Headrobots: Blood, The Dark Warrior

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Our dear friends of Headrobots, the 3rd party toy company famous for their Cobra Headmaster and the recent HotHead set, have given us an update concerning their newest and deadliest upgrade set yet!
The newest upgrade set is entitled "Blood, The Dark Warrior" and just like the last Blood set, this is Bludgeon, in this case Revenge of the Fallen Voyager Class Bludgeon!
Here's what they have told and shown us.

headrobots wrote:The blood upgrade kit has two heads built into one, by just rotating the head and putting the helmet back on you get a different face! Blood's two blades will be rigid ABS plastic that will be chrome plated in a tough, durable finish. The proportions for the swords are more realistic as well as the tank turret in tank mode!

Pictures are of a prototype! The swords are just painted for pictures, the final product will be chrome-plated.

Pre-order links will be up soon. Cost will be around $16.95

Credit(s): Headrobots

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Re: Headrobots: Blood, The Dark Warrior (1155078)
Posted by Anonymous on December 8th, 2010 @ 9:17am CST

Someone say chrome plated swords? *makes it rain with a stack of ones*

Re: Headrobots: Blood, The Dark Warrior (1155081)
Posted by Badassimus Prime on December 8th, 2010 @ 9:20am CST

As soon as this set goes up for preorder, I'll be all over it!

Re: Headrobots: Blood, The Dark Warrior (1155082)
Posted by kirbenvost on December 8th, 2010 @ 9:24am CST

Counterpunch wrote:For the price, that's a good deal.

Now, do you have to disassemble the head to transform?

Doesn't look like it.

I like the look of the IDW face, but it makes his head look a little small. I'll probably stick with the original. Still a cool idea/design though.

Re: Headrobots: Blood, The Dark Warrior (1155084)
Posted by It Is Him on December 8th, 2010 @ 9:24am CST

In concept and price, this set is perfect! I can't wait to see this kit painted. Thanks Headrobots!

And for those who don't have Bludgeon yet: Toys 'R Us is your hookup.

Re: Headrobots: Blood, The Dark Warrior (1155088)
Posted by Dead Metal on December 8th, 2010 @ 9:33am CST

And to think I almost ordered that set from shapeways to get swords, this one's far better and cheaper!
Man I can't wait.

Re: Headrobots: Blood, The Dark Warrior (1155090)
Posted by mellowshade on December 8th, 2010 @ 9:34am CST

Does this mean that the original purpose of this head, the Bludgeon/Whirl two pack upgrade, is now cancelled? I don't see pictures of it on the headrobots site anymore :-(

http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... yro/18958/

Re: Headrobots: Blood, The Dark Warrior (1155091)
Posted by Crisdecal on December 8th, 2010 @ 9:34am CST

It's cool. Lucky for me I bought him while he was on the shelves. I'll probably buy the kit because of the price. I'm just wondering when the hell Headrobots are going to start releasing the Japanese concept art Headmasters again? I bought the snake guy in 2 colors and have been impatiently waiting for the other heads ever since I saw the art for the other unreleased headmasters.

Re: Headrobots: Blood, The Dark Warrior (1155092)
Posted by Razorclaw0000 on December 8th, 2010 @ 9:36am CST

C'mon Preorder!

Re: Headrobots: Blood, The Dark Warrior (1155095)
Posted by JRFitzpatrick7 on December 8th, 2010 @ 9:44am CST

Looking great! I'll be getting 2 sets as usual! Love the IDW face, the jawless look is great! I like the barrel storage on his turret backpack when transformed, clever.

A few questions remain:

1. How will this be attaching to Metalikato Bludgeon? Which accessories will he be able to use, aside from the head?

2. Wasn't this supposed to come out with the Gyro set for Metalikato Whirl, is that still the case or will they be released separately?

Re: Headrobots: Blood, The Dark Warrior (1155096)
Posted by Blackstreak on December 8th, 2010 @ 9:46am CST

I have this action figure. Tend to use it w/ my classics but it's awesome. I am entertaining the idea of getting this alternate head simply because it is better proportioned.

Re: Headrobots: Blood, The Dark Warrior (1155099)
Posted by Dead Metal on December 8th, 2010 @ 9:57am CST

JRFitzpatrick7 wrote:Looking great! I'll be getting 2 sets as usual! Love the IDW face, the jawless look is great! I like the barrel storage on his turret backpack when transformed, clever.

