New Video Review of Transformers Generations Selects Deluxe Class Tigertrack
Sunday, October 18th, 2020 3:27PM CDT
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Tigertrack is a redeco of the Siege Deluxe Class Sideswipe mold and is a homage to the color of the toy that would become Sideswipe, in the original Diaclone line. The toy comes with Red Alerts gun and and a piece from Siege Deluxe Class Six-Gun/Cromar to act as his shoulder mounted rocket launcher.
The review includes comparisons with all the other uses of the Siege Sideswipe mold so far.
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Posted by chuckdawg1999 on October 18th, 2020 @ 8:21pm CDT
Posted by Sowndwave76 on October 18th, 2020 @ 8:54pm CDT
The bummer for me is that there isn't a Sideswipe sans battle damage... He is one of my favorite Autobots, but I don't really want either of the recent figures of him.
So Tigertrack is a bit tempting... But I'll hold off for now. But who knows. With SS86 not being released until April... Hmmmmm.
Posted by Sentinel_Primal on October 21st, 2020 @ 2:05am CDT
Posted by aronjlove on October 21st, 2020 @ 8:04am CDT
Sentinel_Primal wrote:So, has anyone been charged for God Neptune? Or gotten any delay info?
Neither, although I expect the latter. Everything else from Takara has been delayed.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on October 21st, 2020 @ 8:59am CDT
aronjlove wrote:Sentinel_Primal wrote:So, has anyone been charged for God Neptune? Or gotten any delay info?
Neither, although I expect the latter. Everything else from Takara has been delayed.
I thought I was being preliminarily charged for him earlier this month, but the charge disappeared and for some reason in my Pulse orders, my original order shows as cancelled with a re-order of the figure right after the cancellation, so I have no idea what's going on there.
I expect a delay, which wouldn't be too bad, but then at the normal rate of 2 month delay that would put a pretty big charge right around Christmas, which I honestly would not want.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on October 21st, 2020 @ 9:54am CDT
Posted by TF-fan kev777 on October 21st, 2020 @ 10:02am CDT
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Just got the delay email from Pulse, God Neptune delayed until December 3, 2020. worst possible timing
I'd argue December 23 would be worse, still get charged before Christmas, but nothing under the tree because it takes Pulse a minimum of a week from charging to actual shipping.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on October 21st, 2020 @ 10:09am CDT
TF-fan kev777 wrote:D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Just got the delay email from Pulse, God Neptune delayed until December 3, 2020. worst possible timing
I'd argue December 23 would be worse, still get charged before Christmas, but nothing under the tree because it takes Pulse a minimum of a week from charging to actual shipping.
With the delay, that means that Maverick, Hot House, Bug Bite, Black roritchi, SS As seen in Parks Megatron, AND God Neptune will all be released within 4 days of one another, $350 worth of bots pretty much in one go, and no paypal credit to help either.
That's an overload right around the time when Christmas shopping is at the peak
Posted by o.supreme on October 21st, 2020 @ 11:01am CDT
I just seem to recall Super Megatron getting pushed back at least twice...but that could be faulty memory based on peoples posts since I didn't actually order one myself. Has Super megs even been released on Pulse yet? (even though it is sold out, usually they still show the estimated arrival date but I dont see any)
Posted by Sentinel_Primal on October 21st, 2020 @ 11:28am CDT
o.supreme wrote:ok, so I know every TT Selects gets delayed, it's inevitable. However... This first delay is 6 weeks roughly (10/24 to 12/3), can we expect another delay? Basically I'm asking, are they incremental, or is this date goign to be pretty accurate?
I just seem to recall Super Megatron getting pushed back at least twice...but that could be faulty memory based on peoples posts since I didn't actually order one myself. Has Super megs even been released on Pulse yet? (even though it is sold out, usually they still show the estimated arrival date but I dont see any)
Super Megatron should be shipping Decemeber 1st.
