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Fri Oct 03, 2014 9:22 pm

Arcee's lookin' fab, but Chromia's back is all...weird. Backpack gone wrong.

News Credits: 5 · Sat Oct 04, 2014 2:04 am

Why do I feel like that butt-flap on Chromia should fold up to fill in the back to make the backpack more solid? (I'm not so familiar with the Prime Arcee mold.)
I'm not sure which thread I'm in but if Takara Arcee is really the price I'm seeing it'll be THE deluxe I import. Generally speaking, the mold is enough for me. The black being replaced by gray and extra attention to detail makes the Hasbro deco look like a Transformers Animated homage. (Which is cool if you're into that.)
Love the fronts, hate the backs. Overall, I like them.

News Credits: 2 · Sat Oct 04, 2014 2:52 am

Delta Magnus wrote:No 5mm fistholes? Aww, that sucks.

Crap that does suck. Okay Dr Wu time to got to work! :VEHI:

Sat Oct 04, 2014 3:32 am

hinomars19 wrote:
leakin' lubricant wrote:
Rated X wrote:Valkarie had back kibble. Original cost: $80.00

Delicate Warrior had back kibble. Current cost: $110.00

Now Hasbro gives you all an official classics Arcee at less than ¼ the price and you expect a miracle of engineering ?

You all should be happy you finally got an Arcee that’s both a car and cartoon accurate pink. I personally like it and could care less about the back kibble. I pose my figures facing forward not turned around.

Post of the day, honestly this is virtually the iGear version for 1/4 of the price and people are complaining? No wonder Hasbro do half arsed molds when they get complaints about the ones they actually get right.

I personally don't quite understand the negativity that seems to be following this figure either. It's Arcee, it Transforms, and is unashamed to be pink! FINALLY!

Seconded, thirded, fourthed... I will definitely keep an eye out for this. I'm going with the Hasbro paint scheme as well.

News Credits: 10 · Sat Oct 04, 2014 10:23 pm

Convoy wrote:Why do I feel like that butt-flap on Chromia should fold up to fill in the back to make the backpack more solid? (I'm not so familiar with the Prime Arcee mold.)
I'm not sure which thread I'm in but if Takara Arcee is really the price I'm seeing it'll be THE deluxe I import. Generally speaking, the mold is enough for me. The black being replaced by gray and extra attention to detail makes the Hasbro deco look like a Transformers Animated homage. (Which is cool if you're into that.)
Love the fronts, hate the backs. Overall, I like them.

It didn't fold up with Prime RID Arcee. (First Edition has similar config...)

News Credits: 332 · Sat Oct 04, 2014 11:54 pm

RedShifter88 wrote:
hinomars19 wrote:
leakin' lubricant wrote:
Rated X wrote:Valkarie had back kibble. Original cost: $80.00

Delicate Warrior had back kibble. Current cost: $110.00

Now Hasbro gives you all an official classics Arcee at less than ¼ the price and you expect a miracle of engineering ?

You all should be happy you finally got an Arcee that’s both a car and cartoon accurate pink. I personally like it and could care less about the back kibble. I pose my figures facing forward not turned around.

Post of the day, honestly this is virtually the iGear version for 1/4 of the price and people are complaining? No wonder Hasbro do half arsed molds when they get complaints about the ones they actually get right.

I personally don't quite understand the negativity that seems to be following this figure either. It's Arcee, it Transforms, and is unashamed to be pink! FINALLY!

Seconded, thirded, fourthed... I will definitely keep an eye out for this. I'm going with the Hasbro paint scheme as well.

Isn't the backpack part of the "look" she had in the cartoon? For how it folds out it does a great job of condensing.

News Credits: 6188 · Sun Oct 05, 2014 8:12 am

Good news Transformers Generations fans! We've received notifications from fellow Seibertron.com users GuyIncognito and Bounti76 about the appearance of the latest wave, featuring Deluxe figures Jhiaxus, Crosscut, Nightbeat and Windblade. These have shown up in Pennsylvania and Utah, both in Toys'R'Us and Walmart stores respectively - check out photo proof below, and refresh your memory about the figures by checking out our galleries.

If you come across these yourself, make sure to flag them up in the Sightings section and forums too, to help other fans in your area.

Sun Oct 05, 2014 8:51 am

Sweet. I did not want to pay BBTS prices for these

Sun Oct 05, 2014 9:10 am

Meh, got mine two weeks ago from BBTS.

The shipping cost evens out to about the same price as taxes and gas money.

Step your game up retail!

News Credits: 14 · Sun Oct 05, 2014 10:54 am

Get your votes in for this years Fembot Rear Of The Year! :lol:

This post shows a few alternate ways one can have Generations Deluxe Chromia's rear end configured which helps reduce her backpack or fill out her body a little!

All packed up.

One flap!

Or two?

She looks great like this.

But if you wanted to clear away that backpack, the key may lie here?

