Transformers Generations Legends Nemesis Prime, Acid Storm, Gears and Cliffjumper Sighted in the Philippines

-Kanrabat- wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:Quick question, do we roughly know when Windblade and Chromia will hit retail?

I think I've seen Late Fall/Early Winter for the girls.


As for the girls, all 3 at once (!) I'm really, really looking forward to them.

Here's to hopefully more fembots in the generations line (though what about decpticon fembots? Must be some unique molds there waiting to be made)

-Kanrabat- wrote: I'd like also to see a CHUG version in deluxe form, of Gobots Leader One (as a ) and GoBots Cy-Kill (as a ). Come on, HasTak, you can do it!

Those would rule. I wonder if the seeker mold could be easily adapted into a passable L1 with a little remold/deco. TF's were always my fave, but 30 years ago they were kinda hard to come by for a while, so for about the first year or so I wound up with a ton of Gobots instead.

ZeroWolf wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:Quick question, do we roughly know when Windblade and Chromia will hit retail?

I think I've seen Late Fall/Early Winter for the girls.


As for the girls, all 3 at once (!) I'm really, really looking forward to them.

Here's to hopefully more fembots in the generations line (though what about decpticon fembots? Must be some unique molds there waiting to be made)

We can hope. Perhaps Flip Sides done as a variation on the Casseticon tank mold (like Rumble and Frenzy) but with modifications to make her more feminine?

SW's SilverHammer wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Windblades wave is supposed to come out this month.

Look all I know is this is what sdcc says, and I've had bbts and tfsource preorders shift on me before.

My Darth Vader beer stein agrees with you 100& about shifting orders. But would they do all three women at once? Who takes Windblades spot in the wave then?

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

SW's SilverHammer wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Windblades wave is supposed to come out this month.

Look all I know is this is what sdcc says, and I've had bbts and tfsource preorders shift on me before.

My Darth Vader beer stein agrees with you 100& about shifting orders. But would they do all three women at once? Who takes Windblades spot in the wave then?

Windblade comes in the wave with Crosscut, Nightbeat and Jhiaxus, after that it's only Arcee and Chromia in a wave. If I remember correctly according to emails from both TF source and BBTS, they're supposed to get another run of 2014 wave 1, that being the wave with skids, waspy, dreadwing and goldbug sometime in fall or winter. Also I don't think hasbro would release all three gals in one wave, as horrible as it sounds, hasbro's only recently gotten over the stigma of doing fembots. I'm sure someone thinks it's already risk enough to do three mainline fembots in one year, and would be much more so if they did three all together for one wave.

We reported yesterday a sighting of these figure over in the Philippines, but Seibertron.com member chuckdawg1999 was able to get hold of a couple of them earlier across to the US - and has provided us with a second review, this time featuring Generations Legends Cliffjumper and Suppressor!

Sometimes the repaint of a mold can end up being a little better than the original, such is the case with Cliffjumper. Cliffjumper is a straight repaint of the wave 1 Generations Legends Bumblebee mold but I noticed an easier time pegging the arms in for car mode, I freely admit though that the hips felt just a touch looser. Partnered with Suppressor a repaint of Targetmaster Roller Cliffjumper ends up with some serious firepower, unfortunately much like with Optimus Prime, the combined gun ends up being a bit to heavy to properly wield. All in all this is a fantastic set.

Found Generations Legends Cliffjumper and Nemesis Prime at retail the other day. This was at a Target here in Kentucky.

Not a complaint but concerning CJ. My fave character............always relegated to a BB repaint. Swerve got his 15 minutes of fame in IDW, good. The result, we also get a retool of him into Gears. Face sculpt and all. Would it have cost Tomy/Hasbro more to have CJ's head be retooled with a more Samurai helmet get up like Gears got a distinct face differing from Swerve? It's CJ for Primus' sake....not some background character.....CJ!

fenrir72 wrote:Not a complaint but concerning CJ. My fave character............always relegated to a BB repaint. Swerve got his 15 minutes of fame in IDW, good. The result, we also get a retool of him into Gears. Face sculpt and all. Would it have cost Tomy/Hasbro more to have CJ's head be retooled with a more Samurai helmet get up like Gears got a distinct face differing from Swerve? It's CJ for Primus' sake....not some background character.....CJ!

I'd be happy for an accurate car mode

fenrir72 wrote:Not a complaint but concerning CJ. My fave character............always relegated to a BB repaint. Swerve got his 15 minutes of fame in IDW, good. The result, we also get a retool of him into Gears. Face sculpt and all. Would it have cost Tomy/Hasbro more to have CJ's head be retooled with a more Samurai helmet get up like Gears got a distinct face differing from Swerve? It's CJ for Primus' sake....not some background character.....CJ!

CJ wrote:True that. Thing dosent look like me at all

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-Kanrabat- wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:Not a complaint but concerning CJ. My fave character............always relegated to a BB repaint. Swerve got his 15 minutes of fame in IDW, good. The result, we also get a retool of him into Gears. Face sculpt and all. Would it have cost Tomy/Hasbro more to have CJ's head be retooled with a more Samurai helmet get up like Gears got a distinct face differing from Swerve? It's CJ for Primus' sake....not some background character.....CJ!

