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News Credits: 7 · by **Zeedust** » Wed Dec 30, 2015 2:52 am

Something I noticed: The character profiles that were put up during the order period said "When combined with the rest of his squad mates, Ruckus often forms the combiner's sword arm as he is the only one that Bludgeon trusts can be controlled flawlessly." and "When in combiner mode, Needlenose is often seen as a leg since Bludgeon knows this limits Needlenose's sensory inputs and helps ensure that his wandering attention does not affect the combiner's lethal efficiency." But after that, they seem to have, for lack of a better term, switched places.

News Credits: 19 · by **Carnivius_Prime** » Wed Dec 30, 2015 3:45 am

Windsweeper and Ruckus certainly look a lot more appealing than previous uses of their molds too. It's just that 'Bludgeon' putting me off the whole thing.

by **Windsweeper** » Wed Dec 30, 2015 7:23 am

I'm definitely going to pick up Ruckus and Bludgeon. I love that they're homaging his inner robot. Now if only someone would repaint Classics Jetfire as Cloudburst and Cybertron Ransack as Iguanus.

News Credits: 4501 · by **william-james88** » Wed Dec 30, 2015 8:18 am

Windsweeper wrote:I'm definitely going to pick up Ruckus and Bludgeon. I love that they're homaging his inner robot. Now if only someone would repaint Classics Jetfire as Cloudburst and Cybertron Ransack as Iguanus.

Dont you have to buy them all?

News Credits: 438 · by **Sabrblade** » Wed Dec 30, 2015 8:29 am

william-james88 wrote:
Windsweeper wrote:I'm definitely going to pick up Ruckus and Bludgeon. I love that they're homaging his inner robot. Now if only someone would repaint Classics Jetfire as Cloudburst and Cybertron Ransack as Iguanus.

Dont you have to buy them all?

Not unless he buys them on the secondary market.

News Credits: 4501 · by **william-james88** » Wed Dec 30, 2015 9:09 am

Sabrblade wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Windsweeper wrote:I'm definitely going to pick up Ruckus and Bludgeon. I love that they're homaging his inner robot. Now if only someone would repaint Classics Jetfire as Cloudburst and Cybertron Ransack as Iguanus.

Dont you have to buy them all?
Not unless he buys them on the secondary market.

Sounds pricey

News Credits: 13 · by **steals_your_goats** » Wed Dec 30, 2015 10:25 am

william-james88 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Windsweeper wrote:I'm definitely going to pick up Ruckus and Bludgeon. I love that they're homaging his inner robot. Now if only someone would repaint Classics Jetfire as Cloudburst and Cybertron Ransack as Iguanus.

Dont you have to buy them all?
Not unless he buys them on the secondary market.

Sounds pricey

BBTS had preorders up for the individual figures that ran between $70-$90 per figure.

News Credits: 174 · by **Hellscream9999** » Wed Dec 30, 2015 12:22 pm

steals_your_goats wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Windsweeper wrote:I'm definitely going to pick up Ruckus and Bludgeon. I love that they're homaging his inner robot. Now if only someone would repaint Classics Jetfire as Cloudburst and Cybertron Ransack as Iguanus.

Dont you have to buy them all?
Not unless he buys them on the secondary market.

Sounds pricey

BBTS had preorders up for the individual figures that ran between $70-$90 per figure.

Which is about what you would have to pay at botcon if you tried to buy the leftovers - which it doesn't sound like will be the case based on making sets based on orders - if you aren't already a member, you pay ~$45 to be able to buy the figures at ~$50-70 each

News Credits: 5 · by **Doctor McGrath** » Wed Dec 30, 2015 1:51 pm

I think they all look pretty good with Bludgeon being my least favorite & Needlenose being my most favorite. I'd like Bludgeon more if his head sculpt sported an actual translucent visor with painted & sculpted eyes behind it. Oh well. I also echo the opinion that he suffers based on the fact that his alt mode isn't a tank but we've known that for a while now.

News Credits: 112 · by **megatronus** » Wed Dec 30, 2015 1:58 pm

Bludgeon is also my least favorite, but based on the mold choice, it's hard for me to imagine how he would have turned out better. And the more I think about it, I probably like Bludgeon more than I would have liked a voyager Thunderwing out of Silverbolt.

News Credits: 293 · by **shajaki** » Wed Dec 30, 2015 6:09 pm

When it was announced and I saw the renders or preliminary whatevers, I though "huh, neat, someone will like those". But I wasn't really interested. Now though... I don't really know why, but these finished proto's got me seein stars 8-}

News Credits: 112 · by **megatronus** » Wed Dec 30, 2015 7:00 pm

shajaki wrote:When it was announced and I saw the renders or preliminary whatevers, I though "huh, neat, someone will like those". But I wasn't really interested. Now though... I don't really know why, but these finished proto's got me seein stars

Welcome back!!!

Let me guess... you missed the subscription window? 8-}

News Credits: 13 · by **OptimalOptimus2** » Thu Dec 31, 2015 11:10 am

That headsculpt for Bludgeon doesn't say, Bludgeon. They need to give him something much more different, something, Bludgeonish, if you know what I mean. >:oP

News Credits: 112 · by **megatronus** » Thu Dec 31, 2015 11:31 am

OptimalOptimus2 wrote:That headsculpt for Bludgeon doesn't say, Bludgeon. They need to give him something much more different, something, Bludgeonish, if you know what I mean.

