TFCC Subscription Service Figure Circuit Robot Mode Image

Having a decent collection of G2 bots, and the Botcon set... I'm kinda loving this guy. I do appreciate the thoughtful nod to obscure characters and toylines. Props for that. Will proudly display this guy with the Botcon 2010 bots.

Um... Wow... ^^^


Aaaaaaaanyway, on topic. Circuit is gorgeous and a thing of pure beauty. Anyone who says otherwise is just plain wrong and should probably seek psychiatric help.

It melts my eyes.

The more they reveal about this service, the less interested I am.

For the first year, they should have gone with some fan-service homages of classic G1 figures instead of obscure Action Master homages and the like.

You DO know that they can't just pick ANY figure they want, right? If Hasbro or Takara is even THINKING about using any said G1 figure in the next couple years... it's off limits. That's why they're obscure.

I think, no i'm sure, my eyes are bleeding.

Well I have no regrets not subscribing to this.

wow that sure is some orange.

I love this mold and I adore Action Masters, but... WOW. That's probably the ugliest TF in five years.

yeah. i kinda really want him now. i wonder what flavour he is?

Well, I'm looking forward to having him on my shelf, and a 2nd one on my SG shelf.

Is he supposed to be a SG character... or you just think he'd look snazzy there?

Quite honestly, he's the only one among the 2013 exclusives that is reasonably priced at TFsource!

And looking at him, he does have that Generation 1.5 look going on, which is interesting. As in he has a G1/Action Masters paint job, but sports more of a Generation 2 design.

So yeah... I am going to have to recommend this one to others, especially those who are a fan of the Action Masters version.

gothsaurus wrote:Is he supposed to be a SG character... or you just think he'd look snazzy there?

Nah, he's supposed to be G1 Circuit, but I think I'll use him to be SG Axor as well.

I like him for my G2 shelf. I missed out on the other 2 versions of this mold because I always hated that huge neck. But these cool colors kind of make the neck stand out less. Hope it glows under the black light.

I finally caved in and signed up for the sub service today. I sure hope I don't end up regretting that very expensive decision.

This guy is the worst of the six figures offered, in my opinion - but I do enjoy it when an obscure character gets some attention.

Stop readin' my mind, Dedcat. Not cool.

In the shattered glass universe, you read my mind...

I like it. I think its a great looking update of the origonal.


This must be like crack. Because people are unsure about it and still buying it.

This is exactly why I picked up the original right after botcon. Ugly and Uglier! Love it!

That looks kind of hideous but that doesn`t stop it looking a bit awesome!!!

I feel like he's mistransformed. If not will modify transformation to make legs look less super-skinny. Will mess around with my Axor and Lockdown to see if anything works.

Not my favorite of the set, but clever use of mold repaint when related to the G1 repaint of Corcuit also being of Axor. That kind of fun sells it for me.

Sitting here with the wife and she just commented on how she hoped Circuit wasn't a spy, since the only place he could hide would be the kids section at McDonald's.

Like the concept, but the colors - oh man can I taste the colors.

I like it, but...





Not enough yellow.

Well, he's a really good mold and is faithful to the original, so Circut's not really doing anything wrong per say.

Makes sense. The original G1 Circuit was a remold/repaint of G1 Axer.

Look at the bright side - at least it's not ANOTHER Optimus Prime toy.

Axor one of the few movie figures i actually wanted but never got cause he was never released here. Nice to see hasbros consistent though, he was a repaint of axor then and he is once again. Wonder if thats why they repainted/remolded Lockdown into Axor in the first place?

Wow. Is this really what we've come to?? It looks like one of those horrible rainbow color knock offs from Hong Kong and Beijing. Then, you realize it's a Hasbro produced figure... So, it's the best cheese of knock offs, with Hasbro quality. Yay.

Is this really what we're left with?? TFCC has to scrape the bottom of the barrel to make exclusives? With collectors grade quality? Ugh.

Hasbro won't let them do something awesome, because they might do it themselves (i.e. never) and to get quality and reasonably sized toys...we have to join a very expensive subscription service? Double ugh.

It was going to be a pass for me anyway, but I hope at least some people can see why this is just ridiculous.

Fortunately, some of the other exclusives actually have a purpose.

Maybe they should start asking collectors what THEY want repainted instead. Yeah, we're confined to repaints, but at least we should be able to choose. After all, this is the Transformer's Collector's Club. A poll with some options should be nice... or even better, written suggestions from club members.

