Hasbro Toy Shop Restocked With New and Old Titans Return Figures

So...I guess we can officially ask...What happened to TR Deluxe Wave 5? (Twintwist, Windblade, Misfire) They were never available on HTS. They did have a placeholder on TRU for a few days before mysteriously vanishing...I know they were released in Canada in general, but were very limited in the United States. (Did any other countries get them besides Japan?) I'm glad none of these were on my list but...it would have been nice to see them at B&M just once.

o.supreme wrote:So...I guess we can officially ask...What happened to TR Deluxe Wave 5? (Twintwist, Windblade, Misfire) They were never available on HTS. They did have a placeholder on TRU for a few days before mysteriously vanishing...I know they were released in Canada in general, but were very limited in the United States. (Did any other countries get them besides Japan?) I'm glad none of these were on my list but...it would have been nice to see them at B&M just once.

I thought that was very odd as well. Someone in my area spotted them once, but that was it. I never saw them at retail and had to order them from online stores (BBTS, A3U, etc). I wonder if they'll show up at Ross or TJMaxx.

Bounti76 wrote:

o.supreme wrote:So...I guess we can officially ask...What happened to TR Deluxe Wave 5? (Twintwist, Windblade, Misfire) They were never available on HTS. They did have a placeholder on TRU for a few days before mysteriously vanishing...I know they were released in Canada in general, but were very limited in the United States. (Did any other countries get them besides Japan?) I'm glad none of these were on my list but...it would have been nice to see them at B&M just once.

I thought that was very odd as well. Someone in my area spotted them once, but that was it. I never saw them at retail and had to order them from online stores (BBTS, A3U, etc). I wonder if they'll show up at Ross or TJMaxx.

I'll keep an eye out. I need that Twin Twist, and Crashbash, and Clobber, and Terri-Bull and... Ugh, I'm not paying scalper prices for them!

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Bounti76 wrote:

o.supreme wrote:So...I guess we can officially ask...What happened to TR Deluxe Wave 5? (Twintwist, Windblade, Misfire) They were never available on HTS. They did have a placeholder on TRU for a few days before mysteriously vanishing...I know they were released in Canada in general, but were very limited in the United States. (Did any other countries get them besides Japan?) I'm glad none of these were on my list but...it would have been nice to see them at B&M just once.

I thought that was very odd as well. Someone in my area spotted them once, but that was it. I never saw them at retail and had to order them from online stores (BBTS, A3U, etc). I wonder if they'll show up at Ross or TJMaxx.

I'll keep an eye out. I need that Twin Twist, and Crashbash, and Clobber, and Terri-Bull and... Ugh, I'm not paying scalper prices for them!

Were those hard to find? Clobber is still choking shelves at the store down the street from my house. Horri-Bull and Squeezeplay were less common, but I saw them at multiple stores.

Bounti76 wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Bounti76 wrote:

o.supreme wrote:So...I guess we can officially ask...What happened to TR Deluxe Wave 5? (Twintwist, Windblade, Misfire) They were never available on HTS. They did have a placeholder on TRU for a few days before mysteriously vanishing...I know they were released in Canada in general, but were very limited in the United States. (Did any other countries get them besides Japan?) I'm glad none of these were on my list but...it would have been nice to see them at B&M just once.

I thought that was very odd as well. Someone in my area spotted them once, but that was it. I never saw them at retail and had to order them from online stores (BBTS, A3U, etc). I wonder if they'll show up at Ross or TJMaxx.

I'll keep an eye out. I need that Twin Twist, and Crashbash, and Clobber, and Terri-Bull and... Ugh, I'm not paying scalper prices for them!

Were those hard to find? Clobber is still choking shelves at the store down the street from my house. Horri-Bull and Squeezeplay were less common, but I saw them at multiple stores.

I started too late with them, around Wave 3 with Sawback, Nightbeat and Loudmouth. Here in the Dallas area we're cleaned out of Titan Masters. Some leftovers at Target and TRU of the last two waves before Ramhorn, but that's it.

Bounti76 wrote:Were those hard to find? Clobber is still choking shelves at the store down the street from my house.

