Transformers questions by newbies, and not-so-newbies

[Ozgardian]

Hyper was a japanese movie set between Beast Wars & Neo. I've seen the Neo dvd box sets but none for sale that I can find.

[kup]

What's Beast Wars Hyper? I have Beast Wars Neo on VHS, although I no longer possess a functional NTSC VHS player on which to view it with. And getting it converted to disc seems expensive. :/

You only need an NTSC VCR and a PC capture card/USB - Both should be relatively cheap but you can always borrow the VCR from someone as they were not uncommon on the last days of the format (most 'new' VCRs are both Pal and NTSC). Capture Card is no more than $30

Basically, you plug the capture card to your PC and then Plug in the VCR to it (AV). Then play the tape from the VCR while hitting record on the capture card software. It will record what is being played into an AVI or MPEG format, essentially digitising it for you to watch/Edit and do as you please.

[Ozgardian]

With all the Japanese Beast Wars I've read all the manga but tragically have yet to see any of the anime, so I'm just going off what my friendly bot in Japan has told me. Cheers Goktimus for the Heinrad head toggle, did the job! Timer must be on 12 hours not 24 because I tried the head toggle & It didn't work the 1st time.

[UltraMarginal]

You only need an NTSC VCR and a PC capture card/USB - Both should be relatively cheap but you can always borrow the VCR from someone as they were not uncommon on the last days of the format (most 'new' VCRs are both Pal and NTSC). Capture Card is no more than $30

Basically, you plug the capture card to your PC and then Plug in the VCR to it (AV). Then play the tape from the VCR while hitting record on the capture card software. It will record what is being played into an AVI or MPEG format, essentially digitising it for you to watch/Edit and do as you please.

Thanks for the tip, I've had a small stack of VHS sitting around for ages that I mean to get converted to DVD, this seems like a reasonable option. we still have a functioning VCR.

link here Gok to suppliers

[Hotrod]

Can anyone tell me why we get blackjack but no huffer in Oz

[Golden Phoenix]

Can anyone tell me why we get blackjack but no huffer in Oz

Pretty sure it is to do we skipped Legends Waves 2 and 3.

Huffer was in Wave 2, while Blackjack was in Waves 2 and 5.

We may have also skipped Wave 4, but I can't remember if I had seen Warpath or not.

[Handsprime]

Pretty sure it is to do we skipped Legends Waves 2 and 3.

Huffer was in Wave 2, while Blackjack was in Waves 2 and 5.

We may have also skipped Wave 4, but I can't remember if I had seen Warpath or not.

Warpath has been released in Australia as I've seen him in a few places, but Viper hasn't been released for some odd reason.

[Golden Phoenix]

Warpath has been released in Australia as I've seen him in a few places, but Viper hasn't been released for some odd reason.

Viper was Wave 3. Warpath was 3 and 4

[griffin]

We had an unconfirmed sighting of wave 2 at the beginning of the year by a newbie, so I don't think we got wave 2.
We also didn't get wave 3, but since wave 4 and its revision arrived here, we got some previous toys that we missed (Blackjack, Warpath, Groove).

From the 2015 checklist...


Legends (US$10 - AU$20) (11 for Series 1) (no Targetmaster this year)
- - Wave 1 (JAN) OUT US DEC 2014 - HERE JAN
Bombshell - purple/black insect (Decep - new)
Powerglide - red jet (Auto - new) (with gun mode for Combiners)
Thundercracker - blue jet (Decep - redeco 2013 Starscream)
Windcharger - red/grey car (Auto - redeco 2014 Tailgate)
- - Wave 2 (JAN) OUT ASIA FEB - OUT US MAR - HERE MAR (unconfirmed sighting)
Blackjack - black/purple car (Decep - new) (with chest-piece mode for Combiners) - HERE SEPT W/ Wave 4 revision
Huffer - orange truck cab (Auto - redeco 2013 Optimus Prime)
- - Wave 3 (APR) OUT ASIA APR - OUT US - NOT RELEASED HERE
Groove - white motorcycle (Auto - new) (with chest-piece mode for Combiners) - HERE JULY W/ Wave 4
Viper - blue jet (Decep - redeco Powerglide w/ new head) (with gun mode for Combiners)
Warpath - maroon tank (Auto - redeco Megatron w/ new head) - HERE JULY W/ Wave 4
- - Wave 4 (JUL) OUT ASIA - OUT US - HERE JULY
Skywarp - black jet (Decep - redeco 2013 Starscream)
Rodimus - red/yellow car (Auto - redeco Blackjack) (with chest-piece mode for Combiners)


It's funny that when all the waves get released, there will be grumbles about older toys being repacked into the cases that then warm the shelves or could have been filled by the new toys that are hard to find... but when waves are skipped, it is a blessing that the older toys are repacked into the cases, like a second chance.

[Golden Phoenix]

It's funny that when all the waves get released, there will be grumbles about older toys being repacked into the cases that then warm the shelves or could have been filled by the new toys that are hard to find... but when waves are skipped, it is a blessing that the older toys are repacked into the cases, like a second chance.

Kinda works as a safety net for places that don't get every wave.

At least it is starting to look like the retailers have listened to Hasbro in staggering the stock purchases, unlike a while back where they over-ordered wave 1 and 2 of everything.