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Upcoming Takara Tomy & Ex Gokin Fewture Models Product Images From Super Festival 66 In Japan

Transformers News: Upcoming Takara Tomy & Ex Gokin Fewture Models Product Images From Super Festival 66 In Japan

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Tony Preto, of TemptingToys.com fame, is currently in Japan on site at Super Festival 66 and he's bringing us high resolution images of upcoming Cloud figures and Ex Gokin Fewture Model collectibles.

The Fewture Model offerings consist of Alpha Trion, Grimlock, Optimus, SD Optimus and SD Rodimus. You can see those images below:

Transformers News: Upcoming Takara Tomy & Ex Gokin Fewture Models Product Images From Super Festival 66 In Japan

Transformers News: Upcoming Takara Tomy & Ex Gokin Fewture Models Product Images From Super Festival 66 In Japan

Transformers News: Upcoming Takara Tomy & Ex Gokin Fewture Models Product Images From Super Festival 66 In Japan

Transformers News: Upcoming Takara Tomy & Ex Gokin Fewture Models Product Images From Super Festival 66 In Japan

Transformers News: Upcoming Takara Tomy & Ex Gokin Fewture Models Product Images From Super Festival 66 In Japan

Transformers News: Upcoming Takara Tomy & Ex Gokin Fewture Models Product Images From Super Festival 66 In Japan

Transformers News: Upcoming Takara Tomy & Ex Gokin Fewture Models Product Images From Super Festival 66 In Japan

Transformers News: Upcoming Takara Tomy & Ex Gokin Fewture Models Product Images From Super Festival 66 In Japan

Transformers News: Upcoming Takara Tomy & Ex Gokin Fewture Models Product Images From Super Festival 66 In Japan

Transformers News: Upcoming Takara Tomy & Ex Gokin Fewture Models Product Images From Super Festival 66 In Japan

Transformers News: Upcoming Takara Tomy & Ex Gokin Fewture Models Product Images From Super Festival 66 In Japan

Transformers News: Upcoming Takara Tomy & Ex Gokin Fewture Models Product Images From Super Festival 66 In Japan

Transformers News: Upcoming Takara Tomy & Ex Gokin Fewture Models Product Images From Super Festival 66 In Japan

Transformers News: Upcoming Takara Tomy & Ex Gokin Fewture Models Product Images From Super Festival 66 In Japan

Transformers News: Upcoming Takara Tomy & Ex Gokin Fewture Models Product Images From Super Festival 66 In Japan

Transformers Cloud, featuring Shockwave (a redeco of Voyager Class Whirl), Energon Ironhide (a redeco of Roadbuster) and Hellwarp (a redeco of Voyager Class Sky-Byte), plus some...BotCon items?!

Transformers News: Upcoming Takara Tomy & Ex Gokin Fewture Models Product Images From Super Festival 66 In Japan

Transformers News: Upcoming Takara Tomy & Ex Gokin Fewture Models Product Images From Super Festival 66 In Japan

Transformers News: Upcoming Takara Tomy & Ex Gokin Fewture Models Product Images From Super Festival 66 In Japan

Transformers News: Upcoming Takara Tomy & Ex Gokin Fewture Models Product Images From Super Festival 66 In Japan

Transformers News: Upcoming Takara Tomy & Ex Gokin Fewture Models Product Images From Super Festival 66 In Japan

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Credit(s): Tony Preto of TemptingToys.com

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Re: Upcoming Takara Tomy & Ex Gokin Fewture Models Product Images From Super Festival 66 In Japan (1609327)
Posted by Mykltron on September 28th, 2014 @ 6:08am CDT
Wow they look awful. Grimlock and OP Masterpieces look far better than these and probably cost less.
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Posted by Torneira on September 28th, 2014 @ 8:06am CDT
Grimlock's gun... =;
Re: Upcoming Takara Tomy & Ex Gokin Fewture Models Product Images From Super Festival 66 In Japan (1609341)
Posted by Torneira on September 28th, 2014 @ 8:06am CDT
Grimlock's gun... =;

(sorry double post)
Re: Upcoming Takara Tomy & Ex Gokin Fewture Models Product Images From Super Festival 66 In Japan (1609346)
Posted by Midnight_Fox on September 28th, 2014 @ 8:26am CDT
Well, the club needs to get rid of all those extra Machine Wars sets somehow.


