New ROTF Galleries: Thrust, Gears and Breakaway Variant
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009 10:40AM CDT
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Posted by shonenfan4 on September 1st, 2009 @ 11:22am CDT
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Posted by Mkall on September 1st, 2009 @ 11:25am CDT
shonenfan4 wrote:I know about Breakaway varient for a long time, but it seems that the store near me all have the dark varient for some reason.
Aye, the light variant was only available in the eraly runs before Hasbro did a Running Change and started producing him (and others) in the darker colours
Posted by Seibertron on September 1st, 2009 @ 11:40am CDT
Posted by Convotron on September 1st, 2009 @ 11:58am CDT
Posted by Stockade on September 1st, 2009 @ 12:35pm CDT
Posted by Kibble on September 1st, 2009 @ 12:40pm CDT
Posted by GuyIncognito on September 1st, 2009 @ 12:43pm CDT
Seibertron wrote:It's interesting to note that Thrust and Gears have the more traditional styled Decepticon and Autobot symbols on them instead of the movie styled ones, which is even odder because both are pictured on the back of the box with the correct movie styled symbols.
What makes you say the movie-style symbols are the "correct" ones? These characters didn't appear in the movie, and they're G1 homages, so to me the traditional style symbols are the "correct" ones.
I'm curious about the Breakaway variant. That's a very dramatic change. Do you think the original color was a mistake, and the darker one was supposed to be the original color but the factory used the wrong paint? Or do you think they just didn't like how it looked and decided to change it?
Posted by Bovril on September 1st, 2009 @ 12:56pm CDT
I love the breakaway mold, I just wish they'd made it to scale with the other Deluxes. He doesn't display well with the movie collection, to be honest...
Posted by Convotron on September 1st, 2009 @ 1:13pm CDT
Kibble wrote:With all the hype around the mold, I was really looking forward to Thrust...after opening him the other night, can't say that I'm on the bandwagon. Transformation is ordinary and the bot mode is lacking...and it's not even the head. The upper torso is too hollow, the feet too big and flipper-like, and the wing placement in bot mode just doesn't do it for me. Maybe if they were flipped around and showed the insignia, I dunno. Jet mode looks pretty nice, though.
How does the plastic feel? I saw a recent review on RotF Thrust where there's mention of criticism of the Breakaway mold for using thinner/cheaper feeling plastic.
Posted by cannonfodder4000 on September 1st, 2009 @ 1:25pm CDT
i just had a relaization hasbro knew that alot of fans cant buy botcon or henkei thrust and dirge so THEY RELEASE THEM IN THE REVENGE OF THE FALLEN LINE TO MAKE UP FOR THAT!
interesting . . . BUT AWESOME!
Posted by Seibertron on September 1st, 2009 @ 1:26pm CDT
GuyIncognito wrote:What makes you say the movie-style symbols are the "correct" ones? These characters didn't appear in the movie, and they're G1 homages, so to me the traditional style symbols are the "correct" ones.
By "correct", I meant they should use the movie styled faction symbols on the toys that are part of the movie toy line. I'm also not a fan of when the movie styled faction symbols show up on toys outside of the movie toy line (i.e. TFA Prowl). Hopefully this will be a running change at some point.
Posted by Kibble on September 1st, 2009 @ 1:44pm CDT
Convotron wrote:How does the plastic feel? I saw a recent review on RotF Thrust where there's mention of criticism of the Breakaway mold for using thinner/cheaper feeling plastic.
Part of the mold uses a more rubbery plastic, but I don't find it to feel cheap or thin...different, yes, but not like it's low quality.
Posted by shonenfan4 on September 1st, 2009 @ 1:49pm CDT
Mkall wrote:shonenfan4 wrote:I know about Breakaway varient for a long time, but it seems that the store near me all have the dark varient for some reason.
Aye, the light variant was only available in the eraly runs before Hasbro did a Running Change and started producing him (and others) in the darker colours
hmm I never knew that
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Posted by Bovril on September 1st, 2009 @ 1:52pm CDT
The thicker parts feel identical to the parts used on Deluxe Bumblebee.
Hope that helps.
Posted by Tyrannotaur on September 1st, 2009 @ 2:12pm CDT
Should I get Gears or try to find Stockade? I'm not really sure. I don't have that mold yet.
Posted by Convotron on September 1st, 2009 @ 2:28pm CDT
Kibble wrote:Convotron wrote:How does the plastic feel? I saw a recent review on RotF Thrust where there's mention of criticism of the Breakaway mold for using thinner/cheaper feeling plastic.
Part of the mold uses a more rubbery plastic, but I don't find it to feel cheap or thin...different, yes, but not like it's low quality.
Bovril wrote:About the Breakaway/Thrust plastic - it is thinner, but not cheaper as far as I can tell. Part of the transformation requires slight flexibility in the plastic.
