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Saw TR Blurr and Scourge today, and, man, do they look terrible in person, and at $15, I wasn't even willing pay that, because if they look that bad in person, I'm sure they'll only be worse once I've paid good money for them - only to find out that, on top of looking bad, they're also full of qc issues that seem to be plaguing this line thus far

Got the Voyager and Leader figures as well as Stripes from BBTS today. Stripes is poor, but the other four are fantastic with the obvious exception of Galvatron's mask. Blaster is pretty decidedly the best of the bunch in my opinion.

Sigma Magnus wrote:I have to say...Titans Return is the first line...well, ever, that I've wanted pretty much every figure from.

Now that I think about it...not only that, but this line is actually the first to sway me back to official figures in general.
And Hasbro figures at that!

...I love Titans Return.
My wallet probably hates it, but I don't care.

Hellscream9999 wrote:Saw TR Blurr and Scourge today, and, man, do they look terrible in person, and at $15, I wasn't even willing pay that, because if they look that bad in person, I'm sure they'll only be worse once I've paid good money for them - only to find out that, on top of looking bad, they're also full of qc issues that seem to be plaguing this line thus far

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?! On the corner of the boards I hang out they are the bees knees, and I was planning on buying them!

itscramtastic wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:Saw TR Blurr and Scourge today, and, man, do they look terrible in person, and at $15, I wasn't even willing pay that, because if they look that bad in person, I'm sure they'll only be worse once I've paid good money for them - only to find out that, on top of looking bad, they're also full of qc issues that seem to be plaguing this line thus far

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?! On the corner of the boards I hang out they are the bees knees, and I was planning on buying them!

I got Scourge and Blurr yesterday. They're fantastic! Blurr is wonderful. Scourge did have some issues, but I was able to fix them fairly easily. He had a bobble head that I already posted in this thread how I fixed. His wrists were also loose. They're easy to pop off and fix with a little scotch tape square or some clear nail polish.

RodimusConvoy13 wrote:

itscramtastic wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:Saw TR Blurr and Scourge today, and, man, do they look terrible in person, and at $15, I wasn't even willing pay that, because if they look that bad in person, I'm sure they'll only be worse once I've paid good money for them - only to find out that, on top of looking bad, they're also full of qc issues that seem to be plaguing this line thus far

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?! On the corner of the boards I hang out they are the bees knees, and I was planning on buying them!

I got Scourge and Blurr yesterday. They're fantastic! Blurr is wonderful. Scourge did have some issues, but I was able to fix them fairly easily. He had a bobble head that I already posted in this thread how I fixed. His wrists were also loose. They're easy to pop off and fix with a little scotch tape square or some clear nail polish.

I saw your quick fix, noice. Hopefully it's no worse than any other figures. I feel like Powermaster Optimus Prime's Apex is a little loose too.

itscramtastic wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:Saw TR Blurr and Scourge today, and, man, do they look terrible in person, and at $15, I wasn't even willing pay that, because if they look that bad in person, I'm sure they'll only be worse once I've paid good money for them - only to find out that, on top of looking bad, they're also full of qc issues that seem to be plaguing this line thus far

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?! On the corner of the boards I hang out they are the bees knees, and I was planning on buying them!

I live around the corner from that corner and they are the bees knees. I've seen no QC issues on the ones I have. Both HH and Blurr exceeded my expectations. I'd give either a hardy recommendation.

In some ways Tak's looks nicer, but I'm other ways Has' looks better. Go figure.

RodimusConvoy13 wrote:

itscramtastic wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:Saw TR Blurr and Scourge today, and, man, do they look terrible in person, and at $15, I wasn't even willing pay that, because if they look that bad in person, I'm sure they'll only be worse once I've paid good money for them - only to find out that, on top of looking bad, they're also full of qc issues that seem to be plaguing this line thus far

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?! On the corner of the boards I hang out they are the bees knees, and I was planning on buying them!

I got Scourge and Blurr yesterday. They're fantastic! Blurr is wonderful. Scourge did have some issues, but I was able to fix them fairly easily. He had a bobble head that I already posted in this thread how I fixed. His wrists were also loose. They're easy to pop off and fix with a little scotch tape square or some clear nail polish.

I have to ask, given earlier grievings about him - is Blurr's colour scheme much better in-hand, or is it just that people put up with it because they've gotten all their annoyances out about it at the photos pre-release?

