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News Credits: 905 · by **Mach** » Thu Sep 24, 2009 10:42 pm

S250 has shared more images of ROTF Bludgeon.
He is also sharing the below information of the toy:
" turret is not detachable
there is no secret under his skull mask
turret backpack gimmick is hidden scabbard,you have to open it manually and there is kodachi in scabbard"

News Credits: 1452 · by **Blurrz** » Thu Sep 24, 2009 10:59 pm

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News Credits: 5 · by **Oilspill** » Thu Sep 24, 2009 11:31 pm

Wow. I love how the grey parts in his arms and legs enhance the skeletal look.

News Credits: 2 · by **Convotron** » Thu Sep 24, 2009 11:48 pm

This is probably the first movie line figure I can honestly say doesn't need any extra colour/paint apps in bot mode. There's a great variety of colour variation in the parts in bot mode so the details actually come out and we don't get entire limbs dominated by a single colour. Very nice.

Like magnusalpha on Facebook · by **magnusalpha** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 12:09 am

I love this figure now more than before. I completely love the kodachi in it's little hidden scabbard. The ONLY thing I don't like (besides the bendy accessories, which can be fixed) is how huge the main sword's handle is, but I can understand considering it's the turret main barrel.

News Credits: 1 · by **shonenfan4** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 12:24 am

I just notice it's tiny feet, with Bludgeon kinda top-heavy, is it gonna be hard to pose him to stand w/o falling over?

by **Munchlax** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 12:56 am

When I first saw the picture from SDCC, I thought WOW AWESOME I WANT THAT SO BAD!

When i saw the teaser I was like

screw that.

But not seeing this I'm in the middle, I don't know how to feel about it.

News Credits: 3 · by **Dread_Wing** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 1:07 am

Sweet. This figure looks better and better with each bit of new info. SO WANT. I wonder if Mindwipe will be as cool. Hmmm. I wonder if Mindwipe uses any headmaster gimmicks? From the SDCC pic I would say no, but there is always the possibility of being able to fold the head down and attach another I guess.

by **Valandar** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 1:14 am

Okay... With my luck, not only will this guy get shortpacked, he'll also not come to my area until three months after he's seen wide release.

He's JUST... SO... FRICKIN... AWESOME!

News Credits: 1 · by **vectorA3** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 1:16 am

Never really knew about this guys since he was mainly in the comics after G1 cartoon. Is he really considered G1? I thought the G2 figures started after The Movie?? Still looks badass and I'll probably have to get if I can find him.

Like magnusalpha on Facebook · by **magnusalpha** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 1:19 am

vectorA3 wrote:Never really knew about this guys since he was mainly in the comics after G1 cartoon. Is he really considered G1? I thought the G2 figures started after The Movie?? Still looks badass and I'll probably have to get if I can find him.

Generation 2 started in 1993.

The Pretenders were first released 1988, and are part of G1. I wish I still had mine, I had Bumblebee and Optimus, but none of the Decepticons.

News Credits: 9 · by **Mykltron** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 1:45 am

The tank is a bit of a let-down with it's short canon and drooping gun on top. Doesn't seem to fit together very well, maybe it's just not been transformed properly.

Like magnusalpha on Facebook · by **magnusalpha** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 1:53 am

Mykltron wrote:The tank is a bit of a let-down with it's short canon and drooping gun on top. Doesn't seem to fit together very well, maybe it's just not been transformed properly.

The cannon is short in robot mode, because he's holding the sword in his hand. The sword handle is also the main cannon's barrel.

The droopy accessories don't bother me so much, because there's an easy fix for that issue.

News Credits: 668 · by **Autobot032** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 2:22 am

Savage wrote:Assuming that's a sloppy transformation job, this is a must have. If not, well, a bit disqppointing.

I agree. I get the sword storage thing, that's cool, actually.

The legs and arms feel mistransformed to me, plus his face looks...weird. It looks like a Super Paper Mario character cosplaying as Bludgeon.

I will have to actually have this sucker, in hand, before I make my final decision. I'm currently on the fence now, and I was 100% sure I'd buy him, before.

=\ Dangit.

News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 2:30 am

I just noticed that his head looks like a hybrid of G1 Bludgeon and the movie Wreckage head-sculpt.

News Credits: 668 · by **Autobot032** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 2:45 am

The artwork on the box (from what I can tell, which to be honest isn't a great deal) it looked almost like a warped cartoon character you'd see on Cartoon Network or something.

Glad to see that the toy does not replicate that unfortunate feature.

by **Evil_the_Nub** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 3:10 am

The scalpers are going to have a field day when this guy gets released, damn he's going to be hard to find.

News Credits: 668 · by **Autobot032** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 3:44 am

Evil_the_Nub wrote:The scalpers are going to have a field day when this guy gets released, damn he's going to be hard to find.

I wouldn't be too sure about that.

My local Wallace World has buttloads of waves 1-3 in most size classes, and it's not moving worth a crap.

