Earthrise Hoist, Cliffjumper, Wheeljack, Ironworks, Starscream & Grapple Renders & Pre-Orders

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by Black Convoy, Oct 3, 2019.

  1. lambi

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    I dig them all. What a time to be alive
     
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    Could be that more people are buying them from Pulse than other retailers? Do you know how much stock they had? Sold Out doesn’t mean “didn’t have enough stock.” It means demand was equal to, or greater than supply. Hasbro pulse is a neat shop, and they put a lot of backing behind it. The free shipping (for members) is a nice perk, and might be the reason people gravitated there instead of BBTS. So for Hasbro, their ideal scenario is to sell out of what they intended to stock for the initial run, making the $ they needed to make through that channel, then make more $ through outside retailers. There’s no reason to think Hasbro is losing out because they sold out of their stock on Pulse.

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    Yeah me too. If only my 5 year old self had these toys way back in the 80s. They almost look exactly like the animation models of the cartoon.. I know some people say we keep getting the same g1 characters over and over again, but this is the first time the figures look true to their g1 animation model (apart from masterpiece) without weird gimmicks. And Im loving it!! Keep bringing m on like this
     
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    Oh this is totally his personality now.

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    And not a smudge of cr@ppy \"battle damage\" paint on any of them.

    Someone at Hasbro has been listening...
     
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    I like BBTS and they do the best job usually of packing items. The reason I use Pulse and Amazon is because generally you get the items fastest through those sites. That’s it. For the last wave of Siege I used both. For ER, I ordered exclusively through Pulse.
     
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    Hoist has Battle damage on his Arms and Belly so it's not completely gone.
     
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    I think that's just damage to the hand painted prototypes finish.
     
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    The renders Have it as well. I guess we'll have to wait and see what the final product looks like.

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    Too bad Hoist doesn’t have a green head and yellow eyes. I had him as a kid and loved that figure. I understand why they went the route they took... but after Soundwave, I had a sliver of hope.
     
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    Oh. :(  Completely missed that! Yeah I hope they don't put that on the finished product.
     
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    It looks more like it's supposed to be some dirt from the off-road-ness of Hoist being a truck. It seems.
     
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    Hey are you going to NYCC today? You seem to be the "man on the street" around here and if so, could you ask about preorders for the following (like why they haven't shown up yet):

    Last 2 seacons
    Siege Wave 5 battle masters (singe and rung)
    Siege wave 5 micromasters (ratbat/rumble and direct-hit/power punch)

    Thanks!!!!
     
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    Nah not today. I didn’t get home until after midnight and frankly NYCC is a shitshow. Will be back on Saturday and will ask then if I find someone who might know (no guarantees of that).
     
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    Thanks anyways! :)  (they aren't due until December so one more day of potential waiting to ask won't matter all that much)
     
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    whooaa!! finally a very nice looking cliffjumper:) )
    seriously cant believe the amount of awesomeness we are getting from hasbro, thanks a lot indeed, what a great kick off for a new line, all figures look amazing

    this could be my favourite transformer toy since G1 grimlock, seriously.

    also I suppose I am not the only one who thinks these toys benefit heavily from the masterpiece design cues. cliff resembles MP bumblebee v.01 no?

    P.S. I am very happy that they did not go full G1 and kept the legs black & red....
    The cliffjumper I always wanted
     
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    As a former owner of two Starions (mine were actually the rebadged American version, the Chrysler Conquest), I'm amazed at the Starion details this thing has! The front bumper fog lights, the chin spoiler, the ground effects under the doors, are all details that are specific to the late period Starion rather than a Porsche 924 or 944. Even the centered hood scoop is a Starion feature, albeit one from an earlier generation. The box flares are sort of in-between the Starion's and the Porche's, I suppose. I wonder if Hasbro actually licensed this from Mitsubishi? The design still has some areas that are maybe just vague enough to grant some plausible deniability, but it would be interesting if they actually reached out to Mitsubishi.
     
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    As we've got Optimus Prime and SS in G1 versions so close to the previous releases of WFC, I wonder if Hasbro will release fully scaled, non-gimmicky G1 Dinobots?
     
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