Would be cool to keep the deluxe Scorponok in. Have a feeling they'll make an Ultimate Blackout, similar to Bbee with all the electronics.
I'd buy one, not that I dislike the Voyager one. I just think with how awesome Leader Brawl and Prime where, Blackout would be very nice.
I would buy that I would support any effort for Hasbro to produce a Blackout Transformer above Voyager class. He is the biggest transformer in the movie after all, yet the smallest Voyager class figure in robot mode (longest in alt mode). One thing we could do is sign a petition and send it to the company pledging our spport. Good luck in designing the toy. I cannot wait to see what you have done.
Cool idea man. Personally I'd want a Supreme size class version, but I'd love to see what you come up with.
Probably some form of acetal POM plastic, like Delrin. Put me in the "dubious but certainly willing to see what you can draw up" camp, Lazerwave. I will reserve any commentary until I see your drawings.
Check out http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showthread.php?t=160113&highlight=1%2F48+blackout For my version. Robot mode could have less kibble but overall I am happy with it.
Quite a good design, But not what I was planning. My description is a different picture and a different transformation.
Most definitely. A Supreme/Leader class fig for Blackout is a given, there's some previous discussion here: http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showthread.php?t=150737 And an online petition I've came across: http://www.PetitionOnline.com/LBtfm07/ Til all are one!
online petition huh? when has one of those... ever worked? blackout isn't that big of a character, to warrant a bigger toy, heck he does not even have any lines in the movie, it's not like bumblebee, where he's on the screen, half the movie. besides, this, the line is almost over with isn't it? making a whole new mold this late in the line, just would be weird, i mean it won't come out until when, next year? and by then the market for these toys would be over with, and the animated ones will of taken over the movie line's market, so what would be the point in releasing it then? besides leader class ones don't sell as well as the voyager class toys. i know, i worked at toys r us this past holiday season, i stocked the shelves during the night. very few people are buying the megatron's and the brawl, leader class versions, why? because the kids want bumblebee, and optimus prime, so if we did get a bigger version of a character from the movie, again, it would be leader bumblebee lol. just saying.
Wrongo, Blackout is suppose to be the largest of the decepticons (Even bigger than Megatron) and I've worked at ToysRUs for two years and Leader classes sell out really fast, I get phone calls for them everyday.
well they don't sell out here. big toys just don't sell as well as little toys. especially not right after christmas. he may supposed to be the biggest, but, what fun is a helicopter, vs a tank? to a child's point of view? besides to hasbro's point of view he was on the screen at the beginning, and at the end, and barely in it after that. why make a large toy of a character, that's barely in it? i just would figure that they would put their money towards the more popular characters, that will actually sell. because the toys r us i worked at, still has lots of megatron's, and lots of brawls, and they are not selling all that well right now. they might be selling. but not nearly as well as the autobots. at least not to parents and children, that they are marketed to. i highly doubt that hasbro, or even takara will ever release a leader class blackout. i mean there might be a lot of interest in the collectors for one... but i highly doubt that there is much interest for one in the market that these toys are sold to, children. as a kid which would you rather have, a tank? or a helicopter? i know i always preferred the tank.
