In-Hand Images - Takara Transformers Cloud TFC-AC01 Optimus Prime, AC02 Megatron, Comic

That's not Generations Whirl. That's Cloud Shockwave who's an upcoming repaint of Generations Whirl.

KirbyForce1 wrote:That's not Generations Whirl. That's Cloud Shockwave who's an upcoming repaint of Generations Whirl.

Is it upcoming? We don't know. It's just as possible as the Hot Rod/Rodimus/Rodimus Prime from Springer. >:oP

You can hate me when I say this but, the Transformers: Cloud Optimus Prime looks better than the original Classics Optimus. I don't know why.

OptimalOptimus2 wrote:You can hate me when I say this but, the Transformers: Cloud Optimus Prime looks better than the original Classics Optimus. I don't know why.

It's certainly more show-accurate than and not as cluttered in color as the original Classics version.

Sabrblade wrote:

OptimalOptimus2 wrote:You can hate me when I say this but, the Transformers: Cloud Optimus Prime looks better than the original Classics Optimus. I don't know why.

It's certainly more show-accurate than and not as cluttered in color as the original Classics version.

In other words, dull. Sorry, but between the AOE 2-pack release being toy accurate and this cloud release being show accurate in their colors those 2 come across as the LEAST exciting releases of this mold thus far. True, each one has one point of major interest between lots of chrome on one and a G2 soundbox reference on the other, but on the whole they're very straitforward and meh. Neither of these will replace Henkei Convoy IME.

Megatron look pretty sweet in robot mode, but his tank mode is drab as hell.
Regardless of the black roof, that Optimus prime have LESS paint aps than the Henkei! WTF?

Will this worth 100$ + shipping for each figures? HELL NO!

-Kanrabat- wrote:Megatron look pretty sweet in robot mode, but his tank mode is drab as hell.
Regardless of the black roof, that Optimus prime have LESS paint aps than the Henkei! WTF?

All in the name of show-accuracy.

Mindmaster wrote:

KirbyForce1 wrote:That's not Generations Whirl. That's Cloud Shockwave who's an upcoming repaint of Generations Whirl.

Is it upcoming? We don't know. It's just as possible as the Hot Rod/Rodimus/Rodimus Prime from Springer. >:oP

It's very plausible actually, as all Cloud releases have been Voyagers so far, and molds and retools initially skipped by TakaraTomy (excluding Prime and Rodimus should he be next of course).
However, this is all rumor and speculation at this point, even until the 4th and final releases.

https://twitter.com/Hursticon/status/503002165124673537/photo/1

TFC-D04 is Hellwarp, a redeco of Generations Sky-Byte in Skywarp colors. The name "Hellwarp" is likely a homage to the Beast Wars II iteration of Starscream who upgraded into a robotic shark form called "Hellscream", with this figure likewise replacing the first part of the Seeker name with "Hell" while retaining the name's second part, giving us "Hellwarp".

TFC-A04 is Roadbuster, a redeco of Generations Roadbuster in the colors of Energon Ironhide, who was named "Roadbuster" in Transformers: Super Link, the Japanese version of Energon.

Looks like Transformers: Cloud finally got interesting. At the rate they're actually releasing the figures, these should be out by 2018 or so, right?

Thanks to Dengeki Hobby, we get a look at the next two figures in the Transformers Cloud line. Using the Generations Sky-Byte and Roadbuster molds, we get TFC-D04 Hellwarp and TFC-A04 Roadbuster. These were on display at the Chara Hobby 2014 show.

Thanks to Seibertron member Sabrblade we learn that Hellwarp is a Skywarpish homage to Beast Wars II Hellscream, an upgraded cybernetic shark form of Starscream. Roadbuster is a homage to Energon Ironhide who was called Roadbuster in the Japanese version of Energon, Transformers Super Link.

Check out our galleries of Energon Ironhide and Beast Wars II Hellscream to see how the homages compare.

I was just thinking the other day that Sky-Byte would make a decent Hellscream and now here it is!

And my God! I thought Brawn was a lame homage to a D-list character among great repaints of A-list characters like Optimus, Rodimus, Megatron, Starscream, and Shockwave. Energon Ironhide? One of the most reviled toys and characters in Transformers history.

can we get hellcracker and actual hellscream now? Hellscream wouldn't be that hard of a repaint of the stock skybyte

Both of these are hilariously awesome and will be bought.

