First look at Transformers Generations Selects Sandstorm
Tuesday, January 11th, 2022 6:03PM CST
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Posted by Flashwave on January 11th, 2022 @ 10:08pm CST
Posted by Rodimus Prime on January 11th, 2022 @ 11:57pm CST
Posted by -Kanrabat- on January 12th, 2022 @ 4:08am CST
Erh...
I'm not sure about that Sandstorm.
Posted by Sabrblade on January 12th, 2022 @ 10:17am CST
What's different about the orange from the original?-Kanrabat- wrote:Safety orange.
Erh...
I'm not sure about that Sandstorm.
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on January 12th, 2022 @ 11:36am CST
Sabrblade wrote:What's different about the orange from the original?-Kanrabat- wrote:Safety orange.
Erh...
I'm not sure about that Sandstorm.
The plastic colors are close enough (pending image lighting), but I'm not that thrilled with the orange/tan paint they used. I know, it's "sand" but they could have gone without.
Posted by -Kanrabat- on January 12th, 2022 @ 11:36am CST
Sabrblade wrote:What's different about the orange from the original?-Kanrabat- wrote:Safety orange.
Erh...
I'm not sure about that Sandstorm.
Nothing.
This doesn't do any favors to the original.
Safety orange is a truly ugly color on a transformer. Especially the beasts.
Posted by griftimus prime on January 12th, 2022 @ 1:05pm CST
Posted by blackeyedprime on January 12th, 2022 @ 1:48pm CST
Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on January 12th, 2022 @ 2:45pm CST
Posted by AcademyofDrX on January 12th, 2022 @ 4:41pm CST
-Kanrabat- wrote:Sabrblade wrote:What's different about the orange from the original?-Kanrabat- wrote:Safety orange.
Erh...
I'm not sure about that Sandstorm.
Nothing.
This doesn't do any favors to the original.
Safety orange is a truly ugly color on a transformer. Especially the beasts.
Beg to differ, safety orange looks great on the original Sandstorm.
Posted by Sabrblade on January 12th, 2022 @ 11:58pm CST
Yeah, it's most likely because Scorponok was a show character that his mold was used for Sandstorm, since using molds of show characters enabled Mainframe to make their box art.AllNewSuperRobot wrote:As an aside, it does give hope to Sandstorm being a redeco of the (eventual) MP Scorponok. Given there doesn't seem to be an issue with him being based on the show model, as opposed to the proportions of the original figure ala the Second/Neo Dinobot redecos/retools.
Posted by o.supreme on January 13th, 2022 @ 1:06pm CST
I found Toys R Russ a few months back. I like his videos because they are pretty simple. Also he has a TON of Japanese, and other international/rare original TF variants.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on January 13th, 2022 @ 8:17pm CST
Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on January 14th, 2022 @ 3:13pm CST
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Really makes me wonder why Nemesis Primal didn't get the awesome mutant mask of the Primal design.
Considering how many redecos the original Primal had. The Mutant Mask might be the head sculpt of a future release. Selects Apelinq, for example.
Posted by -Kanrabat- on January 14th, 2022 @ 4:26pm CST
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Really makes me wonder why Nemesis Primal didn't get the awesome mutant mask of the Primal design.
Considering how many redecos the original Primal had. The Mutant Mask might be the head sculpt of a future release. Selects Apelinq, for example.
I'd be down for a mutant mask Primal. But make it a completely different deco than black. Like pure white for a nice yeti.
Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on January 14th, 2022 @ 4:30pm CST
There is quite the selection.
Burning Convoy in this line with the Mutant Mask could work too.
Posted by -Kanrabat- on January 14th, 2022 @ 4:34pm CST
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:
Burning Convoy in this line with the Mutant Mask could work too.
Mutant mask or not (and I don't think it will have the mask) Burning Convoy is a sureshot from Takara.
Posted by o.supreme on January 14th, 2022 @ 4:47pm CST
Posted by Till-all-R1 on January 14th, 2022 @ 5:00pm CST
Sabrblade wrote:AllNewSuperRobot wrote:
That's pretty cool, when was this figure released?