Does anyone else think this will result in several cancellations? Cause it being that close to Christmas is already making me consider cancelling, especially as I wss already debating that with Super Megatron, but $300 right at the start of Decemeber is a bit too much.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on October 21st, 2020 @ 11:30am CDT
Sentinel_Primal wrote:o.supreme wrote:ok, so I know every TT Selects gets delayed, it's inevitable. However... This first delay is 6 weeks roughly (10/24 to 12/3), can we expect another delay? Basically I'm asking, are they incremental, or is this date goign to be pretty accurate?
I just seem to recall Super Megatron getting pushed back at least twice...but that could be faulty memory based on peoples posts since I didn't actually order one myself. Has Super megs even been released on Pulse yet? (even though it is sold out, usually they still show the estimated arrival date but I dont see any)
Super Megatron should be shipping Decemeber 1st.
Does anyone else think this will result in several cancellations? Cause it being that close to Christmas is already making me consider cancelling, especially as I wss already debating that with Super Megatron, but $300 right at the start of Decemeber is a bit too much.
That's my problem as well, especially since it's on a credit card. Why they can't allow paypal for preorders is beyond me.
I may cancel my other preorders for God Neptune, he is the one i most want from the first week of December jam
Posted by o.supreme on October 21st, 2020 @ 11:33am CDT
Also, while I'm not going to get political (as I myself am apolitical), some U.S. fans are probably hedging their bets on a hopefully 2nd stimulus payment before this date comes...We will see.
Posted by TF-fan kev777 on October 21st, 2020 @ 12:16pm CDT
I've also cancelled a few pre-orders (including super megs) in favor of keeping God Neptune, but I was planning on him not coming out until December anyway with Pulse's entire history of Takara Selects always being 1-2 months late.
Posted by aronjlove on October 21st, 2020 @ 6:19pm CDT
Gen Selects Shattered Glass Astrotrain when, please?
Posted by Sabrblade on October 21st, 2020 @ 6:28pm CDT
Not happening. That "SG" is what Takara calls the Siege toys. They all have ID numbers that begin with "SG-##".aronjlove wrote:
Gen Selects Shattered Glass Astrotrain when, please?
Posted by Nemesis Primal on October 21st, 2020 @ 6:31pm CDT
Also isn't Shattered Glass Astrotrain the same colors as the Siege figure already anyways?Sabrblade wrote:Not happening. That "SG" is what Takara calls the Siege toys. They all have ID numbers that begin with "SG-##".aronjlove wrote:
Gen Selects Shattered Glass Astrotrain when, please?
Posted by -Kanrabat- on October 21st, 2020 @ 6:43pm CDT
Meaning a black train and a shuttle in "normal colors".
Posted by o.supreme on October 21st, 2020 @ 7:26pm CDT
It will be interesting to see if/ how Astotrain and Doubledealer are reused in the future
Posted by aronjlove on October 21st, 2020 @ 8:30pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Not happening. That "SG" is what Takara calls the Siege toys. They all have ID numbers that begin with "SG-##".aronjlove wrote:
Gen Selects Shattered Glass Astrotrain when, please?
Huh, I noticed the cream color where my Siege Astrotrain is black and figured it had to be something different.
Posted by aronjlove on October 21st, 2020 @ 8:55pm CDT
aronjlove wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Not happening. That "SG" is what Takara calls the Siege toys. They all have ID numbers that begin with "SG-##".aronjlove wrote:
Gen Selects Shattered Glass Astrotrain when, please?
Huh, I noticed the cream color where my Siege Astrotrain is black dark gray and figured it had to be something different.
Posted by blackeyedprime on October 22nd, 2020 @ 5:23am CDT
Posted by Rodimus Prime on October 22nd, 2020 @ 2:42pm CDT
That version looks better than what we got in the U.S. it's just too bad he's so expensive.Sabrblade wrote:Not happening. That "SG" is what Takara calls the Siege toys. They all have ID numbers that begin with "SG-##".aronjlove wrote:
Gen Selects Shattered Glass Astrotrain when, please?
