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[Bounti76]

fourth, as RiD also did a legends class Windblade.

I stand corrected. Forgot about that one.

[RiddlerJ]

I'd like to see a Fastlane and Cloudraker from Blurr and Brainstorm.

[o.supreme]

Triggerhappy and Twintwist? Yeah I can see. I'd like.

Windblade? What the actual crap. Why? And is the titan masers name gonna be M. Scott?

Maybe they'll give her a cool, creative name like Nadeshiko or Naginata. Or maybe we'll just get Xindxlade.

Nijika , though I was half expecting that to be Perceptor's TM name.

[no-one]

Windblade, the new Bumblebee. Soon to be warming pegs near you

[william-james88]

fourth, as RiD also did a legends class Windblade.

I stand corrected. Forgot about that one.

I wouldnt count different classes, they serve different purposes. If we do then Thunderhoof has as many toys as her, so it get ridiculous to compare when the real deal here is that we have bering rbought to the foreground again in another line.

The only logic I see to this is that Hasbro wants to cross market their Prime Wars web series of which she is the main character and thus wants her on the shelves for 10 year old kids who watch any 5 min clip on their I pad to notice as they go through a store with their parents.

[o.supreme]

Windblade? Really?... Bah!

So much for this being all about G1

Seconded. Also...Just FYI just wanted Cobo to know I read that line in Trace Beaulieu's "Angry Crow" voice

[Emerje]

I think that the Windblade isn't correct. Yes, a retool of Highbrow would be simple enough- just change the cockpit, wings on the arms instead of rotors, retool the legs to be less chunky, and maybe redo the chest- be there's zero reason to have her in the lineup. She's getting a retooled RID figure, and that one makes her third figure in four years (Generations, RID, retooled RID), and that's not counting the straight up recolors. Hasbro isn't that dumb to make a fourth.

Yeah, it's five with the two consecutive SDCC exclusives. I really hope somebody lost their mind and it's actually Spinister being repainted from Highbrow.

Seems really strange that we'd get an entire wave of remolds/repaints and a single re-release.

Emerje

[Burn]

Windblade, the new Bumblebee. Soon to be warming pegs near you

If that happens, the firebombs are coming your way!

[Deadput]

Ah cool if this is true I can have a Windblade in my Titanmaster group as a Titanmaster.

That would make BlastWave, Stormshot and ROTF Breakaway the only deluxe Autobots that are not Titanmasters in said collection.

[Deadput]

Ah just saw the other post about solid cases that would explain why there were over 10 Mindwipe's in my Toys R Us a few weeks ago they were shelf warming then and probably still are.

About 4 Wolfwire's there too.

[VanOscuro]

A Windblade from Highbrow? I'm intrigued. I can already imagine what it'll look like, but I want to see what it'll actually be.

I'd prefer Nautica or Velocity from at least one of the these molds. I'm more of a MTMTE/Lost Light fan. Plus Nautica is overdue.

[no-one]

Windblade? Really?... Bah!

So much for this being all about G1

Seconded. Also...Just FYI just wanted Cobo to know I read that line in Trace Beaulieu's "Angry Crow" voice

Now that's a very specific reference I get Misties worldwide

Windblade, the new Bumblebee. Soon to be warming pegs near you

If that happens, the firebombs are coming your way!

You should see the Transformers RID section of my local TRU. I could start a Windblade clone war and have enough firebomb fodder to survive the initial volley.

I personal really like the character and the Generations toy, but hey one less thing to buy

[Kurona]

Windblade from Highbrow... just... doesn't... work. At all.

I kinda miss when Hasbro would re-issue figures from a line or two back with a few changes to inflate the latter waves without resorting to redecoes. Like Blurr and Longrack and Runamuck and all that in Cybertron. That way we could get a somewhat better Windblade without resorting to making her a recolour of a mold that doesn't work for her at all.

