Generations Drift's repaint will be: BLURR!

Thursday, April 1st, 2010 12:08PM CDT

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Parry Game Preserve have received their Hasbro Q&A answers and one of them is a real killer!

Preserve: At Toy Fair this year, a Classics 3.0 Drift was shown. Has a redeco/retool been planned for this toy at this time?
Hasbro: Yes, we have planned a redeco for this item. So to beat you to your next question, it will be Blurr. We have tooled up a new head and weapons for him and let us say, he looks awesome!

So all Blurr fans can already look forward to a new Blurr!

To see the full Q&A just click here.

To see seibertron.com's ow Q&A answers just click here.

Stay tuned to seibertron.com for all your Transformers related news!

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Re: Generations Drift's repaint will be: BLURR! (1060522)
Posted by goshjosh95 on April 1st, 2010 @ 12:11pm CDT

Oh man, that is GREAT news! :KREMZEEK:

This better not be an elaborate April Fool's day prank on Blurrz (otherwise, I'm gonna cry too).

Re: Generations Drift's repaint will be: BLURR! (1060523)
Posted by Gauntlet101010 on April 1st, 2010 @ 12:14pm CDT

I'm pretty happy with Animated Blurr. But more power to Blurr fans.

Re: Generations Drift's repaint will be: BLURR! (1060525)
Posted by Dead Metal on April 1st, 2010 @ 12:16pm CDT

goshjosh95 wrote:This better not be an elaborate April Fool's day prank on Blurrz (otherwise, I'm gonna cry too).

Oh man why didn't I think of that? That would have been awesome.
Next time Gadget next time! :twisted:

Re: Generations Drift's repaint will be: BLURR! (1060529)
Posted by Anonymous on April 1st, 2010 @ 12:31pm CDT

Oh crap. Don't screw up hasbro. This news is making me drool.... =P~

Re: Generations Drift's repaint will be: BLURR! (1060530)
Posted by Mindmaster on April 1st, 2010 @ 12:33pm CDT

Woot! He'll make a good Autobot match against my Galvatron! Nice work, Hasbro! :APPLAUSE:

Can't wait to see the first pics of the figure! :KREMZEEK:

Re: Generations Drift's repaint will be: BLURR! (1060532)
Posted by autobot-jolt on April 1st, 2010 @ 12:37pm CDT

I'm taking this as a grain of salt right now. This is April Fools Day, after all. :-?

Wow, it's been like two months since my last post! So, I can say I'm back. Don't worry, felow Seibetronians, Autobot-Jolt has been keeping up with all the news; I've just been too lazy to log in and post anything.

Re: Generations Drift's repaint will be: BLURR! (1060533)
Posted by Prime Evil on April 1st, 2010 @ 12:38pm CDT

Nice!! I was kiiinda hoping that Blurr would have been repainted from Drift. But the best part is, NEW HEAD MOLD!! I would've been fine with just a recolor, but way to go Hasbro for doing that extra step. Oh, and new weapons too. Trying to stay ahead of the 3rd party curve are we? LOL! More money in our pockets!!

Hmmm, I wonder where Blurrz is?

Re: Generations Drift's repaint will be: BLURR! (1060535)
Posted by Sodan-1 on April 1st, 2010 @ 12:42pm CDT

I know it's still April 1st, but hasn't the time for pranks come and gone?

I can understand where they're coming from, but I've always preferred the distinctive, pointy nosed, Cybertronian racer form for Blurr. Still, if the robot form looks good, I'm onboard.

Re: Generations Drift's repaint will be: BLURR! (1060537)
Posted by Tigertrack on April 1st, 2010 @ 12:49pm CDT

Unexpected to say the least.

An unexpected straight answer from the company we all love to hate despite their best efforts, and a repaint of a figure not even released yet!

I guess if this is indeed true, and they answer questions this direct this honestly, we need to ask more like this.

After all, they do like to have any new head molds created at the same time as the original tool, as we learned from Cybertron Scrapmetal.

If they don't have a repaint planned with a new head... No dice I guess.

*Funny, I thought they were not going to answer questions about whether they would repaint this mold into this or that character.*

HASBRO!!!!! :MR-T:

You played us for a buncha' sucka's.

