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The three Universe Ultra class Wal-Mart exclusives first seen at Botcon 2009 look to be on their way to retail, as they were picked up by an Alaskan resident, theallspark's Tyson. The three exclusives include Powerglide, in a red colour scheme similar to it's Henkei release, and accurate to his Generation One persona. Skyfall is a repaint of Universe Silverbolt, in the colours of G2 Skyjack. Hardhead is a green repaint of Universe Onslaught. Lastly, we notified everyone that The Fury of Fearswoop was available at Wal-Mart's site, and it looks they will also be at retail soon.




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[Dclone Soundwave]

Huh. The way the boxart was done on Powerglide made me think it was Prime....meh. I'll take the Henkei version. Don't care for Skyfall or Fearswoop, but I'll probably get Hardhead.

[cannonfodder4000]

powerglide looks cool sky and hard head are meh
(THE ONSLAUGHT TO MOLD WAS MEANT TO BE HEAVLY RETOOLED INTO ROADBUSTER )
i am going to get fearswoop on sight though

[Doubledealer93]

I WANT SKYFALL! i will pass on the others though.

[Stockade]

I guess hasbro dont wanna give us a break on anything!! Might get Powerglide, but a must buy on Hard head for sure

[Rated X]

Thank you Hasbro for giving us a red Powerglide !!! The white version should have never existed and holding out paid off !!!

I like Skyfall because my thing is Decepticon jets...He will look great next to Darkwing. Needless to say, Fearswoop is a must have too. A shame they didnt release him as an individual deluxe figure like they did with the Wal-Mart exclusives from the first movie. I really hate wasting extra money on those silly mini-figures, but I gotta have him !!!

Im still not sold on Hardhead because he is basically a green Onslaught. I love the Onslaught mold, but wasn't Hardhead supposed to be a tank ? Onslaught is an armored personal carrier and his G1 version was a trailer truck mounted with rocket launchers. A little bit far off I think...

[waaaaghlord]

Im still not sold on Hardhead because he is basically a green Onslaught. I love the Onslaught mold, but wasn't Hardhead supposed to be a tank ? Onslaught is an armored personal carrier and his G1 version was a trailer truck mounted with rocket launchers. A little bit far off I think...

Hardhead's Nebulan mode was a tank, but there's never been an Earth mode toy of him peviously and Uni Onslaught's alt is a pretty good match for Hardhead's Earth mode in the IDW comics.

Hopefully Asda will see these before too long. If I can grab them all at UK retail then I will, but if I end up having to import it'll probably just be Powerglide and Hardhead.

[Jacob P. Galvatron]

I love Fearswoop's tiger stripe motif...
I'm thinking about it.

[SJ21]

I will be buying the red Powerglide as soon as I see him. I am glad I didn't buy the white one.

[Razorclaw0000]

'Til All Are Mine!

Here's another $125 or so. ($30 x 3 + $25 + tax)

[Solrac333]

Powerglide is WHITE not red....oh wait! Will buy.

[Convotron]

Hmm, +3 Ultras on my hunt list. It'll probably be months before I see these on shelves so I have a chance to save up.

[Stockade]

I would have like to see Fearswoop in the breakaway mold, instead of the dreadwing mold, if so that would have been a BOS (Buy On site)

And why cannot i get a haul like that..

[Nemesis Rodimus]

GREAT!

I will get Hardhead and Fearswoop. P.S. Does anyone know when the next wave of Animated will be released? I want Rodimus Minor (PRIME!!), Wingblade Optimus, Fireblast Grimlock, and Ironhide is starting to grow on me (in the show). I'll be getting those four. Will they be out in time for Christmas?

[Mkall]

I'm all for Hardhead and Skyfall

[Marcdachamp]

GREAT!

I will get Hardhead and Fearswoop. P.S. Does anyone know when the next wave of Animated will be released? I want Rodimus Minor (PRIME!!), Wingblade Optimus, Fireblast Grimlock, and Ironhide is starting to grow on me (in the show). I'll be getting those four. Will they be out in time for Christmas?

