Transformers Walgreens Exclusive Wreck-Gar Listing Found

My theories are gaining more and more ground...

With current events in the IDW universe, wouldn't it make more sense if this Wreck-Gar figure was a Titans Return figure?

Emerje wrote:

o.supreme wrote:Combiner #1
V:Starscream
D:Dreadwind, Blackwing (and 2 others to be revealed)
L:To Be revealed? (assuming there will be Legends 6th members?)

I would guess Skywarp and Thundercracker (scale be damned) to round out the limbs and hopefully Sunstorm as the Legend from the original Generations Seeker mold to finally complete the major Seekers (doesn't even have to integrate, I just want a Legends Sunstorm already).


Emerje

I could see them just adding Skywarp and Thundercracker. They've also got the Legends-scaled Skywarp from Combiner Wars that could be re-done as Sunstorm. It wouldn't surprise me if two Deluxe coneheads and one Legends conehead were made as well.

That said, in addition to a Voyager Starscream + 4 Deluxe Ghost Starscream combiner, I'd love to see someone do a Voyager Starscream with Combaticon limbs..

Bronzewolf wrote:Our next story comes from the Youtuber Rektangular, courtesy of news staffer Mindmaster, who was doing an update on upcoming Marvel Legends figures in the Wal-Greens computer system, and ran across an exclusive Wreck-Gar listing! We're unsure if this will be included in the final days of Titan's Return, or, more likely, somewhere in the upcoming Power of the Primes line! As always, this is a rumor, so take it with a grain of salt, but it does look quite convincing.

If Wreck-Gar is announced, you'll see it here, on Seibertron.com!

Brainstorm, Cloudraker/Wingspan, now Wreck-Gar. I've never been more excited to browse the aisles at Walgreens before.

Also - he's got to be based on Combiner Wars Groove, right?

It doesn't say generations so this could just be a toy of Daytrader from the Last Knight.

I'm only putting out theories don't hang me yet.

Deadput wrote:It doesn't say generations so this could just be a toy of Daytrader from the Last Knight.

I'm only putting out theories don't hang me yet.

That's kinda what I was hoping when I clicked this link on the news feed.

Carnivius_Prime wrote:

Deadput wrote:It doesn't say generations so this could just be a toy of Daytrader from the Last Knight.

I'm only putting out theories don't hang me yet.

That's kinda what I was hoping when I clicked this link on the news feed.

I would be shocked if that were the case. I can't see them releasing a whole mold exclusively with Walgreens. Unless... They use the Hound mold? Or something? At the same time, I've never seen a Voyager Transformer at a Walgreens. Soo... Shrug

It'd be cool, but my money (and hope) is on a Generations Deluxe.

Rysquad wrote:

Emerje wrote:

o.supreme wrote:Combiner #1
V:Starscream
D:Dreadwind, Blackwing (and 2 others to be revealed)
L:To Be revealed? (assuming there will be Legends 6th members?)

I would guess Skywarp and Thundercracker (scale be damned) to round out the limbs and hopefully Sunstorm as the Legend from the original Generations Seeker mold to finally complete the major Seekers (doesn't even have to integrate, I just want a Legends Sunstorm already).


Emerje

I could see Hasbro just adding Skywarp and Thundercracker. They've also got the Legends-scaled Skywarp from Combiner Wars that could be re-done as Sunstorm. It wouldn't surprise me if two Deluxe coneheads and one Legends conehead were made as well.

That said, in addition to a Voyager Starscream + 4 Deluxe Ghost Starscream combiner, I'd love to see someone do a Voyager Starscream with Combaticon limbs..

It seems likely with Two Deluxe limbs to be revealed it could be Thundercracker & Skywarp. However...Since we got both Legends and Leader Class Thundercracker & Skywarp in CW, I would hope Hasbro would mix it up a little.

Going strictly based on toys that have not been released n the past two lines (including club and con exclusives) ...The Problem with it being Coneheads or Rainmakers is that there is only spots for two... My first instinct to fill two spots would be Apeface & Snapdragon, but I cant imagine the fan rage that would ensue after not having them as Voyagers in TR, when the gimmick was seemingly perfect for them.

