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News Credits: 402 · Updated Oct 21, 2022

Continuing the video barrage, Seibertron has uploaded another one featuring many of the deluxe-class figures that were talked about in the Hasbro Toy Panel. This video showcases Battle Blade Bumblebee, Jetblade, Ironhide, Thrust and Drift. Check this topic again in a couple hours to see a lot of high-detailed images of these great figures!

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News Credits: 4 · Sat Feb 13, 2010 9:13 pm

Hm, new Bumblebee mold. And this one has an axe. Pretty cool, I like it.
I like the colours on Jetblade a bit more than Dirge, so I guess I'll get him instead. And it was odd that he was Dirge and looked so different from the current seekers (well except Thrust). I think the mold suits a new character well.
Ironhide looks OK as well. I kind of like that he has the same sense of look as the deluxe Ratchet. I also like the look of his weapon.
Thrust, very cool.
Drift also looks very cool. With 3 swords (well, 1 and 2 daggers) and a sleek robot and vehicle mode, he looks like great figure. I'm surprised but definitely happy that they decided to make him.

Sat Feb 13, 2010 10:05 pm

Jetblade = Ramjet to me. And I actually like the mold, so hey.

Thrust will, WILL be mine!

And as for Drift... I'm sorry, but he's just too much of a Gary Stu for me to take seriously. Decent bot, though, still might get it - but if I ever write anything, he'll be a legend in his own mind.

News Credits: 23 · Sat Feb 13, 2010 10:10 pm

- Yet another yellow Camaro. Yawn. At least they made a new mould this time, but there are more than enough versions of the smegging character already!
- That baby-blue jet just looks pug-fugly. Do not want!
- After the badass Voyager Rambotruck version of the pickup, do we really need a Deluxe of him? The arms seem rather gimpy, too...
- I looked at Thrust and now I have to change my pants. Booyeah, Classics Thrust without having to pay RapeDollars(TM) for him!
- Drift Mary Sue looks okay. I think I'll get him so Bludgeon can have another Weeabot to hang out with.

Sat Feb 13, 2010 10:24 pm

BB:

Drift: I'm going to get him. Mold's nice to me.
Ironhide: Don't like hands, rest is fine.
Everyone else: Pass, I think.

MegaSilver

Sat Feb 13, 2010 10:31 pm

where's Generations blitswing! :BANG_HEAD:

News Credits: 20 · Sat Feb 13, 2010 10:33 pm

Bumblebee, looks like they chopped off his upper body and replaced it. Ironhide I might actually get because that's pretty sweet looking for a delux figure. Jetblade I'm liking, always good for the Decepticons to have more jets. Thrust and Drift are both looking pretty sweet to me too.

News Credits: 32 · Sat Feb 13, 2010 10:58 pm

THRUST?! They're releasing Henkei Thrust over here?! I'm a little mad now. :-x

Not because they're releasing him over here, but because they can rerelease BotCon Seekers, but I can't get a **** BotCon BW Megatron, Waspinator, and Tigatron without dropping a few grand on them on eBay! It's nice that the G1 fans can get all these great repaint homages, new molds, reissues, etc. But the BW fans, are totally left out in the cold. Universe Cheetor was a joke. Dinobot was mediocre at best. And things like Stalker Scorponok and Reverb, I didn't even know they were supposed to be homages until I read about them on the wiki. Come on, Hasbro! :BANG_HEAD:

Beast Wars SAVED the Transformers brand. There might not have even been a TF movie if it wasn't for for BW pulling the brand back from the void. It feels like they don't even want to acknowledge it. Give me a new Dinobot with a sword and spinning blade shield. Give me a new Megatron that doesn't require you to shove something up his ass to fire his missile. Give me a new Cheetor that actually has a gun, not Ani Prowls throwing stars! Give me a new Optimus Primal that his arm blasters, swords, shoulder cannons, and a jet pack, and not a stupid surfboard! Or even just give us some characters you haven't done yet. Like Terrorsaur with his gun and shoulder cannons. Or a Rhinox with his machines guns.