A lot of stores skipped TM wave 2 (Clobber, Skytread, Apeface, Brawn) in favor of revision wave 2 (Apeface, Brawn, Nightbeat, and Loudmouth). I've never seen Clobber in person, he was never reissued in a later wave (Skytread was back in wave 4), he's the only single release TM I'm missing.

Also my experience was that TMs sold pretty quickly. At most they'd linger for a couple weeks and be gone. Target restocked wave 3 about 2 weeks before Christmas, but before that I hadn't seen anyone carry them since around September. Walmarts here never restocked when they stuck them on clearance late in the summer.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

Bounti76 wrote:Were those hard to find? Clobber is still choking shelves at the store down the street from my house.

A lot of stores skipped TM wave 2 (Clobber, Skytread, Apeface, Brawn) in favor of revision wave 2 (Apeface, Brawn, Nightbeat, and Loudmouth). I've never seen Clobber in person, he was never reissued in a later wave (Skytread was back in wave 4), he's the only single release TM I'm missing.

Also my experience was that TMs sold pretty quickly. At most they'd linger for a couple weeks and be gone. Target restocked wave 3 about 2 weeks before Christmas, but before that I hadn't seen anyone carry them since around September. Walmarts here never restocked when they stuck them on clearance late in the summer.

Emerje

Man, Brawn and Nightbeat were the worst shelfwarmers, and I swear they were in every wave/revision afterwards because there was always more and more sitting on the pegs as the months went by

I still need that wave 5 Twintwist and Misfire. Got Windblade for a decent price on ebay, but probably won't be so lucky with those other 2... :-/

I was going to say the same thing, WTF happened to wave 5? Walmart also skipped that wave. Misfire is my favorite & I will never see him in a store. I had to order both Hasbro & Takara online. I still need a couple more Misfires & Windblades for customs. Yet fricken wave 1 & 2 are STILL in stores.

For me I'm missing Terri-bull, Ramhorn, Cosmos, Seaspray, Blackshadow, Slugslinger and Trypticon and can't really find them here in Canada. (Well actually Blackshadow and Trypticon I have found a few of but I'm waiting for a sale and there have only been a few when I have found them)

And if you want to get technical Buzzsaw and Cogman are sort of Titans Return but in different lines.

This is part of why I'm going Takara for Perceptor, Overlord, Octane and Blitzwing so while I don't have those yet I will in a few months also the latter 3 actually come with more things then their Hasbro versions.

The only one I've actually missed that I'm unlikely to find in stores anymore is Terri-bull and I would love to know where I could buy him as a Canadian.

My local stores seemed to only get one case of Wave 5, which sold briskly. Found the legends, deluxes, and voyagers at Wal Mart, which eventually sold out and were replaced with... Wave 3! My TRU may have had the deluxes at one point, but soon stocked Wave 6. Somehow, I was able to buy slugslinger at retail but never saw a misfire.

I know a few here that stated Kup was scarce for them. I hope those people have found him. I just went to 2 wal-marts yesterday that both had gotten wave 6 deluxes. One store only had 4 Kups, the other had 6 Kups, and only 2 Slugslingers left.

Hey guys, I found a guy who works pretty good with Ramhorn!



I give you: Hardhorn! or Ramhead. Take your pick

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Hey guys, I found a guy who works pretty good with Ramhorn!



I give you: Hardhorn! or Ramhead. Take your pick

Hornhead!

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Hey guys, I found a guy who works pretty good with Ramhorn!



I give you: Hardhorn! or Ramhead. Take your pick

Might not want to mention that first name to non fans lol.

Repungus also works pretty well on that body too if you haven't tried it yet.

His chest and head look like an upside down tree.

Emerje

ToysRus finally has Titans return Grotusque available for order. They have limited it to one per customer though, hopefully this means that everyone who wants one can get one and scalpers wont be making any cheddar off of this release.

https://www.toysrus.com/product?product ... sugg_q=tit

Emerje wrote:His chest and head look like an upside down tree.

Emerje

*Flips picture

holy crap it does!