CJ wrote:True that. Thing dosent look like me at all

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I saw em both at a Target. After seeing the gallery of Sky-Byte though with the comparison to the original RID toy, I think I'd rather just have the Takara Gel Shark toy from that line. This is too... symmetrical. I don't like it. Roadbuster is amazing though. I hope they make redecos and remolds out of the mold because I think it's genius. They could totally milk it like the Springer mold.

Seibertron.com member Breakdown318 stopped by to let us know of a current ongoing auction held by the now famous ebay seller lena81822. Today we get some in-hand images of Protectobot 3 pack streetwise. Streetwise is the new repaint of Beast Hunters Prowl andwas first reported here. Check out the images we've mirrored below.

Streetsmart looks... pretty plain-looking.

Ha! Want to know the funniest thing? I am a big fan of the scalper-killing Lena seller and I actually saw this transformer being sold but thought it was simply Prowl and thought nothing of it

Sabrblade wrote:Streetsmart looks... pretty plain-looking.

I hear what you're saying. It is pretty plain.

Sabrblade wrote:Streetsmart looks... pretty plain-looking.

In robot mode I agree. On the flipside that makes him perfect for aspiring customizers who want to do detailing. Shame mine will remain the Netherlands whereas I'm leaving it.

Yeah, it is kinda plain. Not that Streetwise was ever particularly interesting-looking, but it is a little dull. Doesn't help that the original mold was white too.

reminds me of the sword bot guy

For a moment I was wondering "Why is Prime Prowl suddenly news-worthy again?"

Pretty pretty sweet, there...I've just been using BH Prowl himself as a G2-style Streetwise, Galaxy Force Police Gasket as Groove, and GPO Hot Spot as, well, Hot Spot. Kinda wish they'd do a new head sculpt for Ratchet-into-First-Aid, but these are cost-effective repaints, so whatever.

EDIT: And, for the record, "Streetsmart" is a WAY better avoid-the-copyright alternative to "Streetwise" than "Streetstar." Sorry, FunPub and Takara.

Heckfire wrote:EDIT: And, for the record, "Streetsmart" is a WAY better avoid-the-copyright alternative to "Streetwise" than "Streetstar." Sorry, FunPub and Takara.

Well, G1 Streetstar was originally some other dude than Streetwise.

Sabrblade wrote:

Heckfire wrote:EDIT: And, for the record, "Streetsmart" is a WAY better avoid-the-copyright alternative to "Streetwise" than "Streetstar." Sorry, FunPub and Takara.

Well, G1 Streetstar was originally some other dude than Streetwise.

Even that's debatable as Guard City, of which he is a part, was never shown separated.

And it's trademark

I agree with Sabrblade. This toy is dull and plain. I really hope that someone in the Transtopia section would get this guy and redo this toy entirely. Change the faction or make a new plastic head sculpt for the figure. Give him more paint aps. Make the vehicle mode have the same markings of your local police department. Just so many things that you can do to a blank toy.

While I call it "plain", I wouldn't call it "dull". I do think it looks ordinary and not-special, but not bad or overbearingly boring. He just looks like a Cybertron John Doe or Average Joe, rather than a special person. But not in awful way. Just... a deco of neutral indifference.

for how critical this fandom can be, im quite shocked that theres a pretty generic "meh" verdict on this figure. his robot mode has almost NO paint. thats pretty pathetic. and i thought smokescreen was lacking in paint....

im a huuuge fan of the mold, and would normally but every version of it. but this... makes me sad.

After seeing the combiner treatment the aerialbots got Im not really feeling this set. If they had repainted Hot Spot back to that admittedly non-accurate blue I would have at least gotten that one but as is I will pass. Still plenty of other releases to take my money

It's rather funny that the Transformers Prime Prowl release of this mold makes a way better "G1 Streetwise" than this repaint. It would be interesting to know if these "Protectobots" were meant to be a late Transformers Prime release that unfortunately got delayed until way after that line was officially dead. The complete lack of concern for G1 color choices supports that idea.

Wolfman Jake wrote:It's rather funny that the Transformers Prime Prowl release of this mold makes a way better "G1 Streetwise" than this repaint. It would be interesting to know if these "Protectobots" were meant to be a late Transformers Prime release that unfortunately got delayed until way after that line was officially dead. The complete lack of concern for G1 color choices supports that idea.

Then explain the other set having a Classics-style (Hot Spot) and Movie-style mold (Blades)

Thanks to Tfnd.net we have new in-hand images of Generations Deluxe class Jhiaxus. Jhiaxus is a remold of the new Generations Armada Starscream that was released earlier this year. In the IDW comics Jhiaxus used the reactive armor to change into this new body which explains why he now using the Armada Starscream mold. We've mirrored these images below and remember keep your optics tuned to Seibertron.com for the latest in news and updates, plus the best galleries around!

