Transformers Collectors' Club Figure Subscription Service 3.0 Nacelle Announcement

That poor classics Starscream mold... I haven't gotten a figure based on that mold in a while. I wonder how it's holding up?

Wow. Yet ANOTHER Seeker repaint with a new name. How do people justify the expensive of membership with getting repaints in return?

I'm pretty happy about him! This particular version of the mold is difficult to come by at a decent price. Since We've already got an update of Thrust more widely available at retail, the fact that a toy of an obscure character was made out of a rare mold is good news to me!

Love that seeker mold and cant get enough of it. But I wonder why Nacelle's bio says that it is a "he" when it has a girls name ?

I was hoping Nacelle was going to be chick, if he was a chick, id buy it.

AutoBorst wrote:Wow. Yet ANOTHER Seeker repaint with a new name. How do people justify the expensive of membership with getting repaints in return?

That's all we'll be getting, no new-mold toys aside from heads.

Besides, it's not the figure, but the history behind the deco, in this case Thrust's prototype colors. But since some couldn't care less I'll just pretend I never said anything.

And guys, "Nacelle" isn't a made-up, feminine name, it's an actual word, like Thrust, Dirge and Ramjet. It's the housing for an engine, fuel or equipment, separate from the fuselage.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
And guys, "Nacelle" isn't a made-up, feminine name, it's an actual word, like Thrust, Dirge and Ramjet. It's the housing for an engine, fuel or equipment, separate from the fuselage.

Fair enough, however my counterpoint is; an all female squadron of seekers would be badass.

Yeah, that would be sweet. Wish we had a decent G1 Slipstream, but I'll have to enjoy my Prime line one.

Cool.

Many more seeker color variations out there to do...

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JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:And guys, "Nacelle" isn't a made-up, feminine name, it's an actual word, like Thrust, Dirge and Ramjet. It's the housing for an engine, fuel or equipment, separate from the fuselage.

Just a quick addition, Dirge isn't a word relating to aircraft like the other coneheads are. Apparently Dirge is an actual word that is a type of sombre song. Despite this, Dirge's name seems to be a really clever pun. Dirigibility is a very obscure word that has a similar meaning to maneuverability, that is the ability to be steered or directed. An example of a word derived from this is a "dirigible", which was the word for airships like the Hindenburg. I've never heard a satisfying explanation for Dirge's name not being like the other coneheads, but I've come to the conclusion that it was just a really obscure pun.

Also nacelle is probably a French word, and if it is it probably has female conjugation. However we don't have that in English so people assuming it's a female name took me by surprise.

Just in case no one's posted it yet, Nacelle is already up for preorder on BBTS along with the rest of next year's subscription figures. Sorry if that spoils these 'reveals' but we did see them all at Botcon anyway, did we not?

xyl360 wrote:Just in case no one's posted it yet, Nacelle is already up for preorder on BBTS along with the rest of next year's subscription figures. Sorry if that spoils these 'reveals' but we did see them all at Botcon anyway, did we not?

I think Serpent.O.R. has been 'preorder-sold out' two or three times already!

Maquese wrote:That poor classics Starscream mold... I haven't gotten a figure based on that mold in a while. I wonder how it's holding up?

Forgot to answer this. If the "Rainmakers" from 2013 are any indication, they're still good to go. Mind you, it's possible the mold has been repaired several times over like Classics Prime.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Maquese wrote:That poor classics Starscream mold... I haven't gotten a figure based on that mold in a while. I wonder how it's holding up?

Forgot to answer this. If the "Rainmakers" from 2013 are any indication, they're still good to go. Mind you, it's possible the mold has been repaired several times over like Classics Prime.

i heard some baaad things about the rainmakers, especially the joints that attach the wings to the body.

The trouble with the Hasbro mold of Thrust, the wing mount are so wonky that they tend to break off. The Japan mold is more tightly mounted.

Hope this mold doesn't have the same issues.

fenrir72 wrote:The trouble with the Hasbro mold of Thrust, the wing mount are so wonky that they tend to break off. The Japan mold is more tightly mounted.

Hope this mold doesn't have the same issues.

