2005 Boards member prime roller has shared with us a selection of images from a Taiwanese Transformers catalog. Among the sections in the catalog is an extensive Bot Shots section. Lots of new and upcoming releases are shown here including lots of ones we have not seen before. The scans include:
- Single packs releases including Twinstrike (Sinnertwin), Stormrazor, Skywarp (new mold), Inferno (Sentinel Prime redeco in yellow), Hound (Ironhide redeco in green) and an all-new Megatron!
- A clearer look at the Warpath launcher set.
- Confirmation of a Scourge launcher set, based on Transformers Cybertron’s Cryo Scourge deco.
- New images of the Cliffjumper, Brawl & Dirt Boss (now renamed Breakdown?) and Bumblebee, Shockwave & Skyquake three packs.
- More images of the three pack consisting of Kup (Spin shot Ironhide redeco), Scourge and Blitzwing (2012 Brawl redeco)
- And to top it all off, a new three pack of Optimus Prime (Transformers Cybertron style), Cindersaur and a clear Super-Bot Jazz
Hit the discuss link to view all of prime roller’s scans, including more scans showing the catalog pages covering Beast Hunters, Rescue Bots, Generations and Kre-O.
SgtLemon
Scourge is so purple!
prime roller
Yeah they screwed up big on that Mindwipe picture, haha.
I don't see any problem with Scourge's pic. Did you mean Highbrow's? They screwed that one up too.
SgtLemon
Whats up with that Mindwipe and Scourge
prime roller
The RID pics:
prime roller
Again, instead of a new thread, I'm just adding to my old one.
Another catalog! — this one primarily features Titans Return figs, with some RID stuff too. Most notable with RID, to me at least, are the new Mini-con Weaponizers.
like the others, I'll be using this catalog to add to my English-Chinese names list. As it goes with Chinese, the meaning of a name is generally more important than the sound, and although often are direct translations from English, the meaning will take precedence over a cool 'blast' or 'thunder' prefix/suffix. Each Chinese character is usually quite rich in meaning and can be translated back into English in numerous ways. This gives a richer meaning to a lot of names, compared to their English name counterpart — making a lot of characters even cooler.
Enjoy. (note how now there will be Weirdwolf clones! One with wolf alt mode, one with bat)
prime roller
rest of the pics:
prime roller
Instead of a new thread, I thought I'd just add to my old one.
Another catalog that came out earlier this year. Forgot to post it!
These catalogs are at least a great references for me for the Chinese names (Taiwan usage) of the characters — the meanings are often quite different than English, especially when transliterated.
Nothing new revealed in this one, but there are some nice bio write-ups.
Dinobot Nuva
It was at least available online via HTS I know for sure.
Mister Gone
Am I wrong or was the Warpath launcher wave not seen in US release yet?
Smokescreen
That Bot Shots launcher "Bluestreak" must be a misprint. There's no way that's not meant to be Smokescreen based on his color scheme.
Dinobot Nuva
Well that's confirmation that Buzzclaw is a launcher and not a single packer. This is also the first time we've seen Bluestreak I think.
prime roller
#3 Found a third catalog at Toyworld. They didn't have any to give out to customers, but had a laminated one hanging beside the Transformers, so I snapped some pics with my phone.
Here are some things of interest, some of which I think may be the first time seeing/hearing of.
-4 Bot Shots launchers: Starscream, Hun-Gurrr, Bluestreak, and Buzzclaw.
-Autobot Driller (does't say who it comes with).
-Construct Bots: Megatron, Smokescreen, Dragstrip, Shockwave, Thundercracker, Bumblebee, Hound, Silverbolt, Deadend, and Breakdown.
-the rolling Rescue bots & the Optimus Prime trailer/wings.
For your viewing pleasure:
prime roller
Yeah, you're right about Ratchet's head-crest. Hadn't noticed that before.
Reversed colors on BB would indeed have been better.
I did some swapping around around to come up with a Microchangers combiner Landcross, and you're right, some of the paint apps got scratched off, and I broke Megs arm off.
No Bot Shots shown in this catalogue. It's a Kre-O only one, and only has some Transformers stuff (posted pics of newer stuff only), and CityVille Invasion Kre-O (if there is anyone interested in CityVille Kre-O I can post pics as well).
Monzo
Are there any more Bot Shots shown?
GaussGunner
Transformers Ninjago :/.
Noideaforaname
So the CG image of Ratchet gives him a black crest, while the toy has it unpainted white, yet Ratchet is supposed to have a red one… Better off getting a spare Prowl helmet, really.
Kinda amusing how the show justifies Bumblebee having a mouth, though now I'm disappointed they didn't follow thru with a reversed color scheme (which would've given more interest to that set).
I really hope they improved the Kreon quality for those custom sets. The existing Kreons don't survive a great many swaps.
prime roller
Found another catalogue (#2).
Not sure if news worthy, but here are some things that may be of interest:
Optimist_Prime
I love catalogs like this. I wish I could get my hands on one.
Diamondback
I was going by the name somebody else reported for the dragon-bot with the Autobot logo in the catalog. Bear in mind, a great deal of this is conjectural… we're only getting fragments as Hasbro trickles 'em out, and I haven't seen anything new on the street in months.