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News Credits: 6188 · Thu Feb 26, 2015 1:58 pm

GuyIncognito wrote:This "Bluestreak" looks more like Alternator Smokescreen to me.

It is. My brain is currently frizzled. #-o

Thu Feb 26, 2015 2:52 pm

Va'al wrote:
GuyIncognito wrote:This "Bluestreak" looks more like Alternator Smokescreen to me.

It is. My brain is currently frizzled.

Actually, you were right the first time. Q16 is Bluestreak and is based on BT-19 Binaltech Bluestreak. You can tell by the head which does not feature Smokey's helmet style head that wraps around the chin area.

News Credits: 6188 · Thu Feb 26, 2015 2:54 pm

OH fffff---

News Credits: 12 · Thu Feb 26, 2015 5:22 pm

Also, a bluestreak that is actually blue! Hallelujah!

News Credits: 1 · Fri Feb 27, 2015 6:27 am

Argh! Blue Bluestreak! Heresy!

News Credits: 12 · Fri Feb 27, 2015 10:57 am

Smokescreen85 wrote:Actually, you were right the first time. Q16 is Bluestreak and is based on BT-19 Binaltech Bluestreak. You can tell by the head which does not feature Smokey's helmet style head that wraps around the chin area.

Ah, good catch. You are correct, sir.

So Alternator Smokescreen was essentially a repaint of BT Bluestreak? Was BT Bluestreak the first use of that mold?

News Credits: 1 · Fri Feb 27, 2015 11:12 am

GuyIncognito wrote:
Smokescreen85 wrote:Actually, you were right the first time. Q16 is Bluestreak and is based on BT-19 Binaltech Bluestreak. You can tell by the head which does not feature Smokey's helmet style head that wraps around the chin area.

Ah, good catch. You are correct, sir.

So Alternator Smokescreen was essentially a repaint of BT Bluestreak? Was BT Bluestreak the first use of that mold?

BT-01 was Smokescreen, then Bt-03 was Streak (in 'silver'), then we went to BT-07 which again was Smokescreen and after that he became BT-19 Bluestreak. The Streaks where without the chinstraps.

News Credits: 462 · Fri Feb 27, 2015 9:53 pm

RhA wrote:
GuyIncognito wrote:
Smokescreen85 wrote:Actually, you were right the first time. Q16 is Bluestreak and is based on BT-19 Binaltech Bluestreak. You can tell by the head which does not feature Smokey's helmet style head that wraps around the chin area.

Ah, good catch. You are correct, sir.

So Alternator Smokescreen was essentially a repaint of BT Bluestreak? Was BT Bluestreak the first use of that mold?

BT-01 was Smokescreen, then Bt-03 was Streak (in 'silver'), then we went to BT-07 which again was Smokescreen and after that he became BT-19 Bluestreak. The Streaks where without the chinstraps.

Additionally, Streak/Silverstreak wasn't a repaint of Smokescreen, but a remold. Namely, the robot mode head and the car mode spoilers are different between the two.

News Credits: 6188 · Tue Mar 24, 2015 8:54 am

As a companion news piece to yesterday's Amazon.co.jp Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure and Easy Dynamic post, here's another update from the online retailer, regarding three Q-Transformers figures also due out this coming April! Check out below the images, linking to the listings, for QT18 Nemesis Prime (at a discounted price), QT19 Optimus Prime and QT20 Megatron (both for the expected 1079 Yen/approx $9 US)!

News Credits: 3642 · Tue Mar 24, 2015 9:44 am

Man I just love these little guys. I don't know what it is about them, but they're the things I keep looking forward to every month. I hope they continue for a while. I'd love to see them do something besides car/truck alt modes ... bring on the Seekers and Dinobots!

Tue Mar 24, 2015 11:40 am

These little things really are great! This is how you do fun, gimmick toys. Wish they would turn up on retail shelves via Hasbro. Money is really keeping me at bay with a lot of figures right now, but I'd love at least the Rodimus for my desk!

Wed Apr 15, 2015 12:35 pm

Just noticed this available for pre-order over at TFSource:

And I am not ashamed to say that my first thought was, "Oh my God, I need this in my life!" It can hang out with my Disney Label Convoy and they can play a nice game of cat and mouse.

News Credits: 241 · Wed Apr 15, 2015 12:40 pm

I like Transformers.
My wife likes Hello Kitty.

'Nuff said.

News Credits: 656 · Wed Apr 15, 2015 1:10 pm

I'm buying one of these and I don't really care who cares. Hello Kitty can form the head of a combiner for maximum hilarity.

