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Mechastrike wrote:i keep forgetting that Quickswitch is Sixshot's offspring.

Only in one commercial.

Mechastrike wrote:i keep forgetting that Quickswitch is Sixshot's offspring.

Oddly enough the ONLY mention of that is in the 1988 toy commercial, yet I too remember it to this day. I wonder if IDW will introduce the character into the comic at all, or make any reference to the "relationship". I still think it should have been Greatshot, not Quickswitch as that molds 2nd use...but oh well.

Sabrblade wrote:

Mechastrike wrote:i keep forgetting that Quickswitch is Sixshot's offspring.

Only in one commercial.

Commercials have to be canon, otherwise we open up the risk that Bruticus might NOT be a big bad battlin' dude-icus.

Diem wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Mechastrike wrote:i keep forgetting that Quickswitch is Sixshot's offspring.

Only in one commercial.

Commercials have to be canon, otherwise we open up the risk that Bruticus might NOT be a big bad battlin' dude-icus.

Oh, now doubt. Commercials are but one continuity in a vast sea of many others.

WANT! Love the packaging as well.

So will Fastlane only be available in this boxset? Will there be a single-packed (or also in a boxset) Cloudraker?

While I grabbed the Voyager Megatron, I specifically avoided the Voyager Optimus because I'm planning on getting this set.

Who is in the other set again? It's not all Decepticons. I know it's a leader Op, Tidal Wave, Pounce, and Thunderwing. Who was the deluxe?

RiddlerJ wrote:While I grabbed the Voyager Megatron, I specifically avoided the Voyager Optimus because I'm planning on getting this set.

Who is in the other set again? It's not all Decepticons. I know it's a leader Op, Tidal Wave, Pounce, and Thunderwing. Who was the deluxe?

Metalhawk.

DetectiveFork wrote:So will Fastlane only be available in this boxset? Will there be a single-packed (or also in a boxset) Cloudraker?

I think it's only been confirmed for this set. Which is sad, b/c it'd be awesome to pick-up a two pack of both of the sets of clones.

Overcracker wrote:Anybody else find it strange that Prime's official name is just "Laser Prime[tm]".

Not Laser Optimus Prime, or Optimus Prime, just Laser Prime. And he doesn't actually come with a "freakin' lazor" ...

Oh, thanks, for pointing that out. My brother wants me to call that OP "Lasor Prime" because I created a character (in fac-fic). That throws my whole argument out the window.

There's always hope that Takara will release the clones in 2-packs. Heck, I'm almost certain they'll do that.
Maybe because they're so little they might pack all four together...

Kurona wrote:There's always hope that Takara will release the clones in 2-packs. Heck, I'm almost certain they'll do that.
Maybe because they're so little they might pack all four together...

either way I think would be a strong case for fans of the clones to go that route, of course after import fees most 3P prices might be 2/3 the price of one of the Hasbro Box Sets, then again paying $200 for two toys (or $400 for 4 once the other two are revealed) (and trying to sell the other eight/ sixteen on eBay), vs say...$60 for a set of clones from Takara...I guess its a matter of convenience, vs price, vs time/hassle etc....

Again I agree the box art looks really cool, but unlike the CW box sets that had an obvious theme, this is just a mish-mash of random characters, *if* the CW box sets supposedly did not sell well, I cant wait to see when these start popping up at market 6 etc... In fact that might be my strategy since I too only want one toy from each of these sets...just wait until they show up at a TJ Maxx (or similar store) for $40, or until HTS does there fire sale, and if this never happens, oh well no big loss. The two I want from those sets are not that big a deal.

If the single released Voyager Optimus Prime had been this G2 redeco that would be the one time I'd have bought that mold. The regular one just looks too ordinary and I don't much care for Octane.

That's some pretty neat art right there. Right now I'm not interested in the set but if it goes on the cheap or Nautica's eBay prices aren't too bad I'll bite for Nautica.

o.supreme wrote:Again I agree the box art looks really cool, but unlike the CW box sets that had an obvious theme, this is just a mish-mash of random characters

That is my main problem. It's not even like they're going for a loose theme; like some random background Lost Lighters or some G2-coloured random characters or even just a specific year. These are all characters and designs which have absolutely nothing to do with each other

Kurona wrote:

o.supreme wrote:Again I agree the box art looks really cool, but unlike the CW box sets that had an obvious theme, this is just a mish-mash of random characters

That is my main problem. It's not even like they're going for a loose theme; like some random background Lost Lighters or some G2-coloured random characters or even just a specific year. These are all characters and designs which have absolutely nothing to do with each other

That's ok...they could make a great fiction out of it. One of the Autobot Clones is lost, and wants to find his brother, along the way he finds Laser Optimus, Rodimus' Head, Quickswitch, and Nautica to help him...Kind of like some odd twist on The Wizard of Oz....yeah...I think it could work

Or you could consider it to be the successor of the Botcon boxsets

william-james88 wrote:Anyone know why Hasbro went with painting the entire detachable front part of TR Brainstorm rather than just using teal plastic? I dont mind, but if it means paint elsewhere on the figure was sacrificed, I would rather a uniform coloured part be just the plastic colour.

