Anubis Posted March 11, 2004 Posted March 11, 2004 (edited) Do you guys remember the episode where the Autobots pretended to be the Stunticons?Prime, Jazz, Sideswipe, Windcharger and Mirage disguised themselves. What was funny was when Megatron wanted them to combine to form Menasor to prove who was real and who was fake, the Autobots did it using Windchargers magnetic abilties They kept it up until the real Menasor punched them in the chest and they fell apart. I was just thinking about that one Has anyone noticed the Alternator Customizer on Hasbro's page? Anyone know what that is. The link said "build your own", and all the page says is coming soon. Edited March 11, 2004 by Anubis
Anubis Posted March 11, 2004 Posted March 11, 2004 Odd. The prototype pics show a molded Autobot symbol on his chest, instead of the Decepticon symbol that's on Dead End there. I wonder if they're still going to release a Sunstreaker in addition to Dead End. Probably within the next couple of batches.
Radd Posted March 11, 2004 Posted March 11, 2004 Count me amongst the weirdos, I enjoy Sideswipe a lot more than Smokescreen. Smokescreen looks better in robot mode, but he's a lot more of a pain to transform, and not as posable as Sideswipe. Still, I really enjoy both of them. Dead End looks sweet, but he still looks like Sunstreaker. I would rather they release him as such, unless this means Streaker will get an improved mold or something. He should be the same sort of car as Sideswipe, so I really don't see how they could improve it that much, unless they did decide to put the thought into a completely different transformation, which would be sweet. Ah well, if the money's available, I do intend to pick up all of the Alternators. Glad to see some Decepticons in the mix.
cube Posted March 12, 2004 Posted March 12, 2004 gaw...tracks is hideous. Not a big fan of the decepti-repaints, but it does open the door for more Subarus...yay!
Greyryder Posted March 12, 2004 Posted March 12, 2004 I was only planning on getting the ones that I had the G1 versions of when I was a kid. I may have to get Dead End. He looks sweet. I'll still have to get Sunstreak, to keep Dead End in line. Smokescreen is otherwise occupied.
GreenGuy42 Posted March 12, 2004 Posted March 12, 2004 Well, Dead End... I like... The red headlights look odd, but fit with the car... I'll bite. And, yea, I hate Tracks' color, but damn, I just know I'll buy it..
Kamui 777 Posted March 12, 2004 Posted March 12, 2004 I wish it was yellow and Sunstreaker. I don't want a Dead End unless he's part of a gestalt. Actually, the main reason DE bothers me is that he looks like Sunstreaker (except the colors of course....)
Solscud007 Posted March 12, 2004 Posted March 12, 2004 I like the Decepticon. Its not a bad try. Lets hope they dont do ridiculous colors liek neon and purple.
Skippy438 Posted March 12, 2004 Posted March 12, 2004 They're exactly what I was expecting in decepticons from this series (at least after they announced they'd only be repaints) And while this one looks alright, it's gonna take more than that on the next one to get me buying them.
cube Posted March 12, 2004 Posted March 12, 2004 just to jump back to an older discussion, I just picked up an alt sideswipe yesterday, did the quick mod to give the trunk section more room to move, and can't figure out for the life of me why has-kara didn't do this in the first place. Now, I'm not a fan of the trunk on the chest look, cause that's not how sideswipes supposed to look, but the extra trunk rotation is enough to put the wheel wells over the shoulders, and give swipy some badass shoulder missiles. It makes the toy look a jillion times better from all angles.
GobotFool Posted March 13, 2004 Posted March 13, 2004 Anyone have a larger picture of tracks in Car Mode? I want to see how bad the hood seem is.
Skull 0ne Posted March 14, 2004 Posted March 14, 2004 Alternators Silver Streak just hit ebay........... yahh http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...item=3180632522
Rick_Randy Posted March 14, 2004 Posted March 14, 2004 Like the new dead end Like to color. So it is definite, Tracks is gonna be yellow?. Are we gonna see alternator decepticon jets??
GDomino Posted March 14, 2004 Posted March 14, 2004 Nope? No Jets for Alt/Binaltech.... just repaints with slight mods to existing car designs.
