New Stock Images Of Walmart Exclusive Transformers Retro Headmasters

Commenting on the figures themselves, I have them all so appart the novelty boxes, there's nothing for me.

Not that I'll ever see those figures in my Walmart anyway.

Wait, so no weirdwolf? That's the only one people wanted since he broke for many, myself included.

william-james88 wrote:Wait, so no weirdwolf? That's the only one people wanted since he broke for many, myself included.

Not yet, but this is still only "Wave 1."

Wolfman Jake wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Wait, so no weirdwolf? That's the only one people wanted since he broke for many, myself included.

Not yet, but this is still only "Wave 1."

Indeed and as another user posted in the Earthrise thread there could be a headmasterless figure as the fourth figure in the 2nd wave

Nice job on the positioning of Brainstorm in that box. Geez.

These do look really nice, although I think I would rather have seen the original ones reissued instead.

ZeroWolf wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Wait, so no weirdwolf? That's the only one people wanted since he broke for many, myself included.

Not yet, but this is still only "Wave 1."

Indeed and as another user posted in the Earthrise thread there could be a headmasterless figure as the fourth figure in the 2nd wave

Yep, according to trustworthy leaker Pixelmaster over on TFW, the fourth figure in the second wave (of the two planned waves) will be Punch/Counterpunch.

Sabrblade wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:We got boxed pics, but they got posted in another thread. I wonder why they went with the assortment they did. The Autobots I get but why Mindwipe of the three Decepticons? Seeing Brainstorm again reminds me of just how many uses that mold got, and how many times I bought Brainstorm.

Wasn't TR Mindwipe a little harder to find than the other two? I remember seeing tons of Skullsmashers and Weirdwolfs pegwarming all throughout the line, but not so much with Mindwipe.

I honestly don't remember it was so long ago. I do remember the heated debates over just how much of the Blurr mold was re-used on other figures. That was the start of my Tin-Hat theory about Hasbro and message boards. Refresh my memory, Brainstorm was some sort of exclusive in Japan?

The others in Wave 2 are probably going to be Weirdwolf, Skullcruncher, and Highbrow.

While I can see some need for Brainstorm and Weirdwolf, Punch/Counterpunch is probably the only one of the 8 that was especially necessary. hopefully there will be more worthwhile waves later.

Looks like I'll be getting Chromedome off eBay

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:We got boxed pics, but they got posted in another thread. I wonder why they went with the assortment they did. The Autobots I get but why Mindwipe of the three Decepticons? Seeing Brainstorm again reminds me of just how many uses that mold got, and how many times I bought Brainstorm.

Wasn't TR Mindwipe a little harder to find than the other two? I remember seeing tons of Skullsmashers and Weirdwolfs pegwarming all throughout the line, but not so much with Mindwipe.

I honestly don't remember it was so long ago. I do remember the heated debates over just how much of the Blurr mold was re-used on other figures. That was the start of my Tin-Hat theory about Hasbro and message boards. Refresh my memory, Brainstorm was some sort of exclusive in Japan?

Nope, Brainstorm was regular retail in Japan, along with the other Headmaster characters of that line.

Jeddostotle7 wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Wait, so no weirdwolf? That's the only one people wanted since he broke for many, myself included.

Not yet, but this is still only "Wave 1."

Indeed and as another user posted in the Earthrise thread there could be a headmasterless figure as the fourth figure in the 2nd wave

Yep, according to trustworthy leaker Pixelmaster over on TFW, the fourth figure in the second wave (of the two planned waves) will be Punch/Counterpunch.

Are they making a new Punch/Counterpunch figure or just reissuing the one that sold on Amazon. that figure was pretty easy to get. Seems like a possible waste of a slot.

Wolfman Jake wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:We got boxed pics, but they got posted in another thread. I wonder why they went with the assortment they did. The Autobots I get but why Mindwipe of the three Decepticons? Seeing Brainstorm again reminds me of just how many uses that mold got, and how many times I bought Brainstorm.

Wasn't TR Mindwipe a little harder to find than the other two? I remember seeing tons of Skullsmashers and Weirdwolfs pegwarming all throughout the line, but not so much with Mindwipe.

I honestly don't remember it was so long ago. I do remember the heated debates over just how much of the Blurr mold was re-used on other figures. That was the start of my Tin-Hat theory about Hasbro and message boards. Refresh my memory, Brainstorm was some sort of exclusive in Japan?

Nope, Brainstorm was regular retail in Japan, along with the other Headmaster characters of that line.

Yeah, Brainstorm was only an exclusive in Hasbro's markets. Normal Brainstorm was a Walgreens exclusive while the IDW-colored Titan Force Brainstorm was a SDCC exclusive.

