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Posted by Mkall on September 7th, 2015 @ 10:35am CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on September 7th, 2015 @ 11:08am CDT
G2 Starscream still hasn't come out yet.Va'al wrote:Our latest addition to the Seibertron.com toy galleries features the last ever official use of a mold that has served well through the years, as released by the Transformers Collectors' Club - behold the last plastic Seeker in all but name: Nacelle.
Posted by Deadput on September 7th, 2015 @ 11:33am CDT
Hopefully they decide to make him in a couple years.
Posted by Va'al on September 7th, 2015 @ 12:26pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:G2 Starscream still hasn't come out yet.Va'al wrote:Our latest addition to the Seibertron.com toy galleries features the last ever official use of a mold that has served well through the years, as released by the Transformers Collectors' Club - behold the last plastic Seeker in all but name: Nacelle.
Posted by SW's SilverHammer on September 7th, 2015 @ 12:47pm CDT
Va'al wrote:Sabrblade wrote:G2 Starscream still hasn't come out yet.Va'al wrote:Our latest addition to the Seibertron.com toy galleries features the last ever official use of a mold that has served well through the years, as released by the Transformers Collectors' Club - behold the last plastic Seeker in all but name: Nacelle.
I'm still waiting for G2 Starscream damn it.
Posted by Seibertron on September 7th, 2015 @ 1:48pm CDT
SW's SilverHammer wrote:Va'al wrote:Sabrblade wrote:G2 Starscream still hasn't come out yet.Va'al wrote:Our latest addition to the Seibertron.com toy galleries features the last ever official use of a mold that has served well through the years, as released by the Transformers Collectors' Club - behold the last plastic Seeker in all but name: Nacelle.
I'm still waiting for G2 Starscream damn it.
I might possibly do the massive group shot I'm sure everyone would enjoy seeing with all 31 Seekers in G2 Starscream's gallery. We'll see if I can get to the 6 Asian Seekers in the next few weeks. Working on finishing up Hotlink, Bitstream, and Sunstorm's galleries tomorrow morning.
Posted by Sabrblade on September 7th, 2015 @ 2:28pm CDT
Posted by Va'al on September 8th, 2015 @ 3:59am CDT
Click on any of the images below to view the full galleriessssss..!
Convention & Club Exclusives Serpent O.R.
Posted by Sabrblade on September 8th, 2015 @ 10:02am CDT
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Posted by LOST Cybertronian on September 8th, 2015 @ 3:59pm CDT
Tarantulas is a repaint of Transformers United Scrapheap while the Arachnoids are repaints of Arms Micron Ida which originally came with another spider-bot Arms Micron Airachid.
The full galleries are just a click away below.
Convention & Club Exclusives Tarantulas
Convention & Club Exclusives Arachnoids
Posted by KirbyForce1 on September 8th, 2015 @ 4:47pm CDT
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Posted by Noideaforaname on September 8th, 2015 @ 5:40pm CDT
He also pulls off the whole vehicle mode thing better than the other BW guys...
Posted by Va'al on September 9th, 2015 @ 8:38am CDT
The three galleries, which you can access by clicking on any of the images below, include images of both jet and robot mode for each, group shots, poses and even images of their official bio cards and art. Check them out!
BotCon Exclusives Sunstorm
BotCon Exclusives Hotlink
BotCon Exclusives Bitstream
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on September 9th, 2015 @ 9:00am CDT
Posted by Mkall on September 9th, 2015 @ 9:28am CDT
Posted by Gearslide on September 9th, 2015 @ 9:48am CDT
Posted by Rated X on September 9th, 2015 @ 8:27pm CDT
Give us Redwing and another 20 decos and I will buy them all.
Posted by SW's SilverHammer on September 9th, 2015 @ 8:58pm CDT
Rated X wrote:This mold is the GOAT (Greatest of All Time)
The classic's starscream mold was fine for it's time. The engineering is dated. The molds had to been tweaked to prevent it from being degraded from overuse. The only reason it's still "good" is because it's the only decent scaled F-15 g1 style seeker. It's endearing by default. For Christ sake he has energon hips.
