Care of @Aburachoujin102 on Twitter, we have a look at the upcoming Walmart Retro Headmasters series Chromedome compared with the Takara-Tomy Transformers Legends Chromedome.
Inspired by the look of the original Generation 1 toy, the Transformers Legends Chromedome had several differences compared to Hasbro’s IDW inspired Titans Return version. Other than a random packaging variation, Takara-Tomy’s Legends tooling of Chromedome was never previously made available outside of Japan – until now. From this image, we can see the following main differences between the Legends figure and the upcoming reissue figure:
- Overall the reissue has more muted brown plastic, and a more vibrant tan plastic.
- The red plastic on the reissue also appears less saturated
- The reissue’s wheels are in a smokey translucent plastic that is almost clear
- The reissue has a nice white border on his Autobot symbol
- The reissue has a lighter grey plastic used on the head that almost appears silver
- The reissue’s upper legs are now tan, where both the Legends and Titans Return versions had brown upper legs.
- The reissue’s upper arms lack the silver paint applications which were present on the Legends version and the Titans Return version.
This isn’t by any means an exhaustive list of the differences between the two versions since we’ve not seen the vehicle modes or Headmasters side-by-side yet.
ThunderDestron
Hastak really went all out on the deception headmasters. Weirdwolf/Wolfwire looks like a 3p. Skullcruncher is a prefect blend of toon and toy, and so is Mindwipe.
drmick
I really, really want the Triggerbots to be deluxe when they come. Crankcase is coming and he is a deluxe.
Girl Pants
More in the series? I'd be happy to just get more of the current waves out there!
Thundershot
Good idea! Though I’d personally prefer him to be minibot sized, beggars can’t be choosers. Energon Cliffjumper (and Beachcomber) are the same kind of vehicle, but I’d prefer he kept his combining gimmick… (maybe done right this time)
Rodimus Prime
Also into triggercon Ruckus.
Robogeek28
They'd be wrong.
Ah well….money saved then.
WishfulThinking
I think Walmart sees it as the same thing.
Q Prime
That's the vintage line, not Retro Generations.
Fc203
It technically is but with bw
Thundershot
To be fair, most of the Siege molds weren’t accurate to anything.
WishfulThinking
Well, Crosshairs isn't an APC either but here we are.
Thundershot
No! Sureshot is a baja buggy. Mirage is an F-1 racer. Not even close to the same kind of vehicle. The Powermaster Slapdash is an F-1 racer and could be a retool of Mirage if needed. A new mold of Sureshot could be retooled into Powermaster Joyride, however, as he’s also a Baja buggy.
Nemesisprime1975
Where do I sign lol
TargetmasterJoe
We already got them in Seige and Earthrise, but I’d be down for a reissue of them since I could never find them.
WishfulThinking
The Targetmasters seem to be the low hanging fruit. But they'll need to release Pointblank (in-coming) and Sureshot (just repaint Earth Mode Mirage) first.
Ejector369
Or even the Horrorcons, Apeface and Snapdragon!
Nemesisprime1975
The presentation of these is so cool
Robogeek28
I just want the retro line to continue….
Nemesisprime1975
I'd be down for autobot target masters
SG Roadbuster
So with all of the case breakdowns being leaked out, has there been any word on hasbro/walmart doing any more of these? Maybe some targetmasters or the jumpstarters?