New Transformers United Listings: Wheeljack, Kup, Rumble & Frenzy
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I just wanted to share an excerpt of an email I received from a Hasbro Malaysia representative for preorders of Takara Transformers United toys.
Lots of interesting stuff, in particular UN-22 Char. Char was the G1 Japanese name for Kup. So he is more or less confirmed. Furthermore, UN-19 is Ramble & Frenzy! UN-18 is Wheeljack!
Interesting to note is that "Ramble & Frenzy" are the same price as Lugnut, so it can be assumed that this is a two pack of figures sold at the Voyager Price point. Whether they are Scouts, Deluxe, or even crazy huge Voyagers has yet to be seen. It's a pretty safe bet however that these two figures are based on their War For Cybertron characters.
You think Wheeljack is a repaint of Tracks or will he be a new mold?
What about all the other figures we know about in the Generations line?
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Posted by Tigertrack on October 8th, 2010 @ 5:27am CDT
Posted by kirbenvost on October 8th, 2010 @ 5:31am CDT
Posted by soundwave1994 on October 8th, 2010 @ 6:03am CDT
woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
hoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
wonder what they transform into
did i already say omg woo hoo
Posted by Bullycon on October 8th, 2010 @ 6:14am CDT
This is a dream, isn't it?
Posted by DevastaTTor on October 8th, 2010 @ 6:15am CDT
Happy to hear about Wheeljack.
Posted by starscream1017 on October 8th, 2010 @ 6:35am CDT
they need to do more wfc stuff.
the wfc line so far has been amazing.
hope they give us a wfc starscream.
Posted by Pretender Skywarp on October 8th, 2010 @ 6:48am CDT
There are also a lot of missing numbers, who are TFU-13, 15, 20, 21, 24 & 25 and why aren't they on the list to be ordered?
Also TFU-19 (Frenzy and Rumble) are supposed to be released after TFU-22 (Kup/Char)?
Takara have never released out of numerical order to my knowledge.
All I'm saying is this brings more questions than it does answers
Posted by Counterpunch on October 8th, 2010 @ 7:13am CDT
Posted by LOST Cybertronian on October 8th, 2010 @ 7:17am CDT
Posted by GEEWUN on October 8th, 2010 @ 7:28am CDT
LOST Cybertronian wrote:I've never played the game so I don't know what WFC Rumble/Frenzy look like. I can't wait for all of this.
Here are some pics
Frenzy
Rumble
Yes Frenzy is red and Rumble is Blue
Also laserbeak for anyone's enjoyment
Looking really foward to this series especially Kup, Frenzy and Rumble, Wheeljack, Tracks and Blurr.
It sorta appears generations is the "fans" toy line. Perhaps HasTak will jump aboard the fembot train and release some awesome fembots!
Posted by Cyberstrike on October 8th, 2010 @ 8:03am CDT
Pretender Skywarp wrote:As for Wheeljack, I would actually take a repaint of E-Downshift, I though they were pretty much spot on with that one.
Actually Hasbro wouldn't even have to repaint it just re-issue it as Wheeljack.
Posted by dkreed7 on October 8th, 2010 @ 8:08am CDT
Posted by Mkall on October 8th, 2010 @ 8:15am CDT
Wheeljack - Awesome
Rumble/Frenzy - Also awesome.
I'm surprised no one's commented on the practice of releasing two repaints in the same box for more money. It's actually kinda genius.
Posted by Razorclaw0000 on October 8th, 2010 @ 8:15am CDT
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Posted by Razorclaw0000 on October 8th, 2010 @ 8:21am CDT
Posted by Midnight_Fox on October 8th, 2010 @ 8:22am CDT
Razorclaw0000 wrote:I just preordered $700 worth of Transformers.
Nice. I only did Voyager Megs(cause I never got Classics or Henkei) and Frenzy and Rumble.
Who'd you go for?
Posted by Razorclaw0000 on October 8th, 2010 @ 8:27am CDT
Midnight_Fox wrote:Razorclaw0000 wrote:I just preordered $700 worth of Transformers.
Nice. I only did Voyager Megs(cause I never got Classics or Henkei) and Frenzy and Rumble.
Who'd you go for?
All of them?!
I figure it's better to have a preorder now, and cancel it later when I see the deco isn't much different from Hasbro's. I definitely want the darker Universe Cyb Megs, and am strongly considering the gun-mode Megs. I really want to see the real versions of Drift, Straxus, and so on.
Posted by Meister79 on October 8th, 2010 @ 8:29am CDT
Pretender Skywarp wrote:Wishing no disprespect to the original poster, why would Hasbro be soliciting pre-orders for Takara products?
There are also a lot of missing numbers, who are TFU-13, 15, 20, 21, 24 & 25 and why aren't they on the list to be ordered?
Also TFU-19 (Frenzy and Rumble) are supposed to be released after TFU-22 (Kup/Char)?
Takara have never released out of numerical order to my knowledge.
