New Image of Transformers Cloud TFC-D02 Starscream
Wednesday, March 5th, 2014 11:14AM CST
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Posted by Sabrblade on March 5th, 2014 @ 11:17am CST
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Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on March 5th, 2014 @ 12:11pm CST
Manterax Prime wrote:Why do I feel that this Starscream could actually beat Megatron?
This Starscream has one mode up Megatron?
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Posted by Sabrblade on March 6th, 2014 @ 7:48am CST
That particular one might have been a custom paint job.Windsweeper wrote:Looking at that pic, I wish they released all the G1 seekers with painted faces.
Posted by El Duque on March 13th, 2014 @ 2:41pm CDT
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Posted by Sabrblade on March 13th, 2014 @ 8:36pm CDT
But this e-HOBBY and TakaraTomy Mall, not the TCC.Blurrz wrote:Those stickers are nice. Surprised there's no SG.
Posted by Va'al on March 27th, 2014 @ 11:05am CDT
Posted by Wolfman Jake on March 27th, 2014 @ 11:25am CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on March 27th, 2014 @ 11:30am CDT
It's Armada cartoon Starscream. The previous chapter had Cloud Brawn and Cloud Screamer go to the Armada cartoon world, around the time of episode 15, "Gale" (Sideways's debut episode).Wolfman Jake wrote:I wonder which non-Cloud Starscream that is in the upper left corner of the first pic? Armada Starscream or IDW-G1 Starscream. Looks like the Takara-Tomy redeco of the mold, I think?
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on March 27th, 2014 @ 11:52am CDT
Sabrblade wrote:It's Armada cartoon Starscream. The previous chapter had Cloud Brawn and Cloud Screamer go to the Armada cartoon world, around the time of episode 15, "Gale" (Sideways's debut episode).Wolfman Jake wrote:I wonder which non-Cloud Starscream that is in the upper left corner of the first pic? Armada Starscream or IDW-G1 Starscream. Looks like the Takara-Tomy redeco of the mold, I think?
Which means the body used is the TakaraTomy version of the Generations mold: two orange swords (one is barely off-panel) and hexagonal air intakes. Hey, gotta advertise current toys on the side, right?
Posted by Wolfman Jake on March 27th, 2014 @ 12:31pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on March 27th, 2014 @ 12:36pm CDT
Well, I could see this argument working for the Generations Armada Stascream toy, but what of the previous story arc that had Cloud Optimus and Cloud Megatron cross over into the G1 cartoon? Everyone there who wasn't a Cloud character was in their G1 animation model designs instead of based on a toy.Wolfman Jake wrote:I wonder what Takara-Tomy's goal is with this one-off "Cloud" story. It seems like just a way to mish-mash a bunch of Transformers product from different continuities to advertise the hodge-podge that is the 30th Anniversary Generations line, plus push out a few more exclusive repaints to make some extra cash. In other words, the "Cloud" characters are just an excuse to dimension hop all around the 2014 Generations toy catalog.
Posted by Wolfman Jake on March 27th, 2014 @ 1:28pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Well, I could see this argument working for the Generations Armada Stascream toy, but what of the previous story arc that had Cloud Optimus and Cloud Megatron cross over into the G1 cartoon? Everyone there who wasn't a Cloud character was in their G1 animation model designs instead of based on a toy.Wolfman Jake wrote:I wonder what Takara-Tomy's goal is with this one-off "Cloud" story. It seems like just a way to mish-mash a bunch of Transformers product from different continuities to advertise the hodge-podge that is the 30th Anniversary Generations line, plus push out a few more exclusive repaints to make some extra cash. In other words, the "Cloud" characters are just an excuse to dimension hop all around the 2014 Generations toy catalog.
Because Takara-Tomy apparently can't create a new Transformers storyline unless they somehow cram it into their bloated "G1 continutiy" tree? Now they can say the Unicron Trilogy happened within G1, just like the live action movies and Car Robots!
