ROTF Arcee bio and new universe minicon 10 pack

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by tfctoys, Jun 16, 2009.

  1. Beastbot X

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    Heheh, that's what I was just about to say.

    Also, more Minicons is always a BIG win.

    Hope these aren't too hard to find.
     
  2. Bgrngod

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    HA! I'm waiting for it too. Granted, these are A/E/C figs that were repacked for movie. This will most likely be used as evidence for why Grindor will "most likely" show up in Universe packaging as Hasbro "wants" him to.

    Walmart must have been desperate to want those as "Exclusives".
     
  3. Autobot Burnout

    Autobot Burnout ...and I'll whisper "No."

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    Okay. I love this new mini-con set even more than the 12-pack! (the Taxi/Overcharge, the use of alot of obscure names, the presence of the animal mini-cons)

    And the repainted scouts! I missed all four of those, so I hope I can get at least one of them (preferably the one with Storm Surge, as I need the toilet -mode jokes for my comic.)
     
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    Surprised we didn't hear anything about the 10-pack at least at Botcon.

    Still picking up Arcee, and now these. But pass on the Scouts, already have them all.
     
  5. Orion_Prime48

    Orion_Prime48 Super Sentai Purist

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    might get that Storm Surge pack and sell Air Raid. will have to wait to see price first
     
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    That Mini-Con ten-pack is awesome, and totally trumps Kmart's 12-pack. Very stylish and creative, minus Treadshot and Crosshairs. But I guess they needed some vehicles to round out all the animals and have the Armada Series moniker make more sense. But I'm not complaining because it means we got Overcharge the taxi. Bravo, Hasbro!

    I might even pick up that Air Raid/Storm Surge set from Wal-Mart. The Air Raid I used to have had messed-up paint apps for the cockpit, as I believe many others did, and I no longer own Shortround, so I could use the mold again... Depends on price. If bargain-priced, a guaranteed purchase.
     
  7. ORIO

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    I can't see the pics....

    Sounds cool though!
     
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    I think that the three bikes are so similar to each other that people think that they are one that they are so connected. The new pic of Purp looks amazing by the way. She will be my favorite. Now I DEFINITELY have to buy Chromia before they stop shipping her because Arcee and Purp are so cool
     
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    And I still wanna know why Arcee looks like she has a moustache!

    You idiot! That's not them, you've captured their stunt doubles!
     
  10. artiepants

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    those Minicons have really nice decos but i thought the Classics (aka Cybertron) Minicons were kinda fail. they had nice alt modes, but hideous robot modes overall, even for minicons.

    We've seen the Arcee bio before, but it's easier to read here.

    and while those scout re-packs are lacking in excitement, i REALLY like the packaging and wonder if the last wave of Target scouts will show in this series...
     
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    It's just the shadow from the cheek pieces.
     
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    HAHAHAHA the cab is called Overcharge! that's excellent.
     
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    Can somebody who actually can get the images to load either a-mirror them somewhere or b-transcribe Acree's bio?
     
  14. grimlock1972

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    Spaceballs reference for the win! and i so want all of them as i have none of those figs
     
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    New Mini-Cons = excellent news!
     
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    Can't wait for the Mini-Con ten pack. Looks cool.
     
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    I'd love to see them put the Combaticon leader in as a Walmart Exclusive deluxe and then the Scouts in as shown so that with 3 purchases you get a new Bruticus like bot.

    Ideal really if we get the missing stuff.

    I'd love to see loads more repaints so long as the are cool ones - I do wonder about the apparant lack of Energon Deluxes, & Beast Machines stuff as repaints though.

    Looking at the minicons - Windrazor looks a bit like Universe Silverbolt or BW Lazorbeak, Ransack is like Grotesque or T-Wrecks, Stockade reminds me of a Blue Tricerotops Zord to me. Overcharge is neat remindes me of Taxi-Bot, Scavenger really does look like Howlinger to me.

    Longview and Skyshadow don't immediately remind me of anything other than Beast Wars Combiner componenent Silverbolt, and perhaps The Universe Skyshadow (Powerglide Repaint) - which if that is the intent is an odd choice.

    Snow Cat is cool and very cute. Treadshot looks a bit like Blitzwing/Overcharge or maybe Deep Desert Brawl. Crosshairs looks rather like Crossblades (the Pretender to me and a bit like OverRun the Action Master's Helicopter vehicle - Nothing like any Crosshairs I can remember at the moment though.

    I don't mind that there's a few missing perhaps there's a enough leftover to make another box - I like the 4X4 especially and the Dumptruck is also quite good. perhaps they can jump back a bit further to some of the Armada like Teams like the Overdrive - car molds. or the race Team & Space Team. They'd not be able to so easily mix them up though as they sort of fit specifically in sets.

    But the real cool idea might be to make some of the Cybertron line's missing Mini-cons from Deluxes as a set. perhaps that partially complements the recent boxed set of Cyberton reissues.

    On another note I just recently spotted that ROTF Rampage has several Minicon posts on him. ideal to fit him with Destruction team members and other weapon like minicons.

    As well as Minicons i can see a bit more potential in repacks or repaints of Real Gear Robots too. if anything they are even more appropriate after ROTF. As it has so many Tiny Transformers in the movie.
     
  18. Sage o' G-fruit

    Sage o' G-fruit Critics gonna critique

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    I can't see the pics. :( 
     
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    Just a thought but if the Target exclusive scout repaints are being re-released as Walmart exclusives, could the planned Reverb & Gunbarrell repaints end up being released as exclusives at Walmart?
     
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    Hey, neat! I wasn't collecting any toys from ~1992 - 2007, so I missed out on several generations of TF toys. I really thought the Minicons were generally charming, but they had left retail by the time I started to collect TFTM toys in 2007.

    My daughter will dig these, particularly the animal ones. Oh, and me, too :) 

    When's the release date? Also, do these sets appear on Wal-Mart's site often, or will I just have to do a daily refresh to find stock (TFTM repaints like Fracture, etc. appeared online now and again).