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Sabrblade wrote:

sol magnus wrote:

Rtron wrote:I really wish they'd write down that "fiction" from the listings and online bios somewhere in the box, or at least include as an insert or as part of the instructions. Otherwise, it's lost as soon as the listing is done. I know it's very silly, but I like those little pieces of context for figures very much.

The wiki could include them, but they're more interested in cracking jokes than document actual content.

Oh really?

After the quantum surge caused a time vortex, Autobots Pipes and Huffer were fused into Puffer, and alongside GoBot Road Ranger, were pulled to prehistoric Earth.[1] Despite their rather bizarre origin, they can still tussle with the best of them.



References
↑ 1.0 1.1 Amazon product description: "CHAPTER 1: THROUGH THE VORTEX: The quantum surge causes a time vortex, intercepting the GoBot Road Ranger and the Autobots Pipes and Huffer, pulling them through time and space. During the wild journey through the vortex, Huffer and Pipes fuse and arrive on prehistoric Earth as Puffer"

You must have done it, Sabrblade. First time for everything.

sol magnus wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

sol magnus wrote:

Rtron wrote:I really wish they'd write down that "fiction" from the listings and online bios somewhere in the box, or at least include as an insert or as part of the instructions. Otherwise, it's lost as soon as the listing is done. I know it's very silly, but I like those little pieces of context for figures very much.

The wiki could include them, but they're more interested in cracking jokes than document actual content.

Oh really?

After the quantum surge caused a time vortex, Autobots Pipes and Huffer were fused into Puffer, and alongside GoBot Road Ranger, were pulled to prehistoric Earth.[1] Despite their rather bizarre origin, they can still tussle with the best of them.



References
↑ 1.0 1.1 Amazon product description: "CHAPTER 1: THROUGH THE VORTEX: The quantum surge causes a time vortex, intercepting the GoBot Road Ranger and the Autobots Pipes and Huffer, pulling them through time and space. During the wild journey through the vortex, Huffer and Pipes fuse and arrive on prehistoric Earth as Puffer"

You must have done it, Sabrblade. First time for everything.

My fingerprints are not on that page.

Looks neat, preordered him. Though curious that they didn’t think to use the pterodactyl’s secret gun mode, it’s definitely capable of doing it. At least, that’s what I’ll be doing with mine.

Mindmaster wrote:Looks neat, preordered him. Though curious that they didn’t think to use the pterodactyl’s secret gun mode, it’s definitely capable of doing it. At least, that’s what I’ll be doing with mine.

Can't say that surprises me since they couldn't even put the blast effect on the right side of the axe.



Emerje

Munkky wrote:

o.supreme wrote:Not sure if they will reveal all 4 on consecutive days. It would be kind of neat, but I don't think anything has come out to confirm that. I guess we will find out tomorrow.

The Facebook post revealing Jackpot said the next set is going to be revealed tomorrow at 1pm Eastern Time. So it seems like daily reveals are what they're doing.

Emerje wrote:

Mindmaster wrote:Looks neat, preordered him. Though curious that they didn’t think to use the pterodactyl’s secret gun mode, it’s definitely capable of doing it. At least, that’s what I’ll be doing with mine.

Can't say that surprises me since they couldn't even put the blast effect on the right side of the axe.



Emerje

Having bonked myself with machine guns and various surfaces on tanks, I can believe it

keep on trucking

Not a fan of the yellow fenders, but otherwise I like this.

Wait wait wait hold on. Is a subline named after the golden discs going to have any Beast Wars figures?

Fair's fair, squeeze a few extra characters out of bad molds, but don't use Beast Wars imagery and naming to pretend its not just more G1.

The box arts all lining up is incredibly low as well, and I hope nobody falls for it. The boxes aren't even the same size...

Mistaken_Table wrote:Wait wait wait hold on. Is a subline named after the golden discs going to have any Beast Wars figures?

Fair's fair, squeeze a few extra characters out of bad molds, but don't use Beast Wars imagery and naming to pretend its not just more G1.

The box arts all lining up is incredibly low as well, and I hope nobody falls for it. The boxes aren't even the same size...

Yes Terrorsaur and some version of Tigatron are the next 2 sets. And the box art lining up is something they do on various Amazon exclusives, this is nothing new.

TF-fan kev777 wrote:

Mistaken_Table wrote:Wait wait wait hold on. Is a subline named after the golden discs going to have any Beast Wars figures?

Fair's fair, squeeze a few extra characters out of bad molds, but don't use Beast Wars imagery and naming to pretend its not just more G1.

The box arts all lining up is incredibly low as well, and I hope nobody falls for it. The boxes aren't even the same size...

Yes Terrorsaur and some version of Tigatron are the next 2 sets. And the box art lining up is something they do on various Amazon exclusives, this is nothing new.

