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Autobot N wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Ok, I did some rumor revisiting and... chances are Triggerhappy will be redecoed/retooled. However, it won't be as Slugslinger just to complete the Decepticon Targetmaster lineup. Of the Autobot ones, only Crosshairs was rumored (expect a Kup retool for him), no Sureshot or Pointblank, so Targetmasters are no big priority.

Nope, instead we overlooked another viable, rumored candidate:


Transformers G1 1988 Needlenose Gallery

As his fellow group member Quake has shown, straight redecos are not off the table.

Still though, we had Slugslinger AND Misfire both rumored for Titans Return, and they were both in lists that so far have been 100% right. I'm not saying Needlenose isn't possible, but I think Slugslinger is far more possible than you are giving credit for.

I'm pretty sure that Needlenose was on that same list.

He was. Here's the total list, with the uncomfirmed figures in bold:

•Perceptor
•Cliffjumper
•Beachcomber
•Huffer
•Seaspray
•Cosmos
•Kup
•Broadside
•Hubcap
•Crosshairs
•Fastlane
•Cloudraker
•Doublecross
•Grotusque
•Chase
•Freeway
•Searchlight
•Bliztwing
•Trypticon
•Octane
•Sixshot
•Slugslinger
•Triggerhappy
•Battletrap
•Flywheels
•Pounce
•Wingspan
•Arcee
•Shockwave
•Snapdragon
•Apeface
•Misfire
•Getaway
•Nightbeat
•Hosehead
•Quickswitch
•Needlenose
•Sky Shadow
•Nautica
•Tidalwave
•Deathasaurus
•Abominus
•Sharkticon
•Ranger
•Godbomber
•Tidal Wave

Some figures are missing tho, like Titan Masters Optimus Prime, Trizer and Ramhorn.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Autobot N wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Ok, I did some rumor revisiting and... chances are Triggerhappy will be redecoed/retooled. However, it won't be as Slugslinger just to complete the Decepticon Targetmaster lineup. Of the Autobot ones, only Crosshairs was rumored (expect a Kup retool for him), no Sureshot or Pointblank, so Targetmasters are no big priority.

Nope, instead we overlooked another viable, rumored candidate:


Transformers G1 1988 Needlenose Gallery

As his fellow group member Quake has shown, straight redecos are not off the table.

Still though, we had Slugslinger AND Misfire both rumored for Titans Return, and they were both in lists that so far have been 100% right. I'm not saying Needlenose isn't possible, but I think Slugslinger is far more possible than you are giving credit for.

I'm pretty sure that Needlenose was on that same list.

He was. Here's the total list, with the uncomfirmed figures in bold:

•Perceptor
•Cliffjumper
•Beachcomber
•Huffer
•Seaspray
•Cosmos
•Kup
•Broadside
•Hubcap
•Crosshairs
•Fastlane
•Cloudraker
•Doublecross
•Grotusque
•Chase
•Freeway
•Searchlight
•Bliztwing
•Trypticon
•Octane
•Sixshot
•Slugslinger
•Triggerhappy
•Battletrap
•Flywheels
•Pounce
•Wingspan
•Arcee
•Shockwave
•Snapdragon
•Apeface
•Misfire
•Getaway
•Nightbeat
•Hosehead
•Quickswitch
•Needlenose
•Sky Shadow
•Nautica
•Tidalwave
•Deathasaurus
•Abominus
•Sharkticon
•Ranger
•Godbomber
•Tidal Wave

Exactly. Needlenose is not any more possible than Slugslinger and Misfire. I'm just saying that Misfire especially, but also Slugslinger seem to be more reasonable characters to hope for out of the Triggerhappy mold.

Wait, so Cliffjumper, Beachcomber, and Seaspray are "confirmed"? Awesome if true, but I don't recall reading that anywhere until now.

Wolfman Jake wrote:Wait, so Cliffjumper, Beachcomber, and Seaspray are "confirmed"? Awesome if true, but I don't recall reading that anywhere until now.

Woops, forgot to bold them. Seaspray can be considered confirmed because he has a product code assigned to him, C2399 in the Legends Class.

Wasn't Predaking also on one of those lists? I see Tidal Wave come up twice with different spellings.

Twitchythe3rd wrote:Wasn't Predaking also on one of those lists? I see Tidal Wave come up twice with different spellings.

That's somewhat complicated; but the simplified version is essentially that it's a mistranslation and one of the Tidal Waves is supposed to be Shockwave.

And yeah, Predaking was on another list along with Abominus and Deathsaurus. That list is the one that's not quite as trustworthy.

william-james88 wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:Wait, so Cliffjumper, Beachcomber, and Seaspray are "confirmed"? Awesome if true, but I don't recall reading that anywhere until now.

Only Seaspray is confirmed out of those.

Aye the closest that we're gonna get to Cliff is that bloody Roadburn! in fact we're not even getting a Hubcap

I think it might be safe to say that the nightbeat and flywheels on that list are the reissued Titan masters coming out in wave 4.

william-james88 wrote:

steals_your_goats wrote:I think it might be safe to say that the nightbeat and flywheels on that list are the reissued Titan masters coming out in wave 4.