Rodimus Knight wrote:

Jeddostotle7 wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Wait, so no weirdwolf? That's the only one people wanted since he broke for many, myself included.

Not yet, but this is still only "Wave 1."

Indeed and as another user posted in the Earthrise thread there could be a headmasterless figure as the fourth figure in the 2nd wave

Yep, according to trustworthy leaker Pixelmaster over on TFW, the fourth figure in the second wave (of the two planned waves) will be Punch/Counterpunch.

Are they making a new Punch/Counterpunch figure or just reissuing the one that sold on Amazon. that figure was pretty easy to get. Seems like a possible waste of a slot.

Reissue of the Prime Wars figure, like the rest of this line, since it seems like Hasbro feels they did a good enough job with that figure already.

And like... sure, it kinda was easy to get back then, but so were the majority of the Titans Return figures they're reissuing, but it's been 3 years, and a good chunk of them (especially someone like Punch/Counterpunch) go for quite a bit on the aftermarket. Not everyone was collecting that long ago, y'know?

So cool, but Weird Wolf (Wolfwire) was one of the best! Hope they do more of these!

I hope they do Misfire. I'd buy two if they reissue for 20.

I loved the target master seekers as a kid. I'd probably repurchase Slugslinger and Triggerhappy just for the box too.

Talon523 wrote:I hope they do Misfire. I'd buy two if they reissue for 20.

I loved the target master seekers as a kid. I'd probably repurchase Slugslinger and Triggerhappy just for the box too.

Don't get your hopes up too high. According to Pixelmaster (reliable leaker on TFW), it's only supposed to be 2 waves, composed of the 7 '87 Headmasters and Punch/Counterpunch. Hopefully if this is successful Hasbro might consider expanding it, but as of now it's just those 8 figures.

Jeddostotle7 wrote:

Rodimus Knight wrote:

Jeddostotle7 wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Wait, so no weirdwolf? That's the only one people wanted since he broke for many, myself included.

Not yet, but this is still only "Wave 1."

Indeed and as another user posted in the Earthrise thread there could be a headmasterless figure as the fourth figure in the 2nd wave

Yep, according to trustworthy leaker Pixelmaster over on TFW, the fourth figure in the second wave (of the two planned waves) will be Punch/Counterpunch.

Are they making a new Punch/Counterpunch figure or just reissuing the one that sold on Amazon. that figure was pretty easy to get. Seems like a possible waste of a slot.

Reissue of the Prime Wars figure, like the rest of this line, since it seems like Hasbro feels they did a good enough job with that figure already.

And like... sure, it kinda was easy to get back then, but so were the majority of the Titans Return figures they're reissuing, but it's been 3 years, and a good chunk of them (especially someone like Punch/Counterpunch) go for quite a bit on the aftermarket. Not everyone was collecting that long ago, y'know?

Well, Hardhead et al don't usually go for horribly much more than they originally cost, at least last I checked. Mindwipe maybe does? But that's it. They're overall commonly available. Especially the Hasbro ones.

The thing about Punch/Counterpunch is that not only was he an Amazon exclusive when originally released, his retail price was $50 compared to the $17 shelf price of TR Deluxes. So with him having a higher starting price to begin with, the secondary market price increases... yeah.

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:

Jeddostotle7 wrote:

Rodimus Knight wrote:

Jeddostotle7 wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Wait, so no weirdwolf? That's the only one people wanted since he broke for many, myself included.

Not yet, but this is still only "Wave 1."

Indeed and as another user posted in the Earthrise thread there could be a headmasterless figure as the fourth figure in the 2nd wave

Yep, according to trustworthy leaker Pixelmaster over on TFW, the fourth figure in the second wave (of the two planned waves) will be Punch/Counterpunch.

Are they making a new Punch/Counterpunch figure or just reissuing the one that sold on Amazon. that figure was pretty easy to get. Seems like a possible waste of a slot.

Reissue of the Prime Wars figure, like the rest of this line, since it seems like Hasbro feels they did a good enough job with that figure already.

And like... sure, it kinda was easy to get back then, but so were the majority of the Titans Return figures they're reissuing, but it's been 3 years, and a good chunk of them (especially someone like Punch/Counterpunch) go for quite a bit on the aftermarket. Not everyone was collecting that long ago, y'know?

Well, Hardhead et al don't usually go for horribly much more than they originally cost, at least last I checked. Mindwipe maybe does? But that's it. They're overall commonly available. Especially the Hasbro ones.

