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Bumblebee21 wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:

Sigma Magnus wrote:

Bumblebee21 wrote:Does anybody think that we will get a blue rumble in the TR line

Probably, but it'll say Frenzy on the package.
...not gonna say where I stand on that debate.

Blue is Rumble, and black and red is Frenzy. I dunno why the heck they keep switching the names, but it's annoying.

To annoy everybody and cause fights

They're probably laughing their asses off.

SillySpringer wrote:
They're probably laughing their asses off.

They probably could not care less.

william-james88 wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:
They're probably laughing their asses off.

They probably could not care less.

Yeah duh. Seems most TF fans however think that Hasbro is always out to get us. It was a friendly kick to all those conspiracy theorists. >u<

SillySpringer wrote:Blue is Rumble, and black and red is Frenzy. I dunno why the heck they keep switching the names, but it's annoying.

The original g1 toys had rumble be red and black with frenzy as blue while the g1 cartoon had it the opposite. However we all know that the g1 cartoon had a lot of animation issues ( Starscream in Thundercracker colors, Menasor with a purple Autobit symbol, etc.) so that's why there's actually a huge argument over what colors they are. Personally, I don't care, I think they swap colors to screw with Soundwave.

Decepticon Stryker wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:Blue is Rumble, and black and red is Frenzy. I dunno why the heck they keep switching the names, but it's annoying.

The original g1 toys had rumble be red and black with frenzy as blue while the g1 cartoon had it the opposite. However we all know that the g1 cartoon had a lot of animation issues ( Starscream in Thundercracker colors, Menasor with a purple Autobit symbol, etc.) so that's why there's actually a huge argument over what colors they are. Personally, I don't care, I think they swap colors to screw with Soundwave.

According to the carton Frezy was red & black, Rumble was purple. I don't know who the blue guy is.

All I'll say on this matter is that this page has the full deal with the color confusion of Rumble and Frenzy. Reading it will make everything clear.

P.S. - I loved the BotCon 2013 script reading in which even Rumble and Frenzy didn't know who was supposed to be who and in which color scheme ("Wait, I thought I was Rumble!" "But I thought I was Rumble!").

Latest Rumor update:

Titanmasters:

Repugnus (C1100)
Shuffler (C1101) (http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Shuffler)

Deluxes:

Getaway (C0374) (to finish off wave 3 with Hot Rod, Doublecross, and Triggerhappy)
Quake (C1095)
Krok (C1094)
Topspin (C1093)
Perceptor (C1092)
Sergeant Kup (No ID number due to name length)

Overall, I'd like the last 4 deluxes to come through, but I'm going to be sad if Regungus is just a titanmaster. I'd hoped for all 3 monsterbots with full bodies

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:Latest Rumor update:

Titanmasters:

Repugnus (C1100)
Shuffler (C1101) (http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Shuffler)

Deluxes:

Getaway (C0374) (to finish off wave 3 with Hot Rod, Doublecross, and Triggerhappy)
Quake (C1095)
Krok (C1094)
Topspin (C1093)
Perceptor (C1092)
Sergeant Kup (No ID number due to name length)

Overall, I'd like the last 4 deluxes to come through, but I'm going to be sad if Regungus is just a titanmaster. I'd hoped for all 3 monsterbots with full bodies

Getaway is confirmed, as "Autobot Breakaway", but no (new) name for Rev yet.

So we may get new versions of Recoil and either Tiptop or Heater? Cool

EmirateXaaron wrote:

Bumblebee21 wrote:Does anybody think that we will get a blue rumble in the TR line

I don't see why we wouldn't get a blue Rumble/Frenzy, considering we're getting Laserbeak, a red Rumble/Frenzy, Ravage, and a Soundwave. Unless HasTak has decided to toy with us completionists and only give us the red one.

Look no further than Prime, we only got a Blue Rumble in that one. Japan got both Frenzy and Rumble in their typical colors (Japan follows FIBRIR). There's a few other occasions where we only got one of the pair, so it's kind of not a given that we'll get both.

SillySpringer wrote:

Sigma Magnus wrote:

Bumblebee21 wrote:Does anybody think that we will get a blue rumble in the TR line

Probably, but it'll say Frenzy on the package.
...not gonna say where I stand on that debate.

