Official Images of Voyagers Strafe, Lugnut and Grappel

[christalcase]

BBTS has loaded up some official images on their preorder pages for the AA/Reveal the Shield voyagers for 2011, Strafe (http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=HAS19654&mode=retail&picture=aux1) (a redeco of ROTF Mindwipe), Lugnut (http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=HAS19652&mode=retail&picture=aux1) and Grapple (http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=HAS19653&mode=retail&picture=aux1).

Also can be seen here (http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-toys--products-30/transformers-2010-voyager-strafe-lugnut-and-grapple-official-images-170732/)

[Paulbot]

So we finally see Strafe. It kind of works, the orange daggers are a nice nod to Strafe's weapons, but I'd still rather see Terradive in Strafe's colours.

[Sharky]

does that mean we will get a repaint of skystalker too??

[Doubledealer]

Damn that Lugnut looks HAWT. Buy on sight material right there. :D

[Golden Phoenix]

does that mean we will get a repaint of skystalker too??

There is one coming out in the next scout wave I think

[Paulbot]

There is one coming out in the next scout wave I think

Sunspot (http://www.tfsource.com/products/view/product_id/1870/) but it's a Decepticon so an odd team up.. :eek:

[gekisou]

I will give Strafe a miss but Lugnuts and Grapple are a must-buy for me. :)

[Sharky]

Sunspot (http://www.tfsource.com/products/view/product_id/1870/) but it's a Decepticon so an odd team up.. :eek:

unless they throw us a curveball and strafe is a con, i think most repaints have still stayed the same faction as the original release.

still a similar coloured repait to match strafe a bit better would look good... lightspeed!!!

[Golden Phoenix]

unless they throw us a curveball and strafe is a con, i think most repaints have still stayed the same faction as the original release.

For a 'con he has some pretty contradicting wing patterns

[iceburn]

For a 'con he has some pretty contradicting wing patterns

+1 :D

[Hursticon]

Courtesy of TFW2005.com (http://www.tfw2005.com/), Big Bad Toy Store (http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/default.aspx) has released Offical Images (http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-toys--products-30/transformers-2010-voyager-strafe-lugnut-and-grapple-official-images-170732/) of these upcoming Voyager Class figures: Lugnut, Grapple & Strafe.

My views?
Lugnut - Very intriguing indeed!.
Grapple - Meh, I'll buy him.
Strafe - ...WTF?, That colour scheme and that Mold Do Not work together! :mad:

[i_amtrunks]

Certainly a solid group of figures, no surprise that Lugnut is my favourite of the three, Strafe is an awesome looking figure (bet the final product is nowhere near as nice) but not a figure that I'll be getting anytime soon after release.

Grapple is how a retool should be done different enough from the original to be worth a purchase.

[griffin]

Merged a couple topics, posted in both News sections. Can be in either while the line is rather ambiguous at the moment (and these aren't movie characters), so will leave this in the general news section as it shouldn't have any movie spoilers.

[Hursticon]

Merged a couple topics, posted in both News sections. Can be in either while the line is rather ambiguous at the moment (and these aren't movie characters), so will leave this in the general news section as it shouldn't have any movie spoilers.

Yeah sorry bout that Griff, I didn't notice that Cristalcase had already started a thread - for some reason it wasn't Highlighted? oh well. :p

[5FDP]

Lugnut is definitely the best of the lot, but I have never been interested in these toys due to lack of fiction.

[Tober]

Lugnut looks good, but I'll wait for a repaint as I don't like that deco.

[jaydisc]

Compare this:

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/images/products/out/large/HAS19651.jpg

To this:

http://www.otca.com.au/boards/attachment.php?attachmentid=2735&d=1286009843

I'll be getting the United version ;)

I didn't think they could make a worse tribute to Strafe than then Henkei one, but one should never underestimate Hasbro's ability to disappoint.

Lugnut seems OK, but I don't collect Crossovers.

[kurdt_the_goat]

Lugnut looks very good! Love the way his wings fold around to form his forearm.... and in plane mode, how his fingers clip into the wing to look very inconspicuous! I just hope his chest transform is more Blackout than Lugnut in terms of solidness.

[Lord_Zed]

Lugnut does seem kinda cool (for a change:p), but the others don't do much for me.

[Zippo]

Wow, Lugnut is all kinds of awesome.
Preordered a case just like I have for all the 2011 releases.

[Doubledealer]

Wow, Lugnut is all kinds of awesome.
Preordered a case just like I have for all the 2011 releases.

Indeed! You can see elements of the Atomic Lugnut paint job with the patterning around the turbines, very nice although, like Tober, I'm wondering if it would be better waiting for a repaint. Navy Blue as the main colour would be all kinds of win. :)

[Dkaris]

I dont like lugnut much, i'm digging grappel though. even if he is an inferno repaint

[Tallestblue]

Man, I love that Lugnut. and of course I'll be getting Grapple too.

[snaketales]

I wasnt keen on Lugnut from the early images I saw, but this is MUCH better.
Grapple was already a lock-in for me.

