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News Credits: 101 · Mon Feb 27, 2023 12:30 pm

Sabrblade wrote:Probably just the same one as Scourge: "Robots in Disguise 2000 Universe"

Make sense because Legacy Scourge have the inverted :G2BOT:

on his shoulders.

News Credits: 462 · Mon Feb 27, 2023 12:32 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:Probably just the same one as Scourge: "Robots in Disguise 2000 Universe"

Make sense because Legacy Scourge have the inverted on his shoulders.

Yeah, the Combatron symbol. :RENEGADE:

News Credits: 241 · Mon Feb 27, 2023 12:37 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:Probably just the same one as Scourge: "Robots in Disguise 2000 Universe"

Make sense because Legacy Scourge have the inverted on his shoulders.
Yeah, the Combatron symbol.

Or they'll be lazy and just call him "Wreckerhook"...

News Credits: 462 · Mon Feb 27, 2023 12:58 pm

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:Probably just the same one as Scourge: "Robots in Disguise 2000 Universe"

Make sense because Legacy Scourge have the inverted on his shoulders.
Yeah, the Combatron symbol.

Or they'll be lazy and just call him "Wreckerhook"...

How would Hasbro registering for a brand new trademark they've never used before ("Wrecker Hook"), instead of just using one they've already owned and used in the past ("Tow-Line"), be "lazy"?

News Credits: 241 · Mon Feb 27, 2023 1:02 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
Jelze Bunnycat wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:Probably just the same one as Scourge: "Robots in Disguise 2000 Universe"

Make sense because Legacy Scourge have the inverted on his shoulders.
Yeah, the Combatron symbol.

Or they'll be lazy and just call him "Wreckerhook"...
How would Hasbro registering for a brand new trademark they've never used before ("Wrecker Hook"), instead of just using one they've already owned and used in the past ("Tow-Line"), be "lazy"?

No need for "Robots in Disguise 2000 Universe" :lol:

News Credits: 462 · Mon Feb 27, 2023 1:09 pm

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Jelze Bunnycat wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:Probably just the same one as Scourge: "Robots in Disguise 2000 Universe"

Make sense because Legacy Scourge have the inverted on his shoulders.
Yeah, the Combatron symbol.

Or they'll be lazy and just call him "Wreckerhook"...
How would Hasbro registering for a brand new trademark they've never used before ("Wrecker Hook"), instead of just using one they've already owned and used in the past ("Tow-Line"), be "lazy"?

No need for "Robots in Disguise 2000 Universe"

There's no "G1 Tow-Line" either, so they wouldn't either way.

News Credits: 241 · Mon Feb 27, 2023 1:13 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
Jelze Bunnycat wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Jelze Bunnycat wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:Probably just the same one as Scourge: "Robots in Disguise 2000 Universe"

Make sense because Legacy Scourge have the inverted on his shoulders.
Yeah, the Combatron symbol.

Or they'll be lazy and just call him "Wreckerhook"...
How would Hasbro registering for a brand new trademark they've never used before ("Wrecker Hook"), instead of just using one they've already owned and used in the past ("Tow-Line"), be "lazy"?

No need for "Robots in Disguise 2000 Universe"
There's no "G1 Tow-Line" either, so they wouldn't either way.

There is a "G1 Wrecker Hook" via Car Robots.

But at this point we're splitting hairs as per usual.

News Credits: 462 · Mon Feb 27, 2023 1:29 pm

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Jelze Bunnycat wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Jelze Bunnycat wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:Probably just the same one as Scourge: "Robots in Disguise 2000 Universe"

Make sense because Legacy Scourge have the inverted on his shoulders.
Yeah, the Combatron symbol.

Or they'll be lazy and just call him "Wreckerhook"...
How would Hasbro registering for a brand new trademark they've never used before ("Wrecker Hook"), instead of just using one they've already owned and used in the past ("Tow-Line"), be "lazy"?

