#Botcon2016 Images of Transformers Titans Return Tech Spec Cards

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We have more Titans Return Botcon related news for you before the day ends. Not only did we see the original art of the promotional material, we also have a look at some of the tech spec cards that come with the toys. Some of these will only be held by us months from now, so this is a fun early look. This was brought to us by Scotty P who held them and took pictures of them at Botcon 2016. We have the cards for Wolfwire, Stripes and Fortress Maximus. Enjoy!

Credit(s): Scotty P

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Re: #Botcon2016 Images of Transformers Titans Return Tech Spec Cards (1780510)
Posted by Optimizzy on April 12th, 2016 @ 3:44pm CDT

I...think that's pretty cool actually.

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Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on April 12th, 2016 @ 3:46pm CDT

Bout time we got something on the back of the cards! :lol:

Re: #Botcon2016 Images of Transformers Titans Return Tech Spec Cards (1780512)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on April 12th, 2016 @ 3:47pm CDT

So they're making a difference between base stats and stat boosts given by the Titan Master. Cool beans. Kinda like what One Must Fall 2097 did.

Re: #Botcon2016 Images of Transformers Titans Return Tech Spec Cards (1780513)
Posted by Emerje on April 12th, 2016 @ 3:53pm CDT

Nice of them to actually put something on the back of the card now.

Wait, Wolfwire is already maxed out at 10 for intelligence before being boosted by Monxo to 15? And yet his fire power is only a 3 despite the huge gun and those missile pods on his arms and the big sword? Did they mix these stats up?

Emerje

Re: #Botcon2016 Images of Transformers Titans Return Tech Spec Cards (1780527)
Posted by Sigma Magnus on April 12th, 2016 @ 5:06pm CDT

Why can't A3's toy look as badass as the art...I don't care if it doesn't transform, someone, somewhere, MAKE THIS AND SELL IT TO ME. It's too awesome!! :BANG_HEAD:

Re: #Botcon2016 Images of Transformers Titans Return Tech Spec Cards (1780528)
Posted by steals_your_goats on April 12th, 2016 @ 5:10pm CDT

Sigma Magnus wrote:Why can't A3's toy look as badass as the art...I don't care if it doesn't transform, someone, somewhere, MAKE THIS AND SELL IT TO ME. It's too awesome!!

Apart from the feet this is pretty much exactly what the toy looks like.

Re: #Botcon2016 Images of Transformers Titans Return Tech Spec Cards (1780530)
Posted by Railbomb on April 12th, 2016 @ 5:18pm CDT

I'm kind of glad they're doing away with the comics. I really like the cards that come with everyone right now (minus the deluxes) and adding the Tech Specs make these new ones even better. Do we know if these will come with the Titan Masters too?

Re: #Botcon2016 Images of Transformers Titans Return Tech Spec Cards (1780533)
Posted by Shuttershock on April 12th, 2016 @ 5:31pm CDT

Emerje wrote:Nice of them to actually put something on the back of the card now.

Wait, Wolfwire is already maxed out at 10 for intelligence before being boosted by Monxo to 15? And yet his fire power is only a 3 despite the huge gun and those missile pods on his arms and the big sword? Did they mix these stats up?

Emerje

"Already smart Wolfwire is. Make even smarter Monxo does!"

Re: #Botcon2016 Images of Transformers Titans Return Tech Spec Cards (1780534)
Posted by Amelie on April 12th, 2016 @ 5:43pm CDT

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Kinda like what One Must Fall 2097 did.

I always wanted a toy of the Pyros as a kid.

Any mention of Hasbro selling Titans with no Masters, so we can mix and match the cheap sets with them?

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Posted by Wolfman Jake on April 12th, 2016 @ 5:48pm CDT

Emerje wrote:Nice of them to actually put something on the back of the card now.