Because god forbid they put them on clearance for 1/2 off or anything.
Re: Upcoming Takara Tomy & Ex Gokin Fewture Models Product Images From Super Festival 66 In Japan (1609351)
Posted by Doubledealer93 on September 28th, 2014 @ 9:42am CDT
wow, that grimlock and prime look terrible... :SICK:
Re: Upcoming Takara Tomy & Ex Gokin Fewture Models Product Images From Super Festival 66 In Japan (1609398)
Posted by LOST Cybertronian on September 28th, 2014 @ 4:31pm CDT
We have received more images from Tony of Tempting Toys from Super Festival 66 going on right now in Japan. This batch of images gives us a close and personal look at the upcoming Million Publishing exclusives Shouki with Daniel and GoShooter with Shūta Gō. Shouki is a mail away exclusive from Million Publishing Transformers Generations 2014 Vol. 1 while GoShooter is an exclusive mail away from Transformers Generations 2014 Vol. 2.

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Re: Upcoming Takara Tomy & Ex Gokin Fewture Models Product Images From Super Festival 66 In Japan (1609407)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on September 28th, 2014 @ 5:03pm CDT
Weird, apparently GoShooter has gone from Headmaster Jr. to Godmaster Jr. What does make sense tho that the former Transtector and Human, despite sporting the same-sounding name are confirmed as separate entities: GoShooter (Transformer) and Gō Shūta (Human).

Why must they make things difficult for wikis?
Re: Upcoming Takara Tomy & Ex Gokin Fewture Models Product Images From Super Festival 66 In Japan (1609466)
Posted by RhA on September 29th, 2014 @ 3:24am CDT
Just chalk it up to a typo and continue leading a happy life.

-Edit- Goshooter happily continues his carreer of not being in my collection at all with this exclusive.
Re: Upcoming Takara Tomy & Ex Gokin Fewture Models Product Images From Super Festival 66 In Japan (1609493)
Posted by Sabrblade on September 29th, 2014 @ 7:06am CDT
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Weird, apparently GoShooter has gone from Headmaster Jr. to Godmaster Jr.
You didn't know that? I thought it was brought up and discussed before when we got a look at the Goshooter and Shuta bios, or am I misremembering?

RhA wrote:Just chalk it up to a typo and continue leading a happy life.
It's no typo.
Re: Upcoming Takara Tomy & Ex Gokin Fewture Models Product Images From Super Festival 66 In Japan (1609565)
Posted by Peridot on September 29th, 2014 @ 2:28pm CDT
Grimlock and Prime are...okay. They don't seem as bad as everyone is making them out to be, but they still don't transform. Plus, this toyline is probably going to start and end with those three characters, so that's another strike against them.
Re: Upcoming Takara Tomy & Ex Gokin Fewture Models Product Images From Super Festival 66 In Japan (1609623)
Posted by Rated X on September 29th, 2014 @ 9:41pm CDT
I cant unsee Astrotrain. I'm not a huge fan of headmasters characters not being actual headmasters either.
Re: Upcoming Takara Tomy & Ex Gokin Fewture Models Product Images From Super Festival 66 In Japan (1609635)
Posted by Doubledealer93 on September 29th, 2014 @ 10:49pm CDT
who the hell are these obscure bots and how did they win a poll to get toys?
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Posted by Sabrblade on September 29th, 2014 @ 10:55pm CDT
Rated X wrote:I cant unsee Astrotrain. I'm not a huge fan of headmasters characters not being actual headmasters either.
He wasn't a Headmaster in the first place, either.

Doubledealer93 wrote:who the hell are these obscure bots and how did they win a poll to get toys?
They're not so obscure in Japan, where the poll was commenced.

