New Robot Images of TFSS 4.0 Mayhem Attack Squad Near Final Production Samples

All the painted details are just blowing my mind, shame hasbro doesn't do that any more

I am not a huge fwn of the swords they gave Bludgeon. But I am glad they gave him swords. I know some people have lamented his alt mode, and I can sorta sympathize. Its not my ideal Bludgeon figure, for that I go back to the Battle in a Box Megatron deluxe with the spinny tank barrel thing. But it is a cool Bludgeon, and as a fan of Stormbringer and what it did to and for Thunderwing, I can get behind his being a combiner in the same line of thinking as the Unite Warriors Galvatronus/Galvatron. I can see why some more G1 centric Thunderwing fans would feel sleighted though.

The limb bots are all totaly awesome. I aM tiring of the targetmaster molds, but they are there and needed for the role. Far better to have them than to not. Ruckus' vehicle mode looks too busy to me with the shock absorber decals, but its neat colors and I like his bot mode. I have 0 complaints about any of the others and look forward to adding them to Classics/ Generations combiner or no. Where did the Matr8x bauble come fr9m, a d can I get a chain for it?

Flashwave wrote:Where did the Matr8x bauble come fr9m, a d can I get a chain for it?

It looks like the MP10 Matrix... and a chain would be off the chain.

Something I noticed: The character profiles that were put up during the order period said "When combined with the rest of his squad mates, Ruckus often forms the combiner's sword arm as he is the only one that Bludgeon trusts can be controlled flawlessly." and "When in combiner mode, Needlenose is often seen as a leg since Bludgeon knows this limits Needlenose's sensory inputs and helps ensure that his wandering attention does not affect the combiner's lethal efficiency." But after that, they seem to have, for lack of a better term, switched places.

Windsweeper and Ruckus certainly look a lot more appealing than previous uses of their molds too. It's just that 'Bludgeon' putting me off the whole thing.

I'm definitely going to pick up Ruckus and Bludgeon. I love that they're homaging his inner robot. Now if only someone would repaint Classics Jetfire as Cloudburst and Cybertron Ransack as Iguanus.

Windsweeper wrote:I'm definitely going to pick up Ruckus and Bludgeon. I love that they're homaging his inner robot. Now if only someone would repaint Classics Jetfire as Cloudburst and Cybertron Ransack as Iguanus.

Dont you have to buy them all?

william-james88 wrote:

Windsweeper wrote:I'm definitely going to pick up Ruckus and Bludgeon. I love that they're homaging his inner robot. Now if only someone would repaint Classics Jetfire as Cloudburst and Cybertron Ransack as Iguanus.

Dont you have to buy them all?

Not unless he buys them on the secondary market.

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Windsweeper wrote:I'm definitely going to pick up Ruckus and Bludgeon. I love that they're homaging his inner robot. Now if only someone would repaint Classics Jetfire as Cloudburst and Cybertron Ransack as Iguanus.

Dont you have to buy them all?

Not unless he buys them on the secondary market.

Sounds pricey

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Windsweeper wrote:I'm definitely going to pick up Ruckus and Bludgeon. I love that they're homaging his inner robot. Now if only someone would repaint Classics Jetfire as Cloudburst and Cybertron Ransack as Iguanus.

Dont you have to buy them all?

Not unless he buys them on the secondary market.

Sounds pricey

BBTS had preorders up for the individual figures that ran between $70-$90 per figure.

steals_your_goats wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Windsweeper wrote:I'm definitely going to pick up Ruckus and Bludgeon. I love that they're homaging his inner robot. Now if only someone would repaint Classics Jetfire as Cloudburst and Cybertron Ransack as Iguanus.

Dont you have to buy them all?

Not unless he buys them on the secondary market.

Sounds pricey

BBTS had preorders up for the individual figures that ran between $70-$90 per figure.

Which is about what you would have to pay at botcon if you tried to buy the leftovers - which it doesn't sound like will be the case based on making sets based on orders - if you aren't already a member, you pay ~$45 to be able to buy the figures at ~$50-70 each

I think they all look pretty good with Bludgeon being my least favorite & Needlenose being my most favorite. I'd like Bludgeon more if his head sculpt sported an actual translucent visor with painted & sculpted eyes behind it. Oh well. I also echo the opinion that he suffers based on the fact that his alt mode isn't a tank but we've known that for a while now.

Bludgeon is also my least favorite, but based on the mold choice, it's hard for me to imagine how he would have turned out better. And the more I think about it, I probably like Bludgeon more than I would have liked a voyager Thunderwing out of Silverbolt.

