Transformers Titans Return Slowly Trickling Out in Canada

Woah, you guys still have Insecticons? I suppose I shouldn't be too surprised at the idea of Platinum sets shelfwarming, but...

Saint John NB TRU has stuff from 3 years ago still on the shelves and we don't get half of the new stuff

This is really off-topic and for that I'm sorry but I must be honest... while G1 and IDW are my favourite continuities, it feels a little... bad to be getting only them from a line called Generations.
Like, 2013 Generations was great. We got G1, IDW, G2, Beast Wars, Beast Machines, Armada, RiD, WFC/FOC... it was crazy.
And since then we've only gotten, like, what? CW Armada Megatron who isn't in scale with Universe Hot Shot or Armada Starscream, didn't have his own mold made for him and was literally just made because "Well we've gotta get another use out of this mold somehow. Hey, wasn't there another Megatron that turned into a tank? Energon or something?"
I'm really holding out hope for those Vector Prime and Tidal Wave rumours... but it'd be nicer still to see non-G1 characters get their own molds. Maybe once Prime Wars is over we can get more of those quality Beast Wars remakes or something.

Sabrblade wrote:

Kurona wrote:This is really off-topic and for that I'm sorry but I must be honest... while G1 and IDW are my favourite continuities, it feels a little... bad to be getting only them from a line called Generations.
Like, 2013 Generations was great. We got G1, IDW, G2, Beast Wars, Beast Machines, Armada, RiD, WFC/FOC... it was crazy.

Those all came during 2014, not 2013. And all that was done because 2014 was an anniversary year to be celebrated. The same thing happened with the Universe line in 2009. 2008 had Universe with nothing but Classics-style G1 update figures, while 2009 had update figures from G1, G2, Beast Wars, Beast Wars II, Armada, Cybertron, etc. Anniversary years get figures from all over while the surrounding years go back to business as usual.

I mean, whatever year it was, it was still great and I'd like to see it repeated whether anniversary or not. It's generations, I'd like to see at least something outside of G1/IDW once in a while that's not a remold.

Sabrblade wrote:

Kurona wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Kurona wrote:This is really off-topic and for that I'm sorry but I must be honest... while G1 and IDW are my favourite continuities, it feels a little... bad to be getting only them from a line called Generations.
Like, 2013 Generations was great. We got G1, IDW, G2, Beast Wars, Beast Machines, Armada, RiD, WFC/FOC... it was crazy.

Those all came during 2014, not 2013. And all that was done because 2014 was an anniversary year to be celebrated. The same thing happened with the Universe line in 2009. 2008 had Universe with nothing but Classics-style G1 update figures, while 2009 had update figures from G1, G2, Beast Wars, Beast Wars II, Armada, Cybertron, etc. Anniversary years get figures from all over while the surrounding years go back to business as usual.

I mean, whatever year it was, it was still great and I'd like to see it repeated whether anniversary or not. It's generations, I'd like to see at least something outside of G1/IDW once in a while that's not a remold.

A lot of us would agree in wanting to see more non-G1 stuff in the line, especially with this year being Beast Wars's 20th anniversary. Alas, though, every time Hasbro's been asked about that this year, they kept shooting down the suggestion with "we don't have any Beast Wars plans for this year" and keep telling people to go check out Takara's offerings instead. It strikes me as though Hasbro only cares to actually commemorate the other non-G1 lines only during the big main anniversary years, which is a shame.

Yeah... we at least agree there. I'm not saying they will do it, just that they probably really should - it honestly starts feeling like they're not acknowledging there's fans outside of G1, IDW, Movie and whatever cartoon's current.

Well the biggest thing is the majority want more G1 characters modernized. I agree id like
More diversity, that's why I got Legends Black Arachnia, Nightbird and Slipstream but in the same right Armada, Energon and Cybertron and Beast Wars as a whole don't need new figures. They're all pretty solid in their own right. armada is a little iffy due to them back peddling on articulation and engineering but that was to aim at new kids than old but that worked. Beast Wars toys still mostly work and when they try is sometimes just doesn't work. Dinobot is fine but CHUG Cheetor, Armada Hotshot and skybyte are still inferior to their original toys. Yeah hotshot has more articulation but he's a floppy mess and they removed his axel-zooka and gave he has zero gimmick for his minicon. That's whole whole point of that line.


Like I said I'd like some diversity but I did just require Transmetal Tarantulas and he fits just fine as IDW tarantulas.

Sideways would be great. They could even justify it for a 1987-orientated line by retooling him into Wreck-Gar

Wheeljack808 wrote:Ummm when if ever is this stuff gonna show up at any stores in Winnipeg? We have 3 Toys R Us' I have been checking on and off for weeks and nothing but RID crap and the insecticons (which I already own.) Oh and there's even AOE garbage still on the shelves at some of them! Sorry for the rant but this is getting really frustrating. Haven't even seen Fort Max yet!

As I wrote in the article, some TRUs held a street date for fortmax and only released him monday.

Also, each TRU got only 1 or 2 cases. The most cases they have gotten so far was for the Voyagers. But even then as you cans ee from the photo, after not even one day there was only one Galvatron left. Hence the word "trickling". These things sell out quick and the only reason I got some was because I went to TRU every 2 days. I also call asking if they have certain SKU numbers. That can also let them check if they recieved some but dont have any left or if there are some in the back (which happened a few times). Here is a link. I suggest calling your TRU, giving them these numbers and asking if they had some or if they will get some.

