Transformers Titans Return Windblade and Misfire Found at Canadian Retail

Randomhero wrote:I hope we get a Rung in power of the Primes and let's not kid ourselves it doesn't matter what he turns into in IDW. We've seen his alt mode, he's a key or a switch or lever to something and that will never be a toy. Just make him a car or a motorcycle or something.

How about a drill tank?

william-james88 wrote:

Randomhero wrote:I hope we get a Rung in power of the Primes and let's not kid ourselves it doesn't matter what he turns into in IDW. We've seen his alt mode, he's a key or a switch or lever to something and that will never be a toy. Just make him a car or a motorcycle or something.

How about a drill tank?

Talking of toys and rung, my favourite part about that is when it turned out the actual drill part was fake, it popped out when Rung transformed back like when a toy partsforms

nycPrime wrote:I received Chaos on Velocitron today from Amazon. I quickly opened the box but didn't take the figures out yet since I don't have time to play around with it. I did notice some of the stickers on Prime are peeling off. Is this a common issue at all?

That has been an issue with all pre-applied stickers in the line. Voyager Optimus Prime, Megatron and Broadside suffer from it too.

william-james88 wrote:

Noideaforaname wrote:"Retool" has become a game of semantics at this point.
For me, it's a 'retool' in as much as the toys still function the same, and are rather clearly based on each other.

100% agree, there is no longer a clear fan definition for retool. So it can be a retool or not in anyones opinion. Since toys are all designed at the same time and the release schedule is no longer indicative of what was designed first, I feel the term is obsolete. The truth is these 2 toys share the same design and structural skeleton along with the same legs. Anything said beyond that is whatever a fan wants to say Its definitely a cost saving measure, just as retools of the past.

So this Overlord and Sky Shadow only share the tank module, plus the chest piece of the Titan Master (which indicates it's gang-molded). That's hardly anything new within Titans Return.

Those forearms, they look like something you would expect on a Unicron trilogy toy or early Optimus Primal. Their mass makes them look cheap. Which is a shame because everything else looks great. Also, if thehead doesn't have to come off, why did they have to do the headmaster gimmick? I know its the line play feature but it isn't utilized. At least Overlord has his powermaster ports.

Trikeboy wrote:Those forearms, they look like something you would expect on a Unicron trilogy toy or early Optimus Primal. Their mass makes them look cheap. Which is a shame because everything else looks great. Also, if thehead doesn't have to come off, why did they have to do the headmaster gimmick? I know its the line play feature but it isn't utilized. At least Overlord has his powermaster ports.

Just because you don't have to take it off doesn't mean there aren't reasons to -- like any other TR figure the Titan Master can pilot the alt mode. Both vehicle modes in this case. And, naturally, manning the base mode.

Trikeboy wrote:Also, if thehead doesn't have to come off, why did they have to do the headmaster gimmick?

if these toys are sold in the boy's aisle at a toy store, why are grown men and women buying em?

Answer to both is because we can

still waiting for kup & perceptor, really hope this was just a fluke and wave 5 isnt shipping yet.

Feh. For some reason, the areas I haunt seem to be under some kind of huge delay in terms of transformers deliveries. I still haven't seen Six Shot or many other figures that should have been out by now. With some figures, they're current. With others, we never see them at all. With some, you see to dang MANY of them and no others. Wish they'd balance better...

I own Black Shadow and do love it a lot and while I like Overlord even more as a character I have no intention of getting TR Overlord. Much like TR Sixshot I'll stick with my Mastermind Creations versions as my definitive versions. Don't think I don't appreciate what Has/Tak is doing, for those not lucky enough to be able to acquire 3rd party versions I think it's great that there's now more affordable and plentiful options available. Especially when you consider that just a few short years ago the thought of Hasbro dipping into the well of Masterforce was practically unthinkable! I think they're great, so much so that I still got Quickswitch (and Black Shadow as mentioned) so I could enjoy the mold, they just won't be usurping the versions currently on my shelf.

nycPrime wrote:I received Chaos on Velocitron today from Amazon. I quickly opened the box but didn't take the figures out yet since I don't have time to play around with it. I did notice some of the stickers on Prime are peeling off. Is this a common issue at all?

