Generations Selects Overbite, Tentakil and MP-38+ Burning Convoy Delayed Via Hasbro Pulse

Tuesday, February 18th, 2020 7:50PM CST

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Well, it was rather inevitable, seeing as how the others in the set were delayed, but now we've got official confirmation via a handful of Seibertronians, letting us know that the final members of the Generations Selects Seacons, Overbite and Tentakil, will be delayed in shipping if they were preordered via Hasbro Pulse. Also delayed via Pulse is MP-38+ Burning Convoy, the red redeco of MP Optimus Primal. Shown below is the email recieved by Seibertronian Lore Keeper.

Note that this delay only affects Hasbro Pulse preorders. Those who ordered previous Seacons from other sources have seen their figures ship on time. Beyond the notice of delay, Pulse has given no indication of what caused the delays for their orders.

Those of you who've ordered through Pulse, what do you think of the delay? What are your thoughts on the issue? Let us know in the forums below, and please stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest Transformers news!

Credit(s): Lore Keeper, Saphrone Seidel and Nemesis Primal

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Re: Generations Selects Overbite, Tentakil and MP-38+ Burning Convoy Delayed Via Hasbro Pulse (2052747)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on February 18th, 2020 @ 7:58pm CST

The delays are awful here, why are so many Takara products being delayed?

I'm definitely glad I did not order from Pulse, this is a mess right now

Re: Generations Selects Overbite, Tentakil and MP-38+ Burning Convoy Delayed Via Hasbro Pulse (2052751)
Posted by Brokebot on February 18th, 2020 @ 8:10pm CST

And that'll be my last order from Pulse. :BANG_HEAD:

Re: Generations Selects Overbite, Tentakil and MP-38+ Burning Convoy Delayed Via Hasbro Pulse (2052752)
Posted by Skritz on February 18th, 2020 @ 8:24pm CST

Man. Pulse seems like a total trainwreck.

Re: Generations Selects Overbite, Tentakil and MP-38+ Burning Convoy Delayed Via Hasbro Pulse (2052755)
Posted by DecepticonFinishline on February 18th, 2020 @ 8:54pm CST

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:The delays are awful here, why are so many Takara products being delayed?

I'm definitely glad I did not order from Pulse, this is a mess right now

I, obviously, can't speak in definitive terms... But given that they (almost definitely) have the first two in hand, I think these delays were intentional so that the whole combiner could be finished in the span of about of a month.

I know it makes me sound like an apologist, and that theory doesn't hold water when considering Star Convoy, though.

Either way, I don't mind the delay. It just means that my Seacons stand alone for a shorter amount of time.

Re: Generations Selects Overbite, Tentakil and MP-38+ Burning Convoy Delayed Via Hasbro Pulse (2052757)
Posted by Emerje on February 18th, 2020 @ 9:20pm CST

This isn't so bad, it's only a month. These guys would have been released at the end of March, now it's the end of April. I've waited longer than that for TFSource to fill an on time order. This also means we're getting four Seacons in April with wave 2 coming at the start. Just means I'm a month behind everyone else in completing the set, I'm fine with that.

Incidentally I just noticed Star Convoy is in stock on Pulse so I guess they're stocking extras after all unless they had a lot of cancellations.

DecepticonFinishline wrote:
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:The delays are awful here, why are so many Takara products being delayed?

I'm definitely glad I did not order from Pulse, this is a mess right now

I, obviously, can't speak in definitive terms... But given that they (almost definitely) have the first two in hand, I think these delays were intentional so that the whole combiner could be finished in the span of about of a month.

You're overthinking it a bit since they've also been delaying MPs, basically everything they've been getting from Takara Tomy. Besides, the designers might consider such a thing when planning waves, but there's no reason for Pulse to care.

Emerje

Re: Generations Selects Overbite, Tentakil and MP-38+ Burning Convoy Delayed Via Hasbro Pulse (2052758)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on February 18th, 2020 @ 9:22pm CST

Well, on the bright side of these delay announcements...

*records the ID codes and product numbers*

Hang on a second... With Star Convoy as TT-GS01 it's supposed to end with TT-GS07, not TT-GS08... Ah, TT-GS05 is missing! :-?

Re: Generations Selects Overbite, Tentakil and MP-38+ Burning Convoy Delayed Via Hasbro Pulse (2052759)
Posted by Emerje on February 18th, 2020 @ 9:36pm CST

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Well, on the bright side of these delay announcements...