Kurona wrote:

RodimusConvoy13 wrote:

itscramtastic wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:Saw TR Blurr and Scourge today, and, man, do they look terrible in person, and at $15, I wasn't even willing pay that, because if they look that bad in person, I'm sure they'll only be worse once I've paid good money for them - only to find out that, on top of looking bad, they're also full of qc issues that seem to be plaguing this line thus far

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?! On the corner of the boards I hang out they are the bees knees, and I was planning on buying them!

I got Scourge and Blurr yesterday. They're fantastic! Blurr is wonderful. Scourge did have some issues, but I was able to fix them fairly easily. He had a bobble head that I already posted in this thread how I fixed. His wrists were also loose. They're easy to pop off and fix with a little scotch tape square or some clear nail polish.

I have to ask, given earlier grievings about him - is Blurr's colour scheme much better in-hand, or is it just that people put up with it because they've gotten all their annoyances out about it at the photos pre-release?

Much mo betta in hand. I won't lie though, the figure could use a little paint to break up all that blue. Fun figures with lots of play options.

Another thing. The Sentinel Prime mold is very well executed. Very intuitive transformations for both alt modes and very little kibble despite being a triple changer. As someone who passed on Classics Astrotrain because he was a deluxe, I am very excited to finally get a good size version of him with a mold this good.

Kurona wrote:

RodimusConvoy13 wrote:

itscramtastic wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:Saw TR Blurr and Scourge today, and, man, do they look terrible in person, and at $15, I wasn't even willing pay that, because if they look that bad in person, I'm sure they'll only be worse once I've paid good money for them - only to find out that, on top of looking bad, they're also full of qc issues that seem to be plaguing this line thus far

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?! On the corner of the boards I hang out they are the bees knees, and I was planning on buying them!

I got Scourge and Blurr yesterday. They're fantastic! Blurr is wonderful. Scourge did have some issues, but I was able to fix them fairly easily. He had a bobble head that I already posted in this thread how I fixed. His wrists were also loose. They're easy to pop off and fix with a little scotch tape square or some clear nail polish.

I have to ask, given earlier grievings about him - is Blurr's colour scheme much better in-hand, or is it just that people put up with it because they've gotten all their annoyances out about it at the photos pre-release?

It's better in person. It's very saturated in the early photos we've seen. No, it's not cartoon accurate like the Legends version, but I think it still looks pretty great. The figure is so awesome though. To quote Scotty_P: If you need it to be exactly like the cartoon, get Takara. If you just want a fun toy that looks great, get Hasbro.

RodimusConvoy13 wrote:

itscramtastic wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:Saw TR Blurr and Scourge today, and, man, do they look terrible in person, and at $15, I wasn't even willing pay that, because if they look that bad in person, I'm sure they'll only be worse once I've paid good money for them - only to find out that, on top of looking bad, they're also full of qc issues that seem to be plaguing this line thus far

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?! On the corner of the boards I hang out they are the bees knees, and I was planning on buying them!

I got Scourge and Blurr yesterday. They're fantastic! Blurr is wonderful. Scourge did have some issues, but I was able to fix them fairly easily. He had a bobble head that I already posted in this thread how I fixed. His wrists were also loose. They're easy to pop off and fix with a little scotch tape square or some clear nail polish.

Ya other than the bobble head (nice fix BTW Rod Con) and wrists. Scourge IS rockin' the bee's knees. and as far as QC on Blurr, I can't see any. I've said it before, but will say it again, what Blurr lacks in paint he more than makes up for in sculpted detail and an awesome robot mode design.

You take the good, you take the bad, and there you have....

The facts of Titans Return?

carytheone wrote:

itscramtastic wrote:Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?! On the corner of the boards I hang out they are the bees knees, and I was planning on buying them!

I live around the corner from that corner and they are the bees knees. I've seen no QC issues on the ones I have. Both HH and Blurr exceeded my expectations. I'd give either a hardy recommendation.

In some ways Tak's looks nicer, but I'm other ways Has' looks better. Go figure.

We on the same block carytheone!

Cobotron wrote:You take the good, you take the bad, and there you have....

The facts of Titans Return?

Yes.

itscramtastic wrote:

Cobotron wrote:You take the good, you take the bad, and there you have....

The facts of Titans Return?

Yes.

Mrs. Garret Returns!!!!

RodimusConvoy13 wrote:

I love Titans Return!! Thanks, Hasbro!