Well worded to get past the 'ol HASBRO key word sort.

Re: Generations Drift's repaint will be: BLURR! (1060539)
Posted by Dead Metal on April 1st, 2010 @ 12:51pm CDT

Prime Evil wrote:

Hmmm, I wonder where Blurrz is?

I see him lurking.

And no I don't think this is an April fools prank, as this was posted yesterday on the original site.

Re: Generations Drift's repaint will be: BLURR! (1060541)
Posted by JRFitzpatrick7 on April 1st, 2010 @ 12:54pm CDT

Blurrz, I hope it's true:) I'll be there to hold you up if it's not, we all will. Off topic did you see my post in the P/CP topic? I wasn't sure if you were just frontin' but I holla'd back saying I got extra march specials to sell ya (member pricing + shipping). I figured the set is a must have for your collection seeing as it has four minicons!

Re: Generations Drift's repaint will be: BLURR! (1060542)
Posted by Blurrz on April 1st, 2010 @ 12:56pm CDT

You better not be lactose intolerant because this is Legen...wait for it..wait for it... dairy.

Re: Generations Drift's repaint will be: BLURR! (1060543)
Posted by DavidT on April 1st, 2010 @ 12:57pm CDT

WOW!... that was the most straight-forward, non-confusing, friendly answer we've ever gotten from Hasbro.... Someone must of got some nookie last night LOL!

Re: Generations Drift's repaint will be: BLURR! (1060544)
Posted by Kryptikore on April 1st, 2010 @ 12:58pm CDT

Wow... if true that would be all kinds of friggin Awesomeness!!! I already can't wait to get my hands on Drift!

Re: Generations Drift's repaint will be: BLURR! (1060545)
Posted by Forgotten on April 1st, 2010 @ 12:58pm CDT

That's great. I kinda hope they retool and repaint it again into a decepticon version too, maybe wildrider. I'll bet Blurrz creamed himself. 8-}

Re: Generations Drift's repaint will be: BLURR! (1060547)
Posted by JesWal on April 1st, 2010 @ 1:02pm CDT

tigertracks 24 wrote:Unexpected to say the least.

An unexpected straight answer from the company we all love to hate despite their best efforts, and a repaint of a figure not even released yet!

I guess if this is indeed true, and they answer questions this direct this honestly, we need to ask more like this.

After all, they do like to have any new head molds created at the same time as the original tool, as we learned from Cybertron Scrapmetal.

That's the thing isn't it? It seems strange for Hasbro to just come right out and tell us the repaint of a figure that has yet to even be released, especially when they supposedly weren't taking questions pertaining to individual figures or molds.

On the other hand however, the time of the post was 5:24 PM, March 31st. Seibertron just happened to post the news today, April Fools Day. It could be the site trying to pull one over on the Fandom, but given the time and date, it doesn't quite make sense. Early April Fools pranks are nothing new of course, but they are generally looked down upon even more than those actually taking place on the first.

Latsly, it could be Hasbro messing with us. But why choose this question? It seems to me that they would pick a much more wanted figure, like a new Omega Supreme, or a new Soundwave. I've not heard of anyone wanting a Blurr repaint of Drift. It's a rather strange choice for a joke.

I just don't know... If this is real, it's super great news. But despite the evidence, my bull-shit alarm is screaming that it's fake...

Re: Generations Drift's repaint will be: BLURR! (1060550)
Posted by Doubledealer93 on April 1st, 2010 @ 1:09pm CDT

HOLY CRAP!!!!!! I MUST HAVE IT!!!! THE CLASSICS IS MY FAVORITE TOY LINE!!!!! :-B

Re: Generations Drift's repaint will be: BLURR! (1060551)
Posted by Sodan-1 on April 1st, 2010 @ 1:12pm CDT

JesWal wrote:It seems to me that they would pick a much more wanted figure, like a new Omega Supreme, or a new Soundwave.

If they had said Omega or Soundwave, it would show that they really don't think much of our intelligence. I don't think anyone would fall for that one on today of all days.

