Possible New Terrorsaur Toy Incoming

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Greetings Seibertronians! Fans of Beast Wars were overjoyed to learn that the Beasts were coming to the third, and final part of the War for Cybertron Trilogy, a few absentees were quickly noticed from the leaked toy breakdowns. Well one of them may be heading our way after all!

Thanks to fellow Seibertron user, Nuclearxpotato, and with further details added by JTPrime17, we've learned of two new Listings that have been added to amazon.au (the Australian branch of everyone's favourite conglomerate). These listings talk about 'Golden' Deluxes Terrorsaur and Ranger Puffer!

The extra details added by JTPrime17 include the hidden prices of these two deluxes as well as EANs and product numbers.

JTPrime17 wrote:Doing a history check on the listings....

The listings where added by Amazon them selves into their system on January 12th.

They both have hidden Prices on Amazon AU.

Puffer Ranger: $77 AUD

Terrorsaur: $34 AUD

And Finally they both have Registered Hasbro Product numbers and Registered EAN’s that were submitted by Hasbro UK.

Terrorsaur
EAN: 5010993914487
Product Number: F2813

Ranger Puffer:
EAN: 5010993914456
Product Number F2820

While Terrorsaur needs little explaining, being one of the Core Season 1 cast Predacons missing (along with Tarantulas), Ranger Puffer needs a little more detail. The hidden price seems to indicate that it might be a multi pack of figures, and Puffer is a little known character that will utilise the Kingdom Wave 2 Deluxe Class Huffer mold. Ranger on the other hand is an unknown as there is a character called Ranger who hails from the Japanese Transformers Super God Masterforce anime and toyline (being part of the Japanese G1 continuity). Ranger was a redeco of the Powermaster Joyride.

The listings themselves read a bit strange but that is normal placeholder text until the real description is wrote and added.

What do you think about these listings? Hoping for a completely new mold for Terrorsaur?

Shout out in the Energon Pub and stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest news and reviews!

Credit(s): Amazon.com.au

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Re: Possible New Terrorsaur Toy Incoming (2099488)
Posted by Autobot N on March 27th, 2021 @ 2:18pm CDT

ZeroWolf wrote:Greetings Seibertronians! Fans of Beast Wars were overjoyed to learn that the Beasts were coming to the third, and final part of the War for Cybertron Trilogy, a few absentees were quickly noticed from the leaked toy breakdowns. Well one of them may be heading our way after all!

Thanks to fellow Seibertron user, Nuclearxpotato, and with further details added by JTPrime17, we've learned of two new Listings that have been added to amazon.au (the Australian branch of everyone's favourite conglomerate). These listings talk about 'Golden' Deluxes Terrorsaur and Ranger Puffer!

The extra details added by JTPrime17 include the hidden prices of these two deluxes as well as EANs and product numbers.

JTPrime17 wrote:Doing a history check on the listings....

The listings where added by Amazon them selves into their system on January 12th.

They both have hidden Prices on Amazon AU.

Puffer Ranger: $77 AUD

Terrorsaur: $34 AUD

And Finally they both have Registered Hasbro Product numbers and Registered EAN’s that were submitted by Hasbro UK.

Terrorsaur
EAN: 5010993914487
Product Number: F2813

Ranger Puffer:
EAN: 5010993914456
Product Number F2810

While Terrorsaur needs little explaining, being one of the Core Season 1 cast Predacons missing (along with Tarantulas), Ranger Puffer needs a little more detail. The hidden price seems to indicate that it might be a multi pack of figures, and Puffer is a little known character that will utilise the Kingdom Wave 2 Deluxe Class Huffer mold. Ranger on the other hand is an unknown as there is a character called Ranger who hails from the Japanese Transformers Super God Masterforce anime and toyline (being part of the Japanese G1 continuity). Ranger was a redeco of the Powermaster Joyride.

The listings themselves read a bit strange but that is normal placeholder text until the real description is wrote and added.

What do you think about these listings? Hoping for a completely new mold for Terrorsaur?

Shout out in the Energon Pub and stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest news and reviews!

The other one is probably the Gobot Road Ranger

Re: Possible New Terrorsaur Toy Incoming (2099489)
Posted by Jtprime17 on March 27th, 2021 @ 2:38pm CDT

Oops made a typo in my last post Ranger Puffer is Product number F2820 not F2810.

