TFW2005 SDCC 2015 Hasbro Generations Panel Live!

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by Mechafire, Jul 9, 2015.

  1. Wh33l JcK

    Wh33l JcK Well-Known Member

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    So what is Titan Wars? I think that is the thing I'm most perplexed by.

    I was of the impression it was a total Botcon marketing teaser that would be revealed at SDCC?
     
  2. jayman118

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    Man, since you guys mention it. No new reveals for Beastwars? :( 
     
  3. roguesaint

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    At. This point, I'm not sure anyone has a definitive answer. Most people thought SdCC see what would be the reveal of it as well
     
  4. Dark Magnus

    Dark Magnus Your opinion is wrong!

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    Upon closer inspection, the Vicky bots got remolded boobs.
     
  5. Cha Chi

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    Is sdcc over for transformer reveals?
     
  6. unicronic

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    If it is, it has been a very disappointing SDCC.

    I'm not saying that like some of the nitpickers say, I'm frequently optimistic and see the good over the bad in new releases.

    That being the severe lack of anything new is very disheartening.
     
  7. adambman

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    Yeah, I might still get this Scattershot, to be fair, Hasbro had to remold some big parts to make it passable, particularly in alt mode, but that's about as far as it goes. We've probably both thought that if the Scattershot retooling was as extensive as Cyclonus, they would have hit it out of the park, and I say that as someone who was in principle quite open to the idea of this mold sharing because of similarities between Superion's torso and Computron's.

    The first thing I noticed was the 'near enough is good enough' approach to the combiner head, which is fine given that between the toy and animation model, Computron's face varied remarkably. Scattershot's new head is great, but it's a slight shame that the retooling for that mode goes no further; his chest vents alone could have made it look more complete but a couple of blue squares don't ruin this completely, I suppose. What I would have liked to have seen is new shoulders - which could have been the perfect opportunity to not only enhance the robot mode but just maybe help the block folded up under the alt-mode look more like a functioning part of it. And finally a change which - granted - even Cyclonus didn't get, a new gun! There was a time in the Classics/Generations line when head and weapon retools were as much as we'd expect, but they were par for the course, where applicable. Of course a new gun in this case would have needed to interact with robot and combiner modes. However that, and possibly an altered combiner head, were convenient to leave by the wayside in light of the decision to stop at Betatron, instead of committing to Computron. Anyway I should probably stop here and make a separate post about how CW seems to be concluding.
     
  8. MagnusPrimal

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    Well... it seems as if I'll be saving money on Transformers for at least part of 2016.
    Hasbro will still get my money. The Marvel Legends reveals are looking pretty good.
     
  9. Mirage232

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    So no Kickback? No Dinobot reissues? No Combiner Wars beast bots? No 20th anniversary Beast Wars? No Titan Wars? No more stateside Masterpiece figures? I mean, Masterpiece Starscream is nice I suppose for those who couldn't get the Takara version, (even if his Decepticon insignias are upside down and don't match Thundercrackers, ugh), but where is Sideswipe, Wheeljack or, well, anyone else?

    Combiner Wars seems to be on the way out, judging by all the repaints. I mean, do we really need TWO Alpha Bravo molds on Victorian? And I don't think I even need to mention "Betatron". Seriously, if Hasbro has no intention of making any of the animal based combiners, (or even Computron for that matter) they should just end this particular line now. Most people have no desire to keep owning the same molds over and over again, and Hasbro should know this. Overall, this was a very underwhelming show, and you know something is wrong when the most exciting things presented are G1 reissues and G2 repaints.
     
  10. Randomus

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    Hasbro has blown it big time. What the hell are they thinking by only releasing ONE member of one of my favorite teams as a kid? Don't they have any idea what their fans want? Look at Victorion: they don't do what we want even when they do what we want!

    Whatever, your loss, Hasbro. I'm sure Takara will make Detour, Road Hugger and Hyperdrive for me.

    ;) 
     
  11. Edgewise

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    Combiner head is very perplexing... maybe I could see not remolding it, if it was at least a different color than Superion's head. Why is it not molded/painted some shade of red?

    As it is, just looks like red shirt Superion(so an homage to the the Energon combiner that got killed immediately?)... I'll probably buy him for robot and vehicle mode, but not getting combined.

