T Wrecks spotted in Australia

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by Pixelmaster, May 23, 2021.

  1. Maximus Danz

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    Don't shoot the messenger, I'm on the same page as you are. I think Rexy should have a completely different headsculpt and T-Wrecks should have gotten the toy head.
     
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    Huh. I'm really surprised that Hasbro didn't promote this guy at all.
     
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    I'd like to give everyone a friendly reminder that the factory/factories where TFs are made are contracted by Takara, not Hasbro.

    So, if this is a factory mistake, point your fingers overseas.

    Though, considering this is twice now we've seen T-Wrecks with this head, I think plans may have changed somewhere.
     
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    Although I'm sad to see that they used the wrong head (I imagine there was a miscommunication with the factory, and they used the wrong head yet still painted the mouth), I'm planning to keep him in beast mode anyway, because the images we got before showed just how stunning the beast mode on this guy is.

    Still though, the robot mode leaves a lot to be desired in terms of paint. I think we all could have lived with a little bit of creative liberty in terms of like some extra silver or blue on the torso and thighs.

    Between this guy and BW Grimlock, the beast repaints so far haven't been bad necessarily, just kinda disappointing and underwhelming. Sorta lowers my expectations for Shadow Panther.
     
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    Did they run out of paint before starting this guy?
     
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    Funny how T-Wrecks decal wasn’t updated when Grimlock lost his spotted pattern. Between being exclusives and the additional price hike I was expecting something better to justify all this.
     
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    Well no different head means a big fat no buy from me.

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    Well this makes me wonder what BW Megs would look with a modified POTP Elita 1 combiner head or regular...........honestly don't know which would scale better.
     
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    I'm sure I'm in the minority here, but I think T-Wrecks is a perfect example of why toy-accuracy isn't always better.

    dat plain, unpainted torso. Man. What a missed opportunity.
    They could've improved on the original immeasurably, but instead they took what in 1999 what a low-detail sculpt with a low-detail paintjob, and applied its low-detail paintjob to a high-detail sculpt.

    It doesn't work, it's only drawn attention to the original's flaws.
     
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    I\'ve yet to see the BW Megatron, seen the wave mate Ultra Magnus several times though. And now this one drops.
     
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    hey, as long as they make sure the t-rex head is accurate to the film i'll be fine
     
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    It's not even completely accurate to the toy. The chest and thighs are the wrong colors, the robot arm parts and the hips aren't completely blue.
    As plain as the chest is, I think a completely blue hip would've improved the look.
     
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    This isn't replacing Megatron. It's an exclusive outside the Waves.
     
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    Did you hear it here, or do you have an inside source?
     
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    Australians first to find Rodimus, Galvatron and T-Wrecks.
    Barely any photos, let alone reviews.

    Damn it Aussies, get your sh*t together...


    Signed...
    An Australian.
     
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    I think that's EXACTLY what is happening here.. This is pretty much what happened with the Walgreens exclusive Power Rangers Lightning Collection Dino Thunder White Ranger. It was missing major paint apps on the helmet. They never officially revealed it until it had been already showing up at Walgreens for a few weeks. People had already been complaining to Hasbro about the mishap before the reveal even came, and Hasbro agreed to send out new helmets to buyers. When they did reveal it, it was through a Facebook post, and they made sure to mention that they made a mistake at the end if the post, telling customers to email them for replacement helmets. I'm hoping we can also have replacement heads sent out for this.
     
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    I heard it here from the accurate leakers.

    Also this guy CLEARLY doesn't have the toy head.
     
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    It's clearly a mistake that he doesn't have the toy head, though, given the paint on the mouth and the fact that he has it in the render on the back of the box.

    Do you have a link to the post where one of the leakers said Rexy would have that head? I might recall one of them suggesting it as a possibility, but I definitely don't remember any of them saying it definitively (and it really wouldn't make sense given the Collaborative figures thus far).
     
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    I don't, it was back in the Drunk thread probably about 300 or so pages back?

    Have fun ;) 
     
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    First of all, the torso is painted. Stop talking nonsense. Second of all, one person's opinion of "improving" a figure isn't a universal improvement. Changing a classic figure's deco haws no place in a homage line.

    They didn't even get the character's colors right anyway and the missing light blue might have been just enough color variety to fix the issue this release has.
     
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    Maybe in this review we'll find out about the head sculpt and the destiny card in the package (if PrimeVsPrime shows it obsly).
     
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