Not sure if this is just my Octone but in the instructions it clearly shows Astrotrain's titan master

Not sure if anyone else has posted this yet, but in case it hasn't, Grotusque is finally available online at Toys R Us:

https://www.toysrus.com/product?productId=D9762B4D

Someone at TFW reported it early this morning. Just got my order in, with a prime master to qualify for free shipping. I can totally see this selling out real soon.

nycPrime wrote:Not sure if anyone else has posted this yet, but in case it hasn't, Grotusque is finally available online at Toys R Us:

It's currently the top story on the main page - https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/transformers-titans-return-grotusque-with-scorponok-finally-in-stock-at-tru/40445/

Sabrblade wrote:

nycPrime wrote:Not sure if anyone else has posted this yet, but in case it hasn't, Grotusque is finally available online at Toys R Us:

It's currently the top story on the main page - https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/transformers-titans-return-grotusque-with-scorponok-finally-in-stock-at-tru/40445/

Heh not paying too much attention I guess. My inbox is blowing up because of the TFW notifications on this figure. I guess cuz of how it's tagged on Seibertron I wasn't getting the same notifications. Oh well, hope everyone that wants one can get it now. Kind of impulse bought it myself.

I'm not sure if THIS has been posted by anyone else...TR Seaspray and Cosmos are both marked down out the door at Target for $5.54. So if anyone is still looking to add any of these 2 to their collection...'nuff said!

nycPrime wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

nycPrime wrote:Not sure if anyone else has posted this yet, but in case it hasn't, Grotusque is finally available online at Toys R Us:

It's currently the top story on the main page - https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/transformers-titans-return-grotusque-with-scorponok-finally-in-stock-at-tru/40445/

Heh not paying too much attention I guess. My inbox is blowing up because of the TFW notifications on this figure. I guess cuz of how it's tagged on Seibertron I wasn't getting the same notifications. Oh well, hope everyone that wants one can get it now. Kind of impulse bought it myself.

Best way to solve that is to just unsubscribe from TFW, you don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

I got my Grotusque. Now only one more Monsterbot to go. Ironically, the only G1 Monsterbot I had.

And no, I'm not counting the Titan Master. I want a full-sized Deluxe Repugnus!

So I recently picked up Shuffler and his Titan Master head does not fit well onto a body. When I push it does not go in easy like the others and never feels snug no matter how hard I press it in. (Any harder and I'd risk snapping it.) It's a real shame because Shuffler is a cool Titan Master head.

Anyone else have this issue?

WreckerJack wrote:So I recently picked up Shuffler and his Titan Master head does not fit well onto a body. When I push it does not go in easy like the others and never feels snug no matter how hard I press it in. (Any harder and I'd risk snapping it.) It's a real shame because Shuffler is a cool Titan Master head.

Anyone else have this issue?

Did you check the back of his head? Sounds like there's an issue with the notches in the back, or there's some sprue flash there.

My Dreadnaut's arm left arm is really loose when in any vertical position, but tight horizontally. Very peculiar.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

WreckerJack wrote:So I recently picked up Shuffler and his Titan Master head does not fit well onto a body. When I push it does not go in easy like the others and never feels snug no matter how hard I press it in. (Any harder and I'd risk snapping it.) It's a real shame because Shuffler is a cool Titan Master head.

Anyone else have this issue?

Did you check the back of his head? Sounds like there's an issue with the notches in the back, or there's some sprue flash there.

My Dreadnaut's arm left arm is really loose when in any vertical position, but tight horizontally. Very peculiar.

I looked and after careful consideration I realized 2 things:

1 - You gotta line it up real square to get it to fit right. Take your time with it and there is no need to press hard.

2 - Unlike Furos, the Titan Master's head needs to face backwards while the actual robot head goes forwards.

The arm troubles could just be due to gravity. I have some wrestling figures like that. If I raise their arm to hold a title belt the ball joint gets maxed out and the arm lowers by itself. Never had an issue with holding his arms out sideways or forwards.

WreckerJack wrote:2 - Unlike Furos, the Titan Master's head needs to face backwards while the actual robot head goes forwards.

That's the standard way of doing it, really, so the clamps can grab the notches in the back of the head. Reversing the head is more of a improvised fix to make the fit better.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

WreckerJack wrote:2 - Unlike Furos, the Titan Master's head needs to face backwards while the actual robot head goes forwards.

That's the standard way of doing it, really, so the clamps can grab the notches in the back of the head. Reversing the head is more of a improvised fix to make the fit better.

I have Loudmouth, and Fangry so you'd think I would remember. I blame it on lack of sleep.