Wait, Wolfwire is already maxed out at 10 for intelligence before being boosted by Monxo to 15? And yet his fire power is only a 3 despite the huge gun and those missile pods on his arms and the big sword? Did they mix these stats up?

Emerje

The stat cap has been raised to 20, which could mean an expansion of the old ratings, or a completely new scale. If the latter is true, it makes Weirdwolf's "10" for intelligence more like a old "5," which isn't too far off, though I do have to wonder how much intelligence Monzo really brings to the outfit to boost that up to a "7.5". The rescaling does make Weirdwolf's firepower that much more pathetic, though.

Re: #Botcon2016 Images of Transformers Titans Return Tech Spec Cards (1780536)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on April 12th, 2016 @ 5:50pm CDT

Amelie wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Kinda like what One Must Fall 2097 did.

I always wanted a toy of the Pyros as a kid.

I fancied the Shredder more, myself.

Amelie wrote:Any mention of Hasbro selling Titans with no Masters, so we can mix and match the cheap sets with them?

As in, bodies without heads? That would be like selling sandwiches without the bread... wait, they actually do that? :shock:

Re: #Botcon2016 Images of Transformers Titans Return Tech Spec Cards (1780541)
Posted by griftimus prime on April 12th, 2016 @ 5:58pm CDT

awesome talent and i love that megatron.

Re: #Botcon2016 Images of Transformers Titans Return Tech Spec Cards (1780542)
Posted by william-james88 on April 12th, 2016 @ 6:29pm CDT

Sigma Magnus wrote:Why can't A3's toy look as badass as the art...I don't care if it doesn't transform, someone, somewhere, MAKE THIS AND SELL IT TO ME. It's too awesome!!

Looks pretty close to me:

Re: #Botcon2016 Images of Transformers Titans Return Tech Spec Cards (1780544)
Posted by Sigma Magnus on April 12th, 2016 @ 6:38pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:
Sigma Magnus wrote:Why can't A3's toy look as badass as the art...I don't care if it doesn't transform, someone, somewhere, MAKE THIS AND SELL IT TO ME. It's too awesome!!

Looks pretty close to me:

Yeah, it's close...I mean, it kinda has to be. But for whatever reason the art and toy don't have the same...what's the word...'oomph'? I dunno, the art just seems a lot cooler to me, and I'd love to have that, even if it's just a statue or something.

Re: #Botcon2016 Images of Transformers Titans Return Tech Spec Cards (1780553)
Posted by william-james88 on April 12th, 2016 @ 7:09pm CDT

Sigma Magnus wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Sigma Magnus wrote:Why can't A3's toy look as badass as the art...I don't care if it doesn't transform, someone, somewhere, MAKE THIS AND SELL IT TO ME. It's too awesome!!

Looks pretty close to me:

Yeah, it's close...I mean, it kinda has to be. But for whatever reason the art and toy don't have the same...what's the word...'oomph'? I dunno, the art just seems a lot cooler to me, and I'd love to have that, even if it's just a statue or something.

I feel art will always look cooler. I am a big comic book guy and one of the coolest shots ever is this:

And they made a statue of that exact shot but you cant replicate the shadows or cross hatching so some of the texture is lost:

You will notice that most TFs (and comic book statues) look way cooler at the design stage, thats just how things go and its a reason to treasure the art as its own beauty that cant be replicated elsewhere.

Re: #Botcon2016 Images of Transformers Titans Return Tech Spec Cards (1780559)
Posted by Sigma Magnus on April 12th, 2016 @ 7:17pm CDT

Fair point. I'm still a little disappointed, but not as much so. Thanks for the new perspective. ;)^

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Posted by Gunmetal on April 12th, 2016 @ 7:23pm CDT

Wolfman Jake wrote:
Emerje wrote:Nice of them to actually put something on the back of the card now.

Wait, Wolfwire is already maxed out at 10 for intelligence before being boosted by Monxo to 15? And yet his fire power is only a 3 despite the huge gun and those missile pods on his arms and the big sword? Did they mix these stats up?