Re: Possible New Terrorsaur Toy Incoming (2099490)
Posted by Immortal Starscream on March 27th, 2021 @ 2:40pm CDT

Honestly, after getting Airrazor in hand today, I instantly realized how easy it would be to re-tool her into Terrorsaur and decided that was proof enough he was coming. So this actually doesn't surprise .e.

Re: Possible New Terrorsaur Toy Incoming (2099492)
Posted by Bumblevivisector on March 27th, 2021 @ 2:46pm CDT

"Puffer Ranger" sounds like a new drug-themed incarnation of Power Rangers! Did Hasbro really buy the franchise just to sabotage the most dangerous competition to their core robot toy brand?!?

And as for Terrorsaur, the Pred I found myself identifying with the most, my hopes have shot sky high...just waiting for the crash when the other shoe drops. No reason to be pessimistic, except that he's the most overdue for a Kingdom update, so I just worry something will finally go horribly wrong.

Re: Possible New Terrorsaur Toy Incoming (2099493)
Posted by bluecatcinema on March 27th, 2021 @ 2:51pm CDT

Immortal Starscream wrote:Honestly, after getting Airrazor in hand today, I instantly realized how easy it would be to re-tool her into Terrorsaur and decided that was proof enough he was coming. So this actually doesn't surprise .e.

That seems unlikely. Terrorsaur has a completely different transformation. I doubt they'd change it when so many other Kingdom figures are faithful to their original BW styles.

Re: Possible New Terrorsaur Toy Incoming (2099495)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on March 27th, 2021 @ 2:55pm CDT

Immortal Starscream wrote:Honestly, after getting Airrazor in hand today, I instantly realized how easy it would be to re-tool her into Terrorsaur and decided that was proof enough he was coming. So this actually doesn't surprise .e.

We're already getting a retool of her as BWII Skywarp... or Eagle Silverbolt, according to rumor.

Re: Possible New Terrorsaur Toy Incoming (2099497)
Posted by M. Spector on March 27th, 2021 @ 3:25pm CDT

Having just returned from looking at the galleries for Terrorsaur, since Ive never seen him before, I can say it is most certainly going to be a new mold. Which is good! We defiantly need some more Predacons to back up poor lonely beast mode Megs.

On an unrelated yet similar note, Terrorsaur's Transmetal 2 form looks .. alot cooler :lol:

Almost wish thats the version they go with

Re: Possible New Terrorsaur Toy Incoming (2099498)
Posted by ZeroWolf on March 27th, 2021 @ 3:26pm CDT

Jtprime17 wrote:Oops made a typo in my last post Ranger Puffer is Product number F2820 not F2810.

I'll make the edit to the news post now

Re: Possible New Terrorsaur Toy Incoming (2099504)
Posted by Spider5800 on March 27th, 2021 @ 5:31pm CDT

I'll be honest, I'm a little disappointed. They've been so good with robot mode scale in Kingdom so far, I was hoping if they did Terrorsaur they would make him a voyager. He was one of the larger characters in season 1 (if memory serves, he was taller than Primal, roughly the same height as Tigatron and Rhinox, both of whom are apparently getting voyagers).

Re: Possible New Terrorsaur Toy Incoming (2099508)
Posted by Nemesis Primal on March 27th, 2021 @ 6:39pm CDT

Yay, Terrorsaur! I mean, he's the one of the 3 missing Predacons I was actually least excited for, but that's still exciting that we're getting him, more BW is always good. Plus it means potential for at least a Fractyl as well, and maybe more new Beast stuff if this Amazon's Kingdom equivalent of last year's Galactic Odyssey stuff.

Assuming the other one is a set of Road Ranger and Puffer as is being speculated....well, I know what Road Ranger looks like, and assuming he gets a new head sculpt to match the original toy rather than Huffer's cartoon face, I'd be all-on him as my first version of the mold (assuming this would release before the Pipes retool). Never heard of Puffer though, is that some kind of Huffer-Pipes mold Bumblejumper situation?

Re: Possible New Terrorsaur Toy Incoming (2099510)
Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on March 27th, 2021 @ 6:56pm CDT

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:We're already getting a retool of her as BWII Skywarp... or Eagle Silverbolt, according to rumor.

