Transformers Generations Jhiaxus, Nightbeat, Crosscut and Windblade Sighted at US Retail

Sweet. I did not want to pay BBTS prices for these

Meh, got mine two weeks ago from BBTS.

The shipping cost evens out to about the same price as taxes and gas money.

Step your game up retail!

Get your votes in for this years Fembot Rear Of The Year!

This post shows a few alternate ways one can have Generations Deluxe Chromia's rear end configured which helps reduce her backpack or fill out her body a little!

All packed up.




One flap!




Or two?




She looks great like this.


But if you wanted to clear away that backpack, the key may lie here?


More gratuitous butt shots here!
http://s1327.photobucket.com/user/robotmel/library/Transformers/Generations%20Deluxe%20Chromia?sort=3&page=1

im VERY happy to see chromias back kibble fold up a little better. it makes a world of difference.

leakin' lubricant wrote:

ReinaHW wrote:I like the black on the Hasbro one, it helps to break up the pink. Hope Kapow Toys get her in stock soon, after 28 years of waiting for a G1 Arcee then I'm very eager to find out if she's been worth the wait. Looks great.

I eMailed Kapow about my preorder, they are expecting her in stock around the 10th.

Got my. Shipping notice for Arcee off Kapow yesterday, bad news is she's sold out for those Britformers who didn't preorder, however the preorder is up for the Takara version, get em while there hot!

knew i should've stopped by that TRU i passed when driving through Pennsylvania, oh well my coupons are good until the 26th im sure ill find something by then.

Chromia is looking better and better. I like the Japanese version's colors a bit better, except for the light lavender accents. Hasbro Chromia is more comic-accurate, though.

The entire wave is at the TRU in Oceanside CA also. Just spotted them this past Friday evening. Plenty of each except for Windblade. There was only one of her and I was sure to grab it

I picked up Jhiaxus, Nightbeat, Windblade and Crosscut on Saturday in Portage, MI at the Toys R Us Along with the new wave of Kreo blind bags (why why why did they get rid of the codes!!!) I ended up buying like 25 bags

Should've posted here sooner. The photos of Chromia's backpack "folded up" is the way they had the figure transformed at Botcon. Maybe the instructions people got it wrong? Or the reviewers themselves, perhaps?

xRotorstormx wrote:I picked up Jhiaxus, Nightbeat, Windblade and Crosscut on Saturday in Portage, MI at the Toys R Us Along with the new wave of Kreo blind bags (why why why did they get rid of the codes!!!) I ended up buying like 25 bags

If you end up with two full sets on the Kreos, hit me up - no sign of that wave here yet!

Saw them at TRU. No way I'm paying 17 bucks for deluxes. I'll wait for a sale or clearance.

OUCH!

At least you get Generations deluxes. here in the UK we've got old stock from Beast Hunters, the simplified crap from AOE, and if you happen to live near a Toys-r-Us, *some* of the better AOE figures. Generations just never appeared here, mainly because Hasbro seems to have forgotten that the UK exists and gave the franchise one of its best writers (and best comics I might add).

omega666 wrote:Saw them at TRU. No way I'm paying 17 bucks for deluxes. I'll wait for a sale or clearance.

gothsaurus wrote:OUCH!

Indeed. With those prices, BBTS isn't looking so bad anymore...

I just noticed that Alpha Bravo looks a lot like Blast Off. A simply retool, take off the helicopter blade, stick on rocket boosters and wings and you have Blast Off.

Has anyone from the UK pre-ordered Chromia or Arcee from Forbidden Planet? Suddenly the release dates changed to the 30th of January 2015, which is kinda worrying. Not to mention everywhere else seems to be unaffected. Is anyone else in the same boat?

xRotorstormx wrote:I picked up Jhiaxus, Nightbeat, Windblade and Crosscut on Saturday in Portage, MI at the Toys R Us Along with the new wave of Kreo blind bags (why why why did they get rid of the codes!!!) I ended up buying like 25 bags

I've heard through the Chuckvine that since Kreo has become TRU only one of the concessions was the removal of any identifiers from blind bags, like lego. This is to ensure stores don't get stuck, or have less of unwanted figures.

Super-Wooper wrote:Has anyone from the UK pre-ordered Chromia or Arcee from Forbidden Planet? Suddenly the release dates changed to the 30th of January 2015, which is kinda worrying. Not to mention everywhere else seems to be unaffected. Is anyone else in the same boat?

No but I do know that Omegalock had the same release date, so may be using the same supplier.

leakin' lubricant wrote:

Super-Wooper wrote:Has anyone from the UK pre-ordered Chromia or Arcee from Forbidden Planet? Suddenly the release dates changed to the 30th of January 2015, which is kinda worrying. Not to mention everywhere else seems to be unaffected. Is anyone else in the same boat?

