First Look at Buzzworthy Bumblebee RID Tow Line
Monday, February 27th, 2023 6:33PM CST
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Here is the review from Chefatron below, showing us Tow Line. This was acquired through web based asian sellers on Shopee.
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Posted by ShadowGinrai on February 27th, 2023 @ 7:36pm CST
Posted by Dominus Prime on February 27th, 2023 @ 8:34pm CST
Posted by SpaceEagle on February 27th, 2023 @ 10:57pm CST
It's pretty much exactly what I expected, although I did wonder if they were going to remove the scrapyard aesthetic since it doesn't really seem fitting. Either way I do find this colour scheme more interesting than Scraphook's.
Posted by LordBludgeon on February 27th, 2023 @ 11:59pm CST
Posted by william-james88 on February 28th, 2023 @ 9:43am CST
Dominus Prime wrote:I think they should've at least remolded the "mad max" parts rather than fully reuse this mold with a different color scheme and new head only. IMO
Yeah, like those wheels, I agree. Honestly, this toy seems to go against what I thought hasbro was doing, which is just use redecos for characters that make sense. It seems we are back to the GDO days of slapping on a head and giving a different accessory along with a new colour scheme and calling it a day.
Posted by o.supreme on February 28th, 2023 @ 12:13pm CST
https://hasbropulse.com/collections/tra ... tobot-jazz
*Was Hoping for a Tow-Line reveal/pre order as well.... Oh well.
Posted by sol magnus on February 28th, 2023 @ 12:13pm CST
Posted by AcademyofDrX on February 28th, 2023 @ 12:22pm CST
o.supreme wrote:Buzzworthy Origin Jazz Pre-Order
https://hasbropulse.com/collections/tra ... tobot-jazz
Thanks very much for the timely posting. I saw the Guardian announcement and ignored the Jazz update.
Up at Target now, too:
https://goto.target.com/c/1137247/81938/2092?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.target.com%2Fp%2Ftransformers-l%20...%20A-87084806%3C%2Fa%3E
Posted by Till-all-R1 on February 28th, 2023 @ 12:34pm CST
I had to resist excitement to order two and just keep it to one, good thing Pulse's eta says 4/10 because if it had said 4/1 I'd have been skeptical. lol
Posted by o.supreme on February 28th, 2023 @ 1:28pm CST
sol magnus wrote:Just preordered two Cybertron Jazz figures. We just need that darn Hound...
Ever since I saw Tow-Line I completely forgot about Hound . I wonder if they will release Hound in Buzzworthy packaging with a SS number (similar to Cliffjumper) basically shoot 2 birds with one stone.
Posted by sol magnus on February 28th, 2023 @ 1:53pm CST
o.supreme wrote:sol magnus wrote:Just preordered two Cybertron Jazz figures. We just need that darn Hound...
Ever since I saw Tow-Line I completely forgot about Hound . I wonder if they will release Hound in Buzzworthy packaging with a SS number (similar to Cliffjumper) basically shoot 2 birds with one stone.
If he's a SS 86 release (which I believe he is) he'll have a number. I just want some news.
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on February 28th, 2023 @ 4:10pm CST
sol magnus wrote:o.supreme wrote:sol magnus wrote:Just preordered two Cybertron Jazz figures. We just need that darn Hound...
Ever since I saw Tow-Line I completely forgot about Hound . I wonder if they will release Hound in Buzzworthy packaging with a SS number (similar to Cliffjumper) basically shoot 2 birds with one stone.
If he's a SS 86 release (which I believe he is) he'll have a number. I just want some news.
I think what he's getting at is that "Earth Mode Hound" may pull double duty for Legacy and Studio Series, like ER Cliffjumper did, but unlike Ironhide who got a brand-new mold for Studio Series.
Posted by william-james88 on February 28th, 2023 @ 4:22pm CST
o.supreme wrote:sol magnus wrote:Just preordered two Cybertron Jazz figures. We just need that darn Hound...
Ever since I saw Tow-Line I completely forgot about Hound . I wonder if they will release Hound in Buzzworthy packaging with a SS number (similar to Cliffjumper) basically shoot 2 birds with one stone.
