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Post by Philip Ayres on May 13, 2013 20:47:01 GMT
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Post by Shockprowl on May 14, 2013 9:00:23 GMT
Hoist looks better than Trailbreaker! When are these dudes out?
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 14, 2013 11:54:54 GMT
The Megatron/Trailbreaker/BB/Orion Pax wave is due July. BBTS has sold through on it's individual Trailcutter pre order: if you want one you'll have to buy a set or a case. Laughably the BB from the same case is reduced to sub $10 already and I for one ain't saying no to a sub £7 deluxe with a comic. Hoist & Thundercracker are assumed to be in the next wave so August at the earliest. Hoist isn't doing it for me. I think it needs more orange towing gear on the back. The Full Spectrum Multi-Sensor sitting there in vehicle mode just looks wrong too. Still prefer the Movie redeco as a modern Hoist. |
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Post by Jim on May 14, 2013 14:42:30 GMT
I like both, but always hold out to see what takara do, especially as their generations line seems big on paint apps and shininess again this year.
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Post by Toph on May 15, 2013 4:22:11 GMT
Thundercracker should not exist, I do not want to own another horrible mold just because it's Thundercracker.
Hoist however, is my first really good look at that mold. And I have to say I'm much more pleased with it than anything they've given us between Prime and Generations to date.
It doesn't look as good as Gen 1.0, or Universe 2.0, and it's definately not as intricate... but dispite it's obvious simplicity, it's solid looking, and does not look like it cheats at all.
Trailbreaker and Hoist interest me not. I'll still get them, but I'm more interested in the repaint possibilities. It looks like it was made with a third character in mind, too. Gears. Truck mode looks dead on for an update for Gears. Robot mode really doesn't look like either Trail or Hoist... so why not gears, too?
But I'm more interested in these:
Trailcutter with Hoist's head= PERFECT choice for X-Brawn
Hoist with Trail's head= make a pretty durn good RiD Towline.
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 15, 2013 6:24:17 GMT
Thundercracker should not exist, I do not want to own another horrible mold just because it's Thundercracker. WHAT?  The FOC Jet mould is FABULOUS. Upsized Cyberjet, two very nice weapons which combine into a bigger weapon, lightpiping, a concealed feature in both modes. LOVE. Tempted to buy Thundercracker and try to get Takara Skywarp. I'm convinced we'll see it again in *next* years Botcon set as a Western Skywarp along with a FOC Sunstorm, FOC Scourge w Magnus Sword in clear plastic, FOC white Magnus & FOC Sunstreaker. |
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Post by Dezzeh on May 15, 2013 9:02:19 GMT
As expected, I caved and pre-ordered the set. Curse you, temptation.
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Post by Toph on May 15, 2013 16:46:39 GMT
Thundercracker should not exist, I do not want to own another horrible mold just because it's Thundercracker. WHAT? The FOC Jet mould is FABULOUS. Upsized Cyberjet, two very nice weapons which combine into a bigger weapon, lightpiping, a concealed feature in both modes. LOVE. Tempted to buy Thundercracker and try to get Takara Skywarp. It is not. It's barily more complex than an original pretender. Plus, ugly ass sculpting, terrible design, and even worse proportions. It looks absolutely NOTHING like the character it represents, and even further more, it's like making spiderman have hulk's proportions because some dumbass artist who has no concept of how to design working transformers thought "It's so much more kickass to have Spiderman be bigger than a body builder!" This is one of the worst toys hasbro has ever shat out and slapped a "transformer" name on it. It's very existance infuriates me in a way that has not happened sense I threw away $15 bucks on Leobreaker. Even worse is that this cost the same, and it's barily more than a scout. Ooo, I hope so! A botcon toy line up that god awful and I can not have even the slightest bit of regret missing any of it. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 16, 2013 7:55:49 GMT
I'm convinced we'll see it again in *next* years Botcon set as a Western Skywarp along with a FOC Sunstorm, FOC Scourge w Magnus Sword in clear plastic, FOC white Magnus & FOC Sunstreaker. FOC Air Raid as Perceptor Springer & Blitzwing as Battletrap & Flywheels (though the names should be the other way round) |
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Post by The Doctor on May 16, 2013 17:36:37 GMT
Hang on. How can these toys be branded 30th anniversary? It's not 2014!
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on May 16, 2013 21:52:00 GMT
They're milking it nice 'n' early!
Leaving deluxes aside for a momento- Blitzwing is a figure I'm drooling to get hold of! He looks oustanding!
