Hasbro Reveals 4 New Target Exclusives for Transformers Tuesday

So is Red Cog meant to be the Cog that pairs with Grand Max?

Gearslide wrote:So is Red Cog meant to be the Cog that pairs with Grand Max?

The deco on it appears to actually be lifted wholesale from a generic from the Netflix WFC shows, but there's nothing stopping anyone from repurposing it as the Grand Max Cog.

I LOVE the new extra guns Cog comes with! Will defiantly pick him up on set, and honestly toy deco Terrorsor looks a bit better to my eye than the previous release

I hope they don't bump Red Cog up a price class for those extra weapons. I like three of each Weaponizer style or troopbuilder figure normally but in this case, I think I want more due to the extra weapons. Being priced as a voyager wouldn't be ideal.

It looks like the five blasters are:
1: One standard Cog gun.
2: One standard Cog gun? A second one wasn't shown in the pictures but can be presumed.
3: One Ultra Magnus looking gun.
4: One Chromia looking gun.
5: One Cyberverse Arcee looking gun.

The seven interchangeable barrels/components are:
1. One Chromia looking silencer.
2. One Ultra Magnus looking barrel extension as seen with some 3D printed upgrade sets.
3. One half of a bomb?
4. One half of a bomb? Looks kind of like the Omnitrix when combined.
5. One CW Streetwise/Prowl looking triple barrel shotgun extension.
6. One TMNT Mutagen canister looking extension.
7. One kind of Brunt looking cannon barrel with extra pieces attached to it. This has a 5mm peg on the underside. Maybe it's the fifth blaster instead of the second standard Cog gun. But then what would the last barrel/component be?

They look like the original guns from the other figures but are different. Chromia's blaster doesn't have a 5mm port in front for instance. It normally has a 3mm post instead. Chromia's silencer has the small tab under it whereas this new one doesn't. Also, the Ultra Magnus blaster seems to be quite a bit smaller.

It would've been more interesting to me if those extra pieces where somehow designed to help facilitate combined forms between the Weaponizers/Modulators/Fossilizers. Sometimes all you need is a double ended 5mm port or peg piece or a port to peg to get everything to connect together better. If anything it would be nice if the Powerdashers could have something designed to get them an actual combined mode. Some of those pieces just don't like to play well with the others when combining them. I think it's Zetar's fault for having been made from a Decepticon mold. Maybe in a three pack reissue as some of them are difficult to get a hold of now.

Grahf_ wrote:I hope they don't bump Red Cog up a price class for those extra weapons.

He's a weapons accessory pack like Deluxe Centurion Drone and Tricranius.

Sabrblade wrote:

Grahf_ wrote:I hope they don't bump Red Cog up a price class for those extra weapons.

He's a weapons accessory pack like Deluxe Centurion Drone and Tricranius.

Damn.

Grahf_ wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Grahf_ wrote:I hope they don't bump Red Cog up a price class for those extra weapons.

He's a weapons accessory pack like Deluxe Centurion Drone and Tricranius.

Damn.

Now with even fewer weapons.

Grahf_ wrote:I hope they don't bump Red Cog up a price class for those extra weapons. I like three of each Weaponizer style or troopbuilder figure normally but in this case, I think I want more due to the extra weapons. Being priced as a voyager wouldn't be ideal.

It looks like the five blasters are:
1: One standard Cog gun.
2: One standard Cog gun? A second one wasn't shown in the pictures but can be presumed.
3: One Ultra Magnus looking gun.
4: One Chromia looking gun.
5: One Cyberverse Arcee looking gun.

The seven interchangeable barrels/components are:
1. One Chromia looking silencer.
2. One Ultra Magnus looking barrel extension as seen with some 3D printed upgrade sets.
3. One half of a bomb?
4. One half of a bomb? Looks kind of like the Omnitrix when combined.
5. One CW Streetwise/Prowl looking triple barrel shotgun extension.
6. One TMNT Mutagen canister looking extension.
7. One kind of Brunt looking cannon barrel with extra pieces attached to it. This has a 5mm peg on the underside. Maybe it's the fifth blaster instead of the second standard Cog gun. But then what would the last barrel/component be?

