Hascon Press Release: 'Transformers' HASCON Convention Exclusive Merchandise Unveiled

RiddlerJ wrote:Where's Daniel's face?

RiddlerJ wrote:Where's Daniel's face?

Rated X wrote:I never got into tech culture beyond laptops and smart phones. Exactly what is a "power bank"? At first glance I swore it said Prime turned into a piggy bank.

Rated X wrote:I never got into tech culture beyond laptops and smart phones. Exactly what is a "power bank"? At first glance I swore it said Prime turned into a piggy bank.

Loving the Arcee as im a huge rebirth fan. Glad it will sell in retail at a later date. Sucks for the people spending $600 plus airfare and hotel just to get her a couple months early. Oh well, at least you get to meet Chewbacca Mom and the walking Play Doh can.

Kurona wrote:

RiddlerJ wrote:Where's Daniel's face?

And where's his name? And for that matter, where's Ultra Magnus' head mode?
Seems to me like there's a few other things they could have shown in these pictures.

Kurona wrote:

RiddlerJ wrote:Where's Daniel's face?

And where's his name? And for that matter, where's Ultra Magnus' head mode?
Seems to me like there's a few other things they could have shown in these pictures.

Seibertron wrote:

Kurona wrote:

RiddlerJ wrote:Where's Daniel's face?

And where's his name? And for that matter, where's Ultra Magnus' head mode?
Seems to me like there's a few other things they could have shown in these pictures.

Leinad is ... Daniel spelled backwards! His face is his exo-suit helmet.

Looking forward to seeing the head reveal for Ultra Magnus, though I wish he had actual had an Optimus Prime for the Titan Master port.

Rated X wrote:Why would Hasbro be compelled to spell Daniel backwards? Its a damn name how can anybody copyright or trademark it?

Black Hat wrote:complete lack of any resemblance to Arcee,

Deadput wrote:

Black Hat wrote:complete lack of any resemblance to Arcee,

There's nitpicking and then there's denial.

Even if it is a remold it still resembles Arcee quite a lot heck it resembles her more then say Nautica.

Black Hat wrote:It's pink and white and turns into a cybertronian car. That is literally it as far as similarities go.

Deadput wrote:

Black Hat wrote:It's pink and white and turns into a cybertronian car. That is literally it as far as similarities go.

The head looks like Arcee, the arms and shoulders look like Arcee heck only the torso has any major deviation from her unoriginal Princess Leia rip off and the car looks like Arcee's too without the wheels.

Like I said denial.

Deadput wrote:

Rated X wrote:Why would Hasbro be compelled to spell Daniel backwards? Its a damn name how can anybody copyright or trademark it?

It might not be anything about Trademark it's probably just Hasbro coming up with a more robotic name for marketing purposes so basically this guy is not exactly Danial but a cybertronian homage to him.

When's the last time we got a human figure not including those "Statue" figures of the Prime kids?

Anyways it never made sense that a human could "fold" and transform into a head unless they were a cyborg or something which is part of why I prefer the Takara's take on the headmasters being extensions of the main robot or the headmasters being Cybertronian or minicons instead of Nubleans.

Deadput wrote:

Rated X wrote:Why would Hasbro be compelled to spell Daniel backwards? Its a damn name how can anybody copyright or trademark it?

It might not be anything about Trademark it's probably just Hasbro coming up with a more robotic name for marketing purposes so basically this guy is not exactly Danial but a cybertronian homage to him.

When's the last time we got a human figure not including those "Statue" figures of the Prime kids?

Anyways it never made sense that a human could "fold" and transform into a head unless they were a cyborg or something which is part of why I prefer the Takara's take on the headmasters being extensions of the main robot or the headmasters being Cybertronian or minicons instead of Nubleans.

Black Hat wrote:Get your eyes checked.

Black Hat wrote:Oh dear lord that Arcee is absolutely terrible. The headsculpt isn't too bad I suppose, and the vehicle mode is better than I expected, but the robot mode... Quite aside from the see-through bra and complete lack of any resemblance to Arcee, those SHOULDERS. Argh.

Seibertron wrote:Oh you mean Takara's Masterforce cartoon where human kids "fold" into the heads of the Headmaster Juniors and the adults transform into the engines of the Godmasters? It's my favorite Transformers cartoon next to Beast Wars!

Rated X wrote:
Well as all other cybertronian technology, we will always compare it what seems realistic on our planet. In the cartoon, somhow the exosuits turned into heads that were somewhat hollow enough to be a cockpit for the nebulan. This meant the nebulan didnt have to be a circus performer that can fold into a pretzel. How they get from exosuit to cockpit is better left to the imagination.

