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Wed Feb 24, 2016 12:29 pm

This is the 1st must have Free Subscription figure ever!

News Credits: 3647 · Wed Feb 24, 2016 1:10 pm

Leader_Ultra_Magnus wrote:This is the 1st must have Free Subscription figure ever!

Over Runamuck?

News Credits: 54 · Wed Feb 24, 2016 2:01 pm

Leader_Ultra_Magnus wrote:This is the 1st must have Free Subscription figure ever!

In your opinion of course.

News Credits: 2 · Wed Feb 24, 2016 4:06 pm

Ramjet looks super sweet, can't wait to finally get him. I like that the blue turned out more pale. Makes him not looks so patriotic. Think I may like Ramjet even better than Lio Convoy plus I don't own a figure with the Armada mould.

Wed Feb 24, 2016 9:29 pm

TF_JW wrote:All the way back at BotCon 2005, Ratchet received a new-mold "shield" accessory that could be placed in vehicle mode as his lightbars.

I believe that is the only new-mold accessory that has been created (other than the 2007 Vector Sigma). Otherwise it has been trying to find existing weapons from Hasbro's existing library of tools, like the Targetmasters from Scoop and swords from Optimus ExPrime that were used for TFSS 4.0, the Construct-Bots weapons that were used for Oilmaster, and Arcee's arsenal that was given to Impactor. There are quite a lot of existing tooling for weapons, so that's where Fun Pub has been looking for the most part whenever they've decided to add more character-appropriate accessories.

Quick, give every figure Roadbuster's mechtech weapon!

News Credits: 54 · Wed Feb 24, 2016 10:32 pm

Microraptor wrote:
Quick, give every figure Roadbuster's mechtech weapon!

Actually my fave mech tech weapon alongside reuses of the mold such as Thundercracker's and Takara Vortex's for example.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · Wed Feb 24, 2016 11:41 pm

Seibertron wrote:I'd love to see some "weapon" sets, something along the lines of the vintage Masters of the Universe "Weapons Pak" sets. A lot of the Legends figures from the past few years don't have weapons, it'd be great to give Bombshell, Powerglide, Windcharger, etc a gun! Even doing something special for swords or something to match the cartoon look would be cool. And I don't want to do 3rd party accessories, something officially made by Hasbro would be perfect for my collection. Food for thought for another day!

I'd buy that. Probably not another set of Arcee weapons (already got Arcee, SDCC Arcee, Nightbird, and soon Impactor all with variations of the set). But maybe a set of Generations Roadbuster weapons or some more of the better TFGO! weapons (but without the super soft plastic) since most people outside Japan don't have those. Some of the unusual Microns would be fun as well, I could really go for a second Hades, though maybe with a stiffer handle clip.

Emerje

News Credits: 8 · Thu Feb 25, 2016 3:52 pm

Emerje wrote:
Seibertron wrote:I'd love to see some "weapon" sets, something along the lines of the vintage Masters of the Universe "Weapons Pak" sets. A lot of the Legends figures from the past few years don't have weapons, it'd be great to give Bombshell, Powerglide, Windcharger, etc a gun! Even doing something special for swords or something to match the cartoon look would be cool. And I don't want to do 3rd party accessories, something officially made by Hasbro would be perfect for my collection. Food for thought for another day!

I'd buy that. Probably not another set of Arcee weapons (already got Arcee, SDCC Arcee, Nightbird, and soon Impactor all with variations of the set). But maybe a set of Generations Roadbuster weapons or some more of the better TFGO! weapons (but without the super soft plastic) since most people outside Japan don't have those. Some of the unusual Microns would be fun as well, I could really go for a second Hades, though maybe with a stiffer handle clip.

Emerje

I have wanted a Hades to do up as Wingthing for a while, but the last one I saw on Ebay was 40. I can't justify that for something I'm gonna drown in paint

GET ON IT FUNPUB!!

News Credits: 1 · Fri Feb 26, 2016 2:28 am

Microraptor wrote:
TF_JW wrote:All the way back at BotCon 2005, Ratchet received a new-mold "shield" accessory that could be placed in vehicle mode as his lightbars.

I believe that is the only new-mold accessory that has been created (other than the 2007 Vector Sigma). Otherwise it has been trying to find existing weapons from Hasbro's existing library of tools, like the Targetmasters from Scoop and swords from Optimus ExPrime that were used for TFSS 4.0, the Construct-Bots weapons that were used for Oilmaster, and Arcee's arsenal that was given to Impactor. There are quite a lot of existing tooling for weapons, so that's where Fun Pub has been looking for the most part whenever they've decided to add more character-appropriate accessories.

Quick, give every figure Roadbuster's mechtech weapon!

Give everyone HA whirl. He's totally a weapon! And there is no reason not to have everyone wielding a minigun that turns into a personal helicopter that turns into a robot.

News Credits: 1235 · Sat Mar 05, 2016 5:22 pm

The Seibertron.com galleries turn the camera lens back to BotCons past with new galleries for BotCon 2015 Zaptrap with Beet-Chit and Spy-Eye and BotCon 1998 Vice Grip.

Zaptrap who is a redeco of Generations Skrapnel is based on the Diaclone Waruder Insecter Robo Kuwagatrer mech which later became G1 Shrapnel while Beet-Chit is a redeco of Generations Chop Shop and is based on the pilot of that mech. Spy-Eye is a redeco of Generations Reflector and its weapon mode is modeled after G1 Shrapnel's grenade launcher. The three made up the attendee-only bonus figure during BotCon 2015.

