New Galleries: Generations FOC Bruticus - Retail, G2 and Takara Tomy versions

Technically, though the molds did originate from the Generations toyline, the only indication of which toyline the G2-decoed set was released in given by the packaging is the classic "Generation 2" toyline.

Which was enough for TFWiki to consider these toys of the G1/G2 Combaticon characters instead of the WFC/FOC/Aligned Combaticon characters.

Thanks for the galleries. It turns out I've been mistransforming the arm mode for Vortex, so now it looks a lot better!

I'm tempted to pick up the Wreckers, but I don't think I like the molds that much.

Sabrblade wrote:Technically, though the molds did originate from the Generations toyline, the only indication of which toyline the G2-decoed set was released in given by the packaging is the classic "Generation 2" toyline.

You just had to say it, didn't you?

Although by most standards the Takara set has the best color scheme, and i'd agree with anyone who said that. However, my personal favorite of the Brutici (Brticuses?)Is the horrible, 90's-tastic G2 set

Sabrblade wrote:Technically, though the molds did originate from the Generations toyline, the only indication of which toyline the G2-decoed set was released in given by the packaging is the classic "Generation 2" toyline.

Which was enough for TFWiki to consider these toys of the G1/G2 Combaticon characters instead of the WFC/FOC/Aligned Combaticon characters.

They're Fall of Cybertron toys, as indicated by them being a game tie-in for the exclusive Amazon.com version of the game.

Because of these being in G2 packaging, these galleries all show up in the G2 gallery section as well as the Fall of Cybertron and Generations sections: http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/toys/series/g2/18/

SW's SilverHammer wrote:Although by most standards the Takara set has the best color scheme, and i'd agree with anyone who said that. However, my personal favorite of the Brutici (Brticuses?)Is the horrible, 90's-tastic G2 set

Same here. That set is just crazy. The replica G2 packaging is amazing. I don't think replicating the exact style of old school packaging has been done before (minus some of the reissues but that doesn't really count since this is a new toy but done in 20 year old style packaging complete with new old school artwork). Kudos to Hasbro for going the extra mile for that set. I think that's the kind of thing that I'd love to see Fun Pub do for some future exclusives.

Seibertron wrote:

SW's SilverHammer wrote:Although by most standards the Takara set has the best color scheme, and i'd agree with anyone who said that. However, my personal favorite of the Brutici (Brticuses?)Is the horrible, 90's-tastic G2 set

Same here. That set is just crazy. The replica G2 packaging is amazing. I don't think replicating the exact style of old school packaging has been done before (minus some of the reissues but that doesn't really count since this is a new toy but done in 20 year old style packaging complete with new old school artwork). Kudos to Hasbro for going the extra mile for that set. I think that's the kind of thing that I'd love to see Fun Pub do for some future exclusives.

The amount of time and detail spent on the packaging is almost obscene. I dare say they spent at least as much time getting everything for the box art as they did producing the figure. I believe there was a statement at one of the cons where the FOC G2 set was announced, where they said they got one of the original artists who did the g1 and/or g2 box art's to do the gift set's art.

SW's SilverHammer wrote:

Seibertron wrote:

SW's SilverHammer wrote:Although by most standards the Takara set has the best color scheme, and i'd agree with anyone who said that. However, my personal favorite of the Brutici (Brticuses?)Is the horrible, 90's-tastic G2 set

Same here. That set is just crazy. The replica G2 packaging is amazing. I don't think replicating the exact style of old school packaging has been done before (minus some of the reissues but that doesn't really count since this is a new toy but done in 20 year old style packaging complete with new old school artwork). Kudos to Hasbro for going the extra mile for that set. I think that's the kind of thing that I'd love to see Fun Pub do for some future exclusives.

The amount of time and detail spent on the packaging is almost obscene. I dare say they spent at least as much time getting everything for the box art as they did producing the figure. I believe there was a statement at one of the cons where the FOC G2 set was announced, where they said they got one of the original artists who did the g1 and/or g2 box art's to do the gift set's art.

I can confirm that's true, but I don't recall where they officially said it at. I think they said that at SDCC 2012. I thought it was in my interview with them at http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... oin/25465/ but apparently not, so they must have said it in the panel.

I really, really don't like any of these.

The only version worth having is the G2 version, and then only MISB. That box is fantastic and so very nostalgic. There seems to be more effort put into the G2 boy than the actual molds themselves.

Ryan has been working on some more galleries over the last few days, and we can finally add two more to the ever-growing Seibertron database: Generations Deluxe Hoist and Thundercracker! Check out some images below, and click on them for the full galleries - and don't forget to check out the previous Generations Spotlight toys too.


Generations Hoist








Generations Thundercracker

Thanks Va'al!

I added a few pictures this morning to Hoist's gallery. I forgot to do some pics of Hoist with his buddy Grapple (*ahem* Solar Storm Grappel) so those pics were added early this morning. Enjoy!

Looks great. But that add on set is really gonna help Hoist

Finally a Hoist figure! Now I will wait for Hound. Please Hasbro release a new Hound figure.

I'm more interested in Hoist than I am Trailbreaker. He just looks awesome.

I need them. Thundercracker especially.

As much as I want these out now, hopefully it will be another month or two down the road before they pop up. I have yet to see the first wave of the Generations: Thrilling 30 toys.

~Oceans Moons~ wrote:Finally a Hoist figure! Now I will wait for Hound. Please Hasbro release a new Hound figure.

Welcome to Seibertron.com, ~Oceans Moons~! Hasbro released a Hound figure about 5 years ago.

~Oceans Moons~ wrote:Finally a Hoist figure! Now I will wait for Hound. Please Hasbro release a new Hound figure.

There already is one, in two flavors:



Left is US Universe 2008 Hound, Right is Henkei Hound.

Anyone disappointed by Trailbreaker? I love the mold design, but the transformation kind of sucks. It's too tight, and doesn't transform all that clean. Not to mention the general small-ness of the truck. It's really too bad Trailbreaker couldn't be released years ago, and slightly larger.

But anyway, it does not transform well for me. The arms don't seem to tuck into the truck too well.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

~Oceans Moons~ wrote:Finally a Hoist figure! Now I will wait for Hound. Please Hasbro release a new Hound figure.

There already is one, in two flavors:

Maybe he wants a Commander-class hound? With the new scale on Megatron and Starscream, everything is just screwed up...

I'm not a big fan of the new scale... It does not merge well with the old toys.

Metrosuplex wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

~Oceans Moons~ wrote:Finally a Hoist figure! Now I will wait for Hound. Please Hasbro release a new Hound figure.

There already is one, in two flavors:

Maybe he wants a Commander-class hound? With the new scale on Megatron and Starscream, everything is just screwed up...

I'm not a big fan of the new scale... It does not merge well with the old toys.

The Seekers do just fine, since the Classics Seekers are so short anyway.

Metrosuplex wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

~Oceans Moons~ wrote:Finally a Hoist figure! Now I will wait for Hound. Please Hasbro release a new Hound figure.

There already is one, in two flavors:

Maybe he wants a Commander-class hound? With the new scale on Megatron and Starscream, everything is just screwed up...

I'm not a big fan of the new scale... It does not merge well with the old toys.

a generations G1 inspired Arcee would be nice

Ultra Markus wrote:a generations G1 inspired Arcee would be nice

Cue someone informing you of Energon Arcee some XX years ago...

I really doubt any G1 character will make the new release list, other than SS, Megatron, BB, and Optimus.

("Correction! Some other G1's were actually previewed at Botcon and SDCC! Heh huh heh huh!" )

Yeah, I know, but my point is that Hasbro has a very narrow focus lately. Remolds of BB and Optimus in 5 more scales is far more likely than a G1 Arcee! But hey, some loyal Hasbro-ites believe in miracles!

Metrosuplex wrote:

Ultra Markus wrote:a generations G1 inspired Arcee would be nice

Cue someone informing you of Energon Arcee some XX years ago...

The only Generation One inspiration we got in Energon Arcee was her traditional colors, and her feminine build.

I wouldn't mind seeing a Generations Arcee. Hell, the War for Cybertron design is straight-up Arcee.

Metrosuplex wrote:Yeah, I know, but my point is that Hasbro has a very narrow focus lately. Remolds of BB and Optimus in 5 more scales is far more likely than a G1 Arcee!

Hey, gotta keep the kiddos pleased too, you know?

But hey, some loyal Hasbro-ites believe in miracles!

Never hurts to dream In the 6 to 7 years of the total Classics-range (Classics, Universe, Generations) we've yet to see repeated upgrades. And now that Hasbro's dipping into the more risky and obscure, we should get Arcee sooner or later.

Mental Note: Bug IDW until they include Arcee into their current range. Extreme methods may be necessary

Metrosuplex wrote:

Ultra Markus wrote:a generations G1 inspired Arcee would be nice

Cue someone informing you of Energon Arcee some XX years ago...

I really doubt any G1 character will make the new release list, other than SS, Megatron, BB, and Optimus.

