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Rodimus Prime wrote:For some reason lately this guy has become my favorite to fiddle with. Maybe it's that beautiful blue.

He's pretty nice, although I do wish his rotors were spaced or offset a bit better

I feel like Highbrow was a little bit of a sleeper of the line. Not overly a standout, but still a solid mold that ended up being used for 3 very different figures. Windblade was the best use, but Highbrow was no slouch either

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I feel like Highbrow was a little bit of a sleeper of the line. Not overly a standout, but still a solid mold that ended up being used for 3 very different figures. Windblade was the best use, but Highbrow was no slouch either

I'm more partial to Scourge than to Highbrow, but then I've always liked Scourge's design and original altmode. And I love the little touch that you can stick Scourge's head on the top of his aftcastle to recreate the pop-up head bit from the movie.

Ah, Windblade. She really needs a reissue.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I feel like Highbrow was a little bit of a sleeper of the line. Not overly a standout, but still a solid mold that ended up being used for 3 very different figures. Windblade was the best use, but Highbrow was no slouch either

I think the quality of my Highbrow figure made me overlook it when ranking the figures in the line.

Greetings All,

With God Neptune *hopefully* coming out at the end of the month, I've been searching for a Legends Class 6th member, as it's just something I like to do for all my combiners whether it was designed or not.

I think TR Legends Class Gnaw would fit in nicely. I was wondering if anybody who has one (or even the one from the Quint Pit of Judgement), could get a little creative and see if Gnaw can function as a weapon, or even a backpack or some sort of accessory for a combiner? If I had one Id do it myself, but i'm considering picking one up if it works.

Any assistance is appreciated.

Looks like Hasbro is re-releasing some TR figures. ChromeDome, Hardhead, Brainstorm and Mindwipe. Possibly in G1 styled packaging apparently.

https://www.facebook.com/hasbropulse/po ... 7338576179

Overcracker wrote:Looks like Hasbro is re-releasing some TR figures. ChromeDome, Hardhead, Brainstorm and Mindwipe. Possibly in G1 styled packaging apparently.

https://www.facebook.com/hasbropulse/po ... 7338576179

Yeah, these were shown in the Fans First Friday video this morning. They're Walmart exclusives and use the Takara Legends tooling and decos, so they're essentially Legends reissues rather than the Titans Returns versions, much like the Decepticon Clones two-pack released in Earthrise.

The line's name was given as the "Retro Headmasters" line, but it remains to be seen if that's actually the line's name or just a descriptor used in the video.

These have been rumored for a while, the listings popped up back in august

new-walmart-listings-for-transformers-headmaster-assortments-t115048.php

That is kind of cool, considering Legends are getting quite pricey, and the heads are animation accurate.

ZeroWolf wrote:These have been rumored for a while, the listings popped up back in august

new-walmart-listings-for-transformers-headmaster-assortments-t115048.php

I see Thanks.

Meh. I'd rather see reissues of Windblade, Topspin, Twin Twist, Misfire, and Slugslinger.

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Meh. I'd rather see reissues of Windblade, Topspin, Twin Twist, Misfire, and Slugslinger.

Sorry, they're not "Retro Headmasters".

I bought that Takara Headmaster set so not sure if I want any of these Walmart Headmasters. Might be fun to pick up another Brainstorm because I have duplicates for no reason.

I might get Chromedome since I don't have him already. It depends on price.

I wanted Chromedome's car mode to include the red engine cover / hinge thing, and to have two matching rifles, so I might double-dip on him. I think I'm fine with the TR versions of the rest. I think it's nice that some collectors who missed out on TR can get the main 1987 releases like Headmasters and Clones alongside Scorponok and Snapdragon, with Apeface still accessible on the secondary market.

Sabrblade wrote:

Overcracker wrote:Looks like Hasbro is re-releasing some TR figures. ChromeDome, Hardhead, Brainstorm and Mindwipe. Possibly in G1 styled packaging apparently.

https://www.facebook.com/hasbropulse/po ... 7338576179

Yeah, these were shown in the Fans First Friday video this morning. They're Walmart exclusives and use the Takara Legends tooling and decos, so they're essentially Legends reissues rather than the Titans Returns versions, much like the Decepticon Clones two-pack released in Earthrise.

