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[Optimum Supreme]

Wow where is the g2 alpha bravo ? Did Hasbro cheat him out of a G2 color scheme?

Like there aren't enough redecos of that turd already!


Too bad this is apparently giftset only. I totally get why it would be that way, but I really like how a couple look, however I don't like them all (much as I love Slingshot, gold is not his color, just what he's worth his weight in) certainly not enough to rebuy them all.

[william-james88]

I really like Wheelhack and definitely want to get a figure of him (Keep in mind I'm new and am starting from scratch). Would you guys recommend going after the previous generations Wheeljack or hold out for the new one?

Would Masterpiece wheeljack be out of the question? He is the best there is and the only one that isn't a retool of a previous toy.

Silverbolt's blue and red makes him look like a cheap bootleg.

To be fair though, a lot of G2 looked like bootlegs with those colours

[peaces]

the new wheeljack looks great, plus it combines. for accuracy the mp is better anyways.

[Optimum Supreme]

I really like Wheelhack and definitely want to get a figure of him (Keep in mind I'm new and am starting from scratch). Would you guys recommend going after the previous generations Wheeljack or hold out for the new one?

The previous Wheeljack is a great figure, but I have no idea what it currently goes for on the secondary market. If you can get it at a price you're willing to pay, I'd say go for it.

The TF Prime Wheeljack is also a great figure, btw. If you don't absolutely care that it be a Gen line figure, or that the aesthetic style is slightly different, that could be another option.

[leokearon]

So, can anyone make out if SS still has the police light bar?

From what we saw at Botcon it seems he will

[Sabrblade]

Clench was technically a "late-G1(.5)" release before it was repackaged and rereleased under the G2 label as Colossus.

[william-james88]

Clench was technically a "late-G1(.5)" release before it was repackaged and rereleased under the G2 label as Colossus.

Ok, thanks! Still has those G2 KO colours though

I really like Wheelhack and definitely want to get a figure of him (Keep in mind I'm new and am starting from scratch). Would you guys recommend going after the previous generations Wheeljack or hold out for the new one?

The previous Wheeljack is a great figure, but I have no idea what it currently goes for on the secondary market. If you can get it at a price you're willing to pay, I'd say go for it.

The TF Prime Wheeljack is also a great figure, btw. If you don't absolutely care that it be a Gen line figure, or that the aesthetic style is slightly different, that could be another option.

Oh man I forgot about Prime Wheeljack. Ok Joeprime, forget what I wrote, get that one instead. It's not too expensive and is an original mold (unlike these generation ones) and an amazing one at that. If you really need a more G1 style Wheeljack, I say go for the MP.

[joeprime276]

Would Masterpiece wheeljack be out of the question? He is the best there is and the only one that isn't a retool of a previous toy.

Unfortunately, yes. Out of my price range. They are gorgeous figures though. Out of curiosity what "size class" would they be considered (i.e. voyager, leader)?

The previous Wheeljack is a great figure, but I have no idea what it currently goes for on the secondary market. If you can get it at a price you're willing to pay, I'd say go for it.

The TF Prime Wheeljack is also a great figure, btw. If you don't absolutely care that it be a Gen line figure, or that the aesthetic style is slightly different, that could be another option.

I just checked eBay and the prices are quite fair for him; ranging between $15-$30 depending on condition. Now that I think of it, I may have gotten the TF Prime Wheeljack a while back. I'll have to check.

the new wheeljack looks great, plus it combines. for accuracy the mp is better anyways.

That's really the only reason I would get the new one over the others that were previously released. Because he combines with the rest of the CW.

[ScottyP]

To be fair though, a lot of G2 looked like bootlegs with those colours

Not in the context of the times. It was only after G2 was on the way out the door that the crazy/neon color craze had run its course. My first few years of grade school, everything was neon colored, even my shoelaces. We were in the 90s dude. The future. Even the colors had to be different!

Then by '96 when Beast Wars rolled around, Tupac and Hollywood Hogan signed Monica Lewinsky to join The Backstreet Boys which ended the conflict in Mozambique, created the internet, and spurned Fred Durst to lead us into our new promised land of rap-rock albums.

I'm a 90s historian, by golly.

Desert Storm.

[ZeroWolf]

On the subject of G2, I quite like those colours, even on powerglide.

[RodimusConvoy13]

To be fair though, a lot of G2 looked like bootlegs with those colours

Not in the context of the times. It was only after G2 was on the way out the door that the crazy/neon color craze had run its course. My first few years of grade school, everything was neon colored, even my shoelaces. We were in the 90s dude. The future. Even the colors had to be different!

Then by '96 when Beast Wars rolled around, Tupac and Hollywood Hogan signed Monica Lewinsky to join The Backstreet Boys which ended the conflict in Mozambique, created the internet, and spurned Fred Durst to lead us into our new promised land of rap-rock albums.

I'm a 90s historian, by golly.

Desert Storm.

This is one of the greatest posts I've ever read.

[ScottyP]

This is one of the greatest posts I've ever read.

It was so great it made G2 Menasor happen. You're welcome.

[Evil Eye]

So uh, we're getting Scattorshot, but no Computron. Instead he's getting to partner up with a bunch of '84 limb-bots to form Betatron.



Welp, time to save up for Quantron I guess.

(Also someone rehost this picture quick: Imgur is broken and this image i8s linked directly from 4chan)

[Wolfman Jake]

On the subject of G2, I quite like those colours, even on powerglide.

Speaking of Powerglide, I find it interesting Hasbro felt the need to retcon him in to a G2 throwback giftset. He was never released in G2. They could have skipped him altogether, charged the same price, and no one would have complained or thought anything suspicious of his lack of inclusion. If they're going to be so revisionist, why not go all the way and include a "G2" Alpha Bravo for maximum Scramble City action?