("Correction! Some other G1's were actually previewed at Botcon and SDCC! Heh huh heh huh!" )

Yeah, I know, but my point is that Hasbro has a very narrow focus lately. Remolds of BB and Optimus in 5 more scales is far more likely than a G1 Arcee! But hey, some loyal Hasbro-ites believe in miracles!

uh yeah.. i already know and have energon arcee and that does not fit a generations arcee. the animated arcee makes a better G1 arcee than the energon one. i'm talking like they have done for hoist or springer something along the lines like their doing now... give her figure a damn car mode for once.

The iGear Delicate Warrior is still the best G1 Arcee in my book. It would be nice if Hasbro released one, but I'm not climbing the wall, waiting for her since I picked up the iGear. Plus the Hasbro version will probably be the IDW take which I'm not all that keen on.

Hoist and Thundercracker are already ordered. I have Starscream and Skywarp so it'd be nice to complete the trio without the headaches that came with getting the Classics trio complete.

I do wish Hoist came with a more elaborate towing apparatus that turned into his wings but it's not a big deal. I probably won't pick up the third party wings.

Christ, those Seekers are disgusting. The worst aspects of movie Starscream spliced together with a clunky attempt at a G1 Seeker silhouette. Very nasty.

Keep the seeker, gimme Hoist.

cool

To Seibertron, JelZe GoldRabbit and Metrosuplex.

Thank you for thinking about helping me. Sorry I didn't specify, but I already know about the two different Hound figures. I was just hoping for a newer one to be released...since well every time I find the older models from 5 years ago they're too expensive. Oh and I'm a girl by the way XD. I apologize for re-posting stuff or anything being posted on a different area here on Seibertron.com. I'm still trying to figure things out on this site.

~Oceans Moons~ wrote:Thank you for thinking about helping me. Sorry I didn't specify, but I already know about the two different Hound figures. I was just hoping for a newer one to be released...since well every time I find the older models from 5 years ago they're too expensive.

Amazon has some deals on Universe Hound. There are several offers, but the cheapest I could find for you is close to $40. Here is the link to several offers if you're interested.

Man Hoist does look pretty sweet with his buddy Grapple.

Maybe its just the angle of the photo, but the size differentiation doesn't look that bad? I knew Hoist was going to be small so I thought the gap in size would be a lot worse.

Gosh Hasbro, my wallet can't take anymore of this awesomeness. I can't wait for these guys to come out. Thundercracker looks better than foc screamy.

Earlier this month, we reported on e-Hobby Magnificus shipping from the TFCC store, and now we have a gallery of this fine piece for your viewing enjoyment. In case you didn't know, Magnificus is an e-Hobby Collector's Club Takara Tomy Generations exclusive.

Also included is a gallery of his mold mate, United Perceptor. (Both of these come from the Reveal The Shield Perceptor mold.)

Without further ado...

New Galleries: Generations Magnificus and United Perceptor

Transformers Generations Magnificus


























Transformers United Perceptor













Keep your optics tuned to Seibertron.com for latest in news and updates, plus the best galleries around!

You may have seen a video review around here, but now it's time for the full Seibertron.com gallery treatment. Yes indeed, it's Generations Voyager Whirl, an unvincible blend of G1, Classics and IDW elements comes with over 100 professional images, no known weaknesses and can all be found here. Click on any of the images below for the full gallery!


Generations Whirl

He's unvincible? But that's unpossible!

Super Megatron wrote:He's unvincible? But that's unpossible!

Not sure if you're in on the joke, but just in case anyone wants to point out the spelling..

From MTMTE #12:

Rewind: "D'you mind if I film this? If I die, I don't want my last recorded footage to be of Whirl punching himself in the face to prove he's 'super-unvincible.'"

AMAZING toy.

Any meaning behind the stickers posted on the front page?

Down_Shift wrote:Any meaning behind the stickers posted on the front page?

Do you mean the stickers on the first page of Whirl's gallery? If so ... that's his sticker sheet!

Seibertron wrote:

Down_Shift wrote:Any meaning behind the stickers posted on the front page?

Do you mean the stickers on the first page of Whirl's gallery? If so ... that's his sticker sheet!

I think he means the two stickers in this image:

Va'al wrote:

Seibertron wrote:

Down_Shift wrote:Any meaning behind the stickers posted on the front page?

Do you mean the stickers on the first page of Whirl's gallery? If so ... that's his sticker sheet!

I think he means the two stickers in this image:

Reference to Wild Bill from GI Joe.

