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Chainclaw1976 wrote:...oh, and Brawn. I totally forgot about Brawn until just now. He was just shown from the chest up, but looked very Sunbow. Not like the G1 toy.

DO you think it was Legends class size?

Decepticon Sunstorm wrote:

Chainclaw1976 wrote:There was also art of three characters fighting. I think it was Windblade vs. Sentinel Prime (the orange Astrotrain). I can't remember now who the third character was. Nothing new, someone we've been seeing already.

It was Brainstorm

This one?

I really have to thank you chainclaw for at least giving us all this information on one healthy lump sum, and not just teasing us all with dodgy sliced up reveal images so that your blog gets extra hits, unlike certain other people with inside sources we could mention!

That said, I wouldn't blame you for keeping one or 2 reveals under your hat.

I'd imagine there'd be a certain joy in knowing about certain figures coming that other people don't yet know about.

Chainclaw1976 wrote:...oh, and Brawn. I totally forgot about Brawn until just now. He was just shown from the chest up, but looked very Sunbow. Not like the G1 toy.

YESSS! Finally!!

Lunatic Prime wrote:

Decepticon Sunstorm wrote:

Chainclaw1976 wrote:There was also art of three characters fighting. I think it was Windblade vs. Sentinel Prime (the orange Astrotrain). I can't remember now who the third character was. Nothing new, someone we've been seeing already.

It was Brainstorm

This one?

Also I can't believe I'm only just noticing this now, but have a look in the background of that image. Behind Windblade and Brainstorm?

Master Sword!

It's now making me think that Unicron is now a possibility

Cobotron wrote:

Chainclaw1976 wrote:...oh, and Brawn. I totally forgot about Brawn until just now. He was just shown from the chest up, but looked very Sunbow. Not like the G1 toy.

DO you think it was Legends class size?

All I really saw was a square (like a Profile Pic) with Brawn's face, and the top half of his chest. So I just have nothing to go off of, in terms of scale. It didn't look like CGI to me, it looked like a toy. In terms of quality, to me the face looked like that iGear Brawn. I don't know if that's "too nice" for Legends?

It looked good though. Had that silver bowl-shaped helmet, and an actual face. Not a mouthplate and visor.

Lunatic Prime wrote:

Decepticon Sunstorm wrote:

Chainclaw1976 wrote:There was also art of three characters fighting. I think it was Windblade vs. Sentinel Prime (the orange Astrotrain). I can't remember now who the third character was. Nothing new, someone we've been seeing already.

It was Brainstorm

This one?

Yes, that's the one. Sorry, I didn't realize that was public, or I wouldn't have wasted everyone's time with it.

So, does Nightbeat have his sunglasses, or do you not know?

Decepticon Sunstorm wrote:So, does Nightbeat have his sunglasses, or do you not know?

If it's the same head as the one we saw in the original reveals, he doesn't

Chainclaw1976 wrote:...oh, and Brawn. I totally forgot about Brawn until just now. He was just shown from the chest up, but looked very Sunbow. Not like the G1 toy.

Any word on Kickback or Bombshell's inevitable repaint?

Chainclaw1976 wrote:

Lunatic Prime wrote:

Decepticon Sunstorm wrote:

Chainclaw1976 wrote:There was also art of three characters fighting. I think it was Windblade vs. Sentinel Prime (the orange Astrotrain). I can't remember now who the third character was. Nothing new, someone we've been seeing already.

It was Brainstorm

This one?

Yes, that's the one. Sorry, I didn't realize that was public, or I wouldn't have wasted everyone's time with it.

The rumor is that those 3 will come in a SDCC exclusive box set.

MemphisR56 wrote:I really have to thank you chainclaw for at least giving us all this information on one healthy lump sum, and not just teasing us all with dodgy sliced up reveal images so that your blog gets extra hits, unlike certain other people with inside sources we could mention!

That said, I wouldn't blame you for keeping one or 2 reveals under your hat.

I'd imagine there'd be a certain joy in knowing about certain figures coming that other people don't yet know about.