I have a feeling that as more time passes we will be getting more and obscure character references in toy form. Who seriously has some sort of appreciation for Energon Ironhide and his wide array of facial expressions?
Desepticon? What's up with the people who make these labels?

Roadbuster!

hellwarp? more like hell no. is the roadbuster mold a retool?

No new tooling on Roadbuster.

Also the article left out that Hellwarp is a Skywarp homage more than it is a Hellscream homage.

Randy

That Energon Ironhide actually looks pretty cool. I always liked the look of the original figure (which I sadly never got), and this is a good homage. It's a shame that the Energon cartoon sucked, but I can always just treat this as G1 Ironhide in a new body.

Also, this gives me an excuse to get this mold and still buy Fansproject's Roadbuster. And Recoiler and Riftshot whilst I'm at it.

(As for why this character is getting a homage, remember that Superlink was a lot less painful in Japanese- the animation still sucked and the plot was still kinda dull and overlong, but AFAIK the voice acting was decent and the dialogue actually made sense. Also I don't think Roadbuster/Ironhide was anywhere near as annoying in Japanese as he was in the dub- similar case to Chibi-Usa from Sailor Moon and poor, poor Shinji Ikari from Evangelion.)

As for Hellwarp? Weird, but I do like it. I'd love to get the Hellscream mold some day, so maybe when I have him and RID Sky-Byte I'll get this and have a trio of "Shark Seekers".

Powered Convoy wrote:No new tooling on Roadbuster.

Also the article left out that Hellwarp is a Skywarp homage more than it is a Hellscream homage.

Randy

It's a little bit of both actually. you'll understand the colors chosen a bit more once you see Hellscream's original form:



BWII Starscream's colors happen to be close to G1 Skywarp's colors (by coincidence, as it was originally meant for G2). So in a sense we have a Hellscream in his original Jet colors, which can double as a Skywarp homage, hence the name. Just be open-minded about the purple, it's such a hard color to get right.

And I'm calling it now: Cloud Roadbuster repurposed as SG Roadbuster

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Powered Convoy wrote:No new tooling on Roadbuster.

Also the article left out that Hellwarp is a Skywarp homage more than it is a Hellscream homage.

Randy

It's a little bit of both actually. you'll understand the colors chosen a bit more once you see Hellscream's original form:



BWII Starscream's colors happen to be close to G1 Skywarp's colors (by coincidence, as it was originally meant for G2). So in a sense we have a Hellscream in his original Jet colors, which can double as a Skywarp homage, hence the name. Just be open-minded about the purple, it's such a hard color to get right.

And I'm calling it now: Cloud Roadbuster repurposed as SG Roadbuster

I'm thinking the connection to BWII Starscream's colors are a bit more coincidental, with the whole warp part of the name. Granted the Hell part is clearly drawing the connection to Hellscream (who was BWII Starscream and all that). So it's a Skywarp homage in color scheme and name, but the naming convention follows suit with Hellscream. Kind of like how when Hot Rod was upgraded into Rodimus Prime. He's an updated Hot Rod following the Optimus Prime naming convention, more than an homage to Optimus Prime.

Randy

Powered Convoy wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Powered Convoy wrote:No new tooling on Roadbuster.

Also the article left out that Hellwarp is a Skywarp homage more than it is a Hellscream homage.

Randy

It's a little bit of both actually. you'll understand the colors chosen a bit more once you see Hellscream's original form:



BWII Starscream's colors happen to be close to G1 Skywarp's colors (by coincidence, as it was originally meant for G2). So in a sense we have a Hellscream in his original Jet colors, which can double as a Skywarp homage, hence the name. Just be open-minded about the purple, it's such a hard color to get right.

And I'm calling it now: Cloud Roadbuster repurposed as SG Roadbuster

I'm thinking the connection to BWII Starscream's colors are a bit more coincidental, with the whole warp part of the name. Granted the Hell part is clearly drawing the connection to Hellscream (who was BWII Starscream and all that). So it's a Skywarp homage in color scheme and name, but the naming convention follows suit with Hellscream. Kind of like how when Hot Rod was upgraded into Rodimus Prime. He's an updated Hot Rod following the Optimus Prime naming convention, more than an homage to Optimus Prime.

