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Pictorial Review of Titans Return Sawback with Comparison to G1 Lione

Posted by william-james88 Dec 28, 2016 at 11:02pm CST 64,826 views
The Titan Masters for Wave 3 of Titans Return are being found at retail slowly but surely. Personally, I believe this wave has the very best Titan Master so far: Sawback. This is a figure inspired from the G1 headmaster figure Lione and here you can see how the two compare. Of all Titan Masters so far, Sawback/Lione is the perfect G1 toy to be represented since he was only just a head in G1 so being just a head now works.

Transformers News: Pictorial Review of Titans Return Sawback with Comparison to G1 Lione

Also, of all Titan Masters so far, Sawback has the very best integration with the Titan Master vehicle by filling out the mane of the lion. Here is a comparison between the lion mode on the G1 figure and its homage:

Transformers News: Pictorial Review of Titans Return Sawback with Comparison to G1 Lione

Transformers News: Pictorial Review of Titans Return Sawback with Comparison to G1 Lione

More comparisons with g1 we have Sawback on Hardhead and Skullcruncher and the G1 counterparts of the same combinations.

Transformers News: Pictorial Review of Titans Return Sawback with Comparison to G1 Lione

Transformers News: Pictorial Review of Titans Return Sawback with Comparison to G1 Lione

And here is Sawback with the other new molds from his wave:

Transformers News: Pictorial Review of Titans Return Sawback with Comparison to G1 Lione

Transformers News: Pictorial Review of Titans Return Sawback with Comparison to G1 Lione

Notice how well that Titan Master works to make up the mane.

Since Lione never had a robot mode (he was just a head), Sawback's robot mode is completely new and actually refers to the alt mode of his G1 counterpart by having a beast face:

Transformers News: Pictorial Review of Titans Return Sawback with Comparison to G1 Lione

The lion turns into a single pilot aircraft of some sort. What I find great is how there is painted detailing in the wings to give this form detailing not found in the other modes, with silver painted guns on the wings. While the instructions say to keep the legs up, I prefer them down.

Transformers News: Pictorial Review of Titans Return Sawback with Comparison to G1 Lione

Transformers News: Pictorial Review of Titans Return Sawback with Comparison to G1 Lione

Transformers News: Pictorial Review of Titans Return Sawback with Comparison to G1 Lione

Here is an alternate transformation for each new mold from this wave:

Transformers News: Pictorial Review of Titans Return Sawback with Comparison to G1 Lione

And here is Sawback in his shield mode, along with the other new Titan Masters in their respective weapons modes.

Transformers News: Pictorial Review of Titans Return Sawback with Comparison to G1 Lione

Transformers News: Pictorial Review of Titans Return Sawback with Comparison to G1 Lione

Transformers News: Pictorial Review of Titans Return Sawback with Comparison to G1 Lione

Let us know what you think of Sawback and the others.

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Re: Pictorial Review of Titans Return Sawback with Comparison to G1 Lione (view post)
Comment by RAR Dec 28, 2016
I opened Megatron now - I like the robot mode (mostly) but he's not much fun to transform he's kind of a mess of exploding hinges really.
He has a lot of issues with poor fit like plugging the legs together makes one of the leg hatches open slightly. he was also very very loose all over the place.

Nice head - no idea who the Titanmaster is supposed to resemble though.
he is quite a bit bigger than Optimus too.

I discovered earlier that the nub on the turret is actually removable and you can pull it straight forwards and plug it on his grey gun to make it longer or simply so he has no sticky up bit behind his head.
You can also use it as a shoulder cannon adaptor too. or to provide a 2nd handle for holding his combined guns as a rifle.

Once I spend 2 or 3 days worth or repeated floor polish dripping in his joints I expect i'll like him a lot more.

Oh and yes the stickers are pretty poor - don't do that again Hasbro.
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Comment by william-james88 Dec 28, 2016
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RAR wrote:I opened Megatron now - I like the robot mode (mostly) but he's not much fun to transform he's kind of a mess of exploding hinges really.
He has a lot of issues with poor fit like plugging the legs together makes one of the leg hatches open slightly. he was also very very loose all over the place.

Nice head - no idea who the Titanmaster is supposed to resemble though.

The titan master is a,mini blitzwing
Re: Pictorial Review of Titans Return Sawback with Comparison to G1 Lione (view post)
Comment by King Kuuga Dec 28, 2016
william-james88 wrote:The Titan Masters for Wave 2 of Titans Return are being found at retail slowly but surely.

