New Images of Reveal The Shield Special Ops Jazz

All these Pictures have done is made me want this guy even more.

I have to say: I like this head sculpt~

Looks wicked! I want one.

Does anyone know if the Hasbro version features the speakers that come out the windows like the TF United version?

Onslaught22 wrote:Does anyone know if the Hasbro version features the speakers that come out the windows like the TF United version?

It's the same mold, so yes.

I think the speakers are on the 3mm clip system

Sold for me

bought on sight

Onslaught22 wrote:Does anyone know if the Hasbro version features the speakers that come out the windows like the TF United version?

Even if they are removable, it was Hasbro that first mentioned the speakers in an interview. So don't sweat it.

Unless you didn't want them in the first place. In which case, tough cookies I guess.

oh yes, this wave can not arrive fast enough, Jazz, Perceptor, Tracks and Grapple

Yes indeed... I want one even more now!

I will buy this, but his face looks really pissed.

anyone know the release date?

AdventPrime wrote:I will buy this, but his face looks really pissed.

Yeah, it doesn't reflect his happy-go-lucky personality. Say, was there a big fan outcry about that one reissue Jazz having a remolded smiling face? If so, could this be Hasbro's overreaction?

Regardless, these pics make this toy look cooler than ever. Now they need to take another crack at Ironhide and give him 30 pop-out gadgets to go with Jazz's special-ops-speakers.

The mold looks great, but I have little to no doubt now that the Takara version is going to "premium" this up a lot. The grill, the wheels, the door markings...all have areas of easy and simple improvement, much like Henkei Smokescreen did.

Beautiful figure! I cannot wait until he's released. "These pics are like candy to me," as a certain someone would say.

It looks very good. I will buy this, but boy does Jazz look pretty angry! I would've thought he would have a smirk or something instead of looking like a gruff-tough club bouncer.

This is one of the figures I've been wanting ever since they started the Classics line! I like how the vehicle mode looks kind of like a combination of a Porsche and a Pontiac Solstice, as an homage to his movie alt mod. I'm glad that it looks like the windows are a lighter blue than they had looked in some older photos. It looks nearly perfect. All I don't like are the lack of the little light blue stripes inside the main ones on his vehicle mode, and the lack of a logo on the side (they obviously can't do the Martini logo, but they could've at least done something with his name, like for the G1 redeco of Movie Jazz). Oh well, Reprolabels will probably make a sticker set to fix those.

Was it worth the wait? I reckon the photos speak for themselves; the mould's spot-on. I'll always see Animated Jazz as the the most successful attempt at encapsulating 'Jazz' the character, but as an updated G1 toy this is, to paraphrase Drift's sword, 'peerless, without equal'

Bumblevivisector wrote:

AdventPrime wrote:I will buy this, but his face looks really pissed.

Yeah, it doesn't reflect his happy-go-lucky personality. Say, was there a big fan outcry about that one reissue Jazz having a remolded smiling face? If so, could this be Hasbro's overreaction?

Regardless, these pics make this toy look cooler than ever. Now they need to take another crack at Ironhide and give him 30 pop-out gadgets to go with Jazz's special-ops-speakers.

As far as I know, that grin was a consequence of mould degradation. I kind of love it on my reissue Jazz though. He looks more akin to the English meaning of 'pissed'!

Bumblevivisector wrote:

AdventPrime wrote:I will buy this, but his face looks really pissed.

Yeah, it doesn't reflect his happy-go-lucky personality. Say, was there a big fan outcry about that one reissue Jazz having a remolded smiling face? If so, could this be Hasbro's overreaction?

Regardless, these pics make this toy look cooler than ever. Now they need to take another crack at Ironhide and give him 30 pop-out gadgets to go with Jazz's special-ops-speakers.

In the IDW verse he isn't as happy go lucky as he was in G1. He is an ex-special ops bot.

This figure is definitely the one I am most excited about, with or without any surprises.

Blurrz wrote:Is this what we've waited 25 years for?

Yes. Most definitely. Jazz deserves his own figure! And technically 27 years,but who's counting? We love him too much to count!