Posted by Sabrblade on October 22nd, 2020 @ 5:26pm CDT
It's the same one we got in the U.S. The lighting on that pic is just off.Rodimus Prime wrote:That version looks better than what we got in the U.S. it's just too bad he's so expensive.Sabrblade wrote:Not happening. That "SG" is what Takara calls the Siege toys. They all have ID numbers that begin with "SG-##".aronjlove wrote:
Gen Selects Shattered Glass Astrotrain when, please?
Posted by Rodimus Prime on October 22nd, 2020 @ 10:09pm CDT
It looks whitish instead of gray.Sabrblade wrote:It's the same one we got in the U.S. The lighting on that pic is jut off.Rodimus Prime wrote:That version looks better than what we got in the U.S. it's just too bad he's so expensive.Sabrblade wrote:Not happening. That "SG" is what Takara calls the Siege toys. They all have ID numbers that begin with "SG-##".aronjlove wrote:
Gen Selects Shattered Glass Astrotrain when, please?
Posted by aronjlove on October 22nd, 2020 @ 10:20pm CDT
Not only does the gray look cream-colored on the Tweet, but the tender looks to have purple where mine has black.Rodimus Prime wrote:It looks whitish instead of gray.Sabrblade wrote:It's the same one we got in the U.S. The lighting on that pic is jut off.Rodimus Prime wrote:That version looks better than what we got in the U.S. it's just too bad he's so expensive.Sabrblade wrote:Not happening. That "SG" is what Takara calls the Siege toys. They all have ID numbers that begin with "SG-##".aronjlove wrote:
Gen Selects Shattered Glass Astrotrain when, please?
Posted by Rodimus Prime on October 22nd, 2020 @ 10:44pm CDT
Posted by ZeroWolf on October 23rd, 2020 @ 5:57am CDT
Hasbro would be the people to do a toy deco of Astrotrain, but they might be leaving it lie a while since Astrotrain was in Siege's last wave and then again in Earthrise's first wave (and now at discount stores)
Posted by TF-fan kev777 on October 23rd, 2020 @ 9:02am CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on October 23rd, 2020 @ 9:16am CDT
Thank you.TF-fan kev777 wrote:I actually think it is just bad lighting and the same toy as Siege/Earthrise. Look at how light in color Gigawatt appears, all of his faux stainless steel details are washed out and he is lighter in that photo than he appears in the Amazon/Pulse listings for him. The same thing appears to be mainly affecting the grey parts of Astrotrain.
The Tweet literally says that it's just Siege Astrotrain. Its colors look off because the lighting is off.
That's not even a fan Twitter, guys, it's TakaraTomy's official Transformers PR Twitter account. All the Tweet is doing is advertising Gigawatt's Japanese preorder.
Posted by ZeroWolf on October 23rd, 2020 @ 10:08am CDT
Posted by -Kanrabat- on October 23rd, 2020 @ 10:13am CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on October 23rd, 2020 @ 10:27am CDT
ZeroWolf wrote:I did accidentally leave out that your explanation was most likely, was supposed to be added to the end. Though there is a piece on the takara Astrotrain that isn't on the other picture, a black piece. I don't own the toy yet so I don't know if its an accessory that comes with Astrotrain or not. My guesses were just fantasy speculation on the furthest edges of possibility.
Transformers War for Cybertron: SIEGE Astrotrain Gallery
Transformers War for Cybertron: SIEGE Astrotrain Gallery
Posted by blackeyedprime on October 23rd, 2020 @ 10:43am CDT
-Kanrabat- wrote:They should really do a Select Astrotrain in the G1 COMMEMORATIVE colors.
Nah, it will likely be a Snowpiercer cross over edition at twice the price, heck, two and a half times the price.
Posted by ZeroWolf on October 23rd, 2020 @ 10:45am CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on October 24th, 2020 @ 9:09am CDT
Posted by ZeroWolf on October 24th, 2020 @ 9:22am CDT
The Shattered Glass universe was created by Fun Pub for their BotCon 2008 set (and featured regularly thereafter). The concept, was inspired and homaging the Mirror Universe from the Star Trek franchise, whose episodes featuring the concept were titled similarly (e.g. "Mirror, Mirror", "Through the looking glass" and "Shattered Mirror").
