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[Gearslide]

True there. I'd love to get a full line of seekers before we start seeing moar Starscream repaints/retools.

What have we seen stateside? (I tend to get mixed up with all the waves of Hasbro and Takara bots flying past.)

Seems like we've had a couple Starscreams in the main line, but no TC or Skywarp... and Takara has seen Starscream in both sizes, plus AM Skywarp and AM Thundercracker.

Anyone able to confirm or deny?

Name wise, we've only seen Starscream in the Hasbro line. However, "Dark Energon Starscream" highly resembles Skywarp.

[PrymeStriker]

Seems like we've had a couple Starscreams in the main line, but no TC or Skywarp... and Takara has seen Starscream in both sizes, plus AM Skywarp and AM Thundercracker.

Anyone able to confirm or deny?

No stateside Thundercrackers or Skywarps; that's all in Japan. Here in the U.S, we have:

* First Edition Deluxe Starscream
* Cyberverse Commander Starscream
* PRiD Voyager Starscream
* Dark Energon Deluxe Starscream
* Beast Hunters Deluxe Starscream

[Sabrblade]

Boy, based on this thread, I feel like adding Beast Hunters to the TFWiki "Ruined FOREVER" page.

It's like the early-to-mid 90's alt.toys.transfomers all over again. I'm surprised no one's yelled "TRUKK NOT MUNKY" or something derogatory to that ring yet.

As for this Starscream, if he gets that new body in the show, SOLD!

[Megatronsdemise666]

He looks cool and I like it more than his normal design.

But why those colors :/

It look so much better with show accurate colors

[Delta Magnus]

Hmm. I don't watch the cartoon so accuracy is not really important to me, as I'd probably use them as different characters anyway (I have my own personal continuity that changes according to my collection). Smokescreen looks good, and I love the crossbow, it's really nice to see Transformers returning to the days where all the characters have their own, universally compatible weapons. Ripclaw is meh, I need to see what he turns into before I pass judgement. Bulkhead looks cool, especially his buzzsaw weapon. Starscream looks like he'd make a great drone or army builder, I don't know why, he just has a cool, mass produced look about him.

In honesty though I wouldn't buy any of them straight from the store, like I did with Unit 01-sorry, Soundwave, who really grabbed me. I'm probably gonna conserve my cash and get some more Figmas or the Soul of Chogokin SPEC Evangelion figures.

Also, who else would like to see a reboot of the Transformers Revoltech line? I demand a Revoltech Devastator!

[That Bot]

Ripclaw is meh, I need to see what he turns into before I pass judgement..

[Blurrz]

Dragongirl is a she.

[Delta Magnus]

Ripclaw is meh, I need to see what he turns into before I pass judgement..

Oh sweet Primus that is terrible. The rear Beast Mode legs really kill it for me. They just look like his regular legs but hideously contorted. And not good hideous, like the Mass Production Evangelion Series. Bad hideous, like the G1 Ironhide figure.

And as for that paintjob...EURGH.

The tail and the claw weapon are cool though. I might get it on the secondary market for conversions.

[Rated X]

Beast Hunters seems to be destined to fail. The whole "beast" concept wasnt liked by everyone back in the 1990's. I think bringing it back will slow down the momentum of the TF franchise.

I don't think a single iteration of Transformers has been "liked by everyone," so that's an empty statement. Beast Wars saved the franchise, after all. And let me say, if my kid self from 1996 got transported to the present day, I would gobble Beast Hunters up. I think it'll do fine.

I think the TF franchise is running off of the momentum created by the Michael Bay movies. TF Prime seems to be very influenced by the Bay movies. (Optimus's aesthetics, Arcee being a blue motercycle, Bumblebee's missing voice, etc) With this being said, I dont think todays kids will embrace the change. I wasnt collecting in the 90's but I did see a few episodes of Beast Wars when they were brand new and I didnt like it. I was like "this aint Transformers, WTF is this ?" I could see kids thinking along these lines, especially with TF4 in the works. This will get phased out as quick as animated...

[SKYWARPED_128]

Looks like a weird variation of Yoshimitsu from the Tekken games. Pass.

I'll probably be enjoying the show, but doubt I'll be touching any of the toys.