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News Credits: 174 · by **Hellscream9999** » Sat Feb 15, 2020 6:20 am

Dude! What is with that thunderhowl figure? He looks sick af :shock:

News Credits: 340 · by **Stargrave** » Sat Feb 15, 2020 9:31 am

Hellscream9999 wrote:Dude! What is with that thunderhowl figure? He looks sick af

So sick he’s barfing blue lightning. Yikes.

News Credits: 2 · by **Tigerhawk7109** » Sat Feb 15, 2020 9:41 am

Thunderhowl has certainly found a place in this Pred's heart.

News Credits: 340 · by **Stargrave** » Sat Feb 15, 2020 9:54 am

It certainly looks like a cloak/cape trend. It’s like they’re animalistic knights of Cybertron.

News Credits: 56 · by **Nathaniel Prime** » Sat Feb 15, 2020 11:47 am

Stargrave wrote::lol:

Same. A whole new Seeker alt mode. Kinda did a little dance and everything. Can I see that in 31 different flavors please?

Oh, Stargrave. How I've missed you and your humor

Speaking of flavors, does this itch your hunger?

News Credits: 11 · by **Munkky** » Sat Feb 15, 2020 12:27 pm

Stargrave wrote:It certainly looks like a cloak/cape trend. It’s like they’re animalistic knights of Cybertron.

I'm guessing from their designs that Thunderhowl, Hammerbyte, Iaconus and possibly Meteorfire will be this show's answer to the Knights of Cybertron, or perhaps the Knights of Iacon from the Michael Bay films but with more diverse alt modes rather than parts of a dragon.

News Credits: 1350 · by **ZeroWolf** » Sat Feb 15, 2020 12:38 pm

Stargrave wrote:It certainly looks like a cloak/cape trend. It’s like they’re animalistic knights of Cybertron.

It's one of the rules of Super Robots, everything looks better with a Cape or a cloak.

by **CircuitBreaker** » Sat Feb 15, 2020 1:49 pm

Galaga Starscream looks awesome :shock:

News Credits: 1 · by **bluecatcinema** » Sat Feb 15, 2020 3:02 pm

Some great figures there. Especially Thunderhowl and Hammerbyte.

News Credits: 4 · by **ebonyleopard** » Sat Feb 15, 2020 11:00 pm

Finally out Wreckers crews can be complete

News Credits: 3 · by **SGMLordMirage** » Sun Feb 16, 2020 11:29 am

Just saw these at a local Target. First time seeing them in a store. Repugnus is pretty cool looking and Bludgeon has some really nice color too him. It was very tempting to buy both but had to pass for now.

SGM

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Sun Feb 16, 2020 11:58 am

SGMLordMirage wrote:Just saw these at a local Target. First time seeing them in a store. Repugnus is pretty cool looking and Bludgeon has some really nice color too him. It was very tempting to buy both but had to pass for now.

SGM

That Bludgeon is fine if you are 4, but I wouldn't recomend him to anyone older, he's not that great.

News Credits: 3 · by **SGMLordMirage** » Sun Feb 16, 2020 12:05 pm

That bad, dang. I guess the only part i liked was his tank mode. It’s a line I don’t really collect so no real lose.

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Sun Feb 16, 2020 12:48 pm

SGMLordMirage wrote:That bad, dang. I guess the only part i liked was his tank mode. It’s a line I don’t really collect so no real lose.

If you like the tank mode, then try to find a loose copy of the one from RID, it's the same tank.

News Credits: 3 · by **SGMLordMirage** » Sun Feb 16, 2020 12:50 pm

Gotcha. Thanks!

News Credits: 340 · by **Stargrave** » Sun Feb 16, 2020 1:44 pm

I think it’s cool how just a murmur of Bludgeon gets us all pepped up :lol:

Ooo! Bludgeon! I’m the same.

He’s such an interesting character. This show is great it keeps pulling fans in with the use of these cool characters new and old.

News Credits: 41 · by **Cobotron** » Sun Feb 16, 2020 2:15 pm

Stargrave wrote: This show is great it keeps pulling fans in with the use of these cool characters new and old.

I've said it before, but I'll say it agaian. this line should really be called, Transformers: The Greatest Hits Album. :lol:

A little late to the party, but those new animal like characters are COOL! I don't know about the toys, but the character designs/ideas are neat!