Yea, as already said it's pretty common with any factory applied stickers, I highly recommend getting the Reprolabels for this set, big improvements for every character!

homicide wrote: I think they're great, so much so that I still got Quickswitch (and Black Shadow as mentioned) so I could enjoy the mold, they just won't be usurping the versions currently on my shelf.

And plus that way you get to have all four look very different from one another.

william-james88 wrote:

homicide wrote: I think they're great, so much so that I still got Quickswitch (and Black Shadow as mentioned) so I could enjoy the mold, they just won't be usurping the versions currently on my shelf.

And plus that way you get to have all four look very different from one another.

Exactly!

My stalking of the Harbro Toy Shop site has paid off! Finally they listed Percy! https://www.hasbro.com/en-us/product/tr ... CCDFE6F873

I find it odd HTS is missing some of his wave mates, yet has some wave 5 figures listed:
https://www.hasbro.com/en-us/product/tr ... 9991B49BF8

I'm curious to see if they are in the middle of an update or if my computer is playing tricks. I know for a fact that Percy is new because I have been wanting one Tho sadly they are not on HTS' ebay shop because the free shipping benchmark is a lot lower. HTS would get a lot more money off me if they stocked their ebay page more.

Not seen a new toy in months - not even the legends some are getting. I've never even seen a kickback or Bumblebee in the wild.

The Movie toys are strangely absent too - I wouldn't be surprised if it stays like this until August/ September and then it all falls from the sky. They really are that stupid that they'd wait until the kids are back at school before stocking shelves.

william-james88 wrote:100% agree, there is no longer a clear fan definition for retool. So it can be a retool or not in anyones opinion. Since toys are all designed at the same time and the release schedule is no longer indicative of what was designed first, I feel the term is obsolete. The truth is these 2 toys share the same design and structural skeleton along with the same legs. Anything said beyond that is whatever a fan wants to say Its definitely a cost saving measure, just as retools of the past.

What's really crazy is that this is a fairly tame example. Overlord is essentially just a cosmetic change from Sky Shadow, not like how Broadside somehow managed to turn Alpha Trion's lion into a fighter jet. As someone who doesn't like to double dip on a mold, that's cheating!

To think, just a few years ago Hasbro would've just switched up the Headmasters every other wave.

Noideaforaname wrote:As someone who doesn't like to double dip on a mold, that's cheating!

Tell yourself they arent the same mold then. Because I dont think they are. Its just two different toys which have the same feet. Just like how all the g1 minibots had the same wheels

william-james88 wrote:

Noideaforaname wrote:As someone who doesn't like to double dip on a mold, that's cheating!

Tell yourself they arent the same mold then. Because I dont think they are. Its just two different toys which have the same feet. Just like how all the g1 minibots had the same wheels

It's like clay they took the same plastic and just smooshed it a bit until it was a different shape!

That's how I'm going to imagine it anyways.

Did anyone got TR Winblade yet? she's kinda E X T R A T H I C C

So Overlord is right handed?

Also, there are some extras on the "Mega Child" minijet,
this is also from tf__tf from twitter too.
[Link: https://twitter.com/tf__tf ]

I want Carnifex so bad it hurts, but Hasbro's Overlord is pretty cool...and much easier on my wallet.

Albatross250 wrote:Did anyone got TR Winblade yet? she's kinda E X T R A T H I C C

We had a news post about someone getting her and Misfire earlier.
https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... ail/38916/

Just picked up Windblade (the only one at TRU).

#71581 on the back of her blistercard.

What can I say?

1. Bellyachers will complain she is "too back heavy" etc etc.
2. Transform mode like a stripped down Jetfire etc etc
3. There are other more worthy characters etc etc

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeell? Zilch nada finito!

Windblade is such an awesome new(?) mold (with the prerequisite base mold adoption from either Scourge or Highbrow) which puts the original Windblade to shame!

Great looking Geisha/Kabuki face. Tight joints.

Feminine yet just enough warrior-esque.

Her Headmaster when you look at her long enough does look feminine too.

Her fans tilt but don't spin anymore.

The backpack nose cone I can live with! She is quite stable btw!

Original energon samurai and scabbard can fit into the narrow slot of her thighs. The round peg on the scabbard fits snug for her to carry it separately from the sword.

I can't wait for the Takara version six months from now!