Deluxe Windsweeper would be awesome, and Tailwind as a repaint of Powerglide/Viper would work for the legends class... Now just getting a unique Deluxe to fill that last spot...

Spinister from Alpha Bravo anyone? I mean, now that BotCon/TFCC is gone, I'm sure Hasbro is less inclined to care about those TFCC exclusives anymore. So that means we've got a few possibilities if it's not any of the Seekers:

Targetmasters:
Needlenose
Spinister
Windsweeper

Action Masters:
Banzai-Tron
Gutcruncher

Micromasters:
Flat-Top
Whisper
Storm Cloug
Nightflight
Air Wave
Blackout And Spaceshot as a Redeco of Dreadwind and Blackwing
Fireshot and Vanquish as a Retools of Dreadwind and Blackwing
Skyhopper


Others:
Deathcobra (for those clamoring for the other Breastforce bot)
Any of the Predators

Personally I think it would be neat to get Blackout and Spaceshot.

Doesn't it usually mean those exclusives were made because Hasbro wasn't planning to make them themselves?

mordhelm wrote:Spinister from Alpha Bravo anyone? I mean, now that BotCon/TFCC is gone, I'm sure Hasbro is less inclined to care about those TFCC exclusives anymore. So that means we've got a few possibilities if it's not any of the Seekers:

I know a lot of fans feel that way, but I'm less inclined. I'm sure Hasbro doesn't care, but I see how they included Quake in TR and avoided Needlenose/Spinister (that were Club exclusives). Good to know there are choices though, Id rather Hasbro just keep releasing new versions of characters from the original series than retreading ones already done in the last two lines, whether exclusives or not.

o.supreme wrote:

mordhelm wrote:Spinister from Alpha Bravo anyone? I mean, now that BotCon/TFCC is gone, I'm sure Hasbro is less inclined to care about those TFCC exclusives anymore. So that means we've got a few possibilities if it's not any of the Seekers:

I know a lot of fans feel that way, but I'm less inclined. I'm sure Hasbro doesn't care, but I see how they included Quake in TR and avoided Needlenose/Spinister (that were Club exclusives). Good to know there are choices though, Id rather Hasbro just keep releasing new versions of characters from the original series than retreading ones already done in the last two lines, whether exclusives or not.

I think Hasbro does what is best for them. There is a precedence for producing something the club previously had exclusive: Thundercracker was almost exactly the same, and Krok was the same character only, Dreadwind same character...

Shrugs shoulders... Who knows.

I'm hoping for a new Tracks that combines with whoever Jazz will combine with. I like his gen version, but could see a new version being cool.

DecepticonFinishline wrote:

Carnivius_Prime wrote:

Deadput wrote:It doesn't say generations so this could just be a toy of Daytrader from the Last Knight.

I'm only putting out theories don't hang me yet.

That's kinda what I was hoping when I clicked this link on the news feed.

I would be shocked if that were the case. I can't see them releasing a whole mold exclusively with Walgreens. Unless... They use the Hound mold? Or something? At the same time, I've never seen a Voyager Transformer at a Walgreens. Soo... Shrug

Hound has two different One-Step molds and a Power Battler mold. Those wouldn't exactly be fan favorites, but they would fit in with the typical selection at Walgreens price-wise.

Emerje wrote:

o.supreme wrote:Combiner #1
V:Starscream
D:Dreadwind, Blackwing (and 2 others to be revealed)
L:To Be revealed? (assuming there will be Legends 6th members?)

I would guess Skywarp and Thundercracker (scale be damned) to round out the limbs and hopefully Sunstorm as the Legend from the original Generations Seeker mold to finally complete the major Seekers (doesn't even have to integrate, I just want a Legends Sunstorm already).


Emerje

If Beachcomber is anything to go by, I think the Legends figures are going to stick with their TR role of being there for Titan/Prime Masters to ride, rather than joining the combiners or reusing Thrilling 30 modes without the Targetmasters.

Well, we've already seen a T30 re-issue is gonna happen in Wave 1...

