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The other day, I picked up the whole set of deluxe and voyager sized figures from the TRU exclusive Asian Market imports (GDO Transformers Generations). A few weeks ago, I got all the legion and scout size figures too. I must say, these were all a breath of fresh air this year. It's like a time capsule was opened back to the RotF/Generations/TF2010 lines. The new head sculpts are pretty nice, but the return to larger figures, with more substantial plastic is even better. Even the non-conventional choices for molds, like Prime FE Cliffjumper and TF2010 Tomahawk, work surprisingly well as “Classics” characters. I don’t think we’ll be seeing a return to this level of production and engineering in Transformers toys anytime soon, so I would love to see Hasbro try this at least once more, another round of repaints and retools of molds from a few years back to round out our Classics shelves.

I gotta agree with you on this. Getting these has made me nostalgic for a proper G1 homage Generations line.

It would be nice to see a second wave of GDO figures next year, maybe including a Hasbro take on those upcoming Takara/Tomy Transformers United figures like Reflector (RtS Reflector remold/repaint?) and Hardhead (Generations Warpath remold/repaint?). Maybe add in some of the Reveal the Shield items that were canceled, like scout class Rumble and Frenzy. What other molds in the last years would make great G1 updates for our Classics shelves?

I stopped by TRU and ended up walking out with Wheelie. I already picked up Laserbeak and was waiting for the rest of the voyager size figures to show up (randomly found and ended up by Megatron a couple of weeks ago) but Wheelie really caught my eye. The colors are good along with the head sculpt. I wish they used a legends size mold (he is replacing stand in ROTF Slapdash) but overall its a decent remold and the quality is so much better than WOC and most of Prime its scary.

I passed on Springer because he is tool small and I already have Warbot Defender (which is awesome) and Cliffjumper just because.

Its good to hear that Wheelie is becoming more prevalent. Just hope these things come to the UK. I needs me dat Wheelie! and might get the other two deluxes (paid ebay price for Springer )

I wasnt impressed with Swerve. I really like the figure as Kup and cant imagine it as anyone else. His head is different, but he is basically a red Kup. I guess you can say that about all of them, but I feel Wheelie's head sculpt and the slingshot really stand out and dont make him look like an orange Jazz


Im not sure how many cases they had open, but they had maybe 5 or 6 Swerves, 3 or so CJs, 2 Wheelies (before I snagged one) and 1 Springer.

I had the exact opposite reaction to GDO Swerve. I think he's a great reuse of the Generations Kup mold. He's replaced the Chevy Aveo Swerve I used to have on my classics shelf. The fact that the GDO version is a truck, like the G1 toy, helps a lot, and the color scheme is very striking with the bright red and white and black highlights. It's too bad he didn't get a newly tooled weapon to distinguish him even more from Kup, but the head sculpt is excellent.

Wheelie is also an amazing surprise. The head sculpt really sells it, along with the new slingshot accessory. He's in storage now, though, as his scale is just too big. Scout size might have worked, but his legends size Universe figure fits in my classics display so much better.

I like Springer a LOT. I don't buy the third party "homages", so I don't have a Warbot Defender to use in my display. Of the Hasbro releases of "Classics" Springer, this is the best yet, IMO. The 2007 BotCon Springer was good, but bulky. The Universe repaint of Cybertron Evac was passable. But GDO Springer finally has a face sculpt that does the character justice. The new sword for him is also a great touch and a detail Hasbro could have just neglected. I think it shows some actual thought was put into these repaints and retools.

GDO Cliffjumper is the least exciting. I already had two versions of the mold with First Edition Cliffjumper and then the SDCC "Rust in Peace" version. Still, it's a very good mold, and the darker red for the GDO version looks sharp. The G1 head sculpt is also quite nice. After looking at him along side the other '84 Autobots in my Classics display, I decided he looked like he belonged there, despite being a very different car than his G1 self. At least he isn't just a straight up Bumblebee repaint, since he never really was in G1. My Classics Cliffjumper is now in my stoarge box of "extra" representations of characters. Although the mold was originally made for a Prime toy, with it's distinctive aesthetics, it's blocky enough without too much "robot detail" that it is a plausible Classics figure in my eyes, especially with details like his chest being composed of his windshielf and roof. It certainly fits that roll more than TF2010 Tomohawk as Springer, and you know already I love that Springer as his classics representation.

How do people feel about the other size classes? I could rave for a while on these, but I'll try to spread out the walls of text across a few posts

The TRU I've been stopping at has had the GDOs in fits and starts. Just today I got Swerve and Springer and LAserbeak. LAst week I got Hot SPot and Powerdive, and a few weeks back I got the legends. I think I'm pretty much done with buying these, but I want to add my voice in agreement to the general good feelings these figures have brought. They make me happy in the way that TFs used to, but really haven't since DOTM/Prime. I think they are better toys than the newer figures, and I thnk they look nicer, and I like that they're all odd G1 homage/"classics" figures.
I think Hot Spot is just beautiful, and I am really excited about opening up Swerve. I grabbed the Springer after hearing how rare he's been, but now I'm pretty excited about him. Not the biggest fan of the mold but it looks like Springer will wear it nicely.
The Kup mold is ok, but what made me excited about a figure I already owned was the pictures of the Swerve repaint. The first picture of that that I saw made me relook at Kup and really appreciate him. I think Swerve looks good, and I like the new head, although I'd have sworn he had a mouth plate instead of an actual mouth.
I guess that flipside of that is that I bought the GDO Laserbeak just because I like that Sky Stalker mold.
Anyway, yeah,. These have been a real fresh air injection for me at least, in a time where outside of the occasional figure I'm really not excited by Transformers. I for one would be more than thrilled if they kept something like this going and kept reheading and repainting good figures as other characters. It's almost like Universe never ended!

Hot Spot and Powerdive are the crown Jewels..

Swerve, Lazerbeak, and Brawl taking up the rear.
Still haven't found Wheelie, but I'm loving these.
I hope the net waves eventually come out, and even the Leader class sized GDO's

Wolfman Jake wrote:
I think it shows some actual thought was put into these repaints and retools.

I think that's the best part of these toys, is that they are clearly intentional. That may not be the exact or best word, but I mean they are obviously meant to be new characters and look distinct from other versions of that same toy. I love the Seekers, but I've always wished there was more of a difference between SW and TC and SS, other than just their colors. Things like the wing designs on the Coneheads make a whole world of difference.
The GDOs are like the Coneheads. Different enough to be clearly seperate figures and honestly, to make them feel like brand new toys while still being toys you already like with new colors.
The differences may be small in terms of just being a new head or a sword, but those little things make the toys seem so very, very new.