News Credits: 3 · Sat Feb 13, 2010 11:11 pm

Was not expecting that Thrust. Definitely a must-get for me. I've only ever gotten two classics seekers, Starscream and Ramjet, and I could always do with more. Plus he's my favourite conehead.
As for the others, in order:
Bumblebee: Axe is cool, but new mold or not, we don't need another.
Jetblade: Interesting name, liked the colours better as Dirge, though.
Ironhide: Want, planning to have a dlx version of every first movie autobot. (With Prime being substituted with the Protoform version)
Drift: Biggest fanboy wankjob ever, but I'll get him and pair him with U-Hot Shot.

Keep 'em coming, Hasbro, and I will keep giving you money... bastards.

Sat Feb 13, 2010 11:17 pm

You know....UltraPrimal you're kinda right, I didn't see the Stalker Scorponok as a reference either, I just thought "Oh! Let's give him a cool figure so we don't release him!"

As far as IronHide and Dirge...I mean...(whatever his name is) well, Ironhide's voyager is both in scale and movie accurate while Dirge(I mean new guy)'s face is too ugly!

As for the new Bumblebee thing, I(as a rookie TF collector and fan so don't hold me to this) see two main problems:1.if Bumblebee generally sells to little kids, why make a 60 buck one that little kids can't buy? and 2.There are too many Bumblebee molds already......

And somehow after all these awesome yet totally random new toys...I still haven't given up on a bigger movie Blackout and BoneCrusher9even though the odds of those being made is.....small).

Sun Feb 14, 2010 12:06 am

I don't get all the Drift hate. It's very idiotic to me. Anyways, the figures do look like winners. I'll be sure to pick up Thrust and Drift though. Hell, even that Ironhide looks great.

News Credits: 402 · Updated Oct 21, 2022

AutobotJazz87 wrote:I don't get all the Drift hate. It's very idiotic to me. Anyways, the figures do look like winners. I'll be sure to pick up Thrust and Drift though. Hell, even that Ironhide looks great.

Tney're just annoyed that Snake Eye put on a mech suit and joined the Autobots.

Sun Feb 14, 2010 12:20 am

Mkall wrote:
AutobotJazz87 wrote:I don't get all the Drift hate. It's very idiotic to me. Anyways, the figures do look like winners. I'll be sure to pick up Thrust and Drift though. Hell, even that Ironhide looks great.

Tney're just annoyed that Snake Eye put on a mech suit and joined the Autobots.

I can see how some would argue that his samurai style is a bit out of place, but most of the other reasons are just whack. Bludgeon anyone?

I haven't read any of the comics but I'm fully aware that is his origin. I don't know, I guess I feel like giving this character a chance and adding it to my collection before bashing it. It's a great-looking figure though.

News Credits: 10 · Sun Feb 14, 2010 12:22 am

I'm pissed about Thrust, but only because I dropped $180 on the Henkei versions of him and Dirge. About friggin time that they finally put this one out. How about a Dirge/Thundercracker two pack? probably not given the similarities in colors. Just give us a Thundercracker already!! He's the only Seeker I'm missing!

Oh, everything else looks good too. I was hoping I could scale back this year...looks like I'll be giving up lunch instead..

News Credits: 217 · Sun Feb 14, 2010 1:02 am

I didn't think Hasbro were able to release Thrust due to the exclusivity contract with BotCon. Hmm...this could mean trouble.

The Dirge mold is good, and I always love to see new or obscure characters instead of the same ten guys over-and-over. I also like white and sky-blue as a colour scheme, especially for jets. So why don't I like this figure? Is it his Mary-Sue-ish name?

I want to like this Drift figure. Mary-Sue or no, the idea of a ricer rocket that turns into a robot with swords appeals to me. But this figure looks awkward. The blocky Cybertron-Hotshot-tpe legs, the giant scabbards (though I do like scabbards), the baroque headsculpt and whatever the hell is going on with his shoulders, these are all turn-offs for me. Plus, is his chest mistransformed? I thought it was the other way up.

