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News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Wed Nov 05, 2014 1:40 pm

shockblast2 wrote:GoShooter?

Wow, they really have given up on the names for these "exclusives". Might I suggest the next name?

Highway Robbery.

Well, Japan has never been that creative with names, even back in 1988 when G1 Goshooter was released. :roll:

by **gothsaurus** » Wed Nov 05, 2014 1:52 pm

Another thing to consider is what sounds cool in one language doesn't necessarily sound cool in another. Think of any Japanese words brought over into English... and how much of the actual phrase we UNDERSTAND (that would be zero for most of us.) Transliterating into the spoken sounds of another language is a real mess! I'm guessing GoShooter sounded cool enough... in Japanese. >:oP

There are also instances where they make a two-meaning pun in Japanese. It seems like the BeCool was one of these. Quite interesting.

Either way, the more I learn about languages... the more forgiving I am of these kinds of things. Learning about languages and other cultures is a lot of fun... and it opens up a new world of anime, manga, toy lines, conversations...

News Credits: 461 · by **mooncake623** » Fri Nov 07, 2014 9:36 am

HeroX via twitter have put up some new images of the fan voted Million Publishing exclusive GoShooter, including an in package image! Besides the new in package image there are also images that shows Goshooter, (who is a redeco of Generations Nightbeat) and his partner Shuta (a redeco of Generations Blazemaster)in some interesting alternate modes . Check out the images we'vebelow and remember keep your optics tuned to Seibertron.com for the latest in news and updates, plus the best galleries around!

News Credits: 438 · by **Sabrblade** » Fri Nov 07, 2014 9:52 am

"Doublechanger-Style Attack Mode" is what that other form is called, but it's an unofficial one made by the Twitter people playing around with the figure.

by **gothsaurus** » Fri Nov 07, 2014 9:56 am

made by Twitter people... out of AWESOME!! I love unofficial modes. I wonder if there is a good repository of them anywhere. Hmmmm.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Fri Nov 07, 2014 9:58 am

Sabrblade wrote:"Doublechanger-Style Attack Mode" is what that other form is called, but it's an unofficial one made by Twitter people playing around with the figure.

And it doesn't look half bad.

Note: it's a reference to the Diaclone Doublechangers which were the basis for the G1 Omnibots Overdrive, Camshaft and Downshift.

News Credits: 461 · by **mooncake623** » Fri Nov 07, 2014 10:02 am

Sabrblade wrote:"Doublechanger-Style Attack Mode" is what that other form is called, but it's an unofficial one made by the Twitter people playing around with the figure.

Interesting.... I will try it with my Nightbeat

News Credits: 23 · by **Madeus Prime** » Fri Nov 07, 2014 10:16 am

That...doesn't actually look too shabby. I'll be getting Nightbeat on the 10th, so this'll be an experiment.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Fri Nov 07, 2014 10:33 am

It looks pretty easy to do, just rotate the waist 180 and twist the legs 90. Simple but effective. How would he get around though, with the rear wheels inaccessible, use Shūta's rotor to fly? :-B

News Credits: 438 · by **Sabrblade** » Fri Nov 07, 2014 10:40 am

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:It looks pretty easy to do, just rotate the waist 180 and twist the legs 90. Simple but effective. How would he get around though, with the rear wheels inaccessible, use Shūta's rotor to fly?

There are fake wheels molded into the feet that this form utilizes.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Fri Nov 07, 2014 10:47 am

Sabrblade wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:It looks pretty easy to do, just rotate the waist 180 and twist the legs 90. Simple but effective. How would he get around though, with the rear wheels inaccessible, use Shūta's rotor to fly?
There are fake wheels molded into the feet that this form utilizes.

So... that would no longer make them faux-kibble?

News Credits: 438 · by **Sabrblade** » Fri Nov 07, 2014 10:50 am

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:It looks pretty easy to do, just rotate the waist 180 and twist the legs 90. Simple but effective. How would he get around though, with the rear wheels inaccessible, use Shūta's rotor to fly?
There are fake wheels molded into the feet that this form utilizes.

So... that would no longer make them faux-kibble?

Only if they were fully functional (i.e. - able to spin and rotate).

News Credits: 13 · by **OptimalOptimus2** » Fri Nov 07, 2014 11:18 am

K.O. DOTM Bumblebee.

http://www.youtube.com/user/Pepsimus · by **Black Bumblebee** » Fri Nov 07, 2014 3:30 pm

I like it. It's a cool little unofficial third mode. First we get the Astrotrain gun, now flying car Nightbeat lol

News Credits: 41 · by **Cobotron** » Fri Nov 07, 2014 7:12 pm

Well this is fun. Night Flight.

I like the way the wheels look like big VTOL air intake fan unit thingies.

News Credits: 438 · by **Sabrblade** » Fri Nov 07, 2014 10:28 pm

Black Bumblebee wrote:I like it. It's a cool little unofficial third mode. First we get the Astrotrain gun, now flying car Nightbeat lol

Except that Shouki's "Train Bazooka" mode was made official by the story it appeared in. This "Doublechanger-style Attack Mode" for Goshooter is just something done for fun, like all the Gerwalk modes that Hisashi Yuki was making out of the Roadbuster and Brainstorm figures.

News Credits: 8 · by **Flashwave** » Sat Nov 08, 2014 1:45 am

So is the coptor just balancing there or is it pegged/wedged in to something?

News Credits: 41 · by **Cobotron** » Sat Nov 08, 2014 8:13 am

Flashwave wrote:So is the coptor just balancing there or is it pegged/wedged in to something?

Just balancing. There's nothing to peg into.

Website · by **Flux Convoy** » Sat Nov 08, 2014 2:55 pm

See you again when you hit clearance. I have overpaid for all of these in the past. Not doing it any more. Especially not for characters who mean nothing to me. Nice enough to purchase, not nice enough to pay what they're asking though.

News Credits: 293 · by **shajaki** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 5:23 pm

Autobase Aichi has recently posted in hand shots of Million Publishing's Generations 2014 Vol. 2 exclusive figure GoShooter on their Facebook page. This will be the first time that the Nightbeat retooled version of IDW's Bumblebee will be available to the Japanese public. This repaint comes straight out of the Japanese G1 series Masterforce where GoShooter was originally a Head Master, but in this iteration his human companion Shuta will be playing the part of a Minicon/Targetmaster borrowed from Generations Blazemaster. The exclusive figure has begun arriving at the doorsteps of Japanese customers who bought the Generations 2014 Volume 2 book and sent in the mail away coupon. Have a look at GoShooter in both modes with his friend, and his G1 counterpart below!

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News Credits: 112 · by **megatronus** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 6:10 pm

I really want this and Hero X.

I know the IDW Bumblebee mold got a lot of 'meh' reviews when it first came out... but it's really shaping up to be a nice workhorse.

News Credits: 1082 · by **Tigertrack** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 6:20 pm

I think the car mode looks fantastic, just needs the blue panels on the door to be something...

I'll be happy to own it. Need to borrow some other toy's guns though. Hate that stupid weapon.

by **CrankyOldTruck** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 7:51 pm

Tigertrack wrote:I think the car mode looks fantastic, just needs the blue panels on the door to be something...

I'll be happy to own it. Need to borrow some other toy's guns though. Hate that stupid weapon.

It's not like the weapon that comes with 'Bee/Goldfire/Nightbeat is any kind of freaking prize. Humongous, gawdy...you'd almost be better off with the mini-con but yes, I get what you're saying. If I get my hands on this figure, and it is by far the best looking one out of all the uses of this mold, then I'll be scaring up a different weapon for him too.