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by **Rated X** » Thu May 24, 2012 10:52 pm

I agree with everyone who wants a Broadside thats big. Some really awesome upcoming 3rd party products seem to be a little too off scale. Hexatron is way too big and Hegemon is a tad too big. For Broadside, the plane mode is the wild card because a fighter jet is no where near the size of a carrier. Maybe they could get away with it if they FP goes for a Boing 747 or Airbus instead. If FP Broadside is going to be on the small side (voyager) than I would rather just see a repaint of Armada Tidal Wave with a new head because the size fits perfect.

News Credits: 2 · by **xyl360** » Thu May 24, 2012 11:30 pm

Rated X wrote:I agree with everyone who wants a Broadside thats big. Some really awesome upcoming 3rd party products seem to be a little too off scale. Hexatron is way too big and Hegemon is a tad too big. For Broadside, the plane mode is the wild card because a fighter jet is no where near the size of a carrier. Maybe they could get away with it if they FP goes for a Boing 747 or Airbus instead. If FP Broadside is going to be on the small side (voyager) than I would rather just see a repaint of Armada Tidal Wave with a new head because the size fits perfect.

In the G1 series they played it off by having his plane mode be a sort of large 'carrier plane' or space ship which was huge and could transport many Autobots (through space even) so I'm OK with it being a large fighter jet just based on that.

by **Rated X** » Fri May 25, 2012 1:44 am

xyl360 wrote:
Rated X wrote:I agree with everyone who wants a Broadside thats big. Some really awesome upcoming 3rd party products seem to be a little too off scale. Hexatron is way too big and Hegemon is a tad too big. For Broadside, the plane mode is the wild card because a fighter jet is no where near the size of a carrier. Maybe they could get away with it if they FP goes for a Boing 747 or Airbus instead. If FP Broadside is going to be on the small side (voyager) than I would rather just see a repaint of Armada Tidal Wave with a new head because the size fits perfect.

In the G1 series they played it off by having his plane mode be a sort of large 'carrier plane' or space ship which was huge and could transport many Autobots (through space even) so I'm OK with it being a large fighter jet just based on that.

I remember those episodes. But that large carrier aircraft always had a giant two seater fighter plane style cockpit instead of a more realistic shuttle style window pannel. I know it was toy accurate but looked kind of silly.

With the Tidal Wave repaint idea, all you gotta do is flip up the boats wings and you got a space ship. So it could pass as a triple changer.

News Credits: 5 · by **zodconvoy** » Fri May 25, 2012 2:18 am

Rated X wrote:
xyl360 wrote:
Rated X wrote:I agree with everyone who wants a Broadside thats big. Some really awesome upcoming 3rd party products seem to be a little too off scale. Hexatron is way too big and Hegemon is a tad too big. For Broadside, the plane mode is the wild card because a fighter jet is no where near the size of a carrier. Maybe they could get away with it if they FP goes for a Boing 747 or Airbus instead. If FP Broadside is going to be on the small side (voyager) than I would rather just see a repaint of Armada Tidal Wave with a new head because the size fits perfect.

In the G1 series they played it off by having his plane mode be a sort of large 'carrier plane' or space ship which was huge and could transport many Autobots (through space even) so I'm OK with it being a large fighter jet just based on that.

I remember those episodes. But that large carrier aircraft always had a giant two seater fighter plane style cockpit instead of a more realistic shuttle style window pannel. I know it was toy accurate but looked kind of silly.

With the Tidal Wave repaint idea, all you gotta do is flip up the boats wings and you got a space ship. So it could pass as a triple changer.

I have seen many a valiant try but none of them pull it off. Plus, the Tidelwave mold is 10 years old and no where near the mark for Broadside. It's just to intentionally Franksteinian to work. Would you really settle for a turn of the century cinder block with no knees instead of something new at this point?

Website · by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Fri May 25, 2012 1:47 pm

I don't want or need it to be huge, just decent-sized is fine for me.

