The Energon Pub

Wed Oct 21, 2020 5:15 am

Whifflefire, that Tripredacus looks obscene. Also, this version of Brainstorm has a more tumescent fuselage than the G1 original! :lol:

News Credits: 101 · Wed Oct 21, 2020 7:23 am

optimeow wrote:Waiting for the Black Zarak reuse of the Scorponok mold.
Come on Generations Selects ...

Wrong thread but yeah.
Me too.

Wed Oct 21, 2020 7:51 am

daedalus25 wrote:Even though I already have TR Hardhead, I'll need to pick up this one since they fixed the head sculpt.

Well, the TR headsculpt is not without basis, even if both The Rebirth and The Headmasters modified it in their own ways (Rebirth looks like an odd mashup with Highbrow's head, Headmasters looks like toy-but-with-mouth).

I'm sure you could get just an alternate faceplate instead of a whole new figure

Wed Oct 21, 2020 8:13 am

snavej wrote:Whifflefire, that Tripredacus looks obscene.

It's actually Magmatron, but that's exactly why Generations should take on more BW designs. :-D

snavej wrote:Also, this version of Brainstorm has a more tumescent fuselage than the G1 original!

As awesome as Brainstorm looks here, even after having watched "Headmasters" I cannot get used to Brainstorm with a mouth :shock:

News Credits: 241 · Thu Oct 22, 2020 12:28 pm

As I said before, Chromedome and Mindwipe for sure. Hardhead and Brainstorm... :-?

Well, the Legends manga did repurpose them as the Nebulans....

News Credits: 14 · Thu Oct 22, 2020 1:08 pm

I know its pretty much impossible for it to happen, since he's not actually an original Headmaster but I'd kill for a re-release of TR Blitzwing.

He seems to not be available anywhere for any price that isn't ridiculous.

One can dream. ;-)

News Credits: 22 · Thu Oct 22, 2020 2:31 pm

Overcracker wrote:I know its pretty much impossible for it to happen, since he's not actually an original Headmaster but I'd kill for a re-release of TR Blitzwing.

He seems to not be available anywhere for any price that isn't ridiculous.

What price do you consider not ridiculous?

News Credits: 14 · Thu Oct 22, 2020 2:44 pm

Rodimus Prime wrote:
Overcracker wrote:I know its pretty much impossible for it to happen, since he's not actually an original Headmaster but I'd kill for a re-release of TR Blitzwing.

He seems to not be available anywhere for any price that isn't ridiculous.
What price do you consider not ridiculous?

$30 to $40. Not $70 to $140.

and maybe $20 for international shipping if at all possible. :-D

News Credits: 56 · Thu Oct 22, 2020 2:50 pm

Do you want loose or in package? There is a TR Blitzwing loose on ebay right now for $45 + 5 shipping, but he is taking offers, so you may be ale to get it for less, sorry, on my work computer I cannot attach links from eBay.

The toy never interested me, but man I saw so many on clearance at walmart at the end of TR...

News Credits: 14 · Thu Oct 22, 2020 2:54 pm

o.supreme wrote:Do you want loose or in package? There is a TR Blitzwing loose on ebay right now for $45 + 5 shipping, but he is taking offers, so you may be ale to get it for less, sorry, on my work computer I cannot attach links from eBay.

The toy never interested me, but man I saw so many on clearance at walmart at the end of TR...

Thanks. I'll try to find it. I seem to only ever see the over $70 options on Ebay.

o.supreme wrote:The toy never interested me, but man I saw so many on clearance at walmart at the end of TR...

Curious, I only ever saw Megatron, and he sold out from BBTS and TFsource rather quickly when I was looking for him.

News Credits: 22 · Thu Oct 22, 2020 5:05 pm

I'm debating selling mine, but I like Astrotrain and Octane and I don't want to split up the 3changers unless I find a suitable replacement.

News Credits: 56 · Thu Oct 22, 2020 5:10 pm

Rodimus Prime wrote:I'm debating selling mine, but I like Astrotrain and Octane and I don't want to split up the 3changers unless I find a suitable replacement.

Don't get me wrong, I like WFC Astrotrain, but I wonder why he was chosen to get a new toy again so quickly, especially with no signs of a new Octane or Blitzwing any time soon.

News Credits: 42 · Thu Oct 22, 2020 5:26 pm

o.supreme wrote:
Rodimus Prime wrote:I'm debating selling mine, but I like Astrotrain and Octane and I don't want to split up the 3changers unless I find a suitable replacement.

Don't get me wrong, I like WFC Astrotrain, but I wonder why he was chosen to get a new toy again so quickly, especially with no signs of a new Octane or Blitzwing any time soon.

Of the 3 of them, his TR toy was the furthest from his G1 modes by far. I'm assuming the Warden team considered Blitzwing and Octane as G1 enough while Astrotrain, not so much.

And for me personally, he was also the most boring of the 3 TR figures. Go tippy toes and panels up for shuttle mode; do the splits, panels up, wheel panels down and turn the wings for train mode.

