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by **gothsaurus** » Fri Jul 08, 2016 3:06 pm

Touche, Grimdragon. I hadn't thought of that. You're probably right on the money. :BOWDOWN:

Website · by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Fri Jul 08, 2016 4:02 pm

grimdragon2001 wrote:
RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:I'm interested to see who the bonus figure will be, but the pressing question for me is who's next.

Place your bets, people! Impactor or Bludgeon!

I'm thinking Bludgeon is next, simply because the bonus figure may be easier to package with Impactor.

Hmm, yeah. That does make the most sense. :APPLAUSE:

by **RNSrobot** » Sat Jul 09, 2016 12:13 am

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:I'm interested to see who the bonus figure will be, but the pressing question for me is who's next.

Place your bets, people! Impactor or Bludgeon!

I vote bludgeon. It makes sense to finish the combiner and as noted Bludgeon's box will be big. Easier to fit two deluxes in the last box.

So take this with a pound of salt, but a friend of mine knows some club people and apparently he saw a promo pic of the exclusive and it's bluestreak.

I don't vouch for his info at all, just reporting from. Reasonable source.r

News Credits: 7 · by **Zeedust** » Sat Jul 09, 2016 2:50 am

grimdragon2001 wrote:
RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:I'm interested to see who the bonus figure will be, but the pressing question for me is who's next.

Place your bets, people! Impactor or Bludgeon!

I'm thinking Bludgeon is next, simply because the bonus figure may be easier to package with Impactor.

It would also mean they could show Wreckage on Impactor's instructions without ruining any surprises.

RNSrobot wrote:
RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:So take this with a pound of salt, but a friend of mine knows some club people and apparently he saw a promo pic of the exclusive and it's bluestreak.

I don't vouch for his info at all, just reporting from. Reasonable source.r

If that turns out to be the case, color me disappointed.

by **gothsaurus** » Mon Jul 11, 2016 10:02 am

Have to say that while I'd be a little disappointed to not complete the Decepticon targetmaster lineup... if that is indeed the exclusive I'd be SUPER pleased.

This is exactly what the club should be for. Completing "mandatory" lineups like the seeker trio, etc. There needs to be a place to get those toys out when they fall through the cracks.

by **G.B. Blackrock** » Mon Jul 11, 2016 12:00 pm

Zeedust wrote:
grimdragon2001 wrote:
RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:I'm interested to see who the bonus figure will be, but the pressing question for me is who's next.

Place your bets, people! Impactor or Bludgeon!

I'm thinking Bludgeon is next, simply because the bonus figure may be easier to package with Impactor.

It would also mean they could show Wreckage on Impactor's instructions without ruining any surprises.

RNSrobot wrote:
RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:So take this with a pound of salt, but a friend of mine knows some club people and apparently he saw a promo pic of the exclusive and it's bluestreak.

I don't vouch for his info at all, just reporting from. Reasonable source.r

If that turns out to be the case, color me disappointed.

For me, of the ideas I've heard tossed around, this is the one I actually like the best, although that comes with the caveat that I don't think the CW mold is an especially good Fairlady-bros body type.

I'll be perfectly happy if I learn that it's an idea I've not seen considered yet (assuming that it's a good idea, of course).

by **gothsaurus** » Mon Jul 11, 2016 12:03 pm

Yeah, I agree it's not the best match... between why-didn't-they-shave-these-off sirensand the chest-is-not-made-of-a-car-hood robot mode. But I'd still have been seriously disappointed if they didn't crank out the third one of the trio.

Makes me think. Who else from the original Ark cast have they left out of the new combiner line? Hmmmm. >:oP

News Credits: 42 · by **Autobot N** » Wed Jul 13, 2016 8:38 pm

gothsaurus wrote:Yeah, I agree it's not the best match... between why-didn't-they-shave-these-off sirensand the chest-is-not-made-of-a-car-hood robot mode. But I'd still have been seriously disappointed if they didn't crank out the third one of the trio.

Makes me think. Who else from the original Ark cast have they left out of the new combiner line? Hmmmm.

