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william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Just curious, why are we debating the name of Overlord when the listing on the computer said Overlord?

Past experience has taught us to be prepared for cases where the final toy's name doesn't match the original computer listing's name.

And further past experience has shown "Overlord" to be a name that has yet to be Trademarkable in the U.S. for toys of that character.

That character has toys in the US?!

Fun Pub/BotCon is based in the U.S., so yes.

No wonder there weren't any official photos of the "jet" mode.

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Just curious, why are we debating the name of Overlord when the listing on the computer said Overlord?

Past experience has taught us to be prepared for cases where the final toy's name doesn't match the original computer listing's name.

And further past experience has shown "Overlord" to be a name that has yet to be Trademarkable in the U.S. for toys of that character.

That character has toys in the US?!

Fun Pub/BotCon is based in the U.S., so yes.

Plus, back in 2002 he got released in the Heroes of Cybertron line of PVC figurines:

Powermaster Gigatron on TFU.info

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Just curious, why are we debating the name of Overlord when the listing on the computer said Overlord?

Past experience has taught us to be prepared for cases where the final toy's name doesn't match the original computer listing's name.

And further past experience has shown "Overlord" to be a name that has yet to be Trademarkable in the U.S. for toys of that character.

That character has toys in the US?!

How did you just read an entire conversation about how toys of him in the US have been called Gigatron and not realize that?

FYI, wave 2 deluxes and voyagers are finally widely available online. Again, not a good deal compared to the in-store prices at Walmart for the deluxes, but a decent option for $12.99 at TRU. The voyagers are $23.99 and as of now, in stock at Target.

http://www.target.com/s?searchTerm=titans%20return

http://www.toysrus.com/search/index.jsp ... fv=2254197

Well much to my shock I saw a reasonable number of Titans Returns toys in a UK Toymaster store, they had Titanmasters, Legends, & one Powermaster Prime.

Why do my posts keep dissapearing?



I checked my weirdwolf, and he does need his titan head turned 180. But it doesn't click in, it just sorta slides in. It isn't loose but it's easy to slide out. He doesn't fit in at all if put in with his titan head the proper way around. Don't know if the hasbro one is different.

When I turn it 180, it just wants to pop put. When i do it regularly its perfect

the actual titan master head must be different between them then. Or one of us has a gammy head.

Bumblebee21 wrote:When I turn it 180, it just wants to pop put. When i do it regularly its perfect

Same here, one way just slides in and out as if there is nothing keeping it in while the other (regular way) sticks well. This is for the Hasbro one. However, one thing I noticed is that it will snap in at an angle, meaning that my wolfwire head becomes slightly tilted to one side.

I've compared my head to the photo in the gallery and it's the same. I've tried pushing it in and it does go in the regular way and clicks in very tightly, with some effort, but it also requires more effort than I'm comfortable with to get it back out and I fear doing it that way regularly will lead to the head snapping off. Maybe mine is just super tight?

So I was thinking about TR Megatron and how basically my only real problem with him is the whole deal with the Fusion Cannon.



It looks a bit dinky and pathetic on it's own; but with the Titan Master gun attached the shape and size becomes almost perfect... but the Titan Master gun is a completely different colour meaning this is worthless.
But then I realised, this in mind - would anyone be able to create a Fusion Cannon rear as a replacement for the Titan Master gun on Shapeways? That seems pretty ideal to me.
Heck maybe even a full Fusion Cannon. Though I do prefer having two pieces that combine considering the Fusion Cannon piece already there becomes the tank barrel.

or you could paint the piece black like optibotimus

Bumblebee21 wrote:or you could paint the piece black like optibotimus

Yeah but doing any actual work yourself is for nerds

Kurona wrote:

Bumblebee21 wrote:or you could paint the piece black like optibotimus

Yeah but doing any actual work yourself is for nerds

true but if you want it done right you gotta do it yourself. or wait for takara

Bumblebee21 wrote:

Kurona wrote:

Bumblebee21 wrote:or you could paint the piece black like optibotimus

Yeah but doing any actual work yourself is for nerds

true but if you want it done right you gotta do it yourself. or wait for takara

I still have very serious doubts Takara's gonna do it and I don't get why people think they will when every piece of precedence - no Leader Seekers, no Sentinel Prime, not even any Gears or Windcharger - suggests otherwise. I mean if they do it, great! Awesome! But I really don't think they will, and if they will, likely just as a really expensive exclusive.