No need for "Robots in Disguise 2000 Universe"
There's no "G1 Tow-Line" either, so they wouldn't either way.

There is a "G1 Wrecker Hook" via Car Robots. But at this point we're splitting hairs as per usual.

And you're basically saying the same thing I said.

News Credits: 10 · Mon Feb 27, 2023 1:32 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
Jelze Bunnycat wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Jelze Bunnycat wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Jelze Bunnycat wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:Probably just the same one as Scourge: "Robots in Disguise 2000 Universe"

Make sense because Legacy Scourge have the inverted on his shoulders.
Yeah, the Combatron symbol.

Or they'll be lazy and just call him "Wreckerhook"...
How would Hasbro registering for a brand new trademark they've never used before ("Wrecker Hook"), instead of just using one they've already owned and used in the past ("Tow-Line"), be "lazy"?

No need for "Robots in Disguise 2000 Universe"
There's no "G1 Tow-Line" either, so they wouldn't either way.

There is a "G1 Wrecker Hook" via Car Robots. But at this point we're splitting hairs as per usual.
And you're basically saying the same thing I said.

Well, I'M saying somebody get me some news on that Earth Mode Hound. Tow-Line schmo-line.

News Credits: 4877 · Mon Feb 27, 2023 2:13 pm

We thank fellow Seibertronian Sabrblade for bringing this video to our attention. It is our first look at the exclusive deluxe Legacy RID Tow Line which will be released within the Buzzworthy Bumblebee line. While some fans were hoping for a redeco of the Hoist mold, smart money was on them reusing their new Junkion molds and that's what we are getting. The headsculpt is new and looks exactly like Tow Line from the Robots in Disguise cartoon. It will be curious to see what the other Junkion molds will be redeco'd into.

Here is the review from Chefatron below, showing us Tow Line. This was acquired through web based asian sellers on Shopee.

Mon Feb 27, 2023 8:36 pm

I'm actually happier that it's this mold. I was going to skip the Junkion because I don't care for them but thought the mold was cool.

News Credits: 18 · Mon Feb 27, 2023 9:34 pm

I think they should've at least remolded the "mad max" parts rather than fully reuse this mold with a different color scheme and new head only. IMO

Mon Feb 27, 2023 11:57 pm

Ngl this looks rather nice.
It's pretty much exactly what I expected, although I did wonder if they were going to remove the scrapyard aesthetic since it doesn't really seem fitting. Either way I do find this colour scheme more interesting than Scraphook's.

Tue Feb 28, 2023 12:59 am

Will go well with Toxitron!

News Credits: 4877 · Tue Feb 28, 2023 10:43 am

Dominus Prime wrote:I think they should've at least remolded the "mad max" parts rather than fully reuse this mold with a different color scheme and new head only. IMO

Yeah, like those wheels, I agree. Honestly, this toy seems to go against what I thought hasbro was doing, which is just use redecos for characters that make sense. It seems we are back to the GDO days of slapping on a head and giving a different accessory along with a new colour scheme and calling it a day.

News Credits: 56 · Tue Feb 28, 2023 1:13 pm

Buzzworthy Origin Jazz Pre-Order

https://hasbropulse.com/collections/tra ... tobot-jazz

*Was Hoping for a Tow-Line reveal/pre order as well.... Oh well.

News Credits: 10 · Tue Feb 28, 2023 1:13 pm

Just preordered two Cybertron Jazz figures. We just need that darn Hound...

News Credits: 17 · Tue Feb 28, 2023 1:22 pm

o.supreme wrote:Buzzworthy Origin Jazz Pre-Order

https://hasbropulse.com/collections/tra ... tobot-jazz

Thanks very much for the timely posting. I saw the Guardian announcement and ignored the Jazz update.

Up at Target now, too:
https://www.target.com/p/transformers-l ... A-87084806

Tue Feb 28, 2023 1:34 pm

Thanks for the Target link! Not able to order Pulse as I'm not Premium nor plan to be, pus it would likely be sold out in seconds once it became available to all.

