Take a better look at Nitro Series Dropkick and Blitzwing

-Kanrabat- wrote:Obviously, that Blitzwing is no triple changer. I wonder is a triple changing SS figure is a possibility, of is the Movie design impossible to realise in toy form?

He's not a Triple Changer, just a Seeker who so happens to be a Seeker, I saw the film during the screenings on the 8'th so I can confirm this.

If there ends up being a Studio Series Blitzwing it's gonna be a normal Seeker, Bot to jet.

-Kanrabat- wrote:Whay that name tho? Like if Astrotrai was there but he could only transform into a space shuttle. Bee Blitzwing could have been called Ramjet and be a conehead or something.

Anyway, I call an easy Nitro Zeus repaint like they did for Thundercracker.

*Shrugs*

I presume a combination of things like trademark and a leftover for when this was still a prequel as a (Movie spoiler about character) Throwaway Decepticon featured in trailers to kill off, akin to Bonecrusher and Sideways

But honestly were gonna have to wait and see to learn why this particular character had that respective name.

If it makes you feel better his name isn't even mentioned in the movie. (Although it is in the credits)

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Hasbro's gotta keep those trademarks warm. It wouldn't be the first time and it won't be the last. For a recent major example, AoE Hound is obviously more a Bulkhead in terms of design. But Prime was already taking care of the Bulkhead trademark while in the meantime Hound was vulnerable.

I'm pretty sure despite the similarities that Hound was always meant to be called Hound since the name exited since at least the early days of AOE filming since it was the only name announced at the time (We didn't know who Drift and Crosshairs were for sure heck when we first heard their names Crosshairs was still going by "Slingshot") and the only name of the 3 new Autobots said multiple times and the only one who's name was said by humans (Crosshairs only had one name call from Drift and voice acting is usually done at a later stage then the filming for the most part)

Just a personal theory of mine, not a true fact or anything.

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Hasbro's gotta keep those trademarks warm. It wouldn't be the first time and it won't be the last. For a recent major example, AoE Hound is obviously more a Bulkhead in terms of design. But Prime was already taking care of the Bulkhead trademark while in the meantime Hound was vulnerable.

That make total sense. And the fact that Blitzwing's name is mentioned only in the credits and on the toy box is a nice compromise.

blackeyedprime wrote:Maybe the audio commentary will discuss Blitzwings name & if he gets his own mold for SS we then have a solid seeker available for repaints of all of them (as great as Nitro is).

Liking the dropkick figure, which has to be my first for the non studio series Bumblebee toys-kind of feels Battletrapish.

I would like to have audio commentary on bumblebee I don’t recall audio commentary on any of Bay movies unless I passed over them in extra content menu bltizwing own figure will be nice to see in voyager and deluxe class which ever class they decide make him in

Am I crazy or does this figure look better than the studio series one?



At least in bot mode.

Carnivius_Prime wrote:

carytheone wrote:Am I crazy or does this figure look better than the studio series one?



At least in bot mode.

You're crazy... well no cos i literally said the same sorta thing 2 minutes before you did. This figure's probably got worse articulation in general but yeah there's something a bit more appealing about it overall

I think it’s the fact that the arms are bulkier and that there’s more blue on it

ZeroWolf wrote:To be fair, he's a triple changer in the bumblebee prequel comic

There's also the Igniters Power Blitzwing figure so Hasbro does consider him a Triplechanger even if he doesn't appear as one in the movie.



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carytheone wrote:Am I crazy or does this figure look better than the studio series one?



At least in bot mode.

Nope, It looks way better than the Studio Series one. Probably holds together better too.

We saw a red redeco of Nitro Speed series (aka Legion class) Bumblebee recently, but we did not get a good look at it. We couldn't even confirm that it was indeed "Cliffjumper" written on the packaging. Well now we can. Friend to the site Prismartyr gave us a nice little scoop with our best look at the figure yet. They managed to spot a Speed series Cliffjumper in the Big W at Tuggerah, New South Wales, Australia today.

We now see that there is no retooling from the yellow VW Speed series Bumblebee, it is just a redeco. While Cliffjumper does indeed share the same body as Bumblebee in the film, it is Bee's Cybertronian body he has and not the VW body. Still, the theme of having similar bodies is there and better yet this becomes a fun homage to the red Bumblebee toy released in G1.