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Shockwave7 wrote:Looks like I'll have to paint Galvatron's treads black myself. Ah well, nothing's perfect.

I'm sure Takara will sort us out on that front. For that matter, I wonder if Takara will forego the Titan Master feature on Blaster and Galvatron altogether. Their Transformers lines aren't always a direct reflection of Hasbro's, and given what they're doing to make Unite Warriors figures more G1-accurate than Combiner Wars.

Problem is where would the head go on blaster? I think Takara may have set the bar too high for themselves and people may be disappointed with what happens next.

You can take my advice and foresight for what its worth (about nothing): Takara will NOT be reworking this Titan Returns line to give all these new headmasters actual static heads.

If Takara was really all about keeping G1 as pure as possible, they would have given motormaster a trailer and never have released an Optimus combiner. But as well all know this was not the case.

william-james88 wrote:You can take my advice and foresight for what its worth (about nothing): Takara will NOT be reworking this Titan Returns line to give all these new headmasters actual static heads.

If Takara was really all about keeping G1 as pure as possible, they would have given motormaster a trailer and never have released an Optimus combiner. But as well all know this was not the case.

Yeah, I'm sure if TT can move on with things, we certainly should

Hellscream9999 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:You can take my advice and foresight for what its worth (about nothing): Takara will NOT be reworking this Titan Returns line to give all these new headmasters actual static heads.

If Takara was really all about keeping G1 as pure as possible, they would have given motormaster a trailer and never have released an Optimus combiner. But as well all know this was not the case.

Yeah, I'm sure if TT can move on with things, we certainly should

If only some could....

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:You can take my advice and foresight for what its worth (about nothing): Takara will NOT be reworking this Titan Returns line to give all these new headmasters actual static heads.

If Takara was really all about keeping G1 as pure as possible, they would have given motormaster a trailer and never have released an Optimus combiner. But as well all know this was not the case.

Yeah, I'm sure if TT can move on with things, we certainly should

If only some could....

Indeed

Thanks to Takara Tomy designer Yuya Onishi we get a look at some design artwork for Titans Return Voyager Galvatron! Recently revealed this past weekend at New York Comic Con, Galvatron will be part of Hasbro's 2016 Titans Return Line and this artwork shows all three of Galvatron's modes! Check out the image mirrored below and remember keep your optics tuned to Seibertron.com for the latest in news and updates!

I like the ship design better than the gun design. My only gripe about this Galvatron is his funky arms. I'm fine with the headmasters gimmick, I loved them when I was a kid and I like it now, but his arms look too big to me.

Spaceship mode looks much better when put together properly

The orange cannon barrel should have been used for the thruster in spaceship mode. There is no need for a stationary canon when you can just fly in shooting now.

So EVERY one of these new Titan Masters are actualy Headmaster JR's? They only form the face.

MR Optimus Prime wrote:So EVERY one of these new Titan Masters are actualy Headmaster JR's? They only form the face.

Only for the Voyagers and Leaders, who have Scorponok-styled helmets for the Titan Masters to wear to make their head modes bigger. All the Deluxes lack helmets so the Titan Masters end up forming their whole heads.

MR Optimus Prime wrote:So EVERY one of these new Titan Masters are actualy Headmaster JR's? They only form the face.

I think only the bigger figures we've seen so far have a "helmet" feature. They form the entire head for the Deluxe figures.

Edit: Ya. What Sabrblade said.

Making a really 86 movie-accurate Galvatron would be next to impossible, because the alt mode had really skinny and spindly arms for the 'tripod' of his gun.


There was, and still is, probably no way to take those little stick-boy props as pictured in this image and turn them into the beefy, organically armored arms pictured for his robot mode.



Neither of which of course look like what the 86 toy actually was....



It goes without saying the upcoming Generations toy blows the G1 version out of the water. Whatever flaws it may have, I'll take it over the G1 toy or the Universe Rubik's cube version any day of the week.

Shockwave7 wrote:...or the Universe Rubik's cube...

Incredibly apt description. Bravo!

Also the colouration changes a lot in the G1 toon galvatron, too much to be done properly.

I'll always like his universe mould for what it is. It's far from perfect, like his arms never want to stay attached when transforming him but, I like it. Of course, it's nothing compared to the titan returns galvatron. Interestingly though, as a kid when I played with the G1 toy, I have him a ship mode as well by spreading his upper arms out but keeping his treads attached and having his handle flat against the back of his legs facing up.

MR Optimus Prime wrote:The orange cannon barrel should have been used for the thruster in spaceship mode. There is no need for a stationary canon when you can just fly in shooting now.

Well...

If the cannon and the flight systems are powered from the same source, flying would diminish power available for the cannon's output. And of course, there's the problem of dealing with recoil in flight - that limits the firepower you can dish out with a forward-facing airborne cannon.

Caelus wrote:

MR Optimus Prime wrote:The orange cannon barrel should have been used for the thruster in spaceship mode. There is no need for a stationary canon when you can just fly in shooting now.

Well...

If the cannon and the flight systems are powered from the same source, flying would diminish power available for the cannon's output. And of course, there's the problem of dealing with recoil in flight - that limits the firepower you can dish out with a forward-facing airborne cannon.

This is Galvatron we're talking about. Rational thinking doesn't apply.

Twitchythe3rd wrote:

Caelus wrote:

MR Optimus Prime wrote:The orange cannon barrel should have been used for the thruster in spaceship mode. There is no need for a stationary canon when you can just fly in shooting now.

Well...

If the cannon and the flight systems are powered from the same source, flying would diminish power available for the cannon's output. And of course, there's the problem of dealing with recoil in flight - that limits the firepower you can dish out with a forward-facing airborne cannon.

This is Galvatron we're talking about. Rational thinking doesn't apply.

He's right you know....

Shockwave7 wrote:Making a really 86 movie-accurate Galvatron would be next to impossible, because the alt mode had really skinny and spindly arms for the 'tripod' of his gun.


There was, and still is, probably no way to take those little stick-boy props as pictured in this image and turn them into the beefy, organically armored arms pictured for his robot mode.



Neither of which of course look like what the 86 toy actually was....



It goes without saying the upcoming Generations toy blows the G1 version out of the water. Whatever flaws it may have, I'll take it over the G1 toy or the Universe Rubik's cube version any day of the week.

this is, i think the first time we have a galvatron thats close enough! and thats good enough for me

Here's Galvatron's official character model with the new toy's stock photos for a better comparison.

Well the cannon is certainly big enough

And now with the sample toy that was on display:

At least the bicep treads bulk out his arms

Mindmaster wrote:

Shockwave7 wrote:...or the Universe Rubik's cube...

Incredibly apt description. Bravo!

I'm not saying Universe Galvatron was hard to transform. I'm just saying i got him back into tank mode and Pinhead appeared.