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News Credits: 1 · Thu May 24, 2012 7:21 am

Was on 4chan and saw these. Anyhoo thought I'd copy and share for those who are interested. >:oP

Thu May 24, 2012 7:41 am

The only two I'm interested in are Swerve and Megatron, though I do wish they had given Megatron the purple camo. I can deal with Megs looking samurai-like since he looks a lot like his Alternity counterpart. Swerve's color scheme and sword are just kickass though. I MAY get Hotspot (big maybe there) but he doesn't look nearly as good as I imagined. His blue should be a few shades lighter.

The others don't really look that good. I dig Wheelie's slingshot, but the mold doesn't fit the character. Springer looks good, but still doesn't beat the Fansproject version. And those two FE Prime molds will never fit in with any classics collection. Brawn's tiny head looks horrible, and while Cliffjumper isn't bad looking, the Prime aesthetic just doesn't seem to translate well in the Classics Universe... It's a shame too, since it really does look good, but I don't need it since I already have the FE version.

News Credits: 5749 · Thu May 24, 2012 7:50 am

Courtesy of ACToys we have images of the upcoming Asia Exclusive Generations figures that were announced earlier this year at Cybertron Con. All are repaints from various lines:

Legends Class:

Hoist (RtS Trailcutter repaint with new accessory)
Motorbreath (RtS Optimus Prime repaint with new accessory)
Thundercracker (RtS Starscream repaint)
Bluestreak (RtS Prowl repaint with new accessory)

Deluxe Class:

Autobot Springer (HTFD Tomahawk repaint/remold)
Swerve (Generations Kup repaint/remold)
Cliffjumper (Transformers Prime First Edition Cliffjumper remold)
Wheelie (RtS Special Ops Jazz repaint/remold)

Scouts:

Sandstorm (ROTF Dune Runner repaint)
Dead End (ROTF Breakdown repaint)
Decepticon Brawl (HFTD Breacher repaint)
Laserbeak (ROTF Skystalker repaint)

Voyagers:

Powerdive (HFTD Highbrow repaint/remold)
Protectobot Hot Spot (Universe 2.0 Inferno repaint/remold)
Brawn (Transformers Prime First Edition Bulkhead repaint/remold)
G2 Megatron (ROTF Bludgeon repaint/remold)

News Credits: 241 · Thu May 24, 2012 7:58 am

WolfDawg wrote:Swerve's color scheme and sword are just kickass though.

Swerve still has Kup's musket rifle

Springer has the sword, and that made him go up from "No way" to "maybe" on my list. Hot Spot looks more like Defensor, surprisingly, but he's still a must get, as well as Megatron.

And poor Motormaster can't catch a break, can he? First the indignity of becoming an Optimus Prime repaint like so many others, now his name had to be changed (trademarks, you know?) to Motorbreath of all names. Still, can't beat Trenchmouth.

News Credits: 402 · Updated Oct 21, 2022

Nice. Pretty much everything above Legends Class is a purchase for me. Only ones I don't see getting are Laserbeak and Megatron.

News Credits: 4 · Thu May 24, 2012 8:13 am

hmmm. looks like someone went mad with photoshop. sort of glad that none of these are particularly exciting for me, there are a few characters I'd like, but not looking like that. at least i'll save some money.

News Credits: 462 · Thu May 24, 2012 8:14 am

So many Western fans are gonna feel so butthurt over some of these not coming to the U.S.

Thu May 24, 2012 8:20 am

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
WolfDawg wrote:Swerve's color scheme and sword are just kickass though.

Swerve still has Kup's musket rifle Springer has the sword, and that made him go up from "No way" to "maybe" on my list. Hot Spot looks more like Defensor, surprisingly, but he's still a must get, as well as Megatron.

And poor Motormaster can't catch a break, can he? First the indignity of becoming an Optimus Prime repaint like so many others, now his name had to be changed (trademarks, you know?) to Motorbreath of all names. Still, can't beat Trenchmouth.

Really? That's a GUN? I honestly can't tell. It's probably a combination of blurry pics and the fact that my glasses are in the other room. Either way, Swerve still looks good.

News Credits: 241 · Thu May 24, 2012 8:21 am

Sabrblade wrote:So many Western fans are gonna feel so butthurt over some of these not coming to the U.S.

Maybe overstock will come over, or be offered on HTS. More likely Europe will eventually import them cheap.

News Credits: 1082 · Thu May 24, 2012 8:22 am

Liking Hot Spot a lot. The rest are okay, to not needed.

Thu May 24, 2012 8:24 am

WHEELIE HAS A SLINGSHOT! :KREMZEEK:

All of them, sans Megatron maybe, are on my must-buy list, assuming they go for a lot less than the Japanese TFP line...

News Credits: 20 · Thu May 24, 2012 8:25 am

I'm in for Hot Spot and possibly Wheelie and Swerve. The rest are sorta useless to me. Springer has a nice deco but they should have at least tried to compete with Warbot Defender. That mold is trash comparatively.

News Credits: 2 · Thu May 24, 2012 8:26 am

Any UK retailers going to pick these up? I really need that Hotspot. And to think, I nearly bought the Titanium one.

Thu May 24, 2012 8:30 am

Hot Spot and Swerve is a must-buy !!! They both look very awesome.