No but I do know that Omegalock had the same release date, so may be using the same supplier.

I cancelled the order and switched to Kapow. They seem to have her in stock at the moment.

Super-Wooper wrote:

leakin' lubricant wrote:

Super-Wooper wrote:Has anyone from the UK pre-ordered Chromia or Arcee from Forbidden Planet? Suddenly the release dates changed to the 30th of January 2015, which is kinda worrying. Not to mention everywhere else seems to be unaffected. Is anyone else in the same boat?

No but I do know that Omegalock had the same release date, so may be using the same supplier.

I cancelled the order and switched to Kapow. They seem to have her in stock at the moment.

When did you switch the order? Kapow have had her marked out of stock since weekend at least.

Just doulble checked Omegalock, they have her for pre-order, with a release date of 30th of November, for those who were to late to pre order off Kapow.

leakin' lubricant wrote:

Super-Wooper wrote:

leakin' lubricant wrote:

Super-Wooper wrote:Has anyone from the UK pre-ordered Chromia or Arcee from Forbidden Planet? Suddenly the release dates changed to the 30th of January 2015, which is kinda worrying. Not to mention everywhere else seems to be unaffected. Is anyone else in the same boat?

No but I do know that Omegalock had the same release date, so may be using the same supplier.

I cancelled the order and switched to Kapow. They seem to have her in stock at the moment.

When did you switch the order? Kapow have had her marked out of stock since weekend at least.

The site's claiming they're still in stock. I'll contact them and see what's happening with her.

TK415 wrote:I just noticed that Alpha Bravo looks a lot like Blast Off. A simply retool, take off the helicopter blade, stick on rocket boosters and wings and you have Blast Off.

More like he just looks like Vortex straight up, but with Slingshot's colors.

Yeah, clearly they are looking for a good way to deliver the concept of combiners — in a way where they can still make money/cut costs. There will be a few re-used molds as new characters (ala Alpha Bravo)... and missing characters.

I think the one that puzzles me most is Dead End being a truck. I'm twisting my brain to try to figure who that mold looks like, and what it could be a repaint of.

Either way, revisiting these after a few months... they look pretty darn good, all things considered. Some are the most cartoon accurate characters we've gotten for their robot forms. Getting excited.

gothsaurus wrote:I think the one that puzzles me most is Dead End being a truck.

This is a truck?

Sabrblade wrote:

gothsaurus wrote:I think the one that puzzles me most is Dead End being a truck.

This is a truck?

I think he meant Offroad who is to all intents and purposes Wildrider with a different alt mode).

Must have seen a post with the wrong name. You know what I'm talking about. The stunticon that looks like a truck.

Alpha Bravo and Offroad basically replace Slingshot and Wildrider as members it seems. And yes they are new separate characters, IDW and the Transformers Legends game have established them as such.

Besides, ever considered the possibility that they don't match their team mates just for variety's sake?

gothsaurus wrote:Must have seen a post with the wrong name. You know what I'm talking about. The stunticon that looks like a truck.

Ah, him.

Most peg him as being a homage to Ruckus.

hey, thanks! Yeah, his sculpt looks 100% Ruckus, though the color and alt mode are off. Guessing we will get a recolor somewhere along the lines.

gothsaurus wrote:I think the one that puzzles me most is *Offroad/Wildrider* being a truck. I'm twisting my brain to try to figure who that mold looks like, and what it could be a repaint of.

*fixed*

hasbro seems to be into really heavy retools lately (chromia anyone?) so to me, lowest common denominator for this figure would be: swindle. having an SUV converted to hummer or military jeep of some sort isnt a huge stretch to me.

Super-Wooper wrote:

leakin' lubricant wrote:

Super-Wooper wrote:

leakin' lubricant wrote:

Super-Wooper wrote:Has anyone from the UK pre-ordered Chromia or Arcee from Forbidden Planet? Suddenly the release dates changed to the 30th of January 2015, which is kinda worrying. Not to mention everywhere else seems to be unaffected. Is anyone else in the same boat?

No but I do know that Omegalock had the same release date, so may be using the same supplier.

I cancelled the order and switched to Kapow. They seem to have her in stock at the moment.

When did you switch the order? Kapow have had her marked out of stock since weekend at least.

The site's claiming they're still in stock. I'll contact them and see what's happening with her.

Strange, she's showing as out of stock for me.

leakin' lubricant wrote:

Super-Wooper wrote:

leakin' lubricant wrote:

Super-Wooper wrote:

leakin' lubricant wrote:

Super-Wooper wrote:Has anyone from the UK pre-ordered Chromia or Arcee from Forbidden Planet? Suddenly the release dates changed to the 30th of January 2015, which is kinda worrying. Not to mention everywhere else seems to be unaffected. Is anyone else in the same boat?

No but I do know that Omegalock had the same release date, so may be using the same supplier.

I cancelled the order and switched to Kapow. They seem to have her in stock at the moment.

When did you switch the order? Kapow have had her marked out of stock since weekend at least.

The site's claiming they're still in stock. I'll contact them and see what's happening with her.

Strange, she's showing as out of stock for me.

Oops, sorry, I meant Windblade and Chromia, not Arcee. Sorry!

Super-Wooper wrote:

leakin' lubricant wrote:

Super-Wooper wrote:

leakin' lubricant wrote:

Super-Wooper wrote:

leakin' lubricant wrote:

Super-Wooper wrote:Has anyone from the UK pre-ordered Chromia or Arcee from Forbidden Planet? Suddenly the release dates changed to the 30th of January 2015, which is kinda worrying. Not to mention everywhere else seems to be unaffected. Is anyone else in the same boat?

No but I do know that Omegalock had the same release date, so may be using the same supplier.

I cancelled the order and switched to Kapow. They seem to have her in stock at the moment.

When did you switch the order? Kapow have had her marked out of stock since weekend at least.

The site's claiming they're still in stock. I'll contact them and see what's happening with her.

Strange, she's showing as out of stock for me.

Oops, sorry, I meant Windblade and Chromia, not Arcee. Sorry!

Ahhhhh, makes sence, no worries, if yours still on the lookout for an Arcee, Omegalock have her up for pre-order, in stock from 30th of November.

http://www.omegalock.co.uk/product_info.php/cPath/23/products_id/272

Hey, thanks Shajaki!

Yeah, interesting batting around repaint/retool options. We DO desperately need a decent Swindle. I do think out of ALL the combiners that he needs an accurate vehicle mode. It's pretty iconic. (Point being, I hope it's not this mold of the stunticon truck repainted)

Also REALLY wishing we had a six-wheel Drag Strip. Even if they plan to retool into Mirage as a combiner, I think they should go the extra mile and add the extra wheels for the Drag Strip version. That Tyrell race car was awesome.

Sabrblade wrote:

TK415 wrote:I just noticed that Alpha Bravo looks a lot like Blast Off. A simply retool, take off the helicopter blade, stick on rocket boosters and wings and you have Blast Off.

More like he just looks like Vortex straight up, but with Slingshot's colors.

Fair enough Sabrblade, you are right in a number of respects, and for the Generations line sometimes any vehicle of the same type can be close enough to be used since it isn’t MP. The head for Alpha Bravo is a perfect match for Vortex and the arm weapons could be close enough and they are both helicopters. So I could definitely see a straight repaint into Vortex.

But, the helicopter mode just looks like a space shuttle. The nose is pointy like Blast Off and not like Vortex as a helicopter. Also, the shape of the vehicle body is more like the vehicle mode of Blast Off than Vortex.

I have always liked the blades on Vortex’s back. I know Generations will change things up but the tail gets in the way of Vortex’s copter blades. I guess with Alpha Bravo’s arms where they are that might be hard to turn into a shuttle. Probably won’t become Blast Off but I could see it happen.

OH! I think I see what you're saying. It could be a heavy retool into Blast Off. Interesting.

leakin' lubricant wrote:

Super-Wooper wrote:

leakin' lubricant wrote:

Super-Wooper wrote:

leakin' lubricant wrote:

Super-Wooper wrote:

leakin' lubricant wrote:

Super-Wooper wrote:Has anyone from the UK pre-ordered Chromia or Arcee from Forbidden Planet? Suddenly the release dates changed to the 30th of January 2015, which is kinda worrying. Not to mention everywhere else seems to be unaffected. Is anyone else in the same boat?

No but I do know that Omegalock had the same release date, so may be using the same supplier.

I cancelled the order and switched to Kapow. They seem to have her in stock at the moment.

When did you switch the order? Kapow have had her marked out of stock since weekend at least.

The site's claiming they're still in stock. I'll contact them and see what's happening with her.

Strange, she's showing as out of stock for me.

Oops, sorry, I meant Windblade and Chromia, not Arcee. Sorry!

Ahhhhh, makes sence, no worries, if yours still on the lookout for an Arcee, Omegalock have her up for pre-order, in stock from 30th of November.

http://www.omegalock.co.uk/product_info.php/cPath/23/products_id/272

I just got the reply from Kapow. They're in the post now. At least I know to never use Forbidden Planet again. And thanks for the link to Arcee! Pretty sure I'll pre-order her as well. Thanks for the help by the way!

gothsaurus wrote:OH! I think I see what you're saying. It could be a heavy retool into Blast Off. Interesting.

Honestly I think there's as much potential in the mold for blast off as there is for vortex. Though honestly I see more of blast off in alpha bravo's vehicle silhouette.

Either way... I am anticipating a motherlode of combiner figures. Taking into consideration the repaint and retool options here (and the combiners we haven't seen revealed, like Devastator and Bruticus)...

Well... I guess we should all start putting back some money. I'm just sayin'.

gothsaurus wrote:Either way... I am anticipating a motherlode of combiner figures. Taking into consideration the repaint and retool options here (and the combiners we haven't seen revealed, like Devastator and Bruticus)...

Well... I guess we should all start putting back some money. I'm just sayin'.

I'm thinking just four full 5-member combiners: 16 Deluxes, 6 Voyagers (4 Team Leaders, Optimus Prime, and who else?)

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

gothsaurus wrote:Either way... I am anticipating a motherlode of combiner figures. Taking into consideration the repaint and retool options here (and the combiners we haven't seen revealed, like Devastator and Bruticus)...

Well... I guess we should all start putting back some money. I'm just sayin'.

I'm thinking just four full 5-member combiners: 16 Deluxes, 6 Voyagers (4 Team Leaders, Optimus Prime, and who else?)

I'm going to assume you're counting prowl as a possible team leader?

SW's SilverHammer wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

gothsaurus wrote:Either way... I am anticipating a motherlode of combiner figures. Taking into consideration the repaint and retool options here (and the combiners we haven't seen revealed, like Devastator and Bruticus)...

Well... I guess we should all start putting back some money. I'm just sayin'.

I'm thinking just four full 5-member combiners: 16 Deluxes, 6 Voyagers (4 Team Leaders, Optimus Prime, and who else?)

I'm going to assume you're counting prowl as a possible team leader?

As a Voyager-sized torso?

*EDIT* Small correction concerning my counts. The Voyager count is unconfirmed, but the Legends and Deluxes counts are:

BotCon 2014 Hasbro Panel wrote:Deluxe not shown ... 16 coming
4 Legends shown, 7 coming

So either 16 Deluxes, and either 7 or 11 Legends...

I think they are gonna repaint the dickens out of these guys. Think back to FOC Bruticus... repainted and retooled 5 times... plus TFCC Fisitron and almost a The Fallen.

It's not a bad thing. I love some good repaints and clever retools.... could be different characters, Autobot counterparts out of the Stunticons, or just G2/Shattered Glass repaints. I'd love any or all of these.

Bottom line, for Hasbro to make money on a figure (and the expense of research & development, child safety testing, molds, etc.)... they HAVE to do repaints and retools. They're just part of the deal ... all the way back to the original seeker trio, Rumble/Frenzy, and the Datsun trio.

Prowl? This is the first I've heard of a Prowl release.

But given that we are getting a combiner Optimus, I think we can expect four bots to team up with him.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

SW's SilverHammer wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

gothsaurus wrote:Either way... I am anticipating a motherlode of combiner figures. Taking into consideration the repaint and retool options here (and the combiners we haven't seen revealed, like Devastator and Bruticus)...

Well... I guess we should all start putting back some money. I'm just sayin'.

I'm thinking just four full 5-member combiners: 16 Deluxes, 6 Voyagers (4 Team Leaders, Optimus Prime, and who else?)

I'm going to assume you're counting prowl as a possible team leader?

As a Voyager-sized torso?

*cough* prowl-astator, unless you think they'll do separate constructicons with a legends prowl headmaster.

OH YEAH. That Prowl/Constructicon merge team was such a misguided oddity.... I pushed it out of my head as soon as it happened...

Like headmaster Sunstreaker.

gothsaurus wrote:OH YEAH. That Prowl/Constructicon merge team was such a misguided oddity.... I pushed it out of my head as soon as it happened...

Like headmaster Sunstreaker.

Lol well as dumb as it is, I think the robots in disguise have been making it work alright.
Plus in Septembers issue, they state the four combiner teams in the veritable arms race currently are: prowl and the constructicons/devastator. Silverbolt and the aerial bots/superion. Monstructor provided he's not dead, and motormaster and the stunticons/menasor.

Yeah, RID has been getting better... and loving the Windblade and other side stories. MTMTE still awesome.

I'm not necessarily thinking the merge teams will follow the comic plot. We'll see how that pans out.

Gotta say if they put out a set of Prowl and four constructions, I'd throw chairs around the room. That's a terrible idea for a set, even if it's an interesting STORY in the comic.

I'd love a Monstructor.

gothsaurus wrote:OH YEAH. That Prowl/Constructicon merge team was such a misguided oddity.... I pushed it out of my head as soon as it happened...

:O