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News Credits: 905 · by **Mach** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 9:07 am

S250 provided the in package image of Wallmart Exclusive Universe Hardhead. Hardhead is a repaint of Transformers Universe Onslaught.

The toy is expected to hit Wall Mart stores in the month of October 2009.

News Credits: 2 · by **Stockade** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 9:11 am

Yeah! another repaint. way to go Hasbro... decision will be made when i see it. at least its not another Silverbolt repaint! ugh can someone destroy the silverbolt mold please!!!!

News Credits: 10 · by **HighPrime** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 9:30 am

Stockade wrote:Yeah! another repaint. way to go Hasbro... decision will be made when i see it. at least its not another Silverbolt repaint! ugh can someone destroy the silverbolt mold please!!!!

Don't you dare destroy the Silverbolt mold. I think it's great and have each variant thus far. Looking forward to the Skyfall. As for Hardhead, I think Hasbro picked a decent figure to homage, less the headmaster thing. Colors are right, it's a miltary-like vehicle, and the face-mask fits in with original G1. I'll be picking this one up.

News Credits: 2 · by **Stockade** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 9:43 am

HighPrime wrote:
Stockade wrote:Yeah! another repaint. way to go Hasbro... decision will be made when i see it. at least its not another Silverbolt repaint! ugh can someone destroy the silverbolt mold please!!!!

Don't you dare destroy the Silverbolt mold. I think it's great and have each variant thus far. Looking forward to the Skyfall. As for Hardhead, I think Hasbro picked a decent figure to homage, less the headmaster thing. Colors are right, it's a miltary-like vehicle, and the face-mask fits in with original G1. I'll be picking this one up.

Ok Ok i wont destroy it, but i wish hasbro would do something really different with that mold and its getting old too. I have Silverbolt and Darkwind, and i would say i MIGHT get Skyfall, but i will have to see him on the shelf to make the decision... I guess i see it this way, hasbro has money, alot of money and im sure they can come up with new dies and molds for us and I'm sure everyone would agree. right?

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 9:47 am

Stockade wrote:Yeah! another repaint. way to go Hasbro... decision will be made when i see it. at least its not another Silverbolt repaint! ugh can someone destroy the silverbolt mold please!!!!

At least it's not a completely new figure that's exclusive to a certain store, that would only add to the frustration

I don't have Onslaught, so I'll be getting him... Or ask my in-laws to get him for me if I have the guts

by **Naked Magnus** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 9:55 am

Stockade wrote:Ok Ok i wont destroy it, but i wish hasbro would do something really different with that mold and its getting old too. I have Silverbolt and Darkwind, and i would say i MIGHT get Skyfall, but i will have to see him on the shelf to make the decision... I guess i see it this way, hasbro has money, alot of money and im sure they can come up with new dies and molds for us and I'm sure everyone would agree. right?

I will now state the obvious: Unfortunately, Hasbro is just a business with the goal to become as profitable as possible. If they can convince us to buy 10 repaints of each mold, then they would have no problem doing it. Sometimes through clever marketing they are successful. That is why I need to have at least three repaints (Starscream, Thundercracker, Skywarp) of each Seeker mold (encore, classics, masterpiece, titanium, WST) because my inner 10 year old thinks that is badass. Hasbro's marketing from 25 years ago still has an effect on me.

Hasbro will try to get away with as many repaints as possible.

I personally have a hard time buying a repaint of the same mold but for a different faction. I can see bots from the same faction being similar, but across factions it seems a bit contrived.

-RoS

News Credits: 1 · by **YRQRM0** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 10:14 am

I love this mold, but I prefer it as a Decepticon...

It's still nice though

News Credits: 12 · by **GuyIncognito** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 10:20 am

I love this mold, but they should have put more orange on it and made it Roadbuster.

News Credits: 1014 · by **First Gen** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 10:55 am

Please, lay off the repaint gripes. For one there are plenty of threads already dedicated to it, and we wouldn't have Seekers or other great TF' if it weren't for repaints.

Back on subject, I just bought Onslaught from Big Bad Toy Store as I really, really like the mold, never had the money when he was in stores and got a killer deal on an Universe Ultra case on clearance.

