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Rumor - New Universe Galvatron and ROTF Ravage repaints coming?

Transformers News: Rumor - New Universe Galvatron and ROTF Ravage repaints coming?

Thursday, August 20th, 2009 11:19AM CDT

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Real Devastator has received word from a reliable friend from Hong Kong that informed him the toy merchants in China are currently taking pre-orders for a repaint of Universe Galvatron, although no colour scheme was mentioned. Another figure they are looking at is a chromed version of ROTF Ravage.

This is a rumour only as there aren't any images available, so take this as a pinch (or several pinches) of salt.
Credit(s): Real Devastator

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Re: Rumor - New Universe Galvatron and ROTF Ravage repaints coming? (978038)
Posted by Narc on August 20th, 2009 @ 11:28am CDT
Desert Camo? Urban Camo? Foliage? :grin:
Re: Rumor - New Universe Galvatron and ROTF Ravage repaints coming? (978049)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on August 20th, 2009 @ 11:47am CDT
How about waiting until we have real evidence? A "reliable friend" is not exactly evidence, by far ;)
Re: Rumor - New Universe Galvatron and ROTF Ravage repaints coming? (978051)
Posted by Doubledealer93 on August 20th, 2009 @ 11:49am CDT
either way i wont buy it. this mold sucks. it falls apart evey time i transform mine! its like painting a turd gold, it will be shiny but its still a turd.
Re: Rumor - New Universe Galvatron and ROTF Ravage repaints coming? (978055)
Posted by kirbenvost on August 20th, 2009 @ 12:00pm CDT
As long as it doesn't look better than Henkei Galvatron, I don't care. If it does...I'll be slightly annoyed that I have to buy another version of this mold. :p
Re: Rumor - New Universe Galvatron and ROTF Ravage repaints coming? (978060)
Posted by Mkall on August 20th, 2009 @ 12:04pm CDT
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:How about waiting until we have real evidence? A "reliable friend" is not exactly evidence, by far ;)

Hence why it's been classed as a rumour :P

Real Dev hasn't lead us wrong yet.
Re: Rumor - New Universe Galvatron and ROTF Ravage repaints coming? (978064)
Posted by Mindmaster on August 20th, 2009 @ 12:11pm CDT
oi, this is gonna be a tough one to guess. Warpath may be a guess, but I highly doubt it. It's probably gonna be a made up Decepticon like Heavy Load, or Blaster's new partner Blockrock. Or worse, they may make it MEGATRON!!! Yeah, your right, it aint gonna be Megs, but that'd be a good guess, just give him a Megs head. :???:
Re: Rumor - New Universe Galvatron and ROTF Ravage repaints coming? (978069)
Posted by RiddlerJ on August 20th, 2009 @ 12:30pm CDT
Maybe it will be Armada Megatron.

At any rate, they should remold the Classic Blaster Megatron into someone. Shockwave, Sixshot, Treadshot. That mold is a little goofy but it holds together better than Galvatron.
Re: Rumor - New Universe Galvatron and ROTF Ravage repaints coming? (978075)
Posted by Dead Metal on August 20th, 2009 @ 12:37pm CDT
Would be awesome if it where Megatron.
Re: Rumor - New Universe Galvatron and ROTF Ravage repaints coming? (978076)
Posted by Supreme Convoy on August 20th, 2009 @ 12:38pm CDT
Maybe he'll be in his comic book colors.
Re: Rumor - New Universe Galvatron and ROTF Ravage repaints coming? (978082)
Posted by Talous on August 20th, 2009 @ 12:43pm CDT
A repaint of this figure was bound to happen eventually. I liked the mold personally, though I don't think I would get a repaint of it.
Re: Rumor - New Universe Galvatron and ROTF Ravage repaints coming? (978088)
Posted by Forgotten on August 20th, 2009 @ 12:53pm CDT
I'll buy it, I love that mold. I with they would have done a little better with the legs and wish it would have been Voyager/Ultra class triple changer like originally intended. But it's a great mold and was the perfect homage to 25 years of evil Transformers. And that's the first i've heard of the chrome ROTF Ravage. I'm definitely going to have to get that sucker(hope it's not a lucky draw). Hope it's just a store exclusive.
Re: Rumor - New Universe Galvatron and ROTF Ravage repaints coming? (978093)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on August 20th, 2009 @ 12:59pm CDT
Mkall wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:How about waiting until we have real evidence? A "reliable friend" is not exactly evidence, by far ;)

Hence why it's been classed as a rumour :P

Real Dev hasn't lead us wrong yet.


