TF-fan kev777 wrote:Except we have already seen the packaging on SS86-29 Bee and there is no licensing. I don't think Hasbro's relationship with VW has much to do with it rather $$$ and not wanting to be stuck having to license every use of the mold. No licensing requirement means more profit for themselves. The new mold also looks less like a VW Beetle than even the missing link figure, so they can defintely get away without the licensing.
Emerje wrote:TF-fan kev777 wrote:Except we have already seen the packaging on SS86-29 Bee and there is no licensing. I don't think Hasbro's relationship with VW has much to do with it rather $$$ and not wanting to be stuck having to license every use of the mold. No licensing requirement means more profit for themselves. The new mold also looks less like a VW Beetle than even the missing link figure, so they can defintely get away without the licensing.
Then perhaps I'm wrong. Maybe we've seen the last of Hasbro working with VW since they don't have many (any?) other opportunities coming up since the movies have moved on. Maybe that's even why Hasbro still hasn't offered the Missing Link cars yet.
Emerje
Both, actually, according to the latest rumors (with Flame being made from Studio Series Gamer Edition Megatron).Rtron wrote:I'm guessing the next figure will be Flame and/or Xaaron.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Sabrblade wrote:Both, actually, according to the latest rumors (with Flame being made from Studio Series Gamer Edition Megatron).Rtron wrote:I'm guessing the next figure will be Flame and/or Xaaron.
william-james88 wrote:Emerje wrote:Deluxe Class Quake (appears to have two transforming Targetmaster partners ala Needlenose)
He's a retool of Skullgrin and those are just either a recolor or a variation on Skullgrin's accessories.
Sabrblade wrote:Both, actually, according to the latest rumors (with Flame being made from Studio Series Gamer Edition Megatron).Rtron wrote:I'm guessing the next figure will be Flame and/or Xaaron.
o.supreme wrote:william-james88 wrote:Emerje wrote:Deluxe Class Quake (appears to have two transforming Targetmaster partners ala Needlenose)
He's a retool of Skullgrin and those are just either a recolor or a variation on Skullgrin's accessories.
That was going to be my guess. For a minute, I thought they might do something crazy and dust off the TR toy, just with a permanent head. But thehn I remembered that was a Hardhead retool. Quake was more of a classic tank that a Skullgrin retool can pull off...
Man I must have been looking at pics of those TF One toys for too long
SpaceEagle wrote:Maybe a case of shared engineering?
"Parts-sharing", then?Emerje wrote:SpaceEagle wrote:Maybe a case of shared engineering?
They still share parts, but just based on the art it's only some of the torso. "Retool" (or partial) is such a broad term that can mean anything from a head swap to only sharing joints.
Emerje
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Sabrblade wrote:Was he, though? He only had four lines in four different scenes:Rodimus Prime wrote:Of course they will. Soundwave was a prominent character in the movie,chuckdawg1999 wrote:f they do a SS86 release after this there will be BLODD!
"As you command, Megatron."
"Rumble! Frenzy! Ravage! Ratbat! Eject! Operation: Interference!"
"As you command, Megatron."
"Soundwave superior, Constructicons inferior."
And only briefly appeared in one more scene afterward (Starscream's botched coronation) as a silent cameo.
Guuhatsu wrote:I am hoping that all the cassettes that they release with the new soundwave are unique. Buzzaw had better be one of them, or I will wage war. I hope the other two are Slugfest and Overkill. Probably too much to hope for, for them to be Squaktalk and Beastbox. None of those 5 have had releases in the seige and up scale.
The latest rumors say it's a 2-pack of Xaaron and Flame, with Flame being made from Gamer Edition Megatron. Xaaron is also a short guy with yellow hands, so that'd be his hand on the packaging.Guuhatsu wrote:as for the next release of the comic book series, I think that it is Scrounge, maybe with a Blaster. the hand is at Straxus' knee and if the little yellow bit is a more exaggerated shoulder piece, that would make that bot the same height as Scrounge in the comic. (shoulder to Straxus' hip) and I read somewhere that it would be a two pack. So a Voyager Blaster and a Core Scrounge would make up the leader level of the other releases. Also Scrounge is tied to Straxus in the comic, and Blaster is a foil for both Straxus and Grimlock, so he would go well with the theme.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Sabrblade wrote:The latest rumors say it's a 2-pack of Xaaron and Flame, with Flame being made from Gamer Edition Megatron. Xaaron is also a short guy with yellow hands, so that'd be his hand on the packaging.Guuhatsu wrote:as for the next release of the comic book series, I think that it is Scrounge, maybe with a Blaster. the hand is at Straxus' knee and if the little yellow bit is a more exaggerated shoulder piece, that would make that bot the same height as Scrounge in the comic. (shoulder to Straxus' hip) and I read somewhere that it would be a two pack. So a Voyager Blaster and a Core Scrounge would make up the leader level of the other releases. Also Scrounge is tied to Straxus in the comic, and Blaster is a foil for both Straxus and Grimlock, so he would go well with the theme.
Emerje wrote:Sabrblade wrote:The latest rumors say it's a 2-pack of Xaaron and Flame, with Flame being made from Gamer Edition Megatron. Xaaron is also a short guy with yellow hands, so that'd be his hand on the packaging.Guuhatsu wrote:as for the next release of the comic book series, I think that it is Scrounge, maybe with a Blaster. the hand is at Straxus' knee and if the little yellow bit is a more exaggerated shoulder piece, that would make that bot the same height as Scrounge in the comic. (shoulder to Straxus' hip) and I read somewhere that it would be a two pack. So a Voyager Blaster and a Core Scrounge would make up the leader level of the other releases. Also Scrounge is tied to Straxus in the comic, and Blaster is a foil for both Straxus and Grimlock, so he would go well with the theme.
It's not, he has orange arms. Most likely it's Flame since that would be his red Shoulder as well. Colors are right but the layout is wrong.
Emerje
I don't see it being Xaaron, even though I would like to get him. I hope it's not Flame. I would love it if it was a Blaster-Scrounge set, even it that was the 5th release of that Blaster mold.Guuhatsu wrote:as for the next release of the comic book series, I think that it is Scrounge, maybe with a Blaster. the hand is at Straxus' knee and if the little yellow bit is a more exaggerated shoulder piece, that would make that bot the same height as Scrounge in the comic. (shoulder to Straxus' hip) and I read somewhere that it would be a two pack.
Rodimus Prime wrote:I don't see it being Xaaron, even though I would like to get him. I hope it's not Flame. I would love it if it was a Blaster-Scrounge set, even it that was the 5th release of that Blaster mold.Guuhatsu wrote:as for the next release of the comic book series, I think that it is Scrounge, maybe with a Blaster. the hand is at Straxus' knee and if the little yellow bit is a more exaggerated shoulder piece, that would make that bot the same height as Scrounge in the comic. (shoulder to Straxus' hip) and I read somewhere that it would be a two pack.
Or, his original head.Overcracker wrote:New Pics of the Thundertron set.
Loving his new head sculpt. Reminds me of Davey Jones from Pirates of the Caribbean for some reason.
https://www.instagram.com/p/C7EInwTyh3u/?img_index=1
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Emerje wrote:Got a shipping notice from Amazon on Magmatron, big guy is arriving Monday!
Emerje
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