Skull 0ne Posted March 14, 2004 Posted March 14, 2004 Damn, tracks is still yellow.On the other hand, Dead End looks SWEET. The black and red look great. I'm not even a big fan of racing stripes generally. I wonder if they do make a sunstreaker, would he have the same head mold w/ repaint? No need to worry about it now though. Now if they would only find some way to make them combine to form Menasor OOO Yeahh
trueblueeyes Posted March 14, 2004 Posted March 14, 2004 Is it just me or does Dead End have Sunstreaker's head? I wonder if it was going to be Sunstreaker but they didn't want to have 2 yellow cars in the same wave? What do you think the chances are that we will see Sunstreaker later?
Radd Posted March 14, 2004 Posted March 14, 2004 I will be insanely dissapointed if we don't get Sunstreaker. He's one of my favourites.
NERV Posted March 14, 2004 Posted March 14, 2004 Alternators Silver Streak just hit ebay........... yahhhttp://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...item=3180632522 is that a preorder or is it out? the pic used was just from the hasbro website
Skull 0ne Posted March 14, 2004 Posted March 14, 2004 Alternators Silver Streak just hit ebay........... yahhhttp://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...item=3180632522 is that a preorder or is it out? the pic used was just from the hasbro website I diden't see a preorder anywere on the page.
maxvf1a Posted March 21, 2004 Posted March 21, 2004 (edited) here is what my custom motormaster would look like Edited March 24, 2004 by maxvf1a
BoBe-Patt Posted March 23, 2004 Posted March 23, 2004 Ok, looks like the hound and bluestreak is already out in japan. bluestreak Hound Can't wait till they come out here.
Californium Posted March 26, 2004 Posted March 26, 2004 Different head sculpt for Alternator Hound?? Something i've noticed. There seem to be two different scuplts that were used on Hound during the prototype phase. That's something I've mentioned before. But going back over the pics, it seems that one is exclusively seen on the Alternator prototypes, the other on the Binaltech protos. Anyone else notice that? Anyone else even see a difference, or am I crazy? Here's a group shot I've made to show what I think are two different sculpts. I've triplechecked that the pics on the left all come from Binaltech and the ones on the right side all come from Alternators. I doubt Hasbro would actually release a different sculpt than takara's. Which is too bad, because I like the alternator proto sculpt much better than the Takara sculpt.
soze Posted March 26, 2004 Posted March 26, 2004 I will be insanely dissapointed if we don't get Sunstreaker. He's one of my favourites. Pessimistic news.... I got this off TFW2005, and they got it from Transformers.com Q&A Q: Recently, you mentioned that there were no plans to re-release G1 SUNSTREAKER. Does this mean that the commemorative series will be cut off at some point without completely re-releasing figures such as WHEELJACK, TRAILBREAKER, SUNSTREAKER, and the rest of the well-known G1 TRANSFORMERS? A: The re-release of the Generation One figures is dependent on the availability of the tools/molds used during original manufacturing. Since these toys are up to 20 years old, not all of the molds have been located or exist anymore. It's too bad too, I was really looking forward to re-issues of Hound, and Mirage. Hopefully they find them.
Greyryder Posted March 26, 2004 Posted March 26, 2004 I will be insanely dissapointed if we don't get Sunstreaker. He's one of my favourites. Pessimistic news.... I got this off TFW2005, and they got it from Transformers.com Q&A Q: Recently, you mentioned that there were no plans to re-release G1 SUNSTREAKER. Does this mean that the commemorative series will be cut off at some point without completely re-releasing figures such as WHEELJACK, TRAILBREAKER, SUNSTREAKER, and the rest of the well-known G1 TRANSFORMERS? A: The re-release of the Generation One figures is dependent on the availability of the tools/molds used during original manufacturing. Since these toys are up to 20 years old, not all of the molds have been located or exist anymore. It's too bad too, I was really looking forward to re-issues of Hound, and Mirage. Hopefully they find them. That sucks. Hopefully We'll still get Sunstreaker as an Alternator.
Kamui 777 Posted March 26, 2004 Posted March 26, 2004 Hound and Streak are out in the States. I got mine today at Image Anime!!
