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News Credits: 1646 · Mon Oct 21, 2019 6:51 pm

Glad those are finally up. Still keeping my TFsource pre-order, but glad Pulse finally caught up

News Credits: 7 · Mon Oct 21, 2019 7:07 pm

Okay, Pulse, we need to talk about these short preorder windows... Eight days? Seriously?

News Credits: 42 · Mon Oct 21, 2019 7:25 pm

Zeedust wrote:Okay, Pulse, we need to talk about these short preorder windows... Eight days? Seriously?

They completely dropped the ball on these 2. I believe the first 2 pairs of seacons each gave about a month, so these likely were supposed to go up pretty soon after they were announced by Takara, but Hasbro was likely distracted by Unicron and NYCC and forgot to put them up.

News Credits: 1646 · Mon Oct 21, 2019 7:45 pm

TF-fan kev777 wrote:
Zeedust wrote:Okay, Pulse, we need to talk about these short preorder windows... Eight days? Seriously?

They completely dropped the ball on these 2. I believe the first 2 pairs of seacons each gave about a month, so these likely were supposed to go up pretty soon after they were announced by Takara, but Hasbro was likely distracted by Unicron and NYCC and forgot to put them up.

My guess too, they failed to get the pre-orders up and only just realized it

Mon Oct 21, 2019 8:13 pm

I’ve been checking Hasbro Pulse daily for the last two or three weeks now, nervous I’d miss those final two figures of the set. Gotta’ love pointless anxiety! I’m really looking forward to this set, especially after adding a comolete set of G1 Seacons to my collection last Christmas. Cheers!

News Credits: 9 · Mon Oct 21, 2019 8:14 pm

Got my preorders in for the last of the PCon figures. Should be a great set once it all gets completed.

Mon Oct 21, 2019 8:46 pm

Man, I wish the Seacons were widely available...

News Credits: 7 · Mon Oct 21, 2019 8:49 pm

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:
TF-fan kev777 wrote:
Zeedust wrote:Okay, Pulse, we need to talk about these short preorder windows... Eight days? Seriously?

They completely dropped the ball on these 2. I believe the first 2 pairs of seacons each gave about a month, so these likely were supposed to go up pretty soon after they were announced by Takara, but Hasbro was likely distracted by Unicron and NYCC and forgot to put them up.

My guess too, they failed to get the pre-orders up and only just realized it

A reasonable theory, but that doesn't make it better.

And I don't think a one-month window of availability is exactly great either.

News Credits: 1646 · Tue Oct 22, 2019 7:26 pm

And after 20 months, Orthia is complete! And I have to say, I think Lancer is actually my favorite of the limb gals

News Credits: 23 · Wed Oct 23, 2019 9:28 am

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:And after 20 months, Orthia is complete! And I have to say, I think Lancer is actually my favorite of the limb gals

I can't wait to complete mine. Although that means I need to hurry up with the stop motion story I'm working on. Orthia was attacked by Optimus Primal and lost her arm during the War but in reality Lancer and Primal were tired of Orthia's nagging and wanted to go to a rave hosted by Soundwave. Pulse deliveries are showing up Friday and Monday so maybe I'll get it done over the weekend...

News Credits: 1646 · Wed Oct 23, 2019 4:34 pm

Some more Orthia for y'all

News Credits: 65 · Wed Oct 23, 2019 5:18 pm

I love how Orthia looks with the feet flipped around like that! I've been putting the black toes forward and using the Prime Armor pieces for heel support instead of the toes. Using them as the toes almost makes the entire leg and foot look like it's one integrated piece. That's a much cleaner look for a combiner.

News Credits: 1646 · Wed Oct 23, 2019 5:26 pm

Wolfman Jake wrote:I love how Orthia looks with the feet flipped around like that! I've been putting the black toes forward and using the Prime Armor pieces for heel support instead of the toes. Using them as the toes almost makes the entire leg and foot look like it's one integrated piece. That's a much cleaner look for a combiner.

None of my PotP-footed combiners use the actual feet as the toes, I use all of the prime armor pieces for the toes. It actually makes the feet look larger! That's the one thing I really didn't like about PotP: the feet are too small and very unstable.