There's also the scenario of him not releasing at all this year. Hasbro explained that there was some rerouting with exclusives during the last discussion, where something planned that was not related to Rise of the Beasts was put on hold. That's the explanation for Hot Rod not coming out (which I admit, is odd since that just left velocitron wave 2 with no voyager class for shelves). that same explanation could be used for Hound no longer planned to come out. We have seen that Target is going more the route of Rise of the Beasts this year.
All to say: no one should hold out on Hound until he is revealed by Hasbro. Until then, his chance of distributions may have been scrapped.
Posted by sol magnus on February 28th, 2023 @ 4:29pm CST
william-james88 wrote:o.supreme wrote:sol magnus wrote:Just preordered two Cybertron Jazz figures. We just need that darn Hound...
Ever since I saw Tow-Line I completely forgot about Hound . I wonder if they will release Hound in Buzzworthy packaging with a SS number (similar to Cliffjumper) basically shoot 2 birds with one stone.
There's also the scenario of him not releasing at all this year. Hasbro explained that there was some rerouting with exclusives during the last discussion, where something planned that was not related to Rise of the Beasts was put on hold. That's the explanation for Hot Rod not coming out (which I admit, is odd since that just left velocitron wave 2 with no voyager class for shelves). that same explanation could be used for Hound no longer planned to come out. We have seen that Target is going more the route of Rise of the Beasts this year.
All to say: no one should hold out on Hound until he is revealed by Hasbro. Until then, his chance of distributions may have been scrapped.
All good points, sir.
Posted by Till-all-R1 on February 28th, 2023 @ 7:10pm CST
Posted by Sowndwave76 on February 28th, 2023 @ 7:40pm CST
I won’t be crushed if Hound isn’t released until next year.
I’m still very anxious to hear who’s in the 2 pack.
Posted by Flashwave on February 28th, 2023 @ 7:56pm CST
Till-all-R1 wrote:Sounds logical, I thought for sure we'd see Hound preorders and arrive in stores before Origins Jazz which only just surfaced about a week or so ago. Meanwhile we've known about Hound for months.
Key word there. Toy production is usually 18m-2yrs. We have had rumor of Hound for a while, but we “knew” an Origins Jazz was on the table since Siege or Earthrise (although at the time it was very early stages and written off as an idea) Hound is farther along in design, but we didn’t hear about him until after they were talking about JaZ, and we are just now getting him
Posted by Till-all-R1 on February 28th, 2023 @ 9:36pm CST
Sowndwave76 wrote:No guarantee I’ll keep him, but I preordered Jazz.
I won’t be crushed if Hound isn’t released until next year.
I’m still very anxious to hear who’s in the 2 pack.
Hound was on my most wanted list now that everyone of prominence has essentially been covered, sadly after seeing what he looks like in Buzzworthy it appears I'll have to wait even longer for a proper version.
Posted by AcademyofDrX on February 28th, 2023 @ 10:01pm CST
Till-all-R1 wrote:Sowndwave76 wrote:No guarantee I’ll keep him, but I preordered Jazz.
I won’t be crushed if Hound isn’t released until next year.
I’m still very anxious to hear who’s in the 2 pack.
Hound was on my most wanted list now that everyone of prominence has essentially been covered, sadly after seeing what he looks like in Buzzworthy it appears I'll have to wait even longer for a proper version.
Maybe he's not for you, but I didn't see anything obviously improper about the render shown
Posted by Sentinel_Primal on February 28th, 2023 @ 10:28pm CST
Posted by Till-all-R1 on March 1st, 2023 @ 12:11pm CST
AcademyofDrX wrote:Till-all-R1 wrote:Sowndwave76 wrote:No guarantee I’ll keep him, but I preordered Jazz.
I won’t be crushed if Hound isn’t released until next year.
I’m still very anxious to hear who’s in the 2 pack.
Hound was on my most wanted list now that everyone of prominence has essentially been covered, sadly after seeing what he looks like in Buzzworthy it appears I'll have to wait even longer for a proper version.
Maybe he's not for you\
Which was implied in my post, never said That it wasn't for everyone.
Posted by AcademyofDrX on March 1st, 2023 @ 1:01pm CST
Till-all-R1 wrote:AcademyofDrX wrote:Till-all-R1 wrote:Sowndwave76 wrote:No guarantee I’ll keep him, but I preordered Jazz.
