[BW] Hasbro's updated toy release schedule
Owic the Brave
today (http://www.beastwars.com/figures/bwtoylist.html) and added/changed
the following toys:
Basic Transmetal 2 Scheduled Release:
Night Glider (Flying Squirrel) 7/99
Deluxe Transmetal 2 Scheduled Release:
Cackle (Hyena) 8/99
Iguanus (Lizard) 8/99
Mega Transmetal 2 Scheduled Release:
Blackarachnia (Black Widow) 9/99
Ultra Transmetal 2 Scheduled Release:
Megatron (Dragon) 9/99
Tigerhawk (Flying Tiger) 10/99
Deluxe Classic Scheduled Release:
Jungle Roar Cheetor 9/99
Energon Surge Rhinox 9/99
Power Flight Waspinator 9/99
Live Wire Dinobot 9/99
Power Flight Waspinator 9/99
Mech-Tech Cheetor 11/99
Steel Force Tarantulas 11/99
Guess this will help me abide by Indy's "Knozone" days, since I can now stop
driving all over town hoping to find Blackarachnia (at least for a little
while)...
Owic the Brave
Zobovor
>Deluxe Classic Scheduled Release:
>Jungle Roar Cheetor 9/99
>Energon Surge Rhinox 9/99
>Power Flight Waspinator 9/99
>Live Wire Dinobot 9/99
>Power Flight Waspinator 9/99
>Mech-Tech Cheetor 11/99
>Steel Force Tarantulas 11/99
Um... "Jungle Roar" Cheetor? "Power Flight" Waspinator?? Does anyone else
think the guys who worked on the Batman line got to name these? Hoo boy...
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ViceGripX and Bladeless
>Owic the Brave wrote:
>
>>Deluxe Classic Scheduled Release:
>>Jungle Roar Cheetor 9/99
>>Energon Surge Rhinox 9/99
>>Power Flight Waspinator 9/99
>>Live Wire Dinobot 9/99
>>Power Flight Waspinator 9/99
>>Mech-Tech Cheetor 11/99
>>Steel Force Tarantulas 11/99
>
>Um... "Jungle Roar" Cheetor? "Power Flight" Waspinator?? Does anyone
else
>think the guys who worked on the Batman line got to name these? Hoo boy...
Personally, I rather like "Mech-Tech Cheetor." I wonder (although I'm
pretty sure they won't) if these new releases will have accessories with
them. "Energon Surge Rhinox" could have some Energon crystals and "Steel
Force Tarantulas" could have some of his equipment from his lab.
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> Zobovor wrote...
> >Owic the Brave wrote:
> >
> >>Deluxe Classic Scheduled Release:
> >>Jungle Roar Cheetor 9/99
> >>Energon Surge Rhinox 9/99
> >>Power Flight Waspinator 9/99
> >>Live Wire Dinobot 9/99
> >>Power Flight Waspinator 9/99
> >>Mech-Tech Cheetor 11/99
> >>Steel Force Tarantulas 11/99
> >
> >Um... "Jungle Roar" Cheetor? "Power Flight" Waspinator?? Does anyone
> >else think the guys who worked on the Batman line got to name these?
> >Hoo boy...
>
> Personally, I rather like "Mech-Tech Cheetor." I wonder (although I'm
> pretty sure they won't) if these new releases will have accessories with
> them. "Energon Surge Rhinox" could have some Energon crystals and "Steel
> Force Tarantulas" could have some of his equipment from his lab.
Are these the same ones as the repaints shown at Botcon? The names at
the top of the cards for the ones there didn't include those adjectives.
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Black Zarak
Blackarachnia have been bumped back to September and Tigerhawk to October? Makes
me wonder why Hasbro even bothers making toys sometimes. Beast Machines will be
up and running by then. Is Star Wars such a huge success, that they want to
delay everything else for months? Gosh, I hate Hasbro at times, or should I say,
much of the time. And the friggin' toys are already made! Just send them out
already!!!
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Havok20993
havent heard of any of them be fore. will the beast wars toyline continue with
out the show.
Adam Pawlus
> Isn't anyone going to complain about the fact that Megatron and
> Blackarachnia have been bumped back to September and Tigerhawk to October?
