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Titans Return Grotusque with authentic curb stomped action.

I wonder if, at some point, we'll get an exclusive Repugnus made out of POTP Rippersnapper or something

You could make it out of this mold. That way they all have some relation as a team. Use the lower half and same engineering as grotesque. New arms(not 100% necessary) new bug head and front torso. Close enough. But if it happens which it probably won’t because we got a Repugnus and this gimmick is over. I got all three monsterbots now I’m good. I’m happy with what we get.

As a Canadian will I be able to obtain Arcee and Grotesque?

Deadput wrote:As a Canadian will I be able to obtain Arcee and Grotesque?

Dunno; my advice would be: look everywhere in the coming months. The clone two-pack showed up at eb there with no warning or announcement, so clearly they'll make their way there just like every other exclusive.

I actually like his colors more than Twinferno. I'm not a huge fan of pink either but I do like more colorful figures than not in most cases. Kinda wish he was red or royal purple. Though maybe purple would make him look too much like Mindwipe - with the wings and all.

So annoyed I missed out on this guy. Anyone got a second they're willing to resell?

Mkall wrote:So annoyed I missed out on this guy. Anyone got a second they're willing to resell?

You're better off waiting for the announcement of the partner chain. Like Arcee isn't exclusive to HasCon, Grotusque isn't exclusive to HTS or NYCC.

Does anyone else thing Grotusque bears a passing resemblance to Deathsaurus?

Feels like an easy retool.

megatronus wrote:Does anyone else thing Grotusque bears a passing resemblance to Deathsaurus?

Feels like an easy retool.

Nooooooot really. But then again I was one of the people who thought a dinobot combiner was dumb and shouldn't happen. So what do I know.

Just a thought, HasCon had Arcee; NYCC had Grotusque; London comic con is coming up, Anybody thinking another exclusive?

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Just a thought, HasCon had Arcee; NYCC had Grotusque; London comic con is coming up, Anybody thinking another exclusive?

Doubt it. Think of the Hascon exclusive as an SDCC sub, and not much has changed in the scheme of things. Would love to be proved wrong though.

megatronus wrote:Does anyone else thing Grotusque bears a passing resemblance to Deathsaurus?

Feels like an easy retool.

I can see it, really only needs new beast and bot heads to pull it off acceptably enough. Obviously the beast arms wouldn't be right and he'd have furry ankles, but I think it'd look OK. Though I think heavily modifying PotP Grimlock would work better and his combiner feet could double as Tigerbreast and Eaglebreast. That's probably asking way too much of a Voyager, though.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Just a thought, HasCon had Arcee; NYCC had Grotusque; London comic con is coming up, Anybody thinking another exclusive?

Have they done exclusives before? Have we heard of releases of Arcee and Grotusque in England? Probably not then. Hascon is BotCon's replacement and NYCC has had exclusives in the past so it makes sense for those two to have gotten figures.

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Why am i wanting grotesque? It looks terrible, and i have no connection to the monsterbots.

Insurgent wrote:Why am i wanting grotesque? It looks terrible, and i have no connection to the monsterbots.

Look, I didn't either but I ordered Grotesque then hit Target on the way home from work and picked up the other two so in 48 hours I went from 0 to finished. That has a hell of a satisfying feeling to it.

Insurgent wrote:Why am i wanting grotesque? It looks terrible, and i have no connection to the monsterbots.

That's the point!

zodconvoy wrote:Look, I didn't either but I ordered Grotesque then hit Target on the way home from work and picked up the other two so in 48 hours I went from 0 to finished. That has a hell of a satisfying feeling to it.

Repugnus is adorable! I would still like a deluxe to round out the team... but it is nice to be able to 'complete' the set.

As many of you remember, last Thursday, Hasbro dropped a surprise bombshell on us with the revealing of a Titans Return Grotusque complete with Titan Master Fengul and Scorponok, rounding out the Monsterbot trio and the quadruplet of diecast Titan Masters. Yours truly was able to get a hold one of these figures, and I would now like to tell you why Grotusque is one of the best deluxes of Titans Return and why Scorponok is fun too.

For the official Seibertron galleries, you can check out the reveal gallery and the display gallery. You can also view G1 Grotusque for comparisons to his original form.

We will start with the bot mode, and I apologize now for the lighting of the images.

Bot mode is gorgeous, and very well painted. The bot mode is fun to look at, with the puffed out chest area complete with the beast mode lower jaw area proudly standing front and center. The colors are really loud and great on this figure, with the shoulders getting some surprisingly good attention to detail. He even has that little triangle dead center of his chest.



The head sculpt is pretty good, though I wish it was a little closer to the G1 toy's flirty/pouting face, but it is still nice regardless. He still does look grumpy though!



Now this mold is a retool of Titans Return Twinferno, his fellow deluxe Monsterbot. The retool is very obvious in the lower part of the body, with everything from the waist down being the same as Twinferno, just in new colors. The wings are also the same, as are the guns. The arms, head, and upper chest area, however, are new, and it really helps him stand out from his Monster-mate. The Titan Master's body is also the same, though the head is new (to be seen later).





