In-hand images of Transformers Generations Chromia

Pretty good for a heavy retool.

A relatively minor thing all things considered, but I guess someone missed the memo that Camians don't like to use guns.

Oh well, I'm sure we can count on Dr. Wu or Shapeways for a 3rd party halberd.

Shuttershock wrote:Pretty good for a heavy retool.

A relatively minor thing all things considered, but I guess someone missed the memo that Camians don't like to use guns.

Oh well, I'm sure we can count on Dr. Wu or Shapeways for a 3rd party halberd.

The gun is actually Arcee's gun from the G1 movie:



Or at least loosely inspired by it.

That is one horribly mistransformed Chromia

OneConArmy wrote:That is one horribly mistransformed Chromia

Thank god for that, I was looking at the photos thinking that this isn't what Hasbro showed us!

Sabrblade wrote:

Shuttershock wrote:Pretty good for a heavy retool.

A relatively minor thing all things considered, but I guess someone missed the memo that Camians don't like to use guns.

Oh well, I'm sure we can count on Dr. Wu or Shapeways for a 3rd party halberd.

The gun is actually Arcee's gun from the G1 movie:



Or at least loosely inspired by it.

Good spot. Wonder why the Generations Arcee isn't using it?

Still, the point remains that Chromia has been shown most prominently as a melee combatant.

Loving the lightcycle alt-mode. Too bad about the completely clear canopy, it looked better when it was transparent smoke/grey. But otherwise, she looks great! This is how repaints should be done.

Shuttershock wrote:Good spot. Wonder why the Generations Arcee isn't using it?

It might not have been doable on any of Arcee's plastic sprues. So they probably figured people would be getting both anyway, and so found a way to still give us the gun, even if it comes with someone else.

After all, DOTM Megatron's shotgun came with AOE Evasion Mode Optimus.

Sabrblade wrote:

Shuttershock wrote:Good spot. Wonder why the Generations Arcee isn't using it?

It might not have been doable on any of Arcee's plastic sprues. So they probably figured people would be getting both anyway, and so found a way to still give us the gun, even if it comes with someone else.

After all, DOTM Megatron's shotgun came with AOE Evasion Mode Optimus.

Yeah, I'm sure that was deliberate when they made DOTM Megs.

I just find it funny that they gave her a gun and not a halberd, especially since Generations has been pretty good about giving the right weapons to the right people.

For Spark's sake, Skids comes with a Nudge Gun!

You know what this means... soon - ARCEE!!!!!!!!

And I just pulled up this site to see if there were any in-hand images of Chromia.

As for her having a gun, didn't she have one in the G1 cartoon? Because I seem to remember her having one there.

I really wish the backpack came off to become her riot shield.

Oh leana when will you ever learn how to transform a transformer?

In further Hasbro Transformers Generations news today, we bring you another video review from Seibertron.com board member chuckdawg1999, this time talking us through a Legends figure: Gears and Targetmaster Eclipse! The little guy is a repaint of the Swerve mold, with new headsculpt, while the partner's a simple redeco of Flanker. Check out the embedded clip below!

One of the fun things with the Generation line is seeing how repaints/remolds can get turned around. Case it point, way back when Gears was the original figure while Swerve was the remold. 30 years later with Swerve being a more popular character we see Gears as a repaint of that Legends figure. Surprisingly the joints are a little bit tighter so take care moving them around, other than that this is a fine figure worthy of your collection.

Eclipse is a repaint of Swerve partner, Flanker, not Payload. He is supposed to represent G1 Eagle Eye. No switching partners yet here like with Cliffjumper and Nemesis Prime.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Eclipse is a repaint of Swerve partner, Flanker, not Payload. He is supposed to represent G1 Eagle Eye. No switching partners yet here like with Cliffjumper and Nemesis Prime.

Thanks, I'm losing it this week.

Va'al wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Eclipse is a repaint of Swerve partner, Flanker, not Payload. He is supposed to represent G1 Eagle Eye. No switching partners yet here like with Cliffjumper and Nemesis Prime.

Thanks, I'm losing it this week.

Any time

Swerve and Gears are required purchases for me. I just hope I can find the latter when moving.

What number is Gears out of 30?

GuyIncognito wrote:What number is Gears out of 30?

He's not part of the "list of 30 randomly picked exclusives and special releases". "Thrilling 30" refers to the line of the year as a whole.

Mmm-mm. Nope. That's the ugliest repaint I've seen in a long time. Swerve doesn't deserve this kind of atrocity for a legacy.

I think the head missing its red paint stripes and outside/top hurts the look. Makes him look like Brawn.

If those were applied and the area surrounding the head were simply blue, I think it would resemble the original character a lot more.

