The Transformers Collectors Club has updated their website with the official reveal of Chromedome, who is the final toy in the second Subcription Service. Chromedome is a retooling of Prime Wheeljack with a new head. Check out the vehicle mode photo after the jump.
Rodentus prime
I believe people have been getting them from Chimungmung already – though I'm not sure what lorry they fell off the back of….
gabumon
ah ok. I'm new to all this TCC stuff and it's a little confusing.
G.B. Blackrock
You mean Chromdome? It's not on the store because even the subscribers don't have theirs yet. It won't be available to order individually until quite a bit later. Again, they've made it very clear that this is how the subscriptions work for the couple of years the subscriptions have been in place now.
Also, "subscription" is not the same as "club membership." I mean the "Figure Subscription Service" whereby you get a figure a month for about 6 months.
General Tekno
He hasn't even shipped to TFSS subscribers yet; odds are it'll be several weeks at least before he goes up on their store.
Odds are the best bet IS BBTS/TFSource/somebody though; the toy looks REALLY good in the samples we've seen.
gabumon
Well I have a subscription right now. Maybe I'll swing over to the store… (I hate their store. ) and see if I can somehow find it.
Edit:.. nope. … I think.
G.B. Blackrock
At *this* point, perhaps.
But I note that "quick on the draw" is a bit misleading. If you were a member during the subscription order period, which lasts a reasonable amount of time, there would be no meaningful rush, and these toys are made to order.
Granted, you may well not have wanted to buy all 6 (7, including the one you HAVE to have the subscription to get) toys, but they do make it pretty clear that you're taking your chances (and paying more for the figure itself) if you wait to get it on its own after the subscription folks get theirs.
Jalaguy
Chromedome is part of the Transformers Figure Subscription Service 2.0, the purchase window for which was months and months ago.
However, at some indeterminate point in the future, the club will put any leftover Chromedomes they have (probably from people cancelling their Subscription Service part way through) on to the club store. If you're a member, you can go on and buy one, but the numbers will be very limited, likely just a few dozen.
You'd probably be better off ordering him from BBTS or somewhere else, since they just order X number of TFSSes and can thus guarantee that they'll have stock.
gabumon
so to get this guy, you have to be paid up on the membership fee for the year he comes out and be quick enough on the draw to buy one when he's released.
is he gonna be hard to get ?
Toonimator
You can always get an extra Dr Wu's Wheeljack set & repaint the guns for Domey… not ideal, but it's an option. Otherwise maybe they could give him a couple of reddish RTS Jazz guns? Not really 'Chromedome', or useful in alt-mode, but the world can always use more Jazz guns. It's a fun mold!
N_M_S
Well, as you probably know from the Twitter:
ebonyleopard
I dig him. I hope the real head is a little smaller than what's shown here though. Personally, I don't mind the Wheeljack mode (as I look at Jackie, Deadend and Wildrider), but I do wish he came with some other type of weapon other than the swords. Like duo guns or something.
Lumpy
hopefully
Lody666
The entire sub was pretty disappointing.
I am really not interested in having a Prime figure in my Generations collection (Chromedome)
So after seeing this and the rest of the offerings, I def wont bother.
Protoman
I dig it. Off to a good start.
Ce2Know
This selection works. The right head sculpt with the right bot body and alt mode. I do agree with shrinking that head slightly, but not too much like what happened with Punch/Counterpunch. I'll be getting this round of sub figures.
Wadeledge
How much does the subscription service run?
NemiMonkey
Hopefully if enough people ask for it. Otherwise I'm hoping Reprolabels will do one. If not a normal bot emblem has a date with Mr. X-acto.
RedAlert Rescue
Exactly how I feel – and he is getting a Micron Arms sidekick or similar so he fit with Prime even more for that reason.
I certainly hope IDW are not partitioning the fandom into only those who like the current comic run and G1ers as I certainly don't meet either of those criteria at all.
Autovolt 127
As long the mold is a good one, why does it matter if it has.
Yeah the head needs to be smaller. otherwise i quite like this.
Galaxy Convoy
Like Bogatan said, it's a smart buisness move to give it wider appeal, rather than alienating one group of fans or the other.
Me personally, if I get this, I'll be sticking it into my Prime collection as I feel it makes a great Prime Chromedome. Which also makes him not being a Headmaster completely acceptable.