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Sjeng wrote:Thanks everyone for all the explanations!

King Kuuga wrote:Hasbro wants to diversify what's available in each line, which means spacing out distinctive characters like the purple insect transformers. And if they hadn't spaced them out, we wouldn't get Kickback with a cockpit for Titan Masters, which is pretty darn cool.

He had an opening chestplate in G1 too and so did the other 2 IIRC. It's cool that it fits titanmasters now though.

I know, it was a holdover from their days as Diaclone piloted mechs, so it's cool that at least one of them gets it back in their modern toys.

you might want to move this.

Bumblebee21 wrote:you might want to move this.

Next time either use the "Report this post" button (you have insinuated to me that you know how to use it, and using it doesn't have to be because it's a rule violation, it could be for this exact reason) or just don't make such a pointless post.

Burn wrote:

Bumblebee21 wrote:you might want to move this.

Next time either use the "Report this post" button (you have insinuated to me that you know how to use it, and using it doesn't have to be because it's a rule violation, it could be for this exact reason) or just don't make such a pointless post.

okay. i thought it was just to report something like you said.
ill remember that next time.

Through TFW2005 user burrociano, we have some rather exciting news that Titans Return Deluxe Brainstorm and Platinum Combiner Wars Liokaiser have both been spotted in the retail chain Ripley in Chile. This is their first sighting outside of Walgreens and Entertainment Earth respectively; and indeed, outside of America - perhaps foreshadowing retail release elsewhere in the world. Feel free to chat about Liokaiser in the Combiner Wars thread, or the resurrection of Braingate in the Titans Return thread in the Energon Pub!

And, for the record, if you zoom in on Brainstorm...



You see he's standing on Alpha Bravo packaging; AB being the favourite of Va'al who popularised Braingate. We've come full circle.

Kurona wrote:And, for the record, if you zoom in on Brainstorm...



You see he's standing on Alpha Bravo packaging; AB being the favourite of Va'al who popularised Braingate. We've come full circle.

THE THICK PLOTTENS FURTHER #BRAINGATE

I wonder if Hasbro is pondering the idea of the *Deluxe Insecticon Barrage made from Titans Returns Kickback ?

*(Don't get confused as I said Deluxe it's what he was called 30 or so years ago).

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I was wondering does TR Rumble still have those arms that don't transform without scaring you that they want to snap off ?
I think they should fix them if they ever get around to doing Eject & Frenzy too.

I'm a little concerned that Titans Returns is going to have more incomplete sets than any Transformers line in history as it is.

Dr Va'al wrote:

Kurona wrote:And, for the record, if you zoom in on Brainstorm...



You see he's standing on Alpha Bravo packaging; AB being the favourite of Va'al who popularised Braingate. We've come full circle.

THE THICK PLOTTENS FURTHER #BRAINGATE

where is the braingate discussion

Bumblebee21 wrote:

Dr Va'al wrote:

Kurona wrote:And, for the record, if you zoom in on Brainstorm...



You see he's standing on Alpha Bravo packaging; AB being the favourite of Va'al who popularised Braingate. We've come full circle.

THE THICK PLOTTENS FURTHER #BRAINGATE

where is the braingate discussion

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RAR wrote:I wonder if Hasbro is pondering the idea of the *Deluxe Insecticon Barrage made from Titans Returns Kickback ?

I'm pretty sure an alternate head is built in already, "just in case". In fact, Bombshell may have one too.

You did get names mixed up: the grasshopper is Ransack, and the rhinoceros beetle is Barrage. If Chop Shop did well enough in popularity (he got two releases already!), the rest shouldn't be far behind. Too bad there's no analog for Venom the cicada (by the by, they don't sting at all!).

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Too bad there's no analog for Venom the cicada (by the by, they don't sting at all!).

Yeah and not all spiders are venomous but I'm still not going anywhere near the creepy looking things!

Burn wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Too bad there's no analog for Venom the cicada (by the by, they don't sting at all!).

Yeah and not all spiders are venomous but I'm still not going anywhere near the creepy looking things!

You're down under, that's different. You got Redbacks, the US got Black Widows and Brown Recluses, Europe has... cute and harmless Garden Spiders

Did you know? Nobody in Australia has died from a spider bite since 1979, thanks to the development of anti-venoms.


Also, I want to say Bombshell could reasonably be retooled into Venom --similar squat li'l bugs with similar transformation schemes-- except the legs/abdomen would get in the way of any wings...

Okay so for some reason my latest email about this thread keeps taking me to the MP Cheetor discussion topic instead of this one. Did a post get moved or something?

King Kuuga wrote:Did a post get moved

Yes.

Sorry about the Ransack / Barrage muddle I do know better usually.

RAR wrote:Sorry about the Ransack / Barrage muddle I do know better usually.

Not at all; we all make mistakes like that. Especially for characters as obscure as those.

Just as long as we all know Rumble's the red one

Kurona wrote:Just as long as we all know Rumble's the red one

ummm no

any idea when wave 3 will start showing up in the US.

Bumblebee21 wrote:

Kurona wrote:Just as long as we all know Rumble's the red one

ummm no

any idea when wave 3 will start showing up in the US.

Anytime between mid december and mid janurary. Sixshot will only be hitting retail in january.

william-james88 wrote:

Bumblebee21 wrote:

Kurona wrote:Just as long as we all know Rumble's the red one

ummm no

any idea when wave 3 will start showing up in the US.

Anytime between mid december and mid janurary. Sixshot will only be hitting retail in january.

How did Australia and the UK get them so early.

Bumblebee21 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Bumblebee21 wrote:

Kurona wrote:Just as long as we all know Rumble's the red one

ummm no

any idea when wave 3 will start showing up in the US.

Anytime between mid december and mid janurary. Sixshot will only be hitting retail in january.

How did Australia and the UK get them so early.

They have been getting them early since wave 1, this isnt new. US got them 1-2 months after Australia (at retail).

william-james88 wrote:

Bumblebee21 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Bumblebee21 wrote:

Kurona wrote:Just as long as we all know Rumble's the red one

ummm no

any idea when wave 3 will start showing up in the US.

Anytime between mid december and mid janurary. Sixshot will only be hitting retail in january.

How did Australia and the UK get them so early.

They have been getting them early since wave 1, this isnt new. US got them 1-2 months after Australia (at retail).

? Since when was the UK finding TR early?

^ ditto.
I think the last thing we had early was wave 1 of Combiner Wars

I wonder if the reason the UK is getting some waves is that they have under-manufactured them so they seem to be selling out a lot of places so when a store reorders they know they have non in the warehouse so they have to place a ship-in order from Vietnam and thus the newer stuff shows up unusually quickly.

Other times the UK has had things early but only Forbidden Planet got them as the stock was still being sent out ad-hoc from earlier waves.

As I have mentioned before I pretty much consider Titans Returns to be a mostly online release in the UK as the few places that have it are no where near me and places like Supermarkets don't seem to be stocking it at all.
(except some of the very largest ones)

For example I have two Large Tesco near me and neither have b***er all Transformers toys - they have a whole isle of just throw cushions mind you.

One of the smaller ones had a 12 foot long section of just Paw Patrol - and one tiny segment for all other toys - UK supermarkets are quite odd.

I can just hope they might wake up before Xmas - but the Discount stores are kinda terrible this year too. B&M & Home Bargains is floating in Girls Toys - and TK Maxx seems to have got over it's brief love affair with Transformers and gone back to mostly selling stuffed toys - electronic Baby toys and diecast cars & trucks & lots and lots of Dinosaurs.

So I'm glad for those who have a good TRU - might help if they actually listed more of what they have online though.