Transformers Robots in Disguise Minicon Weaponizers Sideswipe and Windstrike Review
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Comment by william-james88
May 18, 2016
While both of these toys have already been revealed at Botcon 2016, we didnt get stock images of Robots in Disguise Warriors Power Surge Optimus Prime and Scatterspike, aside from CG renders of the later. Now, thanks to hobbybrinquedos, we have stock images of the actual toys. Better than that, we have the package images which gives us a good look at what Scatterspike will look like in the Robots in Disguise show. While the toy is a straight up redeco of Quillfire the character seems to have more of a different look. Also, we have images of the new packaging for all the rereleased Warrior figures which now sport the Weaponizer subprint. These are the very same figures and the reason why Hasbro can still promote them as being compatible with the weaponizer minicons is because all that is needed to interact with them is a 5 mm port. Hopefully the rereleased Grimlock will fix the problems of the original release.
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Comment by Sabrblade
May 18, 2016
Hasbro's promoting Scatterspike at the BotCon 2016 panel was an odd one. John Warden hyped the character up as having a twist for us to look forward to in season 2, but Scatterspike never appeared in season 2. Quillfire did, but there wasn't a twist with him either, unless one counts his having gotten his own Mini-Con duo, Back and Forth, but that's not really a twist since practically every Decepticon-of-the-day in Season 2 had their own Mini-Cons.
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Comment by D-Maximal_Primal
May 18, 2016
Maybe Scatterspike was meant to be General Stockade?
Eh, that's crap and I know it.
Still though, It's gonna be interesting to see that new prime. I'm loving the Thunderclash styles on the Power Surge Primes
Eh, that's crap and I know it.
Still though, It's gonna be interesting to see that new prime. I'm loving the Thunderclash styles on the Power Surge Primes
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Maybe he was referring to season 3?
Comment by william-james88
May 18, 2016
Sabrblade wrote:Hasbro's promoting Scatterspike at the BotCon 2016 panel was an odd one. John Warden hyped the character up as having a twist for us to look forward to in season 2, but Scatterspike never appeared in season 2. Quillfire did, but there wasn't a twist with him either, unless one counts his having gotten his own Mini-Con duo, Back and Forth, but that's not really a twist since practically every Decepticon-of-the-day in Season 2 had their own Mini-Cons.
Maybe he was referring to season 3?
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Comment by Sabrblade
May 18, 2016
Maybe, but he definitely said "season 2".william-james88 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Hasbro's promoting Scatterspike at the BotCon 2016 panel was an odd one. John Warden hyped the character up as having a twist for us to look forward to in season 2, but Scatterspike never appeared in season 2. Quillfire did, but there wasn't a twist with him either, unless one counts his having gotten his own Mini-Con duo, Back and Forth, but that's not really a twist since practically every Decepticon-of-the-day in Season 2 had their own Mini-Cons.
Maybe he was referring to season 3?
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Isn't season two effectively split into two parts? The first half concluded with Decpticon Island 2-parter, and the second half will debut in the fall. At least that's what I remember reading.
Comment by Bounti76
May 19, 2016
Sabrblade wrote:Maybe, but he definitely said "season 2".william-james88 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Hasbro's promoting Scatterspike at the BotCon 2016 panel was an odd one. John Warden hyped the character up as having a twist for us to look forward to in season 2, but Scatterspike never appeared in season 2. Quillfire did, but there wasn't a twist with him either, unless one counts his having gotten his own Mini-Con duo, Back and Forth, but that's not really a twist since practically every Decepticon-of-the-day in Season 2 had their own Mini-Cons.
Maybe he was referring to season 3?
Isn't season two effectively split into two parts? The first half concluded with Decpticon Island 2-parter, and the second half will debut in the fall. At least that's what I remember reading.
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Yeah we got a half season for season 2. Now if that will mean that the next half season will be called Seasons 3 instead of Season 2 part 2 is probable, but it could be that its in that second half that we will see Scatterspike and John Warden wasnt caught up on the nomenclature of the seasons. With the hype he gave it, thats what I believe is the case.