All I'm saying is this brings more questions than it does answers
Here in Malaysia, Hasbro Malaysia is the sole distributor of the TRANSFORMERS brand, they import all Transformers toys, whether made by Hasbro or Takara. And they have been doing so for years. We get all our Masterpieces, Henkeis, Alternities, Disney Labels, etc from Hasbro Malaysia.
I can't answer your other questions with any kind of authority, but if you look at the item numbers in the first column, they are arranged in ascending order. I think the list is arranged according to that number rather than the toys' actual series number or release date.
Posted by Blurrz on October 8th, 2010 @ 8:32am CDT
Posted by guardianprime on October 8th, 2010 @ 9:09am CDT
Posted by Vectorshot on October 8th, 2010 @ 9:29am CDT
Posted by Mkall on October 8th, 2010 @ 9:33am CDT
Posted by King Henrik on October 8th, 2010 @ 9:52am CDT
Vectorshot wrote:Why do I get the feeling that Kup will be a repaint and retool of Perceptor?
repaint of preceptor is supposed to be reflector or one of the parts of him.
on another note who are
UN-16 Autobot Tobura
&
UN-19 Hoilgaru
???
*edit - nevermind saw somewhere tobura is likely wheeljack and holigaru is the reflector repaint of perceptor.
Posted by sabrigami on October 8th, 2010 @ 9:57am CDT
While I am exceedingly excited for the Wheeljack, Kup and R+F, these prices are way out of my league. I hope Hasbro releases more info on them soon with some pics maybe.
Posted by It Is Him on October 8th, 2010 @ 9:57am CDT
Posted by Pretender Skywarp on October 8th, 2010 @ 10:06am CDT
Meister79 wrote:Pretender Skywarp wrote:Wishing no disprespect to the original poster, why would Hasbro be soliciting pre-orders for Takara products?
There are also a lot of missing numbers, who are TFU-13, 15, 20, 21, 24 & 25 and why aren't they on the list to be ordered?
Also TFU-19 (Frenzy and Rumble) are supposed to be released after TFU-22 (Kup/Char)?
Takara have never released out of numerical order to my knowledge.
All I'm saying is this brings more questions than it does answers
Here in Malaysia, Hasbro Malaysia is the sole distributor of the TRANSFORMERS brand, they import all Transformers toys, whether made by Hasbro or Takara. And they have been doing so for years. We get all our Masterpieces, Henkeis, Alternities, Disney Labels, etc from Hasbro Malaysia.
I can't answer your other questions with any kind of authority, but if you look at the item numbers in the first column, they are arranged in ascending order. I think the list is arranged according to that number rather than the toys' actual series number or release date.
Really? That I did not know, thanks for clearing that up for me, you learn something new every day!
Posted by kirbenvost on October 8th, 2010 @ 10:06am CDT
Posted by Jenus on October 8th, 2010 @ 10:15am CDT
UN-21 is Scourge
UN-22 is G2 Prime
http://snakas.blog95.fc2.com/blog-entry-1445.html
I wonder if Blurr, and Skullgrin will be released by Takara but with knowing that they are not big on repaints who knows. Also, where is Thunderwing?
Edit:
Never mind didn't see the second page at the bottom on BBTS site.
Posted by Sideswipe 00 on October 8th, 2010 @ 10:16am CDT
But December/Jan is a big ouch for me. These figs along with Tracks, Protector set, and Masterpiece Hot Rod xP. Time to get a second job maybe lol.
But damn why do they have to be $32 a piece O.o
Oh also speculation abounds that one of the unknown figures is either Arcee or Springer to close in to finishing off the Original movie characters.
Posted by OlivusPrime on October 8th, 2010 @ 10:35am CDT
Wheeljack is one of my favourite TFs ever, it's great to see him getting a toy again. I was quite happy with Device Label Frenzy and Rumble, but I'll probably get these anyway. I'll pass on Kup - I'm only collecting pre-1986 G1 characters.
If they have a Perceptor retool as Trailbreaker, this'll be my perfect toyline. Of course, he's already being tooled into Reflector, but who cares!
Posted by Primacron's Little Helper on October 8th, 2010 @ 11:18am CDT
Hasbro/Takara are really delivering.
I'm still of the opinion Wheeljack will be a Tracks repaint, probably with the lower legs rotated for the transformation.
Posted by Ravenous Nightwind on October 8th, 2010 @ 11:28am CDT
Posted by Hero on October 8th, 2010 @ 11:50am CDT
Posted by Ravenous Nightwind on October 8th, 2010 @ 11:56am CDT
That's what I'm hoping for too.Hero wrote:Yes! Ever since Universe 2.0 I've been demanding a Wheeljack. One of my favorite characters and designs ever. Please let him be his own unique mold and not a repaint.