Besides Bluestreak, there's Jazz, Sideswipe, Hauler, and the mini-vehicles.

by **gothsaurus** » Thu Jul 14, 2016 9:06 am

Hoist would be an easy season 2 repaint. Since Hauler wasn't a major player (and we don't have a mold for Inferno/Grapple) I'm okay knowing we won't see him.

Would love all the mini bots though. If they re-did them as nicely as Wheelie....

Website · by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Thu Jul 14, 2016 9:13 am

So I'm gonna guess end of July/beginning of August for the next one. As for the possible bonus figure? I'd be down with that.

He was my first-ever transformers toy back in the day.

by **RNSrobot** » Thu Jul 14, 2016 10:53 am

gothsaurus wrote:Hoist would be an easy season 2 repaint. Since Hauler wasn't a major player (and we don't have a mold for Inferno/Grapple) I'm okay knowing we won't see him.

Would love all the mini bots though. If they re-did them as nicely as Wheelie....

I simply wish they'd re-used First Aid as either Ironhide or Trailbreaker.

Hoping for Bludgeon before July is out. I have four limbs longing for a torso lol.

News Credits: 13 · by **grimdragon2001** » Thu Jul 14, 2016 11:05 am

RNSrobot wrote:
gothsaurus wrote:Hoist would be an easy season 2 repaint. Since Hauler wasn't a major player (and we don't have a mold for Inferno/Grapple) I'm okay knowing we won't see him.

Would love all the mini bots though. If they re-did them as nicely as Wheelie....

I simply wish they'd re-used First Aid as either Ironhide or Trailbreaker.

Hoping for Bludgeon before July is out. I have four limbs longing for a torso lol.

Dont you have a sad and lonely Cyclonus to hold Bludgeon's place til he arrives? Spinister does make a nice Fusion Cannon arm :-D

by **gothsaurus** » Thu Jul 14, 2016 11:22 am

hey RNSrobot,

I'm a little confused. They did already release a Trailbreaker and Ironhide based on that First Aid body style. Not sure what you're wanting... (?)

Sorry if I've missed something here.

:???:

News Credits: 13 · by **grimdragon2001** » Thu Jul 14, 2016 11:33 am

gothsaurus wrote:hey RNSrobot,

I'm a little confused. They did already release a Trailbreaker and Ironhide based on that First Aid body style. Not sure what you're wanting... (?)

Sorry if I've missed something here.

I think he means the Ambulance/SUV version that First Aid was instead of the basic truck version that Offroad was. Retools can make this more tricky

by **gothsaurus** » Thu Jul 14, 2016 11:38 am

oh yeah. there was a camper-back to that version of the mold. Agreed. I wish they had thought to do that. With the similarities with arms/legs, etc. I forgot all about the pick-up truck style back.

Maybe a third party will come out with a camper top.

by **RNSrobot** » Thu Jul 14, 2016 1:44 pm

gothsaurus wrote:oh yeah. there was a camper-back to that version of the mold. Agreed. I wish they had thought to do that. With the similarities with arms/legs, etc. I forgot all about the pick-up truck style back.

Maybe a third party will come out with a camper top.

Yeah, I think ironhide or trailbreaker would have been fun with the first aid version of the mold. I REALLY like the first aid tooling.

Albeit I REALLY like trailbreaker. The new forearms go a long way to giving him character and the black is just so slick.

by **G.B. Blackrock** » Thu Jul 14, 2016 3:23 pm

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:So I'm gonna guess end of July/beginning of August for the next one. As for the possible bonus figure? I'd be down with that. He was my first-ever transformers toy back in the day.

At this stage of FunPub's final year, I'm less concerned about the timing of the remaining 4.0 figures, and even of the timing of 5.0 (since we've already ordered it), and more for when they're going to get orders for the Joe crossover set, Skywarp, and the Only Human figures up.

We're running out of time....

Website · by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Thu Jul 14, 2016 5:31 pm

G.B. Blackrock wrote:
RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:So I'm gonna guess end of July/beginning of August for the next one. As for the possible bonus figure? I'd be down with that. He was my first-ever transformers toy back in the day.

At this stage of FunPub's final year, I'm less concerned about the timing of the remaining 4.0 figures, and even of the timing of 5.0 (since we've already ordered it), and more for when they're going to get orders for the Joe crossover set, Skyward, and the Only Human figures up.