BoBe-Patt Posted March 26, 2004 Posted March 26, 2004 Different head sculpt for Alternator Hound??Something i've noticed. There seem to be two different scuplts that were used on Hound during the prototype phase. That's something I've mentioned before. But going back over the pics, it seems that one is exclusively seen on the Alternator prototypes, the other on the Binaltech protos. Anyone else notice that? Anyone else even see a difference, or am I crazy? Here's a group shot I've made to show what I think are two different sculpts. I've triplechecked that the pics on the left all come from Binaltech and the ones on the right side all come from Alternators. I doubt Hasbro would actually release a different sculpt than takara's. Which is too bad, because I like the alternator proto sculpt much better than the Takara sculpt. Ok, looking at the heads closely, I don't see much of a difference. If your referring to the square thingy that's on his forhead, then it's pretty much the same. It's just the picture was shot in different angles that makes the head look different. That's all I see. Am I wrong?
UN Spacy Posted March 26, 2004 Posted March 26, 2004 Hound and Streak are out in the States. I got mine today at Image Anime!! PICS!!!!! I can't wait to get those two Binaltech's rolling behind my Prime, Smokescreen, and Sideswipe.
GreenGuy42 Posted March 26, 2004 Posted March 26, 2004 (edited) Hound and Streak are out in the States. I got mine today at Image Anime!! PICS!!!!! I can't wait to get those two Binaltech's rolling behind my Prime, Smokescreen, and Sideswipe. and tomorrow I attack Wal-Mart and Target. =D Where do you live? Edit: Checked your profile, NM. Good thing to know they're on the East Coast Edited March 26, 2004 by GreenGuy42
Californium Posted March 26, 2004 Posted March 26, 2004 (edited) Different head sculpt for Alternator Hound??Something i've noticed. There seem to be two different scuplts that were used on Hound during the prototype phase. That's something I've mentioned before. But going back over the pics, it seems that one is exclusively seen on the Alternator prototypes, the other on the Binaltech protos. Anyone else notice that? Anyone else even see a difference, or am I crazy? Here's a group shot I've made to show what I think are two different sculpts. I've triplechecked that the pics on the left all come from Binaltech and the ones on the right side all come from Alternators. I doubt Hasbro would actually release a different sculpt than takara's. Which is too bad, because I like the alternator proto sculpt much better than the Takara sculpt. Ok, looking at the heads closely, I don't see much of a difference. If your referring to the square thingy that's on his forhead, then it's pretty much the same. It's just the picture was shot in different angles that makes the head look different. That's all I see. Am I wrong? I guess I'm just seeing things because of the lighting. But it looks to me like the Alternator has a flat face like the sideswipe sculpt, whereas the Binaltech Hound has a face that angles out to form cheekbones of a sort. Edit: Yeah, I'm probably just seeing things. . . Edited March 26, 2004 by Californium
Sephiroth Posted March 26, 2004 Posted March 26, 2004 I'm even more impressed with Hound than I originally thought, he has working shock absorbers!
trueblueeyes Posted March 26, 2004 Posted March 26, 2004 Clarification requested: I had heard that Hasbro announced that they have no plans for an Alternator Sunstreaker. Can someone confirm or deny please? I don't mind Dead End since it looks nice, but I really wanted a 'streaker. Looks like I might just have to make my own if this tidbit of info is true. Thanks, Melissa
Shade Posted March 26, 2004 Posted March 26, 2004 Clarification requested: I had heard that Hasbro announced that they have no plans for an Alternator Sunstreaker. Can someone confirm or deny please? I don't mind Dead End since it looks nice, but I really wanted a 'streaker. Looks like I might just have to make my own if this tidbit of info is true.Thanks, Melissa Confirmed, Hasbro has no current plans to release an Alternator Sunstreaker. Of course, current just means 'not at the moment' and we know that Hasbro and Takara are all about that repaint action. So, a quick paint job on Dead End a year down the road and viola! Instant Sunstreaker.
Hoptimus Posted March 26, 2004 Posted March 26, 2004 You know I could have really cared less about Decepticons in the Binal/Alt line. The story was that the humans helped the Autobots/Cybertrons rebuild their bodies after a Decepticon virus damaged them. Why are there Decepticon ones and why is Dead End coming before Sunstreaker. Sorry I am just a huge car and Autobot fan so unless they make a MP Megatron or really nice seekers I dont care much for the Decepticon Alternators. Now who is the Mustang 2005 GT gonna be? Windcharger? I cant wait to find out.
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