I've seen enough people claiming they have news, only to be find out they were lying. I'm not doubting Real Dev, just his friend :P
Re: Rumor - New Universe Galvatron and ROTF Ravage repaints coming? (978097)
Posted by dabattousai on August 20th, 2009 @ 1:09pm CDT
A repaint based on Galvatron II?
Re: Rumor - New Universe Galvatron and ROTF Ravage repaints coming? (978117)
Posted by shonenfan4 on August 20th, 2009 @ 1:37pm CDT
I'm actually pretty interested in seeing a chromed repaint version of ROTF Ravage. :P
Re: Rumor - New Universe Galvatron and ROTF Ravage repaints coming? (978136)
Posted by Megatron Wolf on August 20th, 2009 @ 2:12pm CDT
Ill have to see the color before i decide to buy. The mold was cool but it was also a swift pain in the ass to transform. I dont know what to make of a silver ravage. And for all we know if this is true we might even see these in the US.
Re: Rumor - New Universe Galvatron and ROTF Ravage repaints coming? (978139)
Posted by skywarp-2 on August 20th, 2009 @ 2:21pm CDT
hmmm maybe he'll be a black and gray repaint..
Re: Rumor - New Universe Galvatron and ROTF Ravage repaints coming? (978141)
Posted by Swiftknife24 on August 20th, 2009 @ 2:25pm CDT
Chrome Ravage? :shock:

Might we have a second possible Premium on our hands? :idea:

Hope so! Hope his eye will be red, too, this time! :idea: He might come with Reedman, too! :-?

Ah well, if he's just chrome, then it's a must; glad I haven't picked the first one up! :)
Re: Rumor - New Universe Galvatron and ROTF Ravage repaints coming? (978152)
Posted by Powermaster Jazz on August 20th, 2009 @ 3:02pm CDT
I'm convinced we'll never get a better version of G1 Galvatron than the purple reissue....which is fine by me, cause he's one of my favorite toys.
Re: Rumor - New Universe Galvatron and ROTF Ravage repaints coming? (978156)
Posted by ShGarland_1383 on August 20th, 2009 @ 3:06pm CDT
Bleh...

I'm not sorry I bought U-Galvatron, it's just not good enough a figure to justify a repaint IMO. I've seen Doubledealer25's transforming issue (where it falls apart when transforming him) with mine. I'd rather see the original Galvatron reissued...

As for Ravage...I'm gonna try to pick up the old deco, which I know is out but I've only seen once (mostly because I haven't done that much looking for transformers lately). Just wanna wait till I've actually got the money to buy it before I do...

Powermaster Jazz wrote:I'm convinced we'll never get a better version of G1 Galvatron than the purple reissue....which is fine by me, cause he's one of my favorite toys.

My train of thought for the Galvatron reissue earlier is a US release of this, actually.
Re: Rumor - New Universe Galvatron and ROTF Ravage repaints coming? (978170)
Posted by Convotron on August 20th, 2009 @ 3:38pm CDT
Hmm, I wouldn't pick Universe Galvatron for a repaint. Galvatron is a mediocre figure at best. The transformation process is poorly designed. It feels like the designers were trying to make it more jumbled than it needed to be. The proportions are odd with the figure being 70% arms and legs, and the rest being the torso and tiny head. That being said, I don't hate it but it's a toy where the character concept has great potential for toy design and the designers missed the mark.

My main criticism of the mold is the fact that it's a Deluxe class mold rather than the Voyager class mold it should be. It's Galvatron! If it was redesigned for as a Voyager class figure, many of the issues would be resolved. I don't mind the tank alt mode but it's awfully mundane for the character whose original alt mode was a space cannon. Galvatron should either be a space cannon again or a Cybertronian tank rather than an "Earth" tank.
Re: Rumor - New Universe Galvatron and ROTF Ravage repaints coming? (978182)
Posted by rpetras on August 20th, 2009 @ 4:06pm CDT
Powermaster Jazz wrote:I'm convinced we'll never get a better version of G1 Galvatron than the purple reissue....which is fine by me, cause he's one of my favorite toys.