Posted by ScottyP on September 9th, 2015 @ 9:38pm CDT
We just recorded the next podcast and this is pretty much what I said about it. Let's let it go out with G2 Starscream to it's honorable resting place in Valhalla or whatever since they seem to insist on not making a new production mold from the master (or they used the master as the production one in which case it's totally boned.)SW's SilverHammer wrote:Rated X wrote:This mold is the GOAT (Greatest of All Time)
The classic's starscream mold was fine for it's time. The engineering is dated. The molds had to been tweaked to prevent it from being degraded from overuse. The only reason it's still "good" is because it's the only decent scaled F-15 g1 style seeker. It's endearing by default. For Christ sake he has energon hips.
Posted by Hellscream9999 on September 9th, 2015 @ 9:51pm CDT
ScottyP wrote:We just recorded the next podcast and this is pretty much what I said about it. Let's let it go out with G2 Starscream to it's honorable resting place in Valhalla or whatever since they seem to insist on not making a new production mold from the master (or they used the master as the production one in which case it's totally boned.)SW's SilverHammer wrote:Rated X wrote:This mold is the GOAT (Greatest of All Time)
The classic's starscream mold was fine for it's time. The engineering is dated. The molds had to been tweaked to prevent it from being degraded from overuse. The only reason it's still "good" is because it's the only decent scaled F-15 g1 style seeker. It's endearing by default. For Christ sake he has energon hips.
I only have the classics skywarp, and while I like it quite a bit, I would prefer a more modernized/slightly stylized version of it.
Posted by Seibertron on September 9th, 2015 @ 11:28pm CDT
Hellscream9999 wrote:ScottyP wrote:We just recorded the next podcast and this is pretty much what I said about it. Let's let it go out with G2 Starscream to it's honorable resting place in Valhalla or whatever since they seem to insist on not making a new production mold from the master (or they used the master as the production one in which case it's totally boned.)SW's SilverHammer wrote:Rated X wrote:This mold is the GOAT (Greatest of All Time)
The classic's starscream mold was fine for it's time. The engineering is dated. The molds had to been tweaked to prevent it from being degraded from overuse. The only reason it's still "good" is because it's the only decent scaled F-15 g1 style seeker. It's endearing by default. For Christ sake he has energon hips.
I only have the classics skywarp, and while I like it quite a bit, I would prefer a more modernized/slightly stylized version of it.
I want one last version of this mold so we round out on an even number and I get the one that I've wanted the most ... how about Takara Transformers Legends Sunstorm done right with white forearms and whatever other goodies Takara wants to do to make it slavish to the G1 toy or to the Masterpiece figure. I've waited almost 10 years for a proper Sunstorm and we still don't have one yet! I'm contemplating buying an extra Nacelle and an extra BotCon Sunstorm so that I can swap the limbs at least, but then the missiles won't be the right color and nor will the launchers.
Posted by SW's SilverHammer on September 10th, 2015 @ 12:05am CDT
ScottyP wrote:We just recorded the next podcast and this is pretty much what I said about it. Let's let it go out with G2 Starscream to it's honorable resting place in Valhalla or whatever since they seem to insist on not making a new production mold from the master (or they used the master as the production one in which case it's totally boned.)SW's SilverHammer wrote:Rated X wrote:This mold is the GOAT (Greatest of All Time)
The classic's starscream mold was fine for it's time. The engineering is dated. The molds had to been tweaked to prevent it from being degraded from overuse. The only reason it's still "good" is because it's the only decent scaled F-15 g1 style seeker. It's endearing by default. For Christ sake he has energon hips.
I think when the last classics seeker comes out, people should take a crappy ko version (or the most valuable version if you want to be a dick) spray paint it silver and give a viking funeral.