And only one of them was a poll winner.
Re: Upcoming Takara Tomy & Ex Gokin Fewture Models Product Images From Super Festival 66 In Japan (1609674)
Posted by RhA on September 30th, 2014 @ 3:08am CDT
Sabrblade wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Weird, apparently GoShooter has gone from Headmaster Jr. to Godmaster Jr.
You didn't know that? I thought it was brought up and discussed before when we got a look at the Goshooter and Shuta bios, or am I misremembering?

RhA wrote:Just chalk it up to a typo and continue leading a happy life.
It's no typo.

I didn't say it was. I was suggesting to put your fingers in your ears and go NANANANANANANANANANA.
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Posted by Doubledealer93 on September 30th, 2014 @ 5:40am CDT
Sabrblade wrote:
Rated X wrote:I cant unsee Astrotrain. I'm not a huge fan of headmasters characters not being actual headmasters either.
He wasn't a Headmaster in the first place, either.

Doubledealer93 wrote:who the hell are these obscure bots and how did they win a poll to get toys?
They're not so obscure in Japan, where the poll was commenced.

And only one of them was a poll winner.

ahh ok that makes sense
Re: Upcoming Takara Tomy & Ex Gokin Fewture Models Product Images From Super Festival 66 In Japan (1609777)
Posted by Rated X on September 30th, 2014 @ 11:19am CDT
Sabrblade wrote:
Rated X wrote:I cant unsee Astrotrain. I'm not a huge fan of headmasters characters not being actual headmasters either.
He wasn't a Headmaster in the first place, either.

Doubledealer93 wrote:who the hell are these obscure bots and how did they win a poll to get toys?
They're not so obscure in Japan, where the poll was commenced.

And only one of them was a poll winner.

So you are saying the G1 mold was retooled without the headmaster gimmick when they repainted it ?
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Posted by OptimalOptimus2 on September 30th, 2014 @ 11:34am CDT
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Weird, apparently GoShooter has gone from Headmaster Jr. to Godmaster Jr.

Like a job promotion! :lol: Anyone?
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Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on September 30th, 2014 @ 12:04pm CDT
Rated X wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Rated X wrote:I cant unsee Astrotrain. I'm not a huge fan of headmasters characters not being actual headmasters either.
He wasn't a Headmaster in the first place, either.

Doubledealer93 wrote:who the hell are these obscure bots and how did they win a poll to get toys?
They're not so obscure in Japan, where the poll was commenced.

And only one of them was a poll winner.

So you are saying the G1 mold was retooled without the headmaster gimmick when they repainted it ?


Here we go again:

Shouki: Trainbot Leader, appeared in the Headmasters Cartoon. G1 version was based on the Diaclone Train Robo, so not a Headmaster in the slightest.
GoShooter: Headmaster Jr. from Masterforce, G1 toy was repainted from Headmaster Siren. We have been over this, multiple times!

OptimalOptimus2 wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Weird, apparently GoShooter has gone from Headmaster Jr. to Godmaster Jr.

Like a job promotion! :lol: Anyone?


Headmaster Jrs. and Godmasters are similar in the mystical side of things, differing only in type of Transtector and connection used. He did get a promotion in function: he's a Commander now! :APPLAUSE:
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Posted by Sabrblade on September 30th, 2014 @ 12:28pm CDT
Rated X wrote:So you are saying the G1 mold was retooled without the headmaster gimmick when they repainted it ?
Weren't you just talking about the Astrotrain mold? The character that that toy was redecoed into, Shouki, wasn't a Headmaster.

The other guy, Goshooter, who uses the Bumblebee/Goldfire/Nightbeat mold, was the one who was a Headmaster.
Re: Upcoming Takara Tomy & Ex Gokin Fewture Models Product Images From Super Festival 66 In Japan (1609795)
Posted by Evil Eye on September 30th, 2014 @ 12:42pm CDT
It's a shame, because when I saw Fewture Models were doing TF stuff I thought "Oh goodie! We're gonna get some awesome redesigns like they did with Getter Robo!".

But no. GEEWUN up the wazoo.