    I do think adding in a robot mode would require remolding basically everything, so it'd just be a new mold. But Possible re-uses of Sky Lynx?

    1.) "Battle Core" Sky Lynx repaint
    2.) New character that's a Decepticon version of Sky Lynx
    3.) Trypticon with a shuttle mode instead of city/base mode
    4.) Shuttle=Thunder Arrow, Dragon=beast mode of Deathsaurus, Combiner mode=Deathsaurus's robot mode.
     
  12. Snake_eyes1975

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    I'm just going to toss this out there.

    Most of the stuff I see I don't care for. What if they decided to put the repaints and less desirable stuff at the end of the line where distribution will choke them to the discounters?

    It could be the 1st sign of hasbro learning...

    Honestly... Besides Bruticus.. I dont see really anything at this sdcc that is neat, that wasn't shown already. All the reveals for me are junk.
     
  13. Autovolt 127

    Autovolt 127 Get In The Titan, Prime!

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    That sums it up right. :lol 

    Honestly again let's just wait and see...let's wait till NYCC. I have a feeling they'll properly reveal them.Their is a reason why it's because it's being called Betatron.

    again patience is a virtue...this fandom should learn by now.
     
  14. Matt_M

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    I think the only thing I'm disappointed about is that we aren't getting any more info on Titan Wars or whatever it was they teased at Botcon.
     
  15. peaces

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    yep. keep quiet and do nothing. wait and see. wait politely while the world around you burns. and just maybe hasbro will pleasantly surprise you if you're lucky.
     
  16. adambman

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    Hopefully sooner (anytime further on in this run of CW) or later we see some semblance of a Technobot team, maybe even from Hasbro. I try to be patiently optimistic when it comes to wondering if certain characters may get new figures, and try to find some logic that just might compliment the rationale of the people bringing us these toys. However one big pause for thought to me in this case is that we might not get Technobots soon, since Terrorcons are supposedly not on the way.

    Still, patience is key. Hasbro's 'no plans for...' approach gets applied to at least one or two things the fans ask for at SDCC most years. Two years ago they said it about combiners, then last year they announced Combiner Wars with a comprehensive look at the earliest waves. Maybe in another year or two they'll double back and make the Decepticon beast teams, or any others they may desire. Maybe they won't. It will be interesting to see if that CW animation will have any interactivity with further products. Perhaps another reason that the remaining combiner teams (at least from Western G1) haven't been done is because they're all from after the '86 movie, and making one when the appropriate 30th anniversary rolls around might be the catalyst for some other teams to get made too.

    Did anyone else find it suspiciously specific that they said there were no plans for combining Dinobots? I wonder if this was or wasn't meant to rule out the possibility of non-combining Dinobots sometime within the next couple of years. We'll see.
     
  17. Randomus

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    Oh my God! We might not get all the Technobots next year! WHAT IF WE NEVER GET THEM? THE WORLD IS BURNING AROUND ME! We've got to do something! Maybe if we post enough nerdrage, everything will be okay!


    Come on dude. 20 of the last 21 years didn't feature a Computron release, and the sun still rose each morning. Save the world-burning metaphor for real problems. Also, it never hurts to be polite. ;) 
     
  18. Hanzkaz

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    You have a point, but Hasbro does sometimes do things differently from what fans expect, even suddenly killing off a toyline that seems incomplete to collectors. A few years ago, there were rumours of Animated Constructicons and a Supreme-class Animated Omega Supreme that never happened.

    Even with Combiner Wars, it's Takara who came up with a Groove limb that Hasbro apparently never had plans for. There are still people waiting for Sweep/Scourge limbs for Galvatronus.

    I like to think that Hasbro do have plans for the Technobots, but they aren't ready yet. However, I wouldn't be surprised if we only end up with CW Scattershot.
     
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    Can I just say, this is a very lack luster SDCC presentation of transformer figures.

    Repaints remolds, nothing on the Titan Wars. Nothing really exciting at all. I remember last year when Arcee and Brainstorm were announced...that was a huge deal. Plus we saw the beginnings of Combiner wars (the next line). How come nothing on the line Titan wars? BotCon was the real show this year. SDCC seems more like just moving stuff from BotCon 2015...nothing new here :/
     
  20. BWfan86

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    Wasn't Shogo Hausi going to be at SDCC? Wonder if he had a QnA or something... Is that it for TF news at SDCC?