Hey, I think this might be important to some people.

First, take a look, proof that Amazon is selling Chaos on Velocitron:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2qHdl ... NfcG8/view

And second, some acknowledgement that TRU's distribution system is completely junk, via the fact my local TRU has 3 sets of the Chaos on Velocitron set (and didn't even have a location set for it until this week):

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2qHdl ... RybWs/view

Btw anyone else thinkin that Hasbro packaging Wingspan with Cloudraker is a wee bit underhanded? i mean...for some that may only want one out of those 2 figs but also having no choice but to end up with the other one is kinda forcefull in some respect(yeah yeah...i know...it's just Hasbro being Hasbro with their marketing & selling structure) AND having to go through the whole thing again with the Pounce & Fastlane boxset

I'd probably have thought that if it wasn't overshadowed by Pounce and Fastlane being packaged in boxsets five times more expensive

Yup Amazon definitely selling the chaos set. Widely reported on TFW. And I have one from amazon as a result of learning about its availability. I think it was available again today for a few minutes.

Got myself the G1 Chromedome and Highbrow originals!
So, how they stack-up against their recent incarnations?

Let's start with Computron's reject, Chromedome:



In vehicle mode, Chromedome have the arms sticking out of the side of the car, making it look more armored. The G1 is also quite bigger. Of course, the headmaster can ride inside too. One thing to note, the G1 headmaster, like Highbrow, have an extra flap to hide the face when in little dude mode.



In bot mode, G1 Chromedome is TALL. He's still well proportioned but aside the arms, he's a total brick as expected. At first, I was disappointed with TR Chromedome because his transformation is way to similar to a Combiner Wars limb. Still, compared to the G1 original, it show how transformers have evolved in 30 years.

And it show from the side.



And now Highbrow, my clear favorite of the two.


The G1 vehicle is perfect! A nice space copter with dual rotor blades, 3 blades each. The wings are also perfectly streamlined, showing off the not perfect Titan Return with his big arms on the side.



The G1 bot mode have odd lower legs that are the same front to back. Still, the proportions are perfect here. it's shorter than Chromedome, but is way more consistant. Even from the side.



Overall, having the G1 original make me enjoy the new Titan Returns even more!

Just saw the Velocitron set back in and stocked at one of my local toysruses in Des Moines iowa

The Chaos on Velocitron set is one of the hottest items of the year and the demand for it has yet to cease. To help some fans out, we wanted to share with you some recent developments regarding the set that some might not know.

Firstly, several community members are reporting restocks at their local Toysrus. These reports are as recent as today. This is the first restock since the set was released months ago. Also, even though it is supposed to be a Toysrus Exclusive, this set has appeared on Amazon.com with Amazon propper selling it at the same price (see image below). There are only a handful that become available at a time but clicking the refresh button has helped several fans obtain this set, especially those without a Toysrus nearby. Below is a message from fellow Seibertronian Mordhelm confirming both of these new chances of procuring the set.

mordhelm wrote:Hey, I think this might be important to some people.

First, take a look, proof that Amazon is selling Chaos on Velocitron:



And second, some acknowledgement that TRU's distribution system is completely junk, via the fact my local TRU has 3 sets of the Chaos on Velocitron set (and didn't even have a location set for it until this week):

What a time to be broke / for money needing to be used for more important things like bills.

Bills, man.....

bodrock, stay on topic please. There's plenty of other on-topic opportunities to post your memes.
Not that every post needs to be a unfunny meme.

Man, closest one is 3 and 1/2 hours away. When you add in the time lost and gas, it's just not worth it. :-/

Aaannnndddd Amazon is sold out. Duckin' Scalpers.

I don't get what makes this set so hot? Nautica? Fastlane? Are there that many people in love with Quickswitch?

My apologies, Burn.I bought the Velocitron set originally for Nautica....then dug the idea of a different head for Rodimus, liked the look of Fastlane; I never had Quickswitch, and he looked pretty good for being a variation of Sixshot.I suppose I've always had kind of a soft spot for Laser Prime, though.For awhile there, Nautica was in most of the pictures I took.

I'd mostly be wanting this for Laser Prime. Fastlane and Rodimus are alright but I can take them and leave them, and while I still hate that this really doesn't look like Nautica; this is still the only representation of one of my favourite characters and the best female Transformers character.