Sigh.
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Posted by Rated X on September 30th, 2014 @ 11:17pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:
Rated X wrote:So you are saying the G1 mold was retooled without the headmaster gimmick when they repainted it ?
Weren't you just talking about the Astrotrain mold? The character that that toy was redecoed into, Shouki, wasn't a Headmaster.

The other guy, Goshooter, who uses the Bumblebee/Goldfire/Nightbeat mold, was the one who was a Headmaster.

I was talking about both figures in the same comment. I was just too lazy to look back for their names.
Re: Upcoming Takara Tomy & Ex Gokin Fewture Models Product Images From Super Festival 66 In Japan (1610014)
Posted by RhA on October 1st, 2014 @ 3:04am CDT
Delta Magnus wrote:It's a shame, because when I saw Fewture Models were doing TF stuff I thought "Oh goodie! We're gonna get some awesome redesigns like they did with Getter Robo!".

But no. GEEWUN up the wazoo.

Sigh.


...but I like my GEEWUN up my wazoo.
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Posted by Evil Eye on October 1st, 2014 @ 8:40am CDT
RhA wrote:
Delta Magnus wrote:It's a shame, because when I saw Fewture Models were doing TF stuff I thought "Oh goodie! We're gonna get some awesome redesigns like they did with Getter Robo!".

But no. GEEWUN up the wazoo.

Sigh.


...but I like my GEEWUN up my wazoo.


Well here's the thing. We already have MP Prime and Grimlock, both of whom are nigh-on perfect renditions of the characters. I kinda think we don't need any more "true G1" versions of Grimlock or Prime (especially Prime).

Hot Toys have the hook of the extra accessories, like Starscream's wings or Megatron's cannon. Revoltech has the insane poseability, modular nature and stylized appearance. This guy is...just another Prime. He doesn't have any real allure to him beyond being a faithful G1 OP (which we already have in transforming form down to a tee with MP-10). He doesn't have any unique accessories, a unique style or super articulation by the looks of things.

Also, Fewture Models's Getter Robo updates are damned awesome and I would love to see Transformers done in that style.

The Alpha Trion is cool though. Not gonna argue with that. I would be up for some characters who have almost no representation (Arcee, Shockwave, Reflector perhaps) or some whose only G1-accurate renditions are a bit iffy (Megatron, Rodimus) though. A poseable non-transforming Arcee would be pretty cool TBH, and Megatron really needs some love.
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Posted by Midnight_Fox on October 1st, 2014 @ 8:48am CDT
RhA wrote:
Delta Magnus wrote:It's a shame, because when I saw Fewture Models were doing TF stuff I thought "Oh goodie! We're gonna get some awesome redesigns like they did with Getter Robo!".

But no. GEEWUN up the wazoo.

Sigh.


...but I like my GEEWUN up my wazoo.



Hey-ooooo!
Re: Upcoming Takara Tomy & Ex Gokin Fewture Models Product Images From Super Festival 66 In Japan (1610850)
Posted by Autobot032 on October 4th, 2014 @ 9:51am CDT
Late last month, we reported on the Million Publishing exclusive figures of Shouki (based on Classics Astrotrain, which you can see a gallery of here) and GoShooter (based on Generations Bumblebee/Goldfire (Goldbug) Bumblebee/Nightbeat, which you can see here and here), with pictures courtesy of Tony Preto of TemptingToys.com fame, from the Super Festival 66 in Japan.
You can read the full article, and see Mr. Preto's images, here.

Today, we have more images of the upcoming figures and a new link with more information to share with you. You can read the information here, and see the mirrored images below:

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Keep your optics tuned to Seibertron.com for the latest in news and updates, plus the best galleries around!
Re: Upcoming Takara Tomy & Ex Gokin Fewture Models Product Images From Super Festival 66 In Japan (1610861)
Posted by Mkall on October 4th, 2014 @ 11:00am CDT
Nightbeat and GoShooter are the best use of this mold.
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Posted by The Dude on October 4th, 2014 @ 4:04pm CDT
Well, I didn't think I'd see that Astrotrain again...
Re: Upcoming Takara Tomy & Ex Gokin Fewture Models Product Images From Super Festival 66 In Japan (1610934)
Posted by RhA on October 4th, 2014 @ 6:07pm CDT
I can't help but like them.
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Posted by Sabrblade on October 4th, 2014 @ 8:07pm CDT
They look terrific.
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Posted by megatronus on October 5th, 2014 @ 4:00am CDT
I'm liking Shouki's improvised battle station/cannon mode.