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on January 14th, 2022 @ 5:05pm CST
Till-all-R1 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:AllNewSuperRobot wrote:
That's pretty cool, when was this figure released?
That's Arcee, BotCon 2001. The box even has a little light-sensitive speaker with voice clips from Susan Blu, her original voice actress as well the Beast Wars voice director.
Transformers BotCon Exclusives Arcee Gallery
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on January 15th, 2022 @ 5:21pm CST
Posted by Razorbeast88 on January 16th, 2022 @ 2:19pm CST
A new apelinq at some point would be great
Probably won't happen but I hope they pull an agent Ravage on Voyager tigatron to give us a Wreckers Tigatron. That'd be pretty cool
Posted by Wolfman Jake on January 16th, 2022 @ 5:13pm CST
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on January 16th, 2022 @ 5:42pm CST
Razorbeast88 wrote:Probably won't happen but I hope they pull an agent Ravage on Voyager tigatron to give us a Wreckers Tigatron. That'd be pretty cool
I'd love this too
Posted by Emerje on January 16th, 2022 @ 10:55pm CST
I would like to see a Tigatron repaint of Agent Ravage, even if it does screw with his size.
I'd also like to see Voyager Tigatron done as Under-3/Unit-3, that mold would look good in black with orange stripes.
Emerje
Posted by o.supreme on January 24th, 2022 @ 11:00am CST
That is enough for five weeks right there, similar to what Hasbro did in Summer of 2020, with even more reveals in-between the weeks were not TF Tuesdays. IN total I think eight or nine selects toys were officially revealed and made available to pre-order in that 5 week span alone.
Although there were technically only three selects released in 2021, if you throw SG in there, that adds a five more as well.
Posted by Nemesis Primal on January 24th, 2022 @ 1:51pm CST
Only issue with this: currently, as far as we know, the black Ironhide is the only of the figures you've mentioned that is confirmed as a Selects figure. Silverstreak/Blue Bluestreak is supposedly a Target exclusive and we don't know the exact deal with the Beast Wars guys.o.supreme wrote:With all the toy shows canceled, I would expect very soon probably another round of TF Tuesday Selects reveals. I mean three leaked figures have full reviews online (Buzzsaw, BW Sandstorm, and Nightprowler) Plus leaked images of "SG Ironhide" (Black), and "SG Bluestreak" (Blue).
That is enough for five weeks right there, similar to what Hasbro did in Summer of 2020, with even more reveals in-between the weeks were not TF Tuesdays. IN total I think eight or nine selects toys were officially revealed and made available to pre-order in that 5 week span alone.
Although there were technically only three selects released in 2021, if you throw SG in there, that adds a five more as well.
Also 2021 had 5 Selects: Deep Cover, G2 Ramjet, Transmutate, Artfire, & Toy Galvatron/Galvatron 2/whatever we're calling him.
Posted by o.supreme on January 25th, 2022 @ 12:17pm CST
Available to pre-order on Pulse now
Posted by Rodimus Prime on January 25th, 2022 @ 12:26pm CST
Posted by -Kanrabat- on January 25th, 2022 @ 12:42pm CST
Posted by o.supreme on January 25th, 2022 @ 12:44pm CST
I know more SG is supposedly coming, I'm mot sure if Ironhide was supposed to be one of them.
Posted by sol magnus on January 25th, 2022 @ 12:49pm CST
Posted by o.supreme on January 25th, 2022 @ 12:53pm CST
In fact, come to think of it, that may be something I've never seen before... I've seen some rare MIB Diaclone toys, but always in Japanese packaging, I've never seen any of the super rare North American releases with English packaging...
Posted by Nemesis Primal on January 25th, 2022 @ 12:59pm CST
Interesting that he's $2 more than what Hasbro currently considers to be regular Deluxe price, I guess that confirms all the speculation that the ER Ironhide/Ratchet tooling exists between size classes.
The SG figures in the pipeline that we know of are supposed to be Wheeljack, Soundwave, Blaster, & Magnus.o.supreme wrote:I know more SG is supposedly coming, I'm mot sure if Ironhide was supposed to be one of them.