Posted by Sideswipe 00 on October 8th, 2010 @ 12:05pm CDT
Ravenous Nightwind wrote:That's what I'm hoping for too.Hero wrote:Yes! Ever since Universe 2.0 I've been demanding a Wheeljack. One of my favorite characters and designs ever. Please let him be his own unique mold and not a repaint.
here here! Wheeljack definitely deserves his own mold
Posted by Ravenous Nightwind on October 8th, 2010 @ 12:24pm CDT
Plus accurate head!Sideswipe 00 wrote:Ravenous Nightwind wrote:That's what I'm hoping for too.Hero wrote:Yes! Ever since Universe 2.0 I've been demanding a Wheeljack. One of my favorite characters and designs ever. Please let him be his own unique mold and not a repaint.
here here! Wheeljack definitely deserves his own mold
Posted by Skullcrunchberries on October 8th, 2010 @ 12:43pm CDT
Razorclaw0000 wrote:Midnight_Fox wrote:Razorclaw0000 wrote:I just preordered $700 worth of Transformers.
Nice. I only did Voyager Megs(cause I never got Classics or Henkei) and Frenzy and Rumble.
Who'd you go for?
All of them?!
I figure it's better to have a preorder now, and cancel it later when I see the deco isn't much different from Hasbro's. I definitely want the darker Universe Cyb Megs, and am strongly considering the gun-mode Megs. I really want to see the real versions of Drift, Straxus, and so on.
Man, I just did the same thing, only with $300 worth - didn't care enough to get all of them just yet. I'm really curious to see what those poorly transliterated ones are...
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on October 8th, 2010 @ 1:12pm CDT
Hoitytoity wrote:Razorclaw0000 wrote:Midnight_Fox wrote:Razorclaw0000 wrote:I just preordered $700 worth of Transformers.
Nice. I only did Voyager Megs(cause I never got Classics or Henkei) and Frenzy and Rumble.
Who'd you go for?
All of them?!
I figure it's better to have a preorder now, and cancel it later when I see the deco isn't much different from Hasbro's. I definitely want the darker Universe Cyb Megs, and am strongly considering the gun-mode Megs. I really want to see the real versions of Drift, Straxus, and so on.
Man, I just did the same thing, only with $300 worth - didn't care enough to get all of them just yet. I'm really curious to see what those poorly transliterated ones are...
Even I'm stumped. Then again, BBTS has a knack for poor transliteration and downright wrong reading. For instance, Hoilgaru I believe is actually "Hoiljyaku", or Wheeljack. Tobura is anyone's guess, but judging from the price he is a Deluxe...
Posted by Ravenous Nightwind on October 8th, 2010 @ 1:19pm CDT
That's why I'm waiting to see which is which because I don't wanna preorder something and find out later that its something else. o.oJelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Hoitytoity wrote:Razorclaw0000 wrote:Midnight_Fox wrote:Razorclaw0000 wrote:I just preordered $700 worth of Transformers.
Nice. I only did Voyager Megs(cause I never got Classics or Henkei) and Frenzy and Rumble.
Who'd you go for?
All of them?!
I figure it's better to have a preorder now, and cancel it later when I see the deco isn't much different from Hasbro's. I definitely want the darker Universe Cyb Megs, and am strongly considering the gun-mode Megs. I really want to see the real versions of Drift, Straxus, and so on.
Man, I just did the same thing, only with $300 worth - didn't care enough to get all of them just yet. I'm really curious to see what those poorly transliterated ones are...
Even I'm stumped. Then again, BBTS has a knack for poor transliteration and downright wrong reading. For instance, Hoilgaru I believe is actually "Hoiljyaku", or Wheeljack. Tobura is anyone's guess, but judging from the price he is a Deluxe...
Posted by Atomatron on October 8th, 2010 @ 1:43pm CDT
Posted by Dead Metal on October 8th, 2010 @ 2:03pm CDT
Posted by Onslaught22 on October 8th, 2010 @ 2:06pm CDT
Posted by Sideswipe 00 on October 8th, 2010 @ 2:23pm CDT
Onslaught22 wrote:So can I assume that these new listings will be released under the 'generations/reveal the shield' lines by Hasbro in the near future? Those prices are pretty steep to commit to when no images are available, no matter how badly I want to get them. (and trust me, I want them all... right now) My wallet is just a little too strained from all the wicked good releases this year and paying half the price for a domestic release just seems more appealing.
This is true but whats also quite appealing is not having to worry about pre-ordering them when all the pics are released and they look amazing. I did $160 worth And i do agree a darker cyb megatron is quite appealing but seeing as how i already got my hasbro version i am fine with it
Posted by Autobot032 on October 8th, 2010 @ 3:56pm CDT
All in one line?
I is so full of happy.
I iz happy. Long time.
Posted by RK_Striker_JK_5 on October 8th, 2010 @ 4:05pm CDT
Posted by kirbenvost on October 8th, 2010 @ 4:14pm CDT
What's the deal with BBTS prices lately? Import deluxes went from $24-25$ to $32 in about a year... it's getting a little ridiculous. Are the Japanese prices actually increasing, or is it just BBTS?
Posted by NTESHFT on October 8th, 2010 @ 4:36pm CDT
Posted by zenosaurus_x on October 8th, 2010 @ 4:47pm CDT
Unless they're WFC and meant to go with that SW....still cool.
WheelJack sounds nice as well.
Posted by DoubleOScorpio on October 8th, 2010 @ 5:03pm CDT
Posted by Mindmaster on October 8th, 2010 @ 5:43pm CDT