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carytheone wrote:

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:

carytheone wrote:I think that I'd prefer a Ghost Starscream, but I wouldn't say no to a coronation Screamer either. I can't say I'm a fan of the two pack idea, but it would be a really cool set.

Sentinel_Primal wasn't proposing a two-pack, but rather Ghost Starscream coming equipped with the Coronation accessories (which the buyer could transfer to a regular Starscream they already had).

I know, I wasn't commenting on their post.

I'm talking about what Chuck said and a speculation of a grey Starscream and Galvatron two pack on a TFW thread. Which takes the alleged alternative head and a post made by Hasbro into consideration.

Well, you should have brought up that speculation in the first place. Because Chuck's post doesn't really imply Galvatron's inclusion.

IMO Charcoalscream seems more like an MP redeco - he'd go great with "Convoy Sleep Mode".

I would be all in for a ghost starscream, I need one for my Ghostbusters display

Galvatron showing up in some form within the year seems really likely to me, there is just no way he would be prominently included on some box art just to torture fans
What I'm more curious about, and it seems a few others on the forums here share the same query, is where that Nemesis Prime repaint is coming .. because I dont own one in any form yet and if Im going to pick up Earthrise Prime it seems like a good way to sample the siege mold without it feeling too much like a repeat

M. Spector wrote:Galvatron showing up in some form within the year seems really likely to me, there is just no way he would be prominently included on some box art just to torture fans
What I'm more curious about, and it seems a few others on the forums here share the same query, is where that Nemesis Prime repaint is coming .. because I dont own one in any form yet and if Im going to pick up Earthrise Prime it seems like a good way to sample the siege mold without it feeling too much like a repeat

He's being released by TT at the end of the month as far as I know, hasbro is not releasing him insofar as we know; all the preorders are sold out last I knew

I'd love to see a Straxus, Drift, Windblade, or Bludgeon in this line at some point.

It has been a while since we've gotten a Drift. Maybe a G1-style figure that employs Movie-style triple-changing?

I'm still holding on to the faint hope that Stardrive will make the leap from comic-only character to toy form. It's always nice to see new blood in the toyline.

Glarryg

My Kraken and Lobclaw arrived today. That's two Seacon pairs down, one to go.

Reme people, unless Takara is doing it, the best you'll get from Hasbro Selects is a new head (ala Hot Shot). So the only Drift you might get in Selects is if they do it based on the Springer redeco that was doing the rounds.

As for Stardrive... That's a long shot such a long shot that it could pierce alpha centuri from Mercury Unless of course, IDW decided to use her again in their new continuity...

Drift082111 wrote:I'd love to see a Straxus, Drift, Windblade, or Bludgeon in this line at some point.

Straxus, Drift, and Bludgeon sound more like jobs for new molds and thus a main line.
Unless by Bludgeon you meant RiD 2001 Bludgeon.

I mean, I'd love to see them do a Drift/Deadlock from Punch/Counterpunch. It's extremely unlikely, but I think it'd be neat

Sentinel_Primal wrote:I mean, I'd love to see them do a Drift/Deadlock from Punch/Counterpunch. It's extremely unlikely, but I think it'd be neat

You know, I also want that!

I don't see the gimmick being a good fit for Drift, as Deadlock isn't another personality or a disguise, it's who he used to be, like Optimus being Orion Pax. Truth be told I can't think of any character being a good redeco of Counterpunch

ZeroWolf wrote:I don't see the gimmick being a good fit for Drift, as Deadlock isn't another personality or a disguise, it's who he used to be, like Optimus being Orion Pax. Truth be told I can't think of any character being a good redeco of Counterpunch

I think he just meant use the mold cuz the hood becomes shoulder armor like drift

Ah that makes more sense then.

ZeroWolf wrote:Ah that makes more sense then.

Gotta admit, it would actually work pretty well with some remolding, would love some actual feet/ankles on the mold

Sabrblade wrote:My Kraken and Lobclaw arrived today. That's two Seacon pairs down, one to go.

And with everything happening, I wonder when we will actually see those 2

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:

Drift082111 wrote:I'd love to see a Straxus, Drift, Windblade, or Bludgeon in this line at some point.

Straxus, Drift, and Bludgeon sound more like jobs for new molds and thus a main line.
Unless by Bludgeon you meant RiD 2001 Bludgeon.

Honestly, I don't know about the one from RiD in 2001. I just recall when a Generations GDO voyager Megatron was release some years ago using that Banzaitron RTS/ROTF Bludgeon mold. Was hoping something similar could be done for a new Bludgeon using the Seige/Earthrise Voyager Megatron mold. Might be too much of a reach.

Drift082111 wrote:

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:

Drift082111 wrote:I'd love to see a Straxus, Drift, Windblade, or Bludgeon in this line at some point.

Straxus, Drift, and Bludgeon sound more like jobs for new molds and thus a main line.
Unless by Bludgeon you meant RiD 2001 Bludgeon.

Honestly, I don't know about the one from RiD in 2001. I just recall when a Generations GDO voyager Megatron was release some years ago using that Banzaitron RTS/ROTF Bludgeon mold. Was hoping something similar could be done for a new Bludgeon using the Seige/Earthrise Voyager Megatron mold. Might be too much of a reach.

ER Megatron with Bludgeon's colors and head sculpt and somehow turn that spear into a sword. I'd buy it.

@aronjlove
1. Which headsculpt and colors: Shell, or inner robot?
2. Turning his spear into a sword would not be very workable, because of how it forms the front of the tank turret. A naginata would work, but not a sword.
3. I know he was given a katana in the comics, but the PotP design team realized that a kanabo made a much better melee weapon for him.

After all, he's called Bludgeon, not Slash or Slice or whatever

This couldn't happen in Selects of course, but... What would people think of a Deluxe version of Bludgeon's inner robot, with a Headmaster that was a smaller version of the same and a recycle of the PotP Decoy Armor for the head to use as a Pretender Shell (like LGEX Grand would have done if he'd got enough preorders)?

Siege Ironhide into Cannonball would be a riot. Yes, I know the mold isn’t a perfect fit for Ball, but they seem to be okay with being “close enough if you squint” for the Unicron Trilogy homages judging by Hot Shot. Plus the Ironhide mold rocks and is chunky and intimidating enough to work great for Cannonball. I still want Tow-Line from that mold too. The homage gets homaged.

Meh, Ironhide for Cannonball is even less of a "close enough if you squint" than Hound for Hot Shot, and IH lacks any of the supporting details that would make him match Cannonball any better. On the other hand, given Cannonball's Dread Pirate Roberts nature... But still, I think Hoist/Trailbreaker would make a better fit for Cannonball.

Don't forget that Cannonball's whole schtick is that he's multiple guys who pass the title onto each other a la the Dread Pirate Roberts.

Sabrblade wrote:Don't forget that Cannonball's whole schtick is that he's multiple guys who pass the title onto each other a la the Dread Pirate Roberts.

... or a female at one time. One created by a reviewer no less.

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:This couldn't happen in Selects of course, but... What would people think of a Deluxe version of Bludgeon's inner robot, with a Headmaster that was a smaller version of the same and a recycle of the PotP Decoy Armor for the head to use as a Pretender Shell (like LGEX Grand would have done if he'd got enough preorders)?

I've had pretty much the same idea too for rebooting the G1 Pretenders in Generations.

ZeroWolf wrote:Truth be told I can't think of any character being a good redeco of Counterpunch

The only thing that comes to mind for me is Savage/Noble.