Preliminary Alt Mode Design for the New Transformers Titans Return Grotusque

Im so lucky I got mine. I was browising the net for 2 minutes on the way to work. I ended up being 30 mins late to work so I can stop and order one. Smart phones are a wonderful thing.

Kurona wrote:I wish I was good enough for that! As is I'm too scared to even give Wolfwire's visor a dab of paint

If you are serious about trying, BBTS had Arms Microns on clearence for a pittance. Throw one in a POL and practice on. Paints can be gotten from Walmarts or Meijers for $0.47-$1 and cheap but decent brushes arent either.

I was leaving my house to meet up with someone for lunch and there he was on the front door! He shipped yesterday!!!

Kurona wrote:Customs are fun

Damn, that looks pretty good. It's also reminding me of my unfortunate last session in the airbrush booth with my Skydive to Starscream conversion. (Nothing irreversible, but note to self and any fellow customizers: Invest in actual airbrush paint rather than trying to thin down Citadel.)

Anyway, GROTUSQUE WOOOOOOO. I've always wanted Grotusque to get an update, out of all the Monsterbots he gets the least love, which is a shame when he's a goddamn giant winged naked mole rat monster. I want him, but I can't get him right now. Oh well, some day.

According to the Tracking number, my Grotusque is in Mississippi right now. Forgetting about my action figure for a minute, I hope everyone there stays safe with Hurricane Nate getting ready to make landfall later on tonight.

Another thing not from me, but really quite hilarious.

I can confirm that the Clone sets was available at an EB games stores nearby in Montreal. I called a few of them and not all had them in stock. The one where I purchased my set had only received three and there was no indication of restock any time soon. I was happy to get them...until I remembered I had already preordered the Takara version of the twins somewhere ... Anyway, this set costed me 34,48$ with taxes.

Kurona wrote:Another thing not from me, but really quite hilarious.

"Who you callin' pinhead?"

Looks like in the drawing his beast mode shoulders are oriented in the way that the actual toy's robot shoulders are.

If they ain't giving me Titan Scorponok, I may have to hunt G1.....I just love his original incarnation.

All I currently have is Dark Scorponok (Cybertron 2005)! He's not nearly big enough.

Here it is....courtesy of Peaugh...enjoy

We're receiving several reports from Seibertronians about the recently revealed and limitedly available Transformers Titans Return Grotusque figure - as shown during NYCC 2017 and shortly after running out of stock at Hasbro for this run - already arriving for those who were able to order it, only two days after the order was placed!

If you were among the lucky US-based collectors who got in in time, make sure to check out your mailboxes.

I'm rather surprised TRU still has Arcee available for pre-order. That's promising for Grotusque if he does turn out to be a TRU exclusive (TFWiki says he is, but I don't know where they got that info from). But then again this is our first Grotusque since the original while we have options for Arcee and there are likely those that prefer the Generations version or aren't willing to buy her a second time.

Grotusque has consistently been at the top of my G1 remake list. I have an original that's in rough shape I've had since I was a kid and have always wanted to see a modern figure of him. My one complaint is it seems like they weren't able to incorporate his (mistransformed yet cool) four legged winged cat mode into the figure, but at least they were able to make a fantastic looking upright mode. He's one figure that I will happily pay double for on eBay if I can't get one from the retailer.



Emerje

I'm really hoping that TRU or wherever the figure is exclusive to gets him in stock soon. Next month's my birthday and he would definitely be at the top of my list.

yeah i posted yesterday i got mine. he shipped at noon friday and arrived around noon yesterday it was baffling.

that being said I love him! hes hideous and awesome

Titans Return Grotusque with authentic curb stomped action.

I wonder if, at some point, we'll get an exclusive Repugnus made out of POTP Rippersnapper or something

You could make it out of this mold. That way they all have some relation as a team. Use the lower half and same engineering as grotesque. New arms(not 100% necessary) new bug head and front torso. Close enough. But if it happens which it probably won’t because we got a Repugnus and this gimmick is over. I got all three monsterbots now I’m good. I’m happy with what we get.

As a Canadian will I be able to obtain Arcee and Grotesque?

Deadput wrote:As a Canadian will I be able to obtain Arcee and Grotesque?