*records the ID codes and product numbers*

Hang on a second... With Star Convoy as TT-GS01 it's supposed to end with TT-GS07, not TT-GS08...

You're right, Hasbro skipped over TT-GS05. Takara Tomy didn't number these so I wonder how Hasbro missed that?

Emerje

Re: Generations Selects Overbite, Tentakil and MP-38+ Burning Convoy Delayed Via Hasbro Pulse (2052760)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on February 18th, 2020 @ 9:39pm CST

Emerje wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Well, on the bright side of these delay announcements...

*records the ID codes and product numbers*

Hang on a second... With Star Convoy as TT-GS01 it's supposed to end with TT-GS07, not TT-GS08...

You're right, Hasbro skipped over TT-GS05. Takara Tomy didn't number these so I wonder how Hasbro missed that?

Emerje

Preparing a slot for Super Megatron?

Re: Generations Selects Overbite, Tentakil and MP-38+ Burning Convoy Delayed Via Hasbro Pulse (2052764)
Posted by Lore Keeper on February 18th, 2020 @ 10:24pm CST

I really like the convenience of Pulse, but if they don't address all these delays, I'll be going elsewhere for my Takara imports. It's just not worth the wait with no explanation.

Re: Generations Selects Overbite, Tentakil and MP-38+ Burning Convoy Delayed Via Hasbro Pulse (2052768)
Posted by Rodimus Prime on February 18th, 2020 @ 11:04pm CST

I'm not sold on ER Starscream yet. I like the jet mode but the robot mode is underwhelming. I wonder if Hasbro would ever consider releasing a special edition in the Selects line, with a comic-accurate deco, using white on the gray parts and a blue head. I would be down for that instantly.

Re: Generations Selects Overbite, Tentakil and MP-38+ Burning Convoy Delayed Via Hasbro Pulse (2052770)
Posted by Emerje on February 18th, 2020 @ 11:08pm CST

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Emerje wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Well, on the bright side of these delay announcements...

*records the ID codes and product numbers*

Hang on a second... With Star Convoy as TT-GS01 it's supposed to end with TT-GS07, not TT-GS08...

You're right, Hasbro skipped over TT-GS05. Takara Tomy didn't number these so I wonder how Hasbro missed that?

Emerje

Preparing a slot for Super Megatron?

Maybe, depends on how long ago Hasbro made the numbers. Turtler and Super Megatron were teased at the same time. That does align with my theory that Super Megatron was delayed because they scrapped their original plans to use TR Galvatron in favor of the rumored Earthrise version. The other problem is that as 05 it would have been right in the middle of Seacon wave 2 which is strange unless they originally intended to do two waves of 3 instead of 3 waves of 2.

Emerje

Re: Generations Selects Overbite, Tentakil and MP-38+ Burning Convoy Delayed Via Hasbro Pulse (2052771)
Posted by BW Megatron on February 18th, 2020 @ 11:30pm CST

There was quite a bit of time between the delay announcements of Nautilator and Seawing and the delay announcements for Tentakill and Overbite. Makes me wonder something. A week after the delay announcements of Snaptrap and Skalor, both figures showed up on TFSource. All 4 remaining figures are claiming February release dates on TFSource. Will this still be the case, or is it more likely that the TFSource customers will get Nautilator and Seawing this month and then will get Tentakill and Overbite in March?

Re: Generations Selects Overbite, Tentakil and MP-38+ Burning Convoy Delayed Via Hasbro Pulse (2052772)
Posted by Emerje on February 18th, 2020 @ 11:56pm CST

BW Megatron wrote:There was quite a bit of time between the delay announcements of Nautilator and Seawing and the delay announcements for Tentakill and Overbite. Makes me wonder something. A week after the delay announcements of Snaptrap and Skalor, both figures showed up on TFSource. All 4 remaining figures are claiming February release dates on TFSource. Will this still be the case, or is it more likely that the TFSource customers will get Nautilator and Seawing this month and then will get Tentakill and Overbite in March?

The delay on Pulse has nothing to do with release schedules elsewhere. But TFSource is making an error if they're saying Overbite and Tentakill are coming in February, they've always been scheduled for March.

Emerje

Re: Generations Selects Overbite, Tentakil and MP-38+ Burning Convoy Delayed Via Hasbro Pulse (2052774)
Posted by DecepticonFinishline on February 19th, 2020 @ 12:47am CST

Emerje wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Well, on the bright side of these delay announcements...