Re: Generations Drift's repaint will be: BLURR! (1060553)
Posted by Prime Evil on April 1st, 2010 @ 1:19pm CDT

Doubledealer25 wrote:HOLY CRAP!!!!!! I MUST HAVE IT!!!! THE CLASSICS IS MY FAVORITE TOY LINE!!!!!

I know!! Me too. I've pretty much stopped all other stuff and if anything, kinda wanna sell a lot of my TF stuff that doesn't fit into my classics/neo classics stuff. I wanna streamline my collection because of how awesome this line is.

*I include my botcon sets as part of classics too*

Re: Generations Drift's repaint will be: BLURR! (1060556)
Posted by City Commander on April 1st, 2010 @ 1:33pm CDT

FECKING YUS.

Re: Generations Drift's repaint will be: BLURR! (1060561)
Posted by dragons on April 1st, 2010 @ 1:44pm CDT

if this is aprils fools joke by hasbor im going to be dissapointed but yeah bring him on i was awsome think this is the first repaint i will see with new head & weapons ill be buying this on spot i was dissapointed with animated blurr hes to all & skinny maybe this one will add some bulk to him in botmode

Re: Generations Drift's repaint will be: BLURR! (1060562)
Posted by RiddlerJ on April 1st, 2010 @ 1:44pm CDT

Does seem kinda obvious in hindsight.

Wonder if we'll get a Stunticon out of him too.

Re: Generations Drift's repaint will be: BLURR! (1060565)
Posted by kirbenvost on April 1st, 2010 @ 1:49pm CDT

This HAS to be an April Fool's joke. Hasbro never answers questions this succinctly unless it's a resounding 'no'. So I refuse to believe it at this point.

Pics or it ain't happening!! :lol:

But yeah, it would be mighty cool if it's true...

Re: Generations Drift's repaint will be: BLURR! (1060567)
Posted by Prime Evil on April 1st, 2010 @ 1:54pm CDT

RiddlerJ wrote:Does seem kinda obvious in hindsight.

Wonder if we'll get a Stunticon out of him too.

*cough*SUNSTORM*cough*

Re: Generations Drift's repaint will be: BLURR! (1060571)
Posted by Firebird on April 1st, 2010 @ 1:59pm CDT

Nice, I already liked this mold in white. I'm sure it will look just as good in blue.

And the news post said they tooled up new weapons also. I assume this means that Blurr will include guns or some other type of weapons instead of the 3 swords Drift will come with.

Re: Generations Drift's repaint will be: BLURR! (1060575)
Posted by Vicalliose on April 1st, 2010 @ 2:08pm CDT

You see a Blurr in that!?
Pffft, yeah right! :lol:

*Goes to read AHM.*
FFFFFFFFFFFFffffffff-! I hate April Fools. :-x

Re: Generations Drift's repaint will be: BLURR! (1060580)
Posted by Blurrz on April 1st, 2010 @ 2:31pm CDT

JesWal wrote: I've not heard of anyone wanting a Blurr repaint of Drift. It's a rather strange choice for a joke.

Clearly you haven't been around actively lately. Drift's aesthetics are very similar to Blurr's in the IDW-verse. I've called the Blurr repaint when Drift was in talks in April 2009. I've foreseen this repaint since the dawn of Drift's existence.

Hell, I guess I'm so fast that I can foresee the future..

Vicalliose wrote:You see a Blurr in that!?
Pffft, yeah right!
*Goes to read AHM.*
FFFFFFFFFFFFffffffff-! I hate April Fools.

Unlikely to be April Fools.

Re: Generations Drift's repaint will be: BLURR! (1060583)
Posted by Dread_Wing on April 1st, 2010 @ 2:32pm CDT

I fear this may be an April fools prank, that said, if it is true... :KREMZEEK:

I love the look of the Drift mould, but hate the entire basis of the character, so if they repaint it into a 'real' character such as Blurr, it becomes a must-have.

I would have thought the logical remould/repaint would be into Wheeljack, but maybe two white robots from the same mould is a bit much.

Re: Generations Drift's repaint will be: BLURR! (1060585)
Posted by Requiem Prime on April 1st, 2010 @ 2:36pm CDT

kirbenvost wrote:This HAS to be an April Fool's joke. Hasbro never answers questions this succinctly unless it's a resounding 'no'. So I refuse to believe it at this point.