Unfortunately half the boxset's price is taken up by some nobody who doesn't even look like himself.

Odd to see so much people exited over a thing I don't care about.

I really don't like Sixshot, so much that I even sold my G1. So having 1/3 of the price of the set for a leader I don't care about nag me a little. And appart Fastlane and Optimus, I have all these molds. I own G2 Lazer Optimus Even though that remake look neat. Nautica and fastlane are too. And A diecast Rodimus Prime head would be lovely to have....

UGGGHHHH! NOW I CARE ABOUT THE OTHER 2/3 of the set!

Sigh... Maybe TrU will have a bunch of them in store and will fall into a 99$CAN sale one day. Then, I'll be sure to buy but not before.

Flashwave wrote:Aaannnndddd Amazon is sold out. Duckin' Scalpers.

I don't get what makes this set so hot? Nautica? Fastlane? Are there that many people in love with Quickswitch?

I don't think it's 100% scalpers. Folks on TFW are reporting its availability on amazon and other folks are able to pick it up.

I also don't get why it's so hot, but I'm glad it is. Part of the reason I got it was because of the prices Nautica and some others. So I'm not really paying 100 just for Fastlane and Rodimus.

Kurona wrote:I'd mostly be wanting this for Laser Prime. Fastlane and Rodimus are alright but I can take them and leave them, and while I still hate that this really doesn't look like Nautica; this is still the only representation of one of my favourite characters and the best female Transformers character.

Unfortunately half the boxset's price is taken up by some nobody who doesn't even look like himself.

I'd happily taker Fastlane off your hands, but I have to agree that this is a p*ss poor representation of Quickswitch (so much so that I bought the G1 version off of eBay).

Kurona wrote:I'd mostly be wanting this for Laser Prime. Fastlane and Rodimus are alright but I can take them and leave them, and while I still hate that this really doesn't look like Nautica; this is still the only representation of one of my favourite characters and the best female Transformers character.

Unfortunately half the boxset's price is taken up by some nobody who doesn't even look like himself.

There's a chance, if you don't mind saving up and going the unofficial route, that MMC might do a Nautica in their Reformatted line, which will probably be a lot better than the official one (assuming they sort out whatever the hell is going on with their factory).

Topic: Now that the line's almost over, what do you guys think would have made nice TR releases? I for one would have liked a Voyager class Hosehead (maybe retooled into Roadhauler or some other crane?), as he was a Headmaster, and also a fire engine with cabin seating for Headmasters would be great. Not sure what his third mode would be though.

And as mentioned way way before, a Leader class Big Convoy that transforms from beastly Mecha-Viking to technorganic murder-mammoth to a mammoth bone hut as the base mode would have been amazing. Granted they'd probably need to rename him, but that's OK- Slammoth Prime, Colossus Prime or Behemoth Prime would all work, with Titan Master Tuskor.

Black Hat wrote:And as mentioned way way before, a Leader class Big Convoy that transforms from beastly Mecha-Viking to technorganic murder-mammoth to a mammoth bone hut as the base mode would have been amazing. Granted they'd probably need to rename him, but that's OK- Slammoth Prime, Colossus Prime or Behemoth Prime would all work, with Titan Master Tuskor.

Cobotron wrote:

Black Hat wrote:And as mentioned way way before, a Leader class Big Convoy that transforms from beastly Mecha-Viking to technorganic murder-mammoth to a mammoth bone hut as the base mode would have been amazing. Granted they'd probably need to rename him, but that's OK- Slammoth Prime, Colossus Prime or Behemoth Prime would all work, with Titan Master Tuskor.

And best of all, it can be redecoed into a Nemesis Prime ala the Universe figure, with Titan Master Extinctor! Plus it'd go with the Legends Lio Convoy.

A pity it'll never happen in a million years, but oh well. Maybe if I learn to 3D model I can design one and sell the blueprints to an enterprising 3P company. The question is, should the TM cockpit be tucked out of the way inside the mammoth, or be positioned on its back like a howdah?

Sabrblade wrote:

steals_your_goats wrote:Real talk though, should they even be considered retools? The only thing that is the same on them are the legs (which is a completely separate piece) and even then the crotch is different. I have a hard time believing that they would retool a figure this extensively.