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Posted by Rodimus Prime on October 24th, 2020 @ 11:37am CDT
Now that they're next to each other, I notice more of the differences than I did before. I might have to pick up the new one if it's as structurally sound or better than the PoTP version. The colors look good on both, but I like the toon/comic-accurate chest and head even better.
Posted by Sabrblade on October 24th, 2020 @ 4:14pm CDT
Yeah, and the Twitter comments mention that Takara also kept some of the toy sticker-based paint apps of the Hasbro version so as to keep the Takara version from looking too plain.Rodimus Prime wrote:Now that they're next to each other, I notice more of the differences than I did before. I might have to pick up the new one if it's as structurally sound or better than the PoTP version. The colors look good on both, but I like the toon/comic-accurate chest and head even better.
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on October 24th, 2020 @ 4:25pm CDT
Rodimus Prime wrote:Now that they're next to each other, I notice more of the differences than I did before. I might have to pick up the new one if it's as structurally sound or better than the PoTP version. The colors look good on both, but I like the toon/comic-accurate chest and head even better.
I can all but guarantee that this will not be structurally better than the Hasbro release. They would have to remove the ball joints in the limb bots and replace them with ratchets, to start.
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on October 24th, 2020 @ 6:00pm CDT
Rodimus Prime wrote:Now that they're next to each other, I notice more of the differences than I did before. I might have to pick up the new one if it's as structurally sound or better than the PoTP version. The colors look good on both, but I like the toon/comic-accurate chest and head even better.
For one, Sinnertwin and Cutthroat are mistransformed in leg mode: Sinnertwin's shoulders are supposed to be swung back like in monster mode, then have the feet peg into the back where the robot mode legs are (same for Snarl btw), while Cutthroat's arms are supposed to be straight down along the body like in monster mode. Not that would make the latter any sturdier...
Posted by o.supreme on October 24th, 2020 @ 7:07pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on October 25th, 2020 @ 9:19am CDT
Guess they're gonna start comparing them one at a time, now.
Posted by PrimeTime on October 26th, 2020 @ 8:04am CDT
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Posted by Sabrblade on October 26th, 2020 @ 8:17am CDT
Posted by o.supreme on October 26th, 2020 @ 12:28pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:https://twitter.com/TF_pr/status/1320281442576859138
Guess they're gonna start comparing them one at a time, now.
They did the same for the Dinobots, so not surprising. I know some fans complain about the stickers on the PotP versions, however I don't understand the reason to remove the ones that aren't obscuring any new molded details.
Posted by Sabrblade on October 26th, 2020 @ 12:47pm CDT
Cartoon-accuracy. It's Takara's thing.o.supreme wrote:I know some fans complain about the stickers on the PotP versions, however I don't understand the reason to remove the ones that aren't obscuring any new molded details.
Posted by o.supreme on October 26th, 2020 @ 12:49pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Cartoon-accuracy. It's Takara's thing.o.supreme wrote:I know some fans complain about the stickers on the PotP versions, however I don't understand the reason to remove the ones that aren't obscuring any new molded details.
Yeah, I know all about that, and I'm all for it. I just don't see how the stickers take away from that.
Posted by Sabrblade on October 26th, 2020 @ 12:54pm CDT
It's detail that wasn't in the cartoon models, so from Takara's view, it doesn't belong.o.supreme wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Cartoon-accuracy. It's Takara's thing.o.supreme wrote:I know some fans complain about the stickers on the PotP versions, however I don't understand the reason to remove the ones that aren't obscuring any new molded details.
Yeah, I know all about that, and I'm all for it. I just don't see how the stickers take away from that.
Posted by Sarahthecutevixen on October 26th, 2020 @ 8:48pm CDT
SPACE ARTILLERY MODE is possible