Going back to BotCon 1998 in the 3H days and continuing the insect theme we present a gallery of Vice Grip who is a blue and gray redeco of Beast Wars Powerpinch. Click on any of the images below to see the full galleries.

BotCon Exclusives Zaptrap

BotCon Exclusives Spy-Eye

BotCon Exclusives Beet-Chit

BotCon Exclusives Vice Grip

News Credits: 12 · Sat Mar 05, 2016 5:31 pm

It's a pity Zaptrap is a BotCon exclusive, 'cuz I would army-build the hell out of him otherwise. I do love that mold.

News Credits: 131 · Thu May 05, 2016 2:35 pm

Seibertron.com is proud to to present the gallery of the Transformers Collector's Club Figure Subscription Service 4.0 first figure, Needlenose. Which is an update to 1988's G1 Targetmaster Needlenose. TFSS Needlenose is a repaint of Combiner Wars Firefly and includes updated versions of Sunbeam and Zigzag (aka Zputty), which themselves are repaints of Caliburst and Holepunch.

IDW fans may appreciate a guest cameo appearance by Reveal the Shield Turbo Tracks in Needlenose's gallery.

Click any of the images below to be taken to their respective gallery and don't forget to hit the jump and tell us what you think in the discussion below.

Subscription Service Needlenose

Subscription Service Zputty

Subscription Service Sunbeam

Remember to keep your browsers pointed to Seibertron.com for the latest in Transformer news, the largest Transformers galleries found on the web and the liveliest Transformers discussion this side of a space bridge.

News Credits: 402 · Updated Oct 21, 2022

I just opened him up myself. Fantastic figure and I love the colours and headsculpt. Though Zputty is up there in weird names...

Thu May 05, 2016 5:23 pm

In the thumbnail, it looked sorta like Thunderwing.

News Credits: 1646 · Thu May 05, 2016 6:42 pm

Zputty. I love this hobby :MAXIMAL:

Thu May 05, 2016 8:43 pm

Came in the post yesterday (wasn't sure how long it would take in Canada) and I'm absolutely LOVING him. TFCC knocked the deco right out of the park. It's amazing how much different he looks from Slingshot despite being a pure repaint. Even without the extra knight helmet it's just... It's Needlenose. The shiny, metallic paint is great. He's just gorgeous on the shelf.

That vain, pretentious bastard. 8-)

News Credits: 7 · Thu May 05, 2016 9:14 pm

"Zputty"? Isn't that some kind of 3D rendering program?

News Credits: 32 · Thu May 05, 2016 9:16 pm

Zputty? Really? All I can think of is these.

News Credits: 13 · Fri May 06, 2016 2:27 pm

Zputty, such a punky name for a Decepticon. It also sounds like a farting joke gone bad. As for Needlenose, he looks nice and I like the mold choice. Awesome figure! ;)^

News Credits: 6188 · Sun May 15, 2016 6:11 am

As promised, and as the Transformers Collectors' Club keeps sending out its Subscription Service 4.0 figures, Seibertron.com continues to provide its visual services to the figures - as we did with Needlenose when it shipped, so we do now with the figure that was intended to be retail Ruckus, changed into Combiner Wars Offroad by Hasbro, and now released under the Grabuge name by the Club!

Click on any of the images to open up the full gallery, as we plough full steam ahead towards our 5000 gallery milestone.

Subscription Service Grabuge (116 images) - Combiners, Deluxe Class, Subscription Service

Sun May 15, 2016 11:06 am

Huh. I know Off-Road was originally designed to be Ruckus before they changed directions, but wow. I didn't do a direct comparison but that head and shin detail is completely Ruckus.

He doesn't look AMAZING but I'm really excited to get this guy, one of my favorite D-list Decepticons :lol:

Sun May 15, 2016 2:56 pm

Thanks for the high-res Ruckus photo gallery. Those tacky paint apps really stand out compared to the factory figures, especially all the inaccurate and wavy edges/lines where they meet another color. For a 3x-4x price point, I'll pass. If the paint apps were factory quality, maybe. But even then, the price point is kind of silly.

News Credits: 1 · Tue May 17, 2016 7:35 pm

And just as OffRoad almost ended up being Ruckus, so too did his actual Ruckus repaint.

Who decided to translate his name into French? Slicer?

Ruckus will always hold a special place in my heart for being the only Triggercon (or -bot) that I actually owned in '88. I wonder, was the aborted attempt to make him a Stunticon what led to the whole Thunder Mayhem gestalt team idea? IDR what was said about that back during the reveal.

News Credits: 33 · Tue May 17, 2016 7:52 pm

The "Ruckus" trademark didn't pass legal - another toy company must have it. So to keep him as "Ruckus" as possible, one of the translated names from the original G1 packaging was used. Specifically, his French-Canadian name.

The Mayhem Attack Squad team concept solidified around some very cool ideas in Needlenose, Spinister, and of course Ruckus. Windsweeper was quick in materializing as well.

News Credits: 2 · Wed May 18, 2016 11:53 am

Ruckus looks great. I can def see how this mould was made for him. Cant wait for the Ramjet gallery. When is he shipping out? Anyone hear anything about it yet? I know I have asked a couple times in the last few weeks but he is much anticipated.