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Nemesis Primal wrote:the actually-an-iguana BW Iguanus.

Technically, he never was.

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:

Nemesis Primal wrote:the actually-an-iguana BW Iguanus.

Technically, he never was.

...right, he's actually a frilled lizard, ain't he? There's so many literal alt-mode names in Beast Wars that I always forget.

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:

Nemesis Primal wrote:

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:

Nemesis Primal wrote:the actually-an-iguana BW Iguanus.

Technically, he never was.

...right, he's actually a frilled lizard, ain't he? There's so many literal alt-mode names in Beast Wars that I always forget.

Frilled Lizards do belong to the Sub-Order Iguania, along with Iguanas and Chameleons

Iguanius, then, surname "Frillus", and his cousins "Iguanius Iguanus" and "Iguanius Chamelus"

I'm so sorry, please don't ban me.

Are there any iguana iguana transformers? What about chameleons?

Rtron wrote:Are there any iguana iguana transformers? What about chameleons?

There is. Look up Beast Wars. Look at Iguanus from Beast Wars:


Transformers Beast Wars Iguanus (Crazybolt) Gallery

Transformers Beast Wars Iguanus (Crazybolt) Gallery

And Iguanus from Beast Wars Transmetal.


Transformers Beast Wars Metals Iguanus Gallery

Transformers Beast Wars Metals Iguanus Gallery

No chameleon yet.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Rtron wrote:Are there any iguana iguana transformers? What about chameleons?

There is. Look up Beast Wars. Look at Iguanus from Beast Wars:

You missed the entire conversation above your post.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Rtron wrote:Are there any iguana iguana transformers? What about chameleons?

There is. Look up Beast Wars. Look at Iguanus from Beast Wars:


Transformers Beast Wars Iguanus (Crazybolt) Gallery

Transformers Beast Wars Iguanus (Crazybolt) Gallery

And Iguanus from Beast Wars Transmetal.


Transformers Beast Wars Metals Iguanus Gallery

Transformers Beast Wars Metals Iguanus Gallery

No chameleon yet.

I asked literally because Iguanus is not a true iguana, he's a frilled lizard. I was asking about iguanas.

EDIT: This guys: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iguanidae

Rtron wrote:Are there any iguana iguana transformers? What about chameleons?

The Fuzor Sky Shadow is half iguana, I don't know of any pure iguanas or chameleons though.

In an attempt to bring this back to the original reason iguanas even came up in the first place, one of the leakers not only says that the Core Class Iguanus is for certain one of the 2 rumored Pretender homages in Core Class, but confirms that by "homage" they mean Hasbro is giving them the Bludgeon treatment of shell-design-based bot mode and inner-bot vehicle mode, which is exactly what I personally was hoping for. A big purple lizard man that turns into a motorcycle sounds awesome, I'm really hoping they do Octopunch now.

Nemesis Primal wrote:

Rtron wrote:Are there any iguana iguana transformers? What about chameleons?

The Fuzor Sky Shadow is half iguana, I don't know of any pure iguanas or chameleons though.

In an attempt to bring this back to the original reason iguanas even came up in the first place, one of the leakers not only says that the Core Class Iguanus is for certain one of the 2 rumored Pretender homages in Core Class, but confirms that by "homage" they mean Hasbro is giving them the Bludgeon treatment of shell-design-based bot mode and inner-bot vehicle mode, which is exactly what I personally was hoping for. A big purple lizard man that turns into a motorcycle sounds awesome, I'm really hoping they do Octopunch now.

That's very cool. Any of the Decepticon Pretenders that didn't get prime masters would do, in my opinion. Save for Stranglehold. I find him and the Autobot Pretenders very bland (save for Longtooth and Metalhawk).

The listings keep piling on and these come from JT Prime17. Fellow Seibertronian Nemesis Primal reported these to us. It seems there will be two core class Shockwaves, one in each mainline that has collectors in mind (Legacy and Studio Series).

Nemesis Primal wrote:More new listings:
-Core Class Skywarp ($9.99)
-Core Class Shockwave ($9.99)
-Core Class Shockwave ($8.49)
-Core Class Iguanus ($9.99)
-Deluxe Class Energon Monster ($22.99)

So there's a Legacy AND an SS Core Shockwave, and a Core Iguanus

From the rumours we hear, the core class Iguanus figure would be an homage to the Pretender figure and not the Beast Wars character. for those unfamiliar with that design, we have a link to the gallery below.

The Energon Monster would be the gimmick for the next line, replacing Fossilisers and Weaponisers.


Transformers G1 1988 Iguanus Gallery

william-james88 wrote:The listings keep piling on and these come from JT Prime17. Fellow Seibertronian Nemesis Primal reported these to us. It seems there will be two core class Shockwaves, one in each mainline that has collectors in mind (Legacy and Studio Series).

Nemesis Primal wrote:More new listings:
-Core Class Skywarp ($9.99)
-Core Class Shockwave ($9.99)
-Core Class Shockwave ($8.49)
-Core Class Iguanus ($9.99)
-Deluxe Class Energon Monster ($22.99)

So there's a Legacy AND an SS Core Shockwave, and a Core Iguanus

From the rumours we hear, the core class Iguanus figure would be an homage to the Pretender figure and not the Beast Wars character. for those unfamiliar with that design, we have a link to the gallery below.

The Energon Monster would be the gimmick for the next line, replacing Fossilisers and Weaponisers.