Surprise! Nacelle uses the BotCon 2007 Thrust wings, not the Gentei/Generations one. You can tell by the two prominent circles on each side:


Left: Generations, Right: BotCon 2007

I had no issues with the Botcon Rainmakers. That mold is unbreakable. I wouldn't even be surprised if there are a two of them. If CHMS could create the same mold through reverse molding, how hard can it be ? I had no issues with the CHMS Rainmakers quality wise either.

According to Jesse Wittenrich, there are hints in Nacelle's bio that imply him to be the barely visible fourth member of the "Welcoming Committee" from episode 1 of the G1 cartoon.



His name also fits with this group since he, Bitstream, and Hotlink are all named after Seekers from the Exodus novel.

Well that's needlessly OCD on the clubs part

SW's SilverHammer wrote:Well that's needlessly OCD on the clubs part

What is?

Sabrblade wrote:

SW's SilverHammer wrote:Well that's needlessly OCD on the clubs part

What is?

Making an homage to a background character that's barely visible. (more so than the normal barely visible background characters that club does that is)

SW's SilverHammer wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

SW's SilverHammer wrote:Well that's needlessly OCD on the clubs part

What is?

Making an homage to a background character that's barely visible. (more so than the normal barely visible background characters that club does that is)

It's not a homage to that guy. It's a homage to this prototype for Thrust:




The connection to the fourth Seeker comes from his name and identity only.

doesnt mean the club isnt trying to make a backstory and say nacelle is the blue welcoming comity seeker.

i thought the club admitted that they goofed when naming them the rainmakers when they should have called them the welcoming comity? now theyre giving names to the actual welcoming comity? thats confusing.

Sabrblade wrote:

SW's SilverHammer wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

SW's SilverHammer wrote:Well that's needlessly OCD on the clubs part

What is?

Making an homage to a background character that's barely visible. (more so than the normal barely visible background characters that club does that is)

It's not a homage to that guy. It's a homage to this prototype for Thrust:




The connection to the fourth Seeker comes from his name and identity only.

Yeah no I meant the bio not the toy, I should've clarified

if i could comment on the QC of the classics seeker mold, i own like 90% of them. all of them were solid aside from my henkei thundercracker and skywarp. those two were a loose nightmare.

I don't see what the problem is with their making the fourth WC Seeker. Don't people like it when complete groups get made?

Sabrblade wrote:I don't see what the problem is with their making the fourth WC Seeker. Don't people like it when complete groups get made?

Who says it's a Seeker? For all we know, it could be Soundwave or some other blue Decepticon.

megatronus wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:I don't see what the problem is with their making the fourth WC Seeker. Don't people like it when complete groups get made?

Who says it's a Seeker? For all we know, it could be Soundwave or some other blue Decepticon.

You can just make out the shape of a dark gray intake on its right shoulder.

Sabrblade wrote:I don't see what the problem is with their making the fourth WC Seeker. Don't people like it when complete groups get made?

making it's not the bad part, it's just the whole, "there was a forth one?" part, throws you for a loop provided you don't look through G1 frame by frame.

SW's SilverHammer wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:I don't see what the problem is with their making the fourth WC Seeker. Don't people like it when complete groups get made?

making it's not the bad part, it's just the whole, "there was a forth one?" part.

I still don't see what's wrong with them completing the team.

... I kinda hope we eventually get the prototypes of dirge and ramjet as TFCC OCs too. I like how they're all basically mashups of the three main seekers with the parts of the three coneheads. (and the dirge prototype just looks sweet)

Sabrblade wrote:

SW's SilverHammer wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:I don't see what the problem is with their making the fourth WC Seeker. Don't people like it when complete groups get made?

making it's not the bad part, it's just the whole, "there was a forth one?" part.

I still don't see what's wrong with them completing the team.

ill never have any problems with seekers. im such a seeker whore that id probably buy an MP nacelle

the thing is (for me anyways) is that theres only three WC members that ive ever seen. so theres the shadow of a fourth... since theres almost nothing to go on, im willing to ignore it. ill still buy nacelle and love it, he just wont be a fourth WC is all.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:The trouble with the Hasbro mold of Thrust, the wing mount are so wonky that they tend to break off. The Japan mold is more tightly mounted.

Hope this mold doesn't have the same issues.