Emerje

The stat cap has been raised to 20, which could mean an expansion of the old ratings, or a completely new scale. If the latter is true, it makes Weirdwolf's "10" for intelligence more like a old "5," which isn't too far off, though I do have to wonder how much intelligence Monzo really brings to the outfit to boost that up to a "7.5". The rescaling does make Weirdwolf's firepower that much more pathetic, though.

I don't think it's meant to be a new scale. (Note that Stripes uses the standard 10-point system.) From what I see, each color represents the individual characters' stats; they add together when they combine. They had to put more on the end because, if they didn't, everyone would be maxing 3 or 4 of their stats (which is apparently Fort Max's thing).

Takara's Cloud line used a 20-point scale for the same reason...the difference being that TM uses an actual feature of the toy (as opposed to some element of the fiction).

As for WW, if anyone is an idiot savant, it's that guy.

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Posted by Shuttershock on April 12th, 2016 @ 7:28pm CDT

Randomus wrote:
Wolfman Jake wrote:
Emerje wrote:Nice of them to actually put something on the back of the card now.

Wait, Wolfwire is already maxed out at 10 for intelligence before being boosted by Monxo to 15? And yet his fire power is only a 3 despite the huge gun and those missile pods on his arms and the big sword? Did they mix these stats up?

Emerje

The stat cap has been raised to 20, which could mean an expansion of the old ratings, or a completely new scale. If the latter is true, it makes Weirdwolf's "10" for intelligence more like a old "5," which isn't too far off, though I do have to wonder how much intelligence Monzo really brings to the outfit to boost that up to a "7.5". The rescaling does make Weirdwolf's firepower that much more pathetic, though.
I don't think it's meant to be a new scale. (Note that Stripes uses the standard 10-point system.) From what I see, each color represents the individual characters' stats; they add together when they combine. They had to put more on the end because, if they didn't, everyone would be maxing 3 or 4 of their stats (which is apparently Fort Max's thing).

Takara's Cloud line used a 20-point scale for the same reason...the difference being that TM uses an actual feature of the toy (as opposed to some element of the fiction).

As for WW, if anyone is an idiot savant, it's that guy.

"mMMMmmm. Wise Randomus is, yEEEsss!"

Re: #Botcon2016 Images of Transformers Titans Return Tech Spec Cards (1780567)
Posted by Amelie on April 12th, 2016 @ 7:33pm CDT

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:As in, bodies without heads? That would be like selling sandwiches without the bread... wait, they actually do that?

Yes - bodies without heads. With a slightly generic colour scheme so they'll fit anything.

Re: #Botcon2016 Images of Transformers Titans Return Tech Spec Cards (1780568)
Posted by Agamemnon on April 12th, 2016 @ 7:41pm CDT

Amelie wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:As in, bodies without heads? That would be like selling sandwiches without the bread... wait, they actually do that?

Yes - bodies without heads. With a slightly generic colour scheme so they'll fit anything.

*Sings* "Another Saturday night and I aint got no body...got some money, 'cause I just got paid..."

Does this show my age too much? :-s

Re: #Botcon2016 Images of Transformers Titans Return Tech Spec Cards (1780575)
Posted by Gunmetal on April 12th, 2016 @ 8:25pm CDT

Agamemnon wrote:
Amelie wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:As in, bodies without heads? That would be like selling sandwiches without the bread... wait, they actually do that?

Yes - bodies without heads. With a slightly generic colour scheme so they'll fit anything.

*Sings* "Another Saturday night and I aint got no body...got some money, 'cause I just got paid..."

Does this show my age too much?

...he asks during a discussion about cartoon characters from 1987. :-D

Re: #Botcon2016 Images of Transformers Titans Return Tech Spec Cards (1780580)
Posted by Targetmaster Kup on April 12th, 2016 @ 8:45pm CDT

Awesome! Not sure how I feel about everything going up to level 20 though.