A repaint of him as Boss would be cool though.

News Credits: 402 · Updated Oct 21, 2022

Diem wrote:I didn't think Hasbro were able to release Thrust due to the exclusivity contract with BotCon. Hmm...this could mean trouble.

Hence why they're using the Henkei version of the mold, not the Botcon one

News Credits: 217 · Sun Feb 14, 2010 1:09 am

Mkall wrote:
Diem wrote:I didn't think Hasbro were able to release Thrust due to the exclusivity contract with BotCon. Hmm...this could mean trouble.

Hence why they're using the Henkei version of the mold, not the Botcon one

Really? They can do that? Seems...sneaky. :-$

Sun Feb 14, 2010 1:20 am

UltraPrimal wrote:THRUST?! They're releasing Henkei Thrust over here?! I'm a little mad now. Not because they're releasing him over here, but because they can rerelease BotCon Seekers, but I can't get a **** BotCon BW Megatron, Waspinator, and Tigatron without dropping a few grand on them on eBay! It's nice that the G1 fans can get all these great repaint homages, new molds, reissues, etc. But the BW fans, are totally left out in the cold. Universe Cheetor was a joke. Dinobot was mediocre at best. And things like Stalker Scorponok and Reverb, I didn't even know they were supposed to be homages until I read about them on the wiki. Come on, Hasbro! Beast Wars SAVED the Transformers brand. There might not have even been a TF movie if it wasn't for for BW pulling the brand back from the void. It feels like they don't even want to acknowledge it. Give me a new Dinobot with a sword and spinning blade shield. Give me a new Megatron that doesn't require you to shove something up his ass to fire his missile. Give me a new Cheetor that actually has a gun, not Ani Prowls throwing stars! Give me a new Optimus Primal that his arm blasters, swords, shoulder cannons, and a jet pack, and not a stupid surfboard! Or even just give us some characters you haven't done yet. Like Terrorsaur with his gun and shoulder cannons. Or a Rhinox with his machines guns.

Although I appreciate your rant (also up for more "universe" Beast wars,..... and beast machines{I like the characters, sue me}) I feel the need to voice my opinion on the previous two offerings. I think Universe Cheetor was,... good enough, I really enjoy universe dinobot(though the Japanese repaint looks so much better). I enjoy them both a lot actually ^^

One of those things, nothing wrong with hoping for more, but be thankful that we got what we got. Could have been worse,... they could have been on the plane of greatness as universe Galvatron(If anyone disagrees,... send me one that can get his legs transformed right and I will retract my previous statement).

Sun Feb 14, 2010 1:23 am

Diem wrote:
Mkall wrote:
Diem wrote:I didn't think Hasbro were able to release Thrust due to the exclusivity contract with BotCon. Hmm...this could mean trouble.

Hence why they're using the Henkei version of the mold, not the Botcon one

Really? They can do that? Seems...sneaky.

That is sneaky, man I am glad they're doing it. I am a huge fan of the seekers, but collect on a rather,..... limited,..... budget. Always wanted more of the seekers but could only afford the ones I could find at general retail.

