#HASCON 2017 Transformers Hall of Fame Susan Blu Induction Ceremony
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Comment by Rated X
Sep 10, 2017
Yo Ryan,
Its your old pal X riding out hurricane Irma and boy is she wet lol! Since im trapped inside and can use some entertainment, maybe you can offer us some tibits about non Transformers stuff at Hascon for s**t and giggles...
Did Dude perfect splash the crowd with supersoakers?
Did chewbacca mom eat 10 hot dogs during her pannel?
Did you hear the crickets chirping at the duengons and dragons display?
And what horrifying things did fans engage in at the MLP extravaganza?
Post some videos, share some stories, make us laugh ! Enquiring minds want to know...
Its your old pal X riding out hurricane Irma and boy is she wet lol! Since im trapped inside and can use some entertainment, maybe you can offer us some tibits about non Transformers stuff at Hascon for s**t and giggles...
Did Dude perfect splash the crowd with supersoakers?
Did chewbacca mom eat 10 hot dogs during her pannel?
Did you hear the crickets chirping at the duengons and dragons display?
And what horrifying things did fans engage in at the MLP extravaganza?
Post some videos, share some stories, make us laugh ! Enquiring minds want to know...
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Yeah, that's pretty poor. I hope there was an audible sound of all the eyes rolling.
Especially since the Predacons are said to be all voyagers.
Congratulations to Susan Blu indeed. Doesn't she do a lot of directing of voice actors on the more recent shows?
There's far too much positivity about these figures. Allow me to counter.
I know this is the only way we'll ever get The Thirteen from Hasbro, but I'm still disappointed they're only Titan Masters. I'm hoping a third party will have a shot at them, maybe incorporate a compartment for the official figures to keep to gimmick alive.
Optimus Prime's vehicle mode isn't great, but I like the figure overall, just not sure I have a desire for it.
As for the Dinobots; oh, dear. I get that the clear plastic armour is a homage to G1, but using it on Snarl and Sludge's back legs is poor. Perhaps Sludge references his fate in FoC, having lost his legs and so now he has ghost legs. Swoop's alright, but the rest look a little cheap. The combined mode doesn't excite me either. The proportions are giving me flashbacks to FoC Bruticus. That's not only killed it for me, but inspired me to get a third party Dino-combiner.
Comment by Sodan-1
Sep 10, 2017
Sabrblade wrote:I find it a little sad that the first question asked at the panel's Q&A was about the Brave Series.
Yeah, that's pretty poor. I hope there was an audible sound of all the eyes rolling.
DMSL wrote:The Dinobots look good, but Deluxe class is too small for these, they should all be at least Voyager class.
Especially since the Predacons are said to be all voyagers.
Congratulations to Susan Blu indeed. Doesn't she do a lot of directing of voice actors on the more recent shows?
There's far too much positivity about these figures. Allow me to counter.
I know this is the only way we'll ever get The Thirteen from Hasbro, but I'm still disappointed they're only Titan Masters. I'm hoping a third party will have a shot at them, maybe incorporate a compartment for the official figures to keep to gimmick alive.
Optimus Prime's vehicle mode isn't great, but I like the figure overall, just not sure I have a desire for it.
As for the Dinobots; oh, dear. I get that the clear plastic armour is a homage to G1, but using it on Snarl and Sludge's back legs is poor. Perhaps Sludge references his fate in FoC, having lost his legs and so now he has ghost legs. Swoop's alright, but the rest look a little cheap. The combined mode doesn't excite me either. The proportions are giving me flashbacks to FoC Bruticus. That's not only killed it for me, but inspired me to get a third party Dino-combiner.
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Thanks Chuck. So far so good here. Just trying to maintain. A little minor fence damage so far. Cant wait to see what you did...lol
Comment by Rated X
Sep 10, 2017
chuckdawg1999 wrote:Rated X I'm sure I speak for everyone when I say hope you're ok. I did something horrible folks, something you'll probably see the results of by the end of the week.
Thanks Chuck. So far so good here. Just trying to maintain. A little minor fence damage so far. Cant wait to see what you did...lol
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She didnt like me...
But seriously I hope you and everybody makes it through safe with no major damage.
