Hasbro Responds RE: Universe Cyclonus & Ironhide
Wednesday, October 15th, 2008 7:12AM CDT
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1.) Any chance of seeing Universe 2.0 Voyager Onslaught remolded/recolored into G1 Hardhead?
1) I'd say that's a good possibility for a repaint either for our main line or an exclusive. But when ever possible, I try to offer more than just a straight repaint, such as a new head or weapon. So I might have to sketch up some options and see just what I can come up with.
2.) Why did you choose that particular deco for Universe 2.0 Deluxe Cyclonus and Nightstick, which differs radically from the prototype? Many fans liked the purple prototype.
2) Sometimes test shots come in and all of the molds are not cast in the correct colors. But that's why test shots exist, so that we can catch those problems before the toy is produced. In this example, an image of a Cyclonus testshot was released and fans had issues. But rest assured, the mold is going to remain purple and match the initial prototype image.
3.) And chance for new-mold Universe 2.0 combiners teams/gestalts?
3) The typical gestalts require a price point higher than any of the ones we have established in the short-term in Universe, so we won't be tooling up any new Universe gestalt molds for 2009. But we really like the combiner idea and would like to add some new combiner play in the relative near future (no specific plans or line decided - we are talking about it).
4.) Why the baby blue for Universe 2.0 Ironhide's face? It was originally silver, which was correct. It changed from proto to production to baby-blue. Ironically Robot Heroes Ironhide came out at the same time, he had the correct silver face. Why the difference?
4) It's supposed to be silver. When I last saw the final paint on the figure it was silver. But somehow in the development process, someone somewhere picked up a blue brush instead of the silver one. We are currently making a "running change" on the face so future Ironhides will
be correct.
5.) Will we see more Headmasters toys in Universe 2.0? If so, will they be based on IDW Headmasters? How about a Sunstreaker with headmaster Hunter?
5) I hope we'll be seeing more Headmasters in the future for Universe. If we continue to celebrate all of the different eras of Transformers there will certainly be some more headmasters to redesign. I'm not too sure about seeing a Sunstreaker with Hunter...we had already done a Sunstreaker in Deluxe so having another Sunstreaker offered again just a year later might be tough. But we'll try to get some fun stuff in the line for you guys.
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Posted 15 hours agoPosted by Autobotic9 on October 15th, 2008 @ 7:17am CDT
Posted by Diem on October 15th, 2008 @ 7:24am CDT
Posted by Counterpunch on October 15th, 2008 @ 7:44am CDT
Diem wrote:Glad that he didn't say no to anything. Shame he didn't say yes to anything either.
I don't think they can say 'yes' to anything. These Q & A sessions are almost always just a teaser event. Always just enough to get you interested, but not enough that a statement is unretractable.
Posted by HighPrime on October 15th, 2008 @ 8:04am CDT
Posted by Diem on October 15th, 2008 @ 8:06am CDT
Sadly that means that all these answers need to be taken with a pinch of salt...Counterpunch wrote:I don't think they can say 'yes' to anything. These Q & A sessions are almost always just a teaser event. Always just enough to get you interested, but not enough that a statement is unretractable.
Grr...who do I have to shag to get Universe Horrorcons?
Posted by Auto Bot on October 15th, 2008 @ 8:33am CDT
Was there a Universe 2.0 Voyager Onslaught? Is this gonna be a new mold? Or just a typo error?
Ultra? Voyager?
Posted by Delta Supreme on October 15th, 2008 @ 8:37am CDT
It'll be "too much for us to stomach" getting a headmaster Sunstreaker, but we can get a "cartoon accurate" repaint of 'screamer within a year???
You'd think that adding a whole new head system would be a much more substantial (read purchasable) remold than the upteenth straight up repaint of the F15 seeker mold...
Posted by Counterpunch on October 15th, 2008 @ 8:47am CDT
Cyclonus wrote:Wait a minute...
It'll be "too much for us to stomach" getting a headmaster Sunstreaker, but we can get a "cartoon accurate" repaint of 'screamer within a year???
You'd think that adding a whole new head system would be a much more substantial (read purchasable) remold than the upteenth straight up repaint of the F15 seeker mold...
The cake is a lie.
Posted by Diem on October 15th, 2008 @ 8:48am CDT
Delta Supreme wrote:Wait a minute...
It'll be "too much for us to stomach" getting a headmaster Sunstreaker, but we can get a "cartoon accurate" repaint of 'screamer within a year???
You'd think that adding a whole new head system would be a much more substantial (read purchasable) remold than the upteenth straight up repaint of the F15 seeker mold...
The Starscreams are well over a year apart. And if you think a seeker mould won't sell you need to lurk moar.