It's a shame, really, because between her being okay in RiD and incredible in IDW I really like her. But all this incessant pushing by Hasbro to such ridiculous degrees is gonna make her the fandom's new Hot Rod. ... who I also like when everyone hated him.

[william-james88]

Seems really strange that we'd get an entire wave of remolds/repaints and a single re-release.

Emerje

Right because Combiner Wars didnt give us 2 entire waves of just retools/redecos

And anyways, wave 4 has 5 deluxes so we can all assume any sense or pattern is non existent.

[william-james88]

I kinda miss when Hasbro would re-issue figures from a line or two back with a few changes to inflate the latter waves without resorting to redecoes. Like Blurr [...] in Cybertron.

[Kurona]

I kinda miss when Hasbro would re-issue figures from a line or two back with a few changes to inflate the latter waves without resorting to redecoes. Like Blurr [...] in Cybertron.

cursed gif

Fair, fair, bad example.
... surprised you didn't point out Runamuck, though.

[Tranzilla]

I just want to know where's the obvious Brave Max from Fort Max? I'm still kinda miffed we didn't get a Metrotitan or Necrotitan from Metroplex.

[o.supreme]

I just want to know where's the obvious Brave Max from Fort Max? I'm still kinda miffed we didn't get a Metrotitan or Necrotitan from Metroplex.

While I would love a Grand Max or Brave Max... there are a couple factors to consider:

1. Only TT would do this, most likely, not Hasbro
2. Because it would be a straight up "repaint" It will likely not happen (thought there were some exceptions for Unite Warriors)...

Come to think of it though, imagine if back in 2014, Hasbro had instead of releaseing a "special edition" Metroplex for SDCC, it would have been Metrotitan...that thing would be insanely expensive now.(even more than it already is) or for SDCC this past year, release a Grand Max repaint (There would be no Brave Max because in the English dub of RiD he is known as FM, unless it would have been released as RID Fortress Maximus...)

[frogbat]

Now these are retools I'd probably get... interesting to see if it's indeed windblade

[griftimus prime]

i really want topspin

[william-james88]

... surprised you didn't point out Runamuck, though.

I dont have hands on experience with that toy, so I feel less sick about it.

I just want to know where's the obvious Brave Max from Fort Max? I'm still kinda miffed we didn't get a Metrotitan or Necrotitan from Metroplex.

Ha! Did you hear the story? Someone asked that to Hasbro back when Metroplex came out and Hasbro's response was "Who?". We were never gonna get Metrotitan if no one at that company even knows he exists.

[SureShot18]

Know I can just skip Triggerhappy because of Misfire. Spinister out of Highbrow would have been a MUCH better idea than Windblade. We already have two decent Windblade figures and now a retool. I might also want Spinister because of Scavengers. Who am I kidding I definitely do. Oh and Twintwist is neat.

[Sabrblade]

Aha! So that's how they're going to put Windblade in the next cartoon where she wants to kill everyone!

She'll go on a decapitation spree... and that's how Titan Masters were made!

[Autobot N]

Aha! So that's how they're going to put Windblade in the next cartoon where she wants to kill everyone!

She'll go on a decapitation spree... and that's how Titan Masters were made!

Still a better story than the last one.

[Jelze Bunnycat]

I have no idea if this info came out and got buried in speculation threads or something, but I have some info on the next wave of TR Deluxes.

The new figures in this wave are Misfire, Twintwist, and Windblade. All retools.

The other figure listed in the assortment is Wolfwire. No packout details.

Misfire - Triggerhappy
Twintwist - Topspin
Windblade - Highbrow

Ok, here's what I think. If the information about the retools is correct, which I doubt a bit since I don't know how savvy Hoffman is with TF toys, no offense, then we could expect this:

Misfire: full body retool
Twintwist: full body retool
Windblade: partial body and/or head retool (like Brainstorm out of Blurr, or Quake out of Hardhead). I know Will will count that as a redeco

Remember, Highbrow was fully retooled from Scourge, it would make no sense adding a third to that series.