Deadput wrote:

Seibertron wrote:Oh you mean Takara's Masterforce cartoon where human kids "fold" into the heads of the Headmaster Juniors and the adults transform into the engines of the Godmasters? It's my favorite Transformers cartoon next to Beast Wars!

How they do it without breaking thier spine and ribs I'll never know I just know I'll never be a headmaster myself since I don't work out nor am I a special kid...well I am but I'm a different less special kind of special kid.


I think Masterforce is pretty good as well and I have the dvd from shout factory although I've only watched slightly over half the show and haven't finished it yet unfortunately. (Still like Headmasters slightly more...slightly)

Rated X wrote:

Deadput wrote:

Rated X wrote:Why would Hasbro be compelled to spell Daniel backwards? Its a damn name how can anybody copyright or trademark it?

It might not be anything about Trademark it's probably just Hasbro coming up with a more robotic name for marketing purposes so basically this guy is not exactly Danial but a cybertronian homage to him.

When's the last time we got a human figure not including those "Statue" figures of the Prime kids?

Anyways it never made sense that a human could "fold" and transform into a head unless they were a cyborg or something which is part of why I prefer the Takara's take on the headmasters being extensions of the main robot or the headmasters being Cybertronian or minicons instead of Nubleans.

Well as all other cybertronian technology, we will always compare it what seems realistic on our planet. In the cartoon, somhow the exosuits turned into heads that were somewhat hollow enough to be a cockpit for the nebulan. This meant the nebulan didnt have to be a circus performer that can fold into a pretzel. How they get from exosuit to cockpit is better left to the imagination.

Rated X wrote:Why would Hasbro be compelled to spell Daniel backwards? Its a damn name how can anybody copyright or trademark it?

King Kuuga wrote:

Rated X wrote:Why would Hasbro be compelled to spell Daniel backwards? Its a damn name how can anybody copyright or trademark it?

You can't trademark it, it's too common, that's why they went with a made-up nonsense name instead that they could trademark.

Kurona wrote:Frankly I'm just glad the Titan Master is technically not Daniel so I don't have to remember that... very uncomfortable relationship they had in The Rebirth. What was up with that...?

Rated X wrote:

King Kuuga wrote:

Rated X wrote:Why would Hasbro be compelled to spell Daniel backwards? Its a damn name how can anybody copyright or trademark it?

You can't trademark it, it's too common, that's why they went with a made-up nonsense name instead that they could trademark.

Im not sure I understand the logic behind it. From a business perspective, not having to waste resources on tradmarking a name is a good thing. I wouldn't waste resources on trademarking something that cant technically be "stolen".

ArmadaPrime wrote:Also, I'm... kinda disappointed that it's an exclusive? I get that Hascon is trying to appeal to more of a family market, but to me the beauty of Botcon exclusives was that for the most part they were bizarre niche fan indulgence. Fantastic for those who wanted them and made sense for the Botcon demographic, but those who couldn't make it/afford the aftermarket price didnt really miss out. There was generally a sense of "this would never have happened if it weren't for botcon and the shocking levels of nerdery our team has". This though feels more like "we could have easily released this at general retail and made it widely available, but we felt like making it expensive and hard to get a hold of just for a laugh". IDK, maybe I'm just bitter that it'll likely be difficult/impossible for me to nab one, but I feel like the criticism is at least partially justified...

griftimus prime wrote:will rc be available to purchase some other way in the future? i would like the figure but cant go to this con.

Kurona wrote:It's not an exclusive, don't worry. It's simply that you can get it at HasCon earlier than at other vendors -- it'll be available in some other form later; likely as some sort of exclusive to Walgreens or Walmart or something.

Bumblevivisector wrote:because making a her a headmaster at the last minute is probably what denied us proper toy for so long; with fandom divided over whether or not her head should turn into Daniel, Hasbro got the message that there was no pleasing everyone, so we got nothing for three decades.

Deadput wrote:

Seibertron wrote:Oh you mean Takara's Masterforce cartoon where human kids "fold" into the heads of the Headmaster Juniors and the adults transform into the engines of the Godmasters? It's my favorite Transformers cartoon next to Beast Wars!

How they do it without breaking thier spine and ribs I'll never know

durroth wrote:... I feel like they should have made a rechargeable battery that turns into shockwave instead. They could have given him an LED laser cannon and the wire going from his back to his arm would have been completely on key.