You are welcome!

And I'm kind of glad you mentioned that second part. ToyFair is pretty much my favorite day of the year. Not to bog everyone down with my drama, but I'm kind of a depressed guy. Anyways, when Toyfair hits, that REALLY lifts my spirits. It's exciting to see all this stuff that I actually care about. It gives me something to think about when I'm bored. So on and so forth.

Anyways, so while I'm waiting on the Toyfair reveals, I'm listening to a podcast I'd never heard before, and the guys doing it start saying how much they hate guys who do exactly what I am doing today. They said we share what we've seen because we want to be the center of attention, or we know things others don't and that's supposed to make us special.

That is totally not why I'm doing it though. My buddy would write on my FB page every time I was talking about Toyfair. like if I'd say "I wish they'd make Chromedome" he'd say "They are." That sort of thing. It had been going on for a while, and I mentioned my depression or something. So he's like "Hey man, do you have Skype?" So obviously, he ends up giving me the grand tour.

And for me, I was just SO excited. I had no idea what to do with that feeling. Like I loogged onto FB today, and wanted to message a friend and be like "OMG, did you see that Headmaster Megatron?!" But of course, I couldn't.

So I wrote on Siegfried07's digibash thread, to see if he could basically make me these images that had been so fun to see. Then it spilled over to here.

But at no point am I keeping secrets. I really am trying to share the experience with everyone as well as I can.

It would be like if Doc Brown took you a year into the future and showed you a sporting event that you and your friends were really into. But then brought you back to 2016, and you had nobody to talk about it with, lol.

As for Nightbeat's sunglasses, I'm sorry guys, I just can't remember. It was a lot of info to take in all at once

YoungPrime wrote:

Chainclaw1976 wrote:...oh, and Brawn. I totally forgot about Brawn until just now. He was just shown from the chest up, but looked very Sunbow. Not like the G1 toy.

Any word on Kickback or Bombshell's inevitable repaint?

Oh crap, I totally forgot, YES, we are getting that third Insecticon we've been needing!

Chainclaw1976 wrote:As for Nightbeat's sunglasses, I'm sorry guys, I just can't remember. It was a lot of info to take in all at once

Don't worry about it. I was kinda miffed that the Titanmaster Nightbeat didn't have any (along with the fact that he didn't have a actual body), so when the prospect of a full Nightbeat with sunglasses popped up, I got kinda excited.

Chainclaw1976 wrote:Oh crap, I totally forgot, YES, we are getting that third Insecticon we've been needing!

AWEZZZZUM!!!!!!!

Chainclaw1976 wrote:

MemphisR56 wrote:I really have to thank you chainclaw for at least giving us all this information on one healthy lump sum, and not just teasing us all with dodgy sliced up reveal images so that your blog gets extra hits, unlike certain other people with inside sources we could mention!

That said, I wouldn't blame you for keeping one or 2 reveals under your hat.

I'd imagine there'd be a certain joy in knowing about certain figures coming that other people don't yet know about.

You are welcome!

And I'm kind of glad you mentioned that second part. ToyFair is pretty much my favorite day of the year. Not to bog everyone down with my drama, but I'm kind of a depressed guy. Anyways, when Toyfair hits, that REALLY lifts my spirits. It's exciting to see all this stuff that I actually care about. It gives me something to think about when I'm bored. So on and so forth.

Anyways, so while I'm waiting on the Toyfair reveals, I'm listening to a podcast I'd never heard before, and the guys doing it start saying how much they hate guys who do exactly what I am doing today. They said we share what we've seen because we want to be the center of attention, or we know things others don't and that's supposed to make us special.

That is totally not why I'm doing it though. My buddy would write on my FB page every time I was talking about Toyfair. like if I'd say "I wish they'd make Chromedome" he'd say "They are." That sort of thing. It had been going on for a while, and I mentioned my depression or something. So he's like "Hey man, do you have Skype?" So obviously, he ends up giving me the grand tour.