Saying this for customizers out there... and because I plan to paint mine this way.

The kibble above her head is very obnoxious, apart from that she looks nice.

DMSL wrote:The kibble above her head is very obnoxious, apart from that she looks nice.

I don't "think" Gears is identifying himself as female in the comics... unless there's something I've missed recently (???).

Black Bumblebee wrote:

DMSL wrote:The kibble above her head is very obnoxious, apart from that she looks nice.

I don't "think" Gears is identifying himself as female in the comics... unless there's something I've missed recently (???).

He was talking about Chromia from the previous news post.

Too bad Gears's little buddy isn't decoed like black suit Spider-Man, that would've been neat.

Spider Man!!!! Ha.

I'm all for Gears, and I'm all for Chromia. Shame she doesn't have the smoky orange canopy that she was first shown with, but it's not an issue.

Now I shall wait impatiently for these and their wave-mates to appear in retailers near me.

Shuttershock wrote:
I just find it funny that they gave her a gun and not a halberd, especially since Generations has been pretty good about giving the right weapons to the right people.

I seem to recall her using a gun at least once or twice in Windblade's series. Might be wrong though.

Ignoring the horrendous mistransformation, this looks pretty great. Amazed they could take the PRID Arcee mold and completely change it like that.

I also like how they made the wheel struts out of clear plastic to make them look like they're not actually connected, but rather sort of "float" in place. Really adds to the whole lightcycle thing. I am worried about them breaking, though. Clear plastic can be a bitch.

I really like her, the colors pop. I could do without the Arcee attempt, but its good stuff nonetheless.

chromia's got "afterburner remold" stamped all over her.

its just so close its unreal.

really like the look of her too but odds are like most TF stuff no it wont hit the shelves in ireland.

we get nothing nowadays, ya shoulda seen the AOE stuff. nothing past the flip and change stuff as generations and stuff like thats been kept to UK retailers.

still i like her enough to maybe buy on line but the postal charges put ya off.

well see.

mooncake wrote:

So....why does she have Conehead-faced knees? (Or maybe Cyclonus without his "ears"?) I'm looking at my FE Prime Arcee, and while there are some similarities there, the face-ish area is flat on my Arcee. It looks like they rounded out the area under the knee spikes making a face looking shape.

Agamemnon wrote:So....why does she have Conehead-faced knees? (Or maybe Cyclonus without his "ears"?)

CANNOT UNSEE

Agamemnon wrote:

mooncake wrote:

So....why does she have Conehead-faced knees? (Or maybe Cyclonus without his "ears"?) I'm looking at my FE Prime Arcee, and while there are some similarities there, the face-ish area is flat on my Arcee. It looks like they rounded out the area under the knee spikes making a face looking shape.

-_- Now I Can't unsee the faces... thanks a lot bud!

Nabbed a leader class Jetfire from a Kmart in New Orleans.

Agamemnon wrote:

mooncake wrote:

So....why does she have Conehead-faced knees? (Or maybe Cyclonus without his "ears"?) I'm looking at my FE Prime Arcee, and while there are some similarities there, the face-ish area is flat on my Arcee. It looks like they rounded out the area under the knee spikes making a face looking shape.

their the latest cybertronian fashion accesory

Mindmaster wrote:I'm all for Gears, and I'm all for Chromia. Shame she doesn't have the smoky orange canopy that she was first shown with, but it's not an issue.

Now I shall wait impatiently for these and their wave-mates to appear in retailers near me.

That's the thing. In the third issue Windblade made a point to mention that Camians don't like using firearms because missing might result in unnecessary damage or destruction.

You might have seen Blurr shoot. He and Chromia look really close in that series.

I kinda wish they stuck with the very tinted cockpit plastic. It doesn't look BAD like this, but I thought it looked cooler

Nemesis Primal wrote:

Shuttershock wrote:
I just find it funny that they gave her a gun and not a halberd, especially since Generations has been pretty good about giving the right weapons to the right people.

I seem to recall her using a gun at least once or twice in Windblade's series. Might be wrong though.

That's the thing. In the third issue Windblade made a point to mention that Camians don't like using firearms because missing might result in unnecessary damage or destruction.

You might have seen Blurr shoot. He and Chromia look really close in that series.

more specifically because they live/lived in a titan. so it would be like firing a bullet in a submarine. if you miss you either hit something important or open a hole in the hull.

durroth wrote:more specifically because they live/lived in a titan. so it would be like firing a bullet in a submarine. if you miss you either hit something important or open a hole in the hull.

Also a good point.

To be frank, I just like the halberd. To me, melee weapons can convey a lot more personality and uniqueness than guns can.