I would speculate that it's a side effect of the fact that he's made of more colours of plastic that Blurr is - and the part layout meant he needed to be paint.

It is odd when that happens isn't it - It's something I've always regretted when I've seen it. I was just thinking the other day that if they'd be clever they could have put a different connection in the leg so he had two wings on a frame or perhaps just leave the wing in the leg off and give him parts that clip on to the rectangular slots in his back where the wing was.

o.supreme wrote:

Kurona wrote:

o.supreme wrote:Again I agree the box art looks really cool, but unlike the CW box sets that had an obvious theme, this is just a mish-mash of random characters

That is my main problem. It's not even like they're going for a loose theme; like some random background Lost Lighters or some G2-coloured random characters or even just a specific year. These are all characters and designs which have absolutely nothing to do with each other

That's ok...they could make a great fiction out of it. One of the Autobot Clones is lost, and wants to find his brother, along the way he finds Laser Optimus, Rodimus' Head, Quickswitch, and Nautica to help him...Kind of like some odd twist on The Wizard of Oz....yeah...I think it could work

Ah, a robo-mish-mash! There's always got to be a reason to robo-rally together....

Kurona wrote:

o.supreme wrote:Again I agree the box art looks really cool, but unlike the CW box sets that had an obvious theme, this is just a mish-mash of random characters

That is my main problem. It's not even like they're going for a loose theme; like some random background Lost Lighters or some G2-coloured random characters or even just a specific year. These are all characters and designs which have absolutely nothing to do with each other

The theme is "molds that already happened to be at the factory, plus Fastclash".

I wish Fastlane was available on his own. He looks like a fun little figure (also he looks about Scout size, which is of course the size class of the gods) and I don't particularly want Stickers McGee, Quick-Switch-His-Colours, Not-ica or decapitated Rodimus.

Anyway, jokes aside, here's my thoughts on the rest of the boxset...

Prime: Would be awesome if that detail was tampographed on instead of being stickers. There is no way those stickers aren't going to be shredded by transformation.

Quickswitch: Quickswitch's main appeal is that most of his modes were actually different from Sixshot's (namely the drill tank mode) so this is a complete failure in my opinion.

Nautica: Having gotten Megatronia and loved her I'm a bit less pessimistic about her, but that face is still awful and I still wish it actually looked like Nautica, as opposed to crossdressing Blurr.

Rodimus: He's made of metal, which is awesome, but I'm not sure he's really enough to sell the set.

So yeah. Maybe not.

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Or you could consider it to be the successor of the Botcon boxsets

Yep, that's the theme to be sure! Affordable BotCon sets!

Wut? New mold! Fastclash, who's that?
I was overly excited for that Laser Prime, then I realized that the trailer is just part of the mold.
Still good.

No cares about Quickswitch. Nautica looks very purple, would've liked to see some more female forms remolded parts.

Also like the artwork, I agree with you peoples on the whole these characters don't match.

And what's about a Decepticon set? I haven't seen anything about that.

noctorro wrote:Wut? New mold! Fastclash, who's that?
I was overly excited for that Laser Prime, then I realized that the trailer is just part of the mold.
Still good.

No cares about Quickswitch. Nautica looks very purple, would've liked to see some more female forms remolded parts.

Also like the artwork, I agree with you peoples on the whole these characters don't match.

And what's about a Decepticon set? I haven't seen anything about that.

Fastclash is a new name for Fastlane; the Autobot Clone from 1987. He had like, a two-second cameo in Rebirth so he's not the most memorable dude

noctorro wrote:Wut? New mold! Fastclash, who's that?

It's a (surprisingly accurate) modernization of a 1987 Autobot, Fastlane.

No cares about Quickswitch.

And what's about a Decepticon set? I haven't seen anything about that.

It will be a BBTS exclusive, featuring Metalhawk (from Triggerhappy), Magnus Prime (a minor repaint of Legends Super Ginrai), Armada Tidal Wave (from Broadside), Pounce (an original mold, updating another 1987 TF) and the head of Thunderwing.

noctorro wrote:And what's about a Decepticon set? I haven't seen anything about that.

The other set revealed at Toy fair is called Siege on Cybertron and contains: (Magnus Prime, Metalhawk, Pounce, Thunderwing's head, and Tidal Wave)

Supposeddly there will be two additional Box Sets revealed at a later time