Posted by Powered Convoy on September 10th, 2015 @ 9:41am CDT
Randy
Posted by Seibertron on September 10th, 2015 @ 9:57am CDT
Powered Convoy wrote:I still want Red Wing. Things like G2 Sandstorm would be great too.
Randy
I could do without Red Wing altogether, but G2 Sandstorm would be interesting. What I'd really like to see is Fun Pub or e-Hobby or someone do G1/G2 versions of Nacelle and G2 Sandstorm to legitimize them more. It's OK to get modern updates of old concepts, but I'd still like to get my hands on the original version that was never released. An homage of something that was never released is a bit of a stretch to me.
Posted by MaverickPrime on September 10th, 2015 @ 12:43pm CDT
Posted by Cyberstrike on September 10th, 2015 @ 2:06pm CDT
Gearslide wrote:What on Earth is going on with Bitstream's Bio Card? The bars say one value while the numbers say another!
My guess is that since since his bio states he's a super hacker the numbers are what is skills are in cyberspace while the bar represent what his skills are in the real world. That is my guess.
More likely it's a mistake.
Posted by OptimalOptimus2 on September 10th, 2015 @ 2:42pm CDT
Posted by jogunwarrior on September 11th, 2015 @ 8:13am CDT
Posted by Evil Eye on September 24th, 2015 @ 11:45am CDT
Goddamnit Hasbro. Just give us decent Voyager class seekers already. And no, those craptacular Cyber Series figures don't count.
Posted by Flux Convoy on September 24th, 2015 @ 4:13pm CDT
Posted by LOST Cybertronian on October 15th, 2015 @ 1:00pm CDT
Convention & Club Exclusives G2 Starscream
Posted by Mkall on October 15th, 2015 @ 1:18pm CDT
I know that a lot of collectors are ready to see it retired because it's outdated.
I'm still going to miss this mold.
Posted by Evil Eye on October 15th, 2015 @ 1:33pm CDT
Having recently been converted to the idea of the Seekers being deluxes I'm actually considering picking up some Classics Seekers, probably starting with a cheaper one to see if I even like the mold. Out of interest, how big is it? Could someone post a picture of a Classics Seeker next to, say, CW Skydive?
Posted by Rated X on October 15th, 2015 @ 5:30pm CDT
(Greatest of all time for the non hop hop fans)
Such a shame to see this mold go because the Armada Starscream mold doesn't hold a candle to this one. Cmon, TFCC give us a god damn Redwing (the character you created) and I wouldnt mind a G2 Sandstorm from the Ramjet version of the mold either...
Posted by Seibertron on October 15th, 2015 @ 5:40pm CDT
Rated X wrote:This mold is G.O.A.T. !!!
(Greatest of all time for the non hop hop fans)
Such a shame to see this mold go because the Armada Starscream mold doesn't hold a candle to this one. Cmon, TFCC give us a god damn Redwing (the character you created) and I wouldnt mind a G2 Sandstorm from the Ramjet version of the mold either...
How about a proper Sunstorm with white instead of black?
Posted by Evil Eye on October 15th, 2015 @ 5:45pm CDT
Myself, I'd like to see 'em bring out a Gunpla-style model kit version of the Classics Seeker mold, complete with all the launcher/wing/head variations on the sprues. Considering it'd be unassembled and unpainted, and cast entirely out of grey plastic (with the exception of the light piping/cockpit, and obviously any non-plastic parts like springs, pins, screws and polycaps) the "one box builds any kind of Seeker" still probably wouldn't cost much more than £20, and that's being pessimistic. Granted you'd need modelling and painting skills to build and finish them, but I think it'd be worth it. Heck, I'd buy 12 (though obviously not all at once). In fact, proper transformable Transformers model kits in general would be awesome, it's just obviously the Seekers would be the best application of that because, with all the various recolours, retools and the trillions of generics that appeared in the cartoons and comics, you could theoretically get an infinite amount of characters out of just one product. Get on it Hasbro!
