New Galleries: Mega Pretenders Crossblades, Vroom, and Thunderwing!

What? Thunderwing didn't have a gallery yet?! I think they all look cool but the bots inside should be bigger! But I sure enjoy these galleries!

I've always had an affinity for Crossblades, since the first time I saw him in a toy catalog of 1989. Glad to see him get more exposure.

On that note, any luck on the Victory Crossformer gangsters?

Again, another nice gallery. I've often wondered why Thunderwing is so much more expensive on the secondary? I have Crossblades, and look forward to acquiring Vroom next. Thunderwing and Bludgeon will be the last Pretenders I get because of the price.

Execellent galleries here.

I've got to dig out my vroom though as he's never been able to connect his rear wheel to his large gun like in the pics and the instructions - he's complete and genuine - does anyone know of a running change on this guy?

My version of the rear wheel hasn't got that additional tab on it.

GetRightRobot wrote:Again, another nice gallery. I've often wondered why Thunderwing is so much more expensive on the secondary? I have Crossblades, and look forward to acquiring Vroom next. Thunderwing and Bludgeon will be the last Pretenders I get because of the price.

Thunderwing and Bludgeon are so expensive because of Simon Furman and his awesomeness of storytelling. I've been hoping to catch those two myself, but I've been forced to use the HftD Bludgeon and Generations Thunderwing as standins.

Cat-tonator wrote:What? Thunderwing didn't have a gallery yet?! I think they all look cool but the bots inside should be bigger! But I sure enjoy these galleries!

Had no plans to do these galleries any time soon about a year ago ... and then Hasbro came out with Generations Thunderwing. I started the Thunderwing pictures last November and only finished them about six weeks ago. These galleries were a lot of work because of all of the different combinations and my inability/lack of desire to take shortcuts with the pics. Also didn't help that Crossblades had some really bad sun damage / yellowing, so I had to learn all about the H2O2 fix for him. His face is still faded, but if I didn't tell you guys that you probably wouldn't know the difference.

Bit of trivia ... Vroom is from the Jon Hartman Collection that he sold at BotCon 2006.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:I've always had an affinity for Crossblades, since the first time I saw him in a toy catalog of 1989. Glad to see him get more exposure.

On that note, any luck on the Victory Crossformer gangsters?

Not yet ... their time will come, just need to find them in the right condition (i.e. gallery worthy) at the right price.

Galvatron X wrote:Nice! Crossblades is one of my few G1 figs. Mine isn't in that condition, though!

Nor was mine after I opened it.

Heinrad Prime wrote:

Seibertron wrote:

Heinrad Prime wrote:Execellent galleries here.

I've got to dig out my vroom though as he's never been able to connect his rear wheel to his large gun like in the pics and the instructions - he's complete and genuine - does anyone know of a running change on this guy?

My version of the rear wheel hasn't got that additional tab on it.

I'd be very interested in seeing pictures of the gun for your Vroom as well as his tire. Please post the picture in this thread if you can.

I can only apologise for the delay in getting round to doing this, but I have taken a picture of my Vroom which there is no way to attach the gun. Apologies for low res/ poor images.

I am in the UK so this could be a European difference? I don't know anyone else with a complete vroom to check

There should be a peg on the backside of that wheel that pegs into the hole on the top of the gun. If there isn't a peg, then there was a weird running change at some point. Attached to this post is a picture of the peg on the other side of that wheel.

Perhaps you don't have the original wheel for this figure? Did you purchase this new or did you open it as a MISB item by any chance?

Can anyone confirm if that wheel was ever used for another toy line like GIJoe or something out of the ordinary?

El Duque wrote:Vroom, Crossblades, and Thunderwing wouldn't settle for plain old Pretender shells. They insisted on ones that could transform and they could combine with in vehicle mode. We present the latest three additions to the Seibertron.com galleries Mega Pretenders Vroom, Crossblades, and the always popular Thunderwing!



Vroom


Crossblades


Thunderwing

Thanks for the pics.

dare I say those are the best after 1987 TF g-1 usa toys in existance.

If I had my way & worked for Hasbro/Takara. their'd be $27 usa ultra sized classics toys of those 3 mega pretenders. with super poserable pretender shells,with basic sized inner robots.