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Sabrblade wrote:Deluxe class would be too small for a Headmaster gimmick, less they made the head be outlandishly oversized.

He could be a sort of Brainmaster with a mouthplate which changes to a smile when you plug Rewind in. Features.

Sabrblade wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:
Well just because it hasn't happened before, doesn't mean it won't happen soon! The ones I am doubting the most, are the animal Decepticons, since we don't really get many semi robotic beast-formers like ever. Also, Chromedome is one of the main Headmasters! I doubt that they'd skip out on him in a MOSTLY HEADMASTERS line.

I could see a potential deluxe headmaster chromedome, but I doubt the voyager treatment would be given to him. I feel Highbrow would be a voyager though

Though, I kinda wonder how they would make a small deluxe be a headmaster without making it a choking hazard...

Precisely why Deluxe class would be too small for a Headmaster gimmick, less they made the head be outlandishly oversized.

I wonder if the deluxes are going to be targetmasters? That seems like it'd be the only gimmick that the could do with that size with the Titan Wars theme.

Railbomb wrote:I wonder if the deluxes are going to be targetmasters? That seems like it'd be the only gimmick that the could do with that size with the Titan Wars theme.

Maybe they could continue Combiner Wars running alongside Titan Wars, with Deluxes and some Voyagers being CW while Leaders and other Voyagers (maybe even Ultras if they wanna bring back that size class) be TW.

C/O Transmissions Podcast :

The following highlighted text was copied and pasted from TFW2005 Board member "Scaleface"

Originally Posted Here : http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transform ... umors.html

And are taken from the Transmissions podcast located here :

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Here is a breakdown of the news of the leaks so far, take with a grain of salt, since they won't publish the pictures to the public.

Titan Wars will be heavy with Headmasters, base gimmicks and cassette.

Figures will include:

1. Leader Powermaster Optimus Prime, heavy remold of Combiner Wars Leader Ultra Magnus. This will be a Headmaster/Powermaster.
2. Soundwave, headmaster, a heavy remold of Titan Wars Blaster, alt modes include base and a ipod hifi type mode.
3. Legends Eject. Alt modes include the tablet mode we saw on upcoming Legends Buzzsaw and another tank.
4. Legends Stripes. Tiger mode looks a lot like Steeljaw, but different colors.

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Rumors for 7/31/2015

1. We have confirmation that Blaster is Leader Class. We also have word that Leader Class Optimus Prime's head will turn into a Ginrai.
2. It does not look like Cerebros will have a vehicle alt mode (perhaps a base alternate mode?).
3. You can expect the other Headmasters to be released in Voyager Class like Brainstorm, and the heads for all the Titan Wars Headmasters will be compatible with Generations Brainstorm. They will all come with a small beast mode partner who becomes a vehicle the head can ride.
4. For the Deluxes in Titan Wars, expect the 1986 movie robots in Cybertronian alt modes.

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Rumors for 8/7/2015

1. Titan Wars will have a Legends class Rewind, Rumble and Frenzy.
2. Titan Wars will have a Headmaster Galvatron, size class unconfirmed.

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Rumors for 8/14/2015

This week's Transmissions Titan War leaks.
1. Titan Wars Headmaster Galvatron will NOT be a remold of Combiner Wars Leader Megatron. Its form is based on G1 Galvatron toy and IDW Spotlight Galvatron.
2. The "Deluxes" in Titan Wars will perhaps be larger and more complex than recent Deluxes, possibly with a larger price point more like a Voyager.
3. The small partners that come with the figures for Titan Wars will be called "Titan Masters".
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Thought this was worth mentioning as these rumours seem to be coming out from a variety of sources and the images to go with them seem to be doing the rounds a bit too - so they may show up soon online I suspect.
I wouldn't say they are totally unsubstantiated Rumors due to multiple sources and us having already seen Blaster :

Here :

rumour-blaster-as-a-city-part-of-titan-wars--t104788.php

These are some interesting rumors. I'll be mainly interested in the Voyager headmasters, and perhaps some of these Deluxe "cybertronian form" '86 characters, but the Leader sized figures I don't think will interest me much. My Classics display doesn't need a ginormous Blaster or Soundwave. I might get Powermaster Prime just for the nostalgia factor, but I'm content with FoC Soundwave and Blaster as my "Classics" versions of those characters for now. It'll be interesting to see how their Legends class cassette buddies turn out, however.

I would slightly clarify Scalefaces statement to clear up any potential confusion - I don't think the "Cassettes" are actually cassettes other in the most general terms of the word's meaning of "Something you plug into something else".

The Buzzsaw we have already seen is a Data Pad and that is what they actually are more likely to be designed to look like - though I guess they could mold one to look like an MP3 player and make the same point.

Obviously the play pattern of plugging a rectangle into the chest cavity of Blaster or Soundwave is pretty much the same thing but when not in the cavity the play pattern is perhaps more along the lines of a Real Gear Robot toy.

But I would be pretty surprised if they actually are moulded to look like cassettes in any meaningful way. (accept where robot kibble allows this like maybe on characters like Frenzy/Rumble) where some sort of duel circle motif is traditional in the shoulders.