Doing some TF hunting while on a business trip. For anyone in Malaysia, I just saw at least 5 Chaos on Velocitron boxed sets at a TRU in Kuala Lumpur. Beware of sticker shock though, they are priced $699 ringgit (sp?) which is about $175 USD. Yikes!

TF-fan kev777 wrote:Doing some TF hunting while on a business trip. For anyone in Malaysia, I just saw at least 5 Chaos on Velocitron boxed sets at a TRU in Kuala Lumpur. Beware of sticker shock though, they are priced $699 ringgit (sp?) which is about $175 USD. Yikes!

They're still out there?!

The boxed sets are just hitting Asia, I think.

Anyway, no pics at the moment but Scrounge from the Computron boxed set was a retool of Generations Cosmos. Cosmos from Generations won’t fit on Computron’s arm.

But Titans Return Cosmos has Scrounge’s retooling rather than Generations Cosmos’. So he can combine with Computron or sit on a 5mm port.

And TR Cosmos is $3 at most nearby Target’s right now.

grotusque ordered, titans return finished, power of the primes wave 1 ordered and owned....wave 2 waiting commencing

I'm not thrilled with having to pay up a little for TR Windblade, but since every source I found her available sold her at the same price I decided to go ahead and splurge. It helped that I was able to work some magic with Amazon.com AND I was able to order PotP Grimlock and Slug at regular price (not the presumed markup originally announced for the next line).

I'll make comments about the dinobots in the appropriate thread and let you know what I think about Windblade here when I get her next week. I have to admit I am looking forward to how she will look with the Reprolable stickers as much as I hate applying stickers (I managed to do a good job with TR Megatron and boy to do those stickers make a difference though the wing stickers cover up beautiful mold detail and I don't find them necessary). I wish I could have also ordered Swoop but at that time his price skyrocketed due to low supply. I expect the price to normalize once he is restocked.

I'm still hoping HTS will restock before my order ships so I can tweak that in conjunction with my HTS coupon and their free shipping minimum.

For now it looks like Windblade will be my last TR figure as Twin Twist is too expensive. If he cost the same as Windblade I probably would have eaten the markup with him as well on the same order. I am debating completing TR with Grotusque from TRU or possible Arcee since I have Hot Rod and Chromedome and wouldn't mind evening out my 's with two females to two males. I also want one more to even out my deluxe/voyager total numbers with my 's (Galvatron, Megatron, Scourge and Triggerhappy). Unfortunately I only have one Titan Master (Fangry) vs. 3 's (Sawback, Shuffler and Ramhorn). I had terrible luck with the two Titan Masters I picked up and had to return them.

From here on out I'll just continue to be patient and hope for the right sale on the right figure to sort of even things out, though having two voyager 's and no 's that large does make things interesting. Still, I am sort of regretting not grabbing Arcee when she was on sale, but I'm more attached to Grotusque as I had his G1 toy and I really like Thrilling 30 Arcee. However I do like TR Arcee's pistols.

I thought my legends class figures would only skew (Bumblebee and Brawn) but with Kickback released and in my collection and the other Insecticons getting re-released as part of PotP they may even out when I get Slash or outnumber my 's if I am still able to get Chop Shop on HTS when they are restocked with the other figures I want.

Time and money will tell as it always does when collecting on a budget.

TR Arcee’s pistols look great wielded by T30 Arcee.

Also, I kinda wanted Spike and Daniel to hang out together since I got Legends Spike.

Bradimus wrote:...but with Kickback released and in my collection and the other Insecticons getting re-released as part of PotP...

Where have you heard that all the Insecticons will be reissued under Power of the Primes? So far as we know, Shrapnel is it. Kickback was just released last year and was plentiful in stores for several months. Bombshell might get a re-release, but I don't recall him being too hard to find during Combiner Wars either. If we get any more releases in the Legends size class in PotP, I would imagine it would be another figure that was realtively scarce during Thrilling 30, like Gears.

Wolfman Jake wrote:

Bradimus wrote:...but with Kickback released and in my collection and the other Insecticons getting re-released as part of PotP...