Dunno; my advice would be: look everywhere in the coming months. The clone two-pack showed up at eb there with no warning or announcement, so clearly they'll make their way there just like every other exclusive.

I actually like his colors more than Twinferno. I'm not a huge fan of pink either but I do like more colorful figures than not in most cases. Kinda wish he was red or royal purple. Though maybe purple would make him look too much like Mindwipe - with the wings and all.

So annoyed I missed out on this guy. Anyone got a second they're willing to resell?

Mkall wrote:So annoyed I missed out on this guy. Anyone got a second they're willing to resell?

You're better off waiting for the announcement of the partner chain. Like Arcee isn't exclusive to HasCon, Grotusque isn't exclusive to HTS or NYCC.

Does anyone else thing Grotusque bears a passing resemblance to Deathsaurus?

Feels like an easy retool.

megatronus wrote:Does anyone else thing Grotusque bears a passing resemblance to Deathsaurus?

Feels like an easy retool.

Nooooooot really. But then again I was one of the people who thought a dinobot combiner was dumb and shouldn't happen. So what do I know.

Just a thought, HasCon had Arcee; NYCC had Grotusque; London comic con is coming up, Anybody thinking another exclusive?

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Just a thought, HasCon had Arcee; NYCC had Grotusque; London comic con is coming up, Anybody thinking another exclusive?

Doubt it. Think of the Hascon exclusive as an SDCC sub, and not much has changed in the scheme of things. Would love to be proved wrong though.

megatronus wrote:Does anyone else thing Grotusque bears a passing resemblance to Deathsaurus?

Feels like an easy retool.

I can see it, really only needs new beast and bot heads to pull it off acceptably enough. Obviously the beast arms wouldn't be right and he'd have furry ankles, but I think it'd look OK. Though I think heavily modifying PotP Grimlock would work better and his combiner feet could double as Tigerbreast and Eaglebreast. That's probably asking way too much of a Voyager, though.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Just a thought, HasCon had Arcee; NYCC had Grotusque; London comic con is coming up, Anybody thinking another exclusive?

Have they done exclusives before? Have we heard of releases of Arcee and Grotusque in England? Probably not then. Hascon is BotCon's replacement and NYCC has had exclusives in the past so it makes sense for those two to have gotten figures.

Emerje

Why am i wanting grotesque? It looks terrible, and i have no connection to the monsterbots.

Insurgent wrote:Why am i wanting grotesque? It looks terrible, and i have no connection to the monsterbots.

Look, I didn't either but I ordered Grotesque then hit Target on the way home from work and picked up the other two so in 48 hours I went from 0 to finished. That has a hell of a satisfying feeling to it.

Insurgent wrote:Why am i wanting grotesque? It looks terrible, and i have no connection to the monsterbots.

That's the point!

zodconvoy wrote:Look, I didn't either but I ordered Grotesque then hit Target on the way home from work and picked up the other two so in 48 hours I went from 0 to finished. That has a hell of a satisfying feeling to it.

Repugnus is adorable! I would still like a deluxe to round out the team... but it is nice to be able to 'complete' the set.

As many of you remember, last Thursday, Hasbro dropped a surprise bombshell on us with the revealing of a Titans Return Grotusque complete with Titan Master Fengul and Scorponok, rounding out the Monsterbot trio and the quadruplet of diecast Titan Masters. Yours truly was able to get a hold one of these figures, and I would now like to tell you why Grotusque is one of the best deluxes of Titans Return and why Scorponok is fun too.

For the official Seibertron galleries, you can check out the reveal gallery and the display gallery. You can also view G1 Grotusque for comparisons to his original form.

We will start with the bot mode, and I apologize now for the lighting of the images.

Bot mode is gorgeous, and very well painted. The bot mode is fun to look at, with the puffed out chest area complete with the beast mode lower jaw area proudly standing front and center. The colors are really loud and great on this figure, with the shoulders getting some surprisingly good attention to detail. He even has that little triangle dead center of his chest.



The head sculpt is pretty good, though I wish it was a little closer to the G1 toy's flirty/pouting face, but it is still nice regardless. He still does look grumpy though!



Now this mold is a retool of Titans Return Twinferno, his fellow deluxe Monsterbot. The retool is very obvious in the lower part of the body, with everything from the waist down being the same as Twinferno, just in new colors. The wings are also the same, as are the guns. The arms, head, and upper chest area, however, are new, and it really helps him stand out from his Monster-mate. The Titan Master's body is also the same, though the head is new (to be seen later).