Now up first for comparisons, here we have the Monsterbot trio together at last! While it is a bummer that Repugnus is not a deluxe as well, he still looks cool enough, and you can always play musical chairs with the heads!





Transformation on the lower body is the same as Twinferno, but the upper body has some nice new tricks. The arms are pretty basic, rotating 180 degrees at the bicep and having some flip out beast claws, but the new beast head is where the transformation shines. the lower jaw folds out of the upper chest while the upper beast head flips up over from the back.

And the result is a pretty great beast mode! Now anyone who likes Monsterbots will remember: they are supposed to be ugly as sin, it's part of their thing. They are supposed to be ugly monsters that scare people, and this guy does it very well. His beast mode is great in it's ugliness, looking so good yet so bad all at the same time. A great beast mode, the mode where he really shines!







Also of note, the beast head has tabs on the side for his guns. While they can store on his back like Twinferno, you can also mount them on the beast head. This is more for robot mode storage, but it's a really funny thing you can do in beast mode!





Here we have the Monsterbots in beast mode, and all 3 shine together here. They are a perfect team, and I am really glad I got to complete the team.







Lastly, we'll take a brief look at Scorponok, who finally got his release, and Fengul! The robot mode for Scorponok is the same as Ultra Magnus and Thunderwing, and is once again diecast. It looks pretty nice, and I enjoy the colors. Fengul is based on Daburu, Twinferno's Titan Master, but with a new head based on a saber tooth tigers, which is yet another battle beast reference! The paint work on Fengul is really good too, the best of the line.

Below, you can check out Fengul, and then a comparison with the 3 Monsterbots and Scorponoks Titan Master robot modes.





And finally today, Scorponok in head mode. It's a nice head, yet feels a bit too small, like this was a head that really needed the voyager treatment with the things deploying on either side to beef it up. The Head looks really funny on Grotusque, but really works with Tidal Wave!





In conclusion, this whole set is a great pickup. Grotusque is the best of the Monsterbots here, and is really one of the best deluxes of the whole line. I really enjoy this figure, everything about him is dumb, fun, ugly, beautiful, and he should be a figure people actively hunt down.

Scorponok is pretty cool too. While he is not my favorite Titan Master, he is still really cool, and will be a great addition to his larger generations toy when we finally get one.

While this set was only available for about an hour on HasbroToyShop last Thursday, it will be available again online soon, much like Arcee, so keep your optics tuned for all the latest Grotusque and Scorponok news here!



Also, thanks to Stuartmaximus, we have word that Peaugh uploaded his video review for the Grotusque set, if you would like to check that out as well.

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:"...Grotusque Review..."

Firstly, thanks for a lovely picture eview that I can read and stufy at my leisure instead of videos.

Still waiting on my Grotusque, (Am I the only one who opted for he cheap shipping? ) does he have the floppy hip diaper thing going that Doublecross does? And does the tail want to peg together or is that still a problem?

Flashwave wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:"...Grotusque Review..."

Firstly, thanks for a lovely picture eview that I can read and stufy at my leisure instead of videos.

Still waiting on my Grotusque, (Am I the only one who opted for he cheap shipping? ) does he have the floppy hip diaper thing going that Doublecross does? And does the tail want to peg together or is that still a problem?

I just went with whatever shipping was default. And I live only 2 hours from the HTS center, so I get things quickly.

the diaper and tail are zero issues. there isn't a flaw with my figure at all

does the Geotusque have a fake spark mechanism wheel like twinferno did? Not sure why they try to put faction symbols over a pin either but it's still looks a decent figure and Scorps head does look good on tidal wave.

blackeyedprime wrote:does the Geotusque have a fake spark mechanism wheel like twinferno did? Not sure why they try to put faction symbols over a pin either but it's still looks a decent figure and Scorps head does look good on tidal wave.

The only thing on his clear plastic chest panel is a small hole, no sparker thingy. Probably had to sacrifice it for the chest to work transformation wise

The arms are mistransformed for beast mode. You're suppose to lift the should panels, lift the arms by the bicep like he's got both arms over his head and turn the entire arm from the shoulder 180 degrees instead of just rotating that bicep around.

Randomhero wrote:The arms are mistransformed for beast mode. You're suppose to lift the should panels, lift the arms by the bicep like he's got both arms over his head and turn the entire arm from the shoulder 180 degrees instead of just rotating that bicep around.

I'm honestly happier with them as they are. the shoulder rotation really doesn't make much of a difference. Plus you said that, I skipped over that part in the instructions, and I have him right now with me and tried it

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

blackeyedprime wrote:does the Geotusque have a fake spark mechanism wheel like twinferno did? Not sure why they try to put faction symbols over a pin either but it's still looks a decent figure and Scorps head does look good on tidal wave.

The only thing on his clear plastic chest panel is a small hole, no sparker thingy. Probably had to sacrifice it for the chest to work transformation wise

Worth noting is that G1 Doublecross bucks the trend by having his sparker gimmick in his chest, whereas Repugnus' and Grotusque's were inside the mouth. That said, the plunger detail is absent from the Titans Return version.

Ah, that's cool -I have absolutely no knowledge of the G1 versions at all but toy wise they are something that I would definitely liked to have had/have. Hope this side of the pond gets him (and all other exclusives) soon.