Where have you heard that all the Insecticons will be reissued under Power of the Primes? So far as we know, Shrapnel is it. Kickback was just released last year and was plentiful in stores for several months. Bombshell might get a re-release, but I don't recall him being too hard to find during Combiner Wars either. If we get any more releases in the Legends size class in PotP, I would imagine it would be another figure that was realtively scarce during Thrilling 30, like Gears.

I don't remember the article I read way back when Skrapnel was announced. I'm pretty sure Bombshell was mentioned as being re-released there as well but my memory could be wrong. I hope it's not. I suppose I'll need to keep an eye out for a good deal on Bombshell in case my memory is wrong about that announcement. However, I think I'm remembering this because Hasbro was committing to all the Insecticons with warning so those of us who missed out or didn't bother because we only wanted all or nothing would start with Kickback and get the others in the next line.

Bradimus wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:

Bradimus wrote:...but with Kickback released and in my collection and the other Insecticons getting re-released as part of PotP...

Where have you heard that all the Insecticons will be reissued under Power of the Primes? So far as we know, Shrapnel is it. Kickback was just released last year and was plentiful in stores for several months. Bombshell might get a re-release, but I don't recall him being too hard to find during Combiner Wars either. If we get any more releases in the Legends size class in PotP, I would imagine it would be another figure that was realtively scarce during Thrilling 30, like Gears.

I don't remember the article I read way back when Skrapnel was announced. I'm pretty sure Bombshell was mentioned as being re-released there as well but my memory could be wrong. I hope it's not. I suppose I'll need to keep an eye out for a good deal on Bombshell in case my memory is wrong about that announcement. However, I think I'm remembering this because Hasbro was committing to all the Insecticons with warning so those of us who missed out or didn't bother because we only wanted all or nothing would start with Kickback and get the others in the next line.

Early on during Titans Return when Kickback was announced I believe, rumors of Insecticon re-releases and Deluxe Insecticon retools (thanks to CW Chop Shop) started showing up. Naturally, none came to pass, but a big but should be mentioned: it's quite possible the Deluxe Insecticons Barrage and Ransack are alternate toolings for Bombshell and Kickback respectively. That said, none have been officially announced or hinted towards: we know up to Wave 3 of PotP, and no Insecticon in sight.

RodimusRex wrote:The boxed sets are just hitting Asia, I think.

Anyway, no pics at the moment but Scrounge from the Computron boxed set was a retool of Generations Cosmos. Cosmos from Generations won’t fit on Computron’s arm.

But Titans Return Cosmos has Scrounge’s retooling rather than Generations Cosmos’. So he can combine with Computron or sit on a 5mm port.

And TR Cosmos is $3 at most nearby Target’s right now.

I totally missed that.

I was against buying TR Cosmos since it doesn't have the TF play pattern.

But yeah those clearance prices at Target were too good to pass up.

I have CW Strafe and didn't even think to put them together.

Thank you!

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Bradimus wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:

Bradimus wrote:...but with Kickback released and in my collection and the other Insecticons getting re-released as part of PotP...

Where have you heard that all the Insecticons will be reissued under Power of the Primes? So far as we know, Shrapnel is it. Kickback was just released last year and was plentiful in stores for several months. Bombshell might get a re-release, but I don't recall him being too hard to find during Combiner Wars either. If we get any more releases in the Legends size class in PotP, I would imagine it would be another figure that was realtively scarce during Thrilling 30, like Gears.

I don't remember the article I read way back when Skrapnel was announced. I'm pretty sure Bombshell was mentioned as being re-released there as well but my memory could be wrong. I hope it's not. I suppose I'll need to keep an eye out for a good deal on Bombshell in case my memory is wrong about that announcement. However, I think I'm remembering this because Hasbro was committing to all the Insecticons with warning so those of us who missed out or didn't bother because we only wanted all or nothing would start with Kickback and get the others in the next line.

Early on during Titans Return when Kickback was announced I believe, rumors of Insecticon re-releases and Deluxe Insecticon retools (thanks to CW Chop Shop) started showing up. Naturally, none came to pass, but a big but should be mentioned: it's quite possible the Deluxe Insecticons Barrage and Ransack are alternate toolings for Bombshell and Kickback respectively. That said, none have been officially announced or hinted towards: we know up to Wave 3 of PotP, and no Insecticon in sight.