With just a little remolding Energon Galvatron would work great!

He's the "official" Galvatron on my shelf for the time being.
Re: Rumor - New Universe Galvatron and ROTF Ravage repaints coming? (978216)
Posted by GetterDragun on August 20th, 2009 @ 5:18pm CDT
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Mkall wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:How about waiting until we have real evidence? A "reliable friend" is not exactly evidence, by far ;)

Hence why it's been classed as a rumour :P

Real Dev hasn't lead us wrong yet.


I've seen enough people claiming they have news, only to be find out they were lying. I'm not doubting Real Dev, just his friend :P


And your point is what? We posted it as a rumor and regardless of it coming true or not, it still is fun to guess who it might be. So if you don't care to join in the discussion at hand and only wnat to critique the staff for just telling the rest of the members what they know, then don't post in this thread.
Re: Rumor - New Universe Galvatron and ROTF Ravage repaints coming? (978220)
Posted by Jetstorm92210 on August 20th, 2009 @ 5:24pm CDT
I bet they-re making Shockwave, who know-s or maybe Galvatron II.
Re: Rumor - New Universe Galvatron and ROTF Ravage repaints coming? (978223)
Posted by Cyber Bishop on August 20th, 2009 @ 5:29pm CDT
GetterDragun wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Mkall wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:How about waiting until we have real evidence? A "reliable friend" is not exactly evidence, by far ;)

Hence why it's been classed as a rumour :P

Real Dev hasn't lead us wrong yet.


I've seen enough people claiming they have news, only to be find out they were lying. I'm not doubting Real Dev, just his friend :P


And your point is what? We posted it as a rumor and regardless of it coming true or not, it still is fun to guess who it might be. So if you don't care to join in the discussion at hand and only wnat to critique the staff for just telling the rest of the members what they know, then don't post in this thread.



Thank you, I could not agree more.
Re: Rumor - New Universe Galvatron and ROTF Ravage repaints coming? (978228)
Posted by Kibble on August 20th, 2009 @ 5:35pm CDT
GetterDragun wrote:And your point is what? We posted it as a rumor and regardless of it coming true or not, it still is fun to guess who it might be. So if you don't care to join in the discussion at hand and only wnat to critique the staff for just telling the rest of the members what they know, then don't post in this thread.


RD is official news crew now? Didn't notice...long overdue, though! Dude's been breaking news left and right for months.
Re: Rumor - New Universe Galvatron and ROTF Ravage repaints coming? (978245)
Posted by dragons on August 20th, 2009 @ 5:54pm CDT
i like the seekers more out this series han galvatron himself seekers were fun tor transform & fun to look at theres many possiblitys they coudl do with seeker than galvatron himself if its just going to be repaint im talking about.
Re: Rumor - New Universe Galvatron and ROTF Ravage repaints coming? (978260)
Posted by Dr. Caelus on August 20th, 2009 @ 6:12pm CDT
I would guess Ravage is supposed to be a G1 toy homage, with the guns and parts of the limbs chromed silver.

But then, the Henkei line is a testament to the designers' propensity for chroming random parts.

The spikes would look cool chromed, but that would necessitate hard plastic, which I doubt would come to pass in a US release.
Re: Rumor - New Universe Galvatron and ROTF Ravage repaints coming? (978264)
Posted by DMSL on August 20th, 2009 @ 6:16pm CDT
Wake me up when we get a proper Voyager Class Galvy.
Re: Rumor - New Universe Galvatron and ROTF Ravage repaints coming? (978273)
Posted by NuclearConvoy on August 20th, 2009 @ 6:36pm CDT
I've never had a single problem with my Universe Galvatron...is he known to be prone to falling apart?
Re: Rumor - New Universe Galvatron and ROTF Ravage repaints coming? (978283)
Posted by tom brokaw on August 20th, 2009 @ 6:56pm CDT
i know its just a rumor, but i can totally see this happening.... and knowing how Real Devastator is always on the latest with the TF news, he's pretty reliable
Re: Rumor - New Universe Galvatron and ROTF Ravage repaints coming? (978300)
Posted by Convotron on August 20th, 2009 @ 7:33pm CDT
NuclearConvoy wrote:I've never had a single problem with my Universe Galvatron...is he known to be prone to falling apart?