Posted by ausbot on March 27th, 2014 @ 3:13pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on March 27th, 2014 @ 4:42pm CDT
Wolfman Jake wrote:Because Takara-Tomy apparently can't create a new Transformers storyline unless they somehow cram it into their bloated "G1 continutiy" tree? Now they can say the Unicron Trilogy happened within G1, just like the live action movies and Car Robots!
Fear not, for this is but only one multiverse. Just one. Car Robots is in the Japanese G1 cartoon timeline, but the Unicron Trilogy (or Micron Trilogy, as it is known in Japan) is in its own timeline.ausbot wrote:Personally I hate having to many multiverses, I'm happy to have car robots and the unicron trilogy crammed in some how to g1.
Posted by Wolfman Jake on March 27th, 2014 @ 4:50pm CDT
Posted by Bumblevivisector on March 27th, 2014 @ 4:53pm CDT
I'm just the opposite: No matter how many universal streams there are to remember, keeping them separate prevents poorly-thought-out retcons from damaging older fiction to try and prop up a new story that might not be able to stand on its own merits. Hasbro and Takara wisely stopped having new cartoons imply continuity with G1 'toons around 2000, and while the mess Takara's made since reversing course on that is indeed entertaining, it mostly makes me glad Hasbro just keeps adding new dimensions.ausbot wrote:Personally I hate having to many multiverses, I'm happy to have car robots and the unicron trilogy crammed in some how to g1.
Still, I await the collapse of Aligned continuity as eagerly as I do Takara's continuity. That'll be real entertainment!
Posted by Sabrblade on April 3rd, 2014 @ 8:43pm CDT
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Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on April 4th, 2014 @ 8:39am CDT
RiddlerJ wrote:While I doubt it was intended, it would be a neat homage to Shockwave from the first Movie video game.
Exactly as I was thinking Incidentally, Whirl is yet another mold that TakaraTomy has seemingly skipped for Generations, so the pattern continues.
Posted by Wolfman Jake on April 4th, 2014 @ 9:15am CDT
GuyIncognito wrote:If they give it a G1-style laser arm and a G1-style head, it'll be pretty cool.
I doubt they'll retool the head for Shockwave. From the looks of that picture, Whirl's head hasn't been altered at all. The laser arm is another matter, but I wouldn't hold my breath for that eitehr. So far, nothing has been retooled, just redecoed, and any apparent new tooling existed before, like Megatron's and Brawn's heads from the GDO Generations releases (even though Brawn was ultimately canceled), and Starscream's null rays from his Masterpiece figure.
Posted by Midnight_Fox on April 4th, 2014 @ 9:26am CDT
Wolfman Jake wrote:GuyIncognito wrote:If they give it a G1-style laser arm and a G1-style head, it'll be pretty cool.
I doubt they'll retool the head for Shockwave. From the looks of that picture, Whirl's head hasn't been altered at all. The laser arm is another matter, but I wouldn't hold my breath for that eitehr. So far, nothing has been retooled, just redecoed, and any apparent new tooling existed before, like Megatron's and Brawn's heads from the GDO Generations releases (even though Brawn was ultimately canceled), and Starscream's null rays from his Masterpiece figure.
I don't expect any retooling either and will probably pull off his gun hand using the figure's pre-existing ability to slide a gun on over the wrist.
Posted by Wolfman Jake on April 4th, 2014 @ 12:01pm CDT
Posted by Flashwave on April 4th, 2014 @ 12:13pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:BTW, the girl-looking thing is the computer A.I. entity known as SARA.
Okay, I was gonna guess a T-Ai 2.0
This could be an interesting paint scheme, but I'm with MKall, if I were in a position to get it, it'd be for the colors, not for Shockwave.
Posted by PrymeStriker on April 4th, 2014 @ 12:25pm CDT
*reads this*
Hasbro...please. I'm begging you. Don't. Whirl is a deplorable mold.