Randy

Yeah, that's what I was going for when I first mentioned it. Guy with a Seeker name (Skywarp) gets a shark form that has the first part of his name replaced with "Hell" while keeping the same part of the name (Hellwarp).

Hellwarp is just...ugly with those colors. He looks like G1 Galvatron scanned Sky-Byte and it gave him unpleasant results.

We should also note that these will be the final releases for Cloud. And I will say they both came out of left field. Guess the Beast Hunters Ultra Magnus was a red herring.

looks at cloud Roadbuster.... i am calling this i predict that this will be repurposed as energon Ironhide which i havet seen a energon Ironhide figure at any place in a while...it would look good in my dorm. now i sit and wait for homages to more UT characters

First BotCon Treadshot and now this.

Who's the worst toy in Cybertron/Galaxy Force?

Blurrz wrote:First BotCon Treadshot and now this.

Who's the worst toy in Cybertron/Galaxy Force?

Most should agree it's Lugnuts aka Road Storm.

Note: Blurzz was talking abut this guy, SG Treadshot:



Based on Armada Sideswipe, as Universe 2003 Treadshot was a repaint of him. No relation to G1 Treadshot.

Alrighty then Renderform please step up and give this Roadbuster repaint some representation with a new head...c'mon!!

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:We should also note that these will be the final releases for Cloud.

awww really?

and this ironhide/RB is great for those who want FP's recoiler (which has already been mentioned). and i dont even care what the basis is for a skywarp shark, im there

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:We should also note that these will be the final releases for Cloud. And I will say they both came out of left field. Guess the Beast Hunters Ultra Magnus was a red herring.

He was the same as the US version. So they weren't going to repeat the same toy again. Just as Classics Astrotrain appeared as Cloud Astrotrain.

Randy

Powered Convoy wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:We should also note that these will be the final releases for Cloud. And I will say they both came out of left field. Guess the Beast Hunters Ultra Magnus was a red herring.

He was the same as the US version. So they weren't going to repeat the same toy again. Just as Classics Astrotrain appeared as Cloud Astrotrain.

Randy

Except Beast Hunters Ultra Magnus was never released in Japan, not even in GO! Tat made it fair game for Cloud

I like Ironhide and i knew a few others who like him as well back when i was a member of Tfw2005.



Although i know a lot who hate him too


but i like him he was my fave in the unicron saga so i'll get him.

I just noticed that Hellwarp using the Sky-Byte mold gives him a head fin like Armada Skywarp.

Sabrblade wrote:I just noticed that Hellwarp using the Sky-Byte mold gives him a head fin like Armada Skywarp.

Pointing the wrong way tho

meh, these cloud repaints are getting old.......

nothing says milking a mold like repaints!

I have to respectfully disagree, I love repaints. The more the better, and often repaints are the more interesting version of the toys.

Oh, I am all in for that Roadbuster. New head, and hello Classics-style Energon Ironhide!

Hellwarp is cool, but not sure if it's something I'm into. I've been kinda pining for a Beast Wars II Starscream to beef up my Starscream display, and was hoping it was an updated version of his Hellscream form. Oh well... no harm done.

too each their own, i cant justify paying ridiculous prices for these figures.......i personally think the original colors are way better then these lame repaints

Mindmaster wrote:Oh, I am all in for that Roadbuster. New head, and hello Classics-style Energon Ironhide!

Hellwarp is cool, but not sure if it's something I'm into. I've been kinda pining for a Beast Wars II Starscream to beef up my Starscream display, and was hoping it was an updated version of his Hellscream form. Oh well... no harm done.

i would definitely pay for a 2015 Classics Energon Ironhide. oh and Mindmaster I like your East cybertron Trading Co. picture They need Official Redecos and names though the white colored Hot Shot could be Tailgate

Really digging the Hellwarp name. Maybe a new username is in the future...

Mindmaster wrote:Hello Classics-style Energon Ironhide!

You mean classics Crosshairs dont you

Mr_Autobot411 wrote: lame repaints

Lame to you


I think they are rather neat red and blue makes for a good classics Crosshairs

Hm, I could picture headswapping Roadbuster with an OP figure to get a kickass Optimus Prime.