Comment by william-james88
May 19, 2016
Bounti76 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Maybe, but he definitely said "season 2".william-james88 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Hasbro's promoting Scatterspike at the BotCon 2016 panel was an odd one. John Warden hyped the character up as having a twist for us to look forward to in season 2, but Scatterspike never appeared in season 2. Quillfire did, but there wasn't a twist with him either, unless one counts his having gotten his own Mini-Con duo, Back and Forth, but that's not really a twist since practically every Decepticon-of-the-day in Season 2 had their own Mini-Cons.
Maybe he was referring to season 3?
Isn't season two effectively split into two parts? The first half concluded with Decpticon Island 2-parter, and the second half will debut in the fall. At least that's what I remember reading.
Yeah we got a half season for season 2. Now if that will mean that the next half season will be called Seasons 3 instead of Season 2 part 2 is probable, but it could be that its in that second half that we will see Scatterspike and John Warden wasnt caught up on the nomenclature of the seasons. With the hype he gave it, thats what I believe is the case.
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Comment by Shuttershock
May 19, 2016
I'd really love a Thunderclash and Blot repaint of both of these.
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Comment by Hellscream9999
May 19, 2016
So is anyone else perturbed by the fact that Scatterspike clearly does not sport the appropriate head? What a piece of crap, are all the shallow 'retools' seen in the show not going to feature any changes in their toys either? Makes him looks like Quillfire fell in a bucket of paint 
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Well, at least he got some paint.
Comment by Cobotron
May 19, 2016
Hellscream9999 wrote: Makes him looks like Quillfire fell in a bucket of paint
Well, at least he got some paint.
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I still remain impressed that Hasbro painted the rims on that mold.
Comment by william-james88
May 19, 2016
Cobotron wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote: Makes him looks like Quillfire fell in a bucket of paint
Well, at least he got some paint.
I still remain impressed that Hasbro painted the rims on that mold.
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They did
Holy *bleep* they did, shame they couldn't manage that for every figure, god knows they need it
Comment by Hellscream9999
May 19, 2016
william-james88 wrote:Cobotron wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote: Makes him looks like Quillfire fell in a bucket of paint
Well, at least he got some paint.
I still remain impressed that Hasbro painted the rims on that mold.
They did
Holy *bleep* they did, shame they couldn't manage that for every figure, god knows they need it
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He is actually one figure that looks great with out a ton of paint (probably why the DID paint the rims). But, the plastic colors and the way they're disbursed around the different parts of the figure work really well. I actually am a big fan of that.
I kinds like the colors on this guy better than Quillfire. They're nice and Decepticony.
Comment by Cobotron
May 19, 2016
Hellscream9999 wrote:william-james88 wrote:Cobotron wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote: Makes him looks like Quillfire fell in a bucket of paint
Well, at least he got some paint.
I still remain impressed that Hasbro painted the rims on that mold.
They did
Holy *bleep* they did, shame they couldn't manage that for every figure, god knows they need it
He is actually one figure that looks great with out a ton of paint (probably why the DID paint the rims). But, the plastic colors and the way they're disbursed around the different parts of the figure work really well. I actually am a big fan of that.
I kinds like the colors on this guy better than Quillfire. They're nice and Decepticony.
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They are, but I will forever notice that he has the wrong head
Comment by Hellscream9999
May 19, 2016
Cobotron wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:william-james88 wrote:Cobotron wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote: Makes him looks like Quillfire fell in a bucket of paint
Well, at least he got some paint.
I still remain impressed that Hasbro painted the rims on that mold.
They did
Holy *bleep* they did, shame they couldn't manage that for every figure, god knows they need it
He is actually one figure that looks great with out a ton of paint (probably why the DID paint the rims). But, the plastic colors and the way they're disbursed around the different parts of the figure work really well. I actually am a big fan of that.
I kinds like the colors on this guy better than Quillfire. They're nice and Decepticony.
They are, but I will forever notice that he has the wrong head
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Comment by Sabrblade
May 19, 2016
Hellscream9999 wrote:So is anyone else perturbed by the fact that Scatterspike clearly does not sport the appropriate head? What a piece of crap, are all the shallow 'retools' seen in the show not going to feature any changes in their toys either? Makes him looks like Quillfire fell in a bucket of paint
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Of course I'm serious, his head clearly doesn't look like the package art. This led me to wonder if the likes of characters I liked - like Simacore and Polarclaw - might not get any retooling if Scatterspike didn't. Or am I misunderstanding you?