CW-4 stands for Chief Warrant Officer.

Thanks guys! That was exactly what I was wondering.

As someone who grew up during Beast Wars and hasn't really ever seen a physical G1 toy, I'm always surprised to see their sizes compared to current toys. The ones I think are smaller always end up being much larger, and the ones that seemed big are actually pretty small...
'Course, I think here I simply assumed "Deluxe Vehicle" was the same as "Deluxe Class".

Noideaforaname wrote:
As someone who grew up during Beast Wars and hasn't really ever seen a physical G1 toy, I'm always surprised to see their sizes compared to current toys. The ones I think are smaller always end up being much larger, and the ones that seemed big are actually pretty small...
'Course, I think here I simply assumed "Deluxe Vehicle" was the same as "Deluxe Class".

In both cases, "Deluxe" means "larger than the standard toys" and it shows. The current "Deluxe Class" name stems from Beast Wars, when Hasbro first used fixed prices and toy sizes. The lowest was "Basic", the next "Deluxe", up to "Mega" and "Ultra". Nowadays, the main line starts with "Deluxe" so it kinda lost meaning.

Noideaforaname wrote:
As someone who grew up during Beast Wars and hasn't really ever seen a physical G1 toy, I'm always surprised to see their sizes compared to current toys. The ones I think are smaller always end up being much larger, and the ones that seemed big are actually pretty small...
'Course, I think here I simply assumed "Deluxe Vehicle" was the same as "Deluxe Class".

I've always wondered why they called those "Deluxe Vehicles". I'm assuming the term "deluxe" when applied to Transformers toys has a different connotation than it means to most toys or it lost its original meaning through the years. In the case of G1 Whirl and Roadbuster, I'm assuming "deluxe" referred to their significantly larger size than figures like Prowl, Shrapnel, and Bumblebee as well as the inclusion of many weapons and accessories. G1 Whirl comes with 4 large guns and Roadbuster has about 10 accessories from missiles, guns, vehicle attachments, etc. The term "deluxe" still gets applied to other toy lines, most notably action figure toy lines, where you usually see the same basic figure but with additional accessories, flight packs, outfits, armor, or whatever.

Now that we got a balls-to-the wall update for Whirl, I can't help but wonder how long it will be before we get a proper Generations Voyager Roadbuster.

I'm surprised that we got a Whirl that is so faithful to the G1 version. While I like the toy, it's almost too faithful to the G1 version ... it even includes a loose ball joint shoulder just like the original! While I like the new version of Whirl, I wish they had done something different with the legs to make them more poseable (that or I'm doing something wrong with his poses that seems to limit what he can do).

My surprise favorite of the new arrivals yesterday? Armada Starscream. I haven't really cared much for him up until I opened him. He's a great toy ... very poseable. It's a very nice figure. My surprise disappoint yesterday? Scoop. I was very excited about him when I saw him last year at SDCC. I thought he looked awesome. Unfortunately, his vehicle mode isn't very sturdy and it's a really basic transformation. Plus the light yellow is odd ... I wish they had used a darker yellow. Hopefully Takara Tomy does something better with his color scheme.

Noideaforaname wrote:

Sidenote about my G1 Whirl toy. His stickers were pretty bad. So I had removed them a few years ago ... probably the last time I had to pull him out for a gallery comparison (maybe Movie Whirl or Universe Whirl or something). I removed the stickers with the intention of getting repro labels or something to spruce him up. I forgot that I had done this and had put Whirl back in storage years ago without ever doing this and long before we ever got wind of a new Whirl toy. The toy itself is in great condition (except for the very loose ball jointed shoulders). I was surprised when I pulled him out of storage yesterday to see that he was missing all of his stickers! I ordered an original set of stickers off eBay yesterday from wheeljackslab so that I could make him look perfect. I'll have to ponder what to do about the ball joints. I don't want to use super glue. I have one on eBay that I'm selling currently in the Seibertron.com store that I tried to fix by taking him apart and applying a few layers of clear coat but that didn't do the trick either. Maybe it just needed even more layers of clear coat.

Looks amazing! And an excellent gallery as always. I can't wait to get mine, just waiting for BBTS to fill my Skids preorder so I can ship.

I was going to pass on this guy, but after seeing the gallery, especially his guns and walking mech alt mode, I'm totally digging it! Nice job, St.com, you convinced me to buy something I wasn't wanting originally.

This might be inspired by elements of G1, Classics and IDW, but I think the end result is distinctly G1 so I'll be skipping this guy. I suppose it is a nice looking figure though.