News Credits: 42 · Wed Oct 23, 2019 5:28 pm

Wolfman Jake wrote:I love how Orthia looks with the feet flipped around like that! I've been putting the black toes forward and using the Prime Armor pieces for heel support instead of the toes. Using them as the toes almost makes the entire leg and foot look like it's one integrated piece. That's a much cleaner look for a combiner.

I do that for all my PotPie combiners. Not only for looks either, I find it helps a little bit with stability against that forward lean whenever you extend the arms outward.

News Credits: 4877 · Wed Oct 23, 2019 7:50 pm

While WFC Smokescreen is as available as May Mayhem toys of the past in the US, he was sold out rather fast from any retailer who had preorders online in Canada. EBGames only ordered enough to cover preorders, for instance. So I am happy to report that Canadians who didn't get him yet can get him through Toysrus.ca which is becoming the main place to get Transformers Generations Selects toys in the country. He is available right here for $29.99 CAD.

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News Credits: 5 · Thu Oct 24, 2019 9:22 am

I am patiently waiting for Lancer to come back in stock on Pulse. I know as soon as I order it from somewhere else it will be back in stock. Just playing the refresh game. :POPCORN:

News Credits: 4877 · Fri Oct 25, 2019 10:55 am

With the final two members of the Transformers Generations Selects Seacon team unveiled recently, it was only a matter of time before we finally saw what the full combiner looked like in its dinal deco. Check out the new images of Piranacon, or King Poseidon as he is known in Japan, below that were posted earlier today on the Transformers Overdrive Facebook page, which we mirrored below for your viewing convenience. You can view images of the other four Seacons who combine with Overbite and Tentakil to form the Decepticon Combiner PIRANACON (aka KING POSEIDON) which were previously revealed here: Snaptrap (Turtler), Skalor (Gulf), Seawing (Kraken), and Nautilator (Lobclaw).

Fri Oct 25, 2019 11:22 am

Awesome! Tentakil makes a weird leg, though. :PREDACON:

Fri Oct 25, 2019 11:24 am

If they redeco him as God Neptune, I would buy it in an instance.

News Credits: 47 · Fri Oct 25, 2019 11:48 am

It could work as God Neptune, the pirates from Beast Wars 2, however they might have one big problem: Nautilator was missing from the group. Only big concern.

I just noticed that Snaptrap's combined mode legs for his torso mode look to be the same as Combiner Wars Silverbolt, just remolded a bit.

News Credits: 1350 · Fri Oct 25, 2019 11:57 am

Well that is a gorgeous sight to behold, they've done a terrific job here.

News Credits: 65 · Fri Oct 25, 2019 12:01 pm

Survivefan23 wrote:It could work as God Neptune, the pirates from Beast Wars 2, however they might have one big problem: Nautilator was missing from the group. Only big concern.

There are five limbs as it is now, with the one that doesn't get to be an arm or a leg used as a large weapon in combined mode. Reducing the group to four limbs and a torso would make it just like any other Scramble City combiner style team. I don't see the issue, honestly.

Survivefan23 wrote:I just noticed that Snaptrap's combined mode legs for his torso mode look to be the same as Combiner Wars Silverbolt, just remolded a bit.

That's because Snaptrap is a retool of PotP Hun-Gurrr, who is himself either a heavy retool of CW Silverbolt OR a case of shared engineering.

News Credits: 1 · Fri Oct 25, 2019 12:43 pm

I am still kind of unclear about this set. Is it just a Japanese exclusive, Hasbro Pulse exclusive?

News Credits: 6 · Fri Oct 25, 2019 1:00 pm

One of the best looking Gestalts to date!

News Credits: 42 · Fri Oct 25, 2019 1:14 pm

omega666 wrote:I am still kind of unclear about this set. Is it just a Japanese exclusive, Hasbro Pulse exclusive?

It is a Takara exclusive, similar to how the Legends LG-EX ones were, except Hasbro Pulse is now an official outlet for them. This means Takara developed it on their own and get to set the pricing. Hasbro Pulse is really just being an outlet in the US for them. Also, the "set" from a purchasing standpoint is 6 individual releases which will come out in pairs with each pair about a month apart.

If you haven't jumped on them already, it is already too late to order the first 4 bots from Hasbro Pulse, and you will need to go with TFSource or another online retailer at a slightly higher price.