Now up first for comparisons, here we have the Monsterbot trio together at last! While it is a bummer that Repugnus is not a deluxe as well, he still looks cool enough, and you can always play musical chairs with the heads!





Transformation on the lower body is the same as Twinferno, but the upper body has some nice new tricks. The arms are pretty basic, rotating 180 degrees at the bicep and having some flip out beast claws, but the new beast head is where the transformation shines. the lower jaw folds out of the upper chest while the upper beast head flips up over from the back.

And the result is a pretty great beast mode! Now anyone who likes Monsterbots will remember: they are supposed to be ugly as sin, it's part of their thing. They are supposed to be ugly monsters that scare people, and this guy does it very well. His beast mode is great in it's ugliness, looking so good yet so bad all at the same time. A great beast mode, the mode where he really shines!







Also of note, the beast head has tabs on the side for his guns. While they can store on his back like Twinferno, you can also mount them on the beast head. This is more for robot mode storage, but it's a really funny thing you can do in beast mode!





Here we have the Monsterbots in beast mode, and all 3 shine together here. They are a perfect team, and I am really glad I got to complete the team.







Lastly, we'll take a brief look at Scorponok, who finally got his release, and Fengul! The robot mode for Scorponok is the same as Ultra Magnus and Thunderwing, and is once again diecast. It looks pretty nice, and I enjoy the colors. Fengul is based on Daburu, Twinferno's Titan Master, but with a new head based on a saber tooth tigers, which is yet another battle beast reference! The paint work on Fengul is really good too, the best of the line.

Below, you can check out Fengul, and then a comparison with the 3 Monsterbots and Scorponoks Titan Master robot modes.





And finally today, Scorponok in head mode. It's a nice head, yet feels a bit too small, like this was a head that really needed the voyager treatment with the things deploying on either side to beef it up. The Head looks really funny on Grotusque, but really works with Tidal Wave!





In conclusion, this whole set is a great pickup. Grotusque is the best of the Monsterbots here, and is really one of the best deluxes of the whole line. I really enjoy this figure, everything about him is dumb, fun, ugly, beautiful, and he should be a figure people actively hunt down.

Scorponok is pretty cool too. While he is not my favorite Titan Master, he is still really cool, and will be a great addition to his larger generations toy when we finally get one.

While this set was only available for about an hour on HasbroToyShop last Thursday, it will be available again online soon, much like Arcee, so keep your optics tuned for all the latest Grotusque and Scorponok news here!



Also, thanks to Stuartmaximus, we have word that Peaugh uploaded his video review for the Grotusque set, if you would like to check that out as well.

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:"...Grotusque Review..."

Firstly, thanks for a lovely picture eview that I can read and stufy at my leisure instead of videos.

Still waiting on my Grotusque, (Am I the only one who opted for he cheap shipping? ) does he have the floppy hip diaper thing going that Doublecross does? And does the tail want to peg together or is that still a problem?

Flashwave wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:"...Grotusque Review..."

Firstly, thanks for a lovely picture eview that I can read and stufy at my leisure instead of videos.

Still waiting on my Grotusque, (Am I the only one who opted for he cheap shipping? ) does he have the floppy hip diaper thing going that Doublecross does? And does the tail want to peg together or is that still a problem?

I just went with whatever shipping was default. And I live only 2 hours from the HTS center, so I get things quickly.

the diaper and tail are zero issues. there isn't a flaw with my figure at all

does the Geotusque have a fake spark mechanism wheel like twinferno did? Not sure why they try to put faction symbols over a pin either but it's still looks a decent figure and Scorps head does look good on tidal wave.

blackeyedprime wrote:does the Geotusque have a fake spark mechanism wheel like twinferno did? Not sure why they try to put faction symbols over a pin either but it's still looks a decent figure and Scorps head does look good on tidal wave.

The only thing on his clear plastic chest panel is a small hole, no sparker thingy. Probably had to sacrifice it for the chest to work transformation wise

The arms are mistransformed for beast mode. You're suppose to lift the should panels, lift the arms by the bicep like he's got both arms over his head and turn the entire arm from the shoulder 180 degrees instead of just rotating that bicep around.

