New Stock Images of Platinum Edition Blitzwing and Astrotrain

Ha! I love those colors in train mode for Astrotrain.

Astrotrain looks like the Fisher Price circus train. Why not take it a step further and have TRAIN tampo'ed on the side a la G2?

Desslok2201 wrote:Astrotrain looks like the Fisher Price circus train. Why not take it a step further and have TRAIN tampo'ed on the side a la G2?

I like that too.

Blitzwingokks pretty great in tank mode.

Blitzwing is growing on me. (Though I'd prefer OG colors for never having any prior G1 versions.) I don't know what they were thinking with Astrotrain. Nerf gun Astrotrain on LSD?

Yeah, Cobotron, I usually agree with you on having fun with transformers, but that Astrotrain does not appeal to me in any way. especially at the assumend high price. I really hope someone eventually gets to interview a hasbro employee asking about the colors.

Pretty fugly. I used to own a G1 blitzwing. Comparing it to the current voyager generations figure, I can't believe how primitive the G1 is. That and the horrible paint schemes makes this an easy 'nope'.

william-james88 wrote:Yeah, Cobotron, I usually agree with you on having fun with transformers, but that Astrotrain does not appeal to me in any way. especially at the assumend high price. I really hope someone eventually gets to interview a hasbro employee asking about the colors.

Thats OK. We can still be friends. I hope we get an answer too. I like the wacky colors, but I still want to know why.

Wow. That Astrotrain looks like he got hit up side the head with some down-home 'Merica. It looks okay in shuttle and bot mode (not GREAT mind you)... but the train is just an absolute train wreck. (you was what I did there, right?)

On the plus side, they're all mis-transformed. I think that will eliminate the red triangle on the train side and improve the look a little bit.

Blitzwing looks pretty good, though. I'm okay with him.

EDIT - saw. you saw what I did there. (oops. sorry for teh typo!)

gothsaurus wrote:(you was what I did there, right?)

Yes, I was what you did.

Astrotrain looks like white chocolate chip and blitzwing strawberry / cherry jello with those colors

Dare I say it, homage confirmed?


Transformers G1 1987 Flywheels Gallery

They're like unreleased G2 versions of Astrotrain and Blitzwing that we never knew existed and nobody wanted!

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Dare I say it, homage confirmed?


Transformers G1 1987 Flywheels Gallery

I'm pretty sure we all concluded on it a looooooooooooong time ago. But that still doesnt work as a pairing with Blitzwing in those colours.

It's so odd how Hasbro will listen to fans quite a bit (ie Combiner Wars) and often do things that no one ever asked for. And unlike new upscaled cyberverse figures targetted at kids, these are targetted for us. Only us. So I just dont get it.

Let's just call them Spacewarp and Thundertread.

Where'd you get the two new names? Any obscure reference? Otherwise, I do think they're solid names for the characters. I'd love to see some fan written bios and fiction in a thread somewhere.

gothsaurus wrote:Where'd you get the two new names? Any obscure reference? Otherwise, I do think they're solid names for the characters. I'd love to see some fan written bios and fiction in a thread somewhere.

"Spacewarp" from here - http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Astrotrain_(Cybertron)#Notes

"Thundertread" is just made up cuz it sounds cool.

Shockwave7 wrote:Pretty fugly. I used to own a G1 blitzwing. Comparing it to the current voyager generations figure, I can't believe how primitive the G1 is. That and the horrible paint schemes makes this an easy 'nope'.

Yet I'll still take these over this year's RID warrior class line...

Sabrblade wrote:"Spacewarp" from here - http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Astrotrain_(Cybertron)#Notes

I always thought that toy made a better Astrotrain than a Jetfire. Looks so cool in those colors.

Thanks for the link on Spacewarp! I'm puzzling over other passable names which follow the formula and give nods to both vehicle modes.

I'm leaning toward...

CosmoChug. (note the reference to CHUG. Hurts, doesn't it. )

or...LocoTracks

or...GalactiTram

or PanzerFlug

or ...

Also makes me think I wish they'd release that last triple changer (bot/plane/copter)

I like Galactitram!
Don't they have one of those at Disneyland?

No great serious names there, but the idea of starting with Loco is great. Implies a crazy, latino-voiced character. And what other character would you ever get to start with Loco? Hmm.

Cobotron wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Yeah, Cobotron, I usually agree with you on having fun with transformers, but that Astrotrain does not appeal to me in any way. especially at the assumend high price. I really hope someone eventually gets to interview a hasbro employee asking about the colors.

Thats OK. We can still be friends. I hope we get an answer too. I like the wacky colors, but I still want to know why.

*puff puff, cough cough* "We were high, yo."

I was thinking about slapping a bald eagle sticker on it, and calling it the Bush Flyer or the W. Express.