We're running out of time....

Good point. Yeah, that is worrying.

News Credits: 7 · by **Zeedust** » Thu Jul 14, 2016 10:43 pm

gothsaurus wrote:This is exactly what the club should be for. Completing "mandatory" lineups like the seeker trio, etc. There needs to be a place to get those toys out when they fall through the cracks.

I'd have to disagree there. I think those are better suited to store exclusives or online shared exclusives (Like Brake-neck, Quickslinger, and deluxe Groove). The club makes a better venue for further-out stuff like Toxitron that would never be even considered otherwise.

News Credits: 7 · by **Zeedust** » Fri Jul 15, 2016 2:32 am

grimdragon2001 wrote:Dont you have a sad and lonely Cyclonus to hold Bludgeon's place til he arrives? Spinister does make a nice Fusion Cannon arm

"What are we supposed to call him, huh? Thundertronus? Galva-Mayhem?"

"Really? That's your biggest issue right now?"

by **RNSrobot** » Fri Jul 15, 2016 9:39 am

grimdragon2001 wrote:
RNSrobot wrote:
gothsaurus wrote:Hoist would be an easy season 2 repaint. Since Hauler wasn't a major player (and we don't have a mold for Inferno/Grapple) I'm okay knowing we won't see him.

Would love all the mini bots though. If they re-did them as nicely as Wheelie....

I simply wish they'd re-used First Aid as either Ironhide or Trailbreaker.

Hoping for Bludgeon before July is out. I have four limbs longing for a torso lol.

Dont you have a sad and lonely Cyclonus to hold Bludgeon's place til he arrives? Spinister does make a nice Fusion Cannon arm

I've given them a lonely Scattershot. The limbs didn't really WANT to, I mean... Betatron?

Cyclonus, on my shelf, is Cyclonus & the F***** Trucks. All four trucks are all four limbs. :michaelbay:

by **gothsaurus** » Fri Jul 15, 2016 9:48 am

Hey Zeedust.

Yeah, I think my point is that the club is a place for these toys(like Bluestreak) only AFTER they have fallen through the cracks.

But exactly as you said, the FIRST place I want to see them is store exclusives. But when Hasbro can't find a store to direct those toys to... and the line is over, THEN club is a great place to direct those "lost" characters we'd otherwise never get.

Of course, I ALSO really want to see the club do super-rare and random, wild characters from comics, lore, etc. The unreleased prototype characters are a great example. Those are probably the figures I've been most surprised and pleased by.

I guess bottom line, I think the club is a place for a MIX of figures. And I think they've done a great job of this... throwing a bone to fans of animated, G1, action masters, beast wars, diaclone, G2, Shattered Glass, UK comics, and even pretenders.

I hope Hasbro can take notice of how deeply TFCC dug and researched. I'd be really disappointed if we started getting convention exclusives that were just night/arctic Bumblebee/Prime repaints and chrome versions of characters... instead of new characters that show someone on the team did some serious homework to come up with and produce.

by **gothsaurus** » Fri Jul 15, 2016 10:02 am

RNSRobot

That's exactly why I love combiners. Swapping limbs and making your own combiner is awesome.

I don't know why that ever happened in the US cartoon. We got limb swapping in Scramble City, plus head swapping in Headmasters. That's like... the whole gimmick!!

Maybe in the new cartoon....

by **G.B. Blackrock** » Fri Jul 15, 2016 11:29 am

gothsaurus wrote:Hey Zeedust.

Yeah, I think my point is that the club is a place for these toys(like Bluestreak) only AFTER they have fallen through the cracks.

But exactly as you said, the FIRST place I want to see them is store exclusives. But when Hasbro can't find a store to direct those toys to... and the line is over, THEN club is a great place to direct those "lost" characters we'd otherwise never get.

I think the point is, the club regularly comes up with things that Hasbro wouldn't even consider in the first place, much less shop them around and fail to find a market for them (thereby relegating them to the club).

Whether the specific example you cite falls into "Hasbro wouldn't have even thought to consider" or "Hasbro tried, but couldn't find a market" is perhaps up for debate. I think it's a better candidate for the first category than the second, but YMMV.