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Jason Murray @jm77.bsky.social · 5h

I'll have to check. Did we already get Wheeljack? I've lost track 😂

Jason Murray @jm77.bsky.social · 5h

And that's Defender wave 4! Lots of cool bots, colour, interesting details, and shiny surfaces!

Hopefully the next build won't be so late (Galaxy wave 8 is already late - it's stuck in customs 😂)

Hopefully I'll have Defender wave 5 at the end of the month 😀

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Jason Murray @jm77.bsky.social · 5h

BY THE POWER OF ...

Actually that's an IP Blokees amazingly DOESN'T have a licence for yet ...

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Jason Murray @jm77.bsky.social · 5h

Final build: Blitzwing!

He seems to be grinning a little. Must be a winner.

I wonder if we'll get 2 vehicle modes for him in coming waves 🤔

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Jason Murray @jm77.bsky.social · 6h

Speaking of deep cuts, here's Shattered Glass Megatron!

Just when you thought they were done with Defender Megatron, here's one more run at it, and it's stunning - painted details break up the white plastic surfaces and the extra armaments are very welcome. Love it.

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Jason Murray @jm77.bsky.social · 6h

We know there'll be an alternate configuration for Brawl as a Bruticus limb that things plug into, but hang on ... What's that extra port on top of Wheeljack for? 🤔

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Jason Murray @jm77.bsky.social · 6h

Brawl is up next.

By now we know the deal - collect the vehicles, purchase the combiner accessory parts. They did show Bruticus this weekend, looks cool!

Brawl is armed to the teeth, not surprising for a tank but he does lack actual moving wheels. Can't win em all.

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Jason Murray @jm77.bsky.social · 6h

Easier build up next, it's vehicle mode Wheeljack!

For some reason he has a Transformers brand logo on his spoiler 🤷‍♂️

You can also pop the hood, but there's not much detail visible inside as it's just plain white plastic. Nice ability though.

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Jason Murray @jm77.bsky.social · 6h

Which then begs the question ... where is Scourge's trademark "beard"? He's got a little more than a soul patch.

Odd choice! Does it play into the idea that Defenders are mini / younger versions of the bots? Is this "Transformers Babies"?

Who cares, they're still great fun ☺️

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Jason Murray @jm77.bsky.social · 6h

By now it's obvious someone at Blokees is a proper TF fan. The number of deep cuts into the lore they have done in just over a year is high!

I say this because Scourge gets a rare thing in Blokees - a custom hand design with his outstretched fingers.

The... weapon? thing? fits that hand too. 🤷‍♂️

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Jason Murray @jm77.bsky.social · 6h

Scourge is up next and wow, he's impressive.

I've got a bit to say about it actually!

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Jason Murray @jm77.bsky.social · 6h

Somehow, Shockwave returned. This time around he is 100% less glittery. Actually maybe 95% (the gun hand).

Still a fun build though, this version looks way more cartoon accurate with its colours. And I still can't believe there's actually a rubber hose/pipe/etc included in a build of this scale.

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Jason Murray @jm77.bsky.social · 7h

Hound is up next! He's transparent because [reasons 🤷‍♂️].

Looks the goods though, very poseable as usual, and the moveable shoulder cannon is appreciated!

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Jason Murray @jm77.bsky.social · 7h

Rodimus' vehicle mode is up first. Not a complex build, but I love that the trailer opens up for the weapon platform. It can be manned by another bot of course.

With Blokees Wheels coming soon, I wonder what that will mean for the vehicle modes in Defender class.