Additional In Hand Images of Transformers Titans Return Trypticon, Comparison with Metroplex

william-james88 wrote:

bodrock wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Do you macross fans have leader jetfire? That is one sexy bot.

I do, Will! I used to have G1 Jetfire too, but he had to break in half at the hinges.....

Do you still have his accessories? Because thats whats pricey. A jetfire body can be aquired for about $50 on e-bay (last time I checked) which isnt too terrible.

I might, actually! I'll take a look next time I'm at the parents' house.

william-james88 wrote:Do you macross fans have leader jetfire? That is one sexy bot.

Classics Voyager was more Macross like, IMO.... (And a better toy too!)

Wow, does Trypt look nice! I was planning on having him as a dino standing over Metroplex in carrier mode, ready to stomp. But, I might need to do a whole base/fortress or starship display instead... Nice work there on this titan!

well slap me on the kneecap and call me daddy, that base mode actually looks good! maybe it's from all the titans return nonsense, but i was expecting something terrible.

Albatross250 wrote:About Windblade.... She's somewhat bears a striking resemblance on her fighter mode, mostly the VF-9 from Macross, without her dual fans on her wings.

Apart from being a red jet with backward wings they don't look similar to me at all.

Agamemnon wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Do you macross fans have leader jetfire? That is one sexy bot.

Classics Voyager was more Macross like, IMO.... (And a better toy too!)

Yeah I felt the classics voyager toy was better, the Leader just does nothing for me at all. But niether come anywhere near the G1 Macross Jetfire toy. That's still a beautiful thing that just can't be beat no matter how many times they've tried. Trying to blend elements of it within that awful boxy Skyfire cartoon design just ruins it. Yeah I get why they need to do that but it still just sucks.

This Windblade look awsome! I have the Takara legend Windblade and I really do like her overall appearance but I don't like her jet mode very much. The Titan Return jet mode look very good to me. And even though she is a repaint/remold, I think it fit the character very well. I can't wait to pick her up at retail. Do we have a release date yet? Same goes for Trypticon. I don't usually buy Decepticons but he look so good, I can't pass on him. He will be great standing beside Metroplex on my shelf.

We are almost exact opposites there, my friend! I tend to go with Cons most of the time!

But as far as Tryp goes, I'm still undecided - I still have the G1 incarnation and he holds a lot of nostalgia, being the last TF I bought until eBay came along and brought me Snaptrap.

So I'm a little confused by this picture. This Trypticon is looking exactly like the T.Tomy version, and if that's the case, heck, Imma go Hasbro on this one. But it makes me wonder, will it be paint apps to Necros and Full-Tilt specifically that are going to be the difference between the two or are they just separate market versions of the same exact product?

unicron1200 wrote:So I'm a little confused by this picture. This Trypticon is looking exactly like the T.Tomy version, and if that's the case, heck, Imma go Hasbro on this one. But it makes me wonder, will it be paint apps to Necros and Full-Tilt specifically that are going to be the difference between the two or are they just separate market versions of the same exact product?

IIRC, the only difference to Trypticon himself are some small gray circle paint-apps on his back cannons that aren't present on the TT version. I haven't been paying too much attention to the differences between each version of Necros and Full-Tilt, but I imagine there'd be the trademark little-bit-more-paint on TT Necros and I thiiink Full-Tilt's gun is a different color? But yeah, basically no difference between the two - unless you can get them at practically equal prices and/or you reeeally care about getting the totally-100%-cartoon-accurate deco, you're probably best off just saving some money and going Hasbro on the big guy.

They could have made him bigger.

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Tidal Wave's Carrier mode is based from this, on Beast Wars : Uprising

Albatross250 wrote:Tidal Wave's Carrier mode is based from this, on Beast Wars : Uprising

Honestly with the length of time these toys tend to be in production (or pre-production) for, I wouldn't be altogether surprised if his appearance in Uprising was actually based on this figure's plans. Though who can tell for certain which came first; it's practically a paradox trying to deduce where the initial plan for this redeco came from...

