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News Credits: 5749 · by **El Duque** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 11:02 am

Site sponsor TFsource dropped by to let us know of two new Takara Tomy Transformers Generations listing, TG-17 Blaster with Steeljaw and TG-18 Skywarp! Pre-order for each are available at the links below.

Takara Tomy just announced the following items now up for preorder at TFsource:

Transformers Generations Japan - TG17 Fall of Cybertron - Blaster & Steeljaw
Transformers Generations Japan - TG18 Fall of Cybertron - Skywarp

The Japanese doesn’t say anything that interesting. Just that the Blaster is using the US version coloring in the images, which will vary on the Japanese version. The Skywarp says the coloring will be like the skywarp colors shown in the illustration, but the form of the Starscream toy. Pretty obvious stuff… both set for a May release!

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 11:19 am

Hope Hasbro releases their own Skywarp.

News Credits: 2 · by **Homerjay14522** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 11:37 am

Sabrblade wrote:Hope Hasbro releases their own Skywarp.

Agreed, followed by Thundercracker. I mean come on, if they are gonna re-do the Combaticons as the Wreckers.....

News Credits: 11 · by **kirbenvost** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 11:56 am

I guess I better preorder Skywarp just in case. At least he's not an exclusive.

News Credits: 251 · by **Mindmaster** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 11:59 am

Skywarp was awesome in WFC. I was disappointed when he didn't make an appearance (rather, an official one). A Thundercracker repaint would be the cream of the crop!

by **Doubledealer93** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 12:06 pm

Oh look another skywarp that will be an exclusive.

News Credits: 251 · by **Mindmaster** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 12:08 pm

Doubledealer93 wrote:Oh look another skywarp that will be an exclusive.

They haven't said anything about it being an exlusive yet. This could be regular retail for all we know.

News Credits: 8 · by **Flashwave** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 12:55 pm

Since i am the only oneore interested in Blaster than Warp, hasbro did show us theirs at SDCC, right? Ordo i need to jump on that one?

News Credits: 251 · by **Mindmaster** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 1:04 pm

Flashwave wrote:Since i am the only oneore interested in Blaster than Warp, hasbro did show us theirs at SDCC, right? Ordo i need to jump on that one?

Does this answer you question?

by **YoungPrime** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 1:38 pm

Wow....looks like Hasbro's playing this game with the Seekers again....

Should I even participate with buying Starscream? He is a little small.

News Credits: 251 · by **Mindmaster** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 1:46 pm

YoungPrime wrote:Wow....looks like Hasbro's playing this game with the Seekers again....

Should I even participate with buying Starscream? He is a little small.

He's a little taller than FOC optimus Prime/Ultra Magnus, so.... >:oP

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 1:50 pm

YoungPrime wrote:Wow....looks like Hasbro's playing this game with the Seekers again....

This is Takara, not Hasbro.

YoungPrime wrote:Should I even participate with buying Starscream? He is a little small.

The mold's about the same size as (if not a smidge taller than) the Classics Seeker mold.

by **RiddlerJ** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 2:30 pm

Seeker Frustration officially begins... :sad:

News Credits: 10 · by **Agamemnon** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 4:14 pm

I wonder if they would consider a slight re-mold of the tail section. In WfC, Skywarp and Starscream had triangular tail except when turbo flying, when the tail would split to a Y. Thundercracker was the opposite with a Y tail and a triangle when turbo. It would be cool to see the Y tail configuration in one of the character toys...

News Credits: 4 · by **Slashercon** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 5:31 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
YoungPrime wrote:Wow....looks like Hasbro's playing this game with the Seekers again....
This is Takara, not Hasbro.

I think he was referring more to the fact that we almost never get all of the seekers (at least the three "important" ones) on retail release in the US. It honestly boggles my mind.

by **XDMan** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 5:58 pm

Blaster: Well, don't ask about the G1 version's scale, since Diaclone and Microchange didn't go together at that time! >:oP

Skywarp: Get TC, and we get the Year 1 seekers!

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 6:02 pm

XDMan wrote:Blaster: Well, don't ask about the G1 version's scale, since Diaclone and Microchange didn't go together at that time!

Even though Blaster and Soundwave were both Micro Change toy molds.