Pics or it ain't happening!!

But yeah, it would be mighty cool if it's true...

No no, these people love transformers too. They wouldn't pull something that horrible on us would they?

...Would they?

Re: Generations Drift's repaint will be: BLURR! (1060588)
Posted by Vicalliose on April 1st, 2010 @ 2:47pm CDT

Blurrz wrote:
JesWal wrote: I've not heard of anyone wanting a Blurr repaint of Drift. It's a rather strange choice for a joke.

Clearly you haven't been around actively lately. Drift's aesthetics are very similar to Blurr's in the IDW-verse. I've called the Blurr repaint when Drift was in talks in April 2009. I've foreseen this repaint since the dawn of Drift's existence.

Hell, I guess I'm so fast that I can foresee the future..

Vicalliose wrote:You see a Blurr in that!?
Pffft, yeah right!
*Goes to read AHM.*
FFFFFFFFFFFFffffffff-! I hate April Fools.

Unlikely to be April Fools.

Is that some hopeful thinking I hear? :lol:

Still, even if they do look quite similar in the comic, you gotta admit that it's a big coincidence for them to show it today of all days, along with it being kinda soon. Don't they usually wait to see how well a figure sells to do that?
Not that I wouldn't love to have an awesome Blurr repaint of this. It'd give me that excuse I was looking for to get two of these. =P~

Re: Generations Drift's repaint will be: BLURR! (1060590)
Posted by City Commander on April 1st, 2010 @ 2:52pm CDT

Quick, someone do the obvious thing that should've been done by now and post a mocked up pic of Drift in blue!

Re: Generations Drift's repaint will be: BLURR! (1060592)
Posted by Dagon on April 1st, 2010 @ 2:54pm CDT

Dread_Wing wrote:I fear this may be an April fools prank, that said, if it is true...

I love the look of the Drift mould, but hate the entire basis of the character, so if they repaint it into a 'real' character such as Blurr, it becomes a must-have.

I have to agree. Drift looks very cool, but I'm not a fan of him in the comics. I'm glad there's a new G1 character and all, but I really just don't care for Drift as a person. Sunstorm was the opposite for me, I loved Sunstorm from the right away.
All that being said, I like the look of the toy, and will hopefully end up getting both Drift and Blurr. I think it'd be cool if the Blurr redo came with another Targetmaster like Cyclonus did. Not sure how feasible that's going to be for the mold, but hat's my hope at least.

Re: Generations Drift's repaint will be: BLURR! (1060594)
Posted by Dead Metal on April 1st, 2010 @ 2:59pm CDT

Vicalliose wrote:
Blurrz wrote:
JesWal wrote: I've not heard of anyone wanting a Blurr repaint of Drift. It's a rather strange choice for a joke.

Clearly you haven't been around actively lately. Drift's aesthetics are very similar to Blurr's in the IDW-verse. I've called the Blurr repaint when Drift was in talks in April 2009. I've foreseen this repaint since the dawn of Drift's existence.

Hell, I guess I'm so fast that I can foresee the future..

Vicalliose wrote:You see a Blurr in that!?
Pffft, yeah right!
*Goes to read AHM.*
FFFFFFFFFFFFffffffff-! I hate April Fools.

Unlikely to be April Fools.

Is that some hopeful thinking I hear?
Still, even if they do look quite similar in the comic, you gotta admit that it's a big coincidence for them to show it today of all days, along with it being kinda soon. Don't they usually wait to see how well a figure sells to do that?
Not that I wouldn't love to have an awesome Blurr repaint of this. It'd give me that excuse I was looking for to get two of these.

It was posted yesterday, why would that site pull an april fools prank a day before 1. April and ruin their own Q&A answers?
Besides this wouldn't be the first time Hasbro decided to do a re-mold repaint while working on a mold, remember Universe Sideswipe and Sunstreaker?

Re: Generations Drift's repaint will be: BLURR! (1060595)
Posted by RK_Striker_JK_5 on April 1st, 2010 @ 3:04pm CDT

This seems legit... which I hope it is. About time Blurr got a new toy.

