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TCC Subscription Service Jackpot Head Turnaround

Posted on 08-22-2012 at 12:50 PM by Secretcode under Conventions
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The Transformers Collector's Club has updated their website with an animated .GIF file showing off the new headsculpt for the Animated Jackpot toy that is available through their Subscription Service. Jackpot is a remold of the deluxe Animated Jazz mold and is one of six toys available through the service.
Views: 2,574 / Credit: General Tekno of the 2005 Boards!
daelite20
too bad. That would like nice on RTS Jazz mold. Dont have no desire for animated..
Ribieconvoy
There's something about that head I like a lot, even more so than the original head mold. It flows very well and fits nicely with the mold.
MechaV
That's a rad little headsculpt.
MegaHavok
It's a nice headsculpt but so close to jazz's it seams like a waist of a slot
Jaicen
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Originally Posted by daelite20 View Post
too bad. That would like nice on RTS Jazz mold. Dont have no desire for animated..
This.
Kaijumaster
glad TFCC cleared that up, the small picture really did look like the same Jazz head.
so that's 2.5 new heads.
General Tekno
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Originally Posted by MegaHavok View Post
It's a nice headsculpt but so close to jazz's it seams like a waist of a slot
Not really. Looking at the other sub figures with default heads, Ultra Mammoth, Circuit, and Scourge didn't really need them.

And TFA is all about the shared body types with various deco/head/design tweaks.
StayingInTheBox
Fucking beautiful.
Autobot_Jacer
Looks pretty cool to me
Starscream Gaga
WANT!!!

OMG, So want!!
Kung Fu Man
You guys might want to hit that preorder on BBTS fast before the price jumps up then. Already secured mine.
Starscream Gaga
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Originally Posted by Kung Fu Man View Post
You guys might want to hit that preorder on BBTS fast before the price jumps up then. Already secured mine.
Probably a good idea. It's a reasonable price for an exclusive, definitely and I always want to support Animated. Done.
soymonk
Nice headsculpt.
Boy Blunder
Haha! I knew he had a new head!

More and more I'm feeling happy that I decided to pull the trigger on the whole service.
wolfe
Nice headsculpt. I have to say I want jackpot more now.
BScorpinok75
Nice head but I don't collect animated unfortunately. Not upset but had that been classics I'd have bought.
panzerjedi
I think I'll definitely keep Jackpot now.
Lumpy
wow, that looks pretty good. kinda more excited to get him now...
Yobuster
Ok so i'm confused now, who gets a new head out of the 6 figures?

Ultra Mammoth - No
Scourge - No
Breakdown - Yes
Jackpot - yes (according to this post)
Circuit - No
Slipstream - yes ?
Pete@BotCon
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Originally Posted by Yobuster View Post
Ok so i'm confused now, who gets a new head out of the 6 figures?

Ultra Mammoth - No
Scourge - No
Breakdown - Yes
Jackpot - yes (according to this post)
Circuit - No
Slipstream - yes ?
Breakdown uses his BotCon 2010 G2 head sculpt
Thundershot
Slipstream and Jackpot have all-new heads. Breakdown has a reuse of his Botcon head.
Torque
Wonder what it would look like on the RTS mold
Obsidian X
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Originally Posted by Yobuster View Post

Ultra Mammoth - No
Scourge - No
Breakdown - Yes
Jackpot - yes (according to this post)
Circuit - No
Slipstream - yes
Yeah. Potty and Slippy got the new heads.

Breakdowns head is not really new. It is a Fun Pub head though. Used for Botcon classics G2 Breakdown in the boxset for Botcon 2010.
General Tekno
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Originally Posted by Pete@BotCon View Post
Breakdown uses his BotCon 2010 G2 head sculpt
Have to ask then, out of abject curiosity - how long do the Botcon head molds last before degradation sets in?

Or is this a new tooling of the head mold based off that same original 2010 sculpt?
Valkysas
Really glad I was wrong about that being Jazz's head!
artiepants
so torn on joining this. Black Convoy looks amazing, Ultra Mammoth is cool, and Breakdown is 'ok', but Circuit is gross (that deco could induce blindness and i hate that head), Animated is garbage and i really don't like the Prime Starscream design. (although, ironically, it works better for a female character...)
LamboTwinLove
I might have to pick up a Jackpot with that head. Looks kinda cool. We'll see.
BScorpinok75
I find myself trying to imagine that head on the CHUG Jazz body.
Pete@BotCon
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Originally Posted by General Tekno View Post
Have to ask then, out of abject curiosity - how long do the Botcon head molds last before degradation sets in?