*records the ID codes and product numbers*

Hang on a second... With Star Convoy as TT-GS01 it's supposed to end with TT-GS07, not TT-GS08...

You're right, Hasbro skipped over TT-GS05. Takara Tomy didn't number these so I wonder how Hasbro missed that?

Emerje

I put out a tweet about that a while back. My assumption was always the Armada Optimus.

I hope they still give the 05 designation to somebody... I'm a serial completionist, and not having an 05 at all would really cause some sleepless nights.

Re: Generations Selects Overbite, Tentakil and MP-38+ Burning Convoy Delayed Via Hasbro Pulse (2052776)
Posted by Emerje on February 19th, 2020 @ 1:48am CST

DecepticonFinishline wrote:I put out a tweet about that a while back. My assumption was always the Armada Optimus.

Unfortunately the word at Wonder Festival a little over a week ago was that Armada Convoy wasn't an actual product, just a proof of concept. Supposedly if there's enough fan interest he can still happen, but he doesn't seem to be a top priority right now and they definitely weren't reserving a number for him.

Emerje

Re: Generations Selects Overbite, Tentakil and MP-38+ Burning Convoy Delayed Via Hasbro Pulse (2052786)
Posted by TF-fan kev777 on February 19th, 2020 @ 6:56am CST

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Well, on the bright side of these delay announcements...

*records the ID codes and product numbers*

Hang on a second... With Star Convoy as TT-GS01 it's supposed to end with TT-GS07, not TT-GS08... Ah, TT-GS05 is missing!

I have been wondering about that. Could TT-GS05 be the Siege Nemesis Prime?

Re: Generations Selects Overbite, Tentakil and MP-38+ Burning Convoy Delayed Via Hasbro Pulse (2052792)
Posted by no-one on February 19th, 2020 @ 9:54am CST

TF-fan kev777 wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Well, on the bright side of these delay announcements...

*records the ID codes and product numbers*

Hang on a second... With Star Convoy as TT-GS01 it's supposed to end with TT-GS07, not TT-GS08... Ah, TT-GS05 is missing!
I have been wondering about that. Could TT-GS05 be the Siege Nemesis Prime?

Now that is some wishful thinking I can get behind. I'd love to get my hands on that deco.

Re: Generations Selects Overbite, Tentakil and MP-38+ Burning Convoy Delayed Via Hasbro Pulse (2052793)
Posted by TF-fan kev777 on February 19th, 2020 @ 10:00am CST

carytheone wrote:
TF-fan kev777 wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Well, on the bright side of these delay announcements...

*records the ID codes and product numbers*

Hang on a second... With Star Convoy as TT-GS01 it's supposed to end with TT-GS07, not TT-GS08... Ah, TT-GS05 is missing!
I have been wondering about that. Could TT-GS05 be the Siege Nemesis Prime?
Now that is some wishful thinking I can get behind. I'd love to get my hands on that deco.

You might have missed the boat, or at least the least expensive boat to avoid 3rd party sellers. He was announced back in September and was the one TT Selects offering that I don't think Hasbro Pulse carried so far. Looks to be pretty much sold out everywhere else. He was due in 1st Quarter 2020, putting him in the right timing for TT GS05, but it is weird that they would split up a pair of seacons to insert Nemesis Prime in between.

Re: Generations Selects Overbite, Tentakil and MP-38+ Burning Convoy Delayed Via Hasbro Pulse (2052796)
Posted by no-one on February 19th, 2020 @ 10:22am CST

TF-fan kev777 wrote:
carytheone wrote:
TF-fan kev777 wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Well, on the bright side of these delay announcements...

*records the ID codes and product numbers*

Hang on a second... With Star Convoy as TT-GS01 it's supposed to end with TT-GS07, not TT-GS08... Ah, TT-GS05 is missing!
I have been wondering about that. Could TT-GS05 be the Siege Nemesis Prime?
Now that is some wishful thinking I can get behind. I'd love to get my hands on that deco.
You might have missed the boat, or at least the least expensive boat to avoid 3rd party sellers. He was announced back in September and was the one TT Selects offering that I don't think Hasbro Pulse carried so far. Looks to be pretty much sold out everywhere else. He was due in 1st Quarter 2020, putting him in the right timing for TT GS05, but it is weird that they would split up a pair of seacons to insert Nemesis Prime in between.

Oh that ship has sailed and sunk. I was just saying that I'd be happy if Siege NemmyP showed up on Pulse under the Selects line.