Randomhero wrote:The arms are mistransformed for beast mode. You're suppose to lift the should panels, lift the arms by the bicep like he's got both arms over his head and turn the entire arm from the shoulder 180 degrees instead of just rotating that bicep around.

I'm honestly happier with them as they are. the shoulder rotation really doesn't make much of a difference. Plus you said that, I skipped over that part in the instructions, and I have him right now with me and tried it

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

blackeyedprime wrote:does the Geotusque have a fake spark mechanism wheel like twinferno did? Not sure why they try to put faction symbols over a pin either but it's still looks a decent figure and Scorps head does look good on tidal wave.

The only thing on his clear plastic chest panel is a small hole, no sparker thingy. Probably had to sacrifice it for the chest to work transformation wise

Worth noting is that G1 Doublecross bucks the trend by having his sparker gimmick in his chest, whereas Repugnus' and Grotusque's were inside the mouth. That said, the plunger detail is absent from the Titans Return version.

Ah, that's cool -I have absolutely no knowledge of the G1 versions at all but toy wise they are something that I would definitely liked to have had/have. Hope this side of the pond gets him (and all other exclusives) soon.

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

Randomhero wrote:The arms are mistransformed for beast mode. You're suppose to lift the should panels, lift the arms by the bicep like he's got both arms over his head and turn the entire arm from the shoulder 180 degrees instead of just rotating that bicep around.

I'm honestly happier with them as they are. the shoulder rotation really doesn't make much of a difference. Plus you said that, I skipped over that part in the instructions, and I have him right now with me and tried it

I just figured Id mention it. I honestly I didn't do the arms. Before I said "it's a shame there's nothing to do with the arms really" then I noticed the panels and went back to stock photos and said "oh there is something!"

Yeah they don't go all the way down but I like they have some form of transformation other than ratatong the bicep

What impress me the most about that Grotusk is not Twinferno's great remoldings. It's the fact the they gave the titan master a new, unique head that is also well painted!

There's much love and effort in this figure.

Well the design team at NYCC stated the figure had some extra detailing, but is it all in the TM head , or does the figure itself look more detailed? Mine doesn't arrive until Friday that's why I'm asking...

HTS has my Grotusque order on hold because they say I didn't pay for some other order. That they shipped out. And that PayPal says was completed. So... who knows when I'll get mine??

Can't wait to get Grotusque (whenever that is), I think he's going to look great with the better painted Takara Tomy Doublecross, especially their Battle Beast heads.

While the figure doesn't have the spark button it the original design art we were shown does. Just a casualty of the design process.

Emerje

Glad they put all that extra detail into the figure because with a cost of $25 along with tax & shipping I think it came out to $34 for me. That puts it near the price range of a similar Takara release, which I spend the extra money on for the paint & mold differences. Not that I'm complaining about spending the money, I'm actually happy they put some extra effort into these special releases aimed at collectors. Guess I'll see for myself in the next day or two when my shipment arrives.

o.supreme wrote:Well the design team at NYCC stated the figure had some extra detailing, but is it all in the TM head , or does the figure itself look more detailed? Mine doesn't arrive until Friday that's why I'm asking...

I don't know what figure you are referring to but if it's Grotusque you are talking about, did you miss the news with all the pictures?

https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... ase/39773/

Yes I'm talking about Grotusque, and the news is what I was referring to. They said it has extra details, and all the photos in the world don't compare to actually having the toy in your possession and seeing it with your own eyes, thus why I was asking.

That's a great figure! I am really impatient for Grotesque to be sold at another retailer. I don't know if Toys 'R Us will do a better job than they did with the Chaos on Velocitron set (wasn't available online), or the quantities will be decent (BBTS's shortage of the Siege boxed set), but I'd really like to add this to figure to my collection after missing out on the Hasbro sale. I felt fortunate to get Arcee before it sold out, but no such luck with Grotesque. **Crosses his fingers**

o.supreme wrote:Yes I'm talking about Grotusque, and the news is what I was referring to. They said it has extra details, and all the photos in the world don't compare to actually having the toy in your possession and seeing it with your own eyes, thus why I was asking.

I don't really notice too much extra paint work on the figure. The titan master is where the extra paint really shines out. But the paint work Grotusque has is really good and used in the right places, so he does look pretty good with that regard