Additional In Hand Images of Transformers Titans Return Trypticon, Comparison with Metroplex

william-james88 wrote:

bodrock wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Do you macross fans have leader jetfire? That is one sexy bot.

I do, Will! I used to have G1 Jetfire too, but he had to break in half at the hinges.....

Do you still have his accessories? Because thats whats pricey. A jetfire body can be aquired for about $50 on e-bay (last time I checked) which isnt too terrible.

I might, actually! I'll take a look next time I'm at the parents' house.

well slap me on the kneecap and call me daddy, that base mode actually looks good! maybe it's from all the titans return nonsense, but i was expecting something terrible.

Agamemnon wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Do you macross fans have leader jetfire? That is one sexy bot.

Classics Voyager was more Macross like, IMO.... (And a better toy too!)

Yeah I felt the classics voyager toy was better, the Leader just does nothing for me at all. But niether come anywhere near the G1 Macross Jetfire toy. That's still a beautiful thing that just can't be beat no matter how many times they've tried. Trying to blend elements of it within that awful boxy Skyfire cartoon design just ruins it. Yeah I get why they need to do that but it still just sucks.

We are almost exact opposites there, my friend! I tend to go with Cons most of the time!

But as far as Tryp goes, I'm still undecided - I still have the G1 incarnation and he holds a lot of nostalgia, being the last TF I bought until eBay came along and brought me Snaptrap.

unicron1200 wrote:So I'm a little confused by this picture. This Trypticon is looking exactly like the T.Tomy version, and if that's the case, heck, Imma go Hasbro on this one. But it makes me wonder, will it be paint apps to Necros and Full-Tilt specifically that are going to be the difference between the two or are they just separate market versions of the same exact product?

IIRC, the only difference to Trypticon himself are some small gray circle paint-apps on his back cannons that aren't present on the TT version. I haven't been paying too much attention to the differences between each version of Necros and Full-Tilt, but I imagine there'd be the trademark little-bit-more-paint on TT Necros and I thiiink Full-Tilt's gun is a different color? But yeah, basically no difference between the two - unless you can get them at practically equal prices and/or you reeeally care about getting the totally-100%-cartoon-accurate deco, you're probably best off just saving some money and going Hasbro on the big guy.

IN HAND IMAGES TITANS RETURN: SIEGE OF CYBERTRON BOXSET Via TFND member group and Planet Iacon!
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Albatross250 wrote:Tidal Wave's Carrier mode is based from this, on Beast Wars : Uprising

Honestly with the length of time these toys tend to be in production (or pre-production) for, I wouldn't be altogether surprised if his appearance in Uprising was actually based on this figure's plans. Though who can tell for certain which came first; it's practically a paradox trying to deduce where the initial plan for this redeco came from...

-Kanrabat- wrote:A set with Ginrai, but no God Bomber.

Siiiiiigh............

I wonder if or will ever make a special two-pack containing Ginrai and God Bomber? This would be a great excuse to make a Platinum set or something.

I don't keep up with Takara news too well, but I seem to remember some rumor floating around that there'd be some kind of Ginrai/God Bomber 2-pack (coming with Minerva and Hosehead heads to boot, I think) - of course that's a rumor at most, last I heard.

And it's pretty common speculation at this point that we'll see a Hasbro release of Godbomber in one the remaining two box-sets. There's been no official confirmation of any kind (even of more sets coming, let alone what's in them), but it only seems to make sense given that it'd probably be a good money-making move for Hasbro after they've already released Ginrai in one.

steals_your_goats wrote:

Qwan wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:A set with Ginrai, but no God Bomber.

Siiiiiigh............

I wonder if or will ever make a special two-pack containing Ginrai and God Bomber? This would be a great excuse to make a Platinum set or something.

I don't keep up with Takara news too well, but I seem to remember some rumor floating around that there'd be some kind of Ginrai/God Bomber 2-pack (coming with Minerva and Hosehead heads to boot, I think) - of course that's a rumor at most, last I heard.

https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/official-images-for-takara-tomy-transformers-legends-lgex-god-ginrai-set-plus-cab-minerva/38316/ definitely not a rumour.

Ah ok, cool! There you go. I guess that's a good example for why I need to keep better track of Takara news

ExciKaiser wrote:

Albatross250 wrote:

Do you think that GPS will apply ?

Seems unlikely to me. I think HasTak have pretty much worked out the whole GPS situation - the last documented case of GPS, according to my check of TFWiki, was Movie '07 Starscream - so we shouldn't be seeing that kind of issue again (fingers crossed). Remember that companies like Lego have been producing gold plastic, of almost exactly the hue used on Metalhawk here no less, for many years that can withstand huge amounts of stress without issue.