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News Credits: 335 · by **Down_Shift** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 10:05 am

Just got my slew of Warpaths in the mail today. The first thing I did was bust out the instructions to see what the Easter Egg might be.

Here is it:

: Hardhead in the instructions

News Credits: 3 · by **Jazz-1982** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 10:15 am

Thanks for the heads up!

Has Warpath been officially released yet? Or are you one of those lucky guys who gets the new figures early?

Hardhead is a good choice but I was really hoping for Brawl.

News Credits: 335 · by **Down_Shift** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 10:28 am

Jazz-1982 wrote:Thanks for the heads up!

Has Warpath been officially released yet? Or are you one of those lucky guys who gets the new figures early?

Hardhead is a good choice but I was really hoping for Brawl.

one of the lucky ones I guess. Lol.

I'm at work so I haven't even had the chance to take the figure out of the package yet, aside from a quick peak at the instructions.

News Credits: 1082 · by **Tigertrack** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 10:39 am

Kind of sucks. I mean we have a perfectly good hardhead, and headrobots has worked so hard to create something nice.

News Credits: 5749 · by **El Duque** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 10:40 am

Thanks to our very own Down_Shift we have an image of the potential remolded head for the soon to be released Generations Warpath! The new head would appear to be Hardhead, which would make a lot of sense considering the alt mode. Take a look at the image below.

by **WolfDawg** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 10:48 am

It's really hard for me to get excited about this. We've seen remolded heads for Scourge, Wreckgar, Lugnut, Thunderwing, Tomahawk, Terradive, and countless others. The only time I think these remolds have come to fruition is with WFC Cliffjumper and HFTD Axel. When are we going to see the rest of these supposed remolds?

News Credits: 335 · by **Down_Shift** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 10:53 am

WolfDawg wrote:It's really hard for me to get excited about this. We've seen remolded heads for Scourge, Wreckgar, Lugnut, Thunderwing, Tomahawk, Terradive, and countless others. The only time I think these remolds have come to fruition is with WFC Cliffjumper and HFTD Axel. When are we going to see the rest of these supposed remolds?

Hasbro has said that they are going to continue Generations through out the movie line.

So probably in the summer.

News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 10:57 am

I already have a Hardhead, but Another Autobot tank never hurts (unless you're a Decepticon)

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 10:59 am

So if it really is Hardhead, that would make him the first non-mainstream character to get more than one toy (Universe 2.0 and Generations), barring reissues and Legends! I wonder how that will affect the aftermarket.

Website · by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 11:08 am

Hmm, interesting. I love my Voyager and new head, but I'll probably pick this up, too.

News Credits: 2 · by **paul053** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 11:20 am

Isn't there already an ultra class Harhead?

Mkall wrote:I already have a Hardhead, but Another Autobot tank never hurts (unless you're a Decepticon)

Yes! I want a Decepticon... My CHURG line Decepticons are starting to get out numbered by Autobots now.

News Credits: 127 · by **Counterpunch** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 11:22 am

How very disappointing. Goes well with my theory that the way in which Hasbro is addressing this 3rd party stuff is by releasing the same characters at retail.

News Credits: 1082 · by **Tigertrack** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 11:22 am

paul053 wrote:Isn't there already an ultra class Harhead?

Mkall wrote:I already have a Hardhead, but Another Autobot tank never hurts (unless you're a Decepticon)

Yes! I want a Decepticon... My CHURG line Decepticons are starting to get out numbered by Autobots now.

Yes, but it had no new head, and was a store exclusive.

News Credits: 5 · by **--B--** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 11:26 am

Hmmm,

I really like my Hardhead with head robots update as Hardhead, but I would still pick this up.

Any suggestions on who to repurpose it as?

Flak?

Tacker from Masterforce would work:

http://www.tfu.info/2004/Cybertron/Tacker/tacker.htm

by **juxtapose519** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 11:30 am

It was pretty obvious this was coming. This mold looks way more like Hardhead than it does Warpath. I, for one, am excited.

News Credits: 36 · by **Pretender Skywarp** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 11:33 am

I just wish that Hasbro would officially announce some of these rather than dangling these hints of "what's", "ifs" and "maybes".....!!

News Credits: 335 · by **Down_Shift** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 11:57 am

--B-- wrote:Hmmm,

I really like my Hardhead with head robots update as Hardhead, but I would still pick this up.

Any suggestions on who to repurpose it as?

Flak?

Tacker from Masterforce would work:

http://www.tfu.info/2004/Cybertron/Tacker/tacker.htm

Flak was the first one that came to my mind too

News Credits: 62 · by **Primeultimus** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 12:05 pm

Release this and the Junkion together in a Wave.

I will order for sure!

News Credits: 5 · by **alexison** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 12:12 pm

Counterpunch wrote:How very disappointing. Goes well with my theory that the way in which Hasbro is addressing this 3rd party stuff is by releasing the same characters at retail.

If that is the case, I still see it as 3rd Parties 1 Hasbro 0. My Hardhead actually is a head
master. I see what you are saying though but it will not discourage me away from the 3rd party market.

News Credits: 6 · by **City Commander** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 12:23 pm

A little random. I'm not sure if the Warpath mold will really look good as Hardhead. The chest cannon is just too unique...

I still need to sell my Hardhead I think.

News Credits: 11 · by **kirbenvost** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 12:30 pm

Hmm, I think it looks cool. I'm not sure if this makes me sad or relieved that I missed out on Universe Hardhead.

by **SN95 Cobra R** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 12:38 pm

Looks awful. Like a cyber-perm.

News Credits: 387 · by **Nekoman** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 12:44 pm

IIRC, isn't Universe Hardhead more accurate to his IDW appearance? I don't read those comics to know, but I thought I remember reading that somewhere. This one's more G1 styled.

Anyways, this is pretty cool just for the fact that it's another Hardhead. Plus the new head looks pretty darn fine. I just wish that if they were redoing figures they'd give us a legit Ultra Magnus with his armor.

News Credits: 16 · by **It Is Him** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 12:53 pm

Down_Shift wrote:
WolfDawg wrote:It's really hard for me to get excited about this. We've seen remolded heads for Scourge, Wreckgar, Lugnut, Thunderwing, Tomahawk, Terradive, and countless others. The only time I think these remolds have come to fruition is with WFC Cliffjumper and HFTD Axel. When are we going to see the rest of these supposed remolds?

Hasbro has said that they are going to continue Generations through out the movie line.

So probably in the summer.

They also said at Toy Fair that the Deluxe Prime toys will displace Generations. So, come August, no more Generations. What will happen to Generations in Spring of next year is anyone's guess though.

News Credits: 2 · by **Requiem Prime** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 1:16 pm

But we already have a Hardhead done right. Hasbro only gets half credit but it's still something.

I always thought a good way for Hasbro to make peace with 3rd parties was to let them know what toys were coming down the pipe early. Then they could be working on upgrade kits and driving sales of a would be minor item to the moon and back at retail because nobody else would have it to sell second hand.