Transformers Generations Deluxe 2014 Series 5 to Include Arcee and Chromia

Wonderful news! So glad to have Arcee confirmed. Only bad news is no single Crosscut preorder. Guess I can't have it all

This is amazing. I hope NY Toy Fair will give us a look at these in a few weeks.

Interesting to say the least. If they do up a solid car mode for Arcee, I might not have to go with the 3rd party guys, and my wallet will be happier. I wonder if they would try to do a repaint for them though... Who would they repaint HMMMmmmm... Scoop?

Got my tankor and rattrap orders in. Wasn't going to get Rattrap at first, but after rewatching some beastwars, it reminds me of how awesome the show was, and how sweet it will be to have Generations figures commemorating them.

Don't get too excited folks. All we have are confirmation of names. As we have already seen they are not at all opposed to giving us repaints (which I expect both of these to be) or underwhelming molds. If you have any high hopes or expectations you might as well leave them at the door because I will bet a shiny new Titan class Metroplex that Hasbro is going to screw us over on Arcee... AGAIN! Generations started strong and has slowly gone downhill and the fact that the 30th Anniv. is here doesn't seem to matter to them one bit.

Please be a new mold

T-Macksimus wrote:Don't get too excited folks. All we have are confirmation of names. As we have already seen they are not at all opposed to giving us repaints (which I expect both of these to be) or underwhelming molds. If you have any high hopes or expectations you might as well leave them at the door because I will bet a shiny new Titan class Metroplex that Hasbro is going to screw us over on Arcee... AGAIN! Generations started strong and has slowly gone downhill and the fact that the 30th Anniv. is here doesn't seem to matter to them one bit.

I don't know what you've been buying, but the post-FOC Generations toys have by and large been fantastic.

megatronus wrote:

T-Macksimus wrote:Don't get too excited folks. All we have are confirmation of names. As we have already seen they are not at all opposed to giving us repaints (which I expect both of these to be) or underwhelming molds. If you have any high hopes or expectations you might as well leave them at the door because I will bet a shiny new Titan class Metroplex that Hasbro is going to screw us over on Arcee... AGAIN! Generations started strong and has slowly gone downhill and the fact that the 30th Anniv. is here doesn't seem to matter to them one bit.

I don't know what you've been buying, but the post-FOC Generations toys have by and large been fantastic.

Agreed, and have there actually been any repaints in any of those recent releases (and I mean repaints of older Generations etc. figures, not repaints of the new molds like Hoist and Trailbreaker etc.)? I'm pretty much certain that this will be a new mold and because of what they've been doing with Generations and the IDW comics, she'll be based on whatever her appearance is currently in IDW (I don't know because I don't read them) so if she's a bike in the comics, the toy will be a bike and if she's a car, then she'll be a car.

SO glad to get almost-official confirmation of these two. I know I'm not the only one alone in saying that I've been waiting 29 years to get toys of these two (well, 29 years since Chromia showed up). I HOPE they're mostly G1 inspired, and I have high hopes for that, if Chromia's appearance in the most recent issue of the IDW comics is any indication.

And although I don't hold out a lot of hope, I do hope anyway, that they'll be retooled into other fembots: Elita One, Moonracer, Firestar, Greenlight, Lancer, Glyph....though if that came to pass, I would think they'd be Botcon figures.

Still....

FEMBOT TOYS!!!!

I believe the 3rd party mmc arcee has her current idw car mode, so Hasbro would be going up against that.

MINDVVIPE wrote:I believe the 3rd party mmc arcee has her current idw car mode, so Hasbro would be going up against that.

Aha, unless the Hasbro version absolutely sucks, I foresee a LOT of MMC preorders getting cancelled soon (assuming it's up for preorder already). I know some (like myself) already complained about the head, so if Has/Tak do theirs even better then MMC may cancel their version.

Here's hoping they are two totally different molds.

T-Macksimus wrote:Don't get too excited folks. All we have are confirmation of names. As we have already seen they are not at all opposed to giving us repaints (which I expect both of these to be) or underwhelming molds. If you have any high hopes or expectations you might as well leave them at the door because I will bet a shiny new Titan class Metroplex that Hasbro is going to screw us over on Arcee... AGAIN! Generations started strong and has slowly gone downhill and the fact that the 30th Anniv. is here doesn't seem to matter to them one bit.

Sig quoting this and holding you to it. Oh and you're paying the freight to Australia.

Burn wrote:

T-Macksimus wrote:Don't get too excited folks. All we have are confirmation of names. As we have already seen they are not at all opposed to giving us repaints (which I expect both of these to be) or underwhelming molds. If you have any high hopes or expectations you might as well leave them at the door because I will bet a shiny new Titan class Metroplex that Hasbro is going to screw us over on Arcee... AGAIN! Generations started strong and has slowly gone downhill and the fact that the 30th Anniv. is here doesn't seem to matter to them one bit.

Sig quoting this and holding you to it. Oh and you're paying the freight to Australia.

yep, and after seeing what's been going on with the Thrilling 30/Generations (Springer, Blitzwing, Rhinox, Waspinator, Skids, Scoop, Starscream, Trailbreaker/Hoist, Tankor, Rattrap etc. etc.) I'd easily take that bet as well. She's going to look like she does currently in the IDW comics. So if what I hear about IDW right now is true, then she's going to be pink and she's going to be a car and she's going to be very 'G1'.

It makes me glad I've held out so long without snagging any of the third party G1 style Arcees.

I'm intrigued as to what T-Macksimus means by "AGAIN". Anyone have an idea what he's talking about?

Damn double post. That's the 2nd page error I've gotten today.

Hopefully, no bikes this time. I'm sick to death of that.

I'd like to see Arcee resemble her G1 self. even the IDW or FOC versions wouldn't be bad. and let's make her in the right colors this time.

Fingers are crossed.

Reposting since it's become more relevant:

Sabrblade wrote:Also, here's a good idea as to what Arcee's toy might look like:






Based on the design of WFC Arcee:

A slightly different IDW vehicle mode.

I thought I remembered seeing her looking more like the MMC version. Guess not?

Anyone else find it odd that two female figures are going to come in a case together, and multiple copies of each one? It's a very poor case assortment. Hopefully it doesn't lead to massive shelf warmers and no female Transformers for 10 years!

Seibertron wrote:Anyone else find it odd that two female figures are going to come in a case together, and multiple copies of each one? It's a very poor case assortment. Hopefully it doesn't lead to massive shelf warmers and no female Transformers for 10 years!

It won't! I'll buy them all up!! so glad I recently sold my third party one recently. feeling pretty smug about it!

Based on Hasbro's marketing of late, I'd think that if Arcee was a repaint of a prior figure (e.g, Prime Arcee), she'd have been reformatted in the comics to match her toy incarnation, the same way Starscream was reformatted to match his Armada form, and Bumblebee was sent back to his Earth alternate mode.

Caelus wrote:Based on Hasbro's marketing of late, I'd think that if Arcee was a repaint of a prior figure (e.g, Prime Arcee), she'd have been reformatted in the comics to match her toy incarnation, the same way Starscream was reformatted to match his Armada form, and Bumblebee was sent back to his Earth alternate mode.

Really hope this is not the case... but I can see it since she did lose a leg during the deathwave.

Im not a fan of IDW's Bizzarcee, but if chromia is a retool with a new head, she might be the gem of the set. I happily preordered the set. If Hasbro screws it up, at least I have delicate warrior as my official Arcee.

Seibertron wrote:Anyone else find it odd that two female figures are going to come in a case together, and multiple copies of each one? It's a very poor case assortment. Hopefully it doesn't lead to massive shelf warmers and no female Transformers for 10 years!

Assuming they're repaints/retools of each other, I don't find it that odd. Didn't Hoist and Trailcutter come in the same wave?

C'mon with the pictures already, I'm slowely dying of anticipation!

Arcee!

Assuming it's a new mold, I'm very excited for this prospect. I'd like to add a few Autobots to my shelf, and femmebots add some variety.

While I'm not holding out hope these'll be great, I'm sure they'll be decent representations of their comic counterparts.

I'm sure my sanguine optimism will be altered once I see pics, of course.

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Seibertron wrote:Anyone else find it odd that two female figures are going to come in a case together, and multiple copies of each one? It's a very poor case assortment. Hopefully it doesn't lead to massive shelf warmers and no female Transformers for 10 years!

Rereleases of Waspinator and Scoop seem to be the other two figures in the wave. The girls just happen to be the only new ones in the wave.

xyl360 wrote:Assuming they're repaints/retools of each other, I don't find it that odd. Didn't Hoist and Trailcutter come in the same wave?

No, Trailcutter was in the wave with Orion Pax, Megatron, and Bumblebee, while Hoist was in the wave after that with Thundercracker.

AWESOME. Just saw this myself on BBTS while checking my order. This is cut from the site, so we will have more than enough judging from the case quantities.

This case is to include the following:

1x TRA GENERATIONS DLX WASPINATOR
1x TRA GENERATIONS DLX SCOOP
3x TRA GENERATIONS DLX ARCEE
3x TRA GENERATIONS DLX CHROMIA


Product Number: HAS23636
Shipping Weight: 5.60 pounds


Now, how does this release fit in with the supposed Nightbeat Jazz wave? Assuming one believes that is actually a wave and not some fluke.

Furthermore it appears that speculation is this will be the WFC version of Arcee. NICE! Can't wait to put in on my WFC shelf!!

I suspect the girls will be a new mold, as they have built in repaint potential.

Unlike the disappointing news on Nightbeat being just a Jazz repaint.

rpetras wrote:
Unlike the disappointing news on Nightbeat being just a Jazz repaint.

That is assuming you are taking a foreign websites listing as gospel.

I am not. Until I see official pics from Hasbro none of this is 100% true.

TFSource have their pre-orders up too!

http://tfsource.com/generations2014/deluxe-series4-set2/
2 pack

They also have the case of 8 as BBTS.

I expect to see some more images suddenly arrive of the MMC Azalea anytime now!

Thats pretty awesome hmm does anybody know when the next line of generations figures will be released in the uk

Although i have been collecting the figures for around 3 years know im still kinda new to all the multiple transformer universes and i have never read a single transformer based comic although growing up i did watch different shows from time to time but i never got into them i guess cause i was always into dark themed family shows and films which is why i love transformers prime to bits
this may sound stupid but in rotf is the alice/female robot thing chromia

MINDVVIPE wrote:A slightly different IDW vehicle mode.

I thought I remembered seeing her looking more like the MMC version. Guess not?

The MMC version is based on her original idw body, before the recent body swap into her current form.
So, you remember right!

These listings are pretty interesting, seems like both will be out about the same time the Windblade comic debuts.

I'm pretty excited about this news as long as Arcee is a new mold. I'll buy Chromia too if she's at least a remold, probably not if just a repaint. I really hope Arcee turns into a car this time around!

I preordered but if they turn out to be Bay figure repaints, I am canceling my order so fast.

TheGlynreaper wrote:Although i have been collecting the figures for around 3 years know im still kinda new to all the multiple transformer universes and i have never read a single transformer based comic although growing up i did watch different shows from time to time but i never got into them i guess cause i was always into dark themed family shows and films which is why i love transformers prime to bits
this may sound stupid but in rotf is the alice/female robot thing chromia

No, Alice in ROTF is not Chromia. Chromia and her were both even in the movie as separate individuals. Alice is a Decepticon, while Chromia was one of the Autobot Arcee's three components.

Stormrider wrote:I preordered but if they turn out to be Bay figure repaints, I am canceling my order so fast.

I highly doubt they could even use those molds since the Movieverse Arcee molds are all partly owned by Paramount.

TheGlynreaper wrote:Although i have been collecting the figures for around 3 years know im still kinda new to all the multiple transformer universes and i have never read a single transformer based comic although growing up i did watch different shows from time to time but i never got into them i guess cause i was always into dark themed family shows and films which is why i love transformers prime to bits
this may sound stupid but in rotf is the alice/female robot thing chromia

As Sabrblade said, no - Alice was just Alice. To provide more background though...

In the original 1980s cartoon, Chromia was an Autobot resistance fighter serving under Alpha Trion, fighting against Shockwave. She was implied to be romantically involved with Ironhide and had a similar alternate mode (some form of van), if I recall correctly. Her appearance in the comics is very similar to that original appearance in the cartoon, and the comic will likely match the toy.

Although Chromia's name was used in connection to the movies a couple of times, both with Autobot motorcycles, it's unlikely either of those forms will inspire this figure.




Edit - I'm going to lay down imaginary money saying they'll be separate molds entirely, which will eventually be retooled into Moonracer (Arcee) and Firestar (Chromia), so we finally have the full set of G1 female Autobots.

Caelus wrote:Edit - I'm going to lay down imaginary money saying they'll be separate molds entirely, which will eventually be retooled into Moonracer (Arcee) and Firestar (Chromia), so we finally have the full set of G1 female Autobots.

While I would LOVE for that to be true (and wouldn't bet imaginary money against you), it would mean we'd still be missing a toy of Elita One in G1 form. And if you want to get technical, we'd still need toys for Greenlight and Lancer, though I could totally see those two being Botcon toys.

hope this version of Arcee won't turn out to be that disappointing again like the other new generations toys did

Bounti76 wrote:

Caelus wrote:Edit - I'm going to lay down imaginary money saying they'll be separate molds entirely, which will eventually be retooled into Moonracer (Arcee) and Firestar (Chromia), so we finally have the full set of G1 female Autobots.

While I would LOVE for that to be true (and wouldn't bet imaginary money against you), it would mean we'd still be missing a toy of Elita One in G1 form. And if you want to get technical, we'd still need toys for Greenlight and Lancer, though I could totally see those two being Botcon toys.

Oh, yeah, totally flaked on that one. I guess I block Elita One from my mind at times because her hat annoys me.

if it turns out that Arcee and Chromia use their ROTF incarnations, I will cancel the preorder I put for them on the spot.

if it turns out that Arcee and Chromia use their ROTF incarnations, I will cancel the preorder I put for them on the spot.

Deathscythetransform wrote:if it turns out that Arcee and Chromia use their ROTF incarnations, I will cancel the preorder I put for them on the spot.

Illogical. Hasbro can't use those molds for anything that isn't a Movie toy.

Sabrblade wrote:

Deathscythetransform wrote:if it turns out that Arcee and Chromia use their ROTF incarnations, I will cancel the preorder I put for them on the spot.

Illogical. Hasbro can't use those molds for anything that isn't a Movie toy.

I've got me pre-order in for these two, so really hope that's 100% accurate. I'd hate for these to be revealed as ROTF and DOTM Bumblebee repaints.

craggy wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Deathscythetransform wrote:if it turns out that Arcee and Chromia use their ROTF incarnations, I will cancel the preorder I put for them on the spot.

Illogical. Hasbro can't use those molds for anything that isn't a Movie toy.

I've got me pre-order in for these two, so really hope that's 100% accurate. I'd hate for these to be revealed as ROTF and DOTM Bumblebee repaints.

All onscreen movie character toys are owned in part by Paramount.

Some people are so determined to complain, they'll invent something completely fictional to complain about.

"I'm gonna be REALLY PISSED if these turn out to be My Little Pony figures instead of Transformers!"

Complaint Police

GuyIncognito wrote:Some people are so determined to complain, they'll invent something completely fictional to complain about.

"I'm gonna be REALLY PISSED if these turn out to be My Little Pony figures instead of Transformers!"

That sums it up nicely!