Flame Toys Adds Bludgeon and Banzaitron to Furai Model Line Plus SDCC 2021 Nemesis Prime Orders Open

Posted by Emerje Jul 23, 2021 at 10:20pm CDT 35,171 views

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If you're a big fan (or even a moderate fan) of Flame Toys' Transformers Furai Model line then there's some good news coming your way! The company officially announced Friday from the ACG HK 2021 event that the latest entries to the plastic model line will be Bludgeon and Banzaitron! For some this is the most ideal use of the Furai Model line: a Pretender and an Action Master. And no, they don't share any parts, the two martial arts masters will be entirely new sets of molds. Like many Furai Models the pair is designed by Akira Amemiya of Studio Trigger, but lack his trademark stylizations (See: Optimus Prime (Attack Mode), Starscream and Devastator). More as we learn it!

In other news, the SDCC 2021 Furai Model G1 Nemesis Prime exclusive is now available to order at Bluefin for the reasonable price of $40 even. He comes with all the same accessories as the Optimus Prime kit, stands 6" tall and has 40 points of articulation. Release is expected to be August 15, 2021 meaning you wont have to wait long to get the evil doppelganger in your collection.

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Re: Flame Toys Adds Bludgeon and Banzaitron to Furai Model Line Plus SDCC 2021 Nemesis Prime Orders Open (view post)

Comment by Fires_Of_Inferno Jul 23, 2021

Emerje wrote:If you're a big fan (or even a moderate fan) of Flame Toys' Transformers Furai Model line then there's some good news coming your way! The company officially announced Friday from the ACG HK 2021 event that the latest entries to the plastic model line will be Bludgeon and Banzaitron! For some this is the most ideal use of the Furai Model line: a Pretender and an Action Master. And no, they don't share any parts, the two martial arts masters will be entirely new sets of molds. Like many Furai Models the pair is designed by Akira Amemiya of Studio Trigger, but lack his trademark stylizations (See: Optimus Prime (Attack Mode), Starscream and Devastator). More as we learn it!

In other news, the SDCC 2021 Furai Model G1 Nemesis Prime exclusive is now available to order at Bluefin for the reasonable price of $40 even. He comes with all the same accessories as the Optimus Prime kit, stands 6" tall and has 40 points of articulation. Release is expected to be August 15, 2021 meaning you wont have to wait long to get the evil doppelganger in your collection.

Like what you see or tired of Transformers that don't transform (even though these two typically transform as is anyway)? Let us know in the Energon Pub Forums!

Okay, now we're talking! That Bludgeon and Banzaitron are right up my alley!

Re: Flame Toys Adds Bludgeon and Banzaitron to Furai Model Line Plus SDCC 2021 Nemesis Prime Orders Open (view post)

Comment by -Kanrabat- Jul 24, 2021

Gotta admit, I'd be tempted bu both of these undeads. But I'll need more than concept art to bite.

There's also Arcee and Blackarachnia in the works. I've seen prototype pictures somewhere...

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Comment by primalxconvoy Jul 24, 2021

-Kanrabat- wrote:Gotta admit, I'd be tempted bu both of these undeads. But I'll need more than concept art to bite.

There's also Arcee and Blackarachnia in the works. I've seen prototype pictures somewhere...

Banzaitron isn't "undead", only Bludgeon is.

Now, if there's a way to customize Bludgeon into being a pretender shell for a custom, smaller Bludgeon figure, then this is thing will sell like hot cakes. Hopefully, more, non-transforming characters will be released, thus making these figures actually relevant to the needs of more TF fans.

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Comment by Evil Eye Jul 25, 2021

Bludgeon and Banzaitron look awesome! And Blackarachnia too, I love Ban's artwork and Blackarachnia is one of my favourite characters, so I'll be sure to preorder her when she comes up.

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Comment by Fires_Of_Inferno Jul 25, 2021

Evil Eye wrote:Bludgeon and Banzaitron look awesome! And Blackarachnia too, I love Ban's artwork and Blackarachnia is one of my favourite characters, so I'll be sure to preorder her when she comes up.

? Where did you see that they're doing a Blackarachnia?

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Comment by Evil Eye Jul 25, 2021

Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:
Evil Eye wrote:Bludgeon and Banzaitron look awesome! And Blackarachnia too, I love Ban's artwork and Blackarachnia is one of my favourite characters, so I'll be sure to preorder her when she comes up.

? Where did you see that they're doing a Blackarachnia?

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Comment by -Kanrabat- Jul 25, 2021

Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:
Evil Eye wrote:Bludgeon and Banzaitron look awesome! And Blackarachnia too, I love Ban's artwork and Blackarachnia is one of my favourite characters, so I'll be sure to preorder her when she comes up.

? Where did you see that they're doing a Blackarachnia?

It's on their Facebook page or something. There's also an Arcee in the work.

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Comment by Fires_Of_Inferno Jul 25, 2021

Evil Eye wrote:
Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:
Evil Eye wrote:Bludgeon and Banzaitron look awesome! And Blackarachnia too, I love Ban's artwork and Blackarachnia is one of my favourite characters, so I'll be sure to preorder her when she comes up.