Thank you for the clarification. Worst case I'll have to find Bombshell another way that hopefully won't cost me too much more than MSRP. I may even be able to get him for less from a local store.

What I really wanted to do was release the three insecticons as a premium set with a unified G1 paint scheme and chromed parts. I won't be surprised if that happens a few years from now but by then I will hopefully have my insecticons and considering the price of a set like that I cannot afford to double dip.

I've been kicking myself for not getting Bombshell way back during CW. I wasn't collecting legends class characters at the time as was still figuring out what to do with that class. I'm glad they upgraded it to the old scout class for minibots. I'm quite happy with Bumblebee (and accept the flaws of the size), Brawn (absolutely brilliant) and now Kickback.

The thing about Bombshell is (as Chefatron figured out onscreen during his review) the toy can transform into a decent weapon. I'm also kicking myself for not getting PG when I got Superion. At the time I was still upset PG wasn't upgraded to a deluxe limb since he would be perfect for that feature. I'm kind of hoping will re-release legends class PG down the road like they have been doing with some other older legends class figures, though I think that has to do with people skipping over those figures (like Skrapnel and Cosmos) because was't clear on what the new legends class was at the time.

I also hope gives us legends class Cliffjumper at some point in the near future. The BB mold isn't perfect but Roadburn showed us how much better the mold looks in red. As I have no connection to that character I passed on him. But the BB mold in red with a new head for Cliffjumper would be an instant buy for me, and if they could make an alteration of some sort to the spoiler that would be a bonus. I would no be surprised if also released the mold as Goldbug at some point, but again that's not a character I need to have.

Whatever happens at least I'm getting Dinobots, so all is good.


P.S.
Lot's of wishful thinking in the post above.

I just got Windblade and I love her. Her head is a little loose but nothing I can't overlook. I wish her forearms were twice as thick in diameter but they aren't nearly as bad in person as they look in pictures. I also wish her cockpit folded up like TR Megatron but it's not that bad of a backpack. I think this is a much better figure than the original toy and I absolutely love her wings. I hate to hide a good pain job by but I will probably be applying the Reprolabel wing stickers I got for one cent during the holiday sale. They are so beautiful. I'll probably apply the other stickers first and then make a decision about the wings. The huge swords are cool, too. If she had a wrist swivel I could give her the original sword but for now I think I'll stick with the weapons she came with. I didn't realize until I transformed her that the small wings on her arms are actually landing skids. Making the arms thicker in diameter and the skids smaller as a result would have been more aesthetically pleasing, but overall I am very happy with this toy.

Bradimus wrote:I just got Windblade and I love her. Her head is a little loose but nothing I can't overlook. I wish her forearms were twice as thick in diameter but they aren't nearly as bad in person as they look in pictures. I also wish her cockpit folded up like TR Megatron but it's not that bad of a backpack. I think this is a much better figure than the original toy and I absolutely love her wings. I hate to hide a good pain job by but I will probably be applying the Reprolabel wing stickers I got for one cent during the holiday sale. They are so beautiful. I'll probably apply the other stickers first and then make a decision about the wings. The huge swords are cool, too. If she had a wrist swivel I could give her the original sword but for now I think I'll stick with the weapons she came with. I didn't realize until I transformed her that the small wings on her arms are actually landing skids. Making the arms thicker in diameter and the skids smaller as a result would have been more aesthetically pleasing, but overall I am very happy with this toy.

The Takara version comes with her original sword.

Targetmaster Kup wrote:

Bradimus wrote:I just got Windblade and I love her. Her head is a little loose but nothing I can't overlook. I wish her forearms were twice as thick in diameter but they aren't nearly as bad in person as they look in pictures. I also wish her cockpit folded up like TR Megatron but it's not that bad of a backpack. I think this is a much better figure than the original toy and I absolutely love her wings. I hate to hide a good pain job by but I will probably be applying the Reprolabel wing stickers I got for one cent during the holiday sale. They are so beautiful. I'll probably apply the other stickers first and then make a decision about the wings. The huge swords are cool, too. If she had a wrist swivel I could give her the original sword but for now I think I'll stick with the weapons she came with. I didn't realize until I transformed her that the small wings on her arms are actually landing skids. Making the arms thicker in diameter and the skids smaller as a result would have been more aesthetically pleasing, but overall I am very happy with this toy.