A set with Ginrai, but no God Bomber.

Siiiiiigh............

I wonder if or will ever make a special two-pack containing Ginrai and God Bomber? This would be a great excuse to make a Platinum set or something.

-Kanrabat- wrote:A set with Ginrai, but no God Bomber.

Siiiiiigh............

I wonder if or will ever make a special two-pack containing Ginrai and God Bomber? This would be a great excuse to make a Platinum set or something.

I don't keep up with Takara news too well, but I seem to remember some rumor floating around that there'd be some kind of Ginrai/God Bomber 2-pack (coming with Minerva and Hosehead heads to boot, I think) - of course that's a rumor at most, last I heard.

And it's pretty common speculation at this point that we'll see a Hasbro release of Godbomber in one the remaining two box-sets. There's been no official confirmation of any kind (even of more sets coming, let alone what's in them), but it only seems to make sense given that it'd probably be a good money-making move for Hasbro after they've already released Ginrai in one.

Qwan wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:A set with Ginrai, but no God Bomber.

Siiiiiigh............

I wonder if or will ever make a special two-pack containing Ginrai and God Bomber? This would be a great excuse to make a Platinum set or something.

I don't keep up with Takara news too well, but I seem to remember some rumor floating around that there'd be some kind of Ginrai/God Bomber 2-pack (coming with Minerva and Hosehead heads to boot, I think) - of course that's a rumor at most, last I heard.

https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/official-images-for-takara-tomy-transformers-legends-lgex-god-ginrai-set-plus-cab-minerva/38316/ definitely not a rumour.

steals_your_goats wrote:

Qwan wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:A set with Ginrai, but no God Bomber.

Siiiiiigh............

I wonder if or will ever make a special two-pack containing Ginrai and God Bomber? This would be a great excuse to make a Platinum set or something.

I don't keep up with Takara news too well, but I seem to remember some rumor floating around that there'd be some kind of Ginrai/God Bomber 2-pack (coming with Minerva and Hosehead heads to boot, I think) - of course that's a rumor at most, last I heard.

https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/official-images-for-takara-tomy-transformers-legends-lgex-god-ginrai-set-plus-cab-minerva/38316/ definitely not a rumour.

Ah ok, cool! There you go. I guess that's a good example for why I need to keep better track of Takara news

Albatross250 wrote:

Do you think that GPS will apply ?

ExciKaiser wrote:

Albatross250 wrote:

Do you think that GPS will apply ?

Seems unlikely to me. I think HasTak have pretty much worked out the whole GPS situation - the last documented case of GPS, according to my check of TFWiki, was Movie '07 Starscream - so we shouldn't be seeing that kind of issue again (fingers crossed). Remember that companies like Lego have been producing gold plastic, of almost exactly the hue used on Metalhawk here no less, for many years that can withstand huge amounts of stress without issue.

Also remember that there was a very recent case of huge gold plastic use in yet another Generations Boxset - G2 Slingshot. And unlike his infamous original counterpart from the 90s, he doesn't have any significant breakage issues!

Qwan wrote:

ExciKaiser wrote:

Albatross250 wrote:

Do you think that GPS will apply ?

Seems unlikely to me. I think HasTak have pretty much worked out the whole GPS situation - the last documented case of GPS, according to my check of TFWiki, was Movie '07 Starscream - so we shouldn't be seeing that kind of issue again (fingers crossed). Remember that companies like Lego have been producing gold plastic, of almost exactly the hue used on Metalhawk here no less, for many years that can withstand huge amounts of stress without issue.

It still happens. Reveal the shiel wreck-gat suffered with his tan and orange plastic

Qwan wrote:

Albatross250 wrote:Tidal Wave's Carrier mode is based from this, on Beast Wars : Uprising

Honestly with the length of time these toys tend to be in production (or pre-production) for, I wouldn't be altogether surprised if his appearance in Uprising was actually based on this figure's plans. Though who can tell for certain which came first; it's practically a paradox trying to deduce where the initial plan for this redeco came from...