I agree! OaO

RodimusConvoy13 wrote:It's better in person. It's very saturated in the early photos we've seen. No, it's not cartoon accurate like the Legends version, but I think it still looks pretty great. The figure is so awesome though. To quote Scotty_P: If you need it to be exactly like the cartoon, get Takara. If you just want a fun toy that looks great, get Hasbro.

carytheone wrote:Much mo betta in hand. I won't lie though, the figure could use a little paint to break up all that blue. Fun figures with lots of play options.

Thanks for the opinions guys!
But yeah, I was mostly just considering Takara's Blurr not necessarily because I'm a stickler for cartoon accuracy - which, in fact, I'm absolutely not - but because from pictures Takara's just looked better whether you like cartoon accuracy or not and Hasbro's just looked a little... bad and bland. But yeah, if you guys say it's great I think I'll save the money by going Hasbro then!
The only accuracy I'd really be wanting would be IDW; with hopes that Shapeways or some third party company would later make an IDW Blurr head. I know the Generations Drift Retool exists, but this body matches up with the IDW version sooooo much better.


Funnily enough, for the most part I'm preferring to go with Hasbro for most all the figures so far. Most of Takara's decos are either sort of better but not enough to go over the Hasbro version (like Scourge), are appealing to fans of a cartoon I never watched or care to watch (Chromedome, Mindwipe etc) or are... just worse in my opinion (Hardhead). The only ones I've been interested in are Blurr, Galvatron, Shockwave, Skullcruncher and Ginrai - and of those you guys have clarified Hasbro's Blurr is fine, I'm only interested in Skullcruncher because of the better head but I think I'd go Hasbro anyway, Shockwave I was purely interested in because I'm having trouble finding the CW version anywhere, and while I still want Takara's Galvatron, I still like Hasbro's much better and just want Takara's because it's closer to the Marvel Galvatron II colouration. Ginrai's still an absolute winner though.
It's kinda funny since I was interested in literally every UW release over their Hasbro versions bar Defensor and Bruticus, and now it's pretty much flipped for TR. Hasbro's really putting in the effort this time.

Taking a second look at TR Bee, it really doesn't look very good to me. The feet look terrible, the lower legs just look weird, and those upper arms look really bad too because of those weird window pieces jutting out of his biceps. Pretty much the only parts I like about his robot mode are the chest, and the head. His vehicle mode looks awesome though, and looks a whole lot like Classics Bee, which is awesome. I think if it were a choice between T30 Legends Bee, and this Legends Bee, I would definitely go the former.

Is it just me, or is Powermaster Prime's leg transformation a significant improvement over Magnus'? I'm scared to transform Magnus whereas Prime's transformation, while effectively the same, is a lot more fluid and doesn't feel like it is stressing the plastic.

Hey all! If anyone is interested in doing the MarcusCole1978 TR Galavatron/CW Cyclonus head mod, Cyclonus is marked down to $12.49 at HTS.

Or, if you don't already have him, there's no reason you shouldn't, at that price.

steals_your_goats wrote:

Kurona wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:I was thinking about this as I was going to sleep, and then again this morning when I was in my office (bathroom). I think the Legacy Headmasters, those that were never a Headmaster (Blaster), or those that were some other type of master (Powermaster,Targetmaster) are pre-tools of the classic Headmasters. For Example:

Blurr= Brainstorm

Scourge= Highbrow

Slapdash?= Chromedome

Obviously in the case of some like Hardhead and Skullsmasher, the classic Headmasters were released first, but I do believe those molds will be used for other figures down the line. My gut tells me Hardhead will be turned into a Warpath, CW has gotten us used to the idea of a Warpath without a cannon chest, and Skullcruncher just might be repainted into one of the long-nosed Sharkticons.

Obviously in the case of Blaster= Soundwave, that's just what I'd call a duh repaint. It's just so obvious it has to be done.

Rumours have already gone up about Skullcruncher and Hardhead into Krok and Quake, respectively.

And Chromedome will be turned into getaway

I couldn't think of the name thanks. I also think it'll be criminal if Blurr isn't retooled in Arcee.

Calling it now:

Apeface's monkey/jet, and (Sentinel Prime's)Infinitus repainted and packaged together as Optimal Optimus Titan Master.

It practically repaints itself.

Cobotron wrote:Hey all! If anyone is interested in doing the MarcusCole1978 TR Galavatron/CW Cyclonus head mod, Cyclonus is marked down to $12.49 at HTS.

Or, if you don't already have him, there's no reason you shouldn't, at that price.

Thanks for the alert Cobotron! I just ordered him- mostly because I don't have him yet I may have to give that mod a try though... once I find TR figures.

We really need a TR Rodimus Prime