I've also seen some people point out that the Wheeljack silhouette at the bottom of the "chapter 1" page doesn't quite match the current Wheeljack. Specifically the torso, with lack of back panel, and the lower legs and feet are different.




said people are speculating that this may be g1 first appearance Wheeljack.

It's been established as a generic placeholder image

o.supreme wrote:It's been established as a generic placeholder image

^^^This.

Go back a few pages and someone posted the actual art the silhouette came from. As further proof it is a placeholder, the same image has Bumblebee that was used for the placeholders for the GO sets from last year.


Now, onto rampant speculation. The description for Jackpot indicated Sights saw 2 beastly bots of unknown faction working to rewrite history for their own gain. This leaves 2 possibilities to me.

1 - Terrorsaur is next but comes with another evil/corrupted beast bot, or
2 - I'm thinking Tigratron is going to be some type of evil or corrupted version of him.

I'm actually hoping for option 2.

Predacon Tigatron, perhaps.

No. Mutant Tigatron!

https://hasbropulse.com/collections/new/products/transformers-generations-war-for-cybertron-golden-disk-collection-chapter-3-mutant-tigatron

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08TR35Y22

CHAPTER 3: ENTER THE MUTANT WARRIOR: In this timeline, the quantum surge kills all Maximals and Predacons, except Tigatron. He survives, but the surge left him severely mutated, aggressive, and savage. He doesn’t remember his allegiance to the Maximals, and another survivor plots to take advantage…

Sabrblade wrote:Predacon Tigatron, perhaps.

Will you settle for a Mutant Tigratron? Close enough for me.

Awwww.....who's a pretty kitty . What can I say? I like cats. So all of these have a presumed release date around 3/1/22. If Part 4 does as well, that gets them all out around the same time as the last GO sets from last year.

Sabrblade wrote:No. Mutant Tigatron!

https://hasbropulse.com/collections/new/products/transformers-generations-war-for-cybertron-golden-disk-collection-chapter-3-mutant-tigatron

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08TR35Y22

CHAPTER 3: ENTER THE MUTANT WARRIOR: In this timeline, the quantum surge kills all Maximals and Predacons, except Tigatron. He survives, but the surge left him severely mutated, aggressive, and savage. He doesn’t remember his allegiance to the Maximals, and another survivor plots to take advantage…

from the bio, Predacon Tigatron works as well. apparently he has lost his mind and "another survivor" is capitalizing on it. Oh Terrorsaur, always looking for that partner/sidekick in order to seize power.


also, I'm totally calling this guy BW Tigertracks

Tigatrons looking a bit rough some how, glad to be opting for MP version. Still a vast improvement over Kingdoms cheetor though I think I'm preffering ravages sculpt at the mo even with Tigatrons hollows having been kept lower than the norm.

It would have been amazing if they had given his box the actual Mutant symbol instead of the Maximal one:



(just say that he's become so savage that his robot mode is practically a beast of its own, making him a metaphorical beast-to-beast bot)

Hasbro literally puts up for pre order a mutant variant of Tigatron before the actual Kingdom Version. WTF is going on at Hasbro Land I have to know

Autobot_Benz wrote:Hasbro literally puts up for pre order a mutant variant of Tigatron before the actual Kingdom Version. WTF is going on at Hasbro Land I have to know

Welcome to 2021, where anything not Studio Series 86 should eventually maybe get announced someday possibly.

Autobot_Benz wrote:Hasbro literally puts up for pre order a mutant variant of Tigatron before the actual Kingdom Version. WTF is going on at Hasbro Land I have to know

I know pre-orders weren't really a thing back in 2016, but IIRC at SDCC the exclusive variant of Fort Max was out before they had reached regular distribution. Also in 2018, the "Throne of the Primes" was available for pre-order and out before the regular retail leader Optimal Optimus.

Third reveal in the Golden Disk Collection! The quantum surge has wiped out the Maximals and Predacons, and Tigatron is the only one left. But something’s different about him…Available for pre-order exclusively at Amazon.com , with limited quantities available on #HasbroPulse! Pre-order open for Hasbro Pulse Premium Members in the US from 1:00pm-1:59pm ET and for all fans beginning at 2:00pm ET!

Pulse: https://hasbropulse.com/collections/new/products/transformers-generations-war-for-cybertron-golden-disk-collection-chapter-3-mutant-tigatron

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08TR35Y22?fbclid=IwAR1R8SndX4joeWDdojnjgvPNFk3sYQvfj5rmeiWooQn0r9x_ePpdUjUyxh8&tag=transformers-20&tag=transformers-20

CHAPTER 3: ENTER THE MUTANT WARRIOR: In this timeline, the quantum surge kills all Maximals and Predacons, except Tigatron. He survives, but the surge left him severely mutated, aggressive, and savage. He doesn’t remember his allegiance to the Maximals, and another survivor plots to take advantage…

For those unaware, this is based on Tigatron's original box art (and preliminary toy)

the pics show misassembled front legs