Kurona wrote:Well, we've already seen a T30 re-issue is gonna happen in Wave 1...

Who? I don't recall, and we're both news staffers.

Then again, I've been very forgetful as of late...

Mindmaster wrote:

Kurona wrote:Well, we've already seen a T30 re-issue is gonna happen in Wave 1...

Who? I don't recall, and we're both news staffers.

Then again, I've been very forgetful as of late...

Shrapnel

Emerje

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:
I'm telling you now, the right Megatron for Power of the Primes Leader Optimus Prime is Combiner Wars (or Takara Legends) Leader Megatron. Trust me on this.

You're probably right, but I do want to wait and see if they release a leader megs for POTP. I just don't like the thin legs on CW Megatron.

They're not that thin compared to his body - they only look thin because most tank-alt toys of G1 Megs have had chunky legs made from the tank's aft.

I would rather a Leader Galvatron for POTP, since due to the "Evolution" gimmick Rodimus Prime is a full Leader-size robot instead of a Voyager-height robot (to go with TR Galvatron) plus a base. Annoying, but I definitely still want that Roddy.

mordhelm wrote:Spinister from Alpha Bravo anyone? I mean, now that BotCon/TFCC is gone, I'm sure Hasbro is less inclined to care about those TFCC exclusives anymore. So that means we've got a few possibilities if it's not any of the Seekers:

It was Hasbro who wanted Fun Pub to do Combiner Wars sets for the TFSS 4.0 and 5.0 in the first place.

Zeedust wrote:

DecepticonFinishline wrote:

Carnivius_Prime wrote:

Deadput wrote:It doesn't say generations so this could just be a toy of Daytrader from the Last Knight.

I'm only putting out theories don't hang me yet.

That's kinda what I was hoping when I clicked this link on the news feed.

I would be shocked if that were the case. I can't see them releasing a whole mold exclusively with Walgreens. Unless... They use the Hound mold? Or something? At the same time, I've never seen a Voyager Transformer at a Walgreens. Soo... Shrug

Hound has two different One-Step molds and a Power Battler mold. Those wouldn't exactly be fan favorites, but they would fit in with the typical selection at Walgreens price-wise.

Hadn't considered smaller classes. That seems more likely. I would, personally, argue that's an unintelligent move. As "exclusives" entice collectors, and I think verry few of us are interested in One-Step bots?

DecepticonFinishline wrote:

Zeedust wrote:

DecepticonFinishline wrote:

Carnivius_Prime wrote:

Deadput wrote:It doesn't say generations so this could just be a toy of Daytrader from the Last Knight.

I'm only putting out theories don't hang me yet.

That's kinda what I was hoping when I clicked this link on the news feed.

I would be shocked if that were the case. I can't see them releasing a whole mold exclusively with Walgreens. Unless... They use the Hound mold? Or something? At the same time, I've never seen a Voyager Transformer at a Walgreens. Soo... Shrug

Hound has two different One-Step molds and a Power Battler mold. Those wouldn't exactly be fan favorites, but they would fit in with the typical selection at Walgreens price-wise.

Hadn't considered smaller classes. That seems more likely. I would, personally, argue that's an unintelligent move. As "exclusives" entice collectors, and I think verry few of us are interested in One-Step bots?

Plus, the listing does specify a "Deluxe Class" figure, which One-Step and Power Battler molds are not. This also precludes this "Wreck-Gar" figure from being a retool of Voyager Class Movie Hound (either of them).

FYI I've heard from around the net that, that Walgreens screen image has been around for awhile. If it is true I think Wreck-Gar is a retooled Groove.

Wolfman Jake wrote:

DecepticonFinishline wrote:

Zeedust wrote:

DecepticonFinishline wrote:

Carnivius_Prime wrote:

Deadput wrote:It doesn't say generations so this could just be a toy of Daytrader from the Last Knight.

I'm only putting out theories don't hang me yet.

That's kinda what I was hoping when I clicked this link on the news feed.