A few questions remain:

1. How will this be attaching to Metalikato Bludgeon? Which accessories will he be able to use, aside from the head?

2. Wasn't this supposed to come out with the Gyro set for Metalikato Whirl, is that still the case or will they be released separately?

No this is a different one made for the Voyager mold. The other set has already been released as far as I know.

Re: Headrobots: Blood, The Dark Warrior (1155110)
Posted by Hal7300 on December 8th, 2010 @ 10:11am CST

Dead Metal wrote: The other set has already been released as far as I know.

Really? Where??

Re: Headrobots: Blood, The Dark Warrior (1155111)
Posted by Shadowstream on December 8th, 2010 @ 10:11am CST

Am I the only one who thinks that head, regardless of the face, looks really silly with that body? I do like the idea of a head that makes ROTF Bludgeon look more like a Neo-G1, but this just looks weird...

Re: Headrobots: Blood, The Dark Warrior (1155116)
Posted by Joker'sRequiem on December 8th, 2010 @ 10:22am CST

This looks very promising. Especially for the price. I've never bought a 3rd Party product before, but this might change that. I'd love to have an even more BA looking Bludgeon standing next to Megatron and my other "Decepticon Generals"

Re: Headrobots: Blood, The Dark Warrior (1155118)
Posted by Dead Metal on December 8th, 2010 @ 10:28am CST

Jimmy Drift wrote:
Dead Metal wrote: The other set has already been released as far as I know.

Really? Where??

Strange, it's as if it never existed, all the places I've checked don't list it, they don't even have a pre-order page. the Hell I was sure that it was released.
I never really stayed up to date with it as I couldn't find the figures any more.

I hope this new one does come out it's too cool not to.

Re: Headrobots: Blood, The Dark Warrior (1155119)
Posted by thunderjacker on December 8th, 2010 @ 10:44am CST

this is crap. what happened to the bludgeon/whirl kit? that was much cooler. i actually went out and bought that two pack after i saw the photos; voyager blugeon doesn't need a new head. the wreckage mold is a great one and deserving of an upgrade as well is whirl's....especially whirl's. what happened?....fail!...fail, i said!!!!

Re: Headrobots: Blood, The Dark Warrior (1155120)
Posted by The Legend on December 8th, 2010 @ 10:55am CST

headrobots wrote:

That pic is ace. That forearm armour would really be a great extra.
I hope the Whirl upgrade does get released though I'm not bothered about Bludgeon as this one fits much better.

Re: Headrobots: Blood, The Dark Warrior (1155128)
Posted by Agamemnon on December 8th, 2010 @ 11:25am CST

Dead Metal wrote:
Jimmy Drift wrote:
Dead Metal wrote: The other set has already been released as far as I know.

Really? Where??

Strange, it's as if it never existed, all the places I've checked don't list it, they don't even have a pre-order page. the Hell I was sure that it was released.
I never really stayed up to date with it as I couldn't find the figures any more.

I hope this new one does come out it's too cool not to.

I pre-ordered the 2 piece set with Whirl head. I haven't received the parts yet, so I don't think it's been released. But I also no longer see it as a pre-order in any of the places I normally order from. Strange. I don't remember reading a cancellation notification. Well, there's $13 I blew on the two-pack. Was really only interested for the alternate heads... :-?

Re: Headrobots: Blood, The Dark Warrior (1155144)
Posted by Razorclaw0000 on December 8th, 2010 @ 12:07pm CST

Agamemnon wrote:
Dead Metal wrote:
Jimmy Drift wrote:
Dead Metal wrote: The other set has already been released as far as I know.

Really? Where??

Strange, it's as if it never existed, all the places I've checked don't list it, they don't even have a pre-order page. the Hell I was sure that it was released.
I never really stayed up to date with it as I couldn't find the figures any more.

I hope this new one does come out it's too cool not to.

I pre-ordered the 2 piece set with Whirl head. I haven't received the parts yet, so I don't think it's been released. But I also no longer see it as a pre-order in any of the places I normally order from. Strange. I don't remember reading a cancellation notification. Well, there's $13 I blew on the two-pack. Was really only interested for the alternate heads...

Where did you preorder them?

Re: Headrobots: Blood, The Dark Warrior (1155148)
Posted by Requiem Prime on December 8th, 2010 @ 12:19pm CST

This will be a great set. I look forward to it.

I just wish we got some official notice they weren't doing the Blood+Gyro set. I didn't really want them until I saw their product and figured I'd get ahead of needing them off the secondhand market. Now I have a pair of bots with molds I never really liked.

Re: Headrobots: Blood, The Dark Warrior (1155156)
Posted by Mkall on December 8th, 2010 @ 12:38pm CST

So bought.

The swords are great and the head is pretty neat too, it will definately seperate him from Banzai-Tron.

Re: Headrobots: Blood, The Dark Warrior (1155170)
Posted by rpetras on December 8th, 2010 @ 1:17pm CST

I'm all over this!

I was planning to custom a head for him anyway, and this will save me the trouble!

It will also sell me a Banzai-tron, as this makes them different enough.

Good job guys!!! :APPLAUSE:

Re: Headrobots: Blood, The Dark Warrior (1155175)
Posted by ZenPrime on December 8th, 2010 @ 1:27pm CST

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=HRB10006&mode=retail

Re: Headrobots: Blood, The Dark Warrior (1155180)
Posted by Dead Metal on December 8th, 2010 @ 1:38pm CST

Earlier today we reported that Headrobots is working on a new upgrade set for Revenge of the Fallen Voyager Class Bludgeon And now thanks to seibertron.com member ZenPrime we know that site sponsor BigBadToyStore.com has opened it's pre-order page for it!

So just click here if you wish to see the pre-order page.

And if you would like to see even more images of this new set just check out our preview article by clicking here!

Re: Headrobots: Blood, The Dark Warrior (1155195)
Posted by Mkall on December 8th, 2010 @ 2:17pm CST

Bought

Re: Headrobots: Blood, The Dark Warrior (1155211)
Posted by ubertenorman on December 8th, 2010 @ 2:41pm CST

Looks great.

Does anyone know what the square on the side of the turret is for? I'm guessing it so it can be stored in robot mode after you take it off the hilt. But I'm not sure...

Re: Headrobots: Blood, The Dark Warrior (1155217)
Posted by RK_Striker_JK_5 on December 8th, 2010 @ 2:57pm CST

Mkall wrote:So bought.

The swords are great and the head is pretty neat too, it will definately seperate him from Banzai-Tron.

lol, I was just about to post this. :lol:

Yeah. Bludgeon and Banzai-Tron can be truly separate now.

Re: Headrobots: Blood, The Dark Warrior (1155218)
Posted by Requiem Prime on December 8th, 2010 @ 2:59pm CST

Ordered! HeadRobots have really shot from a "just there" to a upper echelon in my book. And they're just cranking out stuff to order right now.

Re: Headrobots: Blood, The Dark Warrior (1155220)
Posted by Blurrz on December 8th, 2010 @ 3:00pm CST

Dead Metal wrote:
Jimmy Drift wrote:
Dead Metal wrote: The other set has already been released as far as I know.

Really? Where??

Strange, it's as if it never existed, all the places I've checked don't list it, they don't even have a pre-order page. the Hell I was sure that it was released.
I never really stayed up to date with it as I couldn't find the figures any more.

I hope this new one does come out it's too cool not to.

What are you talking about? The Blood and Gyro set was never released.

Re: Headrobots: Blood, The Dark Warrior (1155225)
Posted by Scaleface on December 8th, 2010 @ 3:06pm CST

Not really interested in this one, but i hope that means that the Whirl head will sell seperately. That one i want!

Re: Headrobots: Blood, The Dark Warrior (1155231)
Posted by Seibertron on December 8th, 2010 @ 3:28pm CST

I merged the topic about the pre-order for this on BBTS with this topic. I removed the news story about the BBTS pre-order since it was covered in today's BBTS newsletter.

Re: Headrobots: Blood, The Dark Warrior (1155236)
Posted by Doctor McGrath on December 8th, 2010 @ 3:44pm CST

Blurrz wrote:
Dead Metal wrote:
Jimmy Drift wrote:
Dead Metal wrote: The other set has already been released as far as I know.

Really? Where??

Strange, it's as if it never existed, all the places I've checked don't list it, they don't even have a pre-order page. the Hell I was sure that it was released.
I never really stayed up to date with it as I couldn't find the figures any more.

