BotCon 2014 Hasbro Transformers Figure Display Photos

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by Mechafire, Jun 20, 2014.

  1. Autobot Burnout

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

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    I need all those new Generations figures.

    Roadbuster is godly and must be aquired to pair off with my Whirl.

    Skybyte is alright, but given he's the first RID character to get a proper new toy in years I feel obligated to support that with a purchase.

    I don't know when they changed Nightbeat to a Bumblebee redeco in place of Jazz, but I think it was the right call as it looks so much better and I will be picking him up.

    Rattrap is going to be hard to get past my mom for obvious reasons.

    Wingblade looks quite good and so is on the buy list, though I fully expect a Slipstream repaint/retool, and it amuses me to no end that it's this "fan-built bot" that has working VTOLS and not any version of Thrust (yes, the Henkei/Generations has spinning blades - barely - but they don't run through).

    Jhiaxus looks good, which is more than I expected since he's a retool of Arm. Screamer.

    Crosscut is very appealing, despite the clown shoes. I'd buy him just because he looks cool if I wasn't already getting him because he's formerly an e-hobby only release of G1 Skids and he's a gray version of somebody and not supposed to be a Movie Jazz or G1 Bluestreak homage.

    Tailgate is the only Legends figure I'm interested in, since I have Cosmos and Swerve, and Gears doesn't interest me enough to spend $10 + tax on that mold again given I bought Swerve more for the character than the toy anyway. Also can't wait for the inevitable reprolabels which almost certainly will have "Bomb Disposal" or the other job title he wears in the comics.

    While I don't have the money to get it, I think I might actually would buy the Knights of Unicron set if I could. But only if they came in those god-awful 80's hair rock outfits.

    The Dinobots/Ark playset actually looks quite nice. Can't get it because money, as said above, but thematically it's got more merit than the so-awful-its-good KoC counterpart.

    Want MP's, but probably not going to get them since I need the money that would go to them in order to get the Generations Leaders.

    Speaking of which, Leader Jetfire still looks as sexy as ever. I'm still flabergasted they actually got the Sunbow robot mode to work as a transforming toy. Since I have the Treadbolt repaint of his old voyager, I can have the best of both worlds once I get this Leader.

    Everything else just doesn't look interesting to me in the slightest.

    - Technically exists, he was a white/blue repaint of the original Classics Optimus, though he didn't have the armor, and thanks to FP's groundbreaking City Commander armor, the aftermarket price of this guy still hasn't come back down from the sheer degree it skyrocketed because of demand

    - Already done back in the first Classics line. You actually just missed the boat on him, too, since it got a rerelease in the Reveal the Shield line, though in terms of quality it's far inferior to the original. Unfortunately, because of the FP Protector Roddy Prime armor, which vastly improves the toy's articulation, this mold is also in high demand and thus commands inflated prices.

    -They can't use the name "Slag" anymore, turns out that's actually a derogatory British term for promiscuous women or something. I think he's usually given Snarl's name these days. Either way, the PCC Grimstone toy is probably as close as you're gonna get, a bit on the small side but given how all the other transforming triceratops in recent years have turned out, he's your best alternative. However, this toy is also somewhat pricey, as you have to buy him with the dino-drones and he was one of the two last 5-packs in the PCC line and so could still be in somewhat moderately sought-after demand like most of the end-wave PCC's.

    -This literally was the first Universe 2.0 (proto-Generations) toy. Probably the foundation for the idea of getting more characters out of one mold with minor retools and a head swap given how Sideswipe's back is the same piece as Sunstreaker's chest. Since then, it's rivaling the old 2006 Seeker mold for the most uses for modern releases of either straight repaints or retools.

    -Can't argue with this one, the fact all he's got right now is a Power Battler is disappointing.

    -You mean Tracks? For movie flavor, you've got the Hot Shot repaint of Crosshairs already announced, since that deco is Tracks right down to the flame decal on the hood and the red face, or for Classics flavor there's the RtS toy which has the flying car mode of the original and the shoulder missiles.

    -Who?
     
  2. Jalaguy

    Jalaguy has no known physical weaknesses

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    I think they mean the generic Chevy Trax robots that all the goods guys are slicing up in the AOE trailers:

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    Wolf was a preliminary name for the AOE cyborg wolf-thing that's getting a One-Step Changer under the name 'Steeljaw'.