Incorrect. These figures do use the Takara Tomy Legends tooling for each character, but the decoes are unique. They are substantially different from both the Hasbro Titans Return versions and the Takara Tomy Legends versions in color hues and layouts and on the tampographed details. These represent a THIRD deco option for all of these characters/molds. It's too bad that Brainstorm has the mouthplate-less head sculpt because of using the Takara Tomy tooling.

Wolfman Jake wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Overcracker wrote:Looks like Hasbro is re-releasing some TR figures. ChromeDome, Hardhead, Brainstorm and Mindwipe. Possibly in G1 styled packaging apparently.

https://www.facebook.com/hasbropulse/po ... 7338576179

Yeah, these were shown in the Fans First Friday video this morning. They're Walmart exclusives and use the Takara Legends tooling and decos, so they're essentially Legends reissues rather than the Titans Returns versions, much like the Decepticon Clones two-pack released in Earthrise.

Incorrect. These figures do use the Takara Tomy Legends tooling for each character, but the decoes are unique. They are substantially different from both the Hasbro Titans Return versions and the Takara Tomy Legends versions in color hues and layouts and on the tampographed details. These represent a THIRD deco option for all of these characters/molds. It's too bad that Brainstorm has the mouthplate-less head sculpt because of using the Takara Tomy tooling.

Yeah. But at least he has the vibrant turquoise instead of the Legends version's washed-out turquoise. He's closest deco-wise to the Walgreens Brainstorm, but with that figure's dark gray changed to a darker (and somewhat bluer gray), and a different layout.

I wonder if it's just these 4, or if there's more. They are missing Highbrow...

Rodimus Prime wrote:I wonder if it's just these 4, or if there's more. They are missing Highbrow...

Weren't there between 6-9 listings in the Walmart system when they were found? More wouldn't surprise me.

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:I might get Chromedome since I don't have him already. It depends on price.

I'm in the same boat but with Mindwipe.

Rodimus Prime wrote:I wonder if it's just these 4, or if there's more. They are missing Highbrow...

And Weirdwolf and Skullcruncher.

I hope there's more. And that the more includes the previously-mentioned Windblade, Top Spin, Twin Twist, Slugslinger, and Misfire, as well as Sky Shadow.

The next batch probably will be the rest of the original Headmasters.

Sorry Zelda, I just don't think you're going to get those re-releases

During the live-stream they referred to the lineup as "wave one," which suggests but doesn't guarantee more releases later. With the retro packaging design and Headmasters label, it wouldn't make sense to release any other TR characters besides the originals.

ZeroWolf wrote:The next batch probably will be the rest of the original Headmasters.

Sorry Zelda, I just don't think you're going to get those re-releases

Blugh, we really need reissues of them because the eBay prices are bats***, assuming you can even find them...

Also welcome would be Grotusque, Repugnus, and Arcee. The former two are at least semi-possible maybe, since the Monsterbots were part of The Headmasters.

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:The next batch probably will be the rest of the original Headmasters.

Sorry Zelda, I just don't think you're going to get those re-releases

Blugh, we really need reissues of them because the eBay prices are bats***, assuming you can even find them...

Also welcome would be Grotusque, Repugnus, and Arcee. The former two are at least semi-possible maybe, since the Monsterbots were part of The Headmasters.

I saw a Sky Shadow ending tomorrow on ebay that is currently at $17.40 with only 1 bid. Good Luck!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/TRANSFORMERS-T ... 1438.l2649

Edit: The same seller has most of the others you are interested, but their prices are more yikes than Sky Shadow.

What I really want out of this Walmart "Retro Headmasters" line is a release of Cerebros with Spike in a cartoon accurate deco. I've always wanted one to display with the rest of the Season 4 Headmaster characters, but never wanted to double dip on a whole second Fortress Maximus. I'm hoping that Cerebros will round out the second wave of Headmasters. If we're getting Chromedome, Hardhead, Brainstorm, and Mindwipe in Wave 1, that leaves only three more characters for Wave 2: Highbrow, Skullcruncher, and Weirdwolf. Adding Cerebros in there would round things out to give us an even four and four between the two waves.