So, by proxy, wouldn't the implication suggest someone Bigger is also coming to the Kingdom line?

M. Spector wrote:On an unrelated yet similar note, Terrorsaur's Transmetal 2 form looks .. alot cooler Almost wish thats the version they go with

Indeed. He and Waspinator had two of the best Transmetal designs in the line. Unfortunate that neither made it into the show.

Re: Possible New Terrorsaur Toy Incoming (2099511)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on March 27th, 2021 @ 7:02pm CDT

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:
Jelze Bunnycat wrote:We're already getting a retool of her as BWII Skywarp... or Eagle Silverbolt, according to rumor.

So, by proxy, wouldn't the implication suggest someone Bigger is also coming to the Kingdom line?

Nope, standalone release like the pre-CW limb releases

Nemesis Primal wrote:Never heard of Puffer though, is that some kind of Huffer-Pipes mold Bumblejumper situation?

Nope, but... this may be a long shot, but it's either Pipes with a new name ("Pipes" as a noun is hard to trademark), or it could be a character based on a... quirky method of releasing the S3 Mini-Bots by IGA in Mexico.
You know the Season 3 Mini-bots (outside of Wheelie) were retooled from the original Microchange molds used for Season 1, right? Well, IGA decided to make them straight redecos instead. In other words, the IGA release of Pipes was just Huffer in Pipes' colors! A similar release was found in Europe, affectionately named "Puffer".

"Puffer" courtesy of TF-1.com

That is, that's the theory extrapolated from only two confirmed carded releases. Plus, IGA figures managed to find their way to Europe (especially the Netherlands). A lot is still unknown.

Re: Possible New Terrorsaur Toy Incoming (2099520)
Posted by Mindmaster on March 27th, 2021 @ 10:01pm CDT

Nice, they’re actually going to make Te-

*is an Amazon exclusive*

....welp, guess I’ll pay triple on the aftermarket after they get all s bought up.

Re: Possible New Terrorsaur Toy Incoming (2099522)
Posted by sol magnus on March 27th, 2021 @ 10:09pm CDT

Mindmaster wrote:Nice, they’re actually going to make Te-

*is an Amazon exclusive*

....welp, guess I’ll pay triple on the aftermarket after they get all s bought up.

People should do more partnering up on these exclusives.

Re: Possible New Terrorsaur Toy Incoming (2099539)
Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on March 28th, 2021 @ 2:49am CDT

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:
Jelze Bunnycat wrote:We're already getting a retool of her as BWII Skywarp... or Eagle Silverbolt, according to rumor.

So, by proxy, wouldn't the implication suggest someone Bigger is also coming to the Kingdom line?

Nope, standalone release like the pre-CW limb releases

Even I might have been interested in a modern Magnaboss...

Re: Possible New Terrorsaur Toy Incoming (2099549)
Posted by blackeyedprime on March 28th, 2021 @ 4:47am CDT

Puffer Ranger could be a CC Depth Charge. Doubting they have lost the name but hey. If we are meant to be gettign more CCs and lesstitans it could be a thing.

Terrorsaur might have color change paint for when he is invincible though it's likely just a chromed up version of him with a standard version released in retail.

More figures is good anyways whatever they are but it's a shame they are Amazon exclusives.

Re: Possible New Terrorsaur Toy Incoming (2099550)
Posted by ZeroWolf on March 28th, 2021 @ 4:57am CDT

blackeyedprime wrote:Puffer Ranger could be a CC Depth Charge. Doubting they have lost the name but hey. If we are meant to be gettign more CCs and lesstitans it could be a thing.

Terrorsaur might have color change paint for when he is invincible though it's likely just a chromed up version of him with a standard version released in retail.

More figures is good anyways whatever they are but it's a shame they are Amazon exclusives.

There is no retail Terrorsaur (not in Kingdom anyway, 2022? Who knows) it's likely that this Terrorsaur will be standard colours, just as how Counter Punch only ever saw release as Amazon Exclusives.

Looking at the price, Ranger Puffer is definitely not CC, as once the class goes twice a year, the price goes up by 20, so you're looking at $100.

