Hasbro Pulse Fan First Friday Reveals 17.07.20

[griffin]

I want to say that that is the most boring, lazy offering, especially with there being another Optimus toy in the Voyager size packaging.

But then I understand that Hasbro and TakaraTomy pretty much release the same things, so it was only natural that we would eventually see the TakaraTomy Black Siege Optimus toy (released in Japan in June) from Hasbro.

We are getting way too many Optimus redeco toys in the WFC trilogy.

[dirge]

I want to say that that is the most boring, lazy offering, especially with there being another Optimus toy in the Voyager size packaging.

We are getting way too many Optimus redeco toys in the WFC trilogy.

(snipped for length).

You're 100% right. On both counts. We are getting too many Optimus Primes, Because... he sells. As much as (for the sake of example) I've been hanging out for Hubcap, kids won't know who he is. And for every Minibot fan like me there's a Tilarta (for example) who has made it clear he's thoroughly uninterested in Hubcap. Multiple Primes are a safe bet for HasTak - moreso than Hubcap would be!

But hey, they're finding ways to stretch the moulds without clogging the shelves with 700 Bumblebee & Prime variants (as was the case around 2009-2012 in the movie lines) - so doing it through Pulse & exclusives is a smarter way of reusing the moulds. Sure, it means I'm paying more for my Hubcaps (yes, multiple), but I'm happy to pay a little more if the Selects model means Hubcap is a viable release for Hasbro.

It's a lazy repaint, but it's one that will sell well enough to the broader fandom while helping HasTak get their $$ out of the mould. In my view, if this helps the CHUG lines continued viability, great. I won't be buying it, but the longer the line goes on, the sooner I will see the Huffer and Pipes toys I'm waiting for.

So... long live safe Pulse/Generations repaints, I say.

[Bidoofdude]

All these Primes being released and all I want is the trailer ER one with white thighs/cod, a decent bright red torso and blue eyes.

[Skyfire]

All these Primes being released and all I want is the trailer ER one with white thighs/cod, a decent bright red torso and blue eyes.

And blue shins?

[Bidoofdude]

And blue shins?

I don't care so much about that. It seems that for every version we get though, there's always some caveat/dumb thing, like the gunmetal elbows on the Earthrise version. Sometimes the decisions at Hasbro really throw me for a loop. The random blue visor on Frenzy from the Bumblebee cassette pack, Prime's gunmetal elbows.

We've seen recently with Nemesis Prime too that the thing about the mould colours seems to be a bit of load of bs, given the trailer was moulded in a complete different colour from the other grey parts.

[griffin]

Packaging images for the Voyager packs - Optimus and Soundwave.

In-hand images for the Soundwave, showing off the new cassette player mode.