I won’t be crushed if Hound isn’t released until next year.
I’m still very anxious to hear who’s in the 2 pack.
Hound was on my most wanted list now that everyone of prominence has essentially been covered, sadly after seeing what he looks like in Buzzworthy it appears I'll have to wait even longer for a proper version.
Maybe he's not for you\
Which was implied in my post, never said That it wasn't for everyone.
That's fair, it was implicit so I'm being overly argumentative and pedantic.
Posted by Nemesis Primal on March 3rd, 2023 @ 3:01am CST
Also as a reminder for everyone freaking out about Hound: Silverstreak first had in-hand pics leak in August 2021, which were our first indication of that figure existing, and he didn't come out until mid-March 2022. Hound and Hatchet still have plenty of time to properly show themselves.
Posted by Emerje on March 3rd, 2023 @ 3:42pm CST
Emerje
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on March 3rd, 2023 @ 3:50pm CST
Emerje wrote:I still think Detritus will be him in name only, seems weird for him to be a Junkion and a Hound redeco when Junkions follow a certain theme in Legacy Evolution. Maybe he just wont be a Junkion or he'll be a retool of one of the others.
Emerje
I wouldn't think already established characters would fall under that pattern.
Posted by Emerje on March 3rd, 2023 @ 4:27pm CST
Jelze Bunnycat wrote:Emerje wrote:I still think Detritus will be him in name only, seems weird for him to be a Junkion and a Hound redeco when Junkions follow a certain theme in Legacy Evolution. Maybe he just wont be a Junkion or he'll be a retool of one of the others.
Emerje
I wouldn't think already established characters would fall under that pattern.
Didn't stop them from making Tow-Line from Scraphook, he sure wasn't a Mad Max reject in RID.
Emerje
Posted by Sabrblade on March 3rd, 2023 @ 4:32pm CST
Yeah, but he still used a mold with a correct-enough altmode: a tow truck. Detritus is a jeep (or a monster truck as Roadmaster), so if he's to be a redeco or retool of an existing mold, it'd make sense for it to be of one that turns into what Detritus turns into.Emerje wrote:Jelze Bunnycat wrote:Emerje wrote:I still think Detritus will be him in name only, seems weird for him to be a Junkion and a Hound redeco when Junkions follow a certain theme in Legacy Evolution. Maybe he just wont be a Junkion or he'll be a retool of one of the others.
Emerje
I wouldn't think already established characters would fall under that pattern.
Didn't stop them from making Tow-Line from Scraphook, he sure wasn't a Mad Max reject in RID.
Emerje
Posted by Emerje on March 3rd, 2023 @ 5:19pm CST
Emerje
Posted by EvasionModeBumblebee on March 3rd, 2023 @ 5:45pm CST
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on March 5th, 2023 @ 6:54pm CST
Posted by Ig89ninja on March 5th, 2023 @ 9:52pm CST
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on March 6th, 2023 @ 8:18pm CST
Ig89ninja wrote:How’s the joint tolerances, because I know that the 07 versions were loose while the DOTM was apparently fine.
He's nice and snug, good quality
Posted by william-james88 on March 10th, 2023 @ 11:19pm CST
So, how many of you are heading out to Target?
Posted by Bumblevivisector on March 11th, 2023 @ 1:55am CST
Posted by -Kanrabat- on March 11th, 2023 @ 2:33am CST
Bumblevivisector wrote:So do I buy an extra to kitbash into Origins Bluestreak, or just have faith that they'll reuse the mold until they make him? Either way, waiting for a sale/clearance on Buzzworthy toys is usually a safe bet.
I say if you want Jazz get it as soon as he hit the shelves.
If you want a custom fodder, wait for the sale.
You never know what can happen with distribution and such.
Posted by Till-all-R1 on March 11th, 2023 @ 11:35am CST
So while Buzzworthy might be so abundant and frequent were you reside that it goes on sale often, over her not so much.
I only need one figure of Jazz and have it preordered, I don't want to mess with hoping I find it in stores because my luck with that so far hasn't bee good at all. The only one I ever saw instore, after I bought online, was Silverstreak.