News Credits: 293 · Wed Apr 15, 2015 1:16 pm

Seibertron sponsors TFsource and BigBadToyStore have listed a pile of new Transformers Q figure preorders, including Classic Transformers characters with Hello Kitty and Evangelions?! The bizarre new batch includes:
-QT23 Ultra Magnus
-QT24 Bumblebee
-QT25 Lockdown
-QT26 Laserwave/Shockwave
-QT27 Soundwave
-QT28 Cliffjumper
-QT29 Starscream
-QT30 Thundercracker
-QT31 Skywarp
-QTC01 Hello Kitty
-QTC02 Evangelion 3 Figure Set

Keep scrolling to see some shots of the little fellas, and be sure to check out TFsource and BigBadToyStore to preorder if you like what you see!

News Credits: 54 · Wed Apr 15, 2015 1:35 pm

Get in the goddamn robot Shinji!

News Credits: 4877 · Wed Apr 15, 2015 1:44 pm

Who are those last 3? I remember Va'al's avatar looked like the first purple garbage truck figure.

News Credits: 1 · Wed Apr 15, 2015 2:37 pm

william-james88 wrote:Who are those last 3? I remember Va'al's avatar looked like the first purple garbage truck figure.

Evanglelion units one, zero, and two. Though you've probably seen more pics of unit zero in blue than orange, since it gets a new paint job early in the series.

News Credits: 1 · Wed Apr 15, 2015 2:47 pm

"Hello Convoy is the code name for Takara's daring, cross-gender-appeal crossover figure.

Her purpose: to siphon knee-jerk fan-rage away from Bronies."

...that's all I got. Had Joe on the brain for a week since a leak in my basement ruined several MISB sets from about 8 years back, including that Target set with the MOBAT and red HISS tank. It claimed my sealed Nightmare Moon gift set too. A mere fraction of Seib's pain from that flood, since most of my TF stuff dodged the bullet, but a sliver I share.

Back on topic, does anyone else think the shape of the lil' seekers' cockpits makes them look like they come with egg-laying action for a belated Easter assault?

News Credits: 462 · Wed Apr 15, 2015 4:02 pm

That Hello Kitty QTF is adorable.

Also hilarious that it shares its mold with the EVA Units, considering how the two are virtually polar opposites (uber kid-friendly vs. uber NOT kid-friendly). :lol:

Wed Apr 15, 2015 4:34 pm

Bumblevivisector wrote:"Hello Convoy is the code name for Takara's daring, cross-gender-appeal crossover figure.

Her purpose: to siphon knee-jerk fan-rage away from Bronies."

...that's all I got. Had Joe on the brain for a week since a leak in my basement ruined several MISB sets from about 8 years back, including that Target set with the MOBAT and red HISS tank. It claimed my sealed Nightmare Moon gift set too. A mere fraction of Seib's pain from that flood, since most of my TF stuff dodged the bullet, but a sliver I share.

Back on topic, does anyone else think the shape of the lil' seekers' cockpits makes them look like they come with egg-laying action for a belated Easter assault?

1. Hello Convoy: awesome in a twisted sort of way
2. The Crimson Hiss from that set kicks a whole lot of ass
3. I thought the seekers reminded me more of those old super deformed macross planes, but now I can't un-see the eggs

News Credits: 6188 · Wed Apr 15, 2015 4:44 pm

Bumblevivisector wrote:
william-james88 wrote:Who are those last 3? I remember Va'al's avatar looked like the first purple garbage truck figure.
Evanglelion units one, zero, and two. Though you've probably seen more pics of unit zero in blue than orange, since it gets a new paint job early in the series.

I mayyyyy have to look into getting those.

News Credits: 60 · Wed Apr 15, 2015 5:06 pm

Yotsuyasan wrote:Just noticed this available for pre-order over at TFSource:

And I am not ashamed to say that my first thought was, "Oh my God, I need this in my life!" It can hang out with my Disney Label Convoy and they can play a nice game of cat and mouse.

News Credits: 7 · Wed Apr 15, 2015 6:53 pm

Yotsuyasan wrote:Just noticed this available for pre-order over at TFSource:

And I am not ashamed to say that my first thought was, "Oh my God, I need this in my life!" It can hang out with my Disney Label Convoy and they can play a nice game of cat and mouse.

If I had a Mickeymus, I'd probably be tempted to do the same thing, but getting one now seems like it'd be... Impractical. Though unless Hello Kitty is bigger than or the same size as Mickey, this could wind up ridiculously-scaled anyhow. Like, you know, most things involving multiple Transformers toys.