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News Credits: 251 · by **Mindmaster** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 6:24 pm

Generation 2 = The Age of Ugly-Yet-Appealing-And-Eye-Hurting-Colors. Seriously, these guys should have been made before 1984. :lol:

by **Liftgate** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 6:41 pm

Mindmaster wrote:Generation 2 = The Age of Ugly-Yet-Appealing-And-Eye-Hurting-Colors. Seriously, these guys should have been made before 1984.

Dude, don't be so closed minded. I use to hate G2 and think it was the stupidest thing, but with the botcon stuff it kinda grew on me. Having some fiction to support it makes all the difference (although I wish they had explained the colors by claiming they were from Nebulos, were things are ALREADY wacky colored).

News Credits: 1 · by **Heavy B** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 6:54 pm

neon-riffic

by **euphoricallydead** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 7:29 pm

Think they will toss in a sound pack?

News Credits: 3616 · by **Seibertron** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 7:35 pm

And now I'll have an excuse to finally do G2 Ramjet and G2 Starscream's galleries after all this time. They're still sealed -- but not for long! BWAH HAH HAH HAH!!!

News Credits: 9 · by **Zeds** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 8:41 pm

Brings back all the mistakes that were made in the use of blinding colours in the 90s!

by **The Variable** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 8:42 pm

I'm okay with that paintjob, but what I really notice are the STICKERS! I'm not sure whether that's retro good or bad!

News Credits: 3 · by **Midnight_Fox** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 9:05 pm

Jimmy Drift wrote:
Blurrz wrote:Behold, Slipstream.. Ramjet!

Hmmmm...

Gods f***ing damn it, JD. NOW I want it.

by **Sky-Quake** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 9:44 pm

not bad but I'd rather get the original I would really want a Thundercracker in action masters colors. wonder when were going to see cheetor

by **angelababy** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 11:18 pm

WOW! That is really awesome!!!

by **Dai_Ceefax** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 7:41 am

Sky-Quake wrote:I would really want a Thundercracker in action masters colors.

That's what I'm talking about! 'G2 Starscream'? Another Starscream in basically the same deco, what? Unless they add a tank-shaped soundbox, that one's pointless IMO

. Action master Thundercracker, on the other hand, deserves a transforming toy. Quickly too, before the Classics Starscream mould finally gives out!!!

Sky-Quake wrote:wonder when were going to see cheetor

Probably post-release, so no-one can see how bad the new headsculpt is before they buy it :lol:

by **Rated X** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 8:14 am

Im joining the club just for this figure. Nuff said...

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 9:34 am

Midnight_Fox wrote:
Jimmy Drift wrote:
Blurrz wrote:Behold, Slipstream.. Ramjet!

Hmmmm...

Gods f***ing damn it, JD. NOW I want it.

Let me help you with that. The creators did not have G2 Ramjet in mind with Slipstream. Rather, they said they based her colors on Masterforce Overlord (one of his two engines was female, trying digesting that).

by **Loki God Of Mischief** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 6:45 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Midnight_Fox wrote:
Jimmy Drift wrote:
Blurrz wrote:Behold, Slipstream.. Ramjet!

Hmmmm...

Gods f***ing damn it, JD. NOW I want it.

Let me help you with that. The creators did not have G2 Ramjet in mind with Slipstream. Rather, they said they based her colors on Masterforce Overlord (one of his two engines was female, trying digesting that).

I was just about to post that. It's funny how people that actually like that show are so misinformed. I don't even like it and I knew that the creators have said that Slipstream was based on Overlord. And her personality is kind of similar to Mega (the female Godmaster half of Overlord. She was Giga's wife).

News Credits: 1 · by **kdo** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 7:28 pm

Here's a question...... not being in the TCC, what is the best way to get one of these?

News Credits: 1452 · by **Blurrz** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 7:44 pm

kdo wrote:Here's a question...... not being in the TCC, what is the best way to get one of these?

You can still order the figure without being a member of the TCC... it will be a bit more expensive but you will still be able to obtain it. If you don`t want to buy it through the TCC, then it`s possible to buy it through one of our sponsors, such as BBTS.. who have TCC Dion and TCC Cyclonus from this year on sale.. as well as many others from previous years;

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/prod ... ode=retail
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/prod ... ode=retail

News Credits: 1 · by **kdo** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 8:55 pm

I didnt know you could buy figures from TCC without being a member. So this is not a member exclusive only item ?

great thanks

by **Prime Riblet** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 9:07 pm

I really can't believe how awesome this sucker is.

News Credits: 1235 · by **LOST Cybertronian** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 9:11 pm

kdo wrote:I didnt know you could buy figures from TCC without being a member. So this is not a member exclusive only item ?

great thanks

If you are in the u.s. they will charge you $40 more, basically charging you for a membership. I don't know what it is for international customers.

by **Hal7300** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 9:14 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
The creators did not have G2 Ramjet in mind with Slipstream.

Never said they did.

I'm just thinking that G2 Ramjet could make a decent Slipstream in our displays...

Website · by **Flux Convoy** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 2:01 am

I'm really curious to see what we actually get. I can't fathom the TFCC entering a partnership with Reprolabels. Of course, in this instance it looks pretty neat. It could also possibly mean less expensive exclusives since paint apps cost money while stickers, I can imagine would be less so. I can't say I specifically love the idea. It isn't a terrible one either.

News Credits: 2 · by **goshjosh95** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 3:34 am

Sexy. Love me some Seekers variants... I guess I'm renewing my TFCC membership for next year.

by **Windsweeper** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 7:30 am

I'm a huge G2 fan but one thing I didn't like was that the G2 Seekers were not new characters, especially since they're sufficiently different in colour to their G1 counterparts.

I have the G2 Seekers and in answer to an earlier post, G2 Starscream's colours are very different to the G1 version.

The body is white and weird pink, orange, red hybrid, not light grey and red.

The fists and feet are grey.

A Classics repaint would look very different to the earlier Classics Starscreams. As for G2 colours being garish, G2 Screamer was less outlandishly coloured than G1 Screamer. Plus the original Classics Starscream was horribly coloured.

I do see G2 Ramjet as G1 Slipstream. I'm a Seeker nut and their colour schemes are reasonably close.

Pity we haven't a new name for G2 Starscream. I call the black and gold repaint, Darkscream, an already used, legitimate TF name.

Of course, if we're renaming sufficiently different G2 repaints of G1 characters, how about the Dinobots? Maybe use the names Cruellock or Tyrannitron?

News Credits: 5 · by **zodconvoy** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 9:34 am

So the Classicverse G2 cast is:
AUTOBOTS
Laser Optimus Prime (upcoming Generations)
Rapido
Spark (Pyro)
Streetstar (Streatwise)
Turbomaster (Scorch)
Sideswipe
DECEPTICONS
Tank Megatron (the one you all hate so much)
Clench
Breakdown
Cindersaur
Double Punch
Slice (Slicer)
Ramjet

Wow, that's quite the impressive lineup!

News Credits: 251 · by **Mindmaster** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 5:28 pm

zodconvoy wrote:So the Classicverse G2 cast is:
AUTOBOTS
Laser Optimus Prime (upcoming Generations)
Rapido
Spark (Pyro)
Streetstar (Streatwise)
Turbomaster (Scorch)
Sideswipe
DECEPTICONS
Tank Megatron (the one you all hate so much)
Clench
Breakdown
Cindersaur
Double Punch
Slice (Slicer)
Ramjet

Wow, that's quite the impressive lineup!