I would be shocked if that were the case. I can't see them releasing a whole mold exclusively with Walgreens. Unless... They use the Hound mold? Or something? At the same time, I've never seen a Voyager Transformer at a Walgreens. Soo... Shrug

Hound has two different One-Step molds and a Power Battler mold. Those wouldn't exactly be fan favorites, but they would fit in with the typical selection at Walgreens price-wise.

Hadn't considered smaller classes. That seems more likely. I would, personally, argue that's an unintelligent move. As "exclusives" entice collectors, and I think verry few of us are interested in One-Step bots?

Plus, the listing does specify a "Deluxe Class" figure, which One-Step and Power Battler molds are not. This also precludes this "Wreck-Gar" figure from being a retool of Voyager Class Movie Hound (either of them).

It could be a Hound retool that's scaled down to Deluxe size... I could be wrong, but I just want a movie Wreck-Gar, Haha. it could also be a retool of a CW or TR Deluxe as Wreck-gar.

probably like Afterburner:

Sjeng wrote:probably like Afterburner:

Annnd the Universal Greeting comes in mind.

Hothouse from Powerglide would make a lot of sense to do.

Though saving Micromasters for later isn't a bad idea overall.

I do expect they will eventually get around to making a new Mould Huffer/Pipes and perhaps Swerve/Gears too.

One they have a suitable set they can update the Minicon boxed set idea and the Gobots/E-Hobby set too. Rather than release Badboy as a retail toy.

But there was a Green Powerglide too I suppose the G2 Powerglide is a bit like Hothouse already though.

I'm just realising something. We're getting 'Battleclash' and 'Roadtrap' to form Battletrap, and of course we should eventually be getting Flywheels... but what if we got another type of duocon?

RAR wrote:But there was a Green Powerglide too I suppose the G2 Powerglide is a bit like Hothouse already though.

You're probably misremembering things a little, the green Powerglide was from the Dark of the Moon movie line.



The five uses of the CW Powerglide mold are:

Original CW Powerglide (red and gray)
Exclusive CW G2 Powerglide (Reversed gray and red)
CW Viper (dark blue)
Takara Tomy Adventure Powerglide (red and gray)
Takara Tomy Adventure Exclusive Dogfight (two-tone blue)

The Viper mold in dark green would really make a nice looking Bad Boy. In white instead of the G2 gray could make a good Hothouse. I'd buy both of these.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

RAR wrote:But there was a Green Powerglide too I suppose the G2 Powerglide is a bit like Hothouse already though.

You're probably misremembering things a little, the green Powerglide was from the Dark of the Moon movie line.



The five uses of the CW Powerglide mold are:

Original CW Powerglide (red and gray)
Exclusive CW G2 Powerglide (Reversed gray and red)
CW Viper (dark blue)
Takara Tomy Adventure Powerglide (red and gray)
Takara Tomy Adventure Exclusive Dogfight (two-tone blue)

The Viper mold in dark green would really make a nice looking Bad Boy. In white instead of the G2 gray could make a good Hothouse. I'd buy both of these.

Emerje

Is that mold any good (DOTM Powerglide)? It looks pretty cool.

Black Hat wrote:

Emerje wrote:

RAR wrote:But there was a Green Powerglide too I suppose the G2 Powerglide is a bit like Hothouse already though.

You're probably misremembering things a little, the green Powerglide was from the Dark of the Moon movie line.



The five uses of the CW Powerglide mold are:

Original CW Powerglide (red and gray)
Exclusive CW G2 Powerglide (Reversed gray and red)
CW Viper (dark blue)
Takara Tomy Adventure Powerglide (red and gray)
Takara Tomy Adventure Exclusive Dogfight (two-tone blue)

The Viper mold in dark green would really make a nice looking Bad Boy. In white instead of the G2 gray could make a good Hothouse. I'd buy both of these.

Emerje

Is that mold any good (DOTM Powerglide)? It looks pretty cool.

It's a mild bit fiddly, but an okay mold overall.

Emerje wrote:

RAR wrote:But there was a Green Powerglide too I suppose the G2 Powerglide is a bit like Hothouse already though.

You're probably misremembering things a little, the green Powerglide was from the Dark of the Moon movie line.



