TFCon exclusive: Nightbird!

Looks cool, but I hope this doesn't mean Itoys has scrapped their 100% accurate Nightbirds and used their heads for this. How many pieces have their past exclusives been limited to?

"And Definitely Don't Shake Her Hands!"

...yep. I want it. Better start saving up...

Well, looks like I'm going to TFCon too this year.

This news makes me ponder: What if Hasbro had approved a Transfomers aimed at teenage girls with all-girl TFers as the characters??

Nightbird?


This looks more like crossover. Darth Arcee with a lightsaber?

But Nightbird didn't transform, nor did she have a backpack.

Mykltron wrote:But Nightbird didn't transform, nor did she have a backpack.

Springer was a helicopter and Arcee wasn't ever a spider. Con exclusives don't always give the most cartoon-accurate representation of characters.

Is it just me, or does her back thingies and chest look like another feminine Transformers tahat we've come to love/hate? That's right, I'm talking about..... Optimus Prime. Ha, you thought I'd say something different, didn't you?! Alright, I'll tell you who it is. I'm pretty sure its a repaint of Impossible Toy's Arcee

Dammit.. looks like more money magically disappearing from me wallet. If this didn't transform, Nightbird would be a big fat pass for me...

I hope Impossible toys doesn't turn around and announce an "Asian Market" exclusive Nightbird with a slight repaint (and no TFcon sticker...whoopee) like FansProject did last year.

Want to see some pics but I will more than likely get her! Love exclusives.

I must be the only person in the world that didn't think she was all that when she appeared in the cartoon series. I think it's because she didn't transform. I always figured that if she did transform, she'd be a Ninja Motorcycle that were so hot at the time.

if someone can tell me why i need a non accurate, 200 dollar arcee repaint when i already got the cartoon accurate, platic model one for 20 dollars at a local hobbyshop, i will use my magic to personally shake their hand through the internet.

So far I haven't seen anything from Botcon that's worth buying so this is a must have!

has anybody heard of asadj venterss?

Mechastrike wrote:has anybody heard of asadj venterss?

Star Wars : Clone Wars Animated, right? Why do you ask? Don't even dare say Nightbird reminds you of her... I'll send the East Cybertron Trading Co. to assassinate you if you say yes!

I can tell by the pic that its a retool of TFA Arcee

If I remember correct, Nightbird didnt transform into anything. Why use an Arcee body ??? Just make a accurate figure like they did the Quints and Kremzeek. No need to be lazy...

TM2Leviathan wrote:I can tell by the pic that its a retool of TFA Arcee

No it isn't. TFCon is not sponsored or licensed by Hasbro, so using their toys is out of the question.

Rated X wrote:If I remember correct, Nightbird didnt transform into anything. Why use an Arcee body ??? Just make a accurate figure like they did the Quints and Kremzeek. No need to be lazy...

1 - Because they already have plans for an accurate version. You can preorder it here. http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/prod ... ode=retail It's been on endless delay, though.

2 - I suspect to increase returns on their 'Arcee' mold investment.

I'm sure there are other reasons as as well

Mykltron wrote:But Nightbird didn't transform, nor did she have a backpack.

Nor was she even that cool. I fail to see the appeal of making a convention exclusive character from a one-off episode who didn't transform or talk or pretty much do anything. Quite frankly, I hated the Nightbird back when I was a kid because I thought that she was a dumb character. And now, 25 years later, and I'm older and able to think things through for myself, I dislike her even more because she doesn't make sense in the grand scheme of things. Say what you want about G1 but it was downright awful with continuity (as were most 80's cartoons) and I get that. But here are these Transformers, who crashed landed on Earth millions of years ago and they are supposed to be these super advanced robots from out space, well beyond our realm of capabilities. Yet, some Earthling makes a remote controlled ninja robot who absolutely takes all of the Autobots to school without blinking an optic sensor.

And again, she was in one freakin episode, unless I'm mistaken. I don't recall any appearances after "Enter the Nightbird". Convention exclusives should be something worth wanting. And anybody who really wants this figure really needs to break away from the machine just a tad. Seriously, if she had more than one appearance and some sort of significance of the TF universe then maybe I could understand people actually wanting this. Sadly though, I know that many people will actually want this and I wonder if those people will just happily accept anything that Hasbro and the conventions will spoon feed them. There has got to be a thousand figures that deserve to be made before the Nightbird. Literally. A thousand.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

TM2Leviathan wrote:I can tell by the pic that its a retool of TFA Arcee

No it isn't. TFCon is not sponsored or licensed by Hasbro, so using their toys is out of the question.

The fact that there's a pic of the Animated Arcee toy on the top of the page, and eyes should tell most people that it's not TFA Arcee retooled. Unless retool now includes 2 totally different toys that might have a screw in them that are the same size or are both made out plastic.

joesaysso wrote:

Mykltron wrote:But Nightbird didn't transform, nor did she have a backpack.

