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News Credits: 5749 · by **El Duque** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 10:51 pm

Site sponsor BigBadToyStore dropped by to let us know they have listed pre-orders for MasterShooter Collectibles "Shoot Masters" waves one and two:

Shooter Master 3-Pack - Automated Robots

Each pack of three contains:

1x Up Close
1x Buzz Kill
1x Pin Point

Shooter Master 3-Pack - Deceptive Constructs

Set includes:

1x High Caliber
1x Pipe Blower
1x No Aim

Shooter Master 4 Pack - Core Assortment Set of 4

Set includes:

1x Bolt Action
1x Broomstick
1x Minute Bot
1x Shot piece

by **King Slick** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 11:15 pm

The Core Assortment Set sounds cool. I could picture Shot Piece and Kup being the best of partners.

by **Rated X** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 11:44 pm

Pipe Blower...

REALLY ????

:-$

News Credits: 1452 · by **Blurrz** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 12:34 am

Rated X wrote:Pipe Blower...

REALLY ????

He can't hemp it..... help it.

News Credits: 3 · by **Sidecutter** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 12:35 am

Pssst...they are *Shooter* Masters, not Shoot Masters

Also, for anyone looking for easy reference, here's the breakdown so far:

Core Assortment - Currently available through BBTS and Captured Prey. Comes with a free Mega-Gun or Brown-King through Captured Prey (and a bit cheaper, too).

Pinnacle/Firebox 2-Pack - Captured Prey Exclusive

Nit-Picker/Firebrand 2-Pack - Captured Prey Exclusive

Automated Robots 3-Pack - BBTS Exclusive

Deceptive Constructs 3-Pack - BBTS Exclusive

There should be wider availability for the core pack as well over the next several days, and possibly some additional exclusives, that is up to the stores.

News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 1:56 am

I'm just not feeling the love on most of these. After seeing the kind of stuff that Hasbro has done with their PCC Minicons, I've come to expect a lot more from Targetmasters.

by **bkz** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 8:03 am

The only PCC minicon worth a look was Pinpoint & Airlift. These all look great to me.

News Credits: 273 · by **Delicon** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 10:12 am

I didn't have much interest until I saw "Shotpiece"

News Credits: 23 · by **1337W422102** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 10:18 am

Delicon wrote:I didn't have much interest until I saw "Shotpiece"

I saw what they did there.

by **dinogeist** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 10:40 am

I really like all of these. I just can't justify spending $30+ another $5+ in shipping fees to get 3 shooter masters that are minicon sized.

by **G1 Legacy** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 3:17 pm

These are pretty clunky looking (especially in gun mode), however I'm intrigued by the seeming improvements in articulation. I'm still planning on getting a set for childhood nostalgia reasons. I'm surprised Hasbro hasn't pulled it's head out of the sand yet (giving how popular the Generations line has proven to be) and used new accesories as an excuse to release their own official Targetmasters, especially seeing how fond they are of recycling and re-using molds. They could have already re-released Hot Rodimus, Kup, and Blurr with slight repaints and utilized this new clip on gun gimmick. When I first saw Cyclonus with Nightstick a few years back (and Hound w/ Ravage) it was so awsome to think that Hasbro was really paying attention and trying to humor the original fanbase but it seems to have kinda faded a bit since then. Don't get me wrong, I'm hanging in there for the "Long Haul" hehe

*And everytime I hear someone mention Brown King, it always sounds like an add on kit Mr. Hankey accessory from Southpark LOL :lol:

"Howdy Hoooooooe"

News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 5:32 pm

These all look exactly the same like the previous ones. Would have been nice if they had given them a little more variety, like different shoulders, arms, and heads.

Website · by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 8:08 pm

So... these are G1 Targetmasters for the Classics line?

News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 9:14 pm

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:So... these are G1 Targetmasters for the Classics line?

Or for a G1 tagetmaster that you lost the targetmaster 4. They all seem to use the 5mm holes.

Website · by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 10:25 am

Mkall wrote:
RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:So... these are G1 Targetmasters for the Classics line?

Or for a G1 tagetmaster that you lost the targetmaster 4. They all seem to use the 5mm holes.

So an either or. Okay, I might pick these up.

News Credits: 1 · by **Insane Galvatron** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 3:31 pm

Dead Metal wrote:These all look exactly the same like the previous ones. Would have been nice if they had given them a little more variety, like different shoulders, arms, and heads.

But doing them as repaints is part of what gets the costs down. Doing whole new molds would have caused them to cost nearly twice as much. And they do have some variety, in that the parts are mixed and matched, plus some new gun barrels. The Automated Robots set has one new barrel and the Deceptive Constructs have a new barrel used twice.

News Credits: 5 · by **alexison** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 11:17 pm

Dead Metal wrote:These all look exactly the same like the previous ones. Would have been nice if they had given them a little more variety, like different shoulders, arms, and heads.

I'm in agreement. I love seeing Targetmaster's get some love but this just isn't going to work for me. Back to waiting...

by **necr0blivion** » Tue Jan 24, 2012 1:42 am

I like these guys, but may need to scale back on buying all of them: they aren't Pokemon, ya know?

Seriously, it'll be cool to give my Classics guys some new weaponry. I have Perfect Effect's line of "cassettes" that turn into guns, and they look a little too oversized for my Deluxe figures. Hopefully I won't encounter the same problems with these guys.

News Credits: 3 · by **Sidecutter** » Tue Jan 24, 2012 11:06 am

I don't think size will be a problem. The robot modes are the same size as G1 Targetmasters (just a hair over 2 inches).

News Credits: 23 · by **Prime Evil** » Tue Jan 24, 2012 12:56 pm

I'll be picking and choosing them. I'd like a few. Since I will be going to Botcon and if rumors are true, I'll pick up Captured Prey's exclusive Nit-Picker and Firebrand for Spinister. The BBTS exclusive Shooter Master 3-Pack Automated Robots. I think that's all that I want for now.