News Credits: 5 · by **alexison** » Sat May 26, 2012 4:37 pm

Mkall wrote:As potential as Broadside, but I want it to be big.

Agreed. I love the exaggerated proportions.

News Credits: 119 · by **daimchoc** » Sun Jul 29, 2012 10:52 pm

Website · by **STngAR** » Sun Jul 29, 2012 11:36 pm

I know he's robot but looking at those pics the first thing I think of is "neck" for some reason. :MAXIMAL:

News Credits: 119 · by **daimchoc** » Sun Jul 29, 2012 11:47 pm

STngAR wrote:I know he's robot but looking at those pics the first thing I think of is "neck" for some reason.

News Credits: 10 · by **Trikeboy** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 3:32 am

Ok, I might have missed this so please help me out. Will Assaulter be a triple changer or only have 1 alt mode? All the pics show a jet alt mode but his bulk suggests more.

News Credits: 1 · by **Thadicon** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 3:56 am

Every picture I see of this guy makes me want the release date to be tomorrow. And im itching to see his 3rd alt mode im kind of hoping its like a carrier with a mix of cruiser guns on the deck. But the new pictures of the undercarriage of the jet mode is pretty cool. This is just an outright awesome figure. Im happy we are getting more triple changers

News Credits: 1 · by **Thadicon** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 4:05 am

Actually does it kind of look like the handle on the bottom of the guns look like they could be handles for a sort of hand weapon?

by **NOS** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 4:15 am

Trikeboy wrote:Ok, I might have missed this so please help me out. Will Assaulter be a triple changer or only have 1 alt mode? All the pics show a jet alt mode but his bulk suggests more.

2 alt modes, jet and carrier. They're just not showing off the carrier mode yet for whatever reason.
1 robot mode
1 as of yet undisclosed mode.

Speculation has it he might combine with Steelcore, but... I kinda doubt that. The most anyone has to go on as far as the undisclosed mode is a partial pic of a black silhouette with a different face. I'm betting more on some sort of Macross Walker mode.

News Credits: 5 · by **alexison** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 10:11 am

NOS wrote:
Trikeboy wrote:Ok, I might have missed this so please help me out. Will Assaulter be a triple changer or only have 1 alt mode? All the pics show a jet alt mode but his bulk suggests more.

2 alt modes, jet and carrier. They're just not showing off the carrier mode yet for whatever reason.
1 robot mode
1 as of yet undisclosed mode.

Speculation has it he might combine with Steelcore, but... I kinda doubt that. The most anyone has to go on as far as the undisclosed mode is a partial pic of a black silhouette with a different face. I'm betting more on some sort of Macross Walker mode.

Yes he's a triple changer and the third mode is a carrier. This was confirmed by Dead End yesterday. The carrier mode will come with mini steel core and Warbot defender figures to ride on top of it.

News Credits: 5 · by **zodconvoy** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 1:55 pm

Put me down for one!

News Credits: 1 · by **Thadicon** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 5:29 pm

amcgrath929 wrote:
NOS wrote:
Trikeboy wrote:Ok, I might have missed this so please help me out. Will Assaulter be a triple changer or only have 1 alt mode? All the pics show a jet alt mode but his bulk suggests more.

2 alt modes, jet and carrier. They're just not showing off the carrier mode yet for whatever reason.
1 robot mode
1 as of yet undisclosed mode.

Speculation has it he might combine with Steelcore, but... I kinda doubt that. The most anyone has to go on as far as the undisclosed mode is a partial pic of a black silhouette with a different face. I'm betting more on some sort of Macross Walker mode.

Yes he's a triple changer and the third mode is a carrier. This was confirmed by Dead End yesterday. The carrier mode will come with mini steel core and Warbot defender figures to ride on top of it.

That is going to be Awesome i was thinking i might have to break out some minicon jets or some micromasters to put on his carrier mode. They need t show us the carrier mode i want to see it :BOOM: