We already got a dead guy two-pack in Buzzworthy, what's a couple more.
Not a bad looking Gears...
I can dig it.
I can dig it.
Nuh uh.
My mistake, but then Wheeljack somehow comes back to life for Victory series, then I wonder if during the time gap between season 2 & the movie, he invented a cloning means and cloned himself so that he could live beyond the battle of Autobot city?
Not exactly.
What actually happened is, after the later chapters of Binaltech were split off into their own alternate timeline separate from the main one (via time-travel shenanigans similar to those that split the timeline in two at the end of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time), the denizens of the BT World were eventually able to make contact with the main timeline, and the Wheeljack and Prowl of the BT World were sent across the dimensions to get some supplies from the main timeline to bring back to theirs.
After a couple of supply trips back and forth, however, the two ended up stranded in the main timeline due to the Quintessons of the BT World sealing off that world from all others with a Quadrant Lock (the same thing they had used in the G1 season 3 episode "The Face of the Nijika" to seal off the world of the Zamojin).
With the BT World versions of Wheeljack and Prowl unable to return back to their home dimension, the two simply decided to stay in the main timeline and take the places of their deceased counterparts who died back in the events of TFTM, switching out there BT bodies for new ones similar to those that they had before they received their BT bodies (and similar to those of their deceased counterparts).
All this was done to explain how Prowl is alive in The Headmasters, and how Wheeljack is alive in Victory, as these events took place in early 2011, in a short manga story titled "Controverse".
Same thing. I even found a Brawn in a store the other day and again debated getting him, but in the end decided I'm not gonna be paying $25 for a deluxe that I'm not immediately sold on. Though every time I skip a guy like this I worry in 5 years I'll be regretting it. At least for Brawn I still have the Titans Return Legend-size one.
A toy with painted windows is broken inside the box.
I didn't even notice until this post. Yikes.
I like how that nearly fourty years after the movie came out we are still learning new bits of info about its production, I guess it goes to show despite being classed as a failure at the time, it has stood the test of time and still talked about, but then it is just a epic adventure full of action!
My headcanon that came about after Beast Wars was that a lot of the bots damaged during the attack on Autobot City were just in stasis lock and not permanently offline.
Looks like Kapow Toys is leading a protest of current pricing and telling people not to preorder Tidal Wave!
I'm inclined to agree at this point. As much as I want TW, if the price conversion sticks that's almost $280 US! I just can't drop that on something that I know will be significantly marked down later. I'm usually a firm believer in supporting at regular price if able, but wow that's a bit much.
I'm inclined to agree at this point. As much as I want TW, if the price conversion sticks that's almost $280 US! I just can't drop that on something that I know will be significantly marked down later. I'm usually a firm believer in supporting at regular price if able, but wow that's a bit much.
Kapow are roughly the UK equivalent of BBTS for non-UKers. They were the retailer for Haslab Unicron in Europe since Pulse didn't exist at the time, so this is a non-trivial thing.
But I can't blame them - nothing Transformers is selling at full price any more for any retailer because they will be available (easily) with three months for at least 30 and often 50% off. Generally speaking when retailers are selling release day Titans for 50% six months down the line they are literally making a loss on that item, so why would a retailer do it? Especially when Hasbro UK will be offering it to discount chains at discounted prices to enable 50% off sales within 90 days of release at this point.
Hasbro UK are apparently already offering local retailers heavily discounted Nemesis.
But I can't blame them - nothing Transformers is selling at full price any more for any retailer because they will be available (easily) with three months for at least 30 and often 50% off. Generally speaking when retailers are selling release day Titans for 50% six months down the line they are literally making a loss on that item, so why would a retailer do it? Especially when Hasbro UK will be offering it to discount chains at discounted prices to enable 50% off sales within 90 days of release at this point.
Hasbro UK are apparently already offering local retailers heavily discounted Nemesis.
At least you folks in the US and UK get discounted Transformers on a regular basis. 🫤
Speaking of Titans, Tidal Wave just went up for Preorder (at $200) over on Pulse