Transformers Shattered Glass Flamewar and Fireglide Revealed

I was pretty pissed at how Legacy Prime Arcee was made. It didn't look like her at all.
But this Flamewar? Man, what a beauty! I must have her. I do hope she'll be available outside Pulse in Canada. She will look great beside my Botcon original.

Well, she's got a red Decepticon logo, so she is the character advertised on the package. Apparently negative-universe Flamewar dresses like positive-universe Flamewar. Maybe she's a robot goth?

Glarryg

o.supreme wrote:

Glarryg wrote:Well, she's got a red Decepticon logo, so she is the character advertised on the package. Apparently negative-universe Flamewar dresses like positive-universe Flamewar. Maybe she's a robot goth?

Glarryg

I know nothing of the character. But just looking at TF wiki really quick....looks like she originally had the more traditional purple/black Decepticon colors, then Wings Universe changed her look.

So maybe SG Flamewar is basically looking like Wings Universe -current Flamewar, as opposed to her original appearance?

Her original toy was black and red.


Transformers BotCon Exclusives Flamewar Gallery

As for her character, Ben Yee originally created her as a super-loyal Decepticon fully devoted to the cause, and a total G1 Megatron fangirl.

Less flatteringly, her name was meant to be a joke about us, the Transformers fandom in general, and our tendency to bicker about everything under the sun.

When she reappeared in the BotCon 2014 Wing Universe story, she became the subject of much criticism in how Hayato Sakamoto exaggerated her feminine features in the artwork and drew her in such an objectified manner.

She only recently became popular when IDW started using her in their 2019 comics, writing her in a way that readers really liked, to the point that people actually started arguing for her TFWiki mainpic to be of that version of her instead of her original design.

Seems like a waste. Too similar to regular Flamewar. Did they just not have a slot for her so they figured SG could do double duty and be both regular and SG FW?

Well. I wouldn't have gotten it either way.

I have the "Beast Hunters" Flamewar. I need that Energon one but I bet she cost an arm and a leg.

Also, further proof that the SG line is whatever Hasbro wish it to be, comics be damned.
A SG Metroplex based on the upcoming Legacy is still highly possible.

This is perfect. I saw nice digbashes of this, but this looks even better than I though it would. The battle master is just there, so whatever. My only concern is what buissienss does it have in the shattered glass line?

Gearslide wrote:

RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:My only concern is what buissienss does it have in the shattered glass line?

Double coverage. It gives G1 Collectors a character that's infrequently physically represented, and Shattered Glass Collectors a character that hasn't been in Shattered Glass before.

The more people it appeals to, the more people will buy it. The more people that butyit, the more justification there is to continue a line of semi-obscure characters.

Yeah, the lack of a significantly different Deco compared to the G1 iteration might be a little disappointing, but if getting a SG Flamewar means I can get a SG Ultra Magnus, Wheeljack, Soundwave, and Blaster, that's fine with me.

And besides, Flamewar isn't the only SG character with a nearly unchanged Deco compared to the original. Jazz is the same.

Yes, but Jazz is based off a weird toy.

Sabrblade wrote:Meanwhile, over in the Velocitron line, Mark Maher said during the unveiling of Burn Out that that toy also doubles for SG.

Shattered glass Burnout, or Skids? (Not sure anyone cares for shattered glass burnout)

Sabrblade wrote:Meanwhile, over in the Velocitron line, Mark Maher said during the unveiling of Burn Out that that toy also doubles for SG.

No surprise there. The original SG Skids was just a repurposing of the Burn Out toy. Only difference is this one has a Crosscut head.

Sabrblade wrote:Meanwhile, over in the Velocitron line, Mark Maher said during the unveiling of Burn Out that that toy also doubles for SG.

Yes, all these lines are becoming just ways to release product to fans, which is what they have always been about. It's really not rocket science. And since anything sold at retail has to be made with kids in mind, they opted to have burnout in the velocitron line while flamewar in the SG line to avoid having two motorcycles in the same line.