Re: Generations Selects Overbite, Tentakil and MP-38+ Burning Convoy Delayed Via Hasbro Pulse (2052797)
Posted by TF-fan kev777 on February 19th, 2020 @ 10:30am CST

carytheone wrote:
TF-fan kev777 wrote:
carytheone wrote:
TF-fan kev777 wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Well, on the bright side of these delay announcements...

*records the ID codes and product numbers*

Hang on a second... With Star Convoy as TT-GS01 it's supposed to end with TT-GS07, not TT-GS08... Ah, TT-GS05 is missing!
I have been wondering about that. Could TT-GS05 be the Siege Nemesis Prime?
Now that is some wishful thinking I can get behind. I'd love to get my hands on that deco.
You might have missed the boat, or at least the least expensive boat to avoid 3rd party sellers. He was announced back in September and was the one TT Selects offering that I don't think Hasbro Pulse carried so far. Looks to be pretty much sold out everywhere else. He was due in 1st Quarter 2020, putting him in the right timing for TT GS05, but it is weird that they would split up a pair of seacons to insert Nemesis Prime in between.
Oh that ship has sailed and sunk. I was just saying that I'd be happy if Siege NemmyP showed up on Pulse under the Selects line.

Now that is where I do reserve a small bit of optimism seeing as Star Convoy did make a second appearance on Pulse. Who knows, maybe they can pull some strings and get a few once all the other retailers orders are filled.

Re: Generations Selects Overbite, Tentakil and MP-38+ Burning Convoy Delayed Via Hasbro Pulse (2052804)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on February 19th, 2020 @ 12:24pm CST

TF-fan kev777 wrote:
carytheone wrote:
TF-fan kev777 wrote:
carytheone wrote:
TF-fan kev777 wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Well, on the bright side of these delay announcements...

*records the ID codes and product numbers*

Hang on a second... With Star Convoy as TT-GS01 it's supposed to end with TT-GS07, not TT-GS08... Ah, TT-GS05 is missing!
I have been wondering about that. Could TT-GS05 be the Siege Nemesis Prime?
Now that is some wishful thinking I can get behind. I'd love to get my hands on that deco.
You might have missed the boat, or at least the least expensive boat to avoid 3rd party sellers. He was announced back in September and was the one TT Selects offering that I don't think Hasbro Pulse carried so far. Looks to be pretty much sold out everywhere else. He was due in 1st Quarter 2020, putting him in the right timing for TT GS05, but it is weird that they would split up a pair of seacons to insert Nemesis Prime in between.
Oh that ship has sailed and sunk. I was just saying that I'd be happy if Siege NemmyP showed up on Pulse under the Selects line.

Now that is where I do reserve a small bit of optimism seeing as Star Convoy did make a second appearance on Pulse. Who knows, maybe they can pull some strings and get a few once all the other retailers orders are filled.

... except Siege Nemesis Prime is a regular exclusive, and not part of Takara Selects. That seems to be reserved for extensive retools and/or figures that don't fit into the WFC trilogy. Besides, Super Megatron was teased to be a part of the ongoing storyline.

Re: Generations Selects Overbite, Tentakil and MP-38+ Burning Convoy Delayed Via Hasbro Pulse (2052827)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on February 19th, 2020 @ 3:33pm CST

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
TF-fan kev777 wrote:
carytheone wrote:
TF-fan kev777 wrote:
carytheone wrote:
TF-fan kev777 wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Well, on the bright side of these delay announcements...

*records the ID codes and product numbers*

Hang on a second... With Star Convoy as TT-GS01 it's supposed to end with TT-GS07, not TT-GS08... Ah, TT-GS05 is missing!
I have been wondering about that. Could TT-GS05 be the Siege Nemesis Prime?
Now that is some wishful thinking I can get behind. I'd love to get my hands on that deco.
You might have missed the boat, or at least the least expensive boat to avoid 3rd party sellers. He was announced back in September and was the one TT Selects offering that I don't think Hasbro Pulse carried so far. Looks to be pretty much sold out everywhere else. He was due in 1st Quarter 2020, putting him in the right timing for TT GS05, but it is weird that they would split up a pair of seacons to insert Nemesis Prime in between.
Oh that ship has sailed and sunk. I was just saying that I'd be happy if Siege NemmyP showed up on Pulse under the Selects line.

Now that is where I do reserve a small bit of optimism seeing as Star Convoy did make a second appearance on Pulse. Who knows, maybe they can pull some strings and get a few once all the other retailers orders are filled.

