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Hey I am currently doing a LSoTW group too, having to put it on hold since I just got Ultra Magnus and broke the bank. Who is the big green guy y'all are using as Roadbuster? It fits in great!

korisifu wrote:Who is the big green guy y'all are using as Roadbuster? It fits in great!

Back right in amcgrath's pic? That's Walmart Universe Hardhead fitted out with the Headrobots Hothead upgrade pack (looks to be the 3rd release BBTS version in that instance).

Thanks

waaaaghlord wrote:

korisifu wrote:Who is the big green guy y'all are using as Roadbuster? It fits in great!

Back right in amcgrath's pic? That's Walmart Universe Hardhead fitted out with the Headrobots Hothead upgrade pack (looks to be the 3rd release BBTS version in that instance).

Close. The HeadRobot upgrade is the 2nd version but I also have he first . I believe there are only two for Hardhead released right now. The third, a redeco of the 2nd version, is Stronghold, a TFCon exclusive, meant for Universe Onslaught. HeadRobots other release was Snake, who isn't comparable with the Hardhead figure.

amcgrath929 wrote:

waaaaghlord wrote:

korisifu wrote:Who is the big green guy y'all are using as Roadbuster? It fits in great!

Back right in amcgrath's pic? That's Walmart Universe Hardhead fitted out with the Headrobots Hothead upgrade pack (looks to be the 3rd release BBTS version in that instance).

Close. The HeadRobot upgrade is the 2nd version but I also have he first . I believe there are only two for Hardhead released right now. The third, a redeco of the 2nd version, is Stronghold, a TFCon exclusive, meant for Universe Onslaught. HeadRobots other release was Snake, who isn't comparable with the Hardhead figure.

technically your both correct there was a second release of the original mold

so it is the 3rd release of the Hothead mold, but it is also the 2nd version

Electron wrote:

amcgrath929 wrote:

waaaaghlord wrote:

korisifu wrote:Who is the big green guy y'all are using as Roadbuster? It fits in great!

Back right in amcgrath's pic? That's Walmart Universe Hardhead fitted out with the Headrobots Hothead upgrade pack (looks to be the 3rd release BBTS version in that instance).

Close. The HeadRobot upgrade is the 2nd version but I also have he first . I believe there are only two for Hardhead released right now. The third, a redeco of the 2nd version, is Stronghold, a TFCon exclusive, meant for Universe Onslaught. HeadRobots other release was Snake, who isn't comparable with the Hardhead figure.

technically your both correct there was a second release of the original mold

so it is the 3rd release of the Hothead mold, but it is also the 2nd version

I just got mine a couple of weeks back (BBTS version) and it does say 3rd release on the insert. But yes, the first 2 releases (faceplate verion) were identical.

Just remembered that there's another set of Wreckers that nobody has mentioned to date. Has anybody put together a set of the Beast Machines/Universe 1.0 era Wreckers from the old Botcon fiction? While there was never a specific Rodimus figure for the set (6" Titanium would fit well) or correctly coloured Ramulus (barring the few that made it out via Hasbro's HQ store) a set of Beast era Wreckers would look awesome.

Hmm, that's interesting. I never realized there were two releases of the first version. I'll have to check my card and see what one I have.

I just thought for those that are Bayverse Wrecker fans you could at least pair up Cyberverse Leadfoot, HA Roadbuster, and Deluxe Topspin and you're all set. All three are in alt mode armed and ready, that is if your not too big on scale...'nuff said!

amcgrath929 wrote:We've been talking about the Classics style Wreckers but I own some movie ones too. I have deluxe and HA Roadbuster and deluxe Topspin. I enjoy them but they definitly stay within the Movie display. They may share the same team name but I don't associate the two much more than that.

Agreed


Getting off Bayformers, a couple of questions for Wreckers officionados; is Ultra Magnus is apart of the Wreckers given his current stance in the comics now, and do you all consider Bulkhead as well? For some reason I keep feeling that Bulkhead could switch character for Roadbuster(you know in shows and comics when they replace one character with another that is almost the same just different name and appearance )

trence5 wrote:

amcgrath929 wrote:We've been talking about the Classics style Wreckers but I own some movie ones too. I have deluxe and HA Roadbuster and deluxe Topspin. I enjoy them but they definitly stay within the Movie display. They may share the same team name but I don't associate the two much more than that.

Agreed


Getting off Bayformers, a couple of questions for Wreckers officionados; is Ultra Magnus is apart of the Wreckers given his current stance in the comics now, and do you all consider Bulkhead as well? For some reason I keep feeling that Bulkhead could switch character for Roadbuster(you know in shows and comics when they replace one character with another that is almost the same just different name and appearance )

IDW Continuity Magnus has definitely gone in a different direction. The Marvel UK and Dreamwave iterations have included Magnus to greater or lesser degrees.

waaaaghlord wrote:

trence5 wrote:

amcgrath929 wrote:We've been talking about the Classics style Wreckers but I own some movie ones too. I have deluxe and HA Roadbuster and deluxe Topspin. I enjoy them but they definitly stay within the Movie display. They may share the same team name but I don't associate the two much more than that.

Agreed


Getting off Bayformers, a couple of questions for Wreckers officionados; is Ultra Magnus is apart of the Wreckers given his current stance in the comics now, and do you all consider Bulkhead as well? For some reason I keep feeling that Bulkhead could switch character for Roadbuster(you know in shows and comics when they replace one character with another that is almost the same just different name and appearance )

IDW Continuity Magnus has definitely gone in a different direction. The Marvel UK and Dreamwave iterations have included Magnus to greater or lesser degrees.

In the IDW continuity, Magnus is like a high command(along with Prowl) that sometimes works with the Wreckers. He ordered the Wreckers mission to Garrus-9 which is narrated in The LSotW.

Bulkhead, according to the TF: Prime, was a Wrecker along with Wheeljack in that universe.

I don't have (and don't intend to have) all the Wreckers, but so far I have RTS Perceptor, Generations Kup, Classics Rodimus, Generations Drift, Universe Roadbuster, Classics Ultra Magnus (no armor), and DOTM Skyhammer as Whirl. I'm hoping to add an Arcee and Springer if they ever get made, as well as a better Ultra Magnus. I'd also like a Topspin and Twin Twist, but I doubt that there will be figures of them any time soon.

I'm pretty sure iGear is making them.

How do you all feel about Universe Countdown(and whatever his repaints are named)




standing in for Impactor, perhaps after a little repainting? Is he in the right proportion to the classics line? Is he too big? What about his vehicle mode.... Hell what IS the status Impactor anyways?

trence5 wrote:How do you all feel about Universe Countdown(and whatever his repaints are named)




standing in for Impactor, perhaps after a little repainting? Is he in the right proportion to the classics line? Is he too big? What about his vehicle mode.... Hell what IS the status Impactor anyways?

I like the mold and have him displayed with my Classics stuff at the moment but you can tell he is a repaint from another line. The aesthetics don't quite match up.

After the events of LSotW, Impactor & Guzzle took off. There whereabouts are unknown for th time being.