Posted by Rodimus Prime on January 25th, 2022 @ 4:19pm CST
Posted by Nemesis Primal on January 25th, 2022 @ 4:23pm CST
Lift-Ticket has already been up for preorder since October.Rodimus Prime wrote:Wasn't that going to be named Lift Ticket?
Posted by Rodimus Prime on January 25th, 2022 @ 4:45pm CST
Oh yeah that's the Hoist repaint. Trailbreaker is slightly different. My bad.Nemesis Primal wrote:Lift-Ticket has already been up for preorder since October.Rodimus Prime wrote:Wasn't that going to be named Lift Ticket?
Posted by o.supreme on January 25th, 2022 @ 4:55pm CST
Nemesis Primal wrote:I wonder if that means the Trailbreaker repaint will actually have a real boy name and not just DK-3.
Unfortunately I don't think there was any other release of "Blue Trailbreaker" by Takara under any other name than DK-3, but it will interesting to see what Hasbro come sup with.
Posted by Overcracker on January 25th, 2022 @ 4:57pm CST
Nemesis Primal wrote:Lift-Ticket has already been up for preorder since October.Rodimus Prime wrote:Wasn't that going to be named Lift Ticket?
Lift Ticket is the Red / Yellow repaint from Hoist.
DK-3 is the Blue repaint from Trailbreaker, separate from Lift Ticket.
DK-3 marks the completion of the DK / Diakrone Takara Diaclone tri-fecta. With Red Sunstreaker a.k.a Spin-Out a.k.a Dk-1 and Black Ironhide a.k.a Dk-2.
Posted by william-james88 on January 25th, 2022 @ 5:29pm CST
This toy is based on the original Diaclone release labelled as DK-2 (image below)
Fans can take their Transformers figure collections to the next level with Generations Selects, a fan-dedicated line of figures featuring fan-favorite, special edition characters you can’t find in the main line.
The DK-2 Guard figure is based on the Diaclone Onebox Cherry Vanette toy, which was originally planned to have black deco. The black deco was changed to red for release as Ironhide in 1984. Now, the DK-2 Guard figure is released in the originally-planned deco scheme. This figure converts from robot to van mode in 22 steps. Figure comes with blaster and shield accessories.
Product Features
5.50-inch scale (14cm)
Made of plastic
Based on the Diaclone Onebox Cherry Vanette toy
Transforms from robot to van in 22 steps
Fully articulated
Instructions may or may not include English translation
Box Contents
Guard figure
Blaster
Shield
Instructions
Posted by TulioDude on January 25th, 2022 @ 6:45pm CST
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Posted by Bounti76 on January 25th, 2022 @ 7:53pm CST
Posted by TF-fan kev777 on January 25th, 2022 @ 8:00pm CST
Bounti76 wrote:Was anyone aware that Deluxes were going up to $25? Every preorder I've seen (I ordered mine on Pulse) had him at $24.99.
Speculation (and hope I guess) is that this is related to the ER Ironhide/Ratchet mold using too much mass/parts to fit in a regular deluxe price point.
Posted by Emerje on January 25th, 2022 @ 8:42pm CST
Ordered mine off BBTS, it's the exact same price as on Pulse rather than them adding a buck or two as they often do over the Pulse price and now I don't have to pay $7 for shipping or scramble to find something to add for free shipping.
Emerje
Posted by o.supreme on January 25th, 2022 @ 8:55pm CST
https://youtu.be/0QVb45t6BNs
This makes sense considering the effects packs for the last 2 years (Centurion Drone and Tricraneous) both came in the same size deluxe box than all the others but still managed to pack in the extra box of parts.
I know a few people have Black Zarak in other countries, but I haven't seen anyone compare the box size to other Titan Boxes I am curious to see if it is any smaller.
Posted by TF-fan kev777 on January 25th, 2022 @ 9:22pm CST
Emerje wrote:Ordered mine off BBTS, it's the exact same price as on Pulse rather than them adding a buck or two as they often do over the Pulse price and now I don't have to pay $7 for shipping or scramble to find something to add for free shipping.
Emerje
Perfect, thanks for this, just did the same.
Posted by william-james88 on January 25th, 2022 @ 11:01pm CST
These images come to us from a Chefatron review.