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william-james88 wrote:Yes that would have been cool. I never thought of it and though I dont like redecos too much, I would have been ok with that. It definitely looks like an ironhide body. I have the arms micron and its really not great. They mess up the movie homage by not giving him the Hasbro weapons and they give him a fake chest and a messed up back kibble piece which is really odd when the Cyberverse Ironhide had the same design but didnt have a fake chest. Here is my list of Best Ironhides, feel free to tell us there why you like the arms micron best http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... oys/34301/

I was just talking about looks since I don't own either version of the mold. Sounds like most of your gripes involve actually having the figure in hand.

Anyway back to Platinum. I noticed in the toy haul thread you got the Cyclonus Armada set on sale. I hope it goes that low in the states at some point. Those decos do look great.

Target has put their platinums on sale in the past, like the Blaster Perceptor set, so there is a chance this one will be on sale too near Black Friday.

I think I might grab this set just to do a parts transplant with my RTS Cyclonus.

I wonder why Hasbro didn't consider how much Beast Hunters Wheeljack resembles IDW Rodimus and use that for some sort of gift set as Rodimus - they still have not repainted that version of that mould yet either (Takara version aside).

Seems like an easy thing to do - simply give it a new head and repaint it the proper colour.

Freshly listed this morning, Wal-Mart.ca has listed the Transformers Generations Platinum Edition Autobot Heroes Set at $219.92 CAD (approximately $170 USD). This 1986 Movie inspired set includes beautiful redeco's of Ultra Magnus (CW Leader), Arcee (Generations Deluxe), Springer (Generations Voyager), Kup (Generations Deluxe), and Blurr (Generations Deluxe). History shows us that that a Platinum set being listed at Wal-Mart.ca usually means it will be exclusive there, whereas in the States it is likely to appear in a number of different stores. Also keep in mind this set is in "low stock" but it is known to fluctuate in and out of stock. What do you think of this set, it's deco's, and inherent cost? Let us know, and stay tuned to Seibertron.com: home for the best Galleries and Conversation around!

$170 USD? That seems kinda cheap to me. I might get this if I see it. I kinda wish they would recolor Minimus Ambus to look like Daniel. I think it'd complete the set.

I wonder why they didn't repaint Minimus Ambus into Daniel.

I wonder why they included Minimus at all when Nightstick was removed from Cyclonus in his Platinum set

Kurona wrote:I wonder why they included Minimus at all when Nightstick was removed from Cyclonus in his Platinum set

Well since these are based on the movie which came out before Nightstick I think they just wanted to keep in continuity. That doesn't answer why Minimus is there but does provide a possible reason forr Nightstick's absence.

Kurona wrote:I wonder why they included Minimus at all when Nightstick was removed from Cyclonus in his Platinum set

Because Nightstick is not integral to Cyclonus, he's just an accessory. You wouldnt know you were missing out unless you had him. Minimus is another matter since there is an actual control panel and chair inside Ultra Magnus' chest. Plus, Magnus' head doesnt connect to the bottom, minimus serves as the neck between the Magnus helmet and the chest in terms of the anatomy of the toy's robot mode.

All I really want is that Arcee. And maybe Springer and Ultra Magnus, maybe. I've already got Prime Kup (who's good enough for my purposes) and I don't like that mold as Blurr. Hopefully someone will sell Arcee separately for a sensible price.

Arcee is missing her guns - shame that..

A bit expensive, but anyone who don't have any of these mold should defenitely go for it.

RAR wrote:Arcee is missing her guns - shame that..

Which is... odd, considering she didn't have swords in the movie but did have guns.

This set looks really great. I will most likely be picking this up. That being said I do have a few nitpicks with it. Since they included Minimus Ambus why not repaint him as Daniel in his Exo-suit?

I'm not a huge fan of the Drift mold repainted into Blurr. The new Titans Return Blurr painted like Takara's would have been perfect.

Lastly Arcee didn't get her hand blaster which was in the movie, yet they gave her the IDW swords instead? Also Hasbro seems to have this weird hang up with painting her "bikini bottom" all pink, instead only painting the top half and leaving the bottom white which makes it look more like a belt. This is probably a stock image as I saw Arcee out of package on display at Botcon this year painted as she looks in the movie but the in package figure was presented like she is here.

Two thoughts, both on the same general idea.

1) We've had quite a few Kups by now, why are none of them in animation a curate gray colors?