Still wish the fan poll chose Alpha Trion from Scourge, but between Ratbat, Serpent O.R., and Devcon, I guess we're getting plenty of use from that mold...

IDW Bee is really saturating my shelves ('Bee, Goldfire, Nightbeat, Carzap, RF Hubcap), but I can live with this. :D
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Posted by RhA on October 5th, 2014 @ 4:32am CDT
RF Hubcap? What did I miss?
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Posted by megatronus on October 5th, 2014 @ 7:20am CDT
RhA wrote:RF Hubcap? What did I miss?

Renderform did a couple kits that turn IDW Bee into Hubcap:

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Re: Upcoming Takara Tomy & Ex Gokin Fewture Models Product Images From Super Festival 66 In Japan (1615249)
Posted by william-james88 on October 20th, 2014 @ 8:58am CDT
The official Japanese Transformers facebook page has posted an image of the Generations volume 2 magazine with the Goshooter figure.

Goshooter is a redeco of Generations Nightbeat and it will come with a redeco of Blazemaster. This Japanese exclusive figure can be bought indepdently or combined with the magazine for 10$ more at BBTS.

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Posted by Rated X on October 20th, 2014 @ 11:12am CDT
Maybe Ill get him on clearance. They got me 2 years in a row with Stepper and Artfire at crazy prices. Then by the next year they were half price. Also I feel this mold is getting overused now. Five uses in one year of existence ? (six if you count Takara Bee) It reminds me of KFC Perceptor mold.
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Posted by megatronus on October 20th, 2014 @ 11:18am CDT
Rated X wrote:Maybe Ill get him on clearance. They got me 2 years in a row with Stepper and Artfire at crazy prices. Then by the next year they were half price. Also I feel this mold is getting overused now. Five uses in one year of existence ? (six if you count Takara Bee) It reminds me of KFC Perceptor mold.

Bumblebee
Goldfire
Nightbeat
Carzap
Go-Shooter

Yea... that's a lot. It's a fun mold, and I like it a bunch, but I'd rather not get tired of it so quickly. Sigh. Consolation: 4 of them have unique noggins.
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Posted by gothsaurus on October 20th, 2014 @ 12:02pm CDT
positive aspect of getting these in quick succession... better (and cheaper) to manufacture these all around the same time while the mold is available. The cost of warehousing it, hauling the parts to another city, locating it again, prepping the factory to use the parts, etc.

I'm completely okay with getting mold mates at the same time — Hoist and Trailbreaker in the same box, totally cool. Seeker jets all in one wave or box, great. I'd rather do that than risk NOT getting one of the three.

As for these guys, they're spacing them out pretty well. (different waves and 'lines' with TFCC.) I'm fine with it. (Plus some are real niche characters like CarZap, who may wind up coming a good year later, anyway.)
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Posted by Lockdownhunter on October 20th, 2014 @ 7:54pm CDT
Seriously???Another retool of IDW BB?????? Nah,still looks cool.
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Posted by Sabrblade on October 20th, 2014 @ 8:02pm CDT
Lockdownhunter wrote:Seriously???Another retool of IDW BB?????? Nah,still looks cool.
It's just a redeco of the Nightbeat version of the mold (and arguably the best-looking version of the mold at that).
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Posted by gothsaurus on October 21st, 2014 @ 9:34am CDT
While it's conjecture, who is to say Hasbro puts out their "base model" first. Meaning, I think Nightbeat may be the initial design... with Bumblebee and friends (although released first).... being the retools. Make sense?

The mold fits Nightbeat so well, I think maybe he was their plan all along, with Bumblebee being a quick throwaway for the younger fans and as a bit of a fund-raiser to break even on the mold.

