9th Victoria Toy Fair Coverage - Headrobots Darksol

Sunday, April 1st, 2012 11:40PM CDT

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The other Headrobots product showcased at Victoria's 9th Ultimate Hobby & Toy Fair hosted by Cherry Bomb Toys was Darksol. This upgrade kit is meant for Mindwipe, the Voyager class figure released in the Revenge of the Fallen toyline.

Much like Tauros, Darksol is still early in the prototype stage, and will turn Mindwipe more into his G1 self. The kit will feature a new head, chest, feet, shoulder cannons, cape and other accessories. If you think the cape looks like a piece of cloth, well it actually is. The actual cape that is to come out with the kit will be more refined and aesthetically pleasing.

With the Darksol upgrade, Mindwipe will still be capable of housing Skystalker. Whether or not Skystalker will receive his own accesories still has yet to be determined.

Check out the pictures below!

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Re: 9th Victoria Toy Fair Coverage - Headrobots Darksol (1364917)
Posted by Mkall on April 1st, 2012 @ 11:53pm CDT

Probably not going to use the cape, but everything else is looking good.

Re: 9th Victoria Toy Fair Coverage - Headrobots Darksol (1364919)
Posted by funeralthirst7 on April 1st, 2012 @ 11:58pm CDT

Already ordered my ROTF Mindwipe just for this.

Re: 9th Victoria Toy Fair Coverage - Headrobots Darksol (1364923)
Posted by zodconvoy on April 2nd, 2012 @ 12:12am CDT

The only thing that could make this better is if the cape has a collar and it comes with a Dracula medallion!

Re: 9th Victoria Toy Fair Coverage - Headrobots Darksol (1364932)
Posted by megatronus on April 2nd, 2012 @ 12:27am CDT

I was already displaying my Headrobots-enhanced Bludgeon next to Mindwipe... fate??

Re: 9th Victoria Toy Fair Coverage - Headrobots Darksol (1364955)
Posted by Dead Metal on April 2nd, 2012 @ 2:58am CDT

zodconvoy wrote:The only thing that could make this better is if the cape has a collar and it comes with a Dracula medallion!

And Robot Christopher Lee would be complete.

Re: 9th Victoria Toy Fair Coverage - Headrobots Darksol (1364972)
Posted by synthetik on April 2nd, 2012 @ 4:45am CDT

I love the look.

But where the hell is the bludgeon/blood head for the apc mold?

Re: 9th Victoria Toy Fair Coverage - Headrobots Darksol (1365019)
Posted by Genocide G2.0 on April 2nd, 2012 @ 8:19am CDT

Cant wait to get my hands on this kit the only thing i wish they worked on was some new hand guns or mele weapons cos the only thing i dont like about rotf mindwipe is those dagger type weapons he has .

Re: 9th Victoria Toy Fair Coverage - Headrobots Darksol (1365024)
Posted by Requiem Prime on April 2nd, 2012 @ 8:37am CDT

synthetik wrote:I love the look.

But where the hell is the bludgeon/blood head for the apc mold?

well, they did go out of their way to let us know it was still happening once before, so I'll assume they aren't going to pull the plug. I guess like Protector it's been shifted to the background while they're all in on these projects.

Re: 9th Victoria Toy Fair Coverage - Headrobots Darksol (1365026)
Posted by Sodan-1 on April 2nd, 2012 @ 8:38am CDT

Thanks for the photos, Blurrz. It's good to have some detailed shots after the initial teasers. I'm still onboard with this, but I'll probably wait until they're closer to the finished product before hunting down Mindwipe.

Re: 9th Victoria Toy Fair Coverage - Headrobots Darksol (1365042)
Posted by Rated X on April 2nd, 2012 @ 9:52am CDT

I love everything except the cape. It looks like a bathroom towel.

Re: 9th Victoria Toy Fair Coverage - Headrobots Darksol (1365068)
Posted by Blurrz on April 2nd, 2012 @ 11:43am CDT

Rated X wrote:I love everything except the cape. It looks like a bathroom towel.

You never read news posts, do you? And change your signature, it's against the rules.

Re: 9th Victoria Toy Fair Coverage - Headrobots Darksol (1365136)
Posted by Doctor McGrath on April 2nd, 2012 @ 3:36pm CDT

Darksol is still looking pretty good. I'll hold off further judgement until i see something in color. Hopefully, it won't take 6 months to see.. I really hope Skystalker gets some love though.

Re: 9th Victoria Toy Fair Coverage - Headrobots Darksol (1365181)
Posted by RK_Striker_JK_5 on April 2nd, 2012 @ 5:37pm CDT

My Mindwipe is ready and waiting, already moved to an empty spot on my Classics shelf to become G1/Classics Mindwipe.

Re: 9th Victoria Toy Fair Coverage - Headrobots Darksol (1365219)
Posted by Stormrider on April 2nd, 2012 @ 8:23pm CDT

Can someone explain the need for the cape? Is it from a comic? Or, are they simply relating Mindwipe to a vampire?

Re: 9th Victoria Toy Fair Coverage - Headrobots Darksol (1365302)
Posted by cylor on April 3rd, 2012 @ 4:08am CDT

From what I was able to understand, the cape is part of a reference to the Nine Demon Generals (who wear a cape) from the obscure Japanese-only Zone continuity. Mindwipe was not one of them, but the first Headrobot's teaser stated that Darksol was the tenth Demon General or something.
Sorry, here on Seibertron there are surely plenty of guys who know better than me.

Re: 9th Victoria Toy Fair Coverage - Headrobots Darksol (1365346)
Posted by zodconvoy on April 3rd, 2012 @ 10:49am CDT

Stormrider wrote:Can someone explain the need for the cape? Is it from a comic? Or, are they simply relating Mindwipe to a vampire?

cylor wrote:From what I was able to understand, the cape is part of a reference to the Nine Demon Generals (who wear a cape) from the obscure Japanese-only Zone continuity. Mindwipe was not one of them, but the first Headrobot's teaser stated that Darksol was the tenth Demon General or something.
Sorry, here on Seibertron there are surely plenty of guys who know better than me.

Cylor has it right officially but it's really because in the cartoons (both US and Japanese) he was played as a Bela Lugosi style Dracula with the thick eastern European accent and the hypnotic eyes. They're playing him up as a classic vampire, not a sparkly one.

Re: 9th Victoria Toy Fair Coverage - Headrobots Darksol (1365529)
Posted by RK_Striker_JK_5 on April 3rd, 2012 @ 5:16pm CDT

zodconvoy wrote:
Stormrider wrote:Sorry, here on Seibertron there are surely plenty of guys who know better than me.

Cylor has it right officially but it's really because in the cartoons (both US and Japanese) he was played as a Bela Lugosi style Dracula with the thick eastern European accent and the hypnotic eyes. They're playing him up as a classic vampire, not a sparkly one.

Which makes it cool rather than lame.