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News Credits: 5749 · Mon Dec 16, 2013 11:38 am

Seibertron.com has received our copy of TFCC Magazine issue #54, you know the one with Generations Rattrap on the cover. Well the new reveals aren't limited to the cover, the interior pages reveal Rattrap in both modes, Deluxe Tankor, and Deluxe Crosscut! Deluxe Tankor in a brand new mold and update the Transformers Beast Machines Tankor! Deluxe Crosscut is a silver redeco of the recently release IDW Skids with a new red head mold, an homage to the e-Hobby exclusive.

As much as we would love to post the page scan we will comply with the Club's wishes and not post material from the magazine. Those of you who are members should be receiving your own copy soon.

News Credits: 7 · Mon Dec 16, 2013 11:45 am

Dammit Hasbro, you're supposed to FIX the scale issues with new Beast Machines figures. Tankor a mere Deluxe, grumble grumble grumble.

News Credits: 1 · Mon Dec 16, 2013 11:45 am

Oh, he's that Crosscut, naturally. For a second, I thought we were getting that saucer-headed exploding guy as a club exclusive.

And I'll keep repeating this until someone officially does it:
Repaint Tankor in minty Cybertronian colors for G2 Re-Redux so I can get army buildin', dammit! If I have to buy a bunch of Tankors to repaint myself, it'll give Hasbro the wrong idea about where they can stick Beast Machines. Well, not if these IDW figs turn up at 5-Below in a year, like those two cases of Prime deluxes; just imagine how awesome it'd be if EVERY new troop-builder followed the lead of the PRID Vehicons!

Mon Dec 16, 2013 11:55 am

New mold Tankor? Yes please!

News Credits: 15 · Mon Dec 16, 2013 11:56 am

Can't wait for Tankor.

Since I own Skids and consider his toy to be a little toward the weak side, I think I'll steer clear of Crosscut.

News Credits: 402 · Updated Oct 21, 2022

2014's starting out much better than 2013. I can't wait to see these guys!

News Credits: 251 · Mon Dec 16, 2013 12:15 pm

Tankor looks really good, guys. So does Crosscut. I think a majority will like them!

All that remains is Nightbeat, who is oddly absent from the page... :-?

News Credits: 251 · Mon Dec 16, 2013 12:23 pm

Also, Tankor has the Vehicon symbol. And Rattrap's gun can separate into two different weapons, just like Skids.

The rat mode is pretty kanine looking though, if you ask me.

Mon Dec 16, 2013 12:36 pm

The magazine didn't show up in the mailbox today. Can somebody just post an external link through photobucket so we can see the pics today ?

Mon Dec 16, 2013 12:42 pm

ooooooo sweet, tankor is my favorite Beast Machines character

for those of you who have the magazine, does Crosscut appear to have all of the same armaments that Skids does?

Mon Dec 16, 2013 12:48 pm

Pics?

News Credits: 7 · Mon Dec 16, 2013 12:55 pm

Mindmaster wrote:Also, Tankor has the Vehicon symbol.

I love that everyone has their own proper insignias, and aren't being shoehorned into classic

or

. Dreadwing has :G2CON:

, Rhinox and Rattrap have :MAXIMAL:

, Waspinator's got :PREDACON:

, Tankor's got :VEHI:

, the Mini-Cons have :MINI:

, Doubledealer has both

.

News Credits: 241 · Mon Dec 16, 2013 12:56 pm

SentinelA wrote:Pics?

El Duque wrote:As much as we would love to post the page scan we will comply with the Club's wishes and not post material from the magazine.

I would advise against linking to scans of the pages in question as well. We'll get official public pics from Hasbro soon enough, just have a little bit of patience.

This makes 17 Deluxes in the series thus far. Now all we need is a confirmation of Nightbeat.

Mon Dec 16, 2013 1:27 pm

really looking forward to more pictures of my favorite maximal. hopefully we won't have to wait very long

News Credits: 18 · Mon Dec 16, 2013 1:27 pm

This is why I hate the Collectors Club

News Credits: 1 · Mon Dec 16, 2013 1:46 pm

For those of us without a TFCC subscription, just how show-accurate is Generations Tankor?

Mon Dec 16, 2013 1:48 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
SentinelA wrote:Pics?

El Duque wrote:As much as we would love to post the page scan we will comply with the Club's wishes and not post material from the magazine.

I would advise against linking to scans of the pages in question as well. We'll get official public pics from Hasbro soon enough, just have a little bit of patience.

This makes 17 Deluxes in the series thus far. Now all we need is a confirmation of Nightbeat.

Should we really have to be good little fans and wait for the magazine to show up in our mailboxes ? It's not our fault that we all don't live in Texas and get Funpub mail so quick. I totally respect that the news staff themselves don't post scans on the website. But you shouldn't discourage fans who have no vetted interest in Funpub from sharing links. After all a fansite would be nothing without the fans.

Maybe somebody can PM everybody a link if it has to be so top secret...

News Credits: 251 · Mon Dec 16, 2013 2:04 pm

bluecatcinema wrote:For those of us without a TFCC subscription, just how show-accurate is Generations Tankor?

