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News Credits: 16 · by **It Is Him** » Sat Oct 09, 2010 12:00 pm

Hey Mr. Seibertron.com, is this from an anonymous source that you trust? I'm skeptical of this copy. It seems too thin to be of any use to retailers.

Just my .02.

News Credits: 1452 · by **Blurrz** » Sat Oct 09, 2010 12:13 pm

It Is Him wrote:Hey Mr. Seibertron.com, is this from an anonymous source that you trust? I'm skeptical of this copy. It seems too thin to be of any use to retailers.

Just my .02.

We've had this source for over a year now. It's legit.

News Credits: 3617 · by **Seibertron** » Sat Oct 09, 2010 12:15 pm

Blurrz wrote:
It Is Him wrote:Hey Mr. Seibertron.com, is this from an anonymous source that you trust? I'm skeptical of this copy. It seems too thin to be of any use to retailers.

Just my .02.

We've had this source for over a year now. It's legit.

Yes, it's legit. It provides exactly the information needed to help retailers make a decision about order quantities.

It's interesting that the figures are "rated". I've never seen that before.

by **OptiMagnus** » Sat Oct 09, 2010 12:26 pm

Man I can't wait for G2 Prime. Are there any pictures of it out now?

News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Sat Oct 09, 2010 12:28 pm

Seibertron wrote:
Blurrz wrote:
It Is Him wrote:Hey Mr. Seibertron.com, is this from an anonymous source that you trust? I'm skeptical of this copy. It seems too thin to be of any use to retailers.

Just my .02.

We've had this source for over a year now. It's legit.

Yes, it's legit. It provides exactly the information needed to help retailers make a decision about order quantities.

It's interesting that the figures are "rated". I've never seen that before.

Indeed. I wonder if it's a rating as to how popular the toy is thought to be to purchasers or some other metric?

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Sat Oct 09, 2010 12:29 pm

OptiMagnus10 wrote:Man I can't wait for G2 Prime. Are there any pictures of it out now?

In the Club Magazine. So not in public.

News Credits: 3617 · by **Seibertron** » Sat Oct 09, 2010 12:48 pm

Mkall wrote:
Seibertron wrote:
Blurrz wrote:
It Is Him wrote:Hey Mr. Seibertron.com, is this from an anonymous source that you trust? I'm skeptical of this copy. It seems too thin to be of any use to retailers.

Just my .02.

We've had this source for over a year now. It's legit.

Yes, it's legit. It provides exactly the information needed to help retailers make a decision about order quantities.

It's interesting that the figures are "rated". I've never seen that before.

Indeed. I wonder if it's a rating as to how popular the toy is thought to be to purchasers or some other metric?

I think that's exactly what it is, though I wonder how honest the ratings are. Is there ever a 3? or even better ... a 1?

by **WeatherManNX01** » Sat Oct 09, 2010 1:05 pm

Seibertron wrote:I think that's exactly what it is, though I wonder how honest the ratings are. Is there ever a 3? or even better ... a 1?

"Please rate the toy's desirability on a scale from 8 to 10, eight being 'highly desirable' and 10 being 'customers will break kneecaps to get this figure'".

by **Badassimus Prime** » Sat Oct 09, 2010 1:11 pm

Well I'm slightly disappointed in the confirmation of Wheeljack being a Tracks repaint. I was hoping for a new mold but, what can you do? I just hope Hasbro/Takara put in enough love so as to differentiate the two characters besides paint and new head sculpt. I'll reserve judgement for now until I see pics. Heck, I'm still holding off from preordering until I see some Hasbro versions of these. The prices on the United line is WAY over my budget especially when I get 2-3 of each mold.

News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Sat Oct 09, 2010 1:12 pm

WeatherManNX01 wrote:
Seibertron wrote:I think that's exactly what it is, though I wonder how honest the ratings are. Is there ever a 3? or even better ... a 1?

"Please rate the toy's desirability on a scale from 8 to 10, eight being 'highly desirable' and 10 being 'customers will break kneecaps to get this figure'".

I would've been very interested to see what these rating would've been for Tuner Mudflap and some of the other ROTF fail-figs

News Credits: 335 · by **Down_Shift** » Sat Oct 09, 2010 1:57 pm

Tracks repaint into Wheeljack = Balls

I shall call him Wheeltracks

by **dkreed7** » Sat Oct 09, 2010 3:31 pm

Considering preordering a load of these, just one query, when do you pay for preorders on BBTS?
Just in case i wanna cancel any

Website · by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Sat Oct 09, 2010 3:51 pm

Hmm, don't mind Wheeljack as a Tracks redo, as long as the head's different along with some other changes.

News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Sat Oct 09, 2010 4:10 pm

dkreed7 wrote:Considering preordering a load of these, just one query, when do you pay for preorders on BBTS?
Just in case i wanna cancel any

You don't pay until it arrives in stock. One of the main reasons I love BBTS

by **Rodimus the Prime** » Sat Oct 09, 2010 5:38 pm

Hnnnn....It's disappointing to hear that 'Jack is going to be a repaint, a little on the bittersweet side too. However, the plus is that the Tracks mold is simply fantastic looking, and as long as he's got his classic looking head, and a sweet homage to his original colours, then this is still a major win in my book. Can't wait to see some photos!

