Generations Dreadwing

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by daimchoc, May 13, 2013.

  1. Starfire22

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    Not gonna lie. I thought the same thing.
     
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    I now have the urge to buy multiples of this mold to use as Drone/Vehicon troops
     
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    Was that the design that still made it on to one of the early MTMTE cover variants? The one with the spoiler wings that seemed to split and slide out?

    If they could pull it off well, I'd like to see it, but that isn't a terribly imaginative, original or knowledgeable thing to say on my part; one could hope that for any Transformers figure, and my IDW collection is almost non existent before MTMTE and RiD.

    With the possible exception of door wings, I had thought that the IDW Deluxe Bumblebee seemed to be a pretty good fit for Windcharger, if anyone wanted to see him larger than Scout Class.
     
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    Totally expected, after his appearance in this body in RiD a while back. Will probably pick him up if the final deco is nice! Otherwise I'll stick with just the Megatron one. :) 
     
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    I doubt there was room in that scale. The 30th anniversary is the theme for the 2014 year in Generations. And given the number of figures Hasbro does now in voyagers (6). The triple changers make up half of them, maybe even two thirds if a Blitzwing redeco is in the pipe. Then theres that BW Megatron redeco of Grimlock. Oh look that's 5. No room for Optimus and Megatron variants.
     
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    I'm sure this figure will tickle the fancy of generation specific purists, but personally I like better how Dreadwing has been translated forward into the TF Prime iteration. This one- again, although I'm sure accurate- very much lacks a certain something.
     
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    Oooo, looks pretty good.

    I like how the weapon can be handheld as well as arm-mounted - helps differentiate it from Megatron's arm cannon.
     
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    *checks tf wiki*
    well the head is a dead match for the g2 toy.alt mode just about fits. can't wait to see colour versions. honestly my only gripes would be the lack of his gigantic 6 barreled launcher. and lack of tank mode.
    also, who knows mayhaps sometime down the line we'll see someone redecoed/retooled into Smokejumper/sniper/screen. methinks the Thunderwing mold would look good as that guy
     
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    the original toy is still one of the best Transformers ever made. IMHO get that. It's incredible.
     
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    Cool! I'm glad I didn't cave in and buy that crappy movie re-deco Takara did, a year or two back. The movie Mindwipe toy just didn't work as the character, even though it had the combining gimmick with the drone. I was really tempted, despite the price, because I love the original G2 toy. It sits pride-of-place on one of my shelves, in the massive stealth bomber mode.
     
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    Cliffjumper? Fine. Not Hot Rod though, not with the door wings and all that, I want to see a new original mold that I can stand with Blurr, Kup, Perceptor, and Springer and not look like an unposable midget.
     
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    This guy should get repainted into Skyjack.
     
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    Oh boy! A toy of a character who just got killed in the comics.
     
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    Maybe you should wait for the entire issue to come out before writing him off based only on three preview pages that we don't know the full story behind yet at all.
     
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    I wonder if this.guy is going to get his own spotlight too?

    I noticed yesterday that the IDW bumblebee is already on clearance at bbts. Lol clearance preorder? Don't think I've seen that before.

    Have we seen any solicitations for spotlights after hoist?
     
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    The small size and femininity of the mould isn't very Megatron to me so I feel it works better as Dreadwing - Not Dreadwing as he is in TF Prime but perhaps the ol' G2 ATB version. I might have prefer it even more as the Autobot Micromaster Treadbolt or maybe even Windsheer.

    I think we get a bit to many Dreadwings and many of them are unrelated to each other and they already were keeping the name active with the Beast Hunters toy.

    It's OK though, not exciting but functional. It also might go OK the Takara TF Generations Ratbat.


    It might be a reflection of a bonkers excess of Bumblebees in the case assortment or perception by BBTS that Bumblebee's will not sell as fast due to Bumblebee fatigue that a good many people have these days (even some kids more than likely).
     
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    Man a whooooole lot of my collection is dead in one timeline or another.
     
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    I suspect this will be part of the third wave of Thrilling 30 Deluxes, since I can't see them having a case where some guys (Hoist, Thundercracker) have Spotlight issues packed in and some don't.

    I would guess something like:

    Wave 5:
    2x Orion Pax
    2x Megatron
    2x Bumblebee
    2x Trailcutter

    Wave 6:
    2x Hoist
    2x Thundercracker
    1x Orion Pax
    1x Megatron
    1x Bumblebee
    1x Trailcutter

    Wave 7:
    2x Dreadwing
    + 3 other new figures.
     
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    Why the hell arent megatron orion pax and dreadwing voyagers? this deluxe sh$t of leader characters and characters who should be larger is bullsh%t. Not buying until/unless they make megs and dread a voyager. It nto enough just to have the characters anymore........ they should be bigger than most.