... except Siege Nemesis Prime is a regular exclusive, and not part of Takara Selects. That seems to be reserved for extensive retools and/or figures that don't fit into the WFC trilogy. Besides, Super Megatron was teased to be a part of the ongoing storyline.

I wouldn't mind a watered down nemesis deco of seige prime, I don't need the full $100 treatment TT gave him, but I do love me a nemesis, and based on the potp exclusive, hasbro isn't above them

Re: Generations Selects Overbite, Tentakil and MP-38+ Burning Convoy Delayed Via Hasbro Pulse (2052832)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on February 19th, 2020 @ 3:52pm CST

Hellscream9999 wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
TF-fan kev777 wrote:Now that is where I do reserve a small bit of optimism seeing as Star Convoy did make a second appearance on Pulse. Who knows, maybe they can pull some strings and get a few once all the other retailers orders are filled.

... except Siege Nemesis Prime is a regular exclusive, and not part of Takara Selects. That seems to be reserved for extensive retools and/or figures that don't fit into the WFC trilogy. Besides, Super Megatron was teased to be a part of the ongoing storyline.

I wouldn't mind a watered down nemesis deco of seige prime, I don't need the full $100 treatment TT gave him, but I do love me a nemesis, and based on the potp exclusive, hasbro isn't above them

I still want that one... one of the few that actually stands out from Optimus Prime.

Re: Generations Selects Overbite, Tentakil and MP-38+ Burning Convoy Delayed Via Hasbro Pulse (2052838)
Posted by ZeldaTheSwordsman on February 19th, 2020 @ 4:13pm CST

Nemesis Prime's "all-over black with teal accents" scheme does a lot to mitigate the inherent aesthetic flaws of that mold.

Re: Generations Selects Overbite, Tentakil and MP-38+ Burning Convoy Delayed Via Hasbro Pulse (2052922)
Posted by Nemesis Primal on February 20th, 2020 @ 1:23am CST

So since last year we got that G2 Combat Megatron announced and put on Pulse during Toy Fair, and that Pulse Premium extension email teased that we'd get to purchase some of the Toy Fair reveals early, what are the odds that we're about to get Artfire or Slicer or someone announced and made available this weekend?

Re: Generations Selects Overbite, Tentakil and MP-38+ Burning Convoy Delayed Via Hasbro Pulse (2052932)
Posted by Emerje on February 20th, 2020 @ 2:52am CST

Nemesis Primal wrote:So since last year we got that G2 Combat Megatron announced and put on Pulse during Toy Fair, and that Pulse Premium extension email teased that we'd get to purchase some of the Toy Fair reveals early, what are the odds that we're about to get Artfire or Slicer or someone announced and made available this weekend?

I wouldn't put it past them. I doubt they would do Artfire before Inferno was released, though. But neither would I be surprised by a blue Siege Combat Optimus Prime or even their own release of Nemesis Prime since it would have been hard to justify Hasbro selling a straight repaint of a $30 figure for twice the price. There's also a whole lot of Cliffjumper retools waiting to happen and it's doubtful most of them will make it to mass retail.

Emerje

Re: Generations Selects Overbite, Tentakil and MP-38+ Burning Convoy Delayed Via Hasbro Pulse (2052953)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on February 20th, 2020 @ 7:10am CST

Emerje wrote:
Nemesis Primal wrote:So since last year we got that G2 Combat Megatron announced and put on Pulse during Toy Fair, and that Pulse Premium extension email teased that we'd get to purchase some of the Toy Fair reveals early, what are the odds that we're about to get Artfire or Slicer or someone announced and made available this weekend?

I wouldn't put it past them. I doubt they would do Artfire before Inferno was released, though. But neither would I be surprised by a blue Siege Combat Optimus Prime or even their own release of Nemesis Prime since it would have been hard to justify Hasbro selling a straight repaint of a $30 figure for twice the price. There's also a whole lot of Cliffjumper retools waiting to happen and it's doubtful most of them will make it to mass retail.

Emerje

Could be the pastel green grapple recolor no one ever talks about :-?