Is Ironhide guaranteed? I still haven't seen anything definitive, but I am hoping!

[Convotron]

GREAT!

I will get Hardhead and Fearswoop. P.S. Does anyone know when the next wave of Animated will be released? I want Rodimus Minor (PRIME!!), Wingblade Optimus, Fireblast Grimlock, and Ironhide is starting to grow on me (in the show). I'll be getting those four. Will they be out in time for Christmas?

Is Ironhide guaranteed? I still haven't seen anything definitive, but I am hoping!

I believe TFA Ironhide is good to go. Fugitive Waspinator didn't get a head retooling from the Deluxe Bumblebee mold because it that was given to Ironhide as a repaint and retooling of the Cybertronic TFA Deluxe Ratchet that is also slated to come out.

[TFGnome]

Exclusive Red Powerglide, maybe
Skyfall, not for me
Hardhead, must have
Fury of Fearswoop, it would look cool holding my g2 hooligan...but im not paying retail for him

[tom brokaw]

wow very nice.... its going to be an expensive month

[shonenfan4]

Skyfall and Hardhead are must gets for me, don't know about the other two though. That Powerglide looks...bad to me.

[Nekoman]

Any word on if the Ultras are still $25? These Wal-Mart exclusives are getting pricey.

Not that it would affect my decision to purchase one, just needing to know if I have the money.

[Naked Magnus]

Ok, I am sorry, but I can't help but ask the question: Does anybody actually like the Silverbolt mold? I held out and bought the Henkei version (because I love G1) and it has been one of the biggest disappointing transformers I have bought (but not as bad as universe galvatron). The figure is simply a robot with a jet glued to his back. The jet itself has only three hinges (one for the fuselage, and two for the vertical stabilizers) and that is it. The jet looks atrocious from any angle other than from directly above.

I buy repaints all of the time, but I have passed on Darkwing at Toys R Us many times.

I am seriously considering Hardhead, although I am hesitant to buy a repaint of a different faction. Part reuse within a faction is easy to believe, but cross faction is more of a stretch, at least to me it is.

[Marcdachamp]

I believe TFA Ironhide is good to go. Fugitive Waspinator didn't get a head retooling from the Deluxe Bumblebee mold because it that was given to Ironhide as a repaint and retooling of the Cybertronic TFA Deluxe Ratchet that is also slated to come out.

Hadn't heard of fugitive Waspinator. Interesting.

[Mkall]

Ok, I am sorry, but I can't help but ask the question: Does anybody actually like the Silverbolt mold? I held out and bought the Henkei version (because I love G1) and it has been one of the biggest disappointing transformers I have bought (but not as bad as universe galvatron). The figure is simply a robot with a jet glued to his back. The jet itself has only three hinges (one for the fuselage, and two for the vertical stabilizers) and that is it. The jet looks atrocious from any angle other than from directly above.

I'm a huge fan of the mold, it is the most G1 accurate figure to date, even the transformation is very similar. The robot is highly articulate and the paint apps suit him.

But that's just me.

[Convotron]

Ok, I am sorry, but I can't help but ask the question: Does anybody actually like the Silverbolt mold? I held out and bought the Henkei version (because I love G1) and it has been one of the biggest disappointing transformers I have bought (but not as bad as universe galvatron). The figure is simply a robot with a jet glued to his back. The jet itself has only three hinges (one for the fuselage, and two for the vertical stabilizers) and that is it. The jet looks atrocious from any angle other than from directly above.

I really like the Universe Silverbolt mold for the same reasons Mkall stated.

I mean, you can't look at it objectively in 2009 and say it's a marvel of modern Transformers toy engineering but as a homage to the G1 character and toy, it hits a home run. It's not meant to be anything but a figure that taps into G1 nostalgia, in my opinion. It succeeds on that level.

The intent in the design, as I see it, was not to make a modern toy but heavily hearken back to a G1 toy. That's how it differs from most Universe/Classics figures, which are meant to be contemporary overhauls of classic characters.