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[william-james88]

Also, Dinosaurer II is a bad guy. His release is sure to be limited. Not that I'm sure if that is applicable to the Hb world wide market.

Devastator was a bad guy and he wasnt limited in any way.

[MadProject]

from Facebook (don't know the original source), but the post is this one:
https://www.facebook.com/DaimChocReport ... =3&theater

Titan Trypticon box art!

[Kurona]

Courtesy of fellow board member MadProject, we have from Facebook an image of the upcoming Titans Return Trypticon's Boxart! Featuring the big Decepticon dino alongside what appears to be tiny iterations of Sky Shadow and Sixshot (not included), take this with a grain of salt as it comes from an unknown source. Nevertheless, check it out below!

[g1transformers]

A thing of beauty. Love this line no end

[DeathReviews]

The box art makes him look a little SQUAT, there...

[o.supreme]

Also, Dinosaurer II is a bad guy. His release is sure to be limited. Not that I'm sure if that is applicable to the Hb world wide market.

Devastator was a bad guy and he wasnt limited in any way.

If by not limited, you mean available online everywhere, because I never saw one at a B&M ever. Fair enough CW Dev is still available at BBTS for retail price, but if you are in the U.S. looking in stores, he was not in my area at least.

Also I’m surprised nobody is talking about the fact that since the TT mall video broke this weekend confirming Trypticon’s height as only 45 cm (just under 18 inches) –Basically the same size as CW Devastator, that he will not scale in size properly to Generations Metroplex or Fort Max.

It appears the blunder of the 80’s (Scorponok and Fort Max size mismatch) is about to be repeated in 2017!

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Also, Dinosaurer II is a bad guy. His release is sure to be limited. Not that I'm sure if that is applicable to the Hb world wide market.

Devastator was a bad guy and he wasnt limited in any way.

If by not limited, you mean available online everywhere, because I never saw one at a B&M ever. Fair enough CW Dev is still available at BBTS for retail price, but if you are in the U.S. looking in stores, he was not in my area at least.

Also I’m surprised nobody is talking about the fact that since the TT mall video broke this weekend confirming Trypticon’s height as only 45 cm (just under 18 inches) –Basically the same size as CW Devastator, that he will not scale in size properly to Generations Metroplex or Fort Max.

It appears the blunder of the 80’s (Scorponok and Fort Max size mismatch) is about to be repeated in 2017!

We did see that and it was commented on. The thing is though, he is over 2 feet long. He is a heck of a lot beefier than the other city titans, and he stands at more of an angle than straight up, so unless we paid another $50 his height alone would not have equaled Plex or Max

[william-james88]

Also, Dinosaurer II is a bad guy. His release is sure to be limited. Not that I'm sure if that is applicable to the Hb world wide market.

Devastator was a bad guy and he wasnt limited in any way.

If by not limited, you mean available online everywhere, because I never saw one at a B&M ever. Fair enough CW Dev is still available at BBTS for retail price, but if you are in the U.S. looking in stores, he was not in my area at least.

Also I’m surprised nobody is talking about the fact that since the TT mall video broke this weekend confirming Trypticon’s height as only 45 cm (just under 18 inches) –Basically the same size as CW Devastator, that he will not scale in size properly to Generations Metroplex or Fort Max.

It appears the blunder of the 80’s (Scorponok and Fort Max size mismatch) is about to be repeated in 2017!

Yes, thats what it means to not be limited, Hasbro is not limiting the stores that can sell this toy. how they sell it is up to them, and Hasbro cant do anything about that.

About the height, we knew that a little while back when we posted this image:



it was even the thumbnail for this news story:

https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... 230/37584/

[Kurona]

He's not that much smaller than Metroplex; and his being shorter is simply to be expected given Trypticon is very bulky compared to how... it feels weird to say this about a Titan; but how spindly Metroplex is. Seriously look at that waist, he needs some malnutrition.

Meanwhile his rival's a big fat lumberer of a dino; he's got a huge amount of mass from head to toe. If anyone was expecting Trypticon to be the same height as Metroplex, they were really getting their hopes up.

[Bumblebee21]

He's not that much smaller than Metroplex; and his being shorter is simply to be expected given Trypticon is very bulky compared to how... it feels weird to say this about a Titan; but how spindly Metroplex is. Seriously look at that waist, he needs some malnutrition.

Meanwhile his rival's a big fat lumberer of a dino; he's got a huge amount of mass from head to toe. If anyone was expecting Trypticon to be the same height as Metroplex, they were really getting their hopes up.

trypticon needs to be bigger than metroplex

[MadProject]

He's not that much smaller than Metroplex; and his being shorter is simply to be expected given Trypticon is very bulky compared to how... it feels weird to say this about a Titan; but how spindly Metroplex is. Seriously look at that waist, he needs some malnutrition.