> Makes me wonder why Hasbro even bothers making toys sometimes. Beast
> Machines will be up and running by then. Is Star Wars such a huge success,
> that they want to delay everything else for months? Gosh, I hate Hasbro at
> times, or should I say, much of the time. And the friggin' toys are
> already made! Just send them out already!!!
>
Why complain? This is nothing new. I've been buying Hasbro/Kenner
stuff for the better part of my time on the planet, and it is INCREDIBLY
rare to see stuff on time. Don't blame Star Wars, the delays there
were always pretty bad. Look at a lot of lines-- ALIENS, Predator,
some GI Joes, even other companies like Playmates Toys or Toy Biz.
Items get delayed for months, a year or two, and sometimes even
cancelled near production. Count yer lucky stars they didn't just
abandon Tigerhawk in favor of a new Cheetor repaint.
(And Beast Machines will most likely NOT be ready by Fall, I don't even
think I've heard the line be offered to Hasbro's accounts yet.)
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MicroZone
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They're repaints of classic BW toys.
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a.k.a. 9/9/99) because they will most likely come out late september. a whole
lot of stuff happens on my birthday, the mtv video music awards, dreamcast
comes out, and im pretty sure theres other stuff
Optim13922 (Hopes to go to Botcon next year.)
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ViceGripX and Bladeless
>this sucks, no one will have anything to get me on my birthday (september 9
>a.k.a. 9/9/99) because they will most likely come out late september. a
whole
>lot of stuff happens on my birthday, the mtv video music awards, dreamcast
>comes out, and im pretty sure theres other stuff
FInal Fantasy VIII is slated for release as well. ::drool::
ViceGripX and Bladeless
> Isn't anyone going to complain about the fact that Megatron and
>Blackarachnia have been bumped back to September and Tigerhawk to October?
Makes
>me wonder why Hasbro even bothers making toys sometimes. Beast Machines
will be
>up and running by then. Is Star Wars such a huge success, that they want to
>delay everything else for months? Gosh, I hate Hasbro at times, or should I
say,
>much of the time. And the friggin' toys are already made! Just send them
out
>already!!!
It's all about the most fundamental holiday of the year; Christmas. I
have a theory. By pushing back the release dates on these toys, Hasbro
insures that there will stock on the store shelves for Christmas. I
seriously doubt that Beast Machines toys will be en masse until after the
holidays. As was the case with the initial Transmetals 2 line. Sure, it
sucks for us. But, the big H is after the almighty dollar. The Christmas
season is a better time to have toys out there than Back-to-School season.
Big Cronvoy
else for months?"
Actually, I read a few weeks ago that sales for the new Star Wars toys
were down from what Hasbro was expecting. I guess they figured the
shelves would always be empty, even though they flooded toy stores.
~BC
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micr...@aol.com (MicroZone) wrote:
> <<can you explain the classic beast wars figures?
> >>
>
> They're repaints of classic BW toys.
>
Is the term "repaint" accurate? Don't they just use different colored
plastic when they pour the molds? Just asking.
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Zobovor
>Is the term "repaint" accurate? Don't they just use different colored
>plastic when they pour the molds? Just asking.
You know, this is a semantic argument that gnaws away at my brain every once in
a while. I suppose technically, no Transformer is a "repaint" since they
aren't just given a different paint job, they're actually made from
differently-colored plastic. But just as the term "kitbash" encompasses every
altered figure (even if no parts from model kits were cannibalized), "repaint"
really means a Transformer whose mold was used to produce a new character.
Zobovor... Besides, the term "re-color" sounds, well, stupid...
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provided .
did not see new information , only see old information .
did not see the 3 recolored cheetors or anything else relating to
classic beastwars toys .
I know hasbro is releasing 1 cheetor , 1 dinobot
1 rhinox .
but did not see the many recolored versions for
each character .
where did you get this information from???????
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David Willis
>battle on Klo without a head?
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MicroZone
>>>They're repaints of classic BW toys.<<<
<<Is the term "repaint" accurate? Don't they just use different colored
plastic when they pour the molds? <<
That's what a toy repaint is.
Joshua Clow
Depends on the toy line (and the individual toy). Looking at a couple of my
BW repaints, I have to say that some of them appear to use different color
plastic, while others (Tigatron, for example) are pretty clearly different
paint apps.
Regardless, the term is a nice, intuitive one, since it implies (correctly)
that no actual alterations have been made outside of the colors (though
"recolor", which also gets used, might be more "accurate").