Thanks to Spencer from Agesthreeandup.com for letting us know that the final 2 Japanese Classics figures from the upcoming assortment will be Sunstreaker and Prowl.
As previously reported D-04 is Ramjet and C-06 is Jetfire. These figures are scheduled for this September.
butz
Let alone as part of a toyline named Transformers Universe *goes off to play with Wal-Mart Exclusive Universe Sunstorm figure, purchased at retail*
Robogeek28
Yeah, because they've NEVER released him at retail before, so why start now?
Dinobot Nuva
I honestly doubt Hasbro would ever release Sunstorm in Universe, maybe as a TFCC exclusive, or Botcon something, but not at retail.
The retaliation from Anti-botcon 07 enthusiasts alone would be enough to consume the majority of my town…
DN
General Tekno
1) Not quite. They're realistic vehicles, in the vein of the movie, but they're all G1 character homages (so far) with G1 robot styles.
Q1: The movie line is going to end once the last few Premium Series repaint waves finish up (and the last few Allspark waves) – so it'll be done in a month or so. Animated is going to take over as the main toyline, and Universe as the backup line for fans of a more realistic style. The movie line will probably return in 2009 once Transformers 2 comes out.
Q2: Universe will probably go until the next movie line at least. Beyond that, who knows? As for Henkei, it's completely unknown how much longer it will go on.
RubySoho
This Prowl looks sweet. I'm getting it!
Really new so let me get this straight:
1) The US "classics" line is now called "Universe". And some are going to be released as well…classics, but also some are going to be related to the movie?
Q1: Is the movie line going to be chopped (until the next movie), or is it still going to continue?
Q2: How long is the "classics/universe" line going to continue? US and Japan.
Obvious Prime
I'd like a Three-Pack of the second picture. This way, we get Sunstorm, of whom alot of people want, Purple Flame Thrower dude, who isplain awesome, and "Thundercracker", nuff said. But NOT from E-Hobby. I'd actually like to purchase it without selling a kidney.
Johnator
I also would love a Sunstorm Classics figure. That would be all kinds of awesome.
Trailbreaker77
Looking at the prototype photos on Hasbro's website and seeing the picture on the back of Prowl's packing. I would hope that the U.S. release has the straight light bar instead of the V shaped one shown on the figure. I would also like to see a Sunstorm but he is not hight on my repaint list. Smokescreen, Bluestreak, and a corrected Cliffjumper I would like to see first.
nkelsch
Come on E-hobby!
I would either like a Sunstorm, or the Rainmaker 3-pack.
It was hinted at there maybe a 'clone seeker' figurepack on that Omega Supreme head remold magazine ad.
B-Fox
That may have been me, though I'm sure it's probably been brought up a few dozens times beforehand. I'd like to see Henkei repaints of these guys for sure:
http://transformers.wikia.com/wiki/Image:Rainmakers.jpg
http://transformers.wikia.com/wiki/Image:Sunstorm_Cartoon.jpg
or the AKOM Seekers!
http://images.wikia.com/transformers/images/a/a9/Seekers.png
PoweredConvoy
I imagine if we ever get a Classics/HenKei Sunstorm, it would be released by Hasbro, not Takara.
REDLINE
They're not going to be out before the Hasbro releases.
unicronsupreme
Are you sure those dates are correct? Because I was about to pre-order them from BBTS, thinking that they'd be here before the universe release. but if that's not going to be the case, then I can save myself $30+ by getting them stateside.
REDLINE
Considering that Hasbro designed these with an eye towards enhancing repaint potential, I'd definitely hold off on something like that until you see which ones they DON'T do themselves. But that's just me.
Basketball Jones
And me having the figures doesn't make you any more the "common man" because the common man in the Hasbro toy market is 5-year old kids. You are a fringe collector so your opinion means close to nothing and has very very very little impact on Hasbro's Mass retail market releases. If the figure sales cannot appeal to a mass market of 5-year olds, it won't happen. And having 6 of the same mold in different colors of a non-show, unknown character on a mediocre selling toy line is not a recipe for success.
So, the fans shouldn't have an opinion, then? Hasbro is always correct and nothing should ever be brought to debate? The board would be fairly pointless if this was the case.
Besides, I was under the impression the target audience for Transformers was 8-12 year olds rather than 5-year olds, although this is not particularly pertinent to the topic at hand.
So the only way you will see him in Japan is as a chase or exclusive that will be harder to get than Botcon seekers.
This is nothing but a conjecture, and even if it were true, the exclusive Green G1 Ratchet figure was very difficult to obtain, and was available for $130. The Botcon Thundercracker figure sells loose for $200. I can't see the exclusive being rarer than the Ratchet figure, and $130 MISB would probably be more palatable to many fans.
Heck of a typo!
Not really- if the newsletter's author is not a fan, he may have forgotten that the white one was Ramjet and not Dirge, but knows that all three exist as a result of those busts BBTS was selling a few months ago.
Predaking
Just let me know when Japanese classics is going to release TC, Ramjet, and Dirge.
Robogeek28
Yes please!
Ravenxl7
Apparently, at one point he was going to have a straight one. In fact, the official pictues that we got from the New York toy Fair are of him with it instead of the angled one, though the evidence since the event has pointed to the actual production version having the angular version (even with the picture of Prowl on the back of the packaging having the straight light-bar on him).
Velcrohead
I was thinking that the American release had a straight light bar. Perhaps I should go back and look again.
I think what I'm looking forward to with Prowl, aside from having him look quite majestic standing on my shelf next to Prime, is the opportunity for myself to repaint extras of him into other Autobot cars…
Someone mentioned the possibility of Henkei Sunstorm… loving that idea…
butz
I really doubt it. So far, all the Japanese classics have just been repaints of their Hasbro counterparts.
Besides, the V shaped light bar was to make it look more like an actual Japanese police car; I can't imagine for the Japanese release of
this figure that they'd want to straighten it out.