They look like the original guns from the other figures but are different. Chromia's blaster doesn't have a 5mm port in front for instance. It normally has a 3mm post instead. Chromia's silencer has the small tab under it whereas this new one doesn't. Also, the Ultra Magnus blaster seems to be quite a bit smaller.

It would've been more interesting to me if those extra pieces where somehow designed to help facilitate combined forms between the Weaponizers/Modulators/Fossilizers. Sometimes all you need is a double ended 5mm port or peg piece or a port to peg to get everything to connect together better. If anything it would be nice if the Powerdashers could have something designed to get them an actual combined mode. Some of those pieces just don't like to play well with the others when combining them. I think it's Zetar's fault for having been made from a Decepticon mold. Maybe in a three pack reissue as some of them are difficult to get a hold of now.

There's one gun that's meant to be used as a connector for Earthrise Arcee to wear a Cog weapon pack.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:There's one gun that's meant to be used as a connector for Earthrise Arcee to wear a Cog weapon pack.

Yep.

Don't know if anyone else mentioned this, but the big rifle for Red Cog looks like Elita 1's invented rifle from the show.

I will admit the photoshop job for the bomb halves on that third Cog picture looks outright hilarious!

SpaceEagle wrote:I will admit the photoshop job for the bomb halves on that third Cog picture looks outright hilarious!

That's a really strange thing to do, I guess someone forgot to take a picture of that and thought nobody would notice. They're clearly the exact same image copy and pasted on both sides and larger than they should be, the vehicle pic has them pegged in properly.

They really couldn't have come up with a better name than "Red Cog"? Feels lazy. I like the included weapons, though I don't know exactly what I'm going to do with all of them (Will pointed out what to do with one of them). At least he has a new head.

Not going to kill myself to get Dinobot and Terrorsaur, If they end up being hard to get then so be it.

Blackout is a must, though I still haven't opened Starscream and Ratchet yet...

Emerje

Emerje wrote:They really couldn't have come up with a better name than "Red Cog"?

This is the same Hasbro that gave us "Red Swoop".

But don't worry, he has a name. It's "Security Officer".

I think there's a missed opportunity of the Terrorsaur and Dinobot molds being used for a crossover with the new Jurassic World movie.

Emerje wrote:

SpaceEagle wrote:I will admit the photoshop job for the bomb halves on that third Cog picture looks outright hilarious!

That's a really strange thing to do, I guess someone forgot to take a picture of that and thought nobody would notice. They're clearly the exact same image copy and pasted on both sides and larger than they should be, the vehicle pic has them pegged in properly.

They really couldn't have come up with a better name than "Red Cog"? Feels lazy. I like the included weapons, though I don't know exactly what I'm going to do with all of them (Will pointed out what to do with one of them). At least he has a new head.

Emerje

I'm guessing after the photoshoot they saw the pictures and went "crap, we forgot to show the storage in robot mode!" then scrambled to photoshop them on there, hoping nobody would notice, lol.

Also new head? Looks like the same Cog head to me - I thought it'd be cool if they gave it a new head more resembling Cog's G1 toy than Cerebros's cartoon face.

Rodimus Prime wrote:I think there's a missed opportunity of the Terrorsaur and Dinobot molds being used for a crossover with the new Jurassic World movie.

Maybe the first set didn't sell well enough.

Is that Grimlock's head on the raw chicken colored Dinobot?

Rodimus Knight wrote:Is that Grimlock's head on the raw chicken colored Dinobot?

That it is. Although you could argue they gave Grimlock Dinobot's toy-accurate head and his head was a premold for this dinobot

Rodimus Knight wrote:Is that Grimlock's head on the raw chicken colored Dinobot?

Yes, Grimlock used the toy head while Dinobot originally used the animation head. And now Dinobot gets to have his toy head

....'nuff said!

Sabrblade wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:There's one gun that's meant to be used as a connector for Earthrise Arcee to wear a Cog weapon pack.

Yep.

I hope there are instructions with Rog that explain how to build the weapons pack.

Ransack pics.

Sabrblade wrote:Ransack pics.

That one person who would always go on and on about Deluxe Insecticons always being ignored, I hope he's happy

I am curious to see Goldbug however to complete this set. Probably just the SG version with the same paint used on Selects Black Zarak ( a not-true gold), but at least dosen't have GPS.

o.supreme wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Ransack pics.