? Where did you see that they're doing a Blackarachnia?

-Kanrabat- wrote:
Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:
Evil Eye wrote:Bludgeon and Banzaitron look awesome! And Blackarachnia too, I love Ban's artwork and Blackarachnia is one of my favourite characters, so I'll be sure to preorder her when she comes up.

? Where did you see that they're doing a Blackarachnia?

It's on their Facebook page or something. There's also an Arcee in the work.

Ooohhhh kay. Well I'm gonna need those too.

goddam i'm such a mark

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Comment by D-Maximal_Primal Aug 1, 2021

Action Masters and Pretenders at last, those are perfect for this line.

Also, the Kuro Kara Kuri cyclonus artwork looks fantastic. I hope they make him as a furai model kit soon

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Comment by primalxconvoy Aug 2, 2021

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Action Masters and Pretenders at last, those are perfect for this line.

Also, the Kuro Kara Kuri cyclonus artwork looks fantastic. I hope they make him as a furai model kit soon

I know, right? I really hope both FT and S7 continue to make more "literal" non-transforming toys. I really think that they're the ones most of us want from a line like this. Then, perhaps Hasbro will wake up and start making RED series versions (but hopefully with better QC).

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Comment by Evil Eye Dec 18, 2021

Did this get posted? Because if not, Furai Model Acid Storm!

I was actually contemplating painting my Skywarp up as Acid Storm and I'm glad I held off now! I might have to get this; I have some of Alclad II's Candy Enamel Bottle Green, and I reckon I could give him a really cool deco.

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Comment by william-james88 Dec 19, 2021

Evil Eye wrote:Did this get posted?

Not in this thread, but it is on the front page as part of the Robotkingdom newsletter. Thanks for posting it here too so we can discuss it.

Re: Flame Toys Adds Bludgeon and Banzaitron to Furai Model Line Plus SDCC 2021 Nemesis Prime Orders Open (view post)

Comment by Emerje Dec 20, 2021

We could probably post a late rundown or recap if we wanted to. They showed a bunch of stuff off in November while I was sick without computer access. It's all on their Twitter.

Emerje

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Comment by -Kanrabat- Dec 20, 2021

I cancelled my Windblade preorder because I have the Bumblebee set for months now and I still have to build it.

Re: Flame Toys Adds Bludgeon and Banzaitron to Furai Model Line Plus SDCC 2021 Nemesis Prime Orders Open (view post)

Comment by william-james88 Dec 20, 2021

Emerje wrote:We could probably post a late rundown or recap if we wanted to. They showed a bunch of stuff off in November while I was sick without computer access. It's all on their Twitter.

Emerje

I'm very busy these days, if you or Kanrabat have a moment to post that, it would be sweet.

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Comment by -Kanrabat- Dec 20, 2021

william-james88 wrote:
Emerje wrote:We could probably post a late rundown or recap if we wanted to. They showed a bunch of stuff off in November while I was sick without computer access. It's all on their Twitter.

Emerje

I'm very busy these days, if you or Kanrabat have a moment to post that, it would be sweet.

I won't Twitter so...

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Comment by Fires_Of_Inferno Dec 20, 2021

I will be unsurprised if the Acid Storm gets released before Windblade. I don't know if it was announced earlier than this if there would be an Acid Storm, but I get the feeling like it's on preorder so people will have something to tide them over while Windblade is delayed.

Re: Flame Toys Adds Bludgeon and Banzaitron to Furai Model Line Plus SDCC 2021 Nemesis Prime Orders Open (view post)

Comment by Emerje Dec 20, 2021

You may have already seen this on our front page from our site sponsors, but in case you missed it the latest character to get the Furai Model treatment from Flame Toys is Acid Storm! While this isn't a huge surprise, especially knowing that Hasbro tends to favor the green guy over, say, Sunstorm, the the colors are pretty interesting. Acid Storm is one of those characters that doesn't have a truly iconic look. His colors tend to be anywhere from dark green to neon green, camo optional, but this time he's sporting teal and purple highlights that we haven't seen before and they look good! Otherwise this is the same model we've already seen start out as Starscream. As mentioned before he's available for order now and is expected to be out in May 2022.

In other news we have some updated shots of the upcoming Windblade kit expected to be out in February in US after multiple delays. And in a little bit of under the radar catchup we have some first looks at Soundwave, Shockwave, and Arcee kits that were displayed in November at SDCC Special Edition. Interestingly while Arcee and Soundwave have heavily stylized designs Shockwave is purely G1 cartoon inspired.

And finally, it isn't just about the models. We're also treated to an early look at Kuro Kara Kuri Cyclonus and Starscream!

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Comment by Windblade2014 Dec 20, 2021

I will fully admit here that the Windblade figure looks absolutely stunning, but I do like the looks of the upcoming Shockwave, Soundwave, and Arcee.

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Comment by Fires_Of_Inferno Dec 20, 2021

Hmmm, sort of disappointed by that Shockwave. I was expecting something pointier.

Already got my windblade preordered and am really just impatient for it to show up.

I might be interested in that acid storm and I really don't know why.

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