Any instances you guys can recall where you think Hasbro "held back" on their home run deco or best-tooling of a figure?
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Posted by Sabrblade on October 21st, 2014 @ 9:39am CDT
gothsaurus wrote:While it's conjecture, who is to say Hasbro puts out their "base model" first. Meaning, I think Nightbeat may be the initial design... with Bumblebee and friends (although released first).... being the retools. Make sense?
But the design came from Bumblebee's Autobot Leader upgrade in the IDW 2009-2011 ongoing, at which time Nightbeat was long since dead and wouldn't return until recent years.

The two right-most pics on the top row, and the three right-most pics on the bottom:
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All four of the first wave of Generations Thrilling 30 Deluxes were inspired by pre-existing comic IDW designs.
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Posted by gothsaurus on October 21st, 2014 @ 10:32am CDT
Well, if Hasbro actually confirmed IDW designed this Bee via Botcon or whatever... can't argue there, then, can I?

My question still stands. Are there any repaints or retools you all can think of where Hasbro released a repaint/retool of the clearly-intended toy FIRST? ... with the "real" home run, intended design figure following later?

An example MIGHT be the recent Gears toy — which clearly has a Brawn head sculpt. (As time goes by, this may wind up being the case. Who knows.)

Any examples you can remember from recent past?
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Posted by william-james88 on October 21st, 2014 @ 10:56am CDT
gothsaurus wrote:Well, if Hasbro actually confirmed IDW designed this Bee via Botcon or whatever... can't argue there, then, can I?

My question still stands. Are there any repaints or retools you all can think of where Hasbro released a repaint/retool of the clearly-intended toy FIRST? ... with the "real" home run, intended design figure following later?

An example MIGHT be the recent Gears toy - which clearly has a Brawn head sculpt. (As time goes by, this may wind up being the case. Who knows.)

Any examples you can remember from recent past?



Yes, the best example is Alternators Silverstreak and Smokescreen. Silverstreak was to be the first use of that mold ot be released and it is indeed the only Alternators to be painted instead of using a coloured plastic. However, Smkokescreen was issued first (and was the only toy packed in the box).

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Smokescreen was actually designed as a retool of Alternators Silverstreak (aka Binaltech Streak), whose alternate mode is the Subaru Impreza WRX street model. However, the marketing department at Takara felt that the flashier Smokescreen would make a more suitable debut toy and would grab more attention than the plain silver Streak would.

Also, I have my sincere suspisions that G2 Dreadwing was the initial reason for the Generations Megatron Stealth Bomber mold. The head sculpt fits so well with the stealth bomber body in comparison to Megatron's, which feels a little out of place (even though he does have that body in the IDW comics). I guess it's a similar situation to the Bumblebee/Nightbeat case. The fact that Dreadwing was released so soon after really makes me it more likely that he could have been the initial intended purpose of the mold and Megatron be the retool.

And look at the feet!!!!!!

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Posted by gothsaurus on October 21st, 2014 @ 11:07am CDT
I think you nailed it! Exactly what I was talking about. Thanks for chiming in, William-James.
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Posted by william-james88 on October 21st, 2014 @ 11:11am CDT
gothsaurus wrote:I think you nailed it! Exactly what I was talking about. Thanks for chiming in, William-James.


Always a pleasure!
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Posted by Sabrblade on October 21st, 2014 @ 12:10pm CDT
The Megatron body was also an IDW-original. They only made the Dreadwing toy because they made the Megatron toy first and wanted to get more use out of it. But the design was Megatron's first.

Until recent years, IDW artists were making their own character designs independent of Hasbro's toy designers with no initial plans of Hasbro making toys out of them. By the time All Hail Megatron came out, Hasbro saw all these non-toy designs and stepped in to request that IDW start putting in some designs that were based on preexisting toy designs, such as Prowl, Sunstreaker, and Sideswipe all suddenly switching to have designs based on their Universe toys. But even then, the trend of non-toy designs continued into the 2009-2011 ongoing, and it wasn't until 2012 that Hasbro and IDW finally decided to start working together to create designs that could be made into toys, which eventually led to the creation of the Dark Cybertron storyline.