But I would love a wheeljack retool with an exhaust-style headsculpt

Re: Generations Selects Overbite, Tentakil and MP-38+ Burning Convoy Delayed Via Hasbro Pulse (2052984)
Posted by Sabrblade on February 20th, 2020 @ 9:39am CST

Just got an update about my preorder of Turtler and Gulf. Not from Hasbro Pulse, but from Action Robo. My order has processed and I just paid the remaining balance of my order (twas a bit steeper than I was expecting, but I realized that that was because they had included the shipping cost into the remaining balance since I didn't pay for that at the time of my initial preorder payment). Now I just have to wait for them to receive my payment (which should be within a day or so) and they'll ship out my first pair of Seacons. :-D

Re: Generations Selects Overbite, Tentakil and MP-38+ Burning Convoy Delayed Via Hasbro Pulse (2053161)
Posted by Nemesis Primal on February 20th, 2020 @ 10:57pm CST

Hellscream9999 wrote:
Emerje wrote:
Nemesis Primal wrote:So since last year we got that G2 Combat Megatron announced and put on Pulse during Toy Fair, and that Pulse Premium extension email teased that we'd get to purchase some of the Toy Fair reveals early, what are the odds that we're about to get Artfire or Slicer or someone announced and made available this weekend?

I wouldn't put it past them. I doubt they would do Artfire before Inferno was released, though. But neither would I be surprised by a blue Siege Combat Optimus Prime or even their own release of Nemesis Prime since it would have been hard to justify Hasbro selling a straight repaint of a $30 figure for twice the price. There's also a whole lot of Cliffjumper retools waiting to happen and it's doubtful most of them will make it to mass retail.

Emerje

Could be the pastel green grapple recolor no one ever talks about

But I would love a wheeljack retool with an exhaust-style headsculpt

That green Grapple would be Hauler, the Hall of Fame candidate himself, and while he could be alright, I would personally prefer we get a Cybertron Mudflap from the Grapple tooling of the mold, especially if his crane hook, nozzle gun, and claw were all translucent green plastic like the OG figure. I did forget that we needed the Inferno tooling first when I said Artfire though, he was just the first easy Selects candidate that came to mind from the Wave 1 ER molds, especially since they already did Ricochet.

One of the multiple leaks/rumors for Earthrise did say that Exhaust would be in Wave 4, and that in Selects we'd get Hubcap, Hot House, Rotorstorm (I guess from Siege Spinister?), and Black Zarak's Fasttrack whose name I forget, so maybe we'll get one of them?

Re: Generations Selects Overbite, Tentakil and MP-38+ Burning Convoy Delayed Via Hasbro Pulse (2053162)
Posted by ZeldaTheSwordsman on February 20th, 2020 @ 11:01pm CST

Black Roritchi. Which is funny, because he's gold.

Hopefully we'll get Black Zarak to go with him.

Re: Generations Selects Overbite, Tentakil and MP-38+ Burning Convoy Delayed Via Hasbro Pulse (2053164)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on February 20th, 2020 @ 11:12pm CST

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Black Roritchi. Which is funny, because he's gold.

Hopefully we'll get Black Zarak to go with him.

I still don't understand where they got the name from, next to Onomis and Koka of "Grand Cog". At least he has an alternative name: Guard Minder, leader of the Fasttrack drones... and I'm pretty sure I'm encouraging army building right now. :shock:

Re: Generations Selects Overbite, Tentakil and MP-38+ Burning Convoy Delayed Via Hasbro Pulse (2053167)
Posted by ZeldaTheSwordsman on February 20th, 2020 @ 11:27pm CST

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Black Roritchi. Which is funny, because he's gold.

Hopefully we'll get Black Zarak to go with him.

I still don't understand where they got the name from, next to Onomis and Koka of "Grand Cog". At least he has an alternative name: Guard Minder, leader of the Fasttrack drones... and I'm pretty sure I'm encouraging army building right now.

According to TFwiki, "Guardminder" refers to all the Fasttrack drones.

I wonder if there was a stray Japanese design document that gave Fasttrack the name "Roritchi", that would make "Black Roritchi" more sensible for the Black Zarak one. It wouldn't surprise me if there was such a document... Takara very obviously could not keep their notes straight when it came to Scorponok. Someone obviously wanted to have the big robot mode named "Megazarak" to mirror "Fortress" and "Fortress Maximus", while someone else wanted to keep the American name Scorponok... and wires got crossed to the result of the small non-scorpion guy who formed the head ending up with the "Scorponok" name while the big transtector got the Megazarak name despite the parallel having been ruined. One of many reasons The Headmasters is a trainwreck.

