Galvatron Unicron Companion Pack Available again on Hasbro Pulse

A purchaser on Youtube said the Galvatron/Unicron pack figure does NOT glow under black light, making it an easy pass. Only a cool, tron-like glow would cause me to get a Galvatron repaint .

Well BZ finally arrived. It's kind of late though, so probably no pics until tomorrow. I can confirm however that the box is at least the exact same size as past Generations Titans. ( I was curious because Legacy Selects Lift Ticket did reduce deluxe box size to reduce waste)

Got Black Zarak today but haven't had a chance to open the box. I'm more concerned about the box from Pulse being able to hold Scorponok, Omega Supreme, and Zarak; I have space issues. For those that have busted out Zarak, is the main body all in one piece, or do you have to connect the tail like on Scorponok?

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Got Black Zarak today but haven't had a chance to open the box. I'm more concerned about the box from Pulse being able to hold Scorponok, Omega Supreme, and Zarak; I have space issues. For those that have busted out Zarak, is the main body all in one piece, or do you have to connect the tail like on Scorponok?

I would think it's all in one piece, but the tail's folded out: a video review showed he's boxed in robot mode, but with the head off.

The head is in a small separate cardboard box, the tail is separate ( Same as ER Scorponok). Sorry I've been super busy, not sure when I can get pics up. I kind of wish the collar guard had been omitted. Because of the different shape of BZs head, there's no place for the collar in robot mode

Got my zarak today and he is so good

Just a heads up to people who are getting it, there are some parts on both headmasters that are prone to falling off, the tiny headmasters arms have fallen off in the big bodies' neck port and the small black panels on the sides of the large head/red arm shield/panels fall off pretty easily if you move them.

Already almost lost the tiny headmasters' arms already so wanted to bring it to everyone's attention.

So , finally got some pics. Yes the BZ head is VERY fiddly. 3 parts fell off while I was trying to reattach one other.

Other than that, the main body is great. Tight joints, even better than ER Scorp. Guessing it was all the retooling of the head, which looks amazing,I just won't be transforming it very often.

Also now that we have generations updates for all 9 Destron Generals, some 3p company is leaving money on the table not giving us capes, accessories, and royal garb for these guys.

BZ looks great! I hope you have those shelves properly secured.

I feel very sorry for Overlord in those pictures God Ginrai just towers over him

ZeroWolf wrote:I feel very sorry for Overlord in those pictures God Ginrai just towers over him

Everyone else does too.

True. On it's own, I think TR/Legends Overlord isn't a bad toy, it's actually pretty fun. But in scale with others...I'd definitely be up for a CC update, but there's still plenty of other characters that haven't had a Generations toy at all I'd rather have before we get a new Overlord.

Rodimus Prime wrote:BZ looks great! I hope you have those shelves properly secured.

My wife actually designed the shelf, and my father-in-law helped me install. He is the king of overcaution when it comes to construction. We are helping him build a deck. I'd say he uses 2-3 times more screws and nails than code requires, and extra supports. When we put that shelf up, he had to be absolutely certain the screws were going into studs, and it is one of the most secure shelves I've seen. We have others placed throughout the garage for storage. We recently had to remove one to move an appliance. After removing all the screws, the shelf stayed attached to the wall merely by friction! And it took more force than expected to pry it from the wall, so yeah, I think we are pretty safe. Now a good earthquake could probably cause some of the smaller toys to take a dive, so getting a piece of clear solid plastic is my next goal (since transparent aluminum hasn't been invented yet )

Sabrblade wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:I feel very sorry for Overlord in those pictures God Ginrai just towers over him

Everyone else does too.

Overlord needs to be redone as a commander.
Ginrai as well the TR one was horrible. Ginrai should be a commander by himself with a voyager Godbomber included in the box. That pack could have its own price point.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:I feel very sorry for Overlord in those pictures God Ginrai just towers over him

Everyone else does too.

Overlord needs to be redone as a commander.
Ginrai as well the TR one was horrible. Ginrai should be a commander by himself with a voyager Godbomber included in the box. That pack could have its own price point.

That'd make him tower over HasLab Victory Saber. God Ginrai is supposed to be the same height as Star Saber and other normal-sized Combiners. The Legends one we got was the right size, but it's main problem was its over-engineering that made it very unstable. A more solidly-constructed one at the same size is what we need.