Hellwarp?! I'm sorry, but the deco looks nothing like Hellscream. I get the idea of making a fusion between Hellscream's design and his previous color scheme of Starscream, but this is just silly looking.

i was just flipping back pages and... how did this thread completely miss the reveals of rodimus and shockwave? separate thread not get merged?

Madeus Prime wrote:Hm, I could picture headswapping Roadbuster with an OP figure to get a kickass Optimus Prime.

Hellwarp?! I'm sorry, but the deco looks nothing like Hellscream. I get the idea of making a fusion between Hellscream's design and his previous color scheme of Starscream, but this is just silly looking.

looks like him to me

Madeus Prime wrote:Hellwarp?! I'm sorry, but the deco looks nothing like Hellscream. I get the idea of making a fusion between Hellscream's design and his previous color scheme of Starscream, but this is just silly looking.

The news post description is wrong. It misinterpreted what I said. The name is a homage to Hellscream, but the concept is "Skywarp as a shark".

Sabrblade wrote:

Madeus Prime wrote:Hellwarp?! I'm sorry, but the deco looks nothing like Hellscream. I get the idea of making a fusion between Hellscream's design and his previous color scheme of Starscream, but this is just silly looking.

The news post description is wrong. It misinterpreted what I said. The name is a homage to Hellscream, but the concept is "Skywarp as a shark".

He also kinda has the same colors as Starscream before he became Hellscream (not the G1 Starscream but the beast wars 2 Starscream)

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Madeus Prime wrote:Hellwarp?! I'm sorry, but the deco looks nothing like Hellscream. I get the idea of making a fusion between Hellscream's design and his previous color scheme of Starscream, but this is just silly looking.

The news post description is wrong. It misinterpreted what I said. The name is a homage to Hellscream, but the concept is "Skywarp as a shark".

He also kinda has the same colors as Starscream before he became Hellscream (not the G1 Starscream but the beast wars 2 Starscream)

By coincidence. The intent of this being "shark Seeker = Hell prefix" is obvious. Had it been Thundercracker's colors instead, the toy's name likely would have been "Hellcracker".

After all, none of the Cloud toys are the same characters as those they homage, all being unique iterations of those characters. Hellwarp is just another iteration of Skywarp.

Sabrblade wrote:

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Madeus Prime wrote:Hellwarp?! I'm sorry, but the deco looks nothing like Hellscream. I get the idea of making a fusion between Hellscream's design and his previous color scheme of Starscream, but this is just silly looking.

The news post description is wrong. It misinterpreted what I said. The name is a homage to Hellscream, but the concept is "Skywarp as a shark".

He also kinda has the same colors as Starscream before he became Hellscream (not the G1 Starscream but the beast wars 2 Starscream)

By coincidence. The intent of this being "shark Seeker = Hell prefix" is obvious. Had it been Thundercracker's colors instead, the toy's name likely would have been "Hellcracker".

After all, none of the Cloud toys are the same characters as those they homage, all being unique iterations of those characters. Hellwarp is just another iteration of Skywarp.

Yup i know i'm just stating another possible reference

Regardless Hellwarp is like the best name

I would love to eat- i mean have a Hellcracker


And now the emotion range of best character in the unicron saga

Ironroad Busterhide

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:

Madeus Prime wrote:Hm, I could picture headswapping Roadbuster with an OP figure to get a kickass Optimus Prime.

Hellwarp?! I'm sorry, but the deco looks nothing like Hellscream. I get the idea of making a fusion between Hellscream's design and his previous color scheme of Starscream, but this is just silly looking.

looks like him to me

*Snippity snip*

Yes, he does. As I said:

I get the idea of making a fusion between Hellscream's design and his previous color scheme of Starscream, but this is just silly looking.

I mean that I really can't stand the deco on this guy.

Sabrblade wrote:The news post description is wrong. It misinterpreted what I said. The name is a homage to Hellscream, but the concept is "Skywarp as a shark".

Ah, gotcha.

I get the idea of this Cloud line, but I just think in some cases they've hit gold (Cloud Rodimus being an example) and others they've hit a sewage line (Megatron, sorry, but he looks awful IMHO)