When it was announced and I saw the renders or preliminary whatevers, I though "huh, neat, someone will like those". But I wasn't really interested. Now though... I don't really know why, but these finished proto's got me seein stars

shajaki wrote:When it was announced and I saw the renders or preliminary whatevers, I though "huh, neat, someone will like those". But I wasn't really interested. Now though... I don't really know why, but these finished proto's got me seein stars

Welcome back!!!

Let me guess... you missed the subscription window?

That headsculpt for Bludgeon doesn't say, Bludgeon. They need to give him something much more different, something, Bludgeonish, if you know what I mean.

OptimalOptimus2 wrote:That headsculpt for Bludgeon doesn't say, Bludgeon. They need to give him something much more different, something, Bludgeonish, if you know what I mean.

The Club is going for inner-robot Bludgeon, not pretender-shell (or IDW-esque) Bludgeon. So, all things considered, it's actually quite Bludgeon-ish.

OptimalOptimus2 wrote:That headsculpt for Bludgeon doesn't say, Bludgeon. They need to give him something much more different, something, Bludgeonish, if you know what I mean.

I concur. As much as it's accurate to the original, I think everybody prefers his samurai head to any other alternative. Needlenose and Impactor are the highlights of this set.

megatronus wrote:

shajaki wrote:When it was announced and I saw the renders or preliminary whatevers, I though "huh, neat, someone will like those". But I wasn't really interested. Now though... I don't really know why, but these finished proto's got me seein stars

Welcome back!!!

Let me guess... you missed the subscription window?

Shanks
I've mostly been chillin in the collections threads. As for subscribing, I wasn't too impressed when I bought my Botcon set straight from the source, so I plan to get them aftermarket folks.

shajaki wrote:

megatronus wrote:

shajaki wrote:When it was announced and I saw the renders or preliminary whatevers, I though "huh, neat, someone will like those". But I wasn't really interested. Now though... I don't really know why, but these finished proto's got me seein stars

Welcome back!!!

Let me guess... you missed the subscription window?

Shanks
I've mostly been chillin in the collections threads. As for subscribing, I wasn't too impressed when I bought my Botcon set straight from the source, so I plan to get them aftermarket folks.

May God be with your wallet...

Mindmaster wrote:

shajaki wrote:

megatronus wrote:

shajaki wrote:When it was announced and I saw the renders or preliminary whatevers, I though "huh, neat, someone will like those". But I wasn't really interested. Now though... I don't really know why, but these finished proto's got me seein stars

Welcome back!!!

Let me guess... you missed the subscription window?

Shanks
I've mostly been chillin in the collections threads. As for subscribing, I wasn't too impressed when I bought my Botcon set straight from the source, so I plan to get them aftermarket folks.

May God be with your wallet...

And may the force be with you.

Impactor vs... Thunder Mayhem!!

A reminder, these are first samples. Some colors and paint may vary from the final releases.

https://twitter.com/The_TF_Club/status/682758291135541248

Haha that is amazing! I wish we could maybe get Impactor in Voyager scale officially in the future to scale with Generations Springer. Can't ask for everything right?

SillySpringer wrote:Haha that is amazing! I wish we could maybe get Impactor in Voyager scale officially in the future to scale with Generations Springer. Can't ask for everything right?

Yeah. He should have been made out of Onslaught, with some Wrecker limbs to accompany him. In fact, screw Thunder Mayhem. A CW version of FOC Ruination would have been awesome.

Decepticon Sunstorm wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:Haha that is amazing! I wish we could maybe get Impactor in Voyager scale officially in the future to scale with Generations Springer. Can't ask for everything right?

Yeah. He should have been made out of Onslaught, with some Wrecker limbs to accompany him. In fact, screw Thunder Mayhem. A CW version of FOC Ruination would have been awesome.

Ok let's not be rude here!

That 3rd Party Impactor does tempt me tho...

Looks great

But, there seems to be something off - visually - with thunderwings head, maybe its the lack of symmetrical kibble on vortexs' shoulder, or it might be the colors, or the proportion of the face-to-helmet ratio, but somethings not sitting right with my brain

The Transformers Collectors' Club has tweeted a look at the Subscription Service 4.0 Mayhem Attack Squad's combined mode: Thunder Mayhem. It also includes a look at the Impactor figure with some of his accessories.






You can check out the other images of the vehicle modes Here and robot modes Here. And don't forget to leave your comments below.

Madeus Prime wrote:

OptimalOptimus2 wrote:That headsculpt for Bludgeon doesn't say, Bludgeon. They need to give him something much more different, something, Bludgeonish, if you know what I mean.

I concur. As much as it's accurate to the original, I think everybody prefers his samurai head to any other alternative. Needlenose and Impactor are the highlights of this set.

It might not look like a samurai, per se, but it does still look like a martial artist, at least to me. Maybe it's the headband?

I know this is the wrong opinion to have, but I'm okay with the new head.