Wave 3 you mean.
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Comment by Va'al Dec 29, 2016
Thanks again to fellow Seibertronian Bounti76, we have confirmation of the Titans Return Wave 3 Titan Masters now being available - after Australian retail - online at Hasbro Toy Shop. You can check out Fangry, Ptero, Sawback at the checkout, and check out the confirmation order below!

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Re: Pictorial Review of Titans Return Sawback with Comparison to G1 Lione (view post)
Comment by Bounti76 Dec 29, 2016
For some reason, Overboard wasn't listed, just Fangry and the two Autobots. He'll show up eventually, I'd imagine.
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Comment by Generator_G1 Dec 29, 2016
For Throttlebot fans... :)
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Comment by Burn Dec 29, 2016
Any actual details on it you'd care to share? Like where you found it, is it legit?
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Comment by Generator_G1 Dec 29, 2016
FB private group. I can't say the name of the source though, sorry. I did have his permission to post the pic.
Re: Pictorial Review of Titans Return Sawback with Comparison to G1 Lione (view post)
Comment by Va'al Dec 29, 2016
Generator_G1 wrote:FB private group. I can't say the name of the source though, sorry. I did have his permission to post the pic.


Can you at least say where it was found? It would help for a news story!
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Comment by fenrir72 Dec 29, 2016
Generator_G1 wrote:For Throttlebot fans... :)


Goldbug part deux?
Re: Pictorial Review of Titans Return Sawback with Comparison to G1 Lione (view post)
Comment by william-james88 Dec 29, 2016
We found something pretty cool on the Talk Transformers Facebook page, an image of Titans Return Roadburn in package. This will be part of the second wave of 2017 figures, along with Legends Brawn. While they are using the name Roadburn, this is essentially throttlebot Chase. It is using the Titans Return Bumblebee mold.

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Re: Pictorial Review of Titans Return Sawback with Comparison to G1 Lione (view post)
Comment by Kurona Dec 29, 2016
Awesome! He seems to be using his in-fiction head too; he had a mouth in Rebirth, Marvel, IDW etc. but didn't have one in his toy or packaging artwork.
Re: Pictorial Review of Titans Return Sawback with Comparison to G1 Lione (view post)
Comment by RiddlerJ Dec 29, 2016
Hubcap gets the shaft again.

This still looks nice though.
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Comment by Randomhero Dec 29, 2016
RiddlerJ wrote:Hubcap gets the shaft again.

This still looks nice though.



Pfft! He'll come eventually.
Re: Pictorial Review of Titans Return Sawback with Comparison to G1 Lione (view post)
Comment by Cobotron Dec 29, 2016
Weird! I was just staring at a pic of Bumblebee last night thinking, I wonder if they could retool his alt mode just a little to be Cliffjumper. Then I thought, who else could a red repaint be?

There's my answer! :lol:
I'm glad it's not Cliff for a change.
Re: Pictorial Review of Titans Return Sawback with Comparison to G1 Lione (view post)
Comment by It Is Him Dec 29, 2016
Once again, CJ gets shafted by Hasbro
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Comment by Randomhero Dec 29, 2016
Usually I will buy everything in CHUG but if they made a cliffjumper I'd pass on it. I've god the GDO prime cliffjumper with a G1 head and I'm good. It's great to finally have a G1 cliffjumper with no mold relation to Bumblebee.
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Comment by william-james88 Dec 29, 2016
It Is Him wrote:Once again, CJ gets shafted by Hasbro

How does that make sense, this isnt even cliffjumper. Wouldnt it be a shaft if he was once again just a redeco, like Chase is here?
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Comment by Cobotron Dec 29, 2016
william-james88 wrote:
It Is Him wrote:Once again, CJ gets shafted by Hasbro

How does that make sense, this isnt even cliffjumper. Wouldnt it be a shaft if he was once again just a redeco, like Chase is here?


Ya. My first thought was, maybe Cliff can get a new mold!

Sorry having a brain fart. Have we seen a review confirming or dispelling the belief that Bee can hold a TM as a pilot?
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Comment by Overcracker Dec 29, 2016
Cowboytron wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
It Is Him wrote:Once again, CJ gets shafted by Hasbro

How does that make sense, this isnt even cliffjumper. Wouldnt it be a shaft if he was once again just a redeco, like Chase is here?


Ya. My first thought was, maybe Cliff can get a new mold!

Sorry having a brain fart. Have we seen a review confirming or dispelling the belief that Bee can hold a TM as a pilot?


We, have, and it does:

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