Maybe Selects could give us a Overlord (heavy) retool? Or is the line strictly redecos??

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Maybe Selects could give us a Overlord (heavy) retool? Or is the line strictly redecos??

The only retools we get out of Selects are small tooling changes like new heads and such.

Takara were the ones who did the heavy retools for Selects, but they ended their line.

I see. So the chances of a brand new Overlord (or even Thunderwing) are very slim, without any onscreen representation.

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:I see. So the chances of a brand new Overlord (or even Thunderwing) are very slim, without any onscreen representation.

From Hasbro's perspective, they'd be like "We just did a perfectly good Overlord back in Titans Return." And he's no big name character they'd be willing to redo every year like Megatron and Starscream.

Sabrblade wrote:

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:I see. So the chances of a brand new Overlord (or even Thunderwing) are very slim, without any onscreen representation.

From Hasbro's perspective, they'd be like "We just did a perfectly good Overlord back in Titans Return." And he's no big name character they'd be willing to redo every year like Megatron and Starscream.

Indeed. That's the flipside to the eternal reuse of Megatron and Prime in the shows. A lot of other characters have been sidelined as they keep the same leaders all the time.

I just did some checking for my own curiosity. Overlord hasn't been onscreen since Zone(1990) - 32 years now. Meanwhile, Thunderwing has never been onscreen. Straxus too. But I talk about those two specifically, as both would fit with Commander Class figures.

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:I see. So the chances of a brand new Overlord (or even Thunderwing) are very slim, without any onscreen representation.

From Hasbro's perspective, they'd be like "We just did a perfectly good Overlord back in Titans Return." And he's no big name character they'd be willing to redo every year like Megatron and Starscream.

Indeed. That's the flipside to the eternal reuse of Megatron and Prime in the shows. A lot of other characters have been sidelined as they keep the same leaders all the time.

I just did some checking for my own curiosity. Overlord hasn't been onscreen since Zone(1990) - 32 years now. Meanwhile, Thunderwing has never been onscreen. Straxus too. But I talk about those two specifically, as both would fit with Commander Class figures.

Technically, Overlord has had screentime more recently by being in the Prime Wars Machinima stuff.

Now whether that representation is actually helpful is a different story.

Sabrblade wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:I feel very sorry for Overlord in those pictures God Ginrai just towers over him

Everyone else does too.

Overlord needs to be redone as a commander.
Ginrai as well the TR one was horrible. Ginrai should be a commander by himself with a voyager Godbomber included in the box. That pack could have its own price point.

That'd make him tower over HasLab Victory Saber. God Ginrai is supposed to be the same height as Star Saber and other normal-sized Combiners. The Legends one we got was the right size, but it's main problem was its over-engineering that made it very unstable. A more solidly-constructed one at the same size is what we need.

The main challenge will be to find a way to have the right parts count for the pricepoint. Ideally, Ginrai should be a leader. But how to respect the leader budget when leader Optimus came with a margarine container as a trailer? But if Ultra Magnus was possible, I don't see how a Ginrai in the same size as Magnus couldn't be possible. At worst, he could be a Commander simply due to the parts count. Add a voyager "weaponizer" Godbomber and I don't think he'll be that huge. He'll be on scale.

Sabrblade wrote:Takara were the ones who did the heavy retools for Selects, but they ended their line.

Was that ever confirmed, or just assumed since nothing new has been announced in quite a while? Since "Brand Unification" starting with PotP, the few unique offerings we got from TT Selects (as opposed to Hasbro Selects), really filled in some nice wants in my collection. The prospect of that ending is very sad indeed.

I mean Hasbro offering BZ was great for sure, but future offerings like the idea of a Dinoking/Monstructor that would be heavy retools of PotP Dinobots and Terrorcons probably isn't feasible via Hasbro, only TT would tackle such a challenge. Or Haslab...which presents other challenges.

o.supreme wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Takara were the ones who did the heavy retools for Selects, but they ended their line.

Was that ever confirmed, or just assumed since nothing new has been announced in quite a while?

The tie-in manga was finished, and that's usually a sign of no future projects for the time being.

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:I see. So the chances of a brand new Overlord (or even Thunderwing) are very slim, without any onscreen representation.

