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Heckin bamboozled

Honestly, I've never been a fan of what occurs on 4/1 especially since the advent of the internet. Coincidentally Black Zarak was leaked late on 3/31 and was believed to be an April fool's joke for a bit. I'm glad that turned out to be true though.

Razorbeast88 wrote:Not sure if this is real, sketch because it's already in box but I saw this on instagram

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It's not an actual product coming from hasbro.

As for April fools stuff, I'll use this day to catch up on older news, as I did with the Shockwave bit. I won't trust anything new I see.

Nemesis Primal wrote:-TF packaging doesn't use plastic trays anymore
-The plastic tray is also not shaped right for that box
-The instructions in the box appear to just be Siege Mirage's
-Tomorrow (or today, depending on timezone) is April Fool's

It would align with most of this year's Selects figures, but there's a lot of evidence here for it to be fake.
Also the "leaker" gave it an actual name instead of DK-16, Hasbro wouldn't put forth that much effort

Also weird that the figure wasn't tied down and Hasbro is unlikely to go back to the Siege mold, they need a second use for the Kingdom mold (I still believe it's coming to BB).

Emerje

Emerje wrote:Also weird that the figure wasn't tied down and Hasbro is unlikely to go back to the Siege mold, they need a second use for the Kingdom mold (I still believe it's coming to BB).

Emerje

The figure has been confirmed by this point to be a custom.

There is at least a second use of the Kingdom Mirage tooling that's supposed to be on the way though, the Leadfoot coming in the Amazon-exclusive Wreckers.

Nemesis Primal wrote:

Emerje wrote:Also weird that the figure wasn't tied down and Hasbro is unlikely to go back to the Siege mold, they need a second use for the Kingdom mold (I still believe it's coming to BB).

Emerje

The figure has been confirmed by this point to be a custom.

I was just adding to the list of things they got wrong trying to fool us. The moment I saw it was in a bubble I knew it was fake.

There is at least a second use of the Kingdom Mirage tooling that's supposed to be on the way though, the Leadfoot coming in the Amazon-exclusive Wreckers.

I thought Leadfoot was a Legacy Dragstrip retool? Never mind, just double checked, I was way off. Maybe it was just speculation I read.

Emerje

If we do get another shot at Mirage from the Buzzworthy Bumblebee line, I hope it's the Siege mold without transparent plastic and with paint apps to match the animation model as closely as possible. The Siege mold was much better than the remolds done for the Kingdom version of Mirage.

I assume they're staying far from the original vehicle design for licensing reasons, but I don't want an updated Mirage from the current mold, I want a new mold. If we need a redeco of Siege or Kingdom Mirage, I'd rather have a different character like Joyride. Though there again, my preference would be for a new mold.

o.supreme wrote:Honestly, I've never been a fan of what occurs on 4/1 especially since the advent of the internet. Coincidentally Black Zarak was leaked late on 3/31 and was believed to be an April fool's joke for a bit. I'm glad that turned out to be true though.

I'm not from the US so it's a completely foreign custom for me, I only found out about it once I got internet on my pc when I was a kid and I've hated it ever since.

Rtron wrote:

o.supreme wrote:Honestly, I've never been a fan of what occurs on 4/1 especially since the advent of the internet. Coincidentally Black Zarak was leaked late on 3/31 and was believed to be an April fool's joke for a bit. I'm glad that turned out to be true though.

I'm not from the US so it's a completely foreign custom for me, I only found out about it once I got internet on my pc when I was a kid and I've hated it ever since.

It's also a UK thing (and happens in Australia as well) so it might have been a English language custom only, not sure where else it's observed. Here in the UK the pranking time only lasted 12 hours from midnight to noon, after that it was customary to reveal the deception so everyone could join in the laugh. Some companies however either made their fake product real, or in the case of Games Workshop, actually pulled a double bluff, and what everyone thought was a joke (praying otherwise) was actually real all along.

Japan celebrates April Fools as well. Remember when The Last Knight was coming out and they made a fake romantic drama movie poster for it called The Last Night? Probably no, I think I'm the only one that remembers that because I can't find a picture of it anywhere

Emerje.

Emerje wrote:Japan celebrates April Fools as well. Remember when The Last Knight was coming out and they made a fake romantic drama movie poster for it called The Last Night? Probably no, I think I'm the only one that remembers that because I can't find a picture of it anywhere

Emerje.