Nemesis Primal wrote:

Madeus Prime wrote:

OptimalOptimus2 wrote:That headsculpt for Bludgeon doesn't say, Bludgeon. They need to give him something much more different, something, Bludgeonish, if you know what I mean.

I concur. As much as it's accurate to the original, I think everybody prefers his samurai head to any other alternative. Needlenose and Impactor are the highlights of this set.

It might not look like a samurai, per se, but it does still look like a martial artist, at least to me. Maybe it's the headband?

I know this is the wrong opinion to have, but I'm okay with the new head.

It's not wrong, I like it too, I mean, sure I'd rather have a crazy psycho-techno skull for a head, but nobodies done it well yet, so I'll take this, as it looks equally epic

i see Impactor does this mean we will see a combiner wars Ruination?

Ultra Markus wrote:i see Impactor does this mean we will see a combiner wars Ruination?

Anythign is possible with the CLub, but I wouldn't count on it unless we get a Botcon add-on. Say, Silverbolt or Scattorshot as Sandstorm and fill in the blanks. But as far as we know, No.

I do like this Bludgeon head. it's not the Samauri skull, but it's a nice enough head. I think what

Hellscream9999 wrote:Looks great

But, there seems to be something off - visually - with thunderwings head, maybe its the lack of symmetrical kibble on vortexs' shoulder, or it might be the colors, or the proportion of the face-to-helmet ratio, but somethings not sitting right with my brain

is seeing is a result of a non-final head skulpt. Your'e right, the head looks swollen compared to the helmet, not enough definition in the edge of the chinplate and his cheek structure. But the head also looks rough to me like a Shapeways print, so it's either bad lighting and bad paint or a rough head mould. And its a little big proportionately compared to what we have gotten, but a lot of times, TF heads, especially those from TFCC are smaller than proportionate to their bodies. So it may be that too.

This picture has me all kinds of excited for Stormbringer. I need a chain to hang the Matrix from his neck.

That is the stupidest looking combiner ever.

Rated X wrote:That is the stupidest looking combiner ever.

I think you're thinking of Big Rescue Force.

Flashwave wrote:

Ultra Markus wrote:i see Impactor does this mean we will see a combiner wars Ruination?

Anythign is possible with the CLub, but I wouldn't count on it unless we get a Botcon add-on.

The description for next year's TCC magaine story refers to Impactor as "the last of the Wreckers." So, it's possibly a sign that he's on his own now.

I think my appreciation for the Bludgeon's inner robot head is colored by the fact that I do own ROTF Bludgeon with the Headrobots upgrade. If I didn't, I'd probably want a samurai head too.

Also, I didn't realize Impactor is coming with some extra weapons - from Arcee of all places! That's actually really nice.

megatronus wrote:I think my appreciation for the Bludgeon's inner robot head is colored by the fact that I do own ROTF Bludgeon with the Headrobots upgrade. If I didn't, I'd probably want a samurai head too.

Also, I didn't realize Impactor is coming with some extra weapons - from Arcee of all places! That's actually really nice.

Yeah, I agree. The fact that I have a voyager & deluxe Bludgeon's with samurai head sculpts makes me less upset with the fact that the Club went this route, this time. I hope they tone down the green on Bludgeon. It looks really out of place in combined mode in my opinion.

I'm also surprised the Club decided to add all of the black panel lines to the top of Impactor's head sculpt. I've seen a lot of people complain about that on MMC's Spartan.

TF_JW wrote:Impactor vs... Thunder Mayhem!!

A reminder, these are first samples. Some colors and paint may vary from the final releases.

https://twitter.com/The_TF_Club/status/682758291135541248

thunder_mayhem_impactor.jpg

Little surprised those Targetmasters aren't combined. Heck, I only have Scoop thus far, but fiddling with him gives me the impression it's probably even possible to stick all four together.

Ultra Markus wrote:i see Impactor does this mean we will see a combiner wars Ruination?

I hope not. I'd rather see Ruination go back to being a Decepticon combiner some day.

...

I can dream, right?

Rated X wrote:That is the stupidest looking combiner ever.

Ha ha, not even close.



Or if you really want to scrape the bottom of the barrel...

He honestly does look pretty good. they all do

Let me re-phrase my comment...

This is the stupidest looking non-vintage combiner using CW molds...

Rated X wrote:Let me re-phrase my comment...

This is the stupidest looking non-vintage combiner using CW molds...

It's a murder team from Candyland, what do you expect?

Rated X wrote:Let me re-phrase my comment...

This is the stupidest looking non-vintage combiner using CW molds...

I thought that would've been Menasor? What with the birth-giving hips that clash with the crotchplate when trying to get any good poses if you could prevent him from falling over due to the original run's sketchy nearly nonfunctional ratcheted hips....