[Gearslide]

SCATTORSHOT IS A REMOLD OF SILVERBOLT I FREAKING CALLED IT!

THE MOMENT I FIRST LAID EYES ON THE COMBINER WARS SILVERBOLT MOLD I SAID IT WOULD WORK AS SCATTORSHOT!

(go me!)

[Wolfman Jake]

SCATTORSHOT IS A REMOLD OF SILVERBOLT I FREAKING CALLED IT!

THE MOMENT I FIRST LAID EYES ON THE COMBINER WARS SILVERBOLT MOLD I SAID IT WOULD WORK AS SCATTORSHOT!

(go me!)

Is any of the retooling shared with CW Cyclonus? It looks like yes, but it's hard to tell without higher quality pictures.

Also, I wouldn't lose heart just yet that we're not getting Computron. Hasbro (or especially Takara) could release the rest of the Technobots later on. "Betatron" may be just a placeholder for the sake of toy advertising until they're ready to release a proper team for Scattorshot.

[Sabrblade]

SCATTORSHOT IS A REMOLD OF SILVERBOLT I FREAKING CALLED IT!

THE MOMENT I FIRST LAID EYES ON THE COMBINER WARS SILVERBOLT MOLD I SAID IT WOULD WORK AS SCATTORSHOT!

(go me!)

Is any of the retooling shared with CW Cyclonus? It looks like yes, but it's hard to tell without higher quality pictures.

Also, I wouldn't lose heart just yet that we're not getting Computron. Hasbro (or especially Takara) could release the rest of the Technobots later on. "Betatron" may be just a placeholder for the sake of toy advertising until they're ready to release a proper team for Scattorshot.

Let's wait for the Seibertron News Team to get their pics up.

[Nemesis Maximo]

Victorion looks...interesting.

On one hand, I'm very impressed with how well those molds work as females, and the remolded parts are pretty cool. On the other hand, that color scheme is atrocious.

[Gearslide]

SCATTORSHOT IS A REMOLD OF SILVERBOLT I FREAKING CALLED IT!

THE MOMENT I FIRST LAID EYES ON THE COMBINER WARS SILVERBOLT MOLD I SAID IT WOULD WORK AS SCATTORSHOT!

(go me!)

Is any of the retooling shared with CW Cyclonus? It looks like yes, but it's hard to tell without higher quality pictures.

Also, I wouldn't lose heart just yet that we're not getting Computron. Hasbro (or especially Takara) could release the rest of the Technobots later on. "Betatron" may be just a placeholder for the sake of toy advertising until they're ready to release a proper team for Scattorshot.

Seems to be a completely separate retooling from Cyclonus, being a completely different remold. The head is different for Robot and Combined mode (it's hard to tell, but I'm pretty sure that's Computron's head in the promo art) and the top of the plane mold has new wings and fuselage (The tail fins seems mostly the same as Silverbolt).

It's not that often that a Voyager size mold sees multiple significantly different retools. I guess Hasbro is working on being more cost efficient in production?

[Wolfman Jake]

Seems to be a completely separate retooling from Cyclonus, being a completely different remold. The head is different for Robot and Combined mode (it's hard to tell, but I'm pretty sure that's Computron's head in the promo art) and the top of the plane mold has new wings and fuselage (The tail fins seems mostly the same as Silverbolt).

It's not that often that a Voyager size mold sees multiple significantly different retools. I guess Hasbro is working on being more cost efficient in production?

With many airplane transformers, remolding is pretty easy. When most of the robot is just stored underneath the plane proper, you just have to make a new "jet backpack" and voila! You're done. No need to re-engineer a transformation scheme. Add a new headsulpt or two, and you're golden.

[Rodimus Prime]

why not go all the way and include a "G2" Alpha Bravo for maximum Scramble City action?

Because that POS was unnecessary in the 1st place.

I wonder if Perfect Effect will make a blue set of fists and feet for G2 Superion. If not, the white set might work.

Does anyone have a shot of CW Menasor with Legends Thundercracker in his chest, if it can be done?

[Cobotron]

Victorion looks...interesting.

On one hand, I'm very impressed with how well those molds work as females, and the remolded parts are pretty cool. On the other hand, that color scheme is atrocious.

That is such a goopy hand painted prototype. I hope the colors come out better once she is molded in the appropriate plastics.

I dig her combiner head sculpt, and her dainty new hands and pointy shoes.
Did the fandom really vote on her having two AB's as limbs? Cop out?
Otherwise I'm excited to see more of her.

[peaces]

doesn't matter how goopy the paint is. that deco is still grotesque.

[william-james88]

To be fair though, a lot of G2 looked like bootlegs with those colours

Not in the context of the times. It was only after G2 was on the way out the door that the crazy/neon color craze had run its course. My first few years of grade school, everything was neon colored, even my shoelaces. We were in the 90s dude. The future. Even the colors had to be different!

Then by '96 when Beast Wars rolled around, Tupac and Hollywood Hogan signed Monica Lewinsky to join The Backstreet Boys which ended the conflict in Mozambique, created the internet, and spurned Fred Durst to lead us into our new promised land of rap-rock albums.

I'm a 90s historian, by golly.

Desert Storm.

This is one of the greatest posts I've ever read.

I am so honoured that I am quoted as part of this beauty of a post.

Attica ATTICA!

[Wolfman Jake]

Did the fandom really vote on her having two AB's as limbs? Cop out?
Otherwise I'm excited to see more of her.

No, it's a copter out.