New, clearer, unwatermarked photos of Takara-Tomy’s Generations Gold Bumblebee and Hoist & Trailcutter two-pack have been released online. These new images confirm that Bumblebee will not feature the remolded Goldfire head but just the Bumblebee head with a blue helmet. These images also confirm that Gold Bumblebee will only feature some metallic gold paint applications rather than being all metallic gold. Hoist and Trailcutter remain sharp looking decos of a pair of cool toys.
kaszal
Got my duo TG-27 pre-ordered from hlj.com
Not bothered about Bee. Different mis-matched golds look yuk.
I hope the upgrade kits for Hoist and Trailcutter match…
XT003 Set of Upgrade Kit One & Two – Third Party Transforming Toys & Accessories X2 Toys
Skrunklemin
Man, Hoist an Trailcutter look absolutely incredible. The Hasbro ones look good, but somehow these make them look like trash. Damn you Takara, DAMN YOUUUUU
Still a shame they're so short though :\
Paradigm-Shift Prime
All 3 look decent
RedAlert Rescue
Trailbreaker/Trailcutter is a slight improvement over the Hasbro one.
They are still "Last years designs" though representing tiny tiny toys ; so They will always be a weak releases for that reason to me.
Digilaut
It does peg in.
TCJJ
These look great. I'm so glad I pre-order them yesterday. Almost always cheaper than buying them here, anyway, and they end up looking prettier either way.
JetFormers
They look all awesome.
N_M_S
Question for Hasbro Trailcutter (Trailbreaker) owners:
Does his campershell/shield/weapon/whatever peg onto his back in robot mode? I kind of hate it as a thing he has to carry around at all times…
Autovolt 127
Trailcutter looks fantastic.
WhiteMocha
No, not really… Hasbro is giving Goldbug a different head. Not to mention upcoming repaint-figures like Doubledealer and Dreadwing have new heads. I think this is just a one-off Takara peculiarity. Maybe they're homaging/legitimizing the Alternity or Legends Goldbug figures, or something? Or maybe they just like Bee's head in blue. No idea. But I think in general the "multiple planned head molds" philosophy is still in effect.
sh002
I'm just waiting for a preorder link for Hasbro Hoist and I'm good to go
Skyclaw
Hoist and Trailbreaker – err cutter is sooooooooooooooo freakin bought!!
Bumblebee not so much
Digilaut
The Bumblebee one is so confusing. It's half-Bumblebee, half-Goldbug, and unlike the Hasbro Goldbug has Bee's face instead of the faceplated one.
It's also half yellow plastic, half gold painted. Looks awful, and reminds me of the Japanese Animated toys, where they also did that – and this toy is coming just after TakaraTomy did a stellar job on the Fall of Cybertron toys (that DID have properly applied metallic painting).
:-/
Hoist and Trailbreaker look good, though. Nowhere good/different enough for me to pick them up, but it's nice once again fans can decide between two versions and pick their favorite: I'm sure there are people who'd rather have Trailbreaker with a red visor and silver shoulders!
worldsgreatest
I wish there were pictures of the tail lights. If they're painted that would rule.
GAUGE
That goldbug head is a serious cop-out.
I guess the days of Hasbro/Takara giving repaints different heads…are Dead?
oh wait, Takara used their different heads on the Beast Hunters "GO" toys
Paladine
Darn, was hoping for chrome behind Trailbreaker's head
Grimlock_13
Trailbreaker and Houst look great, I really like Houst's red visor but I'll still just go with the Hasbro versions of both.
Goldbug joins Springer and Blitzwing in terrible deco land.
Gryph
Except there's already a Goldbug head. The Hasbro version, called Goldfire will be using it.
dragon
I will only pick up bumblee if hasbro version dont have black steipes on I t
NotRamjet97
This.