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Also I got to wondering did the source mean 1986 as in : Springer/Hotrod/Arcee/Kup/Blurr

Or 1986 as in Targetmaster versions of Kup/Hotrod/Blur/ and how does that relate or evolve into things like Sureshot/Triggerhappy/Misfire yes or no I wonder ?

I bet a lot of people would prefer any Sweep toy retained the combiner wars deluxe gimic so it can be used as an army builder for CW Cyclonus.

So essentially Movie toys or Targetmasters toys ?

Especially as the 1986 Movie alt modes are still not actually easy to categorically state that they are Cybertronian modes or Futuristic Earth Modes instead... Heck that might be true of both actually if you think of the Targetmasters etc of existing in "Space Year 2010/2006".

*I.e. what Technology might have looked like after 20 years of technology sharing between Earth and advanced aliens as is the case in the animated movie.

RAR wrote:I would slightly clarify Scalefaces statement to clear up any potential confusion - I don't think the "Cassettes" are actually cassettes other in the most general terms of the word's meaning of "Something you plug into something else".

Don't worry, I wasn't thinking we'd be getting audio cassette tapes at all. I know there are all modern altmodes, but I use the term "cassette buddies" as a shorthand to refer to all of Soundwave and Blaster's minions from G1.

Fair enough.

I suppose Buzzsaw is supposed to be a Tablet PC (thought it reminds me a lot of the Mobile PC tablets people used a decade ago on ships or in stock control and such).

I wonder how they will describe them on the packaging (if at all) as I like the idea of the term "Data Pad" as it's suggestive of Star Treks use of such devices but also a nice follow on term from FOC's 'Data Discs'. I suppose "Data Cassette" is a bit like a DAT Cassette - but they are not actually tapes now are they.

I would like it a lot if the reverse side had a different looking screen on them so they display differently when used in the chest bay of Soundwave or Blaster.

I suppose if Hasbro had thought of it they could have made little cards that can clip over the screen area of the pads to show different images or slide into the chest door to act as a display - like either on the chest or inside it.

If such an thing was utilised then some other character could be given info on their chest like a walking powerpoint briefing or they can open their chests and look down and see the displayed image.

So Then... I wonder when /if will Stripes be released as Ravage ?
Also will Rewind and Rumble be the same moulds ?

Some cool stuff here, in theory, if it pans out.

So why wasn't this frontpaged?

Decepticon Sunstorm wrote:So why wasn't this frontpaged?

Speaking outside of any official/staff capacity: there's no meat to these. Usually when a known rumor gets frontpage news treatment, it's because there's something very solid to it. This is, for all we know, completely unsubstantiated. Do I personally think it is? No, there's no reason to make this stuff up in that kind of detail. It still doesn't make it news until there's any content aside from words - anybody can make up words. God knows if every Transformers rumor ever got thrown up on the front page here you'd have about 20 stories of unsubstantiated TF5 Movie rumors every day to wade through and get frustrated by

william-james88 wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

steals_your_goats wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:
Also, does ANY of you have ANY IDEA who this character is?

It's Astrotrain.


Transformers Classics Astrotrain Gallery

Duh of course I would first think of him, but his head looks completely different! Are you sure it's Astrotrain?

Also if you look on the side of his leg, he seems to have... tank treads???

The rumor is that it's the next waves optimus that's an homage to some Japanese line that I can't remember the name of. But apparently my thoughts are wrong so don't listen to me

Your thoughts have merrit just like everyone else's. And yeah, that Optimus theory is pretty good since that headsculpt is far more him than astrotrain. Dont know who it references though.

Maybe it's an homage of Armada Jetfire/Optimus combo? Idk I'm just pulling stuff out of my a**.

Thats what i came up with too.

Sorry that what I'm quoting is from a different thread, I'm just continuing the conversation in the right one now.
Any ideas on who this is? I don't think it's Astrotrain... but I could be wrong.

Still sticking with Astrotrain. Looks bloody similar and may be an alternate head

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Still sticking with Astrotrain. Looks bloody similar and may be an alternate head

Maybe an Optimus head?
Actually, I just thought that, maybe these figures come with their normal headmaster heads, then you can get other heads separately? Idk just a thought.

SillySpringer wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Still sticking with Astrotrain. Looks bloody similar and may be an alternate head

Maybe an Optimus head?
Actually, I just thought that, maybe these figures come with their normal headmaster heads, then you can get other heads separately? Idk just a thought.

Nah, I doubt they would sell those heads like the minicons. more like the mech tech weapon gimmick

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Still sticking with Astrotrain. Looks bloody similar and may be an alternate head

Maybe an Optimus head?
Actually, I just thought that, maybe these figures come with their normal headmaster heads, then you can get other heads separately? Idk just a thought.

Nah, I doubt they would sell those heads like the minicons. more like the mech tech weapon gimmick

According to this it is optimus http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transform ... st12804702

steals_your_goats wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Still sticking with Astrotrain. Looks bloody similar and may be an alternate head

Maybe an Optimus head?
Actually, I just thought that, maybe these figures come with their normal headmaster heads, then you can get other heads separately? Idk just a thought.