Re: Generations Drift's repaint will be: BLURR! (1060596)
Posted by DavidT on April 1st, 2010 @ 3:06pm CDT

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:This seems legit... which I hope it is. About time Blurr got a new toy.

Blurr just got a new toy in Animated

Re: Generations Drift's repaint will be: BLURR! (1060598)
Posted by Burn on April 1st, 2010 @ 3:17pm CDT

Disappointing that a character that's nearly 25 years old and has been a big part of the mythology is reduced to being nothing more than a repaint of a character that's nothing but over-hyped fanwank.

But at least he's getting a new head so that should differntiate them.

Re: Generations Drift's repaint will be: BLURR! (1060601)
Posted by Shadowstream on April 1st, 2010 @ 3:27pm CDT

Dead Metal wrote:It was posted yesterday, why would that site pull an april fools prank a day before 1. April and ruin their own Q&A answers?

Because the joke lasts longer? Iunno, I've gone several years in a row where April fools pranks were played just before fools' day only to reveal the truth on the 2nd.

Dead Metal wrote:Besides this wouldn't be the first time Hasbro decided to do a re-mold repaint while working on a mold, remember Universe Sideswipe and Sunstreaker?

Admittedly yes, but the plans for the brothers were simultaneous, thus we knew well ahead of time that we were getting them both.

With all that in mind though, I more or less expected someone to make a custom IDW Blurr out of the Drift mold if Hasbro didn't do it themselves, so... meh.

Re: Generations Drift's repaint will be: BLURR! (1060605)
Posted by cannonfodder4000 on April 1st, 2010 @ 3:54pm CDT

i WAS gonna make transformers discussion called : a hint for hasbro (maybe blurrz). where it would have had a photoshopped pictures of drift mean to look like blurr

but i guess thats out of the question :lol:

i'm really looking forward to this generations line

Re: Generations Drift's repaint will be: BLURR! (1060606)
Posted by RK_Striker_JK_5 on April 1st, 2010 @ 4:02pm CDT

DavidT wrote:
RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:This seems legit... which I hope it is. About time Blurr got a new toy.

Blurr just got a new toy in Animated

.

About time G1 Blurr got a new toy. :HEADHURTS:

Re: Generations Drift's repaint will be: BLURR! (1060607)
Posted by Cyber Bishop on April 1st, 2010 @ 4:07pm CDT

Looking at the pix of the actual Drift toy..
Maybe it is just me but I cannot see it.. Too much kibble, Blurr was streamline with not much kibble. The animated Blurr hits his essence right on the head.

My opinion of course.

Re: Generations Drift's repaint will be: BLURR! (1060609)
Posted by ang3l3s on April 1st, 2010 @ 4:08pm CDT

DavidT wrote:WOW!... that was the most straight-forward, non-confusing, friendly answer we've ever gotten from Hasbro.... Someone must of got some nookie last night LOL!

.

LMAO!!!

Re: Generations Drift's repaint will be: BLURR! (1060614)
Posted by DavidT on April 1st, 2010 @ 4:25pm CDT

Cyber Bishop wrote:Looking at the pix of the actual Drift toy..
Maybe it is just me but I cannot see it.. Too much kibble, Blurr was streamline with not much kibble. The animated Blurr hits his essence right on the head.

My opinion of course.

I agree with you... I can see the Classics Rodimus looking closer to being a blurr more than Drift. Give Rodimus a new head and slight remold of his wings and paint him blue LOL... but I'm not complaining. I hope it turns out sweet!

.

Re: Generations Drift's repaint will be: BLURR! (1060617)
Posted by Down_Shift on April 1st, 2010 @ 4:29pm CDT

April Fools Day indeed. I'm surprised we front paged this :lol:

Besides, we know the repaint will just be black and green - "Decepticon Deadlock"

Or Downshift.

Re: Generations Drift's repaint will be: BLURR! (1060627)
Posted by mechabooks on April 1st, 2010 @ 4:49pm CDT

I can't wait to get my hands on the Drift toy. Blurr would be such an added bonus!

