Fourth Shattered Glass toy revealed- Goldbug

[Paulbot]

The Cliffjumper mold with a new Goldbug head and the SG Goldbug characters revealed through Hasbro Pulse

• Part of the Shattered Glass Collection
• Deluxe Class figure
• Figure depicts the vicious Autobot warrior, Goldbug, with deco and details inspired by the Shattered Glass universe
• Converts from robot to sports car mode in 22 steps
• Features purple Autobot logo and 5 accessories that combine together to form a bazooka accessory
• Comes with the fourth of a 5-issue IDW Shattered Glass miniseries with a Hasbro Pulse exclusive variant cover you can only get with figure, featuring spot UV

[JJJ]

So does this mean that a non-Shattered Glass Goldbug is also on the way? And which body will that head be stuck on if so?

[Paulbot]

Some speculation of Generations Goldbug with the Bumblebee VW body, his head, and a gold finish. Just speculation but they have the head and the unused again mold.

But looks like this, like Bugbite, is a case where the bad guy can't be a VW.

[nalops]

The original SG Goldbug was a retool of the Cybertron Hot Shot mold so in no way did it have to be a Beetle. Would've been nice though. I do get the feeling we won't ever see a reuse of the VW mold but hope I'm wrong.

[DELTAprime]

Well, I can't use that as a stand-in for G1 Goldbug so I'm cancelling my preorder.

[Seraphim Prime]

I think this use is actually a bit boring an uninspired.

The thing that made the original so interesting was the use of a large deluxe mould for a previously small character.

Siege Sideswipe would have been a more suitable choice - even if we have even more versions of him than we have of the Cliffjumper mould - but was probably deemed to similar to Deep Cover

[Tha_Phantom]

I think this use is actually a bit boring an uninspired.

The thing that made the original so interesting was the use of a large deluxe mould for a previously small character.

Siege Sideswipe would have been a more suitable choice - even if we have even more versions of him than we have of the Cliffjumper mould - but was probably deemed to similar to Deep Cover

Plus they'll want to leave it open for an SG Sideswipe.

[griffin]

For those wanting to order SG Goldbug through Amazon Australia instead of EB Games (because it is $12 cheaper at $38, making this smaller Deluxe a little bit more bearable), go to the Hasbro pre-order page here and cart the item (don't go to the product page as it is still showing as an error).

[griffin]

In-hand images of the 4th Shattered Glass toy, Goldbug, which should be out in October, but since Starscream came out a month early in Asia, Goldbug could be out in a couple weeks (which could be why someone now has one).