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[sh9000]

[J.T. Silversmith]

There has been a teaser video for the Overgear line today! https://youtu.be/Gts_XYqJAvg?si=IzGHywwK5hAPBTfm

[sh9000]

The Overgear teaser video was posted on the previous page.

Edited Friday at 03:23 AM by sh9000

[rsvictor1976]

"Featuring highly realistic vehicle modes and intricately detailed robot modes, this line pursues a weapons‑grade mechanical aesthetic."

I don 't know how realistic a truck carrying a big ass gatling gun on its roof is, but that helicopter looks pretty damn cool. It looks like it might be flimsy though.

[David Hingtgen]

"Highly realistic" is a nice way of saying fake.  

[mikeszekely]

I'd like to see more details on the actual Overgear toys.  I'm not sold on Ironhide (especially with the Overgear trailer giving me more Energon Ironhide vibes than G1/Bayverse).  But if Blackout is, say, no bigger than SS86 Megatron, then I could be tempted to pick him up as a sort of G1-ified, Generations-esque Blackout.

[JB0]

6 hours ago, mikeszekely said:

I'd like to see more details on the actual Overgear toys.  I'm not sold on Ironhide (especially with the Overgear trailer giving me more Energon Ironhide vibes than G1/Bayverse).  But if Blackout is, say, no bigger than SS86 Megatron, then I could be tempted to pick him up as a sort of G1-ified, Generations-esque Blackout.

Honestly, I dig this Blackout, in large part because he looks nothing like Blackout.

 

He looks like the Bayformers toy-only character Tomahawk.

[sh9000]

TFTM Hound releases in March but someone already received it.  Can't wait to get Hound, Scourge, and Hot Rod.  Kind of whatever in receiving Megatron and Optimus.  They're all coming in at once.

[Scyla]

On 2/6/2026 at 4:18 AM, sh9000 said:

The Overgear teaser video was posted on the previous page.

I think that Ironhide would have been much nicer in red not black.

It looks to me like Takara is trying to apply the Diaclone Reboot aesthetic, engineering and design language to the Transformers line.

I have one Versaulter toy to see what the Diaclone toys feel like and they are not for me but I think Transformers fans who like the Diaclone Reboot line will love these.

[Black Valkyrie]

 

It looks like an interesting line, can Jetfire be in the pipeline ? 

 

[M'Kyuun]

On 2/5/2026 at 7:00 PM, sh9000 said:

Regarding Astrotrain, I wouldn't mind a heavy retool that addressed the major i8ssues with his alt modes, namely the entire unfinished upper aft section of his shuttle mode and basically the entirety of his locomotive mode which was just a hot mess from start to finish. His bot mode was the only thing they got right with that figure, and I hope they're able to do him justice with this new release. Mech Fans Toys did it far, far better at legends scale, so one would think Takara could do at least as good with a leader budget.

As to Shockwave, his G1 gun mode was far enough removed from reality that I never understood the need to deviate or change it. I hope this new toy does the character justice as well and that he's pretty-darned close to the G1 toy in both modes.

Takara's Overgear stuff is mildly interesting thus far. I've no intention of buying either, but the fact that they seem to want to do their own proprietary take on Transformers apart from Hasbro is interesting on its face. I get the sense that Hasbro saddles them with far too many restrictions and a line like this allows them some freedom while remaining on-brand. I'm curious to see what they do with it over time. 

4 hours ago, Black Valkyrie said:

It looks like an interesting line, can Jetfire be in the pipeline ? 

I wonder how they'd go about realizing Jetfire. Would they attempt to do an SR-71, or, like Blackout, opt for an entirely different sort of airframe (than Bayformers), albeit a large one, say, perhaps, more like the B-!B? Or perhaps something completely fictional "based" on a real aircraft. Time will tell, I suppose, depending on the success of these initial figures.

[Black Valkyrie]

3 hours ago, M'Kyuun said:

I wonder how they'd go about realizing Jetfire. Would they attempt to do an SR-71, or, like Blackout, opt for an entirely different sort of airframe (than Bayformers), albeit a large one, say, perhaps, more like the B-!B? Or perhaps something completely fictional "based" on a real aircraft. Time will tell, I suppose, depending on the success of these initial figures.

 

I guess one of the current generation jet fighters of this era. 

 

[Black Valkyrie]

 

Its a good thing I am not a Bayformers of a Eva fan. 

https://www.taghobby.com/archives/853470

 

[sh9000]

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