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[no-one]

And of course Hasbro is only in it to please ME!

NO, WRONG! They are only trying to please me and your opinions are invalid - said every fan in every fanbase ever

[Cobotron]

And of course Hasbro is only in it to please ME!

NO, WRONG! They are only trying to please me and your opinions are invalid - said every fan in every fanbase ever

When you're done cutting me down, could you help me put some air back in my tires, buddy?

OH! THAT BLUESTREAK LOOKS SO GOSH DARN GOOD!
Can't wait! Can't wait! Can't wait!

[o.supreme]

Again, cant confirm, but a strong hunch these 35th seem like standard retail for Siege, just with different packaging. Of course since *standard retail* is pretty much reduced to 2 chains in the US at least, that doesn't mean much.

[o.supreme]

So, Siege Jetfire listing is back on Hasbro Pulse, but its a pre-order listing estimated for August 8th. So I wonder if that means that all other online retailers (besides Amazon and Pulse) who didn't get them on July 1 automatically get theirs pushed back to August as well? or will they get their supply sometime in July?

[Stargrave]

Fellow Seibertronian Black Hat has let us know of listings from Chinese on-line retailers stores shopee.tw and goods.ruten.com.tw showing Bluestreak and SoundBlaster in their Transformers 35th anniversary packaging. Unfortunately the current image quality is not the best but better official images will no doubt be debuting soon.

Bluestreak is a direct repaint of Prowl but with the much coveted shoulder cannons that will be included with both Smokescreen and Barricade.

And coming in hot from a reformatting looking like he's been doing some serious push ups and doubling up his chest capacity is the Soundwave retool SoundBlaster!

Will you be picking up the chattiest of the Autobot 'Seekers' to complete the Prowl/Smokesceen/Bluestreak trifecta? Will the shadowy Decepticon with the chest that's better than the rest round out your Siege Decepticon roster? Let us know in the forums and as always stay tuned to Seibertron for the ultimate in Transformers news!

[no-one]

And of course Hasbro is only in it to please ME!

NO, WRONG! They are only trying to please me and your opinions are invalid - said every fan in every fanbase ever

When you're done cutting me down, could you help me put some air back in my tires, buddy?

OH! THAT BLUESTREAK LOOKS SO GOSH DARN GOOD!
Can't wait! Can't wait! Can't wait!

Sorry, I'm only interested in kicking up some dust and running off to another thread to rinse and repeat with a false sense of "winning". I will toss you a few quarters for air though, pal

Anyway, I agree, BS does look very nice, but a little blurry and soft around the edges. Man, mold degradation set in fast. I guess Hasbro really is cutting corners. Joking aside, at first his front hood / chest spoiler looked larger, but after checking out Prowl, it's the same. He and Smokey really make Prowl look naked without any shoulder pew pews. A real bummer, but at least there are a few 3P options out there.

[Stargrave]

First thing I thought of when I saw Lancer was that she's ready to be appropriated by Destro's Iron Grenadiers...

[william-james88]

I'd likely something different, an odd choice to celebrate the 35th anniversary mind, prime and megs? No brainer, bluestreak and soundblaster? Not so much. Also strange that bluey would be the only Deluxe mold among the lot.

My guess is Bluestreak and Soundblaster are gap fillers jammed in to finish up the Siege line-up without adding actually adding additional figures.

If the 35th anny is a different line, that will spread the Datsun bros across three lines.

Hasbro is the new Twizzlers...

side note but one of the few things I brought back from my trip to the US is something I had never seen before:



If any one s curious it tastes EXACTLY like what it says, it's just hard to imagine.

[no-one]

side note but one of the few things I brought back from my trip to the US is something I had never seen before:

[img]chocotwizzler.jpg[/img]

If any one s curious it tastes EXACTLY like what it says, it's just hard to imagine.

