and there's unknown Tier 2 and Tier 3 unlocks 17,000 and 20,000 backers, respectively. The set's going to $179, which seems pretty reasonable. I mean, it's like a Titan price, and I don't know if you're getting exactly what you'd get with a Titan but I feel like Star Saber alone could be a Commander. Toss in Victory Leo, who with the backer unlocks would easily be a Leader, and I think it's probably worth it. You have until October 10th to decide, but I'm saying I think I'm in.

I guess that's me, since I have eight and would be in for four to ten more. EDIT: For the record, I definitely still want G2 Blackout, G2 Starscream, Acid Storm, and Sunstorm. But if I'm being honest I'd buy Nacelle, Hotlink, Bitstream, Nova Storm, Ion Storm, and Red Wing, too.

The makers of XCOM are making a Marvel tactical RPG called Marvel's Midnight Sons. Dotemu's new retro TMNT brawler will have April as a playable character.

Is it done kind of restock? I got Thrust months ago.

Still waiting for my Ark, but it looks like Shattered Glass Blurr is shipping.

Just came back from seeing this. It had several bits that made me laugh, but it's more of a family-friendly feel-good kind of movie than some of my more favorite comedies. It had a few issues, mostly with the characters in the real-world, but the game-world stuff did a great job simultaneously poking fun at games and gamers while expressing love for games and gamers. There were tons of cameos and references, and most of the acting was good. I'd go so far as to say that Ryan Reynolds, Channing Tatum (who, frankly, I think is underappreciated as a comedic actor), and Lil Rey Howery were great. Overall I'd say it was charming, worth a watch, but it's not something that's going to stick with you or call for multiple viewings.

That's hilarious. And all kinds of wrong.

It's my understanding that SS86 actually started as part of Kingdom, but they were moved to make room for the Beast Wars characters. No, this is just what's been found in Target's DCPI system so far. I've heard from other sources that we're getting all the Stunticons, they will combine, and that Motormaster will probably be Leader-class, possibly Commander.

Can't help it. The Seekers, the Sideswipe mold, and the Datsun mold are like Pokemon- gotta catch 'em all. I'm mad I dragged my feet and missed G2 Sideswipe. Sad but true. I should see how many Pulse-exclusive or other retailer-exclusive-but-also-on-Pulse stuff actually came out this year, go back to Amazon for the regular stuff, and figure out if Pulse Premium was actually worth what it saved me in shipping. In any case, hopefully this FFF is a bit more impressive than Scourge with swapped hands and Starscream with extra coronation gear. EDIT: Forgot, I wanted to talk about some more leaks, from Target's DCPI system. I'm not going to bother with the new movie stuff, as something like "George Transformers" is pretty meaningless at this point, but there's some more Legacy stuff. Rather than just post the new ones, I'll repost everything that's been leaked for Legacy so far. As always, take it with a grain of salt, but some of these DCPI listings jive with stuff I'd heard earlier. And no, I don't know if some of these like Galvatron are repackages of the WfC ones. My gut tells me it probably is, but with Kingdom venturing outside of G1 who knows? Leader: Dragon Megatron Optimus Prime Galvatron Blitzwing Voyager Bulkhead Blaster Soundwave Jhiaxus Deluxe Tarantulas Skids Dragstrip Kickback Soundwave Energon Monster Elita-1 Crankcase Pointblank Knock Out Dead End Then there's these last two groups... I don't have any official word on what the class names are, but they're in two different price points in Target's system but well below the Deluxes, so... Energon Monster Soundwave Optimus Prime Skywarp Iguanus Megatron Hot Rod and slightly less expensive Skybyte Shockwave Oh, and remember how we were all kind of bummed when the leaked Studio Series 86 Ratchet and Ironhide were priced like Core-class figures? Sources have told me that, yeah, they're getting small figures... but we should also expect to see Voyager-class versions. Word is that they'll be like Hot Rod; about the same size as the current Deluxes, but with much better engineering and accessories due to the Voyager budget.

Yeah. The old Countach had a very distinct look. But pretty much every Lambo since the Reventon looks kinda the same. The new Countach is no exception.

