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News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 3:40 pm

Down_Shift wrote:Excellent. Even a blurry picture like that makes me smile. I love the size of the sword that it comes with. Who cares if it has a little orange on it, it's not like any one put a big red stamp on the images saying "final product"

Remember Cyclonus? People hated his color scheme and non stopped complained about it until an official image was released.

Can't wait to see a bot mode. Too bad he's not a Mega Pretender. That would be even better!

Oh how we loved those promotional images but the final product looked just like the pics we complained about.

I'm starting to think that orange might be robot-mode parts, like chest and legs.

News Credits: 1 · by **OPTIMUS MAGNUS** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 3:54 pm

Hell, I don't mind the orange and green. I love TFU Galvy and Hasbro abused orange on that mold. I still love em. Can't wait to see robot mode images of this piece.

News Credits: 4 · by **Firebird** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 4:44 pm

That looks good

Robot mode pictures please!

by **Jetstorm92210** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 5:26 pm

If he looks as cool as we expect, he'll easily win over my Classics Tank Megatron.

by **Night primal** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 6:59 pm

bludgeon looks like armada megatron!!! since when is bludgeon hunting minicons? :???:

Website · by **DMSL** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 7:45 pm

Not impressed at all. Colours look horrible and the toy doesn't have a lot of detail.

News Credits: 1452 · by **Blurrz** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 9:20 pm

Boy oh boy.. this is any Geewunner's wetdream.

by **Onyx Primal** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 11:28 pm

I hope his face resembles the style used in the IDW comics. no lower jaw with a bunch of cables instead.

by **Swiftpaw** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 12:33 am

Prehaps we're going to see a string of 'things we made for another line but it got cut for the movie line so we're releasing them as part of it instead!' just like we did for the first one.

They need to stretch the toy line out until the video is released and then christmas, after all.

Those repaints we saw of Universe 2.0 Silverbolt and Onslaught come to mind too.

News Credits: 1452 · by **Blurrz** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 12:39 am

Swiftpaw wrote:Prehaps we're going to see a string of 'things we made for another line but it got cut for the movie line so we're releasing them as part of it instead!' just like we did for the first one.

They need to stretch the toy line out until the video is released and then christmas, after all.

Those repaints we saw of Universe 2.0 Silverbolt and Onslaught come to mind too.

Nope, the way it was said at Botcon, i'm pretty sure this was geared for the line. Although like you said, It's a bit odd for it to be placed in this RotF toyline... and we've already got a Bludgeon that came with Autobot Whirl in Masters of Metallikato Boxset.

News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 1:20 am

methinks the purpose of the Bludgeon repaint was to hold on to the name for copyright reasons while they made a real figure.

I can't wait to see the robot mode. That sword is pure win.

by **Kenny28** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 10:45 am

Night primal wrote:bludgeon looks like armada megatron!!! since when is bludgeon hunting minicons?

Since...Armada actually.

News Credits: 127 · by **Counterpunch** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 10:50 am

Kenny28 wrote:
Night primal wrote:bludgeon looks like armada megatron!!! since when is bludgeon hunting minicons?

Since...Armada actually.

Actually, he was just there to kill everything on Earth.

Did anyone mention how the sword is meant to slide into the turret and thereby extend the barrel of the cannon?

Because that was the most bad-ass part of the pic preview at BotCon.

by **Kenny28** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 10:58 am

I was referring more to their brief pursuit of Overrun BEFORE the killing everything part, but yeah, pretty much.

News Credits: 5 · by **Oilspill** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 12:53 pm

Onyx Primal wrote:I hope his face resembles the style used in the IDW comics. no lower jaw with a bunch of cables instead.

I don't like our chances, but it would look damn awesome if they did that. I'm pretty stoked he has a sword at least.
As long as he doesn't look movie-style in robot mode I'll be picking him up for sure.

Also, is it just me, or does it look like he has actual tank treads? Not just moulded treads like most tank-formers? If I'm right that would be damn awesome.

