New Product Codes Found for Transformers RED Line, Studio Series, Generations Blaster and More

Dark Megatron wrote:Happy its Blaster, mixed feelings on him being a Soundwave repaint. The Red seems real overdone

Please note that the blaster image is a digibash.

Dark Megatron wrote:Happy its Blaster, mixed feelings on him being a Soundwave repaint. The Red seems real overdone

Tigerhawk7109 wrote:Frigging finally! I’m so happy that we’re going to get Blaster. Even if he is a Soundwave remold, I couldn’t care less.

Bun-Bun wrote:

Dark Megatron wrote:Happy its Blaster, mixed feelings on him being a Soundwave repaint. The Red seems real overdone

Please note that the blaster image is a digibash.

And thank heaven for that too because it looks like ass & I can still hold out hope that Hasbro will manage something better.

jtanimator wrote:Okay so I have a real question for you guys. I see a lot of people here are in high hopes that Blaster doesn’t just turn out to be a soundwave repaint, but why? As far as my memory can recollect, hasn’t he always been a repaint/remold of soundwave? Or am I missing something? I’m genuinely curious since I’m not that educated on the history of Blaster figures lol. I just assumed that whenever we got one, he would in fact be a remold of soundwave.

jtanimator wrote: hasn’t he always been a repaint/remold of soundwave?

Seibertron wrote:

Bun-Bun wrote:

Dark Megatron wrote:Happy its Blaster, mixed feelings on him being a Soundwave repaint. The Red seems real overdone

Please note that the blaster image is a digibash.

And thank heaven for that too because it looks like ass & I can still hold out hope that Hasbro will manage something better.

I switched the digibash image out for an image of Blaster from the cartoon due to the confusion. Threw me for a loop for a moment too!

Mindmaster wrote:For all that is holy.... please don’t let Blaster be a Target exclusive. Sick and tired of stressing out over exclusives, between the GI Joe Cobra Island debacle and now the Star Wars: The Clone Wars set that now freaks me out.

Sowndwave76 wrote:They really need to stop over-designing these tiny details and put more money into more important aspects of the figure... Like any hollow parts that don't need to be hollow.

TF-fan kev777 wrote:

Sowndwave76 wrote:They really need to stop over-designing these tiny details and put more money into more important aspects of the figure... Like any hollow parts that don't need to be hollow.

You do understand that isn't a 1 to 1 tradeoff, right? The fine details or "greebling" you bring up quite often is really just a simple portion of the computer design that is basically just the finishing touches of a mostly developed part. Adding or removing some of the fine lines and details is only going to add or save very little cost in total. Adding in panels and putting plastic resources in places where there isn't already a part mostly designed is a bit more complicated than just choosing the finished details. That would mean adding additional parts, which would require additional mold resources as well as more on the assembly process.

Hasbro can easily stop the "greebling" but that won't lead to more plastic elsewhere.

Wolfman Jake wrote:If Blaster is coming out in the Studio Series 86 line, then it’s pretty much a given that he will have his own mold and look just like his G1 character model. That’s what the Studio Series is all about, on-screen accuracy in plastic form, whether it’s live action or hand drawn animation. I can’t think of many blatant exceptions yet.

I wonder if this upcoming “variant” of SS86 Hot Rod will be more of a hot pink/magenta color like the original 1986 movie instead of bright candy red. If it comes with different accessories too, I might be persuaded to double dip.

Wolfman Jake wrote:Wait, Blaster is slated for the Kingdom line!? How? Is he going to be a retailer exclusive of some sort, or are we getting a fifth wave of Kingdom like we did with Siege due to retailer interest?

Wolfman Jake wrote:Wait, Blaster is slated for the Kingdom line!? How? Is he going to be a retailer exclusive of some sort, or are we getting a fifth wave of Kingdom like we did with Siege due to retailer interest?

M. Spector wrote:Ooo, I wonder if that Hot Rod repaint will be a edgy black Shattered Glass esq version! I might cave if it is

TF-fan kev777 wrote:

Sowndwave76 wrote:They really need to stop over-designing these tiny details and put more money into more important aspects of the figure... Like any hollow parts that don't need to be hollow.