I think it was one of those things that broadside was announced and shown, there were rumors of tidal wave being made from that mold so they went with it

Pounce is a thundercat?

The emblem is actually the other way, but I like your thinking.

Thunder...Thunder...Thunder-Clones Pounce!

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Blackstreak wrote:They could have made him bigger.

I imagine he has as much mass as Metroplex. It's just that Metroplex is very tall and skinny where Tryp's body can't allow for that. We need to measure him from his tail to his head.

Blackstreak wrote:They could have made him bigger.

No they could not have.

Fellow Seibertronian Albatross250 has sent us a link to the first in-hand images of the Transformers Titans Return Siege on Cybertron box set, featuring a reuse of the Powermaster Optimus Prime figure, plus new characters Metalhawk, Tidal Wave, Pounce and the exclusive Titan Master Thunderwing headsculpt. Check them out below via original source 游珽安 of TFND.net!

Albatross250 wrote:Tidal Wave's Carrier mode is based from this, on Beast Wars : Uprising

I sincerely doubt that Hasbro had any interest in paying homage to Uprising when creating this Tidal Wave figure. Otherwise, the figure would have had that deco instead of an Armada cartoon-based one.

The reason Uprising Tidal Wave used the TR Broadside design is because Uprising liked applying recent toy-based designs to its characters and such, regardless of any potential for their development.

Sabrblade wrote:

Albatross250 wrote:Tidal Wave's Carrier mode is based from this, on Beast Wars : Uprising

I sincerely doubt that Hasbro had any interest in paying homage to Uprising when creating this Tidal Wave figure. Otherwise, the figure would have had that deco instead of an Armada cartoon-based one.

The reason Uprising Tidal Wave used the TR Broadside design is because Uprising liked applying recent toy-based designs to its characters and such, regardless of any potential for their development.

Agreed. I haven't read uprising but I did read all what tfwiki has had to offer and Jesus it sounds like complete garbage. It's like they said "well we milked shattered glass to be the most hated thing in ten years next to machinemas combiner wars...what else can we do?"

Randomhero wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Albatross250 wrote:Tidal Wave's Carrier mode is based from this, on Beast Wars : Uprising

I sincerely doubt that Hasbro had any interest in paying homage to Uprising when creating this Tidal Wave figure. Otherwise, the figure would have had that deco instead of an Armada cartoon-based one.

The reason Uprising Tidal Wave used the TR Broadside design is because Uprising liked applying recent toy-based designs to its characters and such, regardless of any potential for their development.

Agreed. I haven't read uprising but I did read all what tfwiki has had to offer and Jesus it sounds like complete garbage. It's like they said "well we milked shattered glass to be the most hated thing in ten years next to machinemas combiner wars...what else can we do?"

Excuse me?

Uprising's prose stories were some of the most prolific works to come out of the Club in, like, ever. Those stories were deep, man.

So is there any difference between Magnus Prime and Super Ginrai? He looks like a slightly different color red, but that is all I'm noticing.

Lucky Logician wrote:So is there any difference between Magnus Prime and Super Ginrai? He looks like a slightly different color red, but that is all I'm noticing.

There are a few paint application and layout differences.

Va'al wrote:Fellow Seibertronian bacem has sent us a link to the first in-hand images of the Transformers Titans Return Siege on Cybertron box set, featuring a reuse of the Powermaster Optimus Prime figure, plus new characters Metalhawk, Tidal Wave, Pounce and the exclusive Titan Master Thunderwing headsculpt. Check them out below via original source 游珽安 of TFND.net!

a little correction, the one that posted that here is albatross250, not me, so credit should go to him.

That's a good looking set. At first I was only interested for Ginrai, and the possible Godbomber later on, but seeing them together as a group, I'm sold on the set.

bacem wrote:a little correction, the one that posted that here is albatross250, not me, so credit should go to him.