I hope this new one does come out it's too cool not to.

What are you talking about? The Blood and Gyro set was never released.

Agreed.

I do hope the deluxe Blood/Gyro set will be released though. I'd love to have a deluxe sized G1/IDW Budgeon. Until then, pre-ordered!

Re: Headrobots: Blood, The Dark Warrior (1155237)
Posted by Agamemnon on December 8th, 2010 @ 3:50pm CST

Razorclaw0000 wrote:
Agamemnon wrote:
Dead Metal wrote:
Jimmy Drift wrote:
Dead Metal wrote: The other set has already been released as far as I know.

Really? Where??

Strange, it's as if it never existed, all the places I've checked don't list it, they don't even have a pre-order page. the Hell I was sure that it was released.
I never really stayed up to date with it as I couldn't find the figures any more.

I hope this new one does come out it's too cool not to.

I pre-ordered the 2 piece set with Whirl head. I haven't received the parts yet, so I don't think it's been released. But I also no longer see it as a pre-order in any of the places I normally order from. Strange. I don't remember reading a cancellation notification. Well, there's $13 I blew on the two-pack. Was really only interested for the alternate heads...

Where did you preorder them?

I'm pretty sure it was either BBTS or TFSource. Those are the two I frequent the most, with BBTS being far more often than TFSource. It might've been somewhere else, though I don't think so. I might have to go back through my order confirmations and check.

Re: Headrobots: Blood, The Dark Warrior (1155278)
Posted by Hal7300 on December 8th, 2010 @ 5:19pm CST

Scaleface wrote:...i hope that means that the Whirl head will sell seperately. That one i want!

Yeah, very interested in the Whirl upgrade.

Pre-ordered the upgrade, too cool to pass up.

Also, i think the deluxe version (inner robot) will look very cool displayed with the upgraded voyager Bludgeon (Pretender shell)...

Re: Headrobots: Blood, The Dark Warrior (1155303)
Posted by --B-- on December 8th, 2010 @ 5:51pm CST

Jimmy Drift wrote:Pre-ordered the upgrade, too cool to pass up.

Also, i think the deluxe version (inner robot) will look very cool displayed with the upgraded voyager Bludgeon (Pretender shell)...

Pre-ordered, WITH A VENGEANCE!!

Oh, and QFT. That's my plan, or the deluxe makes a pretty good Cybertron Mode Dinobot (In my mind Wreakage was his Cybertronian name before, kind of like Deadlock to Drift).

Re: Headrobots: Blood, The Dark Warrior (1155455)
Posted by ang3l3s on December 8th, 2010 @ 9:33pm CST

I'm with everyone who wants the first blood set that was posted as opposed to this one, i hope they didn't cancel it for this one!!!!

Re: Headrobots: Blood, The Dark Warrior (1155488)
Posted by Dead Metal on December 8th, 2010 @ 11:03pm CST

Blurrz wrote:
Dead Metal wrote:
Jimmy Drift wrote:
Dead Metal wrote: The other set has already been released as far as I know.

Really? Where??

Strange, it's as if it never existed, all the places I've checked don't list it, they don't even have a pre-order page. the Hell I was sure that it was released.
I never really stayed up to date with it as I couldn't find the figures any more.

I hope this new one does come out it's too cool not to.

What are you talking about? The Blood and Gyro set was never released.

I said that I thought it was released and that I didn't care to stay up to date as I never got the figures it was made for in the first place.

Re: Headrobots: Blood, The Dark Warrior (1155511)
Posted by Oilspill on December 9th, 2010 @ 12:23am CST

That's quite a reasonable price, I'm definitely going to pick up this kit when it's out.

Re: Headrobots: Blood, The Dark Warrior (1155526)
Posted by Oilspill on December 9th, 2010 @ 2:12am CST

Hey everyone worried about the deluxe Bludgeon/Whirl upgrade... I checked HeadRobots page and they specifically say this is still planned and there are a few pics (can't recall if we've seen these before or not):

Hold your horses, DX blood is still coming

Might be worth updating the main news post with this so people don't jump to the conclusion that the Deluxe Bludgeon/Whirl upgrade is cancelled.

