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Hopefully with Wonderfest this weekend we'll see Armada Convoy again and maybe Super Megatron

Sentinel_Primal wrote:Hopefully with Wonderfest this weekend we'll see Armada Convoy again and maybe Super Megatron

Super Megatron for the win! You know, since his silhouette shows the TR Galvatron mold, I wonder if he'll keep the already Megatron-esque Titan Master

I must admit, I'm looking forward to the Super Megatron reveal myself as that's obviously what the King Posideon Manga chapters are leading up to. Though I think that they'll ditch the titan master gimmick completely with him but we shall see.

I am ready to see Super Megatron and hopefully Armada Prime. I'm excited for these japanese G1 characters and some Armada flavor

Well, no new Generations SELECTS at Wonder Fest unfortunately. And according to one person on TFW2005 who went to it and talked to the booth rep, that Armada Prime prototype was just to gauge interest, and it hasn't been decided which line it would be in if released. But, supposedly it hasn't been confirmed cancelled. Hopefully we'll see it at the next convention Takara goes to, and hopefully it stays in the Generations SELECTS line because then it might somewhat reasonably priced

that Armada Prime was the thing I was 2nd most interested in this weekend, that is depressing that they are still undecided on it

Sentinel_Primal wrote:Well, no new Generations SELECTS at Wonder Fest unfortunately. And according to one person on TFW2005 who went to it and talked to the booth rep, that Armada Prime prototype was just to gauge interest, and it hasn't been decided which line it would be in if released. But, supposedly it hasn't been confirmed cancelled. Hopefully we'll see it at the next convention Takara goes to, and hopefully it stays in the Generations SELECTS line because then it might somewhat reasonably priced

Well, if it was done solely by TT, it won't be cheap, because it won't have hasbro budget support/constraints; I'm hoping for under $100

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Sentinel_Primal wrote:Well, no new Generations SELECTS at Wonder Fest unfortunately. And according to one person on TFW2005 who went to it and talked to the booth rep, that Armada Prime prototype was just to gauge interest, and it hasn't been decided which line it would be in if released. But, supposedly it hasn't been confirmed cancelled. Hopefully we'll see it at the next convention Takara goes to, and hopefully it stays in the Generations SELECTS line because then it might somewhat reasonably priced

Well, if it was done solely by TT, it won't be cheap, because it won't have hasbro budget support/constraints; I'm hoping for under $100

That's exactly what I was meaning. Based on Star Convoy's price it might be $100, assuming it's not an MP. If it's MP styled, then I expect it'd be more like MP-44 priced unfortunately

This is not news I wanted to hear...… in fact

Ironhidensh wrote:This is not news I wanted to hear...… in fact

I agree, I've seriously wanted a poseable, generations style armada super optimus ever since I saw that the original was a slab with gimmicks

william-james88 wrote:What do you mean, you were hoping skipjack referred to someone else?

This is the Selects thread. They're talking about Armada Convoy.

Sounds like that even if the Armada Optimus gets made it might end up being different from the prototype.

Hmmmmmm

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Sentinel_Primal wrote:Well, no new Generations SELECTS at Wonder Fest unfortunately. And according to one person on TFW2005 who went to it and talked to the booth rep, that Armada Prime prototype was just to gauge interest, and it hasn't been decided which line it would be in if released. But, supposedly it hasn't been confirmed cancelled. Hopefully we'll see it at the next convention Takara goes to, and hopefully it stays in the Generations SELECTS line because then it might somewhat reasonably priced

Well, if it was done solely by TT, it won't be cheap, because it won't have hasbro budget support/constraints; I'm hoping for under $100

Star Convoy was exactly the same price as the MSRP for Siege Leaders in Japan so it really doesn't matter if Hasbro helped support the figure or not, it was never going to cost less than that. Armada Convoy is a different story. From what we can tell of our first look he's going to be a 100% new mold which as a potential Selects figure would make him a bigger gamble than Star Convoy and the Seacons which share parts and engineering with other figures. I doubt they'd be able to sell him as a Leader, he might qualify as a Commander if he's complicated enough, or he could just be unclassed like a lot of Takara Tomy original figures are.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Sentinel_Primal wrote:Well, no new Generations SELECTS at Wonder Fest unfortunately. And according to one person on TFW2005 who went to it and talked to the booth rep, that Armada Prime prototype was just to gauge interest, and it hasn't been decided which line it would be in if released. But, supposedly it hasn't been confirmed cancelled. Hopefully we'll see it at the next convention Takara goes to, and hopefully it stays in the Generations SELECTS line because then it might somewhat reasonably priced

Well, if it was done solely by TT, it won't be cheap, because it won't have hasbro budget support/constraints; I'm hoping for under $100

Star Convoy was exactly the same price as the MSRP for Siege Leaders in Japan so it really doesn't matter if Hasbro helped support the figure or not, it was never going to cost less than that. Armada Convoy is a different story. From what we can tell of our first look he's going to be a 100% new mold which as a potential Selects figure would make him a bigger gamble than Star Convoy and the Seacons which share parts and engineering with other figures. I doubt they'd be able to sell him as a Leader, he might qualify as a Commander if he's complicated enough, or he could just be unclassed like a lot of Takara Tomy original figures are.