News Credits: 22 · Thu Oct 22, 2020 5:40 pm

Yeah unfortunately scale-wise Astrotrain should be the tallest I think, and WFC Astrotrain would be shorter than the TR figures, so he doesn't fit. Plus I like the toy deco over the cartoon deco, so that's why TR Astrotrain is staying in my collection. For now. Honestly, I don't like Blitzwing that much mold-wise, I got him mainly because he was an improvement over the previous Generations release and I wanted to complete the 3changers.

Anyway, back to the reissues. I wonder if there might be a chance that we get targetmasters or pretenders reissued if the headmaster line is successful.

News Credits: 101 · Thu Oct 22, 2020 5:45 pm

Rodimus Prime wrote:Anyway, back to the reissues. I wonder if there might be a chance that we get targetmasters or pretenders reissued if the headmaster line is successful.

You mean the TR Pretenders?
May make sense as a boxset where they put them all in a single box.
However, my local TrU STILL have many on their pegs, on clearance since months. Dunno about the other stores.

Sat Oct 24, 2020 1:06 pm

Annoyed that they decided to include the Takara heads, particularly when it comes to Chromedome who even though I have no attachment to his IDW head, just preferred the style for and Brainstorm whose Rebirth model and original toys did have mouthplates!

MyFigureCollection.net collection · Sun Oct 25, 2020 6:01 am

Still trying to wrap my brain around the vintage box art with new heads drawn on them.

Rodimus Prime wrote:Anyway, back to the reissues. I wonder if there might be a chance that we get targetmasters or pretenders reissued if the headmaster line is successful.

Only reason why the Headmasters worked is because they updated the entire run of characters as Headmasters (minus the Jrs, maybe in 2022). Doing the Targetmasters would be strange since they're also still Headmasters, and they only did the Decepticons plus the same Autobot characters they're doing in SS. I don't see how it could work. Maybe SS86 Hot Rod, Kup, and Blur with Seige Battlemasters could happen.

Emerje

News Credits: 101 · Sun Oct 25, 2020 6:18 am

So, those reissues use the "toon accurate" Takara heads? Well, at least they made them different.

Still, not caring about the cartoon at all but caring about the original toys, I'm very happy with my TR originals.

News Credits: 462 · Sun Oct 25, 2020 9:10 am

-Kanrabat- wrote:So, those reissues use the "toon accurate" Takara heads? Well, at least they made them different.

And their decos are all different too.

News Credits: 22 · Sun Oct 25, 2020 10:25 am

Emerje wrote:Still trying to wrap my brain around the vintage box art with new heads drawn on them.

Rodimus Prime wrote:Anyway, back to the reissues. I wonder if there might be a chance that we get targetmasters or pretenders reissued if the headmaster line is successful.

Only reason why the Headmasters worked is because they updated the entire run of characters as Headmasters (minus the Jrs, maybe in 2022). Doing the Targetmasters would be strange since they're also still Headmasters, and they only did the Decepticons plus the same Autobot characters they're doing in SS. I don't see how it could work. Maybe SS86 Hot Rod, Kup, and Blur with Seige Battlemasters could happen.

Emerje

I was thinking more those that haven't gotten the reissue and SS attention, like Misfire, Triggerhappy, Slugslinger. I figured since there are just those 3, they could be released the same way, just don't call them headmasters on the packaging, since originally they weren't.

News Credits: 1350 · Mon Nov 30, 2020 4:16 pm

Greetings Seibertronians! Following on from the finding of more Headmasters making their way back to store shelves. Twitter user, @ishikawa_sunday has put new comparison pictures up of the initial four Headmasters (Chromedome, Brainstorm, Hardhead and Mindwipe) and their Titans Returns/Legends counterparts! Showing that these new releases aren't just the same deco as before.

Check out the images below:

Chromedome

Brainstorm

Hardhead

Mindwipe

These will be Walmart Exclusive in areas that have a Walmart, though various sellers online have listed them either separately or in the set of four.

Will you be getting any of these? Let us know in the Energon Pub and stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest news and reviews!

News Credits: 14 · Mon Nov 30, 2020 4:29 pm

I'm assuming the figure in the middle of every shot is the new release right?

With the original Hasbro release on the Left and Takara on the right.

Chromedome looks great.

Don't think I need to upgrade Hardhead. But he does look good.

Takara's Brainstorm still looks better.

And Hasbro's Mindwipe I think is still the better of the 3.

News Credits: 332 · Mon Nov 30, 2020 4:31 pm

Wow, I'm really down for these but seeing the comparisons reminds me just how many figures share parts between them.

News Credits: 241 · Mon Nov 30, 2020 4:42 pm

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Wow, I'm really down for these but seeing the comparisons reminds me just how many figures share parts between them.

Just Brainstorm (retooled from Blurr) and Chromedome, really. So far, the beasts remain unique molds, with Skullcruncher only having a confirmed alternate head as Krok.

News Credits: 332 · Mon Nov 30, 2020 5:00 pm

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:Wow, I'm really down for these but seeing the comparisons reminds me just how many figures share parts between them.

Just Brainstorm (retooled from Blurr) and Chromedome, really. So far, the beasts remain unique molds, with Skullcruncher only having a confirmed alternate head as Krok.

I'm thinking of alllll the figures made from Blurr.