New Galleries: European Generation 2 Heroes Archforce and Sureshot

Saturday, October 11th, 2014 12:21PM CDT

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Continuing the Seibertron.com look at some Transformers Generation 2 exclusives, we are pleased to share two new galleries of European releases Archforce and Sureshot, in our highly detailed high-def high-quality galleries! These ain't your parents' Transformers kids - though they do look uncannily similar to Megatron and Optimus Prime...

Generation 2 Sureshot

Generation 2 Archforce

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Re: New Galleries: European Generation 2 Heroes Archforce and Sureshot (1613172)
Posted by Deadput on October 11th, 2014 @ 12:30pm CDT

Who and who?

Re: New Galleries: European Generation 2 Heroes Archforce and Sureshot (1613176)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on October 11th, 2014 @ 12:39pm CDT

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:Who and who?

Those are the European releases of the Hero Optimus Prime and Megatron figures. But instead of having doubles of any character on the shelves,
Hasbro UK decided to give them new names and remove the original names from the stickers. Hence we get G2 Sureshot and G2 Archforce.

Re: New Galleries: European Generation 2 Heroes Archforce and Sureshot (1613209)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on October 11th, 2014 @ 2:43pm CDT

Wow. The only difference is the bio and names on the packagings, and no nametags on the bots. The most ridiculous thing is those variants must be worth a gonzillion pesos.

Re: New Galleries: European Generation 2 Heroes Archforce and Sureshot (1613211)
Posted by SW's SilverHammer on October 11th, 2014 @ 2:46pm CDT

-Kanrabat- wrote:Wow. The only difference is the bio and names on the packagings, and no nametags on the bots. The most ridiculous thing is those variants must be worth a gonzillion pesos.

so only a few hundred dollars

Re: New Galleries: European Generation 2 Heroes Archforce and Sureshot (1613212)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on October 11th, 2014 @ 2:46pm CDT

-Kanrabat- wrote:Wow. The only difference is the bio and names on the packagings, and no nametags on the bots. The most ridiculous thing is those variants must be worth a gonzillion pesos.

You'd think that, but in Europe they're commonplace. I've seen G2 Sureshot loose and complete go for just €20.

Re: New Galleries: European Generation 2 Heroes Archforce and Sureshot (1613266)
Posted by OptimalOptimus2 on October 11th, 2014 @ 6:50pm CDT

I wonder if Seibertron is selling these.

Re: New Galleries: European Generation 2 Heroes Archforce and Sureshot (1613383)
Posted by Seibertron on October 12th, 2014 @ 11:52am CDT

OptimalOptimus2 wrote:
I wonder if Seibertron is selling these.

Nope these ones I'll be keeping like I do all of my other figures (with the sole exception being the unproduced Combat Heroes). I think Archforce and Sureshot make a better G2 Megatron and Optimus Prime because they don't have the ridiculous text on their chests declaring their names.

Re: New Galleries: European Generation 2 Heroes Archforce and Sureshot (1613385)
Posted by Seibertron on October 12th, 2014 @ 11:55am CDT

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:Wow. The only difference is the bio and names on the packagings, and no nametags on the bots. The most ridiculous thing is those variants must be worth a gonzillion pesos.

You'd think that, but in Europe they're commonplace. I've seen G2 Sureshot loose and complete go for just €20.

I paid $164 for the pair shipped from Greece. A little higher than it looks like some people have been able to get them for but much less than this pair used to go for a few years ago. These used to be hard to find ... it seems like somewhere in Europe either found cases of these or just started selling more of them online.

Re: New Galleries: European Generation 2 Heroes Archforce and Sureshot (1613388)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on October 12th, 2014 @ 12:19pm CDT

Maybe it's simply a matter of different market sentiments. I know to the US some EU toys are well-sought after, and thus fetch a high price, but here in Europe we're like "meh".

Re: New Galleries: European Generation 2 Heroes Archforce and Sureshot (2136310)
Posted by RodimusPrimeUkraine1 on June 21st, 2022 @ 2:09pm CDT

Some of the g2 figures are surprisingly articulated.

Re: New Galleries: European Generation 2 Heroes Archforce and Sureshot (2136315)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on June 21st, 2022 @ 2:23pm CDT

RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:Some of the g2 figures are surprisingly articulated.

Yes, the later half of G2 was when the designers struck gold with combining articulation with transformation. True, it was limited to certain groups like the Laser Rods and Cyberjets, but the seed was planted...