Nah, I doubt they would sell those heads like the minicons. more like the mech tech weapon gimmick

According to this it is optimus http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transform ... st12804702

But considering how far away it is, do we really trust this? Other "official" confirmations lead us to believe a Gnaw, Brawn and others were coming and we never heard anything.

steals_your_goats wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Still sticking with Astrotrain. Looks bloody similar and may be an alternate head

Maybe an Optimus head?
Actually, I just thought that, maybe these figures come with their normal headmaster heads, then you can get other heads separately? Idk just a thought.

Nah, I doubt they would sell those heads like the minicons. more like the mech tech weapon gimmick

According to this it is optimus http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transform ... st12804702

Interesting, but where's the evidence? Where's the link?

SillySpringer wrote:

steals_your_goats wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Still sticking with Astrotrain. Looks bloody similar and may be an alternate head

Maybe an Optimus head?
Actually, I just thought that, maybe these figures come with their normal headmaster heads, then you can get other heads separately? Idk just a thought.

Nah, I doubt they would sell those heads like the minicons. more like the mech tech weapon gimmick

According to this it is optimus http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transform ... st12804702

Interesting, but where's the evidence? Where's the link?

Well if you read it you would've seen that it was from a podcast but they're rumors so take it with a grain of salt. However this is the only rumor I've seen surrounding the line that has some sort of backing

steals_your_goats wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:

steals_your_goats wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Still sticking with Astrotrain. Looks bloody similar and may be an alternate head

Maybe an Optimus head?
Actually, I just thought that, maybe these figures come with their normal headmaster heads, then you can get other heads separately? Idk just a thought.

Nah, I doubt they would sell those heads like the minicons. more like the mech tech weapon gimmick

According to this it is optimus http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transform ... st12804702

Interesting, but where's the evidence? Where's the link?

Well if you read it you would've seen that it was from a podcast but they're rumors so take it with a grain of salt. However this is the only rumor I've seen surrounding the line that has some sort of backing

Don't really see how it can be Optimus. That kind of look? only the heads going for him. Besides, i want this to come later. I am OP-ed out for the moment

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

steals_your_goats wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:

steals_your_goats wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Still sticking with Astrotrain. Looks bloody similar and may be an alternate head

Maybe an Optimus head?
Actually, I just thought that, maybe these figures come with their normal headmaster heads, then you can get other heads separately? Idk just a thought.

Nah, I doubt they would sell those heads like the minicons. more like the mech tech weapon gimmick

According to this it is optimus http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transform ... st12804702

Interesting, but where's the evidence? Where's the link?

Well if you read it you would've seen that it was from a podcast but they're rumors so take it with a grain of salt. However this is the only rumor I've seen surrounding the line that has some sort of backing

Don't really see how it can be Optimus. That kind of look? only the heads going for him. Besides, i want this to come later. I am OP-ed out for the moment

Oh don't get me wrong I'd prefer this guy to be pretty much anyone over another optimus, I'm just going off of what this says

steals_your_goats wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

steals_your_goats wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:

steals_your_goats wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Still sticking with Astrotrain. Looks bloody similar and may be an alternate head

Maybe an Optimus head?
Actually, I just thought that, maybe these figures come with their normal headmaster heads, then you can get other heads separately? Idk just a thought.

Nah, I doubt they would sell those heads like the minicons. more like the mech tech weapon gimmick

According to this it is optimus http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transform ... st12804702

Interesting, but where's the evidence? Where's the link?

Well if you read it you would've seen that it was from a podcast but they're rumors so take it with a grain of salt. However this is the only rumor I've seen surrounding the line that has some sort of backing

Don't really see how it can be Optimus. That kind of look? only the heads going for him. Besides, i want this to come later. I am OP-ed out for the moment

Oh don't get me wrong I'd prefer this guy to be pretty much anyone over another optimus, I'm just going off of what this says

Meh, who knows what's going to happen here

Just thought of something, considering he is a bad guy in MTMTE: What about a Star Saber as part of the line?

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Just thought of something, considering he is a bad guy in MTMTE: What about a Star Saber as part of the line?

That would be interesting, I'm really hoping we get more IDW characters soon. I would love a rung, Nautica, Pharma, the DJD, maybe a Metalhawk, Overlord and the scavengers too...on second thought just make everyone. I'll take one of everyone please.

steals_your_goats wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Just thought of something, considering he is a bad guy in MTMTE: What about a Star Saber as part of the line?

That would be interesting, I'm really hoping we get more IDW characters soon. I would love a rung, Nautica, Pharma, the DJD, maybe a Metalhawk, Overlord and the scavengers too...on second thought just make everyone. I'll take one of everyone please.

I want MTMTE guy sooo bad. I was shot down in another thread for wanting DJD guys. Apparently they are "too violent" for toys
I would buy a Star Saber. That would be awesome. Not to mention other phase-sixers.