Tober Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 BBTS Has new listings for Alternity, Device Label and Disney Label. Included is the previously announced as canceled Device Label Blaster. No new pics yet though. From TFW2005.com: DEVICE LABEL BLASTER!! Thank god this figure appears to have survived the culling. This thread's title should get renamed so it covers all the other figures involved instead of just Alternity SS. Here are the individual pages for the products on BBTS: Device Label Blaster: Transforming USB Hub - Blaster - Transformers Device Label Device Label at BigBadToyStore Device Label Cheetor: Transforming USB Flash Memory (2 GB) - Cheetor - Transformers Device Label Device Label at BigBadToyStore Buzz Lightyear: Buzz Lightyear Spaceship Transformer - Transformers Disney Disney Label at BigBadToyStore Alternity A-04 Starscream - White: Alternity A-04 Okamora Orochi - Starscream White - Transformers Binaltech Alternity at BigBadToyStore Alternity A-04 Starscream - Purple: Alternity A-04 Okamora Orochi - Skywarp Purple - Transformers Binaltech Alternity at BigBadToyStore Looks like I will be buying some TFs this year... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hingtgen Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 Seekers as cars is just plain wrong. Do we get Sideswipe as an F-15 next? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeszekely Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 Seekers as cars is just plain wrong. Do we get Sideswipe as an F-15 next? Agreed. I don't mind the idea of Takara/Hasbro making Transformers licensed vehicles again... heck, I don't even mind if they put them in their own, more expensive line with complicated transformations and hindered poseability. What I don't care for is the notion that they've all got to be licensed cars. Especially since we did that already with Binaltech/Alternators. I'm lacking enthusiasm for the same thing, only smaller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tober Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 Seekers as cars is just plain wrong. Do we get Sideswipe as an F-15 next? As long as that F-15 is colored gunship grey I wouldn't complain But yeah, Shockwave and... Wheeljack would have been preferable. Agreed. I don't mind the idea of Takara/Hasbro making Transformers licensed vehicles again... heck, I don't even mind if they put them in their own, more expensive line with complicated transformations and hindered poseability. What I don't care for is the notion that they've all got to be licensed cars. Especially since we did that already with Binaltech/Alternators. I'm lacking enthusiasm for the same thing, only smaller. I'm actually really liking Alternity so far. It's all about the sculpt to me. I don't really care that Megatron and Optimus are cars either. 1/24 would of-course have been preferable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Hunter D Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 I have no problem with seekers being cars, but I thought they'd be based on good looking cars. As it is, the Orochi is not a very pretty automobile IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shin Densetsu Kai 7.0 Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Seekers as cars is just plain wrong. Do we get Sideswipe as an F-15 next? Carscream and Carwarp FOR THE LOSE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanzerfan Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Are you sure you're talking about Wing Gundam - or maybe you're thinking about one of the mobile suits from Gundam Wing? There were a lot of them, and most of them had alternate modes. Wing Gundam's alternate mode was that of a bird/plane. As for Wing Zero - no. He can't transform Pete If you read the post you quoted, you'll see I used the Japanese name for the Gundam Wing series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Hunter D Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 BBTS has HA Barricade in stock. I'm hoping this means it'll be hitting store shelves real soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vermillion One Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 Save yourself $15, Hasbrotoyshop has HA Barricade in stock as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vermillion21 Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 (edited) Apparently HA Barricade has been sighted and bought in San Jose, CA ... so he should be hitting local retail very soon!! Edited January 18, 2010 by Vermillion21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VFTF1 Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 If you read the post you quoted, you'll see I used the Japanese name for the Gundam Wing series. Regardless, my only point was that - to my knowledghe - Wing Gundam never had a semi-Gerwalk mode that looked like a raptor As to Carscream/Carwarp.... The whole "What!? Seekers as cars!?" thing is kind of an old song and dance by now guys. Does anybody remember the G2 Gobots? Soundwave and Megatron were little race cars back then. I think even Frenzy was a racecar. I think what we're dealing with here is brand marketing gone crazy.... In any event...none of these "new" offerings are inspiring at all. Alternity is wierd to me.... neutrla on them... Japanese animated look nice in the pictures - but not worth the prices IMO. Hasbro versions were barely worth the overinflated TF prices.... Then again...they DO look like the best thing going for 2010 thus far... TF wise... As for Broadcast Device Label... Wow. Talk about novelty. Bringing back a failed production run USB hub. Still waiting on Hasbro to present something fresh and new. Heck - still trying to recover from the trauma of the picture that turned me away from Transformers definitively: namely ROTF Devastator (the supreme toy) way back pre-release when I saw the gallery on Seibertron.com I was like - ok that's it. Bye bye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha OTS Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 BBTS has concept pics up of Carscream/Carwarp. Looking pretty good and seeker like despite being cars with the wings behind the back and even wings on the lower legs. I'll bite if there's a G1-ish color scheme available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