Surprise! Nacelle uses the BotCon 2007 Thrust wings, not the Gentei/Generations one. You can tell by the two prominent circles on each side:


Left: Generations, Right: BotCon 2007

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:The trouble with the Hasbro mold of Thrust, the wing mount are so wonky that they tend to break off. The Japan mold is more tightly mounted.

Hope this mold doesn't have the same issues.

Surprise! Nacelle uses the BotCon 2007 Thrust wings, not the Gentei/Generations one. You can tell by the two prominent circles on each side:


Left: Generations, Right: BotCon 2007

Hey hey hey! That's good news then Ms. JZGR. I had the one on the left but the connecting peg broke off just by staring at it funny. I had no recourse but to get a loose but very tight Gentei version.

I'm only looking for Serpent OR, and the two seekers, I have pre-orders but if anyone doesn't want them...

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnd who is this guy anyways? never heard of him before?

Deathscythetransform wrote:aaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnd who is this guy anyways? never heard of him before?

This Nacelle toy is a character whose origins are rooted in three separate sources.

First, his name comes from that of a Seeker who was in the Transformers: Exodus novel, in which he was part of a Seeker group with Bitstream and Hotlink.

Second, his deco is based on a prototype for G1 Thrust that was seen in 1980's Takara catalogs prior to Thrust's release:




Thirdly, his identity comes from the first episode of the G1 cartoon, in which four generic Seekers attacked Wheeljack and Bumblebee en route to Iacon:



One of these Seekers, the golden one, would later be given his own name and identity as Sunstorm years later. And then BotCon 2013 would make a set of exclusives based on three of these four Seekers, in which Sunstorm was included and the other two were given the names "Bitstream" and "Hotlink", named after two of the Seekers from Exodus.

With the fourth Seeker way in the background not yet given a toy, and with two of the three Exodus Seekers given G1 counterparts, the Club saw fit to create a figure that would both complete the Exodus-named Seeker trio and complete the four-Seeker "Welcoming Committee" (as Wheeljack called them). but rather than make just another ordinary-looking Seeker, the Club decided to make this one special by modeling its deco after the very pretty proto-Thrust deco, which happened to have a blue Seeker body like that fourth background Seeker.

And, let's face it, the deco of that fourth Seeker as it was wouldn't have nearly been as pretty. Compare (second one from the left):



But, as for the differences in his appearance as this toy from his brief cartoon appearance, his bio refers to him having undergone some cosmetic changes after the Nemesis left Cybertron.

LOL... this is just getting stupid now. This here is a fine example of how Hasbro can take ANY TF mold, slap a variant color on it, give it some stupid name, and sell it to ignorant people for $80 for a toy that cost them about .50 to make.

Sabrblade wrote:

Deathscythetransform wrote:aaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnd who is this guy anyways? never heard of him before?

This Nacelle toy is a character whose origins are rooted in three separate sources.

First, his name comes from that of a Seeker who was in the Transformers: Exodus novel, in which he was part of a Seeker group with Bitstream and Hotlink.

Second, his deco is based on a prototype for G1 Thrust that was seen in 1980's Takara catalogs prior to Thrust's release:




Thirdly, his identity comes from the first episode of the G1 cartoon, in which four generic Seekers attacked Wheeljack and Bumblebee en route to Iacon:



One of these Seekers, the golden one, would later be given his own name and identity as Sunstorm years later. And then BotCon 2013 would make a set of exclusives based on three of these four Seekers, in which Sunstorm was included and the other two were given the names "Bitstream" and "Hotlink", named after two of the Seekers from Exodus.

With the fourth Seeker way in the background not yet given a toy, and with two of the three Exodus Seekers given G1 counterparts, the Club saw fit to create a figure that would both complete the Exodus-named Seeker trio and complete the four-Seeker "Welcoming Committee" (as Wheeljack called them). but rather than make just another ordinary-looking Seeker, the Club decided to make this one special by modeling its deco after the very pretty proto-Thrust deco, which happened to have a blue Seeker body like that fourth background Seeker.

And, let's face it, the deco of that fourth Seeker as it was wouldn't have nearly been as pretty. Compare (second one from the left):



But, as for the differences in his appearance as this toy from his brief cartoon appearance, his bio refers to him having undergone some cosmetic changes after the Nemesis left Cybertron.