The thing about Punch/Counterpunch is that not only was he an Amazon exclusive when originally released, his retail price was $50 compared to the $17 shelf price of TR Deluxes. So with him having a higher starting price to begin with, the secondary market price increases... yeah.

Uuuh... wasn't Punch/Counterpunch only $25?

Sabrblade wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:We got boxed pics, but they got posted in another thread. I wonder why they went with the assortment they did. The Autobots I get but why Mindwipe of the three Decepticons? Seeing Brainstorm again reminds me of just how many uses that mold got, and how many times I bought Brainstorm.

Wasn't TR Mindwipe a little harder to find than the other two? I remember seeing tons of Skullsmashers and Weirdwolfs pegwarming all throughout the line, but not so much with Mindwipe.

I honestly don't remember it was so long ago. I do remember the heated debates over just how much of the Blurr mold was re-used on other figures. That was the start of my Tin-Hat theory about Hasbro and message boards. Refresh my memory, Brainstorm was some sort of exclusive in Japan?

Nope, Brainstorm was regular retail in Japan, along with the other Headmaster characters of that line.

Yeah, Brainstorm was only an exclusive in Hasbro's markets. Normal Brainstorm was a Walgreens exclusive while the IDW-colored Titan Force Brainstorm was a SDCC exclusive.

And at one point I had all three. For all its uses, I loved that mold.

i thought i was going to be able to pass on these as i have the Generations versions of them all and the OSKOs but then i saw the packaging..... and am now in on all of these when they get released.
As much as i hate to give WM my money after the Netflix Siege exclusive fiasco that i just went through with them, these look amazing and will go well with the MISB portion of my collection.
Damn it...

(Apparently, putting it in retro G1 packaging is too much for me to fight; they should have done it with TF X TG Maverick and i would have kept my preorder, sadly.)

Rodimus Knight wrote:
Are they making a new Punch/Counterpunch figure or just reissuing the one that sold on Amazon. that figure was pretty easy to get. Seems like a possible waste of a slot.

Speak for yourself, mate! After the Amazon release (initially $25) sold out, Counterpunch was nowhere to be found for less than $100. I had to wait until he became available on Hobbylink Japan (and create a Hobbylink Japan account!) and got him for $30, but that was over 6 months later. He's certainly even harder to find now.

Punch/Counterpunch is a great figure though, as well as a unique and interesting concept, so getting reissued can only be a good thing since it means this rare and expensive-on-the-second-market figure would be getting wider availability.

I'm not averse to Hasbro reissuing figures from the last two trilogies. It would mean newer collectors would get a chance to acquire figures of these characters (84-87) while new releases could focus on new/yet-to-be-updated characters for those that have been collecting for a while. Especially considering that many of the WFC and SS86 toys are going to be hard to beat in terms of accuracy, I think it would be better to leave these designs for a while and let Generations explore the rest of the multiverse.



One Day...

Jeddostotle7 wrote:

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:

Jeddostotle7 wrote:

Rodimus Knight wrote:

Jeddostotle7 wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Wait, so no weirdwolf? That's the only one people wanted since he broke for many, myself included.

Not yet, but this is still only "Wave 1."

Indeed and as another user posted in the Earthrise thread there could be a headmasterless figure as the fourth figure in the 2nd wave

Yep, according to trustworthy leaker Pixelmaster over on TFW, the fourth figure in the second wave (of the two planned waves) will be Punch/Counterpunch.

Are they making a new Punch/Counterpunch figure or just reissuing the one that sold on Amazon. that figure was pretty easy to get. Seems like a possible waste of a slot.

Reissue of the Prime Wars figure, like the rest of this line, since it seems like Hasbro feels they did a good enough job with that figure already.

And like... sure, it kinda was easy to get back then, but so were the majority of the Titans Return figures they're reissuing, but it's been 3 years, and a good chunk of them (especially someone like Punch/Counterpunch) go for quite a bit on the aftermarket. Not everyone was collecting that long ago, y'know?

Well, Hardhead et al don't usually go for horribly much more than they originally cost, at least last I checked. Mindwipe maybe does? But that's it. They're overall commonly available. Especially the Hasbro ones.

The thing about Punch/Counterpunch is that not only was he an Amazon exclusive when originally released, his retail price was $50 compared to the $17 shelf price of TR Deluxes. So with him having a higher starting price to begin with, the secondary market price increases... yeah.

Uuuh... wasn't Punch/Counterpunch only $25?

Yeah, it was only $25, all 3 of the Amazon exclusives were.

I only want a weirdwolf

Even though I already have TR Hardhead, I'll need to pick up this one since they fixed the head sculpt.

Waiting for the Black Zarak reuse of the Scorponok mold.
Come on Generations Selects ...

Whifflefire, that Tripredacus looks obscene. Also, this version of Brainstorm has a more tumescent fuselage than the G1 original!

optimeow wrote:Waiting for the Black Zarak reuse of the Scorponok mold.
Come on Generations Selects ...

Wrong thread but yeah.
Me too.

daedalus25 wrote:Even though I already have TR Hardhead, I'll need to pick up this one since they fixed the head sculpt.

Well, the TR headsculpt is not without basis, even if both The Rebirth and The Headmasters modified it in their own ways (Rebirth looks like an odd mashup with Highbrow's head, Headmasters looks like toy-but-with-mouth).


I'm sure you could get just an alternate faceplate instead of a whole new figure

snavej wrote:Whifflefire, that Tripredacus looks obscene.

It's actually Magmatron, but that's exactly why Generations should take on more BW designs.

snavej wrote:Also, this version of Brainstorm has a more tumescent fuselage than the G1 original!

As awesome as Brainstorm looks here, even after having watched "Headmasters" I cannot get used to Brainstorm with a mouth

As I said before, Chromedome and Mindwipe for sure. Hardhead and Brainstorm... Well, the Legends manga did repurpose them as the Nebulans....

I know its pretty much impossible for it to happen, since he's not actually an original Headmaster but I'd kill for a re-release of TR Blitzwing.

He seems to not be available anywhere for any price that isn't ridiculous.


One can dream.

Overcracker wrote:I know its pretty much impossible for it to happen, since he's not actually an original Headmaster but I'd kill for a re-release of TR Blitzwing.

He seems to not be available anywhere for any price that isn't ridiculous.

What price do you consider not ridiculous?

Rodimus Prime wrote:

Overcracker wrote:I know its pretty much impossible for it to happen, since he's not actually an original Headmaster but I'd kill for a re-release of TR Blitzwing.

He seems to not be available anywhere for any price that isn't ridiculous.

What price do you consider not ridiculous?

$30 to $40. Not $70 to $140.

and maybe $20 for international shipping if at all possible.

Do you want loose or in package? There is a TR Blitzwing loose on ebay right now for $45 + 5 shipping, but he is taking offers, so you may be ale to get it for less, sorry, on my work computer I cannot attach links from eBay.

The toy never interested me, but man I saw so many on clearance at walmart at the end of TR...

o.supreme wrote:Do you want loose or in package? There is a TR Blitzwing loose on ebay right now for $45 + 5 shipping, but he is taking offers, so you may be ale to get it for less, sorry, on my work computer I cannot attach links from eBay.

The toy never interested me, but man I saw so many on clearance at walmart at the end of TR...

Thanks. I'll try to find it. I seem to only ever see the over $70 options on Ebay.

o.supreme wrote:The toy never interested me, but man I saw so many on clearance at walmart at the end of TR...

Curious, I only ever saw Megatron, and he sold out from BBTS and TFsource rather quickly when I was looking for him.

I'm debating selling mine, but I like Astrotrain and Octane and I don't want to split up the 3changers unless I find a suitable replacement.

Rodimus Prime wrote:I'm debating selling mine, but I like Astrotrain and Octane and I don't want to split up the 3changers unless I find a suitable replacement.

Don't get me wrong, I like WFC Astrotrain, but I wonder why he was chosen to get a new toy again so quickly, especially with no signs of a new Octane or Blitzwing any time soon.

o.supreme wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:I'm debating selling mine, but I like Astrotrain and Octane and I don't want to split up the 3changers unless I find a suitable replacement.

Don't get me wrong, I like WFC Astrotrain, but I wonder why he was chosen to get a new toy again so quickly, especially with no signs of a new Octane or Blitzwing any time soon.

Of the 3 of them, his TR toy was the furthest from his G1 modes by far. I'm assuming the Warden team considered Blitzwing and Octane as G1 enough while Astrotrain, not so much.

And for me personally, he was also the most boring of the 3 TR figures. Go tippy toes and panels up for shuttle mode; do the splits, panels up, wheel panels down and turn the wings for train mode.

Yeah unfortunately scale-wise Astrotrain should be the tallest I think, and WFC Astrotrain would be shorter than the TR figures, so he doesn't fit. Plus I like the toy deco over the cartoon deco, so that's why TR Astrotrain is staying in my collection. For now. Honestly, I don't like Blitzwing that much mold-wise, I got him mainly because he was an improvement over the previous Generations release and I wanted to complete the 3changers.

Anyway, back to the reissues. I wonder if there might be a chance that we get targetmasters or pretenders reissued if the headmaster line is successful.