Jackpot and Circuit were just forced.

Stuff I want? Ironfist from Classics Hound, Reflector from RTS Perceptor, Impactor from Warpath, Topspin from Tomahawk... TFP Jazz from Knockout...

Nah, this is NEVER going to happen... I've decided against the 6 pack already... Seriously, this stuff are not boxed! They are bagged sets, and are going for boxed prices... $35 a deluxe would be more reasonable (That's what Runamuck's going for, right?)... and $60 tops for UM. Oh well, initiate super cheapo mode...

gorgeous colour scheme, shame about the ugly mould. I only wanted 2 of the figures this year, and now that FansProject are making all of the Stunticons only Scourge looks nice. Not good enough to get my subscription, though.

It looks as though its main component is hardened salt water taffy.

I have to say this is a very eye-scalding figure, but definitely one of the better ones.

Super Megatron wrote:Makes sense. The original G1 Circuit was a remold/repaint of G1 Axer.

Look at the bright side - at least it's not ANOTHER Optimus Prime toy.

I was going to say: Finally! A yellow transformer that ISN'T Bumblebee!

gavinfuzzy wrote:Maybe they should start asking collectors what THEY want repainted instead.

For what it's worth, people had been asking for a Scourge/Nemesis Prime repaint of that mold. Slipstream and Depth Charge were at least customized a few times out of the very same molds TFCC is using, so they too had a bit of the "fans choice" aspect to them.

There is also the fact that they (and other clubs/conventions) don't want redundancy with Hasbro's plans. Remember the Seekers? IIRC somebody tried to SUE Hasbro for releasing Thundercracker in Generations. That would leave out a lot of the more obvious choices.
I'm actually surprised Scourge, Slipstream, and Depth Charge were used; those molds looked designed with them in mind (if as eventual repaints) and they're rather popular characters.


A vote would be cool, especially if we make the choices as opposed to being handed a list, though there's going to be so many restrictions it might make it unfeasible.

Noideaforaname wrote:

gavinfuzzy wrote:Maybe they should start asking collectors what THEY want repainted instead.

For what it's worth, people had been asking for a Scourge/Nemesis Prime repaint of that mold. Slipstream and Depth Charge were at least customized a few times out of the very same molds TFCC is using, so they too had a bit of the "fans choice" aspect to them.

I believe the same went for a G1 Breakdown version of the mold

There is also the fact that they (and other clubs/conventions) don't want redundancy with Hasbro's plans. Remember the Seekers? IIRC somebody tried to SUE Hasbro for releasing Thundercracker in Generations.

Wait... really?! I gotta look this up.

M<ore on this, I suspect that we will be seeing more of a fans choice type of thing, since every botcon feedback form they get asks fans what figures they want to see; I'm sure that'll play into the TFSS.

Looking back myself, I don't recall correctly. The story I was referring to was an elaborate April Fools. My bad. HUGE discussion over at TFW at the time, though:
http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transform ... sives.html

Mkall wrote:

Noideaforaname wrote:

gavinfuzzy wrote:Maybe they should start asking collectors what THEY want repainted instead.

For what it's worth, people had been asking for a Scourge/Nemesis Prime repaint of that mold. Slipstream and Depth Charge were at least customized a few times out of the very same molds TFCC is using, so they too had a bit of the "fans choice" aspect to them.

I believe the same went for a G1 Breakdown version of the mold

There is also the fact that they (and other clubs/conventions) don't want redundancy with Hasbro's plans. Remember the Seekers? IIRC somebody tried to SUE Hasbro for releasing Thundercracker in Generations.

Wait... really?! I gotta look this up.

M<ore on this, I suspect that we will be seeing more of a fans choice type of thing, since every botcon feedback form they get asks fans what figures they want to see; I'm sure that'll play into the TFSS.

Yes, I know Scourge, Breakdown and Slipstream were rather popular... But then Jackpot and Circuit were kinda forced to me, even BBTS thinks so, with the lower price... I don't see the point in making "worse" toys in the same line when they could have picked better choices for repaints. Oh well. Ultra Mammoth though, I don't think many have been wanting a Magnus version of BC...but it was quite a hit when revealed. I still don't get the Magnus colours for it... :S

As for thundercracker, I don't think you can legitly do that, since Hasbro is not at fault. I don't think it was stated that hasbro would never release convention exclusive at regular retail... Like how Classics Ironhide and Ratchet kinda made the Botcon ones obsolete.