The Club is going for inner-robot Bludgeon, not pretender-shell (or IDW-esque) Bludgeon. So, all things considered, it's actually quite Bludgeon-ish.

News Credits: 23 · by **Madeus Prime** » Thu Dec 31, 2015 12:16 pm

OptimalOptimus2 wrote:That headsculpt for Bludgeon doesn't say, Bludgeon. They need to give him something much more different, something, Bludgeonish, if you know what I mean.

I concur. As much as it's accurate to the original, I think everybody prefers his samurai head to any other alternative. Needlenose and Impactor are the highlights of this set.

News Credits: 293 · by **shajaki** » Thu Dec 31, 2015 2:33 pm

megatronus wrote:
shajaki wrote:When it was announced and I saw the renders or preliminary whatevers, I though "huh, neat, someone will like those". But I wasn't really interested. Now though... I don't really know why, but these finished proto's got me seein stars
Welcome back!!!

Let me guess... you missed the subscription window?

Shanks

I've mostly been chillin in the collections threads. As for subscribing, I wasn't too impressed when I bought my Botcon set straight from the source, so I plan to get them aftermarket folks.

News Credits: 251 · by **Mindmaster** » Thu Dec 31, 2015 2:47 pm

shajaki wrote:
megatronus wrote:
shajaki wrote:When it was announced and I saw the renders or preliminary whatevers, I though "huh, neat, someone will like those". But I wasn't really interested. Now though... I don't really know why, but these finished proto's got me seein stars
Welcome back!!!

Let me guess... you missed the subscription window?
Shanks
I've mostly been chillin in the collections threads. As for subscribing, I wasn't too impressed when I bought my Botcon set straight from the source, so I plan to get them aftermarket folks.

May God be with your wallet...

News Credits: 3 · by **DedicatedGhostArt** » Thu Dec 31, 2015 7:48 pm

Mindmaster wrote:
shajaki wrote:
megatronus wrote:
shajaki wrote:When it was announced and I saw the renders or preliminary whatevers, I though "huh, neat, someone will like those". But I wasn't really interested. Now though... I don't really know why, but these finished proto's got me seein stars
Welcome back!!!

Let me guess... you missed the subscription window?
Shanks
I've mostly been chillin in the collections threads. As for subscribing, I wasn't too impressed when I bought my Botcon set straight from the source, so I plan to get them aftermarket folks.

May God be with your wallet...

And may the force be with you.

News Credits: 33 · by **TF_JW** » Thu Dec 31, 2015 9:14 pm

Impactor vs... Thunder Mayhem!!

A reminder, these are first samples. Some colors and paint may vary from the final releases.

https://twitter.com/The_TF_Club/status/682758291135541248

News Credits: 3 · by **DedicatedGhostArt** » Thu Dec 31, 2015 9:56 pm

Haha that is amazing! I wish we could maybe get Impactor in Voyager scale officially in the future to scale with Generations Springer.

Can't ask for everything right?

News Credits: 42 · by **Autobot N** » Thu Dec 31, 2015 9:59 pm

SillySpringer wrote:Haha that is amazing! I wish we could maybe get Impactor in Voyager scale officially in the future to scale with Generations Springer. Can't ask for everything right?

Yeah. He should have been made out of Onslaught, with some Wrecker limbs to accompany him. In fact, screw Thunder Mayhem. A CW version of FOC Ruination would have been awesome.

News Credits: 3 · by **DedicatedGhostArt** » Thu Dec 31, 2015 10:14 pm

Decepticon Sunstorm wrote:
SillySpringer wrote:Haha that is amazing! I wish we could maybe get Impactor in Voyager scale officially in the future to scale with Generations Springer. Can't ask for everything right?

Yeah. He should have been made out of Onslaught, with some Wrecker limbs to accompany him. In fact, screw Thunder Mayhem. A CW version of FOC Ruination would have been awesome.

Ok let's not be rude here!

That 3rd Party Impactor does tempt me tho...

News Credits: 174 · by **Hellscream9999** » Fri Jan 01, 2016 12:17 am

Looks great 8-)

But, there seems to be something off - visually - with thunderwings head, maybe its the lack of symmetrical kibble on vortexs' shoulder, or it might be the colors, or the proportion of the face-to-helmet ratio, but somethings not sitting right with my brain :HEADHURTS:

News Credits: 174 · by **Hellscream9999** » Fri Jan 01, 2016 12:38 am

The Transformers Collectors' Club has tweeted a look at the Subscription Service 4.0 Mayhem Attack Squad's combined mode: Thunder Mayhem. It also includes a look at the Impactor figure with some of his accessories.

You can check out the other images of the vehicle modes Here and robot modes Here. And don't forget to leave your comments below.

News Credits: 7 · by **Zeedust** » Fri Jan 01, 2016 12:44 am

Madeus Prime wrote:
OptimalOptimus2 wrote:That headsculpt for Bludgeon doesn't say, Bludgeon. They need to give him something much more different, something, Bludgeonish, if you know what I mean.

I concur. As much as it's accurate to the original, I think everybody prefers his samurai head to any other alternative. Needlenose and Impactor are the highlights of this set.

It might not look like a samurai, per se, but it does still look like a martial artist, at least to me. Maybe it's the headband?

I know this is the wrong opinion to have, but I'm okay with the new head.