From Hasbro's perspective, they'd be like "We just did a perfectly good Overlord back in Titans Return." And he's no big name character they'd be willing to redo every year like Megatron and Starscream.

Indeed. That's the flipside to the eternal reuse of Megatron and Prime in the shows. A lot of other characters have been sidelined as they keep the same leaders all the time.

I just did some checking for my own curiosity. Overlord hasn't been onscreen since Zone(1990) - 32 years now. Meanwhile, Thunderwing has never been onscreen. Straxus too. But I talk about those two specifically, as both would fit with Commander Class figures.

In addition to what Nemesis Primal said about Foghorn Overlord being in Machinima's Prime Wars Trilogy cartoon, Thunderwing did get some motion picture action in Transformers Prime: The Game, which features some rather cinematic cutscenes and almost all the same voice cast as the show (though, no toy was ever made of him, either).

Sabrblade wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:I feel very sorry for Overlord in those pictures God Ginrai just towers over him

Everyone else does too.

Overlord needs to be redone as a commander.
Ginrai as well the TR one was horrible. Ginrai should be a commander by himself with a voyager Godbomber included in the box. That pack could have its own price point.

That'd make him tower over HasLab Victory Saber. God Ginrai is supposed to be the same height as Star Saber and other normal-sized Combiners. The Legends one we got was the right size, but it's main problem was its over-engineering that made it very unstable. A more solidly-constructed one at the same size is what we need.

Legends Super Ginrai's main problem was that he was only either Super Ginrai or God Ginrai, there was no plain Ginrai Transtector which a Commander level figure could fix. And after three years and a Voyager sized Commander are we still thinking of classes in terms of size when they're based on complexity? Commander class would be perfect for Super Ginrai and put him on par with Star Saber who got a massive bump from being a HasLab project despite being called a Leader class figure.

Leader Ultra Magnus is OK, but could be better since he cheats with a lot of parts forming. Ideally he should be like the CW version, but with a transforming white Prime inside. I'd like to see him revisited as Commander class in five years.

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:

o.supreme wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Takara were the ones who did the heavy retools for Selects, but they ended their line.

Was that ever confirmed, or just assumed since nothing new has been announced in quite a while?

The tie-in manga was finished, and that's usually a sign of no future projects for the time being.

They ended the story they were telling, but in the end they left an opening for more to come with Golden Age Beast Soundwave watching the Straxuses from the shadows vowing to continue the fight.

I'm thinking that, despite not being exclusives, the Premium Finish line took over the funding for Selects in Japan.

Emerje

Anyone else remember the rumors last year of an Amazon edition of Optimus Prime? Whatever came of that?

Wolfman Jake wrote:Anyone else remember the rumors last year of an Amazon edition of Optimus Prime? Whatever came of that?

I keep thinking of that whenever I see the Amazon Prime truck. Toys have a 2 year cycle from design to distribution so depending on how early the rumour is, it can take awhile before we see something. I keep thinking of those BotBots vehicle playsets that we seven saw art for, those have yet to come out as well.

Wolfman Jake wrote:Anyone else remember the rumors last year of an Amazon edition of Optimus Prime? Whatever came of that?

My guess is that if it comes, it will be a Prime day release/exclusive like PotP Nemesis Prime and ER Dead Prime were. So July would be the most likely. Also, I think technically this one may fall under the crossovers banner if I remember right.

Emerje wrote:I'm thinking that, despite not being exclusives, the Premium Finish line took over the funding for Selects in Japan.
Emerje

I had that thought as well, and that is unfortunate. So much potential left untapped. Still I will say that Super Megatron I think was a surprise most of us thought we'd never see. I've had to spend a LOT of my tax return on bills/medical etc. But since my list of TF wants is diminishing quickly, I may try to obtain both Selects Star Convoy (I never got PotP Prime) and Super Megatron, though the second hand market will be nearly double what Pulse initially charged, I may be able to swing it.

Didn't we have a rumor that a blue Trailbreaker was supposed to be a thing? Or was that speculation based on Guard and Lift-Ticket?

Sentinel_Primal wrote:Didn't we have a rumor that a blue Trailbreaker was supposed to be a thing? Or was that speculation based on Guard and Lift-Ticket?