Comment by Hellscream9999
May 19, 2016
Sabrblade wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:So is anyone else perturbed by the fact that Scatterspike clearly does not sport the appropriate head? What a piece of crap, are all the shallow 'retools' seen in the show not going to feature any changes in their toys either? Makes him looks like Quillfire fell in a bucket of paint
Of course I'm serious, his head clearly doesn't look like the package art. This led me to wonder if the likes of characters I liked - like Simacore and Polarclaw - might not get any retooling if Scatterspike didn't. Or am I misunderstanding you?
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Comment by Sabrblade
May 19, 2016
I didn't notice the packaging until now, so the new head design seen in it escaped me. I'd/We'd already seen the toy itself long before we ever saw any packaging for it, so we knew it'd be a straight redeco from the onset. Whoever made that packaging design must've chosen to get creative with the design or didn't get the memo of the toy being a mere redeco. Either way, the guy didn't appear in the show, so it's kinda moot anyway.Hellscream9999 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:So is anyone else perturbed by the fact that Scatterspike clearly does not sport the appropriate head? What a piece of crap, are all the shallow 'retools' seen in the show not going to feature any changes in their toys either? Makes him looks like Quillfire fell in a bucket of paint
Of course I'm serious, his head clearly doesn't look like the package art. This led me to wonder if the likes of characters I liked - like Simacore and Polarclaw - might not get any retooling if Scatterspike didn't. Or am I misunderstanding you?
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Really? huh, haven't watched much of season 2, and I didn't remember much of season 1 to know whether he looked like that in the show. Yeah, hope that clears all that up, and I hope the retools seen in the show get their deserved retoolings in real life
Comment by Hellscream9999
May 19, 2016
Sabrblade wrote:I didn't notice the packaging until now, so the new head design seen in it escaped me. I'd/We'd already seen the toy itself long before we ever saw any packaging for it, so we knew it'd be a straight redeco from the onset. Whoever made that packaging design must've chosen to get creative with the design or didn't get the memo of the toy being a mere redeco. Either way, the guy didn't appear in the show, so it's kinda moot anyway.Hellscream9999 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:So is anyone else perturbed by the fact that Scatterspike clearly does not sport the appropriate head? What a piece of crap, are all the shallow 'retools' seen in the show not going to feature any changes in their toys either? Makes him looks like Quillfire fell in a bucket of paint
Of course I'm serious, his head clearly doesn't look like the package art. This led me to wonder if the likes of characters I liked - like Simacore and Polarclaw - might not get any retooling if Scatterspike didn't. Or am I misunderstanding you?
Really? huh, haven't watched much of season 2, and I didn't remember much of season 1 to know whether he looked like that in the show. Yeah, hope that clears all that up, and I hope the retools seen in the show get their deserved retoolings in real life
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Comment by Sabrblade
May 19, 2016
Quillfire was in the show but not Scatterspike. Season 2's over now, so you're free to catch up (best case being via KissCartoon) before season 3 hits in the Fall.Hellscream9999 wrote:Really? huh, haven't watched much of season 2, and I didn't remember much of season 1 to know whether he looked like that in the show. Yeah, hope that clears all that up, and I hope the retools seen in the show get their deserved retoolings in real life
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I thought it was being split into two halves of a season? I've got sites for catching up, I was just tired of the incessant whining from primes team and the dumb human characters, I'll probably catch up at some point, but it left a poor impression on me, so I'm in no hurry.
Comment by Hellscream9999
May 19, 2016
Sabrblade wrote:Quillfire was in the show but not Scatterspike. Season 2's over now, so you're free to catch up (best case being via KissCartoon) before season 3 hits in the Fall.Hellscream9999 wrote:Really? huh, haven't watched much of season 2, and I didn't remember much of season 1 to know whether he looked like that in the show. Yeah, hope that clears all that up, and I hope the retools seen in the show get their deserved retoolings in real life
I thought it was being split into two halves of a season? I've got sites for catching up, I was just tired of the incessant whining from primes team and the dumb human characters, I'll probably catch up at some point, but it left a poor impression on me, so I'm in no hurry.