Then would't this make them... "reshells"? That's a word that's been tossed around in recent years since the likes of Voyager Springer and Sandstorm.

Reshelling is more when the base body is the same but the altmode bits are changed, Overlord goes beyond that.

I propose a new term: Cotool/Co-tool, for toys designed from the start to share some but not all of their parts. Universe Sideswipe and Sunstreaker would be a good example. Generations Tracks and Wheeljack even moreso.

Retool, meanwhile. is left to apply to permanent mold alterations (which is Hasbro's strict definition) and alternate parts toolings created after that fact. Things like the Targetmaster versions of existing toys, Optimus Prime (Wing hinges retooled so that he could be packaged in robot mode because Hasbro and their ironclad packaging sizes), Dark Crumplezone, Longrack, Blurr, Runamuck, and Dark Scorponok from Cybertron, Universe Leo Prime, Botcon 2009 Razorclaw...

I would've loved a Nightbeat, personally -- bias since he's always been one of my favourites, but I think being one of if not the most popular and well-known Headmaster he's a bit of a missed opportunity. Then again, I bet he's being made out of Chromedome for one of the boxsets.

While not a unique mold - though a unique mold for him would be wonderful - I also would've liked to have seen Weirdwolf done into Carnivac. Again, assuming that's not coming in a boxset and let's face it it's fairly likely.

And, naturally, as always, I do want toys of pretty much every MTMTE/LL character. And ex-RiD/OP! And TAAO! That's a huge wish list I've got there

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:I propose a new term: Cotool/Co-tool, for toys designed from the start to share some but not all of their parts. Universe Sideswipe and Sunstreaker would be a good example. Generations Tracks and Wheeljack even moreso.

Honestly, while my kneejerk reaction is to not like the idea because it doesn't include 're'... yeah, that's perfect. 'Re' does imply coming back to something after the fact. So naturally, if we think retool or redeco or etc. our minds will immediately turn to who comes first, even if that doesn't become the discussion. Even though something like Sideswipe and Sunstreaker being 'retools' of each other is clearly different from something like Krok and Skullsmasher.

Burn wrote:bodrock, stay on topic please. There's plenty of other on-topic opportunities to post your memes.
Not that every post needs to be a unfunny meme.

wha...?

Burn's watching in the background

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

steals_your_goats wrote:Real talk though, should they even be considered retools? The only thing that is the same on them are the legs (which is a completely separate piece) and even then the crotch is different. I have a hard time believing that they would retool a figure this extensively.

Then would't this make them... "reshells"? That's a word that's been tossed around in recent years since the likes of Voyager Springer and Sandstorm.

Reshelling is more when the base body is the same but the altmode bits are changed, Overlord goes beyond that.

I propose a new term: Cotool/Co-tool, for toys designed from the start to share some but not all of their parts. Universe Sideswipe and Sunstreaker would be a good example. Generations Tracks and Wheeljack even moreso.

Wouldnt a lot of G1 toys be co-tools then? Like the minibot cars, the jumpstarters, the throttle bots, micromasters and many combiner limbs? I just feel its something thats been happening from the very begining so I am surprised a new word must be made for it.

I think it's because TR brought it into much more prominence than before with how it practically revolutionised retooling and parts-sharing and all that. Most of the time before it was pretty easy to define since most toys which shared a mold were fairly easy to spot; usually retools went as far as a swapped out head or slightly more heavy retooling than that though the base design was still largely spared. I don't think we've had anything like Scourge/Highbrow/Windblade or Alpha Trion/Broadside before, at least not on this scale.

The rumors are true. Even my local TRU, which isn't the best, had 4 Chaos sets.

Kurona wrote: I don't think we've had anything like Scourge/Highbrow/Windblade or Alpha Trion/Broadside before, at least not on this scale.

Wouldn't the G1 jumpstarters be similar to Scourge/Highbrow/Windblade? The same engineering but almost totally different molds?

As for Alpha Trion and Braodside, they remind me of all those Movie Bee iterations which shared parts and engineering but had different upper bodies and the like.

What I mean to say is the mindset of reusing engineering yet preserving uniqueness what was found in G1 is being reborn here in a new era of toy design.