The five uses of the CW Powerglide mold are:

Original CW Powerglide (red and gray)
Exclusive CW G2 Powerglide (Reversed gray and red)
CW Viper (dark blue)
Takara Tomy Adventure Powerglide (red and gray)
Takara Tomy Adventure Exclusive Dogfight (two-tone blue)

The Viper mold in dark green would really make a nice looking Bad Boy. In white instead of the G2 gray could make a good Hothouse. I'd buy both of these.

Emerje

The first repaint of CW Viper has to be in tiger colors.

Quick mockup of what I think Walgreens Wreck-Gar will look like.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:The first repaint of CW Viper has to be in tiger colors.

Well In Japan The Takara Legends line had an exclusive Dogfight figure. But as for Hasbro POTP that would be another kind of cool little GI Joe nod...but having already had Legends Stripes in TR, not sure how many *stripey* guys Hasbro would want. Its all about making them stand out as unique, even if they are the same mold, or completely different.

RodimusRex, I would hope that Wreck-Gar turns out to instead be a new mold... but I guess a Groove retool wouldn't be too hard to kitbash to transform like Wreck-Gar actually does.

Regarding CW Viper, I would rather see him straight-up reissued under PoTP because Hasbro screwed up his original CW distribution. Sure, shortpack the guy you specifically designed as a mass-produced army-builder!

Regarding the discussion about the Dinobots' combat prowess... The cartoon pretty consistently treated them as fearsome powerhouses. They didn't defeat Devastator in Heavy Metal War, but they did fight him to a standstill - it's not like they got their clocks cleaned. The movie fight rates at about the same, and as someone else pointed out they kicked butt on Quintessa and (literally, in Grimlock's case) during the fight with Unicron. They trounced the Decepticons fairly consistently in most appearances (to the point that Grimlock comments on their repeatedly saving the Autobots' afts), their only defeats being (briefly) captured by Shockwave in "Desertion of the Dinobots", and being drained by Tornedron in "Call of the Primitives" - and even then, they held out the longest against him and Grimlock survived (including withstanding having Trypticon fall on him) to win the day.

I wonder if we'll get Spectro, Spyglass, and Viewfinder during PotP.

Kurona wrote:I'm just realising something. We're getting 'Battleclash' and 'Roadtrap' to form Battletrap, and of course we should eventually be getting Flywheels

Um, Wot? When did this come and from where?

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

Kurona wrote:I'm just realising something. We're getting 'Battleclash' and 'Roadtrap' to form Battletrap, and of course we should eventually be getting Flywheels

Um, Wot? When did this come and from where?

They were two legends class figures from the big leak. It didn't outright say that it was battletrap but their names made it pretty obvious.

steals_your_goats wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

Kurona wrote:I'm just realising something. We're getting 'Battleclash' and 'Roadtrap' to form Battletrap, and of course we should eventually be getting Flywheels

Um, Wot? When did this come and from where?

They were two legends class figures from the big leak. It didn't outright say that it was battletrap but their names made it pretty obvious.

Really? then cannot make voyager duocons?

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

steals_your_goats wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

Kurona wrote:I'm just realising something. We're getting 'Battleclash' and 'Roadtrap' to form Battletrap, and of course we should eventually be getting Flywheels

Um, Wot? When did this come and from where?

They were two legends class figures from the big leak. It didn't outright say that it was battletrap but their names made it pretty obvious.

Really? then cannot make voyager duocons?

Personally I think this is a better idea. Instead of needing two parts to make one character you have two all new characters that have the option to combine into someone else, but it's not necessary.

steals_your_goats wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

steals_your_goats wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

Kurona wrote:I'm just realising something. We're getting 'Battleclash' and 'Roadtrap' to form Battletrap, and of course we should eventually be getting Flywheels

Um, Wot? When did this come and from where?

They were two legends class figures from the big leak. It didn't outright say that it was battletrap but their names made it pretty obvious.

Really? then cannot make voyager duocons?

Personally I think this is a better idea. Instead of needing two parts to make one character you have two all new characters that have the option to combine into someone else, but it's not necessary.