Nice if you didn't mention it I had no idea there was a forth seeker in the background of that scene, he blended so well with the background.

Nacelle is very cool.

The bio works well in connecting him to his origins.

Randy

shockblast2 wrote:LOL... this is just getting stupid now. This here is a fine example of how Hasbro can take ANY TF mold, slap a variant color on it, give it some stupid name, and sell it to ignorant people for $80 for a toy that cost them about .50 to make.

1. This is the Club, not Hasbro.
2. Puh-lease. Because you obviously know what it costs to make these.

shockblast2 wrote:LOL... this is just getting stupid now. This here is a fine example of how Hasbro can take ANY TF mold, slap a variant color on it, give it some stupid name, and sell it to ignorant people for $80 for a toy that cost them about .50 to make.

So club is Hasbro now?

How do you know how much it takes to make a transformer

Plus no one want's to buy Prime or Bumblebee all the time and would like to buy new characters


shocking i know



And who the hell gave you the right to call people ignorant for having a different opinion?


They can do what they like as it should not concern you.


Grow up and get outside.

megatronus wrote:

shockblast2 wrote:LOL... this is just getting stupid now. This here is a fine example of how Hasbro can take ANY TF mold, slap a variant color on it, give it some stupid name, and sell it to ignorant people for $80 for a toy that cost them about .50 to make.

1. This is the Club, not Hasbro.
2. Puh-lease. Because you obviously know what it costs to make these.

1. The club is OWNED by Hasbro as THEY decide what "exclusives (tokens of highway robbery)" gets sold through the collectors club.

2. Yeah, actually I do.

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:

shockblast2 wrote:


And who the hell gave you the right to call people ignorant for having a different opinion?


They can do what they like as it should not concern you.


Grow up and get outside.

The US Constitution and God.

Don't get mad at me if the shoe if the shoe fits buddy.

Grow up and get outside? LOL..what?

shockblast2 wrote:

megatronus wrote:

shockblast2 wrote:LOL... this is just getting stupid now. This here is a fine example of how Hasbro can take ANY TF mold, slap a variant color on it, give it some stupid name, and sell it to ignorant people for $80 for a toy that cost them about .50 to make.

1. This is the Club, not Hasbro.
2. Puh-lease. Because you obviously know what it costs to make these.

1. The club is OWNED by Hasbro as THEY decide what "exclusives (tokens of highway robbery)" gets sold through the collectors club.

2. Yeah, actually I do.

The Club is NOT owned by Hasbro. FunPub has a license from Hasbro. So, you know... you're wrong.

By all means, back up your completely unsubstantiated knowledge.

shockblast2 wrote:

megatronus wrote:

shockblast2 wrote:LOL... this is just getting stupid now. This here is a fine example of how Hasbro can take ANY TF mold, slap a variant color on it, give it some stupid name, and sell it to ignorant people for $80 for a toy that cost them about .50 to make.

1. This is the Club, not Hasbro.
2. Puh-lease. Because you obviously know what it costs to make these.

1. The club is OWNED by Hasbro as THEY decide what "exclusives (tokens of highway robbery)" gets sold through the collectors club.

2. Yeah, actually I do.

1. The Club is a licensee of Hasbro, and as such not directly owned by Hasbro. What you claim is happening actually happens in reverse: the Club solicits exclusive and asks for Hasbro's approval and permission to use their mold library.

2. Then could you provide concrete proof in the form of invoices and such? Be sure to include:

- Research & Development, even for mere redecos.
- Material Costs
- Human Resources, including wages
- Packaging Costs
- Transporting Costs

What? I'm curious

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

shockblast2 wrote:

megatronus wrote:

shockblast2 wrote:LOL... this is just getting stupid now. This here is a fine example of how Hasbro can take ANY TF mold, slap a variant color on it, give it some stupid name, and sell it to ignorant people for $80 for a toy that cost them about .50 to make.

1. This is the Club, not Hasbro.
2. Puh-lease. Because you obviously know what it costs to make these.

1. The club is OWNED by Hasbro as THEY decide what "exclusives (tokens of highway robbery)" gets sold through the collectors club.