The thicker parts feel identical to the parts used on Deluxe Bumblebee.
Hope that helps.
Thanks for the feedback, fellas! I've held off on buying Breakaway. I love the design but I'm not crazy about the colour scheme. So from a pure aesthetics position, the colours of Thrust plus the mold of Breakaway results in a really desireable figure for me. I just didn't want to be let down on the toy's construction so this is good news for me.
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Posted by GuyIncognito on September 1st, 2009 @ 3:11pm CDT
Tyrannotaur wrote:
Should I get Gears or try to find Stockade? I'm not really sure. I don't have that mold yet.
A) You're not going to find Stockade anywhere, except maybe eBay for double retail price.
B) Gears is an awesome repaint, and IMO is way better looking that plain black Stockade, who'd kind of boring.
Posted by Primus1101 on September 1st, 2009 @ 4:15pm CDT
GuyIncognito wrote:Tyrannotaur wrote:
Should I get Gears or try to find Stockade? I'm not really sure. I don't have that mold yet.
A) You're not going to find Stockade anywhere, except maybe eBay for double retail price.
B) Gears is an awesome repaint, and IMO is way better looking that plain black Stockade, who'd kind of boring.
They have Stockade in a shop I go to. They also have Movie One Leader Megs. It's seriously astounding, they didn't even lower the price! In fact, I believe they increased it to £45... and the thing still fecking sold!!!
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Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on September 1st, 2009 @ 4:16pm CDT
GuyIncognito wrote:Tyrannotaur wrote:
Should I get Gears or try to find Stockade? I'm not really sure. I don't have that mold yet.
A) You're not going to find Stockade anywhere, except maybe eBay for double retail price.
B) Gears is an awesome repaint, and IMO is way better looking that plain black Stockade, who'd kind of boring.
C) Just get both, Autobot vs. Decepticon
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Posted by Jacob P. Galvatron on September 1st, 2009 @ 4:51pm CDT
GuyIncognito wrote:Tyrannotaur wrote:
Should I get Gears or try to find Stockade? I'm not really sure. I don't have that mold yet.
A) You're not going to find Stockade anywhere, except maybe eBay for double retail price.
B) Gears is an awesome repaint, and IMO is way better looking that plain black Stockade, who'd kind of boring.
No, Stockade is still available on Hasbro.
In fact, I just bought one recently.
http://www.hasbrotoyshop.com/ProductsByBrand.htm?BR=496&SBR=502&ST=SO&ID=21304&PG=1
Anyway, I love the Breakaway mold.
But, I'm not a fan of Thrust's head mold, so, I dunno about him.
Posted by Atomatron on September 1st, 2009 @ 5:28pm CDT
Posted by tom brokaw on September 1st, 2009 @ 5:29pm CDT
Posted by GuyIncognito on September 1st, 2009 @ 5:59pm CDT
Seibertron wrote:It's interesting to note that Thrust and Gears have the more traditional styled Decepticon and Autobot symbols on them instead of the movie styled ones, which is even odder because both are pictured on the back of the box with the correct movie styled symbols.
I'm looking at my ROTF Thrust right now, and his Decepticon symbol is almost exactly the same as every other ROTF Decepticon I have, except the eyes appear to be slightly different; is that what you mean?
Posted by Soundwave__Superior on September 1st, 2009 @ 6:01pm CDT
Posted by Solrac333 on September 1st, 2009 @ 7:13pm CDT
Posted by shonenfan4 on September 1st, 2009 @ 8:07pm CDT
MegatronTheGreat wrote:Thrust and Gears look good but I have barely seen the regular Breakaway, much less the variant. I really want that dark Breakaway but I can't find ANY Breakaway...
I know my local Kohl's have a lot and I mean a lot of Breakaways and they're all the Dark Variants. So try your local Kohls.
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Posted by TFGnome on September 1st, 2009 @ 8:38pm CDT
...but that jet mold with the "hoodhead" just doesn't jive for me
Posted by Seibertron on September 1st, 2009 @ 9:35pm CDT
GuyIncognito wrote:Seibertron wrote:It's interesting to note that Thrust and Gears have the more traditional styled Decepticon and Autobot symbols on them instead of the movie styled ones, which is even odder because both are pictured on the back of the box with the correct movie styled symbols.
I'm looking at my ROTF Thrust right now, and his Decepticon symbol is almost exactly the same as every other ROTF Decepticon I have, except the eyes appear to be slightly different; is that what you mean?
Yes, the eyes are the biggest difference between the movie style faction symbols and the regular style faction symbols that we had for the 23 years prior to the films. They're definitely distinctly different than the traditional style. The eyes were changed so that they would line up horizontally for marketing purposes (such as when the logos are changed out on the Autobot and Decepticon packaging, the eyes are now in the same position which makes it easier when swapping the logos back and forth.
the Autobot eyes are also different. They almost look angry to me whereas the Autobot symbol prior to the films were always horizontally flat and did not angle down toward the nose like the movie style does.
