First Look at New Robot Heroes: Inferno, Predaking & More!
Saturday, November 29th, 2008 8:50PM CST
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The images shows us a few never-before-seen figures: Beast Wars Inferno and Tigatron (repaint of Cheetor) as well as Ricochet (Jazz repaint) and Predaking.
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Posted by Firebird on November 29th, 2008 @ 9:16pm CST
I need to add these guys to my ever expanding Robot Hero army.
Posted by Foallen on November 29th, 2008 @ 9:19pm CST
Posted by Sabrblade on November 29th, 2008 @ 10:18pm CST
Posted by Highbeam on November 29th, 2008 @ 10:22pm CST
Posted by 1337W422102 on November 29th, 2008 @ 10:57pm CST
I will keep my goal of collecting all the G1 Heroes, but I'll only buy them on sale. I'll probably get that Inferno pack, too.
Posted by Down_Shift on November 29th, 2008 @ 11:13pm CST
I think I might actually pick up Prowl vs Laserbeak. Maybe even Perceptor stick Hardshell.
My god I want Universe Insecticons...
Posted by Blozor on November 29th, 2008 @ 11:14pm CST
I thought they were supposed to be out in 2009.
Also, that's Slag, not Snarl. With all the misinformation in that description I kind of doubt that they shipped two months ago.
I haven't even seen the Kickback/Ironhide/Thrust/Blaster series yet.
Posted by Ultra Markus on November 29th, 2008 @ 11:19pm CST
don't they mean bombshell
Posted by UltraMagnus2005 on November 29th, 2008 @ 11:36pm CST
- UltraMagnus2005
Posted by Sabrblade on November 29th, 2008 @ 11:39pm CST
Blozor wrote:Also, that's Slag, not Snarl.
Ultra Markus wrote:perceptor vs hardshell?
don't they mean bombshell
They can't use those names anymore.
"Slag" is a British cuss word. So if he's "Snarl" now, makes ya kinda wonder what the Stegosaurus is now.
The rights to the name "Bombshell" were probably lost, like how "Bluestreak" is now "Silverstreak" because the rights to that name were lost.
Posted by Solrac333 on November 29th, 2008 @ 11:55pm CST
Posted by King Henrik on November 30th, 2008 @ 1:08am CST
UltraMagnus2005 wrote:However, and at the expense of sounding nit-picky, they should have made Predaking (and the other combiners) into the size of Galactus of the Super Hero Squad line. That would be totally awesome. And Unicrons Robot Hero should be the size of a deluxe, lol.
- UltraMagnus2005
i was always hoping for this too. i kept thinking they would redo unicron too but with two of the larger characters remaining pint-sized it's going to be even less likely. why does predaking get so 2 mini figures before any of the other combiners? (remember the 3" titanium")
Posted by Tigertrack on November 30th, 2008 @ 6:00am CST
So Prowl will see some repaints I assume, and Laserbeak.
Posted by Down_Shift on November 30th, 2008 @ 9:27am CST
tigertracks 24 wrote:Was hoping to see Victory Saber, but these are cool.
So Prowl will see some repaints I assume, and Laserbeak.
Were getting something late 09 from that Victory... or is it Masterforce? Either way I trust it will be awesome.
Actually, now that I think about it it'll probably be Universe S.E. repaints of Star Saber and Victory Leo.
Posted by Blozor on November 30th, 2008 @ 9:47am CST
Sabrblade wrote:"Slag" is a British cuss word. So if he's "Snarl" now, makes ya kinda wonder what the Stegosaurus is now.
Maybe they just didn't want to have him named after the Beast Wars equivalent of poo. They could have just made a Snarl figure and forgotten about Slag, or named Slag something that wasn't already a Dinobot.
Posted by Autobot Snake Eyes on November 30th, 2008 @ 10:30am CST
I kinda wish we would just get a straight up, regular Predaking toy. Since the universe line is releasing all these combiners. I would like him to be 100% new, like not a repaint.
Posted by Sabrblade on November 30th, 2008 @ 11:57am CST
Blozor wrote:Sabrblade wrote:"Slag" is a British cuss word. So if he's "Snarl" now, makes ya kinda wonder what the Stegosaurus is now.
Maybe they just didn't want to have him named after the Beast Wars equivalent of poo. They could have just made a Snarl figure and forgotten about Slag, or named Slag something that wasn't already a Dinobot.