Emerje

I thought there was a rumor that it was going to be some sort of remold of POTP Rodimus Prime. New cab robot with a heavily redone trailer.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:I thought there was a rumor that it was going to be some sort of remold of POTP Rodimus Prime. New cab robot with a heavily redone trailer.

That was more educated guess than rumor. It would need even more extensive retooling than Star Convoy had since the entire core bot is new and much of the top of the trailer would be missing since they formed Rodimus' arms and would be redundant. By the time they remove the unnecessary parts and obvious Rodimus parts there really isn't much left to work with.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:I thought there was a rumor that it was going to be some sort of remold of POTP Rodimus Prime. New cab robot with a heavily redone trailer.

That was more educated guess than rumor. It would need even more extensive retooling than Star Convoy had since the entire core bot is new and much of the top of the trailer would be missing since they formed Rodimus' arms and would be redundant. By the time they remove the unnecessary parts and obvious Rodimus parts there really isn't much left to work with.

Emerje

They've done more with less and less with more

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Emerje wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:I thought there was a rumor that it was going to be some sort of remold of POTP Rodimus Prime. New cab robot with a heavily redone trailer.

That was more educated guess than rumor. It would need even more extensive retooling than Star Convoy had since the entire core bot is new and much of the top of the trailer would be missing since they formed Rodimus' arms and would be redundant. By the time they remove the unnecessary parts and obvious Rodimus parts there really isn't much left to work with.

Emerje

They've done more with less and less with more

He's got a point, all they need is a pair of big legs, it would leave room for the base mode, something equally memorable and distinctive about the figure that has to be accounted for

Just got the inevitable Pulse email that Overbite and Tentakil got delayed from Pulse to April 27th, along with Burning Convoy.

Well, it was rather inevitable, seeing as how the others in the set were delayed, but now we've got official confirmation via a handful of Seibertronians, letting us know that the final members of the Generations Selects Seacons, Overbite and Tentakil, will be delayed in shipping if they were preordered via Hasbro Pulse. Also delayed via Pulse is MP-38+ Burning Convoy, the red redeco of MP Optimus Primal. Shown below is the email recieved by Seibertronian Lore Keeper.









Note that this delay only affects Hasbro Pulse preorders. Those who ordered previous Seacons from other sources have seen their figures ship on time. Beyond the notice of delay, Pulse has given no indication of what caused the delays for their orders.

Those of you who've ordered through Pulse, what do you think of the delay? What are your thoughts on the issue? Let us know in the forums below, and please stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest Transformers news!

The delays are awful here, why are so many Takara products being delayed?

I'm definitely glad I did not order from Pulse, this is a mess right now

And that'll be my last order from Pulse.

Man. Pulse seems like a total trainwreck.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:The delays are awful here, why are so many Takara products being delayed?

I'm definitely glad I did not order from Pulse, this is a mess right now

I, obviously, can't speak in definitive terms... But given that they (almost definitely) have the first two in hand, I think these delays were intentional so that the whole combiner could be finished in the span of about of a month.

I know it makes me sound like an apologist, and that theory doesn't hold water when considering Star Convoy, though.

Either way, I don't mind the delay. It just means that my Seacons stand alone for a shorter amount of time.

This isn't so bad, it's only a month. These guys would have been released at the end of March, now it's the end of April. I've waited longer than that for TFSource to fill an on time order. This also means we're getting four Seacons in April with wave 2 coming at the start. Just means I'm a month behind everyone else in completing the set, I'm fine with that.

Incidentally I just noticed Star Convoy is in stock on Pulse so I guess they're stocking extras after all unless they had a lot of cancellations.

DecepticonFinishline wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:The delays are awful here, why are so many Takara products being delayed?

I'm definitely glad I did not order from Pulse, this is a mess right now

I, obviously, can't speak in definitive terms... But given that they (almost definitely) have the first two in hand, I think these delays were intentional so that the whole combiner could be finished in the span of about of a month.

You're overthinking it a bit since they've also been delaying MPs, basically everything they've been getting from Takara Tomy. Besides, the designers might consider such a thing when planning waves, but there's no reason for Pulse to care.

Emerje

Well, on the bright side of these delay announcements...

*records the ID codes and product numbers*

Hang on a second... With Star Convoy as TT-GS01 it's supposed to end with TT-GS07, not TT-GS08... Ah, TT-GS05 is missing!