I had not thought of that, pretty smart! And yeah, thats what I will be thinking.

Flywheels maybe, but I don't know about Nightbeat. If I remember correctly, Chainclaw mentioned something about a Deluxe Nightbeat.

william-james88 wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:Wait, so Cliffjumper, Beachcomber, and Seaspray are "confirmed"? Awesome if true, but I don't recall reading that anywhere until now.

Only Seaspray is confirmed out of those.

I was going off JelZe's original list, which has since been amended, but not completely so, apparently. (Cliffjumper is still not in bold type, indicated "unconfirmed" status).

Autobot N wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

steals_your_goats wrote:I think it might be safe to say that the nightbeat and flywheels on that list are the reissued Titan masters coming out in wave 4.

I had not thought of that, pretty smart! And yeah, thats what I will be thinking.

Flywheels maybe, but I don't know about Nightbeat. If I remember correctly, Chainclaw mentioned something about a Deluxe Nightbeat.

Ugh, I hope it's not more of the Titan Master Nighbeat. We have enough of him already! How about some more Clobbers which NEVER showed up in Minnesota at all?

If anyone here has been wishing that Galvatron could look better than his weak-looking face mask makes him look, behold Reprolabels's solution:



Not my pic, btw.

Emerje wrote:Nope, helmet still looks too big and too bland (cartoon accuracy be damned) to me.

Emerje

Yeah I still like the look of Fakebusker's helmets better. And the Shapeways purple plastic apparently look pretty darn close to Galvy's purple plastic and paints.

Twincast / Podcast member Megatronus recently found some difficult to find new Titans Return figures, which has slowly been making its way into stores! On his hunt through San Diego, he discovered Wave 3 Legends Class figures Gnaw, Kickback, and Bumblebee. While we have heard of them appearing in stores last month and through many online retailers, this is another indication that Wave 3 is starting to reappear nationwide.

Site owner Seibertron has also reported that Entertainment Earth sent confirmation that currently scarce leader class Sixshot has come in stock and will be shipping soon, which was also reported earlier this week.

So what this means for all of you is that you will soon be able to find Titans Return wave 3 in stores again! So grab your wallet (and maybe your sweetheart for a Valentine's day shopping trip) and head on out on the hunt! Let us know what you find in the energon forums below!

Megatronus wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:

Emerje wrote:Nope, helmet still looks too big and too bland (cartoon accuracy be damned) to me.

Emerje

Yeah I still like the look of Fakebusker's helmets better. And the Shapeways purple plastic apparently look pretty darn close to Galvy's purple plastic and paints.

Having just received the Shapeways helmet, the color isn't close at all. Much lighter.

Nice! I was lucky enough to find these last week-actually picked up 3 Gnaws to troop build. Gnaw is hilarious in either mode. Left 'Bee on the shelf, though. Wish he'd been Hubcap. May have sold better to collectors-no Bee fatigue. Plus, he hasn't gotten any love since G2.

Looks very like a colour of paint Tamiya and citadel makes though.

But since I don't have Galvatron I don't have the opportunity to check - plenty of paint but no toy :_]

MrBlack wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:

Emerje wrote:Nope, helmet still looks too big and too bland (cartoon accuracy be damned) to me.

Emerje

Yeah I still like the look of Fakebusker's helmets better. And the Shapeways purple plastic apparently look pretty darn close to Galvy's purple plastic and paints.

Having just received the Shapeways helmet, the color isn't close at all. Much lighter.

That looks kinds puffy too.

Most Galvatron helmets I've seen have all either looked too big/too outlandish or were the wrong color. Reprolabels's helmet is the smallest, sleekest, and simplest-looking one I've seen so far, and evokes Galvatron's most iconic classic helmet design the most of them all.

It reminds me the most of Galvatron's Marvel helmet.

I think the IDW one looks pretty good.



I mean, okay, spend two seconds looking through my posts and you'll know how much I love IDW so there might be some bias there; but I still honestly think it looks good.

Bounti76 wrote:Nice! I was lucky enough to find these last week-actually picked up 3 Gnaws to troop build. Gnaw is hilarious in either mode. Left 'Bee on the shelf, though. Wish he'd been Hubcap. May have sold better to collectors-no Bee fatigue. Plus, he hasn't gotten any love since G2.

That's a shame, because it's probably the best Bumblebee figure Classics/Generations has had, bar the original 2006 mold. He hits all the check boxes for me: good update while still recognizably his G1 self, great head sculpt, and perfect size for scale purposes with the rest of my collection.

Kurona wrote:I think the IDW one looks pretty good.

I mean, okay, spend two seconds looking through my posts and you'll know how much I love IDW so there might be some bias there; but I still honestly think it looks good.

I like IDW too, but I look at that helmet and can't help but feel that something about it looks... off, compared to the helmet seen in the comics. The horns look kinda dinky and stumpy and not as impressive as those seen on the helmet in the comics themselves.

I'm in Georgia, and I saw Gnaw at Wal Mart like two weeks ago.