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D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I also wouldn't put it past them to retool Chase into Prime Wheeljack, a lot of things like up there too, especially with some toy details too.

Big Convoy could be no less than Leader class, thanks to his bulk.

Prime wheeljack would be dope, that would be my definitive version of the character, aesthetically. Personality not so much haha

Big Convoy should definitely be at least leader class
Maybe commander if they were to engineer it in a way to do away with shell-forming and give it all the bells and whistles? Nah, a large leader should be fine

If they end up doing a legacy B'Boom I will die of excitement

Razorbeast88 wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I also wouldn't put it past them to retool Chase into Prime Wheeljack, a lot of things like up there too, especially with some toy details too.

Big Convoy could be no less than Leader class, thanks to his bulk.

Prime wheeljack would be dope, that would be my definitive version of the character, aesthetically. Personality not so much haha

Big Convoy should definitely be at least leader class
Maybe commander if they were to engineer it in a way to do away with shell-forming and give it all the bells and whistles? Nah, a large leader should be fine

If they end up doing a legacy B'Boom I will die of excitement

YES. Big Convoy, B'Boom / Apache, and Diver, please! I NEED DIVER I LOVE FRROGS sorry

Rtron wrote:

Razorbeast88 wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I also wouldn't put it past them to retool Chase into Prime Wheeljack, a lot of things like up there too, especially with some toy details too.

Big Convoy could be no less than Leader class, thanks to his bulk.

Prime wheeljack would be dope, that would be my definitive version of the character, aesthetically. Personality not so much haha

Big Convoy should definitely be at least leader class
Maybe commander if they were to engineer it in a way to do away with shell-forming and give it all the bells and whistles? Nah, a large leader should be fine

If they end up doing a legacy B'Boom I will die of excitement

YES. Big Convoy, B'Boom / Apache, and Diver, please! I NEED DIVER I LOVE FRROGS sorry

ya know what, since they had thought about giving the G1 Nemesis a beast mode but didn't, they should take the BWII Nemesis and make it a titan with a beast mode

Rtron wrote:

Razorbeast88 wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I also wouldn't put it past them to retool Chase into Prime Wheeljack, a lot of things like up there too, especially with some toy details too.

Big Convoy could be no less than Leader class, thanks to his bulk.

Prime wheeljack would be dope, that would be my definitive version of the character, aesthetically. Personality not so much haha

Big Convoy should definitely be at least leader class
Maybe commander if they were to engineer it in a way to do away with shell-forming and give it all the bells and whistles? Nah, a large leader should be fine

If they end up doing a legacy B'Boom I will die of excitement

YES. Big Convoy, B'Boom / Apache, and Diver, please! I NEED DIVER I LOVE FRROGS sorry

Diver would be awesome! They could get a Spittor and maybe even a Slapper out of that mold too

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Rtron wrote:

Razorbeast88 wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I also wouldn't put it past them to retool Chase into Prime Wheeljack, a lot of things like up there too, especially with some toy details too.

Big Convoy could be no less than Leader class, thanks to his bulk.

Prime wheeljack would be dope, that would be my definitive version of the character, aesthetically. Personality not so much haha

Big Convoy should definitely be at least leader class
Maybe commander if they were to engineer it in a way to do away with shell-forming and give it all the bells and whistles? Nah, a large leader should be fine

If they end up doing a legacy B'Boom I will die of excitement

YES. Big Convoy, B'Boom / Apache, and Diver, please! I NEED DIVER I LOVE FRROGS sorry

ya know what, since they had thought about giving the G1 Nemesis a beast mode but didn't, they should take the BWII Nemesis and make it a titan with a beast mode

That would be pretty sweet too
I wonder what the beast mode would be
Mayhaps some sort of giant crocodile/whale dinosaur thing like from jurassic world. Or a centipede idk haha

Razorbeast88 wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Rtron wrote:

Razorbeast88 wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I also wouldn't put it past them to retool Chase into Prime Wheeljack, a lot of things like up there too, especially with some toy details too.

Big Convoy could be no less than Leader class, thanks to his bulk.