Re: #Botcon2016 Images of Transformers Titans Return Tech Spec Cards (1780582)
Posted by Ironhidensh on April 12th, 2016 @ 8:53pm CDT

Okay, I've been trying to keep my negativity to myself, but I have to let this out. Alpha Trion is possibly the worst transformer I've seen in several years. :SICK:

Re: #Botcon2016 Images of Transformers Titans Return Tech Spec Cards (1780584)
Posted by william-james88 on April 12th, 2016 @ 9:00pm CDT

Ironhidensh wrote:Okay, I've been trying to keep my negativity to myself, but I have to let this out. Alpha Trion is possibly the worst transformer I've seen in several years.

Yeah, its because he is all about the robot mode. As a non transforming figure, he could look good but his alt modes suffer and thus he as a transformer suffers.

Hey I know you werent too fond of what Hasbro was doing, but how do you feel about Takara's take on these toys? Their Blurr is just too good to pass up on me and there is something I realized that a guy like you could appreciated, they resculpted his head to include his classic antenna:

Sigma Magnus wrote:Fair point. I'm still a little disappointed, but not as much so. Thanks for the new perspective.

Always a pleasure! And I hear you, I feel the same way when I look at older Transformers designs. Like we all know how Beast Machines Cheetor worked out, and the final toy wasnt that far from this, but isnt this cheetor design so damn cool!

Re: #Botcon2016 Images of Transformers Titans Return Tech Spec Cards (1780588)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on April 12th, 2016 @ 9:05pm CDT

Ironhidensh wrote:Okay, I've been trying to keep my negativity to myself, but I have to let this out. Alpha Trion is possibly the worst transformer I've seen in several years.

Yeah, something went awry during the design process, at least the ship mode is passable and very cybertronian; Not too keen on any reuse of this mold, especially if they wanna do a character as cool as thundertron :-s

Re: #Botcon2016 Images of Transformers Titans Return Tech Spec Cards (1780621)
Posted by Seibertron on April 12th, 2016 @ 9:54pm CDT

NOTE FROM RYAN: IMAGES REMOVED AT ARTIST'S REQUEST. Please do not repost under any circumstances. Thank you.

Re: #Botcon2016 Images of Transformers Titans Return Tech Spec Cards (1780661)
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on April 13th, 2016 @ 1:41am CDT

weird. I really like Alpha Trion here. As a character he's never appealed to me much but I love the look of this toy, particularly the robot and beast forms. He's far more interesting to look at than Sentinel Prime in the same line who just looks like a big overly-orange brick to me. Certainly appeals to me more than most things I've seen in CW and easily RiD lines too. Still undecided about getting him though cos costs and I don't want too many figures and this Titan Returns line is appealing to me in so many ways Combiner Wars completely and utterly failed to.

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Posted by ZeroWolf on April 13th, 2016 @ 3:19am CDT

Don't worry alpha Trion, I like you in all odes and you're far from airachnids level.

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Posted by Kurona on April 13th, 2016 @ 6:07am CDT

william-james88 wrote:
Sigma Magnus wrote:Why can't A3's toy look as badass as the art...I don't care if it doesn't transform, someone, somewhere, MAKE THIS AND SELL IT TO ME. It's too awesome!!

Looks pretty close to me:

Huh, from that angle the Lion mode actually looks much better.

Alpha Trion is definetely something I love the look of - especially Robot Mode, of course - but I doubt I'll end up getting him unfortunately. There's just too many other guys here to prioritize; Chromedome, Rewind, Galvatron, Astrotrain, Wolfwire, Blurr, SKULLCRUNCHER...
The problem with this line being so amazing to me is that there's so many great guys I won't end up getting them all

Re: #Botcon2016 Images of Transformers Titans Return Tech Spec Cards (1780709)
Posted by Emerje on April 13th, 2016 @ 8:20am CDT

Seibertron wrote:NOTE FROM RYAN: IMAGES REMOVED AT ARTIST'S REQUEST. Please do not repost under any circumstances. Thank you.

Since when does a contracted artist working for a major company displaying the art that the company owns in full featuring that company's own IP to the public where photography is encouraged get to tell anyone to take the images down? When you draw something for someone else for money you relinquish ownership. It's up to the owner, Hasbro, to decide if the image needs to be removed, you should ask them.

Emerje

Re: #Botcon2016 Images of Transformers Titans Return Tech Spec Cards (1780718)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on April 13th, 2016 @ 9:08am CDT

ZeroWolf wrote:Don't worry alpha Trion, I like you in all odes and you're far from airachnids level.

This made me smile. So very true. He honestly is a good looking dude and I hope we never devolve back to Airachnid level ever again :MAXIMAL:

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Posted by ZeroWolf on April 13th, 2016 @ 10:06am CDT

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:Don't worry alpha Trion, I like you in all odes and you're far from airachnids level.

This made me smile. So very true. He honestly is a good looking dude and I hope we never devolve back to Airachnid level ever again

Thanks to you quoting me I just realised my grammar mistake as well :-)

it's the curse of airachnid..The mere mention of her deluxe toy causes you to miseplle :-P

Re: #Botcon2016 Images of Transformers Titans Return Tech Spec Cards (1780742)
Posted by steals_your_goats on April 13th, 2016 @ 10:13am CDT

I'm actually a pretty big fan of this trion. Robot mode looks great, lion mode reminds me of a megazord component with its chunkiness which hits a huge nostalgic note for me. The only thing I'm not crazy about is the ship mode. I mean it's passable as a Cybertronian ship but I'm not totally crazy about it. Maybe it's the gun plugged in that's throwing me off.

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Posted by Agamemnon on April 13th, 2016 @ 10:22am CDT

Dat unicorn horn on the lion... :shock:

I kept hoping it was just a part of a wing that folded away for beast mode, but was in place on the shoulder in bot mode...

Re: #Botcon2016 Images of Transformers Titans Return Tech Spec Cards (1780751)
Posted by Sabrblade on April 13th, 2016 @ 10:32am CDT

Agamemnon wrote:Dat unicorn horn on the lion...

I kept hoping it was just a part of a wing that folded away for beast mode, but was in place on the shoulder in bot mode...

I asked a Hasbro rep at the Hasbro display about that horn and the answer I got basically gave me the impression that Alpha Trion's beast mode was going to have that horn regardless of what animal it was going to be, as the horn was seemingly in the plans for the figure from the get-go.

I didn't get to ask about it any further since it was close to the end of the day and they were trying to get everyone out of the room.

Re: #Botcon2016 Images of Transformers Titans Return Tech Spec Cards (1780765)
Posted by Cobotron on April 13th, 2016 @ 11:50am CDT

Alpha Trion is the one toy from this line I am most excited for. Leocorn horn and all. I love the lion's fist jaw.

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Posted by william-james88 on April 13th, 2016 @ 12:15pm CDT

Cobotron wrote:Alpha Trion is the one toy from this line I am most excited for. Leocorn horn and all. I love the lion's fist jaw.

I found that aspect really cool too.

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Posted by galvatron00 on April 13th, 2016 @ 12:16pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:
Cobotron wrote:Alpha Trion is the one toy from this line I am most excited for. Leocorn horn and all. I love the lion's fist jaw.
I found that aspect really cool too.

I need to check out the official images of this guy, the photos from the show aren't selling him for me. I'll need him to at least hang out with Vector Sigma.. :lol:

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Posted by william-james88 on April 13th, 2016 @ 12:23pm CDT

itscramtastic wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Cobotron wrote:Alpha Trion is the one toy from this line I am most excited for. Leocorn horn and all. I love the lion's fist jaw.
I found that aspect really cool too.
I need to check out the official images of this guy, the photos from the show aren't selling him for me. I'll need him to at least hang out with Vector Sigma..