We still have leaked listings for DK-3 (Blue Trailbreaker) and Cyclonus' Armada (Toy Colors Cyclonus) that we have yet to see come to fruition, yes, as well as Schrodinger's Clampdown.

And blue Bluestreak is still on the way, right? I remember seeing it some shots for other figures.

Rodimus Prime wrote:And blue Bluestreak is still on the way, right? I remember seeing it some shots for other figures.

Silverstreak is a Target exclusive (I believe his listing mentioned being part of Legacy and the Bee line, much how we've gotten figures that are labeled as Stuido Series in the Bee line), people kept assuming he would be a Selects figure when he first leaked just because he's a Diaclone guy (and because people reviewed him without his packaging/instructions).

I wonder if it is a foregone conclusion that moving forward pretty much any Generations TF that has a predominantly Red Color scheme will be a Target exclusive in the U.S. ? (SS Leadfoot, Selects RedWing, ER Thrust, Kingdom Road Rage and T-Wrecks).

I think the only ones in recent memory that weren't Red were ER Runabout and the alleged upcoming Legacy Blurstreak/Silverstreak.

Runabout had red windows and robot parts, at least.

Happy to see you guys getting Black Zarak. I am still waiting on TFSource to get him in, he needs to hurry, both impatience and the fact that I have something that will be forced to be shipped very soon

Forgot to share some pictures of Lift ticket. He has some very nice colors, but these poses were about the only ones i could get the arms to work in, he needs his kibble to keep the friction to keep them out and not swinging loosely

You read that headline right, the newly released Transformers Generations Selects Black Zarak has shown up in stock at pretty much all of the major online Transformers toys outlets, and now, it seems as though Gamestops fairly regular sales are giving you a chance to get him for below retail!

Gamestop was one of the first to get Black Zarak in stock, and is also one of the few sites that have kept him at the $159.99 price point, instead of the new $169.99 Titan class price point. So they were already sort of offering you a deal. But they are now currently running a 10% off $75 and 20% off $125 purchases deal, a deal which does apply to the infamous Black Zarak. This deal lowers his price down to $127.99, pretty much in line with 2015 Titan Class prices.

If you haven't gotten Black Zarak yet, like yours truly, this is the perfect offer to push you over the edge and give him a look.

You can click on the link above or the picture below to take you straight to the page. Don't fret, the sale price does not show up until the checkout page, but the deal is advertised on his page to let you know it's active.

The part that really stinks is that GameStop actually had a similar sale last month. BZ was showing up at the lower price but was " out of stock" so it couldn't be pre ordered at that price. Oh well....

As of Sunday 1148am, big bold red currently unavailable. Pasted on the screen twice. Great deal Gamestop. I was actually going to order this.

It's actually "Sold Out" as opposed to unavailable ( like it was a few weeks back). No doubt they sold very quickly at that price, which isn't surprising.

I'm not sure if any actually Shipped to stores, but it's an option if you have any stores close by you, they can also check the inventory for any other location within a 50 mile radius.

Sold out quick, glad I got mine when I did

Damn. I'm definitely tempted.

Rotorstorm was on preorder for New Zealand at EB Games with a release date of "March 2022". I found this out on 28 Feb, and only had the money the next day. I was told to call my local store in case there was a cancelled preorder!

I know I've said this before, but it bears repeating: I really hope the Selects Cyclonus repaint uses his IDW2005 head. I really want that

Got my Black Zarak! Man, he is a beauty

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I know I've said this before, but it bears repeating: I really hope the Selects Cyclonus repaint uses his IDW2005 head. I really want that

Missing horn and all?

And yes, that Black Zarak is a beautiful piece. I actually like the scorpion mode even more.

Rodimus Prime wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I know I've said this before, but it bears repeating: I really hope the Selects Cyclonus repaint uses his IDW2005 head. I really want that

Missing horn and all?

And yes, that Black Zarak is a beautiful piece. I actually like the scorpion mode even more.

I'd take both fully horned and missing horn

Having finally transformed him, Black Zarak cuts a great figure in alt mode

Yes, yes he does.

I'm glad I have my spring job again this year, because I need him. I'll have to do some finagling to get him to fit, but I need him.

That is frickin' gorgeous.

~ Grim