And for me, I was just SO excited. I had no idea what to do with that feeling. Like I loogged onto FB today, and wanted to message a friend and be like "OMG, did you see that Headmaster Megatron?!" But of course, I couldn't.

So I wrote on Siegfried07's digibash thread, to see if he could basically make me these images that had been so fun to see. Then it spilled over to here.

But at no point am I keeping secrets. I really am trying to share the experience with everyone as well as I can.

It would be like if Doc Brown took you a year into the future and showed you a sporting event that you and your friends were really into. But then brought you back to 2016, and you had nobody to talk about it with, lol.

Oh, I'm really sorry chief, I didn't mean to be accusatory, if that's how it sounded.

I meant more, sort of like you said, that with all of the weibo leaks kind of sucking all of the surprise out of the toyfair reveals, it's really awesome that we get a big splash of excitement. I really appreciate it. I mean by the time the show rolled around we knew about more figures than Hasbro had chosen to put on display at that point, so rather than a reaction of 'OH WOW' it was more of a 'Huh, that's it? but what about...'

Best of luck with battling depression your, I've suffered with it myself for most of my adult life and I know how much of an uphill battle it can be. The only advice I can offer is that keeping regular sleeping patterns really helps, and you've just got to keep taking it one day at a time.

Chainclaw1976 wrote:

YoungPrime wrote:

Chainclaw1976 wrote:...oh, and Brawn. I totally forgot about Brawn until just now. He was just shown from the chest up, but looked very Sunbow. Not like the G1 toy.

Any word on Kickback or Bombshell's inevitable repaint?

Oh crap, I totally forgot, YES, we are getting that third Insecticon we've been needing!

We're getting Brawn and Kickback.

The fanatical completionist and scale enthusiast in me is deeply deeply happy this day.

This seems it could be true some of the posts by Chainclaw were deleted off Tfw2005 ( I mostly use Seibertron but I sometimes browse Tfw2005 although I'm not a member)

MemphisR56 wrote:

Chainclaw1976 wrote:

MemphisR56 wrote:I really have to thank you chainclaw for at least giving us all this information on one healthy lump sum, and not just teasing us all with dodgy sliced up reveal images so that your blog gets extra hits, unlike certain other people with inside sources we could mention!

That said, I wouldn't blame you for keeping one or 2 reveals under your hat.

I'd imagine there'd be a certain joy in knowing about certain figures coming that other people don't yet know about.

You are welcome!

And I'm kind of glad you mentioned that second part. ToyFair is pretty much my favorite day of the year. Not to bog everyone down with my drama, but I'm kind of a depressed guy. Anyways, when Toyfair hits, that REALLY lifts my spirits. It's exciting to see all this stuff that I actually care about. It gives me something to think about when I'm bored. So on and so forth.

Anyways, so while I'm waiting on the Toyfair reveals, I'm listening to a podcast I'd never heard before, and the guys doing it start saying how much they hate guys who do exactly what I am doing today. They said we share what we've seen because we want to be the center of attention, or we know things others don't and that's supposed to make us special.

That is totally not why I'm doing it though. My buddy would write on my FB page every time I was talking about Toyfair. like if I'd say "I wish they'd make Chromedome" he'd say "They are." That sort of thing. It had been going on for a while, and I mentioned my depression or something. So he's like "Hey man, do you have Skype?" So obviously, he ends up giving me the grand tour.

And for me, I was just SO excited. I had no idea what to do with that feeling. Like I loogged onto FB today, and wanted to message a friend and be like "OMG, did you see that Headmaster Megatron?!" But of course, I couldn't.

So I wrote on Siegfried07's digibash thread, to see if he could basically make me these images that had been so fun to see. Then it spilled over to here.

But at no point am I keeping secrets. I really am trying to share the experience with everyone as well as I can.

It would be like if Doc Brown took you a year into the future and showed you a sporting event that you and your friends were really into. But then brought you back to 2016, and you had nobody to talk about it with, lol.

Oh, I'm really sorry chief, I didn't mean to be accusatory, if that's how it sounded.