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on April 4th, 2014 @ 1:01pm CDT
PrymeStriker wrote:*waits patiently for a cool new Shockwave in Thrilling 30*
*reads this*
Hasbro...please. I'm begging you. Don't. Whirl is a deplorable mold.
TakaraTomy, not Hasbro.
Posted by Mindmaster on April 4th, 2014 @ 1:05pm CDT
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:PrymeStriker wrote:*waits patiently for a cool new Shockwave in Thrilling 30*
*reads this*
Hasbro...please. I'm begging you. Don't. Whirl is a deplorable mold.
TakaraTomy, not Hasbro.
Not to mention that, in technicality, while this figure (if it's ever made) could be used as a Classics Shockwave, it's meant to be an alternate-universe version of the cycloptic nerd Decepticon.
Posted by xyl360 on April 4th, 2014 @ 1:48pm CDT
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:PrymeStriker wrote:*waits patiently for a cool new Shockwave in Thrilling 30*
*reads this*
Hasbro...please. I'm begging you. Don't. Whirl is a deplorable mold.
TakaraTomy, not Hasbro.
Yeah, these Takara repaints/retools will have no impact on what Hasbro does for the Thrilling 30, although at this point I doubt we're going to see another Generations Shockwave any time soon (we already got FoC). But perhaps I'm wrong and they'll reveal something at Botcon. In the meantime, TF:GO! makes a pretty sharp Classics Shockwave.
Posted by Wolfman Jake on April 4th, 2014 @ 3:04pm CDT
Posted by PrymeStriker on April 4th, 2014 @ 3:48pm CDT
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:PrymeStriker wrote:*waits patiently for a cool new Shockwave in Thrilling 30*
*reads this*
Hasbro...please. I'm begging you. Don't. Whirl is a deplorable mold.
TakaraTomy, not Hasbro.
Oh.
Still, Takara will be wasting a fantastic character on such a ridiculous mold.
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on April 4th, 2014 @ 3:54pm CDT
PrymeStriker wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:PrymeStriker wrote:*waits patiently for a cool new Shockwave in Thrilling 30*
*reads this*
Hasbro...please. I'm begging you. Don't. Whirl is a deplorable mold.
TakaraTomy, not Hasbro.
Oh.
Still, Takara will be wasting a fantastic character on such a ridiculous mold.
But thankfully it's not the G1 Shockwave, as others explained. Think of him as... a wacky Japanese version of the Club TransTech Shockwave Besides, it has unintentional homage material:
From the Transformers (2007) Video Game
Posted by shajaki on April 4th, 2014 @ 5:15pm CDT
Posted by El Duque on April 5th, 2014 @ 9:12am CDT
Posted by Rated X on April 5th, 2014 @ 3:25pm CDT
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on April 5th, 2014 @ 3:56pm CDT
Rated X wrote:This line is such a joke. It's like Machine Wars all over again. But at least in Machine Wars they gave them new colors instead G1 paint schemes. And trying to say that "Asia didnt get the molds" is stupid. At $100 bucks a pop, collectors are the intended target of this line, not kids. Every collector in Asia who wanted the mold got it already online. In the age of online shopping, theres no such thing as an "Asian exclusive".
Japan dear, Japan. Japan is a market separate from mainland Asia, end of story.
Posted by Sabrblade on April 5th, 2014 @ 3:58pm CDT
Believe or not, collectors like to buy domestically too.Rated X wrote:This line is such a joke. It's like Machine Wars all over again. But at least in Machine Wars they gave them new colors instead G1 paint schemes. And trying to say that "Asia didnt get the molds" is stupid. At $100 bucks a pop, collectors are the intended target of this line, not kids. Every collector in Asia who wanted the mold got it already online. In the age of online shopping, theres no such thing as an "Asian exclusive".
Money may be no object for you, but how you spend your money doesn't represent the same for everyone.
Posted by harvester on April 5th, 2014 @ 4:21pm CDT
It would have fit better in scale with everyone (not to mention his own body), maybe that head is still salvageable for the smaller mold