Comment by Rated X
Sep 10, 2017
Sabrblade wrote:So, you are the one responsible for sending Irma my way.chuckdawg1999 wrote:Rated X I'm sure I speak for everyone when I say hope you're ok. I did something horrible folks, something you'll probably see the results of by the end of the week.
J/K
She didnt like me...
But seriously I hope you and everybody makes it through safe with no major damage.
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Comment by Sabrblade
Sep 10, 2017
Thanks. We're prepared and just trying to wait it out at this point.Rated X wrote:Sabrblade wrote:So, you are the one responsible for sending Irma my way.chuckdawg1999 wrote:Rated X I'm sure I speak for everyone when I say hope you're ok. I did something horrible folks, something you'll probably see the results of by the end of the week.
J/K
She didnt like me...
But seriously I hope you and everybody makes it through safe with no major damage.
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Comment by Munkky
Sep 10, 2017
So at the Prime Wars trilogy panel Hasbro showed some early concept art for Leader Prima and Megatronus, both of which look like they're made from the Titan Return Overlord mould:
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Here's a link to every picture shown: http://tformers.com/update-leader-prima ... /news.html
But it was said at the panel that neither figure will be happening at any point, because they were deemed "too obscure to release in the toyline by Hasbro".
......."Too obscure"..............
Even though Megatronus was a major villain in Robots in Disguise recently. And he was in one of the Michael Bay films (albeit under his old name). And the Generations toyline recently featured the incredibly obscure Lione and Shuffler. And Power of the Primes is a toyline centered around Primes....
Here's a link to every picture shown: http://tformers.com/update-leader-prima ... /news.html
But it was said at the panel that neither figure will be happening at any point, because they were deemed "too obscure to release in the toyline by Hasbro".
......."Too obscure"..............
Even though Megatronus was a major villain in Robots in Disguise recently. And he was in one of the Michael Bay films (albeit under his old name). And the Generations toyline recently featured the incredibly obscure Lione and Shuffler. And Power of the Primes is a toyline centered around Primes....
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Comment by Va'al
Sep 10, 2017
Just so people are aware, we do have our own imagery of the same panel, just coming later.
Video recordings need uploading and rendering, and screencaps need to be made.
Video recordings need uploading and rendering, and screencaps need to be made.
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And let's not forget that the mold shown here was itself originally used for friggin' Sky Shadow
Comment by Kurona
Sep 10, 2017
Munkky wrote:But it was said at the panel that neither figure will be happening at any point, because they were deemed "too obscure to release in the toyline by Hasbro".
......."Too obscure"..............
Even though Megatronus was a major villain in Robots in Disguise recently. And he was in one of the Michael Bay films (albeit under his old name). And the Generations toyline recently featured the incredibly obscure Lione and Shuffler. And Power of the Primes is a toyline centered around Primes....
And let's not forget that the mold shown here was itself originally used for friggin' Sky Shadow
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Comment by Sabrblade
Sep 10, 2017
Not to mention the recent releases of Sawback/Lione, Shuffler, and an Optimus Prime colored like Star Convoy.Kurona wrote:Munkky wrote:But it was said at the panel that neither figure will be happening at any point, because they were deemed "too obscure to release in the toyline by Hasbro".
......."Too obscure"..............
Even though Megatronus was a major villain in Robots in Disguise recently. And he was in one of the Michael Bay films (albeit under his old name). And the Generations toyline recently featured the incredibly obscure Lione and Shuffler. And Power of the Primes is a toyline centered around Primes....
And let's not forget that the mold shown here was itself originally used for friggin' Sky Shadow
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Comment by Kurona
Sep 10, 2017
Ah, but see; those I could actually understand. Whether it's an obscure version of Optimus Prime or not; it's still an Optimus Prime toy and easily recognisable as him, so instant seller. Lione and Shuffler are incredibly obscure, no doubt about that; but they're small pocket money toys so you don't exactly need a lot of star power behind them.
