Titans Return Walgreens Exclusive Brainstorm Pictorial Review

This guy was so worth the wait, I got him the night he was seen in stores after work and was so hyped for him. I was begging for him to not have too many QC issues, and he did not disappoint. I'd go as far to say that out of the TR figures I own; he's the best, and my favorite by far (subject to change if I find Chromedome).

Kurona wrote:The Thrilling 30 figure looks beautiful but for the life of me I'll never understand why they went Voyager.

At the time, Hasbro probably believed that they couldn't do the Headmaster concept (either correctly or at all) at the Deluxe scale with how small the average Deluxe class headsculpt was compared to the more manageable size the average Voyager class headsculpt is. Consider Voyager Brainstorm as the stepping stone experiment that led them to successfully pursuing and achieving a workable Headmaster-based concept given proper justice for the Deluxe class, as I would sincerely doubt that we'd have gotten this full Titans Return line if not for the Voyager Brainstorm figure re-opening the Headnaster concept for further exploration and experimentation.

Noideaforaname wrote:Twinferno would be perfect if he had wrist swivels. Still, he's an absolute must-buy as it is.

His crotch looks like a sad anime octopus...

I can't unsee this now!

Well I know what I'm getting

Autobot N wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:To me, the T30 version is still really awesome and probably the best of the Brainstorms

Eh, I don't know about that. While I don't have TR Brainstorm yet, I do have Blurr (I used to have a T30 Brainstorm, but I gave it to my cousin last month), and I find Blurr to be a lot better than T30 Brainstorm. To each his own, I guess.

TR Blurr is better than T30 Brainstorm but that doesnt mean that every toy should be a retool of it. Because we are ignoring the awesomeoness to have dedicated molds. By the logic presented, they could redeco MP Soundwave into Blaster colours, and release that as MP Blaster and because the original mold is better than the TR leader one that would automatically make it a better Blaster figure. But thats not how it works. TR Blurr is a phenominal figure when its Blurr. It has that super smart asymetric engineering in he legs to give you that single tail fin and it has these great wheels that roll super well and the accompnaying excellent transformation to hide that middle wheel way in robot mode. Its all genius... for Blurr.

For Brainstorm, they replicate that smart transforamtion but it falls on deaf ears. Brainstorm had 2 tail fins, like most aircraft do, but now its just one sicne its a retool of Blurr. And I am sure it can still roll quite well, but its an aircaft so what is needed is some reracatble landing gear instead. Thrilling 30 Bainstorm had that. Plus, it wasnt a parts former (Brainstorm never was) and the weapons at the end of the nosecons became his own weapons in robot mode.

That thrilling 30 brainstorm is still one of the best looking TF toys I have ever owned. I love how sleek and dynamic he looks in both modes, along with his great wingspan. Plus the cockpit fully closes and is located at the back of the spacecraft.

I am sure TR Brainstorm is a good toy, but for a representation of Brainstorm, there is none better than thrilling 30







Unless of course, nobody cares about what he looked like originally.

This is going to be such an awesome wave

I really like Triggerhappy, but I'm mostly excited to see him redone into Misfire. It's also awesome to see that Hot Rod is slightly taller than most of the other deluxes in this line, which just goes to show that sometimes Hasbro does care about scale.

william-james88 wrote:I am sure TR Brainstorm is a good toy, but for a representation of Brainstorm, there is none better than thrilling 30

TR BS is a great figure because Blurr is a great figure. They did an outstanding job of making BS out of Blurr. Surely they could have put a tail fin that would have worked in each leg. I do like the faux fins on his upper arms.

The question that keeps coming up is: "which Brainstorm is better?" There really isn't a good way to answer that question. Each excels in ways and has it's own downfalls; one's a Voyager, one's a deluxe; one is IDW, one is G1.

Personally I'm very happy with both and will be displaying them on different shelves. I will say this; TR BS didn't get a spot on my Lost Light shelf because I feel the TR figure is a better representation of G1 BS.

all that bs is just for you Cobo

carytheone wrote:

william-james88 wrote:I am sure TR Brainstorm is a good toy, but for a representation of Brainstorm, there is none better than thrilling 30

TR BS is a great figure because Blurr is a great figure. They did an outstanding job of making BS out of Blurr. Surely they could have put a tail fin that would have worked in each leg. I do like the faux fins on his upper arms.

The question that keeps coming up is: "which Brainstorm is better?" There really isn't a good way to answer that question. Each excels in ways and has it's own downfalls; one's a Voyager, one's a deluxe; one is IDW, one is G1.

Personally I'm very happy with both and will be displaying them on different shelves. I will say this; TR BS didn't get a spot on my Lost Light shelf because I feel the TR figure is a better representation of G1 BS.

My mentality is that if I get one of the Autobot Headmasters, I gotta catch em all. TR BrSt is great to me because of his scale, and not necessarily his superiority over the T30 mold.

DMSL wrote:Here's hoping Takara will make versions of all of these and i will gladly buy them all.

I wouldn't be so sure about a Takara version of Breakaway aka Lightfoot. As an excluisve perhaps?