Posted by Deadput on October 15th, 2015 @ 7:19pm CDT
Posted by Doubledealer93 on October 15th, 2015 @ 7:22pm CDT
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on October 15th, 2015 @ 7:30pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on October 15th, 2015 @ 10:51pm CDT
Posted by dragons on October 16th, 2015 @ 4:33pm CDT
Mkall wrote:I know we've been told that this is the last time we'll ever see this mold.
I know that a lot of collectors are ready to see it retired because it's outdated.
I'm still going to miss this mold.
I miss deluxe seekers figures
Posted by Hellscream9999 on October 16th, 2015 @ 4:59pm CDT
Rated X wrote:This mold is G.O.A.T. !!!
(Greatest of all time for the non hop hop fans)
Such a shame to see this mold go because the Armada Starscream mold doesn't hold a candle to this one. Cmon, TFCC give us a god damn Redwing (the character you created) and I wouldnt mind a G2 Sandstorm from the Ramjet version of the mold either...
I'd LOVE a G2 Sandstorm from that, I only ever got the exclusive skywarp version from a long time ago, it's a pretty nice mold, but I wouldn't mind seeing a larger and sleeker version.
Posted by Flux Convoy on October 22nd, 2015 @ 9:41am CDT
Seibertron wrote:How about a proper Sunstorm with white instead of black?
My homey. Although I've been wanting Sunstorm from the FOC mold. He's shown in the comics that way (for all of maybe three panels) and he looks awesome.
My G2 Starscream is an example of shoddy QC. Loose bits everywhere, paint slop, stress and possibly cracking at the pins. First time I've been thoroughly disappointed with a sub or club figure as far as QC goes.
Posted by Va'al on November 5th, 2015 @ 2:34am CST
Redecoed from the Generations Legend class Tailgate figure, Nightracer sports a black and blue paint scheme, as does tiny Shakar (with some added yellow). Also included in the gallery offerings below are comparison and full looks at BotCon 1995 Nightracer, and the Whiz-Bang variant homaging the Go-Bots of old. Take a look at a preview below, and click on any of the images to view the full galleries.
Convention & Club Exclusives Nightracer
Convention & Club Exclusives Shakar
BotCon Exclusives Nightracer
Convention & Club Exclusives Nightracer (Whiz-Bang variant)
Posted by durroth on November 5th, 2015 @ 3:59am CST
Also, on the Seeker mold subject: They need to come out with a suitable updated mold, yeah. This one got alot of use but it's time to let them cook up a worthy successor.
Posted by Rated X on November 5th, 2015 @ 6:35am CST
But instead we got this...
Posted by Evil Eye on November 5th, 2015 @ 6:40am CST
Rated X wrote:We should have gotten Redwing...
But instead we got this...
Yes, because a generic who existed for all of ONE PANEL in a comic with no lines, characterization or anything else, and only got a name because of the nagging of an overly obsessed fan TOTALLY deserves a new toy more than one of the first ever female Transformers toys, who also happened to be the creation of Raksha, one of the organizers of BotCon 1995. You'd get on just fine; she's a major GEEWUNer who hates Beast Wars and everything that followed it.
Posted by Rated X on November 5th, 2015 @ 6:49am CST
Seibertron wrote:Rated X wrote:This mold is G.O.A.T. !!!
(Greatest of all time for the non hop hop fans)
Such a shame to see this mold go because the Armada Starscream mold doesn't hold a candle to this one. Cmon, TFCC give us a god damn Redwing (the character you created) and I wouldnt mind a G2 Sandstorm from the Ramjet version of the mold either...
How about a proper Sunstorm with white instead of black?
That would be nice. But I do give them a free pass on that because they did gang mold their sunstorm with the other 2. Maybe e hobby will pick up the mold and do its variants. Just because funpub made the incredibly poor decision to stop using the mold, doesnt mean hasbro or takara wont use it again. This mold is money in the bank. Personally, my proper Sunstorm itch was scratched by CHMS a long time ago. But I hope this mold makes a comeback. Funpub has gone against their word before like they did with "no more UT molds".