Re: Generations Drift's repaint will be: BLURR! (1060636)
Posted by Covenant on April 1st, 2010 @ 5:14pm CDT

Blurr??!!??

SaWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!!!

Re: Generations Drift's repaint will be: BLURR! (1060639)
Posted by Forgotten on April 1st, 2010 @ 5:39pm CDT

Prime Evil wrote:
Doubledealer25 wrote:HOLY CRAP!!!!!! I MUST HAVE IT!!!! THE CLASSICS IS MY FAVORITE TOY LINE!!!!!

I know!! Me too. I've pretty much stopped all other stuff and if anything, kinda wanna sell a lot of my TF stuff that doesn't fit into my classics/neo classics stuff. I wanna streamline my collection because of how awesome this line is.

*I include my botcon sets as part of classics too*

Well if you do start selling let me know of any Megatrons or Galvatrons, i'm always looking for more. Also, i'm collecting Beast Wars, II, Neo, & Machines right now. :-B

Re: Generations Drift's repaint will be: BLURR! (1060642)
Posted by JesWal on April 1st, 2010 @ 5:52pm CDT

Blurrz wrote:
JesWal wrote: I've not heard of anyone wanting a Blurr repaint of Drift. It's a rather strange choice for a joke.

Clearly you haven't been around actively lately. Drift's aesthetics are very similar to Blurr's in the IDW-verse. I've called the Blurr repaint when Drift was in talks in April 2009. I've foreseen this repaint since the dawn of Drift's existence.

Hell, I guess I'm so fast that I can foresee the future..

Aye, you're right about that. Its been waaaaaaaaay to long since I posted, let alone followed any Transformers news lately.

As for the comics, I've pretty much stopped reading them. Even as early as April of last year. Too pricey to keep up with. Occasionally I'll pick up a Spotlight collection, but I've had to set aside comic money for other things, such as appliances for the new apartment, furniture, etc. I thought about starting again with Ongoing but I've heard so many terrible things about it. And despite how awesome I hear LSotW is, I just haven't gotten around to it...

I don't want to get embroiled in any long story arcs right now anyway, so LSotW seems like a good idea, but I don't know. Kind of off-topic, but what do you guys think?

Re: Generations Drift's repaint will be: BLURR! (1060644)
Posted by Liftgate on April 1st, 2010 @ 5:57pm CDT

AndRememberIfItDosn'tSayMicroMachinesIt'sNotTheRealThing!!

Re: Generations Drift's repaint will be: BLURR! (1060647)
Posted by Vicalliose on April 1st, 2010 @ 6:22pm CDT

Dead Metal wrote: It was posted yesterday, why would that site pull an april fools prank a day before 1. April and ruin their own Q&A answers?
Besides this wouldn't be the first time Hasbro decided to do a re-mold repaint while working on a mold, remember Universe Sideswipe and Sunstreaker?

Sunstreaker and Sideswipe are a terrible example. If your going to make one of the Autobot brothers, then you're going to make the other. It would be like Bumblebee without Cliffjumper.

And c'mon. New paintjob, new head mold, and new weapons?
I'm sorry, but believing that Hasbro would do all that just so we could get a Blurr? That's just ignorance.

Besides, the info still came through PGP.

Re: Generations Drift's repaint will be: BLURR! (1060648)
Posted by Counterpunch on April 1st, 2010 @ 6:37pm CDT

Vicalliose wrote:
Dead Metal wrote: It was posted yesterday, why would that site pull an april fools prank a day before 1. April and ruin their own Q&A answers?
Besides this wouldn't be the first time Hasbro decided to do a re-mold repaint while working on a mold, remember Universe Sideswipe and Sunstreaker?

Sunstreaker and Sideswipe are a terrible example. If your going to make one of the Autobot brothers, then you're going to make the other. It would be like Bumblebee without Cliffjumper.

New paintjob, new head mold, and new weapons?
I'm sorry, but believing that Hasbro would do all that just so we could get a Blurr? That's just downright ignorance.

Bullshit.

Animated Lockdown and Blazing Lockdown as well as numerous movie line figures would like to have a word with you.

Also, Sunstreaker and Sideswipe are great examples.

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