Blue is Rumble, and black and red is Frenzy. I dunno why the heck they keep switching the names, but it's annoying.

Because that in itself is the mix-up. The toys, marvel comic, picture books, and other supplementary G1 media had FIBRIR. The cartoon got them confused and this could have been the only instance, but its popularity has led to FIRRIB in toylines, other G1 media, etc and that's why there's a debate. Even Japan, when they dubbed the G1 cartoon, switched the names so the blue robot was Frenzy and Rumble was red, thus making it essentially ONLY the American G1 cartoon to do the reverse until about the 2000s.

One monsterbot getting to be a full deluxe while the other gets to be a Titan Master is... curious to me, to say the least. I don't mind characters getting turned into Titan Masters myself, but when some of the set get full figures while others just get heads for no rhyme or reason? Bizarre. Especially Repugnus, who I'm pretty sure was the leader and main guy of the Monsterbots!
... or maybe they're giving Doublecross the full figure because they can use his engineering in a possible Combiner Wars 2 Sinnertwin...?

My Titan's Return Asia Exclusive Master Sword just got delivered at home.

Hoping I can get some pics up when I get home later. Let me know if anyone's got any questions about it, I haven't seen much dicussion on it from people who got it. (probably because the price it cost should be bloody unlawful. £35!!)

Kurona wrote:One monsterbot getting to be a full deluxe while the other gets to be a Titan Master is... curious to me, to say the least. I don't mind characters getting turned into Titan Masters myself, but when some of the set get full figures while others just get heads for no rhyme or reason? Bizarre. Especially Repugnus, who I'm pretty sure was the leader and main guy of the Monsterbots!
... or maybe they're giving Doublecross the full figure because they can use his engineering in a possible Combiner Wars 2 Sinnertwin...?

I'm still not totally convinced that we won't see bodies for some of these heads down the line. I remember back when titans return was first revealed a Hasbro rep said that there would be a lot of Easter eggs in this line and we're seeing that already with blasters head looking like preceptor and a full preceptor figure rumor, the different homages in titan master bodies and so on.

steals_your_goats wrote:

Kurona wrote:One monsterbot getting to be a full deluxe while the other gets to be a Titan Master is... curious to me, to say the least. I don't mind characters getting turned into Titan Masters myself, but when some of the set get full figures while others just get heads for no rhyme or reason? Bizarre. Especially Repugnus, who I'm pretty sure was the leader and main guy of the Monsterbots!
... or maybe they're giving Doublecross the full figure because they can use his engineering in a possible Combiner Wars 2 Sinnertwin...?

I'm still not totally convinced that we won't see bodies for some of these heads down the line. I remember back when titans return was first revealed a Hasbro rep said that there would be a lot of Easter eggs in this line and we're seeing that already with blasters head looking like preceptor and a full preceptor figure rumor, the different homages in titan master bodies and so on.

I'm not sure how cute little easter eggs correlates in any way to full bodies
I mean, keep hoping and all but it doesn't make a lot of sense

if Sergeant Kup is real then i could get rid of my classics kup.
hopefully perceptor will transform into a microscope

Bumblebee21 wrote:if Sergeant Kup is real then i could get rid of my classics kup.

Unless you end up not liking the new Kup as much as the old one.

MemphisR56 wrote:My Titan's Return Asia Exclusive Master Sword just got delivered at home.

Hoping I can get some pics up when I get home later. Let me know if anyone's got any questions about it, I haven't seen much dicussion on it from people who got it. (probably because the price it cost should be bloody unlawful. £35!!)

You can buy that separately?

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:Latest Rumor update:

Titanmasters:

Repugnus (C1100)
Shuffler (C1101) (http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Shuffler)

Deluxes:

Getaway (C0374) (to finish off wave 3 with Hot Rod, Doublecross, and Triggerhappy)
Quake (C1095)
Krok (C1094)
Topspin (C1093)
Perceptor (C1092)
Sergeant Kup (No ID number due to name length)

Overall, I'd like the last 4 deluxes to come through, but I'm going to be sad if Regungus is just a titanmaster. I'd hoped for all 3 monsterbots with full bodies

We already knew about Getaway. I am super stoked to see my wish coming true regarding Krok! Kup and Perceptor are gonna be awesome also! I am also still hoping for a Misfire.