I was writing two articles, and got mixed up - sorry Albatross250, credit amended!
Thanks bacem.

Tidal Wave's jet mode.

What jet mode?

Whoa...she could crush a man's head between her thighs like a sparrow's egg.

Tidal Wave, stickers aside, actually looks pretty good. Not big enough to be Tidal Wave but still a better looking toy than Broadside IMO.

Pounce is a dorable. Enough said.

Metalhawk...ech. Those colours look weird, especially in jet mode. Better than the Funpub figure though.

Magnus Prime looks cool but if I get any version of him it'll be the pack with Godbomber, Minerva and Cab.

Thunderwing is an extra Headmaster, no complaints there.

Man! Tidal Wave's & Thunderwing's head looks awesomely unique. Good Details. Metalhawk's does looks interesting too.

I was expecting Metalhawk to be more gold than caramel. Oh well. I'd still like him.


But Tidal Wave blows me away. He was the one I was a bit meh on (except Thunderwing, I have no use for bodyless Thunderwing). But man, Tidal wave may be my favourite from the set. That face sculpt. Those colours. It's glorious!

Hope they release the clones separately one day

Sabrblade wrote:

Randomhero wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Albatross250 wrote:Tidal Wave's Carrier mode is based from this, on Beast Wars : Uprising

I sincerely doubt that Hasbro had any interest in paying homage to Uprising when creating this Tidal Wave figure. Otherwise, the figure would have had that deco instead of an Armada cartoon-based one.

The reason Uprising Tidal Wave used the TR Broadside design is because Uprising liked applying recent toy-based designs to its characters and such, regardless of any potential for their development.

Agreed. I haven't read uprising but I did read all what tfwiki has had to offer and Jesus it sounds like complete garbage. It's like they said "well we milked shattered glass to be the most hated thing in ten years next to machinemas combiner wars...what else can we do?"

Excuse me?

Uprising's prose stories were some of the most prolific works to come out of the Club in, like, ever. Those stories were deep, man.

Totally agree, Uprising was incredible. Also box-set Tidal Wave is the hawtness.

A bit upset I missed this one, even if I was just going to sell the individuals and keep what I could. It most likely will be up again, right?

Also, while on the subject, what is the general opinion of SG?

So no chromed-out trailer for prime?? Aw. That was seriously a huge selling point for me back at toy fair. Everything else looks great, though. Tidal Wave's head is awesome. Would have been cool.of then to change the Arial bots out for decepticons, I dunno with what though. Seekers?

I will say Tidal Wave looks pretty good actually. Better than the previous character his mold was used for. Though I am a Decepticon sympathizer.

Va'al wrote:

Sigh. So much for the silver painted gray plastic we saw on Magnus Prime at Toy Fair earlier this year. That looked gorgeous! This is great, but still a bit disappointing. I shouldn't have dared to hope.

Comparison pics between Magnus Prime and Super Ginrai - https://www.facebook.com/groups/TransformersNeverDie/permalink/1458029077553566/

Wolfman Jake wrote:Sigh. So much for the silver painted gray plastic we saw on Magnus Prime at Toy Fair earlier this year. That looked gorgeous! This is great, but still a bit disappointing. I shouldn't have dared to hope.

No joke. The whole reason I chose Super Ginrai over the box set was because I didn't like the silver. Now seeing the comparisons that Sabrblade just linked to, I'm feeling extra ripped off.

Lucky Logician wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:Sigh. So much for the silver painted gray plastic we saw on Magnus Prime at Toy Fair earlier this year. That looked gorgeous! This is great, but still a bit disappointing. I shouldn't have dared to hope.

No joke. The whole reason I chose Super Ginrai over the box set was because I didn't like the silver. Now seeing the comparisons that Sabrblade just linked to, I'm feeling extra ripped off.

Then cancel it so someone else can try and get it if you feel so "ripped off"