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I think I'd be alright with a TR Cyclonus. I like the CW version, but there's a vacant spot on my Lost Light shelf with his name on it since he's current combined with some slightly customized Vortex limbs.

gothsaurus wrote:Not to mention they are giving us some real G1 homages... not just in a subtle way, but really nailing it.

You say that as though unsubtle G1 throwbacks are something new. Where have you been for the past decade or so?

Zeedust wrote:

gothsaurus wrote:Not to mention they are giving us some real G1 homages... not just in a subtle way, but really nailing it.

You say that as though unsubtle G1 throwbacks are something new. Where have you been for the past decade or so?

More like as in, Skullcruncher and Hardhead are literal recreations of their toys' appearances rather than being stylized or redesigned like Classics Optimus, Generations Scourge and Trailcutter etc. These are pretty much the original 1987 toys with more articulation.

I've had a few beers (1AM Sat, here) and trod in some ideas. Just here to 'wipe my shoe' as it were. Repaints; The rumoured Kup could be Crosshairs, Getaway - Pointblank, Sureshot - Joyride, Misfire and Slugslinger are easily done from each other/Triggerhappy.
Still unfamiliar with IDW but I think there's an Onyx Prime/Headmaster link and beast combiners/Wars makes the prospect a heady humectant.
As you were, cheers all!

The more I think about it the more I feel we're largely getting Triggerhappy because Misfire... we're getting some nice Scavengers action from this line.

Who wants to bet by the end of the line we'll get a Spinister out of Highbrow?

One that seems to be missed out in the TR line...so far...is Overlord! now....granted there's a 3P one coming, but i would've thought that since he also has a base mode

I thought he would've fitted right in, along with Leader Class Blaster, Soundwave and PMOP

Stuartmaximus wrote:One that seems to be missed out in the TR line...so far...is Overlord! now....granted there's a 3P one coming, but i would've thought that since he also has a base mode

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I thought he would've fitted right in, along with Leader Class Blaster, Soundwave and PMOP

He was teased at Botcon, remember?

And personally speaking he's the leader class I'm most excited for... don't get me wrong, Sixshot is a thing of beauty; buuuuut getting an Overlord means I can put him in a MTMTE display, in his own little box with a second Rewind.

Kurona wrote:

Stuartmaximus wrote:One that seems to be missed out in the TR line...so far...is Overlord! now....granted there's a 3P one coming, but i would've thought that since he also has a base mode

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I thought he would've fitted right in, along with Leader Class Blaster, Soundwave and PMOP

He was teased at Botcon, remember?

And personally speaking he's the leader class I'm most excited for... don't get me wrong, Sixshot is a thing of beauty; buuuuut getting an Overlord means I can put him in a MTMTE display, in his own little box with a second Rewind.

As long as they don't 3P it!(coz i think that new 3P one turns into a spaceship! rather than a base).

Kurona wrote:

Zeedust wrote:

gothsaurus wrote:Not to mention they are giving us some real G1 homages... not just in a subtle way, but really nailing it.

You say that as though unsubtle G1 throwbacks are something new. Where have you been for the past decade or so?

More like as in, Skullcruncher and Hardhead are literal recreations of their toys' appearances rather than being stylized or redesigned like Classics Optimus, Generations Scourge and Trailcutter etc. These are pretty much the original 1987 toys with more articulation.

That goes WAY past "homage", though. That's closer to just copying the old toy.

Kurona wrote:

Stuartmaximus wrote:One that seems to be missed out in the TR line...so far...is Overlord! now....granted there's a 3P one coming, but i would've thought that since he also has a base mode

latest.jpg

I thought he would've fitted right in, along with Leader Class Blaster, Soundwave and PMOP

He was teased at Botcon, remember?

And personally speaking he's the leader class I'm most excited for... don't get me wrong, Sixshot is a thing of beauty; buuuuut getting an Overlord means I can put him in a MTMTE display, in his own little box with a second Rewind.

Same here. He would go great with that MMC Impactor and Gen Springer.

SillySpringer wrote:

Kurona wrote:

Stuartmaximus wrote:One that seems to be missed out in the TR line...so far...is Overlord! now....granted there's a 3P one coming, but i would've thought that since he also has a base mode

latest.jpg

I thought he would've fitted right in, along with Leader Class Blaster, Soundwave and PMOP

He was teased at Botcon, remember?

And personally speaking he's the leader class I'm most excited for... don't get me wrong, Sixshot is a thing of beauty; buuuuut getting an Overlord means I can put him in a MTMTE display, in his own little box with a second Rewind.