Sabrblade wrote:

Bumblebee21 wrote:if Sergeant Kup is real then i could get rid of my classics kup.

Unless you end up not liking the new Kup as much as the old one.

Hopefully it will be updated like blurr

Bumblebee21 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Bumblebee21 wrote:if Sergeant Kup is real then i could get rid of my classics kup.

Unless you end up not liking the new Kup as much as the old one.

Hopefully it will be updated like blurr

Sure, but there could still be some things about it that you don't like or that you feel Hasbro messed up on.

It's clear to me at least that they're remaking some of the Targetmasters alongside the Headmasters - hence why we've seen Blurr, Hot Rod and Scourge. So Kup makes a lot of sense and will almost certainly be an update of his G1 toy.

Kurona wrote:It's clear to me at least that they're remaking some of the Targetmasters alongside the Headmasters - hence why we've seen Blurr, Hot Rod and Scourge. So Kup makes a lot of sense and will almost certainly be an update of his G1 toy.

Looks like they're doing action-masters such as Krok also, which is awesome.

SillySpringer wrote:

Kurona wrote:It's clear to me at least that they're remaking some of the Targetmasters alongside the Headmasters - hence why we've seen Blurr, Hot Rod and Scourge. So Kup makes a lot of sense and will almost certainly be an update of his G1 toy.

Looks like they're doing action-masters such as Krok also, which is awesome.

Not... quite. Krok was also rumoured to be a redeco of Skullcruncher (probably with a new face), and is almost certainly in the line over another redeco because he's a MTMTE character. It's not so much an update of the character - especially when Skullcruncher looks completely different to Krok and Krok turns into a jet based on his kibble - and more a "well we have to redeco these guys into someone. Might as well give the MTMTE fans more characters for their shelves"

Kurona wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:

Kurona wrote:It's clear to me at least that they're remaking some of the Targetmasters alongside the Headmasters - hence why we've seen Blurr, Hot Rod and Scourge. So Kup makes a lot of sense and will almost certainly be an update of his G1 toy.

Looks like they're doing action-masters such as Krok also, which is awesome.

Not... quite. Krok was also rumoured to be a redeco of Skullcruncher (probably with a new face), and is almost certainly in the line over another redeco because he's a MTMTE character. It's not so much an update of the character - especially when Skullcruncher looks completely different to Krok and Krok turns into a jet based on his kibble - and more a "well we have to redeco these guys into someone. Might as well give the MTMTE fans more characters for their shelves"

Good point. He does suit that mold pretty well though.


[Credit to siegfried07 from TFW2005]

SillySpringer wrote:

Kurona wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:

Kurona wrote:It's clear to me at least that they're remaking some of the Targetmasters alongside the Headmasters - hence why we've seen Blurr, Hot Rod and Scourge. So Kup makes a lot of sense and will almost certainly be an update of his G1 toy.

Looks like they're doing action-masters such as Krok also, which is awesome.

Not... quite. Krok was also rumoured to be a redeco of Skullcruncher (probably with a new face), and is almost certainly in the line over another redeco because he's a MTMTE character. It's not so much an update of the character - especially when Skullcruncher looks completely different to Krok and Krok turns into a jet based on his kibble - and more a "well we have to redeco these guys into someone. Might as well give the MTMTE fans more characters for their shelves"

Good point. He does suit that mold pretty well though.


[Credit to siegfried07 from TFW2005]

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I really can't see it. Even if the crocodile parts didn't put off the silhouette completely the chest doesn't work out no matter how many paint apps you throw at it - sort of like UW Swindle's "chest window", which is totally there guys it's not just the combiner peg and fake jeep front kibble painted over!!

I'll probably get anyway if only because I need a Krok for the MTMTE display and I really can't afford the better TFCC one right now, and I want this mold anyway because it's ridiculous and beautiful

Sabrblade wrote:

Bumblebee21 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Bumblebee21 wrote:if Sergeant Kup is real then i could get rid of my classics kup.

Unless you end up not liking the new Kup as much as the old one.

Hopefully it will be updated like blurr

Sure, but there could still be some things about it that you don't like or that you feel Hasbro messed up on.

Maybe but I hope not