...I should probably look into that for mine.

Mindmaster wrote:

Rated X wrote:Let me re-phrase my comment...

This is the stupidest looking non-vintage combiner using CW molds...

I thought that would've been Menasor? What with the birth-giving hips that clash with the crotchplate when trying to get any good poses if you could prevent him from falling over due to the original run's sketchy nearly nonfunctional ratcheted hips....

...I should probably look into that for mine.

And let's not forget the horrid G2 combiner color palettes

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Mindmaster wrote:

Rated X wrote:Let me re-phrase my comment...

This is the stupidest looking non-vintage combiner using CW molds...

I thought that would've been Menasor? What with the birth-giving hips that clash with the crotchplate when trying to get any good poses if you could prevent him from falling over due to the original run's sketchy nearly nonfunctional ratcheted hips....

...I should probably look into that for mine.

And let's not forget the horrid G2 combiner color palettes

That's differebt, though... They're meant to homage the originals, one of them having a limb that is susceptible to GPS, the other having never been released save the one limb. What I'm getting at is that they could've engineered Menasor better, IMO.

Mindmaster wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Mindmaster wrote:

Rated X wrote:Let me re-phrase my comment...

This is the stupidest looking non-vintage combiner using CW molds...

I thought that would've been Menasor? What with the birth-giving hips that clash with the crotchplate when trying to get any good poses if you could prevent him from falling over due to the original run's sketchy nearly nonfunctional ratcheted hips....

...I should probably look into that for mine.

And let's not forget the horrid G2 combiner color palettes

That's differebt, though... They're meant to homage the originals, one of them having a limb that is susceptible to GPS, the other having never been released save the one limb. What I'm getting at is that they could've engineered Menasor better, IMO.

They're both equally stupid, if only for different reasons

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Mindmaster wrote:

Rated X wrote:Let me re-phrase my comment...

This is the stupidest looking non-vintage combiner using CW molds...

I thought that would've been Menasor? What with the birth-giving hips that clash with the crotchplate when trying to get any good poses if you could prevent him from falling over due to the original run's sketchy nearly nonfunctional ratcheted hips....

...I should probably look into that for mine.

And let's not forget the horrid G2 combiner color palettes

I actually kinda love G2 Superion's colors, but hate Menasor's.

SillySpringer wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Mindmaster wrote:

Rated X wrote:Let me re-phrase my comment...

This is the stupidest looking non-vintage combiner using CW molds...

I thought that would've been Menasor? What with the birth-giving hips that clash with the crotchplate when trying to get any good poses if you could prevent him from falling over due to the original run's sketchy nearly nonfunctional ratcheted hips....

...I should probably look into that for mine.

And let's not forget the horrid G2 combiner color palettes

I actually kinda love G2 Superion's colors, but hate Menasor's.

Yeah, they do kinda work, but they're still kinda nasty, but, yeah, G2 Menasor and Defensor did take it a little over the top

Hellscream9999 wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Mindmaster wrote:

Rated X wrote:Let me re-phrase my comment...

This is the stupidest looking non-vintage combiner using CW molds...

I thought that would've been Menasor? What with the birth-giving hips that clash with the crotchplate when trying to get any good poses if you could prevent him from falling over due to the original run's sketchy nearly nonfunctional ratcheted hips....

...I should probably look into that for mine.

And let's not forget the horrid G2 combiner color palettes

I actually kinda love G2 Superion's colors, but hate Menasor's.

Yeah, they do kinda work, but they're still kinda nasty, but, yeah, G2 Menasor and Defensor did take it a little over the top

I think the g2 Superion colors work perfectly for CW Arielbots, and am kinda tempted to get that set...

SillySpringer wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Mindmaster wrote:

Rated X wrote:Let me re-phrase my comment...

This is the stupidest looking non-vintage combiner using CW molds...

I thought that would've been Menasor? What with the birth-giving hips that clash with the crotchplate when trying to get any good poses if you could prevent him from falling over due to the original run's sketchy nearly nonfunctional ratcheted hips....

...I should probably look into that for mine.

And let's not forget the horrid G2 combiner color palettes

I actually kinda love G2 Superion's colors, but hate Menasor's.

Yeah, they do kinda work, but they're still kinda nasty, but, yeah, G2 Menasor and Defensor did take it a little over the top

I think the g2 Superion colors work perfectly for CW Arielbots, and am kinda tempted to get that set...

Yeah, the aerialbots hit it outta the park, I'd say it's a great buy

Hellscream9999 wrote:Yeah, the aerialbots hit it outta the park, I'd say it's a great buy

Aww man now I am dying to get it.

SillySpringer wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:Yeah, the aerialbots hit it outta the park, I'd say it's a great buy

Aww man now I am dying to get it.

Bummer