New Transformers Titans Return Images Show First Look at Astrotrain
Saturday, March 19th, 2016 1:10AM CDT
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Posted by Hellscream9999 on March 19th, 2016 @ 1:11am CDT
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on March 19th, 2016 @ 1:12am CDT
Posted by Mr Skram on March 19th, 2016 @ 1:16am CDT
Posted by Hellscream9999 on March 19th, 2016 @ 1:33am CDT
Posted by fenrir72 on March 19th, 2016 @ 2:26am CDT
Posted by Stuartmaximus on March 19th, 2016 @ 2:51am CDT
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on March 19th, 2016 @ 3:33am CDT
Astrotrain looks decent in bot and shuttle mode... train not so much.
Ravage looks awful... just absolutely terrible. Even my knock off USB device label Ravage I bought for a few quid looks far better (and is more useful).
Posted by ZeroWolf on March 19th, 2016 @ 5:17am CDT
Posted by Rainmaker on March 19th, 2016 @ 5:24am CDT
Posted by LE0KING on March 19th, 2016 @ 5:31am CDT
Posted by Evil Eye on March 19th, 2016 @ 5:51am CDT
And Astrotrain looks AWESOME. Now all he needs is some rails to roll on...
Posted by frogbat on March 19th, 2016 @ 6:18am CDT
astrotrain looks excellent in robot mode. I will defy be getting him over his autobot counterpart. Having said that though, I brought my generations astrotrain figure out the other day and must admit his alt modes were better or perhaps more convincing than this new one...
Posted by dragons on March 19th, 2016 @ 6:51am CDT
Posted by steals_your_goats on March 19th, 2016 @ 7:21am CDT
Posted by Autobot N on March 19th, 2016 @ 7:24am CDT
Ravage=Not so much.
Posted by william-james88 on March 19th, 2016 @ 7:26am CDT
Galvatron looks awesome. Aside from Ravage, these are all sure buys.
Posted by Evil Eye on March 19th, 2016 @ 7:32am CDT
william-james88 wrote:Astrotrain's train mode is mistranformed at one extremity. And I really hope he comes with 2 guns because that resulting asymetry at the centre is not great. Ravage is bad but we all new that when we saw stripes. And I thought FOC Ravege was bad. How is it that the universe Ravage from almost 10 years ago is better than every version since, including the MP?!
Galvatron looks awesome. Aside from Ravage, these are all sure buys.
Yeah, Ravage gets the short end of the stick a lot it would seem.
One neat thing about Astrotrain is that even mistransformed like that, it makes sense- the "official" configuration resembles a big ol' dieselpunk armoured train complete with cow catchers, whereas the mistransformation gives him a sort of futuristic bullet-train look (which admittedly doesn't work all that well with the massive chunks of armour and turrets on the body of the train, but it's something).
I wonder if he's compatible with Takara's Plarail series?
Posted by william-james88 on March 19th, 2016 @ 8:19am CDT
steals_your_goats wrote:Looks like I was right about Galvatron's colors being wrong on the video (suck it Will ) he looks really nice in hand.
I am more than happy to be wrong. I would rather be wrong about having set my expectations low than be wrong about being so hyped over something.
Posted by steals_your_goats on March 19th, 2016 @ 8:23am CDT
william-james88 wrote:steals_your_goats wrote:Looks like I was right about Galvatron's colors being wrong on the video (suck it Will ) he looks really nice in hand.
I am more than happy to be wrong. I would rather be wrong about having set my expectations low than be wrong about being so hyped over something.
I'm just yanking your chain, but I must admit I was slightly worried that they changed the color to that terrible pink too. You can imagine how relieved I was when these pictures came out.
Posted by Cyhwuhx on March 19th, 2016 @ 8:47am CDT
Posted by SureShot18 on March 19th, 2016 @ 9:12am CDT
Ravage=meh.
Posted by SureShot18 on March 19th, 2016 @ 9:20am CDT
Cyhwuhx wrote:Looks like Astrotrain could be a potential Overlord repaint/retool with that chest sculpt.
I'm all for a Generations Overlord but if we do get one I'd like to hope he'd be leader class with his own mold.
Posted by Sabrblade on March 19th, 2016 @ 9:38am CDT
It's a jet mode, not a bird mode.Stuartmaximus wrote:so Ravage is now a triple changer? so what's his bird mode's name then?