Re: Generations Selects Overbite, Tentakil and MP-38+ Burning Convoy Delayed Via Hasbro Pulse (2053168)
Posted by Sabrblade on February 20th, 2020 @ 11:36pm CST

I've been wondering something about Black Roritchi's name. Since the "Roritchi' part is written as ロリッチ in Katakana, then shouldn't his name instead be "Black Roricchi" since the small ッ is used to double the next character's consonant sound (In this case, it turns the "chi" of チ into "cchi") and does not universally function like a letter T sound?

Re: Generations Selects Overbite, Tentakil and MP-38+ Burning Convoy Delayed Via Hasbro Pulse (2053169)
Posted by ZeldaTheSwordsman on February 20th, 2020 @ 11:40pm CST

*shrug* You'd have to ask whoever transliterated it why they went with a 'T'.

Maybe we should drop the subject.. Or has the fandom managed to mature beyond fighting blood wars over transliterations?

Re: Generations Selects Overbite, Tentakil and MP-38+ Burning Convoy Delayed Via Hasbro Pulse (2053172)
Posted by Sabrblade on February 20th, 2020 @ 11:46pm CST

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:*shrug* You'd have to ask whoever transliterated it why they went with a 'T'.

Maybe we should drop the subject.. Or has the fandom managed to mature beyond fighting blood wars over transliterations?

Looking up TFWiki's history, the person who added the T was an anon. :HEADHURTS:

Re: Generations Selects Overbite, Tentakil and MP-38+ Burning Convoy Delayed Via Hasbro Pulse (2053241)
Posted by Sabrblade on February 21st, 2020 @ 9:58am CST

I've received an answer elsewhere that "Roritchi" is indeed correct.

Meanwhile, in other Selects-related news, my Turtler and Gulf have shipped. :KREMZEEK:

Re: Generations Selects Overbite, Tentakil and MP-38+ Burning Convoy Delayed Via Hasbro Pulse (2053390)
Posted by ZeldaTheSwordsman on February 21st, 2020 @ 4:33pm CST

I wonder if they'll bother doing a Selects Clouder, considering the animators of Masterforce screwed up royally and used the Doubledealer color scheme.

Re: Generations Selects Overbite, Tentakil and MP-38+ Burning Convoy Delayed Via Hasbro Pulse (2053667)
Posted by Sabrblade on February 22nd, 2020 @ 2:33pm CST

https://hasbropulse.com/collections/gen ... nit-4-pack

Skar, Knok, Blue Frenzy, and Wingthing

Re: Generations Selects Overbite, Tentakil and MP-38+ Burning Convoy Delayed Via Hasbro Pulse (2053671)
Posted by aronjlove on February 22nd, 2020 @ 2:41pm CST

Sabrblade wrote:https://hasbropulse.com/collections/generations/products/transformers-generations-selects-micromaster-wfc-gs10-soundwave-spy-patrol-3rd-unit-4-pack

Skar, Knok, Blue Frenzy, and Wingthing

Just saw this and I'm hoping there will still be some left after 4 pm lol!

Re: Generations Selects Overbite, Tentakil and MP-38+ Burning Convoy Delayed Via Hasbro Pulse (2053684)
Posted by no-one on February 22nd, 2020 @ 3:04pm CST

Sabrblade wrote:https://hasbropulse.com/collections/generations/products/transformers-generations-selects-micromaster-wfc-gs10-soundwave-spy-patrol-3rd-unit-4-pack

Skar, Knok, Blue Frenzy, and Wingthing

Weird choices if you ask me, two Ratbat redecos and no Buzzsaw. Locked me a set down though.

EDIT: on closer inspection, one appears to have a different head sculpt :-?

aronjlove wrote:Just saw this and I'm hoping there will still be some left after 4 pm lol!

When in doubt - BBTS.

Re: Generations Selects Overbite, Tentakil and MP-38+ Burning Convoy Delayed Via Hasbro Pulse (2053685)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on February 22nd, 2020 @ 3:05pm CST

Toy Fair 2020 is in full swing, and we have a boatload of stuff to share with you today!

Up first, we have the one Transformers Generations Selects figure to come out of the event: the Soundwave Spy Patrol Part 3! This Selects release is a 4-pack of Micromasters, which was rumored about a month ago. This will serve as the 3rd and final component to the Soundwave cassette team, and features the final 2 "main" cassettes he carried: Frenzy and Wingthing. The other 2 micromaster cassettes in the pack are a bit more interesting: with Leader Class Doubledealer on the way, the final 2 members of this 4-pack include retools of the Soundwave cassettes into the Powermasters for Doubledealer: Autobot Knok and Decepticon Skar!

