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News Credits: 5 · Mon Dec 27, 2010 8:27 pm

Very cool. I want to see more of this.

Tue Dec 28, 2010 1:58 am

Blurrz wrote:
Rated X wrote:Oh I see. So this is part of thew samer storyline with the Knight Morpher Optimus Prime figure ? Honestly, I dont read comics. I just collect anything G1 or movie. I mean the prototype pics, look great. I just would love to see the insecticons re-done in a G1 theme to go with the classics/generations lines.

Quit being so oblivious to your surroundings. We get it. You like G1. You don`t need to blast it out in every single toy thread that has a G1 character that doesn't look G1 enough for your tastes. This is a good design and shouldn't be blasted because it's not G1. That era ended 21 years ago. I apologize if some fans had to move on to other things.

All I can say is Im old school buddy. A "G1 character that doesn't look G1 enough" is kind of annoying to me. I said I might buy em, so saying Im blasting them is a little bit of an exaggeration. I just wont be displaying them as the midnight express. So Prime and the Insecticons get a train mode. What happened to Astrotrain ??? That would have made more sense for this line.

News Credits: 1452 · Tue Dec 28, 2010 2:04 am

Astrotrain was in Hearts of Steel so a figure for him is also a possibility.

News Credits: 5749 · Tue Dec 28, 2010 7:04 am

Rated X wrote:
Blurrz wrote:
Rated X wrote:Oh I see. So this is part of thew samer storyline with the Knight Morpher Optimus Prime figure ? Honestly, I dont read comics. I just collect anything G1 or movie. I mean the prototype pics, look great. I just would love to see the insecticons re-done in a G1 theme to go with the classics/generations lines.

Quit being so oblivious to your surroundings. We get it. You like G1. You don`t need to blast it out in every single toy thread that has a G1 character that doesn't look G1 enough for your tastes. This is a good design and shouldn't be blasted because it's not G1. That era ended 21 years ago. I apologize if some fans had to move on to other things.

All I can say is Im old school buddy. A "G1 character that doesn't look G1 enough" is kind of annoying to me. I said I might buy em, so saying Im blasting them is a little bit of an exaggeration. I just wont be displaying them as the midnight express. So Prime and the Insecticons get a train mode. What happened to Astrotrain ??? That would have made more sense for this line.

But these aren't G1 characters, they're Hearts of Steal Characters. That's like saying Cybertron Optimus Prime isn't G1 enough. It's a different continuity all together.

News Credits: 20 · Tue Dec 28, 2010 7:47 am

I really like the idea here. MMC KMC was a pretty good first offering. Here's to hoping this is their work. Although, truth be told, I thought HOS was garbage. I'd rather be getting figures based on the dead animal TFs that were in the first handful of pages. My two cents.

Tue Dec 28, 2010 8:06 am

HoS Astrotrain pulling the Insecticon train would be very nice I think. I hope it happens.

Tue Dec 28, 2010 6:11 pm

Unlike a handful of the other characters, Astrotrain didn't get a full design shown. Leaving a lot of details for a 3rd party to figure out and fill in. They COULD do it, of course, but I expect he would be further down on the list of 'to do' than all the ones that do have full designs.

News Credits: 409 · Tue Dec 28, 2010 7:22 pm

Primacron's Little Helper wrote:Trains and Insecticons are much much awesome!!!

After Prime and Shockwave, I guess the Seekers or Bumblebee are next most likely to be made.

I'd really like to see Scourge made (he has a Zeppelin alt mode), does anyone remember the TMNT blimp toy? A Scourge with a similarly inflatable section would be fantastic.

So is Shockwave a definite green light now?

News Credits: 5749 · Tue Dec 28, 2010 7:43 pm

Stormrider wrote:
Primacron's Little Helper wrote:Trains and Insecticons are much much awesome!!!

After Prime and Shockwave, I guess the Seekers or Bumblebee are next most likely to be made.

I'd really like to see Scourge made (he has a Zeppelin alt mode), does anyone remember the TMNT blimp toy? A Scourge with a similarly inflatable section would be fantastic.

So is Shockwave a definite green light now?

God I hope so =P~

News Credits: 5 · Tue Dec 28, 2010 11:37 pm

Shrapnel looks great in these photos. Excellent detail for a smaller scale figure. I wonder if they are making Bombshell and Kickback at the same time as this fella or they will release them one at a time?

News Credits: 1 · Wed Dec 29, 2010 4:51 am

Stormrider wrote:
Primacron's Little Helper wrote:Trains and Insecticons are much much awesome!!!

After Prime and Shockwave, I guess the Seekers or Bumblebee are next most likely to be made.

I'd really like to see Scourge made (he has a Zeppelin alt mode), does anyone remember the TMNT blimp toy? A Scourge with a similarly inflatable section would be fantastic.

So is Shockwave a definite green light now?

Sadly I don't know anything that you don't!

I was just going through my HOS TPB and seeing which characters seemed likely.

Having said that, when the Prime prototype was first shown I emailed the guy who designed it a few times (before Mastermind Creations was founded), very nice guy, and he was very determined to get the figure made (he had quite a few problems with some shady characters wanting to buy multiple sets of the kit). If he's still involved then I have every faith in him.

News Credits: 14 · Wed Dec 29, 2010 9:03 pm

I had read something here on Seibertron that had said that the guys that did Hearts Of Steel Optimus/Nemesis are, in fact, working on Shockwave. If I remember correctly, they said that we would see designs later this year (2011).

Thu Dec 30, 2010 9:41 am

DecepticonFinishline wrote:I had read something here on Seibertron that had said that the guys that did Hearts Of Steel Optimus/Nemesis are, in fact, working on Shockwave. If I remember correctly, they said that we would see designs later this year (2011).

Very interesting. Now I am truly coming to regret my financial mistakes of years past. Ah well, live and learn. Can't wait to see the sketches for Shockwave.

News Credits: 409 · Thu Dec 30, 2010 5:25 pm

DecepticonFinishline wrote:I had read something here on Seibertron that had said that the guys that did Hearts Of Steel Optimus/Nemesis are, in fact, working on Shockwave. If I remember correctly, they said that we would see designs later this year (2011).

That's awesome. Thanks! I vaguely remember reading in an interview that Shockwave was being planned down the road, but didn't know the time frame.

I give Mastermind and give the creator a lot of credit. The creator had originally designed HoS Optimus Prime as a limited-run garage kit resin. The original was a lot larger too. He started off designing Transformers as a hobby. Anyway, people really liked his designs and encouraged him to mass produce them. With that he started his own business.