News Credits: 1452 · by **Blurrz** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 6:26 pm

RIP Skywarp.

Never seeing a domestic main line release ever again.

News Credits: 2 · by **First-Aid** » Wed Dec 05, 2012 1:29 am

OKay, I blame all of you who are buying this figure for the endless stream of repaints of various characters over the years. If you had actually demanded original molds for each character, we may not have an endless parade of repains...

..that being said...

...GIMME. :BANG_HEAD:

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Wed Dec 05, 2012 9:23 am

First-Aid wrote:OKay, I blame all of you who are buying this figure for the endless stream of repaints of various characters over the years. If you had actually demanded original molds for each character, we may not have an endless parade of repains...

..that being said...

...GIMME.

Why would anyone want an original mold when this is what he looks like in the games?

News Credits: 251 · by **Mindmaster** » Wed Dec 05, 2012 11:59 am

Agamemnon wrote:I wonder if they would consider a slight re-mold of the tail section. In WfC, Skywarp and Starscream had triangular tail except when turbo flying, when the tail would split to a Y. Thundercracker was the opposite with a Y tail and a triangle when turbo. It would be cool to see the Y tail configuration in one of the character toys...

Um, all of their tailfins made a triangular shape when boosting in jet mode/split and angled in halves when hovering.

News Credits: 10 · by **Agamemnon** » Wed Dec 05, 2012 3:41 pm

Mindmaster wrote:
Agamemnon wrote:I wonder if they would consider a slight re-mold of the tail section. In WfC, Skywarp and Starscream had triangular tail except when turbo flying, when the tail would split to a Y. Thundercracker was the opposite with a Y tail and a triangle when turbo. It would be cool to see the Y tail configuration in one of the character toys...

Um, all of their tailfins made a triangular shape when boosting in jet mode/split and angled in halves when hovering.

I'm virtually certain, in story mode at least, that Thundercracker was opposite. When I get home I'll see if I can take some screenshots.

News Credits: 11 · by **kirbenvost** » Wed Dec 05, 2012 4:54 pm

WTF, why are the Japanese FOC toys so expensive? Arms Micron deluxes aren't so bad, but almost $40 for a FOC deluxe? That's ridiculous. I was going to preorder Skywarp until I saw that. And my local shop is charging the same. These import prices are getting ridiculous. Looks like my import days are over. I hope Hasbro gets their act together soon and starts releasing some of these characters.

News Credits: 10 · by **Agamemnon** » Wed Dec 05, 2012 5:43 pm

kirbenvost wrote:WTF, why are the Japanese FOC toys so expensive? Arms Micron deluxes aren't so bad, but almost $40 for a FOC deluxe? That's ridiculous. I was going to preorder Skywarp until I saw that. And my local shop is charging the same. These import prices are getting ridiculous. Looks like my import days are over. I hope Hasbro gets their act together soon and starts releasing some of these characters.

Import prices or supply and demand? $40 might get some to purchase just one or a couple, rather than all 20 in stock at $15.

Just a thought... I know BBTS has a tendency to charge higher for the short-packed singles in a case.

News Credits: 10 · by **Agamemnon** » Wed Dec 05, 2012 11:25 pm

Agamemnon wrote:
Mindmaster wrote:
Agamemnon wrote:I wonder if they would consider a slight re-mold of the tail section. In WfC, Skywarp and Starscream had triangular tail except when turbo flying, when the tail would split to a Y. Thundercracker was the opposite with a Y tail and a triangle when turbo. It would be cool to see the Y tail configuration in one of the character toys...

Um, all of their tailfins made a triangular shape when boosting in jet mode/split and angled in halves when hovering.

I'm virtually certain, in story mode at least, that Thundercracker was opposite. When I get home I'll see if I can take some screenshots.

Okay, I had a sec to play WfC tonite and take some pics. The first one as Starscream is all that is needed, but if you want, I can post pics of all 3 Seekers in both hover and boost flight modes.

I'm playing here as Starscream in the middle with Thundercracker on the left. I did get it backward. Starscream and Skywarp have split tails in hover and triangle when turbo, and Thundercracker is Triangle in hover and split in turbo.

All this to say that I'd love to see a split tail remold on a Thundercracker re-paint. It looks fairly easy to do. :grin: