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Post by Kingoji on Jun 21, 2015 12:52:59 GMT
I somewhat suspect Buzzsaw may combine with a later-issued Legend. Redoing the Slamdance thing.
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Post by Pinwig on Jun 21, 2015 15:33:15 GMT
Cool! Called what... Lasersaw! No, Buzzbeak!
Autobot Steelhorn! Ooh, no. Not Steelhorn.
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Post by Kingoji on Jun 21, 2015 15:44:07 GMT
Combine him with Overkill and create Buzzkill. Tell me that's not something that should happen.
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Post by Llama God on Jun 21, 2015 17:07:17 GMT
No. No it should not.
(Do you see what I did there..? ;-) )
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Post by Shockprowl on Jun 25, 2015 18:30:52 GMT
So 'Titan Wars'. Is this an official term, or have fandom just made it up? I love it, but where's it going? So far we have Metroplex and Fortress Maximus. Not much of a war. I know Devastator's marketed as a 'Titan', but he seems a good chunk smaller than Metroplex to me. Will there be more Titans? Decepticon Titans? Where can 'Titan Wars' go? What would we need to make it a War?
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 25, 2015 18:53:08 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 25, 2015 19:28:38 GMT
Transformers panel Thursday July 9, 2015 11:00am – 12:00pm www.bleedingcool.com/2015/06/25/here-are-all-the-sdcc-2015-panels-for-the-wednesday-and-thursday/Indigo Ballroom, Hilton San Diego Bayfront
1: Programs, Animation, Hilton Programs, Movies, Superheroes
Tags Animation, Hilton Programs, Movies, Superheroes
11:00am
Transformers Generations: More Than Meets the Eye
Come see what the Transformers characters are up to as you are entertained with sneak peeks of the all new Activision video game trailers, IDW comic prints, and other special surprises. Then get your collector action on as you get an exclusive glimpse at the latest and greatest Transformers generations combiner wars toys that have yet to hit toy shelves. The Transformers team members will also host a Q&A session to answer your burning questions |
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Post by Shockprowl on Jun 25, 2015 22:23:11 GMT
Thanks for all that, Big Phil. Very interesting times ahead. Feels just like when Combiner Wars was first announced. Possibilities of some fun figures coming our way.
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Post by Llama God on Jun 25, 2015 23:21:15 GMT
Indeed. I am, as the kids would say, excite.
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 26, 2015 7:55:31 GMT
Are you ready to 'get your collector action on'?
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 26, 2015 7:56:17 GMT
Gasp! My post had the holy number 332 in it! I must have 'the collector action' within me!
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Jun 26, 2015 8:03:49 GMT
I've a feeling I may get into trouble asking this (Seeker-level trouble), but why is 332 a holy number?
Edit: No! Wait! It's the number of issues of the UK comic isn't it?! Phew, saved!
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Post by Toph on Jun 26, 2015 8:05:50 GMT
Oh good it's not just me who's clueless this time! I thought maybe that was a brit thing!
(Took me forever to figure out that sausage was the same thing as a bacon joke)
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Post by Shockprowl on Jun 26, 2015 8:08:26 GMT
Ssshhh!! Don't draw attention to it! I think we may have got away with it!
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 26, 2015 16:18:45 GMT
Just about.
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Jun 26, 2015 16:28:34 GMT
AAARRGH!
DON'T MOVE, CJ! He might not see us!
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Post by Shockprowl on Jul 5, 2015 5:05:36 GMT
phew
Ahem, so, wish list teritory but I wanted to keep it specific to Titans....
In the hope they do a new Titan mold, to make it more of a War....
Who would you like to see?
I'd love a Titan class Unicron. As large as Metroplex. Imagine that.
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Post by Shockprowl on Jul 5, 2015 6:23:02 GMT
Oohh and Omega Supreme, as large as Devastator, then they can fight each other. This line could be an expense an storage nightmere.
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 5, 2015 7:55:59 GMT
It is a tantalising thought that the reissue Trypticon might herald a Titan version. Originally I thought that would never happen because Trypticon is just too bulky compared to Metroplex, who is really rather skinny in his Titan mode. But having now got the benefit of actually having a Trypticon I don't think it'd be impossible to make a bigger one because he really is just the torso block. The only transformation is folding his legs out to make the sides of the city.
I dunno. It still seems a long shot to me that we would getr a Con the size of Metroplex. But now we've seen Devastator next to Metroplex, Devastator does look decidedly small in comparison, so if Titan Wars is Metroplex/Fort Max versus Devastator, then it'd be a bit one sided.