News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 2:48 pm

Counterpunch wrote:
Kenny28 wrote:
Night primal wrote:bludgeon looks like armada megatron!!! since when is bludgeon hunting minicons?

Since...Armada actually.

Actually, he was just there to kill everything on Earth.

Did anyone mention how the sword is meant to slide into the turret and thereby extend the barrel of the cannon?

Because that was the most bad-ass part of the pic preview at BotCon.

I did.

Lol I only just noticed but it looks like Blurr has a purple Autobot symbol in that cover.

Edit, dudes I just saw his promational pic of bot-mode and alt-mode shown at BotCon :shock:

and damn he can fit into ANY line and he's totally badass, his head looks kinda like a mixture of his G1 Pretender shell and his idw head.

And may I repeat myself:

Win, total WIN!

News Credits: 11 · by **kirbenvost** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 3:22 pm

THIS JUST IN FROM TFW2005'S LIVE FEED:

Okay guys, I deserve a tiny bit of credit for this (unless someone posts first lol), but it mostly goes to TFW2005, obviously. XD

Here's the bot mode:

Pretty freakin' awesome if you ask me.

There's also a bunch of pics of other new figures, but I'll leave those to arrive via the normal channels. :mrgreen:

News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 3:35 pm

kirbenvost wrote:THIS JUST IN FROM TFW2005'S LIVE FEED:

Okay guys, I deserve a tiny bit of credit for this (unless someone posts first lol), but it mostly goes to TFW2005, obviously. XD

Here's the bot mode:

Pretty freakin' awesome if you ask me.

There's also a bunch of pics of other new figures, but I'll leave those to arrive via the normal channels.

gave you a credit in the article.

News Credits: 11 · by **kirbenvost** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 3:43 pm

Cool, thanks! I would've posted the rest but I'm on a slow internet connection, it took forever just to get that Bludgeon pic up. XD

News Credits: 12 · by **GuyIncognito** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 3:59 pm

OK, Dead Metal, now that I've seen the robot mode - or more importantly, now that I've seen that he appears to be a samurai in robot mode - I agree with your initial assessment: pure win!

News Credits: 1 · by **No Death for Prowl** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 4:36 pm

This looks like the figure Universe Galvatron should have been and never turned out to be.

News Credits: 1 · by **Gauntlet101010** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 7:55 pm

Oh, FINALLY a really cool looking Decepticon! All the nice TFs have been Autobots lately ... or at least the TFs I'm looking to buy,

I don't see what's so bad about the orange. He's supposed to be orange. Not much of it seems to show in tank mode. And he has swords. Finally.

Although I'm surprised they ddin't just reuse Cybertron Unicron (since he has a skull face and tank mode and all), I am very glad they didn't.

by **Jazz Reborn** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 9:43 pm

Prime Evil wrote:Sweet, I was hoping we would get pics of him soon. Now we need to see ROTF Lockdown!!

I will def be getting Bludgeon and Lockdown and add them to my UNIVERSE line.

All I remember from Botcon was that Bludgeon and Lockdown were the best parts of the Hasbro panel...IMO.

Damn, I missed a lot when I was gone.

News Credits: 6 · by **Jacob P. Galvatron** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 12:24 am

Blurrz wrote:
Swiftpaw wrote:Prehaps we're going to see a string of 'things we made for another line but it got cut for the movie line so we're releasing them as part of it instead!' just like we did for the first one.

They need to stretch the toy line out until the video is released and then christmas, after all.

Those repaints we saw of Universe 2.0 Silverbolt and Onslaught come to mind too.

Nope, the way it was said at Botcon, i'm pretty sure this was geared for the line. Although like you said, It's a bit odd for it to be placed in this RotF toyline... and we've already got a Bludgeon that came with Autobot Whirl in Masters of Metallikato Boxset.

Just call him Stryker.
If I ever got him, that's what I'd do.