Official Images of Universe Prowl and Tankor In-Package

Tanktane.

That's right, I said Tanktane.

Any mention of how much these will cost?

ChrisR291 wrote:

Liege Evilmus wrote:So let me ask, does anyone who intends on buying Classics Tankor actualy intend on calling him that?

Why didn't they just name him Octane? Isn't that who he is suppose to be.

HASBRO probably doesn't have the rights to the name anymore. Like Hot Rod being Rodimus Major in the classics line.


People who call Octane Tankor are the same people that call Movie Brawl Devastator.


I love how they mixed moving packaging with universe. These figures rock.

First Gen wrote:People who call Octane Tankor are the same people that call Movie Brawl Devastator.

QFT, it looks like octane, it transforms like octane, so its octane.

You know, I'm really excited for this line to resume (and continue), and I will be collecting the hell out of it. But you know what the first thing I noticed about the packaging was? The 2 letter S's. They aren't right.

On everything that's used that G1-style type face (back to the original TV series, comics and toylines), with the notable exception of the Dreamwave G1-era comics, the two instances of the letter S had different bottoms. The one in the first syllable has the tail of the S ending in a slant like a forward slash. The one in the final syllable has the S ending in a backward slash.



The new Universe packaging takes the easy way out. It's a minor thing in the end, as long as the product is good.

Aurax wrote:You know, I'm really excited for this line to resume (and continue), and I will be collecting the hell out of it. But you know what the first thing I noticed about the packaging was? The 2 letter S's. They aren't right.

On everything that's used that G1-style type face (back to the original TV series, comics and toylines), with the notable exception of the Dreamwave G1-era comics, the two instances of the letter S had different bottoms. The one in the first syllable has the tail of the S ending in a slant like a forward slash. The one in the final syllable has the S ending in a backward slash.



The new Universe packaging takes the easy way out. It's a minor thing in the end, as long as the product is good.

Hm, I've never noticed that before.
Well, this packaging sure is snazzy, really catches the eye. The giant character art on the card is a really nice touch, reminds me of the Beast War era cards.
I really, really want these. Now.

One thing about the name 'Tankor' - it's almost an anagram for Octane:

- Oktan... r

which makes me think, if they don't have the rights to 'Octane', couldn't they have just pimped up the spelling, to something like "Oktayn" or "Ocktain". I dunno if that's a better idea, but it's another option.

I like the packaging better than the classics packaging. I think it's some of the best packaging Transformers've ever had.

I thought Galvatron was supposed to be bad-ass. Why is he a deluxe?

Bumblethumper wrote:One thing about the name 'Tankor' - it's almost an anagram for Octane:

- Oktan... r

which makes me think, if they don't have the rights to 'Octane', couldn't they have just pimped up the spelling, to something like "Oktayn" or "Ocktain". I dunno if that's a better idea, but it's another option.

I like the packaging better than the classics packaging. I think it's some of the best packaging Transformers've ever had.

How about "Mega-Octane"? They at least had the rights to that during Universe.

Oh, and hearing that the blade is removable is awsome! Maybe the reason why I'm getting so pumped for Octane is because even though we knew he was coming, from a character perspective it's kinda surprising that he would get an update over say Blitzwing, but Blitz is getting an Animated version, so that's probably why.

Speaking of which, they didn't show Blitzwing off at Toyfair did they? Dang, I've been wanting to see what his figure looks like.

I think they didn't use Mega Octane because its the name of a completely different G1 character and so making a classic of mega octane wouldn't be right.

anyway i'm calling him Trucktor!