The only problem I've had with Galvatron was the turret and cannon popped off the ball joint when I first transformed the toy. The reason was that the joint was super tight. Aside from that, I haven't had any issues with the parts popping off.
Re: Rumor - New Universe Galvatron and ROTF Ravage repaints coming? (978355)
Posted by Kibble on August 20th, 2009 @ 8:40pm CDT
NuclearConvoy wrote:I've never had a single problem with my Universe Galvatron...is he known to be prone to falling apart?

Those with meat hands find him to be...














j/k :lol:
I know some people have had problems with him and even mine pops off once in a while, too. I personally think he's great, though.
Re: Rumor - New Universe Galvatron and ROTF Ravage repaints coming? (978387)
Posted by NuclearConvoy on August 20th, 2009 @ 9:14pm CDT
I tend to have stuff pop off during the first transformation anyways, becauise I mostly refuse to use instructions unless the TF is too expensive or I get stuck halfway through and cant figure it out (happened on the RotF Twins where I got stuck mid way through because I wasn't folding a panel correctly and decided to look at the instructions to see where I was going wrong) or I look at them to see what the proper placement of bits are onece I have them actually TFed (like the chest wedges on RotF Dead End or RotF Mudflap's wheels on his legs.

Yeah, so, I have bought a lot of RotF toys lately so that theyre fresh in my mind when thinking of things like this.
Re: Rumor - New Universe Galvatron and ROTF Ravage repaints coming? (978441)
Posted by skywarp-2 on August 20th, 2009 @ 10:10pm CDT
Convotron wrote:Hmm, I wouldn't pick Universe Galvatron for a repaint. Galvatron is a mediocre figure at best. The transformation process is poorly designed. It feels like the designers were trying to make it more jumbled than it needed to be. The proportions are odd with the figure being 70% arms and legs, and the rest being the torso and tiny head. That being said, I don't hate it but it's a toy where the character concept has great potential for toy design and the designers missed the mark.

My main criticism of the mold is the fact that it's a Deluxe class mold rather than the Voyager class mold it should be. It's Galvatron! If it was redesigned for as a Voyager class figure, many of the issues would be resolved. I don't mind the tank alt mode but it's awfully mundane for the character whose original alt mode was a space cannon. Galvatron should either be a space cannon again or a Cybertronian tank rather than an "Earth" tank.



as usual convotron you hit the nail on the head!!! seriously!! ;)^ :APPLAUSE:

I am all in favor now of a full on Hasbro made Voyager Galvatron as a space canon or cybertronian tank!! :DANCE:

that good ole Canuck fresh air must keep that gray matter in yer noggin running sharp...

Hook it up Hasbro, Hook it up!! :PRAY: :PRAY:
Re: Rumor - New Universe Galvatron and ROTF Ravage repaints coming? (978525)
Posted by emeraldbeacon on August 21st, 2009 @ 1:13am CDT
One repaint concept I came up with a while back, over at Allspark.com... Galvatron in something somewhat resembling original toy colors:

Image
Re: Rumor - New Universe Galvatron and ROTF Ravage repaints coming? (978619)
Posted by Convotron on August 21st, 2009 @ 8:55am CDT
skywarp-2 wrote:as usual convotron you hit the nail on the head!!! seriously!! ;)^ :APPLAUSE:

I am all in favor now of a full on Hasbro made Voyager Galvatron as a space canon or cybertronian tank!! :DANCE:

that good ole Canuck fresh air must keep that gray matter in yer noggin running sharp...

Hook it up Hasbro, Hook it up!! :PRAY: :PRAY:


Now all we need is an insider at upper the echelon of Hasbro to put this Voyager Galvatron plan in motion!
Re: Rumor - New Universe Galvatron and ROTF Ravage repaints coming? (978762)
Posted by rpetras on August 21st, 2009 @ 1:03pm CDT
As disappointing as his bot mode is, I really do like his alt mode.

I'd pick up a repaint if the color scheme was interesting.

I have several repainted Cybertron Unicrons (the tank) and Galvy on the shelf as heralds for the 2 planet sized Unicrons.

I'd be more than happy to add to this display.

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