To me it looks like the offspring of the inner bot and the Spotlight: Orion Pax Bludgeon and I'm totally cool with that.Counterpunch wrote:Looks pretty close to the inner robot to me.
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To me it looks like the offspring of the inner bot and the Spotlight: Orion Pax Bludgeon and I'm totally cool with that.Counterpunch wrote:Looks pretty close to the inner robot to me.
You'll also need a club membership, which is just under $50. You will get Armada/Universe Ramjet as an incentive sometime late next Spring for signing up for the membership. The Armada Skywarp is a separate exclusive that will be available for purchase in their store sometime next year. I may have those two figures backwards.Gearslide wrote:So as someone who has never dealt with Club stuff, is the Subscription Service like $300 and includes seven figures? Or do I need to pay other stuff as well? And so I'm clear, the seven figures are:
-Armada Skywarp
-Triggercon Windsweeper
-Triggercon Ruckus
-Targetmaster Spinister
-Targetmaster Needlenose
-Pretender Bludgeon
-Mystery figure
Is that correct?
ScottyP wrote:You'll also need a club membership, which is just under $50. You will get Armada/Universe Ramjet as an incentive sometime late next Spring for signing up for the membership. The Armada Skywarp is a separate exclusive that will be available for purchase in their store sometime next year. I may have those two figures backwards.Gearslide wrote:So as someone who has never dealt with Club stuff, is the Subscription Service like $300 and includes seven figures? Or do I need to pay other stuff as well? And so I'm clear, the seven figures are:
-Armada Skywarp
-Triggercon Windsweeper
-Triggercon Ruckus
-Targetmaster Spinister
-Targetmaster Needlenose
-Pretender Bludgeon
-Mystery figure
Is that correct?
The sub service is generally around $300. You have the option to pay all at once or in three installments. First installment due immediately, then the second and third don't go out until after the second/fourth figures in the sub service ship. Next year's is your list, minus Skywarp, plus another figure they are going to reveal in advance, and then the "Mystery figure" remains a mystery until they release it or until it leaks on eBay.
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:ScottyP wrote:You'll also need a club membership, which is just under $50. You will get Armada/Universe Ramjet as an incentive sometime late next Spring for signing up for the membership. The Armada Skywarp is a separate exclusive that will be available for purchase in their store sometime next year. I may have those two figures backwards.Gearslide wrote:So as someone who has never dealt with Club stuff, is the Subscription Service like $300 and includes seven figures? Or do I need to pay other stuff as well? And so I'm clear, the seven figures are:
-Armada Skywarp
-Triggercon Windsweeper
-Triggercon Ruckus
-Targetmaster Spinister
-Targetmaster Needlenose
-Pretender Bludgeon
-Mystery figure
Is that correct?
The sub service is generally around $300. You have the option to pay all at once or in three installments. First installment due immediately, then the second and third don't go out until after the second/fourth figures in the sub service ship. Next year's is your list, minus Skywarp, plus another figure they are going to reveal in advance, and then the "Mystery figure" remains a mystery until they release it or until it leaks on eBay.
Just so it's clear to everyone:
Free Figure
Ramjet
Club Store Figures
Skywarp
Rodimus & Arcee
Subscription Service 4.0
Bludgeon
Windsweeper
Ruckus
Needlenose with Targetmasters (Sunbeam & Zigzag)
Spinister with Targetmasters (Singe & Hairsplitter)
Unknown 6th Figure
Mystery Bonus Figure
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:If the Club wants to get cheeky... Since Onslaught is used for Bludgeon, the Combaticon molds can be scheduled for Club use. Therefore... Quake out of Brawl, to join Spinister and Needlenose.
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:ScottyP wrote:You'll also need a club membership, which is just under $50. You will get Armada/Universe Ramjet as an incentive sometime late next Spring for signing up for the membership. The Armada Skywarp is a separate exclusive that will be available for purchase in their store sometime next year. I may have those two figures backwards.Gearslide wrote:So as someone who has never dealt with Club stuff, is the Subscription Service like $300 and includes seven figures? Or do I need to pay other stuff as well? And so I'm clear, the seven figures are:
-Armada Skywarp
-Triggercon Windsweeper
-Triggercon Ruckus
-Targetmaster Spinister
-Targetmaster Needlenose
-Pretender Bludgeon
-Mystery figure
Is that correct?
The sub service is generally around $300. You have the option to pay all at once or in three installments. First installment due immediately, then the second and third don't go out until after the second/fourth figures in the sub service ship. Next year's is your list, minus Skywarp, plus another figure they are going to reveal in advance, and then the "Mystery figure" remains a mystery until they release it or until it leaks on eBay.
Just so it's clear to everyone:
Free Figure
Ramjet
Club Store Figures
Skywarp
Rodimus & Arcee
Subscription Service 4.0
Bludgeon
Windsweeper
Ruckus
Needlenose with Targetmasters (Sunbeam & Zigzag)
Spinister with Targetmasters (Singe & Hairsplitter)
Unknown 6th Figure
Mystery Bonus Figure
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
primalxconvoy wrote:Completely unacceptable that mainline G1 transformer characters are only coming out for the "American Collectors' Club". Hardly anyone outside the USA can afford to get these.
This is "Botcon Coneheads" all over again.
I'm honestly shocked and disgusted.
Diem wrote:primalxconvoy wrote:Completely unacceptable that mainline G1 transformer characters are only coming out for the "American Collectors' Club". Hardly anyone outside the USA can afford to get these.