I had to resist excitement to order two and just keep it to one, good thing Pulse's eta says 4/10 because if it had said 4/1 I'd have been skeptical. lol

News Credits: 56 · Tue Feb 28, 2023 2:28 pm

sol magnus wrote:Just preordered two Cybertron Jazz figures. We just need that darn Hound...

Ever since I saw Tow-Line I completely forgot about Hound :lol:

. I wonder if they will release Hound in Buzzworthy packaging with a SS number (similar to Cliffjumper) basically shoot 2 birds with one stone.

News Credits: 10 · Tue Feb 28, 2023 2:53 pm

o.supreme wrote:
sol magnus wrote:Just preordered two Cybertron Jazz figures. We just need that darn Hound...

Ever since I saw Tow-Line I completely forgot about Hound . I wonder if they will release Hound in Buzzworthy packaging with a SS number (similar to Cliffjumper) basically shoot 2 birds with one stone.

If he's a SS 86 release (which I believe he is) he'll have a number. I just want some news.

News Credits: 241 · Tue Feb 28, 2023 5:10 pm

sol magnus wrote:
o.supreme wrote:
sol magnus wrote:Just preordered two Cybertron Jazz figures. We just need that darn Hound...

Ever since I saw Tow-Line I completely forgot about Hound . I wonder if they will release Hound in Buzzworthy packaging with a SS number (similar to Cliffjumper) basically shoot 2 birds with one stone.

If he's a SS 86 release (which I believe he is) he'll have a number. I just want some news.

I think what he's getting at is that "Earth Mode Hound" may pull double duty for Legacy and Studio Series, like ER Cliffjumper did, but unlike Ironhide who got a brand-new mold for Studio Series.

News Credits: 4877 · Tue Feb 28, 2023 5:22 pm

o.supreme wrote:
sol magnus wrote:Just preordered two Cybertron Jazz figures. We just need that darn Hound...

Ever since I saw Tow-Line I completely forgot about Hound . I wonder if they will release Hound in Buzzworthy packaging with a SS number (similar to Cliffjumper) basically shoot 2 birds with one stone.

There's also the scenario of him not releasing at all this year. Hasbro explained that there was some rerouting with exclusives during the last discussion, where something planned that was not related to Rise of the Beasts was put on hold. That's the explanation for Hot Rod not coming out (which I admit, is odd since that just left velocitron wave 2 with no voyager class for shelves). that same explanation could be used for Hound no longer planned to come out. We have seen that Target is going more the route of Rise of the Beasts this year.

All to say: no one should hold out on Hound until he is revealed by Hasbro. Until then, his chance of distributions may have been scrapped.

News Credits: 10 · Tue Feb 28, 2023 5:29 pm

william-james88 wrote:
o.supreme wrote:
sol magnus wrote:Just preordered two Cybertron Jazz figures. We just need that darn Hound...

Ever since I saw Tow-Line I completely forgot about Hound . I wonder if they will release Hound in Buzzworthy packaging with a SS number (similar to Cliffjumper) basically shoot 2 birds with one stone.

There's also the scenario of him not releasing at all this year. Hasbro explained that there was some rerouting with exclusives during the last discussion, where something planned that was not related to Rise of the Beasts was put on hold. That's the explanation for Hot Rod not coming out (which I admit, is odd since that just left velocitron wave 2 with no voyager class for shelves). that same explanation could be used for Hound no longer planned to come out. We have seen that Target is going more the route of Rise of the Beasts this year.

All to say: no one should hold out on Hound until he is revealed by Hasbro. Until then, his chance of distributions may have been scrapped.

All good points, sir.

Tue Feb 28, 2023 8:10 pm

Sounds logical, I thought for sure we'd see Hound preorders and arrive in stores before Origins Jazz which only just surfaced about a week or so ago. Meanwhile we've known about Hound for months.