Prime wheeljack would be dope, that would be my definitive version of the character, aesthetically. Personality not so much haha

Big Convoy should definitely be at least leader class
Maybe commander if they were to engineer it in a way to do away with shell-forming and give it all the bells and whistles? Nah, a large leader should be fine

If they end up doing a legacy B'Boom I will die of excitement

YES. Big Convoy, B'Boom / Apache, and Diver, please! I NEED DIVER I LOVE FRROGS sorry

ya know what, since they had thought about giving the G1 Nemesis a beast mode but didn't, they should take the BWII Nemesis and make it a titan with a beast mode

That would be pretty sweet too
I wonder what the beast mode would be
Mayhaps some sort of giant crocodile/whale dinosaur thing like from jurassic world. Or a centipede idk haha

I am thinking something like Bionicle Kardas

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Rtron wrote:

Razorbeast88 wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I also wouldn't put it past them to retool Chase into Prime Wheeljack, a lot of things like up there too, especially with some toy details too.

Big Convoy could be no less than Leader class, thanks to his bulk.

Prime wheeljack would be dope, that would be my definitive version of the character, aesthetically. Personality not so much haha

Big Convoy should definitely be at least leader class
Maybe commander if they were to engineer it in a way to do away with shell-forming and give it all the bells and whistles? Nah, a large leader should be fine

If they end up doing a legacy B'Boom I will die of excitement

YES. Big Convoy, B'Boom / Apache, and Diver, please! I NEED DIVER I LOVE FRROGS sorry

ya know what, since they had thought about giving the G1 Nemesis a beast mode but didn't, they should take the BWII Nemesis and make it a titan with a beast mode

Majin Zarak triple changer?

Rtron wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Rtron wrote:

Razorbeast88 wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I also wouldn't put it past them to retool Chase into Prime Wheeljack, a lot of things like up there too, especially with some toy details too.

Big Convoy could be no less than Leader class, thanks to his bulk.

Prime wheeljack would be dope, that would be my definitive version of the character, aesthetically. Personality not so much haha

Big Convoy should definitely be at least leader class
Maybe commander if they were to engineer it in a way to do away with shell-forming and give it all the bells and whistles? Nah, a large leader should be fine

If they end up doing a legacy B'Boom I will die of excitement

YES. Big Convoy, B'Boom / Apache, and Diver, please! I NEED DIVER I LOVE FRROGS sorry

ya know what, since they had thought about giving the G1 Nemesis a beast mode but didn't, they should take the BWII Nemesis and make it a titan with a beast mode

Majin Zarak triple changer?

That may be a clever way to make Majin Zarak work as a retail release

I think some folks are forgetting what Prime Cliffjumper's CGI model looked like, because the First Edition toy took some liberties with it (particularly, the design of the robot mode legs) that were corrected on the PRID toy, which looks less like this new Chase toy than the FE toy does.





Also, this would be another case of a Prime design being changed from curvy to blocky again.

Sabrblade wrote:I think some folks are forgetting what Prime Cliffjumper's CGI model looked like, because the First Edition toy took some liberties with it (particularly, the design of the robot mode legs) that were corrected on the PRID toy, which looks less like this new Chase toy than the FE toy does.





Also, this would be another case of a Prime design being changed from curvy to blocky again.

I mean, someone at Hasbro clearly has something against the Prime and Animated styles, so yeah, they will probably ignore all of Cliffjumper's "curves".

A nothingburger for me, which I guess is a good thing for my wallet.

william-james88 wrote:Regarding the issu with Tidal wave, he will have parts that combine with Megatron/Galvatron, but it wont be the entirety. So you get the best of both worlds.

I really hope this is true. I could not care any less about the combining gimmick, it was dumb 20 years ago and it's dumb now. Only reason we got it back then was to counter Prime and Jetfire combining. I will get this Tidal Wave if it's indeed a Titan, but his supposedly combining bits will be staying attached to him.

After waiting for roughly 16 years…
What I’m calling the legit trio of Insecticons, is finally complete.

Till-all-R1 wrote:A nothingburger for me, which I guess is a good thing for my wallet.

Same. I guess the upcoming (soon to be confirmed?) MP Rhinox really is the only TF release on the horizon to turn my head.

Don't particularly give a fig for Tigerhawk. But repaint him into Universe Razorclaw and you'd have my money in a flash!

~ Grim

Big Grim wrote:Don't particularly give a fig for Tigerhawk. But repaint him into Universe Razorclaw and you'd have my money in a flash!