Shuttershock wrote:

durroth wrote:more specifically because they live/lived in a titan. so it would be like firing a bullet in a submarine. if you miss you either hit something important or open a hole in the hull.

Also a good point.

To be frank, I just like the halberd. To me, melee weapons can convey a lot more personality and uniqueness than guns can.

I have to agree. I think it would have been a simple enough thing to have re-cast Orion Pax's weapon in translucent blue. It'd save on the cost of molding a new weapon, and it'd be reasonably close to Chromia's weapon in the Windblade mini. Now though, I'm already figuring if there's a way to detach the backpack to turn it into her shield.

Just got a shipping confirmation of Roadbuster and SkyByte from HTS. Woot!

Shuttershock wrote:

Mindmaster wrote:I'm all for Gears, and I'm all for Chromia. Shame she doesn't have the smoky orange canopy that she was first shown with, but it's not an issue.

Now I shall wait impatiently for these and their wave-mates to appear in retailers near me.

That's the thing. In the third issue Windblade made a point to mention that Camians don't like using firearms because missing might result in unnecessary damage or destruction.

You might have seen Blurr shoot. He and Chromia look really close in that series.

Uh... what? That had nothing to do with my comment?

Mindmaster wrote:

Shuttershock wrote:

Mindmaster wrote:I'm all for Gears, and I'm all for Chromia. Shame she doesn't have the smoky orange canopy that she was first shown with, but it's not an issue.

Now I shall wait impatiently for these and their wave-mates to appear in retailers near me.

That's the thing. In the third issue Windblade made a point to mention that Camians don't like using firearms because missing might result in unnecessary damage or destruction.

You might have seen Blurr shoot. He and Chromia look really close in that series.

Uh... what? That had nothing to do with my comment?

I think he meant to respond to Nemesis Primal and hit the wrong button

Agamemnon wrote:So....why does she have Conehead-faced knees?

Not my pics, but I gotta share them:

Looks like Jetfire shipped from HTS too with windblade today.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Black Bumblebee wrote:

DMSL wrote:The kibble above her head is very obnoxious, apart from that she looks nice.

I don't "think" Gears is identifying himself as female in the comics... unless there's something I've missed recently (???).

He was talking about Chromia from the previous news post.

Perfect example of how thread merging is a bad idea.

Rated X wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Black Bumblebee wrote:

DMSL wrote:The kibble above her head is very obnoxious, apart from that she looks nice.

I don't "think" Gears is identifying himself as female in the comics... unless there's something I've missed recently (???).

He was talking about Chromia from the previous news post.

Perfect example of how thread merging is a bad idea.

yeah, i've said that before too. i don't understand it.. it SERIOUSLY hinders any discussion on any of these stories.. all of these are lumped together and all of the movie toys discussions are lumped together. it's one of the reasons i rarely ever comment on anything.

Amazon update; ohmagod these prices. Also these descriptions are dorky as all hell XD


Arcee is one of the most dangerous Autobots, despite her comparatively small size. She believes the Decepticons must be stopped at all costs. That belief, combined with her combat training, makes her a pure warrior, a hunter who mixes speed and sudden action to strike Decepticon targets whenever she can. Convert, arm and attack with all the Transformers action you can handle! This Arcee figure is a hardcore warrior in robot mode, and she carries a sword in one hand and a blaster in the other for battle against Decepticon foes. When she needs to chase down the foe, she can convert to Cybertronian Cruiser mode! Whatever mode your Arcee figure is in, her enemies will think twice before taking her on! Transformers and all related characters are trademarks of Hasbro.


Bring home Windblade's bodyguard with Transformers Generations Deluxe Chromia. The blue motorbike can change from a Cybertronian warrior to an Autobot vehicle in no time, and comes armed with twin pistols for Decepticon-fighting fun!


She's the first fan-designed robot! Transformers Generations Deluxe Windblade is a servant to Caminus, Cityspeaker of Metroplex on Cybertron, and the first Transformer that Hasbro let fans design. Along with their own artists, Hasbro let fans pick her vehicle mode, faction, personality, alt mode, weapons, and more - and today, we've got an awesome Kabuki-inspired defender of what's right! With her bodyguard Chromia, she's ready to make Cybertron a better place for everyone... assuming Starscream doesn't stop her! This VTOL jet can change to a robot, and is armed with a swell purple sword - and a a scabbard, to boot!


He's a genius! Transformers Generations Voyager Brainstorm can invent ennui guns and mystery briefcases, all while flying around the galaxy and changing shape. This Headmaster has a tiny robot which changes into a head, and he can also fit inside the cockpit of Brainstorm's vehicle mode. Bring this Autobot weapons designer home tod