Posted by Blurrz on September 1st, 2009 @ 11:06pm CDT
Posted by Megatron Wolf on September 2nd, 2009 @ 12:28am CDT
Posted by Bovril on September 2nd, 2009 @ 2:58am CDT
I noticed something awesome about him last night... as well as the hip, knee and ankle articulation, there is a sideways hinge just above the foot. It took a little work to loosen it up, but it means you can always have the feet perfectly flat, regardless of pose. I never saw this mentioned in reviews.
If only Ironhide had this feature...
Posted by Soundwave__Superior on September 2nd, 2009 @ 8:13pm CDT
shonenfan4 wrote:MegatronTheGreat wrote:Thrust and Gears look good but I have barely seen the regular Breakaway, much less the variant. I really want that dark Breakaway but I can't find ANY Breakaway...
I know my local Kohl's have a lot and I mean a lot of Breakaways and they're all the Dark Variants. So try your local Kohls.
Kohls... WTF? Why does a clothes store have Transformers? The nearest Kohls is 14 miles from my house...
Posted by JazZeke on September 3rd, 2009 @ 12:14am CDT
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Posted by Convotron on September 3rd, 2009 @ 8:50am CDT
JazZeke wrote:Does anyone else get a "Transmetal Optimus Primal" vibe when they look at Gears?
I get an Optimal Optimus vibe.
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"Well that's just gears...hmm, doesn't sound as good."
Beasties! Rawrrr!!!
Posted by JazZeke on September 3rd, 2009 @ 12:57pm CDT
Convotron wrote:JazZeke wrote:Does anyone else get a "Transmetal Optimus Primal" vibe when they look at Gears?
I get an Optimal Optimus vibe.
"Well that's just gears...hmm, doesn't sound as good."
Beasties! Rawrrr!!!
Well, I meant in regards to his color scheme.
Posted by Convotron on September 3rd, 2009 @ 1:36pm CDT
JazZeke wrote:Convotron wrote:JazZeke wrote:Does anyone else get a "Transmetal Optimus Primal" vibe when they look at Gears?
I get an Optimal Optimus vibe.
"Well that's just gears...hmm, doesn't sound as good."
Beasties! Rawrrr!!!
Well, I meant in regards to his color scheme.
Me too but I also think they all have the apish body proportions going for them.
![Image](http://www.seibertron.com/images/toys/files/20/t_optimusprimal062.jpg)
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![Image](http://www.seibertron.com/images/toys/files/65/t_gears041.jpg)
Long lost siblings!
Posted by shonenfan4 on September 3rd, 2009 @ 4:18pm CDT
MegatronTheGreat wrote:shonenfan4 wrote:MegatronTheGreat wrote:Thrust and Gears look good but I have barely seen the regular Breakaway, much less the variant. I really want that dark Breakaway but I can't find ANY Breakaway...
I know my local Kohl's have a lot and I mean a lot of Breakaways and they're all the Dark Variants. So try your local Kohls.
Kohls... WTF? Why does a clothes store have Transformers? The nearest Kohls is 14 miles from my house...
They have a toy section, and its one of the first place to get the Arcee wave. Since it's not really near your house, check it out if you ever drive by.
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Posted by Alex Jones on September 3rd, 2009 @ 10:17pm CDT
Posted by Tyrannotaur on September 3rd, 2009 @ 11:05pm CDT
Jacob P. Galvatron wrote:GuyIncognito wrote:Tyrannotaur wrote:
Should I get Gears or try to find Stockade? I'm not really sure. I don't have that mold yet.
A) You're not going to find Stockade anywhere, except maybe eBay for double retail price.
B) Gears is an awesome repaint, and IMO is way better looking that plain black Stockade, who'd kind of boring.
No, Stockade is still available on Hasbro.
In fact, I just bought one recently.
http://www.hasbrotoyshop.com/ProductsByBrand.htm?BR=496&SBR=502&ST=SO&ID=21304&PG=1
Anyway, I love the Breakaway mold.
But, I'm not a fan of Thrust's head mold, so, I dunno about him.
hey thanks. I just bought him and Wreckage.
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Posted by Certus prime on September 6th, 2009 @ 12:48am CDT
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Posted by tom brokaw on September 6th, 2009 @ 3:46pm CDT
Convotron wrote:JazZeke wrote:Convotron wrote:JazZeke wrote:Does anyone else get a "Transmetal Optimus Primal" vibe when they look at Gears?
I get an Optimal Optimus vibe.
"Well that's just gears...hmm, doesn't sound as good."
Beasties! Rawrrr!!!
Well, I meant in regards to his color scheme.
Me too but I also think they all have the apish body proportions going for them.
Long lost siblings!
nice!