News Credits: 217 · Sun Feb 14, 2010 1:28 am

UltraPrimal wrote:THRUST?! They're releasing Henkei Thrust over here?! I'm a little mad now. Not because they're releasing him over here, but because they can rerelease BotCon Seekers, but I can't get a **** BotCon BW Megatron, Waspinator, and Tigatron without dropping a few grand on them on eBay! It's nice that the G1 fans can get all these great repaint homages, new molds, reissues, etc. But the BW fans, are totally left out in the cold. Universe Cheetor was a joke. Dinobot was mediocre at best. And things like Stalker Scorponok and Reverb, I didn't even know they were supposed to be homages until I read about them on the wiki. Come on, Hasbro! Beast Wars SAVED the Transformers brand. There might not have even been a TF movie if it wasn't for for BW pulling the brand back from the void. It feels like they don't even want to acknowledge it. Give me a new Dinobot with a sword and spinning blade shield. Give me a new Megatron that doesn't require you to shove something up his ass to fire his missile. Give me a new Cheetor that actually has a gun, not Ani Prowls throwing stars! Give me a new Optimus Primal that his arm blasters, swords, shoulder cannons, and a jet pack, and not a stupid surfboard! Or even just give us some characters you haven't done yet. Like Terrorsaur with his gun and shoulder cannons. Or a Rhinox with his machines guns.

I agree about Terrorsaur, but there are figures older than that that have never seen a re-release or update of any kind, let alone Universe figures. Be glad that your favourites get updated at all.

News Credits: 11 · Sun Feb 14, 2010 1:57 am

Wow, Drift looks amazing! In robot mode at least. The car could've been better, but that's just me being picky. Definite must buy. I like the idea of the line being called Generations too.

Sun Feb 14, 2010 1:58 am

For those who spent the insane amount of for the import of Japanese thrust figure, or an even larger sum of money for the botcon ones off eBay, I can understand your rage.
I would be steaming with anger.

But all Hasbro has ever said is that botcon figures would not be re-released for sale thru general retail. Which is why you can get some botcon figures off the OFTCC website? But the Japanese version of thrust while very similar to the botcon version. It is distinctly different when the 2 are compared, in both mold and appearance. So this is a legit way for them to bring it to retail. (Which I am looking forward to purchasing).

Since the botcon Dirge was just a repaint of classics Ramjet. I am hoping that they will eventually bring the Japanese Dirge over as well. Since he is a proper re-molding that pays proper homage to his G1 counter part better than even botcon did.

Botcon Thunder cracker will probably never see a store release, since it was literally the Classics Starscream mold in blue. The only way the could even consider it, is if they give him an-extreme paint job like Classics 1.0 Starscream, and not a traditional paintjob like the more recent Universe (Classics 2.0) Starscream.

Also I would love if the do a Sunstorm figure, I am just not sure if I want them to use Starscream mold, since it seems not to be holding up that well. Maybe use Ramjets mold. What mold would you prefer to see transformers Generations (Classics 3.0) Sunstorm?

News Credits: 2 · Sun Feb 14, 2010 2:03 am

shockmatter wrote:where's Generations blitswing!

Yeah, what he said!

On the other hand: Classics Thrust, and I don't have to donate vital organs to afford it? DO WANT! :APPLAUSE:

News Credits: 2 · Sun Feb 14, 2010 3:00 am

AutobotJazz87 wrote:I don't get all the Drift hate. It's very idiotic to me. Anyways, the figures do look like winners. I'll be sure to pick up Thrust and Drift though. Hell, even that Ironhide looks great.

the problem most people have with drift is idw talked him up to be this big player in All Hail Megatron,and that no transformer in the 500+ library of characters could fit the archetype they were needing.lo and behold,drift is a former decepticon who joins up with the wreckers.nope doesn't sound like any character that has come before

,except for maybe carnivac

Sun Feb 14, 2010 7:17 am

mm i bought the rotf breakaway thrust to go with classics ramjet and rotf dirge

if it is available at an affordable price i'll definitely get him still - the original thrust was my original seeker. I recall being disappointed with the non firing missiles (it was uk version and was used to italian missile launchers which had their own issues but could be fired) and the legs didn't extend

classics = what i had hoped the toys back in the day would've been like

drift - looks like one of those car robot series molds, not a big fan of the comics continuities either

bb - cool mold but there are too many bees now

jetblade - i was wondering how this mold would be reused - but i'm surprised they went for a new name (i think?) rather than dig out something from g1

ironhide - seems a bit superflous but perhaps for those who prefer deluxe sizes..

classics molds that really need to be done - Galvatron (voyager or above), scourge, blitzwing