Title:

Refraktor Siege

Description:
Refraktor (Deluxe Class, June 2019)
Hasbro ID Number: WFC-S36
TakaraTomy ID Number: SG-28
TakaraTomy release date: August 24, 2019
Hidden message code: REFLECTOR

Accessories: ”EMM Distortion Blaster”/tripod part, ”HPR Telefocal Shield”/lens part, ”Bioscale Compression Rotor”/chest module

Siege Refraktor (thanks, trademark!) is a single-packaged Deluxe figure based on Viewfinder’s robot design, although the figure includes a removable ’chest module’ which allows one to recreate Spectro or Spyglass instead. As standalone robots, each Refraktor bot on its own can transform into an ”artillery hovercraft” that might be generously interpreted as marginally reminiscent of the BotCon 2016 repaints above. Purchasing three units and combining them will allow the formation of the classic camera mode, looking vaguely like a modern digital reflex body. To this end, each Refraktor includes a blaster and a shield which form one-third of the camera tripod and lens, respectively, with the Viewfinder ”chest module” connecting the tripod for stability. Though not suggested in the instructions, you can also pop the other two chest modules into the empty sockets on top of each of the camera’s sides, simulating the aperture and shutter speed controls on a real camera. Unlike most Siege figures, the Refraktors lack battle damage. Unfortunately, this figure suffers from a citogenerated red wrist stripe which was not actually there in the original cartoon.

Inputting the blacklight code ”Reflector” into the Teletraan-1 page on Hasbro’s website reveals a desktop wallpaper containing a preview of the Refraktor Reconnaissance Team, notably before the official reveal at San Diego Comic-Con.

Due to the need for 3 Refraktors, Hasbro wholesalers allowed independent retailers to order entire cases composed solely of them, outside the normal waves and case assortments offered to big-box retailers. As of 2019 this is not unusual and most figures are available this way.

This mold was later used to make War for Cybertron Trilogy Scrapface. It also serves as the basis for the non-toy character Shamble as well as Shattered Glass Reflector’s appearance in IDW’s Shattered Glass comic.
Theme:
Transformers Siege War For Cybertron
Manufacturer:
Hasbro (Transformers)
Barcode:
630509847051
Year:
2019
Country:
United States
Release Date:
2019-08-24
Series:
WFC-Siege
Date Added:
2019-08-10 12:20:35
Automatic Estimated Value:
~$37.49
Automatic Estimated Date:
2026-04-13
Date Added:
2019-08-10 12:20:35

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