Autobot032 wrote:

Cobotron wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Yeah, Cobotron, I usually agree with you on having fun with transformers, but that Astrotrain does not appeal to me in any way. especially at the assumend high price. I really hope someone eventually gets to interview a hasbro employee asking about the colors.

Thats OK. We can still be friends. I hope we get an answer too. I like the wacky colors, but I still want to know why.

*puff puff, cough cough* "We were high, yo."

I hope that is the answer.

Cobotron wrote:I was thinking about slapping a bald eagle sticker on it, and calling it the Bush Flyer or the W. Express.

You.

I...I like you.

Yeah, I'm wondering what some custom sticker help could do to improve our new space friend here. Covering the wing tips with white would help... and perhaps something to shape the edges of the other colored bits... tone them down a bit.

For a half-space/half-train name, "Spacesteamer" or "Starsteamer"

Oh dear. I think there are, um, reasons, to avoid the word 'steamer' in a TF name.

gothsaurus wrote:Oh dear. I think there are, um, reasons, to avoid the word 'steamer' in a TF name.

What can I say? I like old-fashioned locomotive lingo.

I may have a name, taken from a fan game, but it may sound a bit goboty... Cosmoloco.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:I may have a name, taken from a fan game, but it may sound a bit goboty... Cosmoloco.

Reverse it: "Locosmo"

Sabrblade wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:I may have a name, taken from a fan game, but it may sound a bit goboty... Cosmoloco.

Reverse it: "Locosmo"

Coco Rico? Loco Rico.I still like the Latin flavor for this guy.

I've heard others call him "Safetytrain".

Sabrblade wrote:I've heard others call him "Safetytrain".

I wonder if this has something to do with his Classics toy's Bazooka Mode...

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:I've heard others call him "Safetytrain".

I wonder if this has something to do with his Classics toy's Bazooka Mode...

More because of his deco containing the "safety orange" shade of orange.

OK. One more American/Flag waving/Bush reference. Halliburtron

Sabrblade wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:I've heard others call him "Safetytrain".

I wonder if this has something to do with his Classics toy's Bazooka Mode...

More because of his deco containing the "safety orange" shade of orange.

Exactly! I wonder if the G1 toy can even emulate that Bazooka mode.

TangiTrain!

gothsaurus wrote:TangiTrain!

Bomb Pop!

Oh wow. That's... uhh... tooooo accurate.

Come on guys, you gotta call this guy Crazy Train!



Also, I dont get the deal with the american flag jokes, he's orange.

YES!

william-james88 wrote:Also, I dont get the deal with the american flag jokes, he's orange.

And purple.

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Also, I dont get the deal with the american flag jokes, he's orange.

And purple.

I knew he was orange. The photos look kinda red to me. That purple looked blue though to.
Well, you can just not laugh then.

Cobotron wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Also, I dont get the deal with the american flag jokes, he's orange.

And purple.

I knew he was orange. The photos look kinda red to me. That purple looked blue though to.
Well, you can just not laugh then.

I just dont get american humour. I never once laughed at Jerry Seinfeld's stand up comedy.

william-james88 wrote:

Cobotron wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Also, I dont get the deal with the american flag jokes, he's orange.

And purple.

I knew he was orange. The photos look kinda red to me. That purple looked blue though to.
Well, you can just not laugh then.

I just dont get american humour. I never once laughed at Jerry Seinfeld's stand up comedy.

Ya. He's no John Candy. That's for sure.

Cobotron wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Cobotron wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Also, I dont get the deal with the american flag jokes, he's orange.

And purple.

I knew he was orange. The photos look kinda red to me. That purple looked blue though to.
Well, you can just not laugh then.

I just dont get american humour. I never once laughed at Jerry Seinfeld's stand up comedy.

Ya. He's no John Candy. That's for sure.

Or Jim Carrey! (nice one by the way)

william-james88 wrote:

Cobotron wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Cobotron wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Also, I dont get the deal with the american flag jokes, he's orange.

And purple.

I knew he was orange. The photos look kinda red to me. That purple looked blue though to.
Well, you can just not laugh then.

I just dont get american humour. I never once laughed at Jerry Seinfeld's stand up comedy.

Ya. He's no John Candy. That's for sure.

Or Jim Carrey! (nice one by the way)

Jim Carrey is Canadian?! I seriously did not know that. I need to stop being surprised and just start assuming everyone in Hollywood is Canadian, or Australian.

Wait!
That's IT!
To Hasbro: So, can you tell us why the design team went with these color schemes for these re-issues?
Hasbro: Sure. Easy. They're Canadian.

Would it kill these guys to maybe ask Stevie Wonder if he could offer up an opinion before they pick color schemes 'cause I'm pretty sure he could have done better then this.

(for you youngsters who may not know, Stevie is blind as a friggin' bat)