At this rate? Who even knows anymore. Does Dorkside allow you to cancel preorders? Then you could just cancel whichevever ships last. Speaking of Pulse, they finally shipped a few things. Not the Ark, but just enough for a quick Repaint Roundup. We'll start with Generations Selects Voyager-class G2 Ramjet. I love the garish late-'80s teal and purple, but if you have either the regular Ramjet or Gen Selects G2 Sandstorm, you should know what you're getting as there's no changes to the mold. Might have been nice if they gave the non-conehead Seeker head to one of them, but maybe that's just me. And while the purple, black, and teal is all fine I kind of think the silver paint in lieu of the sticker details is just lazy. Jet mode, and it's just a repeat of what I said about the bot mode. Black, purple, and teal looks fine, but there's no red marks around the intakes on his engine nacelles, and no "DC" on his vertical stabilizers. At least they put the "Ramjet" tampo under the cockpit. Side note, with Sandstorm already filling a G2 version of this mold I found myself wishing for a repaint of Dirge or Thrust instead... except apparently G1 Thrust and Dirge were never repainted. In G2 Starscream and Ramjet were released, and then Blackout (using Starscream's mold) and Sandstorm were planned but never released. Huh. Now I kind of want Earthrise Starscream repainted as G2 Starscream and G2 Blackout... ...and Sunstorm. And Acid Storm. ...and maybe Nacelle, Hotlink, and Redwing. But for some reason I don't really want Earth-modes for Bitstream, Ion Storm, or Nova Storm. I'm getting off topic. Did you like Earthrise Ramjet? Would you like that toy again in his G2 colors? Then go for it! But if you're just worried about getting the cast of the Sunbow cartoon you probably have enough Seekers that you can safely pass on G2 Ramjet. The other figure we've got up is the Walgreen's-exclusive Deluxe-class Kingdom Red Alert. He is, as you'd expect, a retool of the Siege toy, although in robot mode from this angle the only noticeable mold change his his chest. The reds on the Kingdom figure are a bit brighter, and of course the big red stripe with the Cybertronian writing has been replaced with something a bit more traditional (if a little smallish). I find the deco choices on Red Alert to be kind of odd. Like, he's got the stubbier ears, red helmet, and gray shins & feet of the cartoon... but the red thighs and shoulder bumps of the G1 toy. Then, bizarrely, red arms. Neither the toy, the cartoon, or even Clampdown had red arms. From the biceps down the arms are the same as the Siege mold, so I'm just going to grab another copy for Siege Red Alert to steal the arms off of EDIT: Nevermind, the colors don't match; Siege is a bit yellower. Alas, replacing the thighs isn't going to happen unless you're comfortable removing a rivet pin. Like his Siege counterpart, Kingdom Red Alert comes with a rifle and the removable light bar. Unlike the Siege version, he also comes with the gun/shoulder cannon that Siege Sideswipe did, giving you a relatively complete look. Although, if you bought a Lambo Weapons set from Nonnef, the slits in the shoulder bits are the same so you can still use them on the Kingdom version. It's the alt mode where we can see the most changes. There's a surprising amount of black paint and very little red on the car; I'd trade the black paint on the vents it in a heartbeat for some red along the skirt and a few extra "F.D." tampos. While the car modes might seem fairly similar, I do believe that the exterior (minus the wheels) is entirely remolded. Of course, what it's been remolded into is a car that's a lot closer to Earthrise Sunstreaker and his repaints (like Cordon, here). The nose is flatter along the front edge, with the same indent-within-an-indent hood. Red Alert has more seams due to his transformation, but you can see the molded lines to follow the door and the indent with the black paint, and the side windows with the hockey stick-shaped line running through it. They both have the vents over the rear tires, and Red Alert's rear tapers like Cordon's in a way the Siege mold doesn't. Speaking of the rear, Red Alert now has the pentagonal sides with the narrow space between them where the lights would be on a real Countach, and he's even got the same thin raised line going across it. It's a shame, then, that Hasbro kept the Siege version's wheels, instead of bringing over the more LP500-esque ones they used on the Sunstreaker mold. The biggest difference between Red Alert (and eventually Sideswipe) and Cordon (or Sunstreaker) is space between the vents over the wheels. Red Alert just has some basic painted slats and none of the 5mm ports that Cordon has. This is fine, though... I use the two rear ports for a spoiler on Cordon, and the engine accessory covers the rest. Speaking of spoilers, sadly, you can't use the same Nonnef spoilers he made for the Siege mold. Those spoilers fit into a rectangular cutout on that mold that the Kingdom mold simply doesn't have. However, there is a triangular cutout in about the same spot, so in theory Nonnef could still make a spoiler for the Kingdom mold. I sent him a message about it, I'll let you know if I hear back. Anyway, I've invested a lot of money on the Siege mold, having bought Sideswipe, Red Alert, a second Red Alert I customized into Clampdown, Tigertrack, Gen Selects Deep Cover, and Netflix Deep Cover, then Nonnef weapons for all five and spoilers for all but Netflix Deep Cover. I can't honestly say that I want to do that again with the Kingdom mold*, but for the actually-on-TV Red Alert and Sideswipe it's nice to have a version that's a lot closer to the supposedly-the-same-car modes as Sunstreaker and company, so I recommend getting them if you can. *Who am I kidding? I'd at the very least buy this mold again as Deep Cover, Tigertrack, and Clampdown. But not blue Deep Cover. ...ok, blue Deep Cover, too.