Nor was she even that cool. I fail to see the appeal of making a convention exclusive character from a one-off episode who didn't transform or talk or pretty much do anything. Quite frankly, I hated the Nightbird back when I was a kid because I thought that she was a dumb character. And now, 25 years later, and I'm older and able to think things through for myself, I dislike her even more because she doesn't make sense in the grand scheme of things. Say what you want about G1 but it was downright awful with continuity (as were most 80's cartoons) and I get that. But here are these Transformers, who crashed landed on Earth millions of years ago and they are supposed to be these super advanced robots from out space, well beyond our realm of capabilities. Yet, some Earthling makes a remote controlled ninja robot who absolutely takes all of the Autobots to school without blinking an optic sensor.

And again, she was in one freakin episode, unless I'm mistaken. I don't recall any appearances after "Enter the Nightbird". Convention exclusives should be something worth wanting. And anybody who really wants this figure really needs to break away from the machine just a tad. Seriously, if she had more than one appearance and some sort of significance of the TF universe then maybe I could understand people actually wanting this. Sadly though, I know that many people will actually want this and I wonder if those people will just happily accept anything that Hasbro and the conventions will spoon feed them. There has got to be a thousand figures that deserve to be made before the Nightbird. Literally. A thousand.

Without getting all geeky, it was those advanced robots, the decepticons (Bombshell, in particular) who had a huge hand in making 'nightbird' a can of 'whoop-ass' for the Autobots. Further, the 'bots were asked by the humans not to damage nightbird, so they had their hands tied.

Anyway, not arguing with your points or how seriously the cartoon is taken, just providing some background.

joesaysso wrote:And anybody who really wants this figure really needs to break away from the machine just a tad.

You have to remember not everyone collects figures for the same reason. For me, I'm not getting it because she was in the G1 cartoon. I'm getting it because I like doing a NEO G1 verse. I love non original G1 characters like Sunstorm, Drift, and for example, this new Nightbird. So for me, G1 shouldn't be limited to what was just around during the 80's in toy or cartoon form. It's the original idea and concepts that I love.

And, I love my exclusives as they set a collection apart from the average child's.

I do believe that I've found Shattered Glass Arcee...

I just had to.

I wouldn't mind getting this version of Nightbird over their planned-but-never-released version because not only does it transform, but it's also goof for a female Decepticon. Price, however, is always a factor. I was not up for the $200 DIA Commander last year.

It's kinda appealing BECAUSE it appeared in that one episode. Like the Autoscout. And who knows ... maybe there's still some Nightbird / Megatron shippers in the fandom. Personally, as another guy building a Neo G1, this figure is appealing.

So far I'm not impressed. I'll wait until I can see better pics of it to make up my mind. Don't get me wrong I fully support TFCon and all that jazz, but nothing can really top last years Powered Commander. I couldn't give a shite about the fact that FP did an almost identical exclusive on the other side of the planet, it's still an exclusive.

They could have gave us a wicket sweet Shattered Glass Destroyer or something epic like that.

I will concede to the gents who said that not everyone collects for the same reasons. This is an argument that I've made myself at times on different subjects and it was a point that I lost in my angry haze. Kudos, guys.

However, I stand firm on the fact that there are so many other figures that deserve to be made first. So many TRANSFORMERS (because she isn't one) that should be made first. I would take any other Transformer ahead of the Nightbird and no matter what price tag they put on that figure it will be almost laughable.

Down_Shift wrote:So far I'm not impressed. I'll wait until I can see better pics of it to make up my mind. Don't get me wrong I fully support TFCon and all that jazz, but nothing can really top last years Powered Commander. I couldn't give a shite about the fact that FP did an almost identical exclusive on the other side of the planet, it's still an exclusive.

They could have gave us a wicket sweet Shattered Glass Destroyer or something epic like that.

I bet the people how paid out the crapper do, especially when that other 'exclusive' was 1/3 the price. It would have been a different story if both were announced at the same. I would have passed over the TFcon exclusive, that's certain.

Unfortunately, it's a crapshoot (in a myriad of ways) with most exclusives.

HighPrime wrote:I bet the people how paid out the crapper do, especially when that other 'exclusive' was 1/3 the price. It would have been a different story if both were announced at the same. I would have passed over the TFcon exclusive, that's certain.

Unfortunately, it's a crapshoot (in a myriad of ways) with most exclusives.

Personally, as someone who paid "out the crapper," I don't care. I have one of 500 figs, no matter how one slices it, it's similar to the more mass produced one, but not the same.

Exclusivity = Intact

But let's not dwell on the past shall we?

Mkall wrote:

HighPrime wrote:I bet the people how paid out the crapper do, especially when that other 'exclusive' was 1/3 the price. It would have been a different story if both were announced at the same. I would have passed over the TFcon exclusive, that's certain.

Unfortunately, it's a crapshoot (in a myriad of ways) with most exclusives.

