New Transformers Cyberverse Warrior class Thundercracker

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From Hong Kong and their branch of Toys R Us, one of the few still resisting to stay open, we have news of another warrior class figure from the currently releasing Transformers: Cyberverse toyline - which will accompany the new animated series due this fall in the US - and it's another of the seeker team: Thundercracker!

The toy can be found on the TRU site here, currently listed for HK$169.90 (approx USD 21 at the time of writing), and sporting a whole lotta blue paint all over and the Action Attacker gimmick Lightning Slash. Check it out below!

Thundercracker and the evil Decepticon Seeker jets soar through the sky launching attacks on Autobots.

Convert and attack with Transformers Cyberverse Action Attackers!Change figure from vehicle to robot mode in 7 steps. The last step of conversion automatically activates Thundercracker figure's signature Lightning Slash Action Attack move! Once converted, attack move can be repeated through easy reactivation steps.

Look for other Action Attackers figures, each sold separately, to discover the signature attack moves of favorite Cyberverse characters!

Credit(s): TRU HK

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Re: New Transformers Cyberverse Warrior class Thundercracker (1977712)
Posted by ZeroWolf on August 10th, 2018 @ 2:03am CDT

That deco doesn't look too bad, at least not to my eyes. Just wish he knees though.

Re: New Transformers Cyberverse Warrior class Thundercracker (1977714)
Posted by steve2275 on August 10th, 2018 @ 2:51am CDT

I like it

Re: New Transformers Cyberverse Warrior class Thundercracker (1977716)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on August 10th, 2018 @ 3:26am CDT

Va'al wrote:

Re: New Transformers Cyberverse Warrior class Thundercracker (1977723)
Posted by no-one on August 10th, 2018 @ 5:25am CDT

Va'al wrote:

Whelp, guess I'll begrudgingly "good enough" finish my RiD2015 Seekers after all.

I have been eyeballing Starscream at Target and this give me a reason to check out the mold.

I don't know why but this line confuses me. Almost bought a legion class figure until I figured out they were the ones that don't fully transform. WTH?

The warriors look pretty good. Is Shockwave the one everyone's talking about? Almost bought him, hesitated and he was the only one gone the next day.

Re: New Transformers Cyberverse Warrior class Thundercracker (1977725)
Posted by william-james88 on August 10th, 2018 @ 6:25am CDT

Yes, shockwave is the one people find serviceable and the only one selling out in stores.

Re: New Transformers Cyberverse Warrior class Thundercracker (1977726)
Posted by ZeroWolf on August 10th, 2018 @ 6:31am CDT

There isn't any Legion class with this line, what you saw and thankfully avoided was the scouts. Also no surprise there with Shockwave, I think everyone knows now that he's the best in the line.

Re: New Transformers Cyberverse Warrior class Thundercracker (1977739)
Posted by Ig89ninja on August 10th, 2018 @ 8:42am CDT

Aw, I was hoping that Hasbro would use the RID 2015 seeker mold :-(

Re: New Transformers Cyberverse Warrior class Thundercracker (1977753)
Posted by ZeroWolf on August 10th, 2018 @ 11:23am CDT

To do that they would have to retool it enough to do the attack gimmick ;-)

Re: New Transformers Cyberverse Warrior class Thundercracker (1977761)
Posted by no-one on August 10th, 2018 @ 11:51am CDT

william-james88 wrote:Yes, shockwave is the one people find serviceable and the only one selling out in stores.

Ah, explains that. He did look super cool with his "angry eye". Not really filling the bot on his back walker tank though.

ZeroWolf wrote:There isn't any Legion class with this line, what you saw and thankfully avoided was the scouts. Also no surprise there with Shockwave, I think everyone knows now that he's the best in the line.

Tomatoes, potahtoes - same thing.

ZeroWolf wrote:To do that they would have to retool it enough to do the attack gimmick

Oh that's right, this line has that spring loaded action figure thing. And all I want is a complete set of *insert universe here* Seekers. Screamer does look cool and if there is any attack gimmick it doesn't seem to compromise the figures, at least at a glance.

Everything I saw looked pretty nice with nice sculpting and good paint apps. IIRC, they are a few cyberbucks less than the mainline figures. I'll be cherry picking from the line for sure, you know if PotP and the special editions stop sucking my wallet dry.

Re: New Transformers Cyberverse Warrior class Thundercracker (1977768)
Posted by ZeroWolf on August 10th, 2018 @ 12:23pm CDT

Last complete set of seekers we got was the leaders and legends wasn't it? Hopefully though Siege will give us some voyager sized ones ;-)

Re: New Transformers Cyberverse Warrior class Thundercracker (1977770)
Posted by Emerje on August 10th, 2018 @ 12:30pm CDT

ZeroWolf wrote:Last complete set of seekers we got was the leaders and legends wasn't it? Hopefully though Siege will give us some voyager sized ones

Supposedly that's what we're getting, but they're likely tetra jets like from the cartoon if you're OK with that.

Emerje

Re: New Transformers Cyberverse Warrior class Thundercracker (1977772)
Posted by no-one on August 10th, 2018 @ 12:39pm CDT

Emerje wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:Last complete set of seekers we got was the leaders and legends wasn't it? Hopefully though Siege will give us some voyager sized ones

Supposedly that's what we're getting, but they're likely tetra jets like from the cartoon if you're OK with that.

Emerje

I'll take Seekers in any form they give me. Just don't cock tease me with 2 out of 3 :-x

Coneheads would just be gravy on that delicious WfC mashed potatoes.

Re: New Transformers Cyberverse Warrior class Thundercracker (1977773)
Posted by william-james88 on August 10th, 2018 @ 12:40pm CDT

carytheone wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:To do that they would have to retool it enough to do the attack gimmick
Oh that's right, this line has that spring loaded action figure thing. And all I want is a complete set of *insert universe here* Seekers. Screamer does look cool and if there is any attack gimmick it doesn't seem to compromise the figures, at least at a glance.

Everything I saw looked pretty nice with nice sculpting and good paint apps. IIRC, they are a few cyberbucks less than the mainline figures. I'll be cherry picking from the line for sure, you know if PotP and the special editions stop sucking my wallet dry.

Should we tell him guys?

He has has 0 leg articulation, both are just solid pieces.

Re: New Transformers Cyberverse Warrior class Thundercracker (1977775)
Posted by no-one on August 10th, 2018 @ 12:42pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:Should we tell him guys?

He has has 0 leg articulation, both are just solid pieces.

YES - please and thank you. Bullet dodged :DANCE:

Re: New Transformers Cyberverse Warrior class Thundercracker (1977812)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on August 10th, 2018 @ 2:40pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:Yes, shockwave is the one people find serviceable and the only one selling out in stores.

ZeroWolf wrote:Also no surprise there with Shockwave, I think everyone knows now that he's the best in the line.

You know the irony? All of Shockwave's articulation is a happy accident since the spider tank mode requires all limbs to be able to bend. The rest has barely past the bare minimum for transformation, and in Starscream's case, the legs are a solid chunk for stability when using the gimmick I'm guessing.

Re: New Transformers Cyberverse Warrior class Thundercracker (1977831)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on August 10th, 2018 @ 4:00pm CDT

Kinda bummed, TC is my favorite seeker, and that mold just doesn't seem very good. The box art is pretty nice too

Re: New Transformers Cyberverse Warrior class Thundercracker (1977869)
Posted by #Sideways# on August 10th, 2018 @ 6:40pm CDT

This desperately needs more red/black to break up that huge blob of blue. :SICK:

Re: New Transformers Cyberverse Warrior class Thundercracker (1977903)
Posted by Ultra Markus on August 11th, 2018 @ 1:01am CDT

Meh, i really had high hopes for this line but sadly it doesnt do it for me i dont understand why they cant just have the same quality figs that TF PRIME had even Animated, it was cartoony like cyberverse but the toys were cool now we have this, i certainly hope the show doesnt suck as much as the toys

Re: New Transformers Cyberverse Warrior class Thundercracker (1977916)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on August 11th, 2018 @ 5:19am CDT

Have a video review of Ultra Class Starscream have been featured in this thread yet?
Just in case not, here it is:

Unless the thing is on clearance, I will never buy. Once again, it's just a bot with a jetpack.
At least, Grimlock have something original going on.

Re: New Transformers Cyberverse Warrior class Thundercracker (1977917)
Posted by Burn on August 11th, 2018 @ 6:33am CDT

Cyberverse showed up locally. At $35 for a deluxe, Cyberverse can just shelf warm.

Re: New Transformers Cyberverse Warrior class Thundercracker (1977920)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on August 11th, 2018 @ 6:56am CDT

Burn wrote:Cyberverse showed up locally. At $35 for a deluxe, Cyberverse can just shelf warm.

I know it's more expensive for you Aussies for... reasons, but this is RIDICULOUS. Especially when the CAN and AU $ is pretty much 1:1. :HEADHURTS:

Re: New Transformers Cyberverse Warrior class Thundercracker (1977924)
Posted by Burn on August 11th, 2018 @ 7:23am CDT

-Kanrabat- wrote:
Burn wrote:Cyberverse showed up locally. At $35 for a deluxe, Cyberverse can just shelf warm.

I know it's more expensive for you Aussies for... reasons, but this is RIDICULOUS. Especially when the CAN and AU $ is pretty much 1:1.

Considering they're right next to POTP deluxes which were (they've been reduced to $29, but they were $35) which are much better looking figures and are slightly more complex, yeah, ridiculous doesn't quite cover it.

Re: New Transformers Cyberverse Warrior class Thundercracker (1977925)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on August 11th, 2018 @ 7:32am CDT

Burn wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:
Burn wrote:Cyberverse showed up locally. At $35 for a deluxe, Cyberverse can just shelf warm.

I know it's more expensive for you Aussies for... reasons, but this is RIDICULOUS. Especially when the CAN and AU $ is pretty much 1:1.

Considering they're right next to POTP deluxes which were (they've been reduced to $29, but they were $35) which are much better looking figures and are slightly more complex, yeah, ridiculous doesn't quite cover it.

I saw some "deluxes" and "ultras" in person and holy crap... Those are Happy Meal toys passing of as legit deluxes and voyagers. A shame.
So far, only the big ultimate class Optimus and Megatron are what I may consider genuine transformers of quality. 40$CAN (one million $ in AU) for a big "leader" figure that is good looking on all sides, have a fun gimmick, and have Cybertron-like plastics is just perfect. How the hell the smaller figures don't have the same level of quality? #-o

Re: New Transformers Cyberverse Warrior class Thundercracker (1977949)
Posted by Emerje on August 11th, 2018 @ 11:56am CDT

-Kanrabat- wrote:Once again, it's just a bot with a jetpack.

Not even a whole bot, just the front of a bot. That's got to be the most hollow thing they've ever tried to pass off as a mass retail transforming figure. Even Cyber Series puts those to shame at roughly the same size, same articulation, and almost half the price.

Emerje

Re: New Transformers Cyberverse Warrior class Thundercracker (1977960)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on August 11th, 2018 @ 1:54pm CDT

Ok, this is just me being a bit... pet peeved about what Class people are calling the figures and the expectations they bring, but hear me out:

Cyberverse is not Generations, nor is Warrior Class the same as Deluxe Class (or for that matter, the same as RiD 2015 Warrior Class sadly), and was never meant to be. Cyberverse (and the Bumblebee Movie figures) are gimmicky toys first and foremost, not the high-end articulated figures we've come to expect.

Taking an example from the Bumblebee Movie, the regular line is focused around the Energon Igniter gimmick, while the more articulated figures for the fans are separated and part of the Studio Series, which falls under Generations. With Cyberverse's Action Attack gimmick for its line, we shouldn't really expect anything high-end until for some reason Hasbro announces a Generations line-up after the cartoon takes off :lol:

Re: New Transformers Cyberverse Warrior class Thundercracker (1977967)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on August 11th, 2018 @ 3:03pm CDT

Emerje wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:Once again, it's just a bot with a jetpack.

Not even a whole bot, just the front of a bot. That's got to be the most hollow thing they've ever tried to pass off as a mass retail transforming figure. Even Cyber Series puts those to shame at roughly the same size, same articulation, and almost half the price.

Emerje

Oh yeah. The hollowness. I tried to burn off the picture from my memory.
I mean, holy crap, we can make a sizable portion of Jell-O in that thing. #-o

Re: New Transformers Cyberverse Warrior class Thundercracker (1977976)
Posted by ZeroWolf on August 11th, 2018 @ 3:36pm CDT

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Ok, this is just me being a bit... pet peeved about what Class people are calling the figures and the expectations they bring, but hear me out:

Cyberverse is not Generations, nor is Warrior Class the same as Deluxe Class (or for that matter, the same as RiD 2015 Warrior Class sadly), and was never meant to be. Cyberverse (and the Bumblebee Movie figures) are gimmicky toys first and foremost, not the high-end articulated figures we've come to expect.

Taking an example from the Bumblebee Movie, the regular line is focused around the Energon Igniter gimmick, while the more articulated figures for the fans are separated and part of the Studio Series, which falls under Generations. With Cyberverse's Action Attack gimmick for its line, we shouldn't really expect anything high-end until for some reason Hasbro announces a Generations line-up after the cartoon takes off

I think your wise words are falling on deaf ears :lol:

I think what's driving some of the discussion is the price that's been charged for these.

Re: New Transformers Cyberverse Warrior class Thundercracker (1977978)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on August 11th, 2018 @ 3:44pm CDT

ZeroWolf wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Ok, this is just me being a bit... pet peeved about what Class people are calling the figures and the expectations they bring, but hear me out:

Cyberverse is not Generations, nor is Warrior Class the same as Deluxe Class (or for that matter, the same as RiD 2015 Warrior Class sadly), and was never meant to be. Cyberverse (and the Bumblebee Movie figures) are gimmicky toys first and foremost, not the high-end articulated figures we've come to expect.

Taking an example from the Bumblebee Movie, the regular line is focused around the Energon Igniter gimmick, while the more articulated figures for the fans are separated and part of the Studio Series, which falls under Generations. With Cyberverse's Action Attack gimmick for its line, we shouldn't really expect anything high-end until for some reason Hasbro announces a Generations line-up after the cartoon takes off

I think your wise words are falling on deaf ears

Don't they always :lol:

I think what's driving some of the discussion is the price that's been charged for these.

I guess gimmickry drives up the price for no apparent reason?

Re: New Transformers Cyberverse Warrior class Thundercracker (1977991)
Posted by Burn on August 11th, 2018 @ 5:08pm CDT

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Ok, this is just me being a bit... pet peeved about what Class people are calling the figures and the expectations they bring, but hear me out:

Cyberverse is not Generations, nor is Warrior Class the same as Deluxe Class (or for that matter, the same as RiD 2015 Warrior Class sadly), and was never meant to be. Cyberverse (and the Bumblebee Movie figures) are gimmicky toys first and foremost, not the high-end articulated figures we've come to expect.

Taking an example from the Bumblebee Movie, the regular line is focused around the Energon Igniter gimmick, while the more articulated figures for the fans are separated and part of the Studio Series, which falls under Generations. With Cyberverse's Action Attack gimmick for its line, we shouldn't really expect anything high-end until for some reason Hasbro announces a Generations line-up after the cartoon takes off

I think your wise words are falling on deaf ears

Don't they always

Only when you're the only one that seems to have a problem. Get over it, let it go, it's not even an issue.

Re: New Transformers Cyberverse Warrior class Thundercracker (1977994)
Posted by Emerje on August 11th, 2018 @ 5:30pm CDT

I think it's a bigger problem comparing RID Warrior class to Cyberverse Warrior class. About all they have in common is the name because much of the RID Warriors were very much equal to the Generations Deluxes, but Cyberverse has nothing in common.

Emerje

Re: New Transformers Cyberverse Warrior class Thundercracker (1978051)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on August 12th, 2018 @ 12:37am CDT

Does anyone else think Thundercracker is going to be a store exclusive of sorts?

Re: New Transformers Cyberverse Warrior class Thundercracker (1978079)
Posted by ZeroWolf on August 12th, 2018 @ 6:08am CDT

What makes you think it will be a exclusive?

Re: New Transformers Cyberverse Warrior class Thundercracker (1978122)
Posted by william-james88 on August 12th, 2018 @ 12:11pm CDT

Emerje wrote:I think it's a bigger problem comparing RID Warrior class to Cyberverse Warrior class. About all they have in common is the name because much of the RID Warriors were very much equal to the Generations Deluxes, but Cyberverse has nothing in common.

Emerje

I agree 100%. This gives warriors a bad name and i hate how this reinforces the false conception that the RID warriors were simplified toys to unaware fans. But then again after market prices dont lie so we'll see (why so expensive!!! https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?siteid=0&pub=5574891718&campid=5336631220&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1&mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fm.ebay.ca%2Fsch%2Fi.html%3F_from%3DR40%26%20...%20%2Bwindblade%3C%2Fa%3E%26)

Re: New Transformers Cyberverse Warrior class Thundercracker (1978438)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on August 13th, 2018 @ 7:07pm CDT

ZeroWolf wrote:What makes you think it will be a exclusive?

Simple repaint of a wave 1 figure, there's nothing really special to it. This would've been a TRU exclusive back in the day.

Re: New Transformers Cyberverse Warrior class Thundercracker (1978439)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on August 13th, 2018 @ 7:09pm CDT

chuckdawg1999 wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:What makes you think it will be a exclusive?

Simple repaint of a wave 1 figure, there's nothing really special to it. This would've been a TRU exclusive back in the day.

None of the CW Seekers were exclusives, neither were the legends seekers or the FOC seekers. Heck, Starscream and Skywarp both got releases in RiD and TC didn't and both Scream and Warp were regular retail.

There really isn't any evidence whatsoever this would have been an exclusive

Re: New Transformers Cyberverse Warrior class Thundercracker (1978443)
Posted by william-james88 on August 13th, 2018 @ 7:45pm CDT

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:What makes you think it will be a exclusive?

Simple repaint of a wave 1 figure, there's nothing really special to it. This would've been a TRU exclusive back in the day.

None of the CW Seekers were exclusives, neither were the legends seekers or the FOC seekers. Heck, Starscream and Skywarp both got releases in RiD and TC didn't and both Scream and Warp were regular retail.

There really isn't any evidence whatsoever this would have been an exclusive

The op probably saw that the last thundercracker toy we got was a TRU exclusive repaint and assumed something similar

Re: New Transformers Cyberverse Warrior class Thundercracker (1978461)
Posted by Emerje on August 13th, 2018 @ 11:06pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:The op probably saw that the last thundercracker toy we got was a TRU exclusive repaint and assumed something similar

I think he's thinking more in line with the TRU exclusive RID "Clash of the Transformers" which was where a lot of the more random repaints turned up. But I'd argue that more of them showed up in the main line, including retools into new characters like Thermidor.

Emerje

Re: New Transformers Cyberverse Warrior class Thundercracker (1978479)
Posted by noctorro on August 14th, 2018 @ 2:26am CDT

Wow, mixed feelings people.

I just got the Ultra (I think) Megatron. The one that turns into a muscle train with a big cannon. I love his alt-mode and I also dig his robot mode.
I will try to figure out to make his canon removable.

Only complaint is removable cannon should be standard and I wish his head could turn and the complaint I ALWAYS have. Megatron & Optimus should be voyager sized.
But I think he's a great figure, price 40 euro's was good (compared to The Last Knight voyagers being 42 euro's here people)

I got Starscream last weekend because I saw that there will be repaints of more seekers and my favorite Slip Stream (sucks that she's the non-transformer tiny scout version. Fingers crossed she'll also be Warrior class)
I don't like the gimmick, I will glue his wings shut and I will put some stuff in the waist so that it doesn't turn easily. Overall I do like the mode. Fake chest is my pet peeve. But I find it serviceable.

Also got Shockwave, I love this guy. Yes he's a bit hollow and his gimmick gun is kind of in the way. But he's a solid looking Shockwave guy. I love the energon veins pink. I love me some spider-tank. He doesn't need a great alt-mode for me. I love this guy. I might buy more and have him be the Voyager Battalion Shockwave's soldiers (the bigger Shockwave is on his way from the US)

Question:

Anybody else bothered that Thundercracker has the same headsculpt as Starscream? Him and Acid Storm should have more stern, masculine square heads according to the artwork. I wish they had those blocky heads instead of just the sleeker feminine head. Anyway tiny nitpick.

Is Acid Storm a women by the way? In the artwork he or she has lipstick. Would be cool to have a beefy square headed female seeker.

Wishes for the line: Get a Slipstream Warrior painted version, and don't you dare forget Skywarp Hasbro!
I also would like Shadow Striker to get a Warrior version (I think that's a female to right?)

That's all, Siege is the thing that's going to kill my wallet next year. After Combiner Wars, Titans Return and Power of the Primes did before.
I really can't complain. I'll finally be getting my true-torso Ironhide which I wanted for years.

Re: New Transformers Cyberverse Warrior class Thundercracker (1978486)
Posted by Emerje on August 14th, 2018 @ 6:39am CDT

noctorro wrote:Anybody else bothered that Thundercracker has the same headsculpt as Starscream? Him and Acid Storm should have more stern, masculine square heads according to the artwork. I wish they had those blocky heads instead of just the sleeker feminine head. Anyway tiny nitpick.

I wouldn't call it a tiny nitpick, Hasbro is being very lazy with a character that's appearing prominently in advertizing. There's no reason why they couldn't have at the very least pre-tooled a new head and cockpit. Only character I can think of in RID that got it this bad was Blastwave, a straight repaint (pre-paint?) of Bludgeon.

Emerje

Re: New Transformers Cyberverse Warrior class Thundercracker (1978487)
Posted by ZeroWolf on August 14th, 2018 @ 7:11am CDT

Well just seen my first cyberverse release in person at my local Asda...and it was just the one step changer bumblebee, repainted from the rid release. :lol:

had it been warrior Shockwave though and I might have bought it.

Re: New Transformers Cyberverse Warrior class Thundercracker (1978489)
Posted by Autobot N on August 14th, 2018 @ 7:15am CDT

Emerje wrote:Only character I can think of in RID that got it this bad was Blastwave, a straight repaint (pre-paint?) of Bludgeon.

Emerje

Which is kind of ironic, since he was in the show and Bludgeon wasn't.

Re: New Transformers Cyberverse Warrior class Thundercracker (1978498)
Posted by Sabrblade on August 14th, 2018 @ 8:27am CDT

noctorro wrote:Is Acid Storm a women by the way? In the artwork he or she has lipstick.

That's his open mouth, not lipstick.

Re: New Transformers Cyberverse Warrior class Thundercracker (1978510)
Posted by william-james88 on August 14th, 2018 @ 9:56am CDT

Sabrblade wrote:

Now with karate chop action!

Re: New Transformers Cyberverse Warrior class Thundercracker (1978605)
Posted by noctorro on August 15th, 2018 @ 12:33am CDT

Sabrblade wrote:
noctorro wrote:Is Acid Storm a women by the way? In the artwork he or she has lipstick.
That's his open mouth, not lipstick.

Lol you're right.
I think I saw a smaller image and it looked like thick dark lipstick.
Well I think we'll get a Gina Carano like Transformer in the future.
But he's a dude.

Re: New Transformers Cyberverse Warrior class Thundercracker (1978606)
Posted by noctorro on August 15th, 2018 @ 12:33am CDT

Emerje wrote:
noctorro wrote:Anybody else bothered that Thundercracker has the same headsculpt as Starscream? Him and Acid Storm should have more stern, masculine square heads according to the artwork. I wish they had those blocky heads instead of just the sleeker feminine head. Anyway tiny nitpick.

I wouldn't call it a tiny nitpick, Hasbro is being very lazy with a character that's appearing prominently in advertizing. There's no reason why they couldn't have at the very least pre-tooled a new head and cockpit. Only character I can think of in RID that got it this bad was Blastwave, a straight repaint (pre-paint?) of Bludgeon.

Emerje

Okay I agree with this

. Should be a new head.

Re: New Transformers Cyberverse Warrior class Thundercracker (1978608)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on August 15th, 2018 @ 12:59am CDT

noctorro wrote:
Emerje wrote:
noctorro wrote:Anybody else bothered that Thundercracker has the same headsculpt as Starscream? Him and Acid Storm should have more stern, masculine square heads according to the artwork. I wish they had those blocky heads instead of just the sleeker feminine head. Anyway tiny nitpick.

I wouldn't call it a tiny nitpick, Hasbro is being very lazy with a character that's appearing prominently in advertizing. There's no reason why they couldn't have at the very least pre-tooled a new head and cockpit. Only character I can think of in RID that got it this bad was Blastwave, a straight repaint (pre-paint?) of Bludgeon.

Emerje

Okay I agree with this . Should be a new head.

Maybe they're saving it for Acid Storm? :lol:

Re: New Transformers Cyberverse Warrior class Thundercracker (1978609)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on August 15th, 2018 @ 1:03am CDT

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:What makes you think it will be a exclusive?

Simple repaint of a wave 1 figure, there's nothing really special to it. This would've been a TRU exclusive back in the day.

None of the CW Seekers were exclusives, neither were the legends seekers or the FOC seekers. Heck, Starscream and Skywarp both got releases in RiD and TC didn't and both Scream and Warp were regular retail.

There really isn't any evidence whatsoever this would have been an exclusive

It's just a gut feeling I have based on 15 years or so experience. Thus far the warrior Starscream toy isn't proving to be popular and nobody has ever caused a stampede over Thundercracker. Except for me, that was a long time ago.

Re: New Transformers Cyberverse Warrior class Thundercracker (1978611)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on August 15th, 2018 @ 1:09am CDT

chuckdawg1999 wrote:
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:What makes you think it will be a exclusive?

Simple repaint of a wave 1 figure, there's nothing really special to it. This would've been a TRU exclusive back in the day.

None of the CW Seekers were exclusives, neither were the legends seekers or the FOC seekers. Heck, Starscream and Skywarp both got releases in RiD and TC didn't and both Scream and Warp were regular retail.

There really isn't any evidence whatsoever this would have been an exclusive

It's just a gut feeling I have based on 15 years or so experience. Thus far the warrior Starscream toy isn't proving to be popular and nobody has ever caused a stampede over Thundercracker. Except for me, that was a long time ago.

So far no exclusives have been announced or even leaked. I think they're gonna keep the focus on the Bumblebee movie and Generations with those. It's not like RiD 2015 had a lot of them, just the TRU Clash of the Transformers series and the Target One-Step Multi-pack. That's it, no joke.

Re: New Transformers Cyberverse Warrior class Thundercracker (1978654)
Posted by Emerje on August 15th, 2018 @ 9:17am CDT

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:So far no exclusives have been announced or even leaked. I think they're gonna keep the focus on the Bumblebee movie and Generations with those. It's not like RiD 2015 had a lot of them, just the TRU Clash of the Transformers series and the Target One-Step Multi-pack. That's it, no joke.

It doesn't sound like much when you put it that way, but it comes to 15 releases consisting of 24 figures total. That's a lot.

Emerje

Re: New Transformers Cyberverse Warrior class Thundercracker (1978655)
Posted by william-james88 on August 15th, 2018 @ 9:29am CDT

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
noctorro wrote:
Emerje wrote:
noctorro wrote:Anybody else bothered that Thundercracker has the same headsculpt as Starscream? Him and Acid Storm should have more stern, masculine square heads according to the artwork. I wish they had those blocky heads instead of just the sleeker feminine head. Anyway tiny nitpick.

I wouldn't call it a tiny nitpick, Hasbro is being very lazy with a character that's appearing prominently in advertizing. There's no reason why they couldn't have at the very least pre-tooled a new head and cockpit. Only character I can think of in RID that got it this bad was Blastwave, a straight repaint (pre-paint?) of Bludgeon.

Emerje

Okay I agree with this . Should be a new head.

Maybe they're saving it for Acid Storm?

They are not

Also, the crazy thing about Blastwave is that the animation model was a redeco of Megatronus, so he should have shared that body rather than Bludgeon's