While I will still get this guy, I must say that those official images wont sell it more.

I am now windering who has a better lion mode, him or Gekisomaru :-?

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Posted by william-james88 on April 13th, 2016 @ 12:29pm CDT

I just noticed somthing while looking at the pics. Alpha Trion is going to have a ugly backpack. Its very easy to see how he goes from Robot to ship, the ship mode is pretty much the robot on his tummy with his legs pegged together. But that means that on his back he has that big cockpit. I am currently looking for any pics of his back since that cockpit is surely there since it isnt absorbed anywhere in the bot mode.

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Posted by galvatron00 on April 13th, 2016 @ 12:29pm CDT

I like the lighting better of the official "images" :lol:

He may be purchased. Heck, I just bought CW Cyclonus and wasn't sure if I ever would!

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Posted by galvatron00 on April 13th, 2016 @ 12:31pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:I just noticed somthing while looking at the pics. Alpha Trion is going to have a ugly backpack. Its very easy to see how he goes from Robot to ship, the ship mode is pretty much the robot on his tummy with his legs pegged together. But that means that on his back he has that big cockpit. I am currently looking for any pics of his back since that cockpit is surely there since it isnt absorbed anywhere in the bot mode.

Speaking of noticing something in the pics, that flat top to the ship looks very much like Broadside's aircraft carrier deck.

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Posted by galvatron00 on April 13th, 2016 @ 12:33pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:
itscramtastic wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Cobotron wrote:Alpha Trion is the one toy from this line I am most excited for. Leocorn horn and all. I love the lion's fist jaw.
I found that aspect really cool too.
I need to check out the official images of this guy, the photos from the show aren't selling him for me. I'll need him to at least hang out with Vector Sigma..
While I will still get this guy, I must say that those official images wont sell it more.

I am now windering who has a better lion mode, him or Gekisomaru

Gekisomaru. That sword sticking out of Trion's butt as a tail lacks articulation..or organicness :lol:

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Posted by galvatron00 on April 13th, 2016 @ 12:35pm CDT

Throw some wings on that Alpha Trion beast mode and you almost have this:

The griffin part.

It's a joke.

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Posted by william-james88 on April 13th, 2016 @ 12:49pm CDT

itscramtastic wrote:
william-james88 wrote:I just noticed somthing while looking at the pics. Alpha Trion is going to have a ugly backpack. Its very easy to see how he goes from Robot to ship, the ship mode is pretty much the robot on his tummy with his legs pegged together. But that means that on his back he has that big cockpit. I am currently looking for any pics of his back since that cockpit is surely there since it isnt absorbed anywhere in the bot mode.
Speaking of noticing something in the pics, that flat top to the ship looks very much like Broadside's aircraft carrier deck.

Yeah, thats why people mistook the drawing of Alpha Trion's alt mode for a hint at Broadside. But this doesnt work since the Hasbro catalogue of upcoming possible toys said Braidside turned into a jet and an aircraft carrier.

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Posted by galvatron00 on April 13th, 2016 @ 12:51pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:
itscramtastic wrote:
william-james88 wrote:I just noticed somthing while looking at the pics. Alpha Trion is going to have a ugly backpack. Its very easy to see how he goes from Robot to ship, the ship mode is pretty much the robot on his tummy with his legs pegged together. But that means that on his back he has that big cockpit. I am currently looking for any pics of his back since that cockpit is surely there since it isnt absorbed anywhere in the bot mode.
Speaking of noticing something in the pics, that flat top to the ship looks very much like Broadside's aircraft carrier deck.
Yeah, thats why people mistook the drawing of Alpha Trion's alt mode for a hint at Broadside. But this doesnt work since the Hasbro catalogue of upcoming possible toys said Braidside turned into a jet and an aircraft carrier.