I'll have to see more pics to make a final decision though.

As for Roadbuster, he was already released in a two pack with Dirge as a Target exclusive, so don't hold your breath on that.

by **Prime Riblet** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 11:02 am

This mold is a good one, and I am surprised that Hasbro has waited this long to do a repaint using it. That said, I believe I'll pass. It's good though.

News Credits: 1 · by **shonenfan4** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 11:33 am

Man, another WM exclusives... I don't know why but it seems that WM exclusives are harder to find in-stock in-stores than other stores' exclusives (with the exception of Ramjet and Skywarp)

News Credits: 8 · by **Megatron Wolf** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 11:42 am

I like the mold and the new colors but im gonna pass. Its to much money for a repaint with no remolds. So hasbro doesnt do repaints for the sake of repaint huh? I think this is a prime example.

News Credits: 387 · by **Nekoman** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 11:44 am

Onslaught is meant to be a combiner, so I ended up passing on him, but this works, as now it doesn't feel so incomplete to me. I will be buying him.

News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 11:47 am

I'm so in love with this one. I absolutely love the shield design the best.

News Credits: 7 · by **waaaaghlord** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 12:01 pm

I was thinking of picking up a Duros at Auto Assembly with the intention of modding Hardhead when I get my hands on him (the 2 complete ones at Kapow's table had gone by the time I decided it was doable, might still ebay one). Looking at my USA Ed Onslaught and chatting to a couple of kitbashers that have already had the mould apart it doesn't seem like it'd be a hard mod. Probably have to disable the electronics since there's an LED in the head, but that's no biggie.

News Credits: 11 · by **kirbenvost** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 12:05 pm

I like it, aside from the silly shield symbol. Unfortunately it's not a character I collect, so I still won't have any versions of this mold.

by **Windsweeper** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 12:24 pm

I'd like to see this mold as Turmoil from the Drift:Spotlight.

For some reason, I'd prefer Hardhead from the Wreckage or Universe Tank Megatron mold.

News Credits: 1 · by **Nemesis Rodimus** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 12:49 pm

Oh. My. Goodness. :grin:

Wow. This is amazing. I have no experience with Hardhead, but he looks cool. I don't know who he is or what he does, but thaqt anti-Decepticon symbol won me over. Just like the original cartoon G.I.Joe movie, when Sgt. Slaughter's men had anti-Cobra symbols.

Iloveitiloveitiloveit.

News Credits: 8 · by **NuclearConvoy** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 12:56 pm

It is an amazing mould, and it looks good in those colours, but that big "No Decepticons" sign is just simply tacky to have on his shield.

News Credits: 26 · by **Wheeljack35** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 1:29 pm

Oh please This mold should of had been repainted as Roadbuster

News Credits: 8 · by **NuclearConvoy** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 2:02 pm

Wheeljack35 wrote:Oh please This mold should of had been repainted as Roadbuster

Why? It makes about as much sense for G1 Jeep Roadbuster to become an APC as it does for G1 Future Tank Hardhead to become one, in fact Hardhead as a transition is actually a fair bit more sensible.

News Credits: 2 · by **Convotron** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 2:30 pm

Nice repaint of a cool mold!

by **buddhaquest** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 3:02 pm

a while back someone noted that this mold should be repainted as Snaptrap...

by **-L-** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 3:35 pm

NuclearConvoy wrote:
Wheeljack35 wrote:Oh please This mold should of had been repainted as Roadbuster

Why? It makes about as much sense for G1 Jeep Roadbuster to become an APC as it does for G1 Future Tank Hardhead to become one, in fact Hardhead as a transition is actually a fair bit more sensible.

Well If you read the IDW comics this is similar to Hardhead's Earth alt mode. With a little modding we could have a single cannon on there instead of two......

News Credits: 2 · by **Convotron** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 3:37 pm

buddhaquest wrote:a while back someone noted that this mold should be repainted as Snaptrap...

Oh, wow, yes, Snaptrap's colour scheme would work great with this mold, especially with the similarity of shape and twin cannons. I'm liking this. It'll be like an Alternator Snaptrap.