Re: Possible New Terrorsaur Toy Incoming (2099556)
Posted by Munkky on March 28th, 2021 @ 7:29am CDT

Nice to hear that there will indeed be a new Terrorsaur, I'm not even that worried about it being an Amazon exclusive, because as far as I can tell Terrorsaur is nowhere near as popular a character as Ironhide, Prowl, Ratchet or the Coneheads, so I can't see demand being THAT high for it. I'm guessing "Ranger Puffer" is just a typo and the figure won't actually be called Puffer. It probably is either Road Ranger or at least an homage to him.

Re: Possible New Terrorsaur Toy Incoming (2099557)
Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on March 28th, 2021 @ 8:16am CDT

Considering how hard they have leant into the number of Seekers in WFC, I wouldn't be surprised if Terrorsaur was confirmed. His original mold did at least have four redecos attached to it. Five, if you count the weird one from AOE.

Re: Possible New Terrorsaur Toy Incoming (2099563)
Posted by ZeroWolf on March 28th, 2021 @ 10:15am CDT

Munkky wrote:Nice to hear that there will indeed be a new Terrorsaur, I'm not even that worried about it being an Amazon exclusive, because as far as I can tell Terrorsaur is nowhere near as popular a character as Ironhide, Prowl, Ratchet or the Coneheads, so I can't see demand being THAT high for it. I'm guessing "Ranger Puffer" is just a typo and the figure won't actually be called Puffer. It probably is either Road Ranger or at least an homage to him.

More likely a double pack looking at the price and Puffer is a huffer redeco...as the Puffer name does correspond to a deco of the mold

Re: Possible New Terrorsaur Toy Incoming (2099574)
Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on March 28th, 2021 @ 1:04pm CDT

Which deco would they use, however? :-?

Re: Possible New Terrorsaur Toy Incoming (2099575)
Posted by griftimus prime on March 28th, 2021 @ 1:16pm CDT

and then a re release of the 90s mold right after.

Re: Possible New Terrorsaur Toy Incoming (2099587)
Posted by Sentinel_Primal on March 28th, 2021 @ 3:01pm CDT

Well, Rodimus with the Matrix chamber open has leaked/been revealed. I think it looks pretty nice, especially cause it's like the MP where the Matrix can now function as the engine in car mode :lol:

Re: Possible New Terrorsaur Toy Incoming (2099618)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on March 28th, 2021 @ 3:55pm CDT

Megatron is so cool. I cannot talk enough about how much fun he is.

Re: Possible New Terrorsaur Toy Incoming (2099639)
Posted by M. Spector on March 28th, 2021 @ 4:42pm CDT

The matrix chamber on Roddy was expected but love the details it has. Lots of nice shots Dmax! I've been diligently waiting to spot Beast Megs in the wild, I've arrived to my local target just a day too late after a new Leader case gets put out a couple times now :evil:

Patience will win the day!

Re: Possible New Terrorsaur Toy Incoming (2099640)
Posted by Nemesis Primal on March 28th, 2021 @ 4:44pm CDT

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:this may be a long shot, but it's either Pipes with a new name ("Pipes" as a noun is hard to trademark),

Well we've had a retail release listing for Pipes for months now, so it probably isn't that, which means:

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:or it could be a character based on a... quirky method of releasing the S3 Mini-Bots by IGA in Mexico.
You know the Season 3 Mini-bots (outside of Wheelie) were retooled from the original Microchange molds used for Season 1, right? Well, IGA decided to make them straight redecos instead. In other words, the IGA release of Pipes was just Huffer in Pipes' colors! A similar release was found in Europe, affectionately named "Puffer".

"Puffer" courtesy of TF-1.com

That is, that's the theory extrapolated from only two confirmed carded releases. Plus, IGA figures managed to find their way to Europe (especially the Netherlands). A lot is still unknown.

...so best guess is that it's just Huffer with Pipes' colors? That sounds...boring, but I'll reserve judgement until we see it.

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Which deco would they use, however?

I would assume the black and orange, as that's his actual canon TF colors.