Transformers G1 1988 Iguanus Gallery

Also Deluxe Wild Rider and Voyager "Jhaxus" (Jhiaxus).

EDIT: THEY DON'T STOP.
-Deluxe Elita-1 ($22.99, leakers say it's a retool of a different figure who has a siren and NOT a Netflix rerelease)
-Deluxe Crankcase ($22.99, hooray for Scavengers fans and also Thew)
-Deluxe Pointblank ($22.99)

And to top it all off, one of the leakers accidentally outright said the Titan is Cybertron Metroplex.

william-james88 wrote:From the rumours we hear, the core class Iguanus figure would be an homage to the Pretender figure and not the Beast Wars character.

Specifically, it's the the shell as the robot mode and the inner figure's motorcycle mode as the vehicle.

Also, they've found listings for G1 Crankcase, Elita 1, and Pointblank

Excited for Elita 1 since I didn't want the one from wfc trilogy
Crankcase should be interesting

Razorbeast88 wrote:Excited for Elita 1 since I didn't want the one from wfc trilogy

Could just be a reissue of that one, like Soundwave.

Sabrblade wrote:

Razorbeast88 wrote:Excited for Elita 1 since I didn't want the one from wfc trilogy

Could just be a reissue of that one, like Soundwave.

JtPrime said it was a redeco of a figure with sirens. Whether that's Prowl, Minerva, or Red Alert, he didn't elaborate on IIRC.

Sabrblade wrote:

Razorbeast88 wrote:Excited for Elita 1 since I didn't want the one from wfc trilogy

Could just be a reissue of that one, like Soundwave.

Hopefully the leakers are right and it's a retool of a different figure instead, maybe the prime arcee

SS core Shockwave is really interesting. I was sure it was going to be for 86, but if there's a legacy one too then the SS one probably isn't G1 styled. . .

What if it's a core class DOTM Shockwave that will scale with an upcoming Driller?

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:SS core Shockwave is really interesting. I was sure it was going to be for 86, but if there's a legacy one too then the SS one probably isn't G1 styled. . .

What if it's a core class DOTM Shockwave that will scale with an upcoming Driller?

But then, what would the Driller transform into?

Autobot N wrote:

william-james88 wrote:From the rumours we hear, the core class Iguanus figure would be an homage to the Pretender figure and not the Beast Wars character.

Specifically, it's the the shell as the robot mode and the inner figure's motorcycle mode as the vehicle.

I sure hope not. As someone who was born after G1 and therefore missed it entirely, I'm a lot more interested in seeing these characters and their core gimmicks updated than merely referenced.
And if it is BW instead, I'll be able to satisfy my great regret of never buying its Transmetal II figure.

We have even more listings. Also from Voltrace, who found the others on the Target systems.
The listings we have yet to news are:
-Deluxe Elita-1 ($22.99, rumours say it's a retool of a different figure and NOT a Netflix rerelease)
-Deluxe Crankcase ($22.99)
-Deluxe Pointblank ($22.99)
-Deluxe Wild Rider
-Voyager "Jhaxus" (Jhiaxus)

For those needing a catch up, these add to the following listings which come from both the Legacy and Studio Series lines:

-Core Class Skywarp ($9.99)
-Core Class Shockwave ($9.99)
-Core Class Shockwave ($8.49)
-Core Class Iguanus ($9.99)
-Deluxe Class Energon Monster ($22.99)
- Soundwave ($29.99)
- Soundwave ($26.99)
- Starscream ($29.99)
- Galvatron ($49.99)
- Optimus Prime ($49.99)
- Optimus Prime (9.99)
- Arcee ($22.99)
- Leader Dragon/TM2 Megatron
- Voyager Bulkhead
- Voyager Armada Starscream
- Voyager Blaster
- Voyager Inferno
- Deluxe Tarantulas
- Deluxe Skids
- Deluxe Dragstrip
- Deluxe Kickback
- Deluxe Silverstreak (different numbering than other Deluxes, likely an exclusive)
- Core Soundwave (Kingdom repack)
- Core Energon Monster
- Core 86 Ratchet
- Core 86 Rumble
- Core DotM Laserbeak
- Core TF7 Wheelie
- Core Bumblebee movie Ravage

These listings are a bit all over the place. From all the ones I wrote above (which I think is complete for now), which are from Legacy?

william-james88 wrote:These listings are a bit all over the place. From all the ones I wrote above (which I think is complete for now), which are from Legacy?

If they're slightly lower than the normal price ($8 for Core), they're Studio Series.

MaximalNui wrote:But then, what would the Driller transform into?

That's a good question! I'm really not sure, maybe it folds out into some kind of base mode?

Is Elita-1 the new Windblade? I miss when Windblade was Windblade. I have and appreciate the TR version, but I was really expecting one in WfC.

Nuclearxpotato wrote:

william-james88 wrote:These listings are a bit all over the place. From all the ones I wrote above (which I think is complete for now), which are from Legacy?

If they're slightly lower than the normal price ($8 for Core), they're Studio Series.

Exactly, Target appears to retail it's SS products for lower based on the listings that did specify line. If it helps to break it down more specifically:
Legacy: Core = $9.99, Deluxe = $22.99, Voyager = $29.99 (all of the Leaders leaked so far are Legacy so I'm stopping here)
Studio Series: Core = $8.49, Deluxe = $19.99, Voyager = $26.99