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[Bronzewolf]

http://neworleansicecream.com/

Can you please explain what this has to do with the current discussion and/or topic?

[Nexus Knight]

Can't let this one go by...

http://neworleansicecream.com/

Can you please explain what this has to do with the current discussion and/or topic?

There's ice cream there for a Nickel or someone's Twinferno is having a cold spell.

Go ahead and delete this if irrelevant, even though you'll do it anyways.

[Jelze Bunnycat]

Can't let this one go by...

http://neworleansicecream.com/

Can you please explain what this has to do with the current discussion and/or topic?

There's ice cream there for a Nickel or someone's Twinferno is having a cold spell.

Go ahead and delete this if irrelevant, even though you'll do it anyways.

I think it's a late response to a certain someone's Ben & Jerry's purchase. Don't be surprised, it's pretty good ice cream.

Back to Titans Return toys. Uhm...

I was comparing my Broadside to pictures of Alpha Trion and am quite surprised at the amount of parts they share:

- the Titan Master
- the feet
- the outside of the lower legs plus the panels
- upper arms
- hip joints
- "stand" of ship mode

Not a retool in my book, just worth noting.

[Qwan]

I was comparing my Broadside to pictures of Alpha Trion and am quite surprised at the amount of parts they share:

- the Titan Master
- the feet
- the outside of the lower legs plus the panels
- upper arms
- hip joints
- "stand" of ship mode

Not a retool in my book, just worth noting.

I bet we'll be seeing more and more parts-sharing moving forward, as designers/HasTak start pushing the limits of exactly how many parts they can share and in what ways they can be used (e.g. thigh parts as upper arms, etc). Not that I think this is a bad thing either; seeing cost-recouping measures evolve from straight repaints, to dual-purpose molds, to consistent remolding, to pretooling, to now parts-sharing, is really cool to see and I love the ever-increasing individuality and 'fitting-ness' of each character's toys.

Compare, say, Armada Blurr/Universe Swerve or Cybertron Landmine/Movie Grindcore to something like A3/Broadside nowadays, and I just can't help but feel amazed at how good HasTak has become at getting their money's worth out of a mold without making it feel like just a cost-saving strategy.

(Of course new-head redecos aren't obsolete quite yet - Chromedome and Breakaway testify to that - but they're in the minority now, and they definitely aren't nearly as clumsy about it as they used to be.)

[Bronzewolf]

Can't let this one go by...

*Snip because we don't need the Link reposted several times*

There's ice cream there for a Nickel or someone's Twinferno is having a cold spell.

Go ahead and delete this if irrelevant, even though you'll do it anyways.

Don't worry, at least your comment had something to do with Transformers.

[Va'al]

While we had seen the packages at Toy Fair Australia (see here), fellow Seibertronian Primeultimus brings us in-hand looks at new kid on the beach Seaspray and repackaged (from Generations) spaceboy Cosmos from the Titans Return toyline Legends class! Check them out below, and keep your optics peeled for more news soon!

[frogbat]

Was glad that cosmos turned out to be a reissue. Was already quite pleased with this version and yay one less tf to hunt for. Sea spray looks awesome and will be a fine addition to my legends collection

[Qwan]

While we had seen the packages at Toy Fair Australia (see here), fellow Seibertronian Primeultimus brings us in-hand looks at new kid on the beach Seaspray and repackaged (from Generations) spaceboy Cosmos from the Titans Return toyline Legends class! Check them out below, and keep your optics peeled for more news soon!

Ooooohoohoohoo I can't wait to get a chance to grab these guys! In the meantime though, I'm just plain excited to see more in-hand images of Seaspray because he still looks so amazing.

Interesting, though, that in-hand he looks a lot less 'clean' than he did in previous images. I'm sure part of it has to do with his legs being packaged sideways, but it just looks like he has a lot more obvious hinges and joints than the (IIRC) super-jointless-looking images I seem to remember. (I might just be misremembering of course.) Not that I mind it either, in fact it makes him fit in a bit better visually with his buddies - just interesting that the joints and lines seem a lot more prominent than I remember seeing in previous pictures.

[Carnivius_Prime]

Oh I didn't realise Cosmos was getting re-branded as a Titans line figure. Considering how hard it was to find the previous 30th thrilling version that's actually a welcome re-release from Hasbro for once. Scrounge would have been nice too...


Actually since that Cosmos mold has been out for a while, does their happen to be an upscaled KO like I have of CW Powerglide?

[Albatross250]

SEASPRAY PIZZA SERVICE, DIAL AUTO-BOT FOR DELIVERY

[RAR]

I kind wish they'd repainted Cosmos into the other shade of Green the Legion/EZ type one existed in as that would be nice to have that other shade of green in the bigger size.

I guess the mould change to the underside should make the turret form more feasible for the Micromaster/Targetmaster companion - it does fit in there on the original but it's a lot of effort to jam in there.

[Targetmaster Kup]

So weird that the package art is their vehicle mode. Is their collector card also of the vehicle?

[RiddlerJ]

It still strikes me as weird that they're re-releasing Cosmos. It's not like they needed to have a second figure in the wave. Other size classes only have one figure.

[william-james88]

So weird that the package art is their vehicle mode. Is their collector card also of the vehicle?

Yes

[Carnivius_Prime]

So weird that the package art is their vehicle mode. Is their collector card also of the vehicle?

Yes

If I gave a crud about those lil cards I might get really annoyed by that inconsistency. I've kept the ones that came with figures I've bought in case anyone else wants them though.

[RodimusConvoy13]

So weird that the package art is their vehicle mode. Is their collector card also of the vehicle?

Yes

[Va'al]

So weird that the package art is their vehicle mode. Is their collector card also of the vehicle?

Yes

If I gave a crud about those lil cards I might get really annoyed by that inconsistency. I've kept the ones that came with figures I've bought in case anyone else wants them though.

I can hear ScottyP imploding from here.

[Kurona]

I keep 'em around, they're kind of cute. Even when the CW ones featured them in completely different bodies...

[Targetmaster Kup]

So weird that the package art is their vehicle mode. Is their collector card also of the vehicle?

Yes

If I gave a crud about those lil cards I might get really annoyed by that inconsistency. I've kept the ones that came with figures I've bought in case anyone else wants them though.

My almost 7 year old son collects the cards if you'd like to give them up for adoption!

[Terrsolpix]

It looks like Cosmos is a slightly darker shade of green, but is there any other change? Scrounge had one, and did that carry over or is there some new Titan-tooling?

[nycPrime]

FYI BBTS has Perceptor and Topspin back in stock. They also just listed Quake and Krok.

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/sear ... eturn%2004

[Targetmaster Kup]

So weird that the package art is their vehicle mode. Is their collector card also of the vehicle?

Yes

That is ridiculous!

[D-Maximal_Primal]

So weird that the package art is their vehicle mode. Is their collector card also of the vehicle?

Yes

If I gave a crud about those lil cards I might get really annoyed by that inconsistency. I've kept the ones that came with figures I've bought in case anyone else wants them though.

I can hear ScottyP imploding from here.

*glances at twitter to see if rage has hit the airwaves yet*

[william-james88]

I can hear ScottyP imploding from here.

*glances at twitter to see if rage has hit the airwaves yet*

At least they are getting cards. What would be real dumb is if some came with cards and some came with comics, depending on where you are located geographically, making you unable to get all the set.

[Jason5billion]

That's cool that they're doing newer versions of Seaspray and Cosmos. Can anyone tell me if there are newer versions of Wheelie and Cliffjumper? Maybe I should go look at that link Burn gave me.
God bless, Jason Scott Irelan