You do understand that isn't a 1 to 1 tradeoff, right? The fine details or "greebling" you bring up quite often is really just a simple portion of the computer design that is basically just the finishing touches of a mostly developed part. Adding or removing some of the fine lines and details is only going to add or save very little cost in total. Adding in panels and putting plastic resources in places where there isn't already a part mostly designed is a bit more complicated than just choosing the finished details. That would mean adding additional parts, which would require additional mold resources as well as more on the assembly process.

Hasbro can easily stop the "greebling" but that won't lead to more plastic elsewhere.

sol magnus wrote:BLASTER!!!!

I'll at least check out the variant Hot Rod.

Seibertron wrote:

sol magnus wrote:BLASTER!!!!

I'll at least check out the variant Hot Rod.

Here's hoping it's a cartoon accurately colored Hot Rod in magenta for the first time ever.

Mindmaster wrote:For all that is holy.... please don’t let Blaster be a Target exclusive. Sick and tired of stressing out over exclusives, between the GI Joe Cobra Island debacle and now the Star Wars: The Clone Wars set that now freaks me out.

sol magnus wrote:

Seibertron wrote:
Here's hoping it's a cartoon accurately colored Hot Rod in magenta for the first time ever.

If it's that, I'll definitely pick him up.

Changewinds wrote:Considering Blaster is red, I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s a Target exclusive, but Target exclusives have been easier for me to find than Walmart exclusives. But, I’d be happy if he’s a general release since that means online sellers won’t be marking him up and he’ll be easier to find in general.

Gauntlet101010 wrote:I like all of these. Slag we already saw, so I'd say Wreck Gar is the best out of the new reveals.

I had higher expectations for the Sharkticon. I'm glad we have it and I'll buy three to add to my army, but it isn't better than either deluxe sized Sharkticon 3Ps made already.

Nemesis Primal wrote:Straight from the combined mouths of 3 credible leakers, as of late last night/early this morning: "Unicron Galvatron" is the rumored wireframe Galvatron repaint and a Pulse exclusive in the countries with Pulse, the reason the price is higher than normal is because he also comes with 14 of those microfigures that are sized to Haslab Unicron & the Kingdom Ark (5 of which are the Dinobots) and a couple of ships to go with the one Unicron already comes with (including the Revenge, a Quintesson ship, and at least one more).

Sowndwave76 wrote:

Nemesis Primal wrote:Straight from the combined mouths of 3 credible leakers, as of late last night/early this morning: "Unicron Galvatron" is the rumored wireframe Galvatron repaint and a Pulse exclusive in the countries with Pulse, the reason the price is higher than normal is because he also comes with 14 of those microfigures that are sized to Haslab Unicron & the Kingdom Ark (5 of which are the Dinobots) and a couple of ships to go with the one Unicron already comes with (including the Revenge, a Quintesson ship, and at least one more).

What do you mean by “wireframe”?

Sowndwave76 wrote:

Nemesis Primal wrote:Straight from the combined mouths of 3 credible leakers, as of late last night/early this morning: "Unicron Galvatron" is the rumored wireframe Galvatron repaint and a Pulse exclusive in the countries with Pulse, the reason the price is higher than normal is because he also comes with 14 of those microfigures that are sized to Haslab Unicron & the Kingdom Ark (5 of which are the Dinobots) and a couple of ships to go with the one Unicron already comes with (including the Revenge, a Quintesson ship, and at least one more).

What do you mean by “wireframe”?

ZeroWolf wrote:That's going to either look super synthwave or tacky...can't see a middle ground here

Sowndwave76 wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:That's going to either look super synthwave or tacky...can't see a middle ground here

So is this replacing the version that people thought was going to be done in toy colors?

And yeah, this is going to be tough to pull-off.
The idea seems better suited for a statue imo.
Especially if it’s going to be a partial “reformatting”.
Also makes me think it could involve some semi-transparent, purple plastic.
But I could also see this being used for Cyclonus & Scourge to get another use of those molds.

Not a huge fan of this idea.
But who knows... Maybe Hastak has it all sorted & it’s amazing.

Sabrblade wrote:

Sowndwave76 wrote:

Nemesis Primal wrote:Straight from the combined mouths of 3 credible leakers, as of late last night/early this morning: "Unicron Galvatron" is the rumored wireframe Galvatron repaint and a Pulse exclusive in the countries with Pulse, the reason the price is higher than normal is because he also comes with 14 of those microfigures that are sized to Haslab Unicron & the Kingdom Ark (5 of which are the Dinobots) and a couple of ships to go with the one Unicron already comes with (including the Revenge, a Quintesson ship, and at least one more).