protostar8 Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 New pics of the "power core combiners" toys at TFW2005. It looks pretty cool. The minicon has 4 modes (robot, robot weapon, vehicle weapon, armor). This series could be like micromasters evolved. Pretty neat idea and I think I like the designs (pics kinda suck b/c of glare). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VFTF1 Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 I actually also find that picture pretty nifty. Looks good. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanzerfan Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 Regardless, my only point was that - to my knowledghe - Wing Gundam never had a semi-Gerwalk mode that looked like a raptor As to Carscream/Carwarp.... The whole "What!? Seekers as cars!?" thing is kind of an old song and dance by now guys. Does anybody remember the G2 Gobots? Soundwave and Megatron were little race cars back then. I think even Frenzy was a racecar. I think what we're dealing with here is brand marketing gone crazy.... In any event...none of these "new" offerings are inspiring at all. Alternity is wierd to me.... neutrla on them... Japanese animated look nice in the pictures - but not worth the prices IMO. Hasbro versions were barely worth the overinflated TF prices.... Then again...they DO look like the best thing going for 2010 thus far... TF wise... As for Broadcast Device Label... Wow. Talk about novelty. Bringing back a failed production run USB hub. Still waiting on Hasbro to present something fresh and new. Heck - still trying to recover from the trauma of the picture that turned me away from Transformers definitively: namely ROTF Devastator (the supreme toy) way back pre-release when I saw the gallery on Seibertron.com I was like - ok that's it. Bye bye. I was using the term "raptor" to describe a type of bird of prey (eagles, hawks, etc.), not the jet or a dinosaur, one guy under Zech's command in the first episode of the series described that the thing somewhat looked like a bird (I'm paraphrasing here). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VFTF1 Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 Oh. Ok. I misunderstood you - I thought you meant the velociraptor... but yeah - Wing Gundam turns into a bird like thingy. I remember once, long ago, I was in a KB Toy Store back when there still WAS a KB Toy Store and I saw a big ol' honkin' toy of the Wing Gundam. And I looked at the robot and thought "hey...coooll.." and then I looked at the box where it showed the Transformation and I thought "what the hell!? That's so lame. Transformers are so much better!" And in a sense - they were. Transforming Gundams have usually been major failures. I'm not really sure why they even bother... The ONLY transforming Gundam that seems to be successful is Zeta Gundam. But everything else has just been a "why?" after thought... The virtue of Gundams rests elsewhere, beyond them Transforming or not... Anyways... I'm still wondering what to do about my Transformers collection in the future. For now it's ZERO. At first I thought that I'd collect just Masterpiece...but then...you know...that's problematic. Transformers are no fun unless there's LOTS of them. And lots of them means the regular mass produced stuff. Maybe I should just get select TFs from differene series? Maybe Henkei for G1 characters and then various from .... ah...I dunno... Life's problems, eh? Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanzerfan Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 (edited) I saw a transforming model of the Epiyon and I thought it looked pretty cool. Edited January 21, 2010 by Wanzerfan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saraphys Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 Hmmm... Whats the word I'm looking for Here? Oh, thats right... Har Har Iv got something you dont... Iv got something you dont! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VFTF1 Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 Hmmm... Whats the word I'm looking for Here? Oh, thats right... Har Har Iv got something you dont... Iv got something you dont! D'oh! You're right. What am I saying...I don't collect Transformers anymore...and my goal was Ideon...Ideon...Ideon... and Ideon it shall be. Transformers are the stuff of a childhood deprived the awesomeness of anime! Recalling to mind the experience of watching Star Dub Headmasters on VHS a long time ago reminded me of that crucial fact. I really need to finally sell my TF comics and be rid of it all.... Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeyondTheGrave Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 Are you sure you're talking about Wing Gundam - or maybe you're thinking about one of the mobile suits from Gundam Wing? There were a lot of them, and most of them had alternate modes. Wing Gundam's alternate mode was that of a bird/plane. As for Wing Zero - no. He can't transform Pete Actually wing zero did have a alternate bird/plane mode. wing zero with the angel wings did not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Hunter D Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 No HA Barricade at TRU, BUT I did snag TFA Arcee and Cybertron Ratchet. Happy Friday indeed! If only City Strike Snake eyes was this easy to find... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miriya Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 I hope this is not the most stupid noob question ever.... but.... I was just reading "A Wrinkle in Time" and Meg's father calls her Megatron toward the end. That book came out in the 1960s. Any chance the transformer's name was inspired by this book? <Throw_Stones> </Throw_Stones> Seriously. I am curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hingtgen Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 Not according to the official explanation, in that it came from "megaton". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greyryder Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 Finished my Trailbreaker. Also, found a use for one of the spring loaded GI Joe guns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanzerfan Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 Finished my Trailbreaker. Also, found a use for one of the spring loaded GI Joe guns. Look, Cliffjumper's channeling Ash! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greyryder Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 Look, Cliffjumper's channeling Ash! You better believe it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RavenHawk Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 Finished my Trailbreaker. Love the Trailbreaker. He was one of my first 2 as a little kid, and has had a place in my heart ever since. Very nice work. What did you do, other than paint? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
promethuem5 Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 Your Trailbreaker looks pretty sweet. I hope the image gets quoted a few more times on this page How does the paint hold up on something as complex as movie IH? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greyryder Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Besides paint, the only change I made was to cut out a slit where the eyes were, and put in a piece of acrylic rod. I sanded and polished the ends of it, to have an angle to look more visor like. I painted the acrylic silver inside the head, and clear red on the outside. I also had to make new mirrors, since the facorty ones seem to be made of engineering plastic that won't hold paint. It's only had one transformation to vehicle mode and back, since I painted it. The only damage is to where the arms peg to the pelvis in vehicle mode (which I expected) and one small corner on each of the thighs. The leg paint damage is is tiny, and I might not bother fixing it. It's be easy enough to protect with a smear of superglue, if I do. The chipping on the arms is far less than I thought it would be. If there's any damage to the truck body panels, I doubt I'd notice, being black plastic under black paint. I added so much Future to the paint, it's dried rock hard. Hopefully, that'll help prevent chips and scratches. Trailbreaker was one of my first two non minibot TFs, when I was a kid, too. I think he was my very first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tober Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 From otca.com.au: E-hobby just updated with some more pics Shockwave! Lugnut and Arcee aren't listed as thumbnails, but their large pictures are there! If i didn't know better, i'd say that Arcee will slot nicely into any Hasbro collections! Looking at these again, I think the amount of metallic paint (on at least some) of these figures has been overstated. I'm starting to think they might be nice subtle, slightly sparkly colours (Like the green on USA Edition Onslaught) rather than the full-on metal look people seem to be expecting all over the entire toy. While a few seem fully painted, others only have minimal applications. New Voyager Prime and Jetfire Combo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VFTF1 Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 There's also apparently a new Megatron coming out. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarrinG Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Don't let this de-rail the thread - but I recently bought the animated TF movie for my 8 year old and we watched the first half last night. I hadn't seen it since I was a kid so I was very excited to view it again. Like many things from childhood it wasn't as good as I remembered. The animation and music were as good as I recall but the dialog and details seemed liked it placed it squaring for the 6 year old crowd. I had a tough time explaining quite a few things to my son: • How do they explain Megatron changing size so radically in gun mode? Do they control atoms, or is it more like time space warp or something? • Does Astro-train grow in size when they form Devestator to accommodate? Or is the shuttle mode that gigantic just in case he forms? • Why does he say they need to lighten the load if there's no gravity in space? I'm not a big TF fan - do you big-time fans look back on that movie as something well done? Don't get me wrong, its certainly enjoyable just curious to know its reputation in the TF world . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VF-19 Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Don't let this de-rail the thread - but I recently bought the animated TF movie for my 8 year old and we watched the first half last night. I hadn't seen it since I was a kid so I was very excited to view it again. Like many things from childhood it wasn't as good as I remembered. The animation and music were as good as I recall but the dialog and details seemed liked it placed it squaring for the 6 year old crowd. I had a tough time explaining quite a few things to my son: • How do they explain Megatron changing size so radically in gun mode? Do they control atoms, or is it more like time space warp or something? • Does Astro-train grow in size when they form Devestator to accommodate? Or is the shuttle mode that gigantic just in case he forms? • Why does he say they need to lighten the load if there's no gravity in space? I'm not a big TF fan - do you big-time fans look back on that movie as something well done? Don't get me wrong, its certainly enjoyable just curious to know its reputation in the TF world . . . The first two are simply anime magic. Just don't think too much into it. The third one is actually can be explained by physics. Basically, he used too much fuel (or energon, take your pick) to accelerate to Cybertron, that he does not have enough to decelerate, given the amount of mass he's trying do bring to a stop. So, in order to decelerate, he needs to get rid of enough mass (aka kick off the damaged Decepticons) in order to land safely. Truthfully, he was probably colluding with Starscream, as he's the one crowning him in the coronation ceremony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VFTF1 Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Don't let this de-rail the thread - but I recently bought the animated TF movie for my 8 year old and we watched the first half last night. I hadn't seen it since I was a kid so I was very excited to view it again. Like many things from childhood it wasn't as good as I remembered. The animation and music were as good as I recall but the dialog and details seemed liked it placed it squaring for the 6 year old crowd. I had a tough time explaining quite a few things to my son: • How do they explain Megatron changing size so radically in gun mode? Do they control atoms, or is it more like time space warp or something? • Does Astro-train grow in size when they form Devestator to accommodate? Or is the shuttle mode that gigantic just in case he forms? • Why does he say they need to lighten the load if there's no gravity in space? I'm not a big TF fan - do you big-time fans look back on that movie as something well done? Don't get me wrong, its certainly enjoyable just curious to know its reputation in the TF world . . . There's a segment of the Transformers fandom that has developed a theory called Mass Shifting to explain how it is that Megatron, Soundwave, Reflector, Blaster, the cassettes and other TFs turn from robots into things that are much much bigger than they are. This phenomena can actually be seen taking place in the 2007 movie when the Cube transforms from a humongous thing about twenty times as big as Bumblebee into a box that even Sam can carry. Maybe wiki has something more elaborate about the theory beyond the name... Most often it is also kind of tied to the notion that Transformers are non-scale toys - and yet still "compatible" ... But that's not completely right either since the original Diaclone were done in 1/60 scale (roughly)... The problems you mentioned are not confined to Transformers: The Movie. They were already in the cartoon and the comics too. A related issue was the problem of where Optimus Prime's trailer goes when he turns into truck mode - this led to another theory - that of "subspace" being created. Subspace is...er...some place...where...Transformers store excess mass that they don't need in one of their alt modes... The first two are simply anime magic. Just don't think too much into it. The third one is actually can be explained by physics. Basically, he used too much fuel (or energon, take your pick) to accelerate to Cybertron, that he does not have enough to decelerate, given the amount of mass he's trying do bring to a stop. So, in order to decelerate, he needs to get rid of enough mass (aka kick off the damaged Decepticons) in order to land safely. Truthfully, he was probably colluding with Starscream, as he's the one crowning him in the coronation ceremony. That's very interesting.... I hadn't heard of that explanation before. As to Astrotrain colluding with Starscream - it wouldn't be the first time. In the TV episode Triple Take Over, Astrotrain and Blitzwing helped Starscream overthrow Megatron... Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginrai Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 Most often it is also kind of tied to the notion that Transformers are non-scale toys - and yet still "compatible" ... But that's not completely right either since the original Diaclone were done in 1/60 scale (roughly)... The Microman Microchange toys (Soundwave, Perceptor, Megatron, Blaster et cetera) were all 1/1 scale. The Diaclone toys actually are non-scale. No way are Starscream and the other F-15s in scale with the semi truck that is Optimus Prime. They should be HUGE by comparison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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