While I like the Mindwipe mold, for me it doesn't work as Strafe (shrug)

[kurdt_the_goat]

TF source has the same pics up but they've either muted the colours, or BBTS has brightened theirs:

http://i52.tinypic.com/v453kw.jpg

[SharkyMcShark]

Lugnut looks amazing, however my only issue with it is that the angle of photo for the plane mode looks like it's hiding a considerably sized piece of belly kibble

[kaiden]

Lugnut looks amazing, however my only issue with it is that the angle of photo for the plane mode looks like it's hiding a considerably sized piece of belly kibble

it looks to be just his legs underneath, unless i have misinterpreted what you meant.

i like this rendition of lugnut. it looks like a very straight-forward transformation and his muter colours are much more pleasing.

i dont like that colour scheme for strafe. eww.

what's surprising is the difference between the 2 pictures of grapple

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/images/products/out/large/HAS19653.jpg

http://www.otca.com.au/boards/attachment.php?attachmentid=2735&d=1286009843

[jaydisc]

what's surprising is the difference between the 2 pictures of grapple

It's really quite common. For most Hasbro products we see two images, one altered, one not.

[Sky Shadow]

what's surprising is the difference between the 2 pictures of grapple

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/images/products/out/large/HAS19653.jpg

http://www.otca.com.au/boards/attachment.php?attachmentid=2735&d=1286009843

Since one is a typical Hasbro beyond-extreme Photoshop of an upcoming toy while the other appears to be the actual toy, I don't think it takes a rocket scientist to tell which one is actually going to turn up under people's Christmas trees.

[Golden Phoenix]

What I don't get is why they can't make at least the base colour right.
Does it cost them more to tone down the yellow just that little bit?

[Grievous]

Oh My God...Lugnut is 110% win...Thank you Hasbro...
:D

I'll pass on Grapple and Strafe...I have Inferno & Mindwipe...

[Doubledealer]

Let's just hope Hasbro continue making these more realistic (I refuse to call them movie) Animated toys as Lockdown and now Lugnut are totally brilliant.

[SharkyMcShark]

it looks to be just his legs underneath, unless i have misinterpreted what you meant.


Well it's clearly his legs, I'm just saying that the photo seems to have been taken from such an angle as to try and marginalise how big his belly kibble will be.

[Hursticon]

As someone who doesn't collect anything Animated, this Lugnut mold looks freaking awesome IMO. :eek:

My only problem though?:
If I were to pick him up, who would I display him with? :confused:
I mean, he's moved beyond his previously ugly Animated aesthetic, but he's too 'Movie' orientated to go with my Classics figures... This dilemma might actually prevent me from picking him up at all. :(

Suggestions please people as I really dig this figure but can't stand solitary figures when trying to display them. :o

[GoktimusPrime]

Grappel and Lugnut look sweet. Grappel is a more extensive retool than I was expecting -- I thought they'd just change the alt mode parts and repaint the rest of the toy, but looking at this picture you can tell the head, forearms and hands are different from Inferno too. Sweet. :) Strafe does nothing for me, so I big pass on him.


As someone who doesn't collect anything Animated, this Lugnut mold looks freaking awesome IMO.

My only problem though?:
If I were to pick him up, who would I display him with?
I mean, he's moved beyond his previously ugly Animated aesthetic, but he's too 'Movie' orientated to go with my Classics figures...
So display him with your movie figures. Sea Spray was initially intended for "Classics" - and arguably ROTF Bludgeon too - but the final products place them in the movie universe, so I display them on my movie TF shelves.

[snazzbot 101]

As someone who doesn't collect anything Animated, this Lugnut mold looks freaking awesome IMO. :eek:

My only problem though?:
If I were to pick him up, who would I display him with? :confused:
I mean, he's moved beyond his previously ugly Animated aesthetic, but he's too 'Movie' orientated to go with my Classics figures... This dilemma might actually prevent me from picking him up at all. :(

Suggestions please people as I really dig this figure but can't stand solitary figures when trying to display them. :o

BUY MORE SHELVES.


PPC? HFTD? RTS?

It's all a conspiracy between Hasbro and Ikea so as you buy more shelves.


So buy more shelves.

[Hursticon]

So display him with your movie figures. Sea Spray was initially intended for "Classics" - and arguably ROTF Bludgeon too - but the final products place them in the movie universe, so I display them on my movie TF shelves.

Hmm...

I guess one could put him with the 'Movie' figures but he 'sits on the fence' so bloody annoyingly which is sort of the reason why I've not picked up Seaspray either. :(
Agreed - ROTF Bludgeon should've gone in the Classics line, but I bought him anyway just because the character oozes so much Awesome it's ridiculous! :D


BUY MORE SHELVES.

PPC? HFTD? RTS?
It's all a conspiracy between Hasbro and Ikea so as you buy more shelves.

So buy more shelves.

Dude, I'm way ahead of you on the shelving department - I'm trying to build a display case out of necessity more than opportunity though. :p

[snazzbot 101]

Dude, I'm way ahead of you on the shelving department - I'm trying to build a display case out of necessity more than opportunity though. :p

Yeah I'm a bit of the same. At last I am able to display my collection properly, now that I own (most my own) place, and I just plain need to show stuff, because what's the point of if being all in boxes?

But how do I display things properly?

Open Shelves? Display Cases? Glass? Wood?

How it tasks me so.

[dirge]

Strafe's really getting some love nowadays (I bet Nosecone's feeling neglected), but that's a pretty badlt forced repaint.

[Bartrim]

Yep I'll be getting Grapple.

[kaiden]

New photos of Lugnut - they are epic!

http://www.hk-tf.com/discuz/upload/viewthread.php?tid=19397&extra=page%3D1

[Vector Prime]

Yeah I can't wait to crack open my one once it arrives from RK - he looks awesome :D

(got a spare one coming too - see my sale thread)