While I agree with your sentiment here ONE HUNDRED PERCENT I have to disagree with the specifics. The odds of the likes of Windsweeper coming out at retail are insanely low; if the club wasn't releasing them they just plain wouldn't exist.
Sure, we had a nice little string of insanity for a while, with the likes of Thunderwing, Straxus, Scoop and Crosscut getting released, but with the exception of Armada Megatron the Combiner Wars line so far is pure 1984-1986. Even the most left field character shown so far, Sky Lynx, is still a prominent character with a number of cartoon episodes under his belt. Yeah, if they announce Joyride or Squeezeplay or someone tomorrow I'll eat every hat I own, but right now I feel like we're back on the Cartoon-Only Pony for a little trot.
primalxconvoy wrote:Completely unacceptable that mainline G1 transformer characters are only coming out for the "American Collectors' Club". Hardly anyone outside the USA can afford to get these.
This is "Botcon Coneheads" all over again.
I'm honestly shocked and disgusted.
Not at the time they wouldn't. The Classics line was dying back then, never intended to go beyond 2007, as it was originally only ever meant to be a smaller filler line to tide us over until the first Movie line was ready in 2007, what with the Cybertron line having ended at a point that required a year's worth of new toys to be on the shelves in the meantime. The BotCon 2007 set was done because the Classics was coming to an end but hadn't yet done Thundercracker, Dirge, or Thrust, so that set was meant to be the swan song of the line and the venue through which fans could complete their Classics Seekers. As far as Hasbro back then was concerned, that is. Takara's Henkei! Henkei! line wasn't a factor yet nor was the 2008 Universe line in the plans yet. The Universe line came as a result of Hasbro seeing how successful and desirable the Classics toys were, but only after the Classics line had died. That it did die back then, and without completing the last three Seekers, is why the BotCon 2007 set happened.prjkt wrote:The Botcon Seeker saga is a totally different story, as they were core '84/'85 characters from the G1 series, and would inevitably get a mass retail release eventually.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
A+, high effort post. Well done Just didn't want to quote it all because it's long.RodimusRex wrote:They've got the CORE BRAND which IDW, Bayverse, and Geewun are the core of. But they're trying to keep everyone else JUST interested enough to support that. They're not gonna drop the obscure stuff. They'll probably plan some of it as repaints, some as prepaints, and some as wildcards to build excitement.
We got Scoop because, when his wave of figures was being planned, Joe Kyde wanted a constructicon vehicle in the wave and felt that an orange bot like Scoop would provide a nice complementary color contrast with the other three figures of the wave (Armada Starscream, Skywarp, and the Mini-Con Assault Team).RodimusRex wrote:I think we got Scoop because of the IDW book. Or maybe it was the other way around but I get the feeling the comic is driving character churn, which is wild because the old comics and shows usually had character churn forced on them.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Delta Magnus wrote:This is because you are a hamhanded idiot.
RiddlerJ wrote:Yeah, I'm not a real fan of Bludgeon. And he's already had a better figure with the ROTF version.
I think MAS member Roadblock would've been a better use for the Onslaught mold, plus he's due for a new toy that doesn't suffer from gold plastic syndrome.
http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Roadblock_%28G1%29
I also wonder if Generations Rhinox would work as a Classics Stranglehold. He has a rhino mold and he was a pretender so just have a fleshy rhino be his alt mode.
I wanna see Stranglehold from Transmetal Rhinox. Mechanical rhino altmode, bare-chested organic robot mode.SW's SilverHammer wrote:RiddlerJ wrote:Yeah, I'm not a real fan of Bludgeon. And he's already had a better figure with the ROTF version.
I think MAS member Roadblock would've been a better use for the Onslaught mold, plus he's due for a new toy that doesn't suffer from gold plastic syndrome.
http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Roadblock_%28G1%29
I also wonder if Generations Rhinox would work as a Classics Stranglehold. He has a rhino mold and he was a pretender so just have a fleshy rhino be his alt mode.
Yeah i suggested that on twitter. The purple and black shell from PRID voyager Dreadwing, and Stranglehold himself being the bonus figure, a gold and grey generations legends gears.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Sabrblade wrote:I wanna see Stranglehold from Transmetal Rhinox. Mechanical rhino altmode, bare-chested organic robot mode.SW's SilverHammer wrote:RiddlerJ wrote:Yeah, I'm not a real fan of Bludgeon. And he's already had a better figure with the ROTF version.
I think MAS member Roadblock would've been a better use for the Onslaught mold, plus he's due for a new toy that doesn't suffer from gold plastic syndrome.
http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Roadblock_%28G1%29
I also wonder if Generations Rhinox would work as a Classics Stranglehold. He has a rhino mold and he was a pretender so just have a fleshy rhino be his alt mode.
Yeah i suggested that on twitter. The purple and black shell from PRID voyager Dreadwing, and Stranglehold himself being the bonus figure, a gold and grey generations legends gears.
Not perfect, but there is a pretty good stand in already:RiddlerJ wrote:I think MAS member Roadblock would've been a better use for the Onslaught mold, plus he's due for a new toy that doesn't suffer from gold plastic syndrome.
ScottyP wrote:Not perfect, but there is a pretty good stand in already:RiddlerJ wrote:I think MAS member Roadblock would've been a better use for the Onslaught mold, plus he's due for a new toy that doesn't suffer from gold plastic syndrome.
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