AdventPrime wrote:I will buy this, but his face looks really pissed.

I was gonna say, he looks grumpy!

Looks good, but once again they let us down with the paint apps...the grill & wheels need paint, and for some reason the legs look unfinished. The half white/half black on the shins just doesn't look right. Other than that, he looks great, they did an awesome job on his head sculpt & visor.

Hopefully we get to see images of the Takara version before these hit stores so I can see if I should pick that up instead.

mine

kirbenvost wrote:

AdventPrime wrote:I will buy this, but his face looks really pissed.

I was gonna say, he looks grumpy!

Looks good, but once again they let us down with the paint apps...the grill & wheels need paint, and for some reason the legs look unfinished. The half white/half black on the shins just doesn't look right. Other than that, he looks great, they did an awesome job on his head sculpt & visor.

Hopefully we get to see images of the Takara version before these hit stores so I can see if I should pick that up instead.

He's grumpy because it took him approximately 27 years to get a proper mold akin to his TV model. I noticed that too. Perhaps they'll fix it later in the future?

Oh, yes. He will be mine.

Lovelly i want one united to me!
This guy has his place waiting next to the Henkeis Prime an Prowl.

Never cared much for the character other than in the Marvel story Target 2006 where as Galvatron's prisoner he laughs at him about Megatron being against Galvatron. Still it's a decent figure for his fans and certainly a lot better than the godawful Prowl mold he could have so easily been reshelled from.

I wonder though since movie Jazz had his deluxes redecoed into G1 styles will this possibly come out in all shiny silver (would definitely improve on the cheap looking white plastic). I'm plenty happy with my HA movie Jazz though.

Carnivius_Prime wrote:Never cared much for the character other than in the Marvel story Target 2006 where as Galvatron's prisoner he laughs at him about Megatron being against Galvatron. Still it's a decent figure for his fans and certainly a lot better than the godawful Prowl mold he could have so easily been reshelled from.

I wonder though since movie Jazz had his deluxes redecoed into G1 styles will this possibly come out in all shiny silver (would definitely improve on the cheap looking white plastic). I'm plenty happy with my HA movie Jazz though.

You know what? You can leave!

lol! Just kidding!

In all seriousness, a silver repaint would be very interesting. I do hope that the shins on final product are all black instead of half black and half white.

looks great. Love the pissed off look too!
wonder about the articulation though.....hope he's not as limited as say Classics Prowl is....leg wise i mean. It looks to me the only pose he may look best in is just standing, lookin all stern and pissed. Hope those feet can move around a bit and those hip joints too.

monstergrotusque wrote:looks great. Love the pissed off look too!
wonder about the articulation though.....hope he's not as limited as say Classics Prowl is....leg wise i mean. It looks to me the only pose he may look best in is just standing, lookin all stern and pissed. Hope those feet can move around a bit and those hip joints too.

I don't know about the ankles but he's got thigh and bicep swivel, wrist swivel, most likely ball joint hips, good proportions and double knee joints. I don't think articulation will be a problem!

this guy looks so freakin cool

Clever HasTak, very clever, making the gun have two forms since it has to fold up to store in vehicle mode. Pistol blaster for when he's doing the spy thing, assault rifle for the big battles. The speakers are just a sweet bonus.

Personally I love the 'S*** just got serious, yo!' expression. It's very 'despite being a cool cat I'll mess you evil dudes' stuff up'.

Was already buy on sight as Jazz is one of my favorite characters overall, but now even more so.

PS: Bless them for getting around trademarks with something other than just slapping Autobot on the front like the movie versions.

Looks cool. Why do I get the feeling that I should wait for the Japanese version?

My only complaint: this is JAZZ, why is he scowling?

Looks not at all unlike my G1 Jazz, with a different number and a minorly updated paint job. I want it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AdventPrime wrote:I will buy this, but his face looks really pissed.

Maybe he is mad because he actually lost to Beast Wars Dinobot in the Hall of Fame voting!!!

