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News Credits: 5749 · Mon Jan 17, 2011 5:19 pm

TFClub has listed three auctions for Cybertron Scouts in Generations style packaging: Undermine, Wreckloose, and Backstop. Backstop even sports a deco!

Mon Jan 17, 2011 5:35 pm

Thats cool. I found Undermine in the flea market for a buck but he is missing his tail and key. I Hope it'sa the same shade of green. The rhino looks so much better without the red and purple. They currently have the red and purple one at walmart along with some race car and a blue truck.

News Credits: 2 · Mon Jan 17, 2011 5:39 pm

Mon Jan 17, 2011 5:40 pm

OMG does that Backstop actually look cool in that colour scheme!
im sold on him. i never bought the original cause of the ass hand thing, but since i display animal figures in beast mode im not really that bothered lol

News Credits: 49 · Mon Jan 17, 2011 5:40 pm

That's not Generations, it's Transformers (2010) line with red markings.

Mon Jan 17, 2011 5:44 pm

backstop looks great
too bad i already have him

Mon Jan 17, 2011 5:46 pm

Never cared for 'em when they first came out, won't bother to try when they are
Re-released.

Mon Jan 17, 2011 5:49 pm

Bleh, such ugly UGLY bot modes, haha. Oh well, nice to get some animal-like tfs again I guess...but damn do those bot modes look like crapola.

News Credits: 5 · Mon Jan 17, 2011 5:50 pm

Hasbro re-releases some of the funniest stuff. I just passed on the Original Backstop in Walmart that was re-released but I'll probably pick this version up. The cybertron line was full of hidden gems.

News Credits: 49 · Mon Jan 17, 2011 5:50 pm

Backstop is a redeco, I might get him. Wreckloose has a new BLUE Jungle planet key, undermine is a straight repackage.

Mon Jan 17, 2011 5:55 pm

Actually, the more I look at it, the more I sorta want to get both the Decepticons, and place them as some other race of transforming aliens... They're kinda neat in an ugly way. But backstop just looks like crud, hehe. They look more like predacons. I want more Predacons who don't have any flesh or fur, but basically all machine.

News Credits: 8 · Mon Jan 17, 2011 6:13 pm

I dont mind when they re-release old figures but at least give all of them a new paint scheme or something new. I like all 3 of these molds but i have em already, only one i might pick up is Backstop since thats a pretty cool paint job the other two i have to pass on.

News Credits: 2 · Mon Jan 17, 2011 6:22 pm

WTF? 3 of the crappiest Cybertron scouts getting yet another re-release. They just brought some of these guys back for X-Mas at Walmart, where they obviously didn't sell since they are cluttering up the discount aisle.

Hasbro.. c'mon already.

News Credits: 609 · Mon Jan 17, 2011 6:33 pm

Scaleface wrote:Backstop is a redeco, I might get him. Wreckloose has a new BLUE Jungle planet key, undermine is a straight repackage.

Excellent observation. I'll probably pick up all three of these. I suspect they'll be $4 in Wal-Mart, or $5 at Family Dollar.

News Credits: 15 · Mon Jan 17, 2011 6:46 pm

KIERANW wrote:OMG does that Backstop actually look cool in that colour scheme!
im sold on him. i never bought the original cause of the ass hand thing, but since i display animal figures in beast mode im not really that bothered lol

What? I didn't understand your first line :BOOM:

Mon Jan 17, 2011 7:09 pm

I'd much rather see re-releases of Clocker, Breakdown, or Ransack. I've already got these three (who I've since added to my BW collection as reformatted Autobots/Decepticons), and even Backstops new deco wont make me want additional versions of them...

Mon Jan 17, 2011 7:12 pm

Am I the only one who's wondering what line this is?

Backstop looks better in those colors, but none of these interest me.

News Credits: 1 · Mon Jan 17, 2011 8:02 pm

Been putting up with these since a few weeks before Christmas. They flooded the local Wal-Marts with these in the old TF:Universe packaging. Most are gone now that the Wal-Marts are re-zoning the toy aisles and scaling down the TF selections to make space for other toys to be released promoting upcoming movies. One store had these guys clearance priced to $2.00 and they still weren't going away. Had they had Backstop in this color scheme I would have actually sprung for one but if they are going for standard Scout Class pricing ($8.00+) I'm not inclined to pick one up. Already have all the Scout and Deluxe class figures from that series. I'll save my pennies for the "real" Generations figures.

News Credits: 49 · Mon Jan 17, 2011 8:03 pm

If they were going to release these figures, I'd have prefered Backstop in red as Ramhorn, Wreckloose painted a Iguanus, and Undermine painted as a Dinobot. Not any old Dinobot, just a new random Dinobot, like Grimstone was a new Dinobot.

News Credits: 1 · Mon Jan 17, 2011 8:12 pm

Anyone else think it's funny how they stayed true to their names and most coloration, but came up with entirely new personalities based on said names to try and fit them into a non-Cybertron/Galaxy Force universe?

News Credits: 7 · Mon Jan 17, 2011 8:52 pm

I like Undermine's goofy, deranged chameleon look in robot mode..... assuming I'm looking at it right :lol:

Backstop looks very mechanical in this deco.

Mon Jan 17, 2011 9:00 pm

And then Hasbro was all like "Well kids I hope you like the taste of leftovers". :roll:

News Credits: 3 · Mon Jan 17, 2011 9:19 pm

So is the three pack with Undermine (at least that mold) and two other scouts common knowledge (I don't recall any of their names because it didn't interest me, but the other two molds were vehicles and not animals)? I found one at a Walgreens yesterday while figure hunting.

Also, during Christmas this year a walmart near me (it's the one closest to their headquarters, I believe) pulled out plenty of Cybertron scouts, including Backstop. I haven't visited that particular store since then though so I don't know if they've left them on the shelf or anything. I might be out hunting tomorrow though.

Mon Jan 17, 2011 10:22 pm

How many more times are we going to get these guys?
Aren't there any more crappy toys they can use?

Mon Jan 17, 2011 11:22 pm

I never bought these molds, mainly because I wasn't paying attention to the Cybertron line when they were originally released. They do have some awesome looking beast modes though; I may have to pick them up sometime.