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News Credits: 665 · Sat Dec 22, 2007 1:06 pm

A listing for a previously unseen Transformers Movie figure has appeared on eBay. The auction is for a Wal-Mart exclusive "Allspark Power" figure named Big Daddy. The figure is an homage to the Micromaster Big Daddy and is a repaint of the Cybertron Downshift figure.

See the auction by clicking here

News Credits: 1 · Sat Dec 22, 2007 1:15 pm

Great! I've been wanting Downshift, and those colors look amazing!

News Credits: 1 · Sat Dec 22, 2007 1:16 pm

Great! I've been wanting Downshift, and those colors look amazing!

EDIT: Oops, double post.

News Credits: 38 · Sat Dec 22, 2007 1:17 pm

I like it... I've already picked up Cybertron Downshift, and wouldn't mind another one, especially with this color scheme! :grin:

I can't wait to find it...

News Credits: 32 · Sat Dec 22, 2007 1:19 pm

Hard to tell from the pictures, but looks pretty cool so far. Nice homage to an obscure character. Too bad it's a WalMart exclusive. They should have saved it for Universe. :-x

News Credits: 1 · Sat Dec 22, 2007 1:25 pm

You know what's funny? We'll probably get him in the UK, seeing as of late we've got pretty much all the mainline toys that were store specific, even though we've missed really important cantecters from the shows...

That and it apears we've ended up with a nearly full roster of the movie's mainline.

News Credits: 1 · Sat Dec 22, 2007 1:26 pm

Now there's a name I thought Hasbro'd never re-trademark. Excellent choice of mold and repaint colors. Loving those flames on the sides, too! To bad it's a Wal-Mart exclusive, 'cuz that means eBaying it up over the border and that'll cost more than I'd it to.

Bloody store exclusives... :-x

News Credits: 7 · Sat Dec 22, 2007 1:38 pm

I have Cybertron Downshift, but this color scheme is awesome! I love the name too!

News Credits: 387 · Sat Dec 22, 2007 1:39 pm

A must have for me. Looks good, like the orange, can’t wait to see robot mode. These are the sort of store exclusives they should make.

News Credits: 10 · Sat Dec 22, 2007 1:49 pm

I don't know... I think one downshift is enough for me.. maybe if this came with a feathered hat and technicolor dreamcoat.. then I might reconsider buying Big Daddy..

Sat Dec 22, 2007 1:52 pm

Looks cool. I have been meaning to get downshift but could never find him anywhere, hopefully once this line is out over here i can finally pick one up...abelt with a different paint job and a silly name.

Sat Dec 22, 2007 1:57 pm

I'm a huge fan of the Downshift figure as it is, so this is a must-have for me!

News Credits: 665 · Sat Dec 22, 2007 2:02 pm

I'll chime in here (I post so many news stories, I forget to actually post what I think of this stuff!)

Anyway, I love it - I'm a huge fan of obscure-character homages, and this mold fits both the character and the look and style of the movie-bots. This will be one memorable repaitn, I'm sure! Great stuff!

Sat Dec 22, 2007 2:13 pm

color scheem is great but dont like the name.

p.s o and i hate wallmart

Sat Dec 22, 2007 3:15 pm

Getting a li'l desperate for repaints when they're tapping into the Deluxe from past lines now, aren't they?

Not that I should complain, as I love the cybertron Downshift mold and its a very nice homage to an obscure but also nice figure. I'll definately pick up this figure when I can, even if I already have Cyb. Downshift.

News Credits: 150 · Sat Dec 22, 2007 3:28 pm

soundwave13c wrote:color scheem is great but dont like the name.

p.s o and i hate wallmart

The point of this figure is the name. If naybody ever says Habsro doesn't listen, this is the figure that should show them they do. We asked Hasbro for their last muscle car figure to be named Big Daddy, and people were pissed when they didn't. Instead they do this for us. This proves that they do listen.

News Credits: 1452 · Sat Dec 22, 2007 3:31 pm

Nice.. I'm really liking that red. And Downshift is a great figure anyways.

News Credits: 1 · Sat Dec 22, 2007 4:11 pm

Man this looks badass, I'm glad they're reusing Cyberstron deluexe molds for the movie line. I always knew there was something realistic about the cyberstron molds. The new paintjob looks awseome!

News Credits: 26 · Sat Dec 22, 2007 4:24 pm

Big Daddy???

That is a stupid name

I repainted my Downshift into a charactor I call Blackjack

It looks like this sorry I don't have a digital camera

News Credits: 1 · Sat Dec 22, 2007 4:39 pm

sounds like a pimpformer

News Credits: 49 · Sat Dec 22, 2007 4:42 pm

TFormers.com has the other three in the 4-set of Cybertron repaints from Walmart. They include a Thundercracker repainted yellow as Divebomb, Landmine repainted green as "Grindcore" and Crosswise repainted as G2 Laser Rod Jolt.

http://tformers.com/ig.php?mode=album&a ... 00&start=0

Now anyone else wondering about Grindcore as an alternative to Timelines Rhinox?

I might just get him and some reprolabels Maximal symbols.

News Credits: 11 · Sat Dec 22, 2007 4:48 pm

Grindcore is a homage to G2 Roadblock and Divebomb is a slight homage to G2 Hooligan (if he were orange and had tiger stripes he would be accurate but as he is, he is pretty close).

News Credits: 49 · Sat Dec 22, 2007 4:54 pm

I think G2 Roadblock was yellowish, wasn't it? The repaint, Beast Wars Predacon Autocrusher was green.

Sat Dec 22, 2007 5:00 pm

GetterDragun wrote:
soundwave13c wrote:color scheem is great but dont like the name.

p.s o and i hate wallmart

The point of this figure is the name. If naybody ever says Habsro doesn't listen, this is the figure that should show them they do. We asked Hasbro for their last muscle car figure to be named Big Daddy, and people were pissed when they didn't. Instead they do this for us. This proves that they do listen.

QFT Getterdragun! I for one think the Big Daddy & Grindor repaints look awsome and I plan on getting them! Great job Hasbro. :APPLAUSE: