New Transformers Henkei Strafe Images

Meh, and the reason we didn't get a new head mould is?

3 shades of red plus orange, yuck - they should have gone G2 on this guy.

Looks sweet, glad I'm getting one. I do wish they'd done his helmet horns and especially the wings behind his shoulders in orange, to imitate the G1 figure's towering shoulderguns.

I would like to see what some kitbashers can come up with regarding the head.

Great redeco of a great figure.

And what are they going to call the former Technobot's partner? Computron? I can get used to it's deco. Going by the Universe bio, he's supposed to turn into a "heat-ray rifle", so the deco fits nicely.

Primus C-00 wrote:Meh, and the reason we didn't get a new head mould is?

1/3 because a new head isn't warranted, 1/3 because the existing head's pretty good, and 1/3 because IMO a new head (especially one based off G1 Strafe as he appears in the Universe bio i linked to earlier in this post woulda fraked up the transformation from robot to jet mode. The red and silver become white and red on the G1 version, but even that's better left in G1 IMO.

Pimp my handheld energy blaster---that gun is badass!can see Elita 1 and Arcee kneeling in front of him, bein' his "hoes"

I'm a fan, and you can get for less than $100 shipped. Look around.

Could someone tell me, please, how anything resembling Cyclonus could make an Autobot? These repaints are just examples of being L-A-Z-Y. Why not take the already recycled to death Classics Seeker mold, paint it black and white, slap an Autobot insignia on it and call it Air Raid?

Seeing as all of the posts I seem to have put up recently have been negative - its time for something positive
I like the target master - that gold chrome looks pretty slick.

Barrelass wrote:There are a number of other items that I would rather spend $100+ on at this point. I really wish Hasbro would use some of these ideas for their Universe Special Editions. It would be nice to get a US version of this, Electro Mirage, Clear Starscream, and even the new molds of Thrust and Dirge at a reasonable price. They arn't too terribly bad of a price in Japan, but man it costs a lot to bring the imports over here.

Yes, and yes.

If this was a US release, even an exclusive, I may get it, but I'm not spending that kind of scratch on this redeco.

It's nice, but not $100+ nice.

I don't not like it but I don't love it either. Seeing this, I can't decide whether this is what I really wanted to see or if my heart was set on the G2 colors.

Those comments aside, he's interesting. I do wish his faceplate would have been different-a modern update of G1 Strafe, not really his whole head though. I also wish the jet tip would have been orange instead of red.

I'll still probably pick him up.

It looks pretty good, but I just can't see this mold as anyone other than Cyclonus. To me he's "Coast Guard Cyclonus"

As a nameslapping repaint tagged Strafe, that freakin' blows.

As a potential figure representation for Shattered Glass Cyclonus, that's a possible win.

With the photoshop so far...looks oookaay. I don't know what else they could really do. I only see a Con with this mold however. Still, I'm waiting to see some actual photos. Prob my least favorite looking exclusive to date on one of my more fav cls/uni mold.

Ugh. No Thanks.

If I had it, I'd call it Shattered Glass Cyclonus.

Jesus wept. At least retool the head.

No surprise that the other day, all preorders at BBTS were gone. Now there are 150 available. I suspect that number will grow as others get a glimpse at him.

Strafe is definitely polarizing.

Love the colors and the toy overall ... but $100.00 ..hmmm ouch ... For that amount I think I'll continue completing my Masterpiece collection

Didn't like him at first glance but he's growing on me. He's not "apply-for-a-credit-card-in-Japanese" worth of good though.

It can't be SG Cyclonus.

One of his defining traits were the orange/yellow wings which mimick the spolier Hot Rod had. Also, the chest coloring is wrong.

This is Technobot Strafe, love it or leave it.

Inevitable Mirage as Lightspeed, Jetfire as Scattorshot, Galvatron as Nosecone and no-one in particular as Afterburner in five...four...three...

Nice. This will be mine.

I can see this being kitbashed into Shattered Glass Cyclonus.

I don't like the colors on this guy, they would look better on a boxy design then on this, although his altmode and target master looks awesome.

Not a fan personally,wouldnt pay £13 for that,let alone the going prices.

Hated it at first, kinda digging it now though. The alt-mode looks terrible in those colors, but the robot looks pretty clean.

Nightstick is blingin' now! I'd really like to just buy the targetmaster on his own lol!

zimmus prime wrote:Pimp my handheld energy blaster---that gun is badass!can see Elita 1 and Arcee kneeling in front of him, bein' his "hoes"

So much more impressive than your "blaster", that is for sure. Misogyny creep.

Counterpunch wrote:It can't be SG Cyclonus.

One of his defining traits were the orange/yellow wings which mimick the spolier Hot Rod had. Also, the chest coloring is wrong.

This is Technobot Strafe, love it or leave it.

$12.88 at Walmart, love it. $100+ imported, leave it.

Diem wrote:Inevitable Mirage as Lightspeed, Jetfire as Scattorshot, Galvatron as Nosecone and no-one in particular as Afterburner in five...four...three...

*lulz*

Like someone else said.

L-a-z-y.

No amount of cross-eyed glances makes this look in anyway like Strafe.

Pass, like a majority of what constitutes Universe another poorly chosen repaint. I thought Henkei was better than this.

Having another Target Master is always welcome, but that mold is Cyclonus and that's that! I love the color sceme and the chrome colors are awesome too! I would love to see Hasbro push new Target Masters in the future.

Er.... It's not really Strafe though is it?

Sunstreaker in red with a slightly diferrent transform and a new head I can accept. But how in any way can that mold be anything other than Cyclonus? It looks camp. lol

GeidiPrime wrote:Why not take the already recycled to death Classics Seeker mold, paint it black and white, slap an Autobot insignia on it and call it Air Raid?

Shh! Don't give them any ideas!

At first I thought this was pretty cool but the more I stare at it the less I like it.

The mold really is Cyclonus and only Cyclonus.

I have two on preorder, I will have to see more pics to decide whether to keep them.

This woulda been better done up as Scattershot!

It is just utterly RIDICULOUS how they can take a figure slap some paint on him and call it someone else and we as consumers go for it HELL NO! I am bigger than the biggest tf fan but no way in hell is Cyclonus suppose to be a repaint of anybody. He is my favorite character and i am not being biased but be serious other than the colors where in da hell does he look like strafe??????

Damn i want that

robots1 wrote:other than the colors where in da hell does he look like strafe??????

He's a jet.
That's about it. I suppose not having a nosecone on his chest helps. And he does have tall shoulders, though Strafe's were tall due to cannons.

It's definitely not perfect, but it does look cool. For some reason I have an easier time buying it as Strafe in vehicle mode (even though the jets are totally different).

I'm tempted to slap a Decepticon sticker on him and add him to Cyclonus' armada

Decided to digibash him into scattershot:


What do you guys reckon (shoddy digibash skills aside!) ?

In one year, all the collectors and fans will look up to eBay and shout "Sell me Henkei Strafe for a reasonable price!"

And eBay will look down and whisper, "No."


As it is and has always been with every single exclusive ever released.

Counterpunch wrote:In one year, all the collectors and fans will look up to eBay and shout "Sell me Henkei Strafe for a reasonable price!"

And eBay will look down and whisper, "No."


As it is and has always been with every single exclusive ever released.

That's funny.

Didn't one of the customs guys take the Universe Seekers as part of their Superion custom?

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?siteid=0&pub=5574891718&campid=5336631220&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2Fws%2FeBayISAPI.dll%3FViewItem%26item%3D300286795809%26

ThunderThruster wrote:Decided to digibash him into scattershot:


What do you guys reckon (shoddy digibash skills aside!) ?

Why do I think this will actually happen?

Primus C-00 wrote:

ThunderThruster wrote:Decided to digibash him into scattershot:


What do you guys reckon (shoddy digibash skills aside!) ?

Why do I think this will actually happen?

never said it would, but i think it suits the mold better!

Gay. So gay. Not that there is anything wrong with that. Not feeling that vibe.

Counterpunch wrote:In one year, all the collectors and fans will look up to eBay and shout "Sell me Henkei Strafe for a reasonable price!"

And eBay will look down and whisper, "No."


As it is and has always been with every single exclusive ever released.

Hehehe...

the color is good but the rest sucks, whats the deal with all these crappy repaints?

Ummm... not feeling this one at all. It looks like people said, a coast guard or shattered glass Cyclonus.

Love the repaint. Hate the price. Count me out.

canceled my two pre-orders. I went from liking him to slowly hating him the more I looked at him. I felt the same way about Wildrider.

Both did not convince me they were other characters. They just look like wacky repaints.

At this point, he's an figure that I might just keep MISB. I don't see the need to open him, but I will get him just cause he is an exclusive. Since I don't collect much ne more, this won't be to bad.