All of Soundwave's and Blaster's little guys are now triple changers that turn into media devices, vehicles, and their standard robot/animal modes.
Posted by Mindmaster on March 19th, 2016 @ 9:42am CDT
Posted by william-james88 on March 19th, 2016 @ 9:47am CDT
This was the exact same Galvatron toy that was on display at the NY Toyfair, that was just sent to the Australian display by Hasbro, so it is not a guarantee of the final colors.
Posted by Seibertron on March 19th, 2016 @ 10:38am CDT
Posted by Autobot N on March 19th, 2016 @ 10:40am CDT
Posted by Stuartmaximus on March 19th, 2016 @ 10:45am CDT
since those come in the form of Blaster, Soundwave & Optimus anyway!
but dunno what size of headmaster that TR Blaster, Soundwave & Optimus will have, nor what type of connection it will be?(the same as G1....or something different?).
Posted by ZeroWolf on March 19th, 2016 @ 11:23am CDT
Posted by Starsaber468 on March 19th, 2016 @ 11:32am CDT
Posted by steals_your_goats on March 19th, 2016 @ 11:35am CDT
william-james88 wrote:Oh no guys, that Galvatron is not the actual finished toy, its the display prototype from the toy fair:This was the exact same Galvatron toy that was on display at the NY Toyfair, that was just sent to the Australian display by Hasbro, so it is not a guarantee of the final colors.
I saw that comment too but I think that guy was mistaken. There's definitely differences between the two
Also from this angle astrotrain's feet don't look as big as the other picture.
Posted by Cobotron on March 19th, 2016 @ 12:01pm CDT
There is definitely a difference there, and the one shown down under looks more like a production sample.
I'm more hopeful now that that's closer to what we'll be getting.
Posted by BeePrime on March 19th, 2016 @ 12:12pm CDT
I can TOTALLY see an Overlord retool from Astrotrain now that it's been mentioned. That would be awesome. I'd pick that up in a second.
Looking forward to this line for sure. Some great characters coming.
Posted by shajaki on March 19th, 2016 @ 12:14pm CDT
The robot mode is perfectly delicious though, and he's the right size. I'll likely get over it in hand
Posted by william-james88 on March 19th, 2016 @ 12:19pm CDT
Seibertron wrote:I like Astrotrain except for his Wicked Witch of Cybertron long feet. His feet would look great if the black tips folded under the grey part so that he had normal sized feet. "Cybertron mode" Astrotrain looks great, but this isn't the Voyager Class Astrotrain that I wanted to go alongside Springer, Blitzwing, and Sandstorm. A more traditional shuttle mode and train mode would definitely be prefered. Head sculpt looks good.
Are you dissapointed that this isnt the colour scheme you were expecting?
Posted by Noideaforaname on March 19th, 2016 @ 12:38pm CDT
Though I continue to love that T. rex/Gun/Dragon/Head guy, even if it doesn't seem like I'd ever get a body for him.
Posted by Nemesis Destron on March 19th, 2016 @ 1:19pm CDT
Posted by Gunmetal on March 19th, 2016 @ 1:19pm CDT
Noideaforaname wrote:As someone who likes realistic alt modes, these are all disappointing.
Though I continue to love that T. rex/Gun/Dragon/Head guy, even if it doesn't seem like I'd ever get a body for him.
Then you're going to hate today's article...
http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/top-10-best-transformers-toys-with-cybertronian-alt-modes-land-vehicles/34952/
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on March 19th, 2016 @ 2:45pm CDT
Posted by william-james88 on March 19th, 2016 @ 3:52pm CDT
Nemesis Destron wrote:Are these 4 final products or not really?
Galvatron is not the final product, I dont know about the others.
Posted by Munkky on March 19th, 2016 @ 4:15pm CDT
Posted by LE0KING on March 19th, 2016 @ 5:32pm CDT
shajaki wrote:I think I'm pretty forgiving about things, but I gotta say I'm not loving Astrotrains alt modes. The ship looks more like a landing platform (ala helicarrier) and the train just doesn't look train'y enough. It's probably the central ship kibble that's throwing me off.
