Thunderwing Remolded – Japanese Black Shadow? Energon Megatron or Galvatron?

brianfett

Is it still possible to get a Artfire repaint out of inferno? That would be awesome!!!!!!

nah we already got Solar Storm Grappel out of Inferno. I would like to see that happen though, just pass him Cyclonus' Nightstick, throw some new colors on him and bingo, done for the day

SG Roadbuster

allthough one wonders about someof the other Generations figs, who are they getting redecoed into? who else shares a body type with Wreck Gar (other than generic junkions) Scourge (other than the Sweeps), Kup, or G2 Prime (if this isn't redecoed into RID Scourge someone is totally fired)

and one especially wonders about the Cybertronian Prime, Soundwave, and Megatron, we already have confirmed Bumblebee becoming Cliffjumper. Soundwave may become Blaster but that would be kinda weak.

Good questions… I was wondering the same thing about Wreck Gar, Scourge, and Kup… though at the same time, Hasbro seems to be dusting off some pretty obscure characters, so it really could be anyone. Not even sure if that's a good thing. Would I be excited about a Generations Vroom or Windsweeper? Probably not so much.

As for the WFC stuff, Hasbro did say that they weren't planning on doing any more figures after Cliffjumper, though it does seem hard to believe they're not going to flog some repaints. Someone in Radicons already did a really nice Hound from WFC Soundwave.

Plus, Hasbro would be nuts not to capitalize on the popularity of that game by bringing some of the sweet game designs into plastic form.  

Lumpy

and i wanna know who Terradive and Tomahawk will be too… Tomahawk needs to be done as WHIRL…

Looking at the option head in his instruction manual, I'm going with Vortex. It's not an exact match, but it's close enough, considering it's a "movie" style bot. But I agree about Whirl.

really? how does a forward swept jet look anything like a standard run of the mill jet? i'm not seeing that one at all… not saying it wouldn't be cool, just not seeing it…

Er… how does a tilt-cab look anything like a peterbilt? Or a half-track like a microscope? I could go on, but you get the picture. The variation on the jet-mode wings is irrelevant. The fact is, Terradive looks eerily similar to Hellbat in robot mode… the lean proportions, the shape of the head, and the peculiar chest formation.

zmog

Hooray for Obscure Japanese charactors! I freaking love the idea of Thunderwing's redeco into BlackShadow, all of you I command you, go forth and buy lots of Black Shadow. if he sells well we may get more Victory charactors, maybe even a new Star Saber and Deathsaurus, gasp we may even get Dai Atlas (especially seeing the screen time he gets in the IDW Drift miniseries.) More japanese Geewunners please Hasbro, the fans demand MOAR!!!!

Jazz getting redecoed into Stepper/Ricochet is a no brainer, but I wouldn't mind seeing him redecoed into Breakdown, Dead End or Wildrider

allthough one wonders about someof the other Generations figs, who are they getting redecoed into? who else shares a body type with Wreck Gar (other than generic junkions) Scourge (other than the Sweeps), Kup, or G2 Prime (if this isn't redecoed into RID Scourge someone is totally fired)

and one especially wonders about the Cybertronian Prime, Soundwave, and Megatron, we already have confirmed Bumblebee becoming Cliffjumper. Soundwave may become Blaster but that would be kinda weak.

Personally? I'd like to see updated versions of the Insecticons in Generations, but with their insectrain mode from Hearts of Steel incorperated in. wouldn't be all that complicated, just fold up the bug legs, deploy some wheels and smash em together

Fosterlager

Black Shadow has a badass color scheme too. He can hang with my Axor and Darkmount as the Obscuricons.

with all the Pretender and Action Master based figures we're getting, you could build them up with their own little army… I've already got Bludgeon, Mindwipe and Botcon Banzaitron displayed together, now I'm gonna add Axor and Thunderwing, and possibly BS if he ends up looking really cool and the Thunderwing mold is fun to play with…

I was sort of hoping for a Cloudburst, but this is cool too.

giga-galvatron

Thats Black Shadow. Whether he will be called that in America, thats yet to be seen even though he had a cameo in the recently release and popular Last Stand Of The Wreckers. With that said, it would only make sense. Thunderwing had a remold and a repaint named Black Shadow in G1 so why not. Plus its a way to get a Japanese exclusive to America and it a great surprise for us. I hope a Overlord is in the works. PLEASE

If there is I just hope that he's a multiformer from a jet and a tank and at least voyager sized

Driftx3

Classics 1 had the Henki Megs as Megatron in fugly grey and purple, which is one of my favorite Classics TF's. The Classics/Generations/Reveal The shield legends are getting a G1 gun megs.

Um……am I the only one who was confused by this?

Classics 1 had the Henki Megs as Megatron in fugly grey and purple, which is one of my favorite Classics TF's. The Classics/Generations/Reveal The shield legends are getting a G1 gun megs. I am praying this is not a Megs, and I don't think it is, as the face and chest are spot on Dark Shadow. Jazz as Deadend? Fracks yes! FTW!!!

Man, I've been wishing I had ridiculous amounts of money so I could afford to buy a Black Shadow figure for years (along with several other rare, overseas exclusives, such as Minerva). In fact, when Hasbro showed their Generations Thunderwing photo back at Botcon, one of the first thoughts that crossed my mind was, "Too bad we'll probably never get a Black Shadow remold out of this."

Thank you for proving me wrong, Hasbro. You're a lot cooler than I gave you credit for.

Skalez Convoy

The listing was for the United Megatron which is a re-release of the Henkei Megatron Fig. The one that wont be released in the US any time soon as it "crosses the line" for Toy Gun/Transformers.

I knew that, but I also remember their being one in the US release listings… maybe my memory just serves me wrong this time.