But as the price point increases, you need more justification to buy the product. And one of the best ways is to attach a popular name like Megatron, Starscream or Soundwave to it. So that's why I could understand this applying to a Leader and not a Legends or Titan Master... except, again, friggin' Sky Shadow
But as the price point increases, you need more justification to buy the product. And one of the best ways is to attach a popular name like Megatron, Starscream or Soundwave to it. So that's why I could understand this applying to a Leader and not a Legends or Titan Master... except, again, friggin' Sky Shadow
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seeing as
were there, I'm surprised that no one asked them why their Trypticon is no different to the 
version
Comment by Stuartmaximus
Sep 10, 2017
Va'al wrote:You saw the coverage of the Transformers brand panel at Hascon, now you can check in for yourselves with more artwork, more comments, more points raised by the speakers and audience in the recording of the whole thing on on the Seibertron.com YouTube channel! Check out the clip embedded below, featuring Dinobots (including Slash and the combined Volcanicus), Allspark Tech, a new Optimus Prime and insight from both Takara and Hasbro designers.
seeing as
were there, I'm surprised that no one asked them why their Trypticon is no different to the version
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Comment by shajaki
Sep 10, 2017
Big juicy gallery of Hascon Arcee 
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I know I'm not Takara, but if I had to guess, it's probably because it didn't need to be. I agree that it seems like a bad business-move to release the exact same thing at a higher price, but what could we possibly (reasonably) have asked for that Hasbro didn't already do? In this particular instance, I think it's more a case of Hasbro being really incredibly on the ball rather than Takara falling off of it.
Comment by Qwan
Sep 10, 2017
Stuartmaximus wrote:Va'al wrote:You saw the coverage of the Transformers brand panel at Hascon, now you can check in for yourselves with more artwork, more comments, more points raised by the speakers and audience in the recording of the whole thing on on the Seibertron.com YouTube channel! Check out the clip embedded below, featuring Dinobots (including Slash and the combined Volcanicus), Allspark Tech, a new Optimus Prime and insight from both Takara and Hasbro designers.
seeing as
I know I'm not Takara, but if I had to guess, it's probably because it didn't need to be. I agree that it seems like a bad business-move to release the exact same thing at a higher price, but what could we possibly (reasonably) have asked for that Hasbro didn't already do? In this particular instance, I think it's more a case of Hasbro being really incredibly on the ball rather than Takara falling off of it.
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Comment by Kurona
Sep 10, 2017
People were trying to use the glossy wall's reflection to sneak a peak at the back of Starscream's box, so Hasbro later put a sheet of paper behind the box to stop that.
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Comment by william-james88
Sep 10, 2017
One really cool bonus of having a Transformers convention right near Hasbro's head office is that Hasbro can treat fans to lots of behind the scenes tidbits we wouldn't have elsewhere. In this particular case, Hasbro stocked Hascon full of Transformers grey models (finished prototypes) of various Transformers toys across many different lines. Plus, there were even some unreleased figures present like a movie Blaster from Dark of the Moon deluxe Soundwave as well as Prime Scraplets.
We have a whole gallery dedicated to these and you can click here or on any image below to get to it.
We have a whole gallery dedicated to these and you can click here or on any image below to get to it.
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Comment by ArmadaPrime
Sep 10, 2017
I'm assuming the yellow/grey plastic on Max is to show which parts are borrowed from metroplex? (It's normally either that or different materials eg softer plastic, which I don't believe max has). That's actually really neat to see!
Also, why is that scraplet alarmingly adorable
Also, why is that scraplet alarmingly adorable
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Comment by Sunburnninja
Sep 10, 2017
Inferno as a redeco of Soundwave looks amazing, I really wish they released that.
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Comment by Sabrblade
Sep 10, 2017
Yeah, it looks like all the cream parts are those that were carried over from Metroplex, with the gray parts being new.ArmadaPrime wrote:I'm assuming the yellow/grey plastic on Max is to show which parts are borrowed from metroplex? (It's normally either that or different materials eg softer plastic, which I don't believe max has). That's actually really neat to see!
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Comment by Quantum Surge
Sep 10, 2017
Don't really like the DOTM Blaster. If anything, I'd imagine a Movieverse Blaster being designed more like Movie 1 Stockade. Like the Scraplets set, but it's interesting to see WFC Bumblebee and FE Bumblebee in the same set (I know Hasbro made the Aligned continuity have both the games and the show together, but besides Arms Micron Shockwave (reuse of FOC Shockwave), we never got any two packs like this that acknowledge the connection between WFC/FOC and Prime.
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Comment by Sabrblade
Sep 10, 2017
That's Blaster.Sunburnninja wrote:Inferno as a redeco of Soundwave looks amazing, I really wish they released that.