Orion Pax, Megatron, Bumblebee, and Trailcutter all took inspiration from comic designs that came out years (or in Trailcutter's case, one year) before any of these four toys would get made. Orion Pax's design came from the Guigo Guidi design used in "Spotlight: Blurr", Megatron's stealth bomber design came from the Don Figeroa's design from the ongoing, Bumblebee's Autobot Leader design came from Guido Guidi's version of the design from the ongoing, and Trailcutter's design came from Alex Milne's design from More Than Meets The Eye.


To answer the other question, Prime Dreadwing came out before Prime Skyquake, despite the mold being original intended for Skyquake.
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Posted by Hero Alpha on October 24th, 2014 @ 11:04am CDT
william-james88 wrote:
gothsaurus wrote:Well, if Hasbro actually confirmed IDW designed this Bee via Botcon or whatever... can't argue there, then, can I?

My question still stands. Are there any repaints or retools you all can think of where Hasbro released a repaint/retool of the clearly-intended toy FIRST? ... with the "real" home run, intended design figure following later?

An example MIGHT be the recent Gears toy - which clearly has a Brawn head sculpt. (As time goes by, this may wind up being the case. Who knows.)

Any examples you can remember from recent past?



Yes, the best example is Alternators Silverstreak and Smokescreen. Silverstreak was to be the first use of that mold ot be released and it is indeed the only Alternators to be painted instead of using a coloured plastic. However, Smkokescreen was issued first (and was the only toy packed in the box).

Quote from tf wiki:

Smokescreen was actually designed as a retool of Alternators Silverstreak (aka Binaltech Streak), whose alternate mode is the Subaru Impreza WRX street model. However, the marketing department at Takara felt that the flashier Smokescreen would make a more suitable debut toy and would grab more attention than the plain silver Streak would.

Also, I have my sincere suspisions that G2 Dreadwing was the initial reason for the Generations Megatron Stealth Bomber mold. The head sculpt fits so well with the stealth bomber body in comparison to Megatron's, which feels a little out of place (even though he does have that body in the IDW comics). I guess it's a similar situation to the Bumblebee/Nightbeat case. The fact that Dreadwing was released so soon after really makes me it more likely that he could have been the initial intended purpose of the mold and Megatron be the retool.

And look at the feet!!!!!!

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Re: Upcoming Takara Tomy & Ex Gokin Fewture Models Product Images From Super Festival 66 In Japan (1616546)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on October 24th, 2014 @ 12:16pm CDT
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The (unreleased) G2 ATB Megatron may have been the inspiration, but he was still a repaint of G2 Dreadwing, a reversal of the Generations figures >:oP
Re: Upcoming Takara Tomy & Ex Gokin Fewture Models Product Images From Super Festival 66 In Japan (1632517)
Posted by Va'al on December 23rd, 2014 @ 8:36am CST
Fellow Transformers fan MASABON1980 has updated their Photobucket account with a nice look at the Million Publishing Exclusive triplechanger Astrotrain redeco Shouki, with the little Daniel minicon - check out some of the mirrored images below, and browse the full album here.

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Re: Upcoming Takara Tomy & Ex Gokin Fewture Models Product Images From Super Festival 66 In Japan (1632525)
Posted by Sabrblade on December 23rd, 2014 @ 8:50am CST
Man, this is such a clever figure. I honestly can't think of any better use of this mold as another character who isn't Astrotrain and without remolding it (since Million Publishing's toys are never remolded). And using the shuttle as the Thunder Arrow with Daniel to pose as its pilot...

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Re: Upcoming Takara Tomy & Ex Gokin Fewture Models Product Images From Super Festival 66 In Japan (1632605)
Posted by ArmadaPrime on December 23rd, 2014 @ 11:45am CST
Are they using the minicon to emulate those little thingies on some trains that connect them to overhead cables?
:APPLAUSE: That is incredibly clever

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