The robot mode is perfectly delicious though, and he's the right size. I'll likely get over it in hand
I think that's why I decided to get SPrime. I can be far more forgiving of those altmodes on a character that was never on earth. (Even if he was an armored truck in the comics )
Posted by bvzxa on March 19th, 2016 @ 11:14pm CDT
every time I try to stay with Hasbro they just seem to never quite get right what I am looking for.
Posted by Hellscream9999 on March 19th, 2016 @ 11:30pm CDT
bvzxa wrote:Srill going to purchase Fancy Cell Astrotrain - or - wait for Takara to get the colors right on Astrotrain -or- wait for the price to come down on Fancy Cell Astrotrain and buy him when this comes out.
every time I try to stay with Hasbro they just seem to never quite get right what I am looking for.
He's grey, black and purple, what are you expecting?
Posted by Sabrblade on March 19th, 2016 @ 11:35pm CDT
Dark gray instead of light gray?Hellscream9999 wrote:bvzxa wrote:Srill going to purchase Fancy Cell Astrotrain - or - wait for Takara to get the colors right on Astrotrain -or- wait for the price to come down on Fancy Cell Astrotrain and buy him when this comes out.
every time I try to stay with Hasbro they just seem to never quite get right what I am looking for.
He's grey, black and purple, what are you expecting?
Posted by Hellscream9999 on March 19th, 2016 @ 11:39pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Dark gray instead of light gray?Hellscream9999 wrote:bvzxa wrote:Srill going to purchase Fancy Cell Astrotrain - or - wait for Takara to get the colors right on Astrotrain -or- wait for the price to come down on Fancy Cell Astrotrain and buy him when this comes out.
every time I try to stay with Hasbro they just seem to never quite get right what I am looking for.
He's grey, black and purple, what are you expecting?
I guess... least he is grey, not sure the dark grey would've suited him better though, it clashed pretty foully with his luscious dark purple, the light grey makes it pop better
Posted by Sabrblade on March 19th, 2016 @ 11:42pm CDT
Some folks just want what they saw on TV, and would prefer it be domestically-purchased than imported.Hellscream9999 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Dark gray instead of light gray?Hellscream9999 wrote:bvzxa wrote:Srill going to purchase Fancy Cell Astrotrain - or - wait for Takara to get the colors right on Astrotrain -or- wait for the price to come down on Fancy Cell Astrotrain and buy him when this comes out.
every time I try to stay with Hasbro they just seem to never quite get right what I am looking for.
He's grey, black and purple, what are you expecting?
I guess... least he is grey, not sure the dark grey would've suited him better though, it clashed pretty foully with his luscious dark purple, the light grey makes it pop better
Posted by Hellscream9999 on March 19th, 2016 @ 11:54pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Some folks just want what they saw on TV, and would prefer it be domestically-purchased than imported.Hellscream9999 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Dark gray instead of light gray?Hellscream9999 wrote:bvzxa wrote:Srill going to purchase Fancy Cell Astrotrain - or - wait for Takara to get the colors right on Astrotrain -or- wait for the price to come down on Fancy Cell Astrotrain and buy him when this comes out.
every time I try to stay with Hasbro they just seem to never quite get right what I am looking for.
He's grey, black and purple, what are you expecting?
I guess... least he is grey, not sure the dark grey would've suited him better though, it clashed pretty foully with his luscious dark purple, the light grey makes it pop better
Oh, don't I know about that Well, maybe the finished product will look darker
Posted by Sabrblade on March 19th, 2016 @ 11:56pm CDT
It reminds me of when Takara made MP-3 Starscream all teal and then Hasbro did their Starscream in more traditional colors. Only now, the situation of the companies is reversed.Hellscream9999 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Some folks just want what they saw on TV, and would prefer it be domestically-purchased than imported.Hellscream9999 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Dark gray instead of light gray?Hellscream9999 wrote:bvzxa wrote:Srill going to purchase Fancy Cell Astrotrain - or - wait for Takara to get the colors right on Astrotrain -or- wait for the price to come down on Fancy Cell Astrotrain and buy him when this comes out.
every time I try to stay with Hasbro they just seem to never quite get right what I am looking for.
He's grey, black and purple, what are you expecting?
I guess... least he is grey, not sure the dark grey would've suited him better though, it clashed pretty foully with his luscious dark purple, the light grey makes it pop better
Oh, don't I know about that Well, maybe the finished product will look darker
Posted by Hellscream9999 on March 20th, 2016 @ 1:09pm CDT