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News Credits: 1452 · by **Blurrz** » Mon Apr 02, 2012 12:15 am

At Victoria's 9th Ultimate Hobby and Toy Fair hosted by Cherry Bomb Toys, Headrobots was pleased to disclose the following information. Based on the future success of Headrobot's upcoming products, the following will be released..

Reveal the Shield Strafe, the repaint of Mindwipe, will have his own kit based off of Darksol
Generations Darkmount/Straxus, the parent mold of Skullgrin, will have his own kit based off of Tauros.
The long forgotten Iguana, the Headmaster meant to interact with G1 figures, is still in the works to hit production.

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News Credits: 5 · by **zodconvoy** » Mon Apr 02, 2012 12:18 am

Jeez, Iguana's been on hold for over two years now?

News Credits: 118 · by **megatronus** » Mon Apr 02, 2012 12:38 am

Hold up... in my mind, kits like Darksol and Tauros are meant to differentiate like molds... doesn't this defeat the purpose? Or are the kits for Strafe/Darkmount to be slightly different than the first wave of upgrades?

News Credits: 1452 · by **Blurrz** » Mon Apr 02, 2012 12:47 am

megatronus wrote:Hold up... in my mind, kits like Darksol and Tauros are meant to differentiate like molds... doesn't this defeat the purpose? Or are the kits for Strafe/Darkmount to be slightly different than the first wave of upgrades?

I think they'll be different headwise. Especially since Skullgrin will have a unique head.

zodconvoy wrote:Jeez, Iguana's been on hold for over two years now?

Protector was a 2-3 year process. For good **** to get good.. alot of time needs to be spent in refinement. One bad mold or QC problem during post-production and sales tank.

News Credits: 1 · by **Sodan-1** » Mon Apr 02, 2012 4:50 am

Two repaints that don't make a whole load of sense and an old design brought back to the fore: I-)

Blurrz wrote:Protector was a 2-3 year process. For good **** to get good.. alot of time needs to be spent in refinement. One bad mold or QC problem during post-production and sales tank.

Agreed. But Protector, this isn't.

Website · by **Flux Convoy** » Mon Apr 02, 2012 4:58 am

Sodan-1 wrote:Two repaints that don't make a whole load of sense and an old design brought back to the fore:

This, all day. I do applaud the efforts. It simply isn't anything I feel is necessary or wanted, at least by me.

News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Mon Apr 02, 2012 9:39 am

I have no plans on owning Strafe, so I won't be getting that kit. Straxus I'll probably gete for some of the accessories, but IMO his head is already pretty darn good. Iguana's also a pass.

News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Mon Apr 02, 2012 9:53 am

I really don't see these repaints working, unless they are meant to turn the figures into someone different.

News Credits: 5 · by **zodconvoy** » Mon Apr 02, 2012 11:10 am

Unless Straxus' set can turn him into a flying Voyager I'm going to pass. I really love that mold just the way it is. The only way I'll get the Strafe set is if it makes him someone else. Neither the Mindwipe nor the Cyclonus repaints make any sense or even make a passable Strafe! I only bought the guy when I was planning to make Mindwipe into Ongoing Megatron since he was $15 and I didn't want to do it without backup parts. So glad I didn't do that now!

News Credits: 5 · by **alexison** » Mon Apr 02, 2012 3:34 pm

I'll probably bite on Iguana but I'll pass on the other two offers.

Website · by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Mon Apr 02, 2012 5:38 pm

Yeah, sorry HR, but these sound like passes to me.

*COUGHScorponokupgradeCOUGH*

News Credits: 409 · by **Stormrider** » Mon Apr 02, 2012 6:19 pm

I loved the headrobot plans for Mindwipe, Banzai-tron, and Highbrow so much that I immediately bought all of those molds in anticipation.

But these announcements today do nothing for me. They are a pass.