That one person who would always go on and on about Deluxe Insecticons always being ignored, I hope he's happy

I am curious to see Goldbug however to complete this set. Probably just the SG version with the same paint used on Selects Black Zarak ( a not-true gold), but at least dosen't have GPS.

I don't think you're wrong about Goldbug. Anyone expecting the Netflix mold should get ready for disappointment.

Thanks to the site Stories from the Toyshelf, we have our first look at the upcoming ransack figure. It is a slight retool of the Legacy Kickback mold in the colours of the original G1 ransack toy, which you can see below for comparison. Ransack is said to come in a Target exclusive Buzzworthy Bumblebee four pack which also includes Goldbug, Toy Color Scorponok. You have to give it to those Buzzworthy four packs, while totally random, they still find a way to have a Bumblebee connection, this time with Goldbug. Speaking of Goldbug, he is now the last one to be seen.

You'll let us know what you think of Ransack.






















Transformers G1 1985 Ransack Gallery

I think I like this remold more than the original use of the mold.

Day 880 of waiting for Transformers Armada Masterpiece news.

Oh yes, this is the news I have been WAITING for. I really hope they do all the "Deluxe Insecticons". I'd love to have all of 'em with the normal Insecticons.

Nice, a bit lazy that they didnt give him his own mold but should look great as a deluxe inecticon next to the legends class ones. Def skipping Legacy Kickback.

Shame scorponok in the set isnt g1 toy colors.

blackeyedprime wrote:Nice, a bit lazy that they didnt give him his own mold but should look great as a deluxe inecticon next to the legends class ones. Def skipping Legacy Kickback.

Shame scorponok in the set isnt g1 toy colors.

I'll throw them a bone with the fact that they gave the original mold an abdomen functionality, showing that it was designed from the start to be for this character too

Ransack looks great! Can't wait to not find it at Target and have to camp Target.com in hopes that I can beat the bots!

Emerje

Hm. Kickback wasn't very good. But somehow, the mold looks better in those colors...

Who's the fourth?

Ransack looks pretty solid, this 4-pack is shaping up nicely.

sol magnus wrote:Who's the fourth?

The figure the article forgot is Parasite, there's pics of him and Toy Colors Scorponok back on page 33 of the thread.

Glad that they are doing this. I passed on Kickback largely for scale but I am very excited to pick up this guy

Nemesis Primal wrote:Ransack looks pretty solid, this 4-pack is shaping up nicely.

sol magnus wrote:Who's the fourth?

The figure the article forgot is Parasite, there's pics of him and Toy Colors Scorponok back on page 33 of the thread.

I havent looked yet - Is that the Waruder Parasite? Indeed it is. Probably wanted to 'army build that, but it's not going to happen now...

This is perfect! If I had enough room for insecticons in my collection/budget, I'd get this! I saw this potential long ago, even before the Legacy Kickback. YES! I feel almost like I did when Motormaster Elita and Tarantulas were revealed!

Wait, four pack? Does this mean we'll have to wait longer for the other deluxe insecticons? *sad sigh* Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasssssssssssbrrrrrrrrrrooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You have failed me!

ZeroWolf wrote:

o.supreme wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Ransack pics.

That one person who would always go on and on about Deluxe Insecticons always being ignored, I hope he's happy

I am curious to see Goldbug however to complete this set. Probably just the SG version with the same paint used on Selects Black Zarak ( a not-true gold), but at least dosen't have GPS.

I don't think you're wrong about Goldbug. Anyone expecting the Netflix mold should get ready for disappointment.

I never thought Goldbug was VW Beetle, to begin with, guess I was wrong. I find it funny that the Legacy version of Ransack, a Bandai toy, is being made from a retool of a figure that was initially a Takara toy.

Why is Ransack on Elita in that one photo though?

Wow so much Legacy Kickback hatred around here. They went and gave us a literal spot on updated G1 version that many called for (transformation is IDENTICAL to the original and the cartoon with full articulation). Is it the size? go back and look at both the cartoon and Marvel comic and see how big they actually were. There is seriously no pleasing some of you at all is there? Maybe one day Hasbro will say F-you to the older collector base and focus on just the little kiddie versions of the toys, then the haters will be going waa waa I want my accurate transformers back. Just be freaking glad they are even making an attempt to make toys that are as close to their G1 counterparts as possible.