This 4-pack is now currently up for pre-order on Hasbro Pulse and is set to arrive in early May of this year.

Check out the images below, and let us know what you think in the comments section below!

Re: Generations Selects Overbite, Tentakil and MP-38+ Burning Convoy Delayed Via Hasbro Pulse (2053686)
Posted by Nemesis Primal on February 22nd, 2020 @ 3:06pm CST

aronjlove wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:https://hasbropulse.com/collections/generations/products/transformers-generations-selects-micromaster-wfc-gs10-soundwave-spy-patrol-3rd-unit-4-pack

Skar, Knok, Blue Frenzy, and Wingthing
Just saw this and I'm hoping there will still be some left after 4 pm lol!

Well it was 4 PM EST, so you should be able to try and snag one about now. Last I checked the only thing that sold out so far was the Quintesson.

Re: Generations Selects Overbite, Tentakil and MP-38+ Burning Convoy Delayed Via Hasbro Pulse (2053687)
Posted by aronjlove on February 22nd, 2020 @ 3:10pm CST

Nemesis Primal wrote:
aronjlove wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:https://hasbropulse.com/collections/generations/products/transformers-generations-selects-micromaster-wfc-gs10-soundwave-spy-patrol-3rd-unit-4-pack

Skar, Knok, Blue Frenzy, and Wingthing
Just saw this and I'm hoping there will still be some left after 4 pm lol!

Well it was 4 PM EST, so you should be able to try and snag one about now. Last I checked the only thing that sold out so far was the Quintesson.

Thanks for the heads up, Arcee and Snapdragon plus Spy Patrol 3 are now pre-ordered.

Re: Generations Selects Overbite, Tentakil and MP-38+ Burning Convoy Delayed Via Hasbro Pulse (2053702)
Posted by NexMix on February 22nd, 2020 @ 3:30pm CST

So no Buzzsaw? That's really disappointing.

Re: Generations Selects Overbite, Tentakil and MP-38+ Burning Convoy Delayed Via Hasbro Pulse (2053710)
Posted by Wolfman Jake on February 22nd, 2020 @ 3:39pm CST

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Up first, we have the one Transformers Generations Selects figure to come out of the event: the Soundwave Spy Patrol Part 3! This Selects release is a 4-pack of Micromasters, which was rumored about a month ago. This will serve as the 3rd and final component to the Soundwave cassette team, and features the final 2 "main" cassettes he carried: Frenzy and Wingthing.

Buzzsaw says, "WTF!?"

Re: Generations Selects Overbite, Tentakil and MP-38+ Burning Convoy Delayed Via Hasbro Pulse (2053714)
Posted by Lore Keeper on February 22nd, 2020 @ 3:47pm CST

I wonder if Doubledealer will have indents or retractable panels for his Powermasters to fit into. Not the end of the world if not, but it would be a nice touch.

Re: Generations Selects Overbite, Tentakil and MP-38+ Burning Convoy Delayed Via Hasbro Pulse (2053733)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on February 22nd, 2020 @ 4:08pm CST

I really like the fact they went with Wingthing instead of Buzzsaw, that was a nice twist! I already have a Buzzsaw so I'm good on that front.

Secured my pre-order, I will have my first complete cassette collection, and Doubledealer will be complete!

Re: Generations Selects Overbite, Tentakil and MP-38+ Burning Convoy Delayed Via Hasbro Pulse (2053740)
Posted by Tigerhawk7109 on February 22nd, 2020 @ 4:15pm CST

Buzzsaw got robbed... :HEADHURTS:

Re: Generations Selects Overbite, Tentakil and MP-38+ Burning Convoy Delayed Via Hasbro Pulse (2053745)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on February 22nd, 2020 @ 4:19pm CST

Tigerhawk7109 wrote:Buzzsaw got robbed...

Wolfman Jake wrote:Buzzsaw says, "WTF!?"

NexMix wrote:So no Buzzsaw? That's really disappointing.

Kinda makes sense, as Laserbeak uses the Cybertronian head, and Buzzsaw was never shown there. Expect the duo to appear later with proper bird heads.

Re: Generations Selects Overbite, Tentakil and MP-38+ Burning Convoy Delayed Via Hasbro Pulse (2053749)
Posted by ZeldaTheSwordsman on February 22nd, 2020 @ 4:20pm CST

Would a Buzzsaw-Enemy pack pacify you?

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