Rodimus Prime wrote:Anyway, back to the reissues. I wonder if there might be a chance that we get targetmasters or pretenders reissued if the headmaster line is successful.

You mean the TR Pretenders?
May make sense as a boxset where they put them all in a single box.
However, my local TrU STILL have many on their pegs, on clearance since months. Dunno about the other stores.

Annoyed that they decided to include the Takara heads, particularly when it comes to Chromedome who even though I have no attachment to his IDW head, just preferred the style for and Brainstorm whose Rebirth model and original toys did have mouthplates!

Still trying to wrap my brain around the vintage box art with new heads drawn on them.

Rodimus Prime wrote:Anyway, back to the reissues. I wonder if there might be a chance that we get targetmasters or pretenders reissued if the headmaster line is successful.

Only reason why the Headmasters worked is because they updated the entire run of characters as Headmasters (minus the Jrs, maybe in 2022). Doing the Targetmasters would be strange since they're also still Headmasters, and they only did the Decepticons plus the same Autobot characters they're doing in SS. I don't see how it could work. Maybe SS86 Hot Rod, Kup, and Blur with Seige Battlemasters could happen.

Emerje

So, those reissues use the "toon accurate" Takara heads? Well, at least they made them different.

Still, not caring about the cartoon at all but caring about the original toys, I'm very happy with my TR originals.

-Kanrabat- wrote:So, those reissues use the "toon accurate" Takara heads? Well, at least they made them different.

And their decos are all different too.

Emerje wrote:Still trying to wrap my brain around the vintage box art with new heads drawn on them.

Rodimus Prime wrote:Anyway, back to the reissues. I wonder if there might be a chance that we get targetmasters or pretenders reissued if the headmaster line is successful.

Only reason why the Headmasters worked is because they updated the entire run of characters as Headmasters (minus the Jrs, maybe in 2022). Doing the Targetmasters would be strange since they're also still Headmasters, and they only did the Decepticons plus the same Autobot characters they're doing in SS. I don't see how it could work. Maybe SS86 Hot Rod, Kup, and Blur with Seige Battlemasters could happen.

Emerje

I was thinking more those that haven't gotten the reissue and SS attention, like Misfire, Triggerhappy, Slugslinger. I figured since there are just those 3, they could be released the same way, just don't call them headmasters on the packaging, since originally they weren't.

Greetings Seibertronians! Following on from the finding of more Headmasters making their way back to store shelves. Twitter user, @ishikawa_sunday has put new comparison pictures up of the initial four Headmasters (Chromedome, Brainstorm, Hardhead and Mindwipe) and their Titans Returns/Legends counterparts! Showing that these new releases aren't just the same deco as before.

Check out the images below:

Chromedome









Brainstorm









Hardhead









Mindwipe









These will be Walmart Exclusive in areas that have a Walmart, though various sellers online have listed them either separately or in the set of four.

Will you be getting any of these? Let us know in the Energon Pub and stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest news and reviews!

I'm assuming the figure in the middle of every shot is the new release right?

With the original Hasbro release on the Left and Takara on the right.

Chromedome looks great.

Don't think I need to upgrade Hardhead. But he does look good.

Takara's Brainstorm still looks better.

And Hasbro's Mindwipe I think is still the better of the 3.

Wow, I'm really down for these but seeing the comparisons reminds me just how many figures share parts between them.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Wow, I'm really down for these but seeing the comparisons reminds me just how many figures share parts between them.

Just Brainstorm (retooled from Blurr) and Chromedome, really. So far, the beasts remain unique molds, with Skullcruncher only having a confirmed alternate head as Krok.

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Wow, I'm really down for these but seeing the comparisons reminds me just how many figures share parts between them.

Just Brainstorm (retooled from Blurr) and Chromedome, really. So far, the beasts remain unique molds, with Skullcruncher only having a confirmed alternate head as Krok.

I'm thinking of alllll the figures made from Blurr.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Wow, I'm really down for these but seeing the comparisons reminds me just how many figures share parts between them.

Just Brainstorm (retooled from Blurr) and Chromedome, really. So far, the beasts remain unique molds, with Skullcruncher only having a confirmed alternate head as Krok.

I'm thinking of alllll the figures made from Blurr.

Blurr, Brainstorm, Nautica, and Arcee. And Chromedome shares some parts.

Hoping that Arcee at least gets a reissue. I mean, Headmaster Arcee is show-canon so she stands a better chance than most.

Also, I can't believe I didn't notice at first that they just re-used the G1 art. That just looks dumb. I wonder, will we be getting Reprolabels to cover that with G1-style art of the toy actually in the box? Or will they just do stickers to cel-shade the box window so you can't see the mismatch?