SDCC exclusive "Titan Force" press release and stock photos

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by Nevermore, Jul 20, 2016.

  1. Jalaguy

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    It is a different Windblade entirely. It's the Warrior figure of her from the RID line. Unfortunately, the regular Hasbro version is comically under-painted:

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    Chances are Takara will do a better version...
     
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    So did we ever get confirmation that Brainstorm is going to be released in the US, even if he's some kind of exclusive? I really hate paying $75 for him b/c that's all I'd want from the pack...
    Or is he being released in Japan?
     
  3. G.B. Blackrock

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    We've seen enough of the non-SDCC version AT SDCC (see this thread, just scroll down a little bit) that I think we can take it as US-release confirmation, if not specifically that he's a Walgreens exclusive (which is still most likely the case).
     
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    Compare & Contrast

    Titan Force on left, single carded on right:

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    Thanks for this. To add to the mix, the picture from the Breakfast today of Brainstorm makes his head look like the darker shade of grey (as on the wing). Maybe it's the lighting? It looks off/different to me though:

    I really wish I could tell for sure because I prefer what's in the stock photo vs what is being shown below. I don't care for the darker grey face mask...

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  7. jamarmiller

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    anyone want to swap heads ? Ill have a takara one to trade for a US one ?
     
  8. Nevermore

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  9. G.B. Blackrock

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    Thank you.

    (I can't imagine Walgreens will actually sell it at that price, though. I'm reminded of the fury... of which I admit to participating... over BBTS pricing their Seacons above the previously-announced ARP)
     
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    Dangit, Payres, i thought i wanted SDCC more, but your comparison has proved me wrong!!! (love all these that folks do on here!)

    Edit: actually, they both have pluses and minuses ~ SDCC has the painted barrels, the cooler grey color, the painted shins, painted engine nozzles and intakes, grey hands...
    Walgreens has the Autobot emblems in vehicle mode, the extra tampos on the wings in bot mode, the yellow cockpit, the greener blue...

    what i really want is SDCC with the wing tampos and yellow cockpit :p 
     
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    Hmmmmm


    I'm not sure which one I like more.
     
  13. payres

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    Having looked at the official photos of the Titan Force set, I'm not sure their quite right. There's a slight blue tint to the limbs which isn't present on the version shown in Taiwan a few weeks back. In fact it looks like the level of blue has been raised in the whole photo to match the blue on the single version whereas the blue is paler in the boxset:

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  14. Nevermore

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    It appears the hue/saturation settings from whatever source you took the Titan Force images from are of, or at least overdone. The tint isn't nearly as strong in the versions from the BWTF and TFW2005 front page stories, and this story from Taghobby has the blue tint even more subtle.
     
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    Your picture, first post of this thread!
     
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    So, the left is IDW-colored while the right is more G1 based.

    I prefer the right. We've already gotten an extremely accurate-to-comic Brainstorm, so the left's deco is redundant while the right one simply serves a different purpose.
     
  17. Nevermore

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    Then the hue/saturation settings are a byproduct of whatever image editing software you used to create the composite images.

    See for yourself:

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    anybody heard anything on when/if this will be available for US non-con-goers?
     
  19. PredaConvoy

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    Has anyone noticed the planetary map on the back of the SDCC Titan Force sleeve? It's black embossed on black, so I can't show you a decent photo, but the planets are all named in Cybertronian.. There's some interesting ones on there (have nearly gone blind squinting at them in the right light, only translated a few so far) Cybertron, obviously. But Nebulos, Gigantion, even Unicron is on there. The big flaming cometty mass on the right is confusing me tho.. It seems to be called "bouropoeis", I think? Anyone know what the heck? Also, any decent scans of the pack so we can translate the rest would be cool.