I love it!!!

He's so accurate to what I wanted back then...

http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Jhiaxus_(G2)

Metroplex79 wrote:I love it!!!

He's so accurate to what I wanted back then...

http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Jhiaxus_(G2)

In before anyone commenting on his colors being off compared to the comic. Body from the comic yet colors from the RiD toy...

Streetwise look absolutely boring, sooooo much whiiitteee

Jhiaxus looks fantastic IMO. I do wish he was in his traditional colors, but who knows? Maybe Takara will release this guy next year in IDW colors.

Now the only thing we need from this mold is a Pharma.

I really like this mold. Not a character that is on my must have list, but my love of the aerial bot molds I will probably have to pick him up if he ever makes it to stores past all the AOE shelf warming junk.

Madeus Prime wrote:Jhiaxus looks fantastic IMO. I do wish he was in his traditional colors, but who knows? Maybe Takara will release this guy next year in IDW colors.

I sincerely hope that, because it would make me buy the figure immediately.

So far, I like it, but will not get it, no matter what excuse IDW made for it to have those colours.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Metroplex79 wrote:I love it!!!

He's so accurate to what I wanted back then...

http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Jhiaxus_(G2)

In before anyone commenting on his colors being off compared to the comic. Body from the comic yet colors from the RiD toy...

Depends on what comic you mean! G2/ReGen - off colour. Dark Cybertron - accurate, if only for a couple of panels.

It's so close to burnt orange I love it, not as Jhiaxus but just as burnt orange transformer.

I'm just going to put my thoughts out. The Armada Starscream mold really needs a repaint. The traditional Thundercracker and Skywarp. It's probably something that Hasbro will never do, but I hope Takara does it. After all, the Armada toyline did have Thundercracker as a repaint of Starscream and Skywarp as a retool and repaint of Starscream. It's something that I will actually spend money on so, why not?

Madeus Prime wrote:Now the only thing we need from this mold is a Pharma.

Aaaaaaaaaaaand cannot unsee.

I would totally buy this as Pharma. Just give him a new head and accurate deco, and I'll be down for him.

Mindmaster wrote:

Madeus Prime wrote:Now the only thing we need from this mold is a Pharma.

Aaaaaaaaaaaand cannot unsee.

I would totally buy this as Pharma. Just give him a new head and accurate deco, and I'll be down for him.

Well to give you an idea:

mooncake623 wrote:Thanks to Tfnd.net we have new in-hand images of Generations Deluxe class Jhiaxus. Jhiaxus is a remold of the new Generations Armada Starscream that was released earlier this year. In the IDW comics Jhiaxus used the reactive armor to change into this new body which explains why he now using the Armada Starscream mold. We've mirrored these images below and remember keep your optics tuned to Seibertron.com for the latest in news and updates, plus the best galleries around!

Wow. I am really underwhelmed by this. The face has a great sculpt but is so lacking on paint.

I am hoping Takara does a repaint or reprolabels comes through with this guy. Until then, I will not be picking him up.

It's a good repaint/remold when you can barely tell the base mold. Will pick up for sure.

Hell yeah. Those SMGs are going to AOE crosshairs though

Good looking figure. Way better looking figure than that BM Jetstorm repaint he got during the final days of the RID toyline. My complaint though is the lack of paint detailing in the robot mode. I don't know, to me, Jhiaxus looks plain, almost like the Hasbro version of Armada Starscream. However, he does look promising, and I would pick him up.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Metroplex79 wrote:I love it!!!

He's so accurate to what I wanted back then...

http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Jhiaxus_(G2)

In before anyone commenting on his colors being off compared to the comic. Body from the comic yet colors from the RiD toy...

They toys for the new RID show?



I watched a bit of RiD back in 2001, but I don't recall seeing him in it.



But seriously, so Hasbro is homaging a character from the comics using the color scheme of a guy with no fiction (not even a bio on the back of the card) and no on-screen appearances.

Does Marvel still hold the rights to the real Jhiaxus design and color scheme?

Metroplex79 wrote:Does Marvel still hold the rights to the real Jhiaxus design and color scheme?

The only characters Marvel has a firm hold of are Circuit Breaker and Death's Head, yes?

william-james88 wrote:
Well to give you an idea:

Oh my, yes. Yes, yes, yes!

That Jiaxus. Talk about some serious remolding! Worth owning.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:It's rather funny that the Transformers Prime Prowl release of this mold makes a way better "G1 Streetwise" than this repaint. It would be interesting to know if these "Protectobots" were meant to be a late Transformers Prime release that unfortunately got delayed until way after that line was officially dead. The complete lack of concern for G1 color choices supports that idea.

Then explain the other set having a Classics-style (Hot Spot) and Movie-style mold (Blades)

Hasbro stopped caring? The likely explanation is that there simply wasn't a TFP mold that could fit the bill for Hotspot. Using the Classics Inferno/Grapple mold is honestly not that bad of a stretch for the Prime aesthetic. Blades is another matter, but what were they honestly going to do instead? Repaint Airachnid? *shudders*