Transformers Encore Meister To Come With New Head Sculpt

A new head mold? Umm, neat, but also unnecessary, as his head looked nearly identical to all his depictions in fiction.

And he comes with Laserbeak? That's kinda random...

Well, I hope the new head is better . I have it on pre-order on HLJ, I don't have Jazz.

About Laserbeak it's a bit strange, but it would be better if it was Buzzsaw since that one doesn't come with any reissue... (oh, and I want it because I already have Laserbeak from the Hasbro reissue )

BTW, they could add the insecticon army to the Encore series .

I wonder if they are just doing that as a "gesture" for the people buying it. Let's face it: the figures aren't cheap but, compared to their price from the good ol days, we're looking at around a 400% inflation. Throwing in a cassette may be a way of saying: "You're paying a lot for this and we thank you; here's a little something extra for the trouble..."

Just a thought.

Maybe it is in reference to the fact that the head was a bit mangled in the TFC issue. It was corrected for the Stepper version, though.

Um...what's the point? It isn't like Bumblebee or Trailbreaker or Brawn, whose faces really don't match the cartoon versions; or Ironhide and Ratchet, who didn't have REAL faces to begin with (and IMO probably better deserved remolds instead of cardboard punch-out heads). Jazz's head sculpt looks exactly (O.K., MOSTLY) like the cartoon/comic versions to begin with.

Yes, the Hasbro version has the weird smile head too.

The inclusion of Laserbeak probably comes from the ep. Countdown to Extinction. The Autobots are trapped in quicksand. Megatron decides to leave Laserbeak to record the demise of the Autobots. Upon the departure of the Decepticons, Laserbeak is shot by Mirage. As he falls, he transforms into a cassette and is caught by Jazz who then plays Laserbeak in his cassette deck after the Autobots escape from the quicksand.

(he does so by throwing the cassette up into the air, transforming, opening his roof like the toy, and catching the cassette in his deck)
No doubt about it, Jazz has style.


Jazz: "Hey Optimus, Howdja like to hear number one on the Decepticon hot cassette charts?"

Optimus: "As I beleive the Earthlings say, lay it on me, man."

capellamusic wrote:About Laserbeak it's a bit strange, but it would be better if it was Buzzsaw since that one doesn't come with any reissue...

Buzzsaw has been re-issued. He, along, w/Ravage, was included w/Soundblaster when he was re-issued. It's just that Laserbeak has seen more re-issues than Buzzsaw has....

Craven Knight wrote:The new head seems interesting, I have a TFC Stepper so if Jazz's head sculpt is slightly different then that'll help differentiate them a little more.

Stepper is already a completely different color scheme, how could you not tell him & Jazz apart?

This is very interesting but strange. I wonder if there is a translation error.