Kurona wrote:Like, 2013 Generations was great. We got G1, IDW, G2, Beast Wars, Beast Machines, Armada, RiD, WFC/FOC... it was crazy.

Tha was 2014 where they had the Thrilling 30 subline which was commemorating the entire brand and releasing chaacters and designs from all eras. So thats why you only saw that kind of diversity then. That was also the first year John Warden's designs started (with Generations Whirl) and he has professed to be more into G1, both Japan and US versions. And since he is lead designer on the Generations team and it is he who comes up with what the line is made up of, it makes sense that its all G1 since. But Takara is giving us MP Beast Wars so I feel fans are winning regardless.

Bumblebee21 wrote:One of my Walgreens has fracture and megatronus for $12.79

Buy them! Thats is a great price for two very good figures. Though Fracture is the superior figure (he's better than any single CW figure we got this year).

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Ask me how many times I've transformed Galvatron into the jet mode.

How many times have you transformed him intoa jet?

Kurona wrote:Thing is though, they don't really have any reason to do that. Headmaster Arcee wasn't part of their version of the cartoon, and even if they did get Rebirth (I know they got it years later, but c'mon), it's not exactly that significant.

While I dont think Takara is all powerful, I wouldnt put aything past them either. The MTMTE comics arent even translated and yet they released Skids in his comic colours.

MemphisR56 wrote:Immediately carried out the side-cannon arm mod on galvatron, with great results.

Brainstorm is a thing of beauty. All the detail is crisp and sharp, the paint and tampos are neat, and flawless. He feels engineered to perfection. Everything clicks together tight and flush. Just an all around great figure.

I read this too quick. At first i was like "wait, your galvatron clicks together perfectly and all flush?" And then i realized you were talking about Brainstorm. And what is the mod for the side cannon on Galvatron?

Rodimus Prime wrote:I spotted TR Galvatron, Sentinel Prime and Hardhead at my TRU today and I noticed that the purple piece on Galvatron's face was loose from Nebulon. Can it be attached or it is just that way?

Thats just the way it is.


Transformers Titans Return Galvatron Gallery


Transformers Titans Return Galvatron Gallery

itscramtastic wrote:AND! Wasn't Beast Wars a Hasbro concept in the first place?

Yes it was, but then again so is the Transformers brand itself.

william-james88 wrote:

Kurona wrote:Thing is though, they don't really have any reason to do that. Headmaster Arcee wasn't part of their version of the cartoon, and even if they did get Rebirth (I know they got it years later, but c'mon), it's not exactly that significant.

While I dont think Takara is all powerful, I wouldnt put aything past them either. The MTMTE comics arent even translated and yet they released Skids in his comic colours.

That was a simple repaint, and it's not exactly like they could do much else. While it was a surprise... otherwise, Skids is an extremely obscure character; at least for the 1984/1985 guys. He only pulled in, like, two cameos in the cartoon, the marvel comics weren't released in Japan; there was basically no fiction for him. Not to mention that the Skids toy is EXTREMELY IDW; like, you can't really turn him into the cartoon version - that no-one cared about - even with the stuff they pulled off in UW. So for a mold that's very specific to one particular version of a character, said version proving to have growing popularity in Japan, with the original version of the character having less appearances in the cartoon than friggin' Slugfest... it kinda makes sense. And it was a unique mold, they probably wanted to release it sometime rather than waste it.
Meanwhile, Arcee had a LOT of fictional appearances in Japanese G1, none of which she was a headmaster, and it'd require a major retool for something that really would only appeal to American fans. Maybe they'll do it, but they don't have as much of a reason to. Skids isn't that comparable.
Though, I suppose to sum up...

Skids:-
-practically no Japanese fictional appearances
-unique mold that hasn't been released before
-very specific to one version of the character
-there hasn't been a toy of skids before
-IDW has growing popularity in Japan, which is relevant to today
-Only requires a repaint

Arcee:-
-many Japanese fictional appearances
-both Generations Arcee and TR Chromedome have - or will be very soon - released in Japan
-Generations Arcee works very fine for all fictional appearances of Arcee in Japanese G1
-The Rebirth is not nostalgic for Japanese fans and I doubt it has a particularly large fanbase there
-Arcee was never a headmaster in Japan until The Rebirth was released in 1996 as a home video
-Would require a major retool

So... again, while on the surface it's the same "Well they're fine doing America-specific stuff", it's a very different situation. They might, but I honestly doubt it. The only major new tooling they've done so far - Blackarachnia, Slipstream, Nightbird, Groove, Blast Off, Computron, Ginrai, Ghost Starscream, Thrust, Headmasters (did I miss anything recent?) - have been to adhere to fiction that was nostalgic and/or significant in fiction for them. And it's not exactly like Headmaster Arcee is an obscure overseas-exclusive concept that's as popular for them as Liokaiser is for us.
Is it possible? Yeah, anything's possible. Unless you're suggesting a Titan Class Unicron this year then it doesn't make sense to shut you down. But I'd say that at the least it's VERY unlikely and they have little to no reason to do it.