Now, all the being said, I reeeeeeeally hope that Kup has his own mold.

News Credits: 7 · by **Geekee1** » Sat Oct 09, 2010 7:51 pm

The more I look at the Tracks mold, the more I think that Tracks is the repaint and Wheeljack is the original design. We'll see when we get some more pics.

News Credits: 668 · by **Autobot032** » Sat Oct 09, 2010 8:21 pm

Geekee1 wrote:The more I look at the Tracks mold, the more I think that Tracks is the repaint and Wheeljack is the original design. We'll see when we get some more pics.

Heh, that sounds reasonable, actually.

I'm guessing they put out Tracks first, to get the mold some notoriety.

I'm sure there will be many a fan who will complain, but I'm sure even more will embrace it and make it sell out like hotcakes.

News Credits: 5 · by **Oilspill** » Sat Oct 09, 2010 10:28 pm

Don't have the original pic handy, but I'm wondering if Tracks', wings which stick out the side in robot mode, could be re-angled more like G1 Wheeljack's back mounted wing-panel things? Might work.

by **Screamfleet** » Sat Oct 09, 2010 10:35 pm

Kup is good news. I thought he was mostly forgotten. It's nice to see the old timer pop up again.

by **dkreed7** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 4:03 am

Mkall wrote:
dkreed7 wrote:Considering preordering a load of these, just one query, when do you pay for preorders on BBTS?
Just in case i wanna cancel any

You don't pay until it arrives in stock. One of the main reasons I love BBTS

Thanks, gonna order a load then

News Credits: 3 · by **Jazz-1982** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 10:19 am

Mindmaster wrote:
Chupacabra Convoy wrote:
Mindmaster wrote:Well, we technically already knew about Kup. As for the other 3, I have this to say, or should I say, emote: A Rumble and Frenzy? Now I oughtta kick myself for getting PE-01 Shadow Warrior a year ago now. Can't wait to see the first images!

Ditto! I can't wait to see pictures of these guys.

say, if the Rumble/Frenzy are just repaints of each others, will the alternate head mode for the mold be Eject/Rewind?

Most likely. I was just about to say but also not likely because the lack of a Blaster, but then I remembered the Universe Voyager and the SDCC exclusive. Get in it Hasbro.

And don't forget USB Blaster as well

- I think that's all the Blaster we're going to get for a while unfortunately.
I still wish they had made a decent G1 accurate Classics Voyager figure for him but nevermind. His G1 reissue or the USB ones are :APPLAUSE:

News Credits: 251 · by **Mindmaster** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 11:49 am

Jazz-1982 wrote:
Mindmaster wrote:
Chupacabra Convoy wrote:
Mindmaster wrote:Well, we technically already knew about Kup. As for the other 3, I have this to say, or should I say, emote: A Rumble and Frenzy? Now I oughtta kick myself for getting PE-01 Shadow Warrior a year ago now. Can't wait to see the first images!

Ditto! I can't wait to see pictures of these guys.

say, if the Rumble/Frenzy are just repaints of each others, will the alternate head mode for the mold be Eject/Rewind?

Most likely. I was just about to say but also not likely because the lack of a Blaster, but then I remembered the Universe Voyager and the SDCC exclusive. Get in it Hasbro.

And don't forget USB Blaster as well - I think that's all the Blaster we're going to get for a while unfortunately.
I still wish they had made a decent G1 accurate Classics Voyager figure for him but nevermind. His G1 reissue or the USB ones are

Whoops, completely forgot about that little sucker. My point is, if they're gonna make my 2 favorite, trash-talking cassettes, Hasbro's forced to make their Autobot counterparts, Eject and Rewind, and, crossing fingers here, a new Blaster and Soundwave mold to go along with 'em. :-B

News Credits: 3 · by **Jazz-1982** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 8:07 pm

I hope so too, that would be great.

News Credits: 1 · by **T-Macksimus** » Mon Oct 11, 2010 10:32 am

I freely admit that I did not read every single post so if someone else suggested it than 1) sorry for the duplication and 2) this will mean I'm not the only twisted a##hole to think of this...

I can totally see the ice-cream truck getting a re-tool and re-paint w/new head molds and BAM - Frenzy/Rumble!
Yeah, I know, that would be just about the biggest slap in the face and quite possibly one of the cruelest jokes Hasbro could play on us but hey, it's Hasbro were talking about here. Would any of you honestly expect less from these folks? :lol:

News Credits: 5 · by **Oilspill** » Mon Oct 11, 2010 8:32 pm

T-Macksimus wrote:I freely admit that I did not read every single post so if someone else suggested it than 1) sorry for the duplication and 2) this will mean I'm not the only twisted a##hole to think of this...

I can totally see the ice-cream truck getting a re-tool and re-paint w/new head molds and BAM - Frenzy/Rumble!
Yeah, I know, that would be just about the biggest slap in the face and quite possibly one of the cruelest jokes Hasbro could play on us but hey, it's Hasbro were talking about here. Would any of you honestly expect less from these folks?

DOOO NOOOTTT WAAAAAAAAAAAAANNTT!!!