More gratuitous butt shots here!
http://s1327.photobucket.com/user/robotmel/library/Transformers/Generations%20Deluxe%20Chromia?sort=3&page=1

News Credits: 293 · Sun Oct 05, 2014 1:16 pm

im VERY happy to see chromias back kibble fold up a little better. it makes a world of difference.

News Credits: 1 · Sun Oct 05, 2014 1:18 pm

leakin' lubricant wrote:
ReinaHW wrote:I like the black on the Hasbro one, it helps to break up the pink. Hope Kapow Toys get her in stock soon, after 28 years of waiting for a G1 Arcee then I'm very eager to find out if she's been worth the wait. Looks great.

I eMailed Kapow about my preorder, they are expecting her in stock around the 10th.

Got my. Shipping notice for Arcee off Kapow yesterday, bad news is she's sold out for those Britformers who didn't preorder, however the preorder is up for the Takara version, get em while there hot!

News Credits: 8 · Sun Oct 05, 2014 4:05 pm

knew i should've stopped by that TRU i passed when driving through Pennsylvania, oh well my coupons are good until the 26th im sure ill find something by then.

News Credits: 388 · Sun Oct 05, 2014 4:33 pm

Chromia is looking better and better. I like the Japanese version's colors a bit better, except for the light lavender accents. Hasbro Chromia is more comic-accurate, though.

News Credits: 1 · Mon Oct 06, 2014 1:25 am

The entire wave is at the TRU in Oceanside CA also. Just spotted them this past Friday evening. Plenty of each except for Windblade. There was only one of her and I was sure to grab it

News Credits: 146 · Mon Oct 06, 2014 7:58 am

I picked up Jhiaxus, Nightbeat, Windblade and Crosscut on Saturday in Portage, MI at the Toys R Us

Along with the new wave of Kreo blind bags (why why why did they get rid of the codes!!!) I ended up buying like 25 bags :lol:

News Credits: 656 · Mon Oct 06, 2014 9:24 am

Should've posted here sooner. The photos of Chromia's backpack "folded up" is the way they had the figure transformed at Botcon. Maybe the instructions people got it wrong? Or the reviewers themselves, perhaps?

xRotorstormx wrote:I picked up Jhiaxus, Nightbeat, Windblade and Crosscut on Saturday in Portage, MI at the Toys R Us Along with the new wave of Kreo blind bags (why why why did they get rid of the codes!!!) I ended up buying like 25 bags

If you end up with two full sets on the Kreos, hit me up - no sign of that wave here yet!

News Credits: 1 · Mon Oct 06, 2014 10:07 am

Saw them at TRU. No way I'm paying 17 bucks for deluxes. I'll wait for a sale or clearance.

Mon Oct 06, 2014 10:35 am

OUCH!

News Credits: 12 · Mon Oct 06, 2014 10:38 am

At least you get Generations deluxes. here in the UK we've got old stock from Beast Hunters, the simplified crap from AOE, and if you happen to live near a Toys-r-Us, *some* of the better AOE figures. Generations just never appeared here, mainly because Hasbro seems to have forgotten that the UK exists and gave the franchise one of its best writers (and best comics I might add).

News Credits: 10 · Mon Oct 06, 2014 10:39 am

omega666 wrote:Saw them at TRU. No way I'm paying 17 bucks for deluxes. I'll wait for a sale or clearance.

gothsaurus wrote:OUCH!

Indeed. With those prices, BBTS isn't looking so bad anymore... #-o

News Credits: 1 · Mon Oct 06, 2014 3:32 pm

I just noticed that Alpha Bravo looks a lot like Blast Off. A simply retool, take off the helicopter blade, stick on rocket boosters and wings and you have Blast Off.

Mon Oct 06, 2014 4:54 pm

Has anyone from the UK pre-ordered Chromia or Arcee from Forbidden Planet? Suddenly the release dates changed to the 30th of January 2015, which is kinda worrying. Not to mention everywhere else seems to be unaffected. Is anyone else in the same boat?

News Credits: 332 · Tue Oct 07, 2014 1:38 am

xRotorstormx wrote:I picked up Jhiaxus, Nightbeat, Windblade and Crosscut on Saturday in Portage, MI at the Toys R Us Along with the new wave of Kreo blind bags (why why why did they get rid of the codes!!!) I ended up buying like 25 bags

I've heard through the Chuckvine that since Kreo has become TRU only one of the concessions was the removal of any identifiers from blind bags, like lego. This is to ensure stores don't get stuck, or have less of unwanted figures.

News Credits: 1 · Tue Oct 07, 2014 6:35 am

Super-Wooper wrote:Has anyone from the UK pre-ordered Chromia or Arcee from Forbidden Planet? Suddenly the release dates changed to the 30th of January 2015, which is kinda worrying. Not to mention everywhere else seems to be unaffected. Is anyone else in the same boat?

No but I do know that Omegalock had the same release date, so may be using the same supplier.