Platinum Triplechanger Set Image

[griffin]

This Triplechangers set must be coming out before the Coneheads (which was on the back of the Insecticon box so I thought it would be next), as the Triplechanger pack appears to have been found in Asia... and we get some in-hand photos of the two toys out of packaging.

[Megatran]

^ Robotkingdom have them both available for 1st May & have been pre-ordered. They better not be pulling my leg.

[Megatran]

You're all nuts, they look great.

Yes they do, especially in hand.

[liegeprime]

A question for BotCon I think.

goes like.... uhhhmm about that platinum 3plchanger set color scheme, were any of you colorblind? awake? drunk? high? or just bored and want some meaning to your lives at the time that got approved?

[CBratron]

It's Flywheels and Machtackle

Definitely is. And if this photo doesn't convince people, I don't know what will.

[UltraMarginal]

Well, that pretty much confirms it, but, I still don't get it. it's so left field.

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

Well, that pretty much confirms it, but, I still don't get it. it's so left field.

Agreed and agreed.

Odd combination of characters as well, basing them on flywheels and machtackle, who probably never hung out together...

[GoktimusPrime]

Blitzwing looks more like Windsweeper to me. And I agree with UltraMarginal's sentiments. I just don't see the appeal here. It'd be like say having...
* G1 Hound repainted as Mudslinger or Greasepit
* G2 Laser Optimus Prime repainted as Powertrain and/or Ironworks
* G1 Jazz repainted as Nightbeat or Minerva
* G1 Inferno repainted as Hot Spot, Red Hot, Hosehead/Cab, Discharge or Fire Chief
* G1 Trailbreaker repainted as Highjump
...etc.
Sure, I'd get the reference, but it'd just be too far out there to ever appeal to me.

[griffin]

It's not the reference that I have a problem with as these could well have been botcon proposals that Hasbro decided to do for themselves. After all, they would fit in as botcon toys... but not having an explanation to explain these by Hasbro is my issue.
If they came out and said that they were those homages or named them on the box I'd be jumping all over these... but calling them Blitzwing and Astrotrain and no real bio to explain the colours just looks cheap and makes me less likely to buy them.

[Demonac]

For a while, I couldn't put my finger on why the Astrotrain is so ugly.
It isn't the colours so much, as the fact that the way they are used highlights the transformation seams instead of trying to hide them, as a good colour scheme should do.