There is also the fact that the original Fort Max was ridiculously large compared to his natural opponent Scorponok. Maybe not all Titans have to be two feet tall, and if Max is going to square up to anyone it should be him.
I dunno. This is hard to predict. I hope we get it all a bit more defined at SDCC, but even then this range isn't coming until at least next summer so it may even be New York Toy Fair before we see anything solid.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 5, 2015 12:47:20 GMT
I think anyone expecting multiple HUGE transformers from Titan Wars is going to be horribly disappointed.
I'm wondering if the name is a poor choice, after all Titan is a much overused word in TFs at the moment referring to at least three different size classes: the generations titans, the bubble bath bottle movie and RID toys and the tiny titans.
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 5, 2015 12:53:24 GMT
I agree. In the last three years we've had Metroplex and Devastator, so from that you could say that Hasbro feel there's a market for a $150 toy once every two years. Fort Max looks like a remould, so less of an expense to them, but even so the possibility of more than that seems unlikely. It'd be possible to beef up the Leaders though with more accessories, that size class seems to have become a regular thing now.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 5, 2015 13:04:59 GMT
Leaders returned with T30 Jetfire and went on to include the Megatrons, Thundercracker, Ultra Magnus, Starscream and Skywarp.
I can see the Leaders going up in price next year and gaining a Legends component: legends Buzzsaw existing makes me think where's Laserbeak and the answer is with Soundwave.
I can also see the Leaders loosing the legends component a year later and staying at the same price!
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Post by primenova on Jul 5, 2015 17:45:47 GMT
With Fort being redone Metro - could Trypticon be turned into Scokpie? If they got the mode right
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Post by Toph on Jul 5, 2015 18:29:13 GMT
Not pleased with Max being so huge as it's way out of character.
But if they did Scorp in this scale, that's just wrong.
Tryp would best be kaiju, base, starship. But I fear they would make dinosaur, robot, base.
And then make the repaint/retool into Grimlock.
If they want Titans to be a viable class, they need to get more clever than they currently are.
I would personally rather see new characters/concepts in the titans, than to shoehorn things into it that are just wrong (like Scorp).
Homage characters perfect for titan:
Trypticon (and thus Gigastorm)
Tidalwave
Omega Supreme (g1 AND animated)
Cyb Metroplex
Skylynx (full shuttle launchpad, with boosters and reserve fuel, crawler and such. Can be retooled into Countdown and/or Skystalker's micromaster bases)
The Ark
The Nemesis
New concepts abound, though.
Would be awesome to see a titan class dinobot Sludge
But I predict next titan to be Omega. They're adverse to decepticons, non-g1, and new characters.
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Post by Shockprowl on Jul 5, 2015 19:31:52 GMT
I think we could get another new mold Titan figure out of them. If it is just one more, then it should be a Decepticon as already mentioned. But as Big Phil's said somewhere, most of the Leader class are Decepticons, so maybe it's not going to be just about huge figures, which means 'Titan Wars' is indeed a bit of an odd name, again as Big Phil's already said.
Maybe they don't have to be quite as big as Metroplex. Maybe Omega could be Devastator sized and still qualify, perhaps that would leave room for one truely huge new mold Decepticon, or Unicron.
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Post by legios on Jul 5, 2015 21:27:06 GMT
I doubt that you will see, across the run of Titan Wars, more than one or two Titan Class figures. I suspect that it will effectively be a "fiction layer" title, with the "fluff" being about how the Autobots and Decepticons are fighting over the mighty power of The Titans. Making it a War over Titans rather than a War of Titans.
Karl
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 5, 2015 22:04:28 GMT
Oh yes, awesome. And he's a combiner of sorts. His Armada figure is the right proportions to be blown up to Titan scale. Can't imagine it ever happening, but I want that. Omega Supreme first of course (never going to happen), but then Tidalwave. |
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Post by primenova on Jul 6, 2015 11:57:37 GMT
Omega Supreme was an Headmaster so Hasbro could go that way - but we did end up with over stock for £20 in Homebargins. But it's a good toy & they could redo it without having the who ate all the pies Prime link up - unless they have worked doing CW Optimus being linked up? If they had a number of different 2 parts that you can link up so you could make your own Titan ie have 3 lefts & 3 rights - but with a note saying you can not connect a left to left right to right. So the crane could be changed to a rocket launcher.
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Post by Shockprowl on Jul 9, 2015 20:07:10 GMT
Right, off out. Yeah just as the SDCC Generations panel is getting going. Hope to see more madness on my return. Catch You Later! I can't find any mention of Titan Wars. Boooooo. |
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Post by Llama God on Jul 9, 2015 20:13:43 GMT
Yeah. Those were the two words I wanted to hear this evening. Ah well...
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