Re: Possible New Terrorsaur Toy Incoming (2099641)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on March 28th, 2021 @ 4:48pm CDT

Nemesis Primal wrote:
Jelze Bunnycat wrote:this may be a long shot, but it's either Pipes with a new name ("Pipes" as a noun is hard to trademark),
Well we've had a retail release listing for Pipes for months now, so it probably isn't that, which means:
Jelze Bunnycat wrote:or it could be a character based on a... quirky method of releasing the S3 Mini-Bots by IGA in Mexico.
You know the Season 3 Mini-bots (outside of Wheelie) were retooled from the original Microchange molds used for Season 1, right? Well, IGA decided to make them straight redecos instead. In other words, the IGA release of Pipes was just Huffer in Pipes' colors! A similar release was found in Europe, affectionately named "Puffer".

"Puffer" courtesy of TF-1.com

That is, that's the theory extrapolated from only two confirmed carded releases. Plus, IGA figures managed to find their way to Europe (especially the Netherlands). A lot is still unknown.
...so best guess is that it's just Huffer with Pipes' colors? That sounds...boring, but I'll reserve judgement until we see it.

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Which deco would they use, however?
I would assume the black and orange, as that's his actual canon TF colors.

Plus, it's distinct from "Puffer", not sharing any major color. A toy-accurate head on either would be icing on the cake.

Re: Possible New Terrorsaur Toy Incoming (2099697)
Posted by Munkky on March 29th, 2021 @ 9:42am CDT

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Megatron is so cool. I cannot talk enough about how much fun he is.

Definitely one of this line's crown jewels, I love that Hasbro actually put a good amount of effort into these Beast Wars updates!

I managed to get Kingdom Ultra Magnus today, and while the robot mode does look nicer than the Siege version, sadly the vehicle mode isn't that good. It's nice that the cab is retooled, but the robot arms sticking out of the back of the cab still look awful. Plus it's a shame that this version takes away some of the Siege toy's weapons. I may just keep him in robot mode.

Re: Possible New Terrorsaur Toy Incoming (2099700)
Posted by o.supreme on March 29th, 2021 @ 9:52am CDT

One outlying Walmart had the new Core Class Megatron and Starscream yesterday. In fact, probably way more Core Class than I had ever seen at a single location ever (probably 30+ on the pegs wave 1 and 2). Other than that nothing though. I have yet to see any wave 2 Leader, Voyager, or deluxe aside from Arcee, which I don't really count because she is a reissue.

Re: Possible New Terrorsaur Toy Incoming (2099701)
Posted by Spider5800 on March 29th, 2021 @ 9:56am CDT

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Megatron is so cool. I cannot talk enough about how much fun he is.

I just got him last week. He really is fantastic.

Re: Possible New Terrorsaur Toy Incoming (2099704)
Posted by RodimusConvoy13 on March 29th, 2021 @ 10:03am CDT

Spider5800 wrote:
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Megatron is so cool. I cannot talk enough about how much fun he is.

I just got him last week. He really is fantastic.

I want to get him. I've been holding off trying not to open the Beast Wars can of worms, but my 5 yr old daughter and I watched the first Jurassic Park yesterday and now I have t-rexes on the brain. He looks so cool. I need to wait a bit because I've got a bunch of stuff arriving within the next 2 weeks.

Re: Possible New Terrorsaur Toy Incoming (2099707)
Posted by Spider5800 on March 29th, 2021 @ 10:37am CDT

RodimusConvoy13 wrote:
Spider5800 wrote:
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Megatron is so cool. I cannot talk enough about how much fun he is.

I just got him last week. He really is fantastic.

I want to get him. I've been holding off trying not to open the Beast Wars can of worms, but my 5 yr old daughter and I watched the first Jurassic Park yesterday and now I have t-rexes on the brain. He looks so cool. I need to wait a bit because I've got a bunch of stuff arriving within the next 2 weeks.

That's awesome! My son turns 5 next month, and I've started watching my old G1 and BW DVD's with him. When Megatron arrived in the mail, I showed it to him, and he picked it up and said the "Yeeeessss".

I've never been so proud :-(

Re: Possible New Terrorsaur Toy Incoming (2099708)
Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on March 29th, 2021 @ 10:50am CDT

He certainly looks like a vast improvement over the original BW Megatron figure. Makes me wonder how much they could improve on the Transmetals? Or, if he does eventually appear in this line, Polar Claw.