Well, I've never heard of those before! The one thing you won't find here is chocolate with toys in it. I always get kinder eggs when I'm traveling aboard. Then accidentally eat the toy and choke, the **** FDA was right

[william-james88]

The one thing you won't find here is chocolate with toys in it. I always get kinder eggs when I'm traveling aboard. Then accidentally eat the toy and choke, the **** FDA was right

Kinder found a way around it though for the US, I saw these at US Walmarts:

[no-one]

The one thing you won't find here is chocolate with toys in it. I always get kinder eggs when I'm traveling aboard. Then accidentally eat the toy and choke, the **** FDA was right

Kinder found a way around it though for the US, I saw these at US Walmarts:
[img]notsexykinderegg.jpg[/img]

Yeah, but those are not as sexy (read illegal). I like to live on the edge "when in Rome and ****"

[william-james88]

The one thing you won't find here is chocolate with toys in it. I always get kinder eggs when I'm traveling aboard. Then accidentally eat the toy and choke, the **** FDA was right

Kinder found a way around it though for the US, I saw these at US Walmarts:
[img]notsexykinderegg.jpg[/img]

Yeah, but those are not as sexy (read illegal). I like to live on the edge "when in Rome and ****"

When in rome, you do as the romans
When in venice, your socks get wet

By the way, I am not too worried about getting this toy. I will wait it out, as I usually have. It being online exclusive and also being still a mass produced toy means there will be quite a bit to go around, we just dont know how long to wait till we know the best channels of purchase for all.

[no-one]

By the way, I am not too worried about getting this toy. I will wait it out, as I usually have. It being online exclusive and also being still a mass produced toy means there will be quite a bit to go around, we just dont know how long to wait till we know the best channels of purchase for all.

Well that's easy for us North Americans to say. I'll just wait for Pulse and click the pre-order button and get free shipping.

I will say that I skipped Elita at first until it was rumored that a full lady biner team would be released. I'm very excited to finish up the team. Would be cool if Hasbro went the CW route and released a legends class figure to go with them. I guess one of the non-combining Chromias will fill that support role.

[o.supreme]

Would be cool if Hasbro went the CW route and released a legends class figure to go with them.

Dogfight was available, and was glad to join the team

[TF-fan kev777]

side note but one of the few things I brought back from my trip to the US is something I had never seen before:



If any one s curious it tastes EXACTLY like what it says, it's just hard to imagine.

Pro-tip, bite off each end and use it as a straw for some milk and you'll get a slightly chocolaty milk.

Even more pro-tip, do NOT try that with orange juice...

[Sentinel_Primal]

Definitely gonna pick up Soundblaster. I kinda hope that Hasbro has a plan to release more cassettes in the second part of the trilogy or for the 35th anniversary subline like Ratbat and Enemy, with Enemy being repainted into Rumble and Frenzy

[Rodimus Prime]

I wonder if we'll see an actual blue Bluestreak redeco as well. Perhaps in the Selects line?

[ThunderThruster]

A blue Bluestreak would be awesome.

[Optimum Supreme]

I wish they'd quit it with the black Soundwave, if they wanna do a recolor, Hasbro should use the marvel colors and leave the violation of creative labs's trademark for takara in japan. Blah blah they don't do different decos across the ocean anymore , well, I don't care.

[ZeroWolf]

Violation of Creative Labs trademark? What are you referring to? And its only mass retail releases Takara and hasbro are synced on, I mean look at Star Convoy and the Seacons Besides I don't see a problem in referencing the reborn Soundwave from the headmasters series, especially with the remoulded front door

[ZeldaTheSwordsman]

OS.. Why should he be colored like an error? Especially since it wasn't consistent and was only in the US comics.
Soundblaster, meanwhile, is a much more recognized alternate color scheme for Soundwave these days, with appeal on both across the Pacific and across the pond, and precedent in US toylines since Animated. And, in this case, comes with the spiffy "Hold two cassettes" feature.

I wonder if we'll see an actual blue Bluestreak redeco as well. Perhaps in the Selects line?

Sir, please step away from Strada's remains with that stick.

[Jelze Bunnycat]

Violation of Creative Labs trademark? What are you referring to?

One of the original sound cards for PC back in the day, along with AdLib and Gravis Ultrasound. And it's not a trademark violation because that falls in a different category.

[ZeroWolf]

Violation of Creative Labs trademark? What are you referring to?

One of the original sound cards for PC back in the day, along with AdLib and Gravis Ultrasound. And it's not a trademark violation because that falls in a different category.

Thanks Jelze, it would be weird to see them try to sue in that case.

[chuckdawg1999]

Lancer looks like an Ally Viper, that 35th anniversary packaging isn't doing any favors showing how little of the box Bluestreak takes up.