2) I absolutely hate that Blurr head and have since it was first introduced. Since you're going for a movie accurate Blurr and you're limited to repaints, I would have personally used Cybertron Blurr as the head is dead one. Sure, the vehicle mode is pretty different from movie Blurr but no worse than Generations Blurr is.

Delicon wrote:Two thoughts, both on the same general idea.

1) We've had quite a few Kups by now, why are none of them in animation a curate gray colors?

When was he ever gray in the movie? He's always been a very pale green. This figure is one of the better representations.

2) I absolutely hate that Blurr head and have since it was first introduced. Since you're going for a movie accurate Blurr and you're limited to repaints, I would have personally used Cybertron Blurr as the head is dead one. Sure, the vehicle mode is pretty different from movie Blurr but no worse than Generations Blurr is.

That figure isn't very good though. It's very short, has no leg articulation, and how would you explain away his Cyber Planet key and flight mode? All for what, a better head? Of all the Blurr figures they've made that one is the worst representation.

Emerje

Am I the only one who likes IDW Blurr's head design
It was a bit weird to me at first how it was completely different to the G1 design but it grew on me and I really like it

Kurona wrote:Am I the only one who likes IDW Blurr's head design
It was a bit weird to me at first how it was completely different to the G1 design but it grew on me and I really like it

No, don't worry, I like it too. It may not be best for G1 cartoon Blurr, but it works.

Sigma Magnus wrote:

Kurona wrote:Am I the only one who likes IDW Blurr's head design
It was a bit weird to me at first how it was completely different to the G1 design but it grew on me and I really like it

No, don't worry, I like it too. It may not be best for G1 cartoon Blurr, but it works.

I like it too, but I dont like it on that Drift body. The body is made to resemble the bulky attire of a samurai which, while Blurr should be sleeker and way less bulky. Plus that body is designed to make use of the doors folded as scabards but him coming with guns makes no use of this cool design.

As for Cybertron Blurr, thats just a retool of Armada Blurr, one of the worst toys I ever held from one of the worst toylines. I rarely sell my toys since I got into collecting but I made an exception with that one. I didnt want that figure in my house.

william-james88 wrote:

Sigma Magnus wrote:

Kurona wrote:Am I the only one who likes IDW Blurr's head design
It was a bit weird to me at first how it was completely different to the G1 design but it grew on me and I really like it

No, don't worry, I like it too. It may not be best for G1 cartoon Blurr, but it works.

I like it too, but I dont like it on that Drift body. The body is made to resemble the bulky attire of a samurai which, while Blurr should be sleeker and way less bulky. Plus that body is designed to make use of the doors folded as scabards but him coming with guns makes no use of this cool design.

Oh yeah, don't get me wrong; I totally agree - I don't think it fits Blurr at all and I'm almost convinced they made the retool Blurr just because they realised "oh **** we don't have a Blurr toy yet let's use this". I was just saying it about the head design in general rather than on this extremely unfitting body.

Kurona wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Sigma Magnus wrote:

Kurona wrote:Am I the only one who likes IDW Blurr's head design
It was a bit weird to me at first how it was completely different to the G1 design but it grew on me and I really like it

No, don't worry, I like it too. It may not be best for G1 cartoon Blurr, but it works.

I like it too, but I dont like it on that Drift body. The body is made to resemble the bulky attire of a samurai which, while Blurr should be sleeker and way less bulky. Plus that body is designed to make use of the doors folded as scabards but him coming with guns makes no use of this cool design.

Oh yeah, don't get me wrong; I totally agree - I don't think it fits Blurr at all and I'm almost convinced they made the retool Blurr just because they realised "oh **** we don't have a Blurr toy yet let's use this". I was just saying it about the head design in general rather than on this extremely unfitting body.

I like Ryan's fan transformation for that Blurr that made it look taller and slightly sleeker:

I like the IDW head, but the TR Blurr nailed it, no question. I love that toy. and who knows, by the end of TR we can have a good Blurr, Hot Rod, and maybe Kup and Perceptor to go with Magnus, Springer and Arcee to make a beautiful set

Emerje, I think you need to rewatch. Google it and you'll see what I mean. There is a little inconsistency with colors here and there but he is mainly gray all throughout G1 animation-wise.

Delicon wrote:Emerje, I think you need to rewatch. Google it and you'll see what I mean. There is a little inconsistency with colors here and there but he is mainly gray all throughout G1 animation-wise.

Just did, and it's still a shade of teal, it could be confused for gray depending on the lighting/shading, but it's definitely teal.