No. They named it "Snarl" because it's a swear word in the UK. That's also why Animated Snarl wasn't named "Slag".
Down_Shift wrote:Were getting something late 09 from that Victory... or is it Masterforce? Either way I trust it will be awesome.
Actually, now that I think about it it'll probably be Universe S.E. repaints of Star Saber and Victory Leo.
It's Victory. He wasn't in Chojin Masterforce.
And what do you mean by "Universe S.E. repaints of Star Saber and Victory Leo"?
Posted by TFGnome on November 30th, 2008 @ 12:04pm CST
hes looks like a pelican
Posted by Dead Metal on November 30th, 2008 @ 1:19pm CST
1337W422102 wrote:10 bucks for a freaking pack of Robot Heroes?? This smeg has gone too far.
I will keep my goal of collecting all the G1 Heroes, but I'll only buy them on sale. I'll probably get that Inferno pack, too.
Don't worry this is out of a catalogue for Comic shops I know this cos my comic shop uses the same catalogue to import my TF comics.
And the catalogue charges USD14 for deluxes so these robot heroes will still be the same price as always.
Posted by 1337W422102 on November 30th, 2008 @ 3:05pm CST
Dead Metal wrote:Don't worry this is out of a catalogue for Comic shops I know this cos my comic shop uses the same catalogue to import my TF comics.
And the catalogue charges USD14 for deluxes so these robot heroes will still be the same price as always.
Sigh of Relief! Still sucks that the l'il buggers are like $8 a pack in the Great White North.
Posted by Dclone Soundwave on November 30th, 2008 @ 4:36pm CST
Posted by Tekka on November 30th, 2008 @ 4:42pm CST
But what I'm hoping for most is consistent size. Things have been mostly fine bar Thrust, and at the moment he's the mini-me of my collection.
When Frenzy is bigger than Thrust you know something's gone wrong.
Posted by leader magnus prime on November 30th, 2008 @ 5:17pm CST
but i would rather have him as a voyager toy
Posted by T-Macksimus on December 2nd, 2008 @ 5:17pm CST
Posted by UltraMagnus2005 on December 3rd, 2008 @ 12:38am CST
King Henrik wrote:UltraMagnus2005 wrote:However, and at the expense of sounding nit-picky, they should have made Predaking (and the other combiners) into the size of Galactus of the Super Hero Squad line. That would be totally awesome. And Unicrons Robot Hero should be the size of a deluxe, lol.
- UltraMagnus2005
i was always hoping for this too. i kept thinking they would redo unicron too but with two of the larger characters remaining pint-sized it's going to be even less likely. why does predaking get so 2 mini figures before any of the other combiners? (remember the 3" titanium")
Yeah, I remember the titanium series, I actually have Predaking's, and some others. Tis is a wonderful opportunity for Hasbro to really gauge the fans reception not only to Robot Heroes, but the entire line as well.
- UltraMagnus2005
Posted by Loki God Of Mischief on December 3rd, 2008 @ 9:55pm CST
Posted by 1337W422102 on December 3rd, 2008 @ 10:04pm CST
Merc With A Mouth wrote:I just want Laserbeak because he's all "wat?" , and it makes me laugh.
I think he looks a little more "DO WANT" than 'wut' but I know what you mean. He looks hilarious.
Posted by Loki God Of Mischief on December 3rd, 2008 @ 11:58pm CST
1337W422102 wrote:Merc With A Mouth wrote:I just want Laserbeak because he's all "wat?" , and it makes me laugh.
I think he looks a little more "DO WANT" than 'wut' but I know what you mean. He looks hilarious.
I can see that, but the /toy/ image board I go to already has the Laserbeak picture from the TFCC newsletter Macro'd to wat and has for awhile. Can't unsee.
Posted by 1337W422102 on December 4th, 2008 @ 6:07pm CST
Merc With A Mouth wrote:1337W422102 wrote:Merc With A Mouth wrote:I just want Laserbeak because he's all "wat?" , and it makes me laugh.
I think he looks a little more "DO WANT" than 'wut' but I know what you mean. He looks hilarious.
I can see that, but the /toy/ image board I go to already has the Laserbeak picture from the TFCC newsletter Macro'd to wat and has for awhile. Can't unsee.
Hmm, strange. The day I saw the image of Laserbeak on /toy/, someone had already shooped him in DO WANT. To each their own, I guess.