Previously unrevealed until this database entry Titanium Bludgeon was scheduled for release in the 6 inch titanium line in 2008. The existence of this figure comes from a 2007 Hasbro document listing Transformers Titanium figures planned for release in 2008. Unfortunately this has been canceled along with the rest of the line.
Sage
Yeah, dude. But you should've seen the sequel.
airfox
Most are thinking about a repainted Megatron as Bludgeon, but if it was going to be a repaint, I'd guess the mold would've been that of The Fallen.
What?! World War I was badass?
2008 would have brought us at least: WW Prowl, WW Grimlock, WW Skywarp, Primal Prime, G1 Shockwave, G1 Arcee, WW Bumblebee/Cliffjumper, Classics Cosmos, and now Bludgeon too … sigh … I want those toys.
Me too.
-airfox
Optimus Prime
Titanium Devcon.
iceburn9
about the original announcement .. besides bludgeon,
i wonder what other characters were on the list planned for release in 2008 ?
Railguard
Well as much as I wasn't a fan of the Titanium line, I feel bad for all the fans who loved the line. Its not fair. But if they ever stopped making the Classic line then I would seriuosly reconsider collecting all together.
Autovolt 127
Yeah…They said any figure will fit in there so Titaniums could be in it.
Mirage232
I don't understand it either. I mean the line certainly had its faults, (floppy joints being the main one, and the rubbery weapons kind of sucked to), but it gave us characters we would have never seen otherwise. Lets face, we will most likely never get any War Within related figures EVER again. I mean, we still have yet to get any anything related to the IDW stuff. Hasbro isn't going to go waste their time selling figures based on an old story from a long dead comic book company, (and a company Hasbro probably wishes they never had anything to do with in the first place.) You think the way it is bashed, the line was on par with Animorphs or something.
nkelsch
Half the figures were really really great designs but suffered from being metal which made many of the figures 'floppy metal corpses' opposed to sturdy nice action figures. Many of the figures would clearly have been better in plastic and were designed like plastic figures.
The other Half of the figures were really bad, and I mean some of the worst figures we have seen in years. Some were just designs no one really wanted ever. Poop-my-Pants soundwave, GIJOE megs, War Within Megatron's Vehicle mode, they were just not good.
Combine 10$ toys selling for 20$+, Nice designs ruined by metal and glaring shelf-warmer characters mixed in with good stuff and you get everything that is wrong with a retail line.
I would have loved to seethe good figs from Titaniums simply released in plastic as part of classics.
All my Titaniums can hardly stand in robot mode anymore and the vehicles are floppy too. And I haven't messed with them too much. Very sad
Mirage232
I doubt those Titanium molds would work well in all plastic, seeing how they were made specifcally for die-cast parts, with their rather simplistic transformations and all. If you thought the mostly metal Titanium figures sucked, then you would probably think even less of them if they were made entirely of plastic. I don't know why so many people think die-cast metal was the problem. Do you think masterpiece Prime or the original g1 figures suffered because of the die-cast? The Titanium figures were simply not engineered well. If the figures had ratcheting joints, they would have held up the die-cast metal much better.
Prometheum5
I don't understand why everyone hated the Titanium line… they were collectors orientated figures based on specific appearances or artist's work… I've got WWI Prime, JetFire, and Rodimus Prime (and would really like a G1 UM) and LOVE them… only thing I would change would be to make and weapons out of hard plastic and not rubbery stuff…
GavynN.X.
Masterpiece Bludgeon~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
That's all I gotta say. And it was prob a yellow Gi Joe Megs recolor, so no great loss!
Sso02V
Stop…twisting…the knife!!!!
Beastbot X
Beastbot SAD! Need COMFORT!
nkelsch
If it was a mold based off of his pretender shell or the IDW Bludgeon: I weep for the deceased.
If it was a repaint of that GIJOE Megs or some other lame repaint: Titaniums can go to hell and I hope the corpse was desecrated and buried upside down.
netkid
Who cares?!? They had projected retail prices of $10.00 a deluxe with the lights and sounds. Of course that was a few years ago, but I'd be more than happy to pay $15.00 a figure. It sure beats Star Wars Transformers!
Silent_Magnus
From what I've read, the sound thing sounds awesome,
but wouldn't that jack up the price?
netkid
Yeah, unfortunately no pictures of the Trans-Tech Optimus Prime Hardcopy have ever surfaced, aside from conceptual artwork.
Another interesting note about Trans-Tech was that each figure (even Deluxe-Class) would be electronic and sport color-changing lights (think Beast Wars Optimal Optimus) and also sounds!
With a gimmick like that^, I'd buy one of every figure!
Silent_Magnus
That forum has some more pictures of the Starscream hard copy,
but apparently the guy couldn't get a hold of pictures of Optimus.
ANd those are the only three that I know of that got to the Resin stage.
Ravenxl7
That's pretty cool looking, and it's the first time I've ever seen that one. The only other one I've ever seen was the Starscream, which would also be cool if made. Are there any pictures of the other 2 that got to this stage? (I've only ever heard of the Starscream one getting this far).
Silent_Magnus
That's a pretty small surface area, would seem like it'd be hard to pose.
Edit:
On topic, I don't really care for Bludgeon's regular robot mode.
So it just being his pretander shell would have been ok with me.
As long as he had a sword.