He's fairly accurate, but he's less... blocky. Not saying he's round at all, but the corners feel less pointy, if that makes any sense. Tank mode is rocking, longer than what it used to be. Though the cannon is a little smaller.

News Credits: 4 · Mon Dec 16, 2013 3:14 pm

I'm sure some of you must have seen the pics. I'm not sure I saw the same ones. Tankor does...how to put this politely...not look like my cup of tea. He don't float my boat. He's a kettle of rancid post oil-spill+Fukushima contaminated waters fish. Me no wanty.

Crosscut looks pretty cool, not sure I've any use for the character but he's a nice, not too bland generic. Rattrap is nice enough, although I would have preferred Transmetal, this one's pretty cool too.

Mon Dec 16, 2013 3:41 pm

leokearon wrote:This is why I hate the Collectors Club

I hate them for far better reasons than telling us stuff we already knew.

Stolen card numbers fiasco anyone? I probably shouldn't open that can of worms.

Anyway yeah. These guys are still useless as a source of news.

News Credits: 4 · Mon Dec 16, 2013 4:38 pm

Vicalliose wrote:
leokearon wrote:This is why I hate the Collectors Club
I hate them for far better reasons than telling us stuff we already knew.

Stolen card numbers fiasco anyone? I probably shouldn't open that can of worms.

Anyway yeah. These guys are still useless as a source of news.

I don't blame the producers of a print magazine for wanting to keep one of the few exclusive things they get as an incentive to people who've paid for their publication. Probably won't be long before the pictures are online, or we see an official thing about it from Hasbro.

News Credits: 226 · Mon Dec 16, 2013 4:49 pm

Rated X wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
SentinelA wrote:Pics?

El Duque wrote:As much as we would love to post the page scan we will comply with the Club's wishes and not post material from the magazine.

I would advise against linking to scans of the pages in question as well. We'll get official public pics from Hasbro soon enough, just have a little bit of patience.

This makes 17 Deluxes in the series thus far. Now all we need is a confirmation of Nightbeat.

Should we really have to be good little fans and wait for the magazine to show up in our mailboxes ? It's not our fault that we all don't live in Texas and get Funpub mail so quick. I totally respect that the news staff themselves don't post scans on the website. But you shouldn't discourage fans who have no vetted interest in Funpub from sharing links. After all a fansite would be nothing without the fans.

Maybe somebody can PM everybody a link if it has to be so top secret...

Why would we (the site) give away something for free that people are paying for?

I understand where you're coming from, believe me I do, but the site is watched by FunPub, Hasbro, Paramount etc ... we often receive requests to take things down before official unveils.

And hey, at least you only have to wait a few days. When I was in the club I'd have to wait 2-3 weeks to get my magazine, by which time everyone had already moved on from the conversation.

News Credits: 7 · Mon Dec 16, 2013 5:33 pm

Saw the pics.

Rattrap looks great, though I'm a touch disappointed his rat mode is not his cute show self, but it's obviously meant to evoke his original toy so I can appreciate that. Even if that means he looks less like a rat and more like a generic carnivorous mammal.

Tankor's OK, but he seems a bit less imposing than he should be, like he's not as bulky. He could do with some kind of gimmick in his head, like an articulated jaw or that Cylon eye thing. Wish he was a Voyager, but on the other hand they could always make Cyberverse Jetstorm and Thrust.

Crosscut is... silver. Meh, don't really care.

Mon Dec 16, 2013 6:20 pm

Burn wrote:
Rated X wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
SentinelA wrote:Pics?

El Duque wrote:As much as we would love to post the page scan we will comply with the Club's wishes and not post material from the magazine.

I would advise against linking to scans of the pages in question as well. We'll get official public pics from Hasbro soon enough, just have a little bit of patience.

This makes 17 Deluxes in the series thus far. Now all we need is a confirmation of Nightbeat.

Should we really have to be good little fans and wait for the magazine to show up in our mailboxes ? It's not our fault that we all don't live in Texas and get Funpub mail so quick. I totally respect that the news staff themselves don't post scans on the website. But you shouldn't discourage fans who have no vetted interest in Funpub from sharing links. After all a fansite would be nothing without the fans.

Maybe somebody can PM everybody a link if it has to be so top secret...

Why would we (the site) give away something for free that people are paying for?

I understand where you're coming from, believe me I do, but the site is watched by FunPub, Hasbro, Paramount etc ... we often receive requests to take things down before official unveils.

And hey, at least you only have to wait a few days. When I was in the club I'd have to wait 2-3 weeks to get my magazine, by which time everyone had already moved on from the conversation.

I did subscribe so I will get it in the mail soon. But I'm sure there are a lot of people who didn't subscribe because the "Rampage" freebie figure this year isn't all that great.

News Credits: 104 · Mon Dec 16, 2013 6:31 pm

Rated X wrote:I did subscribe so I will get it in the mail soon. But I'm sure there are a lot of people who didn't subscribe because the "Rampage" freebie figure this year isn't all that great.

I don't subscribe so I will have to wait (other things to spend my money on right now).