Or is this a new tooling of the head mold based off that same original 2010 sculpt?
The heads last just as long as any other head done by Takara... I know there was some back in forth about that years ago, how long they actually lasted, but that is actually the deal.
kibble
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Originally Posted by Pete@BotCon View Post
The heads last just as long as any other head done by Takara... I know there was some back in forth about that years ago, how long they actually lasted, but that is actually the deal.
Would that be based on units produced or the number of runs it's gone through?
Razerwire
So bought.
CH@OS!
Cool I'll have to order one on ebay when they come out
destrongerlupus
This was one of the molds I was most excited about. I know a lot of people can't stand "mixing aesthetics", but the Jazz mold is SO nice, and there's nothing about that car mode that couldn't be a real (concept at least) car. The sculpt is certainly "Animated style" but it's also a lot more squared off and traditional than many animated-sculpts, which when you take into account the softer more "cartoony" feel of the original Action Masters, makes this guy, for my money anyway, a fine "Main Collection" Jackpot.

Can't wait!
D/L
Lumpy
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Originally Posted by Torque View Post
Wonder what it would look like on the RTS mold
yeah, i'm wondering too, but we can clearly see the ball joint sticking out of this, whereas RTS Jazz has the ball joint in the middle of his head, i think... either way, i'm liking this toy more and more now.
Thundershot
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Originally Posted by CH@OS! View Post
Cool I'll have to order one on ebay when they come out
BBTS has them for $39.99 right now... Probably less than what they'll go for on ebay when they're out.
Mechafire
Very nice.
Kaijumaster
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Originally Posted by CH@OS! View Post
Cool I'll have to order one on ebay when they come out
Thats a joke right, they're like $40 on BBTS right now....
CodeXCDM
...could I just get the head cast? >_>
Autovolt 127
"Face it tiger....you just hit the Jackpot."
Feralstorm
the line of the mouth going across the hard edge of one side of the face is a little strange, but not bad at all. The design is pretty similar to Jazz that it reminds me of the SG "new Blurr head on Blurr"

Interesting to see how many the people who want to see that very-Animated-style head grafted onto the RTS Jazz mold in this thread.
Scaleface
I would have bought a Classic style Jackpot, but not interested in Animated.
ahchu
This is getting me to actually consider getting the subscription though there's so much other stuff I'd rather get that I still probably won't sign up.
Omegax80
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Originally Posted by StayingInTheBox View Post
Fucking beautiful.
Wonder if demand will go up now...

... Looks at BBTS...

... nope. No it hasn't.
DrawerDemon
That...that looks an awful lot like Animated Jazz's normal head.
Jazz and Jackpot look enough alike anyway, so, I mean, good job on the sculpt and all, but that Big Convoy mold would've looked awesome with an updated head.
Sharpfinger
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Originally Posted by StayingInTheBox View Post
Fucking beautiful.
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Originally Posted by Autobot_Jacer View Post
Looks pretty cool to me
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Originally Posted by soymonk View Post
Nice headsculpt.
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Originally Posted by wolfe View Post
Nice headsculpt. I have to say I want jackpot more now.
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Originally Posted by Lumpy View Post
wow, that looks pretty good. kinda more excited to get him now...
Yes! Nice headsculpt and I really like the smirk

Nice reveal, Pete!

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Originally Posted by Torque View Post
Wonder what it would look like on the RTS mold
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Originally Posted by BScorpinok75 View Post
I find myself trying to imagine that head on the CHUG Jazz body.
It will look like a blocky toy with door wings and an amazing dynamic head.

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Originally Posted by MegaHavok View Post
It's a nice headsculpt but so close to jazz's it seams like a waist of a slot
And what of the other molds needs a new head?

Circuit is a homage to an Axor Repaint. So, it's a repaint of current Axor mold, no new head. Ultra Mammoth is a white repaint of Big Convoy... as many Ultra Magnus are white repaints of their line Primes. Scourge is a repaint of Optimus Prime, like now. And Breakdown have the Breakdown head.

So, new head to Slipstream and Jackpot.
samtastic
Looks nice! Really torn as to get the sub serv or not.... :-/
Starscream Gaga
It really makes me sad when I see that Animated, imo probably the best toy line Transformers has ever gotten not called Masterpiece, is so disliked. Such fantastic figures, all the way around and the more they make, the happier I am.
Sy-Rein
I just hope this may lead to future animated figs. A deluxe BB repaint as Wasp with a new head would be tops on my list. Followed by Voyager Thundercracker would be awesome.

Anyway Im gonna grab Jackpot for sure, the new head sold me.
Yobuster
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Originally Posted by Sy-Rein View Post
I just hope this may lead to future animated figs. A deluxe BB repaint as Wasp with a new head would be tops on my list. Followed by Voyager Thundercracker would be awesome.

Anyway Im gonna grab Jackpot for sure, the new head sold me.
Yes i originally just wanted Slipstream so i joined a group buy but thanks to the info from Pete@Botcon and everyone else here, i'm thinking i want Jackpot as well and breakdown is a good enough too and if i'm liking 50% of the figures, may as well get a sub?

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