Meanwhile his rival's a big fat lumberer of a dino; he's got a huge amount of mass from head to toe. If anyone was expecting Trypticon to be the same height as Metroplex, they were really getting their hopes up.

trypticon needs to be bigger than metroplex

I agree that Trypticon should be bigger than Metroplex, but funny thing, while foot to head is smaller (45 cm, like Devastator), the lenght from head to tip of the tail is 65 cm, like (if not even something longer) than Metroplex and Fortress.
Also, for me is not so much problem, since I loved the Trypticon vs Omega Supreme from the WfC game, and if I'll ever do a diorama with Trypticon, I'll use YotS Omega Supreme (probably because I also don't have Metroplex)

[Kurona]

He's not that much smaller than Metroplex; and his being shorter is simply to be expected given Trypticon is very bulky compared to how... it feels weird to say this about a Titan; but how spindly Metroplex is. Seriously look at that waist, he needs some malnutrition.

Meanwhile his rival's a big fat lumberer of a dino; he's got a huge amount of mass from head to toe. If anyone was expecting Trypticon to be the same height as Metroplex, they were really getting their hopes up.

trypticon needs to be bigger than metroplex

For accuracy to a few scenes in that one cartoon, maybe. But what my point is is that whether he 'should' be or not, it simply wouldn't be possible without raising the price. Parts count, plastic mass, etc. I'm sure if you measure the two figures you'll find they have similar amounts of those due to that being what the budget would provide. If you want a bigger Trypticon you'll have to hope on third parties coming through.

[william-james88]

trypticon needs to be bigger than metroplex

TOO BAD

[Bumblebee21]

He's not that much smaller than Metroplex; and his being shorter is simply to be expected given Trypticon is very bulky compared to how... it feels weird to say this about a Titan; but how spindly Metroplex is. Seriously look at that waist, he needs some malnutrition.

Meanwhile his rival's a big fat lumberer of a dino; he's got a huge amount of mass from head to toe. If anyone was expecting Trypticon to be the same height as Metroplex, they were really getting their hopes up.

trypticon needs to be bigger than metroplex

For accuracy to a few scenes in that one cartoon, maybe. But what my point is is that whether he 'should' be or not, it simply wouldn't be possible without raising the price. Parts count, plastic mass, etc. I'm sure if you measure the two figures you'll find they have similar amounts of those due to that being what the budget would provide. If you want a bigger Trypticon you'll have to hope on third parties coming through.

but wasnt mettroplex 120 and hes the tallest and fort max was 150.

still un sure if i will get him

[Kurona]

He's not that much smaller than Metroplex; and his being shorter is simply to be expected given Trypticon is very bulky compared to how... it feels weird to say this about a Titan; but how spindly Metroplex is. Seriously look at that waist, he needs some malnutrition.

Meanwhile his rival's a big fat lumberer of a dino; he's got a huge amount of mass from head to toe. If anyone was expecting Trypticon to be the same height as Metroplex, they were really getting their hopes up.

trypticon needs to be bigger than metroplex

For accuracy to a few scenes in that one cartoon, maybe. But what my point is is that whether he 'should' be or not, it simply wouldn't be possible without raising the price. Parts count, plastic mass, etc. I'm sure if you measure the two figures you'll find they have similar amounts of those due to that being what the budget would provide. If you want a bigger Trypticon you'll have to hope on third parties coming through.

but wasnt mettroplex 120 and hes the tallest and fort max was 150.

still un sure if i will get him

If you're letting scale keep you back from getting him, I'd really recommend against that. You can still pose them to a point they look somewhat right, and there really isn't another option for Trypticon unless you want to go for Planet X's which is a completely different look and continuity. Try and consider him without comparing his size to Metroplex because focusing on that is just going to detract you from how amazing the rest of him is.

[MadProject]

He's not that much smaller than Metroplex; and his being shorter is simply to be expected given Trypticon is very bulky compared to how... it feels weird to say this about a Titan; but how spindly Metroplex is. Seriously look at that waist, he needs some malnutrition.

Meanwhile his rival's a big fat lumberer of a dino; he's got a huge amount of mass from head to toe. If anyone was expecting Trypticon to be the same height as Metroplex, they were really getting their hopes up.

trypticon needs to be bigger than metroplex

For accuracy to a few scenes in that one cartoon, maybe. But what my point is is that whether he 'should' be or not, it simply wouldn't be possible without raising the price. Parts count, plastic mass, etc. I'm sure if you measure the two figures you'll find they have similar amounts of those due to that being what the budget would provide. If you want a bigger Trypticon you'll have to hope on third parties coming through.

exactly. Tail-to-head Trypticon is 65 cm long, while Metroplex is 60 cm tall.