What do you mean by “wireframe”?

ZeroWolf wrote:

Sowndwave76 wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:That's going to either look super synthwave or tacky...can't see a middle ground here

So is this replacing the version that people thought was going to be done in toy colors?

I think it's in addition to the toy Galvatron...so we're getting three uses of the mold...I think

Nemesis Primal wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:

Sowndwave76 wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:That's going to either look super synthwave or tacky...can't see a middle ground here

So is this replacing the version that people thought was going to be done in toy colors?

I think it's in addition to the toy Galvatron...so we're getting three uses of the mold...I think

This is not replacing anything, as far as it sounds. Separate listings exist for this "Unicron Galvatron" and for the Selects Toy Colors Galvatron, so the two certainly aren't mutually exclusive, and we've been hearing from the credible sources since they started talking about Kingdom Galvatron's existence that Hasbro is very confident in this mold and intends to use it multiple times (which is part of where speculation of an Energon Megatron repaint and/or armor parts originally came from), this just lines up with that.

Overcracker wrote:
Which kind of begs the question of why they used Megatron for SG Megs rather than the Galvatron mold, since it more closely matches the original SG Megs since it used the Energon mold.

It would be interesting to see if they do give this Galvs wings and a jet mode of some kind.

Sowndwave76 wrote:

Overcracker wrote:
Which kind of begs the question of why they used Megatron for SG Megs rather than the Galvatron mold, since it more closely matches the original SG Megs since it used the Energon mold.

It would be interesting to see if they do give this Galvs wings and a jet mode of some kind.

I see your point in that question... Isn't SG Megatron based on the ER version? If so, Hastak probably wanted to use that mold again.
It seems to me that the SG line is being centered more on color schemes than specific molds.
Which I'm not saying is ideal, but seems this was an issue for Starscream as well in some peoples' opinions.

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:

Sowndwave76 wrote:

Overcracker wrote:
Which kind of begs the question of why they used Megatron for SG Megs rather than the Galvatron mold, since it more closely matches the original SG Megs since it used the Energon mold.

It would be interesting to see if they do give this Galvs wings and a jet mode of some kind.

I see your point in that question... Isn't SG Megatron based on the ER version? If so, Hastak probably wanted to use that mold again.
It seems to me that the SG line is being centered more on color schemes than specific molds.
Which I'm not saying is ideal, but seems this was an issue for Starscream as well in some peoples' opinions.

He is based on the Siege one, actually. The current SG line focuses on keeping the original body (to keep them recognizable to the broader general public and not just the fans), but changing colors and heads. Nothing else. For the figures so far released, it works, with Megatron straddling the limits, but a possible SG Galvatron... ho boy.

Overcracker wrote:

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:

Sowndwave76 wrote:

Overcracker wrote:
Which kind of begs the question of why they used Megatron for SG Megs rather than the Galvatron mold, since it more closely matches the original SG Megs since it used the Energon mold.

It would be interesting to see if they do give this Galvs wings and a jet mode of some kind.

I see your point in that question... Isn't SG Megatron based on the ER version? If so, Hastak probably wanted to use that mold again.
It seems to me that the SG line is being centered more on color schemes than specific molds.
Which I'm not saying is ideal, but seems this was an issue for Starscream as well in some peoples' opinions.

He is based on the Siege one, actually. The current SG line focuses on keeping the original body (to keep them recognizable to the broader general public and not just the fans), but changing colors and heads. Nothing else. For the figures so far released, it works, with Megatron straddling the limits, but a possible SG Galvatron... ho boy.

Still, Megatron is the only one that goes out of his way to look like his SG version, with added parts no less.

All other SG releases so far have been straight repaints with a new head in some cases.

Why go to all the trouble with Megs, with extra wings and a cockpit to make him look like himself, but use a body that he never had. Anybody that cares who this is, knows that the body is not right. Anybody that would buy megs for being an Autobot, would likely also buy Galvs for the same reason.

Still, Maybe they've other plans for Galvatron, beyond the wireframe and toy accurate colors.

The've already used the Megatron mold what.. 6 times? 7? I guess giving Galvatron 3 or 4 uses is not out of the question.