Personally, as someone who paid "out the crapper," I don't care. I have one of 500 figs, no matter how one slices it, it's similar to the more mass produced one, but not the same.

Exclusivity = Intact

But let's not dwell on the past shall we?

Good idea

HighPrime wrote:

Down_Shift wrote:So far I'm not impressed. I'll wait until I can see better pics of it to make up my mind. Don't get me wrong I fully support TFCon and all that jazz, but nothing can really top last years Powered Commander. I couldn't give a shite about the fact that FP did an almost identical exclusive on the other side of the planet, it's still an exclusive.

They could have gave us a wicket sweet Shattered Glass Destroyer or something epic like that.

I bet the people how paid out the crapper do, especially when that other 'exclusive' was 1/3 the price. It would have been a different story if both were announced at the same. I would have passed over the TFcon exclusive, that's certain.

Unfortunately, it's a crapshoot (in a myriad of ways) with most exclusives.

I paid for it cash and I don't mind. It's still an exclusive, one that goes for more money then DIA Commander and comes with an extra item. Making it more valuable to those who collect these sorts of things. Lets be straight up honest here. If any one thought that it wouldn't have been released in a Henkei style then they were ignorant for thinking otherwise. FP said straight up everything they do is for funding for the next project. The way I look at it, without funding from DIA then we may have never got Defendor or see a release of Munitioner, Explorer, and Protector.

EDIT: I must be tired... "Straight Up" twice in the same paragraph... uuuugh work is gonna come way to early.

If any one thought that it wouldn't have been released in a Henkei style then they were ignorant for thinking otherwise.

Yeah, because when something's a con exclucive you damn well know it's gonna be released elsewhere at a lesser price. That's what "exclucive" means after all. And since Takara did it before you know they'd do it again with their DIA Commander (Even though they never made DIA Commander at all).

joesaysso wrote:I will concede to the gents who said that not everyone collects for the same reasons. This is an argument that I've made myself at times on different subjects and it was a point that I lost in my angry haze. Kudos, guys.

However, I stand firm on the fact that there are so many other figures that deserve to be made first. So many TRANSFORMERS (because she isn't one) that should be made first. I would take any other Transformer ahead of the Nightbird and no matter what price tag they put on that figure it will be almost laughable.

Your rage is misplaced. TFCon is not an official convention. So Nightbird's not taking up any spot for any Transformer toy.

Droptested Thrice wrote:

joesaysso wrote:I will concede to the gents who said that not everyone collects for the same reasons. This is an argument that I've made myself at times on different subjects and it was a point that I lost in my angry haze. Kudos, guys.

However, I stand firm on the fact that there are so many other figures that deserve to be made first. So many TRANSFORMERS (because she isn't one) that should be made first. I would take any other Transformer ahead of the Nightbird and no matter what price tag they put on that figure it will be almost laughable.

TFCon is not an official convention. So Nightbird's not taking up any spot for any Transformer toy.

Yes DtT is right, but I do understand where you're coming from joe. I am actually shocked that we have yet to see Jazz or Wheeljack from Hasbro yet, and they are big time fan favorites. But with this dang hobby, we gotta just take the wait and see approach. With the generations line, it's just a matter of time before we can get what most of us wants. Me? I want Trailbreaker more then Jazz or Wheeljack. He seems to get left out of the remakes all the time. Hell, I just want the generations line to be the main line and let everything else (animated and movie) go to the wayside for at least a year. Besides G1, I also want Armada updates as well. Gimmie a new Armada Megs n Screamer and I'll promise that I will NOT talk bad about Hasbro for a year!!

This is looking like it will be all kinds of awesome to me. It's a good repaint choice, while adding the "Nightbird" accurate head and weapons.

Can't wait to get my hands on one. TFCon all the way!

Is it even exclusive, can't you just order this??

I dig it, I'll buy it and I could give a flaming bag of crap about G1 Nightbird. I buy toys with my adult money I make at my adult job. ONOEZ! I'M GE3K! Please.

I wish impossiblytoys can concentrate on their current never ending delayed projects before taking on a con exclusive.

ang3l3s wrote:Is it even exclusive, can't you just order this??

Like the nonattendee Botcon set I ordered from FunPub last year?

Please this is the internet your talking about! You can order anything with a credit card or Paypal account!

kaidoy021 wrote:I wish impossiblytoys can concentrate on their current never ending delayed projects before taking on a con exclusive.

I agree. But if the Nightbird exclusive turns out well, they'll deserve the good publicity they will get out of it.

Images of the Nightbird are up on TFCon.ca

I love the look of her and am very pleased I have 2 on the way. I just need the Arcee.

I picked one up on clearance. Very fun.

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Um, thanks honey...

I've got one sitting in a POL at BBTS now. I can't believe it was down to $30! And my Decepticon shelf is looking pretty sparse right now. I'm glad I got the Valkyrie for Arcee too just for consistency's sake.

I think this is sitting under my tree right now. I asked for it for Christmas, and at $30, it should be compared to what else I asked for....