Was never sure about Japan, and no, I don't remember that either

Emerje wrote:Japan celebrates April Fools as well. Remember when The Last Knight was coming out and they made a fake romantic drama movie poster for it called The Last Night? Probably no, I think I'm the only one that remembers that because I can't find a picture of it anywhere

Emerje.

I was posting a bunch of stuff about the movie at the time (there were 40 different TV spots I think) but I don't remember that at all.

Updated info from JTPrime17: Toy Colors Cyclonus/"Cyclonus's Armada" will be revealed in a TF Tuesday on the 26th and has now added "Targetmaster Cyclonus" to it's marketing.

Nemesis Primal wrote:Updated info from JTPrime17: Toy Colors Cyclonus/"Cyclonus's Armada" will be revealed in a TF Tuesday on the 26th and has now added "Targetmaster Cyclonus" to it's marketing.

Well, whatever it is, I'm getting it.

Sabrblade wrote:Wonder what Nightstick might look like, since there was no Battle Master Nightstick in Siege.

Probably Blowpipe. Or Caliburst,

I had my Guard delivered. He isn't too bad. I like the colors on him a lot. But this mold made me realize: I don't like the ER van mold a lot. I got SG Ratchet, and now this Guard, and wasn't overly impressed with either. The Siege mold was by far the better of the mold toolings. I will take Guard, and he adds to a growing and nice looking Diaclone setup.







While we're at it, have a city mode Black Zarak as well

Galvatron II is pretty dang good, and looks good fighting his mortal enemies.

sol magnus wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Wonder what Nightstick might look like, since there was no Battle Master Nightstick in Siege.

Probably Blowpipe. Or Caliburst,

Hopefully the Original Nightstick from the Universe release, and they do some retooling so the TM can mount Japanese style.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

sol magnus wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Wonder what Nightstick might look like, since there was no Battle Master Nightstick in Siege.

Probably Blowpipe. Or Caliburst,

Hopefully the Original Nightstick from the Universe release, and they do some retooling so the TM can mount Japanese style.

*looks at Selects Artfire's Nightstick, then at Siege Skywarp's Fracas*

Yet another Firedrive redeco it is.

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

sol magnus wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Wonder what Nightstick might look like, since there was no Battle Master Nightstick in Siege.

Probably Blowpipe. Or Caliburst,

Hopefully the Original Nightstick from the Universe release, and they do some retooling so the TM can mount Japanese style.

*looks at Selects Artfire's Nightstick, then at Siege Skywarp's Fracas*

Yet another Firedrive redeco it is.

I would like to think that it would be an original mold but it's more likely one of the Siege battlemasters coming to play again. Maybe the best we could hope for is a compromise and ger get a heavily retooled one.

ZeroWolf wrote:

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

sol magnus wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Wonder what Nightstick might look like, since there was no Battle Master Nightstick in Siege.

Probably Blowpipe. Or Caliburst,

Hopefully the Original Nightstick from the Universe release, and they do some retooling so the TM can mount Japanese style.

*looks at Selects Artfire's Nightstick, then at Siege Skywarp's Fracas*

Yet another Firedrive redeco it is.

I would like to think that it would be an original mold but it's more likely one of the Siege battlemasters coming to play again. Maybe the best we could hope for is a compromise and ger get a heavily retooled one.

The Battle Master toolings only have two molds/colors each, not much one can do there. Maybe a new torso, or limbs and gun piece for Firedrive (like they did for Blowpipe into Aimless), but not both.

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

sol magnus wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Wonder what Nightstick might look like, since there was no Battle Master Nightstick in Siege.

Probably Blowpipe. Or Caliburst,

Hopefully the Original Nightstick from the Universe release, and they do some retooling so the TM can mount Japanese style.

*looks at Selects Artfire's Nightstick, then at Siege Skywarp's Fracas*

Yet another Firedrive redeco it is.

I would like to think that it would be an original mold but it's more likely one of the Siege battlemasters coming to play again. Maybe the best we could hope for is a compromise and ger get a heavily retooled one.

The Battle Master toolings only have two molds/colors each, not much one can do there. Maybe a new torso, or limbs and gun piece for Firedrive (like they did for Blowpipe into Aimless), but not both.

You had to burst the bubble