2. Yeah, actually I do.

1. The Club is a licensee of Hasbro, and as such not directly owned by Hasbro. What you claim is happening actually happens in reverse: the Club solicits exclusive and asks for Hasbro's approval and permission to use their mold library.

2. Then could you provide concrete proof in the form of invoices and such? Be sure to include:

- Research & Development, even for mere redecos.
- Material Costs
- Human Resources, including wages
- Packaging Costs
- Transporting Costs

What? I'm curious

LOL, owned as in slaved. The CC exists solely to exploit the most rabid of fanboys. Of course they do not legally own it. It is an exclusive license given to an independent company. Meaning you cannot have one. It is a joke and again, only exists for suckers to give them enormous amounts of cash for nothing but a silly repaint.

R&D LOL.....you are joking, right?

Material costs, .81 cents a POUND for prime, .54 for regrind. This blended piece of shit has about 5 oz of resin in it. Do the math.

Wages? LOL! Are you f'in kidding me? About $2 a day for 1000 units.

Packaging costs..... Have you ever ordered from this club? The plain small white box and bag cost about ten cents. If that.

Transportation? the slow boat from China? Well, we spend about $30K for a ten ton mold, so I would say about $400 for 1000 of them.

Invoices? Invoices are company property. You don't have the right to look at them. But, your friendly neighborhood accountant does. Believe me or not. What do I care? I am not the sucker shelling out $80 for this crap.

Just out of curiosity, as I haven't been a member of the club since the initial combiner figure was completed, is it worth the cost these days? Are the magazines any better than they used to be?/ Are these subscription toys worth nearly 300$? Canadian members have any problems with receiving items?

NuclearConvoy wrote:Just out of curiosity, as I haven't been a member of the club since the initial combiner figure was completed, is it worth the cost these days? Are the magazines any better than they used to be?/ Are these subscription toys worth nearly 300$? Canadian members have any problems with receiving items?

Yeah, shit takes forever to cross the border.

shockblast2 wrote:diarrhea

seriously. why are you even here?

shockblast2 wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

shockblast2 wrote:

megatronus wrote:

shockblast2 wrote:LOL... this is just getting stupid now. This here is a fine example of how Hasbro can take ANY TF mold, slap a variant color on it, give it some stupid name, and sell it to ignorant people for $80 for a toy that cost them about .50 to make.

1. This is the Club, not Hasbro.
2. Puh-lease. Because you obviously know what it costs to make these.

1. The club is OWNED by Hasbro as THEY decide what "exclusives (tokens of highway robbery)" gets sold through the collectors club.

2. Yeah, actually I do.

1. The Club is a licensee of Hasbro, and as such not directly owned by Hasbro. What you claim is happening actually happens in reverse: the Club solicits exclusive and asks for Hasbro's approval and permission to use their mold library.

2. Then could you provide concrete proof in the form of invoices and such? Be sure to include:

- Research & Development, even for mere redecos.
- Material Costs
- Human Resources, including wages
- Packaging Costs
- Transporting Costs

What? I'm curious

LOL, owned as in slaved. The CC exists solely to exploit the most rabid of fanboys. Of course they do not legally own it. It is an exclusive license given to an independent company. Meaning you cannot have one. It is a joke and again, only exists for suckers to give them enormous amounts of cash for nothing but a silly repaint.

R&D LOL.....you are joking, right?

Material costs, .81 cents a POUND for prime, .54 for regrind. This blended piece of **** has about 5 oz of resin in it. Do the math.

Wages? LOL! Are you f'in kidding me? About $2 a day for 1000 units.

Packaging costs..... Have you ever ordered from this club? The plain small white box and bag cost about ten cents. If that.

Transportation? the slow boat from China? Well, we spend about $30K for a ten ton mold, so I would say about $400 for 1000 of them.

Invoices? Invoices are company property. You don't have the right to look at them. But, your friendly neighborhood accountant does. Believe me or not. What do I care? I am not the sucker shelling out $80 for this crap.

Can you stop please



Just because people buy something your not going to does not mean they are ignorant



Just shut up if your spewing crap like this and this is not the first time i have seen your crap comments here and it sickens me very much so.


I can't make intelligent comments but really your just absolutely immature.


How are you not banned?