Generations Selects Artfire

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by payres, May 19, 2021.

  1. Hilty

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    I am silly excited to finally have a shot at an Artfire with all the fixin’s! (Would love that Stepper too!)
     
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  2. ArkinDotWav

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    I'll be honest, the more I look at Artfire the more I feel they could have done at least a little better. He's not bad, just could use a little extra something.

    Mostly keeping the kanji on the side of his cab. It just would have been a neat little detail.

    Still hoping we get a Stepper to pair with him. Also still really want a Hauler redeco of Grapple.
     
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  3. BombSquad

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    I can understand that they dropped the kanji so it wouldn't get messed up by the shoulder tabs, but I really wish they had kept the leg details.
     
  4. SunSwipe5

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    Well, unless we get an official Stepper to pair with him, I'm just going to use Selects Ricochet as Stepper.
    I cannot afford what peeps are asking for United Stepper. So that's a no go there.

    Now I'll just wait for the Sideswipe 2 Pack, Jolt and Jackpot......maybe Blaster.
     
  5. Dark_T_Zeratul

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    I agree, it definitely feels a bit boring. Maybe Reprolabels will solve that problem.
     
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  6. Bass X0

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    They probably went for a “how he would have looked in the cartoon” appearance.
     
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  7. jasonw

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    Apparently we came so close to a G1 reissue of this during the TRU Commemorative Series, but TRU made such as mess of that, it got canceled before it happened. They had the mold and everything :-(

    I feel like it'll never happen now.
     
  8. dragon

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    That’s not good for company to have mold they better call someone before everyone gets sick from mold nice repaint figure
     
  9. Foster

    Foster Haslab Victory Saber Backer #3 Veteran

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    An Artfire G1 reissue would be right up there for me next to a blue Bluestreak!
     
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  10. Fafnir72

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    PO'd! December 2021 ETA.
     
  11. geekatron prime

    geekatron prime The Grammar Police must be on strike.

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    I was able to pick up a United Artfire in the beginning of 2020. Now I will be getting this one as well. Looking pretty sweet.
     
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    I really wished they reissued Artfire. Granted you'd need the connector and Nightstick but whatever it takes to drop the price of the original. The original is the only piece I desire in my G1 collection.

    I recently bought an original Stepper (a lot more difference from the reissue than I thought), but even that was like $600. I'm almost ready for like a $2k price for an original complete Artfire.
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    I have the GS Stepper from the CW Jazz mold. He's not bad.

    Stepper and Artfire only appeared briefly in the manga for an issue. Other than that, growing up, they're just known for being super rare.
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    Marvel UK colors from target 2006 up to time wars. Man. He was such a cool character
     
  14. Thundershot

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    I prefer Galvatron II from issue 67 til the end. He already conquered earth and defeated the Autobots (for the most part) and was ready to do it again.
     
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  15. Nemesisprime1975

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    Yeah that was marvel us galvatron. I seem to remember him confronting megatron and rodimus being strung up between the twin towers.
     
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    Bums me that the Nightstick figure isn't a single barrel gun. Could't they remold at least 1 part? It would look much better with Cyclonus if they did. And it kind of annoys me they give these targetmasters with random figures. Like they did with the hard to find Siege Skywarp, as well as giving 1 of the target masters with the exclusive megs. You got to get all these exclusive figures with random target masters...
     
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    Except this Nightstick isn't meant to go with Cyclonus.
     
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    This is Artfire's Nightstick, not Cyclonus's Nightstick. Different guys.
     
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    Hopefully if they do another Stepper, they’ll actually call him Stepper and his partner Nebulon.
     
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  20. Fenrys

    Fenrys Formerly Tigatron2002

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    Artfire's Nightstick is supposed to be the same mold as Fracas, which this release maintains
     
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