Posted by Sledge on October 15th, 2008 @ 8:57am CDT
And jeez, I wish people would stop requesting obscure shit. Headmaster Sunstreaker? Yeah, good one. That's what we're all wanting when we think "updated Headmaster."
Posted by Counterpunch on October 15th, 2008 @ 9:17am CDT
Cyclonus wrote:Cyclonus wrote:Wait a minute...
It'll be "too much for us to stomach" getting a headmaster Sunstreaker, but we can get a "cartoon accurate" repaint of 'screamer within a year???
You'd think that adding a whole new head system would be a much more substantial (read purchasable) remold than the upteenth straight up repaint of the F15 seeker mold...
The Starscreams are well over a year apart. And if you think a seeker mould won't sell you need to lurk moar.
Classics Skywarp and Acid Storm need a word with you.
Posted by Hard Hacker on October 15th, 2008 @ 9:20am CDT
Well, mine anyway.
Posted by Powersa on October 15th, 2008 @ 9:31am CDT
Posted by Nickolai on October 15th, 2008 @ 9:45am CDT
Posted by dragons on October 15th, 2008 @ 9:51am CDT
thats good they fixing these issues i thought they where getting lazy and shipping any figure no matter wht they llook like
Posted by Counterpunch on October 15th, 2008 @ 9:55am CDT
Cyclonus wrote:Is this one of those hobbies/secondary markets where if, say, only about 5-10% of the Universe Ironhides came out with the blue face they'd be worth $$$ to collectors?
No.
Read up on Energon Optimus Prime.
Posted by bcm77 on October 15th, 2008 @ 9:58am CDT
Posted by Megatron Wolf on October 15th, 2008 @ 1:55pm CDT
Posted by breakthru on October 15th, 2008 @ 2:45pm CDT
Posted by TankedThomas on October 15th, 2008 @ 3:06pm CDT
Ironhide is not even out in New Zealand yet, as far as I can recall, so hopefully he doesn't have a blue face in our first shipment but I'll wait just in case, since the EMP generator gimmick for Animated Ratchet that was stuffed and fixed in later releases wasn't fixed in the early shipments to New Zealand and I had to "fix" mine (okay, so it holds the EMP generator but no longer activates it. Better than vice versa).
Exciting news, today. This along with all the other news like that awesome-looking Armada Hotshot (and that badass Jolt) is really making my day!
Posted by Delicon on October 15th, 2008 @ 3:31pm CDT
Posted by Savage on October 15th, 2008 @ 3:44pm CDT
Posted by OPTIMUS MAGNUS on October 15th, 2008 @ 3:48pm CDT
Savage wrote:Ironhide and Sideswipe havent shown up in my area yet, but now I'll be sure to check Ironhide's face color before I buy one. Coincidently, anyone know if his face can be seen well enough to determine color while he's packaged?
Unfortunately not. Luck of the draw with that one unless someone gets a silver face to sell/trade.
Posted by OPTIMUS MAGNUS on October 15th, 2008 @ 3:51pm CDT
Megatron_Wolf wrote:Wait Ironhide has a blue face? Any one got a pic so i can see?
Closest one I could find. It belongs to someone here at Seibertron.
Posted by Sowndwave76 on October 15th, 2008 @ 3:56pm CDT
Right now I'm thinking Hasbro's Cyclonus will suffice, but we'll have to see what Henkei can muster up.
Thanks for sharing, CP.
Posted by shortround on October 15th, 2008 @ 4:05pm CDT
Posted by partholon on October 15th, 2008 @ 4:18pm CDT
first master i thought they did was target master cyclonus!
Posted by Agent 007 on October 15th, 2008 @ 4:30pm CDT
Posted by joeformer on October 15th, 2008 @ 5:13pm CDT
Posted by Sledge on October 15th, 2008 @ 5:18pm CDT
Posted by Diem on October 15th, 2008 @ 7:36pm CDT
Sledge wrote:Because I will slap to death the person who makes Hasbro make that retarded idea instead of a Universe Snapdragon.
Di-bloody-tto.
Posted by SentinelA on October 16th, 2008 @ 12:28pm CDT
If they're gonna do Cyclonus in the right color maybe they're fix Brawn and Beachcomber.
Posted by Dagon on October 16th, 2008 @ 2:07pm CDT
Diem wrote:Sledge wrote:Because I will slap to death the person who makes Hasbro make that retarded idea instead of a Universe Snapdragon.
Di-bloody-tto.
Yeah. When we clamor for a headmaster Sunstreaker, I think we as a collective fandom need to go outside and play or chase girls or something.
Posted by Dread_Wing on October 17th, 2008 @ 6:17am CDT
Posted by Dachande on October 17th, 2008 @ 7:29am CDT
Posted by jduckworth27 on October 17th, 2008 @ 3:07pm CDT