Toy Fair 2010: Transformers Deluxe Class Figures UPDATE

Hm, new Bumblebee mold. And this one has an axe. Pretty cool, I like it.
I like the colours on Jetblade a bit more than Dirge, so I guess I'll get him instead. And it was odd that he was Dirge and looked so different from the current seekers (well except Thrust). I think the mold suits a new character well.
Ironhide looks OK as well. I kind of like that he has the same sense of look as the deluxe Ratchet. I also like the look of his weapon.
Thrust, very cool.
Drift also looks very cool. With 3 swords (well, 1 and 2 daggers) and a sleek robot and vehicle mode, he looks like great figure. I'm surprised but definitely happy that they decided to make him.

- Yet another yellow Camaro. Yawn. At least they made a new mould this time, but there are more than enough versions of the smegging character already!
- That baby-blue jet just looks pug-fugly. Do not want!
- After the badass Voyager Rambotruck version of the pickup, do we really need a Deluxe of him? The arms seem rather gimpy, too...
- I looked at Thrust and now I have to change my pants. Booyeah, Classics Thrust without having to pay RapeDollars(TM) for him!
- Drift Mary Sue looks okay. I think I'll get him so Bludgeon can have another Weeabot to hang out with.

where's Generations blitswing!

THRUST?! They're releasing Henkei Thrust over here?! I'm a little mad now. Not because they're releasing him over here, but because they can rerelease BotCon Seekers, but I can't get a FUCKING BotCon BW Megatron, Waspinator, and Tigatron without dropping a few grand on them on eBay! It's nice that the G1 fans can get all these great repaint homages, new molds, reissues, etc. But the BW fans, are totally left out in the cold. Universe Cheetor was a joke. Dinobot was mediocre at best. And things like Stalker Scorponok and Reverb, I didn't even know they were supposed to be homages until I read about them on the wiki. Come on, Hasbro! Beast Wars SAVED the Transformers brand. There might not have even been a TF movie if it wasn't for for BW pulling the brand back from the void. It feels like they don't even want to acknowledge it. Give me a new Dinobot with a sword and spinning blade shield. Give me a new Megatron that doesn't require you to shove something up his ass to fire his missile. Give me a new Cheetor that actually has a gun, not Ani Prowls throwing stars! Give me a new Optimus Primal that his arm blasters, swords, shoulder cannons, and a jet pack, and not a stupid surfboard! Or even just give us some characters you haven't done yet. Like Terrorsaur with his gun and shoulder cannons. Or a Rhinox with his machines guns.

You know....UltraPrimal you're kinda right, I didn't see the Stalker Scorponok as a reference either, I just thought "Oh! Let's give him a cool figure so we don't release him!"

As far as IronHide and Dirge...I mean...(whatever his name is) well, Ironhide's voyager is both in scale and movie accurate while Dirge(I mean new guy)'s face is too ugly!

As for the new Bumblebee thing, I(as a rookie TF collector and fan so don't hold me to this) see two main problems:1.if Bumblebee generally sells to little kids, why make a 60 buck one that little kids can't buy? and 2.There are too many Bumblebee molds already......


And somehow after all these awesome yet totally random new toys...I still haven't given up on a bigger movie Blackout and BoneCrusher9even though the odds of those being made is.....small).

AutobotJazz87 wrote:I don't get all the Drift hate. It's very idiotic to me. Anyways, the figures do look like winners. I'll be sure to pick up Thrust and Drift though. Hell, even that Ironhide looks great.

Tney're just annoyed that Snake Eye put on a mech suit and joined the Autobots.

I'm pissed about Thrust, but only because I dropped $180 on the Henkei versions of him and Dirge. About friggin time that they finally put this one out. How about a Dirge/Thundercracker two pack? probably not given the similarities in colors. Just give us a Thundercracker already!! He's the only Seeker I'm missing!

Oh, everything else looks good too. I was hoping I could scale back this year...looks like I'll be giving up lunch instead..

Diem wrote:I didn't think Hasbro were able to release Thrust due to the exclusivity contract with BotCon. Hmm...this could mean trouble.

Hence why they're using the Henkei version of the mold, not the Botcon one

UltraPrimal wrote:THRUST?! They're releasing Henkei Thrust over here?! I'm a little mad now. Not because they're releasing him over here, but because they can rerelease BotCon Seekers, but I can't get a **** BotCon BW Megatron, Waspinator, and Tigatron without dropping a few grand on them on eBay! It's nice that the G1 fans can get all these great repaint homages, new molds, reissues, etc. But the BW fans, are totally left out in the cold. Universe Cheetor was a joke. Dinobot was mediocre at best. And things like Stalker Scorponok and Reverb, I didn't even know they were supposed to be homages until I read about them on the wiki. Come on, Hasbro! Beast Wars SAVED the Transformers brand. There might not have even been a TF movie if it wasn't for for BW pulling the brand back from the void. It feels like they don't even want to acknowledge it. Give me a new Dinobot with a sword and spinning blade shield. Give me a new Megatron that doesn't require you to shove something up his ass to fire his missile. Give me a new Cheetor that actually has a gun, not Ani Prowls throwing stars! Give me a new Optimus Primal that his arm blasters, swords, shoulder cannons, and a jet pack, and not a stupid surfboard! Or even just give us some characters you haven't done yet. Like Terrorsaur with his gun and shoulder cannons. Or a Rhinox with his machines guns.

Although I appreciate your rant (also up for more "universe" Beast wars,..... and beast machines{I like the characters, sue me}) I feel the need to voice my opinion on the previous two offerings. I think Universe Cheetor was,... good enough, I really enjoy universe dinobot(though the Japanese repaint looks so much better). I enjoy them both a lot actually ^^

One of those things, nothing wrong with hoping for more, but be thankful that we got what we got. Could have been worse,... they could have been on the plane of greatness as universe Galvatron(If anyone disagrees,... send me one that can get his legs transformed right and I will retract my previous statement).

UltraPrimal wrote:THRUST?! They're releasing Henkei Thrust over here?! I'm a little mad now. Not because they're releasing him over here, but because they can rerelease BotCon Seekers, but I can't get a **** BotCon BW Megatron, Waspinator, and Tigatron without dropping a few grand on them on eBay! It's nice that the G1 fans can get all these great repaint homages, new molds, reissues, etc. But the BW fans, are totally left out in the cold. Universe Cheetor was a joke. Dinobot was mediocre at best. And things like Stalker Scorponok and Reverb, I didn't even know they were supposed to be homages until I read about them on the wiki. Come on, Hasbro! Beast Wars SAVED the Transformers brand. There might not have even been a TF movie if it wasn't for for BW pulling the brand back from the void. It feels like they don't even want to acknowledge it. Give me a new Dinobot with a sword and spinning blade shield. Give me a new Megatron that doesn't require you to shove something up his ass to fire his missile. Give me a new Cheetor that actually has a gun, not Ani Prowls throwing stars! Give me a new Optimus Primal that his arm blasters, swords, shoulder cannons, and a jet pack, and not a stupid surfboard! Or even just give us some characters you haven't done yet. Like Terrorsaur with his gun and shoulder cannons. Or a Rhinox with his machines guns.

I agree about Terrorsaur, but there are figures older than that that have never seen a re-release or update of any kind, let alone Universe figures. Be glad that your favourites get updated at all.