Re: Possible New Terrorsaur Toy Incoming (2099710)
Posted by ZeroWolf on March 29th, 2021 @ 10:54am CDT

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:He certainly looks like a vast improvement over the original BW Megatron figure. Makes me wonder how much they could improve on the Transmetals? Or, if he does eventually appear in this line, Polar Claw.

Polar claw got scrapped really early on in development

Re: Possible New Terrorsaur Toy Incoming (2099711)
Posted by Sabrblade on March 29th, 2021 @ 10:54am CDT

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Makes me wonder how much they could improve on the Transmetals?

Really hard to improve upon near-perfection.

Well, for Megatron, he needs to not shatter into a million pieces, but you get my drift.

Though, I wouldn't mind a Rattrap whose backpack was rotated upside-down like on the CG model.

Re: Possible New Terrorsaur Toy Incoming (2099713)
Posted by Spider5800 on March 29th, 2021 @ 11:16am CDT

Sabrblade wrote:
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Makes me wonder how much they could improve on the Transmetals?
Really hard to improve upon near-perfection.

Well, for Megatron, he needs to not shatter into a million pieces, but you get my drift.

Though, I wouldn't mind a Rattrap whose backpack was rotated upside-down like on the CG model.

Yeah, Transmetal molds have actually aged really, really well. One of the few cases where I'd rather they just re-release them (minus the GPS plastic and poor chroming on a couple of them).

Largely show-accurate, largely in-scale (I think TM2 Blackarachnia and Dinobot were the only ones that were really off), and they had really solid posability and play features. My Optimal Optimus still puts some modern leaders to shame.

Re: Possible New Terrorsaur Toy Incoming (2099714)
Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on March 29th, 2021 @ 11:21am CDT

ZeroWolf wrote:
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:He certainly looks like a vast improvement over the original BW Megatron figure. Makes me wonder how much they could improve on the Transmetals? Or, if he does eventually appear in this line, Polar Claw.

Polar claw got scrapped really early on in development

I know, I know. Still the Bear Bots are such a missed opportunity.

Sabrblade wrote:
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Makes me wonder how much they could improve on the Transmetals?
Really hard to improve upon near-perfection.

Very true. Remove the GPS and I can't really think of another entire line that has such a distinction. Even the worst two designs - Airazor and OpOp - weren't terrible figures. Just not upto the same standard as the rest.

Re: Possible New Terrorsaur Toy Incoming (2099715)
Posted by o.supreme on March 29th, 2021 @ 11:24am CDT

Hmmm... Was there issues with any other vac-chrome parts on TM's or just Megatron? I Had TM Megatron; bought brand new in 1998, and sold in 2007. I never had any issues with it, but maybe that's because in the 9 years I had it, I only transformed it a couple of times.

Re: Possible New Terrorsaur Toy Incoming (2099716)
Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on March 29th, 2021 @ 11:30am CDT

Have they revisited vac-chrome since? As I'm pretty sure the Huffer redeco I looked up the other day should have chrome arms?

Re: Possible New Terrorsaur Toy Incoming (2099719)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on March 29th, 2021 @ 11:55am CDT

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Have they revisited vac-chrome since? As I'm pretty sure the Huffer redeco I looked up the other day should have chrome arms?

Sporadically really, only when the figure warrants it. Nothing in main line Generations since Universe 2008 Perceptor (of which the TakaraTomy version had none :shock:

) and the Henkei! Henkei! line, but the Age of Extinction line had chromed Optimus Primes up the wazoo. Nowadays, if it looks shiny and above all silver, chances are it's just silver paint.

Re: Possible New Terrorsaur Toy Incoming (2099720)
Posted by Spider5800 on March 29th, 2021 @ 12:02pm CDT

o.supreme wrote:Hmmm... Was there issues with any other vac-chrome parts on TM's or just Megatron? I Had TM Megatron; bought brand new in 1998, and sold in 2007. I never had any issues with it, but maybe that's because in the 9 years I had it, I only transformed it a couple of times. .

If I remember correctly, it wasn't the chrome on Megatron, but the quality of the brown plastic used on him was really poor and not up to the stress the transformation put on it, so a ton of them ended up with broken hips. The Takara version used a better quality plastic and was less prone to breakage.