I meant more, sort of like you said, that with all of the weibo leaks kind of sucking all of the surprise out of the toyfair reveals, it's really awesome that we get a big splash of excitement. I really appreciate it. I mean by the time the show rolled around we knew about more figures than Hasbro had chosen to put on display at that point, so rather than a reaction of 'OH WOW' it was more of a 'Huh, that's it? but what about...'

Best of luck with battling depression your, I've suffered with it myself for most of my adult life and I know how much of an uphill battle it can be. The only advice I can offer is that keeping regular sleeping patterns really helps, and you've just got to keep taking it one day at a time.

No, you didn't seem accusatory. It just reminded me of those guys... who did seem accusatory, lol. It had just been bugging me. Wanted to get it out there

IIRC, Legends Class Kickback comes with Reflector (redeco of CW Shockwave). My buddy said something about Reflector had a "really cool feature, ... I can't tell you right now... you'll just have to see it." And anyways, I guess there are then transparent purple Reflectors too. Not sure if they fit together or what.

He speculated that in IDW, Reflector will have powers similar to Jamie Madrox from Marvel, where he can create Duplicates of himself at will. And that's what the transparent Reflectors are.

Chainclaw1976 wrote::CON: IIRC, Legends Class Kickback comes with Reflector (redeco of CW Shockwave). My buddy said something about Reflector had a "really cool feature, ... I can't tell you right now... you'll just have to see it." And anyways, I guess there are then transparent purple Reflectors too. Not sure if they fit together or what.

He speculated that in IDW, Reflector will have powers similar to Jamie Madrox from Marvel, where he can create Duplicates of himself at will. And that's what the transparent Reflectors are.

Reflector too! When I did the Hasbro feedback survey that was circulating after this year's auto assembly, Brawn, Kickback and Reflector were the 3 figures that I mentioned by name as really wanting new figures for.

They really do listen!

The IDW Part of this seems a little sketchy though, considering how Reflector is already dead in IDW, he was killed on a ship in orbit around Gorlam Prime in the run-up to the dark cybertron event. I wonder if he just meant that in regards to the on-package bio fiction. Reflector had sort of similar powers in the G1 cartoon, he could create duplicates of himself who all spoke in unison with him when he spoke himself. The writers seemed to forget this most of the time though, so he'd often just be 3 separate guys.

Chainclaw1976 wrote: IIRC, Legends Class Kickback comes with Reflector (redeco of CW Shockwave).

Why? Legends class Skrapnel already came with a Reflector. A unique mold one, at that.

MemphisR56 wrote:

Chainclaw1976 wrote::CON: IIRC, Legends Class Kickback comes with Reflector (redeco of CW Shockwave). My buddy said something about Reflector had a "really cool feature, ... I can't tell you right now... you'll just have to see it." And anyways, I guess there are then transparent purple Reflectors too. Not sure if they fit together or what.

He speculated that in IDW, Reflector will have powers similar to Jamie Madrox from Marvel, where he can create Duplicates of himself at will. And that's what the transparent Reflectors are.

Reflector too! When I did the Hasbro feedback survey that was circulating after this year's auto assembly, Brawn, Kickback and Reflector were the 3 figures that I mentioned by name as really wanting new figures for.

They really do listen!

The IDW Part of this seems a little sketchy though, considering how Reflector is already dead in IDW, he was killed on a ship in orbit around Gorlam Prime in the run-up to the dark cybertron event. I wonder if he just meant that in regards to the on-package bio fiction. Reflector had sort of similar powers in the G1 cartoon, he could create duplicates of himself who all spoke in unison with him when he spoke himself. The writers seemed to forget this most of the time though, so he'd often just be 3 separate guys.

Well, like I say, the IDW thing was just him speculating

I'm not positive Reflector comes with Kickback. The Kickback I saw was official art, not the toy. I said something like "Hey, we're getting Kickback" and he said "Yup." Then he was telling me about the Reflector thing. I didn't see a nfigure or art of Reflector. But he seemed very sure about the transparent purple plastic, etc.