[william-james88]

Plus scale doesnt mater when Metroplex is begging for his life under trypticon's foot

[o.supreme]

Plus scale doesnt mater when Metroplex is begging for his life under trypticon's foot

Never gonna happen LOL!—hence forth I’ll be referring to Trypticon as “shorty”. Besides we can always vote with our wallets not to buy this thing…
ON the plus side, I guess if you want to make the “9 great Destron generals” from TF:Zone, we now have 2 of them as *titan* size.

[Kurona]

Plus scale doesnt mater when Metroplex is begging for his life under trypticon's foot

OBLITERATED

Plus scale doesnt mater when Metroplex is begging for his life under trypticon's foot

Never gonna happen LOL!—hence forth I’ll be referring to Trypticon as “shorty”. Besides we can always vote with our wallets not to buy this thing…
ON the plus side, I guess if you want to make the “9 great Destron generals” from TF:Zone, we now have 2 of them as *titan* size.

... why? It's not exactly like they're using corrupt business practises or this is even a bad figure, everything shown about it so far looks incredibly. The only problem whatsoever is that he's not Metroplex's size. It's not exactly like they can whip up a bigger one with the Titan-class budget, they done the best they possibly could and brought out something amazing.

[o.supreme]

Plus scale doesnt mater when Metroplex is begging for his life under trypticon's foot

OBLITERATED

pic is not accurate though, plus we know short & tubby aint got no hops like that

[Bumblebee21]

He's not that much smaller than Metroplex; and his being shorter is simply to be expected given Trypticon is very bulky compared to how... it feels weird to say this about a Titan; but how spindly Metroplex is. Seriously look at that waist, he needs some malnutrition.

Meanwhile his rival's a big fat lumberer of a dino; he's got a huge amount of mass from head to toe. If anyone was expecting Trypticon to be the same height as Metroplex, they were really getting their hopes up.

trypticon needs to be bigger than metroplex

For accuracy to a few scenes in that one cartoon, maybe. But what my point is is that whether he 'should' be or not, it simply wouldn't be possible without raising the price. Parts count, plastic mass, etc. I'm sure if you measure the two figures you'll find they have similar amounts of those due to that being what the budget would provide. If you want a bigger Trypticon you'll have to hope on third parties coming through.

but wasnt mettroplex 120 and hes the tallest and fort max was 150.

still un sure if i will get him

If you're letting scale keep you back from getting him, I'd really recommend against that. You can still pose them to a point they look somewhat right, and there really isn't another option for Trypticon unless you want to go for Planet X's which is a completely different look and continuity. Try and consider him without comparing his size to Metroplex because focusing on that is just going to detract you from how amazing the rest of him is.

its not really the size since he would be with fort max because i dont have metro
wish he was a mix of foc and g1. did hasbro ever promise that. probably not

[Kurona]

Plus scale doesnt mater when Metroplex is begging for his life under trypticon's foot

OBLITERATED

pic is not accurate though, plus we know short & tubby aint got no hops like that

Not accurate to what? And he's easily got a chance against skinny and spindly

[o.supreme]

Not accurate to what? And he's easily got a chance against skinny and spindly

Cut, shrink Trypticon by 25%, & paste then repost that pic and see how believable it is

[Kurona]

Not accurate to what? And he's easily got a chance against skinny and spindly

Cut, shrink Trypticon by 25%, & paste then repost that pic and see how believable it is

Nah, the only things out of proportion there seem to be the legs and head - the former should be a bit shorter, and the latter should be a bit bigger.

In any case, what I'm trying to get at is that saying we should vote with our wallets against this figure just because he's slightly shorter than another figure (whose proportions are much worse, in retrospect) is just silly when everything else about Trypticon looks amazing and it's doubtful we'll ever actually get an official Trypticon again - at least, certainly not for a long time. Harping on a figure like this for one very minor problem is a bit ridiculous when third parties are probably already working on the problem anyway and it ignores everything else good about the guy. This isn't Fort Max; Trypticon is not a lazy retool that looks nothing like the character. He's astonishing and impressive and possibly the best Titan yet. You can work around Metroplex being too lanky; don't let this little matter make you hate the dino.

... besides, if you're that desperate for a Decepticon Titan that's that big due to being little more than a big dude, Scorponok should be coming next year or 2019.

[RiddlerJ]

August? But I want it now!