Posted by o.supreme on March 11th, 2023 @ 2:08pm CST
I have no interest in Jazz, despite it being an amazing figure. But I definitely will be getting Towline. I just hope they strike a balance. Toy terrorsaur and raw chicken Dinobot were way overproduced. The rest seems to be a pretty good balance. While Cliffjumper was way harder to obtain than Kup, I still did manage to see it a few times.
Posted by Bumblevivisector on March 11th, 2023 @ 4:42pm CST
Oh, right, Cliffjumper. I forgot because I decided I didn't need him in addition to Earthrise, but I only saw his Buzz-figure once or twice. Easy to do after the mountain of Terrorsaurs and Dinobots that EVERY Target near me blew out to ring in the New Year, and I have at least 6 in a 20 mile radius. Guess I took for granted how lucky it was that they became the most reliable retailer after TRU went under. If I was strictly in WalMart country, I'd do all my collecting online too.Till-all-R1 wrote:It's interesting because I never once saw Cliffjumper in store nor had a chance to order online, that figure is just poof gone. Origins Bee was short supply in the beginning an due to when he arrived I was worried that figure would be tough to get so I bought the first one I came across. And even though more shipped and was available online for a spell, it never went on sale.
So while Buzzworthy might be so abundant and frequent were you reside that it goes on sale often, over her not so much.
I only need one figure of Jazz and have it preordered, I don't want to mess with hoping I find it in stores because my luck with that so far hasn't bee good at all. The only one I ever saw instore, after I bought online, was Silverstreak.
Origin Bee was very plentiful for a month or two, but it didn't hang around forever like the toy-accurate Kingdom guys. Jazz should be bought on sight, but I'm hoping he pegwarms until an Easter sale.
Posted by Emerje on March 11th, 2023 @ 4:50pm CST
Emerje
Posted by Till-all-R1 on March 11th, 2023 @ 5:07pm CST
Posted by william-james88 on March 11th, 2023 @ 6:52pm CST
Posted by Emerje on March 12th, 2023 @ 12:02am CST
william-james88 wrote:Retail will never get it perfectly right, ever. Between too much stock and not enough, I preffer too much.
Part of the problem with Bumblebee was that a lot of people didn't see the value in it, being such a small figure in Deluxe packaging, people couldn't get past that and see how ridiculously complex that figure was. Once the diehards got theirs it didn't get any traction with most of the casual fans and parents. Jazz is going to seem like a much better buy, and unlike Silverstreak we aren't suffering from mold fatigue and he serves an actual proper purpose in some peoples' collections.
Emerje
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on March 12th, 2023 @ 12:28pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on March 12th, 2023 @ 12:46pm CDT
All them gray bodies, one might think they were dead.D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Took some photos of my Buzzworthy NEST crew together, I love this little subline
Posted by Razorbeast88 on March 12th, 2023 @ 1:18pm CDT
Posted by Emerje on March 12th, 2023 @ 4:09pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:All them gray bodies, one might think they were dead.D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Took some photos of my Buzzworthy NEST crew together, I love this little subline
Or just Decepticon movie grunts.
Emerje
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on March 12th, 2023 @ 4:17pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:All them gray bodies, one might think they were dead.D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Took some photos of my Buzzworthy NEST crew together, I love this little subline
Definitely for Bonecrusher and Ratchet...
Posted by Sabrblade on March 13th, 2023 @ 1:54pm CDT
https://www.ign.com/articles/transformers-rise-of-the-beasts-figures-revealed-by-hasbro
https://www.facebook.com/transformers/posts/pfbid0kADEvA798DBRwoELXcEgyv2fhW1vWDjdhPqVACyCAPYV6KgBuXzkqbMSXfWenpC7l
Posted by AcademyofDrX on March 13th, 2023 @ 2:33pm CDT
Posted by Overcracker on March 13th, 2023 @ 4:31pm CDT
Interesintg the the only toy reveal of Mirage we have at this point is the "main line" Mirage here, and its being released as an exclusive to Target under BWBB?
Anyway, looks good, the Porchse mode looks o.k. Granted, this is the unlicensed version. Will need to wait for the SS release for the Licensed one I suppose.