From what I've read, Optimal Optimus uses a similar plastic but less stress is put on it in his mold, so it's less of an issue with him (mostly just some broken battery covers).

Chrome flaking was apparently really common on some of them, like Rampage, but wasn't a line-wide issue. Was apparently just a QC thing on specific figures.

Re: Possible New Terrorsaur Toy Incoming (2099721)
Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on March 29th, 2021 @ 12:03pm CDT

The worst one I remember for chrome flaking was Cheetor. His Beast Mode shoulders, that became his backpack in Bot Mode, specifically.

Re: Possible New Terrorsaur Toy Incoming (2099723)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on March 29th, 2021 @ 12:13pm CDT

Mind you, the whole chroming thing was taken to a new level with the Transmetals; back in G1 and G2 (outside of G1 Megatron), only accessories were chromed, even then only with the Diaclone and Microman toys. After so long of non-use there are bound to be some kinks. Like paint, how it can screw up tolerances in joints. >:oP

I haven't read anything about chrome flaking on newer toys, so I think they got the hang of it again. I don't see them using it any time soon tho.

Re: Possible New Terrorsaur Toy Incoming (2099725)
Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on March 29th, 2021 @ 12:34pm CDT

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:Mind you, the whole chroming thing was taken to a new level with the Transmetals; back in G1 and G2 (outside of G1 Megatron), only accessories were chromed, even then only with the Diaclone and Microman toys. After so long of non-use there are bound to be some kinks. Like paint, how it can screw up tolerances in joints.

I haven't read anything about chrome flaking on newer toys, so I think they got the hang of it again. I don't see them using it any time soon tho.

As an aside, I have Soul of Chogokin Gold Lightan. Who is a fantastic shiny golden robot. I'd love to see that return to Transformers at least once. For example, Rhinox' Bot Mode green was very shiny in Season 2...

Re: Possible New Terrorsaur Toy Incoming (2099726)
Posted by Sabrblade on March 29th, 2021 @ 12:35pm CDT

TM2 Scourge was an especially notorious case of chrome flaking.

Re: Possible New Terrorsaur Toy Incoming (2099727)
Posted by Spider5800 on March 29th, 2021 @ 12:36pm CDT

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:Mind you, the whole chroming thing was taken to a new level with the Transmetals; back in G1 and G2 (outside of G1 Megatron), only accessories were chromed, even then only with the Diaclone and Microman toys. After so long of non-use there are bound to be some kinks. Like paint, how it can screw up tolerances in joints.

I haven't read anything about chrome flaking on newer toys, so I think they got the hang of it again. I don't see them using it any time soon tho.

Yeah, the combination of it being a new thing they didn't know the limits of yet + putting it EVERYWHERE is what led to a lot of the flaking issues. The previous guy mentioned Cheetor, which makes sense; the whole back is chrome, and you'd naturally be touching/rubbing/pushing on that part to transform him, so of course that piece is prone to lots of flaking.

This is why I'd really like some re-releases. Better knowledge of how to utilize the chrome might mean a little less on certain places, but it ALSO might mean some of these QC issues are less likely to pop up.

Re: Possible New Terrorsaur Toy Incoming (2099728)
Posted by Dominus Prime on March 29th, 2021 @ 12:49pm CDT

If anyone was wondering

Re: Possible New Terrorsaur Toy Incoming (2099729)
Posted by Overcracker on March 29th, 2021 @ 12:56pm CDT

Dominus Prime wrote:If anyone was wondering

Where is this from?

The matrix looks a tad elongated, but good to know it does have a chest compartment to fit in.

Re: Possible New Terrorsaur Toy Incoming (2099730)
Posted by Dominus Prime on March 29th, 2021 @ 12:59pm CDT

From Rodimus Primal 1 day ago

Re: Possible New Terrorsaur Toy Incoming (2099738)
Posted by o.supreme on March 29th, 2021 @ 2:43pm CDT

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:I haven't read anything about chrome flaking on newer toys, so I think they got the hang of it again. I don't see them using it any time soon tho.

Sounds about right. I have the Golden Lagoon Starscream, which is about half gold plastic, and half gold chrome, but I know many of the other Golden Lagoon toys have a lot of chrome, and don't seem to have any issues.

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