Another new toy has been revealed, courtesy of the official Transformers Facebook page. Today they have revealed Trailcutter, from the Beast Hunters Cyberverse series. As some have speculated he shares his base mold with Cyberverse Commander Ironhide – Trailcutter is pretty extensively remolded though with plow, guns, altered headlights and vehicle windshield, as well as a new head and chest.
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Autovolt 127
I doubt we'll get a larger one because of the Generations version.
Bass X0
Its fiction size thats important to me, not toy size. Toys represent a character in fiction at different size classes and price points.
Thundershot
If this is the only Prime Trailcutter, so be it.
Not every bot on my Prime shelf has to be big. Ask Fallback, Tailgate, Flamewar, and Twinstrike.
NemiMonkey
I'm hoping we get a Swindle repaint out of this guy. That's likely not to happen though.
TriBlurr
Why do I get the feeling the larger version of this is going to be Huffer? lol
Bass X0
Anybody more accepting of this toy because of the new Generations Trailcutter?
Cyberverse Trailcutter was disliked because we thought it to be our only Trailcutter this year.
mandiprime97
Pretty cool, might get this guy.
Gilgamesh
Yep, the whole aligned continuity thing is just a big mess. They should just have kept all of it as different lines and called it a day.
Well at least they still have their jobs, good for them.
adamthered
Even if I wasn't losing my job there's no way in Hell I would spend money on that piece of junk.
Try harder, current TF Design Team, please.
Thundershot
Prime Arcee and Soundwave not far off from their G1 versions?? What? Arcee is still a female. Soundwave is… blue. And has minions. Breakdown is…. blue. Oh and he has wheels. They're all pretty far off from the G1 versions.
The games… The reason they're a square peg in a round hole is because the people making the game call it a G1 game, while Hasbro wants it part of "Aligned". That's where the conflict comes in.
Anguirus
I'm not all twisted up about Trailcutter, but I understand why people see it differently. The Prime universe is rolled up with the WfC universe, and WfC is very strictly G1 updates while Prime tends to either stick fairly close to established characters or invent wholly new characters. Even Arcee, BB, Soundwave and Smokescreen aren't THAT far off from their G1 conceptions. The only really blatant exception at this point is Predaking, from a Decepticon combiner to a Predacon giant dragon commander.
So yeah, people are going to judge characters on the basis of G1 resemblance to some extent and there's nothing wrong with that. These aren't names passed down a la Beast Wars and it's not a scrabble for trademarks that resulted in whatever the hell A/E/C was (aren't there like five Blackouts?). They have been presented so far as largely tweaked versions of some classic character.
That said, Prime toys that can pass for Classics are a blessing, not expected. It's a solid way to retool Ironhide, which I presume was desirable budget-wise.
RedAlert Rescue
I'll just leave this here :
Ironhide – Transformers Universe – TFW2005
Thundershot
You, my friend, are of the same mindset as me. it's baffling people haven't accepted this yet. Look at Ironhide!
G1
BW
RID
Armada (minicon)
Micron Legend (Demolishor)
Energon
Movie
Animated (Bulkhead in JPN)
Animated (US)
Prime
Only Animated and Prime resemble G1 Ironhide…
Cleverpseudonym
I like the head mold best. Hopefully I can get him at target.
Gilgamesh
Look like who? This is Prime Trailbreaker, not G1 Trailbreaker. Considering he's a non-show character until now, ha can't really look like anyone (except Prime Ironhide/Kup, of course).
I wonder, what happened back then with BW Rampage? Did people jump screaming "WTF why is he a Crab this looks nothing like Rampage!" The same happened now with Predaking, people were curiously complaining that he doesn't look like G1 Predaking. What franchise have these people been following?
I mean, what are they gonna do next, Inferno transforming into some insect? Cyclonus into some kind of helicopter?
Flexx Ark
I'm liking this more and more. This looks a little better and fitting that Ironhide.
Zer0Prime
His face reminds me of Animated Swindle
NemiMonkey
Am I the only one getting an Animated Swindle vibe from him. The chest and head just scream Swindle to me. Which is making want this guy even more. Stupid Hasbro stop making me spend money. :shakes fist
Thundershot
What other pictures of Transformers Prime Trailcutter are there to compare accuracy? Also this isn't a deluxe…. I can only hope they've got a deluxe in the line…
Ravenxl7
Well, it's a good thing this isn't a Deluxe then…