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necr0blivion wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Wait wait wait... what about Ratchet, Kup and Perceptor? Different set altogether?

Yes, different set scheduled to release later this year.

Ok, makes sense. As long as get a new Decepticon counterpart set.

Such a dilemma, out the 3 sets announced, I only want 1 in each: Ironhide, Ratchet and Astrotrain, simply because I don't have either of these molds.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

necr0blivion wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Wait wait wait... what about Ratchet, Kup and Perceptor? Different set altogether?

Yes, different set scheduled to release later this year.

Ok, makes sense. As long as get a new Decepticon counterpart set.

Such a dilemma, out the 3 sets announced, I only want 1 in each: Ironhide, Ratchet and Astrotrain, simply because I don't have either of these molds.

A complimenting Decepticon set has not yet been announced as being offered with the K/P/R set. However, you'll remember there were only two ACE sets: Seekers and Coneheads. So, it's possible that more Autobots are coming your way to even the odds.

Hound's box art is terrifying. I mean, look at it.

That is not the face of mercy.

Mindmaster wrote:Hound's box art is terrifying. I mean, look at it.

That is not the face of mercy.

I see they're giving him the Sgt. Bulkhound AOE persona...

necr0blivion wrote:However, you'll remember there were only two ACE sets: Seekers and Coneheads.

The Seekers Ace set was S/S/T, the Coneheads were the Seekers Elite set.

What in the blue hell is an "earphone cap plug" ??? I didnt know earphones had caps that needed to be plugged.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

necr0blivion wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Wait wait wait... what about Ratchet, Kup and Perceptor? Different set altogether?

Yes, different set scheduled to release later this year.

Ok, makes sense. As long as get a new Decepticon counterpart set.

Such a dilemma, out the 3 sets announced, I only want 1 in each: Ironhide, Ratchet and Astrotrain, simply because I don't have either of these molds.

Uhg....I'd almost want to go in with you as I only want Mirage

Sabrblade wrote:

megatronus wrote:So I guess no Ravage?

Ravage is there - http://www.transformersasia.com/exclusive/exclusive_detail/3/228

Good to know!

Hope Hound's green is the brighter shade in the link versus the more drab, muted green he seems to have in the pics in this thread.

Now to decide whether to take the gamble of selling my original MOSC Hound & Mirage figures in the hope that this set dips below $100 on clearance, much as the Seeker Ace & Elite sets did.

Sabrblade wrote:

necr0blivion wrote:However, you'll remember there were only two ACE sets: Seekers and Coneheads.

The Seekers Ace set was S/S/T, the Coneheads were the Seekers Elite set.

Gracias!

Shadowstream wrote:Is there any precedence to Hound having yellow eyes?

dirk2243 wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

necr0blivion wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Wait wait wait... what about Ratchet, Kup and Perceptor? Different set altogether?

Yes, different set scheduled to release later this year.

Ok, makes sense. As long as get a new Decepticon counterpart set.

Such a dilemma, out the 3 sets announced, I only want 1 in each: Ironhide, Ratchet and Astrotrain, simply because I don't have either of these molds.

Uhg....I'd almost want to go in with you as I only want Mirage

I need Mirage, Perceptor, and Astrotrain.

The rest can be replacements, as the ones I do have are starting to show their age.

I'm concerned about the availability of these. The previous sets already have been available (such as the one with Galvatron, Astrotrain, etc) but haven't come into BBTS yet.

Seibertron wrote:I'm concerned about the availability of these. The previous sets already have been available (such as the one with Galvatron, Astrotrain, etc) but haven't come into BBTS yet.

Hmm. Perhaps they decided to make "Asia Exclusives" strictly exclusive to Asia.

Shadowstream wrote:Is there any precedence to Hound having yellow eyes?

ugh... you may have totally ruined this set for me... err wait. takara did that

megatronus wrote:Hope Hound's green is the brighter shade in the link versus the more drab, muted green he seems to have in the pics in this thread.

ive seen pics on other news sites and his green is actually quite vibrant. but those eyes... those horrible yellow eyes...

shajaki wrote:

Shadowstream wrote:Is there any precedence to Hound having yellow eyes?

ugh... you may have totally ruined this set for me... err wait. takara did that

megatronus wrote:Hope Hound's green is the brighter shade in the link versus the more drab, muted green he seems to have in the pics in this thread.

ive seen pics on other news sites and his green is actually quite vibrant. but those eyes... those horrible yellow eyes...

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lol thats why i said it

Seibertron wrote:I'm concerned about the availability of these. The previous sets already have been available (such as the one with Galvatron, Astrotrain, etc) but haven't come into BBTS yet.

The Decepticon Specialists pack was already released? Do we have pictures? I'm eager to see the deco changes to those figures as compared to Classics (2.0)/Henkei.

I was being more or less serious about the yellow eyes question, because I know bots like perceptor, blaster, and even soundwave had yellow eyes either on their old toys or a comic appearance and was curious as to whether or not Hound had similar reasoning, or is it just random?

Shadowstream wrote:I was being more or less serious about the yellow eyes question, because I know bots like perceptor, blaster, and even soundwave had yellow eyes either on their old toys or a comic appearance and was curious as to whether or not Hound had similar reasoning, or is it just random?

You got me beat. The G1 toy had unpainted eyes, all the others had blue eyes.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Shadowstream wrote:I was being more or less serious about the yellow eyes question, because I know bots like perceptor, blaster, and even soundwave had yellow eyes either on their old toys or a comic appearance and was curious as to whether or not Hound had similar reasoning, or is it just random?

You got me beat. The G1 toy had unpainted eyes, all the others had blue eyes.

youre right.

G1 toy: unpainted/silver
G1 cartoon: blue
classics: blue
henkei: blue

maybe if the G1 toy had gold eye stickers like the seekers?

shajaki wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Shadowstream wrote:I was being more or less serious about the yellow eyes question, because I know bots like perceptor, blaster, and even soundwave had yellow eyes either on their old toys or a comic appearance and was curious as to whether or not Hound had similar reasoning, or is it just random?

You got me beat. The G1 toy had unpainted eyes, all the others had blue eyes.

youre right.

G1 toy: unpainted/silver
G1 cartoon: blue
classics: blue
henkei: blue

maybe if the G1 toy had gold eye stickers like the seekers?

Best answer I could find when asking around about this was "Maybe just to be different this time or something."

Guess we'll never know unless some interview with an answer from the designer ever pops up and get translated.

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Very cool!

[quietly waits for clearance ]

those look really nice.

its kinda difficult to see... but the metallic blue on mirage looks niiiiice. bet its even more impressive in hand. bought!