News Credits: 174 · by **Hellscream9999** » Sun Feb 16, 2020 3:08 pm

Cobotron wrote:
Stargrave wrote: This show is great it keeps pulling fans in with the use of these cool characters new and old.
I've said it before, but I'll say it agaian. this line should really be called, Transformers: The Greatest Hits Album.

A little late to the party, but those new animal like characters are COOL! I don't know about the toys, but the character designs/ideas are neat!

At this point cyberverse is what generations should have become, but never will, and I commend it for that

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Sun Feb 16, 2020 3:33 pm

Hellscream9999 wrote:
Cobotron wrote:
Stargrave wrote: This show is great it keeps pulling fans in with the use of these cool characters new and old.
I've said it before, but I'll say it agaian. this line should really be called, Transformers: The Greatest Hits Album.

A little late to the party, but those new animal like characters are COOL! I don't know about the toys, but the character designs/ideas are neat!

At this point cyberverse is what generations should have become, but never will, and I commend it for that

It's also kinda like a "Take 2" on what the Aligned media tried to be, telling several of the same story beats from the Binder in a different way.

News Credits: 1350 · by **ZeroWolf** » Sun Feb 16, 2020 3:40 pm

Hellscream9999 wrote:
Cobotron wrote:
Stargrave wrote: This show is great it keeps pulling fans in with the use of these cool characters new and old.
I've said it before, but I'll say it agaian. this line should really be called, Transformers: The Greatest Hits Album.

A little late to the party, but those new animal like characters are COOL! I don't know about the toys, but the character designs/ideas are neat!

At this point cyberverse is what generations should have become, but never will, and I commend it for that

Agreed, though who knows, maybe the characters will bleed over to other lines at some point,and generations will run out of G1 characters at some point. Who's going to want another G1 Prime?

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Sun Feb 16, 2020 3:43 pm

ZeroWolf wrote:generations will run out of G1 characters at some point.

News Credits: 340 · by **Stargrave** » Sun Feb 16, 2020 3:54 pm

Ok that’s hilarious :lol:

I love some good JJ humor.

Dude I guarantee you these characters are going to be reused for years (generations?) to come.

by **ZeldaTheSwordsman** » Sun Feb 16, 2020 4:17 pm

In addition to perpetually refining the more staple G1 characters, G1 had such a huge toyline cast overall and there's a crapton of fiction-original characters from the Marvel comics alone who have gotten little to no toy attention. So yeah, the G1 well is never going to run fully dry.

Generations is an extension of Classics first and foremost, hence the term CHUG (Classics Henkei Universe Generations). It's always been a neo-G1 line at heart. It did include toys based on the Aligned-continuity War for Cybertron and Fall of Cybertron games when Hasbro changed the branding from "Transformers 2010/Reveal the Shield" to "Generations"... but that portion of the Aligned continuity is essentially "pre-exodus G1 but 15x edgier", and the characters featured were largely G1-based.

Honestly, I'm fine with CHUG being G1-dominated. Because with the G1 characters, they usually stand to gain compared to their original toys and the primitive engineering thereof. And there's always the pursuit of bringing them more in line with this or that aesthetic, and the show's robot mode scale...
With later series, you don't have that as much. True, some of the Unicron Trilogy toys had their own articulation problems and would stand to gain on that front... but they also stand to get HEAVILY watered-down on other fronts. Just look at Universe Hot Shot, Generations Armada Starscream, and SIEGE Galaxy Upgrade Optimus Prime.

News Credits: 1350 · by **ZeroWolf** » Sun Feb 16, 2020 4:30 pm

Eh I still think there's a limit to how much they can dredge, even if it's thirty years+ of lines content (and Selects content),but that's still a finite limit. There's only so many times they can reinvent the wheel. Or in this case G1 Prime. Though this will largely be more of a question for whoever picks up Warden's mantle when the inevitable time for him to pass the torch comes :-?

I mean as long as he's in charge then it'll be G1 mainly, with suprises,for the foreseeable future.

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Sun Feb 16, 2020 9:38 pm

SGMLordMirage wrote:Just saw these at a local Target. First time seeing them in a store. Repugnus is pretty cool looking and Bludgeon has some really nice color too him. It was very tempting to buy both but had to pass for now.

SGM

I saw Bludgeon but no Repugnus at Target this weekend sadly. I hope to see Repugnus eventually though, I want to get him, he looks fun