The faction symbol is missing and this looks stupid. "Revral the shield" might mean rub stickers, but back in the G1 days the rub sticker was an addition. It was not meant to be a replacement for the faction symbol. (execpt for the little car that they used to introduce the rub stickers, I think it was blue, but I cant remember if it was an actual bonus figure or just a cartoon segment of a toy commercial) Does any body remember this commercial ???

"Is it an Autobot... (RUB) no it's a Decepticon !!!"

Badass.

Heckfire wrote:My only complaint: this is JAZZ, why is he scowling?

Probably because he saw your avatar......


Anyway, this figure is really nice. It is a definite must-buy.

However.........

omega666 wrote:Looks cool. Why do I get the feeling that I should wait for the Japanese version?

.....I was thinking the same thing. There is just a slight bit of blandness to it.

The word 'Perfect' springs to mind.

Can't wait to get the Jazz-Meister!

Prime Riblet wrote:

Heckfire wrote:My only complaint: this is JAZZ, why is he scowling?

Probably because he saw your avatar......


Anyway, this figure is really nice. It is a definite must-buy.

However.........

omega666 wrote:Looks cool. Why do I get the feeling that I should wait for the Japanese version?

.....I was thinking the same thing. There is just a slight bit of blandness to it.

Yes, he looks very plastic-y.

Noticed the other day that the rubsigns on my only two remaining Classics figures (Voyager Prime and Deluxe Rodimus) don't actually work anymore. To be honest I never saw the point of the things anyways even on my old G1 toys. They're ugly and useless. I've peeled off the Classics ones and using insignia stickers from Reprolabels instead. Actually my Rodimus already uses their Classics sticker sheet so he's got an autobot insignia on his chest anyways with the much improved flames. Don't get why they're making a themed line of this worthless 'feature'.

Even though he has the door as wings which is not right, I just love this guy. His face reminds me so much of Su's art.

AutobotJazz87 wrote:

Carnivius_Prime wrote:Never cared much for the character other than in the Marvel story Target 2006 where as Galvatron's prisoner he laughs at him about Megatron being against Galvatron. Still it's a decent figure for his fans and certainly a lot better than the godawful Prowl mold he could have so easily been reshelled from.

I wonder though since movie Jazz had his deluxes redecoed into G1 styles will this possibly come out in all shiny silver (would definitely improve on the cheap looking white plastic). I'm plenty happy with my HA movie Jazz though.

You know what? You can leave!

lol! Just kidding!

In all seriousness, a silver repaint would be very interesting. I do hope that the shins on final product are all black instead of half black and half white.

But not before they do him in Ricochet colors!

The Dude wrote:

AutobotJazz87 wrote:

Carnivius_Prime wrote:Never cared much for the character other than in the Marvel story Target 2006 where as Galvatron's prisoner he laughs at him about Megatron being against Galvatron. Still it's a decent figure for his fans and certainly a lot better than the godawful Prowl mold he could have so easily been reshelled from.

I wonder though since movie Jazz had his deluxes redecoed into G1 styles will this possibly come out in all shiny silver (would definitely improve on the cheap looking white plastic). I'm plenty happy with my HA movie Jazz though.

You know what? You can leave!

lol! Just kidding!

In all seriousness, a silver repaint would be very interesting. I do hope that the shins on final product are all black instead of half black and half white.

But not before they do him in Ricochet colors!

Add an extra Nightstick to the equation and we have a winner.

Can't wait for this to start showing up in my area. Although the fact that I'm still seeing nothing but Wave 1 of HFTD and Generations makes me a little nervous...

He is a work of Art I want it

I sure hope this is a prototype that's missing some paint apps. Nothing at all on the rear of the car?

funklizard wrote:I sure hope this is a prototype that's missing some paint apps. Nothing at all on the rear of the car?

Compared to TakaraTomy, Hasbro leaves out a lot of paint apps due to cost. Hasbro has the whole world to consider, while TakaraTomy is limited to Japan.

Well i'm almost seing a repaint of Jazz into Ricochet! I almost bet on that!