Same here. He would go great with that MMC Impactor and Gen Springer.

Did they say it was for Titans Return? Maybe it's an upcoming MP figure.

Decepticon Stryker wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:

Kurona wrote:

Stuartmaximus wrote:One that seems to be missed out in the TR line...so far...is Overlord! now....granted there's a 3P one coming, but i would've thought that since he also has a base mode

latest.jpg

I thought he would've fitted right in, along with Leader Class Blaster, Soundwave and PMOP

He was teased at Botcon, remember?

And personally speaking he's the leader class I'm most excited for... don't get me wrong, Sixshot is a thing of beauty; buuuuut getting an Overlord means I can put him in a MTMTE display, in his own little box with a second Rewind.

Same here. He would go great with that MMC Impactor and Gen Springer.

Did they say it was for Titans Return? Maybe it's an upcoming MP figure.

It was teased by Hasbro and Hasbro doesn't handle masterpieces, that's Takara thing. It Was also shown right after the titans return reveal panel

I somehow highly doubt that Overlord would be next on the Masterpiece list.

william-james88 wrote:

RAR wrote:How about Voyager DYNOBOTS with 3 modes Vehicle - dinosaur and robot ?

But really it's about time there was a decent "Official" 5-team Dinobot Combiner.

Grimstone was official, no?

Yes I'm aware of Grimstone as I do indeed own him. But the drones are - well drones - and also I did say 'decent' didn't I - implying a larger toy. When most people think of the Dinobots they think of Team-Grimlock not Grimstone. I like the PCC Drones just fine heck if they wanted to make at some future point versions of them with robot modes in a bigger size i'd be happy to see them... but that is the sort of thing that is best done after the normal ones have been properly and fully addressed (excluding the Movie toys obviously).

I'm aware of the Kre-O Combiners though it's not something I personally collect - I even said how they'd be fun to see as more conventional Transformers somewhere on this site a couple of weeks or so ago... especially the Ice age themed team.

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Here's something....Galvatron Prototype with his original helmet(pity they never kept it)

http://page11.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/a ... n181369719

(&.......yeah.....i know! someone will no doubt comment that this has already been posted on here somewhere.....last year.....or something to that extent )

SureShot18 wrote:There have been only new molds for TR, minus Buzzsaw into Laserbeak and Ultra Magnus into PMOP, so I think it's going to be mostly new molds for the next line. HasTak won't just drop a bunch TR rehashes on us.

Stripes & Ravage are remoulds
Rumble and Rewind (more are likely)
Highbrow & Scourge (yes really)
Chromedome & Breakaway
Blurr & Brainstorm
Mindwipe & Convo-bat
Sentinel Prime & Astrotrain
& to many of the Titanmaster figure/vehicle packs to list.

Not to mention Voyager Optimus Prime is likely going to be remoulded into Octane and Voyager Megatron into Blitzwing.

I can see Takara doing a remould of Sixshot too. The first thing I thought of when seeing Doubleheader is his potential as Fangry.

There may even be shared parts we are not even aware of yet - like Doubleheaders wings are suspiciously like Mindwipes.

And if you got even further than that I understand there is some shared gun moulds and even shared Titan Master moulds too.

So if they go as far over the top as Combiner Wars is more of a wait and see thing really - I don't mind remoulds or repaints if they look good and make sense though.

I'm more than happy to have some pretty obscure ones too like Fly Wheels from the Voyager Megatron mould for example.

Stuartmaximus wrote:Here's something....Galvatron Prototype with his original helmet(pity they never kept it)

http://page11.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/a ... n181369719

(&.......yeah.....i know! someone will no doubt comment that this has already been posted on here somewhere.....last year.....or something to that extent )

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Here is a thought what if they plan to do an IDW repaint with a more grey tone and then give it a different head - that would be kinda fun he has the head for it anyway.

It might make good giftset fodder for example.

RAR wrote:

SureShot18 wrote:There have been only new molds for TR, minus Buzzsaw into Laserbeak and Ultra Magnus into PMOP, so I think it's going to be mostly new molds for the next line. HasTak won't just drop a bunch TR rehashes on us.

Stripes & Ravage are remoulds
Rumble and Rewind (more are likely)
Highbrow & Scourge (yes really)
Chromedome & Breakaway
Blurr & Brainstorm
Mindwipe & Convo-bat
Sentinel Prime & Astrotrain
& to many of the Titanmaster figure/vehicle packs to list.

