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Seibertron.com has added three new galleries from Takara’s Galaxy Force line, each released as a limited DVD pack-in during the series’ original run in Japan. These rare exclusives join our growing archive of Galaxy Force and Cybertron toys, and follow closely on the heels of our recent Walmart exclusive Age of the Primes Sideways and Excellion galleries.

Noisemaze Mass Production Type Version
The Noisemaze Mass Production Type Version was included with the thirteenth and final Galaxy Force DVD in 2006. A redeco of Galaxy Force Noisemaze, known to Hasbro fans as Cybertron Sideways, this figure represented the mass troop type seen in the series, though it was only offered as a DVD bonus. A full gallery of the standard Takara Noisemaze has also been completed and will be posted soon.

Chromia White Version
Released with the ninth Galaxy Force DVD in 2005, the Chromia White Version redeco gave the mold a white and red color scheme as a nod to Masterforce Minerva. The original Galaxy Force Chromia was released by Hasbro as Thunderblast, while this redeco was later repurposed as Cybertron Autobot Chromia. The mold also appeared as BotCon Elita-1.

Exillion Red Version
Bundled with the first Galaxy Force DVD in 2005, the Exillion Red Version redeco gave the figure a look reminiscent of Generation 1 Hot Rod. While still representing Exillion in the fiction, this release would later inspire Hasbro to issue a similar version as Cybertron Excellion. The base mold was originally released by Hasbro as Cybertron Hot Shot.

These additions were made in part thanks to the renewed attention sparked by the recent Walmart exclusive Age of the Primes Sideways and Excellion galleries.

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Galaxy Force Noisemaze Mass Production Type Version (164 images) - Deluxe Class


















Galaxy Force Chromia White Version (153 images) - Deluxe Class
















Galaxy Force Exillion Red Version (128 images) - Deluxe Class

Very cool alternate decos! I've known about Minerva and Exillion, they look nice, although I prefer the Hasbro Excellion deco (bit biased since it's one of my childhood toys), but I've never really seen the Noisemaze. I don't think the wiki had a decent picture of it until recently. The blue "face" is very nice.

I hope the new Sideways mold will produce some redecos like this, or even some other crazy colours.

Whifflefire wrote:I hope the new Sideways mold will produce some redecos like this, or even some other crazy colours.

Agreed, so I'll say it again and again, that design needs to come out in G2 Cybertronian Army colors, although even if it was this mass production deco, I could easily slap some green on it for double the troop-building!

And I'd forgotten just how much I wanted Minelblast until I saw her gallery. I have the Botcon Elita-1, and she's awesome, but there's just something about that mold in those colors.

Despite the infamy of her character's personality in the show apparently forcing Nitro Convoy to Override their Japanese gender settings while crossing the Pacific so there'd be at least one positive female TF role model that season, they could certainly justify a new toy of Chromia/Thunderblast if they premolded a female Sweep variant, or an Autobot redeco that rationalized the Matrix in her chest. She's also one of the few Cybertron characters who wouldn't fall into the trap of these Legacy updates being too similar to the originals since her toy left some room for improvement, assuming modern designers could do something creative with her shellformer kibble. Hopefully more articulation, though Thunderblast surfing on part of her boat alt would at least make more sense than Earthrise Arcee doing the same.