~ Grim

It'd be a missed opportunity not to!
Then again, we've yet to see a Cryotek out of Dragon Megatron

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:

Till-all-R1 wrote:A nothingburger for me, which I guess is a good thing for my wallet.

Same. I guess the upcoming (soon to be confirmed?) MP Rhinox really is the only TF release on the horizon to turn my head.

Same.
Except for me, the only L.U. figure I may be getting for the whole year is Gears…
I like the idea of Animated Motormaster, but he’s most likely a pass; he just won’t fit into my collection.

I thought that about Animated Motormaster too.

Also, Weird choice by HasTak to produce Lio Convoy then skip to Magmatron instead of Dragon Galvatron??

Sowndwave76 wrote:After waiting for roughly 16 years…
What I’m calling the legit trio of Insecticons, is finally complete.

Shrapnel, Kickback and Megatron?


I know, I know, Bombshell is in the box...

Razorbeast88 wrote:

Big Grim wrote:Don't particularly give a fig for Tigerhawk. But repaint him into Universe Razorclaw and you'd have my money in a flash!

~ Grim

It'd be a missed opportunity not to!
Then again, we've yet to see a Cryotek out of Dragon Megatron

I'm hoping we get a Rampage and Transmetal cheetor too, so we can get Shockaract and Cataclysm

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Razorbeast88 wrote:

Big Grim wrote:Don't particularly give a fig for Tigerhawk. But repaint him into Universe Razorclaw and you'd have my money in a flash!

~ Grim

It'd be a missed opportunity not to!
Then again, we've yet to see a Cryotek out of Dragon Megatron

I'm hoping we get a Rampage and Transmetal cheetor too, so we can get Shockaract and Cataclysm

I'd love Rampage and Shockaract
But if they do rampage they've gotta do Depth Charge! I was kind of hoping when they said they'll get around to making shiny transmetals they were talking about depth charge, the original toy's alt mode is just beautiful

Razorbeast88 wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Razorbeast88 wrote:

Big Grim wrote:Don't particularly give a fig for Tigerhawk. But repaint him into Universe Razorclaw and you'd have my money in a flash!

~ Grim

It'd be a missed opportunity not to!
Then again, we've yet to see a Cryotek out of Dragon Megatron

I'm hoping we get a Rampage and Transmetal cheetor too, so we can get Shockaract and Cataclysm

I'd love Rampage and Shockaract
But if they do rampage they've gotta do Depth Charge! I was kind of hoping when they said they'll get around to making shiny transmetals they were talking about depth charge, the original toy's alt mode is just beautiful

Oh fully agreed. Depthcharge, Silverbolt, and Tigerhawk are my 3 favorite Beast Wars characters

Rodimus Prime wrote:

Sowndwave76 wrote:After waiting for roughly 16 years…
What I’m calling the legit trio of Insecticons, is finally complete.

Shrapnel, Kickback and Megatron?


I know, I know, Bombshell is in the box...

HA!!

I will say, despite him not having completely gray/silver upper legs, I think Bombshell is my favorite.
While his shoulders are still a bit too wide, it’s not nearly as bad as what we have with the other two.
I’m also glad his bug mode is so different from Shrapnel’s.

It almost feels surreal to have these three in Deluxe class size!!

Sabrblade wrote:
Also, this would be another case of a Prime design being changed from curvy to blocky again.

Looking at the original toys, Prime Cliffy is not that curvy.
If is not too lazy by just changing the head and call it a day, I'm sure that a Prime Cliffy could be done with MAJOR retooling.

Rodimus Prime wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Regarding the issu with Tidal wave, he will have parts that combine with Megatron/Galvatron, but it wont be the entirety. So you get the best of both worlds.

I really hope this is true. I could not care any less about the combining gimmick, it was dumb 20 years ago and it's dumb now. Only reason we got it back then was to counter Prime and Jetfire combining. I will get this Tidal Wave if it's indeed a Titan, but his supposedly combining bits will be staying attached to him.

I mean, it's not the fault of the original toy that the cartoon and video game decided to supersize him to ridiculously huge proportions. He was always created to be Megatron's Magic Mushroom just as Jetfire and Overload were for Optimus. The toy design came first. At least the Armada/Energon comics kept his original toy scale and had him interacting with the characters like he was meant to.