Cyber Bishop wrote:Wow so much Legacy Kickback hatred around here. They went and gave us a literal spot on updated G1 version that many called for (transformation is IDENTICAL to the original and the cartoon). There is seriously no pleasing some of you at all is there? Maybe one day Hasbro will say F-you to the older collector base and focus on just the little kiddie versions of the toys, then the haters will be going waa waa I want my accurate transformers back. Just be freaking glad they are even making an attempt to make toys that are as close to their G1 counterparts as possible.

I don't get it either, but they say his 'transformation is uninspired' - it's the same transformation as back in the day, but with articulation. There's no accounting for taste.

sol magnus wrote:I don't get it either, but they say his 'transformation is uninspired' - it's the same transformation as back in the day, but with articulation. There's no accounting for taste.

Yet those of us that actually got kickback when he was originally released were excited and bought them with zero complaints.

I have CW Bombshell, TR Kickback and PotP Skrapnel and not planning on grabbing the Legacy ones. However, I will be on the lookout for Ransack and any other Deluxe Insecticon they'll release.

sol magnus wrote:I don't get it either, but they say his 'transformation is uninspired' - it's the same transformation as back in the day, but with articulation. There's no accounting for taste.

"The only universal constant over time is fanboy complaint" - Sabrina-Online #397, Sept. 2006.

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:I have CW Bombshell, TR Kickback and PotP Skrapnel and not planning on grabbing the Legacy ones. However, I will be on the lookout for Ransack and any other Deluxe Insecticon they'll release.

I haven't seen much hate for Kickback, though I've seen a lot of complaints. I think it's a combination of people liking the Prime Wars Insecticons and wishing the Legacy lineup had more franchise diversity, which I get. I'm glad the redeco means more people get to pick up the mold. I expect we'll see Chop Shop from Shrapnel again, and the others further down the line, so everyone can get new Legacy Insecticon toys one way or another.

I don't have hate for Legacy Kickback, I just really like the Prime Wars set and will be sticking with those. If I didn't have them, I would definitely get the new Kickback, even if I don't like the translucent parts.

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:"The only universal constant over time is fanboy complaint" - Sabrina-Online #397, Sept. 2006.

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Wow, that is so damn true..

Fanboys ruin everything they touch, yet another reason I got away from the 501st legion and all costuming and collector fan groups.
People suck and most humans are vile.

Rodimus Prime wrote:I don't have hate for Legacy Kickback, I just really like the Prime Wars set and will be sticking with those. If I didn't have them, I would definitely get the new Kickback, even if I don't like the translucent parts.

I have all of those and feel they were a great stepping stone until they have been made better with the Legacy line (Kickback... down need the rest).

Cyber Bishop wrote:Wow so much Legacy Kickback hatred around here. They went and gave us a literal spot on updated G1 version that many called for (transformation is IDENTICAL to the original and the cartoon with full articulation). Is it the size? go back and look at both the cartoon and Marvel comic and see how big they actually were. There is seriously no pleasing some of you at all is there? Maybe one day Hasbro will say F-you to the older collector base and focus on just the little kiddie versions of the toys, then the haters will be going waa waa I want my accurate transformers back. Just be freaking glad they are even making an attempt to make toys that are as close to their G1 counterparts as possible.

Same here there is nothing wrong with Kickback he looks like a decently good figure!

RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:Same here there is nothing wrong with Kickback he looks like a decently good figure!

I’m also a bit surprised that there’s been as much negativity as there has been for Kickback…
Out of all of the deluxes in this line, I’ve been most excited about him.
I cannot wait to get him this Wednesday!!!!

sol magnus wrote:

Cyber Bishop wrote:Wow so much Legacy Kickback hatred around here. They went and gave us a literal spot on updated G1 version that many called for (transformation is IDENTICAL to the original and the cartoon). There is seriously no pleasing some of you at all is there? Maybe one day Hasbro will say F-you to the older collector base and focus on just the little kiddie versions of the toys, then the haters will be going waa waa I want my accurate transformers back. Just be freaking glad they are even making an attempt to make toys that are as close to their G1 counterparts as possible.

I don't get it either, but they say his 'transformation is uninspired' - it's the same transformation as back in the day, but with articulation. There's no accounting for taste.

It's even better since they add that extra step where you can hide his robot face in bug mode.