The Takara version comes with her original sword.

And an Autobot Targetmaster as well!

So I finally got Sky Shadow, and he's pretty amazing.

I absolutely adore how he looks in every mode. The colour work and sculpting is just to die for. His robot mode is imposing as hell, helped by the pretty awesome headsculpt. He has a great silhouette, and he looks so wonderfully evil. Also, almost no exposed hollow bits! Hooray!

Articulation has its hangups (knees are a bit limited, and the waist really could have been articulated) but overall he's fine. The ankles are superb. His shoulders are a tad loose but that's fixable.

His accessories are a little disappointing (but only a little). His gun is fine, if a bit small, but it has to be the tank gun so I'm cool with it. The shield though, it seems kinda pointless. I don't much care for it. I would have liked it if he'd come with a sword or something. Oh well, Shapeways to the rescue!

The stickers kinda suck but they're very small and unobtrusive so I can deal with it.

The transformation is very interesting. Simple enough that I worked it out without instructions (the new instructions are so, so bad) but complex enough to be fun and effective. I like how the turret halves flip out of the leg cavities especially. Collapsing the arms is a bit of a bear though.

The vehicle modes are great. The jet mode is a big, badass Cybertronian gunship, and the tank mode is just gorgeous. I wish the turret could turn or the gun could elevate, but I don't really care that much. The tank is probably my favourite of the two vehicles actually, I just love how it looks. The jet mode is great too, if a bit kibbly. The "airlift" mode is cool too, though a bit silly looking perhaps.

I haven't worked out how to do the base mode yet so I'll reserve judgement on that for the while.

Overall though? I dig him. He and Blaster (who I still have yet to acquire) were the only TR Leaders I wanted, and I'm thoroughly impressed with him. I have no attachment to the character, but he's just so cool. I'd recommend him to anyone, honestly. I probably won't get Overlord, as I don't like how he looks as much and I don't like doubling up on molds (I might get one of the 3P versions if I really feel the need for an Overlord) but I'm super glad I got a version of the mold.

So yeah. Sky Shadow is awesome.


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Black Hat wrote:I probably won't get Overlord, as I don't like how he looks as much and I don't like doubling up on molds (I might get one of the 3P versions if I really feel the need for an Overlord) but I'm super glad I got a version of the mold.

If you like the base modes for the TR leaders, then I would actually recommend doubling up with Overlord as his base mode is quite a bit different than Sky Shadow, and better in my opinion. The other fun part about doubling up on this mold is for the "pants swap" option between the 2.

But if you don't really care about either of those and have no attachment/need for Overlord, then I agree you got the better of the 2 versions based on the robot mode alone.

This review brought me to an idea...

I could imagine him being easily retooled into Warpath. Just put a stubby cannon barrel into the skull like bunker looking chest detail and give it a hinge to flip up for robot mode. The back could alos be retooled in a turret and the just mentioned cannon barrel in the front hidden in tank mode to give him a fake transformation of the cannon barrel if Hasbro really wants to put some effort into the retool. But for now that's just hypothetical. I would buy him

Personally I'm just waiting for ToyHax to make some Machine Wars Soundwave labels for Quake. Colors would be inverted, but would anyone really care? Not sure which head would really fit him, though, maybe Hardhead or Chromedome?

Emerje

Emerje wrote:Personally I'm just waiting for ToyHax to make some Machine Wars Soundwave labels for Quake. Colors would be inverted, but would anyone really care? Not sure which head would really fit him, though, maybe Hardhead or Chromedome?

Emerje

As they do accessories now, too they could make a new face for chasm. They already made a face plate for CW Trailbreaker to convert him into The Fallen/Megatronus so there's already a precedent.

Lunatic Prime wrote:

Emerje wrote:Personally I'm just waiting for ToyHax to make some Machine Wars Soundwave labels for Quake. Colors would be inverted, but would anyone really care? Not sure which head would really fit him, though, maybe Hardhead or Chromedome?

Emerje

As they do accessories now, too they could make a new face for chasm. They already made a face plate for CW Trailbreaker to convert him into The Fallen/Megatronus so there's already a precedent.

That's actually not a bad idea.

Emerje