Much like the Energon 'bots actually, now that one thinks about it.

But yeah, I was thinking that we might see some duo-Cassetticons as well if Hasbro goes down this road. Either we might see them as repaints of Battletrap/hypothetical Flywheels (particularly I would expect to see Slamdance from Flywheels, minus the cassette modes and plus robots), or even more crazily, there's always a small chance we could see them get their own molds. Personally I'd lean more towards the TR Overboard kind of thing, of matching at least one mode and making the homage still work despite the absence of a 'box-type' mode.

So are we getting cards with these figures like titans return?

Emerje wrote:You're probably misremembering things a little, the green Powerglide was from the Dark of the Moon movie line.

Not at all I was referring to the Character or the Moulds in general related to the Character and to A-10 Jet Transformers in general and not to a specific toy from a specific line. That was why I was on about the E-Hobby set and Hothouse I was just speculating on past uses and examples and how that they can be a reason for a future ones in terms of colour choices.

In this case the use of Green on a previous Powerglide Mould (and indeed the Green A-10 Gobot toy it's likely inspired by) is ample excuse for a green version of the Combiner Wars Mould.

I just mentioned green as a possibility for a future updated E-hobby set as the G2 CW Powerglide is already a bit like Both Hothouse and E-Hobby Minibot Bad Boy - and as such if they did even do something like that applying the colour green is a reasonable alternative - as they are Gobot inspired and the Gobot was green.

(Though the reason he's grey is due to the pre-Transformers Prototype being grey)

I wasn't saying there was already a green CW Powerglide - I was saying the Movie Mould green version is part of the excuse for their being a green CW one in the future if there was ever another repaint of it.

On a tangent, the green Powerglide with the red face on the nosecone, is more of an homage to him:



Beast Wars Sky Shadow, a Predacon Fuzor. That Powerglide was planned as a Decepticon as well.

Back to the Wreck-Gar listing, even if he is a CW derivative, which Voyager would he go to?

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:On a tangent, the green Powerglide with the red face on the nosecone, is more of an homage to him:



Beast Wars Sky Shadow, a Predacon Fuzor. That Powerglide was planned as a Decepticon as well.

Back to the Wreck-Gar listing, even if he is a CW derivative, which Voyager would he go to?

Clearly, Sky Reign.

Kurona wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Back to the Wreck-Gar listing, even if he is a CW derivative, which Voyager would he go to?

Clearly, Sky Reign.

Like the Legends originally was meant for?

Man if We need Flywheels then we need a Brawl Retool (Again) and a Firefly Retool



So.. any of you guys didn't know this gimmick?
[Image from TFW2005, not mine]

Glad i got CW Cyclonus on TRU and gets Discounted by about 25%, which is ok so i can wait for this series

Albatross250 wrote:So.. any of you guys didn't know this gimmick?

I didn't know about it, what's this?

That looks less a gimmick and more it's been opened along a join. Where it's not meant to open.

Omegatron. wrote:

Albatross250 wrote:So.. any of you guys didn't know this gimmick?

I didn't know about it, what's this?

Insurgent wrote:That looks less a gimmick and more it's been opened along a join. Where it's not meant to open.

Possibly a Slot for inserting Prime/Titan Masters?, not a common gimmick though but hey, As long as it works

Albatross250 wrote:Possibly a Slot for inserting Prime/Titan Masters?, not a common gimmick though but hey, As long as it works

Um, no, not if you have to use a screwdriver to partially disassemble the figure. That isn't a gimmick at all, just a coincidence.

Edit: it is also too small for a TM, so definitely not a gimmick.

TF-fan kev777 wrote:

Albatross250 wrote:Possibly a Slot for inserting Prime/Titan Masters?, not a common gimmick though but hey, As long as it works

Um, no, not if you have to use a screwdriver to partially disassemble the figure. That isn't a gimmick at all, just a coincidence.

Edit: it is also too small for a TM, so definitely not a gimmick.

Also, the part that the nose cone is attached to looks broken off. That's not what you want to happen with an intentional gimmick.