Semantics. :lol:

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Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on April 13th, 2016 @ 1:53pm CDT

Sabrblade wrote:
Agamemnon wrote:Dat unicorn horn on the lion...

I kept hoping it was just a part of a wing that folded away for beast mode, but was in place on the shoulder in bot mode...
I asked a Hasbro rep at the Hasbro display about that horn and the answer I got basically gave me the impression that Alpha Trion's beast mode was going to have that horn regardless of what animal it was going to be, as the horn was seemingly in the plans for the figure from the get-go.

I didn't get to ask about it any further since it was close to the end of the day and they were trying to get everyone out of the room.

He's not the first lion mech to have that horn, however. Look up Raijin-oh from Zettai Muteki Raijin-oh, specifically the lion component. So it's not that unprecedented.

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Posted by Nemesis Maximo on April 13th, 2016 @ 2:09pm CDT

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Agamemnon wrote:Dat unicorn horn on the lion...

I kept hoping it was just a part of a wing that folded away for beast mode, but was in place on the shoulder in bot mode...
I asked a Hasbro rep at the Hasbro display about that horn and the answer I got basically gave me the impression that Alpha Trion's beast mode was going to have that horn regardless of what animal it was going to be, as the horn was seemingly in the plans for the figure from the get-go.

I didn't get to ask about it any further since it was close to the end of the day and they were trying to get everyone out of the room.

He's not the first lion mech to have that horn, however. Look up Raijin-oh from Zettai Muteki Raijin-oh, specifically the lion component. So it's not that unprecedented.

It certainly has those anime-esque elements in beast mode.

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Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on April 13th, 2016 @ 2:21pm CDT

Nemesis Maximo wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Agamemnon wrote:Dat unicorn horn on the lion...

I kept hoping it was just a part of a wing that folded away for beast mode, but was in place on the shoulder in bot mode...
I asked a Hasbro rep at the Hasbro display about that horn and the answer I got basically gave me the impression that Alpha Trion's beast mode was going to have that horn regardless of what animal it was going to be, as the horn was seemingly in the plans for the figure from the get-go.

I didn't get to ask about it any further since it was close to the end of the day and they were trying to get everyone out of the room.

He's not the first lion mech to have that horn, however. Look up Raijin-oh from Zettai Muteki Raijin-oh, specifically the lion component. So it's not that unprecedented.

It certainly has those anime-esque elements in beast mode.

And for something a little closer to home: the lion-type Zoids sometimes have blades on their heads, like the Energy Liger (both the Eldoran series that Raijin-oh is part of, an Zoids are made by Tomy. Coincidence?).

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Posted by Collector Canine on April 13th, 2016 @ 2:26pm CDT

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Nemesis Maximo wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Agamemnon wrote:Dat unicorn horn on the lion...

I kept hoping it was just a part of a wing that folded away for beast mode, but was in place on the shoulder in bot mode...
I asked a Hasbro rep at the Hasbro display about that horn and the answer I got basically gave me the impression that Alpha Trion's beast mode was going to have that horn regardless of what animal it was going to be, as the horn was seemingly in the plans for the figure from the get-go.

I didn't get to ask about it any further since it was close to the end of the day and they were trying to get everyone out of the room.

He's not the first lion mech to have that horn, however. Look up Raijin-oh from Zettai Muteki Raijin-oh, specifically the lion component. So it's not that unprecedented.

It certainly has those anime-esque elements in beast mode.

And for something a little closer to home: the lion-type Zoids sometimes have blades on their heads, like the Energy Liger (both the Eldoran series that Raijin-oh is part of, an Zoids are made by Tomy. Coincidence?).

Yeah, I can totally see the Anime elements in Alpha Trion, which makes me want him even more!

The fact that Tomy has two franchises with lion Robots that have horns and AT's lion mode has a horn is a coincidence, in my opinion.

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