Kurona wrote:

Bumblebee21 wrote:

Kurona wrote:

Bumblebee21 wrote:or you could paint the piece black like optibotimus

Yeah but doing any actual work yourself is for nerds

true but if you want it done right you gotta do it yourself. or wait for takara

I still have very serious doubts Takara's gonna do it and I don't get why people think they will when every piece of precedence - no Leader Seekers, no Sentinel Prime, not even any Gears or Windcharger - suggests otherwise. I mean if they do it, great! Awesome! But I really don't think they will, and if they will, likely just as a really expensive exclusive.

im sure they will. i dont think they wouldnt but it would be up there with astrotrain on the price.they have no other use for the head and the fusion cannon is exclusive to megatron

Bumblebee21 wrote:

Kurona wrote:

Bumblebee21 wrote:

Kurona wrote:

Bumblebee21 wrote:or you could paint the piece black like optibotimus

Yeah but doing any actual work yourself is for nerds

true but if you want it done right you gotta do it yourself. or wait for takara

I still have very serious doubts Takara's gonna do it and I don't get why people think they will when every piece of precedence - no Leader Seekers, no Sentinel Prime, not even any Gears or Windcharger - suggests otherwise. I mean if they do it, great! Awesome! But I really don't think they will, and if they will, likely just as a really expensive exclusive.

im sure they will. i dont think they wouldnt but it would be up there with astrotrain on the price.they have no other use for the head and the fusion cannon is exclusive to megatron

A lot more things were exclusive to the leader seekers. Their current modus operandi seems to be that they only re-use molds for characters if those characters also shared molds/body types in the past - Starscream/Thundercracker, Optimus/Nemesis etc - or if it's something much more major like Scourge and Highbrow. Megatron is not a major retool from Blitzwing and they never shared a body type/mold in the past.
Takara doesn't really care for re-using molds as much as Hasbro. ... unless it's Unite Warriors, which is a rather bizarre parallel to everything else they do.

And if they care that much about the head? It's friggin' Megatron. They could package him with a random Legend if they wanted to.

True but I think the reason that takara didn't do the seekers was that they realized how stupid it was and they probably didn't think that they needed to do them.

What about Transformers cloud.

That is also a possibility

Kurona wrote:

Bumblebee21 wrote:or you could paint the piece black like optibotimus

Yeah but doing any actual work yourself is for nerds

Dubious sentiments aside - why not wait and see what the Takara one is like or Blitzwing that might have the part you want in the colour you need.

Bumblebee21 wrote:True but I think the reason that takara didn't do the seekers was that they realized how stupid it was and they probably didn't think that they needed to do them.

What about Transformers cloud.

That is also a possibility

Transformers Cloud was... a bizarre line and not really comparable. Especially considering the much higher prices charged; it's more comparable to Timelines than a main line.

I don't see why they wouldn't have done the seekers. What's stupid about them?

RAR wrote:

Kurona wrote:

Bumblebee21 wrote:or you could paint the piece black like optibotimus

Yeah but doing any actual work yourself is for nerds

Dubious sentiments aside - why not wait and see what the Takara one is like or Blitzwing that might have the part you want in the colour you need.

Because Takara is highly likely not going to do him - and even if they did I'm not paying the high import prices just for that one part - and I'm not interested in Blitzwing.

RAR wrote:

Kurona wrote:

Bumblebee21 wrote:or you could paint the piece black like optibotimus

Yeah but doing any actual work yourself is for nerds

Dubious sentiments aside - why not wait and see what the Takara one is like or Blitzwing that might have the part you want in the colour you need.

Above discussion for the last part^^

Bumblebee21 wrote:True but I think the reason that takara didn't do the seekers was that they realized how stupid it was and they probably didn't think that they needed to do them.

What about Transformers cloud.

That is also a possibility

The is 0 relation. Transformers Cloud was kinda like Club figures in the US, redecos of existing figures to give them new identities, sold exclusively and for very high prices and covering things that are not available at Hasbro (like a voyager starscream, shockwave and rodimus).

Takara might release this Megatron but they also might not. Judging from the past, I think they wont. Takara releases less product than Hasbro and arent so redeco crazy. Megatron and Optimus here are just the the redecos of other figures releases earlier. But there is nothing wrong with waiting, by the time we realize they wont be releasing him these 2 voyagers will probably be available for cheap (or sold out and impossible to find, take your pick)

About these voyager triple changers, I have all the ones from the first 2 waves, my favourite is Astrotrain. He just looks awesome in Robot mode and the headmaster gimick takes nothing away (unlike Galvatron). Plus the conversion is smart, simple and fun and regardless of how different the alt modes are from his convetional alt modes, at least they look like alt modes and not him stuck mid conversion.

I like Trion's robot mode, but the rest isn't great, especially with hasbro's colour scheme. I dont think any of these will end up on my "best triple changers" list.

I think the only way Takara releases TR Voyager Megatron is if they do a G2 deco for the release. I do think they will release TR Voyager Optimus Prime in another deco (as another character), or with the Star Convoy head we were teased with back when the mold was revealed.

Bradimus wrote:I think the only way Takara releases TR Voyager Megatron is if they do a G2 deco for the release. I do think they will release TR Voyager Optimus Prime in another deco (as another character), or with the Star Convoy head we were teased with back when the mold was revealed.

If they release Optimus, I could see them most likely doing CR Black Convoy (RiD 2001 Scourge) first and foremost.