Powerdive hmm...I might get him since I missed out on the original mould.

The legends looks good but I made a promise not to buy them anymore @_@...

The scouts looks more or less the same as the original version.

The FE repaints arent needed since I have them both and they both look worse than the original one o.O...

The best part is I dont have to worry about them not arriving here since I'm in the South-East Asia region

. Sweeeeeet~

Thu May 24, 2012 8:32 am

HA!......Motorbreath! I don't mind that name too much. It's a reasonable substitute under the circumstances, IMO.

Hot Spot is great. I was waiting for it. The rest.......silly. Swerve, Springer and Megatron have to be the worst to me.

Wheelie raised a brow for a second. I would only ever get Wheelie if i found him on the shelves. I wouldn't get it sent overseas. But i do like the colours. (as blurry as they are in those photos). As i've said before, that's a great mold but it's perilously close to being over used to a point where i no longer like it.

News Credits: 27 · Thu May 24, 2012 8:36 am

That Laserbeak would be very handy for me, since I missed out on Skystalker (for my Mindwipe)...

I wish I could see a better picture of that Springer!

Thu May 24, 2012 8:40 am

As when we were initially fed the information that these things were going to exist, my opinion has not changed. Megs and CJ are maybes, and given the combination of raised cost and import pricing, that's one h*ll of a maybe!

NEXT!

Thu May 24, 2012 8:41 am

monstergrotusque wrote:HA!......Motorbreath! I don't mind that name too much. It's a reasonable substitute under the circumstances, IMO.

Hot Spot is great. I was waiting for it. The rest.......silly. Swerve, Springer and Megatron have to be the worst to me.

Wheelie raised a brow for a second. I would only ever get Wheelie if i found him on the shelves. I wouldn't get it sent overseas. But i do like the colours. (as blurry as they are in those photos). As i've said before, that's a great mold but it's perilously close to being over used to a point where i no longer like it.

Yea, I don't mind the name Motorbreath too much, but I have to wonder why they didn't just call him "The Motormaster" like they did for last year's Botcon set.

News Credits: 1 · Thu May 24, 2012 8:42 am

Cliffjumper seems like a good buy for my classics collection. I have Gen Cliffy, but I've never liked that gangly look. Hot Spot is tempting, but how much will he cost? Plus he doesn't combine into Defensor and I've never been a big fan of him. So he's a maybe.

Like many have said, Warbot Defender blows this version of Springer out of the water. Wheelie's kind of a joke. Jazz's gigantic, buff body doesn't fit at all with Wheelie. It's like he got ahold of the Matrix and became Wheelimus Prime. Or at least he's been working out since TFTM.

News Credits: 1082 · Thu May 24, 2012 8:44 am

Gauntlet101010 wrote:Cliffjumper seems like a good buy for my classics collection. I have Gen Cliffy, but I've never liked that gangly look. Hot Spot is tempting, but how much will he cost? Plus he doesn't combine into Defensor and I've never been a big fan of him. So he's a maybe.

Like many have said, Warbot Defender blows this version of Springer out of the water. Wheelie's kind of a joke. Jazz's gigantic, buff body doesn't fit at all with Wheelie. It's like he got ahold of the Matrix and became Wheelimus Prime. Or at least he's been working out since TFTM.

Nailed it. He's my classics Wheelimus Prime. Needs a bigger sling shot though.

Thu May 24, 2012 8:50 am

What are the chances these are coming out in the u.s.

I think I love every one of these figures.

News Credits: 273 · Thu May 24, 2012 8:53 am

Banjo-Tron wrote:Any UK retailers going to pick these up? I really need that Hotspot. And to think, I nearly bought the Titanium one.

Honestly, that Titanium Hotzone is one of the most underated figures of the last decade, maybe ever. He's an amazing tribute to the original figure and would probably scale better with most of your figures than the one you just saw, unless your collection is Voyager heavy.

As far as whether I grab any of these guys, prize will determine a lot of it for me. The legends Hoist seems most likely.

Thu May 24, 2012 8:56 am

wow this lot are all awful....

Hotspot is the only decent 1 out of the lot of these guys. Swerve using Kups mould just doesnt make sense and seems abit pointless considering hes being made by a 3rd party company anyways

Surely having kups mould repainted red/grey would have made a Better Orion Pax??? i guess the obvious isnt there on this one.

The rest are just horrible....seriously horrible...i mean wtf is up with wheelie using jazzs body? it just looks so wrong like a failed custom no one cared to finished

I know the old saying is 2 outa 3 anit bad....but what? 1 outa 13? I only collect classics so this is just a massive disapointment to me

News Credits: 273 · Thu May 24, 2012 9:00 am

Swindle01 wrote:Swerve using Kups mould just doesnt make sense and seems abit pointless considering hes being made by a 3rd party company anyways

With all respect, you've been drinking way too much 3rd party Kool-Aid to even suggest something like that.

Thu May 24, 2012 9:10 am

Delicon wrote:
Swindle01 wrote:Swerve using Kups mould just doesnt make sense and seems abit pointless considering hes being made by a 3rd party company anyways

With all respect, you've been drinking way too much 3rd party Kool-Aid to even suggest something like that.

He probably means that since Igear is putting out a Gears in the minibots line, a Swerve retool will soon follow.