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Post by Toph on May 16, 2013 22:09:15 GMT
Hang on. How can these toys be branded 30th anniversary? It's not 2014! -Ralph Because next year is a movie year, and as we all know Hasbro kills all competing toylines during movie years. The 25th anniversary only got ONE WAVE, before they killed Universe and Animated for RotF. So if they don't do the 30th anniversary this year, then they won't do it at all. |
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Post by legios on May 21, 2013 18:37:35 GMT
Just having a look at the Sandstorm pictures. I think I like that better than I do than Springer to be honest - the choice to make him a ducted-fan design instead of a conventional helicopter makes him feel more "Cybertronian"/"Furturistic" than Springer does, and I quite like the dragsterish look of the ground-vehicle mode.
Karl
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 4, 2013 13:58:12 GMT
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Post by legios on Jun 4, 2013 20:37:57 GMT
That doesn't look too bad at all. I quite like the bomber mode - definitely channelling the B2 Spirit, and probably the closest they've come to capturing just how disturbingly thin in profile those things look in real life - and the face sculpt is really nice. Not sure about the enormous gun, although it wouldn't be the first Dreadwing to tote an unfeasibly large cannon around.
Karl
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 29, 2013 19:33:16 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 29, 2013 20:02:39 GMT
More Swerve & Cosmos
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 29, 2013 20:07:28 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 29, 2013 20:22:56 GMT
And snipping at the TFW Commentary this is what we don't have pictures for GENERATIONS LEGENDS TAILGATE with Groundpounder MTME style, not showin in color, resin proto only SHARPSHOT with REFLECTOR Sharpshot is Shrapnel, Reflector turns into a gun and tiny camera. Grey proto only, not colored. GENERATIONS DELUXE ARMADA STARSCREAM Classics Scoop, double Targetmaster, looks awesome. G1 update. FOC Skywarp coming in Wave 4 Voyager Whirl in 2014 New mold, based on MTME comic design PRIME Deluxe Prowl, Black and white redeco of Deluxe Smokescreen, has lightbar and looks quite cool --> www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/attach/4/1/7/2/7/DSC01140_1372540288.jpgNight Shadow Bumblebee, BH Bumblebee in show accurate black deco --> www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/attach/4/1/7/2/7/DSC01138_1372540288.jpg |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 29, 2013 20:52:47 GMT
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Post by kayevcee on Jun 29, 2013 21:49:27 GMT
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Post by primenova on Jun 29, 2013 22:47:31 GMT
Is that Doubledealer toy a Blitzwing repaint or retooled?
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 29, 2013 23:15:46 GMT
Is that Doubledealer toy a Blitzwing repaint or retooled? Yes it is. I'd have reprinted Blitzwing and Springer into Flywheels and Battletrap |
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Post by blueshift on Jun 29, 2013 23:20:02 GMT
Is that Doubledealer toy a Blitzwing repaint or retooled? Yes it is. I'd have reprinted Blitzwing and Springer into Flywheels and Battletrap Or Blitzwing into Overlord! |
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Post by Dezzeh on Jun 30, 2013 9:18:35 GMT
Well I am absolutely sold on all the new generations stuff. Beast hunters however, can jog on.
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Post by Bogatan on Jul 1, 2013 17:12:37 GMT
Swerve Skids and especially rhinos look amazing. I think I mentioned a masterpiece rhinox in another thread a while back. This voyager is almost exactly what I was imagining.
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Post by Hero on Jul 6, 2013 16:10:23 GMT
Scoop update will be amazing!
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Post by Nigel on Jul 11, 2013 17:41:03 GMT
I finally got around to looking at the Botcon pictures.
Those that caught my eye - in a positive way - are:
Swerve
Cosmos
Skids
Doubledealer (an unexpected character to receive attention)
Dreadwing (again, unexpected)
Bludgeon
Rhinox (nice to see him get a decent figure - and doesn't he look lean? He must have been working out.)
And the negative:
Protoform X. A nice idea to give him a toy, but a better mould would have been nice. To be fair, the mould does suit him, it's just not much of a mould.
Transmutate. No. A unique, memorable character who's rather diminished by having a "proper" version.
Can someone please explain Caramac Soundwave to me?
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 15, 2013 21:40:32 GMT
Hoist and Thundercracker pre order at BBTS www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/list.aspx?list=13299Case is 1x TRA GENERATIONS DLX BUMBLEBEE GOLD BUG 1x TRA GENERATIONS DLX MEGATRON 1x TRA GENERATIONS DLX TRAILCUTTER 1x TRA GENERATIONS DLX ORION PAX 2x TRA GENERATIONS DLX HOIST 2x TRA GENERATIONS DLX THUNDERCRACKER |
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 15, 2013 22:54:46 GMT
I still don't understand how 30th anniversary toys can come out in year 29! It hurts my head!
-Ralph
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