Re: Headrobots: Blood, The Dark Warrior (1155597)
Posted by Razorclaw0000 on December 9th, 2010 @ 7:36am CST

Thanks OilSpill! I'm relieved to hear this, and I front-paged your findings!

Re: Headrobots: Blood, The Dark Warrior (1155607)
Posted by RiddlerJ on December 9th, 2010 @ 8:00am CST

Next they should do a Pretender helmet for Skullgrin

Re: Headrobots: Blood, The Dark Warrior (1155611)
Posted by Rated X on December 9th, 2010 @ 8:19am CST

Looks good. I am actually more interested in the deluxe upgrade than the voyager upgrade. The voyager has room for improvement, but can hold its own as Bludgon even without upgrades. However the deluxe version needs an upgrade to escape that "wreckage" look.

Re: Headrobots: Blood, The Dark Warrior (1155646)
Posted by puttster3 on December 9th, 2010 @ 10:15am CST

I would feel more comforted if they kept the original bludgeon and whirl page up on that site, especially since there were some good pics

Re: Headrobots: Blood, The Dark Warrior (1155656)
Posted by Crisdecal on December 9th, 2010 @ 10:53am CST

Yeah, but what about thier Headmasters heads? So far they've only released the snake. And at last count, there were another 16 Japanese designes that needed toys. I want Headmasters!! :-x

Re: Headrobots: Blood, The Dark Warrior (1155743)
Posted by Blurrz on December 9th, 2010 @ 3:56pm CST

Crisdecal wrote:Yeah, but what about thier Headmasters heads? So far they've only released the snake. And at last count, there were another 16 Japanese designes that needed toys. I want Headmasters!!

Hothead was also a head master

Re: Headrobots: Blood, The Dark Warrior (1157666)
Posted by Stockade on December 15th, 2010 @ 7:45am CST

This is waaay cool! and very impressed with HR stuff and i got their HardHead upgrade a few months back and was ecstatic about it and really re-defines the figure all together.

I just pre-order this set and just cant wait for it to come out and i will be using Bludgeon as my classic stand-in from time to time and i truly believe this kit will make him stand out!

My next question is will they do a new head for banziatron? cause it still says repainted Bludgeon head no matter what color hasbro paints it.

Re: Headrobots: Blood, The Dark Warrior (1199291)
Posted by Kung Fu Man on March 24th, 2011 @ 1:59pm CDT

Forgive the bump here, but has anything new been said about this product? Last I heard from Headrobots they were working on Gyro, but no update whatsoever on this head despite the slated release date.

Re: Headrobots: Blood, The Dark Warrior (1199306)
Posted by LOST Cybertronian on March 24th, 2011 @ 2:26pm CDT

Kung Fu Man wrote:Forgive the bump here, but has anything new been said about this product? Last I heard from Headrobots they were working on Gyro, but no update whatsoever on this head despite the slated release date.

There are two Blood products. The one mentioned in this thread is for the ROTF Nest voyager Bludgeon figure. BBTS still has it for a March release so we will see if it ships soon.

The DLX Blood that goes along with Gyro is for the deluxe bludgeon (wreckage repaint) in the Masters of Metallikato set is also still on but there is no firm release but Headrobots have said it will be a mass release. It will probably be after the Gyro release which is around Botcon.

Re: Headrobots: Blood, The Dark Warrior (1199307)
Posted by Doctor McGrath on March 24th, 2011 @ 2:30pm CDT

LOST Cybertronian wrote:
Kung Fu Man wrote:Forgive the bump here, but has anything new been said about this product? Last I heard from Headrobots they were working on Gyro, but no update whatsoever on this head despite the slated release date.

There are two Blood products. The one mentioned in this thread is for the ROTF Nest voyager Bludgeon figure. BBTS still has it for a March release so we will see if it ships soon.

The DLX Blood that goes along with Gyro is for the deluxe bludgeon (wreckage repaint) in the Masters of Metallikato set is also still on but there is no firm release but Headrobots have said it will be a mass release. It will probably be after the Gyro release which is around Botcon.

I'd like to see plans for another Headmaster come from these guys.

Re: Headrobots: Blood, The Dark Warrior (1201788)
Posted by Stockade on March 29th, 2011 @ 6:14am CDT

Any idea when Head Robot stuff will ship? I know on bbts and TFSource it says March, but just wonder if anyone heard anything or got their upgrade early.

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