Then they get in a shipment of Wave 5, which includes repacks of Wave 3. More clogging.

Then they get in the revision Wave containing Arcee and crew, along with Jolt, the ICT Twins, Blazemaster, and Dead End. With more in the back.

They've learned that if it can fit on the shelf, peg, endcap, pallet, whatever...they'll just shove it out there and hope it sells down quickly.

And I've noticed quite a few stores in this region doing the same thing. My guess is we'll not only see Bludgeon, but he'll be piled atop a pile of God knows how many Ironhides and Starscreams.

One more thought: After all of the Christmas sales, holiday season push, etc. I have no idea what they're going to do with these figures. (Seriously, I can't even begin to give you folks an idea of what the shelves and pegs look like. The pegs especially, it's insane. I can imagine we're going to see huge discounts and clearance sales, left and right.

Poor Hasbro (I'm being sincere here, btw.) Last time, they were totally unprepared for the onslaught that the first movie would bring in terms of sales, so stock levels suffered.

This time, they overcompensated, but the economy just bitchslapped everyone, including parents and kids buying toys. And now they're everywhere, covering every inch of the pegs and shelves they're on. Some are even in special locations around the toy department in the hopes they'll sell.

Talk about getting screwed.

News Credits: 6 · by **Jacob P. Galvatron** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 4:41 am

Dead Metal wrote:I just noticed that his head looks like a hybrid of G1 Bludgeon and the movie Wreckage head-sculpt.

It... kinda does.
It makes sense though, seeing that that he was a Wreckage repaint earlier.

Website · by **Skullgrin140** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 5:08 am

This figure is just looks, Fecking awesome. Finally a Bludgeon figure with Swords and based on his Pretender shell.

News Credits: 7 · by **alldarker** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 6:37 am

Skullgrin140 wrote:This figure is just looks, Fecking awesome. Finally a Bludgeon figure with Swords and based on his Pretender shell.

Even despite all the pictures in which he seems mistransformed in his tank altmode, this is SUCH a great Transformer! Not just based on the Pretender shell, but also on his orginal hidden tank alt mode. This must be one of THE best G1 TF tributes ever released.
I can only pray Hasbro / Takara will someday tribute Doubledealer in a like-wise manner.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 7:04 am

magnusalpha wrote:
vectorA3 wrote:Never really knew about this guys since he was mainly in the comics after G1 cartoon. Is he really considered G1? I thought the G2 figures started after The Movie?? Still looks badass and I'll probably have to get if I can find him.

Generation 2 started in 1993.

The Pretenders were first released 1988, and are part of G1. I wish I still had mine, I had Bumblebee and Optimus, but none of the Decepticons.

And to reinforce it:

TFWiki wrote:Generation 2 means "after The Transformers: The Movie."

This common but explicitly false idea probably stems from the many casual fans who grew up with the original Transformers line but stopped paying much attention around 1986, when the animated The Transformers: The Movie debuted and the Transformers craze began to die down. Many such fans regained some interest in Transformers many years later, particularly with hype surrounding the 2007 live-action movie. Seeing the phrase "Generation 2" batted around in fandom, it might seem natural to assume it refers to the big changeover that happened with the animated film. It certainly didn't help that, early in the life of Dreamwave, Pat Lee shared in this misconception, leading other new arrivals to the fandom to ape his use of the term.
While the original animated movie certainly marked a change from one "generation" of toys to another, along with some new design trends, the phrase "Generation 2" refers to a very specific franchise, marketed from 1992 to 1995—years after the animated film had come and gone. Its relative obscurity probably contributes to the mis-attribution of the term, as Generation 2 marks a low point in popularity for Transformers as a whole.

Common knowledge now

As for Bludgeon, he was leader of the Decepticons for a time and his skeletal samurai look of his shell, which he never exited, definitely stood out. Which is why I'm glad they kept the look. I'm definitely getting him when I see him.

News Credits: 9 · by **Zeds** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 7:39 am

It is almost like Tomy/Hasbro actually spoke to collectors asking them what they wanted to see before they came up with this release. 'Bout damn time! :APPLAUSE:

News Credits: 609 · by **Razorclaw0000** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 7:49 am

I now totally want all Decepticon Pretenders to get updated like this. Imagine Octopunch...

Like magnusalpha on Facebook · by **magnusalpha** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 8:05 am

Oilspill wrote:
Blurrz wrote:
Dread_Wing wrote:
shonenfan4 wrote:What's that in the last picture?

You mean the back view showing how half the turret opens out to provide an over-the-shoulder scabbard for the sword?

Holy sheeeese that is hot..

Holy crap on a stick. I'd glossed over that thinking it was just half transformed - but that is cool.

I suspect his smaller blade will be able to store away somewhere too.

Based on the pictures and description, the turret folds open and the scabbard inside holds the kodachi. This hidden scabbard isn't for the sword, which is more than twice as long. I hope there's a place to store the sword in robot mode, besides in the cannon barrel where it resides in alt. mode.

I'm really looking forward to this figure.