Not to mention Voyager Optimus Prime is likely going to be remoulded into Octane and Voyager Megatron into Blitzwing.

I can see Takara doing a remould of Sixshot too. The first thing I thought of when seeing Doubleheader is his potential as Fangry.

There may even be shared parts we are not even aware of yet - like Doubleheaders wings are suspiciously like Mindwipes.

And if you got even further than that I understand there is some shared gun moulds and even shared Titan Master moulds too.

So if they go as far over the top as Combiner Wars is more of a wait and see thing really - I don't mind remoulds or repaints if they look good and make sense though.

I'm more than happy to have some pretty obscure ones too like Fly Wheels from the Voyager Megatron mould for example.

They meant that there's no retools from previous lines aside from Buzzsaw > Laserbeak and Ultra Magnus > Powermaster Optimus Prime. And even in those two cases Buzzsaw was clearly a preview and probably a we-don't-have-room-in-titans-return-for-him case, and Powermaster OP is an incredibly extensive retool.

Kurona wrote:and Powermaster OP is an incredibly extensive retool.

so is Fort Max!.....from Metroplex

Smyth's Toys now have Astrotrain
http://www.smythstoys.com/uk/en-gb/toys ... strotrain/

& Alpha Trion on their website
http://www.smythstoys.com/uk/en-gb/toys ... pha-trion/

Stuartmaximus wrote:

Kurona wrote:and Powermaster OP is an incredibly extensive retool.

so is Fort Max!.....from Metroplex

Aha! Nice, its true!

Also RAR, not everything you mentioned is a retool, there is a big difference between shared engineering, redecos and retools. A retool is only when they take the same mold and change its tooling. If its a new part entirely, then its not a retool.

RAR wrote:Stripes & Ravage are remoulds What part has changed? They look like straight redecos to me.
Rumble and Rewind (more are likely) Redeco with new heads
Highbrow & Scourge (yes really) Not a retool, just shard engineering through codevelopment. I dont see how this is any different than the CW Jets and the CW Offroad mold.
Chromedome & Breakaway Straight redecos with a different titanmaster
Blurr & Brainstorm I think thats the only actual remold in this entire list
Mindwipe & Convo-bat But thats an exclusive, its not even made by Takara, its licensed like the club figures.
Sentinel Prime & Astrotrain Straight redeco with new titan master

Not to mention Voyager Optimus Prime is likely going to be remoulded into Octane and Voyager Megatron into Blitzwing.
You really think they will be remolded? I would preffer that but I think at least Octane will be a straight redeco.

I just wanted to get things straight.

william-james88 wrote:You really think they will be remolded? I would preffer that but I think at least Octane will be a straight redeco.

But why would Hasbro give Octane/Tankor an Optimus Prime-like torso with window pecs and a grill tummy?

william-james88 wrote:

RAR wrote:Stripes & Ravage are remoulds What part has changed? They look like straight redecos to me.

Ravage has a different head than stripes

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:You really think they will be remolded? I would preffer that but I think at least Octane will be a straight redeco.

But why would Hasbro give Octane/Tankor an Optimus Prime-like torso with window pecs and a grill tummy?

Because, strangely enough, Tall Tankor has those window pecs in IDW.



Even in the latest issues.


In any case, I think Megatron would be remolded in terms of his chest into Blitzwing.
Also, Ravage's head is different from Stripes' head. Stripes' is a bit more... weirdly dragonic, while Ravage's head looks much more like, well, Ravage's head.

Kurona wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:You really think they will be remolded? I would preffer that but I think at least Octane will be a straight redeco.

But why would Hasbro give Octane/Tankor an Optimus Prime-like torso with window pecs and a grill tummy?

Because, strangely enough, Tall Tankor has those window pecs in IDW.

But that's just his Universe toy's chest.



Optimus's chest is based on his G2 Laser toy's chest, which in turn was based on his classic truck front chest with the windows and grill.

Sabrblade wrote:

Kurona wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:You really think they will be remolded? I would preffer that but I think at least Octane will be a straight redeco.

But why would Hasbro give Octane/Tankor an Optimus Prime-like torso with window pecs and a grill tummy?

Because, strangely enough, Tall Tankor has those window pecs in IDW.

But that's just his Universe toy's chest.



Optimus's chest is based on his G2 Laser toy's chest, which in turn was based on his classic truck front chest with the windows and grill.

Whatever the case may be, they look the same.